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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-28
TUESDAY.

Battling for every point of want
age, giving ground only when over
whelmed by numbers, and exacting a
frightful toll of lives for every foot
of ground abandoned, the British
line in Picardy is still intact. While
the German onslaught gained ground
at a number of points on Monday,
there was no sign of disintegration
in the British forces, which at many
points, especially on the northern
end of the long line of battle, are
standing firm. The largest gains by
the Germans have been west of st.
Quentin, where they have captured
Nesle and Guiscard. The points
which are at the tip of the Teutonic
attack are more than ten miles from
the front as it stood March 21.
Military observers discern in the
scheme of German attack a repeti-
tion of the German pincer system of
attack, which was used by Won Mack
ensen in Russia, Ru!nania and ST.
beria.s This attack consists of two
attacks some distance apart, which
after progressing to some depth,
turn toward each other, compelling
the forces caught between them to
fall back or be in danger of capture.
The British have foreseen this dan
ger and have met it by first checking,
and then forcing the northern jaw of
the pincer southwark, while they
have dropped back on the center and
have not fallen into the German
trap. The pressure of the defenders
of the Somme front seems to be bend
ing the whole German attack to the
south, where it is hoped it's force
will be dissipated.
The French positions join the Brit
ish south of St. Quentin.
In the mean time, the British
strategy seems to be devoted to the
task of meeting the attack so that it
is directed no longer straight at the
line, but diverted toward the Disc,
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Secretary Baker in London.

London, March 23.-Newton D.
Baker, the American Secretary of
War, visited King Albert, of Belgium,
and the Belgian front yesterday.
Secretary Baker arrived in London
from Calais at 5 p. m. He was &C
companied by Major Frederick Palm
er. The Secretary was met by Am
bassador Page, Gems. Biddle and
Bartlett and by Col. Lord Duncannon,
representing the British war Office.
Mr.. Baker drove to the house OF
Ambassador Page, whose guest he
will be during his stay in London.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-28
3AMBERG, S. c., THURSDAY MARCH %, 1918.
REINFORCEMENTS ON WAY.
Lloyd George Sends Good News and
Praises Gallant Army.

London, March 25.-In message
to Field Marshal Haig, David Lloyd
George, the British premier, says
that the men necessary to replace
those lost are either in france or al
ready on their way. All guns will
be replaced and still further rein
forcements of men and guns are
ready to enter the battle.
The premier's message follows:
THE British cabinet wishes to ex-
press to the army the nations thanks
for it's splendid defense. The whole
empire is filled with pride as it
watches the heroic resistance offered
by it's brave troops to overwhelming
odds.
KNOWING their steadfastness and
courage whenever the honor of their
country depends on their valor, the
empire awaits with confidence the re-
suit of this struggle to defeat the en-
emy's last desperate effort to trample
down the free nations of the world.
"At home we. are prepared to do all
in our power to help in true spirit
of comradeship. The men necessary
to replace all casualties and cannon
and machine guns required to make
good all those lost are either now in
France or already\on their way and
still further reinforcements of men
and guns are ready to be thrown into
the battle
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-28
WARS GREATEST BATTLE
PROGRESS DAY BY DAY IN BRIEF
FORM.
Terrific Onslaught Made on British
Front by Germans, Beginning >,
Friday of Last Week.

