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The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04
GERMANS SET
FIRE TO CAMBRIA
PoILLUS SMASH FIERCE RESIST
ANcE AND FIGHT WAY INTO
ST. QUENTIN.
YANkS WIN DETECTIVES
BRITISH AND BElGIANS DRIVE
WEDGE TOWARD U-7OAT
BASE ON NORTH SEA.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
With the American Army on the
st. Quentin Front. oct. Some hun
dreds of Americans in a certain far
advanced position between Cambria
and St Quentin. which they reached
late Sunday. We're holding out val
iantly against superior enemy num-
bers, according TO latest reports
which were received Tuesday. The
Australians made heroic attempts to
assist them, and so far as can be
learned are still keeping up these eff
forts, the result of which is not
known. Furious fighting continues
here
French. British. American and Bel
gian troops continue their smashes
against the German defenses, further
increasing the peril to the German
armies from Verdun to the North sea.
The important bastions of Lille. Cam
brai, St Quentin and Laon more and
more are becoming of less use to the
Germans.
Cambria was burning Tuesday, hav-
ing been set on fire by the Germans
while Field Marshal Haig's forces
were entering its suburbs on the north.
west and southwest. Around st.
Quentin the British we're extending
their iron ring. Between st. Quentin
and Cambria the British are crossing
the Scheldt canal at several points.
having taken Nendhuile, on the canal
west of lie Catelet and midway be-
tween Cambria and st. Quentin.
Northeast of St Quentin the British
have taken Levergies, east of a point
running north and south through st.
Quentin
The wedge driven in between the
fortress of Lille and the German sub
marine bases on the Belgian coast is
being widened rapidly The Belgians are
enciTcling Roulers on the railway line
from Lille TO the submarine bases at
Ostend and Zeebrugge. Farther south
the British menace Menin, on the same
railroad, and are along the Lys west
of Menin for distance of five miles.
The forces under King Albert are on
open ground. and it would seem that
the railroads forming and within the
triangle of Lille, Client and Bruges
.
bringing about the evacuation of Os-
tend and Zeebrugge
General Berthelot resumed Tuesday
morning his onslaughts against the
German lines between the Vesle and
Aisne west of Rheims. The French
here are marching toward the eastern
end of the Chemin des Danes and the
open country north OF Rheims by
which Laon can be outflanked
From the Suippe to the Mouse the
strong, steady pressure against the
German forces defending the import
ant communication lines running east
to Metz from the Laon-St. Quentin re
gidh. West of the Argonne the French
are pressing up the valley OF the Aisne
toward Challerange and Vouiziers.
In the Macedonian theater. west of
Lake Ochrida. the Austrians are eyac-
uating territory in Albania, probably
indicating that now Bulgaria is out of
the war the Austro-Hungarians realize
they are in a serious predicament. far
from home and with no allies to aid
them.
General Allenby in Palestine has
surrounded Damascus and French
cavalry is reported TO be working its
way up the Mediterranean sea coast
toward Beyrout
Il
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

Washington.-Dr of order
numbers for 13,O00.00O draft regis.
trants was completed at O'Clock
Tuesday morning, hours ahead of
schedule. The last number taken
from the glass bowl was 1884.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04
PlmpIy Rashy skins

Quickly soothed and healed by Cuti-
cura often when all else fails. The
Soap to cleanse and purify, the Oint
ment to soothe and heal. For free
samples address, "Cut;cura, Dept. x,
Boston," At druggists and by mail.
Soap rs, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

Washington. ignoring President
Wilson's appeal for the enfranchise
ment of American women. the Sen
ate by a vote of So to 81, rejected the
Susan B. Anthony nationwide wom-
ems suffrage amendment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04
Breaking It Gently.

Askem-Where's the rich heiress
you're engaged to?
Tellum-You see that lovely girl IN
pink at the other side Of the room?
Askem-Ycs; | say, old man, what
n superb
Tellum-well. 1t Isn't she. It's that
grand old ruin in yellow sitting next
TO her.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04
Improved tastes.

