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' t SIXTY SEVENTH YEAR ESTABLISHED 1852 SIXTY SEVENTH TERR VOL. LXYIV BARNWELL, S C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1919 SUS BODY MEETS FOR YEAR State Association to Hold Ses sion at W ilkiston—Growth of Industry. State. . Greenville, Jan. 4.—The an nual meeting of the South Caro lina Asparagus Growers’ Asso ciation will be held at Williston, Barnwell county, January 13, J. B. Knight* president, announces. The association, composed of 180 members, some of the most pro gressive and successful farmers in the lower part of the State, will make a contract for the new year, consider suggestions for the betterment of the organiza tion, expansion of their endeav ors and attend to other business incident to an annual session. It it a get together gathering, held once a year, and a big barbecue dinner of choice viands cooked in delicious country style is not the least of the features. After this spread the members are in a good humor to elect officers for the coming year. President Knight announced MAJ. JAMES A. WILLIS * : i ' fefe A Barnwell County Man Writes From France an Interesting and Instructive Letter. On Active Service With Amer ican Expeditionary Forces, A. P. 0. 791, December 10, 1918. Grancey - sur - Ource, France. -- sjr Mr. Frank H. Huggins, Barn- - well, S. C. Dear Frank: Your interesting letter was received some weeks ago, just after our big scrap. We were .on the march and I did not have a chance to answer. We are now very comfortably billeted in the little town of Grancey, on the River Ource, for an indefinite stay so far as we know or can learn. You would probably like to hear just where we have been and what we have been doing: I was in the Advance School De tachment of 86 officers and 84 non-commissioned officers from the 81st Division, which left Camp Sevier, S. C., on July 13th and reached Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y., on the morning of FOOD RESTRICTION ORDERS REVOKED The United States Food Ad ministration has rescinded the twelve General Orders with ref erence to public eating places but in connection with such ac tion special' attention has been called to the continuing need of economy in the use of food in order that this country may be able to carry out its plans for the furnishing of large quanti ties of food to relieve . famine conditions in Europe. us, and we were sent on to Lan- gres, where wd arrived about midnight. We went through a two weeks’ course in the latest tactics in handling troops on the front, and on the 28th we left to rejoin our regiments. The division had landed about two weeks earlier and I reached my battalion on Sunday, Septem ber 1st, at Rugny, near Tonner- re. I was certainly glad to get back to them and they seemed glad to see me. I was told that I would have four weeks in which to train my battalion in AUGUSTINE WEERLEY WRITES AN INTERESTING LETTER TO - NIS FATHER. . i• tc . u lir . . the new tactics and new methods tod»y th* program of sped**, [the 15fl. _ Fa ygiy, there just of ^ { l t « • _» i _^ 1.1 ^ rufA uroobo and Inrt tnn which includes some of the fore most men of the country inter ested in this particular develop ment oChgriculture: F. S. Ruggles of the bureau of markets, Washington; W. W. Robertson, general Southeastern agent, Fruit Growers’ Express; Roland Turner, general agricul tural agent, Southern Railway; B. Harris, commission of agri culture' for South Carolina; C. 13. Bassett, formferly of the of fice of bureau of markets, now representative of North Ameri can Fruit Exchange. Crop Profitable (hie. The development of aspara gus growth in South Carolina in %lN€h the late Senator B. \ R. Tillman was identified and one of the charter members of the association, has been favored with so much success and profit that it augurs well for the culti vation of the crop in. other sec tions. Mr. Knight said aspara gus could be grown to excellent advantage throughout the State with large returns for the grow- farmefs were perfected whereby they could Bhip the product in car load lots from one or more shipping points. It is too big a proposition for one farmer to attempt^ but success, he said, is reasonably assured if 20 or more farmers around a certain point '.should plant the crop and then organize for the sale of it in car load lots through an exchange, which, if located in the North, is bettor abte to handTe the busK ness, on account of the greater demand in that section of the "^country. The crop requires a great deal of care and attention, ’rat the revenue is far greater than from the average ^vop end '"frtaives far less acreage.