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'. Tt lanttorg ffrralii to One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THU.RSDAY, APRIL 11,1918 Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Denmark Dots. i Denmark, April 6.?Mrs. Delle Guess was a visitor in Columbia the past week. Algie Guess, St. Claire Guess, A. D. Pearson, the Rev. Bellinger Guess and Cecil Crum were in Orangeburg Thursday. Miss May Pearson has returned i home from Columbia. Miss r ranees uuess, 01 ^unveise i College, was at home for a few days! last week. Miss Olive Pearson, of Augusta, ! Ga., spent Sunday with her parents here. Miss Ruth Guess has returned i home after an extended visit to j friends and relatives at Birmingham, ; Ala., Micanopy and Jacksonville, Fla. Branchville Briefs. Branchville, April 6.?Mrs. Susie Stroble has returned to Washington, D. C.f after spending some time here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Berry. [ Mrs. W. C. Martin is spending some time in Charleston. Afrs. Sidney Poag and little daughter/of Columbia, are visiting Mrs. J. B. Henderson. Mrs. W. A. Izlar and children, of Augusta, Ga., are visiting Mrs. C. E. Byrd. Mrs. X. C. Jones spent last week ' with relatives in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Black and children and Miss Reoecca Evans, of Holly Hill, were the guests of Mrs. J. j M. Byrd last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Edwins, of; Bamberg, visited relatives here last week. Misses Evelyn and Carolyn Hutto and J. E. Hutto, of Charleston, splnh last week with their grandmother, Mrs. C. E. Byrd. Miss Ida Edwins, of Orangeburg, 7 is spending the week-end with Miss ; Wilhelmina Byrd. Miss Nell Pegues has returned to i her home in Barnwell. Virgil I^ukes, of Camp Sevier, is visiting his parents here this week. Arthur Berry, of the navy, spent a few days with his mother here during the past week. ^ i?? ? Keeping Hogs in The City. The Herald has been reliably in formed that there are parties in the city who are keeping hogs on their premises within the city limits, contrary to the laws of the city forhid" ** ding it. The Herald does not know who these parties are, but our information is thajj^men of prominence , are' doing - this, and that there are several such parties. "? The spring season Is now here? the time of the year when people have fever?and the presence of hogs j in the city does not add to the health ; condition of Bamberg. While it is | true that the raising of hogs in town may be beneficial in some ways, the matter was threshed out some months j v ago, and it was decided that Bamberg j could not afford to risk the health j ; of the town; therefore, the Jaw forbidding hogs in the city was not changed. j It is urged that everybody should j obey the law?especially in view of' the fact that effor?s are being made ! to increase the healthfulness of the \ place, and that sanitary reasons alone :1 should prevent the raising of hogs j in this town. j. Lack of Knowledge of Gas Defense. {' I: The necessity for thorough and!' continuous training of troops in gas < . defense is shown by a statement proved by captured German documents: The Germans at a certain posi tion on the western front knew the British were planning to deliver a 1 gas attack on a German division -v equipped with masks, but poorly trained in their use. In spite of the fact that they had several days to 1 drill before conditions were suitable '< for the British attack, when it was finally made hundreds of German 1 casualties resulted. Many kinds of gases are used in modern warfare. Some merely affecjt the eyes temporarily, and are more inconvenient than serious. Other gases are terrible in their effect un/ less proper protection is available. They are employed in clouds, or in shells, bombs, and hand grenades. It is the work of the Field Training Section of the Gas Defense Ser- 1 vice to bring home to the American soldier the importance of his gas mask, to thoroughly drill him in its; use and to inspire confidence in its efficiency. Over $41,000 in 5-cent Smileage coupons has come in from the big j camps to headquarters at the Commis- i sion on training camp activities in ! Washington. These coupons repre- j sent admissions to theatrical events j at the camps. Soldiers from the j smaller towns receive their 'books; early, because of the prompt response ! of these places when Smilage books j were placed on sale, and in many; eases have used them up. APRIL, DRAFT CALL. 1,969 for South Carolina.?Be Senl to Camps Beginning April 26. Washington, April 6.?Approximately 150,000 men will be sent tc training camps during the five-daj period beginning April 26, under orders sent to State Governors today bj Provost Marshal General Crowder for mobilization of the April call of the secon.l draft. This is three times the numbei it was