"Then we're engaged?"
"Of course"
"And am 1 the first girl you have
ever loved?"
mo, dear, but I'm harder to suit
now than ! used to be."-LouIsville
Courier-Journal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

islands produce yearly 700 tons Of
flowers for perfume making.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

good this year" ''You can tell that by
the FISH Stories"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

Don't worry It won't distributing
does.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

Red Cross Bag Blue. much better. soes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04
LIFT OFF C0RNS!
Doesn't hurt at all and costs
only a few cents

Magic! Just drop little Freezone
on that touchy corn. instantly 1t stops
aching. then you lift the corn of with
the fingers. Trulyi No humbugl
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

1t is better to be believer than a
| king
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

He says it's posthumous fame he'd
after, and If you don't mind he'll leave
his sonnet with you"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04
Hard to Discourage.

"A spring poet wants to see you,
SIR"
Tell him we have more spring po-
etry on hand than we can use in the
next nine years" said the editor.
s.YeS Sir''
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

Try Freezonel Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle for few cents, sufficient to
rid your feet of every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
calluses. without one particle OF pain.
soreness or irritation. Freezone is the
discovery of noted Cincinnati genius.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
Slight Damage by Fire.
geant's pay

Last Saturday night little after
six o'clock, when the sleet storm here
was at it's height, the alarm of fire
was sounded, and it was discovered
that the residence of Mr.. Vastine ].
Hartzog, on Church street, was on
fire. The house caught from a de-
fective fue in the kitchen and for
tunately was seen and the alarm
given before it made any headway
whatever. A crowd quickly gathered
on the scene and the blaze was ex-
tinguished with buckets of water
without the use of the new motor
truck, although the truck was there
on time and made a splendid run
with Mr.. J. B. Brickle, the efficient
driver of the truck, at the helm. On
ly a small hole was burnt in the
kitchen of the home and little dam
age was done, although it might have
been very serious as it was such a
bad night for fire.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
Heroic Work Of British Captain.

A staff captain is mentioned in
the orders of the day issued by the
general commanding a certain Brit
ish division on the Cambria front as
follows:
"By his heroic conduct he saved
the whole brigade, if not the div
ision. ..
. This little note hides the story of
the remarkable bravery displayed by
this captain under the stimulus of
hatred aroused by the crippling- of
his baby girl by German air raid on
England. During \the attack near
Nlarcoing on New. 30, single handed
and armed only with heavy stick,
he attacked and killed or dispersed
a group Of Germans who were in pos
session of an ammunition dump near
his headquarters south of Marcoing.
He then collected small and hetero-
geneous force and pushed on to Les
Rue Vertes, where, in desperate
hand-to-hand fighting, he effectually
cleared the place of Germans. He
himself, armed with two revolvers,
shot down eight German machine
gunners and held the position until
relief arrived. Other thrilling Incl
dents are told of British commanders
in desperate situation going person
ally among the men in the front lines
to cheer them. In one case colo
mel, already blinded was led among
his men by an orderly"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
Caught President Grant.

DR.. James Thorington had Pan.
anna dinner" for some of his confer
es who shared the exciting life on the
Isthmus in the early eighties, and he
told this story of how his father, that
doughty civil war veteran, Col. Thor
ington, obtained the post of consul
at Colon.
Grant was the first president to in
stall civil service regulations govern.
ing appointments to federal Office.
COL Thorington for once in his
life turned pale when he went to
Washington and this question faced
him on his examination paper:
How many: soldiers did England
send to the colonies during the revo.
lutionary war;"
He ga9ed at the paper and the pa
per gazed at him for many precious
minutes. Then in desperation the
COlOuGl WFOL0.
"A d sight more than even
went back"
He trudged home to his hotel NUT
tering to himself: ooh, we'll, it's al
off now!'
Some time lateresn orderly knock
ed at his door. ..C,N Thorington, the
president would like to see you, sir. ,
He went to the white house feeling
"shaky."
The president, smiling broadly
wrung his hand. Colonel, you're 9
man after my own heart" he said
Here are seven consulates. Which
will you have?"- ?"-Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
w. NJ. S. Week of Prayer.

