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I |a. , 1 in mind that all sub* scriptions to The Herin aid must now be paid ^ __ IxZ-V^-"1 at*vanee. This is 'he tWmH ?lp Samfafrg ijmtlii * ' $2.00 ?er Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,1918. Established in 1891. 30,000 HUNS ARE CAPTURED i STAGGERING BLOW STRUCK IN ^ FLANDERS. Greatest Fighting of the Entire War. k - Belgian Army in Drive. ^ Other Fronts Active. "v September .29.?A new battle v flamed up Saturday on the extreme northern end of the wes ~ ?* iU - T>?J4. tern battle iront wnea- tuts UL If ish Second Army, in conjunction with the Belgian army, struck the Germans a staggering blow in Flanders. It was announced that satifactory progress is being made. The Belgian army has been holdking a section of the fighting line north of Ypres, where the extreme right flank of the main German army rests upon the coast of the North Sea. This^is the third big assault made against the Germans on the western front in three days. The first was launched by the Americans and French on a 40-mile front west of the Meuse river and in Champagne; the swbnd fell yesterday in front of Cambrai and St. Quentin, while the third came today in Flanders. Important new gains have been - made everywhere, and it is unoffi9k . cially estimated that about 30,000 prisoners have been taken in the last three days. w ' 1- -*-T A IliAn During tne past ween lilt; Aitico ^ on all fronts have captured 93,000 prisoners and 765'guns. Having consolidated all their new positions between the Argonne and the Meuse, the Americans are making favorable progress in co-operation with the French in a mighty "pocketing" movement against the Argonne Forest. French and Americans are advancing northward on both sides of the forest, and already Americans are enfiltrating the northern part of the wood. Both to the east and west of the L Verdun area American guns are hammering the German positions inces/ santly. West of the Argonne forest the ! French are now driving on the LeonMenthois Railway, the chief line of communioation supplying a large part of the left flank of the German army in France. A decisive defeat has been inflicted upon the Bulgarian army and Bulgaria has been beaten to her knees. Following the invasion of Bulgaria at Strumnitza by the British, othi er forces of Serbians and Greeks are now upon the frontier farther north and are ready to pour into Bulgarian territory. K The invasion of Bulgaria grows hourly while the Allies are northward of Vesle. The Allied forces \ have cut 60 mjles into Serbia anc^ are advancing northward without meeting any serious opposition. The Austro-Hungarian and German armies in the Balkans have become demoralized as the Bulgarians. The Germans tried to hold up the Allied advance at Vesle, but were hurled back and great numbers were captured. Troops of five Allied na. tians are driving through the hole * that has been smashed in the Bulgarian front?British, Italian, French, Greek and Serb. Another week ends with victory of gigantic magnitude perched upon the banners of the Entente nations. On every active battle front the Germans and their allied hordes have been thrown back, the biggest gain being madQ in the Balkans, where the Entente troops have progressed nearly SO miles in a northeasterly direction from the Monastir sector. ^ hi Getting on Nerves of German People. L A Amsterdam, Sept. 29.?The AmeriH o can bombardment of the fortress of V Metz is getting on the nerves of the Jf German people, this is emphasized by a correspondent of the Rbenisch Westphalian Gazette of Essen, who visited Metz on Thursday. When the bombardment of the fortress area started the inhabitants of the city believed an air raid was in progress and took to their cellars. When the truth became known many persons left the city, but most of them now have returned. Between September 22 and September 26, the correspondents says, 40 shells fell in the outskirts of the city (where the forts the located) killing a few persons and doing damage to property. Other correspondents attempt to appease the anxiety of the Germans by pointing out that Metz is fortified strongly with all the latest devices. < > m Read The Herald, only $2.00 year. > i &jS~{ v"-' ' v; ."X'" NEW COUNTY WANTED. ?:? > To Be Composed of Parts of Barnwell and Hmpton. Allendale, Sept. 18?A mass meeting was called by a number of prominent citizens and as a result an organization was formed last night at the town hall entitled "The New County Association," with W. R. Darlington, Sr., of Allendale, as chairman; J. Fred Liglitsey, of Fairfax, vice chairman; W. T. Googe, sec retary, ana m. :u. ljigmsey, measurer. About 100 leading citizens of Allendale and adjacent communities attended and exhibited much enthusiasm in the proposition to form a new county of the lower part of Barnwell and a small part of Hampton. About 40 citizens subscribed a total of $33,650 as a nest egg for a building fund. Committees were appointed to work out