The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, July 25, 1918, Page Page Eight, Image 8
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French Colonel in 1
I ed for tjhe First
I Scenes in Turn
Bt by German:
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inuorew or ueaa oocnes j
I in Postvres They Occupiet
1 in French Attack Last An
|T Strange Story
| ' "l'he Sunday News printB below one
of the strangest stories of the war,
Brhich is now published, we believe,
^^r the first time. Its authenticity is
Hlyond question. The writer is a
^French colonel who, with his foui
Bons, has been in the thick of the
Hwbting on the western front- from
very beginning of the war. The
^wtter was written to his cousin, an
^Bnerican woman, well known in
Hharleston, who for a number ol
Bears has lived in France. It was
forwarded by her to a friend in
Clwrleston, who has translated it
fbr The Sunday News.
The letter follows:
at A i*Xt. 4 A 4 A
May 10m,
My Dear A
What I am about to tell you surpasses
in horror anything that thit
war, so fertile in the production of
terrible things, has yet produced
Tou remember that on the 16th ol
March, 1916, I had arrested the offensive
of the Boches on the Morth
omme, which from that date was de
finitely broken. For three monthi
they have steadily gained slightly ii
terrain, but at a terrific cost in men
Finally, after July, 1916, they ha<
attained with great difficulty a posi
tion before Verdun.
In order to hold Morthomme the:
excavated^~4 M the mountain ai
enormoro^ in which wer<
^mtored '^wf food munitions
^ e ^^^^ufirmaries, hospi
// intersect
lighted by elec
using the tui
they coul(
en
of our guns
theii
they
speak theii
Rdui in Augusi
in to this same
icers and some
? tha! **+
g thing that w?
many othei
points at the front, notably at Noyon
and St. Quentin, should have been
detailed to beg the Boches to retire
from a situation in which they were
so comfortably Installed. I need not
tell you with what delight we undertook
the sission?remember only
that of the 20th of August, 1917,
and during the days following we
achieved a complete victory, took
10,000 prisoners and recovered all
the Boches had taken so long to conquer
in 1916. That was nine months
ago and again I find myself in the
rA<rinn
A Strange Story.
There is a rumor among the poilus
whom I encounter that among th<
tunnels abandoned by the Boches it
1917 there are certain parts whicl
have never been penetrated becausi
they can be entered only by going ir
front of our lines, in the zone callec
by the English "No Man's Land.'
They say also that the Boches wn<
were killed in August, 1917, otil
remain in these sections to which th<
enemy has never been able to effec
an entrance, as the slightest move
ment in that direction is stopped b;
a rain of bullets.
I decided to clear up this myster;
and to visit these tunnels myself. 1
was necessary to start at night am
to arrive before dawn that our pas
sage might not be intercepted by tin
Boches. We were aroused, therefor
shortly after midnight anil reache*
Mortonnne after a long ride by au
tomobile until we reached a point s<
encumbered by bomb holes and wir
that we were obliged to finish tin
journey on foot. The night was darl
and one had to be guided by in
stinct and by the slight declivities o
the ground. There were three of u
who had the physical strength an<
the determination to accomplish ou
object, but our way was strewn witl
difficulties. Each misstep threw u
into a shell hole <<r into a nest o
barbed wire.
A Perilous Adventure.
We walked in this way for tw<
hours, fearing often that we had los
our way and that we should fail t<
accomplish our mission. Fortunatel;
it was the Boches themselves win
aided us by sending up innumerable
colored lights, which thoroughly il
luminated their own lines, showinj
us what lo avoid as well as the di
rection which we should take. In ;
quarter of an hour we reached th
mouth of the funnel, through whicl
we entered, and after ;t descent o
forty meters reached a great funnel
through No Mans Lund and enter th.
one kilometer, only to find the en*
closed. One of our shells had burs
and completely demolished this sec
tlon of the tunnel, killing hundred:
STORY
OMAN'S HILL
-etter Now Publish- j
- Time Describes
nel Constructed
i Under Nort
ear Verdun
till Sitting and Lying About
I When Death Overtook them!
igust
!
! of Boches.
> Further progress was impossible.
> We must retrace our steps, pass
1 through N Man's Land and enter the
1 tunnel from the other end, which,
with the aid of a poilu, we finally
1 discovered.
1 The entrance to this tunnel was
' extremely difficult. We soon had to
l walk on all fours. Soon the pale light
' of the orifice through which we had
entered was lost and we had to light
1 our candles and electric lights. Ar
i rived at the foot of a staircase of
- seventy steps, we found ourselves in
a series of -little rooms, about which
were scattered innumerable bottles.
It had been the Oerman beer shop.
There were also all the appliances
for boiling and sterilizing water. One
. of the rooms had evidently been a
, dormitory, the mattresses being still
> there, but this was not what we had
come to seek?not a corpse was to
| be found. Had they, then, invented
. this gruesome tale?
