Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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KK OF THE WEEK H CMP SEN UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT MEMORANDUM FOR OFFICERS GOING TO FRANCE. PHYSICAL STUFF IS BUSY r _ \ Go After Boxing and Wrestling With a Vim?Health Condition of Camp Is Good. CamD Sevier. Greenville. S. C.?A memorandum entitled 'information as to Uniform and Equipment for Officers in France," issued from the headquarters of the American expeditionary forces, has recently been received at Camp Sevier and copies of it distributed. The memorandum, which is dated November 16, 1917, states that olive drab cotton and mosquito head nets should be omitted, and that only cavalry officers on duty with troops armed with sabers will need such weapons. Cap, riding gloves and some linen shirts, collars and cuffs, should be added to the list of garrison articles and watches and compasses with illuminated dials are desirable. The bedding should include four blankets' and one comfort, while in the way of special articles there should be a camp chair, an oil or gasoline burning lamp or lantern, a flash light with extra batteries, a fountain pen, paper and envelopes ana a canvas or rubber tub for sponge baths. The stock of clothing carreid should include heavy and medium weight olive drab woolen ui^rorms, light and heavy woolen underwear, a wool lined overcoat, a leather or flannel vest, a knitted toque (helmet), one pair of x rubber hip boots, with moccasins reaching to the ankle; one pair of Arctic overshoes, two pairs of shoes for wear inside Arctics, aid two pairs of very heavy hobnaile4 marching shoes, or trench boots large enough to take heavy woolen pocks. These boots lace at the instSp, and may be worn by officers at all times, while those lacing all the way up are authorized, but in cities may be worn only in inclement weather. Under the spur of A. E. Marriott, camp Y. M. C. A. physical director, all of the association's physical staff are going after boxing and wrestling with a vim daring this cold weather. To show on how large a scale the association is going in for these sports, a large wrestling mat recently arrived * and 40 sets, or 80 pairs, of boxing gloves are now on the way here, while 25 more sets have just been requisitioned. These, with the gloves already on hand, will end Lie as many as 100 matche-s to be staged at one time. Recently a huge boxing bout, m which in some two hours 175 or more matches were staged, was held at the field signal battalion. As many as ten bouts were going at cnce. with separate officials for each, the rounds beinsr all started and stopped at the same time. Next week a wrestling match will take place between teams representing the Sixtieth Infantry Brigade and Y. M. C. A. Unit No. 83, which ser res the base hospital, the engineer regiment, the field hospitals and the_sanitarv trains. An intra-unit wrestling tournament was run off in the Sixtieth Brigade. Two three inch guns have just artivfv? at carrm. increasing the num ber of these weapons to six, enough to give each of the three field artillery regiments two to practice with. As soon as complete harness and other equipment arrives for one battery of four guns, firing on the artillery range at Cleveland Mills, about 20 miles north of Greenville, will commsace. A camp for one battalion is now being erected there. Twenty-six officers of the Signal Reserve Corps, 11 first lieutenants and 15 second lieutenants reported for duty at the aviation recruiting depot here. All of the officers came from Garden City, Long Island. Their arrival brings the number of officers at the depot up to 60, while the number of enlisted Wf men has grown to more than 200. ? r\?i? +Viq 51 armv ramnn ?ri W V/LQJ OJLA KJMm \*XJL\J WA WW* J .y, ^ this country show better health conf ditions than this, according to the eurgeon general's report on conditions i for the week ending Saturday, December 29. On that day 24 camps had higher non-effective rates than Sevier, L and only six lower, and since then conditions here have steadily, improv& ed. The hospital admittance rate, the ?^ ^ for (percentage ui iuca UWUL * duty on account of sickness and the percentage affected with venereal disease only are all below the average. Six deaths occurred week before last, and only two last. The departure of the snow and slush which covered the ground for almost three weeks has permitted a return to the routine of drill which prevailed before bad weather set in. The long TJv hikes which served to keep the men fit during the period are giving way again to th intricacies of close order drill and other maneuvers and L trench occupation is agrn going on. Practice on the target range will probably be D^gun again shortly. A building will in all probability be erected at tho artillery range which is located at Cleveland Mills, IS mile.