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. . . . . , - I in mind that all sub/yj&. \ T"\ scriptions to Th? HervJHm Jftmust now be paid < /Z_VJ?f- *n advance. This is the II your subscription expires / ^ I 4 BJ^ -AJknL*4r I lore watch the date on the laliel of (MP ffiatttju^g lif^nufl es?sf? ? < $2*00 Per Ybjit in Advftncs. BAMBERGr, S. C., THURSDAY^ OCTOBER 17, 1918* Est&blisiiGd in 1891. SOUTH CARO TROOPS \ RAWLINSON CONGRATULATES 30th DIVISION ON VICTORY. CAPTURE SEVERAL TOWNS. Roches Said to Have Run Like Rabbits Before the Thirtieth Division. With the Anglo American Forces on the Valenciennes front, ^^ i O" Oi?? Unmrv VCluuer 16. ueucia; un Rawlinson, commander of the British Fourth army, with whqm an American division is operatng, has sent to the general commanding the > division comprising troops from Tennessee and the Carolinas, the following telegram: "On this occasion I resire to convey to you and all the members of the staff, as well as all other ranks of the divisions my heartiest congratulations on your victory. The gallantry of your infantry and the precisiqn with which the staff arrangements worked fill me with admiration, and it has given me great pleasure to report your unqualified * success to Field Marshal Sir Douglas ^ Haig." . | The Palmetto Lads. TJie Thirtieth division, composed of North Carolina and South Caroi lina and Tenessee National Guardsmen has been mentioned frequently of late in British official statements and dispatches from the front as taking a prominent part in the fighting in the Valenciennes area. This division captured St. Soupiet, Premont and several other towns, and on one ncoarfinn Associated Press diSDatches from the front, said the Boches ran away like rabbits before the Thirtieth. The division trained at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. American and British troops captured in the Bohain region what was * probably the largest enemy ammunition dump ever taken. The shells piled high, covered a large area. This capture will greatly reduce the quantity of ammunition available to the Germans on jthis section of the front. More Batteries Captured. \ With the Anglo-American Forces on the Valenciennes Front, Oct. 12.? Two additional batteries have been captured by the Americans operating x on this front south of St. Souplet. The German gunners were bayoneted. The British barrage late - yesterday completely smashed the hostile artillery, which fired heavily on the Americans at Souplet. The villagers in Vaux and Igny knew that the Americans were in the war, but did not know that they were fighting. All of them rushed to meet the troops when the Americans entered, the people thinking the men were British. The Americans were kissed again and again, the more emotional of the villagers also kissing the soldiers' rifles and bayonets i winch, had delivered tnem irom meir; oppressors. ' The Villagers offered the soldiers j tea, and when the latter produced the sugar for it, the people all cried: "Why, you must be Americans!" Then there was another burst of enthusiasm. Mines Failed to Work. All the Bohain roads were found to be mined when the Anglo-American forces entered the town. When the German sentries discovered that the mines had failed to catch anything, they shot at a big one in the center of the place. They made a direct hit and the explosion blew a hole in the jT ground big enough to hold a large f chateau. Because the German divisions and regiments are so mixed up and decimated, the Germans are now supf posed to have abandoned numbers on shoulder straps. Instead they are wearing defferent letters on their designating groups. Since the beginning of the present operations the Americans have captured forty-six officers and 1,900 men, and since joining the British fighting forces they have captured 3,000 prisoners and more than sixty cannon. i Officer prisoners say their orders were to stop fighting with infantry and to defend themselves solely with j artillery and machine guns. They complained there was a great lack of ammunition and guns as a result of the recent enormous captures by the Allies and they added that the lack of motor transportation was responsible for such large numbers of in UNA ARE PRAISED FIGHTING IN THE ARGONNE. South Carolinians Acquitted Themselves With Heroic Courage. A New York division cooperating with an Australian corps north of St. Quentin encountered the severest opposition and although suffering heavy losses, fought with the greatest bravery, according to an officer of the Australian troops in a telegram which he sent Friday to the general in command of the Newr York soldiers. The Australian officers said that from a personal reconnaissance made by him over the battle fields east and northeast of Duncan Post it was evident the Americans of this division from the outset met with determined opposition. They pushed forward in the face of an enfilading fire from German machine guns. "The dead, of whom there were large numbers/' tne Australian omcer wrote, "were all lying with their faces toward the front. Not a man was moved backwards when he was killed." The telegram goes on to say that owing to the nature of the country the Germans were able to get in an ! enfilading fire, and it was evidently a gallhnt action that enabled the men from Tennessee and North and South Carolina to do what they set out to do, namely, to break the first part of the Hindenburg line. In conclusion the telegram