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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-09-27

1776. In the Packet is a copy of a
resolution, approved by Congress and
signed by John Hancock, President,
authorizing the Board of War to
'employ such a number of Persons
as they shall find necessary to
manufacture Flints for the Continent
and for this purpose to apply to the
respective Assemblies, Conventions
and Councils or Committees of Safety
of the United American States, or
Committees of Inspection of the
Counties and Towns thereto be-
lodging, for the names and places of
abode Of persons skilled in the manu-
featuring aforesaid, and Of the places
in their respective States where the
Flint Stones are to be obtained and
samples of the same"
From Williamsburg, Virginia, of
date July 4, 1776, is a brief item an
nouncing that "the honorable conven-
ton have chosen of the following
Gentlemen to represent this dominion
in General Congress for one year, viz.
George Wylie, Thomas Nelson, Jr.,
and Francis Lightfoot Lee, esquires." ;"
The safe arrival af Capt. James
Barron and his brother at jamestown
in two small armed vessels, is noted,
conveying the Oxford transport from
Glasgow, having on board 217 Scotch
Highlanders, with number of wo-
men and children, who had been
captured by the Andrew Doria, of the
Continental fleet, recaptured by a
British rescue party and again cap
tured by the Barron brothers and
steered into jamestown. The Penn
sylvania Packet was issued at the
subscription price of Ten Shillings
per annum'' and it seems to have
been worth the price.
Whether Or not the "Gazette of
the United States is an original copy
is uncertain. 1t seems to be a repro
duction in facsimile, rather, of the
Gazette, bearing date from Wednes-
day, April 20, to Saturday, May 2,
1882 and is copyrighted by Back
Number Budd, 1880 Broadway, N.
Y" Of chief interest in its contents
is the inaugural address of George
Washington, made to the two houses
of congress, assembled in New York
for that purpose. After tho delivery
of the address the president, vice
president and both houses of congress
adjourned to st. PauPs chapel,
where divine services were perform
ed
There were no display ADVERTISE
ments employed in that period of our
country's history. Both in the Ga
,zette and the Pennsylvania Packet
the publicity columns are ultra-con-
servative, a cap line, followed by
solid reading matter comprising the
announcements. Six dollars reward
is offered for the return of black
horse and a brown mare, which had
gone astray and Five Pounds Re-
ward for the return of another stol-
en- mare; or, rather, three pounds Cor
the mare and two additional If the
thief is secured with her and turned
over to the authorities. Runaway
servants are advertised and sher!f' S
sales in numbers. The printer had to
live.-Richmond (Va.) Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-09-27
Old Time Newspaper Uncovered.

When Mr.. R. G. Haase, of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad, with head
quarters in Philadelphia, was clean
ing out an old and long forgotten
receptacle the other day he happend
upon two time-worn, yellow neWspa-
ypers which he read with great inter
est, and he forwarded them to Mr..
William Henry Jones, of Richmond,
who purposes presenting them to the
Virginia Historical Society. One is
No. 246, Volume V, of Dunlop's Penn
sylvania Packet, and it bears date
July s, 1776. On its front page, the
leading article, appears the memoir
able Declaration of independence,
with the name of john Hancock,
signed by order Of Congress, as pres
ident of that body, and attested
by Charles Thompson as secretary.
This doubtless, was the initial pub
lication in any newspaper of the ia
nous document following its adoption
by Congress. Many facsimile pub
Iications of course, have been
printed, but original copies of the
PENNSYLVANIA Packet of July 8, 1776,
are rarities.
One touching statement, at top OF
column, adjoining the declaration,
makes strong appeal to down-to-date
publishers. Over John Dunlop's name,
bearing date of Philadelphia, July 8,
l776, is this notice: "The uncommon
expence attending the publication OF
this newspaper at this day obliges
the Printer to inform those Gentle
men indebted for this paper longer
than Twelve months, that, without
pay, it cannot be continued to them
more than Four Weeks from this
date. Subscribers at distance can
send their money by letter (Post paid)
or any other speedy way that may
suit them best; And Subscribers in
and near Baltimore will please to
settle their accompts with Mr.. James
Hayes, of that place, who is fully
authorized to receive the same
South Carolina's historic def to
Great Britain is voiced in the Cen
eral Assembly, begun and holding at
Charleston, on Tuesday, the twenty
sixth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One Thousand Seven Hun
dred and Seventy-Six: And from
thence continued, by divers adjourn
ments to Thursday, the eleventh day
of April, in the year of Our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty
Six" leads the second page. 1t is
a strong patriotic utterance.
How history repeats itself! Just as
we are mobilizing our industrial
forces today, so did our forefathers
find it necessary, in order to promote
the war to a successful conclusion in
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NOTE: 800 million pounds. That's
how much Virginia. Carolina tobacco was
made into cigarettes last year-over 4
times as much as any other tobacco. And
Piedmont is tie bigsn-sel2fng Vrg'ssa.
Carolina cigarette in the svorA.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
LOCAL COUPLE
To Be MARRIED