The following are the reports in
brief from the big battle raging be-
tween the British and Germans in
France:
Saturday.
In battle that has rivaled in fe-
rocity any that preceded it during
three and a half years Of warfare,
the British, on a fifty-mile front, have
withstood a great German offensive
in it's initial stages. At some points
the British line has been bent back
but not as much as had been expect
ed by military experts acquainted
with the forces the Germans have
brought up and the power of the
guns they had upon and behind the
line.
AS the result of the struggle on
that part of the front just west of
Cambrai, where the fighting appar-
entity was the hottest, the British line
has nowhere been broken, and Field
Marshal Haig's men have Inflicted
frightful casualties on the enemy.
AS an indication of the sanguinary
nature of the fighting, the Berlin
foreign Office states that $1,000 fnen
and 200 guns have been captured.
This may be compared to the British
losses in the German counter-offen-
sive on December 4, 1917, when g.
900 men and 100 guns were captured.
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sanguinary struggle is still going on
with the British troops on the most
of the sectors apparently holding
their own, but the Germans at salient
points still pressing forward.
The town of Chauny, southwest OF
St. Quentin, situated in the road to
Compiegne, the gateway to Paris,
has been occupied by the Germans
and, according to the Berlin official
communications, everywhere between
the Somme and Disc rivers the Ger
mans are pressing their advantage.
Throughout Sunday, along the en-
tire ffty-mile battlefront, the fight
ing never ceased for a moment, and
where Field Marshal Haig's men were
unable to withstand the terrific en-
slaught delivered by greatly superior
forces ground was given, but always
in orderly fashion.
The withdrawal of the British fore
es along the battle front in France
was long ago planned in the event
of the Germans attacking in great
force. This announcement comes
from the British front through the
Associated Press correspondent, who
describes the operations of the Brit
ish army as a mastery withdrawal,
made possible by gallant shock troops
in the front lines, who checked the
advance of the Germans, while artill-
cry, machine gun and rifle fire work
ed appalling slaughter among the
masses of German infantry as they
were sent forward, thus enabling the
main body of the British to fall back
deliberately and without confusion.
Few Counter Attacks.
This army, it is declared, has been
conserved, and up to the present very
few counta-attacks have been made
against the Germans. Where the Brit
ish have stormed the Germans new
ly acquired positions they have driv-
en- them back. But each mile of ad-
vance makes the bringing up of sup
plies t. the German artillery and in
fantry more and more difficult and
unquestionably the British strategy
as demonstrated since the beginning
of the great attack, is to let the enc
my, so far as he may, wear/hlmself
out against powerful defense.
More Than Million Huns.
1T has now been definitely ascer-
tanned that considerably mare than a
million Germans have been brought
to the western front in an endeavor
to crush the British army holding the
line from the region of Arras to the
south of St. Quentin, but it daily be-
comes increasingly evident that his
drive has met with opposition not
counted upon and that he has been
unable to realize to the full his OBJ
jectives. In addition to Chauny, the
Germans are claiming the capture of
both Peronne and Ham, and to have
increased the number of prisoners
taken to more than 10000 in ad-
dition to six hundred guns and large
stores of war materials.
Claim Americans Repulsed.
It is claimed also by the Germans
that American and French regiments
which were brought up to reinforce
the British have been defeated.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-28
SUNDAY.

Assaulting the British lines on the
south, the Germans have forced their
way. forward over front approxi-
mately 21 miles in length, have pene-
trated to a depth of four or five miles
west of Cambrai and have reached
Ham, west of St. Quentin, distance
of about nine miles west of the Brit
ish lines as they stood before the in
ception of the Teutonic offensive on
Thursday. The German claim that
the forces of the central empires are
fighting on a line northwest of Ba-
paume, Peronne and Ham has not
been substantiated by British official
dispatches, but the British reports
show that there has been retire
ment at various points, especially at
St. Quentin, where Field Marshal
Haig says his forces have taken up
: their new positions.
According to Berlin Official dis
patch ga considerable part of the
British army has been beaten" but
this is not borne out by any facts so
far known. That $4,000 men have
possibly been captured by che Teu-
tons may be considered as a natural
result of the slow British withdrawal.
This number, however, is yery small
In comparison to the forces thrown
into the fray.
The frightful combat continued all
day Saturday.
The great German offensive on the
Western front has developed as its
salient feature an apparent desperate
effort to break into the southwest of
st. Quentin, drive a wedge between
the British and the French and push
on across the Somme Canal in the
general direction of Compiegne and
Paris.
simultaneously, Paris has been
bombarded at quarter hour intervals,
beginning Saturday afternoon, with
shells Of about nine-inch caibre. The
source of the bombardment has not
been revealed. The nearest point on
the front is 62 miles distant, more
than twice as far as artillery fire has
ever reached previously. One theory
suggested is that the Germans have
developed an aerial torpedo which
can be fired from long distance.
! There was an admitted break in
the British line in the st. Quentin
region on late yesterday, the Germans
forcing their way through the de-
fensive system and compelling Brit
ish retreat to prepared positions with
in the area devastated by the Ger
mans in their retreat in the spring of
1917.
A supreme effort by the Germans
to cut the line in this region is fore
cast in the dispatches. They have
put cavalry in the field to follow up
the infantry and evidently intend to
throw the Uhlans into the fray when
the infantry columns open the breach
the German high command is count
ing upon.
Farther north the British lines,
while they have drawn back are hold
ing well in their new positions. The
maximum British retrogression there
seems to have been about four miles
at Mory, which has. changed hands
several times.
MONDAY
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-28
Somewhat Spineless
Lerret: What about that boy yo

