Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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In his letter Captain Richey tells in detail of .the capture of Argonne forest and the part the Carolina negroes played. "We were just behind the front ^ lines about two and one-third miles, when at 11:30 o'clpck on the night of September 25, the bombardment began," he writes. "Of course we all knew it was coming but did not know T mop of f Vl o timp Hi? C-Vctut UUUl. J. r? cvo Ub ?,uv trying to catch a little much needed sleep hut after the big guns started roaring there was no chance to sleep. The bombardment continued during the entire night an-d with the exception of a few intermittent pauses it . has continued since, or until the time I passed out of hearing distance on my wTay to the hospital. "On the afternoon of October 26 w? received word to move forward. We slept that night in a French communicating trench. I say slept but really there was no sleep as it was raining and the noise from the guns would not let one sleep. The French 1 J 4-V.rt fnn otid Tl-orn mil* Xictu guuc UVCi uic tup auu nv>v suing the Huns. The night of the 27th we went into the fighting zone and our regiment relieved a French regiment to cpntinue the pursuit. The First Battalion went went in first on the morning of the 28th and met stout resistance. The wounded passed us all day going hack to the dressing stations. In the meantime our battalion lying in support had been discovered by enemy observers and shells began to drop on us anew, the enemy having thrown shells on us the whole of the night before. In the night of the 28th while our brii. 4 louthern F With a Li fore. It will take g this is a war of pi if y INCREASE YOUR Y ABE TAKING OBDEBS A1 PBICES RELOAD LOTS?SHIPPEB'i CHABLESTO I * / rEMBEB DELIVEBY ... IEMBEB DELIVEBY t i )UTHE m V. S. GOVERNMENT 'LAY SAFE?ORC i^A A l^A A A A A i^L A A^A ^r^r^^^jrly vy ^r^y t^T T^T ^jf^T Ty E OF CAROLINA SCRIBED BY CAPTAIN 1 / . gade was relieving the first the valley we were in was filled with gas and I was gassed at the time but did not think much of it and did not even go to the doctor. "On Sunday morning my company went over the hill. We arrived at the position the attack was to start from at 7:30, after having had a deadly artillery barrage on us over the hill. At 10 o'clock Sunday morning we were ordered to advance up ! the valley, .but in the meantime an enemy plan? flew down low, discover- , ed our position and signalled his artillery, which opened on us, and every minute seemed to be the last one. I However, by rifle fire we brought ! the plane down, killing the pilot and observer. This shelling continued until the time for our advance at 10 anH when we eot started it grew in intensity until when we advanced fifty yards it was a regular barrage. About 200 yards up the valley we came under the direct fire of the enemy's machine gun and rifle fire and by this time five enemy planes were flying over us, shooting round after round from their machine guns on us. Of course, we were in an I unsheltered valley, with nothing to I hide us from the enemy and presented a clean, clear and open target. Men were falling all around me, but the company never once faltered. They marched right on into the jaws of death. Shells were dropping, it seemed to me, every second, making holes big enough to place a goodTsized barn in. Remember now, the enemy was hiding behind bushes, trees and houses in a little village we were advancing on and we had absolutely no target to shoot at. "Long before we reached the vil > lage we could see the cowards run^ ning up a steep hill beyond, leaving j lots of machine guns to stick out, and, believe me, when we reached our objective and rounded up the machine gunners the negroes made quick work of them. They held up their hands, but no kamarad for the men; they killed them unhesitatingly and I did not try to stop them. "The town was on a railroad and about the time we thought the victory was won and we could get a ( few minutes rest before going on, A A A A A A A A A A A A A J armer Mi arger Yield rain and more gra roduction and the f ou can't plant a lai IELD AND IMPROVE Y \ r LATEST MARKET 3 OPTION, F. 0. B. IN .... $3.00 per ton $3.50 per ton ? i f V RN FE CHARLES i CONTKACTOB ier Manure no the artillery opened on us again and I saw one shell kill two of my men and seriously wound three others who were sitting behind a rock pile. Then we discovered that we were flanked on three sides by machine gun nests. We could not stick our heads up. / - "We remained at this railroad station all night in the rain and flanked by those machine gun nests. Lieut. Rauren of I Company, was killed here and Tom Lake, whose company in the meantime had come infrt tho vaiipv was killed bv a high AUVU tuv T UMVJ ) ? explosive shell. That night the enemy threw large numbers of gas shells into the place and I was again gassed. The next morning, with half of my company gone, most of them wounded, however, we got orders to ' move up the railroad track ahead. We went right into the machine gun nests, the operators of