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v J- ?ltr lamberg ^ralb te One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1917. Established 1891. COUNTRY' NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IX VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt. October 23.?"Jack Frost" made his first appearance last Monday morning. He came in full force, as he was plainly visible even .Virx rn.sxti.irl tt-Vtrxfrx Ar hfltipHc luc 51V/UHU n uoic ?.j cion ui uvui were lying about. The town is still on the building boom. Messrs. J. M. Dannelly & Co.'s store and stables and Mr. D. C. Copeland's store (all brick buildings) are being rushed to completion and will be finished within about thirty days. Mr. D. E. Fender is making preparations for a handsome little cottage to be erected on his lot down 011 the B., E. & W. railroad avenue, and Mr. G. P. Sease and family have recently moved into their nice new home and are now enjoying real life. Mr. Charles Ehrhardt's home caught on fire last Saturday about 1 o'clock and but for the timely discovery, the blaze would have totally destroyed the house. The fire caught in the overhead ceiling next to the stove flue and had burned through \ when seen. The bucket brigade responded to the call and the flames were soon extinguished. Mr. J. C. Kinard, an old hunter, and ex-mayor of the town, had some exciting experiences with a deer <a buck) down the country last Friday. While hunting with several friends he was placed on a stand. The deer soon appeared. Mr. Ki nard, an expert marksman, fired and upon seeing that the deer was wounded, he gave pursuit. Me ran the deer for two miles, finally overtaking him in a stream of water, where, after some fighting, he succeeded in downing the buck. Mr.' Kinard in being joked about the chase says that he only wanted the horns and did not care anything about the meat. Sev. era! in the party gave a description of Mr. Kinard's clothing after the chase through the bushes, briars and everything, where a deer may run, and the fight. You can imagine what was left on his back. Capt. }lcGee, conductor on the A. C. L. passenger train from Green Pond to Ehrhardt, says "that a man that can shoot a gun and use a pair of legs as Mr. Kinard can should certainly be in the trenches fighting for Uncle Sam." Mr. Kinard is old: His hair is gray: He certainly can run If a buck comes his way. JEF. Olar Outings. Olar. October 20.?We find the following posted on the public road: "Olar S C Oct 3 1917. I have one Setter Dog is Lost her colar as Read & White Blaze in her face. & the tip in of her tail are White if any one have her Please Kindly Let me no JOHNIE GILBERT." Poetry is very attractive, and if Johnie Gilbert had prefaced his notice with something like this? "Johnie had a little dog: Its tip was white as snow: And everywhere that Johnie went That dog was sure to go." except once, and it failed to follow ? J * 1 + aim anu gui iusi. And then in conclusion he might hade added something like this: "Mv dog! My dog! My dog is lost; A dog I valued as a brother: A dog that so much money cost! Ah me! Where shall 1 find another? The people would have been certain to have read the poetry, and the probabilities are that Johnie would have got his dog again. XXX Colston Clippings. Colston. October 22.?Misses Mamie McMillan. Alberta Kearse and Messrs. Copeland Zeigler and Wesley ltppt-vp upt-p rhp Satnrdav niirlir and Sunday visitors, at the home of .Mr. Frank Kirkland. The Saturday night and Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isham Goodwin were Misses Julia Clayton and Lucile Pew. of Denmark, Misses Reba Willamsand Corine Henderson. Messrs Eddie Walker. Rob Carter and Ashton Clayton. Miss Annie Lou Hutson spent last week-end at her home in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beard and k NEW PLOT TO LAND ARMS. Lloyd George Says Bernstorff Inciting Irish to Rebellion. London. October 2o.?In the course of a speech in the house of commons today Premier Lloyd George declared the government was aware that arrangements were again being made partly by Count von Bernstorff. to land arms in Ireland. The premier said that the government could not possibly forget what had happened only eighteen months ago. These speeches could not oe treated as excited speeches delivered by persons of no consequence, which would end in nothing. Firm Action. "In order to save those poor people, who honestly believed they were doing their best for their country, from being persuaded by others," continued the premier, "1 thought it essential that the government should take action, not provocative action, but firm action. "There are-three things the government ought to make clear in rue interest of Ireland. First, incitement to rebellion cannot be permitted: the Germans nearly landed arms for that purpose eighteen month's ago; we knew that