said: "I am convinced that the officers and men did all that it was humanly possible for brave men to do ancf their gallantry in action must stand through all times in American history." President Says Oversubscribe. < Washington, Oct. 10.?President Wilson today issued this statement on the fourth liberty loan campaign: , "Recent events have enhanced, not lessened, the importance of this loan, and I hope that my fellow countrymen will let me say this to them frankly: "The best thing that could happen would be that the loan should not only be fully subscribed, but very greatly over-subscribed. We are in the midst of the greatest exercise of the power of this country that has ever been witnessed or forecast, add a single day of relaxation in that effort would be of strategical dam-1 age alike to ourselves and to the rest of the world. Nothing has happened which makes it safe or possible to do anything but push our effort to the utmost. The time is critical and the response must be compete. (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON." Concern Felt in Rhine Cities. Baserl, Oct. 11.?Travelers arriving from Germany assert they encountered considerable risks because the French and American heavy guns are bombarding with considerable effect the railways connecting the Southern * Rhine cities. Near the Swiss frontier the railway was struck several times at different points. Panic and a state of nervousness continue in the Southern Rhine cities despite the efforts of tbe newspapers, which admonish the people to remain calm. *?* *7 lauirjmeu ucmg uaivcu me ur fensive began. Troops from five divisions from other sections of the front have now appeared in the line opposite the British and Americans. The bulk of them undoubtedly is being used to garrison the positions known as the Valenciennes line. All, however, are believed to have been engaged in the recent, fighting and are in low strength and poor morale. It has now been established that fifty-three enemy divisions (75,000 men) have been engaged on the Cambrai-St. Quentin front alone since September 29. The British calvarymen operating in the main battle area on this front have taken numbers of prisoners, who said they wrere under the impression that an armistice naa oeen signed and that therefore they gave themselves up. . It is evident that "peace talk" is having its effect in the German army, as many of the enemy are surrendering who otherwise might not. All the German armies are now talking nothing but peace prospects according to prisoners. Many of the German officers, who have been taken prisoner, had had their effects all packed ready for a stay in a prison camp. U. S. Food AdmMstrationL^^l**i'^aait? OBEY OS THE INHUMAN HUN. Three Ships Sunk.?Hundreds of Innocent People Drowned. An Atlantic Port, Oct. 10.?Scores of American sailors and soldiers were killed or wounded by shrapnel fired by a German submarine after it had torpedoed the steamship Ticonderoga 1,700 miles off the Atlantic coast, according to the story told by twenty survivors who arrived here today aboard a British freighter. There were 250 men aboard the Ticonderoga, an American steamship of 5,130 tons, and all except the twenty who arrived here today are believed to have perished. The survivors got away in the only boat which was not demolished by the shell fire from the submarine, they said. Seventeen of the men who reached port were members of a detachment of soldiers detailed to care for horses which were being transported. The Ticonderoga was attacked presumably on October 2, when she fell behind her convoy because of engine trouble. 400 Browned. London, Oct. 10.?The Dublin mail boat Leinster has been torpedoed, according to the Exchange Telegraph. The steamer was making a trip from Dublin to Holyhead. Four hundred persons perished in the torpedoing of the Leinster, according to report, which has not yet been confirmed. 300 Probably Perished. A British Port, Monday, Oct. 7.? The Japanese steamship Hirano Maru, of 7,935 tons gross, has been torpedoed and sunk. It is feared that 300 lives were lost. The Tirano Maru was outward bound for Japan and carried about 200 passengers. The vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarien -early on Friday morning when about 300 miles south of Ireland. The few survivors who were picked up by the American torpedo boat destroyer Serret, have been brought here. They declare that the torpedo struck the steamship in the forward engine room. Every Effort Needed. Washington, Oct. 9.?In urging the nation put forth its maximum effort in the war, particularly in financing it Acting Secretary of War Crowell said today that this would be the worst possible time to slacken the efforts to defeat the central powers. "The enemy is being driven back," said Mr. Crowell, "and this is the best time to increase our pressure. It would be the worst time to pause. This appeal is to the civilian as well as the military forces. I say this particularly in refrence to Liberty bond buying. I call upon the civilian population of the United States to accept the present war responsibilities in +Vio cam a. cnirit that rmr crullont A XX I.UV UUUiV * V VU1 QUtlUUb forces are meeting their stern duty overseas?drive harder every day for definite victory. Now is not the time for us to question when or how the end of the war will come." Remember our "Everready" battery service when your flash light needs a new bulb or battery. Faulkner-Electric