Barnwell sentinel. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 185?-1925, April 19, 1917, Image 2
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Pbint 'of View of. the Freftclv Poilu as Reported by E f Phillips; C
fei. Writing Ffom ‘'Somewhererrin France’*—“It Is Belg
, who Shall .Malte Peacfe When It Comes; Who Has
, ' ~ : '■ a Better Right?” \ t > y
GROCER’S SIGN OFfERS
ORANGE FOR POTATO
Portland, Ore. — "MV Will
Trade—YmrTm*Ti range 1 for a !’«*-
vao.7 . '; - .
- T-bls -sign dfspltayed In tr Fort
in ml grocery store Is: aTFracHng
wide" attention, and the grower
has proved bis keenneVs for
grlisjilng a pecifllar trade condi
tion- 5 The merchant Is really
getting the best of the bargain,
for. tip* potato , is worth more
fieri*'than the citrus fruit from
e--t ••• rj '
By E, PHILLIPS OPPENH^tM
fNendshlp the -hand -of one ,of 4ham„
ht»f behold, I have two sons left. -I
have lost mtieh and sifffered much..
I lay by day I have -seen' th<? losses of
those about-nic Increasing. l am flfly-
'*l|ft>t. J5«attjiM»l<U’ Afcd peace would .jfiw
me back tnv Iw*t sons.». Thefe are so
York World.)
(in iji;t N»w
Somewhere In France.—It v
alow IShd tedious crawl in
French train away from tlu- I
•earred country. There vhi* 114
particular going on atihd iron
we seemed todJi* cordlmildly- s b
for the passing .of huge «'>VPly t
movimr clornatrv In the other (
rains, _l‘Madame,”, the soldier answered—;
rhrec- a to! this tune he*, seemed to Include
rolled iat- hr-t ln* nrjrurtTPTIt—^Ta'Ttee vvTTI not
[ J he giveJhijek to the many hundreds of
hurds titoHsimdsiof_;KrMm h mothers the sons -expected.r Frfffrrb stiihds l
»t: Prnre* disttrayrd? rendr* to ^prirr
memories, hour comes. And Russia
all hitter- shown what she V-an do. ’
you, they mountain snows have gom
ind their Ims scattered her men. sav
of white ihist ho\erm
)y plowed fh his. (he s«iund <*l «.he
gunrsVaS still In our ears. The--fti.ee
of the country, however.,, had changed.
There wire farmhouses to hv- seen;
some of th.en .Tnhto-r and iifipnreVdRy
h is amTorever
prosperous
tj'i'-. In the end it is ilu■_ pawns.who
m»-n and . woun-u
Belgium
ih work in “Hie Helds
speak of. It * “ it is Belgium’.who shalf
make peace When it conics Who lias
a Iietfey .fight? /What will shy ask
fur, I Wonder? Fifty 1 ’ thousand <ler-
man‘men turd woufeirtn make slaves
(Jer-
-1 lie \i om/tn’s eyes wen
**f .some
L st nUybed. out , bur
the rttj^ of.hot eolTee
and* * pmter wheeled
1 Wfr; stoppedS;
small fbv. n ft a
wager handsfor
and the rolls
along*thMeiigth o
warmth of the rofff
man. - My two cb:
t. i*' S 'FrfV‘'t' of tlit* -North”Island (• aliionda)
r in America, holding the new “gun” camera.
iC'ttigger. At 10.000 feetTrnm plmtograph /*m
"Brave,. Talk, My Son." ^
“ft is brave talk." sin; Tried; “brave
talk,.my son. v I shall speak to them
In tin* village .lU .you. ^
Wot Hf me. nmi-kime/' he heggi-W
f .Hie platform. The
eTwas like a tails*
lnjianlotf's; thawed, as
Idld.-under Its genialIidlncfice. Mon
sieur Roilu -accepted a. sip, 1 rom m,\
flask and a cigarette with a grateful,
little a i^acuijition. Madame. elderly,
In ih'cji mourning, a little shabby bu£
«, .iwierfnt i v inaj beamed content
of them? Tiie nutidcnhii
nuiti.v l.o nf-baUcliV "So, i
Kbon.es. Kut strict JUfMl't
i in-in 'all fli■ it,'7ilu±_liTorrr'“
WARLIKE PREPARATIONS IN FORI. DU PONT
she jnutlered. "I
t ■ v; *rt tn 'nTr"TA"""f i fr" i t""*TH»• 11 >t rv-'fi'i
iiJati/iH agiVin.” > <
rii'Tc. was n<> sound of guns here,
vleiousfy. 7 .. 4/ j
- “Monsieur,” Re said, glaneitig across
at me, “I appeal to you. -Yu'ti are Kng-
lisli. are youj not?” V--
“I am Knglish,”. I told. Jjini; “but
permission I will be silent,
friends call-us a somywjmt
obsthra'te nation. .They say that we
lio'il dilliculty in seeing ally side of
ihise great issues save our own. Let
III*- train clanked noros<j. the street s' v<
>f an obi country town and drew up
it the platform. Madame laid down
ier iinskot and eiMiafcfCed tin- I'oif’.i.
