The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 29, 1918, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
il.50 PER YEAR.
Volume 27. No. 35.
Thursday, August 29, 1918.
A WORD ABOUT THE HERALD.
, i The Herald's subscribers will i
please bear in mind that on October
1, next, the subscription price of The
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Herald will oe aavauceu iu
per year. We should have advanced
our subscription rate long ago, but
we have held off just as long as possible.
There is not another paper in
the State of the same standard as
The Bamberg Herald that has not already
advanced its subscription rate.
And we really ought to get more than
$2.00 for the paper, but we will fix
the subscription at that price for the
present at least.
And there is another matter we
must bring to the attention of our
readers: It it the desire of the government
that newspapers reduce to
the minimum the amount of news
print paper they use. In the case of
the big dailies, positive instructions
i Hprrpasp their
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consumption of news print 15 per
cent. While no such strict order has
yet been issued along this line to
county papers, we are requested to
reduce in every way possible the
amount of news print consumed. The
Herald has never wasted news or any
other kind of paper, but we feel that
any further economies we can make
should be made.
One means of economizing is the
request of the government that all
subscriptions should be paid in advance.
The Herald's subscription has
been practically cash in advance for
some time, but we feel that to carry
out the full wishes of the government
this rule should be adhered to to the
letter. The Herald has cooperated
with the government for the winning
of the war on every occasion that the
help of the newspapers has been asked
We expeckto continue to do this.
Now that the government asks us
to put our subscription list on a cash
in advance basis, we, in keeping with
pur policy of assisting the government,
must accede to the request. We
will give those of our subscribers who
have lapsed into arrears sufficient
' time to renew in advance. After we
consider that sufficient notice of this
new rule has been given, we will cut
*>ff all those not paid up.
/ fThe reason for ttiis request on tne
part of the government is a plausible
one. When subscribers are carried
on credit some of the subscribers
Will not pay up. In the case of The
Herald, we are glad to say that not
many of our subscribers are in this
class. Yet, there are a few, and it is
to eliminate these few that the government
is directing its efforts. By
eliminating all those who are not
sufficiency interested in a newspaper
to pay their subscription, there will
be a considerable saving in news
print, and that is- what the government,
through the War Industries
Board, is after accomplishing; for
news. print is getting scarcer every
day, and unless there is great economy
practiced, there is going to be
a paper famine.
, You know The Herald. You know
what we stand for in the community
and the county. You don't have to
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"snaKe a Dusn to nuu out wiieie we
stand on questions and issues that
concern the people. You may not
always agree with us, hat we have
opinions and we don't mind expressing
them. If you want to support
the government and fall in line with
government measures during these
trying war times, we know that you
will not hesitate to cooperate with
us in supporting the government in
this matter.
Remember, you can pay for two
years in advance before Oct. 1, at the
present rate of $1.50. After that
date the price will be $2.00.
TALE NOT CONFIRMED.
Tanker Probably Did Not Sink Submarine.
Washington. Aue. 21.?ReDorts
that an American tank steamer recently
sank a German submarine off
thg coast are regarded by naval officials
as definitely disproved. It developed
today that Captain Evans of
the steamer Penistone has informed
^ the navy department that he recognized
as the submarine engaged by
the tanker, the u-boat on which he
was detained as prisoner for several
days after his ship was sent down.
The captain of the Penistone who
was called to Washington for a conference
with naval officials and the
u-boat captain had told him that both
the tanker and the Penistone had
done "some damned good shooting,"
. but that their ranges were short.
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Electric workers at Fresno, Cal.,
now get $7.20 a day.
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WAR UNDER THE EARTH.
Strange Underground Battles Described
by American Officers.
There is a very marked difference
between mining in clay and chalk.
Later on in the Vimy ridge area we
had considerable mining in chalk. In
clay it was possible for the Germans
and ourselves to tunnel to within a
few feet of each other before we could
hear any sound of mining; and^ elaborate
precautions were taken to insure
silence. In chalk it is possible
to hear from much longer distances,
especially where the chalk contained
any amount of flint.
To insure silent working in the
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stead of shovels. No nails were used
in the timbering, all sets being waged
with sand bags. Blankets were
hung in the end galleries to deaden
the noise. As we approached nearer
to the enemy, the men working in advanced
tunnels would have to use
canvas shoes or work in their socks.
As the lives of everyone in the galleries
depended on silence the work
was conducted within striking distance
of the enemy we would build a
charge chamber and load it with guncotton,
connecting up with detonators
and a double set of leads to the
charge, and at the right moment fire
these charges from the trench abbve
by means of blasting machines. From
this clay soil and at a depth of from
20 to 75 feet, we would blow craters
sixty to seventy feet wide with a
small charge of 600 or 700 pounds of
guncotton.
As a matter of fact when we met
the Hun below ground "No Man's
Land" we would endeavor to fire
"camuflets," that is, a charge calcu*
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latea to destroy enemy gaiienes uut
not to break the surface of the
ground. We would usually carry on
our work until we heard the Germans
talking. When you can hear
the enemy talking in clay you can
bet they are pretty close. On some
occasions we have in this way fired
our mines when within three or four
feet of enemy mines.
