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Within the year there will be right ere on the ground more than 24,000 f these American "girls behind the en behind the guns." This is the estimate of Miss Carrie M. Hall of Boston, head of all Ameri can Red Cross nurses in Great Britain. Of the 12,000 now here, between 000 and 700 are working in Great Brit ain in the dozen' or more American hospitals that have sprung into being within the past six months. The re mainder are staffing hospitals behind the )ues in France. With the arrival of American sol diers at Vladivostok came a contin geut of nurses, from the American Red Cross unit at Tokio, Japan. As hos tilities and American casualties begin there more United States army regu lar nurses probably will be sent to Russia. All Highly Trained. All women senit over so far are high ly trained graduate nurses, bacteriolo gists, dietitians and college trained hygiene experts. The war department in Vthington has ruled that only these trained women may be sent over for the time being, at least. For this reason General Pershing's recent call for 5,000 girl workers with the American army in France will be filled by British instead of American girls. England's women's army, the "Wanes" (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) is now conducting a nation wide recruiting campaign here for these British girl volunteers for duty 1 as clerks, chauffeurs, typists, orderlies, telephonists, etc., with the American army. Practically every troop convoy from the United States brings scores more Ik these women experts. From peace loving American homies that , have not yet felt the grim hand of war these, blue-elnd Yankee girls, like their big brothers, are plmging into this maelstrom of war with a deter mination and eflciency that has won for them already the unstinted praise of all the allies. They know they've got a man-sized job before them, stripped of all the so-called glamour of war, and they're tackling it in a man's way. Up in the field 'an( base hospitals under shell fire and valiantly braving air raid ter rors, they're "carrying on" untiringly, night and day, working unceasingly to save the lives of our boys. 1 Miss Hall, wvho was one of the first I 'American nurses to arrive in France immediately after the Unlied States decided to jump into thi.s job of wind lng up the watch on the Rhine, was witness of the sterling quality of American womanhood in this war un der fire. Morale Is Perfect. "I was one of the first to come over with the Harvard Base hospital unit. i No sooner were we landed than we were attached to the British and hur ried up near the first line to staff a little tented hospital city near Cam lers. There were two other American fild hospitals near us. "It was a bright moonlight night. t Our tents were shown up like a silver city. At midnight the alarm sounded. We leaped from our beds. There was no panic. The hum of the Boche ma chines wvas plainly audible. Suddenly ,five deafening explosions told us they had gotten our camp. It only lasted -about five minutes, but in that short time their five bombs dropped in a straight line had nearly demolished our camp. "Tents containing American wound ed were ripped to shreds, temporary hospital buildings mowed down like a pack of cards.' Six soldier patients were killed and a score or more in jured. The morale of the nurses and doctors was 'wonderful. Forgetting. self, they plunged into the work of rescue. "One girl, Eva Parmalee of Boston was on duty in one of the teats most, badly hit. One b~omb) fell so near her clothing was rippedl and torn by bits of flying debris and nieces of sand lodged in the fiegh~ of her face. Un daunted, she carri'ed on through it all, rushing here and there aiding wound ed and assisting in the work of rnescue. Not until it was all over d1id she no -tice the state of her clothes or the bits of sand in her face." MAIMED BY HUNS { e .. e.4 . .. 7' : Mlarie Joseph Coutant of the quaint fit tle vilhage of Lountre, near Solssons, ie daughter of Monsieur Coutant, once comfortably situated mechanic of ,ountre, Is shown above with her right rm missing iMecause of the fact that ie Germans attended the celebration of er eighth birthday. On Marie's birth lay her mother and herself, along with everal other refugees from the threat f the Hun at Solssons, were swarming nto cattle cars that were pressed into ise in the emergency, when a German neendiary bomb fell among them, Ailling her mother and making herself, noncombatant, go through life a crip le with only one arm. She has been tdopted by Mauriee, the dancer of kmerlea, now a Red Cross worker In i'rance, as his "war baby," and has een sent by him with her father to imoges, France, to complete her con alescence. EAR FRlENCH TANKS nachines Spread Terror in' Ranks of Foe. Armed Car Helps 15 Yanks to Cap ture 700 Huns In Recent Drive. With the American Armies.