Suddenly in the last compartment |
. by the light of my smoky candle I \
s seemed to see in the partition wall of I
j the mine a closed door. I pulled it!
towards myself and it opened, rej
leasing an odor of mushrooms, and!
_ mould and a swarm of mosquitoes.
A Scene of Horror.
y The pale and smoky candle reveal- ,
, ed a horrible sight. Before me lay.
g'the bodies of soldiers in every imaginable
pose in which death had over''taken
them with such suddenness.!
. They had lain there since August, i
_ 1917, some leaning against each oth-J
j er, some on the back, some on the,
I face, some seated, others leaning on 1
. their guns, many lying side by side
seemed asleep.lt would seem as if thr?
r humidity and lack of light and air
had preserved the bodies?the flesh (
I was still on the hands except in cer
r tain places, where it had fallen off I
t and the ^bones were exposed.
s The heads were still covered with
, hair under the helmets, while the
: wide open, -vwsre like great
empty V.*ph boles, which seemed to
, shrink with ..error from th? light.
The spectacli. inferhal and one
! had to summon ^11 thqr force of his
t soul to preserve his^equanimity and
, see what he wished to see. How had
, they died? What must done to pre-,
vent our own men frolft a similar
fate? These thoughts were strong
- enough to conquer the horrible repulsion
I experienced against coi^tin
, luing the exploration.
"The corpse of an enemy always
smells good," says an old proverb of
. the savages, but at the same tima I
t realized that a soldier who has d ed
, for his country is always worthy of
respect, even when it is the case cf a
country like Germany, which has
treated us with the most abominable
i cruelty. I wished to pass among the
; dead with reverence and to accom'
plish this I prayed to the god of bat1
ties that he would accord to these
J warriors the parden of their faults
J towards us, and that their souls in
' respose might show their compa- j
triots, still living, the folly of the !
* v.ar and of their own misdeeds.
Trying Moments.
e A muddy and blackish water stood j
1 over the surface of the soil in the'
~ middle of which one found groups of j
|VVI IJ.^C.1 lUIIIllUg Utile IMitllUI). 1UU
can imagine the pain and horror with i
* | which I passed from one of these lit-1
jjtle islands to another assisting my- j
.self with ends of old rails and mouldy j
"I planks. To cross here it was neces- j
L" sary to sfcep across a head, or an arm,
or a cross formed by a leg and an
arm?at one point I thought I had i
arrived ?t solid ground formed of j
} sacks of earth. It proved to be backs'
p or loins. Perspiration poured down'
e i my face, my hands were covered with]
* the mould and filth of the walls, my i
. clothes had touched everywhere the
horrors which surrounded me. In
S I
spite of all my precaution my feet i
had sunk in the mud and water
jwltt-re for nine months the decomposition
of these corpses had been in
* j progress.
Victims of Their Own Device.
At last I arrived at the end of the
tunnel, only to find it a cul-de-sac. It
Djhad been completely closed by the j
* I explosion of one of our largest pro-1
^ Meet ties. This projectile had penetrat-'
/jod the earth to a great depth, burst
u the tunnol and spread on sill sides a
e mass of ovxde of carbon, which had
" asphyxiated in the most terrific man-i
? net- all those who had taken shelter;
" in the tunnel. Those who had been i
1 at the end through which I had!
cjinade my entrance were entirely cut!
' off from tlie outer air by the little j
Hdoor, carefully closed, of which I(
^ have spoken, and must have been in-j
distantly killled. This door had been
f used as a protection from the gas
- which they anticipated. What they
sMtad looked upon as a safety device
1 1 mm?m?i i .
| *BW OTV0V fl
TOm# w?r? victims off an tmaUw 'i
which tkqr and their Kaiser had so
much admired. . 1
flimllsg m Exit. i
I had been told that the tunnel i
contained surgical operating rooms 1
and that I would find a surgeon in ?
the act of taking off a leg, etc. I ex- b
aimed thoroughly every outlet and f
passage without success. You may c
| imagine with whet relief 1 left this
chamber of horrors and found my- r
self one more in the fresh air. The I
light of the morning was becoming t
strong and there was considerable n
danger of being discovered by the ' fa
enemy. I was not willing to leave, e
however, without extending my re- fa
searches as far as possible. 1 had f
heard that there was another entrance
at the side of the first one t
by which one could discover the in- o
firmary. I felt that I must find it. jc
A poilu in charge of a metraelleuse ii
was stationed at a little distance; [t
with his aid I discovered the entrance i
which I wished, but this time it was'a
absolutely the unknown. The en- J 1<
trance was nothing but a manhole o
without steps, about eight or ten me- n
tres in depth and filled with water, t
I saw how one might descend?simply
let oneself fall in, but the ques- t
tion was how to get out. The chimney fa
sweep to go up the chimney helps! n
himself with feet and the hands onus
the sides, which is perfectly solid, p
but if I had attempted to mount by,v
this method the earth would have c
crumbled and I should have been' 1
precipitated into the infirmary. I d
should haye to invent some special t
means to accomplish this descent. It t
was too late then to seek for them, o
The light was becoming more and a
more bright. Already the balls,were r
beginning to whistle and y
among the broken stoner Wjf
I must postpone this operatian\nd 1 a
if I succeed I will tell you what I s
have seen, at least for the present.~I t;
shall hope to be able to send you' p
some more interesting and less lug-:
ubrious news?News and Courier.
