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Saturday, Jttly 11, 1925. ?CKaa?K8?????MO&O&tt&QlO^ ' i STR^ * P ' ' A Departme . ? .... By WILL (All contributions to this .. J poetry," accompanied by st "?g * and sent to 1501% Taylor S' [i column. Allworthy manusci i tha' talent, if yogi.haye it.) ? Editbr of -ibis Depa | siring poems on a^psubject . | morjams, expressions of fri > -*??-?^ . ; * .-V. - By Will ? -- ' Struggling, I came Into this world c ' 1 ?^ Tike a sailor adrift _ Up^r ihe s'ea -of. ~ ' * ??_ With neither a shi] 1?* -All murky gloon ? -Til a beacon flashe< Across the storrr ; . , Breaking thru the ? v -t ->* And challenged ; ! 14* I-felt in my soul a ' . . . That urged me c Thra hot, , mingling ^ W*h pulsing lift I struggled un 'til r? . ?With ev'ry wim .?. . i ... . ' ' i ~r~r~ ? I buHtja^small^raft lj _ Its pame Js the Ka To breast the h( t~ "Let thn -wild uriYirit , 1- ?- , My body made a 3 Strong Fia>ith shall That my soul m - And my spirit sha Struggling on tc Enduring as the h( ?" 1 ?The thorny path ^ Struggle! the ocea And rushing wc And Nature smiles ' V An<f~co"ver those . BLOODY DAYS . ? By-, Captain David Smith. For The Associated Negro Pr< Editor's-Note:?-^Fhis-ia-^the th: , \ a series of articles by Captain ! in the refutation of__the charges by GfineraLRobert Lee Bullard, . of the South, who declared in r. cenL-Syndir.atpd gro'was a failure in the Great 1 \yar. Captain Smith is one o men courtmartialed for cowc and was exonerated and is now V ing this series of articles for thi sociated Negro Press from his diary. Each article becomes mo: teresting so do not miss a sing stallment. In beginning the weekly in ment. let m<r first pay tribute M. C. A. Secretary Banks. A i of Ohio,-Mr. Banks was of mucl _ vice to the men on this part: drive, making trip after trip a _ the wounded, comfgrtiig them m .. suing cigarettes-as?well as car men back "to the first aid static September 28.?"We arrived t enemy's barbed wire entapglei and here halted on account o: -having wire cutters and the dnr prevented us from entering the my's territory. Orders were giv ^ halt until daylight, "Four-thirty a. m., a verbal ' was received from the Battalion ... mander stating that the attack 1 be resumed at 6:3Q~ assemble - ?? men and" the repeat of?the con |L showed that I had about 150 me no officers. This Report "was ~se r?the- Battalion Commander. His "Iher order wgs^ reiterated?tha should move out at 0:30. At o'clock I held conference with tain Green, Commander of Con ? "I". I told him of the Battalion mander's order. We had no objt PL._?? ...itpuring conference with Cji a shell fqll within twenty .;.?(? of us, striking Captain Green, w ing him fatally. "Although yet under arrest( '*Jt pumpd command of his compan; "7W The company consisted pf thre? f toons, commanded bv Lieut. C Lieut. Cross and Lieut CraWfoi ^ "Placed Lieut. Cross on my ftA to cover that flank and ordered ." Che.erg and Crawford" to conne - mv laff. flank with Company The Forest in which we ware ating was very trick and wired th out, which made operation very * cult without wtto~ cutters*?L? ally cpmmanded the first platoc ' Mpved out of position at th? l; ' m. with the first pi I had ft&as-atrench leading 1 ^ Morrow .Valley, a strong positi ?^v(wxu?\MMMj?o?(wxw?v?vvvW/?y?NWW^?y^MWMMW??%wwj i LY LEAVES :-: ?- ;j int of Current Poetry IAM D. ROBINSON.- 5 j s Department must be typewritten, "real 3 amped and addressed return envelope, , ? to Columbia, S. C.,.tg the Editor of this _x ipts will be printed under your own * spirants, this is your chance to develop? rtment off fir a hi? services to* aflyone de- ;C| for any occasion, such as epitaphs, me- *' endship, or topics for programs of all j* xoeoaxoeo&o^^ , rMGGLE^^-. -. :_C; . ";',rr- ( iam QgjJRobinson._ ^ . j k~ \ ? ? ; * i from an urrttnown world ~*j < >f strife, -?- ~?r?~???^? , ;, Dy tne oniows nurlecl,_. 3 Jife. ^ ? 