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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
Letter From the Front.
A. E. F., July 31st, 191

A.. E. F., July 31st, 1918.
Editors The Bamberg Herald
Your paper arrived yesterday. More
than glad to receive it. Can't ex'
press in words how much it was ap-
preciated by we Bamberg county boys
of this company.
We have been up to the lines to
see how the Boche are faring. We
found things up there all right, and
now we are back safe and full of lots
of things we didn't know. One sport
while up on the line was lodging
machine gun bullets, also shrapnel'
Was no time to laugh, but OCCASION
ally would at some fellow ducking
around.
We are faring fine and in the best
of spirits.
Glad to see the Bamberg county
people take such great interest in
helping the government, and We boys
owe here will do our best to help
win this war. Sincerely,
JAMES C. KEARSE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY.
New Pupils Asked to Come to School
Saturday for Classification.

The 191S-1919 session of the Bam-
berg graded school will begin Mon
day morning, September 9Th. All
pupils are requested to be present at
9 o'clock and have their promotion
cards with them. All new pupils,
except those to be in the first grade,
are requested to come to the school
building Saturday morning, Septem
Der 7th. This is done in order to
range for classification before the
opening day. The school building
will be open to such pupils from 9
O'Clock until II. Also pupils who
have lost their promotion cards can
get new ones by coming to the school
building Saturday.
The teachers for the session are:
Miss Mildred Beatty, first grade; Miss
Sarah Craig, second grade; Miss Cor
rhine Anderson, third grade; Miss
Kathleen Anderson, fourth grade;
Miss Mary Hart Griffin, fifth grade;
Mrs. Mamie Murdaugh, sixth grade;
Miss Claire Steele, seventh grade;
in the high school the teachers are:
Miss Ella May Martin, Latin and En-
glish; Miss Bessie Hungerpillar, his
tory and science; Miss Hattie New
son., mathematics; Mrs. A. W.
Knight, English and French; Prof
E. P. Allen superintendent. Prof.
and Mrs. J. A. Klein will have charge
of the music.
Everything points to a banner ses-
sion. Let the patrons see to it that
their children start at once, if it is
possible to do so. Pupils who expect
to enter the first grade must begin
at the first of the session or wait un'
til the second term begins in Janu,
airy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
The Election Results.

In another place in this paper we
publish, in tabulated form, the vote
received by each candidate for State
and county Offices. The county ex-
ecutive committee met Thursday and
tabulated the results of the primary,
and the following were declared
nominated:
Treasurer-G. A. Jennings.
Supervisor-L. P. Mcmillan.
Auditor and Superintendent OF
Education-W. D. Rowell.
House of representatives-W. L.
Riley and B. W. Miley.
County commissioner, lower dis
trict-J. w. Zeigler.
Observation-Disclosures, H. G. High
tower; Olar, o. J. c. Lain; Ehrhardt,
J. H. Kinard; Fish Pond, A. G. w.
Hill.
Cotton weighers-Ehrhardt, J. H.
Bazzle; Denmark, W. E. Folk.
The following will run over in the
second primary:
County commissioner, upper dis
trict-L. w. Assistance and W. H.
Collins.
Cotton MISUNDERSTANDING, G. B.
Free and A. P. Beard; Olar, j. E.
Morris and j. w. Sellers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
Miraculously Escaped Death.

1t appears that nothing short of a
miracle could have saved Mr.. H.
Fred Free, a local automobile me-
chanic, from death in a collision last
Wednesday morning. AS it was he
sustained painful injuries, but he is
now rapidly recovering. Mr.. Free
was driving a Chevrolet car into the
city, towing a Ford at the time in for
repairs. AS he came to the crossing
of the Southern spur track leading
to the cotton mill, a freight train
shifting a carload Of coal into place
bore down on. him, appearing from
behind a house near the crossing so
suddenly that it was impossible to
escape a collision. The rear end of
the freight backed into the car,
throwing the machine about 25 feet
into a bed of coal adjoining the city
power house. Mr.. Free was extricat-
ed from beneath the w~reckage. One
arm was broken and other injuries
we're sustained. There was hardly a
whole piece of the machine left. OF
the four wheels, three were complete
ly smashed, the body was splintered
almost beyond recognition. One
freak about the wreck was that al
though the car was a s%plintered
wreck, one of the glass wind shields
was not broken. Mr.. Free vas hur-
ried to a physician and his injuries
given treatment. Mr.. Paul Matheny
was in the Ford car being towed in
to town. In order to escape being
wrecked, he ran his a into a near
by tree. This snapped the cable and
released the car from the Chevrolet
and doutless saved both Mr.. Ma
theny and the Ford from serious in
jury.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
Possessions.

