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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
FUEL SHORTAGE NEAR.
Consumers Should Buy Their Sup
ply Now.

Washington, July 17.-Urging con-
gressional investigation of the coal
situation government officials and
coal operators told the house rules
committee today that fuel shortage
was impending.
"Coal men fear the situation may
get away from them and that prices
may rise 81 or Sc a ton," declared
C. E. Lesher of the Geological sur
vey. "Their advertising Of the situ-
alton is in hope that this may be
averted, for they know that the con-
dition would reflect on them"
Anthracite production since Janu-
ary 1 was 1O,6O0,0OO tons less than
last year and bituminous 74,700,000
tons, said Mr.. Lesher, due to lack of
demand.
"The only remedy is for the con-
suming public to lay in supplies now y
he said.
George H. Cushing, managing dl-
rector of the American Wholesale
Coal Association said the coal short
age in the East and the Northeast
during the war would be repeated
this winter adding that its extent
would depend on the industrial &C
tivitv in those sections.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
The Wrong End.

The navy boy was home on leave
and the old man was admiring his
uniform.
But tell me, me boy, why do they
make the pants so wide at the bot
tom?"
$50 we can roll them up quickly"
explained the lad.
you're no son of mine," warned
the old man, "if yer goin' ter fight
wild yer feet. 'Tis yer jacket sleeves
that ought to be wide at the bottom.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
But She Brought Him.

"Dorah,' said the literary woman,
"I wish you would go down to the
library and bring me 'Flavius jose
phus'."
The new girl left the room and
hastened to execute the commission
Presently terrific noise was heard
and Dorah pushed the door open with
her foot a moment later, dragging in
by the collar reluctant Newfound-
land dog.
Here he is, Mrs. Dinnis,' she said,
"but ye ought not to have sint me f'r
'im.. It's a mans job. The brute
tried to bite me an had to tight i'm
iv'ry fut o. the way"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
. Scotch Thrills.

Sandy Mcpherson came home after
many years and met his old sweet
heart. Honey-laden memories thrill
ed through the twilight and flushed
their glowing cheeks.
"Ah, Mary exclaimed Sandy,
"ye're jist as beautiful as ye ever
were, and I hae never forgotten ye,
my bonnie lass"
"And ye, Sandy" she cried, while
her blue eyes moistened, "are jist as
big leear as ever an I believe ye
jist the me."-Reedy's Mirror.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24

''Tinne!"

A garrulous lawyer was arguing a
case. He had rambled on in such a
desultory way that it became very
difficult to follow his train of thought,
and the judge yawned ominously.
Whereupon the long-winded law
yer with trace of sarcasm, said:
II hope, your Honor, I am not un-
duly trespassing upon the time of
the court
"My friend" observed the judge,
"there is considerable difference be-
tween trespassing on time and en-
croaching on eternity" The Chica-
go News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
RObinson-Black.

The many Barnwell friends of Mr..
David Black were surprised Saturday
morning to learn of his marriage on
Friday evening to Miss Debbie Robin
son, of Ridgeland, Jasper county,
which occurred in Hampton, the Rev.
w. H. Bowling performing the cere-
mony.- The bride is an attractive
young lady and has many friends in
Olar, where she was employed for
some time by Mr.. G. F. Rizer. The
groom is a young business man of
this city, having an interest in the
Black Furniture Co. Their many
friends wish them a long life of hap
piness and prosperity. - Barnwell
PEOPLE
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24

Pursuant to a resolution of the
Board of Directors of Ehrhardt Man
ufacturing Company to increase the
capital stock of said company to the
sum Of forty thousand (S40,000) dol
lars, a meeting of the stockholders Of
said company is called, at the office
of the president, Ehrhardt, S. c., 10
O'Clock, a. M, Monday, August 18th,
1919. to pass upon said resolution.
EHRHARDT MANUFACTURING co.
By J. NJ. Kirkland, President.
Ehrhardt, S. c., July 21st, 1919. S-13
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
Quillen is a Crouch.