* . J Mr. Knight was invited to go into further details.: as regards [the crates bv the box manufac-j two weeks, and left on the morn ing of the 29th and went aboard ship, the Mauretania, and sail ed on the morning of the 30th at 7 o’clock. It was an impressive sight; the big ship was covered with soldiers, there were 6,000 on board, and as she passed down the harbor everybody gave us a great send off, bands play ed, people cheered, waived dags, etc. ... . . i.. . , We, had a fine trip over. The boat itr a regular palace and we had fine weather. We landed at Liverpool, England, on the morn ing of August 6th; left there the next morning by train for South Hampton and arrived that after noon. We enjoyed the trip across England very much. It is a beautiful country, kept just like a flower garden. Went on board ship the next day for a dash MR. AND MRS. SOMEBODY HAVE: A TALK WITH MR. and Mrs. anbody. from the day I arrived, Sunday, September 15th, we marched out of Rugny on our way to Ervy to take the train for the front line. We left Ervy Tuesday and arriv ed at Bruyeres the next morning and were billeted around there until Saturday, we marched.- to Domfaing, each step taking us nearer the firing. We saw some aeroplane fighting while at Bruyeres*and the Fi rst Battalion lost one nian there killed by a machine gun in an aeroplane. We left Domfaing Sunday after- noon, September 22nd,- and marched straight to the front After we had gone 14 miles I was directed to take my com mand on to Hurbache, eight and one-half miles further. It was raining and as dark aa could be. For some miles we had been across the Channel. We were ; buildings, and warned not to take off any clothes, but to be ready to go over board at any moment. No body liked that part of the trip, but nothing happened, and at> ers, provided an organization of 2:3(> a. m, wc were in sight of La Havre, but could not land un til high tide early in the after- _ - >\ noon. We left there nexf rrioro- ing on a dinkey little train for Chatillon-sur-seine (only a few miles from where we are now located), where we arrived about noon the third day'(Mon day). AH of our party stopped there for the different schools, except the field officers, nine of crosses marking soldier graves. Very soon we began to hear heavy guns and as we marched these guns sounded closer and closer, until we be gan to hear the shells go over us. - - -—— ........... We reached Hurbache at 3 a. m., and found a battalion of the 321st Infantry in a fight just over the hill from the town. On Wednesday we went into the front line and had our first real taste of powder. In some places our trenches were only 40 yards from the enemy. There was a lot of sniping on both sides,, ma chine gun fire, and we were shelled almost continuously. They came over so regularly that the men got so accustomed to shell fire that they did not seem to mind at all. We were in the Vosges sector near Moyen- “A. E. F., Nov. 24, itU8. “Dear Father ; “Your letter of Oct. 14th was received a few days ago, and was mighty glad to hear that you all were well and had so far escaped the inflileu/.a epidemic. I hope eie this i» is well on the decline. We were^very fortunate over her# in that it only lasted only a short time. “In one of your last letter* you atked me to write a long letter describing in detail my ex perience over here. I will have to wait awhile before I can tell you ve»y much as the censor rules so far have not been modi fied, aud the things that) would interest you most are prohibited. I hope that it will not be very long until I can “tell you” rath er than write. “la regards my trip oyer most of it was very pleasant, we had good weather, practically no sickness, aud up to the second day from landing had enooua- tered no “Subs.” But—finally the long expected and eagerly watched for “Subs” were sight ed, the alarm was immediately signs tea to all the boat! in the conyoy and everything was put in readiness to meet the attack, the abandon ship formation was ordered aud each man on board took his assigned position Qn dsek. This formation had been thoroughly drilled and it was ex ecuted without the slightest dis turbance or excitement. Now as to the results of this attack, our convoy escaped without the slightest damage, but Fritz lost’ -pretty -heavily<• „ . “I landed at a northern port in France, and just shortly after By DuBois. - In these modern times it of- ten happens that a * worm is found irBan apple but it would seem that in the time of the be ginning that apples were worm less. However, it makes no dif