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PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and at
Other Points.
?Mrs. W. E. Free has been visiting
friends in Columbia.
?Miss Mary Livingston has returned
home from Columbia.
?Prof. W. C. Duncan spent a fewdays
in Charleston last week.
?Mr. Raymond Smoak, of Orangeburg,
spent Sunday in the city.
?Mrs. E. K. Garrison is visiting
relatives in Anderson this week.
?-Mr. J. S. J.- Faust, of Dunbar.
ton, was in town one day last week.
?Mrs. Robert Black spent the past
week-end in Williston with relatives.
?Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Johns, of
Baldock. were in the city yesterday.
x ?Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brickie and
baby have returned from Saluda, N.
C.
:?Dr. Robert Black spent Tuesday
in Charleston on professional business.
?Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Folk are
spending this week on Sullivan's Island.
?Mr. and Mrs. James T. Burch,
of Florence, are visiting relatives in
{ town.
?Mr. G. A. D'ucker has gone to
Hot Springs, Ark., to spend a few
weeks.
?Mr. J. C. Folk, who is employed
in Charleston, spent the week-end in
the city.
?Miss Virginia Ayer, of Savannah,
spent Saturday in the city with
' friends.
?Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rentz, of
Hunter's Chapel, are visiting relatives
in the city.
?Mrs. Glenn W. Cope and little
son are spending a few weeks at
Glenn Springs.
?Little Miss Gertrude Moore, of
Charleston, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
J. B. Black, Jr.
?Miss Rebecca Graham, of Greenwood,
visited friends and relatives
here last week.
?Mr. C. W. Rentz returned Friday
fropi St.XLcuis, where he spent a few
day& on business.
?Miss Rebecca Dickinson left this
week for Laurens, where she is visiting
Miss Mildred Counts.
?Mrs. Burt Berry, of Branchvillte,
is spending some time in the city with
her sister, Mrs. R. M. Bruce.
?Captain W. S. Bamberg and
Mrs. Greyton Bamberg spent a few
days in Charleston last week.
?Mrs. J. J. Cudd and little daughter"
have returned to Spartanburg,
after a visit to relatives here.
?Mr. Cope Livingston, of Washington,
D. C., has been visiting his
mother, Mrs. L. E. Livingston.
?The Rev. E. K. Garrison left
Sunday for McClellanville, where he
is assisting in a revival meeting.
?Miss Gwen Fowler, who is attending
the summer school in Orangeburg,
spent the week-end at home.
?^Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hooton and
Mr. and ^rs. H. D. F. spent a few
days last week on Sullivan's Island.
?Mrs. Janie Folk Sanders and son
Leon, of Hampton} spent a few days
\ in town recently with Mrs. J. C. Folk.
?Sailor O. Perry Folk, U. S. N.,
is spending a month's vacation with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Folk.
?Mr. Robert Black, of Florida, a
former resident of Bamberg, is vis\
r iting relatives and friends in the city.
?-Miss Nellie Murphy, of Virginia,
is spending a few weeks in the
city with Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Murphy.
?Misses Onie Brux, of Columbia,
and Helen Milhous,. of Waynesboro,
Ga., have been visiting Miss Martha
Ray.
?Mr. J. D. Felder and Miss Elizabeth
Inabinet left last week for Whitmire
to spend a few weeks with relatives.
?Mr. M. T. Johnson went up to
Asheville, N. C., last week. Mrs.
Johnson and children, after spending
a few weeks there, returned home
; with him.
?Mrs. A. W. Knight returned
home Saturday from Jacksonville, accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. J. R.
Spearman, who spent a few days here
before going on to her home in Newberry.
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A Considerate Canine.
"Intelligent dog? You bet he is!
Why that dog wandered away from
- home last week and when I offered a
reward for his return, what do you
suppose happened?"
"Somebody brought him home and
claimed the reward, I suppose."
next morning carrying a copy of the
"No, sir. That dog showed up the
paper in his mouth. You see, he noticed
the advertisement and came
home of his own accord so that I
wouldn't have to pay out any money
on his account."?Boston Transcript.