Robert Qulllen is eQltOr OI LHe
Fountain Inn Tribune Most of we
editors would expect to be looking
down the barrel of big shotgun if
we wrote like Quillen, but somehow,
he gets by with it. Hear him as to
styles:
tFrequently there comes to my
ears the complaint of some lady ad-
dicted to hobbies that rude men turn
to observe her exposed calves when
she steps into a car or buggy.
"The complaining lady always
ma. es a fine show of indignation
or so the matter is always related to
me-but I never fail to laugh at the
joke.
"What joke? you ask. Why, wood
en-head, the pretended Indignation of
the lady.
"When a woman puts on a hobble
skirt, does not she know that it will
expose her to the stares of the multi
tude every time she takes step up?
''Of course she knows it.
Then why does she persist in
wearing such skirt?
"There is only one answer to that
question, Horatio. She continues to
wear 'em because she wants the pub
lie to examine her calves occasion
ally.
''You think otherwise? Then>you
are stupid. If the dear things didn't
want to show themselves they would
wear different clothes.
''If man stopped on the streets
every few minutes and pulled his
trousers above his knees, could he
have any other object than showing
the shape of his legs? Assuredly not
unless he was endeavoring to break
into the asylum of the feeble-minded.
''No, there is no room for argu-
ment on this matter. When woman
dresses so as to necessitate frequent
exposure of her. legs, she knows ex-
actly what she is doing. She may
pretend to be offended when men
stare, but, dear heart, she would be
really and truly offended if men did
not stare.
- But, at that, there is not much ex-
posed that is worthy second glance.
A we'll turned ankle is rare thing.
Either the design is that of salt,
from the ankle bone to the knee cap,
or else the ankle is swollen to Clydes-
dale proportions and looks stove-up.
"There ought to be law to pro-
hibit showing deformities and oddi-
ties in public, anyway"
We have only a newspaper ac-
quaintance" with Quillen; we don't
know what kind of an individual he
is outside his official sanctum, or
WuSluGT llG CdllICS q lCFOASCl, VI 10
accompanied by a: bodyguard. But
he's evidently crouch of the worst
sort. There's nothing the matter
with the styles; the women, some of
the women, it's safer TO say, go to
the extreme in dress, to he sure, but
even Quillen will not say that the
hoop-skirt looked better than the
present-day styles. And, furthermore,
the more that styles are talked about
the more room there will be for talk,
because if styles fail to attract atten-
ton, they fail of their purpose. The
only remedy we know for Fountain
Inn is to provide lower steps on the
trains and buggies and automobiles
thereabouts; then perhaps CULLEN
will be satisfed.-Lancaster News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24

Talk About the RetOrt Courteous.
81 had pretty bad fall once"
said Jones, when I fell out of a
window, and on the way down I
thought of every mean act had ever
DONE"
"Horrid!" said Thompson, "you
must have fallen some distance"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
BATENlAN'S SLAYER DIES.
Victim; of Raid on Distillery Near
Camden.

Columbia, July 21.-Sant Barratt,
white farmer, who shot and fatally
wounded State Constable J. F. Bate
man near Camden last Thursday af-
ternoon and who in turn was shot
four times by the officers making the
raid on distillery, died in Camden
hospital late Saturday night.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
Properly Stringed.

"What is that string around your
finger for?"
"That is to remind me that for
got something my wife tied it there
for me to remember. baltimore
American.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
DOG TAX DUE.

Notice is given that the dog tax Of
50 in the city Of Bamberg is now due
and payable. Until the first of Aug
ust no penalty will be attached. Dog
tags may be secured from the mayors
office. On Aug. 1 penalty Of $o
will be levied. Dogs will be held i've
days pending payment. after which
animals will be killed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
TRAGEDY OF THE OPAL.
Reputation for Ill Luck is Founded
on Myth.