all the details of the undertaking. There were representatives from every section of the proposed new county and no argument was offered against it, but the body appeared to bev unanimous for its establishment. All the speakers were zealously in its support and dwelt with eloquence upon the needs of road improvement which seems to be the chief factor in the effort for a new county. A meeting was called for Monday evening, September 23, to receive reports and further consider the project. Boll Weevil M Allendale. Clemson College, Sept. 30.?The Mexican boll weevil has been constantly advancing during the last three weeks and the present time has reached Barnwell county, having been found at Etwinton and seven miles. west of Allendale. In the southern end of its territory, full grown weevils were found at Yemassee and twenty-five miles north of Yemassee on the Jjjf^tkeatchie river road. It is at once apparent that considerable territory will be invaded before the season closes which will be anywhere from November the 7th until November 18th. This distribution is not caused by storms or winds, but . it is natural distribution. It cannot be too strongly impressed that clean farming is of more importance in the weevil territory of our State this fall and winter than it has ever been before. Where ditch banks, terraces, fence rows, wood lots, old orchards, and other places are allowed to harbor rubbish, dead grass, weeds, etc., a large number of weevils will pass the winter, and around such places the danger the following year is always the> greatest. & Birthday Party. , Little Miss Frances Kearse celebrated her fourth birthday Saturday 1 afternoon by entertaining a few of her friends. The children gathered at four o'clock at the home of vthe little hostess and played games until five. Then they were led by Miss Mamie McMillan into the dining room for refreshments. The dining room was beautifully decorated in pink and white. The room was darkened and twelve small v>pink candles took the place of sunlight for a few minutes. The birthday cake was in the center of the table with four candles on it, representing her fourth birthday. Ice cream and cake were served and as the children passed out they were oaph pnvpn a small riink ha? full of O" ~ ? ? ? r --o candy. At six o'clock the little guests left for-their homes, wishing for little Frances many happy returns of the day. Arrested in Atlanta. On a technical charge of being a deserter from the army, Wilbur Halyard, a Bamberg county registrant, was arrested last week in Atlanta, at s the instigation of the Local Board of Bamberg county. Last March Halyard failed to appear before the board for physical examination. He apparently lef$ these parts, and was not heard from until a few days ago. It appears that he went before the Local Board in Atlanta with some request, and the matter was referred to the Bamberg board for information. The reply of the Bamberg board was "Arrest Wilbur Halyard," and a later message stated that he had been arrested. Halyard wired the 1 board here expressing great surpiise, ' stating that he had been in a train- 1 ing school during the summer. How- 1 ever, this failed to square Halyard ? with the board, and papers have been 1 forwarded to Atlanta to induct the 1 colored registrant immediately into < the army. 1 1 Read The Herald, only $2.00 year. < TERRIFIC BLOWS BV ALLIES TITANIC OFFENSIVE FROM VERDUN TO NORTH SEA. ~ I With Hindenburg Lines Shattered in Several Places Enemy Faces Most Critical Situation in 4 Years. i Washington, Sept. 29.?Contiued and increasing pressure by Marshal Foch along virtually the whole Western front from Verdun to the North Sea has brought the Germans face to face with a critical situation in the opinion of observers here. With the enemy main defense position?the Hindenburg lines?shattered in several places, his secondary line to the east, the Kreimhild position?punctured, and his own official reports admitting withdrawal on all fronts, there is growing possibility, it is thought, of a serious disaster. French troops are over the Chemindes-Dames barriers on a wide front and as they are now pressing on the flank of the retreating Germans, the situation appears to observers as the most critical. The collapse of the whole Laon bastion on which the vast Hindenburg line hangs for support was believed to be foreshadowed. Farther north, British, Belgian and American troops are smashing through interwoven trench systems and across canals and other naturally strong positions at a rate that showed the desperate straits of the enemy to find men to meet the drive. No hedlp for Laon can be looked for , irArtf 1AT1 1.1 uiu mat un^vtiuu. To the west, General Pershing's first army apparently has broken the new Kreimhild line with the capture , of Bomagne. The Hindenburg posi- . tion already is behind the Americans on their whole front and to their left 1 the French also have swept over the enemy defenses on a wide sector. < An examination of the map