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"GREAT BARi
W. E. Boyce, Major, M. C., in the
Watch on the Rhine.
On the night of the "Greatest Barrage"?July
14?the First Battalion
| of the Thirtieth Infantry occupied the
front line in the Bois d'Aigremont
about two kilometers South of the
iMarne. The Third Battalion was in
support ond the Second in reserve. I
was senior medical officer on duty
with the Second Battalion at that
time.
The Second was in a particularly
unfortunate position, the men having
had no opportunity to dig in or erect
defensive positions. This battalion
had been detached from the regiment
on June 3 and sent across the river
below Chateau Thierry and, in conjunction
with the French and Second
American Division, took part in
the attack on Hill 204.
It was relieved, rested, and sent in
again at Chierry, and from there went
to Courbin, where it remained until
July 14, still detached. On that date
it was ordered to rejoin the Thirtieth
Regiment. Everyone was glad to be
under command again of our beloved
Colonel Butts.
We were to move at once into the
lAlgremont woods and relieve the First
Battalion in the front line.
After dark we started up with light
hearts. We had been told that Fritzie
was coming over, and many believed
that he was short of shells. Otherwise,
why didn't he send over a barrage,
or something?
We were soon to learn by bitter
experience that Fritz had been getting
together all the hell he could
find and waited only the hour to hurl
it over in unslackened fury for many
hours till he thought we would have
been annihiliated or would have beat
a disorderly retreat.
A little past 11 o'clock we passed
between our own batteries of light
field artillery which with the heavy
artillery placed further in the rear,
were sending over a defensive barrage,
anticipating by an hour the expected
enemy barrage.
Big Barrage Begins.
The night was ideal, just cool
enough and except for our own artillery,
quite still. But soon the stars
were darkened by fog rising from the
river.
The work of our own batteries was
fascinating. It was an- almost continuous
violent thunder, accompanied by
constantly leaping sheets of flame. As
we came closer we could hear the
crashes of our shells on the opposite
side of the river. Not an enemy shell
was falling.
We came into position in the Bois
d'AIgremont just before midnight. I
could hear the softly spoken commands
of the officers as they placed
their men in position in the thick underbrush.
The entire waogn train
drew up along the road in the woods.
My medical cart was in the rear of
the train. I had it placed under a
clump of bushes, and looking at my
watch saw it was just 12 o'clock. I
stopped a moment to observe the effect
of the artillery fire, when the air
was filled suddenly with new and vicious
sounds, blood curdling shrieks
and death dealing explosions of incoming
shells.
Gas Shells Come Over.
There were thousands of shells in
that first salvo?which a howling and
shrieking of exploding shells, while
dirt and stones and pieces of trees
were scattered everywhere. ' Great
holes opened up all around, while the
earth trembled under the force of the
mighty detonations.
I threw myself flat on the ground,
and I had never known before that I
could get so close to nature. I lay
there for an hour while the sky was
raining shells, expecting that every
minute would be my last.
At first T thoneht that it was only
a reprisal fire, but as the time dragged
on, and there was no abatement,
I became painfully convinced that the
expected attack was on.
After awhile I became aware of a
different song in the air, the pleasant,
musical whang and the dull thud of
gas shells. A moment later and I
could smell the deadly poison. I
reached for my trusted gas mask and,
much as I dreaded to do so, pulled it
on. The mask is safe, but it is the
most uncomfortable thing I ever
wore.
Praying for Daylight.
it tne civilian cares to kuow now a
gas mask feels, let him seize his nose
j with a pair of fire tongs, bury his
face in a hot feather pillow, then take
a gas pipe between his teeth and
breathe through it for a few hours.
It is safe, but like the deadly poison
which forced its invention, it is not
sane.
No man could get up and work and
live in that hell of steel. Besides, it
was totally dark, and I could have no
light. My own men would have shot
me dead if I had made a light. The
woods were filled with deadly gas.