When Miss Edna Bills, pretty
Chicago, high school girl, won a first
prize with an essay on opals, she
thought she had accomplished what
she had set out to do, but it develop
ed her essay laid before the world
facts regarding the gem that had
been lost even to jewelers. themselves.
Miss Bills is the daughter of
jeweler who recently bought collec-
ton of Austrian opals. She was fas-
cinated by the rainbow gems and
wanted to know why they were con-
sidered unlucky. Her father was un-
able to tell her. Other jewelers. did
not know. Nobody could throw any
light on the enigma.
Miss Bills was determined to find
out. At the annual competition of
the class in English she chose opals
as the theme of her essay. She
did some remarkable research work.
She delved through extensive biblio-
graphy of precious stones. The ST.
cret eluded her.
Esteemed by Ancients.
She found that in ancient times
and in the middle ages the opal was
one of the most highly esteemed
gems. It was regarded as a tallis-
man, but, to her surprise, she learned
that it was supposed to bring good
luck and to make the wearer beloved.
Not a word did she find which at
tributed bad luck to the gem. Then
a chance cross reference in her read
ing guided her to John Ruskin's
"Deucalion." There she found the
story of the libel and it's refutation.
Sir Walter Scott was the creator of
the opal myth. In "Anne Of Geier-
stein,'' one of the last novels, written
in the early part of the nineteenth
century, he introduced an opal which
was supposed be endowed with ma
jestic power, and which brought dis
aster and tragedy to all who came
within it's influence. The story of the
master romancer Of his time was
widely read and the superstition
that all olals we're unlucky was born.
It travelled around the world and be-
came firmly fixed in popular imagi-
nation.
The Lightning Ridge opal field in
Australia was discovered little af-
ter Sir Walter set the myth agoing.
When Queen Victoria ascended the
throne in 1887 her coronation gifts
included some magnificent opals sent
by her loyal subjects in the island
continent. The young queen was de-
lighted with the gorgeous gems. She
declared nothing so beautiful could
be unlucky:>
An Absurd Superstition.
The queen began a crusade to
break down what she regarded as
an absurd superstition and her per-
sonal efforts in behalf of the opal
continued through her life. She wore
opals in profusion on every state oc-
casion. She gave them as wedding
gifts to her daughters. She sent
them as bridal presents to foreign
princesses. She never neglected an
opportunity to show her contempt
for the myth and to praise the desira-
billy of opals and their iridescent
loveliness.
But despite the efforts of this royal
champion, the myth persists vaguely
throughout the world today. 1t has
cost dealers in opals hundreds of
thousands, if not millions of dollars,
and has robbed one of the most beau
tiful gems of the popularity that is
its natural gift. Yet the world
tragedy of the opal is a trick of fate
built upon a dream of a novelist.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
NITRATE OF SODA.

I am expecting a shipment on or
about Friday, the 25tn, of thirty TONS
of Nitrate of Soda. AS there is big
demand for soda, prospective pur-
chasers will do we'll to see me at
once, as the Tot will not last long. q.
F RIZER, Olar, S. C.-adv.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
Quite Naturally.

"A man offered to treat me tht
other day and then made me pay fo,
it,"
"What a mean fellow"
"Not at all. He was a DOCTOR"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
Only Way Left.

Crabshaw-Why do women wear
furs in this weather?
Mrs. Crabshaw-My dear, is there
anything more expensive?-ToWn
Topics.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24

Just So.

Mary-Once I was engaged to a
prize fighter.
Nell-Why didn't you marry him?
Mary-Because he wouldn't give
up the ring.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and at
Other Points.