-Greater aues dahty are Moseung Coutntby once i'are ligtns wh~naoeih hre co-oper rm ising ithtecAmerle forces thn uinte Germans backeowad the clbaino eregthineh..OnMri' irh lAmongrmther mand herselfdualon fwatsho hetank adthe drefues mwhc thrae nmto attl, cars th monerepsedit so in that ofmrgcwen aelermanh nacenar beombatell wahmheong them hion er moer and maing worsinfa noncobanawhtc enaoe thrug lifeariepn Severaly uned arm he ans beed heonte r-yffensivefo the dancers-f joterets nores in ly Cross mrked i ratce apas hto hae been, and hasin ion nt himar Therkeathro hmonegus, ovaner comple teong cnrs fresistne aspreadingro pa in reralzto Help the GemaYanks,~Cp Where 700 nntr waReceded Wilthem the Aervanc aisthreere Itwstesm rench light tanks wihaec~pr tvhle h eee the Ameransforceseir dvncnge ponJuvn back Twrny the AmSoon thelatnau nea ofet them heanks0 ean thevr whicheau. omet thtef he mome intorete lands oftho Frincgae soirthat he Legionso Hore ortiy worid by :eght tanks a ndable Ameicusn oacing theitrmen 700 mhos.o e eeagan thedm.teeak e he ountresihve frthe aVntae >tgreaterforeed ind uly whih mre atl andpear thave thee hee trning L'ht rofute war cre okenl twtougen diea gunsoecmngrng centersn mfesian-al-nceu and dnani mahnd da. vIfh .ryoul he Anytinsg th er idvanc 111lp yTuigi aind aTbrnyeon nan0:d l' a liutnant, killed mrei Oacin" teir mna in1 meds of - Supervisor's Report For October, 1918 J H Fortner, bridge work -.....$ 2 70 J M Rodgers, road and bridge work---------------------- 10 75 M Elizabeth Mauldin, home demonstration agent --.:.... 20 45 J L Dillard, supplies --------.- 24 12 J M Garrett, supplies---------- 17 05 P S McCullum, magistrate-..- ---21 07 S 11 Whitlock, constable .......- 5 90 B B LaBoon, rural police------ 90 00 Telephone at poor farm--........ 3 50 R J Stewart, scrape man (3 months) --------------- ---- 90 00 R T Hallum, superintendent of education ------------------- 91 66 W L Matheny, clerk board, etc 30 00 Becky Reeves, aid to poor 6 00 J L Murphy, road work ------ 24 75 Chas Sanders, aid to old soldier 6 00 M A Boggs, magistrate ------ 87 50 J J McCombs, road work------ 10 62 R T Chapman, constable------- 35 35 J P Gantt, constable ....... .. _ ... 47 97 J W Hendrix, road work . ----- 12 75 I L Hanna, road work.--------- 16.50 Finley & Whitmire, supplies . 195 66 E 1) Chastain, road and bridge 17 50 G W Allen, constable. . --....-.. 33 66 J T Hendrix, scrape foreman. . 35 00 Warren McGowan, scrape hand 30 00 Louis Madden, scrape hand.-.-. 19 00 N R Kennemore, scrape hand 2 55 J A Skelton, lumber, etc...--. 23 90 W E Nelson, bridge work ------ 2 00 Jim Richardson, janitor ----... 16 80 M C Smith. coal....... . 89 80 R L Evans, bridge work------- 8 00 1 W Connelly, aid to old sol dier.------ ---_--------------- 3 00 W T Stewart, paid hands for work at poor farm - -------- 20 80 Central Mercantile Co., sup plies.-_-.... . . . .---------- ---- 39 64 Standard Oil Co., gas-. ... - ------3 98 Gary Hiott, advertising and printing to October 1.-...... 260 50 Keowee Pharmacy, supplies.... 11 40 G R Hendrix, supplies--------- 8 25 Lights at court house and jail 3 months --.....-- 12 00 Telephones -------------------- 5 30 B SStephens..------------- 9 00 J C Alexander, supplies------- 26 30 J T McKinney, rural police two months -------------------- 135 00 Craig Bros., supplies---- . . - 111 20 W T Edens, bridge work------ 5 00 R .1 Stewart, road work.-. . -- 22 00 Ed Rosemond, bridge work..... 1 50 Couch & Farr, bridge work . 14 25 G W Gaines, lumber and road work-..--. -----. 15 00 R R Roark, salary and dieting four months.. -- 524 65 A C Sutherland, supplies . 154 12 A C Bowen, bridge work. 2 92 Freight and express--.. ------ 28 25 )uff Lee, scrape hand-.. ------ 30 00 J i Melton, bridge work - . 15 50 . Hf Maw, road work, etc 3 75 W W Brissey. road work -----2 00 A J Crane, supplies-- .- 11 15 I' C Clayton, road work, etc... 18 00 J L, Hood, road work- .. - 16 15 T1 T Arnold, road work ----.---..13 50 J MI M artin, road werk ........... 8 50 .1 M Lawvrence, comnmissioner.. 43 16 J1 E Bridges, magistrate--.....-62 50 T1 A Julian, road work.