1-... t p nor ft guiding star, i i o'erhead;. ? ; ?i from p shpre afpr i ly oread. . . 1 struggling Deep, it came, 1 pig to, live^ t ??? 1 ,n answering flame ' < >n to live. v;. . . _ - c sweat and tears and blood, > s exposed, . ' . t the wild waves stood?: ? ^opposed. ?? 'c. with a single sail. ' 1 - - i ongly bound: "' i .ith and it cannot fail ,??7???* eavinj? mound. : "' . _ i > rage and tho billows" toss; ~ ~* buffer, , - ' i ust suffer. ;_vlrfcwr"- . 1 11 gain thle haven sought, { ) God; " 1 )ly visions taught, .. , 1 He Hud. . ^ : 4 . " c n roars it to the stars! >rlds reply; r~? A to heal the bleeding scars, who die!' 1 , ^ the enemy. ?i ''At 11:00 a'. m. halted for observa- x tt(fn and to allow other plataans___to _ come up, having moved faster than ' ess j ^ey had as' the obstacles wree not so 1 . , . create 1 irti ox ? ?-i? ? ~ ? - - ?_ __ Smith Sent out patrols and runners to lomade cate ot^er P^toons and those of 1 a son Company "I." The enemy in the in- 1 a re_ terfm. treated us with a machine gun _ > Np. attacfk and I decided to htove across "* yVorld the valley In, tins attack one man was f a, loto?^ ; ' ' ir(jjce Perhaps the readers do not under- "* writ- sta1^ why I ordered ypy platoon to r e ^s_ move o,ut in thd face of the deadly war machine gun fire of the enemy which * re jn'_ was combing the area traversed. 1 le in- T^is *s better than to remain station- ^ ary or "to move back, as it in a way 1 istall- disconcerts the gunners. . ' " t0 y. "Took the position on other side of 1 ratfve" ' l ser- Company "K" and platoons of Comicular Pany "L;" Company "K'v arrived 1 mong. ih this ppsition across the Mor- > fid is- row Valley. s Mnvffohnt nnllior* tuitU L tying yv'v'?'" ,n> men- to- my-right .flank to establishit the connection with the Second Battalion, 1 nents under command of Majo^ Elsie. He 1 f Hot returned stating that the batallion kness could not b? found, therefore showing i ejie. that my right flank was uncovered 1 rGn to an(l unprotected. / ' - 1 "At 12:30 a French Officer came up ( order an(l commended the outfit for their t Com, work and stated that he was going to report our attack and the condition id the under which we were operating to 1 ipany the-regional Commander. . _ . _ ( n and "I sent Sergeant Collier, ^mth- -a f for- gun nest that was peppering our *po= ' t -we sition continually?He-returned With J .6:00 one machine gun, four pistols and re- 1 Cap- ported that the nest had been wiped 1 ipany out. - ? Com- "The'7irea tp whirtpwej^e_upeij- J <CUYB? au?h ^ui ncu area una iptainL _foi?teeir~$rmy men were suffering yards from "gas^ including my First Serge- { ound- ant. This caused us to move back to l ~ The rrpftt of t.hp hill. ' I as- "Met Lieut. Cross and his platoon. ? y too. I placed him in command and went 1 3 pla- to Battalion TTeadquarters tq report. ^ heers, No order had been received since 4:80. 1 d. ~ ? "I reported^ our operations to the Tight Battalion Commander and told?htm--i LieuL. that I had tried to establish connection J ct up with the Third Battalion but to no 1 "M". avail and that the flanlgs bf our bM- * oper- talion were exposed. He replied thjft 1 iroug- f was wrong that the flanks were ' diffi- covered. ~ araoi^ ?X further reported that ^Captain J >n. Peaks had not yet been located and ' i time that Captain Green had been wdund. < e and ed. Again he said I was wrong that 1 latoon both Captains were In the front line 1 O the with their respective outftte. ?k to!4 ion of him this was impossible as at the ? THE PalsTjh j[*i jrcsentTuneTW'S^ff^WIHHWnrjSrTWy \ :ompanies and that it w&s"ffll tor me to advance further with my', right llank exposed to an attack. Hejt then charged me with being a coward | in epite of my previous operations. ] I said nothing but walked away out of j the headquarters." """ ] ard had never served with the regular 1 army and was wholly ignorant of j army tactics, yejt he was placed in 1 