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(hie Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9,1918 Established 1891.
BRITISH HAVE LOST 250,000
ESTIMATE GIVEN OUT BY THE
BRITISH MILITARY MISSION.
Han Losses Much Greater.?Situation
Serious if British Have to Bear
Brunt of the Next Blow.
Washington, May 4.?British losses
in men killed, wounded, captured
and missing on the western front
since the German offensive began
March 21, are estimated by the Brit*
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isn military missxuu uwb ai ucan;
250,000.
This estimate would appear to be
in remarkable contrast to the enormous
German losses in the drive.
The German war office, of course,
has not disclosed what its losses in
the great battle have been, but the
estimate of allied observers have placed
them at a staggering figure. From
the very nature of the fighting, military
experts have pointed out, the
losses of the attackers were bound
to be heavier than those of the defenders.
But in addition to that, the
method of German attack, advancing
troops in waves faster than machine
guns could mow them down, must,
military experts say, have entailed
enormous losses.
"An inkling of how serious the
r.ormnn losses came some time ago
when it was reported that the Ger-1
man military chiefs dared not disclose
their extent to the German people,
and therefore, were sending the
wounded to Belgium. Other reports
have told of railway gateways being
choked with trains of wounded while
the dispatches of correspondents at
the front have told how the battle
\ fields were carpeted with grey-clad
bodies.
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THE TRAITOROUS AND DISLOYAL.
Governor Manning Urges Reporting of
Adverse Acts and Words.
Columbia, April 29.?Governor
Manning today issued a proclamation
calling upon the people of South Carolina,
for the security of the country
and as a measure of defense, to be
vigilant and to promptly report all
violations of the espionage and sedition
laws, as well as any traitorous
conduct which comes to their attention,
to the State Council of Defense.
In fhia nrnHnmatinn. it is also asked
that desertions from the army and
navy be reported. The State Council
of Defense is pointed out as the proper
agency to whom reports of violations
and suspicious cases should be
made, and all members of county
councils are especially charged with
this vigilance.
The following is the governor's
proclamation:
"In order that the laws of the State
and nation against espionage, sedition,
traitorous conduct and desertion
from the army and navy of the
United States may be properly enforced,
and in order that the people
of South Carolina may know that in
every locality there are agents of
the government whose duty it is to
take cognizance of and promptly report
all violations of law affecting
the national security:
"Now, therefore, I, Richard I.
Manning, Governor of South Carolina,
de hereby especially charge all
members of the South Carolina
Council of Defense, all county chairmen,
and all members of the county
councils of defense in their respective
counties of the State, to take
cognizance especially of the above
mentioned effenses against the State
and Federal laws, reporting the same
to the chairman or secretary of the
State Council of Defense at their office
in Columbia.
"In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
great seal of the State to be fixed
at Columbia, this 29th day of April,
in the Year of Our Lord 1918, and
in the 142nd year of the Independence
of the United States of America.
"RICHARD I. MANNING,
"Governor.
"By the Governor,
\ "William Banks Dove,
"Secretary of State."
In order that no person may be
uncertain as to whom to report in
the event such violations come to
their notice, it is suggested that the
first report be made to the local defense
council. The chairman for
Bamberg county of the State Council
of Defense is J. C. Guilds, whose postoffice
address is Bamberg.
Field and garden seed are unconditionally
exempted from all embargoes,
according to the Department
of Agriculture. Instructions are issued
to all railroads to do everything
possible to expedite the movement of
seed.
To enable a knitter to keep her
arms at her sides and also to better
distribute the weight of her work, a
curved, double ended knitting needle
has been invented.
REQUIRED ONLY 27 DAYS.
Steel Collier Tuckahoe is Launched
90 Per Cent. Completed.
Philadelphia, May 5.?All records
for rapid construction of a ship were
broken today when the 5,549-ton
steel collier Tuckahoe was launched
at the yards of the New York Ship
Building Corporation in Camden, N.
J. The keel of this wonder ship was
laid on April 8th and only twentyseven
working days were required to
prepare the hull for launching. The
boat was 90 per cent, completed when i
it' slid into the waters of the Delaware.
In fifteen days more it will be
ready for a cargo.
A distinguished company witnessed
the launching, including Charles M.
Schwab, director general of ship construction;
Chairman Edward N. Hurley,
of the shipping board: Vice
President Charles Piez, Francis T.
