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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
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Commander Exclaims "Wish I Had
an Army Corps of Them."
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 ^
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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
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brought up to them, so absorbed;
were they in the task of chasing the j;
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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."
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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.
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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.
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to press forward slowly under a
heavy fire from German machine
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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;
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Rev. W. L. Hayes Killed.
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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!
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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.
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Mr. Hayes was well known
:hroughout Bamberg county, and had 1
lumerous friends here, who were;
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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.
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RED CROSS CONTRIBUTORS.
Subscribers From Elirhardt, Denmark
and Colston.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.