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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-08

VII stand ii aWCG Silence Wa. -
sees q liGtIe Gve-foot-n0jh.A@ Canadian
o,tdi>taEcp his throw ~ several Yards.
l have reed Few war stories Ct 1oraa-
i1g, vacre b"SchaD pitchers cured
der bombs WhoH throwing lhcm. hQt
Z pitcher VINO can DO this woui'l make
"CHristy" MathewScn Iooii Ike d p.iior,
and is losing valuable time playtE;; IN
;he European War bash league, when
lie wcU,d be able 70 set the big
league" on fire.
We had 4 cushy time while at tR;s
school. In fact, TO rs it was a re- Il:
vacation, and We were very sorry wien
one morning the adiut&nt ordered IS
II report at headquarters for ;ranS-
Tortat;cn and rations to return to cur
Units ID the line.
Arriving at our section, the hoys
once again rendered Us the glad mitt,
but looked askance at Us out Of the
corners Of their eyes. They could not
conceive, as they expressed it, how a
man could BE such blinking idiot as
to jcin the Suicide club. I was begin
ming to feel sorry that I had become
q member OF said club. and my life TO
ne appeared doubly precious.
Now that I was a Sure-eIough
bomber I was praying for peace and
hoping that nay services IS such would
not be required.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-08
CHAPTER XIII.
My First Official Sa,h.

Right behind our rest billet was 8
large creek about ten feet deep and
twenty feet across, and it was a habit
of the company to avail themselves OF
an opportunity to take a swim and at
the same time thoroughly wash them
selves and their underwear when on
their own. We were having a spell Of
hot weather, and these baths to US
were a luxury. The Tommies would
splash around in the water and then
come out and sit in the sun and have
what they termed a ''shirt hunt" At
first We tried to drown the "cooties,"
but they also seemed to enjoy the bath.
One Sunday morning the whole Sec
ton was in the creek and we were hav-
ing a gay time, when the sergeant ma
jor appeared on the scene. He came
to the edge Of the creek and ordered:
"Come out OF it. Get your equipment
on, drill order and fall in for bath
parade. Look lively, my hearties. You
have on'y got fifteen minutes" A howl
Of Indignation from the creek greeted
this order. but out we came. Discl-
pine is discipline. We lined up in
front of our billet with rifles and bay
onets (why you need rifles and bayo-
nets to take a bath gets me), full
quota of ammunition, and our tin hats.
Each man had a piece of soap and
towel. After an eight-kilo march along
a dusty road, with an occasional shell
whistlirg overhead, we arrived at a
little squat frame building upon the
bank of creek. Nailed over the door
Of this building vas large sign which
read divisional Baths" In wooden
shed in the rear we could hear a
wheezy old engine pumping water.
We lined up in front Of the baths,
soaked with perspiration, and piled
our rifles into stacks. A sergeant Of
the r. A. NJ. c. with a yellow band
around his left arm on which was
"S. P" (sanitary police) in black let
ters took charge, ordering Us to take
off our equipment, unroli our puttees
and unlace boots. Then, starting from
the right of the line, he divided us
into squads of fifteen. / happened to
be in the first squad.
We entered small room. where we
were given five minutes to undreSs
then filed into the bathroom. In here
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-08
NOTICE OF FINiL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the un-
ders:gned will make final settlement
and return as Administrator Of estate
of Herman Brehmer, deceased, in the
Probate Court OF Newberry county,
South Carolina, on March 18th, 1913,
at II o'clock a. NJ, and will apply 4os
bis final discharge as such Admins
traitor
All persons indebted to said es-
tate VIII make immediate settlement
Of Indebtedness with, and all persons
holding claims against said estate wiz
present same, duly proven, as required
by law, to the undersigned or his at
G. Bartow Brehmer,
Administrator of the Estate OF
Herman Brehmer, deceased.
Newberry,-S c., Feb. End, 1913.
torneys. BIease & Blease, at Newberry
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-08

