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* hold your cohon r?t i fn i ; -V?+ f x reduce your acreage If your subscription expires / <g B a . ^ J?n - hL^ ?r-^ ^ SlK^7 jr"* -^JfcrtA db- 1 sss U>W 12f?ffiuxi uselessranra pai>er will be discontinued. ^ ~ V $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919. Established in 1891. ' CAROLINA LADS 1 LEAVE FOR HOME V FOUR COMPANIES OF AMMUNITION TRAIN SAIL. j j Will Come to Charleston! h ? I First Soldiers of Thirtieth Division From Palmetto State Brought Home as Units. Washington, March 15.?Departure from France of three transports -with about 7,000 officers aimen | was announced to day by the war de- j partment. They are due at New York and Newport News March 23. The transport Konigin der Nederlanden, bound for Newport News, has aboard the One Hundred and ^ i. Fifteenth Field Artillery less cai-1 tery A, Thirtieth division, two- j third? of which goes to Camp Lee,! and Companies A, E, C, D and de- j tachments of the One Hundred and j Fifth Ammunition Train, Thirtieth1 division, the bulk of which also goes j to Camp Lee. The Noordam carries for New York a detachment of the Thirty^ * seventh division headquarters company for Camp Sherman, the headquarters ordnance and medical de-! tachments and machine gun compa-j ny of the One Hundred and Forty- i eighth infantry, Thirty-seventh di- J vision, also for Camp Sherman, and i several casual companies, including one each of Texas and South Carolina men. -i . ^ The transport Matsonia, sailing ^for New York, carries the One Hundred and Sixtieth infantry practically' complete, but showing only about half of its full strength and with detachments of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth infantry, both regiments being of the Fortieth division. Most of the men 'of the one j One Hundred and Sixtieth infantry' go to Camp Kearney, Cal., while the! *?nf the One Hundred i ^ UU1A. U1 IUC luvu vi. wv ? and Fifty-ninth go to Camps Upton * and" Grant. The ship carries also detachments of the Twenty-sixth Engineer Regiment, a majority of the men being scheduled for Camp Kearney, two casual companies and a number of sick, wounded and other casuals. Companies A, B, C and D of thei One 'Hundred and Fifth Ammunition Train are all units of the former Second South Carolina Regiment, National Guard, most of the members being from Charleston and Columbia. The One Hundred and Fifteenth Field Artillery Regiment is a former Tennessee National Guard organization. in fhp Associated 1W3. icici^uvv * Press dispatch, from Washington that the men will go to Camp Lee is presumed to refer to a temporary * . stop there for examination by medi* cal authorities as army orders from Washington have announced that the One Hundred and Fifth Ammunition Train has been assigned to Camp Jackson for demobilization. The j One Hundred and Fifteenth Regi- j ment, according to the same orders, j will go to Fort Oglethorpe for discharge. A later dispatch states that the j Koningin der Nederlanden has been j diverted from Newport News, and ? that it will land the returning sol-i f diers at Charleston next week. * U-BOAT ATTEMTS TO ESCAPE. | The U-48 Makes Dash From Ferrol and is Destroyed. Paris, March 15.?The German submarine U-48, while attempting to escape from Ferrol, Spain, last }' * night, was chased by a destroyer and sunk, according to a Havas dispatch . from Madrid. ,> ^ / The U-48 took refuge at Ferrol in ,4* ^ March, 1918, and was interned. The > * attempted flight of the U-boat was ? observed and the torpedo doat de' ^ stroyer Analo pursued her. The German b?at was sunk outside the Ferrol roads. The crew was saved, ^jjp. When the German submarine U48 sought refuge at Ferrol her pro I -------? pellors were unshipped by the auahorities and her guns and munitions were taken out, according to dispatches from that port. The captain of the submarine claimed that his submarine had been damaged se^ verelv in a fight with three ships. w " The U-boat carried a crew of thirty men, and for a time a Spanish warship stood guard over her. In 1917 the U-48 was reported off *4 Bermuda. SLEEPING DISEASE jC OCCURS IN STATE; " i DILLON AND WILLIAMSBURG! HAVE CASES. # i _____ ' Nov/ Being Studied j i i Only Two Patients So Far Reported to State Board of Health in