I was sick and disgusted because I
was there as an agent of mercy, to
care for and relieve the suffering, and
RAGE" NIGHT.
I could do nothing.
I would have given half my life for
daylight. I slipped down the head of
my gas mask and looked at my illuminated
watch. Only 1 o'clock. My
: God, I thought I would go mad.
| I heard some one cry out that he
j was wounded. I got up and groped
( my way through the underbrush, and
j came on a soldier who said he was
! wounded in the shoulder. I felt for
j the wound and found that the arm
had been torn away. I dressed him in
the dark, using a first aid packet and
his shirt. He had lost his gas mask,
his comrade lay nearby dead. I took
the dead man's mask and adjusted it
on the liviner.
Action relieved the tense nervous
strain and from then on I worked
constantly among the wounded in the
woods. I got together what first aid
men I could find, and we worked until
daylight.
Daylight came as a relief, but I
hope I shall never again witness such
a spectacle. Five hours of shelling
had wrought tremendous havoc, and
still there was no abatement. In fact,
the bombardment seemed to increase
in fury. Dead animals lay everywhere
in the woods, which were a
mass of tangled .and broken trees.
And everywhere were human bodies,
| unrecognizable masses of human
j flesh. Everywhere, also,.were woundI
ed men, some slightly, some seriously,
j some fatally hurt. Some begged piteously
for removal from the shell
! swept area.
Runners Never Returned.
[ Immediately after daylight we began
attempts at evacuating. Five
k runners, who were sent out in succession
to find the nearest point to
! which the ambulances could come,
j have never been heard from.
From a technical standpoint the
enemy was the much better situated.
Commanding a high hill which rises
abruptly from the opposite bank of
the /Marne, he had a periect view 01
the'first two kilometers of our front.
Under the protective screen of his
own tree covered hills, he was able to
carry on his preparations uninterruptedly?preparations
for his "victory
drive," his "knockout blow," and the
realization of his plans for world
power.
On the American side of the Marne
was a long stretch of low lying fields
for the most part covered with ripening
grain. The ground rises gradually,
then until at two kilometers from
the river it slopes upWard into a high
hill, which is covered by the Bois
d'Aigremont.
On the right lay the Surmelin Valley,
in which nestled the town of
Crezancy. This valley being the point
of ingress and egress of the Marne
Valley made the possession of this
road vital to the enemy. But to gain
it, he must first annihiliate the Thirtieth
Infantry.
The majority of the wounded were
heroic and stoical in their suffering.
A few were effeminate. Most of them
suffered in silence, bearing patiently
the long waiting. The few cursed bitterly,
or begged to be carried to the
rear. We had many raving maniacs.
In passing among the uninjured I
saw drawn, pinched faces, but the
eyes were still bright and jaws were
set with a determination that bespoke
the iron resolution in each man's
heart that "The Hun shall not pass."
nun imamry aiuk-ks.
At 10 o'clock we had( more than
250 men all severely wounded, awaiting
evacuation.' Becoming exasperated
at the failure of the runners to return,
I went myself to establish a liaison
with the embulance service, and
found the ambulances coming to the
Greves farm, one kilometer to 'our
rear.
The wounded men were simply piled
up and it looked as though we
never would be able to get them out.
After 10 o'clock the artillery fire
slackened.
At 4:30 that morning the enemy
launched his long expected infantry
attack. Three crossing places by pontoon
bridges and by boats of 20 man
capacity were attempted on that part
of the front held by the Thirtieth Infantry.
Bitter and determined fighting followed
along the American defensive
positions. The advanced elements
fought to almost annihilation. With
rifles, machine guns, automatic rifles,
grenades and trench mortars, the
Thirtieth stood firm and for the most
part broke up the enemy attacks.
At one or two points the enemy
was partially, but only temporarily,
successful in making a breach in the
American lines. Through these he
rushed his troops into the field and
to the rear of our most advanced elements.
