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BARNWELL SENTINEL, B OUTH CAROLINA AMERICAN TRANSPORT four months /ago. Thaw and rhou teatt Johnson ; arcf oh—their wrfy to Amer-tcrron iofl Vfcf'Bm null. * for ren sons best knowti rto himself, lias I the American eStfadrtllc to Join French group. / Besides llufbcry and Didicr'M.i*'- .nliuu-ili Ills ww-oit4-yeter-tw-n-4-rn aviator, the “veterans" of the '-*•> drille are Dudlev .„4lill, .wtili, f months’ service: Paul Pavellm. JlidL Rockwell and Frederick Prhi'ce, Correspondent of the New York World Found the Meruof the American Fscafl/^ With British and Fran^h Rpr.aitsp Jhou Have Been An^at#4 • y. ' Same Soirit of Efficiency. ■ ~ :r Neiihan’a, bfc Ves, it’s a jiil.slake to do* trick > Just .IP fill! " ' ' ' - By LINCOLN EYRE. <Corrospoml<?fit of tjie. New Yoi;U World.1 Headquarters * of the American-. Es* •♦adrllle' on the Somme Front.—With the Wench aviation js an artl with the Britlsbi-h.sjtert. ami with'Americans— The “Master of the'Skies.” The next, man down was Guynemer— I'.teiif. -GeorgeseGu jnemer;holder of* the Legion of Jforior, the Military "medal "and the Croix de 1,’netW with 14 palms,- - since the—Geriftan Boellie’s Is undisputed master .of. the Even before 1 saw the famous Charles’’ Inscription on the cockpit of *the little Nieuport I knew it was Gu^neniefr from the thrttng, of ■aviators and mechanicians gathered about the machine. There Mas some thing impressive about tip* silent way they watched this stripling rise lip "but With those o'd ♦ business. I came to^appreciate this during r h}‘ four hours I spenf-j>h the a.vi&llor . field which the Americans •ha re \v [t h" tliree of t lie crackest of /U1 crack French esoa'driiies. One-cannot from f an skies witness trite r fetutu to earth fligliti-f 1 Ji.u x the danger zone Ainerican, ark Englishman and a Frenchman witltiVqt Realizing to what an exferif nationality counts'* nowa days in the cun : ously tcni|n't 5 amental •Crence-rrf Uaftle flying.' Tjie American eseadrHlc k^eom-r po>cd of y iiitlis wlio. compared tvlth their French and British comrades and their German antagonists. ar.> the verie*.* apprentices of the sir. It, Is lidding *ts own against bfg odds, because its’ members are inspired with every American’^ ruling passion — efficiency They . tight'-with the ma- chinellke precision . that lias made American business‘...big,- Their -view point embr t<v> neither the Briton^S This ijLthe Fnited"State.*, transport Siimnei* which ran aground ,on the New Jersey coast off Barnegat troops and civil Hi n paWseng.-rs which she was bringing from the Panama-Canal zone were taken off safely. adays. They never^ftStked that question at Bar-le : Duc, bur then ijt's a long way from Verdun to the Somme.” REVIEW OF NATIONAL GUARD ON THE BORDER -- AViyn-*-hiti--Hrrng ctrrthes had been taken dff;he turned with a smile to the iiroup of firemen waiting to hear, .as they always do when (iuynemer re turns, what he had to say. One would fancy that having seen 22 foemen tumble earthward under the lightning of his machine gun. he would have be come a bit blase aboujlt. But Guyne- tner is a great artist, and-great artists TO BE.RED CROSS NURSE artistic sporting proclivities .nor tk-Cfise of • French.' — No “Frills” to This Report. Adjutant Givas Lufbcry, the dr:lie’s star hy right of mention i ' tire In ver, blase about A” casual, question from one of his comrades started him off on tin Odvs- ofiirial . onitnutjTqUe. for bringing jluwu if.-,. tifLiX_- 1 .UU'n.iy's -phipc btmiiut frnrn- « volunteer excursion info “Germany” *—everything hevoudjhe French lines i-’“Germany" to an aviator—soon after my arrival at the field. 1 watched him dismount and make his-report to <’np-_ t;.