The Women's Missionary society
of the Baptist church will observe
next week as the week of prayer.
Some of the members were under the
impression that this week was to be
observed; but We are requested to
state that this was erroneous. 1t is
hoped that the ladies will take much
interest in the meetings as they are a
source of much benefit and blessing
The ladies of other denominations
in the town are cordially invited to
attend the meetings, which will be
held in the homes of various mem
bers, as follows:
Monddy-Home Of Mrs. Geo. P.
White; leader, Mrs. R. M. Hit.
Tuesday-Home of Mrs. John
Cooner; leader Mrs. c. B. Free.
Wednesday-Home of Mrs. R. M
Hit; leader, Mrs. Geo. P. White.
Thursday-Home Of Mrs. j.. F.
Carter; leader, Mrs. Robert Black.
Friday-Home of Mrs. Miles
Black; leader, Mrs. Miles Black
Saturday-Home of Mrs. LaVerne
Thomas; leader, Mrs. LaVerne Thorn
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
Bamberg Business Changes.

Mr.. A. B. Utsey has given up his
position in the store of Mr.. w. D.
Rhoad, and on the first entered the
employment of Mr.. H. J. Brabham
as bookkeeper. Mr.. B. T. Fielder,
who has been keeping books for Mr..
Brabham for a number of years, re-
signed that place to accept posi-
ton with Rentz & Fielder, while MI.
Henry L. Kearse has resigned his po-
sition with Rentz & Fielder, as he has
enlisted in the navy and expects soon
to be called into actual service.
The H. C. Folk Company has been
chartered by the secretary of State
with capital stock of $4,000 to do
a general mercantile business. The
officers of the new corporation are:
Mr.. H. C. Folk, president; Mr.. H. N.
Folk, vice president, and Mr.. John
w. Folk, secretary and treasurer.
The new firm succeeds the individ-
ual firm of H. C. Folk, whose bust
ness is one of the oldest establish
ments in Bamberg.
Mr.. J. A. Mcmillan has resigned
his position with Mr.. H.'J. Brabham
and has replaced Mr.. Otis Black, who
has given up his position with the
Bamberg Furniture & Hardware Co.
to go to Charleston. Mr.. Mcmillan
will also devote a part of his time
this year to his farming interests
in the Colston section.
Mr.. F. C. Aver is no longer in the
store of Mr.. A. Rice, beginning with
the new year, and has been succeed
ed there by Mr.. E. F. Free. Mr.. Ay-
er will give his entire time to farm
ing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
Dale Didn't Shout.

Congressman Dale, of Vermont,
needn't shout to America to wake up.
Outside of Vermont, at least, we are
awake, and we are doing big things.
If Mr.. Dale feels the need of shout
ing, if he seeks to be the successor
of the late Firm Alarm Foraker,
let him wake up his own State. That
State, once famous for the fighting
spirit of the "Green Mountain Boys
of the revolution and the civil wal !,
has not yet supplied one whole COM
pany to the army of the United States.
Let Mr.. Dale wake up Vermont; that
is the only part of the country That
is not up and doing.
In the raising of men, the raising
of money, the clothing, arming and
equipment of million and three
quarters of soldiers. the building Of
16 cities for a population of 10000
each from the selected draft, besides
the many camps for regulars and ma
tional guard, the sending of troops to
France, the increase of the navy from
800 to over 1000 vessels in commits
sion, the building of more than 800
naval vessels besides the submarine
chasers, the increase of the navy per-
sonnel four-fold, the expansion of ma
val training stations from capacity
of 5000 to a capacity of 113,5OO
men, the communicating of Alb
steamers in process of construction
and the contracting for 73S others,
and the construction of the largest
shipyards of the world, which are al
ready beginning to launch ships-in
these and other directions, America
has done and is doing the most enor-
nous task it ever undertook, the
most enormous task ever undertaken
by any nation, with the possible ex-
ception of Great Britain, and task
so huge that it simply confuses and
bewilders a man of Congressman
Dale's perspective ve-Philadelphia Re-
cord.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
No Railroad Changes Here.