Bowlis, and Senator Fletcher, chairman
of the Senate commerce committee.
Miss Helen Hurley, Chairman
Hurley's twelve-year-old daughter,
christened the ship.
Letter From President.
Mr. Hurley read a letter from
President Wilson as follows:
"To the Workmen and Executive
Staff of the New York Ship Buildnig
Company?
"My Dear Frends: I want to congratulate
you on the exraordinary
record you have made in your work
on the steamship Tuckahoe. I wish I
could be present in person to express
to you the feeling that I have that we
are all comrades in a great enterprise,
and that you have played your part
with extraordinary skill and devotion,
eliciting not only my admiration, but
I am sure, the admiration of all who
will learn of what you have accomplished.
I congratulate ahd bid you
God-speed.
"Cordially and sincerely yours,
"Woodrow Wilson."
Mr. Hurley read a copy of a cablegram
he had sent to Gen. Pershing,
which read:
World's Record Set.
"Management and workmen of New
York Shipbuilding Company have just
established a world record by launching
a steel ship of 5.500 deadweight
tons in twenty-seven days. The army
of 550,000 men in the American ship
yards thus show that they are working
shoulder to shoulder with their
comrades in the trenches. The patriotic
spirit shown by the workmen of
this company exists in every shipyard
in America."
Mr. Hurley announced that each
man who worked on the Tuckhahoe
would be presented with a silver
medal as a mark of distinguished service.
Mr. Schwab was cheered repeatedly
by the thousands of workmen. He
declared in an address that the record-breaking
work on the Tuckah)>e
is the most decisive blow administered
to our enemy in many months.
"The news will fly around the
world," he said. "That in twentyseven
working days a ship had been
built in Aemrica, something tfever
before accomplished, and it will be
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news lur ueriix<iuj>. \\ cxsnxxxgtun ucsires
no credit for this accomplishment,
the credit belongs to the workmen
in this yard and T shall be the
f
first to see that they get it. Boys,
in going in the magnificent shipbuilding
plants in the Philadelphia district,
I have been struck with the
energy, loyalty, enthusiasm and patriotism
of the workmen. No better
men exist anywhere in the world
than those in the United States. Go
to it and see that the seas are filled
with American ships. See that your
hearts are filled with patriotism and
say 'to h with the Kaiser' every
time you drive a rivet."
Mr. Piez said that if every yard in
the country does as well as the New
York shipyard the country will turn
out 3,600 such this year. "Three
times as many as the submarines can
sink."
Standing with his arms around the
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snouiaers 01 lummy ivxasuu, nun
superintendent, who built the ship,
Mr. Schwab presented that official
with a gold watch as a token of appreciation.
Mason promised the patriotic cooperation
of every workman in the
yard.
Within a short time after the
Tuckahoe was in the water an army
of workmen was busy preparing the
ways for another keel.
The Shipping Board plans construction
of three launching ways for
three 3.500-ton concrete vessels. This
type of vessel is still in an experimpntfll
nr?H if found succoKsful
the board may build 7,5 00-ton concrete
ships.
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I Read The Herald $1.50 the year.
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GET FLAGS OF HONOR
BAMBERG COUNTY AND EACH
TOWN WENT OVER.
Apportionment of the County Oversubscribed
by More than
$60,000.
It is a matter of intense interest
that Bamberg county has oversubscribed,
by thousands of dollars, the
amount apportioned to it as its quota
of the third liberty loan. The
citizens or the county generally are
to be congratulated that their county
has achieved a place on the honor
roll of the country. The banks of
the county are to be congratulated
upon the ready and patriotic response
they have made to the demands
of the situation in supplying
with money those desiring to borrow
a portion of the amounts of bonds
they subscribed for. Particularly is
this worthy of mention in view ofj
the fact that in meeting this demand
for money the banks of the county
made these loans for the purchase
of bonds at a smaller rate of interest
than they will in turn have to
pay, in the event that they borrow
money during the summer. The lib
erty loan committee, together with
the city chairmen and county chairman
and those other citizens of the
county who labored so earnestly and
enthusiastically for the success of
the liberty loan, have the satisfaction
of knowing that our county has
no cause to be ashamed of its place
in the list of those counties that
have gone over the top in subscriptions.