'Son of. iny*’r r ou’ttfr.V'.'" -lie eXi laiined.
Ha-, good (Jod guprd you !" . . j.
, Slio- kissed Ills- checks and departed,
riu- J’oilu handed dow n her basket t j
iud weaved bis hand. lie was once
liolhiug in the
I or tiie brave
you r
(ieiti'|.
TTfo~ts feiupTeiT Jo
morning breeze, s
which, at the soi
whistle of our loC*i
ducks rose hastily,
word behind me w
Inevitably stirs- tlu
TJie 1‘oilu lit his cigarette. ’ Madame
he ventured
turning to no
There 16 the Trap
"l.isteir," she intervened. . “I have
In'ard Ll said that the Koches now are
willing to ivstor all Kelgtuiii,' that-
iti'-y will give back (be whole of their
i-«n(|uered territory.”
"If.wej.enve (heir militnfy ma' hjiu*.
iheir gm^it engine of.ityranny. autoc
racy, aggression and destruction .'with
all the pttw^tr in it iIt^ct made them
begin tiie war," tin* I’idiu interrupted
vigorously< "Ah, mmlame, there is the
tritp.,__\Ye trusted oticc. to (Jirfnian
treaties and (iennan faLth. See how
tlu*y regarded tliem !, TreaMes ! "It
haversack, with its queer collection of •■was (tvrinany Who iTfsinissedThem With
mlseejlaiieous articles, was oji the seat . the immortal phrase. Mere scraps oj
by his side.-' Themud ‘TifTlfe j reaches paper:* 1‘n.iiises: Listen, madamc.
was thick iibrur* liis chluies. There Their own chancellor, he stood up in
was a wei-k's heard bristling upon his. thel^ parliament and lie pleaded guilty
chin. Yet ids - voice suddenly pro* to a great Jiroken faith. Necessity, he
claimed him a maji «if, yome education, declared, demanded it. And I tell you
who are this, when iieccssiiy. which Jvith them
ge you '•peak." I; assured hiiu.
leeepted mpre of fii*„cigarettes
tr journey was resumed.- ’ 1
was i’euee ; i nil lieu a way
the window and listened.
"Hut. lity son, have patimjej
old woman ..was saying. .“I !
who may speak, for 1 have
husband and two sons. \ et
ilid U is of t
ow and looked forward," slmding Ins
witt] his hand.
“What Did M. le' President Mean?"
Soon." lu? aunouncedi ’T rench my
oiiie. For a week I shall rest: Mon-
Fngllsh?" he askei), turning
others flglifljig
think. ■ If Indeed these 'Koche,s are
weary of fighting, if Indeed It is iwmce
they offer, why should not one nt-Wnrst
*■*11:»r-s n the ftiortar pit "f Fort I>u I’ont, one of Uie strongholds that guard the l>glaw|ire river
leur
uddenly toward in*
Wilmington and 1’hllatU‘lptiia
!MICHAEL RENOUNCES THRONE
GROWTH OF THE BATTLESHIP
AnnUTca
a greiit country. . America has bbeil
the good friend of yourselves and of
France. I wii^ld, not say a 'vrord
which might seem laeirtitgUrrmiTjesv;
and yet—there is this note width
started this peace babble, the note
which, they say. Monsieur It* 1’resJdent
OittAM «K fCNCTH 3M.fi.ET.
4 * O t.Wr. GUMS 9* tCltSB T0M5
Madame," he
means' (iennan ahibition, demands
* I '" * \ 1
anything, then a-(iennan prrm^tse and
a (ierrnah treaty are vvortlmjost ii snap
of the fingers—no inure. Thai, is why
l say—1 and those others who have
emperor’s lived and fought through these deso
late years—that with an uiiconquered
(Jermany—there can he nq peace:"
One Who Had Thought Much.
YepaTt; tiie'greatest i “My son," the old lady declared,
loo'klng'—«t him with ljKere.st, "you
Fcftce, indeed, j speak like one who has tmnught much.”
libftc'P'in their TheJ’ollu glanced down^at his mud-
they to off**r peace as a gift, they
who delihoTnTPtyTirbught this .war ut*-
on the worlds And what sort of a
peace do you suppose is liv their
minds? lou have read tin* boastful,
arrogant words of
declnruthm? Is there anything there
of . the humility of the vvrongdoor. of
tho Bian who wishes to restore what
he has stolen
wrongs “which' have ever stained the
pages of ^ history?
motlier: There no
hearts." .