arrangements are being made for arms to be landed again, and we know that it is partly done by von Bernstorff. Second, a thing no government can permit is organisation fnr rebellion." Drilling Soldiers. After referring to the drilling and the marching going on in Ireland and the exportation of Devalera. the premier declared that what was going on in Ireland was a substantial attempt to enroll and drill thousands of young men?who in England would have been compulsorily enlisted?in preparation for rebellion. The third point was that there was talk in Ireland among the Sinn Feiner leaders, which, said the Premier, did not mean home rule or sellgovernment, but separation or secession. There was a demand for sovereign independence for Ireland, declared the premier. "We had better say at once that under no condition will Great Britain permit anything of that kind." Prisoners Deported. In the house of commons today Henry E.'Luke, chjef secretary for Ireland, said that last February the British government had deported * I 1 j rinw. prisoners irum neittuu uctauoc ucimany was offering a helping hand to the Sinn Feiners. Mr. Luke declared that the recent troubles in Ireland had arisen because the convention was doing well and the Sinn Feiner leaders wish it to fail. He said the government intended to do its utmost to prevent criminal acts with such intention. family and Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop and family were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beard. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton and family spent Sunday in the St. John's section. Messrs. Edon Kirkand and Johnson Weekley, of Ulmers. spent Sunday night in this section. Mr. Sammie Clayton was the guest of Mr. Grady McMillan Sunday niglit. Mrs. T. W. McMillan and daughter. Reba, are visiting relatives in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clayton were nrnnoto nf YT T 51 11 H \|f ?5 LUC ounua; VI A?A . ?/. J. E. Bishop. .Misses El vie Kearse and Ethel McMillan, of Bamberg. Mrs. Bill Kearse and Mrs. Gerald Kearse spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kearse. Miss Bessie Kirkland was the guest of Miss Evelyn Kirkland Friday night. Buford Bridge Budget. ' % But'ord Bridge. October 28.? There is a good bit of sickness around now, but it is hoped that all will soon be well again. The great sport for the men and boys, hunting, has started. 01 'possums and squirrels, you had better flee: tor your lives are in danger. One day while out playing one of the little hoys began saying: "Ladies and gentlemen. I wish to tell you what I love. Some love cabbage and some love kale, but I love 'possum, all but the tail." .Mr. Clyde Kearse, of Camp .lackson. spent last week-end at home. Miss Zelma Breland spent last Sunday in ITlmers. Mr. H. C. Kirk land went to Khrhardt last Monday on business. Miss Pearle Kearse entertained a few of her friends very pleasantly last Friday evening. Games were played until a late hour and then GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY JjOST 15 WARSHIPS AM) ON F TRANSPORT IN RATTLK. Russia u Fleet, Fscai>e<l From the Gilf of Riga, Puts Up Strong Fight.?Lost 2 Vessels. London, Oct. 23.?Despite its overwhelming preponderance in artillery and number of ships, the German fleet that seized control of the Gulf of Riga and its islands during the last two weeks, suffered a loss eight times as heavy as did the Russians. Altorrr\+ Vi nt? oiv + Aon n oViinc? fl ft OQU u^i uiaa o?ipo of them warships and one a transport ?were put out of action. This is a detailed statement of the toll: 1 The Germans lost? Two dreaduaghts. One cruiser. Twelve torpedoboats I six definitely known sunk.) One transport. Numerous mine sweepers. The Russians lost? One battleship (the Slava. sunk.) One large torpedoboat destroyer. 1,100 tons. Today's official review given out by the Russian admiralty at Petrograd explains that except for the six torpedoboats. which are definitely known to have been sent to the bottom, the fate of the German vessels put out of action is not Known. There has been a let up in naval activity in Baltic waters but new encounters are looked for mementarily. Teuton submarines continue to cruise in the approaches of the Gulf of Finland. In the Moon Sound, where for four days, twenty Russian warships were bottled up, the Germans are now removing the obstacles laid by the Russians before leaving. Another landing 011 tile Estiionian mainland was attempted by the Germans yesterday, but failed eight miles north of Werder, Petrograd reports. The transports were driven away by the Russian land defense. On the front north of Riga the Germans, evidently in a meneuver to lull the Russians into security where they are most gravely menaced abandoned some positions around Hindenberg, on the southern bank of the Aa river and to the eastward therefrom. The