Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.i ■ BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA —'XT By S. S. LEWIS kindred Say, hestc you Jhe* call of the btrfle Ar]d JieaHyou' the roll of tVie drum, A*)d_qee .our >oy« arm for siruggleT “'"‘And notice t!)ay 'willingly come.? How nohl«% hdvvHhKy^htful' tlielr bear t” inf, .* \ - How ctt'rt'i j-s the glam-Ctof the’eye. As they to the- fiel(j_vtie rintr.--._- Come all, auW„ ami. hldwLtoiraXi□ uxlb y ♦Though friends and your you’re leading. And all the efid-arinents of peat'Oj Fond hearts to you closely are cleav- !ng ' - With a lovelthat never will cease. And while wiflv■'the tyfaiit contending’ .. <Jn J-Ju U'. faith arid tiev otton rely, Thrilling : Air Battles in . Recent Big ^Offensive* Flanders. • u their love they are send From farm and' from shoV let Us gath 4'rom commerce and gain let us rest Ail envy and rivalry snmthpr . And .bring, forth the tlffyst and best I^e-t tiv fling out the Star Spangle' Banner'-. -,Aiul in the. free bm zef let It lly- Entrusting its fame anil 1I3 honor TcToiir boys and'bid them goodby. British ^Airm,an Swoops Dbwn Low, Bombs Airdrome, .Puts Machirvfe’ - ‘ .Gurv Out-of Action and Dis- , .persefe 200 Men. We *ktUw yuy are gallant defdndars Qf- eVery brightgdar in the folds Of that baniier llsct''ttcyer surrenders ,j To wrongs that a tvrarft'atijholds; And Hit! vidiOrts..tjf tyrants dt-Tj-ing On the tjel 1 ybu^wil} contjuer or die .’Meath the Thornier that o’er you is ' - .ilyituv- *••-• *. JVo trust you, w.c l\id you good by.' Where autocracy’s bayonets hrisfcU*\~ Shells rain from humanity’s foes, ^y-your side is old- Scotia’s thistle, Hy your ,side is Albion’*-rose, Jh>; eha'mroisk y,f Erili there heeding The down trodden Belgian’s cry,— You 'go to aid ffeedoin now. bleed tig And our prayers.go-with you.- Good Belgium.—The 1 work uon« by the Brit islt nlr service In the recent offensive in Flanders lias not been surpassed in efficiency and speetaeulay -features since the war begun. Many tights occurfed between the viyal idiots,’-but the- Teutons >vere com pletely outclassed, • both in numbers and skill, find were forced to retire at .most points, after losing six machines. battles 1 Members of the Nav I Reserve; at an Atlantic po l luakin tograpli‘of I>r. George Mb hm’lis, the German imperial chancHlory tlfill -structure, now a heap of ruins. , ' / ■jt 1 - . 4* pets to caielr nudihg’.Nulurtarinos., 41—New Pho» I TJie eliurch of I touchy, France, once a beau- The majority of. the were at a height of 200 feet or less, and. in .at least orie Instance the twt) opposing, pilots battled to within fifty feet of the ground, at which height the German sidestepped and crashed, to the earth. , The British planes were under con stant and heavy fire, particularly from BRITISH HOWITZERS USED IN FLANDERS DRIVE remarkable features of this enter prise. ■ •]**Menibors of the war council and their staff assistants, together with many heads of departments created s'pecrafty fbr 'U'ar ■servicer'are serving without salary. . “In; addition to the 6T volunteer offi cers or employees at headquarters giving their full tlme tcrfhe Red Cross without salary, the organization on July Id had on its pay roll 43. officers or employees rcceUlug salaries of $2.(HH) or more a year, Df^the 43, 14 fled Cross Uses No Part of War Fund for Administration •*•*2 Expenses. • low altitude at^vl.icb they wCre flying, But.lhroug.li all this -hurricane pf lead and steel ni|_hut three eame safely. These are reported missing, and.there is no indication of wfiat befell them. WonderfuU heroism was displayed by tiie British airmen, who performed remarkable deeds. One typical in- Tenfold Increase in Staff Since Year *> Ago—Total War Fund--Subscrip tion F^aid In Is More.Than $30,000,000. ■ t led Cross has more 'than 700 sal M.HWUHI one at $2,700, on£_nt : $2.f>00, three be tween $2,000 and $2,400, ‘and four at -One Man Attacks a Force. „For ,a time he patrolled the roads anti canals, now and then runtilng the gantlet of enemy tire at a height of thirty feet in order to obtain Infor mation for the guidance of the infan try in their advance.