But his success was of short
duration. Coming into range of our
riflemen and machine gunners camouflaged
in pits along the foothills and
in copses, the enemy met a galling
fire that flesh could not withstand,
and was forced to discontinue his advance
and seek shelter in shell holes
and ditches, from which he was later
I
made prisoner.
Scattered American detachment!
along the river held on like grin
death.
Boche Has Enough.
The determined resistance of th<
Americans had so completely broker
' up the enemy attacks that from liov
on his efforts were feeble and hall
hearted, and by the night of the 15th
although there was still intense
, sporadic shell fire, the attack had
! worn itself out, and the Thirtieth infantry
reestablished itself unaided ir
its former positions.
The wonderful defense and gallanl
conduct of the officers and men of the
Thirtieth Infantry in meeting the
principal shock of the powerful German
offensive and defeating the picked
troops of the kaiser is best told ir
the following proposal for citation oi
the regiment for "The Order of the
Army" by the commanding general oi
the Sixth French Army, and commanding
general of the Third United
States Division, our own admired and
respected Maj. Gen. Joseph Dickman,
until recently commanding the Third
Army:Proposal
for Citation.
"17 July, 1918.
"Headquarters Sixth Army, Thirtyeighth
Corps, Third United States
Division.
"Proposition for citation for 'The
Order of the Army.'
"For the Thirtieth United States Iif
an try:
"Regular regiment of the American
Army, under the energetic and skillful
command of its chief, Col. E. D,
Butts, has shown itself faithful to its
traditions in meeting the principal
shock of the German attack on Julj
15.
"Undergoing a bombardment extremely
violent, which has caused immense
losses, it held in spite of all
the enemy's attacks and reestablished
itself integrally in its original positions
and meanwhile took more than
200 prisoners. "J. T. DICKMAN,
"Major General U. S. A., Commanding
Third Division, United States
Army."
57 Years Away From Home.
York, July 7.?C. C. Hope, a well
known farmer of the East View section,
was called to Gastonia, C.,
Saturday to meet an uncle, Thomas
Hope, who had not been heard from
by his relatives since 57 years age
when he wTas a soldier in the Confederate
army. He had long ago been
given up as a victim of the War Between
the States, and when he appeared
unannounced among his kinsfolk
in Gaston and Mecklenburg counties
a few days ago it occasioned
much surprise and rejoicing. He has
a numbc. of relatives in York county.
The returned man stated that he
had been captured by the Union forces
in the fall of 1862 and confined in
a military prison until the close of
flio war "Roin?r flhsnllltfilv without
means and cognizant of the deplorable
state of affairs in the South, Mr,
Hope, when given his liberty, decided
to seek his fortune in the land where
he so long had been a prisoner. In
business he met with moderate success,
eventually acquiring a competence
that is supporting him in comfort
during his declining years. Although
82 years old, he is physically
vigorous and mentally alert. His
home is in New York city.
Though long resisted, the desire tc
once more see his native section and
relatives was too strong to be denied.
His visit acquainted him with many
changes that had taken place in his
long absence. Of his four brothers,
only one, Christopher Hope, of Mecklenburg
county, survive, the other
three having lost their lives in the
War Between the States. Friends ol
his youth were inquired about, but
nearly all were found to have passed
away. He saw, of course, many remarkable
changes in Gaston and the
other counties he visited and expressed
amazement at the wonderful
development of the country since the
far off time in the '60s when he left
home in answer to the call of the
Confederacy.
T 4-VfcS* TWv>f AT*
uaugll Ull Hie wvvum.
An Illinois physician who had motored
into an Ohio town found a porter
standing hack of the machine
laughing.
"What's the joke," inquired the
owner.
"Nuthin', boss; but you're a doctor,
ain't you?"
"Yes."
"I thought so when I saw that red
cross on the front of your car. But
if I owned the car I think I'd put
that sign on the back."
The doctor walked around to the
rear and looked at his license tag. It
read: "46,000 111."?Rehoboth Sunday
Herald.
The Proper Retort.
"So you want my daughter, eh?"
"I do, sir."