there were fifteen tubs (barrels sawed
in tWo) half full of water. Each tub
contained a piece of laundry soap. The
sergeant Informed US that we had just
twelve minutes in which to take our
baths. Soaping ourselves all over, we
took turns in rubbing each. others
backs, then by means of a garden hose
washed the soap off. The water was
ice cold, but felt fine.
Pretty soon bell rang and the wa
ter was turned Off Some Of the slower
ones were covered with soap, but this
made no difference to the sergeant,
who chased US into another room,
where we lined up in front of little
window, resembling the box office in
theater. and received clean underwear
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-08

in rest billets. The next day our cap
tain asked for volunteers for bombers
school. / gave my name and was ac-
cepted. l had joined the Suicide club.
and my troubles commenced. Thirty
two men Of the battalion, including my
self, were sent to Il. where we
went through a course In bombing.
Here we were instructed in the uses,
methods OF throwing and manufacture
Of various kinds of hand grenades,
from the old "jam tn" now obsolete
to the present Mills bomb, the standard
of the British army.
1t all depends where you are as to
what you are called. In France they
call you 'bomber" and give you med
ais, while in neutral countries they
call you an anarchist and give you
'1ife."
From the very start the Germans
were well equipped with effective
bombs and trained bomb throwers, but
the English army was as little pre-
pared in this importantsdepartment or
fighting as in many others. At bomb
ing school an old sergeant Of the Gren-
adler guards, whom l had the good
fortune to meet, told me Of the discour-
agements this branch of the service
suffered before they could meet the
Germans on an equal footing. (Paci-
fists and. small army people in the
q. S. please read with care) The first
English expeditionary forces had no
bombs at all, but had clicked lot of
casualties from those thrown by the
Boches. One bright morning someone
higher up had an idea and issued an
order detailing two men from each
platoon to go to bombing school to
learn the duties of a bomber and how
to manufacture bombs. NOncommis-
stoned officers were generally selected
fer this course. After about two
weeks at school they returned to their
units in rest billets or in the ire
trench, as the case might be, and got
busy teaching their platoons how to
make "jam tins"
Previously an order had been issued
for all ranks to save empty jam TINS
for the manufacture of bombs. A pro-
fessor of bombing would sit on the
fire step in the front trench with the
remainder of his section crowding
around to see him work.
On his left would be a pile of empty
and rusty jam tins, while beside him
on the fire step would be a miscella-
neous assortment of material Nsed IN
the manufacture of the 'jam tins"
Tommy would stoop down, get an
empty "jam tin," take handful OF
clayey mud from the parapet, and line
the inside of the tin with this sub
stance. Then he would reach over,
pick up his detonator and explosive,
and insert them in the tin, fuse pro-
truding. On the fire step would be a
pile of fragments Of shell, shrapnel
balls, bits of iron, nails, etc.-anythlnS
that was hard enough to send over to
Fritz; he would scoop up handful OF
this junk and put it in the bomb. Per
haps one Of the platoon would ask him
what he did this for, and he would
explain that when the bomb exploded
these bits would fly about and kill or
wound any German hit by same; the
questioner would Immediately pull
button off his tunic and hand it 10
the bomb maker with, "yNell, blame
me, send this over as a souvenir" or
another Tommy would volunteer an
old rusty and broken jackknife; both
would be accepted and inserted.
Then the professor would take an
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-08
CHAPTER XII.
Bcrbing.

The boys in tie section welcomed ne
back, but there We're many strange
faces. Several Of cur men had gone
West in that charge. and were lying
Somewhere in France" with q Ett}e
wooden cross st their heads. We were
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-08

If ven want cotton mules at the righs
price. don't fail to see this bunch
that will arrive at our stable on
Wednesday. The Purcell Company.
"a 1t.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-08
Stop Corn Agony
In -Four Seconds

Use "Gets-IItt" See GoEns Peel OFT
The relief that "Gets-It" gives
from corn-pains-tfe way it makes
corns and calluses peel Off painless
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(TO BE CONTINUED
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04
OPENS
BUREAU BRANCH
TO AID NATION
Military Bureau of University of
California Will Establish a
Military Station Here.