command of a battalion when in the < regular army he could not have quali- j lied,as a-4irst class-private. He stat- i ed that Captaiq Pe#ks was ip com- < mand of Company "K" which I had been commanding and that Captain 1 Green was with Company "L," which t I too was commanding at that Y?ry. t time. It developed later that Captain 1 Peaks had been wounded on the roorii* 1 ing-of- the 26th and f have described t the wounding ~of- Captain Green, who t iied later from the wound he received and yet the Battalion Commander s iatd~h"e~wa? receiving reports froifl c ;hem hourly, which shows jilst how t much he know of what his own com* <e maud was duing.?3 '"y "Upon rejoining?the?company I x ^ound Company "M" moving up on_ a ny left." Lieut. Dent, of Washington, s 0. C., advancing in the middle of the c Bernaville Koad. Upon his arrival a m infunned me that he hatTreceived a >rders to move back. "After a short conference we dOr c udedthe order at the present time c vas impracticable and we held what r ve had- gained. I had received no ;uch order. , --a "I sent Lieut. Cross and Sergesat f Collier to the front and right where r hey encountered the eriemy attempt- ng to move around my left flank and q "Lieut. Cross sent a runner request- r ng reinforcements as he-'was outnumbered. I sent Lieut. Crawford to-sup? >ort him, thereby, weakening my~r font line, "1 in turn sent runner to BattaTibn""r Ieadquarters asking for a barrage ti o help check the advance of the eneny. The runner returqefl at 2:0<f p. >1 n. with orders ror the batalllon to i; nove out of the^ woods at double- e luick. time." J Such an order 1 should explain d vould be detrimental^, to the morale J >f the men. Here they were fighting t ike hell and all of its fury and gain-- y ng_ ground, .at-every - encounter.-and v in. order comes to move out of the __ yoods, 0 "I counteracted the order with one q ,o hold the line. All shells were fall- e ng behind us and we were advancing nto the territory of the^enemy. 4 ' "Set geant-GolHer returned ^ith-twd^ misonerp^and reported that the pa- v rol had killed four Germans. y "Again the enemy put down a bar- ^ age which fell in the volley but wo -g nnri hurt tftlfH * He; opposite position. Hera we a-; . vaitcd orders from the Battalion Gam- g nander. *' . j MAt M:00 p. m. received orders from Battalion fc^wnander that all officers e eport to Battalion Headquarters. t This command was sent direct to me. jj ! told runner to report that I had no ilficers and that my First Sergeant md been gassed and sent to the rearv_ Captain, Major Nprris said report to lim at-once^lL ?,!_ "J complied with this order and up- . ?n y arrival at. t.ho hpndqnart.p.rs I (HukI Ljeuts. Cross, Cheers and C^vv- j drd_th~ereT~ The Ba,tt^Hon Cowmanler'aaid iw a loud voice: 'You are all *t bunch of cowards.' Forgetting that I was a soldier and should respect my superior officer ind remembering all of the hardships' md difficulties under which we were >perating and of our success, I en- j. ered upon a vicious tirade against j he ignorance and cowardice of thjs j tVhat I said was not entered in my iiary but you may rest assured it .vas not my prayers. lad run -away" and yetr all of them vere theh on the. firing line on "the lorth side of the valley^ Tip* was eported to hirn. He ordered us back ;o our companies, with instructions hat hereafter all of his orders would DCTlfr WTTtifHf"At 6:00 receivecTordera to advan^n it*C:30. I pulled in ftwtposts and < scouts and prepared for the attack, j "Met the enemy about four hundred i /ards from out previous position and i battle commenced. The right flank; Collier to cover^i't^ ^ "Again I sent a report to Major Morris t.elling-him .of-the- impossibili- i. :y and impracticability of advancing i with the right flank of the battallion'1 jxposed. He ordered a halt vhich j t was impracticably at thiatime as it 1 ierffrbyed the morale of the frten, 11 [lank and was driving Sergeant Col-!