t JS W.M VOL. LIVU. BARRWELL, S. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 1«, 1J19 MAJ3R JAMES A. WILLIS. A“*~BaTi>weir County Man Write* Friai France an Interesting . a: id Instructive Letter. (.Con* mued from la.'*! week.) t -On. A live Survive with Ameri- . uan Expeditionary Forces, A. V. O. 7'J1, December 10. Gnui- ce^-sur-Ouree, France. M’ Prank H. Huggins Barn well. S. C., Dear Frank : On the morning of November l^th, between 10 and 11 o’clock, I was directed to take my batta lion and occupy a line then held by a battalion of the 324 Infan try, which had been badly shot up and to hold that position un til further orders. The position was located on the map and I was told to get there as soon as possible. At 11 o’clock we start ed through the town of Haudi- mont on the Verdtm-Metz road in the direction of Manheullea. The men k were marching in column of two's and we had not gone 100 yards before a shell landed near the head of the column, followed in a'very few seconds by another. We had to go down that road for about two miles, then across an open field about a mile further before we could deploy. An enemy plane flew high over us directing the shots, and believe me, they came to us thick and fast. It was one i continuous roar of bursting shells. Someone suggested that we get off the road and march on the side, but I noticed that prac tically all the shells were falling at the edge of the road and tKe old shell holes were on the edge, TO INSPIRE OTHERS. Monument. OWEHS-WALKER., Miss Etolia Iona Oweps and Mr. Ryer^ou B. Walker were qui- , , , etly married in AikearfnWednes- John L,fe SUnd ‘ day, January. 8th, 1919 by Rev. H. R.' Chapman. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Owens, oT Haw throne, S. 0. and is one of the most attractive young ladies in her community. The groom is from Williston, S, G. and is a young' man of sterling worth. , /LA large number of rdlBbres and" friends of the conti^Hng parties were present to wtTne.ss the ceremony, and to wish them a long and happy life After the ceremony happy couple returned to the bride’s home, where a most ’T-'g-rff- ■ u '.■> {*' ' I i (The State.) Please permit me to say just a word concerning the life of a coworker on The State, John S. Reynolds. It was never my good for tune to meet Mr. Reynolds but once. Our acquaintance, how ever, because of his position in the home office of The State and mine as its Washington t h e ! correspondent brought us into intimate association which cov ered the years during which he .N ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY TURKS sumptious^ feaat Later they left where they will future heiMU. Mr. Walker has the congrat- waa served, was connected with that paper. On many occasions it was-nec essary for us to exchange let ters regarding different mat ters which arose from time to for Williston make their ulntions of his many friend^ time regarding the Washington for winning such an attractive young womaq f jr his lift com panion. correspondence and his letters were always full of the kindly and gentlemanly spirit which filled his manly form. Whenever something would . . , . , . , go Jamiss at the Washington squad in. and in a few minutes _ end V a „ d it was necessary for left and blow, a ground that you hole in the j could put a another Shell will fall a few yards in front of him! There seemed to be some unseen hand guiding us and protecting us. During the hardest part of tfie fighting an enemy- plane flew just over us and something told me that he was coming back; I told the men who were near me, the home office of The State to secure information bearing up on the subject, it was frequent ly my pleasure to hear from Mr. Reynolds and I much en joyed the receipt of his letters. There was nothing of the harsh, selfish, dictatorial man- to get up everything they could to shoot and be prepared for . . a . .... - ..that fellow when he came back? with/Vcry few in the middle of . , . . . * iand sure enough m twp % or fchree. the road; therefore, rtn6u?ht we had better stay where there! we a* thy fewest shell holes, and , ^ stayed in the middle of the road i until we had to leave the-road. 1, thought sure the}’ would hit us. when we left the road, and they —— . 1 ner in them. On the contrary, th.8 was at my post of command thpy Rave me always the feel “A barrage of dead bodies so thick and numerous as to *furn the course of the Euphra tes river was made by the bay oneted women and children at the hands of the Turks in Junx,” according to the United States Consular report made to Ambassador -Morgenthau, of Turkey, which fias just been made plrblic through- the American Committee for Re lief in the Near East, w’hose campaign to raise $30,000,000 for these starving people com mences on January 12th. “Men and women were stripped nak ed, fied together in hundreds, shot and then hurled into the river. “Day after day, night after night, the prettiest girls were carried away; some times they returned in a pitiable condition that told of their sufferings. Any stragglers, those who were so old, infirm or sick that they could^not keep up with the match, were promptly kill ed. Whenever a Turkish vil lage was reached, all the local vagabonds were allowed to prey upon the Armenian girls. Hundreds of orphaned chil dren are wandering aimlessly alone over the desert sands. Their skin hanging from their bones like rags, slowly dying of starvation and thirst. Well QUEENS—RAILROADS— STARS ... . ' • ' . / - - •» ; sad OLD FADS CULLED (By Dubois.) What makes some nights starless? ^ Ans.