The Military Bureau of the Alum
nj Association of the University of
California, under the management
of Homer Havermale, is maintain
ing a series of branch military sta
tions for the dissemination of infor-
nation and for recruiting purposes,
and to further the work of the
association and help the govern
ment, has appointed Frederick D.
Browne, engineer in charge Of this
division, manager of the branch
military bureau to be established
Immediately in Nenana.
AS there are many Americans
in the Nenana district, who would
welcome the chance to get all the
available information regarding how
best they can serve the government,
Mr.. Browne has accepted the man.
agement of the branch station and
will accept the applications of those
desiring to offer their services to
the country and give them all the
necessary information regarding the
nature of the service required. Only
very high grade, skilled men are
considered for the appointments
coming within the purview of the
Military Bureau of the University
of California.
The government is anxious to
reach experts in almost any line
of endeavor and the establishment
of branch station in Nenana gives
such men in this district an oppor-
tunity to demonstrate their parrot
ism and render aid to the country
in her hour of need.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04
WARNING ISSUED
TO REG|STRANTS
LEAVING alaska
Written Permission of Local Board
Necessary to Those Who May
Leave Nenana.

E. j. Cronin, president of Local
Board No. 10 under the selective
service regulations, received the fol-
lowing telegram, which is self-ex-
planatory from the office of the
Governor of Alaska, Juneau, this
morning:
Information reaches this office
that any Class l A man who leaves
the jurisdiction of Local Board with
out permission from board in writ
ing, is subject to immediate Undue
ton in the States. This procedure
is universal in the States. 4 the
registrant has no such written notice
on his person he is arrested anc
held, pending investigation as to
status. Notify all registrarts ac-
cordingly."
The Local Board is willing at all
times to issue to those who may
want to leave the district and the
jurisdiction of the board, the nee
essary written permission in accord
ance with the telegram quoted above.
Registrars who have to leave the
district must comply with the above
requirement and have the written
permission on their person at all
times so that they may be able to
satisfy the officials in the States.
Failure to do this will result in the
arrest of the registrant.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04
EXPLOSIONS
NOT GRAVE MENACE NOW

MANCHESTER, England. - Big,
battle-scarred guns from Flanders
are returned here for overhauling
and repair. One, it was noted. by
party of journalists inspecting war
work in this district, had been blown
in two, the effect of a shells pre-
mature' explosion. The remnant of
the gun had been brought here SO
that experts might determine what
had been the shells defect.
In the early days of the war
faulty shells were responsible for
large number of guns being de-
stroyed as a result of "prematures
So much care is now taken in the
manufacture of shells that the per-
centage has fallen remarkably low,
the figures being only one to many
hundred thousands.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04
WOMEN CAN PEAS;
HELP SAVE CROPS

MILWAUKEE, Wis.-Wives and
daughters of wealthy citizens in the
Wisconsin pea canning districts have
entered the canneries to aid the
labor situation. On Saturday they
line up for their pay envelopes and
receive a minimum wage for their
ten hours work.
Forty per cent of the peas can
ned in the United States are put
up in Wisconsin plants.
Earlier in the season pea packers
expressed grave fears of I serious
labor shortage and pointed to the
Food Administrations reques. for
all the peas possible.
George P. Hambrecht, labor CON-
missioner, after a conference with
Food Administrator Hoover, sent
labor commission employees into all
homes and obtained pledges from
women in all walks of life to work
in the canneries if called upon.
Then conference was arranged
with the packers, who were informed
that they would be provided with
help if they paid the women a mini
mum wage, established ten-hour
working day except in emergency,
and then not more than twelve
hours, and made proper sanitary
arrangements.
The packers signed an agreement,
the women who had pledged their
services were called on, the response
was most satisfactory and the can
neries now are operating with full
force.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04
YUCCA PLANT WILL
MAKE GOOD FIBRE

RIVERSIDE, Cal. - The yucca
plant of the Southwestern deserts
has been pressed into service to aid
in relieving scarcity of fibre for
making rope and binding Irvine, due
to the world shortage of cargo
space. Yucca leaves, according to
experts, have been found to contain
large amount Of fibre closely re-
sembling the fibre of the sisal hemp
of Central America, a machine has
been designed to separate the fibre
from the pulp and a plant has been
placed in operation here. The first
car load of fibre produced by the
plant was shipped to the East a
short time ago.
The yucca is one of the common
est as we'll as one of the most snowy
of the Southwestern desert flora.
The plant consists of a cluster of
bristling, sword-like leaves, from the
center of which in the summer rises
pinnacle of creamy, bell-shaped
flowers from five to fifteen feet
high.
Most of the leaves harvested for
the new industry here have been cut
in the Cajon Pass, through which
the Santa Fee railway crosses the
Sierra Madre mountains, but per-
mission has been obtained to gather
the leaves anywhere on the public
domain and on the desert land hold
ings of the Southern Pacific COM
pany.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04