Mrs. A. NJ. Denbow left Tuesday
morning for the mountains of North
Carolina.
Mrs. L. P. Mcmillan has been
visiting friends and relatives in
Charleston.
Mrs. Crawford Easterling, Of
Columbia, has been visiting Mrs.
Paul Zeigler.
Col W. A. Klauber left last week
for New York to buy goods for the
fall and winter.
Mrs. H. NJ. Graham, of Green
wood, has been visiting relatives in
the city and county.
Captain J. B. Hunter expects to
leave this week for Glenn Springs to
spend few weeks.
Master Clement McEachern left
last week for Wallaceville to spend a
few weeks with relatives.
Miss Dorothy Taylor is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Ehrhardt, at Ehr-
hardt.-Newberry Observer.
Mrs. J. W. Barr, Mrs. Hattie M.
Stubbs and Mrs. NJ. A. Bamberg left
Wednesday for the mountains.
Mrs. w. C. Miller and Miss
Blanche Brabham, of Ellenton, are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Brab-
ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Carter and
Mr.! and Mrs. F. M. Moye have gone
to Chimney Rock, N. c., to spend
few weeks.
Mr.. Walter Curry, who was re-
Gently discharged from the army, is
in the city visiting Mr.. w. NJ. Brab-
ham, Jr.
Mrs. Moore and children, of
Charleston, are spending some time
in the city with Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Black, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. T. Berry and
daughter, Jessie Belle, of Branch
vile. spent Sunday in the city with
relatives.
Mrs. w. H. Ehrhardt and chill
dren, of Ehrhardt, are visiting her
mother, Mrs. Alma Taylor.-NeW-
berry Observer. \
Mrs. J. W. Price and children
and Miss Mildred Bailey left Wednes-
day morning for Asheville, N. c., to
spend a few weeks.
Mrs. J. Frank Brabham and Mrs.
B. T. Fielder left Tuesday morning
for the mountains of North Carolina
to spend a few weeks.
Mrs. H. J. Brabham and Misses
Adele Brabham and Helen Free left
Tuesday morning for the mountains
for a stay of several weeks.
Misses Ethel and Urma Black
went to Charleston Tuesday to visit
their father, DR.. J. B. Black, who is
in a hospital for treatment there.
Mrs. J. A. Byrd, Miss Lalla
Byrd, Mrs. George S. Smith and Mr..
and Mrs. E. H. Henderson left this
week for the mountains of North
Carolina to spend the summer.
Mr.. George F. Mcmillan, Jr., who
was recently discharged from the ar
my and who has position in Spar
tanburg, spent several days in the
county last week and this week with
relatives.
Judge Hayne F. Rice spent
few hours in the city last week, COM
ing down to hold short session OF
court. This is Judge Rice's old home
he having spent his younger days
in the lower part of the county.
Mr.. Alex F. Henderson and fami-
ly have gone to Hendersonvllle' N.
C.,.where they will spend two weeks,
the time of Mr.. Henderson's vaca-
tion. He is cashier of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank of WATERFORD.
MIR. and Mrs. J. A. Wyman, Miss
Mary Aldrich Wyman, Mrs. Elise b.
Walker and Miss Ida Brabham left
Friday for Hendersonville, N. c.
They stopped over at Greenwood for
day with Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Nc
Kissick, and then proceeded by auto
to the mountains for stay of sew
eral weeks, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. McKissick..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-24
Read The Herald, 5000 per year.
NOTICE..

OF Meeting of Stockholders of Ehr-
hardt Manufacturing Company to
Pass Upon Resolution to Increase
Capital Stock.
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VALUABLE SILVER STOLEN FHOa
VAULT
Thieves At SyLesYille Get Isay Yfih
Chest WORTH About 5000.

Following closely the recent rob.
berry OF the National Bank Of Sykea=
vile. storage vault vas broken in
10 Monday in the neighborhood OF
the bank building and ; chest d
silver, valued at more than $4,000.
stolen. according % a report made
70 Marshal Carter BY he sykeavills
Authorities last Friday morning. The
robbery Is one o. q series that have
been terrorizing the people Of thai
town for the last few months. The
chest Of silver Is the property q
Mrs. George D. Brown. OF Washing
ton. ID. C.. who has a summer resi-
denee II Sykezsilie. According u
the police. the robbery was discover
ed by tenant In the building IN
which the silver was stored when he
came 10 work Monday morning.
TIE loci q the vault bad been
broken with , ehiael and The inside
doors Ilmmied. The police say thai
the Job" bore unmIBtakatIe signs Of
having been accomplished b pro
fesaionalB. The sykesville police
have been at work on he case since
Monday. but have failed % uneartb
any clues. and - result ne help
Of he baltimore police was request
Cd. Captain MeGoYern VII imme-
diately assign men % he case.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-06-13
! birthday nrt.