\ romance that began when both
were students in the local high school.
will eliminate in the marriage Of Miss
Margaret Elizabeth Stewart. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Stewart. to Her
bert Russell Linebarger which will
take place at the home of the bride 5
parents on Thursday evening.
No formal announcement of the en-
gagement was made. the first word the
friends had of the delightful news came
with the issuance of the invitations to
the wedding Only the most intimate
friends will be at the ceremony.
Both young people are we'll known
and popular members of the junior set
Miss Stewart is a charming girl whose
sweet personality has Won her many
admirers.
Mr.. Lineharger who is connected
with the city office of the Santa lie, is
an exceptionally clever young man. He
has already gained something of rep
utation as a writer and has been en-
couraged to continue his efforts along
this line. He has contributed to maya
zines and his Some Folks which APP
peared in the Arizona Republican at
tracted wide attention and much favor
able mention.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
Tennis
Football
Bowling
LEADING TEAMS
IN BIC LEAGUES
FIND HARD GOING

NEW YORK. April 29.-Leaders in
the major league pennant races found
the going hard the last week with New
York challenged for the National
League championship by st. Louis and
Chicago and Boston fighting hard for
first place in the American. Except
for Cleveland and Philadelphia in the
American, the big league teams We're
about evenly matched. Six in the
National and four in the American
broke even on games won and lost.
Indictment weather caused the post
ponement of thirteen games in the
two leagues.
New York's lead in the National was
cut down during the week as Nc
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30

Graws men could only break even on
the four games played. The temporary
absence of Herzog and Zimmerman.
the leading batsmen, probably affected
the leaders St. Louis broke even in
four games with Pittsburgh, two of
which went ten innings, The Car
dinals appear to be playing better ball
than any of the western teams. Brook
Ign and Boston battled for twelve in
nings Wednesday to a siX-siX tie game
Tue llrsJ OF the year Cincinnati was
the only National League team to win
more games than it lost
Philadelphia was the best perform
ing team in the American League, win
ming three out of four games. Chicago
faIIed TO keep up its previous good
pace and lost three games in a row
to Cleveland. Rowlands men are not
hitting hard and the three games they
won were each gained Dy one run. One
game was won on only two hits.
The leading eastern teams, Boston
and New York each broke even on
four games. Mogridge pitched a no.
hit game for New York against Boston.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
Battcd for Palnk in ninth.
CfeNeI,pd

Batted !or Ragby in fourth.
Patted for O'Neill in sixth
+Fatted for Lambeth in sixth.
@Batted FOR Boehl;ng in eighth.
Ran for Harris in eighth.
Batted for Coveleskie in
BY innings:
st. Louis on 1G0 oo9
Cleveland - O0a 0O1 n4o
SUMMARY: Two-base bits: Jacob
SON Shotton. Pratt. Wambsganss
Chapman ca, Speaker Three bass
mis-; Jacobson; Stolen bases: Sis
Ter Pratt JACOBSON. SEVERED "
Mliler. Roth. Evana; Double plays
SFulsto and Bagby; Jacobson and Sis
Ter; Speaker ard Chapman: Basel
on balls: Groom S I<oob l. plank
l. Bagby }; CoFeleskie I; Hits: off
e'room6 ms; koob in %: PLANK
IN -, Pagtv in g. Lsmbeth / in
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30