—There are no starless nights, but sometimes we can not see the stars because they are hidden by clouds or fog. * Please tell where to find the quotation, “Qh, East is East, and W’est is West, and never the twain shall meet.” Ans.—In Rudyard Kipling’s “Ballard of East and West.” which Germans consider pertant. ' Has Hungary become a re public? Ans.—It is not easy to say just what the government of Hungary is. Parliament dis solved after the revohition which followed the armistice. In its place is a National Coun cil with twenty members. The Council is supposed to repre sent ail parties except the im perialists, who seemingly have ceased to exist. This National Council is managing --every thing, so far as there is any management at afl. It has at least two Socialist members, ; who seem to be in control of ! foreign affairs. fed Americans can hardly ing that not only was the writ-.j * ma ®»* ne terrible conditions er close to me but that he was, indeed, a real friend. of these war wrecked people of Armenia and Syria who are minutes he appeared rectlv toward us and not over 100 feet high. As soon as he gift close enough he opened fire on us with a machine gun, but the men were ready for him and ^ , ,, T .-. when I told them “let him have <).d &them all arounOut not. jt „. th , fet hjm have jt for al , a shell touched a man on the they were worth with rifles , pis . .tols and one man had gotten a iJBrowning automatic rifle with which he did fine work. As soon as cur firing commenced he turned and got away as fast as ! possible, (’apt. Hollingsworth, who was just below us with his ; company ±... ............... SR—rr—^-C " sJ.>5VaV“ T ,'.“ Please tell how to pronounce Czecho-Slovak, and the origin of the name. Ans.—Check-o slo-vak. This new republic in central Europe How roob does fighting cease after an armistice is declared? Ans.—-That depends on the terms of the armistice. £ e on© declared on Novembe ? { pro vided that fightin ^/should cease ^.t II a. m. c £,ie same day. But the half J*. fighting is supposed to bf jMy tempo rary. In theory / * nations are still at war. P ^/mal confer ences ef the v Carious Allies are being held ai Versailles, te dtecide what permanent terms shall be imposed upon the enemy in place of the tempo rary terms embodied in the armistice. When the Allies are agreed among themselves the final Peace Congress will he held, with envoys representing both sides in the war. Ger many’s envoys will have a chance to state their objections if they have any, and to plead for easier terms if they ifiimk that will do any good. As the Allies lew have all the power the enemy will be obliged ’ tP accept whatever terms the &I- jies max have agreed upo/'aa just and reasonable. i Which was the first. nation te use gas. in this warT Ans.—Germany. It was for bidden by the Hague conven tions, but Germany disregard- 1 ed them, which compelled the other nations to do the same. road or white*we were crossing the field. As soon as we reach ed position, iu-iault formation was taken up arui the advance directly against the German lino • was commenced, and if the old boy and his imps ever bi;oke loose* they did then, and paiu us i a visit. Shell- of every kind and L ) crabber rarrreti down. - We ha be found for him, some* of the’Slav family found princi- the London papers are suggest- pally in northwestern Hungary ing that the Prince of Wales should marry an English or The Very Cradle of Christian ity Threatened—America Alone Can Save It. t Declaring fhajt he believed American girl. 1 The one that his choice rests upon will nat urally, if she- accepts, become Queen of Great Britafri. Is this the first time the Centuries have passed since president has left the United an heir-apparent to the British States during his term of of- throne has married outside of i royal rank, but there is nothing in the British constitution to >> Uo V> lull lllu , _ *il , • ,, , quainted with this fact told me tnut lie ileald l . , . ’ and would not liprmit the pm , , ,, . .... ,ii , , wrote me, welcoming me back Amx ,K n L inc the bullets hitting the plane, but; ,■ n ,, to the haunts of remade men none hit a vital spot: * Attached to each battalion is a \ signal section composed of 31 men who l<*ok; .after..'-telephone lines and al! other means of com munication with the rear. In less than 30 minutes from the , , , i t ime the assault started the sig- fn vour life, they never halted i . -, - , . Jnal section with me had a tele- ! phone line in operation from my position near the front line on! Headquarters at and I was talking to the colonel. The line was shot in two three times, but each time those fel- gUi for one moment, but moved steadily to the front; an officer had only to make a signal and it Was obeyed instantlyr Soon af- - ter the assault started 10 or 15 men of the 324th Infantry came running back" through our lines j •'.’saying that the Germans haelL ^ J A _ , , j lows would go out and repair it; ms covering that field i .r , , .. they kept the connection up through fiTe 'gas attacks, and I wds jiiever delayed in communi cating with headquarters for one siuiute. Their work was siinply marvelous. Some people think that doc-r- tors, dentist and chaplains in the army do not have to go into much danger, -but they are vast ly mistaken. They go right into the fight just as any other officer or man. The two doctors with us, Ca&L Jobson and Lieut. Crum, the dentist, Lieut. Tyler, and Chaplain Schocke, Went right up to the front line and right through it.alh They estab lished the drr3S£Ug station near ‘ and assuring me oi mis great i pleasure in learning of niy rc- Iturn to good health. It was a letter that l much appreciated, and 1 may say that it was one' which inspired me to better! °^ eis •^ c ‘ ar Last, 'work and more intelligent ser vices for The State. To Mr. Reynolds’ good moth er, whom I kneW as a boy in lice ? Ans.