--... 4 37 lB P Crenshaw, constable.......-'4 00 G WV Bowen, commissioner, etc 415 31 Jack Kelly, scrape nman .. . 6 05 J1 A Hlendrix, supplies. - -. . 10 00 Tlom Burns--..- ..-- ...---....---6 25 John Medlin, scrape man..... 31 00 WV M Couch, scrape man .....30 00 Rubin Burgess, scrape man -. 35 00 W TV Hendrix, supplhes------4 00 S Bl Edens, road work..-----6 00 A WV Bryant, aid to soldier... 3 00 Easley Lumber Co, lumber, etc 56 89 0) S Stewart, clerk court, etc 49 85 IF E Stewart, bridge work. - . 11 10 J W Nolin, aid to old soldier ... 15 (00 MI L Jones, bridge work... 33 00 T~ A Stewart, bridge work... - - 22 68 J B Craig, supervisor-......... 91 66B C E) M Garrett, blacksmith.. 5 00 0) T Hinton, court expenses.. -... 271 85 0 T Hinton, salary, etc.........:44 11 C 1B Yates, road work............4 O00 M Elizabeth Mauldin, home demonstration agent.. - . 110 45S 1H A Townes, auditor-----------36 11 I B Newbery, probate judge .. 4 '3 84I W. L.. MATHENY, Clerk. +PICKENS CHlAPTER SRED CROSS NOTES Attention ! The annual meeting of the Pickenls County Chapter A. R. C. will he held in the court house Wednesday after. imoon, November 20, at 3:30: Let every branch he represented. Thelm executive committee will mneet a t 2:301. M .<-. IF. 11. Mauldin, See E). P. McCravey, Chairman. Young Men in Auto Wreck Glenn Alexander, Joe and Duffy Tow, Frank Taylor and Hugh Elcain,all of Oconee, were in an automobile wreck near the Cateechee Mills, in Pickens county, last Sunday. As a result of the accident Glenn Alexander died Mon day evening about 3 o'clock at the home of a citizen of the neighborhood in which the accident occurred. No min ute particulars were obtainable by us as to the cause of the wreck, but our informant stated that it was ascertained that at least some of the members of the party of five young men were drink ing. The live young men were all res idents of Oconee Glenn Alexander, who lost his life, resided in the Lay's Mill section. He is survived by a wife and two children. The two Tow youths are residents of the Bethel section. Hugh Elcain resides, we are inform ed, in the Flat Shoal community. Frank Taylor's place of residence was not known to our informant, who had been in Pickens county, and saw the body of Alexander after he had died. He stated also that Frank Taylor's cordition was regarded as very serious indeed, but that he had been taken to his home. Taylor, it is said, was driving the car at the time of the ac cident. The car was making fast time, ran into a ditch or gully and turned over twice before the mechanism was entirely put out of commission and the body of the car brought to a standstill. All of the members of the party were more or less injured, but it is under stood that the two Tow young men and Elcain are not considered to be very seriously injured. In Memory of Marvin Dorr A gloom was cast over the entire Grillin community on November 7th when the death angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. 1orr and took from them their son Marvin. He was taken sick with Spanish influenza, which was followed by pneumonia. Had he lived until the 23rd of Novem ber he would have been 20 years old. Ie was a devoted Christian young man. He left a bright testimony behind him which makes us beilave that he has gone to rest. le said he did not fear death and was willing to go. Marvin will be greatly missed in Sunday school and prayermeeting as lie was a great worker in both. I-e leaves a father and mother, live brothers and one sister, as follows: Mr. 'I'illman )orr of Pick ens, Mr. Ernest l)orr, who is in the U. S. navy, and Miss Eunice IDorr, Charley Waymon and Elmer, all at home, be sides a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his death. le was buried the day following his death at Griflin church, of which he was a mem ber, in the presence of a large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends. Fu neral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. F3. S. Childress. The be r-eavedl family have the sympathy of the entire community. lHe was a member of the Woodmen of the \Vorld and was buried by them. "A precious one from us is gone, A voice we love is stilled; A place is vacant in the home Which never can be filled.'' llumt our loss is heaven's eternal gain. One who knew him. The Lucky "Eleven" lEditor 'The Sentinel: Theroe was much :sai.I several years ago in regard to the niumuber 13: when Wood row Wilson was ele'ctedl presiden t. Of course we are nmot superstitious, hut men will observe. I have compiled the following facts from the number 11, which you may call atten tion to if you wish. Perhaps there are more. 1.Eleven Allied Nations fought the Teu tons. 2?. Much ground between Paris and the Hlindenburg line was fought over eleven times. 