Deep Under Earth.
Some of our mines were 150 feet
deep, and after the battle of the
Somme we found the Germans at
Fricourt had a mine system 200 feet
deep, ^or these chalk mines we used
a different and much stronger high
explosive than guncotton.
With the British, we used individual
mine charges as large as 100,000
pounds. These would blow coneshaped
craters several hundred feet
in diameter and well over 100 feet
deep.
Some idea of the terrific force of
these mines can be obtained when you
compare the bursting charge of the
Mills bomb, which contains four
ounces of ammonal with the single
mine charges ^of 100,000 pounds or
400,000 times that amount. You can
not see a hand bomb like the Mills
burst without having some respect
for its destructive qualities?particularly
if you are close up.
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Flanders mines was done by hand.
At time?^?Qur galleries and tunnels
would be half full of water and it required
constant pumping, day and
night, to carry on with the operations.
All the dirt was handled in sand
bags and brought out from the main
galleries on rubber tired mine cars
and hoisted to the surface by windlasses.
"Breaking Through."
In March, 1916, we had fired a
camuflet when within a fe^ feet of
an enemy party underground.
After the poisonous gas had been
pumped out, we started work again
on the surface. The next day we
broke through into their old gallery
and found we had wrecked it. After
leaving this tunnel alone for a few
days, work was resumed at right
angles to the German gallery and carried
on for a distance of 50 feet when
we turned off to the left.
Some two hours after I had been
relieved by Lieutenant G. and had returned
to the rest billet at Sailly, I
received an S. O. S. call from the
trenches, "broken into enemy gallery."
I promptly rode up on my motorcycle
and reported to the mine
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Enters Hun Galleries.
It appears that directly we broke
through Lieutenant G. had gone to
the mr.gazine and connected up a portable
charge of 30 pounds of guncotton
and attached a short piece of
safety fuse to the detonator and
charge. The gallery, by the way, was
about four and one-half feet by two
and one-half feet in size. Carefully
Lna.Kui5 ins way iu me ia.ce wnere we
had broken through and without using
his electric'torch, he enlarged the
hole, carefully pushed the box containing
the guncotton through into
the Hun gallery, lit the fuse and cleared
out. The German gallery was lit
by electricity and we had heard three
German miners at work when he lit
the fuse.
When I arrived at the mine dugout
he had finished the work. My section j
commander, Captain B., had also'
reached the scene and asked me to
go below with an Irish sapper in a
Popo oxygen breathing apparatus and
see what damage had been done. Sapper
Doherty and I soon got below into
the apparatus and proceeded below.
As we approached the enemy I picked
up the end of the air hose and carried
it through with me. We found the
remains of three or more Boche who
had been "sent west" by the explosion
of the portable charge. We left
the air hose in their gallery and came
back again and climbed out on top.
Raiding Below Ground.
We then proceeded to pump fresh
air into the gallery from the hand
I pumps on the surface. I reported
that there was no reason why we
could not get into the Hun galleries.
Captain B. then ordered us to make
up three raiding parties, with a view
to exploring their system. Tlie three
parties were each composed of an officer,
an X. C. O. and two sappers. The
X. C. O.'s each carried a portable
charge of guncotton with them; the
sappers a few bombs^each, and the
officers electric torches and revolvers.
Doherty and I at once again put on
the Propo apparatus and proceeded
below for a second investigation. This
time we carried the air hose in further
and got soipe distance up the enemy
gallery. I also carried a canary
in a small cage in order to test the
air. The canary did not last very
long and soon toppled off his perch.
We could not find any live Huns in
their gallery?much to the disgust of
friend Doherty. They may have been
crawling around in the dark some
where, but gave no signs of life.
Doherty was a typical game little
Irishman and was as mad as a hatter
because we could not find a Hun. I
remember his attempts to register anger,
enveloped as he was in the heavy
Proto apparatus, were very amusi:ig.
I'd like to have a regiment of Dohertys.
On our return to the surface we
posted a guard of six men near ;he
enemy gallery in order to prevent
their coming into our underground
system while we got ready for further
action,
Hear Enemy Whispers.
Another officer and a sapper came
up the gallery some distance behind
us carrying 60 pounds of guncotton.
Lieutenant G. and I after reconnoitering
some distance ahead came back
to. these fellows and took the charge
from theip.
We then crawled up to a point
about 150 feet up the Boche tunnel.
We had met no Germans so far on
this trip, but at this point could hear
the stealthy walking and whispering
of some Germans who were evidently
just around the gallery to the right
about 15 or 20 feet ahead of us. As
we had only a short piece of time
fuse on the guncotton charges I suggested
to Lieutenant G. the advisability
of firing-them at this spot. He
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German shaft ahead, but there was
no chance of doing this, so we laid
our guncotton on the floor of the
gallery, collected a number of German
sand bags filled with clay, and
tamped the charge as best we could.
While he lit the fuse I covered the
gallery with my gun. After the fuse
was lit, we turned our torches, on
and hustled out as quick as we could,
expecting a few bullets or bombs on
our way. Fortunately for us, we got
back far enough to be safe before the
explosion occurred.