On Wednesday evening, Hay .. the
neiEhbors and friends OF Mr.. :. J
Bemillef gave her . pleasant birthday
surprise II her home IN Silver Run
Games aud music Hsre tha entertain
mont 81 the evening until 4 late hour
when refreshments aofs served. after
which all returned to their homes
wishing Mr.. nemIlleF many more
happy birthdays. Those present
we're Mr. and Hra. A. J Demiller
Mra. Edward Rankert. RS. Robert
Eralin. Mrs, Manehey. Mrs. Austin
Croft, Mra Edward FIickInger. Mr..
Denton Lappo. Hrs. Edgar YinElinE.
Hrs. 7 II. nemiIler. Misses Iauxerne
Remlllar. Caroline YinglinR. Hhoda
uankeft. Marguerite DemIlleT. EiFs
Heason. Annie ManeheY. Iarnthe lie
miller. Mabel fingling, NellIe
Namely. Arlene Bemiller. Catherine
cratin. Messrs. Harry Carr. Ralph
Schaeffer, Elweod WanIz. Harry
Roontz. Miles nendIler. Wizard
Gralin. Ellis Cover. Carl 1emIlieH.
Harry Yingling and HaIph fiuKllug
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-06-13
COURT HOUSE NEWS.
Transfara Of neaI Estate.

George B. SIocksdale 70 Walter 7.
Rentzner and wife, acres. rooda
and "a perehes, for $4,000.
George v. Albaugh to Charles W.
K1ee ct al. Y acre, for $475000.
w. Frank Thomas, executor, 10
George Q. Montgomery and wife, 1925
square feet. for $4,000.
Franklin H. BeachIel to Arthur W.
Feeser and wife, $50 acres, for $4,000
90.
Rebeeea Ann Wisner 70 Arthur ".
Feeser and wife, % square percnes,
for s2900.00
J. Thomas Harris and wife To J.
Harris Reed, IS acres, for 100000.
b. Frank Matthias to 3. Carroll
Hively and wife, y acre, for $4,000.
Barbara 4. Hoover ct al. to George
T. Hoover, LAG acres, for 100000.
George !. Shipley and wife 10
George C. shipley, % acres, roods
and 26 square perehes. for $1,000.
Edward o. Weant, trustee. to
Ernest '. Hood, / acre and 16 square
perehes, for 100000.
J. Holm Kefauver to Oscar Baum
gardner. 600 square feet. for $4,000.
Winter .. Bond ct al. 10 Horace W.
b Wildersin, acres, rood and 5
square perches. Tor $4,000.
Lncretia H. Whitfield to Dory v.
Boone, 30 acres aud II square perch
es. for $1,000.
William T. KINNEY and wife 10
George g. Matthews and wife. 1151s
square feet. for $1,000.
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80
Hochschild
Kohn==
accompany
Howard Z lexington St.
Baltimore
A Personal"
Catalogue
For Shoppers
By Mail
Which means that
your inquiries IN ref
erenee 10 any desired
merchandise will Be
answered fully and as
satisfactorily as though
you paid 9 personal
visit 70 the store.
No catalogue of our
stocks i issued, forthc
very good reason that
styles change SO frequ-
emily thai i is not
practicable to DO SO.
But, BY addressing an
inquiry to our Mail
Shopping Service.
accurate descriptions
. and prices O. any
merchandise n ON
stock vii be mailed
you.
Samples vii be sent
upon request. State
The lind OF material
preferred. whether six
cotton OF wool, the
color. desired. and
about what price you
care 70 pay.
information a. TO the
latest styles = outyeaF,
footwear nd al aces
series wi be gladly
giventothose who favor
u with a inquiry.
Why not write II today n rek
eTence to my shopping you
aTe contemplating?
Ibztlzzlz L1fz6ko
Baltimore, Md. =
Z. zzzg
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KILLED DY AuTo TRUCK
James .. smith Fatally Injured DIED
n : Few Hears.

