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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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\+
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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
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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
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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.
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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!
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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;
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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.
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