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\ _ ^ 31tp Hambrrg iSrralh fc One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1918. Established 1891. FIGHT LIKE VETERANS AMERICAN'S SHOW MAGNIFICENT FIGHTING QUALITIES. Swept Huns Before Them?Their j i Commander Exclaims "Wish I Had an Army Corps of Them." < With the American Army on the Marne.?The second attack made today by American marines on German positions northwest of Chateau-Thierrv earlv eave promise of being as successful as this morning's assault. The marines reached all their objectives set for the first hour within that time limit and pushed beyond them. The early reports indicated the Germans on the riwi for the time being and surrendering right and left to the Americans. One of the toughest ^of all the objectives, Belleau wood, some four miles from Chateau-Thierry, was swept by the marines without serious trouble. There seemed reason to expect German counter attacks in strength before long, for previous to the beginning of the afternoon attack, which began at 5 p. m., the roads behind the German lines were filled with troops, guns and wagons, but the American artillery turned on , them and created havoc. The marines in their forward sweep took strong positions on either side Ti-nnH and cleaned out the Ul JUCl'CUU . . v. ravine south of Torcy, which linked up the line with Hill 142, which was taken this morning. This gave them a strong and dominating position for a coninuation of their attack. Their total advance'was approximately two miles over a three-mile front. The total number of prisoners taken was not known this evening, but additional captives were brought in after the morning attack, which netted about 100 prisoners. A notable development was the low morale of the prisoners, all of whom are Prussians. They expressed themselves as tired of the war and glad to ? get out of the fighting. This was despite the fact that they are furnished with food, although the Saxons, the Wuerttemburg troops and others may go without. It must not be immagined, however, that they did not put up a fight ? fnr. fhoir nffipprs were II11S 1UUI11111&, IUV.? among them urging them on, but the marines dashed into them, yelling like Indians and plying bayonet and rifle. One marine who was taking back a prisoner ran into two German officers and ten men. He tackled them single-handed with his rifle and bav' onet, killed both the officers and wounded seven of the men. Another sergeant was about to take a prisoner when the German threw himself on the ground and discharged his revolver at the American after calling "comrade." That settled the German, for the sergeant shot him, as he did four others, who also had surrendered, but refused to put up their hands. Forward in Waves. The marines advancing in the Belle^u wood region went forward in four waves of open formation. The men in the first waves were for the most part armed with rifles and bombs, while the rear waves were equipped with automatic rifles. With them came* squads of machine gunners lugging their collapsible guns. - They crossed the open space and tniiort n n the si one bent over like gnomes. The trenches the marines >.'* passed over were clearly visible from below, but they hardly deserved the name, for they were simply lines of , little .holes, each big enough to hold a man while barbed wire was lack. ing. There was some, however, interlaced among* the trees of Belleau wood, but the marines pushed their way through it. ^ * Out in the open field artillery officers with glasses were directing the supporting fire, while on the roof of 1 a near-by farm house a signal man f- wig-wagged with his red and white flags. On all sides the guns were flashing, some of them stationed right out in the field, while others were i/-J ' J/* ?. **? +1ia Tt-r\r\rl - T rinVl'n cr ! UlUUCil 111 LUC uuuc. uvvumn v%v " into the valley only a mile away the village of Bussaires could be seen on fire. As the correspondent watched the scene the clouds of white shrapnel smoke over the village of Torcy alsd became brownish and flames ap peared in that town. The artillery fire that preceded the