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' CAROLINA LADS 1
LEAVE FOR HOME
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FOUR COMPANIES OF AMMUNITION
TRAIN SAIL. j
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Will Come to Charleston!
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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
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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.
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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.
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^ / 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
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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;
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DILLON AND WILLIAMSBURG!
HAVE CASES. # i
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Nov/ Being Studied j
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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'
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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*
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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;
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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
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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;
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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
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Folk-Bishop. te
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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
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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
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)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.
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"I inspected the artillery brigade
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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.
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