University of South Carolina Libraries
?jje pamberg peralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $1.50 PER YEAR. Volume 17 No. 33 Thursday, August 15, 1918.1 GET IT FROM WILSON. The Herald wishes to call special attention to the following dispatch from Washington: Washington, Aug. 9.?President | Wilson in a telegram sent today to Frank P. Glass, of Birmingham, characterized Congressman George Huddleston, of the ninth' Alabama dis* * J ? J ^ J? i ? r/N w wrtrtl A/?_ I mci, w no is a uctiiuiuctic iui iwm.- i tion, as "in every way an opponent! of the administration." Mr. Huddles-1 ton is opposed by Fred M. Jackson ! and the Rev. A. J. Dickinson. The President's telegram sent in answer to an inquiry from Mr. Glass, as to Congressman Huddleston's record, follows: k "Your message received. I do not feel at liberty to make any discrimination between candidates equally loyal but I think I am justified in saying that Mr. Huddleston's record proved him in every way an opponent of the administration." t Now, then, the point is the opponents of Congressman Byrnes, all three of them, charge Byrnes with exactly the same attitude toward the administration as Huddleston is charg-j ed with. We defy either or all of i Congressman Byrnes's opponents to get a statement from President Wil son that livrnes is an uypuucuc ui the administration. The opponents of Byrnes know the president never hesitates to take a stand in any election when he knows that a congressman is disloyal, and they know that if Byrnes is disloyal the president would say so. We make the direct - charge that the charge against Byrnes is the merest drivel, and we dare his' opponents to attempt to support their position by appealing to President Wilson. Get your statement from Wilson or shut up. The Herald management regrets exceedingly its inability to send a representative to any of the county campaign meetings so far. It was! our intention to attend at least sev-. ' eral of the meetings, but as therej are but two of us left in the office! now, it is simply impossible to get! away on Tuesday, the day set for the j holding of each of the county campaign meetings. To attend any of | the meetings would mean a delay in j getting The Herald out. We have had but one printer besides ourselves for some time, and since this one left us for a better job, it takes evtevery minute of our time the first three days of the week to print the paper. We merely state this by way of explanation, and we are in no sense complaining. In fact, we are very thankful that Tte have sufficient! "* * 3 * ?? - ? * ? ? ?*-v i *? /% -< ! Knowledge 01 priming yuiscivcs IU keep going. The Herald considers it a free American right to support for congress or any other office any man it sees fit to support. The opponents of Congressman Byrnes have twisted and contorted the "record" to serve their own ends. The Herald has took the twist out of some of these distortions, and, naturally, | the candidates don't like it* What j we have had to say was said in the j interest of truth, and we have no j apology to offer for ever telling the j truth. The Herald does not consider it necessary to further defend Mr. j Byrnes's record. The statement of j President Wilson, putting the stamp j of O. K. on Byrnes, settles the ques-i i tion of Congressman Byrnes's loyalty j once and for all, and as this is the only charge against Byrnes, there is j nothing further to be said. If thej three candidates against Byrnes de-j sire to show their patriotism they j will quit the race and leave the field i clear to the incumbent, whom the j president >.says he regards as one of ! the strongest and most dependable, men in the house and whose fidelity he does not doubt for a moment. Weshave heard the candidates fori ? ~ Art/ioeiAnc ! COIlgrCSS Sued.iv UJU ui.v,aoiuijo i since the campaign opened. Not one ' time have we heard the opponents of j Congressman Byrnes discuss a single j national issue. If these gentlemen! have the ability to make congress- j men, why don't they take a little ofj their time to let the people know! they have it? Instead of trying to j show their own qualifications for of-1 fice, they consume their time either j to discussing Congressman Byrnes | or in discussing matters foreign to | the office of congressman. In thus camouflaging the issues, they tell the people no reason why they should be elected. All they have done is to tell the people why Congressman Byrnes should not be elected. On the other hand, although beset by charges to answer, Mr. Byrnes does discuss in a most enlightening manner the questions of the hour, and he discusses them as one who knows the issues. It would be nothing short of folly to put a new man into con gress from this