The amount of individual work in
the interest of the' loan was enormous,
but the result achieved justifies
the labor expended, and there is
no doubt that the citizens of the
Bamberg Banking Co
Enterprise Bank
Peoples Bank
Totals Town of Bamberg
Bank of Denmark
Citizens Exchange Bank
Totals Town of Denmark
Ehrhardt Banking Co
Farmers & Merchants Bank ...
Town of Ehrhardt
Bank of Olar
Totals Town of Olar
tsamoerg uounty
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county have been awakened to the
fact that each individual has a part
to play in the prosecution of the war
to victory.
It may be of interest to recall that
the liberty loan campaign was formally
inaugurated with a meeting
of the committee appointed by the
county chairman. Mr. Christie Benet,
of Columbia, and Mr. J. Henry
Johnson, district chairman, of Allendale,
delivered addresses before the
members of the committee. These
addresses were stirring and timely,
and resulted in inspiring the members
of the committee with determination
to attain the goal set for
the county in subscriptions.
This meeting was held at Bamberg
on the 8th of April, and on the following
Saturday, April 13th,patriotic
rallies were held in every town of
the county. Excellent speakers were
obtained for these meetings. Hon.
James F. Byrnes, congressman from
the second district; Rev. Hugh R.
Murchison, field secretary of the
State council of defense; and Mr. R.
Beverly Herbert, of Columbia, de
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liverea me auui esses m uauiucib
and Denmark. Large and enthusiastic
audiences heard these gentlemen,
which were informative and
well worth hearing.
The people of Govan had the pleasure
of hearing an address delivered
by .Mr. Jesse F. Carter, of the Bamberg
bar, and those who heard him
were inspired with patriotic zeal.
The rallies at Olar and Ehrhardt
were addressed by Mr. J. M. Lynch,
of Florence, and Mr. J. C. Guilds,
of Bamberg, and the ready response
of these towns shows with what enthusiasm
the speeches of these gentlemen
were received..
For the first time probably in the
, history of the county, practically
(probably actually) every store and
^ place of business in the several
towns of the county were closed during
the hour of these meetings, and
perhaps more people listened to addresses
on that day than on any one
previous day in our history as a
county.
Committees had been named not i
only in every town, but also in ev-evry
section of the county, and the;
individual work done by the mem-j
bers of these committees is attested j
by the large amount subscribed to j
the loan, and also by the number j
of persons subscribing.
Due credit should be given to the j
colored people of the county for the j
ready response they have made toj
the call for money, and had this}
loan come in the fall of the year, j
mnnv nthers would have been in a!
position to have carried out their I
desires by participating in the sub-|
scription to the loan. The colored j
council of defense and the pastors,
of the colored churches assisted j
greatly in arousing interest.
Active agencies in soliciting and
obtaining subscriptions to the liberty
loan were the boy scouts and;
the ladies' liberty loan committee. I
Mr. Marion Cooner, scout master at j
Bamberg, outlined a plan of cam-;
paign for the boy scouts, and these j
future men of our county eagerly
went to work at the appointed time,
and during the last week of the cafmpaign
attempted to solicit every family
in the town of Bamberg that had
not subscribed for bonds.
The ladies' liberty loan committee.
of which Mrs. J. S. J. Faust, of
Denmark, was chairman, put on a;
soliciting campaign that was effec-j
tive in materially increasing the j
loan subscriptions.
All of these agencies, using every
available means, united in making
the third liberty loan a success,
rtf tho nnnntv clirmlri hft nrniifk
Not only has the county subscribed,
and oversubscribed, its allotment of
bonds, but every town in the county
has done likewise.
The apportionments, the subscriptions
and the number of subscribers
are given below:
Allot- No. Amt.
ment. Sups. Sub.
.$ 42,000 184 $ 59,2C 0
9,200 34 2,050
. 19,000 201 40,509
.$ 70,200 419 $101,750
.$ 32,300 100 $ 42,250
. 18,400 196 30,<50
.$ 50,700 296 $ 72,400
.$ 14,000 81 $ 16,200
. 18,500 114 20,900
.$ 32,500 195 $ 36,200
.$ 16,400 132 $ 20,550
.$ 16,400 132 $ 20,550
.$170,000 1,042 $230,900
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j The county has approximately 18,:
000 population, and about one out of
every eighteen persons subscribed for
j bonds. . Bearing in mind the fact
I that this count of 18,000 population
i includes men, women and children,
white and colored, and that on an ev1
erage each family numbers five persons,
the percentage of families subscribing
for bonds is about one family
out of each three and one-half.