tonight i showed that the Hindenburg lines ( have been smashed in at least six dif- ] ferent places. There seemed to be no ] possibility that the enemy could cling ] to the fragments that remained for j more than a matter of hours. Cam- t brai, St. QuentinT La Fere, St. Gobianx forest, it seemed, might be engulfed H by the tide of allied and American ] soldiers at any moment, although it t may prove necessary to pass them for later occupation as it has been > the German parctice to fill evacuated i towns full of gas. i While the center of immediate at- t tention was the French sweep to- c wards Laon, now in plain sight of i General Mangin's men ;svho have i cleared the wide plateau on the west- t srn end of the Chemin-des-Dames and hurled the enemy down through the ( valley beyond, of even deeper signifi- z cance is the continued swift progress t Df Pershing's forces along the heights of the Meuse and on a wide front to uroctmrarrt nf the river. To most observers, this thrust has the greatest potential menace for the enemy i and t$ie whole titanic offensive now A raging from Verdun to the North A Sea is viewed as a single battle in I which the Americans on the right are relied upon to carry forward a threat 1 of such a nature that the enemy dare ^ not linger in intermediate defense ^ positions, but must make all haste jn back to the Belgian border or face the encirclement of a large portion of his forces. ? ^ The probable immediate effort of the enemy, it was suggested, would ? be to get back his forces on the north to the first of the series of secondary . i defense positions he is known to have 1 been building since Marshal Foch 1 launched the surprise attack in the ^ Marne salient in July. The maintenance of that line, however, will de pend on developments both north and t south of its known extent and the be- < lief her* is that there is no position short of the Belgian border that could be relied on certainly to block the | wide flanking movement indicated by j General Pershing's swift advance. g From every angle, the German \ high command appears to be faced t with possibilities of crushing disast- c ers. If, as is thought, they have al- i ready ordered a general withdrawal, the slightest hitch would mean a sec- 1 tion of the army cut off, with a break ^ through likely at any weak point. c ??? g The secret of modesty in dress is c :o have the right attitude toward the j dignity and worth of the human pody. No girl who has this attitude ^ will cheapen herself by careless and illuring dress. The Y. W. C. A. impresses upon her girls that clothing i reveals personality. The well dress- i sd woman chooses her dress, not for "! herself alone. She considers her i work, her ideals and her social re- i sponsibility. c WILL SEE PALMETTO LADS. Whaley and Byrnes to Visit Our Boys Over There. Washington, Sept. 30.?Represen:atives Richard S. Whaley, of Charleston, and James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, have left Washington for a visit to the European war zone. They will be gone about six weeks, according to their expectation, and their trip will include the Italian front, as well as the front in France. The two South Carolinians intend to make a special call on the Palmetto State troops wherever these boys may be stationed in the war territory in or out of the trenches. Tile rules of the voluntary censorship make it impossible to say from what port the South Carolinians are leaving or at what port on the other side they are scheduled to land. Representative Carter Glass, of Virginia, chairman of the banking md currency committee of the House, will be the traveling companion of Messrs. Whaley and Byrnes. < ? m* ? Dixmude Captured. London, Sept. 29.?Dixmude has been captured by the Belgian troops, it was officially announced tonight. The Belgians have also taken Zerrem (Zarran?), Stradenburg, Passchafendale, Moorsledge and part of Westroosebeke. This means an advance of several miles. After breaking up a violent enemy counter attack the Belgians captured Terreest height, and at the close of the day had advanced to vithin less than two miles of Roulers. The prisoners taken since yesterday exceed 5,500. More than 100 guns and numerous machine guns and bomb throwers and much war | material have been captured. ^ < m i Hours for Closing Being Considered. Ir. response to a letter being received from the secretary of the Re;ail Clerks' Protective Association of Dolumbia asking for some ruling in egard to closing mercantile estabishments at 6 o'clock on Saturdays, 3. B. Gossett, of Anderson, federal :uel administrator,'says in writing ;o P. J. Smith: "I beg to thank you very cordially or 3'our letter of Sept. 16, and entirey agree with your views as expressed iherein. 