two walks, two two-baggers and a
triple netted five runs.
First game r H +
Lincoln 49,. 100 coo 20o-3 ?
Wichita -. .,. 600 900 600 3 3
Batteries: Gardiner and Rohrer;
Baker, Norman and White.
Second game r II f
Lincoln -. ... 600 000 005-5 ,
Wichita .. -. POO III 01*-6 10 0
Batteries: Bluejacket, Reed and
Block; Lyons Koestner and Tyree.
ST. JOSEPH. April 29.-St. Joseph
battered Barham for twelve hits which,
coupled with his wildness, gave the
locals a victory over Omaha.
Omaha nsRae ... .... zoo oo2 oooIs : ) Q
St Joseph . 600 400 1875 II
Batteries: Barham and Brottem:
Hovlik and Henry.
JOPLIN. April 29.-Hall weakened in
the twelfth and Des MONIES defeated
Joplin. Spencer opened the inning
with double and w. Hunter
sacrificed. Lamb threw out Hartford.
Coffey singled, scoring Spencer, and
took second on Devores tumble, then
scored when Sweeney doubled.
Score r Fl f
Des Moines O00 600 600 002-2 ,
Joplin .... 600 600 O0o 0Oo-0 ,
Batteries: Kallio and Spahr; Hall
and Monroe.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30

bdtled IOf AfneS IN ninth.
SBatted for Watson in tenth.
BY innings:
Chicago o.. .......0 0O004 0O101-6
ST Louis ......1 02000100-5
Summary Three base hits: Cruise
ltome runs: Rescher. Stolen, bases:
Long, F. Smith. Hendrix, Beseher
Double plays: Retzel and Miller. Bases
on balls Reuteher .: off Aldridge. 3:
off Hendrix, }: off Steel, l: off Mea-
doWs, 4; off Ames. !. Hits: Off Reu-
Their. hits in . 1-3 innings: off Aid
ridge, hits in 2-3 innings; off Mea-
dows, hits in 1-3 innings: off Ames.
hits in 1928 innings; off Steel / hit
In no lnninge; IF Watson, none in
none Struck out: BY Hendrix. 2: by
Ames, 3. Umpires: Klein and Emslie
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
CLEVELAND USES 10
PLAYERS BUT LOSE

CLEVELAND, April est. Louis
Won long drawn out game from
cleveland. Eight pitchers took part
81 Louis won in the ninth when W.
Miller beat out an infield hit. Aus
TN walked and both scored on Pratt's
double. Score:
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
DETROIT WINS
A|RT|GHT CAME
FROM CHICAGO

CHICAGO, April 29.-Detroit de-
feated Chicago in a pitching duel
Faber holding Detroit hitless until
the sixth. Mitchell was touched for
five hits but was given good support
Score.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
WESTERN ASSOCIATION

Republican A. p. Leased Wire1
WICHITA, April 29.-Lincoln split Il
double header with Wichita. Lyons,
who pitched the second game Tor
Wichita, held Lincoln hitless and
scOreless until the final inning. when
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
Golf
Baseball
Swimming
CUBS BATTLE
Il INNINGS To
WHIP st. LOUIS
IRepublican A. P. Leased wirel

ST. LOUIS. April 39.-Doyle's single
in the eleventh scored Hendrix with
Chicago's winning run. Bescher's home
run had tied the score Tor the locals in
the ninth. Score:
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30

aIy-TWO-base hits: Ward.
Stolen bases: Neale, Fischer. Double
plays: Schneider, Chase and Groh:
Bigbee and Fischer: Fischer and
Ward. Bases on balls. Schneider 5:
Clalkson 8. Struck out: by Schneider
3; by Carlson G. Empires: Risler and
Orth.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
PIRATES WIN FROM
C|NCY BY SHUT0UT
Republican A. p. Leased wire1

CINCINNATI, April z9-Carlson held
Cincinnati safe and Pittsburg won. On
the other hand, Schneider was hit
rather frequently. Score:
pi+teburo
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
Coast League