"Have you any money?"
"A little. How high do you quote
her??Brooklyn Citizen.
STATISTICS OF WAR.
S
) Casualties in Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Shown.
2 American casualties during the 4?
i day Argonne offensive aggregated
' 1 20,000 men, or 10 per cent, of the
I total of 1,200,000 engaged, according
to a "statistical summary of the war
, with Germany" prepared by Col.
I Leonard P. Ayres, chief of the statistical
branch of the general staff,
t Of every 100 American soldiers
and sailors who took part in the wa^
t with Germany,'' the report said, "two
J were killed or died of disease during
J the period of hostilities. In the
Northern army during the War Be
tween the States the number was
i about ten. Among the other great
nations in this war between 20 and
s 25 in each 100 called to the colors
were killed or died.
Best information obtainable by the
! general staff places the total battle
I deaths for all belligerents at 7,450,.
200, they were divided as follows:
I Russia, 1,700,000; Germany, 1,600,000;
France, 1,385,000; Great
Britain 900,000; Austria, 800,000;
Italy, 330,000; Turkey, 250,000; Ser
via and Montenegro, 125,000; Beli
gium, 102,000; Rumania, 100,000;
Bulgaria, 100,000; United States, 48,!
,900; Greece, 7,000; Portugal, 2,000.
American participation is summariz
ed in the report in the following
table:
1 Total armed forces, including
army, navy and marine corps, 4,800,
000.
; Total men in the army, 4,000,000.
^ Men who went overseas 2,086,000.
Men who fought in France, 1,390,000.
Tons of supplies shipped from
' America to France, 7,500,000.
Total registered in draft, 24,234,l
021.
Cost of war to April 31, 1919,
i $21,850,000,000.
Battles fought by American forces,
13.
! Days of battle, 200.
Days of duration of Meuse-Argonne
battle, 47.
American battle deaths in war,
50,000.
i American wounded in war, 206,
000.
American wounded in war, 236,i
56,991.
i Total deaths in the army, 112,422.
i TTnripr fhp hoad nf "sources of the
army" the report shows that 13 per
i cent, came from the regular army.
10 per cent* from the National Guard
and 77 per cent from the draft.
A concise history of the military
operations in which American troops
1 took part is given in a chapter headed
> "Two hundred days of battle."
Attention was called to the fact
that "two out of every three Ameri
can soldiers who reached France took
i part in battle."
i
It's Tough.
" \
It certainly is tough, after a man
1 has been "over there" and been dec!
orated and all that, to come home
1 and face a battery of letters "such as
; these:
"Sergeant Bjones: Kindly step
around to my office at your fearly con
venience and take up with me the
' question of your chickens pulling up
i the garden truck of Mr. A. Neighbor.
You will recall that we were at?
tempting to adjust this matter at the
t time you enlisted over a year ago.
"A. N. Attorney."
"Mr. Bjones, Dear -Sergeant: Uni
doubtedly you will recall a little con.
versation you had with us before en
listing, regarding the purchase of a
' new safety razor. The news of your
s arrival back in town recalled the in!
cident to our mind and we are writ:
ing to let you know that we still
have some of the razors you were in
terested in. Hoping to see you soon
! and have the pleasure of personally
congratulating you and showing you
these razors, we are,
" * i tt Cfnra Tnn "
I AIIUitJLLL naiunaic oiuic, xuv.
"Sergeant Bjones, Dear Sir: May
we add our cong&tulations to those
you are receiving and call your attention
to a little bill for $.63 for
electric light furnished your office in
the spring of 1917 which you overlooked
in the rush of your departure
for the front. Trusting that you will
soon clean up this bill and again congratulating
you, we are,
"Domestic Electric Light Co."
"Dear Mr. Sergeant Bjones: At
> the time of your enlistment we had
some of your laundry in our shop
and you were pressing us to deliver it
which vfe were unable to do because
we couldn't find the same. Since you
went to war, however, we have found
it?one shirt and four collars. Shall
we deliver the same?