Steal German Mine. |
This last charge was effective in
closing the gallery for a time. In
short order we laid a charge of several
hundred pounds of guncotton.!
While laying the charge, however, j
the enemy had managed to clear
! enough of dirt away so that they!
could fire through it. We were in j
luck, however, for neither the charge]
itself nor any of our fellows were
hit by their bullets. We blew this
j charge successfully. Some 12 hours
later the Germans also fired a big
charge which blew a crater near the
spot.
I was down below three times that
day with Doherty, almost directly
after we had fired our small charges, j
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and it is a significant fact that we
met no Germans. It was quite evident
that it took them some time to
summon up enough courage to investigate.
Incidentally, I think this
is typical of the Hun. They seem to
i fight all right in mass but not individually.
Hand to hand, either above
or below ground, the French, British
and certainly our own lads, have the
sand and ginger to always put it over
on them.
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. 30,240 Huns Captured.
In the week of fighting in Picardy
front 30,240 prisoners have fallen i
into the hands of the British and j
French armies, according to an of- \
ficial announcement. Of this num-l
ber the British captured 21,844. Un-j
official reports, probably compiled!
since the official data was sent from
the front, give the number of pris-i
oners in the Allies' hands since Aug- j
ust 8 as 34,000, and'say also that
670 captured guns thus far have been
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Toronto (Canada) textile workers
will ask increased pay September 1.'
DRAGON FLY MAN'S FRIEND. |
'"Devil's Darning Needle" is Deadly <
Foe to Mosquito.
Perhaps the most valuable benefi-1
cial insects are those which function: <
in repressing the harmful insects by 1
preying on them. The services of <
the dragon fly in this capacity are of '
the greatest importance. This insect <
I has long been the object of fear and: i
dislike by human beings, owing no 1
doubt to its fierce appearance and11
rapid, darting motions.
Children have been terrified by the
superstition that the dragon fly,
"devil's darning needle," would;!
pierce their ears or sew them shut.
Yet the dragon fly is not only harmless
to man, but is one of the best ;<
friends in that he is the deadly enemy!
of the mosq,uito?that pest that is
one of the most numerous, widely
distributed and persistent of the creatures
that menace the health and
comfort of man. So much is the
dragon fly the mosquito's enemy that
he is called the "mosquito hawk"?J,
any any one who has watched the j
swift movements and cruel aspect j,
of the dragon fly as he darts at his |:
prey will agree that the name is well j *
given.
As both the mosquito and dragon j
fly are semi-aquatic, the warfare be-!
tween the two begins early, the young
of the dragon fly feeding on the young
mosquito, just as the adult dragon
fly preys on the full grown mosquito.
As serious blood maladies are known
to be transmitted by the mosquito,
the dragon fly's service to man is no
small one. At one time, in fact, it
was undertaken to breed dragon
flies artificially with the purpose of
exterminating the mosquito, but the
plan was found impracticable and was
abandoned. ? Scientific American
Supplement.
The government has asked all patriotic
merchants of Bamberg to turn
off their delivery boys that they may
be used in the fields to gather the
coming cotton crop. I have joined
this worthy movement, as well as the
other merchants of the city, and hereby
ask my patrons and friends to
bear with us in this m6vement, starting
Monday, September 2nd,- This
movement has been in force in a number
of the larger cities of the State
and it is under the direction of the
Government War Employment service.
I will do all I can to serve my
customers as I have done in the
past, and only ask you to bear with
us in the effort to serve our country,
jiou will find my place always filled ,
?4th the choicest groceries and at
this time a select line awaits your
command. B. W. SIMMONS.
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tor B. Cheshire, who was a colonel!
an the staff of Governor Blease and
who has supported him through all
3f his campaigns, today announced
that it could no longer support him j
because of his attitude on the war.
The Tribune in quite a strong edi-j
torial declared that it followed Mr.
Blease in his fights on State issue?,'
but that it could no longer endorse,
him because of his opposition to the j
war and his Pomaria and Filbert
utterances. The Tribune also came
out against Congressman Fred Dominick
today because of his stand:
against the war.
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After Many Years.
"Do you go in for aviation?" asked
the professor of English as he met
an alumnus. The alumnus took full
advantage of the situation:
"No, professor, not for aviation.
One goes in for sea bathing, but for
aviation I think one goes up, doesn't
he?"?Current Events.
REGISTRATION NOTICE. ~
Pursuant to an act of the general
assembly approved the 14th day of
August, 1917, the supervisors of registration
for the county of Bamberg
will be at the following places in the
county, for one day only for the purpose
of issuing certificates to those ^
who have not already received one for
the 1918 registration:
Bamberg Township ? September
2nd, 1918, at the court house.
Three Mile Township?September
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Fish Pond Township?September
10th, 1918, at Farrell's Store.
Midway Township ? September
14th, 1918, at Midway. *
Buford's Bridge Township?September
17th, 1918, at Olar.
J. G. RHOAD,
J. D. FELDER,
L. H. CARTER,
Supervisors of Registration for the
County of Bamberg.
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