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THE NEGRO SOLDIER ... What - Col. George -Harvey Say* on the Subject. .Harvey's Weekly. Every plan proposed to Cor~-e*s ss the basis for a system of universal militarv training contains the War Department's estimate that apjj cxlmaicly ti00,000 beys will ue available icr instruction annually. At least 10 per cent of this number <xvq negroes. So iar as we have been iniormed, the advisability oi training the A.C'^jr*. cs c c- ..oc4;j i?u. 110. been o.uestior.ed at the War Depart* ment or at the Capitol. Secretary tsaker has said nothing on tne suojeei. Kor have Gen. March and his advisers . at the War Department. Consideration of the legislation is proceeding upon the assumption that no reason Exists for differentiating1 between the xaces. Much has been said and much has \>oen written in praise of the exploits of cur negro troops in France. Newspaper magazine writers have found ill "Young Black Joe" a ready ve' ' 1 e - + Po/.o ji.'rtn:). illt'ie TOT JIIUVV L' - ~ L ? gandists (with a purpose f featured him. Estimable ladies and gentlemen, imbued with a praiseworthy desire to minimize racial antipathies, hr.ve found in his patriotism the base .for many heroic stories. We wish thei-e reports and stories ' ~ ,, , r?l\ i X\T/*> * > "ft'Cl'C tlCCUlil Li?. We v. ion inviw i> no compiling leascn for revealing the truth. Bui there is. Distasteful as the task may be, it is essential that the facts be presented. Legislation based upon the hypocritical unwillingness of assessing the true value of the negro'as a fighting man, must in cvitably lead to waste ot great" sums of government money in training men M pi f ? _ I..Cill cf meeting, the demands of modern v.. warfare. 1 he Ninety-second division was organized in November, 1^17, " and was composed 'of the best negroes drafted. It was )he only negro division sent to France. Originally all company officers were negroes, "ills commanding officer and the field officers were regulars, assigned to the division because they had seen service with regular negro regiments. As the training proceeded, the * t. negro officers in the artillery and . 4 engineer regiments were relievd by white officers, because of inefficiency. The average period allotted for training white troops in France was four weeks. 'The iNinety-seconct was kept in the training area seven weeks. On August 20 or thereabout, the division, minus its artillery, was ordered to a quiet sector in the Vosges, where it remained one month, and .then moved on to the Argonne as part of the great concentration prei 4-U/. locf TYiQinr npb'on of PSidQttory tu wic icwv ?_ the war. With the exception of the 368th "regiment, which was ordered to the front line, the division was held in reserve with the First corps. The .SGSth was assigned to the Thirty-eighth French corps, and directly tlanked the Seventy-seventh American division. When the advance was *o^e*ed, the French and the Seven ty-seventn moveu xurv\<n u un cvuvu\ulz. The udSih broke. The French ^commander and the commander of .the Seventy-seventh reponed that ^their forces were being attacked on the flanks because the negroes did :not go forward. The ?iegroes refused to "obey orvders, but in several instances the -white field officers forced small groups u>f them to go toward. As a result tof this action, thirty-one negro coniipany cthcers were immediately re ircved for cowardice and inefficiency, i Five or them were tried for coward-j ice, and, while the decision of '. the; court is not available, it is understood that they were sentenced to be shot.! The regimental commander leport-j rr.l I nM'C CU cto xuiivnw* '*in ge:;c:r.l, the Second and Third battalions disintegrated without rea-1 so:.. and failed to go forward. The oiiicers (negroes) and men, with exceptions noted, fled to the rear in j a UiSorganized mass. No negro officer or ifon-conimissioned officer ex-\ excised any command at the time, and j could not be distinguished from the! The commanding officer of the First j ?baVLalion reported: 4<I have worked night and day to "the very best of my ability since the; time I took over the battalion on the 29th of July, and I have con-1 scientiously tried to make a real ibattalion. I am utterly discouraged At the results. Not a single negro i officer has shown any desire to get at close quarters with the Germans. . Jt is my sincere opinion that only -with white officers in command of i , -ev.