attack lasted an hour and was of especial intensity for five minutes preceding the time when the marines j went over the top. French and i American batteries both took part in | the firing, putting down a rolling i barrage, and then shifting to the | i This Ail 14tl Signat Post ( TO Th ? I, ill a< agree \ U sho * i Fin 8AVE WIN 1 i ftai roads behind the German lines. I It appears that the marines in going forestalled an attack the Ger- J mans had planned. It was to have been carried out by the Prussian. (! who had been put into the line for I ^ i ? that purpose, and was to have taken j; place either today or tomorrow. The ' men had relieved the Prussian guard 1 division, which was badly chewed up 1 in the fighting of the last day or two. : They in turn had relieved the Sax- ! ons just after the marines took over ' the sector, so the marines are proud of the fact that they have used up 1 three German divisions in less than; < a week and are still very much alive ' themselves. The morale of the men is wonderful. They are willing to attempt any- ' thing and are talking with pride of 1 the heavy losses they inflicted upon 1 the Germans in their attack this * morning, while all the early reports ^ indicated that the afternoon attack t had been even more costly to the ^ enemy. ] The latter attack was undertaken j ^ largely because of the splendid show- < ing the marines made in the morn- 1 ing, coupled with the discovery that the morale of the Germans in the 1 opposite was low, which made the going easier for the fiery soldiers of the marine corps. The advance was 1 carried out by the same men who 1 attacked- in the morning and who J1 had had no rest." They asked noth- 1 ing. however, but plenty of ammuni- j ^ tion and hardlv ate the food that was i brought up to them, so absorbed; were they in the task of chasing the j; ? it? enemy as ia.r as pusiuic. No one who saw the marines in i1 action today but did not thoroughly ! agree with the exclamation, of their j commander, himself an army man, I when he said: "I just wish I had an 1 army corps of 'em here." i Going Right Ahead. ?With the French Army on tli;e | Marne.?Up to this hour the Ameri-j' can and French troops advancing between Veuilly-La-Poterie and Torcy : have reached the outer edges of the i towns of Bussaires and Torcy. On the west the Allied line has been carried to Granges farm, south i of Gandelu, west of Veuilly. Bel- : lean wood, east of Torcy, has been ; cleared of the enemy. Further de- i tails are not available at this hour. I The Americans comprise the de- j tachments on the left. wing of the ; advancing line. After capturing a ' small wood shaped like the letter S : the Americans reached the enemy. " * ^ " ? * ^ " '11 ?? A M A A/N ^ i ! > /\/l at % cuiii> axiu tuuuuucu to press forward slowly under a heavy fire from German machine e;u ns. During, the attack this morning at : dawn the German artillery fire against the Allies was feeble, but the enemy front line was well studded with machine guns. Tn the action this morning the Americans and. French advanced one kilometer into the German lines and captured 270 prisoners, including 10 officers. Forty-five minutes after the fight-j ing started one French regiment had attained the border of Mares wood r.00 yards southeast of Bussaires, notwithstanding sharp resistance. This regiment alone took more than 100 prisoners. Marines Reach Boure^hes. With the American Forces on the; \ i is the Patriotic Pledge Loyal Americans In So !i to June 28th: ure 1 )fflce No R. F. D. No. IE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED 3T tlje above signed certify that I now o^ idition to those now owned, I JUNE to buy War Savings Stamps > Cost wn in margin at right JULY Cost AUGU Cost ither pledge MYSELF TO SEPTI and economize, to help Cost rm war. octo; Cost NOVE Cost DECE1 Cost Total War Savings Stamps Owned Solicit mps may be bought from Post Offices, B Rev. W. L. Hayes Killed. J Richmond, Va., June IS.?The Rev. William L. Hayes, Baptist clergyman of Barnwell, S. C., formerly located at Marion, S. C., and at Sanford. X. C., died at a Petersburg hospital today