Lerret: What about that boy you
were going to adopt?
Yadilloh: Fired him back to the
orphans home. When kid kicked
him on the shins and dared him to
put up his mits, he blubbered that
fighting was wicked and offered to
arbitrate.-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-28

"hSA = SAO NSA AAA~~>~ 49,
most rapid.
French Relieve British.
French trops have taken over Sec
tors of the front and have released
British units for work further north.
Berlin states that Americans have
also Joined in the fighting, but
nothing has as yet been officially re-
ported on this point.
The fall of Bapaume early Mon
day was a blow to the British, but it
was the result of a determination to
fall back slowly all along the line
that is being attacked.
Berlin claims that 45,O0 prison
ers have been taken: These were
probably units which were left to
hold the easier defended points while
the main portion of Field Marshal
Haig's army fell back.
Huns Heaviest Loosers.
The British losses have been heavy,
but it is officially announced that
considering the magnitude Of the
struggle, they are not unduly so. On
the other hand, the Germans have
suffered terribly, even Berlin admit
ting that the Teutonic casualties be-
fore Peronne were Comparatively
heavy"
Paris Again Bombarded.
Paris has again been bombarded by
the mysterious German cannon,
which is said to have been located
in the forest of St. Gobain, south of
La Fere. An interruption in the
bombardment on Monday was con-
sidered as an indication that the
mysterious gun, or possibly bat
terry of them, had been located by the
French aerial forces. In the face of
reports of continued falling back on
the part of the British, the people
of London and Paris have preserved
a remarkable calm.
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MONDAY.
On the battle line in France the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-28

where the German advance has been
most rapid. ..
French Relieve British.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
Man WHO FAILS TO
BUY BONDS IS BEING
FOUND OUT, MARKED
Stigma viii Remain Upon the Slack
ers Long After the War
Is Over.

One by one the men who have re-
fused and are refusing to buy Liberty
Bonds are being found out.
They had an easier time of it when
the first two loan drives were under
way. The country was not in such
deadly earnest about this war as it rs
now. We were taking for granted that
everyone who could would be glad to
buy bond and buy just as many as
possible
People did not look as closely for
the button on the coat and for the Lib
erty Loan flag in the window as they
are looking now. The man who walks
the streets now without some visible
sign and emblem that he is a bond
purchaser is followed by eyes that
grow angry as they watch him. The
house in any neighborhood that Is
without bond flag in its window is a
marked house. People stare at 1t curl
ously. They eye 1t resentfully.
Won't Be Forgotten.
The bond Stacker is a. marked man
"a ohy iiS 40 bcihb ~
membered by his neighbors. Nor will
his sins against patriotism and 10y
atty be soon forgotten. The memories
of this war will live long time. 1t is
always so with wars and what comes
after them. He will be pointed out as
long as he lives. The memory of his
failure and his weakness will be held
against his children.
There are some places where the
man who fails to buy is being ostra-
cised by his neighbors and his old
friends. If they know he is able 10
buy they are not asking for mis- rea
sons. Reasons are not asked 1t is
sufficient that a man failed when his
time came, when the opportunity was
offered.
With the whole nation working as II
never worked before 10 raise the most
gigantic war loan in all history. the
man who does not buy Is finding II
harder than ever to hide his short
comings. He is being found out and
In the vast majority OF cases the prop
er punishment is being applied by
those around him.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
LINEN SHOWER
FOR RED CROSS
A SUCCESS
Response Was Generous Both
In Money And Linens. Mrs.
E. G. Bales Chairman.

Mrs. E. G. Bales, who was chair
man of the committee in soliciting
for the Red Cross Linen shower, was
especially we'll pleased with the hear
ty response in which the people of
this place met the solicitors of her
committee, who we're: Mrs. Henry
May, Mrs. c. c. Brabandt and Miss
Carrie Tucker in the East End. Mrs.
James Tierney, Mrs. VIM. Hofiious,
Mrs. Lizzie Rafferty, and Mrs. War
field Collins in the West End. Mrs.
J. Proctor Keith and Mrs. Jesse Bau-
cum of the Hill.
The solicitors collected $3.50 in
money which Mrs. Bales used in
buying linen and with the linen that
was donated she sent off IS sheets,
1O4 bath towels, 72 hand towels, 90
table napkins and 1877 handkerchiefs.
All of the linens were Numbered
ready for use before being shipped.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
MIR. C.PAYNE OF
HARDINSBURG
SUCCUMBS
After Lengthy Illness. Life
Long Farmer. Leaves
Six Children.

