The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 13, 1919, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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PAGE SIX
BUCKEYE COX AND HIS "You 11 title
LTTLE OOOI) LUCK NUT !*e,,"M'k "ru'r
in New York
didn't believe
Major l'racork Carried llurkeye ',ut wben ^'o:
eye 1 took it ;
VatII He Keaelied Port Then u bothered ,
Tlirew It in the Itiver. but I carried
times I threw
then some in
New York. May 12. Somewhere force me to
at the bottom of North river. New recover it at
York, there rests today a buckeye?- pocket,
a good-luck buckeye, such as super- "Buckeye"
stitlous or near-superstitious folks of the little
have carried In their pockets since them. He ci
buckeyes began to grow. scratch. I \
In the 151st machine gun battal- gassed once.
Ion, recently returned from France myself by ltf
where it fought in four major and a match aln
many minor battles, there was a fel- sons. You k
low named W. J. Cox ?us well as his my claim th
company pals remember but Cox's one match fo
Initials did not stick in the memory may sound f?
since no one knew him except as shooting at i
"Buckeye" Cox. He said he was ] js popp
"from up north somewhere." and sometimes c<
was attached to this southern bat- trust in anyt
talion through replacement. Bike- to a burned 1
wise he seemed to be a soldier ofj "Anyway,
fortune, who bad tramped about a hold on to t
bit. and claimed no particular town recommended
as his home. 'iCamp Merrltt
In the same battalion there was Sea voyage li
a major, the same being Major Ju-j thing and th
tan Peacock, of Macon. Ga. But the1 the boat. It
buckeye story is "local interest,"! bottom of th
north or south. hated to part
xl w ci? inv jiitijur inrew mei postorod tuo
buckeye into North rivor?after ho out of the wi
had carried it all through the war. overboard ar
Major Peacock was afraid ho would ..ye" Cox am
grow permanently superstitious, so About tl
be Just gave the thing a burial at mntchPH uot
sea. Probably it wasn't exactly the pj,j(>n.v .m,i
right way to treat a faithful buok3j |h|ri, man fo
eye. whether of the prohibition or f,10 ?.,mo ,nat
dry variety. arinv supers!
All of which leads to the on -sPon , pnk(l(, my ,
niul the story: Arc lighters super-l Juuj |m. ^r;|S
etitious just like bail players and W;)S passed
the departed Salem witch-chasers?
"Huckeye" Cox w s attached to pVe.
the 1 1 st nuicli u. 1.1 battali 'i in \t that 1
France, lie was a sort unny fel- rious'y wour
low, occasionally absent wlvi the tui'-keve bad
roll was called. i no. Pin not
"Where were you?" ask"d the the thine aw
stern captain, or lieutenant, or who- Then Majo
ever bawls out the absentee: in the talked of darl
army. when Cox at
".t'ist went out i minute so to on edpe and
hunt me a buekeye." said Cox. I a luck piece.
line day Cox offered Major Pea- simply didn't
cock one of the little black nuts lie Major Pea.
said If had been his pocket piece for home. "Rue
some time, hut he'd pivo it to the way hack "t
major fo ward off a.l harm since Cox Pretty soon,
had run across a half dozen more in Cox will no i
his wanderings. where and h
Major Peacock told this writer 'l'in safely t
that he was absolutely without su- *i?n P?r'?d.
perstition. yet he put the huckeye in vvtiiivo
bis pocket and thereafter couldn't ' '
?ot rid of the thing. Rrahing. P
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THE
rstand," said Major i NOT MANY 1
ho arrived safely l>At k KEE1? O^
with his battalion. "I
i in all this foolishness ?
n offered me litis buck- jcX|M>tlitionary *
l.wl %!!? i* <M ??????
ue there lots of times, mobilized wit
it for months. Several Afte:
' the thing away and _
esistiblo impulse would . .
go and look for it. I d ,
?d put It back In y '"?y, "?
Paris conferenci
n> v. , . cupatlon of Ge
( ox had a pocketful .
u . , American eiuerc
charms, as ho called nnn
' 00 men now
ime through without a . . , ,,
, , I.ieut.-Geu. Hun
\as wounded once and .. ,
but they said I Jinxad ',h?
thtlng a cigarette fro,,, Lour, "T,1!" "
tady used bv two per- P1r"?w 1 W"'0'
.. o... .U I , claniatlon of pea
now the boys in the arat
it's unlucky to use ?enera 1 ersl
r three lights. All this ? \h? Vn
>olish, but when they're h"\ hi" pliU'8 ,Ui
,'ou all the time and t i? titm o
lug all around you it's W.ere "PP *'
imforting to put yourj'' "U>
hing from a luck piece r ?( ? ?nllMti
natch. i r :. thPS? lnen '
... . I told, the war d<
something made ine, .. , , .