district, especially one who does not know enough about national affairs to even attempt to discuss them. It is indeed gratifying to the many strong friends of Congressman James F. Byrnes in this county to know of the magnificent reception he has met with all over the district in his campaign for reelection. In every county he has had the crowds with him at the campaign meetings, and while all sorts of falsehoods have been circulated about him, all indications point to his triumphant reelection on the first ballot, even with three opponents in the field against him. The reason is that the people have confidence in mm, ior they know that he has been true to every trust and has ably discharged his duty as representative of the second district. In each campaign since he was elected the first time all sorts of charges have been brought against him, but the voters have stood by him because they knew he had been faithful to the trust. Byrnes has made a fine congressman, and he has more important committee assignments and more influence in Washington today than any other South Carolina congressman except Lever. The people of the second district would be very foolish to make a change at this time and give up all the advantages Byrnes has over any new man who might be elected, no matter how much brains he has. But, without meaning to be unkind to any of his opponents, he stands head and shoulders above any of them in congressional ability, and it would take years for any of them to reach his present position of influence, even if they ever reached it. This of all times is not the time to think of changes in our representatives. We want a man in Wash{nn-+nn Ti-'rtn Jo t V, crV> 1 r familiar Ill 3 IUU ? liu 10 IUV1 VUQUIJ with the duties of congressman, one who is in touch with the situation, and no new man, no matter what his ability, can accomplish very much until he has been there for several years. Byrnes has made good, and we believe the voters of the second district realize it. Bamberg county's vote should not be led away by any false charges. 'Investigate all charges for yourself before casting your ballot against Byrnes. By the way, our offer of that one hundred dollars reward still stands open for any one to claim who can get a written statement from the president that Byrnes has not been loyal to the administration before and since the declaration of war. His enemies say he was against the draft act, but why don't they prove it? It would be easy to do so if it were true, but it is not true and they know it. FRENCH AMAZED. Marines Deliberately Adjust Rifle Range Before Shooting. Washington, Aug. 10.?A graphic eye-witness account of the fighting near Chateau-Thierry, in which American divisions, including the marine brigade, took part early in June, was made public today by the navy department. It is in the form of a long letter from an officer of the marines to Major Gen. Barnett, commandant of the corps, and the story told is of peculiar significance as, in the opinion of many officers here, it was the stand of the Americans along this line which saved Paris. The name of the writer is not disclosed. The Americans were rushed to the line in motor trucks to support the hard pressed French, and June 1, the marine brigade deployed on a support position, the battalion commanded by Major Thomas Holcomb hurrying into line as the men climbed off. the trucks. The Germans were coming on and June 2 the French dropped back, passing* through the American lines. Occupied "Box Seat." "We had installed ourselves in a house in Lavoie Chatel. a little village between Champillon and LucyLe-Bocage," the writer says. "From one side we had observation of the north and when the Germans attacked at 5 p. m. we had a box seat. "They were driving at Hill 16 from the north and northeast and they came out on a wonderfully clear day in two columns across a wheat field. We could see the two thin brown columns advancing in perfect oraer until iwo-iniras 01 me columns, we judged, were in view. "The rifle and machine gun fire were incessant and overhead shrapnel was bursting. Then the shrapnel I came on the target at each shot. Huns Showed Pluck. "The white patches would roll j away and we could see that some of the columns were still there, slowed up, and it seemed perfect suicide for them to try. You couldn't begrudge a tribute to their pluck, at that. "Then, under that deadly fire, and a barrage of rifle and machine gun fire, broke to the cover of the woods j and the Boche stopped. It was toe i much for any men. They burrowed j in or you could follow them by the I ripples of the green wheat as thej i GAS ATTACK OX LIGHTHOUSE. Six Overcome at North Carolina Station. Washington, Aug. 12.?Gas from oil