as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident vesI terday while on his way from Rich mond to Camp Lee with his oldest son, Channing. and a party of several friepds. When the car, a Ford..with his son it the wheel, was within several miles if Petersburg, it suddenly swerved from the road, turning over twice, but, strar.ge to say, no one was hurt. The clergyman, after the machine had been righted, began driving it himself. There was something the matter with the steering gear and it soon turned over again. This time, he was caught under the car a*nd hough apparently he was not seriously hdrt, he lapsed into unconsciousless after being taken to the Peters- j burg hospital and died presumably j if an internal hemmorrhage in the j region of the chest. j Other members of the party escap-! ?d with slight injuries. Mr. Hayes I was 51 years old and a son-in-law of! I M. R. Pace, widely known printer of, this city. His wife, who was with her j parents here, hurried to Petersburg j upon learning of the accident and i reached his bedside just before he: became unconscious. Mr. Hayes had a brother, George : Hayes, and two married sisters liv-J ing in Charleston, S. C. One of these ; is Mrs. Carl Matthews. He was a i native of Petersburg. Va. The funer-! il will be held here. x/ Mr. Hayes was well known :hroughout Bamberg county, and had 1 lumerous friends here, who were; i shocked to learn of his tragic death, j Mr. Hayes had preached a number j uf times in this county, and only a few Sundays aeo filled the Baptist pulpit in this city. Marne.?American marines last night, reached the outskirts of Bouresches,! northwest of Chateau-Thierry, and i poured volleys of machine gunfire' into the enemy, inflicting terrific! casualties. Bayonets were used free-' ly against many of the Germans who attempted to make a stand in the streets. At daybreak today the ma rines were slowlv driving the\(ier-j mans back in the face of heavy \ artillery :ire, including gas shells, j The American a;*?llen* was performing: magnificently in this operation. Many Instances of Bravery. With the American Army in Picar-; dy.?There were many instances of | individual bravery and heroism in the i successful attack of the American I marines in the Chateau-Thierry sec- j tor today. Many of the Americans! who were wounded refused to leave j the fight. Private Charley Ginsberg, of Wash-! ington. Ga., captured a German in a ! shell hole. Ginsberg searched the; fr?v liiddpn wpfltinn? nnrl ! when he came upon photographs of the prisoner's two children the German wanted to fight. The prisoner was allowed *o keep the photographs. An American corporal found himself behind the German lines two days ago. By keeping himself hidden and crawling a foot at a time he reached the American line during the height of today's battle and in time to take p.-ft in the victory. i That Will be Signed I nth Carolina From Jin Street County ATE8 TREASURY: Maturi Value Number at $5 ej rn W.s.s.s $4.17 each W-S.S $4.18 each W.S.S ST $4.19 each W.S.S 5MBER $4.20 each W.S.S 3ER $4.21 each W.S.S MBER $4.22 each W.S.S tfBER $4.28 each W.S.S and Pledged W.S.S.$ or's Signature auks and Authorized Agents Ererjwher } ?? . RED CROSS CONTRIBUTORS. Subscribers From Elirhardt, Denmark and Colston. V Below will be found a list of the subscribers to the Red Cross war fund from Ehrhardt. Mr. G. J. Herndon, chairman of the soliciting committee, states that the list is as near correct as he can set it. If there is anyone who subscribed to the fund at Ehrhardt and his or her natue does not appear in the list, it will be greatly appreciated if attention will be called to Mr. Herndon, and he wil] take pleasure in adding such rames to the list. Subscriptions taken at two colored churches in the Ehrhardt section have not yet been completed, and as soon as these lists can be compiled, ifcey will be furnished. The total for Ehrhardt. as published below, is $2,906.73, and Mr. Herndon says he hopes the amount will have reached $3,000 when all subscriptions have been leportcd. Embroe has the distinction of having the largest paid up subscription list to date. Of the total amount subscribed