SAN. FRANCISCO. April %
Morning game: r II Z
Vernon Observation-Disclosures. .
Oakland )
tC1ile0 eleventh by agreement.
Batteries: Mitchell. Decanniere ana
Lipze: Krause. Arlett and Roche.
Afternoon game: Z H L
Vernon 4 1c
D2kldnu Il
Batteries: johnson, Arellanes and
Simon; Burns, Kremer and Murray.
LOS ANGELES, April %
Morning game: 4 II l.
Salt Lake .................. II
Los Angeles .-....-.-.....--..
Batteries: Hoff and Hannah; Gran
adll, Brown and Boles, Japan
Afternoon game: r II +
Salt LAKE. Observation-Disclosures. [
Los Angeles ...............
Batteries: Hughes and Hannah;
Ryan, Crandall ana Bassler
PORTLAND, Ore. April 2q.-Coast:
R Ii e
Sar Francisco ............... L l
Portland .... ,........ l
Batteries; ODoul, Oldhana and
Baker; Pcnnock LealIe, Harrington.
Kirkpatrick and Sepuveda.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
Chicago
|Batted for Russell il

+Batted for Russell in ninth.
BY innings:
Detroit .......... O01 002 600 :;
Chicago .......... 000 900 600 d
SUMMARY: Three base hits: Cobb.
Stolen bases: f. Ceilings Bases ON
Balls: Faoer ,; Mitchell ?. Hits:
Faber in 1-3. Struck out: Fable
3: Mitchell 5; Russell l. Cmpires
Nallin and Evans.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30

National League
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Brooklyn at New York.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
N ational LEAGUE
Coast Lesque
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

1T Louisville :; MINNEAPOLIS ,.
AT Columbus 3; St Paul 0.
At Toledo ,; Milwaukee 6.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30

DO not wait till tOmorroW-pnone
that WANT AID. to The Republican
office now. and get your wish fulfilled.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

AT Memphis s. Little Rock 0.
At Chattanooga ,; Nashville ,.
At Mobile ,: Atlanta s.
At New orleans :; birmingham s,
ten innings).
ARE PASSIONS INHERITED
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30
GAMES TODAY

American League
st. Louis at Cleveland.
Detroit at Chicago.
New York at Washington.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-30

?. POehling !. in ,. Struck out
Gloom :, Bagby ,, Lambeth ? Covel.
eskie 2. Empires: Uildebrand ami
on ou9hlip '''iSt
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No games scheduled.
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sBattcd for Aldridge


*Batted for Ames in ninth.
Rated for Watson in tenth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04
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 indigestion
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They're fine! Cascarets liven your liver, clean your 30 feet of bowels and sweeten your stomach. You eat one or two, like candy, before going to bed and in the morning your head is clear. tongue is clean. ste mach sweet breath right and cold gone. Get a box from your druggist and enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. Cascarets stop sick headache, biliousness, indigestion bad breath and constipation.
 Mothers should give q whole Casca- ret to cross, bilious, sick, feverish children any time. They are harmless and never gripe or sicken.-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04
MIRED IN TRENCH

A few days ago Il British soldiers got mired in trench. They sank deeper and deeper and their frantic efforts to climb up the slippery sides of the clay trench only made matters worse. They dis carded their rifles and their other eouip- ment and churned about in their heavy boots. They sank deeper and deeper. Their plight was discovered and com rades tried to pull them out. For hours this went on. Finally a traction engine was sent for. It came up as close as possible, and a rope was thrown to the men. They tied themselves with it and the tractor pulled them out.
 I never want to see anything like that again, said an officer who supervised the operation. Three of those poor men, who for hours had been struggling against being drawn down to death, were raving mad"
 In London one sees many evidences of trench mud. The men arriving from the front on leave are covered with it, hav- Ing had no chance of getting thoroughly clean. It is worse with the wounded. man gets hit in the front line perhaps They wade through mud in the commit nication trenches to a field dressing sta tion. There the wound is dressed and made clean. It is about the only thing about the men that is clean Then the 9si sicfNi4ci z uicil SD OH udck, keeping to the trench as long as necessary, and then going across country to the motor ambulance station. If the wound is bad the man is. of course, taken into a field hospital, and there given a thorough cleaning. If not he goes at once to a hospital train which proceed to the base on the coast, He is put on hospital ship, crosses the channel. then aboard train bound for some hospital in Eng land Many man has arrived in hos pital in ''Blighty' with his uniform still caked with mud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04
BANE OF TOMMY's LIFE