discharged on the water by the German submarine operating off the Middle Atlantic coast overcame six men in the coast guard station and lighthouse on Smith's Island, X. C., Saturday evening, the navy department was advised today bv the commandant of the Sixth naval district. If the gas attack was deliberate, as most officials believe, it constituted a new and ingenious form of "frightj fulness" and, so far as has been re ported, was tne nrst direct enon 01 the German raiders to harm persons or property on the American shores. The gas was said by the commandant of the coast guard station to have much the same effect as the mustard gas used by the Germans on the western front. The men were laid out for more than half an hour, but apparently suffered no serious after effects. Dstroyer Attacks U-Boat. The dispatch relating to the gas attack was one of a series concerning German submarine warfare off the Atlantic coast received during the day by the navy department. One told of an attack on a submarine 100 miles east of Virginia coast by an American destroyer, which discharged seventeen depth charges where the raider was seen to submerge. The result of the attack was net determined, but after oil had appeared on the surface two bombs were dropped on the spot and the submarine was not seen again. British Steamer Sunk. Sinking of the British steamer Penistone, of 4,138 gross tons, and the Swedish steamer Sydland, of 3,031 gross tons, in New England waters, near where ten fishing smacks were destroyed Sunday, was also reported to the navy department during the day. The former was torpedoed Sunday, with the fate of her crew still undetermined, while the latter was destroyed by bombs August S and her crew later rescued by passing ships. Still another dispatch said four survivors of the fishing schooner * Katie Palmer landed at New Bedford, Mass., reported they had been taken aboard the submarine, the commander of which boasted that he was equipped to remain in American waters for six months if he desired. Big Type Sub. The submarine was described by the men as being about 300 feet long, with a conning tower 15 feet high, and mounting one gun. The raider carried a crew of sixty men, according to the survivors, who were held aboard the submersible for a time and later set adrift in a dory. While the reports from the commandants of the Smith's Island coast guard station and Sixth naval district clearly indicated their firm belief the gas attack on the island was deliberate, some officers today thought there was a possibility that the submarine had discharged the oil and gas after being wrecked on a reef. A Willing Sacrifice. The war department announces that the airplane service will require all the castor-oil for lubricaiion purpose, and we have resolved patriotically to turn our share over to the government.?Columbus Dispatch. raced for cover." The writer declares the rifle fire of the marines amazed the French who saw it. French Amazed. "That men shquld fire deliberately and use their sights and adjust their range," he says, "was beyond their experience. It must have had a telling effect on the morale of the Boche, for it was something they had not counted on. As a matter of fact, as pushing back the weakened French and then running up against a stone wall defense, they were literally 'up in the air' and more than stopped. We found that out later from prisoners, for the Germans never knew we were in the front line when they made that attack. They were absolutely mystified at the manner in which the defense stiffened up until they found that our troops were in line." POI.fTU AL AOVKiiTlSEMENT. TO THE CITIZENS OF BAMBERG COUNTY". Some person is circulating the report over the county that I have not contributed to the Red Cross. I de nounce tnat as a lie pure ana simple. I have contributed more to the Red Cross than any man in the race for the house. If either of my opponents wish to do so. we will appoint three impartial men and submit the proofs ; to them and we both agree that the one found to have given the least is to immediately give his check to the Red Cross for Five Hundred Dollars. Respectfully, JOHN F. FOLK. , The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary ^ Quinine and does not cause nervousness not ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E- W. GROVE- 30c Part of Eve's Costume. Bessie came rushing to her grandi mother holding a dry, pressed leaf, obviously the relic of a day long gone by. *i found it in the big Bible, grandma," she said. "Do you s'pose it belonged to Eve?"