ference how we think it ought to have been it has been proved that in the apple that old lady Eve bit into held a wormy germ of discontent and complaint. Eve passed that bitten apple on to Father Adam and he, too, did bite into the germ and swallowed enough of it to per meate the systems of his off and on spring down to this day. Im mediately after A. A. Adqjn bit that sheep nose and before he finished picking the. peeling out of his teeth he turned to Mrs. Eve and began to complain. “Eve*^ he said, I swear I feel all 4< upsot, somepuns wrong inside, “reckon I better take a “dost of sody.” Eve’s eyes popped out like headlights and she looked at poor Aron Adam with a curling .lip* remarking: “Whut, -you 44 “felt like I do you wouldn’t ever hev got up this day. My gra cious, old man, my head is just “about to pop and there ain’t a “aspirin in the house.” There they were; our first parents, complaining, complain ing, complaining. Finding fault with their vitals and burdening other people with their grumb- The following letter from J. H. Strange, who has had quite a bit of experience® in service overseas, was recently received by iiis father,Mr.J.F.M. Stratige of Allendale, and will be of in terest to his friends throughout the County : “Ambly, France. “Nov, 24. * 1918.- “Mv dear Da#*: ‘ A« to-day it tel asidsbytb* American* at “Father.” day 1 am going to write you a few line*. We can now toll you.A!i what experience* we have bad and where w* are. When tea first came over we landed in France and were put m. training camps for a ge«d while. Then Ire were put *§ what is called the Tool teeter ♦here we entered into the find real action that we were engaged in. I - was in the tret eft- American drive, which I you all read about in papers. Jt was an awful believe me. I was aom< excited at first but need to it. ' The first day fsont, “Frit*” nut us glad welcome “sick? Huh, if you, Aron Adam, lar K* ammunition dump by eur Jia* la themn curw? Nay, W brother, when Gabriel blows that long braes bugle some dear ward I was ordered up to the rister will say, “Ouch, how that the association of which he president. ~ History of Association. ‘ per cent, of the total outmit in V_, ?■■■. - , V T' \ The South Carolina'Aspara gus Gorwers’ Association was organized in 1915, after a series of-the most iainous prices to the growers. Since the organization every vear has witnessed a steady increase ip the amount of returns to tite growers. The sea son dates from March 10 to May 10. 'AH of the product’is shlp- ped ^ under refrigeration, arid ^marketed under _ the “Dixie “Brand,” which.was formerly the private brand of the late Sena tor Tillman and became the of ficial brand of the association when he joined it. The senator, even in his years of declining health, continued an aggressive moxnber. The brand, in _ the | and La Chappell were just back ioi m o1 ti disk ot attiactive (| ie lines held by rpy battalion, situi, is inv nessed on the .ends ot , tb^- support comply occupied these towns, and the town ot Senonea, was just back of the moutier. The towns of La Baire turer. -The association markets 90 South Carolina, and last season Shipped to Northern points 140 car loads at an average price of $2,000 per car. Some of the price is $4 per box. For the past New York city, with branches in 110 cities in the United States three seasons_ the ’Northern American Fruit Exchange of and Canada, has handled- the products. , front for a few day* course it inti ruction, at th* completion of this I returned to my Battalion and found that it was under or ders to go to tbs Frenches. In a fsw daft ws *Fnt in and took over a sector, ini* was in the oli historical Yp«A sector. ThS boys were very uatkamartia and determined to do just a litfcls more than »‘ their brt.” 8oon after occupying the trenches we received orders to attack. This was exactly what evreyoue was wishing for, merely bolding the line wat rapidly growing mon^ otonous, such inactivity was the hardest thing in the war for our boys to get used to. This attack was a great success and consid erable comment wa9 given it in the papers. From the Ypres sec tor we wenstp Arras, from there to the Somme. This was just prior to the attack that was launched between Cambra and St. Quentin, here we took part in one of the biggest battles of the grand offensive which added considerable to the already fa mous historV of the Somme. “As to the details-ot-my expe rience I’ll have to wait and "Jell you when I return, they £re meet interesting hut too much to write, and as varied asTiiey are numerous. I lvavn'.t said any thing of the gloomy side of the game nor it- hardships but they j “know,that doctor-in Baltimore are not at all unbearable, for “said 1 had the worst invalided "'up there your efforts mate- j “stomach he eyer saw. Just riaiizonnd appreciation for your j.