-; ^ north of Greenville. FRONTS UE III THE IP OF WDUEB I ! i LlllLt r lurl I IrMCa tAb 1 UK WMI I BEYOND LIMITED ARTILLERY ACTION. I FSEKCH FRONT SNOWBOUND ! | \ Long Waited German Offensive Has | Been Delayed for Weeks on Account | of Weather?Peace Negotiations j Continue at Brest-Litovisk. i j Winter has Settled down in earnest ; over all the impc~' it war fronts, and j beyond artillery :ions, which are oemg carried out over very linmeu : sections, there has been little fighting either in the west or in the east, i Only patrol encounters are reported ; along the T>*"' ish lines, and artillery | action at two points on the French front. In Italy the terrific artillery and infantry fighting has given way to aerial warfare, which, however, though it is spectacular, has little direct bearing on the progress of the campaign when confined to combats between individuals or squadrons. For nearly a month now the front in France and Belgium has been almost snowbound. Thus the long waited German offensive, with the heavy reinforcements which Germany transferred from the Russian front to the west, has been delayed for weeks, if not, possibly, for months. The peace negotiations between the bolsheviki and the representatives oi the uadruple alliance at BrestLitovsk continue, but without definite, results. Another delay in the assembling of the constituent assembly is j likely because of the issuance of a decree at Petrograd, providing foi new elections to replace member oi1 the constituent assembly who arej deemed not to represent the interests! of the workmen and peasants. According to reports from the Rus-j ciRTi capital, northern Russia is tC; ~ \ ------ , receive ample food Fupplies from Ukraine, through the reconcilation of, the? bolsheviru and the Ukrainians J Every effort has been made in the; last few weeks by the bolsheviki au-j thorities to prevent the threatened! famine in Petrograd and other cities j of Russia where the bolsheviki hold! the power. It is also semi-officially reported from Petrograd that the bolsheviki have taken control at Novo Tcherkassk, capital of the province of the Don cossacks and headquarters oi General Kaledine, hetman of the cos-l sacks. j STEAMERRS IN DESPERATE ' ? * ^ * 1 P- IIMTI TIIP t AP dm i ill wiin inc. n-/c Richmond. Va.?Steamers battled desperately for hours to break through the ice in the James river between thif, ritv and Chesapeake bay. All rivei transportation has been suspended for two weeks, but with the recent heavy rains the ice is breaking and traffic is expected to be resumed. Virginia silvered severely from the cold wave, but in Richmond the temperature dropped to 10, several degrees highei than had been expected. I MILLION DOLLAR FIRE VSISITS INDIANAPOLIS. ! Believed to Have Been of Incendiary Origin. Indianapolis, Ind...Fire brok-3 out in^ the Industrial building, which housed thirty manufacturing foncern*. and destroyed the building and adjoinine property, causing a loss estimate! at $1,000,000. Fire Chief Loucks said he believed | that tie fire was or incendiary origin. Several of the manufacturing companies were making machinery for ths government under war contracts. Six dwellings, a church, grocery and saloon also were burned. No lives were lost, although falling walls placed firemen in great danger and hindered them fn their work by cutting line after line of hose BUSINESS MEN OF GERMANY WARNED KAISER MUST GO. "Washington. ? American ousmess | men are asked In a referendum submit| ted to the chamber of commerce of the' ; United States to pass upon a propos-| ; ed warning to German industrial lead- J | ers that they cannot hope to resume I friendly commercial relations withj j the United States after the war unless the German government has become a responsible instrument of the people. SENATOR JAS. H. BRADY OF IDAHO IS DEAD.' Washington.?Senator Jas. H. Brady of Idaho, died at his home here from heart disease. ITe suffered an acute attack a week ago while on his way to Washington from Idaho, and h"d been in a critical state since. The senator's wife and several reianves were at h!s bedside. His two sons. S. Brady, of Chandler. Okla.. an.l J Robr, P'^dy of Kansas were on a t-ain ?rom the west trying to reach Y.'ash "TOMMY" FINE FIGHTER Americans Admire the Spirit of British Army. Entirely New Fee!ing Growing Up Be tween Two Kindred Nations in Arms. London.?The military