Cordova is drawing up a rigid
fire ordinance to cover the placing
of flues in buildings of the city.
The ordinance requires that all Chin
neys replaced must be of brick, and
Will prevent many fires in the Cop
per City.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04
MARINE NEWS

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Reliance-Up Koyukuk river oath.
Sarah, Davis, Herman-At st.
Michael.
Julia BAT St. Mich ell.
Tanana-Up Gibbon for Fair
banks 2 a. m.
Yukon-Up Gibbon for Dawson
at a. m.
Alaska-Up Eagle $50 a m.
Jacobs-At Richardson
Cali the resources of the country
are hereby pledged is the
time to work them to the limit.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04

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The mail stage reported from
Richardson this morning and is ex-
pected to arrive this evening. An
other mail stage was at McCarty
this morning and will arrive to-
morrow.
The local board has issued a list
containing the names of the third
quota of the second draft. The list
shows FL names, most Of whom have
left the district and have been mott
fled to report to the nearest local
boards for induction into the SER
vice; three of them Konieff, Akoff
and Blatman, are in Nenana Those
who will be sent from here are
Tommy Carr and John Frasca.
The gasoline car operating on the
Tanana Valley Railroad broke down
today near Ester Siding and the
electric car was sent to bring it in.
Jerry Quinlan, well known miner
of the Fairbanks and Tolovana dis
tricts, who left on the last trip
of the steamer Yukon for the States
to seek medical aid, died at the
Dawson hospital last night. He was
sufferer from asthma.
Dick Wood shot big black bear
on the slough a few miles below
town. He was on a duck hunting
trip and came across the bear, who
was swimming across the slough.
The carcass was sent to the cold
storage and Dick will Hooverize on
the meat this winter.
F. c. Aarons, of the Fairbanks
Gold company, came into town last
night. He says that the big new
dredge will be ready to commence
operations in about a weeks time.
John A Clark, DR.. Kendrick
Pierce and Arthur Williams expect
to get away tomorrow on a big
game hunting trip. They will go
as far as McCarty in an auto and
from that point penetrate into the
wilds. Hooverize is their motto,
and they expect to live all winter
on wild meat and save the tame
meat for the boys at the front.
August Burglin and family, who
had been on camping trip in the
Birch Lake country for the past
week, returned to town today.
j. L. Mcpherson, manager of the
ALASKA P.,raou of %ho Coo%%la CLo.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04

j. L. Mcpherson, manager of the
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Cham
Der of Commerce, went out on the
train this morning. He will make
trip to the Ignite country.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04

The gasoline car operating on the
Tanana Valley Railroad broke down
today near Ester Siding and the
electric car was sent to bring it in.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04
FAIRBANKS NOTES
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The mail stage reported from
Richardson this morning and is ex-
pected to arrive this evening. An
other mail stage was at McCarty
this morning and will arrive to-
morrow.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-09-04

August Burglin and family, who
had been on a camping trip in the
Birch Lake country for the past
week, returned to town today.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11
O'RYAN STRONG FOR ATHLETICS.
Relieves Relay Candidates from After
 noon Drill to Practice.

New York, Jan. 11.-According to Harvey Cohn, athletic director at Camp Wadsworth at Spartanburg, Major-Gen. O'Ryan has issued special order to all regime ents at Camp Wadsworth excusing from the after noon drill all candidates who want to represent the camp relay at the Mill rose sports to be held in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday eve- ming. January 23. They have been ordered to report daily to Cohn-
 Prominent among the candidates for the relay team are Myfes McHugh of the Pastime A. C., Ray Georgi, Art Hoffman and Al De Witt of the New York A. C., Frank Thornton of the Irish America and Matt2 Geis and Ted Eilertsen of the Mil1rose A. A Harvey Cohn expects the pick of this aggregation to give a good account of itself against any other quartet in the army. Nick Gianakopulos, the grand Greek, also is working hard for the half mile full equipment race, which was one of his specia1ties in local military competition. The Camp Wadsworth team will leave Spartan burg on January 15 and complete its training in New York in the Seventy first Regiment Armory.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11
WAR MORATORIUM
 SOUGHT BY MINORS
Committee Appears Before Na- tional Commission and Explains

