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r i NEVER TO BE FORGOTTTN. ' D*. T. C. Stone, of Aiken, Writes of Horrors of Battle. Dr. T. C. Stone, of Aiken, writes as follows, the letter being printed in kthe Aiken Journal and Review: Somewhere in France. We have been taken out of the lines, and arrived last night in our "rest billets," where we will reorganize, and then go back on the firing line. The men are all lousy and ragged, and I am now trying to "delouse" them and get them in better sanitary condition. fWe have been through the horrors of hell itself; men and beasts were falling all around us, some slightly wounded, some mortally wounded and others torn to atoms, a horrible and gruesome sight, and before they r could all be buried the stench became fearful. The Boche, of course, were left till the last and in some instances maggots had almost done the job for us. . The experience as we went forward with artillery (light and heavy) infantry, cavalry and tanks, all on the run, and getting into position a^ rapidly as possible, with the Boche pouring shells from their artillery, bombs from the planes, which came IJ within a few. hundred feet of our heads and fired upon our advancing columns direct with their machine guns, was an experience never to be I forgotten. It was grand, glorious | and the most inspiring scene I have ever witnessed. The dead and the ' dying were piled by the wayside?in many instances we rode over them. The Boche prisoners were coming back by the thousands and the uproar and the din of the battle was fearful. . We were pretty severely gassed I just before we were taken out of the lines?I was dressing a number of W * / wounded?we were in the open, the place was being terrifically shelled ** and men were tumbling all about us, ht* when suddenly gas shells began to pour in. I had neither time to seek protection nor to put on my mask, but fortunately got through it all right. ; Our boys did magnificently, and America has reason to be proud of them. In one instance a large tree was snapped off at its base by a shell, and as it fell it pinned several cff the men down; "a number of the boys rushed to assist them but only in time to receive the effect of a high explosive which tore them to pieces. Others rushed immediately to take their places, and this was the spirit the men displayed throughout, and . 'many a poor fellow has made the supreme sacrifice and now lies asleep belieath the sod, there forever his hones and ashes to mingle with the dust of France. We captured many guns of all calibre, many supplies of all kinds. I have a number o! medical supplies I found in a large cave where we captured 470 Germans with a colonel hifi staff, some sureical instru ments, bandages, gauze, pads, ampulers of morphine and atrophine (beautifully gotten up), an oxygen tank and respirator, were among the , % things we got. V The Boche left in great haste, as was evidenced by .the fact that they left a great many supplies and a number of their dead in the dressing station. I have a German helmet, a gun and a field telephone which I got from the dressing station. I wish I had time to write /ull details of this offensive (or counter attack) in which we took such an Important part?the entire movement centered on our division, which was on the left flank of the Boche salient. We took them entirely by * surprise and for a time they were stampeded, and when we came up to the point where our artillery fire was concentrated, one could not blame the poor devils for stampeding. I never saw such destruction and such havoc, the forest was completely demolished, big treei three feet in diameter were absolutely riddled, many being completely severed at their base and piled in all directions; there was hardly a tree leti standing intact; a small village was completely pulverized, there was ab^ solutely nothing left but a heap of dust. Barbed wire entanglements were leveled by the tanks-^there were 800 tanks in front of us! You can imagfne what was left after they passed along. I have had very few letters from home during the past month, but suppose you must be getting along nicely or I would have heard. Trust . you will be able to read this horribly written letter?have been interrupted numerous times and have written in great haste. < Do not be disappointed if you do ] not hear from me as often as former- ] , ly, I am very busy and will have < very little time to write; have been ; three weeks now without bath or ] change of clothes. Give lots of love to all the folks and thank Floride j for her dear, sweet letter; she always ' writes so affectionately and I love to hear from her. I haven't had a GERMAN OPINION OF YANKEES. Disclosed in Documents Signed by Intelligence Officer. With the British Army in France, Oct. 20.?Just what the Germans think of American soldiers with a few side remarks regarding the St. Mihiel operations is disclosed in a confidential document signed by the chief intelligence officer of the Nineteeth German army which has been captured by Americans fighting on the British front. The document prefaces a discussion of the St. Mihiel attack by admitting that the number of Americans in reserve on that occasion was unknown. It then takes up the divisions which carried out the assault. T* cave the firef aw>nnH nnH fnrfv- I second are tried divisions; the fourth and twenty-sixth are fighting divisions which had already proved their qualities in battles on other parts of the front. The fifth, eighty-ninth and nineteenth are described as divisions never identified in battle, but with some >srood experience in the line, and the 1 "thirty-fourth as in reserve. The document then discussed the details of the operations, admitting that when the Americans reached Thiacourt the entire St. Mihiel salient was rendered