-'v flavor can any sort of an or-; ganization be made, and i am equally of the opinion that the colored "troops will never be of any fighting -value. I should dread to have to advance under really heavy fire with the expectation of having a colored battalion even under white officers* follow me. The fighting spirit does .not exist among the men; they are T-inL- rnwflHs: thp.r^ is no other word for it." The commander of the Second battalion reported: "The condition of the individual soldiers mentally during this time was RaismgtheJ^amfryI !?fl awful. On several occasions when I had these men in the trenches, their one thought was of certain death; any idea of getting into the Boche had absolutely departed from them. They were crouching low in the trenches, reading their Bibles and J praying. I looked into their faces ; ana saw an agony ci tear m aimuoi ; eveiy one. 1 believe this mental con[ dition has been brought on to a large i decree by the actions of the negro | olii( ers." | The commanding officer of the brigade made this comment: M gave to the training of the offi1 cers and men by ihe very best that ' was in me, and I was bitterly disapi pointed/' j Following this disgrace, the divi""^~ "">? nrifli^rciwr fvr>m the Arconne jzuuil V* Cto niwiUfcMiiu |and assigned to a quiet sector on the ; Moselle, where it remained until af1 ter the armistice was signed. ; This, then, is the record of the only j regro division sent to France. It is ! the most shameful chapter in the his| tory of America's participation in the ; war. We would gladly have left it behind the veil drawn over it by the censor, but to do so would merely help make a mockery of our future, system of preparedness. Of course, v.-hen Secretary Baker, mindful ot the large negro vote in his home state commissioned negroes, we knew it was a crime, and we are quite sure Lhat it will never be repeated, so we a>e not particularly disturbed on that account. But the quality of the negro enlisted' man must be thoroughly understood. He cannot face a grilling fire. He is fitted only for the Scan i branches, where xhe will be far from .he range of the artillery. This much has been proved by the experience of the war. 1 We trust that before tha Senate | committee disposes of the subject of i military training hte entire question } will be threshed out. Gen. Pershing ! has all the reports. Let them be laid efore the committee. V.'e have not the space for them. Negroes must ot course, be trained for military service under whatever system is finally evolved. They must be prepared *to do their part. But it must be a part !for which they are fitted; it must be j in the auxiliary branches, and not in I fViP cnmhat forces. PERIL OF STARTFORD. i j London Times. j Those who believe?and they are j many?that the memory of Shake| spere in his native place is best prej served by keeping Stratford exactly | as it is will learn with regret that the j threatened introduction of industrial jism into the borough has not been averted. The charity commissioners have deeded to allow the sale of the land over which they hold jurisdiction, and there is now nothing to prevent the erection of the projected aluminum factory. It may, indeed, ue- argued that it is the people of Stratford, and not the pilgrims who come to itt from every quarter of ' .nmvM uiVirv Kavp' flpt.llfllw j LliC LlVUi^cu Tluwu, oiiv - ? ..ly to live and make a living there; and that the manufacture of alumi' num objects is just as honorable an occupation as that of catering for ; enthusiasts and selling picture post-! | cards. The citizens of no mean city, if or such thanks to Shakspere, though i for no other reason, Stratford is,' i have undoubtedly a claim to self de-1 termination. Nevertheless one can i i not but sympathize with the defeati cd party, for Stratford is perilously I v,o.;+V,?