originally planned to call and is nearly twice the monthly quota as based on the calling of 800,000 mer over a period of nine months. Calling out of the increased numbei was made necessary by the decision of President Wilson to respond without delay to the need of France and Great Britain for reinforcements in the great battle in Picardy. Vacancies n in national army divisions resulting from the withdrawal of men to complete National Guard and regulai army units and for the formation o! special technical units asked by Gen Pershing will be made good bv the April draft. Failure of Congress to pass the amendment to the selective Service Act, which would permit the fixation of State quotas on the number of men in class one necessitated temporary adherence to the old system. Local boards have been officially advised however, that they are to ignore "quotas" for the time being and tc simply continue calling up men until the have obtained the number they have been instructed to forward When a basis for establishing State quotas has been found due credit against future increments will be given those already called. Among the men to be called will be approximately 116.700 whites and 33,700 negroes. The sssessiiKiu cf some o: the Southern States foliows: * Alabama 3,301, Florida 3.350, Georgia f>,356, Kentucky 3,396, Mississippi 2,204, North Carolinav3,054, South Carolina 1,9 69, Tennessee 4,751. ? ^ < > Urges Colored People to Buy Bonds, To the Colored People of .the County:?As many of you are readers of The Bamberg Herald, I take this means of speaking to you on the war question. Inasmuch as you know that I am profoundly interested in all matters whicl) concern you and the honor and dignity of our great government, and inasmuch as I have been and am a constant reader of the many war issues which concern us and the life of the whole nation, I wish to say that the time has come when we colored people have got tc act. We have got to do something. We have got to buy a liberty bond, or buy war stamps, to help win the war. For, if the white people lose this "war, we colored people will lose it. Let us do our part as a race. There was an important meeting held at the court house yesterday. I was present and many colored ministers and people, and the fact is we are all up against it. God only knows what will become of us if we fail to do our part in helping our government in this critical hour of its hardest struggle. There were papers, cards and information sent out yesterday into all the districts of the county. See the-white people in your community and fall in line. . They are acting upon information they have received from high authority. D. J. SANDERS. Bamberg, S. C., April 9. Each Plane Needs Extra Equipment After three years of warfare the total number of airplanes able to take the air at any time on eithei - * " * * At i. l?~ side of tne western iront nas uoi ueeu over 2,500. Each plane in the aii requires a force of 46 men, two replacement planes on the ground, and Dne training plane for every pilot who eventually reaches the front with an ex'tra engine for each plane The life of a plane is not more thai two months, and the engine must be overhauled after each 75 hours. Nov that American planes are going overseas, the great problem is to secure the thousands of skilled mechanics enginemen, motor repair men, wooc and metal workers needed to keep the planes in perfect condition. This engineering and mechanical force al the airdromes, the flying fields, and repair depots, both here and behind the lines in France, is a vital industrial link in the chain to air supremacy. ^ i?I Removes Many Officers. From the declaration of war tc February 23, the Surgeon General ol the army has removed 1,050 officers of the Medical Reserve Corps. Ii the following table the reason assigned for discharge does not isolate under "inaptitude for the service' all of those whose dismissal was ir considerable degree due to inefficien cy or incompetency, since thes< reasons had weight in many cases otherwise classified. Discharged for physical disability 411; inaptitude for the service, 154 to join other brandies, 306; domes tic difficulties, 59: resignation, SS needed by communities, hospitals schools, 32. During the same period there havi been 2,265 promotions, including some officers promoied more thai once. v ; IN THE PALMETTO SJATE L SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS j KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. r ) Stat? News Boiled Down for Qnick - ' Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. ! Judge Sease has upheld the constitutionality of the quart-a-month law. Governor Manning has for the i fourth time appointed \V. H. Gibbes . : tate yarne warder.. I News was received Wednesday of i the death in France of Bennie Martin > j or vauciuse, agea zu years, luuug ; | Martin enlisted three months ago and his death resulted from pneu* monia. He is survived by his father, f C. L. Martin. ; ^ Walter E. Duncan, a widely known 5 newspaper man of Aiken, has been appointed publicity manager of the ' food conservation and productive sec tion of the State food administration, L under Col. August Kolin, chairman. Mr. Duncan has entered upon nis du' ties. Fred Johnson, white, about 23 J years old, employed by the Big Salt(j kehatchie Cypress Company, of YarnI j ville, as brakeman on their fog train, . j Thursday afternoon whiie coupling j two cars leaded with logs was so [! seriously injured that he died Thursday night about S o'clock. ?