* . i . . , , authorized the r
his buckeye, so highly! , ,
? ... ... , . one and three-y<
by ( ox. until I neared'
> . . , ular army,
on tiie last lap of the1
ome. Than I took the' A blr
row It over the sldo ,,f n ?h, ? ,
. . 'juired for servi
s somewhere at the ..
a river now. I sorter '"'JP""n,"n "'
with II. and ye, ? had 1 "">,P,ues and
i ... ... i,l),p u,so 'hat tli
so I wanted to get It
oit.. ... "rpis anil men v
*>. So 1 just tossed it,
id thought of "Muck- "" "" """"
1 his queer ways. Congress mus
. . , for a pertnanen
le niatoh? Oh, yes;
... ." the army and do
scarce at < hatoau- , .....
.... , police hasiS if fh
one night 1 was the ,
.... .... have a consider:
light a cigarette from
. ,. ' eupation of C.er
eh. It was contrary to ,
... o .1 ... , 1Pi'oclaniatior
ition. Soon therentter
. , . Secretary of 1
icad above the trenches' , .
' h s attention wa
mask was shot off. I . . ? .
vision of the tro
C.tiess the match ,. , .
, . . ng the witbdra
the charm of the hack* ..
tion fore > in (It
.... ' ?ll? ion. d on (Jei
d dn t get kilb'd or se-1
, , .. . , ., v '"r. Bain 'hat Ik
ided. ( ox sahl the
wli 11ever regard
done the trlek. Oh.
, .. joint oeeiipation.
snperstltIons. I threw
? , .. however, that tl
ay. didti t I?
cannot he retain
r Peacock laughed and . , ?
. beyond four mo
k nights tn the trenehos
c Initiation of po;
ad evervbodv else was
The expect a tin
men prayed, or lingered ,
. ... >' *niall A merle:
or became fatalists, or ,
, will he the eonti
care. I , ,
, . ,. , ! ed States after t
oek is on the way back ,. , , .
, ~ .. are all witbdra
keye Cox is on the
remains to bo so
ip north somewhere. ...
. ... I Mettnw hile, ju
no doubt p\.Prii'!i.t?
physically possii
nut in the woods some- ,
demarcation will
unt a buckeve to carrv ,
the American ex
hrough the reconstruc- ,,
I" ranee and the
under General I
in Engraving, Litho- maintained t
rintin? or Ruling. The An,w,,|'P :,n'1
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LANCASTER NEWS. LANCASTER. S
rROOFS TO . forces will be gradually
/ERSEAS LONG ",e p"r" of deb*
Secretary Raker expects
'orce Must lie Re- American expeditionary
cept the army of occupal
h:n Four Months home by August. Refore
r Peace. the two forces will be
maintained.
May 12.?Whatevei pREgIDENT CALLS
i worked out by the,
9 for the joint oe- SPECIAL
rman territory the
;encv force of 200.- ?
, , I rgent Necessity for I'
under command of
ter Liggett. under propriation Measures
} demobilized within I*ast Session,
ter the issuance b>
i of the formal proce.
Washington, May 12.hing
expects to re- Wilson issued a call by
ited States In July. Wednesday for a special
ay bo changed. congress to meet Monday
f the armistice there Secretary Tumulty in i
tely 300.000 enlist- announcement said It wm
regular army whose sjble f.,r ,i,e President to
nent had not expir- the opening day. The da
ire being hel<l. All the special session was nt
ppartment has since than Democratic leaders
mlistment of 08.000 pected.
r men in the teg- White House officials s
naming an early date fc
> proportion of those- sion. President Wilson \
lecured. will he re- largely by the advlre ol
iee in this country. (;|il8s as to the necessity
r?l zom-, Hawaii, the* annual appropriation
China. It is prob- which failed in tin* closii
10 force of 7.500 of- th0 jast session,
rill be kept in Sibe- President's Proclaim
n. President Wilson's pt
t provide promptly callin*: ti e extra session 1
t re-organization of "Whereas public intere
tcrni'ne its size on a that the congress of
e United States is to States shou'd he convene
ihle part in i lie oc- 1 session at 1- o'clock, po
man territory aftei INth day of May. lit 10.
i of peaee. -su-b communication as
kVar Maker. when made l-y the executive,
s called to the pro- "Now, therefore, I.
nty of peace regard- Wihon, Pres'den' of I
wal of the oecima States of \morica. do h
,-c y?-ar periods enn claim and de'-hire that i
tunny's good helia- dinary occasion requires
- hail no inform ,:o?i in-...-- ..r !*., . o
Iii" the plans for vene In extra session a'
lie made it clear, in tho District of f'olum
te pniiTRi'iiry forces lPth dsty of May. I!'
ed for this purpose o'clock, noon, of which i
nths after the pro? who shall at that tlmo lie
ice. 'act as members tlior?'of
n Is that ti relative- reunited to take notice,
in force of regulars' "Given under my ham
thution of the l'nlt- seal of the United States t
he emergency forces the seventh day of May,
wn. This problem of our Lord one thousand
lved dred and nineteen of the
st as soon as it Is ence of the United State!
do, a clear line of dred and forty-third
I he drawn between' (Signed) "Woodrnw
peditionary force in "Hy the President:
army of occupation' "Robert Ls
dggett, which will ' Secretary
lirough the ports of can
expeditionary Do You Get The
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day problem.
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