—No; Presidents Ar thur, Cleveland, B. Harrison, prevent i.. Four or five of the ., . , ,, , McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft wives of Henrv VIII were not che American ])eop!c could not , ... , 0 , . . ! .. , , . x .. .. : lett the United States during , ot royal birth. • ( . their term:?, though none went | Unless he does make some so far nor remained so long as j such choice the poor ydung -die erf* Christianity to perish/ I Henry M-ovgenthau, former f / • * | United States Ambassador to ! Turkey, pointed out the dire need of the poverty-stricken / and starving Armenians and the battlefield to Regimental! f olle g«- and to the other me W - Haudimont, 11 liil i. i iG and if the men advanced they would be" wiped out, blit not one of our men paid me l£ast bit of attention to them, but kept right on. The machine guns opened lire ail right, ami kept it up all the lime, but that made no dif ference to our boys; they never stopped untik they reached the objective. r How they lived through it I do not know, some fell wounded and some killed, but nothing like you would ex pect. The men were deployed with wide interval between them and that is the only way we can account for so few losses. A man would moVe for ward a few yards and a shell would hit the spot he had just “The condition of these peo- , , pie is appalling,” said Mr. Mor- f f . TT . ’ 0 * -of the United States more than au. “Four hundred thou sand of the starving hosts of Armenia and Syria are chi 1- dren. Multitudes have already perished, while their mothers) stood 1 , powerless to help, while their dearest treasures died be fore their eyes:—their own children for whom they would well as to his illustrious father, now since gone, may I add these few lines to what others ' ^ ' . may sa ,T v John Reynolds sympathized with the misfortune of other ! n a\e given their lives. men, as I’know from personal experience, and in their bright and prosperous days, there was nohe who rejoiced with them in their successes more than he. _ elepend the perpetuation of a This was typical of our young lace ^at early accepted ( hris- friend who has laid down his D an ^>' a race ihat has been “Upon these children, help ed back to normal childhood, let us hope, by the generosity of the American people, must life on the bleak fields' of bat- tie. May his efforts be an in spiration to those who' will fol low hereafter. \ The above tribute was paid f v * to the late Lieut. John Rev- . * ■ % nolds, who died of wounds re ceived in action in France. Lieut. Reynolds married Miss Emily Bellinger, formerly of Barnwell,* now of Oolfimbia, who has many friends here most cruelly persecuted by the barbarous Turks arid has gone to Calvary for its belief, • “A't Teheran and other cities men, women and children ar6 prostrated on the Streets from fConiinutvl ip Pajte 1-iit.l who sympathize \tlTh heF the loss of her husband. * P. H. McGowan. in not been outside States mor a day or two at one time. Is it iikely-that the railroads will ever go back to private ownership? Ans,—We must wait and see. It seem* rathef likely that the question will play a large part in the presidential Campaign of 1920. There is much to be said, , for and against. I Would like to know why the emperor of Germany is called “kaiser.” 7 Ans.—The word is a German, form of the Latin Caesar, as Czar, or Tsar, is a Russian form of the same word. Long -after Julius Caesaf was dead, the Rofnan enrperors continued to call themselves “Caesars,” pronouncing the word like Kaisers. The title survived or was revived in Germany and Russia. The kaisers were Ger man Caesars, n©t~“ertperors of Germany” —- a distinction i Mr. Wilson: However, he is | man seems doomed to baejie- ttochnically on American Soil i lorhood. He has declared that when he is on an American 1 he will not under any.circum- f naval vessel or .in an American j stances marry a German., Uegation, whether in London, | There is one princess of suit- ■ i J Paris or Rome. Thus in a legal able age in Italy,\but questions of religion would interfere. The four beautiful daughter? of the late Czar ; of v Russia might have been eligible, but they have apparently been put to death by the Bolsheviki. -Ac- single princess in Rumania might answer, the London,pa pers say, but the idea aw’akens no enthusiasm a*mong the Brit ish people, who have to be con sidered in arranging such a marriage, , The London Express says: “If he should choose an Amer ican bride the enthusiasm on both sides of . the Atlantic would be unbounded, and dra matic possibilities would bo opened up. • The example would be infectious, and there is no telling where the eonse— * f quences would end.” . Jt is given out in England that the Prince of Wales will visit the United States before long, in order to return, on ba- nalf of the King and Queen, the visit of the President al Mrs. Wilson. The prince now 24 years olfr. u* m