President Fairfax Harrison, of the
Southern railway, has wired the To-
cal agents and employees of the road
an official announcement of President
Wilson's proclamation taking over
the railroads to be operated by the
government as a war measure. Mr..
Harrison suggested in his telegram
that all employees continue with their
work as if no change had occurred,
and assured them that their duties
and positions would be exactly the
same as heretofore He thanked the
men for their loyal cooperation and
services to him in the past, and ask
ed that they render to the govern
ment the same hearty cooperation and
patriotic service to the end of winning
the war. His telegram gives splen-
did idea of the desire which the big
corporations have to serve the nation
in the emergency and the efficiency
with which they intend to work.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
Storms and Trees.

1t is always interesting to watch
the effect of storms anywhere, but. in
the woods these effects are most va
ried and remarkable.
It frequently happens that tor
nado or hurricane will follow a GER
tain course and level only the trees
in this line, often leaping from place
to place. In such cases all trees in
it's path suffer or are blown down;
but where there is a general very
high wind and all trees are hit with
about the same force it may be noted
that the best rooted ones and not
those of the strongest wood survive.
Wind resistance Of the whole trees
has also something to do with the
bending character of the trunk and
branches, for where these give be-
fore the force of the storm they per-
NIT the wind to slide off. The hickory,
above all, will not yield, and conse-
quently receive the hardest strain
against its entire top. whether full
leaved or bare 1t may be commonly
noticed that in a mixed woodland,
where a hard wind has driven, there
are more hickories down than any
other trees.-Popular Science.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
SAEET, SNOW, WIND, SUNSHINE,
Heavy Mantle of White Covers the
Earth HereabOuts in Abundance.

Last weekend the people of Bam-
berg experienced the coldest weather
ever recorded in December in this
section. We also received the first
real snow of the winter and the first
here for two years. The change came
Saturday, and shortly after dinner
that afternoon it began sleeting. Sleet
continued to fall until we'll into the
night with occasional f1urries of snow
mixed in with it, and the mercury
steadily descending. During that
night the sleet ceased, but the snow
continued falling. Sunday morning
the ground was covered to depth
of about two inches, being mostly
snow, with a thin under coating Of
ice where the sleet had frozen. The
thermometer at 7:30 Sunday morning
registered nine degrees above zero, or
only one degree higher than the hard
freeze of February 3, last year, and
the memorable spell of 26 years ago.
During the day the temperature mod
Grated slightly, but Monday morning
about nine o'clock snow began fall
ing again in large flakes, which grew
thicker and faster and lasted several
hours. 1t stuck to the ground we'll,
but the sun shone' brightly in the
middle of the day and considerable
quantity of the snow melted. There
was a little wind and the atmosphere
was dry, which prevented a great deal
of suffering, but the general shortage
of fuel made it very bad for some of
our citizens, and many water pipes
and plumbing appliances froze up
and bursted. Relief was evidently
in sight Tuesday, when the tempera-
ture rose rapidly, but Tuesday night
the clouds again became heavy, and
during the night about two more
inches of snow fell, making the third
snowfall within three days. More
agreeable weather is promised for the
balance of the week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