Columbia. Columbia, March IS.?Two cases; of lethargic encephalitis, commonly j called "sleeping sicKness, nave been reported to Dr. James A. Hayne.! State health officer. One of the cases is at Johnson- j ville, Williamsburg county, and the other at Latta, Dillon county. Today Dr. Hayne, accompanied by \ Dr. C. V. Akin, of the United States j public health service, will go to Lat- j ta to visit the patient and to study j the case. | Yesterday Dr. Hayne wired Sur-! geon General Rupert Blue of the Uni-; ted States public health service to the effect that the two cases had been reported. This diesease, while commonly called the "slteping sickness" on ac- j count of the manner in which the' ^ I patient is affected, is entirely dis- J tinct from the "sleeping sickness" j which exists in tropical regions and j which is communicated by the bite of the tsetse fly. In discussing the malady, the pub* A^ T?/\Vk>*ii o mr 91 lie neann report ui rcum^,, - -, ^ 1919, in a report of the cause says that the patient became dazed^orj 01 stupid, slept a great deal and was drowsy by day. In marked cases the, an lethargy was accompanied by heavi-i th ness of eyelids, pain in the eyes, j blurred vision and photophobia and i , * eh in a well marked case gradually j , ' da passed into a stupor. There seems J ^ to be little doubt, says the report, WJ that there is a certain amount of fever in an early -stage of the disease, ^ although occasionally it may not be j tot] observed for several days after the; I CO onset of symptoms. The tempera-j ture commonly ranges from 101 to ' 102, but temperatures up to 104 are not very uncommon. The patient lies in bed on his back, often unable m to make any voluntary movement - ^ on account of great muscular weak-j ^ ness; the face is quite expressionless) 1 and masklike, and in the severest 1 i tu cases, the patient lies in bed like a log, resembling a wooden image in lack of expression and mobility. There are two distinct types of the; I nr disease, one in which the patient is j dull and stupid and the other in ^ which he is hysterical and wild. The disease has occurred in Eu- fe rope and in America, being more or co less prevalent in 1895. In England pj it has been made a reportable dis-' dl ease. Out of 168 cases, 37 were fatal. tu The progress of the two cases re- tr ported as existing in the State will er be awaited with interest. Health au-; m thorities are thoroughly alive to the in importance of informing themselves j tr as fully as possible with regard to j h( the new disease and will study the j m case at Latta closely. to ^ ! ? o- de Folk-Bishop. te m I Miss Doris Folk and Mr. Jones | Bishop were quietly united in mar- h< riage last Sunday afternoon at three; hi o'clock at the home of the bride at j ri Clear Pond, Rev. D. H. Owings, of hi Ehrhardt, performing the ceremony, pi A few friends of. the couple were present. 2' Miss Folk is the daughter^of Mr. = G. W. Folk, of Clear Pond, and is a young woman of many charms and accomplishments. Mr. Bishop is A the son of Mr. Jake 'Bishop, of the same community, and is a solid young farmer. The happy couple have the best wishes of a host of h< friends all over the county. tl American Potash. E i ai American plants for the making C of potash have been erected at a A cost of $25,000,000. They give as-! surance of being able to supply pot- c( ash at $1 a unit in three years. At fc present they want $3 a unit and de- e: mand some sort of protection from bi France and Germany. It is said S with authority that an agent of the w French government is now in the e] United States negotiating contracts! for Alsatian potash after June 1 for tl $1.25 a unit. It is also reported ' g that the Germans have large quanti-! tz ties on hand, but it is impossible to I tl be sure of the truth of any reports ( n from Germany.?Hartford Times, i a w )NE OF COUNTY'S J' GRAND OLD MEN Herewith is shown a photograph of Hampton county, a daughter of one of Bamberg county's grand J- Lawton and Elizabeth Thompi men. Dr. Needham Franklin son La?'t?a- Eight children were . : born to them, two having gone to irkland, a man who%is known far; ,, . , ?,. , . i their reward, Elizabeth and Wesley, id wide over the county and both of whom died at the age of roughout this section of. the State, twenty years. Five sons are living, d who is loved by everybody. The Two of them. Dr. N. F. Kirkland, Jr., ild in the picture is his little grand- j ?