These figures show that approximately
one person out of each eighteen
i subscribed. Therefore about 5 3-4
; per cent, of the population of the
j county subscribed to bonds, about
i six persons out of 100.
This percentage probably will compare
favorably with any other of the
counties of the State, and tut for
the time of the year, there is no
doubt but that the number of subscribers
and the total amount of subscriptions
would have been much
larger, and the county is to be congratulated
upon the showing made.
Evidently the governor of the federale
reserve bank of Richmond and
chairman of the war loan organisations
of the fifth federal reserve district,
Mr. George J. Seay, is elated
at the response made by the people,
for he writes to our county chairman:
"All honor to the liberty ioan workers
* * * and to the subscribers who
have shown by their magnificent support
that they will back the armies
of America with all their resources
in a fight to the death for liberty
and righteousness."
In recognition of the patriotic re~+1-1*1
nnnnl o nf tlifi rminfV
| sj^uunc uJ. cut v.w ?
i and as a token of appreciation of the
support of the banks and people of
| the towns, the treasury department
j has awarded to the county an honor
I flag, and to the towns of Bamberg,
| Denmark, Ehrhardt and Olar a simiI
lar flag, so that the county has the
j distinction of having won for itself
I and for each town in the county an
honor flag. These flags are en route
to each of the towns of the county.
The county honor flag will be dis\
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Roiled Down for Quick |
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings. I
South Carolina's quota of the com- ,
ing nation-wide Red Cross drive for
one hundred million dollars is $550,000,
according to official announcement.
The canvass begins may 20
and will conclude seven days later.
Dewey Rhinehart, a 16 year old
youth of Spartanburg, was shot Sun
day night by Shuford Piemmons, died
at the Steedley hospital Tuesday
morning. The shooting occurred in the
Spartan mill village, a pistol with
which the boys were playing accidentally
firing, the bullet hitting
young Rhinehart in the abdomen
and penetrating to the liver.
Asbury Francis Lever, of Lexington,
congressman from the seventh
congressional district and chairman
of the agricultural committee of the
national house of representatives,
has announced for the United States
senate to oppose Senator Tillman,
who some time ago stated that he
was in the race for reelection.
Dr. Frank B. Johnson, a member
of the faculty of the State Medical
at PhsirlPQtrm has the di-i
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rectorship of the State Laboratory to
succeed Dr. F. A. Coward who has
entered the medical service of the
army, according to an announcement
of the state board of health. Dr.
Johnson expects to assume his duties
about the middle of this month.
A warrant was sworn out in Columbia
last week before Magistrate
S. M. Busby charging J. Crim Mixson,
assistant city treasurer, with "breach
of trust with fraudulent intent," incident
to an alleged shortage in his
account approximating $20,000. Columbia
city council at a special meet|
ing offered a reward of $200 for the
apprehension of Mixson, who has .
been missing since Saturday.
The steam boat Cherokee was held
up at Georgetown Saturday by T. J.
Smvrl, chief State constable, who
seized the bar and fixtures of the boat
and arrested Frank McKinnon, master,
and T. F. Leach, chief steward,
on a charge of violating the prohibition
law. Both were released on
bonds of $500 each. The Cherokee
is accused of bringing intoxicants
into Georgetown, said Governor Manning.
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Colston Clippings.
Colston, May 7,?The farmers are
all glad to see warm weather on their
crops, again.
Miss Elvie Kearse, of Bamberg,
spent Saturday night and Sunday at
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Zeigler, Mr.
Mouzon Zeigler, Mr. Edgar Fender
and little daughter, Lucille, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beard.
Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Thomas and
children and Miss Ethel McMillan
were the Sunday guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McMillan.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beard and
family, of Bamberg, spent Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. \Y.
Beard.
j Miss Lessie Wooley spent Saturday
i night with Miss Mary Clayton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. All dined Sunday
with Mrs. Sudie Barnes.
Miss Mamie McMillan, of Bamberg,
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spent last weeK-ena wuu .Misses .umnie
and Evelyn Kirkland.
Misses Bessie Kirkland. Lessie
Wooley, Mary Clayton and Messrs.
Sammie C'avton and Frank Kirkland,
Jr., were the Sunday guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Folk.
Mr. Albert McMillan, formerly of
this section, who has been in Bamberg
for the last few years, left last
week for Fort Screven with the
contingent of selected men for that
post.