Miss Sallie D. Free, of this city,
and Mr.. Boykin Sessions, of Ridgway,
were quietly married last Sunday
afternoon at $50 o'clock at the Bap-
fist parsonage, Rev. Geo. P. White
performing the ceremony. Only a
few intimate friends and relatives
were witnesses to the ceremony, i'm
mediately after which Mr.. and Mrs.
Sessions left for their future home
at R~idgeway.
Miss Free is a daughter of the late
Mr.. C. B. Free, and she has score of
friends throughout the county. Mr..
Sessions is a prominent merchant of
Ridgeway. The best wishes of her
many acquaintance go with Mrs.
Sessions to her new home.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
Letter from Sergt. G.. I. Rentz.

Mrs. P. G.. Rhoad, of Branchville,
recently received a letter from her
son, Sergt. George Irby Rentz, &C
quainting her of the fact that he haa
been slightly wounded in action, and
giving some details of his hurt and
the splendid attention he is receiving
at the base hospital. His letter will
be read with interest by his many
friends in this section:
"Base Hospital No. IS.
July 80, 1918.
. my Dear Mother: 1t has been
about two or three weeks since I've
written to you, but if you kept up
with the wal news since the 14th of
July you can readily e why 1 have
not written. We have been making
it very interesting for the Huns
since the 18th and as everything
looks at present we will continue tc
make it interesting for them.
Haven't heard a word from Buck
C9-year-old brother who is now with
the military police of the Thirtieth
division) yet. Don't know whether
he is up at the lively front or not.
Have been expecting to see some of
the boys from home at least, but
have not, Guess 1 will u across
him some day when 1 am least ex-
pecting to see him.
81 am in a base hospital at pres
ent. Have been here since the 26th.
Think if I hadn't been wounded ex-
actly when I was I would have had
the best chance of my life to get a few
|Boches,' but perhaps I will soon be
back with my company and then l
can get a crack at them. Don't
you worry about the attention that l
am getting either, for it is indeed
first class. In fact I don't see how
they could furnish any more comfort
than they do regarding the circum-
stances. We have American nurses
and doctors and it is needless to say
what they are doing for their coun-
try, in fact I did not know anything
about an army hospital or first aid
station until I had an occasion to
visit them. We we're given hot tea
and chocolate at the first aid station.
And then at the hospital we got the
same thing plus smokes for the boys
that smoke, besides magazines and
books furnished by the Red Cross.
They certainly do try to make it as
comfortable for us as possible.
"Now, please don't worry about
either of us boys. We are all right.
Lovingly your son,
"Sergt. George Irby Rentz,
"Co. B. III Engineers, A. E. F.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
Local Board News.

The following men were sent on
Sunday by the Local Board to the
State College, Orangeburg, for tech
meal training:
]. D. Kennedy and Angus Gener-
EFT. '
The following were sent Sunday to
Camp Jackson:
Hiram Johnson, Samuel K. Moody,
Edgar Willis, William Grant, Alonzo
Walker.
The following white draftees were
sent Wednesday to Camp Jackson:
Frederick Earl Summers and Max
we'll Earl RiZer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
Tbe BambergDeram
Thursday, September 5, 1918
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items Of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Notice. is given that the Red Cross
work rooms are now open and the
ladies of the city are earnestly urged
to come and help with the work in
hand.
Mr.. J. S. ]. Faust has resigned
his position as clerk of the Local
Board of Bamberg county, and Mr..
M. G.. Cooner has been employed as
his successor.
Mrs. E. A. Smoak received a card
last week announcing the safe ar
rival overseas of her scn, MI. Marion
G. Smoak, U. S. N, this being his
third trip across.
The Francis Marion Bamberg chap
ter. D. A. R., will meet with Mrs.
McCrackin and Mrs. Moye next Tues
day afternoon at 5 o'clock. A full
attendance is desired.
IA message was received Monday
from Lieut.. J.. OH. Sanders saying
that he had arrived safely overseas.
Lieut.. Sanders, who IS commissioned
as an aviator, is a brother OF DR..
C. A. Sanders, Of this city.
Mr.. N. P. Smoak Tuesday received
a letter from his son, Claude Smoak'
in which Claude stated he received
The Herald regularly, and that ne
was mighty glad to get it-even if it
is pretty old when it reaches him.
Last Saturday morning some lit
tie stir was created by a beggar in
front of the postofice. Because
passer-by failed to cough up when
asked, the fellow became quite inso-
lent, w%hereupon the mayor informed
him he had better move on. The beg
gar retorted that he didn't think he
would get over 5000 in Bamberg any
way, so he would get away willingly.
The postmaster requests The Her
aid to ask the patrons of the post
Office not to interrupt the force dur
! ing the morning hours when mails
are being distributed. The force is
very short on account of the war,
and it makes a bad situation much
o to be constantly interrupted
by requests of all sorts from the buy
ing of stamps to handing out mail.
If the patrons will cooperate to the
extent of waiting until the windows
open, the business of the p%ostofice
can be expedited to much better. ad-
vantage.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
Byrnes's Vote at Home Box.