*n ; Then mR. the Americans' French commander,-as follows: / . ‘ y--' "1 Trier a couple of, bodies at b.UOO f* *• t over H mchavfsnos and' .divetl on ot.e of them, a thousand feet or -go below mg He was an Albatross, T gtit'ss, doing .observation work. The other was ail Aviatik, protecting him, •< he started for me »S soon as I start ed for the Albatross, who-wvas heating It away fast. I caught up in time to •hoot a drum at him. It looked like he wnS f illing, hut f didn't.have time to watch, because r the Aviatik was •hooting it me from above, isplraied down out. of Iris reach, and then turned up again, miking for him, but he’d dis appeared. Maybe 1 got the Albatross, though. You .haven’t henrd- front the observation people, have you?” Lufbery’s toile was as matter-of-fact ay a sfo-ik broker tellituf iiliout the day’s' doing*, -en^. the .Street, He omit ted to remark that his plum; bore srv- eral fresh Imjjef holes, any one .of ta filch, i few'.kithes to right or left. inuinisi'iou tell wns no rnrire linportafit than Luf- ber.v's laconic report; the way lie told it- was like Oheiiai singing the; “Mar- sciliaise." All the Celt 'uritT all the arfot in Ills make-up . riished ' to the StyTai'e. His eyes flashed, ills hands ’shot out in 'nervous, expressive ges tures, his“whole slim body keetned Ip vibrate with emotion. His listeners' Jietng Frenchmen, .were otUhralled. One realized why this l.oy of twenty-one is the-adored'of aH - France. / “What’s |R> so excited about?” asked one of the Americans, whdse-knowi- edge of French and Guy aether is lin- perTect. “Ho must have firouglit down about ten today to go on like that.” From Verdun to Picardy. Without attempting to pass upon the merits or demerits of the various racial characteristics outlined above, I may sajG that the Americans- have wpn for •'themselves a perfectly good pj^ce la the sijn of allied aviation. The proof oMt is their having been shifted from luxurious pstiibli Sonic ol the J.'5.uo<) •soldiers of tlie Xational tJuard stainined in the lower Bio Grancle valley (^strict parading iiefore (ien. Jtinies ^Xrker. F. S. A., during a recent ,grand review at. Brownsville.' Tex. The'site <Jf the review la historic as a part of the battlefield where-General Taylordefeated the Mexicana durlug the Mexican war.' ^ BUILDS .BUNGALOW ON ROOF sht|ients at Ba- ie-Ouc an«f 1,11X0iiII to leaky, cabins amid the eternal mud of this .field in Fivardy. TesteiLirr the blazing furnace of .Ver dun, they wore mu -f<ritnd wanting. So : niiu they are privileged to share witli France's aerial aristocracy the hurd- '■hji's and glories of the greatest battle of -them all. ' , - ■ - Doubtless not worth Miss Muriel Oakes, one of the most pntrod~..:-h. -etrty, fs-'gntng nrTritnce to serve~a¥Ti Red Cross nurse. Aliss t lakes thinks that att young wom£n who are not otherwise occupied and who cah ar- rnnge to do su^. .JoiuLd taio^aiiiaLliUiiat ot me oppornitiity to serve liumanity. ^Thc photograph was taken at ttie Russian hazriar in tin- Seventy-First Regiment armhry. New York, whenSlie was' helping to. make" that Venture a success. She is s struct ure* ..into- which -wind and ‘ ratn enter ^without knocking. Eacli pilot hip* a culihyhole the size of a Pnlim t irV drawing room, but wholly devoid of l > ullmaq_.comforfK. partitioned off ns a tied room. The"- t»ed ' +v- : '"Tr^f^Tfrp “eoT i here is no head except that grudg ingly dispensed by a small stove in the common, uiessroom, an jipartment ri>Mndriing the least desiralde dwell ing ib\the -nnvkt primitive of lumber eamps. T^pyre is elect Tic light, but for In.scfutfflde military reasons It is Jolly Good ' Day.” • • --Soon^-ifr..pwarfL-n ftitfTsTi airman. Ot'lig«Mt » r->*n*k his allies - -hospi tn lily •Hii-Ertreh-ni mf' |ioTf’rTf; l -s\t'^^ , dri < trtrfrr front French hangj,ij>. \f|,. was quickly surrounded In a rriwtk of I* rencti p;oc> and mechanicians, eager t»» iaspAw an airplane so, different from their own >mike*. Disembarking, h*' shook h inds all around, lit a ciga rette,and observed airily: "Jolly good day todjiy, eh what? Per fectly ^ripping to have a go at the old txichos again after all this rotten weather, I'Ve just been .having a hit <if a sii'tw .with four of liinjr—all Avtn- hown selling-souve |; PLAN TO STOP AUTO THEFTS Georgia Congressman Claims' He rian Found Practical Solution of Problem; .