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PRIVATE HERNDON IS BACK AT HOME FIRST OF AUGUSTA OTRANTO . SURVIVORS TO RETURN *v.' , * V * k : V" Wounded Worse Than Friends Understood Right Arm Paralyzed and Practically - Useless?Bagby, Who Was Un^Ihurt, Oidy Other Augustan. rTCV ??? Priyate J. >H. Henidon reached Augusta yetserday from Fort McPher""" ho was convalescing at the OVIl| fTUVi V UV " base hospital. He is, probably, the first of the Augusta Otranto survivors to reach home; He reached Hoboken on December 16th, and entered the base hospital there. He was transferred to Fort McPherson about a week ago, and ran down to Augusta yesterday on a 5-day furlough. His wounds have proved more seri ous than was understood by his friends. He sustained the dislocation of a shoulder and the fracturing of the right arm. it appears that paralysis has set in in the arm, rendering useless the arm and the hand. Directly that he returns to Fort Mc^hereon he is to undergo an operation which the surgeons hope will re. A . suit in a permanent cure. Herndon received his injuries after he had VJ - n?l ' v gotten aboard the Mumsey. The : Mumsey is the British destroyer the commander of wnicn nas Deeu ?u I'- extolled for hia daring bravery in coming alongside the Otranto and saving the lives of so many soldiers - finder conditions that were so hazardous as io have won for him the plaudits of tile American and British governments. ' bl-'- * Herndon made the leap from the Otranto to the Mumsey with success and landed on the deck of the destroyer without a scratch. However, he was immediately caught by a jfc^ivy wave which swept oyer the v&sel and dashed about as if he were SHE i** t ' '(* '* <i' ' i' -f a piece of cork. It was then that he JjBtrrftiured. ^A'irfehtful sea was raging, it was about 1 p. m., our time, when the accident occurred. Herndon was on uuty on deck. He says that he saw Ijie Kashmir coming toward1 the Otranto. She had lost control of her Sppellers; or other accident had ocv furred which resulted in the boat? rofnsal to be controlled. She was being tossed high by the swells: She Itemed to be right on the Otranto as ^^; ?e commenced lurching id the direction of the transport, though, of v course. she was probably a quarter of T . a mile away when she became unmanageable. The Otranto changed ~her course and tried to escape the cofcision, but without success. The Kashmir hit the Otranto amidships, kffling a number of men as she . . v v There was not the great commotion aboard the Otranto that one would expect. The men acted with coolings under the circumstances. As tfre Mumsey came in reach the men began to jump, and many of them . saved the^ lives in this way. Some of the poor fellows failed to make v the leap from boat to boat success\ fully,.and went* into the sea. The Story of the wreck has been told often, and the narrative of it by p: < Herndon is about the same as has already been given. * Herhdon reached Belfast about 11:30 p. m., the date of the collision. Koy Bag by was the only ^ugustan vAth him, so far as he knows. Herndon was placed in the British hospital at Belfast. As statedi, he was later transferred to the United States, f&gby remains in Europe. Herndon saw nothing of him after entering hospital ixi Belfast. "Thes most significant thing to my in nrmnPtp.fit\n with mv eXDeri enee," said Private Herndon last fight, "was the Remarkable work of Red Cross among the men who were gotten ashore. R have never dreamed of such' attentions as were given the men by the workers of the organization. I am sure that their en<te&yor, knowledge and kindness saveft many a life, whicii, under other * traditions, would have been lost. The : nen were in a terrible state. They : leeded the most careful nursing, and i $ey were given ft* by the Red Cross >eople. I do not know what would lave become of me except for the * &ed Cross. I owe my life to them, probably. I know that I owe them a de&t of gratitude which I can never ffr-pay?which no man, no matter wfat his inclinations, gifts or means, could re-pay. I am a Red Cross man for all times." "The experience? Well, such an experience comes in the lives of but few men. I would not wish to go through it again. I never want to know that so many poor fellows?so many fine fellows?were caught like the Otranto men were caught. It was terrible. I believe that at least 500 men besides the brew lost their Uves. About 250 to 300 got aboard the destroyer."?Augusta Chronicle. r ? r < - ^ - I * " " .S~_ . 3 Just Arrived h We hare just received three carloads of males and hirses from the Western markets. These animals were personally selected by oar Mr. W. P. Jones, and they are in the pink of condition. They are now to be seen at our stables. Don't fail to see them before yoa bay. ^ ' - I Jones Bros. | RAILROAD AVENUE BAMBERG, S. C. I 1 ' * . " ; . *' your money now and always has a i rig buying power at our store. we al- i ways give you "lots for little money." fi but, is it not good judgment and i eoonqmy to come in now and buy those I winter things you need for the whole i family so that you can have just that i much longer to use them? i we yet have a full stock of every- | thing for everybody?from grandma | and grandpa right down to baby. and 1 When you deal with us you will get a | square deal. | r uuil rv I V? i vsirv w. BAMBERG, S. 0. BUY W. S. S. BUY W. & a and Help N and Help WIN THE WAR WIN THE WAR * I Horses I n ^H The last of the present week I will ">:^Jj H receive another shipment of mnles II fl and horses. In this lot there are a || I number of fast trotting horses, and II also some nice buggy drivers. They HI will be in the pink of condition, and || I want you . to call around and take fll a look at them. If you appreciate HI good stock, you ought to see these. HI My prices on these mules and horses HI , are right, and if you are in the mar- HI ket for a mule or a horse, we can HI get together. HI J. J. Smoak I Bamberg, S. C. H * * \ Fertilizer with Personality I ' '-.; || Roysters Fertilizers are the life-work of one man, F.S. ROYSTER. i f ' < * -' ! iX Their excellence is the result of 33 years of * continuous effort to perfect a plant food especially for Southern crops and Southern Soils. ; Is the knowledge and experience of a lifefimo tarr\ v+k QniTtkinrr fn vnn) Th^n fnr 1 U111V YVU1U1 U1IJ tllilXg W J V/ Vtt A &XVXA& wtwn * v? f '<K ROYSTER'S FERTILIZER ORDER EARLY AND ^ : :M AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT : i|j F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Norfolk, Va. Baltimore, Md. Toledo, 0. Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. p Macon, Ga. Columbus, Ga. 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