Barnwell sentinel. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 185?-1925, January 09, 1919, Image 1
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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ministration has rescinded the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
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“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
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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,
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“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
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