^ I I rcur <aii uita iciucii^auic HCHU^I. XVI its beauty nor it? literary associations, and though the town is not as it was when Shakspere died, it would {be a melancholy outlook if this par[ ticular factory became the fore run-; I rier of many others. The cultured j | therefore must be on their guard j ! and console themselves as best they ! can. Aluminum, after all, may yst I prove to be less of a tyrant than j | other metals. j ! MIXED UP AFFAIR. I ? i i Mrs. Pearl King Must Divorce Two j I " Husbands to Straighten Things | Out. I | Kansas City Times. j Mrs. Pearl King yesterday filed a i divorce petition in the Wyandotte I eountv district court , asking legal I ? w:n:?K, U Vir, I separation num w luimu ! -Jhe was married to him in Leaven- j ! worth, May 10. She has discovered ! that her former husband, James B.! Wilson, whom she charges abandoned her November 14, 1918, is still living. The petition states that she believed her first husband to be dead, and that by a telegram she learned he was still living. She and Mr. King then separated until the tangle i could be unraveled. The suit yester- j i day was the first step toward making j everything right. She will, when ! divorced from King, be Mrs. Wilson. | A divorce from Wilson will then j liberate her entirely. ] i tlif-n if she desires to do so. she I j may again become Mi's. William H. j King:. "Mr. Kin** is an interior decorator. ! They Dread It More. A threat to turn the hose on the bolsheviki might frighten them worse than a display of machine guns.?Louisville Post. | Poor Pa strains on a knot and swallows a C WOT S THE I \ or auw TUlS 7 1 i 6tT 8*?-w O \of*2SC 23 ** '^ f *-7 HP-rmS C-oweS- ( Dl r$J H4IN , "WOULD PAY 100 DOLLARS A | BOTTLE FOR IT./' SAYS BAILEY ' Atlanta Man Says He Feels Like a New Person Since Taking Ferrclax. t . | 4<I wouldn't take a hundred dollars I for this bottle of Ferrolax if I knew; - * * ? . i _ y* ! i would not t,e aoic :o ouy more 01 | it," said J. H. Bailey, v.ho lives at i o28 West Peachtree street, Atlanta, j Ga., the ether day. ' ; "I honestly believe Ferrcla" ir. the . j best medicine on earth," continued . i T.Ir. Bailey, "and it would just do my j heart good to meet lace to face with ' everybody who suffers as- I do and tell them what a blessing this won- > : derful medicine has been to me. 11 j was so run down, and had such poor; J blood I could hardly get about. Then too, I was bothered a lot with stomach trouble, and would also have severe j pains in the small of my back right! over my kidneys. When I stooped; over for anything I could hardly j straighten up again. No medicine or j treatment seemed to give nte any re-! j lief at ail and I was just gradually J getting weaker ail the time. j "Then I heard about Ferrolax and j the good it was doing so many peo- \ pie and decided to give it a trial. I?c-; fore I had finished my first bottle I commenced to pick up right along; and now since i have taken about; three bottles of this medicine I a:n \ as well and strong as I ever was in my life. I don't know what it is to j suffer from indigestion or stomach! trouble, and I am never bothered with uhat pain in my back. I'll tell the ! , wold that Ferrolax is a veal medicine, and will do ^11 that is claimed -t'cr it." ! Ferrolax is sold by P. E. Way. J Newberry; -Simpson Drug Co., Pros-1 i perity. bet a bottle at this sto^e to- j day. Take it according to directionsl and if it docs not do you the jrood j you want done come in and ?;et your I money back. Your bare word is good j enoujrh for us. Watch for the next j issue of this paper and see what I Ferrolax is doiner for others. ' i KNOCKS OUT PAIN npiiin rmom nAnimi lift mm naunu i ' Comforting relief from pain makes Sloan's the World's Liniment ? ! ? . This famous reliever of rheumatic j iches, -soreness, stiffness, painful j sprains, neuralgic pains, and must , other external twinges that humanity j suffers from, enjovs its great sales be- j cause it practically^never fails to bring I fpeedy, comforting relief. Always ready for use, it takes little ; to penetrate without rubbing and pro- i duce results. Clean, refreshing. ^ At j all drup stores. 35c, 70c, $1.40. " * i i NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final se- iemeiit oi j ! the estate of Ben S. f^rge in the! ! Probate Court for Newoerry Coun| ty, S. C., on Monday, the 10th day | of January, 1920, at 10 o'clock in j the forenoon and will immediately j ^hereafter ask for my discharge as i j executor of said estate,' | All persons having claims against -aid estate are hereby notified to | ile same duly verified with the un! dersigned, and those indebted to | said estate will please make payment j I likewise. C. W. LONG, Executor. ! NOTICE OF ELECTION i ! State of" South Carolina, County of j Lexington. An Election having been ordered j by Governor R. A. Cooper