\ffgnta. Ga.—AUtomoinTe theft>r in .the luritHT cities have -reaidieu stich alarming proportimis -thatctltanv plans IiUve; bpeu cotmelvcil^by various auto owner* for tireakm^u[) tlie practice. ■Georgia clatmaflt iiiost > Tdn <1 ^ r *^ aoiit- tion, -Kubpdfted 'by* < ’ongriGsman AVI - HanKJ^mley 1 toward »f Atlatnhv—=—- ^5lr. Howard’^ itjeii is to have AUe license, laws require a duplicate il- the new batty (hippopotamus in the Central Park zoo. ’Ceciltly s^d to a circus, but his evey-atert mother foiled •periKto' crate her. offspring. " „ ' -r.H 1 ! 4 . machine*.in - order again ‘Englishman -started 'off for his Tines. Before leaving, however^ lettained hie. audience on the ATLANTIC with a series of loop-the-loops, spiral ing and other stunts that made the Frenchmen gasp. A dozen ti'mes it Jooked as if this spoTtive gamboling were going to end fatally. .- . ■ save that stuff for .the of -the American^ re- a French pilot replied, , nble surliitrbiyill^ This is to be shown on demand tu nny officer of the law. Mr. Howard suggests that .each -city’ detail one or morc~pi+Hn clothes mrii to this special work.. Any tnah ‘start ing a cat couTd be asked to show bis identification tag. This demaniHrould Cause nd eihbartussment or resentm -*nt on the part- of "theowner-, In ^Ir. How- ard’s ojHnion. but would make It Im possible foi a tliief io get away wl*h a car without the ue vssary tag. twists “Whisky’s” tall, and he does the growling for everybody. Temper Gets Shorter. , | shorter every Ilay* and his teeth hmger! | so that he will soon he sufficiently; ran- j tured, ns the distillers say, to fulfil! liis appointed destiny, which consists ; of being carried over into the German Nines by airplane and deposited there. What bodies,” one mTHfked. arid $ HAS H1S APPENDIX & - FOX-TROTTED OUT t rees. eanttm*> City CT thg~Dead grown i. 1 ilratj vl i v * tickles his Promises Odorless Onion., room It was. psed by twh sur- V X ccons to assist lb giving nneW, »♦. thetic.s. Dr. Thomas A. Cartdf^ r«^ )r - Martin Ritter brought , fa n tfllkingvniachlne intb the oper- X X ating room’ at the Columbus hos- % pita! and put on'popular airs to X distract ‘ resisting” patlei^s’ at- % X tentiwu .st) they -wmM b$^kus- ceptible to anesthetics, ' X “I belte^e lt will prove a big V success.” ritid Doctor- Bitter, X Chicago—The odorless onion \;lll soon be, given to tlie world, according to various delegates to the ninth an- i nual^ convention of , the Vegetable Growers’ association of America.' “It willT>e an ionion that anyone-can eat nndi. still g<> abroaii among ori:»’» ■friends,” declared a local deirier*a .will be a'tearless onion, too* Mts popu larity will soon approach that of *.he small houses, in each of whidi rbeorpse Is- lodged jit tli»* rate of fur (Jty first three mouths, .and then at. a fc duced rate until the 'geonmneers etii- ployed by the relatives of the. "dead person decide when and where , the cofpse khull lie hurled. Silk o.f paper la'ritems and imitnfion fruit are hung from Hu* roof. There are scpehTis in ttfUl Villi coffin. T**a., fruit and any. At her kind ||: >. ,'j* of food wliiirh the <le%d person liked || N when on earjli are placed on.an altar before the‘coffin each'morning. There ore cn.txlboard servants standing: trbont ~ to wuit on him with pipes or cardboard •*, Caju. a. Sumistedt (-left) at cups ofltea. There are a^so twahand-j Djvnext April^rom St. Johi some- paper females placed .there to. tefl^tTtn, four-paisenger aif^laae. • ’.l. N . .. * . -N • '' U AA n t » A-W . theticst. and music soothes them X to accept.’^ . j : : - S P. W.^Coombs of 5^23 North X Reaching the Idegl, Of coutse, none of your neighborl are’ perfect. Bub then, a re you? But if you are ^to ope-another what -you ought to be andfean be you cah be" ax perfect as It Is possible for mortal* to be here upon earth.—Exobiiige. Winchester avenue, Was the down, which make his return tp active -ice jdoubtfuL James McConnell la Vi ic. \ ’ici^ig from a bad fnirbe bad V -trotted out 1 convgiesC ****n)«U