In the best of times the bane of Tom my's life is keeping his rifle clean. It must be speckless to satisfy critical com pany commanders and Tommy's life is hard Nowadays it is almost impossible to keep mud and grit out of the barrel and mechanism. When not in use the soldier places a metal cap over the end of the barrel of his rifle Some have canvas cases to cover the whole others wrap up the breech with bits of cloth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04
OFFICERS DESCRIPTION

asked an officer just back from the front to give me some description of how things looked. how many shell holes there really were.
 "It is difficult" he said. There are shell craters everywhere For instance, suppose that you want to go from one point to another across open country. The distance Is about a quarter of mile, and you start to walk. You have to circle one crater after another, and by the time you reach your destination you will have walked, or rather waded through mud, half a mile. It is terribly hard and retards everything
 It is as hard on the horses as it is on the men. Even the great motors with their caterpillar wheels, which can al- most climb a tree, find movement im- possible in many places. Many horses and mules have been drowned. Special roads have been constructed in many places and even bridges built across shell oraters. In some spots the shell craters have become joined together and becom- ing filled with water have formed lakes of considerable size. Then there are the bigger mine craters, sometimes 90 or 40 feet across the top and maybe as deep.
 One innovation of the ingenious trans port corps is the skid. It is simply a flat sledge drawn by a horse Where the horse can go, and that Is not everywhere, the broad bottomed skid can follow On these many supplies are transported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04
TWO VIEWS ARE GIVEN


 Some say that the battlefield will be dry by the latter part of next month, others think that it will not be fit for fighting until well into March When ever itsis there can be little fighting dur ing the intervening period. But then there will be enough to make up for all lost time. That it has been impossible to carry on active operations through the winter is disappointing to the British army, but the time has not been entirely lost. Great headway has been made behind the lines and in England. Last fall the allies outgunned and outnumbered the enemy on the western front. Next spring the advantage Will be greater than ever. Next spring has been a mystic phrase for several springs and nothing happened, This spring, however. things are different, and great as was the fight ing on the S9mme and the Ancse it will be greater stA-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04

and permanent affair, until the big guns got on it. Now, for their first line, the Germans have abandoned that kind of trench Instead they fortify a chain ot shell craters, with huge dug g-outs at cer- tain distances. The advantage of this is that 1t becomes difficult for the en- emy precisely to locate the front line trench. Aeroplane photographs will not show the trench line, as before, nor any thing else of value, for an aerial photo graph shows one shell crater, whether occupied or not, to look just like an- other. The Germans too have found it more advantageous to keep very few men in the front line and most of these only machine gunners. Their heavily -maned trenches are the second and third lines,
 FOG RETARDS BATTLES
 The fog of the Somme is another thing that has retarded fighting. The mists have been unexpectedly severe, possibly because of the accumulation of water in the shell holes. In such mist attacking infantry might attack, but the guns can not effectively work. Aerial observation is impossible and without 1t gun work lis not useful. Also infantry cannot op- crate except under the cover of the guns.
 The trenches have suffered, too, by the water. In places men wade up to their lhliCSS, SOuClllUeS LO Lnelr ueCKSt III CneSS trenches, which have been so carefully constructed and which are supposed to be drained. The other day private of one of the British regiments who was on sentry duty had to stand for "A hours up to his neck in water. with his gun held in tho air. He was complimented by his general for his heroic steadfast-
 WHEN THEY CHARGE
 When troops "go over the top each man carries about 90 pounds of equip ment-rifle. or bombs if he Is a bomber, ammunition, canteen, rations and so on. The old idea of an infantry attack was for force to leap forward with great shout of battle and charge to the at tack. bayonets extending. flags flying. It isn't that way at all. Men climb over the top of the trench, form into line, each man so many paces from his com rades to the right and left, and then they walk toward the enemy. They don't run In the first place their kit is too heavy. In the second it would be bad business, for if man with 90 pounds on his back runs quarter of a mile he would arrive at his destination so ex- hausted that he could not accomplish his work. As for the flags, they are not used. In future museums will not be filled with battle scared flags carried in this war There is no one to carry them and besides that they furnish too good a mark for enemy artillery.
 Infantry work was arduous enough last summer on dry land. This winter it is impossible. The battlefield on the Somme and the Ancre at least, is a morass of mud and water It seems as if it will never dry up, as if there can never be enough sunshine to carry it away. But. of course. 1t will dry even- tually. When that eventually will be isn't known, but it may be that it will be in early March, perhaps no more than six weeks hence, and then the great war will go on again, with greater vigor,