^ During this pa trol work he came to a German air drome. Owing to the early jhour only <ifip enemy was stirring outside the shed, and he paused! in his ablutions only long enough ’ to satisfy himself that the plane above him evidently was one of his own^/ The British ulrirtau circled low and dropped a bomb squarely on one -of the «lieds._ Tills brought numbers of Ger- nftms tumbling in a panic from-tin* buildings. lie turned ids machine gun oh thorn, and, circling about the field, bombed two other sheds with disas trous effect. All the time lie kept up a steady stream of machine-gun fire at the Germans, a number of whom wefe killed or wounded. Alone, Disperses 200 Men. >. The- Germans finally ‘got a> machine rgmi into action against him. hut he | dived and at twenty feet silenced it with iiKown .gun. Having put their ! gun out-oT'-iiction, he circled the field, J firing with, IiDg .machine gun through the doors of buildings at the huddled enemy within. At^oite time Ids ma chine actually touched tlieground. Leaving the airdrome, ,tho British aviator a M-Mjeed-Uwo- -German mounted j otficers and put them to fllgliT. A littli* later lie encountered a column j <>f 200’troops and swept .along the line; with his gun working steadily. The •!v.v;- liluli lieure each nmiith, absolutely no -money contributed to the war fund is used Xor administrative ex penses. according, to a statement is sued by Henry I*. Davidson, chairmfvn of the war council. * x. - , ^ C.» Mr. Davidson a'niiAurieed that $d.l7o,752 have been appropi-iated for artual war work liy Hie waKcouncil up to July 31, 1917. , The fotitL war fund suliseription paid in on August 1 amounted to $30,037.1 id.l3r -> Actual disbursements-;igi. ttr that date were $2.S72.r>9 k UVl. ■ dl’lie cost of maintaining the office In Washington, it is explained, is met h.v members, of the lied Gross. On Many Give Their Services, “Aside from the officers and employ ees' receiving, salaries . of $2,000 ot above, all other paid employees at headquarters are clerks or messen gers. Of* tlie clerks 24 receive sal aries in excess of $100 a month, 33 lire paid $100 a month, and;607 are paid less than $100 a month. Many employees receive' oTily. nominal sal aries, whereas they are aerustbmed to earn much more. This sTrYlfmTs their \oiitribution to the Hod Cross. AH administration and overhead expenses ‘ at headquarters aTe much more- than met by dues froiu rnenihers of the i Bed. f>os's. Thus the war fund is These giirantic howitzers, shown iii action, are some of tin* guns with which the British- are mans In Fkir.dors. •“ HUSKY MAN FOR TtlE NAVY HEROINES OF THE LEGION OF DEATH | and will ddminue to he jtvaUable for j actual relief .'Xv*»rk in Eurofip as yvoll , us in this x'ountry.V “The stiuement says^Tt is the earnest ^iDsire of the Bid <’p0>w^ that tile -American people. “4o Whom tin* Hed <'tiisis belongs, should kniHv all about its acts and'its affairs.” I’raise fie, mvcii for tin* manner in which, offer ings have been made and it is ho ted that the task undeTtakeh' by the Hyd Gross to relieve suffering and distress i-i the most stupendous effort of the kind in the history of mankind. “Tire nrcMintij of the lied Gross,” it is stati*d. “are reguiprly audited by the -war department and an annuaf report ;is ma^le to congress. ' TTfrt^^ the purpbsoFof the \vlyr~cotfnctT to i take the people, jlay by day, as fully j as possible into its confidence. In- I formation as to Red Cross matters will accordingly be made public in ' 27 there were 2.M7.112, members, • ; . » ti of w hom has emitrifiuted tb'the I — - lnizatlmi, thus making it- possi- for oflieials to carry'on their vvork an up-to-daty business vvay. The einerit issued savs: Marvelous Growth in Year “To handle tin- busim ss of th Cross a year ago there were 7 plovees at the ' Washington lu*a< t**rs y-today then ployees and 01 time volunteers. mail- come Into ters ^-gvery; Tlav. receive attention.. * Volunteer ivurkofs fn ftdministering -fht» -jBTairs of the Red Gross during the 'war include, the head of the largest Copjmr company in tin* world,* a hank presidentr a,, railroad vice president and numerous men of htH^ynce and prominence from* all parts of the United States. The ability and en thusiasm which has lieen placed free ly at the disposal of the Red Cross in this situation is fine of t'he most • it tin* heroic members of tin* “Legion’of Dea'tli,” tin* organization L wmiien which is fighting the Teutons with as much bravery and'! as any. body <n men could exhibit. Each member carries a dose of 'TkOtiisSiutn to use in (he event of cnptttre. entire column was dispersed and fled by devious' ways to Cover, - leaving ntnnliCrs of their comrades lying in the road. { ~~ Two German battle planes appeared on tlie sct*ne and r the IlfTTon" engaged them both, sending one to earth and putting the othe,r to flight He ^lir- sOedvthe fleeing plane, hut it was soon Joe Cox, a heavyweight pugilist, has enlisted In the Naval Reserve ,an<t gains many recruits Ky’exhibitions of his feats of strength. LateljMie has been l^eljiing gel cooks for'the service. CANAL BRIDGE BUILT BY ENGINEERS HAS BUNGALOW ON WHEELS HE