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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.
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September .29.?A new battle
v flamed up Saturday on the extreme
northern end of the wes
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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
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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.
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Getting on Nerves of German People.
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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.
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NEW COUNTY WANTED.
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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.
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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
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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
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TERRIFIC BLOWS BV ALLIES
TITANIC OFFENSIVE FROM VERDUN
TO NORTH SEA.
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With Hindenburg Lines Shattered in
Several Places Enemy Faces Most
Critical Situation in 4 Years.
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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 ,
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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 .
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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SURRENDERS ABSOLUTELY
BULGARIA LAYS DOWN ARMS TO
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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
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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
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BULGARIAN BASE CAPTURED.
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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."
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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 '
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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.
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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.
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