3. There were eleven strongholds ailong the H indenb~urg line. 4I. TIhe United States entered the war ini 1917--the units digit 7, plus 4, the period ot the wvar, is eleven. 5. The Armistice was signed at the eleventh hour---on the eleventh day--of eleventh month. Tlhink and see if you enn findl some mri g~elations. eYours respe'ctfully, A s George. E. Welborn. ,Lyn~oney you lend Uncle ham - ew W. S. S. is spent on WHY-"==== Transatlantic Flying Will Never Be Easy In a paper read before the Institu tion of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 1.. Desbleds explains some of the advantages and difficulties of transatlantic flying. With regard to the former, the carrying of the mails in a quarter of the time at present needed for the voyage between Amer ica and Britain would, in the author's opinion, be of immense benefit, as he ;considers that the correspondence of !a country may be taken as a measure of its commerce with other nations tand the accelerated rate of exchange of correspondence would react upon commerce and shipping. Coming to the problem of carrying mails across the Atlantic, Mr. I)es bleds considers that existing knowl edge of airplane construction and pro pelling machinery only allows of such flights by reducing the strength of the mnachines employed to far below that of the airplanes now in use; con sequently those undertaking the pas sage would run grave risks of coning to grief on the way. Some particulars of an airplane for flying the Atlantic are given in the paper, the proposed machine having a weight by itself of about four tons, which is doubled by the addition of fuel and stores, while a crew of 10 men account for another 15 hundredweight. SO THEY GAVE THEM TITLES How Shrewd German Government * Played on the Vanity of Disgrun tied Employees. The Germans, when addressing one another. use titles to an extreme which we should regard as belonging to the realmi of couie opera. 'T'hey have been reared to honor and love titles, and they devote themselves to the cult with amtiazinig wholehearted ness. Onle caes, by no mlealns eXcepilonal, will illustrate the goint, D. Thomas Curtin says in Munsey's Magazine. A few years before the war the drafts men of the imperiai navy yard at Ki beenme dissatisfied nnd demand ed more pay. The government met tihe s1tuation with refusal to grant their monetary deminds but laid be fore them a compensatory program of social advancement. After a definite number of years a draftsman would he permitted to use the title kenstruktionsrat (construc tion councilors.) . Another period of years, and le would become geheimer konstruktionsrat (privy construction councilor). Another period, and he would be a wirklich geheimer kon struktionsrat (genuine privy conistruc tioni councilor). In addressing him you say "Her Wirkllih'-and aill the rest of it, right through to the end, and you put the sam1e ponderous mass on the envelope of the letter you write him. WHEN MONEY IS MUTILATED How Government Official at Washing ton Works On identification of Val uabie Bits of Paper. Have youa ever- wonder'ed what be comes of the torn old and mutilated money, andi how people are paid for their loss by partial dlestr'uction of their *oney? Aln inlteresting depart meat of our government takes care of all cases, a1nd Mrs. prown is the expert in charge, having received her appointment from Grant lan 18'75. Bits of paper that have b~een rescuied from a fire sufibhlet to prove t hat onice they were inoney ;the remain1s left lby mice, waterP, moitld, thra'shing llmhines; al Ore studiied anmd idlentifled if pOScaible. Each mautihited hill1 is Ibnstedi onto0 pna per jnlst the size of a complete hill. A l'iece Of glaiss the samefl size, dl.. vialed into0 40 squlares, is pinced( over t he billi, and if the experts find that thle remit atsH of the hilli fill 24 squares they recoimmenid ftat the bill be re dleemed( at its full1 valute. If more than twa-fifths and less thantl three-fifths of the squarireS are fIlled, one-half the valtre is allowed. Ally less than two fIfths is seldoln redeemed without fur ther lproof of the mautilatlon. Mrs. Brown has in her office a Copy of every hill issued by the government, which greatly aids in identiflcation. How Motor Helps Mali