"Tried and True Laundry."
?Cartoons Magazine.
Young Hopeful?My teacher told
us today that the tongue is the organ
of speech.
Henpecked Father?But did she
tell you that in woman it is an organ
without stops??St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
I.
The Old Folks O'er and O'er!
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The couple were married and traveled
to the lakes for their honeymoon.
As soon as they arrived they had a
meal and then took a boat out upon
the lakes. '%
; The following morning the bride's
mother got a "postcard which read: ;
"Arrived safely. Grand row before
bed."
She read it and sighed.
"Good gracious!" she muttered. "I
didn't think they'd begin to quarrel^
so soon!"?Pittsburg Sun. > .Jj
The Hunting Bush.
First Youth?Scientists say that
trees contribute to the heat of the
j atmosphere.
Second Youth?That's so; a birch
has warmed me many a time.?Pear- ~\l
son's Weekly.
CITATION NOTICE.
The State of South Carolina.?
County of Bamberg. By J. J. Brabham,
Jr., probate judge.
Whereas, Rena Holman hath
made suit to me to grant her letters /
of administration of the estate and . /|
effects of Sawyer Holman, deceased.
These are therefore to dite and admonish
all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Sawyer Holman,
deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the court of
probate, to be held at Bamberg on
the 12th day of July, next, after
publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in
the forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said administra- " '"* %
tion should not be granted.
Given under my hand this
29th day of April, Anno Domini,
2nd day of July, Anno Domini, 1919.
Judge of Probate.
NOTICE.
The copartnership heretofore existing
between B. W. Shaw and I. H.
Mitchum, under the firm name of
Shaw & Mitchum at Ehrhardt, S. C..
has this day been dissolved by mutual
consent. I. H. Mitchum will continue
the business on his own account
and pay all debts owing by the
firm and all parties indebted to the
firm will make payment to I. H.
Mitchum.
B. W. SHAW (L. S.)
I. H. MITCHUM (L. S.) ,
Ehrhardt, S. C., June 21,1919.?3t
LOST CERTIFICATE OF STOCK.
The undersigned will on the 8th
day of August, 1919, apply to Bamberg
Cotton Mills Company for one . v'|f
new certificate of preferred stock
and one new certificate of common
stock of said corporation in lieu of
preferred stock certificate No. 174
and common stock certificate No. 161
of one share each, jtvhich certificates
have been lost or destroyed.
(Signed) MRS. W. J. FAULKNER. '
7-31
NOTICE. ?
-Of Special Meeting of Stockholders
of Bamberg Banking Company, ' -1
Bamberg, S. C. Notice
-is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders of
the Bamberg Banking Company, of
Bamberg, S. C., is called to be held
at the offices of the said Bank, at
Bamberg, S. C., at 11 o'clock a. m. *
on the 18th day of July, 1919, to
consider a resolution determined upon
by the Board of Directors of the
said Bank to increase the capital
stock of the said Bamberg Banking
Company to an amount not more
than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
BAMBERG BANKING COMPANY,.
By G. Frank Bamberg, President.
Dated, June 25, 1919. 4t
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.
Entrance examinations to the University
of South Carolina will be held
by the County Superintendent of Ed
ucation at the county courthouse,
'Friday, July 11, 1919, at 9 a. ra. Entrance
examinations will also be held
at the University September 17 and
18, 1919. ? ?
The University offers varied
courses of study in science, literature,
history, law and business. The expenses
are moderate and many opportunities
for self-support are offered.
A large number of scholarj
ships are available. Military training
compulsory for freshmen and sophomores.
* U'lg
Reserve Officers Training Corps.
! For full particulars write to
PRESIDENT W. S. CURRELL,
University of South Carolina, Colum6-3n.
bia, S. C.
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< Your Wife
.
knows the .value of really good furniture
and she will find the quality and
style of everything handled by us just
tn hpr individual taste.
There's a difference in your favor
when you buy Homefurnishings
from us. , ''s
G. R. SIMMONS
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