Hardinsburg, Oct. IL. (SpeciaD-
Mr.. Lewis c. Payne, a farmer whose
home was two miles South of Hard
insburg, died at one o'clock Saturday
morning, Oct 5, after an illness of
two and half years. Mr.. Payne was
a constant sufferer and his death was
momentarily expected With him
at the last were his widow and six
children; two daughters, Mrs. Chas.
Kabrich of North Madison, Ind; and
Mrs. James Waggoner of Louisville.
Four sons, Virgil Payne of Decatur,
ILL.,; Clarence Payne OF Hardinsburg,
Marvin Payne of Mitchell, S. D.;
and Frank Petty Payne of Camp
Zachary Taylor.
Mr., Payne was sixty-hve years old.
Since early in life he has been MEM
Der of the Methodist church. His
membership at present was with the
Southern Methodist church at Kirk,
Ky. He was a firm believer in the
Creator and often remarked during
his illness, THAT he had. fought
good fight and kept his faith"
On Feb. 81, 1877 he was married
to Miss Julia DeHaven daughter of
the late Mr.. Houston DeHaven and
Sallie Ann Skillman DeHaven both
of whom were widely connected and
we'll known. Mr.. Payne was life
long farmer and he had a host of
friends and relatives whose company
he greatly enjoyed while he was i'll.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
LIVED TO SEE
FIVE GENERATIONS.

Mrs. Elizabeth Ashcraft Hendricks
age 81 years and life long resident
of Meade county died at her late
home near Custom, KY, Sept. 2s, and
was buried in the Sandy Hill ceme-
terry the following Sunday.
Mrs. Hendrick was the widow OF
Robert E. Hendrick and the mother
of eleven children eight of whom are
surviving. They are: Mrs. Mildred
Simmons and Mrs. Garner Wilder of
Oklahoma, Mrs. Bette H. Mccall
of Louisville, Misses Lucy and Han
nah Hendrick of Custom. Three sons,
G. F. Hendrick of Oaklahoma, DR..
J. T. Hendrick of Webster and J. A.
Hendrick of near Custom.
Mrs. Hendrick lived to be great,
great, great grandmother.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
CHURCHLESS
SUNDAY
OCT. ID
Churches Of All Faiths Closed
Likewise Schools, Clubs
Open Air Service.

Sunday, Oct. 10, 1918 will be re-
membered as churchless Sunday
not only in Cloverport but all through
the State and in many other states
as we'll. Owing to the Spanish in
fuenza the churches of all faiths were
closed by order of the State Board
of Health. consequently there was no
public worshiping inside the churches
but an open air prayer meeting last
ing thirty minutes was conducted by
Rev. A. N. Couch and. Rev. w. o..
Richard at 1880 o'clock. Only a
few attended it as it was not gen.
orally known. In all probability
there were many homes where family
devotion was observed at the church
hour. The day had little social visiting
either as this is disapproved by the
Board of Health.
Until futher notices from the Board
the Cloverport Public school will re-
main closed, likewise the churches,
and the women's clubs. The crowds
at the post-office during the evening
mail have not been allowed to con-
gregate in the lobby of the Office as
they have done heretofore.
The exact number of FLU" cases is
difficult to obtain, but every now and
then when one is passing along the
residence streets they are liabl, to
see more than one window with I'm
fluenza" cards in them and these were
not evident at all last week. While
the cases have been genuine, none
have been fatal thus far and it is
generally believed that the epidemic
can be checked to very great ex-
tent in this vicinity.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16

LIBERTY LOAN
HONOR ROLL
"a Persons Have Subscribed
, For Bonds Through The
Local Bank.