whom, when they saw our determination, left their guns and ran, and we had lots of fun picking them off. The fun did not last long, though, becfcuse as soon as the few Germans who were left got out of reach here came another artillery barrage, worse than the one before, and as soon as we got in the open the machine guns opened up again. I believe every man in the German army carries a machine gun. We went ahead and captured six big German guns (artillery). We reached the crest of another hill and were there held up. I had to crawl on my stomach 300 yards just like a snake. Every time I raised my body to make a move, zip, zip went the machine gun bullets. When we reached the hill things died down a little and I was by this time completely exhausted. Our battalion was being relieved and four of my men carried me in. "In all, during the two days, Sunday and Monday, bur battalion advanced about five miles without the aid of a single friendly artillery shot or any other help. Wj killed lots of Germans, captured lots of material and the six big guns. "I am proud of all my officers and of all my men. The whole regiment fought like veterans and with a fierceness equal to any white regiment. This was the first time any of them had been under aimed shell and machine gun fire and they stood it like moss-covered oldtimers. They never flinched or showed the least sign of fear. All that was necessary was to tell them to go and they went. Lota were killed and wounded, but they will go down in history as brave ist Help ti Per Acre N< \ 2 M /rn^f Art hoir on/ Ill) WUI Itfll j 11UJ UK1\ armer is the backt rger acreage you ci OUR LAND WITH A G Tou owe it to your cou can. It is your share ( yourself to improve your You can do both with ou costs practically nothing profits it 1011 bring you. Depot the Highest Grade :RTIU: 1T0N, S. C. "FOR LAND'S SA ? W?So as to make T^f V^f T^T T^T ^ A A A A A A^A A V^r V^r w % PNEUMONIA CLAIMS SOLICITOR. Wade Hampton Cobb Dies After Brief Illness.?Was Greatly Loved. Columbia, Oct. 2.?Wade Hampton Cobb, solicitor of the Fifth judicial circuit, died at his home, 1912 Assembly Street, early yesterday morning a victim of pneumonia, induced by influenza. Mr. Cobb had been critically ill several days and the end was not unexpected. He recuperated from the attack of influenza ten days ago and spent a brief time at his office. A relapse set in and pneumonia developed rapidly. Mr. Cobb was 41 years old. The funeral will be held from Main Street Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. J. C. Roper, .assisted by the Rev. B. R. Turnipseed, of Greenwood, a former pastor of Mr. Cobb's. Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery. Besides his widow, who before marriage was Miss Mamie Shannon, he is sur- , vived by seven children. Mr. Cobb had been solicitor of the Fifth circuit ten years. Prior to that , tpnnrfl nf office. he was judge of pro bate in Richland county six years. He attended the University of South Carolina two sessions. Following that he taught in the public school five years, studying law simultaneously inthe office of John P. Thomas, Jr., now dean of the law school at the University of South Carolina. Mr. Cobb announced his candidadcy for congress in the seventh district early last summer when Congressman Lever offered for the United States senate, but later withdrew when Congressman Lever reentered the congressional race at the request of President Wilson. It is reported that Baruch his decided to quit Wall Street permanently. The regulation of war industries is so exciting as to leave him no taste for anything so humdrum as cnopnlflfinn Italy devotes more than 11,000,000 acres of land to wine grape cultivation. soldiers." Captain Richey concludes his letter with the statement that his own fate is uncertain as he does not know what effect the gas will have on him . and he cannot tell if he will be able to return to the line when he leaves the hospital, where the letter was written. Win the jxt Year. 1 foodstuffs than >one of the nation. in OOD FERTILIZER mtry to produce all you possi )f war's burden. You owe i1 land to make the most possi r High Grade MANURE, an ; compared with the tremend , We have at the Embarkat ! MANURE that money can t * ZER C OFFICE: 16 \ KE, USE MANURE" ' j i : sure of getting it. : ' N ' 1 .4. ATA ATt ATA jTA A*. ATA A. ATt ATL ATA V f^r T^T T|T T^T ^ A4A JTA if't ATA A A A^AT^A A AA^AJ! T^rl^TT^T T^T y T^T T| 9 All sizes of electric lamps, includ- i ing automobile lamps, at FaulknerElectric Service Co.?adv. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores vitality and energy by purifying and enriching the blood. You can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect Price 60c. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the estate of Mrs. Kate Ehrhardt/deceased, will present same duly verified on or before November 7th, 1918, and all persons owing the said estate will make payment likewise unto J. B. EHRHARDT, Administrator of the Estate of Mrs. Kate Ehrhardt, Deceased. J. P. Carter B. D. 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