> & Service Fla# Unfurled. j Sunday morning, during the morni ing service hour, a service flag was - unfurled at . the Bamberg Baptist , chuch, Col. F. X. K. Bailey, of Greenwood, being the speaker of the occasion. The flag contained thirteen ' i stars, with two mdre to be added, representing the young men of th$ ' Baptist congregation who have enteied the service of the country, either in the army or navy. Col. Bailey made one of the finest addresses on the war yet heard in Bamberg. He urged the people to ! do not only their bit for the boys in the trenches, but to do their best, [ and appealed to the citizens of Bamberg county to uphold the government in all the phases of war worfc, ; the buying of liberty bonds, sut>1 scribing to the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A., etc. He reminded the people ; of the county that during the last liberty loan, the county fell snort about $120,000 of the amount ai' lotted to this county, notwithstandI ing the fact that the people here are II unusually prosperous, and the money ' conditions in the county are most ; favorable. ! - Col. Bailey made the point that | every time we fail or refuse to help : the government in its war programme, either in subscribing money or contributing to food conservation. | we cause perhaps one of the very ; men represented in the Baptist 1 church service flag, to suffer. "Is it 1 unreasonable that we, who are sur' rounded by loved ones, living in comfortable homes with' plenty all ; around us, should sacrifice to the very bone for those who ' are .bravely fighting our battles ; on tne^terrible fields of France?" - - " >~?-1 ?.,-n fieri,* asHea ^/Ui. oaiiej'. win 115m, 1 our war in France or we will fight : it in America; which will you choose? To win the war before the Germans invade America, it will take money, men and food." Three little folks on the stage rep resented the American army, navy and the 'Red Cross. Special music added much to the service. 5 Harry White, son of Rev. G. P. 1 White, was ttye only one represented on the flag who was present. He L made a few remarks suitable to the occasion. Get-Together Meeting. [ A very interesting and beneficial "get-together" meeting was held at ' the court house last Friday night. The meeting was called for the puri pose of arousing interest in the city ? in matters pertaining to the war, ber ing called by the chairman of the local council of defense, Mayor C. W. Rentz. The meeting was attendi ed by about a hundred persons, and , was presided over by B. D. Carter, Many matters of local interest were ' discussed by a number of gentlemen, J and the people of the town were t urged to wake up to their responsi^ bilities in the war. It is felt that much good will result from the meet1 ing, and those who attended are now more alive to the conditions that . confront the people as a whole. Among the interesting things of the meeting were the resolutions below, offered by J. F. Carter, Esq., and adopted by the meeting: , "Whereas the dastardly work of f German spies in our midst has been brought to our attention, and believ3 ing it to be high time that quick and t effective action be taken for the pro. tection of our people. Be it resolved: 4 "1. That a committee of three be appointed from this body for the purpose of drafting suitable resolutions. i memorializing our representatives in . Congress, urging upon them the nec> essity of enacting drastic laws for ' the purpose of detecting and inflict5 j ing proper punishment upon all Geri man spies and all enemies of our government. "2. That this committee be in' stru^ed to anpear before the Bam berg County Council of Defense and ; urge upon that body to take like action. and to bring the matter before every like organization in the State and before the State Council of De^ fense. with the hone that our reprel sentatives in congress may be im1 presced with the seriousness of the situation and the urgent need of quick and effective action." HOW TO GET COAL. Make Application to the City Clerk of Bamberg at O^ce. The people of the city of Bamberg are assured of an adequate supply of coal for next winter by observing the following instructions given