?Boston Transcript. ! SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. i NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR STATE ROAD. AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. Notice is hereby given that sealed | proposals for the construction of i highway improvement in Bamberg County, will be received at the office of County Commissioners, Bamberg, I South Carolina, until twelve (12 > I o'clock, noon, August 15th, 1918, ana men puonciy openea. DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE DONE. To grade and construct with sandj clay the ^ouimbia-Savannah Highway between New Bridge and BeauS fort Bridge, the net length of which is, omitting the present improved portions, 12.17 miles. County, Bamberg. Detailed plans of the work ana specifications may be seen for examination at the office of the Count;Supervisor, at Bamberg, South Carolina, and at the offices of the State i HighWay Commission, Commercial J Bank Building, Columbia, South Carolina. A certified check for five hundred dollars ($500.00), made payable to order of Board of County Commissioners, of Bamberg County, must accompany each proposal. The right is reserved by the party of the first part to reject any and all proposals and waive all technicalities. i Proposals shall be submitted in sealed envelopes and marked, "Bids on the Construction of the ColumbiaSavannah Highway in Bamberg County." Proposals may be sent by maii, and when sent by mail shall be in j closed in. an additional sealed envelope properly marked as indicated above. All proposals otherwise submitted will be rejected as irregular. Only sealed bids will be considered. All bids received will be retained by the State Highway Commission and will not be returned to the bidders. fwSSl utamssxuffi - lftftuss w m TOTTED STATES Buy Them And Help Win The War | FOR SALE EVERYWHERE ! j |This Space Patriotically Donated By! ! Chero=Cola BottliogCoJ | Bamberg, S. C. | PETITION FOR FINAL DISCHARGE | State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg.?Court of Probate. ! Ex Parte, Pink Ealy, In Re, Es tate of William Ealy, deceased, i To all and singular the kindred i 'and creditors of William Ealy, deI ceased: Take notice, That the unjdersigned will apply to the Judge | of Probate at Bamberg, S. C., on i the 22nd day of August, 191S, at 11 ! o'clock, a. m., for a final settlement j of the estate of William Ealy, de! ceased, and discharge from the office ! of Administratrix of said estate. PINK EALEY, { Administratrix of the Estate of ! William Ealy, Deceased, j July 26th, 191S.?4t. CITATION NOTICE. i The State of South Carolina? j County of Bamberg?By J. J. Brabj ham. Jr., Esq., Judge of Probate. j Whereas, Mrs. Elizabeth Kinara ' made suit to me to grant her letters of administration of the estate and ; effects of John Lucius Kinard, de| ceased. I These are therefore to cite and | admonish all and singular the kin; dred and creditors of the said John i Lucius Kinard, deceased, that they be j and appear before me in the Court ol , Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on ! Friday, the 23rd of August next after I publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in ] the forenoon, to show cause, if any | they have, why the said administrai tion should not be granted. ! Given un ler my hand and seal this 5th day of August, Anno Domini, 1918. J. J. BRABHAM, JR. Judge of Probate. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic * * " ' * ? ' -* fvancm Itto/? j destroys me maiauai ^cuus mnui cue ucuummvu i to the blood by the Malaria Mosquito. Price 60c. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AM) CIJED1TORS. All persorxs having claims against the estate of M. A. Kinard, deceased, will file same, duly verified, with the undersigned, and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment, on or before the 21st day of August. 1918. G. W. REXTZ. July 31, 1918. Administrator. EXECUTOR'S SALE. ' Notice is hereby given that the underscigned executor of the estate of , George W. Beard, deceased, will, on : August 22, 1918, offer for sale to the ! highest bidder at the residence of | the late George \Y. Beard, the fol lowing personal property of the said I estate: 1 buggy, 1 wagon, cane mill. , kettle, etc. Terms of sale, cash. G. W. BEARD, Executor. July 23-^-4t. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT THE PRESIDENT DEFEI AGAINST ATTACK: Expresses Absolute Confide] Administration.?Says Strongest and Mos In The Because of embarrassment the I president has suffered by reason or j letters written to South Carolina dur-1 ing this campaign the president some! time ago announced in a letter to. Mr. L. D. Jennings that he would not interfere in local party contests. I However the attacks made upon Congressman Byrnes by his opponents have given such genuine regret to the President that he has sent a message to the voters of the second district through Congressman Glass, of Virginia. Mr. Glass is the chairman of the Banking and Currency committee of the house; he is the author of the Federal Reserve Bank Act and also of the Federal Farm Loan Act. Mr. Glass is also the secretary of the National Democratic committee, and is regarded as the mouthpiece of the president in congress. His letter was read by Congressman Byrnes at the campaign meeting in Aiken, and is as follows: House of Representatives, Committee on Banking and Currency, Washington, July 30, 1918. Hon. James F. Byrnes, Aiken, S. C. My Dear Byrnes:?I had occasion to go to the White House today and in conversation with the president I mentioned the fact that you were being assailed as disloyal to the administration. I suggested that it POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. HON. G. L. TO I THE MONET I is as much how to keep it as how to get it. What is the '3 I use of striving to acquire it .d if it is going to be a source of worry. The Enterprise Bank answers the question |r of how to keep money perfectly. An account 'there means absolute safety for.-/ your cash and freedom from .C worry for you. Open an ac- ' count and you can give all " instead of half your mind to your business. Enterpri 5 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Savi; B???1 j jg| Go< mat Wi " Our pro< IS*. ' 4<i ^ | ^ r uxi v?uai Also Clend R *~r<-+??$?* J T^ganbe^ Complete Catalog THE GLENDA P. O. Box 932. In the Mail Ordc Wholesale and Jobbii V POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT MS BYRNES . S OF HIS OPPONENTS wmmmmmmmmmmam ^ ace in His Loyalty to the Byrnes is One of the t Bependable Men House. might not be inappropriate, in the circumstances, to requite your devotion by writing a letter in commenda'41 tion of your course. Kis reply was that if he could do this for YOU, and stop right there, it would give him genuine^ pleasure to attest, in that 1 way, your loyalty; but the difficulty 9 he said, arises from the fact that he. has scores of such requests in be- 9 half of other members, compliance 9 with which would involve him un pleasantly in local party contests all I over the country. I The president genuinely regrets I that you are being bothered by criti- j cisms of disloyalty AND EXPRESS- | LY CHARGED ME TO TELL YOU SO. He does not doubt your fidelity for an instant. He stated to me today that while he disagreed with the judgment of those congressmen who | voted for the volunteer section, he I never for a moment thought them less 1 loyal than those' of us who voted 1 against it. The President highly regards you as one of the strongest and . * most dependable men in the house. ''Byrnes is a splendid fellow ' is the exact expression he used in talking to me about you today. Sincerely yours, (Signed) CARTER GLASS. ?Published as an advertisement i by J. F. Byrnes, candidate for con gress. ?J POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. OLEREPLIES I I have made this campaign for congress and have defended the rights of the people and have made good with the records. The people % will not endorse our present con- 1 gressman's record, for it is un- I American. The Herald seems to want J to boost Mr. Byrnes and don't say J anything about his platform, what J he has done or going to do. In ad- I dition to working for pensions for 1 our Confederate soldiers and their 1 widows, I have said I would work ] for a change in our Rural Credit laws and change the law so it will be possible to get some good roads money for Bamberg county, and also 4 look out for the farmers' interests A in congress. From reports I will W lead in Bamberg county. I desire to w thank the people for their encouragement and for what I believe they are going to do for me on the 27th. Some of the newspapers are against me, but the people understand. I have to pay for this card and am forced to show it. The other man is probablv boosted free. Obediently, G. L. TOOLE. ' f QUESTION ise^^ink , ogs Deposits. Bamberg, S. C. BMW? Willi mm od Drinks IFOR >od People ill You Drink This Summer? lie answer, in the most tempting and >rm. _ \K FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY n Fine, Delicious Flavors, OT, PEACH, BLACKIRY BEVERAGE, y ?CHERRY BRACER * 1, ?17 n-aicononc annua na vc on bua ?4UM- || best cordials. lucts are made good?look good? A trial will convince you. :xpress, collect, on receipt of money :t to consumer. ei AA SPECIAL! t .. . . We will send am assort* *...$3.75 $3.75 ????????? ale Special Concentrated Fruit Syrups in ruit flavors: Raspberry, Grenadine and Prices: $1.50 per full qt.; 4 full qts., nd for special trial 1 pint for $1. Sent on Request. LE COMPANY r Business 20 Years. Atlanta, Ga. tg Accounts Solicited. >J i