New York, Jan. 11.-A committee representing the minor leagues, con SIStlng Of President John Farrell Of the New ork State league and Henry Stahlheffer, president of the Central league, appeared before the National commlsslon at it's meeting in CinCin- natl last Tuesday to ask for a mora tor1um during the war for minor league clubs. Secretary John Heyd- Ter, who returned from the commits sion meeting yesterday, divulged this information.
 Farrell, who is secretary of the Ma tional Association, presented the ar gument that if war moratorium were declared by the National Com mission for the minor leagues many leagues which at present have no chance to operate in 1918 might take the field.
 Farrell declared that in many smaller cities new men could be ob- tained to take care of franchises pro- vided they were not compelled to pay the debts which former owners have piled up against the territory h. cluded in these debts are back dues to the National Association. Tack salaries to players, franchise debts and un- paid fines. Under baseball law, debts of former owners are considered a lien against territory and a franchise may not be taken over by new owners unless these debts are paid.
 According to Farrell, some cities which might be operated next season have debts as high as $4.00O and s5,OOO piled up against them. There would be no chance to interest new men in these clubs if they had to pay these obligations at present.
 Farrell, however, attempted to make clear to the commission that the minors were not attempting to sidestep honest obligations but mere ly desired to postpone payment until after the war, when baseball con- ditions are expected to be better. The National Com mission has taken the matter under advisement.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11
VIDAL ARMY CAPTAIN
Will Lead Next SeaSo:,'s West Point
 Football Team

West Point, N. Y, Jan. 11.-Eugene l.. Vidal of South Dakota has been elected captain of the Army football team for 1918. .sl
 Cadet Vidal gained fame in Eastern football circles during the season of 1916, when he played halfback on the Army eleven of that year. Coupled with Oliphant, VidaPs clever work with the forward pass made the pair a terror to opposition teams whenever the Army launched it's air line offen- sive. Vidal was idle last fall because of a hazing episode in camp last sum
 mer. He did not participate in any gridiron work during the recent sea- son. .'.
 Cadet Vidal is a member of the class of 1920 at the academy. He is p years old and weighs 175 pounds. Be-
 fore entering West Point he attended several years at the University of South Dakota, where he played bas- ketbal1. He is a star basketball player and has played center on the Army court team for the past two seasons.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11
NO INTERNATIONAL MATCH
American Tennis Team Management Receives Notice That Canadian Team Will Not Compete.

New York, Jan. 11.-There will be no international indoor tennis match es between America and Canada at Montreal tomorrow. Instead the American players will take part in matches among themselves at the Montreal Indoor Tennis Club for the benefit of the British Red Cross. A. H. Greer, president of the club, noti- fled Julian S. Myrick yesterday that the advance sale exceeded $1,00O.
 Originally it was intended that Fred Alexander, Walter Merrill Hall, liar old A. Throckmorton and Nathaniel w. Niles should play a team of Ca- nadians. However, a survey of the field in Canada, especially in the Montreal section showed that the war had not left even our third rate. play CTS, let alone the stars, who are go- ing to the Dominion, a. real fight. h. stead of sending mediocre talent against the Americans the Canadian club decided to have the matches all America affairs.
 Eastern friends have received an- nouncements of the marriage at San Francisco on December IT of Eleanor Irene Norman and William M. John- ston. The former national tennis champion is now an ensign in the navy and is spending most of his time at sea- Mrs. Johnston is also tennis player and in November she won the Bay Counties Consolation for Women, this event being part of an important San Francisco tournament. Western reports are that Johnston soon is conn., ing east.
 The tifty-seventh annual meeting of the U. s. N. l.. T. A. will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria on February Is, beginning at D. m. Restoration of championships and plans for next seasons play are the most important matters to be considered.