MAKES WAR POSTERS Wlogy Kertha. who vrag- uleporte^ from *her sumptuous'mansion in the West end of London -as* an “undesir-' able alien*! n couple of years ago, had. an upper roym, which her servants Ir reverently called her “vault,” hung with somber black curtains, and in the center, mounted .on trestles, the most elaborate specimen of the undertaker** art that could he imagined. ^ItvvHS of polfrhed rosewood, finely Worked v ^vvlth silver mountings, very I massive. Da tlw Tianve jilnte was dell- ! entely engraveiL<Bertha Trost.” The ) fnvorJte cnlei-taininont^of tfils- notorl- \ bus beauty specialist, ami “reincarna- I tion of, Marie Antoinette!”"Avas a re- i ception to-“view* my rnhscot,” Ym ^he - Termed ibis coffin, and she would plain to lu*r .startied guests ..that she kept: It near at hand to-reconcile her to the' idea of death ! y “lost laThe doffda Wisconsin Couple Travel 4,750 Miles in House Mounted on Motpr Car Chassis .. J Pumps Lead Into Troop Train.- ... In tiic-meaatime a hirge body of Ger-* man soidieTsTSid gathered around the machine wideh had lieen brought down. The British flying man came sweeping back from' the mists in ajrhich Jie had hidden and uccoQnted for several of their number witb hi* machine gun. /^ . ' X. . His ne^Mihjactlve was a tpobp iFain. lie .tpaVek'd along its entire length. puffTpimr bullets into the crowded cars. Later he did valuable scouting yvurk over the enemy .lines. .. . Numerous instances are related of pilots, charging the anti-aircraft gun-, iiccs^ftd mH-ehfrH ,i: gt»U'"ii>piirfaVors aj a' height of thirty or forty^fe^t and sj- •h-ncing'the guns. IMstoI duels “hetvjsggn J lie. British aviators and the Gertnau infantry were not uncommon- m^ur- rences. In oiie Instance a jToung arttr- tor, in a hurst of yhivalry*, deliberately stopped his machine gun w hen a’Ger man officer drew his pistuThrid began shooting at. him inpf engaged the en emy with ids own pistol,-apparently feeling that hd had no right to take an unfair advantage of his opponent. The aviator's 1 pistol was -sufficient, however. >.H. ’ Marysville, ' Ore.—Traveling in . a '•homo, on wheels,” ^Mr. and Mrs. J. H. I -Basel of Milton Junction. Wis,.-, ar- i rfved , hi re ' recently on' Uio-ir way home. * . - j Mr. and Mrs. -Basel are comfort:!ftTy <piartere«l in a neat little lumsu luirit mi a motor car chas-is. Th4i_liou.se is |5 by (5 by 13 feet, contaiTK* it cooking galLery, lavatory, talile. chairs and J^d. "There nre throFTvindows'on each side nf the house-and onu-in tin* rear.. The Inmse is built of ba's.swrnwLand covered with canvas. The tlnor is* covered with rugs and the windows curtained. Thly have traveled USO miles in their no- f the bridgos^bhej’ have* built •French liatfaliuh of engineers a ovtTjjno canals iii Uie Somim REGULARS IN NOVEL BILLET Stock Steak. BOY SURVIVES 'SNAKE, BITE j—The—dlfte^-had—finished—hts first” >*aurse and lay back, frowning at the unvnnquished stertk befonv him. Twice |-In one inihufe the new walter mnde an ; attempt^to cleafmw'ay and received a al each time. ' California -Lad Walks Fourteen Miles to His Home After Rattler Struck Him. * v sullen -dismiss! “Bk>g pardon, sir,” he said at lasL “There’s a big denmn<| for steak to day. We hhve'bnly three of them ttt stodL -and. the other two being in use^ we’d glad If you’vfe finished with this one;*’ ' . . -j Orovlile. Cal.—AVlllle Kirkpatrick, young son <>f ,Henry Kirkpatrick of Mountain House, was brought to the Orovlile hospital the other day suffer ing from a rattlesnake bite. The boy was bitten <Tn the Index finger by a big rattler as he vvas^scrambling 6ver some rocks in—the French creek can- ' Prefers Tentito Hot<T.**~ Cleveland, O.-rrFred Eilnian of Menuihls- ]ingled-$2.<>00 in his pants gocifft here the otlter day T hut it JHdn’t imhilUiJm— "fTHjiag itirt.v expect much. Edruan piloted Cornel Arrn'- strong to victory in the Edwards pac- |ng stake at the opeptng day of the grand circuit meet. But, though Kd- man Is making a pile of money, he lives the simple life- In a tent with Mrs.' Edinan, He carries that tent everywhere. The only things he hate* to ^ee on all the fences aad bfU post ing spaces Jn the cities of tHe country, one of the most powerful appeals for recruits In the navy that,has- Sofar been put'tdrth. It Is a poster called "Gv^r^There.^thade by the famous ar tist Albert Sterner for the navy de^ uartment. r / ‘ United Slat rt*gviiaW*-«fe quartered the old Mexican adobe yillagedCt the J<an Diego Exposition grounds. Upon passing the senTry one U^Tven-o pleasant- surprise to _st*e our boys at Jiame In the ^Painted’ESeoert;" formerly a concession. . • ‘ ‘ *'. » , ' > _* V / ) '