The Democrat Il Heavier. Oklahoma,
IF MAJ q PUBLISHERS The following as-
count .! he death II James owinEs
smith. grandson n ar. and Mr..
James = smith. East AaIn street;
james OWInEH SMITH lhs eldest
Hon Of Ar. and Mrz. CIanda I. Smith.
died Saturday night II about 10
o'clock a. : result Of injuries re-
eelYed by being run over by IN auto
truck I've days before The sudden
passing OF this splendid little fellow
comes ~ ; severe shock. no only %
he bersaYed parents and relatives.
but TO tn entire community ~ vel
On the evening O tie accident.
0wIngz I'D been down Iown o. m
srrand TO- hi mother. md viii zoma
other boy nd hopped ONTO he side
of Hr. SeareY's auto oil truck Ior a
ride home. Is both families lie n
the same pari O town lie Hna rid
ing on The running board and when
IheY got near tn place where h VS.
% get on. he jumped or fell In such
Hay that b landed under the
truck md the rear wheel passed over
him. : poatmorlem examination
showed IhaI ne pelxls had been
broken md smashed through tho
bladder and InlestInae The accident
happened about go o'clock Thursday
evening nd wa witnessed BY Mrs
Willis Jones. Mrs. Nil Harold and
some children. Oven searey. who
wa driving he truck. however.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-06-13
Marriage Licenses.

Charles Robert Myers, Of Middle
burg and Grace Emma Grlmes, Of
Keymar.
Wyndom Wentworth eostley. O
Winfield. and Augusta Myers, of Mt
Airy.
Earl Link Foreman and fIIlda Frock,
both of TaneyIown.
Harry Harold Hanna. Of BoonIon,
N. J.. and Margaret Elizabeth Wright,
OF TayIorsYIlle.
Robert Lincoln GraniieId of Ar.
mand. Michigan. and Dora Katherine
KohIs, Of sykesville.
Littlelon Morgan Harriday, lco1l o.
Woodbine, and Hattie Victoria Hall
(coI.l Of Gaithergburg.
William D. 0gle. Of Washington. ..
c. and Martha d Fogie, OF West.
minister
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-06-13
County Cemmissloners.

A number Of persons representing
nearly all the school districts IN
the county. interviewed the County
Commissioners Monday. June End. re
questing that sufficient funds be al
lowed me Board Of Education for
building and improving The public
schools.
The Board of Commissioners
finally decided to make the following
allowance. which they had disapproved
IN the budget of the Board of Educa-
tion:-aTo allow the amount Of
100000. for interest on short Term
loans. but TO couple with thai allow
anee the condition that the work
which has been started on the Myers,
District Building, on The Union
Bridge toilets as contemplated. and
other improvements represented as
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CAPTURES COUSIN
YaEs Has Unusual Adventure n
Argonne.


san Francisco. May sl=-Gustay
Miller. Alameda boz. had some tough
lighting in tie Argonne a member
OF the 91Ht Division. A E. T.. but his
most unusual adventure vs. when
he captured bis own cousin a prIsoAer
of war.
The story vas told following his
arrival from overseas.
Miller was fighting his way toward
the German lines when 4 eraY-clad
figure climbed from a shell hole and.
with arms extended. shouted the "a
mIlIar word "kamerad"
Miller lowered hlB gun when his
prisoner suddenly exclaimed In a
startled tone n excellent English
Why. Gus. how the devil dIa gu
get here7a
How the devil did you get hsrsF'
was tho question Gustav hurled back
at his prisoner.
MilIer's cousin Il seems. vas visit
ing his parents IN Germany when
the war was declared He vas press
ed Into service against his wishes
and IN the. battle Of the Argonne vas
assigned to headquarters in The rear