Russians followed and occupied the trenches but the Petrograd war office is known to be fully aware of all the possibilities presented by the Ger man control of the Riga gulf, and toj be taking all necessary precautionaVy measures. Fearing that the British Meet may try to spoil their Baltic victory and place the German naval forces "between two fires," the Germans are keeping a vigilant eye upon the three "gates" from the North sea to the Baltic, the small and great belts, and the sound. These waters are swarming with German scouting forces while overhead strong squadrons of Zeppelins and seaplanes are ever 011 the lookout for the slightest sign of of British appearance. Unconfirmed reports have it that British submarines cooperated with the Russian fleet in the Moon island Sound and surounding waters during the last two weeks naval activities. No "Movies" on Sunday. Columbia. October 22.?By an unimous vote of the members present. Columbia city city council, at its regular meeting this morning, refused the request of Major Gen. L. Bailey. J commander of Camp Jackson, that motion pictures be allowed to be shown in the various Columbia theatres on Sunday afternoons. different kinds of fruit was served. Then all departed for their respective homes carrying with them joy and happiness as a result of the evening's entertainment. BOAGITS. Schofield Sketches. Schofield. October 23.?The writer was reallv too busv last week to let i you hear from this place: anyway, it j might be that the readers of The Herald are glad that we were so busy as this. Several of our folks are taking in the State fair in Columbia this week. .Mr. F. M. Elliott has returned from Columbia, where lie has been confin-; ed to a hospital for several weeks. Messrs. R. L. Beard and C. R. Pee-| pies motored over to Varnville last Sunday. Miss Verna French spent the week-1, end at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bishop, of the Colston section, visited relatives here Saturday. DRAEBLR. j DANGER OF GOOD LOOKS. No Fun to l>e Wife of Handsome iceman, Says Woman. it's no fun at all to be the wife of a handsome iceman, said Mrs. Marseilles Martin in Judge Coon's north municipal court, where she appeared to prosecute her husband for non-support. Martin, who is '>/> -years old > and robust, is as welcome as his ice at many back doors along his route, the wife testified. "He told me there were lots of pretty married women who bought ice from him who liked to flirt with him." said Mrs. Martin. "and he said lie could trade me off for any one of them any time he wanted to." Having so many opportunities to study the virtues and other good points about women, Iceman Martin decided, his wife said, that brunettes looked better around the house than t_i? 1 4 j 1 ? i? n? .. oionaes. Accoraingiy ne seni. iu i axis, .Mo., she said, and got a brunette he used to deliver ice to to take her place. Mrs. Martin is a blonde. When the brunette, Miss Ruby Laine. arrived at the Martin home she was admitted through the front uoor, while the iceman shoved his blonde wife out the back door. Mrs. Martin testified. Mrs. Martin returned, she says, took a beating, and then left for her mother's home. The husband said he was willing L lake iter back and let Miss Laine, who he said was just his housekeeper return to Paris Mrs. Martin said wouldn't make up now. She said, too, that she tl'un'fc want any of her husband's money--she just wanted him locked up ir jail, where the brunette couldn't keen house for him. Judge Coon discharged the husband, who waked out of the court room with the brunette. The blonde wife pounded tl.o court room table when ilte judge made his decision, and said she'd take the case to the United States supreme court before she'd let that other woman take her husband. The court's protestations that he could not fine her husband for nonsupport when she would not live with hint did not appease Mrs. Martin.? St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Death of Mrs. Sallie Roberts. Williston, October 20.?Friends of Mrs. Sallie Roberts will be shocked to learn of her sudden death yesterday morning, which occurred at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Austin Lattimer. It is supposed that she passed away about 4 o'clock, as life was extinct when Mrs. Lattimer entered her room to minister to her wants in the early morning. Mrs. Roberts had not been well recently, but was up until the day before her death. The deceased had spent a number of years in Williston. and by her beautiful Christian life had won many friends who will grieve over her passing. Her husband. Dr. R. C. Roberts, and two daughters. .Mrs. a. m. Kennedy and Miss Clara Roberts, preceded her to the better land by several years. Mrs. Roberts was 7b years of age. and is survived by two sons. Dr. J. H. Roberts and Mr. Boyee Roberts, both of