"It AhaH Bc-aft Belgian Peace.*) ;
ifadame sigheil. She felt herself no j the war," in* said grimly. ‘“What I'am
njHlch for this man in whom . her | novvjiod only knows; hut up there in
words had kindled a sutTdcn do- (he front it is not all lighting. There
quence. Kut in her. IiohTrt then* was are long’, lpliely hours when the rain
the longing.- * works, horns of solitude When one
"They are brutes and savaged, my sees the truth",
son," she admitted, "and our- people Madame sighed.
would do well never to cln^p again In “It Is not . often,” .she confessed,
"It -has been answered," I remlnthuk.
him. . W ^ W*
■' it y V*** - • *1
"It has been answered \X-ith ’ great
words." the I’oilu assented, "and o^-D
that no more. Kut aRvays This puzzles
me—what did Monsieur le --President
mean when, in black and white, he set
fit down as an accepted thing that (Ter-
mstmoukmma ma tsofttt
8 - CMC WS 14000 TCM3
« trkWOwtt tel 20009 TOM
wo mw
many, thafnur enenvles, were fighting
for the same cause as \vt\ the Cause
of the smaller nations? Have they
heard of Belgium over there, mon
sieur? Have they heard, ot. the ..many
AMO McTttr.
fit »K taOH Mg »$. 31.400 TWO
tittmsamls—of ~ slaves'. bell nr .dra trued
weekly from that country?. HtVve they
lieaTd -of Serbia and Montenegro?
They were small - countries.* monsieur.
(Sermanv is very.grbat, indeed, in her
care for the small nations, "Unit it Is
her way of- caring, not ours. What did
Hi 60000 TOMi
IS' tflWCH CMi
twit
uactH oosnn
he mean, do y«uj .ttdnk, monsieur?*’
I shook my head.
"The ways of diplomacy are not al
wavs so easy as they mav seem," I re
lormep czar, wlm bus iumiu.-c4 ad
rights to.the throne, deelaring tka.t ho
believed the" country* best interest*
wouli 14 >*• -R«>rved li«*uflon. —
WIFE OF A-NEW SENATOR'
plied. "Besides, there is much' which
remains behind all that is said in
"That Is Why- We Fight.”
The man’s attontiomdmd wandered
lie was gaging ecstatically out of. tIk
window., lie beckoned rue to his side
’Abou*t_4I Tirtle wood-crested sbkn* ,*]
^piu;c had been cut.. A white /farm
POPULAR OEfiUTAUlTE
lemse sfo7eT-jht*l^ --nridr m?nr Try
• ottages. 'am,l a church,.with a
A little '-fond <>f| smoke surrounded
the .soldier's head.'’ His (aim lied list
stru<*k the- knajisnck by his-side. His
<*yvs hoi nUjil red they were with fa
tigue—flashed. ,
Forty Years of Preparation.
"They talk like cattle, madlime." he
declared "vigorously. “Where mv (jer-
nmny’s timquests? Belglupi, with mtds
against her of ten to one in men and
tow**r
w aa
sack. Ills eyes were, curb nisi v hijghf,
"You si*e,” lie concluded, “iliat is
why we tight, tjuit is why the word
H ace’ today ’stlfiks in <uir, novtrTts'
\Yc shall fight inft-il. Fra nee is safe.--*,
.Mijiilcnt-grcu.-
a mountain *tribe, Serbia? Well, ft
look them eighteen Iinuqlis and cost
! Iicm . a .. gmwF many army, corps to
*iriv** tin**'Serbians from, their country,
ViTid lliy end of them Is not yd Itou
ifinnia t Victims of ..a foolish .cam-
Fcared Papa- World Worry, . i_
w York. —'.Srvordy-.'lght iear-ofd
w ar machine which I’utr.ick Hugln^A 'Pegged . th 4 i* .Ju'.lgc t'n .
iiiv Ihinyjatc’jlf*ans .let, him gu_CumcdJ
* qre ln-r victories "I'apq” might he worried. ^
r Russia, or Kng- His^fatlter is ninety-nine aiuj wurmv
ps; TTSj^wheH yott liHHt TtiTIwr eviry dnrjr 7 mtqm-1tiigrr
lieW* sena tTu iroui MijjJue*tfvta;.Tias bceh’ l’n s <>fl To. hClllw'e. Ma n I or nhui
for some“yours ^ !„
.Mr y itslt)ng>»tfi vi'ns
the “jtrdst 1 h»ster'
admlnlstratioii. - Mrs. Kellogg wan* so
cially popular thcO, and has kept in
touch with the capital ever since.
Solves One Labor Problem
gun
tMiiiee ■ tn Tor giy;. wc axg tin- botti-r race. Kng-
__ build vi’as -JuRd is the. Ltd ter, rata* ;-Ku.ssin Is th«*
of the ItomsevefF'BeftiT RiOTT TtW i ryfrir**'T say td’ foir
-madame. waff! iiArtmmy’s last hour
of triumph has struck. Englund has
i gathered strength beyond all that was
Nevv-’Bhiuswick, *N. ^Ic-Fr*>e rubbers
am! umbrellftft^fqr giH employees hayr
solved the‘"laT>of prohTem «Ta' TnaStf*
faffurlng concern here. ^ghfi
is Installing a special tUpfirellg
FHzabeth tJhellcy or Selin*' *1nv, asrshe api^fr^rt on ht*r arihmT ii.
£ aboard the steamship Flnjand. on which vessej she returned froip
ierbla* where she hat been**?i nurse In the Groultch’ hospital. She
ss li«*l«Ti i.'loss'; a pop.uja'r -drbu
(ante of l’rovldence. It. I., is the grand
daughter cf Senator and llra, LeJJafo*—
& Cdt . ‘V"
I overshoe department for fmployeea.
■he has adopted.
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