correspondent of the London Times, writing from France, says: "In France we have suddenly discovered America, and America has discovered us. How different we both ar J i ! Irom our preconceived nouous ux eutu other! We did not know what a highly educated, professional and modesl gentleman the American regular officei was, nor did we (juite realize what s splendid body of active fighting mer he was going to bring over with him. "We are a groat deal more enthu siastic about the Americans, and, ii I may say so, more proud of them, that we show on the surface. How can w< not regard as men of our own flesh ant hir.nri thn roifivs r>f Amprimn soldiers of all grades who come to us, wiic speak our own language and bear oui own names, who understand us in i flash of time, and whose point of viev on rJmost every conceivable subjec under heaven is our own? "These sentiments are, I hope, mu tual. The Americans did not knov what our armies were, nor what thej had dofie or are doing. Many of then know now. They witnesses under fin our errand attacks and our raids. The? observe with astonishment the terrifu power of our modern artillery and th< glorious activities of our splendid air men. "They see the spirit, the discipline anc the emulation of our infantry, anc they are profoundly impressed b? them. I hope that the pride which w< feel, without venturing to express it in the Americans is a little reciprocat ed by them. I can only say that ever: American soldier who has told me o: his experiences on the British fron hns snoken with enthusiastic admira tion of our men, and that an entirely new feeling, the consequences of whicl may be immense, is growing up be tween the two kindred nations ii arms." X THINK "STONEWALL" ) A JACKSON BEST LEADER ) V Washington.?Which of all ( (V the American generals is it that / Q has given European strategists ; a most food for thought? Give N \ a guess, or two, or three. And C 0 then you will be wrong, accord- / -* x n n ing to a prominent ouuuiem / \ congressman, who says it is not ^ y Washington or Sherman or s 0 Grant or Robert E. Lee. (J () "Stonewall Jackson is the / /) man." this congressman de- \ \ clared. "I was surprised re- n v cently in talking to British army ( Q officers to learn that they have ( A mnde it a ooint to study all of j x Jackson's campaigns. It seems V they regard him as the cleverest (/ of all the American generals, A ami the most capable in mnneu\ vering against odds. \ "One British officer told me Q that he personally, with a staff /) of subordinates, had gone on a foot over all the ground covered \ by General Jackson in his great 0 rtfids during the Civil war. He Q said it was as^ fine a study in /) tactics as could be found any FINDS LIVE "GHOST" AT TOME Spook" Found in Cemetery by Care taker Proves to Be Soldier, Probably Insane. Columbus, O.?John Davis, caretak er of Walnut Hill cemetery, Hamlir township, never believed in ghosts, bui he did have a "spooky" experience. Davis was strolling through the cem etery when he happened to see a fig ure sitting on a tombstone. Close in spection showed it to be a man witf only a blanket thrown around his shoulders. His clothes were lying ir a heap at his feet. As Davis approached, the figurt arose and ino^ired if the referee wa? coming. Davis said he didn't know but would go hunt him. However, th< man intimated that was unnecessary 1 - T- X ~ .3 ~ 1 * 4-4-1 una s:uu lit' wiiiiifu iu nuve u ijllic wa' ing match. Davis brought the man to the county jail, where an examination of his clothes brought out enlistment papers for the array. It was decided to hole an inquest for lunacy. LIVES IN FEAR OF TROUBLE Ohio Man Lies Awake Nights Waiting for His House to Fall in River. ?? Cleveland.?Anton Buelzinski isn't potting much sleep these nights. H< lies awake waiting for his house t<. tumble onto the Erie railroad tracks. He has sued the road for $3,000 damages for sleepless nights and depreciation of his property. Buelzinski says the rumbling of the Erie trains has caused his yard to jn a dually crumble and full to the valley below. When he bought it the Lous* s^od TOO feet fro in ihe edge of ihe cliff. Now oL-iy 25 l'vri separate the two. i ^ A j^A! !?/' ".' ^ '. ^ v J??? ?M** <^y) i?