by the chairman of the fuel committee for the county: The city of Bamberg has consented to handle the coal for its citizens, and the county chairman has secured twenty cars, if so much is necessary. The coal contracted for is Virginia Lee Black, which is considered an excellent grade of - domestic coal. Five cars will be shipped in April, probably arriving during the latter nnrt nf thp mrvnth If vrm want, anv coal go to the office of the city clerk, Mr. H. D. Free, situated in the rear of the Bamberg Banking Company's building, fill out an application blank, sign your name, and leave with Mr. Free the amount of money necessary to pay for the coal you desire. When the cars of coal arrive, your coal, to the exact pound, will be delivered to you. The price of this coal will be $(>.00 per ton. You will have to pay the drayage charges, which you may pay to Mr. Free, or to the drayman, as you prefer. If you haul your coal with your own wagon, of course there will be no drayage to pay. It is optional with you how you manage about the drayage of your coal. There are certain circles or groups who have handled a car of coal among themselves. If. any persons desire to secure a car to be divided among themselves, they will be accommodated. In tliis ca-:e it will be necessary for each member of i the group tc fill out and sign an up plication for coal, stating their individual requirements. When tills* is done Mr. Free will Place a car oi coal at their disposal. Any such group will pay Mr. Free for the car uj on arrival. Some one member of the group must assume responsibility to ...i\ , ree, acting for the city, by placing in his hand a check, for the number of tons ol coal at S6-.0U per ton. The city will then turn over the car to the persons who are entitled to it, for distribution among themselves, in accordance with their requirements as shown by their applications. The above arrangement meets with the approval of Mr. J. W. Price, fuel administrator of Bamberg section. / The chairman of the fuel committee states that every citizen of the city of Bamberg may secure a sufficient supply of coal for their normal winter requirements, and it is the desire of the chairman that every one who uses coal have an adequate supply. The principal business of the county chairman is to assist the people of the county to secure fuel, and to see to it that it is properly distributed, and that no unreasonable charges are made for fuel. But it is equally the duty of the chairman to prevent hoarding or wasteful use of coal, and the public is warned that severe penalties attach to misrepresentations or false statements made on the application j blanks, which must be signed be! fore any one can obtain coal. Much I latitude will be allowed, however, . i?i. ? x_?: .~ uui aiiont! irjiug to uaivc auvauiagc of the situation, and obtain more coal than an adequate supply for the coming year, will certainly have their over supply confiscated, and otherwise dealt with as the case may warrant. A supply of coal has also been obtained for the town of Ehrhardt. Mr. E. E. Hughes, fuel committeeman for that section, will have charge of the distribution of the required amount of coal at that point. A supply of coal has also been obtained for the town of Olar, and Mr. G. M. Ne'eley, fuel committeeman for that section, will handle the coal shipped him. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Neelev will notify those interested in their respective communities when to secure their coal from them. As soon as Mr. W. H. Faust, fuel committeeman, at Denmark, com! pletes his arrangements, a supply of j coal for Denmark will be obtained, j The people of the county are again j reminded however, that those who I ordinarily use wood \and in a ! position to obtain a supply of wood, should make early arrangements for laying in a supply for winter. Every family in Bamberg county should use as muon wouu ror iuei as possible, thus relieving the railroads of unnecessary hauling of coal from a distance, besides making available the amount of coal released, for government purposes. W. S. S. Prize for Schools. The Peoples Bank of Bamberg has offered a prize of $25 to the school in Bamberg county buying the greatest amount of war savings stamps per capita. The prize will be war stamps. As the prize is for the greatest amount per capita, It puts all schools on an equality, the small and the large schools. The schools are urg' oH tn trot hncv anH ctnrt tn linvin? VV* tV/ v WW ?..Q stamps at once. Return From Honeymoon. Ehrhardt, April 9.?Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cope have returned from their honeymoon trip South. While on this trip they visited many points of interest in the land of flowers, taking in Jacksonville, St. Augustine and St. Petersburg. The bride's home is in Spartanburg, but she has many I friends over the State, being a graduate of the class of '17 at Columbia Female college. Mr. and Mrs. Cope will be at home to their friends at i Ehrhardt. Mr. Cope is widely known and has a host of friends. He was for years employed by the A. C. L., and he now holds a responsible position with the B., E. & W. FORCE WITHOLT ANY LIMIT RIGHTEOUS AND TRIUMPHANT FORCE TILL RIGHT RULES. s Nation's Chief Executive Warns Anew j That Triumph for German Arms I Means Ruin for Our Ideals. t v Baltimore, April 6.?President ?, Wilson, at a great Liberty Loan'celebration here tonight, gave America's a answer to tne lierman arive on me g western battle front; to the renewed p propaganda for a German made peace; to all proposals to end the a war before Germany is awakened s from her dreani of world dominion, s The President's answer was: a "Force, force to the utmost, force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant force which shall a make right the law of the world, t and cast every selfish dominion down t in the dust." President Wilson's acceptance of 'Germany's challenge that the issue between the Central Powers and her s enemies be settled by force brought t 15.000 persons cheering to their feet. r The President opening the third Liberty loan campaign, carried his c audience with him in his address. ' c The house cheered for several min- . utes when the President arose to speak, and it was some minutes before he could make himself heard. c At the conclusion of the President's address subscriptions were opened s for Liberty bonds. The Savings Bank c of Baltimore immediately took one j million dollars' worth. Other large amounts were subscribed. } A few hours before the President \ spoke he had reviewed a< division of c citizen soldiers, called j on a few t months ago from the pursuits of peace, now transformed into fighting men to carry the ideals of America 1 to the battlefields of Europe, at the t moment, a million more of their hind all over the land were celebrating * the opening of the third liberty loan, J and the orders for mobilizing the s first of the great army of a second \ million were going out to the country. Those were some of the physical v facts which backed his words, when, 1 after reviewing briefly the evidence s that Germany seeks a peace that would give her world dominion, the President declared: "I accept the challenge. I know i that you accept it. All the world l shall know that you accept it. It t shall appear in the utter sacrifice and self-forgetfulness with which we shall 1 give all that we love and all that we have to redeem the world and make l it fit for free "men like ourselves to j live in. This now is the meaning of what we do. Let everything that we say, my fellow countrymen, every- a thing that we henceforth plan and accomplish, ring true to this response c till the majesty and might of our concerted power shall fill the thought ' and utterly defeat the force of those s who flout and misprize what we r honor and hold dear. "Germany has once more said that force, and force alone shall decide f whether justice and peace shall reign I in the affairs of men; whether right \ as America conceives it, or, dominion j as she conceives it, shall determine < the destinies of mankind. 3 "There is, therefore, but one response possible from us; force, force to the utmost, force without stint or limit, the righteous force which shall make right the law of the world and cast every selfish dominion in the dust." o Warning anew that a triumph of r, arms for Germany means ruin for all t j the ideals America has won and lives I for, the President reiterated he was ^ j willing to discuss at any time a fair I just and honest peace, sincerly pro- a posed, a "peace in which the strong . and weak shall fare alike." "But the answer," said he, "when I n proposed such a peace, came from the n j German commanders in Russia, and r : I cannot mistake the meaning of the i i answer." ? j "They are enjoying in Russia," the a j President declared, " a cheap triumph tl i in which no brave or gallant nation a i can long take pride. A great people, p i j* helpless by their own acts, lies iur the time at their mercy. Their fair f professions are forgotten. They no- it where set up justice, but everywhere a impose their power and exploit every- n thing for their own use and aggrandizement, and the people of conquered provinces are invited to be free under tl their dominion." .] The President's declaration that t< nothing i-; proposed for Germany hut was his statement that Germany's course in Russia is a cheap triumph. The President's arrival had been the signal for a great demonstration. The hall was packed with about 15,000 persons. ^ Thousands were at the doors un- ? able to gain entrance. .Long lines formed in front of the armory as s< early as 6 o'clock. t< Former Gov. Goldsborough. in- tl itroducing the President, declared that &( i out of the war would come a new world, dedicated to liberty, Mr Goldsborough, a Republican, said that all parties in the country must rally be- c hind the Executive. 