untenable and, therefore, its evacuation was ordered and the retreat carried out according to plan. A little further on the order, which ' was distributed generally throughout the German army, has this to say of the American soldier: . "He obviously is very much afraid of being taken prisoner. He defends 1 himself violently to the last against | this danger and does not surrender. t This seems to be the result of propa- ( ganda picturing cruel treatment if j he falls into German hands. "The American is expert in hand- 1 ling a machine gun, is firm on the de- 1 fensive and develops a strong power of resistance from his very numerous 3 machines. The bearing of the infantry indicates slight military training. The artillery was at its best as long as it remained at its original posi- j tion during preparation for attack, j The methods of fire were good. It was j very quick in getting on opportune \ targets, this apparently being due to < the lavish employment of technical 1 devices. Within a minimum period ^ the Americans were able to furnish a well directed fire. J "Liaison between the infantry and | artillery was perfect. When infantry ran into machine gun nests it immediately fell back and a new artillery preparation from accompanying batteries followed very promptly. "A large number of tanks were assembled for attack, but only a small number came at us, as large infantry masses already had achieved the desired end." U. S. Food Administration. 'Sides savin' fats en wheat, we got ter save sugar. De bes' way ter. save sugar is ter use syrups en honey. A nice li'l pitcher full er 'lasses convoyed by a fleet er buckwheat "5 sakes is one er de bes' ways to t. "get crost" wid de sugar projick,? en it saves wheat flour too. b 1) S hero^recd^cm* U. S. Food Administration. a Br'er Tater ain't skeerin' up a y ghos' wen he say we alls mus* eat less wheat en less meat en save all " de fat en sugar we kin. We has jist ti got ter feed dat big army er fightin* a sojer boys, en we kin do hit by eatin' right smart mo' taters en garden sass en eatin' mo' fish en game 'stid er P pork and beef. Ef we alls don't e grin ter feed dem sojers right now ? we'll be feedin' somebody 'fo' long * en it won't be us. * _ n lay off since I have been here and It ^ o looks now as if I will not get a leave ^ for some months, but I am perfectly contented for I have no place to go, c and it is very expensive to visit the jj large places. a Lots of love to you?and all the o family. Lovingly and affectionately, p THEODORE. > Read The Herald, only $2.00 year. B I SERVICE AS BROAD AS THE COMMUNITY War Camp Community 8ervico Provides Numberless intimate Co no forts For Soldi era dab rooms for soldi era, entertajfomoots for the boys in khaki, outings for convalescent man back from Fronts, small, but appreciated services to soldiers and their relatives and friends?these are some of the manifold activities of the War Camp Community Service. The War Camp Community Service comes close to the intimate life Of the soldier And provides for his mental as well as physical opmfort by furnishing the facilities which mafee it possible for him to relax from the strain, of military training j and the preparation for overseas | fighting. Its symbol is the roil circle and its aetMties are as unending as the circumference of Its insignia. Thousands of soldier boys take advantage of its faoHitiee and other thousands of relatives and friends of the boys In TTncle Sam's uniform are dally benefited through its various avenues of effort BUILDING MORALE OF JEWISH TROOPS Work Of Jswfsh Welfare Board Producing Splendid Results In Camps and Trenches No more effective work toward maintaining the highest morale among file American troops has been done by any war organisation than by the Jewish Welfare Board, which is engaged in its task of keeping up the Unas of communication between the Jewish men in the trenches and training camps and the folks back borne. Believing that in the struggle of mor&la afainnt "kultur" the American irmy has every advantage that will Insure sucoesa, the Jewish organization is making its chief issue {he itiffenlng of mental and moral fibre unong the soldiers of the Hebrew' faith. The call for workers is urgent md rabbis, professional men, journal-; sts, social worker* and others are altering the service of the Jewish Welfare Board to make up the 400 rorkers heeded to fill the ranks. AMERICAN SOLDERS ANXIOUS FOR BOOKS American Library Association Providing Reading Matter for Boys On Battle Fronts Despite the fact /that the ocean j ransportation facilities are being tax>d to the utmost, the task of provid- | ag reading matter for the boys in he trenches is being handled with tn efficiency and dispatch that is, surging even to those who are closely \ n touch with the situation. The American Library Association, ] rhieh has shouldered the responsiblety of collecting books, magazines ind newspapers by the millions in iVery city and town throughout the , ountry, is distributing this huge luantity of reading matter to the ( sen in France through the T. M. G. I 1 ^ - J ^ iv _ l., ine 2veu vross, me ivniguis ui Columbus' and the Salvation Army. IIX f. W. C. A. WOMEN ESCAPE FROM RUSSIA Atlanta, Ga.?The six secretaries ent to Russia a year ago by the roung Wctoen'a Christian Associ&r Ion to organise the work of the a?ociation in Petrograd and other irge cities, have escaped from Russia, is the news Just received. The whereabouts of these six woaen had been unknown for months. Whether they were alive or dead, ad been a mere mattter of guess rork. IDT SERVICE PROVIDED FOR MEN IN BRITAIN [nights of Columbus Establish Havens for Soldiers In England London.?The Knights of Columbus i Great Britain are making remarkble progress in their efforts to prolde facilities that will enable