*t >;*"v* ^&>>? ' ?T 111 I ? ?:'sS2'HI 1 I? III Ipl y g^pl HP IP I A silver miniature of the District of Columbia's jail door will be worn as a badge of honor by 97 suffragists who have "done time" for picketing the White Tloiise. They represent 26 states. The pins are about om? by two inches and were presented to the pick' ets by Mrs. William Kent, wife of former Representative Kent of California. [URGES PATRIOTS TO I EAT MORE CLAMS Portland. Ore.?"Eat clams." is the advice of Dr. C. H. Ed/ mondson, assistant professor of * zoology at the University of Oregon, to all patriotic Ameri:; cans who are trying to conserve 1 1 the nation's meat supply. Tie declares the clam is as palatable [, as the oyster and has a similar j; food value. , Doctor Edmondson suggests "i the use of the clam in place of red meats, which the governj r.ient is striving to conserve. 1 * i This suggestion comes as the re suit of a survey he made recenti iy under the direction of the United States bureau of fisher- i I ies. His object was to discover t! the edible species of shellfish, to ) j find where they may be obtained Ni , in quantities and to perfect a {! means of co-operating with those ', engaged in marketing this sea ) I product. S 1 t : ??4 / Soldier Found Dead in Room. Spartanburg.?A coroner's invest failed to clear up the mystery surrounding the death of First Liewt' Dean H. Buchanan of Camp' Wadsworth, who was found dead in his room in a hotel in this city with his brain penetrated by a pistor bullet. Lieutenant Buchanan's home was at Grove City, Pa. He was in the Officers' Reserve Corps and came here a few days ago from Camp Gordon, Atlanta, being assigned to one of the machine ( gun battalions row Demg organized in , the provisional training brigade at \ Camp Wadsworth. ' He registered at the Hotel Brooklyn Monday, occupied his room fast night, [ went out this morning and returned < before noon. A new pistol loaded with A one cartridge discharged was found hi n the room. The theory of suicide is adi vanced as the only one which soerns to I fit the facts. As so far learned no one / was in the room with the body. How ever, there was a letter to his mother, Mrs. Alice C. Buchanan, apparently I just written and indicating a happy frame of mind. May Locate Big Plant at Charleston. Columbia.?inrormation received is that Henry Ford will leave Detroit - within the next few (Jays for an ini spection of Southern ports for a snitt able site for the large shipbuilding plant, to be erected somewhere ia the South- This information was sent to Andrew J. Bethea from GSiarfeerton. who has suggested the State's big seat port as a most desirable Ideation for 3 the contenjplated enterprise. 11 Eat at least one meatless laeal a ! day. ;| Eat more fish, rheese. eggs, poultry, > and save beef, pork, asd mutton for , our fighters. ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. ! The Orangeburg Packing Company began the actual slaughter of hogs on 5 January 28. Already enough hogs have > been contracted for to run the plant I during that week. The plant will be i in complete operation by Febraurv. j The United State? government experts assigned to the plant as inspectors of j meats will report for duty not later i than February 1. II John Hagood of South Carolina, has been nominated by the President to be a colonel of the Coast Artillery Corps. John J. Earle, a leading lawyer of Columbia, has volunteered his services ! to the lied Cross and will leave New ,; York soon for France. The Rev. Oliver J. Hart, a native of i York and now assistant rector of St. : Michael's Church, Charleston, has waived clnim for exemption fr )m the army draft, although he is not liable ; to call, being on ordained miir'ster of the gospel. Tie is ready to serve his country. r/hr-n rumriono:L and as a mat4 r^t of f.'-1 has ar: application on TAX RETURNS FOR 101$ I or an authorized agent will be at th# following places Btmei below for the purpose ?f taking tax r?rurn" -if fcoth real and personal propertj ' r fiseal year ISIS. And in tlie Auditors office- in thCmrthonse until Feb. the 20th after | which date 50 per cent penalty wil | ^e aaderl. The law requires a tax o< i all notes mortsares and moneys, al I " ~ " ' j --o Income tax on incomes over $z i i m. I There is a captation tax on all do^ ; of fifty cents. All male persons betycen the ages ot j j 21 and 60 are liable to p2y a poll i tax of $1.00 unless otherwise exempt All persons owning property in ; more than- one School District will ; b* required to make returns for eac.h ; District, as the Tax Bocks will be j made un by School Districts instead ; ] of Townships in J. B. Hal face, County Auditor 1 f 'm* f Tenth Cc V We are Selling A All Competitc TERE MUST B That Re? ^ We Are Selling Than They Can Be? ^ ? * A -AT V Our Mules Are fNO r Have Been the I I Newberr a^murr ? ' 1 - J 1 - .Stories upon Stories ?with high ideals 12 Glorious Serials or Group Stories and 250 Shorter Stories and every one with "lift" in it. 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