Service Co.?adv. % ? THE LID'i | DOWNi ?? ?? ? NO PARLEYING WITH HUNS. Senator Bent Says Make Germany Feel the Sword. Washington, Oct. 9. ?Senator Christie Benet makes the following comment on President Wilson's note to Germany: "The only way to treat an outlaw is t<5 disarm and then handcuff him. The only way to deal with Germany is to disarm her and make her powerless. Why discuss terms with her? What treacherous opposition and intrigue can she not bring forward in a discussion of terms of peace! Why should she have a voice in thnf dismission? Force i:3 the only w power she understands and fears. Germany, the bully of the nations, has chosen the sword and made weaker nations feel it. It is at her throat now. She should be made to feel it for the sak$ of the future. If she dreads it, then let her surrender unconditionally and accept the Allied terms. I am opposed to any parleying with the Hun." French Faith in Russia. i An interesting sodelight on the manner in which on% Europtan gov| ernment regards the chances for RusI sia's rehabilitation as a nation is con| tained in the announcement made | publicly in the/Chamber of Deputies ,'that the Bank of France, acting on j behalf of the government, has adj vanced the sum of 500,000,000 francs 1 free of commission or interest, to 75 | French business houses which are ; creditors of the Czar's government. I France has been Russia's banker for nearly half a century and her stake in that unhappy country is a tremendous one. The feeling of government officials that a better day will soon dawn for Russia may be simply based on intuition, but it is a kind of intuition^sure enough of its ground to back itself with a vast sum of money. ?New York Commercial. Secure List of Casualties. Washington, Oct. 13.?As a result of a request made by Senator Benet, the war department today promised to furnish him with a complete list of the men from South Carolina who have been killed or wounded in France. This list will include casualties of all South Carolinians up to this date. Senator Benet fully r?aH'oe fVi a orroat interact tTlo npnnlp bUV VMb AU w* vwv v ?vy rwr of the State have in the men in the Thirtieth Division, most of the First and Second South Carolina Regiments being in this division and will push the matter as quickly as possible. ^ < > ? Kaiser's Son Wouldn't Do. Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 10.?Secretary Lansing, who is here attending the centennial of the Auburn Theological Seminary, in discussing the report which came from Stockholm today that Emperor William had adbicated, said: . "That has been current for some time. Unless we know in whose favor the Kaiser is abdicating the story has no significance whatever. If it is simply setting up one of hi3 sons in his place the situation would not be changed in the least, but if he should abdicate in favor of a democratic Germany it would mean something." ? . i GERMANS CK\ PEACE; 1 PRESIDENT DECLINES TRUCE. : ( Will Not Treat With Present German Government at All. Washington, Oct. 14.?President Wilson has answered Germany's peace proposal with a decision which ] not only fulfills the expectations of supporters of his diplomacy but also dispels the fears of those who predicted he would substitute victories at arms with feats at diplomacy. No peace with kaiserism, autocracy must nA ormietiVo Pdn avor ho thflllfht 6 U , UU ai lUACViVV VMM V4 WV of while Germany continues her atrocities on land and sea, one cannot be considered unless it is fully dictated by the allied commanders in the field in such terms as absolutely provide safeguards and guarantees that Germany's part will not be a scrap of paper. . This is the president's answer. The text of the note, which is directed to the charge of the Swiss legation, follows: "Sir:?In reply to the communication of the German government dated the 12th instant, which you handed me today, I have the honor to request you to transmit the following answer: "The unqualified acceptance by the present German government and by a larcp mainritv of the reichstag of the terms laid down by the president of the United States of America in his address to the congress of the United Stages on the 8th of January, 1918, and in his subsequent addresses justifies the president in making a frank and direct statement of his decision with regard to the commfinicatiori of the German government of the 8 th and* 12th of October, 1918. "It must be clearly understood that the process of evacuation and the conditions of an armistice are matters which must be left to the judgment of the military advisers of the government of the United States and the allies' governments and the president feels it his duty to say that ; no arrangements can be accepted by the government of the United States which does not provide absolutely satisfactory safeguards and guarantees of the maintenance of the present military supremacy of the armies of the United States and the allies in the field. "He feels confident that he can safely assume that this will also be the indsrment. and decision of the al - ? lies' governments. "The president feels that it is his | duty to add that neither the government of the United States nor, he is quite* sure, the governments with which the government of the United States is associated as a belligerent, will consent to consider an armistice so long as the armed forces of Germany continue the illegal and inhumane practices which they