men i the United States forces overseas ? enjoy such social entertainment s will help to brighten the routine f military and naval life. Up to the resent writing, they have establishd clubs at the following posts: 265 Jdgware Road, London- Market * 1 fcrayton, Littlehampton, and Inver- 1 ess. Temporary structures have een erected in many of the larger I amps, which are to be replaced hortly by substantial huts. To date 2,000 secretaries have been _ ailed for, and the response is bring- p ig- spl^idid men of high principles nd ready sympathise. Each man is j ver thirty-five years of age and has ^ laced himself unconditionally a.t the ^ ervice of the organization, to whaV p ver post of danger or hardship b<? c iay be called. - q TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of Star.e, county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1918, until the 15th day of March, 1919, inclusive. From the first day oi? January, 1919, until the 31st day cf January, ]919, a penalty of one per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1919, a penalty of two per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1919, until the 15th day of March, 1919, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. THE LEVY. For State purposes 8% mills For county purposes 6% mills Constitutional school tax....3 mills 18 mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Midway, No. 2 2 mills Hampton, No. 3 2 mills Three Mile, No. 4..... 2 mills Fish Pond, No. 5 2 mills Hutto, INO. b Z mills Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills Olar, No. 8 9 mills Salem, No. 9 4 mills St. John's, No. 10 2 mills Govan, No. 11 8 mills Binnaker's, No. 12 3 mills Lemon Swamp, No. 13 4 mills Bamberg, No. 14 11 mills Oakland, No. 15 8 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. IS 8 mills Colston, No. 18 4 mills Clear Pond, No. 10 2 mills Oak Grove, No..20 4 mills = Denmark, No. 21 6 ^ mills Ehrhardt, No. 22 13 mills Lees, No. 23 4 mills Heyward, No. 24 2 mills All persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years of age, except Confederate veterans and sailors, who are exempt at 50 years of a.ge, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. Capitation dog tax, 50 cents. All persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st day of January, 1913, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar, and all who have not made returns to the auditor are requested to do so on or before the 1st day of January, 1919. I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from the 15th day of October, 1918, until the 1st day of March, 1919. ' G. A. JENNINGS, Treasurer Bamberg County. H PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws. Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LAROESTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store. AUGUSTA, GA. The Strong Withstand the Heat of Summer Better Than the Weak Old people who are feeble and younger people who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled to go through the depressing heat of summer by taking GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. It purifies and enriches the blood and builds up the whole system. You can soon feel its Strengthening. Invigorating Effect. 60c. Cirove's Tasteless chill Tonic destroys the malarial germs which are transmitted to the blood by the Malaria Mosquito. Price 60c. Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JR. DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental Department University of Maryland. Member S. C. State Dental Association. Office opposite new post office and jver.office of H. M. Graham. Office lours, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. BAMBERG. 8. C. ' Best material and workman- = ship, light running,/ requires little power; simple, easy to handle. Are made in several sizes and are good, substantial money-making machines down to the smallest size. Write for catolog showing Engines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies. / LOMBARD IRON WORKS & I SUPPLY CO. Ga. i i BUT? | WAR SAVINGS STAMPS COHSTAHTLV | his Space Patriotically Donated By 3hero=Co!a BottlicgCo.. Bamberg, S. C. ;or Indigestion, Constipation or Biliousness ust try one 50-cent bottle of Lj\X-FOS VITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive .axative pleasant to take. Made and ecommended to the public by Paris Mediine Co., manufacturers of Laxative Bromo fuinine and Grove's Tasteless ctiill Tonic. a. j^. a a^a a aj^a t* t I On and After November 1st f T X V T V We 2X6 compelled to cut out month- ? yr <8> ly members. We will clean and pres# ^ A suits as follows: 4H> J 4 Suits $1.25 1 V (Payable in Advance.) J i Single Suits 50 & Skirts 35 4* f Dresses ov ? A A f Overcoats 5? T t X I I 1 IDEAL PRESSING CLUB I f fel' ? i UNDERGARMENTS YOU WANT UNDERGARMENTS . < AND HOSE THAT WILL FIT WELL. FEEL GOOD AND WEAR A LONG TIME. THEN COME TO US FOR THEM. BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY ALONG AND LET US SUPPLY THEM ALL. WE HAVE BOUGHT A BIG QUANTITY OF UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY. WE GOT THE LOWEST ' ^ POSSIBLE PRICE. THIS IS WHY WE CAN GIVE YOU THE SORT OF STUFF YOU WANT, FIT YOU PER. FECTLY AND SAVE YOU MONEY. WE WANT ALL OF YOUR TRADE. SEE AND PRICfe OUR \ GOODS AND WE WILL GET IT ALL. H. C. FOLK CO. BAMBERG, S. C. BUT W. S. S. BUT W. 8. & and Help and Help WIN THE WAR WIN THE WAR Just I A 1 . Arrived' I B We have just received three car- 8 loads of mules and hirses from the a Western markets. These animals 8 were personally selected hy our Mr. S W. P. Jones, and they are in the 8 pink of condition. They are now to 1 be seen at our stables. Don't fail to 8 see them before you buy. 8 Jones Bros. I RAILROAD AVENUE BAMBERG, S C. \ . . ,0?. > * % "* H;'? i \ 'vT' J L' J"-*:, :? *C