It is interesting to note the vote
received by each of the candidates
for congress at the Aiken box. Aiken
is the home of three of the candi-
dates, Congressman Byrnes, Mr.. T.
G. Croft, and Mr.. G. L. Toole. AS to
how these gentlemen stand in the
estimation of their home folks is told
very briefly, but very pointedly, in
the following figures, which indicate
the number of votes each received in
the city of Aiken:
J. F. Byrnes ---- - Psi
T. G. Croft --. SO
N. G. Evans $500 49, 9
G. L. Toole--- -- ----117
All of Mr.. Byrnes's opponents re-
ceived at the Aiken city box 215
votes, to 2S1 for Congressman
Byrnes. The people in Aiken are in
better position to know the candi-
dates than anybody else, and Con-
gresham Byrnes has every right to
feel proud of the fact that his home
folks have confidence in him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05

Wanted-To buy good, medium
sized farm near Denmark. Address
FARM" care The Herald. l0-5
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-05
J. F.
County Chairman.
SPECIAL NOTICES.

For Sale.-About 100 bushels
choice Abruzzi rye. W. L.. RILEY,
Denmark, S. c.. u
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The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-10
AMERICANS ADVANCE AS
HUNS DELAY PEACE
AL The ARTILLERY FINE FROM
GUNS OF LARGE CALlBRE

With the American Army on the
Sedan Front. NOV 9-CBy The AS
sCciatnd Press The American troops
fought their way forward today along
virtually their entire line despite the
fact that the weather was about as
bad as could be.
The Americans started in today with
:hc knowledge that with Germany's
action on the armistce conditions i'm
mnent. an early cessation OF ho5tili-
ties was among the possibilities This
fact. however, only appeared TO make
the men more anxious to accomplish
as much as possible against the on
envy while he was thinking OF what re-
sponse to make
The resistance encountered was
spirited on the whole though consisting
largely of machine gun activity The
terrain crossed and captured was on
a par with the most difficult grounI
the Americans have taken thus far
II gives the mos, advantageous posi-
tions possible tor further advance.
The principal obstacle in the path
Of the Americans as they work north
east is a series Of hills behind Chau-
{Cl1nt-Tuant- -luuyiIlc~s. close 70
which place they already have pushed
their line The Americans nave haif
circle around the heights preparatory
to cncircllry and out pinching them
as they have so frequently done in the
last offensive.
The Americans made things inter
estinG today for the enemy by ad
yancing everywhere along their line.
The enemy artillery fire today ana
yesterday was almost exclusively from
large calbre guns, indicating that lie
has Withdrawn all his lighter pieces
and is sheling from positions a great
distance away.
Five American ambulances drove
by mistake into the German lines
northeast OF IiOn-Ifvante-D Dun and
were captured This incident was
Witnessed by some comrades who or
ganizcd rescue party and returned
with the American ambulances, -four
prisoners and three guns
Thio evening the Americans were
in complete control OF both sides Of
the Mcuse and mad in addition ecu
pied Bem0iyelle wood
They also crossed the river at Nous
son thus making their line on both
sides complete from Villers-Tivante-
Mouson southWard
Fires are burning in Stenay and the
towns TO the northeast
The Americans are now only eight
miles from Carisan on the Meziers-
Metz railroad and about nine and one
half miles from Sedan and are able 10
shell both ways.
"Today's work may be said t-%aye
completed the principal phase OF The
American operation since the neck
of he German lateral communications
between The armies and the northwest
was narrowed 20 the stransiius roiI=.
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-10