* lier and his handful of men back. , 11 changed my front and directed my fire' 1 to the right flank.and the enemy was(( rrprilsed. I then ^placed Lieut. Cross lf ^ py^porad ior an attacluof this en- Ij on the front line with Instructions to |O^LEADER nnyr 1 :ame^ a rain and also an order frorh 1 :he headquarters asking the wherea-' bouts of my headquarters for the night. I should have given a deft- j lite location but replied here on the r, line with these men. ' ? --"At eight-thirty- { observed all df;y ;he companies moving back and upon C( luery Lieut. Dent told me the order ti ltd come from Battalian Commander is he had asked for a barrage. A- ri rain I ordered the men to hold their o: position and \yent to battalion head- tl luarters. ^ !tl "After a Inog search I found th^ leadquarters and was informed by 0 he sentinel that the commander was jr deeping tfnd had given orders that ci le was niMrtn W /Ha4-n?Vw??i tv:? -- . 0" i 1 jarding these orders 1 walked past c< ind there I found him in his dugout! is nervous as he could be." 1 q I wisb that I had the woFdsTtnie- ti icribe the miserable plight of this I? fficjir iuio wnqse care the responsi- j \r >ility of the American cause had bSCh ti mtrygttid. Although Buying that~Re"^; vas sleeping I found him almost a je lervous wreck? not knowing what- turrjz lo-and ontiroly ignorant uf 4he~Opef^Ts, ition of his men. The only thing ho d* ould say was tfrftt the men had run n, iway like cowards which was a lie ^ irtd "further showed his ignorance j "The commander (l^nied that he or- n lerod the men to move back in spite f the fact that such an order had P eached the front." ; 7 "September 29, tb? front arriving tt 4t00 o'clpc^. Assembling of coin-' nand showed that two platoons were j nissihg. ~ T~7 ^Scants arrived at Company head-; luarters stating that a strong Ger- ti nan patrol was moving around our ij ight flank. jo "Prepared to stem 4heir -progress. .. Cross to the left of Ber? j ? -' * innmc ivintu ana oergt. tjoiner with 2 Ight and sent runners to the rear ? 0 find lost platoons." ix oners returned stating that | jieut. Reed>-? new officer, was movi!-i ng with two platoons. Runners also *; | ame from Lieut. ~Cross "stating that y iVitz was moving forward and I or-! 3! lered^the meh.to open fire on them.ljJ ^ritz was surprisod and retreated has-1V ily. We moved forward about 300 4 Rle village. --*---1*" L "Frita put down a barrAgercutting? ff Lieut. Reed and the twb platoons. 'his officer graved the fire' and mov- *jj d forward." i ? At 9:00 m., Lieut. Reed, Lieut.!? 'r?us and I moved"Itirt BernaviHe A illage without firing a- shot;?This x ;as a German supply station.. As v et no message had been received & rem the?Battalion Commander in X pits" of the effort to establish connec-j y ^ - - - - I "At a. m., received, a mes--1.-^ age - that we could be relieved by * French troops." ^ . s"| The next article will Heal with thai 1 vents leading up to the court-mar- X ial and probably the court-martial | $ tself. __1__ ' ?- Is JRGF8 COLORED "j| TO CALIFORNIA ' (By TneAsiyjoiated Negro Press.) Loa Angefes;?Calif.,?July?' v 3i?hop Pafks, Senior bishop of he Church, in welcoming the nshops to Los Angeles to their! nid-summer council, urged them g o consider advising the people g o come west. "We" are glad thatj's luch a representative group of, g eaders of the American Negro g las taken time to go over the 8 ^oastr. This 1s Go&'s Countryrjj want you to encourage our peo-Js >le to come. There are-wide ex- - S aanses of lanri^jhlHiPSt-jftiML^izI he world, freedom of thought, ~ 'air dealing, and great opportun-' c ty. .A half million Negroes c :ould come here from the South a vithout hurting the South, and a vith great profit to themselves,, a ind the Pacific Coast. For the-8 ^iegro is the'best worker in the 8 vorld. He has made good in the jjj South, and the South does not g vanf to let him go. He has re- g lentlv made trood in the East. % 3ut he fights shy of the West.