Service. Motor trucks are to dlispalace railroad trains as mail carriers on two long routes out of' Pittsburgh as soon as the contrnets enn he let. according to an announcement by Pstmnster A. S Guffy. One line, which is (It miles long, will connect Pittsburgh mnd Wheeling, WV. Va., and te other, 1-10 miles, wvill connect liishurghi nnd( Cumnherlatnd, Mid. Round fris w~ill be 1made1 to Wh~eel lng every day. but1 tw~o dhays will be Ianad anud retuiirn. The t rucks will carmmry fam prodne (1s1 par 11 cel post, as well as reenlar ma maffotar. Death of Otis Crooks "ewberry Herald and News. Mrs. L. G. McCullough of this city -oceived the sad intelligence Friday tfternoon, November 1, that her )rother Otis had died of pneumonia in t French hospital. le had been dead me month to the day before the dis -ressing news reached his relatives sere, having died the first of October. )tis Lawton Crooks was the son of fir. and Mrs. J. L. Croaks of. the BIroad river section, and was in the :4th year of his age. He left New >erry the latter part of last July and Nent overseas as a member of the 54th Pioneer Infantry. He died for his :ountry, making a supreme sacrifice as brave soldier who was willing to risk its life in defense of America and the intions associated with her in the great struggle for freedom. Otis was an ex :eptionally affectionate son and brother, who was greatly loved in return by all the members of the family for the rich ove he bestowed on each. This char acteristic bespoke the nobility of his souk. Besides his parents and the sis ter above mentioned he leaves other relatives, among them being 'irsk Lieutenant W. E. Crooks of the medi cal corps of the U. S. navy, who is now with the U. S. S. Dixie. He also leaves a faithful sweetheart (Miss Elma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii. Clay ton, of Liberty, S. C.) who was en gaged to be married to him on his re turn. Much sympathy is expressed for them in their bitter grief for the loved one dying far from home without the tender care of mother, father, sister, brother or sweetheart; all the more bit ter from the fact that he was dead and buried a month before they knew that he had died for them; for in that sad month, had they but known, tears would have taken the place of the gay laughter that was in the eye and the light words would not have been spoken by lips which then would have been only ready for the cry drawn in agony from the pierced heart. (Just before sailing overseas.) Ode to My Sweetheart. Since now the hour is come at last When you and 1 must part; Since now our dream of bliss is past, It cuts me to the heart. Oh! may we part to meet again This side the distant shore; For then I shall have lived in vain If you I see no more. C - Well, we have passed some happy hours, 'Their memories are so sweet; If God will only spare your life My joy will be complete., For thus my eyes are dimmed with tears" Because I did love you; And will thru all the coming years, Oh God! the fondest one, adiuc. (Written, after landing in France, to O. L,. C,) It is the dusk of the evening, I'll breathe a heartfelt prayor Andl invoke the blessings of heaven On my sweetheart "'Over T1here." lFor faster than letter or cable Our thoughts and our prayers can meet; A nd how much it means to each other, I think it is wvondlrously sweet. I thank God for love's winged power That's wafted on the breeze; And to you nmy love is extended And will follow you across the seas. I couldl spend my time in weeping, And mourning and longing for you; Jut I must be a little patriot And keep on the defensive, too. Now, (lear, I leaveo you to ponder And weigh this ini your- mind; For my love for you is greater Than any of its kind. Now twilight is fast approaching, D~aylight fading away; ~My thoughts are growing sweeter, Thus ends this perfect day. (Written after the death of her'sweet heart.) lFarewell until we meet again Beyond the portal bars; - Our wedding will take place in hueaven ,. A bove the shining stars. We'll live forever with the angels, No sorrow we shall know; Our home in heaven will fin'er be Than any here below. So help me, God, to walk with Thee, And keep the faith with him Who died in arms to make me free, Tho' never lost a limb, God never makes mistakes, I know, Altho' my grief is great; I have surrendlered my will to Him, All yielding to my falte., My heart lies buried in Southern France, My love beneath the sod; My life on earth's to do some good, Mly only hope is God, -Composed by Elma Clayton.