1 "The only possible reservation vould be the matter of a proper closng hour on Saturdays, and I might idd that I have had under considera:ion for some little time the question )f regulating the opening and closng hours of all mercantile establishrents, office buildings, etc., during ;he winter months. "In fact I will probably issue an >rder to take care of the situation ibout the latter part of October or :he first of November. ? AMERICA'S LIBERTY LOANS. First Liberty Loan, June, 1917. Amount asked $2,000,000,000 imount subscribed .... 3,035,226,850 Amount accepted 2,000,000,000 dumber subscribers .. 4,500,000 Second Libefty Loan, Nov., 1917. Amount askedx- $3,000,000,000 imount subscribed .. .. 4,617,532,300 Amount accepted 3,808,766,150 dumber subscribers .... 9,40U,0UU Third Liberty Loan, April, 1918. Amount asked $3,000,000,000 imount subscribed .. .. 4,176,516,850 (Full amount accepted.) dumber subscribers .. 17,000,000 Summary Amount asked $8,000,000,000 Amount subscribed .. 11,829,276,000 Amount accepted .... 9,985,283,000 lumber subscribers .. 30,900,000 The campaign for the Fourth Libirty Loan for five billion dollars will )egin September 28, 1918, and close )ctober 19. at < > ? ? To stimulate the interest of all organizations of women in the new as>ect of the establishment of a "single itandard," and to derive all possible jenefit from interchange of convicion and method of work, a Section >n women's work has been created n the Division of Social Hygiene, >Var Department's Commission on rraining Camp Activities and the Y. iV. C. A. The Section will answer liiestions through correspondence; to upply literature on various aspects >f the problem; to supply as far as )Ossible, lectures on social hygiene, ?cr>iar?'inllv npar the CamDS or in in lustrial centers. Patriotism and character standards s what "social maraliy" means, ight relations between people, the (. W. C. A. wishes to make every nan see, he is not socially moral who egards other people as instruments if his pleasure. / V SURRENDERS ABSOLUTELY BULGARIA LAYS DOWN ARMS TO / ENTENTE ALLIES. Allied Armies On Six Battle Fronts *?ake Material Advances.?At/ tack From Belgium to Verdun. October 1.?Bulgaria is definitely out of the war and Turkey virtually cut off from communication with her allies and her armies in Palestine almost annihiliated, will probably I soon be forced to sue for a cessation of hostilities against her. Meanwhile t|iS Entente Allied forces fron Belgium to Verdun on six battle fronts are registering victory after victory over the Teutonic arms and the enemy front almost everywhere is crumbling notwithstanding the deperate resistance that is being offered on various sectors. Seeing eventual defeat staring them in the face through the swift progress of the Serbian, Italian, British, Greek and French troops, in the reclaiming of Serbia and the invasioh of Bulgarian territory, the Bulgarians begged for an armistice, reserving themselves no conditions. All the territory now held by King Ferdinand's men is to be evacuated, the Bulgarian army is to be immediately demobilized and all means of transport inside the kingdom, even along the Danube is to be given over into Allied hands. Austria's Back Door Open. Thus in addition to the isolation of Turkey the back door to a direct invasion of Austria-Hungary is flung wide open >;o the Allies and doubtless the time is not far distant when advantage to the full will be taken of the new avenue through which the enemy can be reached. With the debacle in Serbia and Bulgaria complete, the Austro-Hungarians in Al1 _J ill T~ 2. i.A lUA 2. 2. J uama soon win ue yui 10 me tost auu when their expulsion to their own borders is accomplished the Allies will have welded an iron semi-circle about the Central Powers from the Black sea to the North sea. ! Viewing the situation in all its aspects the success of the great offensive in Belgium and France; the blotting out of the war zone in the Balkans; the cutting off of the Turks from intercourse with Germany and Austria-Hungary, except by the long route through the Caucasus and Southern'Russia and the steady gains that are being made by the Allies in making Russia once more a factor in the struggle?the darkest days of the war seemingly are faced by the Austro-Hungarians. Uskub Entered. Although it had been officially announced that hostilities against the Bulgarians ceased at noon Monday, the French official communication of Monday night said French cavalry khad entered Uskub, one of the most important communication centers in Serbia. It is not improbable, therefore, that the French are still hard after the Germans who are known to have been fighting with the Bulgarians in this region acting as reari guards. On all the sectors under attack ''from Belgian Flanders to the region of Verdun the German front is gradually bending back under the violence of the attacks of the British, Americans, French and Belgians. In Belgium the advance of the troops of King Albert /and of Field Marshal Haig have proceeded so deeply eastward that Germany's submarine bases on the North sea "are in jeopardy through the impending cutting of the lines of communication behind them. The famous Messines-Wytschaete ridge has been captured and the