* Allendale? and Dr- R- C. Kirkland, .ughter, Grace Graham. Dr. Kirk-! of Barnwell, followed in the footad is eighty-eight years of age. He; steps of their father and are promiis born January 27, 1831. He is| nent ^icmns. Rev. W. C. Kirktrely a product of Bamberg county, I land' D- D ' is editor of the Southern r he was born on the same place on christian Advocate, Columbia, Mr. !ich now resides. This was, of' J' M* L' Kirkland, of Beaufort coun.. ... ty. has just retired from the office of urse, then incorporated in oia - - - . ? , . 11 !? ?,. probate judge of his county, while irnwell county, cut off later into K / ?. Mr. A. L. Kirkland was honored in imberg t-v tr* i i ^ A\ .. 191S by being elected clerk of court Dr. Kirkland attended the com- _ ? A v, i $ v.*rt +y^-n of Bamberg county. One daughter is *>n schools of his vicinity; then ? * ? ~ living, Mrs. Harry M. Graham, who jnt to Cokesbury school. Deciding ,, ,. ? _ A oo recently removed from Bamberg and l the practice of medicine as a pro- . . , u 4- j ^ is now living in Greenwood, ssion, he entered the Medical colge at Charleston, from which insti- ^r* Kirkland s political career tion he was graduated. He com- consists of sixteen years of service as eted his medical education by tak- treasurer of Barnwell county. He was g a post graduate course in New president of the Citizens Bank of 5rk, beginning the practice of his Barnwell for 10 years, ofession in 1857. I Dr- Kirkland's chief ambition in The war clouds began to gather li^e kas been to serve his day and out this" time, and he enlisted at generation according to the will of e beginning of the war in the Con- God. His noble Christian life bears derate army, being attached to Col- ample testimony to the fact that he ck's regiment as assistant surgeon. ^as succeeded in doing this. The is services in the army were con- writer has neveryheard a word of led to the coast of South Carolina, criticism against this good man. .He After the war Dr. Kirkland re- is a member of old Mizpah Methorned home and resumed his minis- dist church at Buford's Bridge, and y to the sick, and for some years ^as been a steward there for more ijoyed a wide practice. There are tban fifty years. He retired from any of the older people who recall business activity 15 years ago, but < - ? he is still chairman of the board of a loving manner nis geuue iumis- -- ? ations during these years. In 1868 stewards of the Olar charge. Anji gave up the "active practice of thing, that pertains to the welfare edicine, but continued to minister of the church, State or community i tho*e about him. His time was claims his attention and although ivoted largely to his farming in-! his eighty-eight years prevent him rests, and he made as good a far- taking the active part of former er as he. did a doctor. j years' his opinions are' sought and .During the Red Shirt campaign, j Provide a true guide in church or 3 took an active part in redeeming j c?mmunity matters, is State and county from the mis-! He has experssed the wi3h, ile of the carpetbaggers, and he when the mortal frame has served is always been identified with all its earthly purpose, to be laid to rest iblic movements. in the church cemetery at Mizpah, Dr. Kirkland was married on May where he has worshipped these T, 1857, to Miss Jenny M. Lawton, many years. ELECTION HELD AT COPE. This Was Important. Three-Legged Rooster?Other He was a very small boy. Paddy Items of Interest. was his d?S. and Paddy waa nearer to his heart than anything on earth. Cope, March 13.?At an election when Paddy met swift and hideous 3ld at this place for a new council i death ?n the turnpike road the boy s le following were elected to serve mother trembled to break the news. >r the coming year: Intendant, G. But u had to be, and when he came . Griffith, the present incumbent, home from school went and told him id wardens, H. W. Livingston, J. H. simPly: lark, W. F. Waite, and J. Ashton j Paddy has been run over and ntiey. j killed'" The Cope farmers, both white and i took it very quietly. All day it ilored, are responding to the call; v'as the same. But five minutes af)r a reduction in acreage, and the