Misses Minnie Kirkland, Mamie
McMillan and Mr. Willie Best dined
with Misses Natalie and Alberta
Kearse Sunday.
played from the front of the court
house, and each town will coubtless
I d;splay its flag from some appropriate
place.
J he treasury department intends
j to prepare a list of subscribers to
the third liberty loan (possiDiy a use:
of the subscribers of the two preced-!
! ing loans also) which will be sent
; to the schools of the county, so that
' there may be some public recogni!
tion of those citizens who so worth
ily supported the government with
, their money, thus making it possible
i for the men we send to the service,
| in army and navy, to achieve a victory
by the devices of war which
our money will buy.
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PRISONERS ABOUT TO GET AWAY
Guards Discover 50-Foot Tunnel at
Fort McPherson.
Atlanta, May 4.?An apparent attempt
at a wholesale delivery of the
German prisoners at Fort McPherson
was foiled late yesterday when the
guards discovered a fifty-toot tunnel
leading from under one of the prisoner's
barracks toward the double
fence which encloses the prison camp.
The discovery of the underground
passage followed an investigation of
some trouble among the prisoners
themselves, the guards being compelled
to advance with fixed bayonets
before the crowd of the enemy Germans
would disperse. They had been
engaged in a heated discussion and
several blows were passed among the
Teutons.
The exact cause of the internal disturbance
among the prisoners has
not been established, although the
camp officials are conducting a rigid
investigation.
When the disorder had been quieted
guards began a systematic search
of the prisoners' quarters and soon
discovered the tunnel, Iwhich had
been dug with great secrecy. The
excavation work evidently had consumed
many days, the Germans havi
m a J rt 1 1 v\ w-i f rv K i /I /%
ins; useu ciii pusjiuic means iu muc
evidences of their work.
It is understood that several prisoners
suspected in the complicity
to escape, have been placed in confinement
pending the result of the
official investigation.
FIGHT EXCEEDED VERDUN.
Veterans Declare it Was Child's Play
Compared to Kemmel.
With the British army in France,
May 3.?Veterans of the defense of
Verdun predominated among the
French\soldiers who so gallantly defended
Kemmel Hill against the Germans.
Many of them had fought at
Fleurv and they knew what hard
fighting was, but declare that Verdun
was child's play compared to the
conflict in Flanders recently.
The bombardment of Verdun had
set a high water mark for concentration
of guns of all calibers, but it
was nothing compared to what the
French troops experienced during
the German drive against Kemmel.
The French troops took up positions
about Kemmel on April 22, relieving
the battle weary British. Throughout
ApMj 23 and 24 before the attack
the Germans maintained a tremendous
bombardment and threw
hundreds of thousands of gas shells,
mixed with ordinary explosives shells.
Ten Per Second.
On the morning of the attack on
Kemmel the German gunners placed
ten big shells epr second on the
crest of the hill and during that day
the French put on their gas masks
fifty different times, for as fast as
the wind cleared the gas away a deluge
of the poisonous vapor poured
over the hills and part of the time
the poilus had to sleep in tfieir gas
masks. Despite the great quantities
of gas thrown, the Frenchmen had
only twelve casualties from it, according
to the latest reports.
A large part of the fighting was
with machine guns, of which the
Germans always had great numbers,
and at times the German enfilading
ortil.
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lery and machine guns, however, in
their turn reaped a great harvest
from the enemy.
At times the French 75s got into
heavy concentrations of infantry and
literally tore them to pieces. The
German losses in many instances are
placed as high as 40 per cent.
Germans airplanes were out in
force. They flew at an altitude of
1,100 metres and used machine guns
coninuouslv against the infantry.
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Suggests Cyclops' Fate.
Washington, May 2,?That the
missing collier Cyclops of the United
States navy was destroyed oy an explosive
charge secreted by Germans
in her cargo of manganese when the
cargo was taken on at Bahia, Brazil,
is the opinion of Senator Phelan, of
California, as expressed this morning
before a committee which was studying
a bill to conserve American ores.
"I was told by naval men," said the
Senator, "that at the time the Cyclops
was loading at Bahia the port
was full of Germans from a cruiser
and other ships interned there. Opportunity
to plant a bomb in her cargo
was ample."
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Salesman?"These are our best
spring mattresses, madam."
Mrs. Youngbride?"Haven't you
got your winter ones in yet?"?Boston
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