Ehrhardt; eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Interment was in the Cave Station cemetery, near Allendale. Mrs. Roberts's old home. Heal and Make-Believe Heroes. There are real heroes and makebelieve heroes, and they are not always easily distinguishable. I do not hide from myself that 1 belong to the make-believes. And, yet. it is remarkable that 1 did not find the second week at the front as terrible as the first. It is not as bad there as it seems. When once you get accustomed to the idea that you may be dead in a day or in an hour, or in a minute, and when you are clear as to your future, your mood is relieved from constant depression, involuntarily you become kind and helpful to those about you: you do not get vexed over trifles: you are ready to make all sorts of sacrifices. Of course, if, in the midst of such a condition, a grenade suddenly drops into your trench, if you see three or four of your comrades getting killed your misery returns, no matter how good an outward apeparauce you may keep up. At least for a while. But then again the thought comes that getting wounded means rest and safety and good care. And death? That is still less terrible. One boast of reaching one's destination along the shortest road! Is not death everyone's final destination? Watermans Ideal Fountain Pens at Herald Book Store. ( A II. S. TRANSPORT SUNK ANTILLES, ON WAY HOME, GOES DOWN AT SEA. Victom of a German Submarine.?70 Lives Ix>st.?Disaster Occurred Wednesday. Washington. October 19.?The American transport Antilles, homeward bound, was sunk by a German submarine in the war zone on Wednesday and about 70 men are missing and probably lost. All the army and navy officers abroad the the ship's master were among the 167 survivors. t The missing are members of the crew, three civilian engineers, some enlisted men of the navy and 16 of 33 slodiers returning home for various reasons. Neither the submarine nor the torpedo was seen and the transport, hit squarely amidship. sank in five minutes. This tragedy of the sea, the first in which an American ship engaged in war duty has been lost, is the first of its magnitude to bring home to the people of the United States the rigors of the war in which they have engag-i ed against Germany. It carries the largest casualty list of the war, so far, of American lives, and marks the first success of German submarine attack on Americans. Secretary Daniels announced the disaster tonight in a statement based upon a brief message from Vice Admiral Sims, which gave few details, and did not say whether it was a day or night attack. An accurate list of the missing can-1 not be issued until Gen. Pershing re-| ports the names of the army men on the vessel and the list of the merchant | crew. Following is the announce-1 ment: Daniels's Announcement. "The department is in receipt of aj dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims| which states that he Steamship An-j tilles. an army transport, was torpedoed on October 17, while returning to this country from foreign service. This vessel was under convoy of i American patrol vessels at the time, j "The torpedo which struck the Antilles was not sefen, nor was the subi marine which fired it. The torpedo hit abreast of the engine room bulk head and the ship sank within five! minutes. One hundred ana sixty-seven persons out of about two hundred i and thirty-seven on board the Antilles! were saved. All the naval officers' and officers of the army who were on board the ship at the time were saved, as were the officers of the ship, with the exception of the following: "Walker, third engineer officer: Boyle, junior engineer officer,^ and > O'Rourke, junior engineer officer. "There were about thirty-three of i the army enlisted personnel on board, | of whom seventeen were saved. Thei names of the missing of the army enlisted personnel and of the merchant crew of the ship cannot be given until the muster roll in France of those on board hasx been consulted. As soon as the department is in receipt; of further details they will be made! public immediately." ' Kept its Promise. Upon receipt of the cablegram from j Admiral Sims the government kept its! promise not to withhold bad news' from the public. The issuance of the! statement was delayed only until the! navy could telegraph to the families of the men known to have been lost. Secretary Daniels carried word of the loss of the Antilles to the white house when he went there late in the day with Admiral Mayo, who made his report to President Wilson on his visit to England at the direction of the president. Quick upon the wave of sorrow! at the news of the loss of the trans-1 port came a feeling of distinct re-| lief because she had met her fatej homeward bound and not on the wayj over with troops. The onlv soldiers 011 board were! I returning to the hospital or 011 special assignment. Might