ter he had gone to bed there echoed cceptions are few where one tries to through the house a s "rill and sude hoggish and say he won't cut. den lam?ntation. Lis mother rushuch nerson. if he doesn't change,; e(* upstairs with solicitude and pity. ill be made to feel sorry for it lat-: Nurse says, he sobbed, tnat r on i Paddy has been run over and killed." Mr. G. E. Griffith has a rooster of I But, dear, I told you that at dintie white Leghorn breed, almost, ner? an(* -ou didn t seem to be trourown, that has three legs and two | at aB-" iils, the third leg growing between! "No; I?I thought you said dad-i le tails. This strange growth does dy!" ot interfere with it, it being smart ^ ' ? m nd lively, and it sure is a curiosity. Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. CHARLESTON SEES I HOME BOYS FIRST ORDER DIVERTS DEBARKATION c . FROM NEWPORT NEWS. Will Arrive Next Week j. C ity Welcomes News of Return of j. National Guard Companies of Famous Thirtieth. Charleston, March, 17.?The welcome announcement was made here i this morning that the transport Kon- r ingin der Nederland, which sailed. 1 from St. Nazaire, France, on March t 13, has been diverted from Newport c News to Charleston and is expected \ to arrive about March 23, according i to army headquarters advices, and 1 about March 27, according to N. 0. t T. S. advices, having on board the t One Hundred and Fifteenth Field 1 Artillery, Thirtieth Division, less 1 Battery A, 4S officers and 1,461 men; > the Headquarters Motor Battalion, t One Hundred and Fifth Ammunition ' Train, two officers and 33 men, and Companies A, B, C, and D, and medi-: t cal and ordnance detachments, One! < Hundred and Fifth Ammunition j Train, 22 officers and 714 men, Thir- ? tieth division, with three casuals, 1 making a total of 2,248. There is general joy here over the ? fact that the former Charleston Na- ( tional Guardsmen, the four compa- ^ nies of the One Hundred and Fifth Ammunition Train, will be the first 1 transport of troops to land at the port terminals. Whether the ship 1 enters this harbor on March 23 or ^ March 27 is not so material. The 1 big fact is that the local boys are 1 n/it /inlv /in f-hofr W9V hrtTTIfi SS WaS ' announced in Sunday's dispatches, 1 but are on their way to Charleston 1 direct. 1 There will be a notable harbor ' demonstration when the transport comes in through general display , of flags and blowing of whistles and ringing of bells. A greeting will be given the boys from an official boat as they enter harbor and the waterfront will undoubtedly be lined with thousands to wave them a welcome. But few will be allowed at the pier where they land, and they will at , once entrain for Camp Jackson, where they will go through the sanitation plant. It is expected about three hours will be necessary for transfer from ship to special trains. TTnr+v-fmir rnanhes and baeeace cars will be in the equipment of four trains to take the soldiers to Camp Jackson. Local committees met tonight to discuss plans for entertainment. Mayor Hyde goes to Columbia tomorrow to confer ''with the State committee about entertainments and receptions at Camp Jackson. When the boys finally get home they will be given a series of entertainments. Colston Clippings. Colston, March 17.?Mr. and Mrs. Preston McMillan and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Jennings dined with Mr. and with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kearse Sunday. Mi. Ed Fender and little daughj ter. Lucile, of Ehrhardt, were the Sunday guests of Mi. and Mrs. Jo?; Peard Sunday. Mr. and M-s. Henry Beard and family, of Banner? spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Beard. Miss Mattie Mae Davies, of Ori nnprohirrp is snendins: a few days with her sister, Miss Flossie Davies. Misses Bessie Kirkland and Daisy Tillman, of Denmark, spent Saturday night and Sunday w ch Mr. a^d Mrs. J. D. Ki.'kund. Miss Julia Kirkland spent Satuiday night with Miss Reba McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Bishop dined with Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kearse were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jake McMillan. Miss Laura McMillan, of Bamberg, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McMillan. Blackville Personals. Blackville, March 