to be held j in requirements with the law govern- j ing said election upon the question of | annexing a portion of Lexington | County to Newberry County described in a proclamation issued by the Govjr;.or cf Souih Carolina to be held on the 6th day of January, 1920. at which election the electors shall j vote "yes" or "no" upon the questior of annexation. The following j Managers are hereby appointed to i conduct said election at the precinct named below and to canvass and declare the result and return the same I to the Commissioners at Lexington j Court House, South Carolina, imme-1 UliilCIV liicuai'^i. j. iiv ......... Manager is hereby deelaired Chair- j man and is requested to secure the j I boxes from the Clerk of Court's j Office at Lexington, S. C., and return j I the same together with the number of votes cast for and against the said I annexation and the total number of! votes polled, etc. That only those residing within the ' area affected as described in the' governor's Proclamation, shall be per- j 1 mitted to vote at said precinct in the j | said election. I icametf I 1 VIE fT \ AtiE "<00 RAVING \ t -2 ^ ^oor ? J ^ pjF^'" "~A> j " ' ranmroNM. cutrcait ^ . * "* f _ ' J /"'X /7 ^ <. * ? j ,?** ~~ **-<*' ^ _'- <-* - ? i11*^ _"_ . -, ft \tfil . ~ v ' r^??* / t 1 A vast amount of work now intervention nf war jias ?c< iated. and the result is that expenditure- ought to l>e 11 ruptions inevitably due to tl j roads to <erve adequately tl the oouutry. i i f Work moreProduce mc Save more\ * But we can't coi production unless w our railroad facilities t The farms, mines increase their outpul of the railroads to h '1 1 i vail roads are now carrying capacity. Without railroad j f I gines, more cars, m minals?there can production. | But this country keep right on grovvii must grow with it. To command in tf the flow of new capi facilities ?and so i there must be pub future earning powe; The nation's busi fast as the railroads I clfus adiwtidement <?%Moda&Mof<% Tknsr dr.vring informaiioi ; ation may obtain Literatui Hon of Railway Executini ! ? r i '? } ! wHmmmmmm I ? ? \ # United States Railroad A \ WINTER EXCl TO RES< FLORIDA ANI FROM AL Tickets on sale October 1920, with final return limit SOUTHERN RA Apply to Tickets Azcr/r Polls will open vt 7 o'clock in the ' morning' and close at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Boxes may be secured any time on or after the 3rd day of January, 1920. All voters in the above election must have their registration certificates and their 1919 tax receipts. Managers of Election. Peak?W. M. Wilson, chairman; W. H. Epting, J. Owens Chapman, Charles E. Stuck, clerk. Chapin?P. B. Fulmer, chairman; OOfiT THlH^ 5"o ?S roo H<jcva TO FOfc -7 VWJtVA Vfc-^'s L duomts OO ^c_ : 1 P >~x I ,4 3 \\\<f# .-?,. ! CO. N Y. ^ . ? ""J 1^' \ *h- ?* X" ^J; . '~*m remain* to tf done whirh the 'VSv ?i wssju-ily delayed and acrurna- '' * * very <arjje capital iade to make up for the inlcrie war, and to prepare the railtr in'Teased traffic throughout kVALKKK L). HINKS. J Dtracer Gtnrral of Railroads, ?, _ } I )TC? * A ? 4 ti increasing our 3 e continue increasing |j and factories cannot * i ? i : beyond the capacity t aul their products. near the peak of their * expansion?more en- I' lore tracks, more ter- | be little increase in J ) i'' of ours is going to [}<r?and the railroads ? C?J le investment markets ital to expand railroad ncrease production? lw? pnndrlpnpp in the 1! liV. ^VIIIIUVI1V? mmm v..? ,_ | r of railroads. ness can grow., oniy as Jjj grow: k [ id published hij the $ ^/r\\r/?r*i / / /1U?A tfj ILLlll/lUf VliACUtU/KJ/oU , ^ ? concerning the railroad .ritn c by writing to the As.toc/a'jr, 61 Hroai'xay, New York. _ ; , > I ' ; 1 administration Announces JRSION F 4RE5 3RTS IN )THE SOUTH L POINTS 1st, 1919, to April 30th, May ,31st, 1920. ILROAD LINES 1UI UCiail 1UIU1 mawiwiM | John J. Chapman, N. E. healy, G. PI. Shealy, clerk. j j Efird's Store?C. L. Matthews, chairman; Ed. Shealv, Jabez Frick, M. L. Wheeler, clerk. W. H. TWitt, ; I l. ti. Kawi, A. S. Frick, J Commissioners of Election for LexJ injjton County. South Carolina. I Lexington, S. C., December 1st,: !i9iy. j ! 12-16-9tltaw 1 ? Fisher iho-Bor ) \ WOTS THE -THREE I ^ V ? - .-r-C CCO ? i 0^. " > Cfcni -? ru?- . ^ , ' ^ ^ W ^ ; SEED OA TS FOR SALE The Hammond Oats. 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