Have fieen (ireater. Had the full compliment of the; transport been aboard, the loss un-j doubtedlv would have been written j in hundreds, as she was struck in the! most vulnerable spot and went under' so swiftly that few could have es-j caped. Officials are confident that those; who survived owe their lives to the careful attention given by the navy department to the equipping of transports with life boats and life rafts. It is a fixed rule that enough boats and rafts shall be carried to afford a place for every man aboard, even; I Camp Jackson News. Camp Jackson. October 20.?Will you allow me space enough to make a few remarks about the boys at Camp Jackson from Bamberg county? We are all in fine shape. I think the crowd as a whole has gained not only in weight but in many other ways. Now, as this paper is a county paper, I would like to say a few words in regard to our table fare. We all line up in single tile, about 100 in tiie comnanv anH marpli hv fho mps? rmintfl>r and the cooks help our plates; then in order we march around to our tables and proceed, of course! After eating, we march out of the mess hall the same way and wash our mess kits. The fare is mostly Irish potatoes, beef, loaf bread, cbfTee, Or tea, and, generally speaking, we are ready for ? it when the time comes. The hardest task is reporting for reveille at 6 a. m., and the taking of setting up exercises before breakfast. We have about six hours of drilling every day, with one hour's rest, at intervals. The last formation for the day is retreat at 5:40 p. m. Then at night we have company school. One officer of the company gives us instructions, etc. We have Wednesday and Saturday afternoon to go to Columbia, also Sunday. I guess my friend Sandifer has already told you the rest I know. With best regards for all the Bamberg county people. SEBG. E. W. WALKER. though the ship keel over and put half her boats out of commission. The loss of the ship's engineer officers indicates the probability that no one of her engine and fire room force on duty escaped. Probably most of them died in the blast of the explosion of the torpedo which tore its way into the engine room compartments. Cannot Be Acounted For. The heavy loss among the army enlisted men indicated cannot be ac- > counted for until further details come in. Probably they and the navy men were in theinr quarters below and could not make their way on deck before the ship took her final plunge. The army, navy and ship's officers and the others who were rescued probably were on deck or in cabins from which a step took them to the . deck and a chance for their lives. % ? Lacking details of the attack, beyond the fact the submarine was unseen and the first warning to those aboard the Antilles came with the shock of the explosion of the torpedo, many theories were current as to how the u-boat crept through the destroypr Rprp.en did its work and escaped unchallenged. Ran Over U-Boat. . A majority of the officers who would comment thought the transport and her convoyi"? patrols had run directly over a lurk; , submarine which saw them coming, calculated the distance and launched her deadly torpedo without even shoeing more than her periscope. They regard it as probable that the u-boat commander picked his place, lay in wait below the surf ice until* his microphone told him the patrols had passed over and the transport was above him, then shot his periscope above water only long enough to sight and fire before he ducked back to safety. Any attempt to locate the submarine probably was made impossible by the necessity of rescuing the survivors. The vessel must have been virtually torn in naif oy tne explosion to have gone down in the time she did. Well Out to Sea. Probably the attack was made well out at sea. It took two days for the news to reach Washington and the dispatch shows the time that must have elapsed before definite word could reach Admiral Sims. The survivors are believed to be already safe ashore in France or England. So far as khown no high officers of the army or navy were due to return on the Antilles. There is no definite information on that point, however, as only Gen. Pershing knows who was sent home on the ships. The reports cr> far rpppiveri show merelv that a number of army officers and thirtythree enlisted men of the army were aboard. Evidently Admiral Sims rushed his cable off before he communicated with Gen. Pershing. The loss of the Antilles marks the first destruction in the transport fleet that has been operating. A very considerable number of American troops, workmen and others involved in the prosecution of the war. have been carried safely to France and England and the unsuccessful attack on the first contingent is the only recorded , previous instance where the u-boats have even succeeded in catching sight of {he vessels. v V* t ' . w '. C2 ? A fy ill 1 '