15.?Miss Kit-t ty Browning has returned to her home after a very pleasant visit in ' Charleston. Miss Bertha Rich is visiting in j Orangeburg. Mrs. Rhett ,Johnson and little; daughter, of Charleston, are visiting! Mrs. Johnson's mother, Mrs. C. J. Creech. Miss Rosa Brown is visiting rela 'ERSHING PRAISES THIRTIETH'S WORK iEXEKAL WHITES COMMANDER OF DIVISION. U1 Proud of Record Especial Glory Won by Southern Soldiers in Breaking Through Hindenburg Line.v Charleston, March 16.?Col. Jul us iu. Cogswell or tins city nas just eceived a copy from Maj. J. D. E. Ueyer of the letter of commendaion written by Gen. J. J. Pershing >n February 19 to the Thirtieth dirision, in which General Pershing >ays a handsome ^ibute to this galant command, emphasizing specially ;he glory that is theft's for the share hey had in smashing the famous lindenburg line. Gentral Persing's etter is addressed to Maj. Gen. Edvin M. Lewis, commanding the Thir;ieth division, and is as follows: 'My Dear General Lewis: "It gives me much pleasure to ex;end to you and the officers and men , Df the Thirtieth division my sinsere compliments upon their appearince at the review and inspection on the 21st of January, southeast of reille, which was excellent and is just what would be expected in a jommand with such a splendid fighting record. , "After its preliminary training the division entered the line on July 16, where it remained almost continuously until the end of October. r? tV>o+ tirrxa it tl'Ocj in tVlO OPtlial bflt? LU taut tlUiV/ AC "WO AAA wuv mwmm* ~v.? tie from the 30th of August and took part, in the Ypres-Lys and Somme offensive. On September 29 the division broke through the Hinclenburg and the Le Catalet lines, capturing Bellicourt and Nauroy, an operation on which all subsequent action of the Fourth British Army depended. From October 7 to October 20 the division advanced 23 kilometers in a continued series of attacks, capturing 2,352 of the enemy, Brancourt; Premont, Busigny, St. Bernin, St. Souplet, Escauport, Le Haie, Mineresse and Vaux Andigny are names which will live in the memories of those who fought in the Thirtieth division. But its especial glory will always be the honor you won by breaking the Hi^depburg . line on September 29. Such a record is one of which we are all proud. "It is gratifying to see your troops in such good physical shape, but still more so to know that this almost ideal condition will continue to the end of their services and beyond, as an exemplification of their high character and soldierly quali- N ? ties. / "I inspected the artillery brigade < it-- J ? J 01 llie uivisiuil lciiei auu iuuuu iuo same high standard of personnel that marks the rest of that division. "Very sincerely yours, "JOHN. J. PERSHING." The division commander, the memorandum went on to say, congratulates the division upon this high tribute from the commander and chief, and again expresses his pride in being its commander. tives in Barnwell. Mr. Lawrence Groves, of Savannah, Ga.. spent Sunday in town as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Groves, at the Shamrock Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Maloney and daughter, Sarah, of Louisville, Ga., spent the week-end with Mr. Maloney's mother, Mrs. S. S. Maloney. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Martin and family, of Williston, S. C., spent Sunday in town the guests of Misses Jessie and Hattie Martin. Miss Jeanette Pearlstine has returned to her home in St. Matthews. Dr. Morris Rich, of Orangeburg, spent Sunday in town with his moth tr, Mrs. Rika Rich. MiSs Annie Laurie Groves, of Columbia, S. C., is the guests of. her cousins, Misses Ida and Marie Groves, at the Shamrock Hotel. Mrs. G. A. Milner and little son, of Aiken, are visiting her old home. Mrs. Milner was formerly Miss Katherine Farrell, of Blackville, S. C. Miss Florrie Stone entertained the younger set with quite a nice party. Those enjoying Miss Stone's hospitality were: Misses Lois Nevils, Rebecca Blatt, Elizabeth Altman, and Louisa Duncan, Mamie Wells, of Tennessee, Vera Creech, Geraldine Still, Sadie DeWitt, Messrs, Soloman Brown, Earl Petain, Angus Williams, Jasper Johns, Heni$' Barker, Ulysses Still, Sadie DeWitt, Messrs. Soloman Roltrin Fflnninp' F!nrl DpTVitt and Julian Keel. V ' - I :> -