at Embree, about SO per cent, has been paid in. More than half of the amount subscribed at Denmark has been paid in. Collection. in the list published last week, Mr. A. McB. Speaks was credited with $5.00. The amount should have been $25.00. We take pleasure in tv.ol. in op 1UCI IVllJ lllio 1CV.11UU, EHRHARDT. T. E. Anderson $ 10.00 J. H. Bazzle 5.00 C. L. Brant 5.00 Gilmore Beard 5.00 W. D. Bennett 20.00 G. R. Bennett .25 L. M. Bishop 5.00 Carl Bishop 4.00 Miss Ruth Bishop 5.00 Miss Minnie Bishop 5.00 Marvin Bishop 5.00 B. B. Bishop 1.00 Mrs. W. P. Bishop 2.00 B. W. Bishop ' 5.00 Martin D. Bishop 10.00 J. E. Bishop 10.00 H. C. Bishop 5.00 Mrs. L. A. Bickle - 1.00 Mrs. H. L. Brown 1.50 H. L. Brown 5.00 J. Wms. Carter 100.00 Mrs. J. Wms. Carter 5.00 H. L. Carter 10.00 H. M. Carter 5*. 00 J. H. A. Carter 25.00 .T. Dan Carter 10.00 John E. Carter 2.00 .Tim W. Carter 5.00 Eugene Carter 2.00 Mrs. Martha Chassereau .... 10.00 Mr. and Mrs.J. F.Chassereau.. 20.00 Mr and Mrs J F Chassereau.. 20.00 \V. L. Chasereau 25.00 H. I. Chassereau 5.00 T. M. Clayton 2.00 L. R. Clayton 5.00 A. B. Coggins 100.00 S. W. Copeland 100.00 Mrs. S. W. Copealnd 5.00 D. C. Copeland 40.00 Dr. .T. L. Copeland 100.00 F. H. Copeland 10.00 \V. F. Copeland 10.00 L. H. Copeland 5.00 O. L. Copeland 5.00 .T. Wms. Copeland 2.00 E. P. Copeland 5.00 Jessie .T. Copeland 5.00 Jeff A. Copeland 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Copeland.. 2.00 G. A. Copeland 5.00 H. C. Goneland 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Copeland.. 10.00 I. D. Copeland 5.00 J. W. Copeland 5.00 J. F. Connellv 5.00 C. E. Cope 10.00 Mrs. J. M. Dannelly 50.00 J. D. Dannellv 25.00 E. D. Dannelly 25.00 (Continued on page 4, column 2.) [ iy [ ie * iy ach .00' .00 I .00 .00 i .00 .00 .00 .00 .0* 9 STATE OFFICE CANDIDATES. I Will Speak in Bamberg Next Tuesday, June 25th. The campaign meeting for candidates for State offices will be held j next Tuesday, June 25th, at BamI berg. All candidates for State offices j are expected to be present on this ocI casion, and present their claims. The I senatorial campaign party will be in Bamberg in July. The following is a list of the candidates who filed their pledges for the various offices: United States senate?X. B. Dial, Laurens; James F. Rice, Anderson; j B. R. Tillman, Trenton; Cole L. j Blease, Columbia. Congress. First district?Richard S. Whaley, Charleston. ^ Second district?James F. Byrnes, Aiken; T. G. Croft,. Aiken; X. G. Evans, Edgefield; G. L. Toole, Aiken. Third district?Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville; F. H. Dominick, Newberry. Fourth district?H. L. Bomar, Spartanburg; Sam J. Nichols, Spartanburg, D. B. Traxler, Greenville. Fifth district?W. F. Stevenson, Chesterfield. Sixth district?J. W. Ragsdale, Florence. Seventh district?T. F. Brantley, Orangeburg; A. F. Lever, Lexington; T. G. McLeod, Bishopville; G. B. Timmerman, Lexington. Solicitor. Third circuit?F. A. McLeod, Sumter; L. E. Wood, Sumter. Twelfth circuit?L. M. Gasque, Marion. V Governor. Andrew J. Retliea, Columbia; R. A. Cooper, Laurens; J. M. DesChamps, Rock Hill; John T. Duncan, Columbia; John L. McLaurin, Bennettsville; Thomas H. Peeples, Barnwell; John G. Richards, Liberty Hill. Lieutenant Governor. Octavus Cohen, Monck's Corner; J. T. Liles, Orangeburg; G. W. Wightman, Batesburg. SuperinteiKlent of Education. V. E. Rector, Darlington; J. E. Swearingen, Columbia. Attorney General. Claud X. Sapp, Lancaster; R. P. Searson, Allendale; S. M. Wolfe, An. derson. Secretary of State. W. B. Dove. Columbia. Comptroller General, j C. W. Sawyer, Columbia. State Treasurer. S. T. Carfer, Columbia. Commissioner of Agriculture. B. Harris, Anderson: W. D. Garricnn inrlorcnri TT T* Arnrrisnn_ ~\fe Clellanville. Rai 1 road Commjssioner. H. H. Arnold, Woodruff; A. A. Richardson, Columbia; T, J. -McLaughlin, St. Matthews: D. L. Smith, Walterboro; J. T. Vowell, Columbia. Adjutant General. W. W. Moore, Barnwell. Deliveries of the S.0'10 motor trucks recently ordered by the Motor Transport Service of the War Department are to be made between August 1 and December 1. These trucks, known as "Class B Standard," will have a capacity of from 3 to 5 tons, and will be distributed as needed through the various branches of the Army. Ten thousand of these class E standardized trucks have previously been ordered and are now in process of manufacture and delivery. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. t Yews Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Colston Clippings. */ . Colston, June IS.?Mr. Malone Yarn, of Columbia, spent last weekfktlrl Tl'lfrV* rolotivAf ? n f h i r. r.AAf Viiu MAUI 1 CiaiiYUO 111 SCL11UU. Misses Octavie McMillan and Virgie Barnes were the Saturday night and Sunday guests of Miss Inez Clayton. Messrs. Layton Kinard and Oliver Barnes, of Ehrhardt, spent Saturday night and Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isham Goodwin. Miss Evelyn Kirkland and Mrs. Leila Bessinger were the guests of Mrs. Bessinger's uncle, Mr. Padgett, of Walterboro, Saturday and Sunday. Miss Alberta Kearse spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Mamie McMillan. Messrs. Gerald and George Kearse visited Mr. Ernest Chassereau, of Adams Run, Saturday night and Sunday. Messrs. Robbie Hughes, Will McMillan, Frank Kirkland, Jr., Mac and Dan Ray "Forded it" to Camp Jackson, Columbia, Sunday to spend the day. -Miss Bessie Kirkland, of Denmark, was at home Saturday night and Sunday. Messrs. Thos. Clayton and B. D. Bishop attended the funeral of the infant so? of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Clayton, of Columbia, Tuesday* of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Halcod Ayer, and children, Mr. and Mrs. George Kinard and children spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isham Goodwin. i Mrs. Thos. Clayton, Miss Mary Clayton, Messrs. Sammie Clayton, L. A. Wooley and son, Leon, spent Sunday with relatives in Barnwell. Byrnes Speaks in Boston. Washington, June 12.?Representative Byrnes has been invited by members of the Massachusetts delegation in congress to deliver a pa1 triotic address at Boston, June 16, on the occasion of the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. He has accepted the invitation. Xftic I*1 \" JT?i mac O# M. m V '/MXlIvn lilllVt VUUlOl Mrs. F. V. James was hostess Monday at a five course luncheon in honor of her sister, Miss Ruby Guess, and her bridal party, at her home in Denmark. Those present were: Capt. Irvine P. Carr, the bridegroom, formerly of Wehawkin, N. J., but now Of the 324th infantry, Camp Sevier, dental corps; Lieut. J. T. Genner, chaplain in his regiment; Rev. William Haynesworth, of Sumter; Miss Mary Link, of Abbeville; Miss May Haynesworth, Sumter; Miss Norma Guess, Appleton; Miss Norma Moore, Walhalla; Miss Agnes Heriot, Sumter; Miss Mary Smith, Abbeville; Miss Mildred Carr, Wehawkin, N. J., sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Isabel Strait, Rock Hill. The table was decorated with crepe myrtle, of which the poets so beautifully write, and whose emblem is "confession of love." Much merriment was enjoyed with the pulling of the ribbons from the cake for the fortunes of the future. In this it fell to Miss Moore's lot to use every means possible to annilibate the crown prince. In her usual graceful manner. Miss Moore gave the toast for the day and Lieut. Genner for the future. Those who so graciously assisted in serving were: Mrs. Wade H. Faust, Mrs. Rosa G. Strait, and j Mrs. A. P. Guess. Quite a bit of ro[ mance hovers around the couple, the friendship having started six years ago in New York, where they first I met. | Miss Ruby Guess was the recipient of many social attentions during the week. Mrs. A. P. Guess, in her delightful manner, entertained for her on Friday afternoon. The game "tel egrams" was enjoyed by all, after which a sweet course was served. On Thursday, Mrs. W. D. Mayfield gave a miscellaneous shower at her hospitable home in Lees. The time was pleasantly spent in playing rook. When the game was nearly finished, little Miss Caroline Mayfield, dressed as "Miss Liberty," and Master Norman Robinson, of St. Matthews, dressed as a soldier boy, came bringing gifts in a basket to the bride-tobe, after which a sweet course was served.