0 I "This is no time." said said Mr. j ; Goldsborough, "to criticise the gov' ernment. This is the time for every- ri | body to get behind our flag." n The President's audience was plain- tl ly with him in his denunication of tl Germany's military masters. It applauded his declaration that he is ready at any time to discuss a just peace sincerely proposed. jle .When the President declared that! ii he accepted Germany's challenge and jb that force might decide the issue the f ? audience arose to its feet and cheered \ for several minutes. j ^ \ PERSHING WINS FRANCE. Lmerican General Stirs People With Manly Words. Paris, .March 31.?General Perhing's sincere and manly words in )lacing at the disposal of General TYkph fho ontiro rocnnrfoo n f "fhfl VVii liiV vutli t I VUVU1 V *American army have gone straight o the heart of the French people vho dearly love what the French call fine gesture." The newspapers of dl shades of opinion reflect this grateful appreciation, both by the >rominence they give the incident nd their comments. Echo de Paris ays that France as a whole does ;rateful homage to the United States, idding "to use the language of surgeons, we may say there has been .nd there is more than ever today a ransfusion of blood between the wo countries." The Petit Journal says: "General 5ershing's act asking so nobly to hare in the honors and sacrifices of hat battle of nations now in prepaation, is a solemn warning to the ;entral empires of the grim resolve if free nations to conquer." "General Pershina's words to Gen iral Foch have in their simplicity a leep -warning," says the Figaro. They bring out the magnitude of the itake at issue. On the events on the >omme hangs not only the fate of^ England and France, but of civilizaion and progress for which Germany rictorious, would substitute her loarse methods of human exploitaion." L'Oeuvre says: "Certainly the )oches did not foresee such rapid in- ) ervention. They will soon have op^ >ortunity to judge its growing im)ortance. They shall see these new oldiers, pressing on in serried ranks, v mpatient to try their virgin wea>ons. Turning to the eastward, they vill see behind them the Japanese, rembling with eagerness, ready to pring." . . The Temps, in an aulogistic editoial, says: "The German offensive ntended to dislocate the allies has ed the United States to offer more han its soldiers?to engage soleme ny its military prestige and give an ui discipline ana uuuy. we iave no selfish ends to serve,' said 'resident Wilson in asking the American congress to declare war igainst Germany. "A year has passed. Russia has Tumbled, the American people have est their illusions, as we knew and uttered privations of which we do . lot know enough. "The Americans," the Temps con- * 'luded, "fight a fight of faith and >eril itself exalts their courage. By chat abberation ran Germany iitfagne that she can -rr.quer foroi such is those!" < Submarines Directed at Neutrals. Germany's war leaders are using be submarine to prevent fulfillment f America's agreements to feed and elieve European neptrals, according r\ o nm r.wf f U TITrt ? 'I'rrt a \j a aiaicmcut u* iuc >v ai x i auc loard. It says: "A mass of cumulative evidence nd indications in the possession of lie War Trade Board shows that Gerlany is employing the submarine lenace to prevent neighbor neutrals eceiving any food or favors at the ands of the United States and its ssociates in the war, and to coerce tiese neutrals through starvation nd political and economic dependnce upon Germany, quite as much s to strike at the communications of ;s opponents?Germany's ostensible im in proclaiming the ruthless sublarine campaign. ' Further indications tend to show hat the submarines are being used lone: similar dog-in-the-manger lines, o destroy neutral shipping without egard ta its employment." Xew U. S. Army Rifle. The United States rifle, model of 917, commonly called the modified Infield, has now been tested in the srvice of the Army a sufficient time ) warrant the assertion that it more lan justifies the claims made for it, ccording to a statement authorized y the Secretary of War. The new rifle takes a 30-caliber artridge, which has the advantage ver the British Enfield of being rim iss. it lias Deen iouna tnat unless im cartridges are fed through the * lagazine uniformly with the .rim of ie top cartridge ahead of the rim of le one immediately below, jams are kely to occur. The model of 1917 has an over-all mgth of 46.3 inches; a total weight lcluding oiler and thong case and ayonet of ten pounds and 5 ounces, "he breech mechanism is of the bolt fpe. N ( .\-Jj 2 ..-J ' ' * t.V-v--. -r