still persist in. "At the very time that the German government approached the gov- i ernment of the United States with! proposals of peace its submarines are j engaged in sinking passenger ships i at sea and not the ships alone, but j the very boats in which their passen- j gers and crews seek to make their! way to safety, and in their present j enforced withdrawal from Flanders and France the German armies are j pursuing a course of wanton destruc- j tion which has always been regarded j as in direct violation of the rules and j practices of civilized warfare. Cities i and villages, if not destroyed, are being stripped of all they contain, not only, but often of their very inhabitants. : "The nations associated against Germany can not be expected to agree to a cessation of war while acts of inhumanity, spoilation and desolation are being continued which they justly look upon with horror and with burning hearts. "It is necessary, also, in order that there may be no possibility of mis understanding that the president should very solemnly call the atten- j tion of the government of Germany to the language and plain intent of one of the terms of peace which the German government has now accept- ; ed. It is contained in the address of the president delivered at Mount Ver- { non on the fourth of July, last: ; "It is as follows: i " 'The destruction of every arbitrary power anywhere that can sep- i aratelv, secretly and of its single l choice, disturb the peace of the world, or if it cannot be presently destroyed, '< at least its reduction to virtual impotency.' "The power which has hitherto controlled the German nation is of 4 t / (FOR DON'T GET IT GERMANY ADVISES THAT IT HAS ACCEPTED 14 PRINCIPLES. FOLLOWS PLAN LAID DOWN. Vote Announces That Acceptance Comes After Conference and With Approval Majority Reichstag. Washington, October 12.?A wireless dispatch sent out from Nauen, the great German wireless station picked up and forwarded to official diplomatic sources here tonight, purports to give the text of Germany's answer to President Wilson's inquiry to Chancellor Maximilian on Germany's peace proposal. On its face it seems a complete acceptance of President Wilson's terms. The text of the note as received V here says Germany accepts the presi dent's terms as laid down; accepts evacuation of invaded territory as necessary preliminary to an armistice and asks for a mixed commission to make the arrangements; declares that the chancellor speaks "in the name of the German government and of the German people" and that its only object in entering into discussion is to agree on the practical details for carrying out terms President Wilson has laid down. The text of the note follows: "In reply to the questions of the president of the United States of America the German government hereby declares. "The German government has ao ' cepted the terms laid down by President Wilson in his address on the foundation of a permanent peace of nf iiisHnp Prmspnnpntlv Its ohiect in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon practical details of the application of those terms. The German government believes that the governments of the powers associated with the government of the United States also take the position taken by President Wilson in his address. v i|| "The German government in accordance with the Austro-Hungarian government for the purpose of bringing about an armistice, declares itself ready to cofnply with the provisions of the president in regard to evacuation. i f/: "The German government suggests that the president may occasion the meeting of a mixed commission for making the necessary arrangement concerning the evacuation. "The present German government which has undertaken the responsibility for this step toward peace, has * been formed by' conferences and in agreement with the majority of the reichstag. The chancellor, supported in all actions by the will of this majority, speaks in the name of the German government and of the Germor> nonnlo iiiau "Berlin, October 12, 1918. (Signed) Solf. State Secretary of the Foreign Office." ^ it> m Violated Food Laws. . Spartanburg, Oct. 13.?William Foor, manager of the Cleveland Hotel, probably the largest and most up-to-date hostelry in the State, was Friday found guilty of violation of the food administration laws, the particular charge being that he had in his possession an excessive quantity of sugar. The hotel man was given the alternative of receiving no more sugar until further notice, or to pay the sum of $1,200 to the American Red Cross. He chose the former. the sort here described. It is within the choice of the German nation to alter it. The president's words just quoted naturally constitute a condition precedent to peace, if peace is to come by the action of the German people themselves. The president feels bound to say that the whole process of peace will, in his judgment, depend upon the definiteness and the satisfactory character of the guarantees which can be given in this fundamental matter. It is indispensable that the governments associated igainst Germany should know beyond a peradventure with whom they are dealing. "The president will make a separate reply to the royal and imperial government of Austria-Hungary. "Accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my high consideration. (Signed) "ROBERT, LANSING." Frederick Odelin, Charge d'Affaires. ad interim, in charge of German interests in the United States.