Allies' guns dominate the plains beyond. Menin and Roulers Doomed. Both Menin and Roulers, import ant railroad junction points tor tne supply of the German armies north and south are virtually in the hands of the British and Belgians and seemingly soon must fall. From Cambrai to St. Quentin the British and Americans again have delivered successfully hard smashes against the German strong points all along the front, including the remaining portions of the old Hindenburg line. The Germans here are offering most strenuous resistance and in counter attacks compelled the British on one or two sectors to withdraw for slight distances. The British are in the process of cleaning up the town of Cambrai, having penetrated its suburbs from the northeast and southwest. In the region of St. Quentin where the Americans are fighting with the 1 British, the old Hindenburg line has been cut and penetrated toa depth 7 ' - ' \ . . \ t * . A -X-L*Or^vi/:-V-W''-'' ' * _ - ? - - ly.Af t. - -* BULGARIAN BASE CAPTURED. 1 n Important Town of Krushevo Taken From Enemy. Rome, Sept. 28.?Krushevo, an important Bulgarian base 20 miles northeast of Monastir, has been captured by Italian troops who also have driven the enemy from the mountain ranges between the Cerna ^and Velika rivers. The official statement from the Italian war office says that the Italians also are pursuing thp Rlilp-flrinnc nn the Mr>n q at ir-_ Kichevo road north of Demlrhissar,^ an advance of 20 miles. "On September 25 our troops in co-operation with our ,allies continued their advance from previous lines and occupied Ponte di Buchin and VerbyanMVIalo. The enemy put up a stubborn resistance on the eastern slopes of the Dragishets and Baba mountain ranges, but was attacked with great impetus and overwhelmed. "Our columns, hard pressing his rear guard, occupied Krushevo on the ' following day, and on the 27th they had passed all the mountainous massifs between the valleys of the Cerna and the Velika. Having reached the Monastir-Kichevo road north of Demirhissar, they are tirelessly continuing their march toward their objectives." m inn T7*i i~ j4. r iuut juu i or Ciiiriittruu The time for planting wheat is near at hand, and as the flour mills in this low country cannot begin to grind even the present production, the business men of Ehrhardt are getting together, and if the farmers.will pledge the wheat they can be assured that by the 1st of May, next year, a patent process flour mill will be ready for business in the town of Ehrhardt. Mr. Henry Ehrhardt has promised to give his time and attention to . this plant, and the Carolina Gin Co. and the Heading Mill are monuments to his prowess in handling machinery. I would be glad if every farmer in the county would drop me a postal as to the acres in wheat he will plant ' \ ^ this season. In fact, I hope every farmer reader of The Herald;would advise me as to his wheat acreage. Wheat will make as many bushels ? :<j per acre as corn, and we all plant * corn. Then why not wheat? We all know this summer that we could only .buy a bag of mixed flour at a purchase, and an e<jual amount of other cereals with this mixed flour. The wheat made in this section when ground on a roller mill is equal to any flour on the market. Now, brother farmer, be good enough to let me know how much wheat you ^111 plant, and I assure you that if the wheat is in sight the mill will be ready and waiting to grind the next crop. Give us a helping hand, Mr. Editor, and run down to Ehrhardt a day and see how things are booming in that town, where in a single day one of the banks reported a cash depdfeit of $82,000.00. , ' The business men there want to v see that the people can be given each day their daily bread of wheat, free from any adulteration. It is now up ^ to the farmers if they want wheat bread. I will appreciate a hearing irom every iarxxier. very uuiy, A. W. BRABHAM. Olar, S. C. ^ < ? m It is often well to put on rosecolored glasses in reading the war news nowadays. of three m" , over a front of eight miles. Quitting Chemin des Dames. In conjunction with the operations of the French northeast of Soissons, the Germans have begun the evacuation of the Chemin des Dames and the French now hold half of this famous defensive position. Likewise there is an indication that/the enemy intends to give up the remaining positions held by him along the Vesle to Rheims. In Champagne the French troops west of the Argonne forest everywhere are pressing forward and likewise to the east of this position, the Americans are moving northward in unison. Already the big forest is virtually outflanked and apparently soon will be made a part of the Franco-American line. From the St. Mihiel sector the Americans are heavily bombarding enemy troop trains which are being hurried to the front. . Reports from Amsterdam are to the effect that Emperor William has accepted the resignation of Count von Hertling and Admiral von Hintze, respectively Imperial German Chancellor and Foreign Minister. . .