Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AN INCIDENT OF I (Proper Gander) It was August of the year 1918 that Lieutenant-Colonel Whittlesey was sent with a battalion of men to drive the Germans from their almost anconquenable stronghold, Argonne Forest. The soldiers' conditions when ttey reached the outskirts of the for est were pitifuh Worst of all, they iad lost their commander, and all of their men with the exception of about aeven hundred. There seemed to be so other alternative, but to retreat. Retreat! The word grated harshly on every soldier's ear and most of all on Lieutenant Gerald Leland's. He had dropped down on a clump of bushes, and was gaing at a smiling, girlish face, looking out at him from its leather case. Underneath the picture written in a pretty feminine hand these words: "To the bravest lad in khaki, from Peggy." "The bravest boy in khaki wouldn't xetreat, I know," Jerry muttered to iimself, "and?by George, I won't ?ther." So springing to his feet, his khaki handkerchief tied around his Ueedin ghead, and his bayonet held Kgh above him, he gave the command !?> and fnrnintf Vl?> nlllflOTfi i"V/x. waiu. uau ww* ?v r-^-0 into the forest, followed by that fa aoas battalion. Those seven hundred Yankees were inrrounded by thousands of Germans. They had had no food for thirty-six lours and death seemed inevitable. Yet they fought on. The sounds of the festtie Tang in their ears, the shells hosted all about them, occasionally clouds of poisonous gas floated over them, and in the midst of it all, the enemy sent a messenger, carrying a white flag with an offer to spare thefn ' if they would surrender , . Lieut. Leland read the message and tearing it in shreds, roared the four words which sent the messenger fly ing back to the German lines, "Go to the.Devil!"?which was both refusal , and prophecy combined. Those four words not only sent the messenger tack, but also put new life into tne gallant. little band of heroes. The Yankees won that battle for France and for themselves, fame and immor tality. The dead of that famous "Lost Battalion" were buried and the few that survived were carried to an em agency hospital. There the immortal Red Cross nurse worked, and there the romance in my story begins. The lovely, young nurse bent over the cot of a severely wounded and bandaged soldier and felt his pulse. She shook her head and the doctor on the other side of the bed shook his. "If you thought you were able to stay with him all during the night, we might?" the doctor began. "Oh! I'll stay," she interrupted and smiled wistfully as she thought of her soldier boy. The kind gray eyes of tfte doctor looked down into her violet-blue ones. "All right, little lady," he said. "Take down these directions." "Won't you please take this band age off my eyes?" It was the wounded soldier. The nurse started and bent closer over the cot. "No* no, you'll leave it there f<^ a tittle while, won't you?" the nurse spoke soothingly. "Why, you talk just like my girl ft home and you have a wonderful ANDERSON ANSWERS (Proper Gander) The call issued to former students f the Abbeville High School to let *5 know how they were getting on <t eoiieges they are attending was promptly answered by the three last year seniors who are now Freshies at Anderson College. The reply was il lustrated with two cartoons presum ably from the pen of Miss Sophie Beames and quite to the point, viz: *lf a man tooteth not his own horn wrily the same shall not be tooted." Gwen Bristow, one of our bright est satellites was exempted from all exams last month having made A's on all her studies. Miss Gwen is also treasurer of the Freshman class and Orion reporter for her society. Sophie Reames and Ethel Perry were also exempt from all exams but two and every Freshman was requir ed to take these two. Needless to say "our" graduates passed these two with flying colors. We are proud of the record our last year seniors are making at . the ! GREAT WORLD WAR1 voice. Who are you, anyhow?" He certainly was frank enough. "Oh, I'm just a little American Red Cross nurse." She was smiling now. i irAi/rA nrtf " V?o nnrifr-nHl/'f prl XIV, VU At ?W Vy ??v , "I'm dead and in heaven, and you're an angel. Can you sing?" He was dazed with pain. "No, you arn't in heaven. You are just in a French hospital. Do you want me to sing?" "Please." Her voice, low and sweet, rose and fell to the strains of "His Truth is Marching On!" When she finished, he sighed. "Now I know I'm in heaven and since I am I don't guess you can sing "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm?" "Oh, yes I can." And one song af ter another, she sang for him. She stopped and for a minute he was quiet. And then?"Please sing s<ime more. It helps me not to feel the pain so much." And on through the long hours of the night, she soothed him. At the first faint flush of dawn, he slept and the nurse slipped her rigid fingers from his clasp. "Jerry, Jerry," the nurse called softly as she slipped to her knees be side the cot. She felt his pulse, it was stronger. Just then the door opened and the doctor entered. The nurse's finger went to her lips in warning. The doctor softly approach-/ ed the bed, and bent over the patient. The nurse waited eagerly expectant. "You have done it. He will live," the doctor said simply. In silence the big strong hand grasped the small, firm white one. And now let us skip a period. It is November 8, 1918. The patient is sitting in an invalid's chair, dressed in his uniform, waiting for the physi cian to come and remove the bandage from his eyes. The door opened and the physician came in. "You are ready for me?" he asked of'the nurse, standing be side the chair. She nodded nervously. Doctor Keitt began at once to undo the bandage so skillfully wound a round his eyes. When hchad finish he and the nurse stepped quietly be hind the chair?and waited. At first the soldier could not see, and then his eyes began to become accustom ed to the light. "Why, I think I can see," he ex claimed. The