When the word is flashed into Hot Springs peace
comes with the signing of the armislgc concluded
oustrltfl o result
Reardless OF The hour whether
ing OF the whistles Nil be he signal tine demonstration
Gather at ne Como square blasting O whistles.
Mothers fathers boys France or in the camp, are cz
and take leadership parade
There lot tormaliy because this is to Lc
big jubAant occasion But here a cxress
on of the happiness that
there wiz be some SINGING that camp
suns loud and and
daring hours close your door lock f..
and join for hour at least the celebration
If comes night ght and you hear the
Iona blasts CT the whistle
ion Peace worth getting bel shouting
The singers who led the chorus the Liberty
the band ana eve}aody who make
TO with the blowing whistles Womcn ana girls
who can sing, expected q there
1t viii never aeain IN the that
ending of such be- sood victory
means somehine We of the
earth i IS much 10 he might Ait is mighty
When tho amc gnet and the whistles blow hurry to Como
Square and like who Is an
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-10
KAISER HAS ADVOCATED THRONE
MAMMALIAN IS NAMED REGENT

ceivcd here first latc his AFTERNOON
throHgh the British wireless press.
Later il was critically announced
al the state department tnat the Same
message had cen picked MP dircuy
Hy the American naval Wireless from
the great German station at Nauen.
The bcliol here is that il The Hoheu-
lollem dynasty actually has ended,
William il. like Charles OF AUSTRIA
Hungary knowing the time OF his
ding was near. refused TO permit
history to record that he signed the
document winch must completely dos
troy German military power and re-
quirc Germany I'M advance to submit
10 amy terms OF peace which her On
cmics may choose to impose the
Austrian armistice was signed just H.
etlcctually ae could be done Dv roy
al.t -hy ne Austrian CHIEF oil stan.
with whom General Diaz the ItdI-
ian commander -tn-chicI dealt as tho
responsnIy spokesman of the defeat
od army
{ Likewise The German army may
have a cessation o hostuitc5 when
ever it ploase5 If competont sroke+-
men accop, Nhat the United states
and the allies have offered through
thor commander i'm -chief
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-10
MAMMALIAN ADMITS
THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY
ANNOUNCES THAT GERMANY
COULD NO LONGER HOLD OUT
AGAINST THE INCREASING
SUPERIOR FORCES.

London NOV. 9-Just before Prince
NaNmtliun OF Raddon offered his res
isnotion as imperial chancellor he is-
sued an appeal 30 Germans abroad"
in which he said
"tu the tlsh year to, hostlities)
abandoned 3y its allies the German
pc plo could no Longer wage war
against The increasingly supc, c,or
FORCES" The text OF the statement
reads
I'm these difficult las the hearts
of many among you my fellow coun
uy'ncu who outside the frontier Of
the German fatherland are surrounded
by manifestations Of malicious JOY ana
hatred win be heavy DO MOI des-
pair OF the German people
Our soldiers have fought 10 The
last moment heroically as any
army has ever done the homeland
has shown unprecedented STRENGTH
i'm suffering ANA in endurance
"In the fifth year abandoned hy
ills alLos. tho German people could
no longer wage war AGAINST inc in
crCasinsly superior forces. The vic
ory for which many had hoped has
not ueen granted us. Bul the German
people has won this stll victory over
itself and it's belief N he right of
might
From this victory we shall draw
new strength for the hard time which
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-10
TWENTY-FIVE KILLED
BY INHALlNG GAS
MEN WERE EMPLOYED IN THE
JONES & LAUGHLlN STEEL
COMPANY OF PlTTSBURG

Pl1-hur NOV o. Twenty-Five are
dead several others are in a CRIT
ical condition and nearly % others
were unconscious as result OF IN
haline aas AT lzalea furnaces Of the
Jones K lauahun stoei company here
today. The victims were at work re-
lining a furnace when the accident
occurred In some unknown manner
the caDor monaNide gas which comes
from molten metal escaped from ad-
jonng furnaces into the one in which
the workers we're eu2agcd
As soon as word of the accident
spread throuh the plant other w0rgers
dropped their tasks ana formed res
cue squads In this manner many
lives were saved IN Investigation in
to the cause OF the accident will 30
made
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-10
FORMER ENEMY COUNTRIES
WILL HAVE TO Be HELPED