There are seventy-six names on
the Fourth Liberty Loan Honor Roll
which hangs conspiciously in the
lobby of the Breckenridge Bank OF
Cloverport..
The list includes seventy-four per-
sons. one business concern and one
lodge. The names are as follows
Z. S. McAfee, Henry Tate, Jesse
Dent, Weddings Drug Store, Abner
Dent, Miss Jane Waggoher, John w.
Farber, f. f. Nolte, Miss Eloise
Nolte, J, c. Nolte, Mrs ]. c. Nolte,
A. N. Couch, Mrs. Conrad Sipple
John L. Wood, Royal Arch Chapter
No. 90. John Weisenberg, Allen Jen-
nings, b. Squires, ]. X. Bandy, Miss
Lizzie Blake, Frank Smith, Emily L.
Reid, c. s. Jackson. Eldred Babbage,
Margaret Wroe, Julia Wroe, Mrs
Rena Wroe, Nellie Haffey, c. c.
Brabandt, Mrs. w. c. Pate, II. NJ
Behen, Ralph Berry, Mrs. Ethel o.
Hills. Earl r. Clark, Mrs. Margaret
Overton, Jesse r. Boiler, Louise
Nicholas, David B. Phelps, Richard
Richards, w. H. Bowmer, Mrs. W.
H. Bowmer, Richard V. Pate, Mrs
T. S. Nicholas, Marion Weatherholt
Leonard Weatherholt, Ernest Pop.
ham, +. p. Payne, +. f. Dean, ]. f
Plank, DIR. B. III. Parish, Mrs. J. ID
Babbage, Mrs. Jno. M. Beavin, Roy
Six, Mrs. Cornelia Fraize, ]. ID
Seaton, Fred November, Joe Bishop
Mrs. J. II. Rowland, B. 7. Fields
Mrs. s. V. Conrad, T. A. Carter, Anne
Crenshaw Phelps, Conrad Simmons
Margaret B. Burn, Jeanette w. Burn
Eunice Wheeler, Z. F. Carter, Mrs
Stephen Wilson, BERTHE Cordrey, Mrs
Shelby Pate, Mrs. f. c. Ferry, Mrs
w. H. Thurman, June V. Carter, Pat
rick Miller, Ray Lewis Heyser, Edith
Burn.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
AN ENJOYABLE TIME.

The dance given by Mr.. and Mrs
JOS. A. Ballman, October 4th in hon
or of their sons, JOS. Jr., and Law
renee Ballman was attended by a
large number of guests, who report a
very enjoyable time. The music was
furnished by the Mccoy and Robin
son string band.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
Mr.. John Black
Followes Wife in Death.

In a very short while after the
remains of Mrs. John Black had been
inferred in the Cloverport cemetery,
Saturday afternoon a message came
here to Mr. and Mrs S. r. Berry, Sr,
bearing the news that their son-in-
law, Mr.. John Black had succumbed
to the Spanish influenza at the City
Hospital. Louisville. His body was
brought here Sunday and Monday
afternoon the funeral service was held
from the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Berry.
Services conducted by Rev. W.O.
Richard. He was buried beside his
wife In the Cloverport Cemetery.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
SOLDIER
BURIED HERE
SATURDAY
William ALL Died in Camp
Custer of Influenza.
% Years Old.

The funeral of William Ali the
twenty-three year old son Of Mr.. Sam
Ali of this city was held from the
residence, Saturday afternoon and
the burial took place in the Clover
port cemetery, he being the first
soldier to be buried there during this
war. Services were in charge of Rev.
]. S. Henry.
Pvt. Ali left this city sometime
ago. He had been in the army several
months and was stationed at Camp
Custer. Mich. His death was caused
from the Spanish influenza. Besides
biz father. he leaves one sister, Mrs.
John Kelly of Rockport. Ind.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
TO THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS AND
STOCKHOLDERS
Of The Farmers Bank & Trust
Company Hardinsburg
Kentucky.

| hereby tender my resignation to
you as Cashier of the Farmers Bank
& Trust Co., to take effect October,
is, 1918.
While | roget more than can ex-
presssto sever my relations with your
institution, with which | have been
intimately associated and identified as
Cashier for the last 16 years, having
been rendered an important position
with the American-Sout National
Bank OF Louisville, Kentucky, which
carries with it very attractive salary,
| feel that it is my duty to myself
and those dependent upon me to ac-
cept same.
My relation with all of you and the
many friends and patrons, of this
Bank have always been pleasant and
feel that we have reason to congra-
tulate ourselves and view with pride
the splendid financial institution
which we have built up. | shall
always have a personal interest in
the success of the Bank and / feel
sure that under the wise and conser-
vative management of yourselves,
and those whom you may select to
have an active charge the Bank will
continue to grow and prosper as it
deserves to do.
Very sincerely yours,
John D. Shaw,
Cashier. Farmers Bank & Trust Co.