nurse sighed with relief and stepped in front of him. "Can you see me?" she questioned. "Sure, I can. You're the nurse that ?Why Peggy! What on earth??" She smiled. "Well," she began, "I just couldn't stay away and now I'm so glad I came. It was all so won derful, but the most wonderful thing was to see Foch himself kiss you and pin that war cross on your coat, and to see General John J. Pershing shake your hand so cordially. Oh, it was all just grand. I didn't mind the noise and terrible sights one bit." "But why the past tense? I don't understand," Jerry was plainly puz zled. "Why you dear, silly goose, peace was declared yesterday and the fight ing part is over." And so, as the fairy tales say, they went home and lived happily ever afterwards. ?Deby Owen, IX I A. B. ft A. HEARING IS POSTPONED Atlanta, Ga., March 17.?Because of the absence of counsel for unions involved in the strike of employees of the Atlanta-Birmingham and At lantic railroad, the hearing set for today in federal court on the peti tion of the unions for rescinding the proposed wage reduction on order, was postponed until Saturday morn ing. THE ACE OF CLUBS Miss Margaret Perrln entertained the Ace of Club3 Thursday after noon at her home on South Main street. In addition to a delightful afternoon at cards and lovely re freshments there were enough spring hats and frocks to make the interest double. various colleges and their high stand ing is the best evidence of the fact that Abbeville High ,is doing thor ough work. FEBRUARY WARMTH FAR OVER AVERAGE Month Remarkable For High Temp eratures?Rirert Reach Flood The month of February was high above the average in temperature, according to the official weather re port for the month, and was slight ly damp, all streams reaching the flood stage, causing damage amounting to $4,000. Other features were pulled off about "according to Hoyle." February was remarkably mild on the whole, the report says, and was well up in the group of warm wintei months. During practically the en tire period between the 4th and 18 the daily mean temperatures ranged five to 22 degrees above normal Pre cipitation averaged above normal and was abundant in the Piedmont sections, but unusully light an the coastal plain generally. Plowing Record On account of sustained precipi tation up-state during the first half of the month, but Httle plowing could be done dn the central and up per counties, but outdoor work pro gressed favorably on the coastal plain. The mild weather was favor able for the growth of wheat, oats and rye, which afforded some winter pasturage. In the trucking districts cabbage, beets, lettuce and spinach made satisfactory advance. White potato planting began during the dosing week, and young tobacco in beds was growing slowly. The cool nights kept . fruit in check, but peaches began blooming northward in the central counties by the clos ing week. The monthly mean temperature AI THE B Friday, A Better Cor Offered t / Algernon Worthing Algernon Moncrief Eev. Canon Ghasub Merriman, butler . Lane, manservant . Lady Bracknell . . Hon. Gwendolen Fj Cecily Cardew . . . Miss Prism, goverr TH Act I. Algernor 'Act II. The gard Act III. Drawing Time:?I Place?L for the section, determined from re ports of 38 stations, was 49.4 de grees, or 2.4 degrees above the esta blished normal, 6.7 degrees below the average of the warm February I oi JLoS/U aim ?x.u uegrees? auuvc wic average of the cold February of' 1895. The highest temperature was 85 degrees at Yemassee. Hampton county on the 8th. This is three de grees below the February maximum temperature record (1918). The warmest period was from the 5th to the 21st. This is 30 degrees above the February minimum temperature record (1899i. The coldest periods were on the 1st and 2nd and from ' the 19th to the 25th. High Precipitation The average precipitation for the t section, 48 states reporting was 4.79 inches, or .43 inch above the esta*b ished normal; 3.01 inches below the - average of the wet February of 1897 and 3.93 inches above the average of the dry February of 1898. Precipitation occurred in two well defined periods, but uhe bulk of the month's rainfall was recorded duimg the first 11 days. As to amounts, the Piedmont counties showed considerable excesses with totals of five to over nine inches, while deficiencies were particularly marked on the coastal plain, where the measurement? ranged downward from four to less than two inches. The greatest local monthly amount was 9.68 inches a.t Walhalla, Oconee county and the last was 1.26 inches at Charleston. The greatest amount during any 24 hours was 2.75 inches at Liberty, Pickens county, on the 8th nad 9th. The average number of rainy days was 12 per cent abDve normal. The monthl v snowfall rancad II is the only term w) charader 0/ Qsa IMPOF EING E ' which the pupils < will present at t 0 , March 25 nedy Has Never Befor :he People of Ahbevi CHARACTERS. f, J. P Jac >le, D. D Frai P? . . Bruce Virgi airfax Ann Ada less ... Mary ana E SCENES OF THE PLAY 1 Moncrief's flat in Half Moon S len at the Manor House, Woolto Room of the Manor House, Woi ^resent. ondon. B mi from traces to four inches and was confined principally to the 21st and 22nd. Heavy rains in the higher eleva E EG ? Cani T Flov E R Leave der Ha McMurra1 ? ? g a 3 ' ,iijJS!5fSJB13SI3S/5i5I5JSI5J3JBJSJSiSISJBJBI5J3SIBli IT* mai hich wiU express the f n_ Wilde's comedy ITANCI 1ARNES )f the High School he Opera House I, at 8:15 ( e Been lie. Proceeds Betwee Billy Long- Teacher ;k Bradley tion an icis Cilenn AsSOCiati nil Graves Galloway nia Leslie lie Wilson . Faulkner w Gilliam treet. n. Dlton. The prii served be the Child] A< Reserved All Othe Children tions of the Oarolina3 between tfea 8 th and 11th were followed by *n usually high flood waters in prac tically all the streams of the state. G DYES rers Your Or re Now.... i Drug Co. , 1 na i OF T vn^L i Divided n Parent Associa d Athletic ? ion ce for Re Seats will Same for ren and rliilf-s I Seats $1 srs . 75c . . 50c