^think now of all the stomachs thing does screech!” Listen to the din, the mighty, powerful dip of the millions of voices as they lift their raccu- ous complaints to high Heaven. Were all the unnecessary grunts ahd wails merged the noise would be along drawn out sigh that would in volume have sil enced into nothingness the howling of the war dogs in Flanders when the fight was at its worst. Listen to ’em, O listen to ’em. “O, I feel so bum, that pickle I “ate just before I got up from “the table simple fixed me for “life.” “Yes, dear, and I was “feeling fine until this morning “that horrible boy from over “the street panned here with “that nasty popper-stick. These “noises Will drive me crazy yet, “there now, listen to that pla- “gueded cook on the back porch, “she throws down that wood “like she wanted to tear the “house down. Yes, yes; I know, “Mrs. Somebody, that noise IS a “terrible thing, but now it just “simply is not as bad to be ner- “vous as it is to have a Dl-ges- “tion that is so awfully timid, I “like mine is. Why, do you trucks. I thopghlthat broken looee but it hpd just begun for latter inf the big'St. Mihiel drive pieces of shell feB around my truck like hail, but it did’nt worry me so When the Toul and St. drive was over we*, were movwfl to the great Argonne Faces* where the next drive be that was some drive. ail their machine guns drsve them beak. Later ne wer* sent beck to the Verdun and St. Mihiel seat or* whace we era now. The wav eededsm on us here. The tori bultot that old M Keif*r BUI” teat over oe our eeetor fell in bearing of me* I waa up on the front with a load of little “Wimas”. W* nicknamed them ' and rillri them kiseee that wo wove tend ing the Keieer. The Kaiser licked tad licked good. I not get to kill me a Gorman but l>elu)v* me I certainly did put my part of ammunition up* to the front to kill them with. “Guess I wiH cI|ae for thin timo. Have' lots of interesting things to tell yon all * •St* get home whioh I hope will not be long. Give my beet regards to all. “Your loving “Henry” eon, line held by the Germans. After being in the line two weeks the 3rd Battalion was withdrawn and sent to the Taintrux area be- hw- Sit. Dlfe for special training te.aaaault the line it had held be- cars, when prices were highest,, tween La Chappell and Senones, brought 44,000. The average capture the enemy position and hold it. An exact duplicate of our lines and the * enemy lines had been laid out at Taintru* and we were to train that each man " r oi Coaiiiued men so few just fr(«. services are so manifest that P^r-.j have saw and you will know sonaHttrds ups ami darker are nha t mine ig jn ^ awfully ter _ partly overlooked, but I know the hardships I experienced were slight compared to those of some others, p I never'had to suffer being wounded, but I got plenty to satisfy mo along this line in a small dose of gas which at the time I regarded as v-ery trivial but later pie after effects convinced me that it was due considerable respect. . i -* r Will close for this time hop ing you and all are well. Lote of ldvek k >■ : ' M Yoiir son, v C “Augustus. “rible fix.” , - - r Let us not forget the Veather complainers as we go along. Here we have Mr. ‘Anybody or Mrs. Somebody whom the weath er never suits. , “Cold? Well I should say. Fm freezing plum ,to. death this very minute and last night I just pasted away. My feet are ALWAYS cold and right be “tween my shoulders is a cold | “spot that stays there from the 1 growings I I “first frost until peaches are! 44, 44 44 44 “ripe. Isn’t this weather ex cruciating? I don’t see how I “CAN stand it until next sum- “mer. Yes, Mrs. Somebody, and “fierce? What that, wagon dump- “ed in my back yard ain’t fit for- “nothing in the world. I told “the rpan that if he hadn’t al ready unloaded it when I saw “him I would MAKE him take “it right back, and the price? “My goodness gracious, it’s,high way robbery; They" say it’s “war prices, but you know thatk “all stuff; I dor\’t believe one “single, solitary word of it. Now “do you?” ; O, well, the world is not going to the bow wows. This com plaining will go oq tiir the end of time. If all the grumbling and fault-finding were to, com to a sudden stop all over tl* world we would think the bot tom was fixing to drop out tif things right'now. - ^ The complainers will go along, God bless them are mighty good 1 without their :...