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Mr. hoover It was learned, Is 10
pc accompanied by CHAIRMAN Hurley
ol tn shipping aoWd. who will be
able 70 furnish instant Information
as to the shiopins facilities the Unit
ed states can supply
His presence. therefore i, expect,
ed TO facilitate tho framing Of the pro-
cram as the mcasarc of roliet depend
t. sama extent ON the movement of
food stores in Australia and other
ouuas where they have accumu-I
latc& on account Of the lack of ton
raen to move them during the war
The tate department said The war;
industries board the war trade board
the treasury department. the shipping
board and the food administration arc
to aid in the advancement OF meas
urcs for assisting the feeding of tho
people Of invaded Belgium aud
France fl also said that arrange-l
mens are being made by the food adj
minIsrauon. the shipping depart
mcnt and the war department for The
earliest dispatch OF food sWffs 10 the
liberated populations in southern
Europe
The state department announce
mont follows.
President Wilson has requested
Mr. hoover to take charge Tor thlsl
government OF the oreanI1auon meas
ares ior the food relief of the ii5era'
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-10
HALF or GERMAN FLEET
is FLYING RED FLAG
Through the Rapid and triumphant
Advance Of the Allied Troops the
German ENJOYS Win the Armistice
Through.

London, Nov 9.-Prremier Lloyd
George and SIR Sric Geddes. first
lord of the admiralty, were speakers
tonight az a banquet which followed
the lord mayors Victoryk show.
II have no news Tor yonsS,said Ina
premier speaking OF the armlstice
situation. Owing TO the rapid and
triumphant advance OF the allied
troops and to theeir relentless pursuit.
the German ENJOYS have not been able
10 get through and other means have
had to be devised 10 enable them to
cross the lines.
The issue is settled The capital
Of Turkey is now almost within gum
fire Of our ships Austria is shat
tered and broken. The kaiser and
the crown prince have abdicated
(Prince MaXs decree said that the
kaiser had decided to abdicate) A
successor has not been found and a
regency has been proclaimed
This is Judgment greatest
judgment in the world.
German said the premier. has a
choice today, but will have none TO-
morrow She has been ruined in
side and outside
An army and an armament. for
midably created continued the pre-
nier are hardly an army or an arm
ament at all Abdieation was only part
OF the way The great general staff
Germany mobohzed TO frishten IFS Is
reaching its natural end at a moment
when it is faced by ruin and can get
out only by immediate surrender.
Germany may continue to increase
the volume of suffering she has al
ready caused. she may possibly re-
7ist a little longer; but the longer She
rcsists. more quickly will her cities
become as the fair lands she has 50
wantonly devastated
There will be Just terms that Will
prevent such wantonness again. We
viii do no wrong il we abandon no
right We have no designs on the Ger
man people but We mean to secure
hyOnd all the freedom Of our own
people The reC1Ilessness that plac-
ed the world in such awful agony must
expect stem reckoning
When the conditions were consid-
cred al the representative parts of the
empire wore consulted For years we
have had great brotherhood of suf-
fering; We are now going to have a
brotherhood OF joy
The next few years are charged
with fate Tor Brition and the empire.
1t us Danish all factions and lift up
this country to a position it never
held before Let the British empire
keep its head and all viii he rtsht with
the world
The first lord of the admiralty made
interesting disclosures He said that
those who were charged with that re-
sponsibiity waited hourly for the
possibility Of a naval Armageddon
The whole stage was set ToT-a great
sea battle, but something was wrong
The arm that was going to try the
last desperate gambling stroke was
paralyzed. The German navy. am
as convinced as ! am standing here to-
night" said the first lord, was or
dered out and the men would nat
come"
Half the German fleet. he declared.
was fying the red flag-and the Ger
man fleet was flying the red flag be-
cause il realized that il was not en-
IS ed IN good cause.
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-10
GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH
DELOUSlEG PLANTS.

Washington, Nov 9-Anericau
soldio@ weu:uing home after the
war viii be required to pass through
government delousing plant, Tor the
removal oi trench yormin' Forty five
~ hose plants The war departments
announced toaay viii be erected uu-
acr the supervision OF the surgeon
general 40 a cost of $l5.o o0o0