^ 'Go back and tell the people a- 5 jout this fine climate, far better a wUed-te-the- black-man than.Jj he cold northeast. Tell them 3 lea are unlimited, and that even j 1 rotton is becoming a staple of; 3 dris country, and? the Negro j cnows how to raise cotton as no! j >ne else. Here he ought to find j \ cotton bonanza. Here is oppor- ;j ;unity* independence, and citi-j j sen ship. b 1 ? . . i J HBf^S JWV'fStft1. ,1K;^li "" t , Passenger train leaves Columbia 1:35 a m.-Delegates going to Lauena on the lGth should mobilize at Columbia in time to catch this train. ?fth??-- stiffirirnt number specrirF ;>ach will bo given which will make lis ride more comfortable. No application is made for reduced aflroad rates this year as so many f the delegtcs travel by .automobiles lat it has ben impossible to < secure te necessary number of certificates. This yvill be an important session f the. Convention; for the first time > its history the Convention will tango presidents. There is keen in-] prucf mfj^winr.Vi ..... . i ' " . ,,TT m who win sucked Dr. Moore.. The usual interests v?;ft confront the on.vention, an^ the local organizaona are urged to k?ep the standard ms want to do no less for ~Educa~ on than here-to-fore. The _muchaadqtTljbya7 building at Mfliffl's Colge is to be erected this summer. et^jhg^part played-iiy_lhfi_Sundav chool Convention be up to the stanird, Schools and Unions that canat send delegates are asked'to send j tters( _ rr. * - -? Write Mrs. M$ry E. Whitener, 227 . Caroline St., for assignment. Wm. HOWARD. Cor. Sec'y. ELLS BOOKER T WASHINGTON'S FURNITURE (By The Associated Negro Press) m "i- * * v iusKegee, Aia., July?The eniri contents of Booker T. Washlgton's, famous home Were put n sale here Wednesdays includ]g the_^KLde. fhrnitrirpf im^ v B. A. BL vr. . ^ TAIL( ? 7 Dry Cleaning, Pr< Hats Cleaned and For arid Deliver. 1112 Washington St., PI Office Phone 6026 JN.J.FKI Attorney-at-Law 1 ? Practice in all Couri X^X-W-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-!" - 1 11 j J. H. ROl r MERCHAF c Suits Mad< . . TELEPH ^lil8?/2 Washington Strreet, o^ooooox>x^ooaj^xn^^ca>o^a{ | REESE'S D1 MRS. P. R. I L _ A Full Line of Pate TVTo^rv-. r> T \XT~11,? jLTxouaiii v_> u . yv ainui Times. Ice Cream ar Pft&i h~1422 Assembly Street, ^ ' P> Ar-I Cleaning, Pre; and Dyeing. . "'s, anteed. i t_ ... WHEN iN GhUft \ BROADWAY | E V ER1 TrilNG^ BAN 11^ r ion ttf 11 T IN SI :d. w. wc 1108 Washington Street, .-I?, ? ' >n ? - . .' . , ---* r|p9^t^Trufi(s and ! kinds. The home and its furn- A ishings were ' willed fc>ms two - ~~1 jsons, David and Booker, Jr., and to his daughter Portia, by the late educator. -Criticism of the fsatu^was ne&rd on the^ jjrouncf^ Ihat the piihiiit-WQuIdJiave-pre ?ferred to see the^ontents of the hQme preser\Ted4Rrith ,the house. j NELSON'S BEAUTY - PARLOR?? I Hair Dressing of - , All Kinds/-; '..r* . Mmc. Josephine TVelson, Mgr. * ^W-JWlleat St., CoIum^iaT~ftr-f^? j Martin & Thurman ' ? . '.-*? "* " * \ \~'v % ' Electrical-Contractors . Ll . T? -- ^ 2 :l?Licensed and bonded Phones 8723--fifi>4 _L_ ; " ' ?< __L * " *>*"" " ' ; 12 r = Uyiuiifbia," b. ^C: " ===== - iOCKER _ z Z >RING-----r - -L.~?-i?Jtr::;: gssing^aiid Dyeing ! ?P-~ Blocked. We Call ' : ;p ion* 3814 ' Columbia, S. C. ;? . . - . . ^ Residence PKone 679S ?> 5DERICK | md Notary Public.' ZLI ? Is?State and Federal. ;; i i ?^ 3ERTS0N j 'M iT TAILOR 7 I 3 To Order. | ONE 4003 ?Z ">' ^ ' PnlnrnMii ft C ij - . i- . ' . % \* ??acay2c**Jeaoooooooo-; ; ' RUG STORE i i tEESE* Frop. ? j nt Medicines. Cigars, c cosv? A . Full Line of ? '8 Preparaiions at all g ?k \ id Sodas. *_ ? ~? ^ E 7820 ? Columbia. S. ? ~f" t namjj SMITH- I 1 ?aing, Altering " | ~ ^ All Work Guar- _ | ? "Columbia, S: C.?. |-??J 1B1A, EAT AT THE 1 r~ DAIRY CAFE ?f?r>> \RT AND UP-TO-DATE td GAME - i: < > 2ASON. ' S lODS, Prop. I i Columbia, S. C.