The many friends here and else
where of Mrs. J. D. Copeland. Sr.,
exceedingly regret the recent stroke
of apoplexy which she suffered. This
was her second stroke. but Mrs.
Copeland has improved considerably
and is resting we'll.
The recent Red Cross campaign
here for new members was a crafty
ing success and the membership OF
the Bamberg chapter was more than
doubled. The ladies worked faith
fully in the Christmas drive and they
feel that they have been rewarded for
their efforts.
His friends will be pleased to know
that Mr.. J. Harry Johnson will be all
right again in few days. Mr.. john
son was hurt by a fall through floor
ing which gave way under him while
he was in Bamberg the other day.
One of his legs was very badly bruis-
ed.-Augusta Chronicle.
The name of Mr.. Ola J. zeigler, of
Bamberg, appears on the list of sue
cessful applicants for admission to
the officers training camp from
Clemson college. Mr.. Zeigler has
been spending a few days at home
with relatives before going into train
ing at Camp Jackson, Columbia.
MIR. L. S. Bellinger, who has been
a member of the national army since
September last, and is now stationed
at Camp Sewer along with numbers
of other Bamberg county boys, is
spending a few days in the city while
on a leave of absence. Mr.. Bellinger
says it is extremely cold at the camp,
but that the Bamberg boys there are
getting along nicely.
The Rev. William Eiweil, who is
remembered by the older residents
of this city as little boy here when
his father was pastor of Trinity Meth
odist church, was shaking hands with
old friends in Bamberg last week.
Mr.. Elwell has now been a minister
for several years and is preaching in
the Upper South Carolina Methodist
conference. He preached Sunday
night in Denmark.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
LAWYERS DOING THEIR BIT.
Many Registl'antS Being Aided by the
Legal Profession and Others.

For the past two weeks the law
yers of Bamberg have been doing
their bit" by rendering gratis their
services to the nation or to the reg
istrants, whichever way one chooses
to term it, in filling out the question
naires sent out to each registrant by
the selective draft board. Each
QUESTIONABLE is a book in itself and
contains 16 pages of printed matter,
about - of them being solid ques-
tions in small type to answer. Some
of them are difficult and Uncle Sam
has furnished no small job for the
legal fraternity and others who have
volunteered their services. An aver
age QUESTIONABLE requires about As
minutes to an hour to complete, and
the registrants have literally swamp
ed the Offices of Bamberg lawyers du-
ring the entire time. 1t is really
patriotic service which the lawyers
are performing (for practically all
the qHestionnaires are made out with
! their assistance) for the members
of the bar have not had days time
for their professional business and
will not have for some time to come,
and Furthermore they refuse to ac-
cept cent for their services. Taking
this into consideration every regis
trant who can do so should be
thoughtful enough to fill out his
QUESTIONABLE without assistance if
possible, so that those helping the
registrants will have more time to
devote to the ones who need aid the
most. The time is so limited that
there are many men who will be un-
able to get help for the simple rea-
son that the lawyers will be SO crowd
ed that it will be impossible to get
to them. A man should fill out all
the answers he can before going to
a lawyer or a member of the legal
advisory board for assistance on
questions which he needs help. A
few other loyal citizens are also help
! ing in this work, Mr.. J. A. Wyman,
Rev. R. H. Jones, Rev. George P.
White, and several others, and there
are many others who could give some
time to it and should by all means
do so. 1t is not. necessary to be a
lawyer by any means. The doctors
had their task in giving the physi-
cal examinations to the men free of
charge to anyone, and we'll and 10y
ally did they perform it. The law
yers and the doctors are not the only
ones qualified to do patriotic service
at home, and while giving them praise
and credit some other competent men
should come to the front with their
services. They can if they only will,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-03
Two Deserters Captured.

Arthur Rice and Oscar Halyard,
two Bamberg county negroes who
were sent from here with the first
negro contingent to the drafted ar
my, were arrested Monday by Chief
of Police w. G. kirkland and Sher-
k iff S. G.. Ray, under orders from ar
my headquarters, and were carried
back to Camp Jackson near Colum-
bia by Sheriff Ray. The charge
against them is desertion from the
army. The men had been absent for
about six weeks or more, and 1t IS
not thought that they actually in
tended to desert, for they had been
in and about Bamberg most of the
time and made no effort to hide or
get away. Several months ago they
were sent from Camp Jackson to a
point in Virginia for army work and
training, and while there they state
that an officer in charge on night
duty told them if they could get by
his post they could have their free
dom. The negroes were ignorant to
the extent of believing him and sue
ceeded in accomplishing the feat.
They consequently worked their way
home where they have been ever
since and really thought they were
free for good. Under these circum-
stances the matter against them, or
dinarily very serious, will probably
not 20 very hard with them.