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tlraciousness; j n
One is apt. to forget in the whirl
and rush of a busy life, one of the
most essential attributes that go to
make up the personality of a lady oH ^
gentleman, and that is graciousness. j
The theory that one must be a mem-' f
ber of the so-called old and aristo- j
cratic family to be a gentleman or j
gentlewoman has long been abandon- '
ed in this democratic land of ours,
and folks are now considered gentle, ^
who live up to the part, and are not c
born to it. But back to the issue. ^
These are busy times. Everybody ;
is in a hurry, and it is at just such j.
a period that we are most apt to for- | ^
get to be gracious to those with g
whom w<j come in contact. . ~
Grs.ciousness is a necessity. It is ^
one of the strongest guides, leading ; Q
mortals over the treacherous road to j
success and happiness, because it!
surrounds the pilgrim with most of j
the things that make life worth liv- J
ing, one of the most important j
among which is the possession of a 1
host of friends. An ungracious per- h
son has very few friends, if any at t
all. 1
A gracious person is one who is e
characterized by kindness, thought- o
fulness and courtesy, and is disposed n
to be benevolent and friendly. Any- j i:
body can be gracious. It is only a e
matter of whether or hot a person o
thinks it is worth while. Many peo- S
pie who are Irritable, and impatient.; d
mainly from selfishness and weakness
of character, blame their dispo- c
sitions on the overworked plea of (a
"nerves." This is not fair to those i v
who really are suffering from a ner- v
vous disease. Absent mindedness,. t
also, often leads one to appear un- 1
gracious. A little self-control, a bit a
of unselfishness, mixed with an aver- i<
age amount of brotherly love, are 11
among the things that go to make c
up the gracious person, that Individ- a
ual who is respected, admired and!e
iovod by the ordinary mortal, and'a
who makes the bright spots in many |v
a drab existence.
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"Ye Serpents, Ye Generation of 1
Vipers, How Can Ye Escape the i'
Damnation of Hell." jc
' 11
All our business and domestic life!11
has beon upset; all our fond antici-!
pations for the fututne of loved ones 1
must now be supplanted by the ever- v
present realization of their danger, 11
their certain sufferings and their
possible death; sorrrow and anguish v
are - 'verywhere, the nation is in tur-! u
moil, a land of peace has been'c
suddenly transformed into a war i"
machine; the daily toll of death;8
grows steadily longer and soon will (
be doubled and quadrupled and re- l'
quadrupled; sorrow and breaking s
Karts are everywhere.
And why all this suffering and 1
sorrow, why all these breaking 1
hearts, why all this awful toll of c
f
d< ath and disease?
Ilecause Germany for the aggran- (
di/.eiuent of its autocratic, despotic '
i ulers, and for the wealth to como
from looting the world, for years 1
definitely planned to turn this peacel
ul world into a hell of woe. Cold- a
bloodedly these murderers set about
their plans for u war upon their
Mf>iir)thnru ititonHinor whnn thov Uo/1
been destroyed to push across the v
sea and conquer America. They even "
planned the terms for exploiting a
Canada, which was to be one of the,
indemnities to be paid by England. 1
The whole world has thus been j
turned into a mighty armed camp; j
millions have been killed, millions
*
have been maimed; the blind, the'0
armless, the legless will soon be in f
-rn. m i - ii? ti.li* i 11 y
>re uHfrttM ul Mir.
Millions lotto ?tad of kw^sr nod
tundreds of millions barf felt the
ilaching power of sua or or deer?of
food supply; hundreds of milions
have for nearly four years lird
in agony of heart as by day and
>y night their ears are ever strained
or the dreaded word of the death
acme loved one.
For years our Allies endured horors
surpassing the wildest flight of
)an:o8 imagination as he pictured
he inferno, and day ' after day,
uonih after month, from their
ileeding hearts went forth the nevr-ceasing
cry: "How long, O Lord,
iow long will America sleep on in
aucied security?"
A r?H urhv how/i auo aIIIab <h?o
uttered and why must we now give
ur millions, the very flower of our
ivillzation, to endure these sufferings
and death in all its fearful bsrtlefield
forms?
Because William, the accursed,
nd all Germany?not the military)
eaders only, but all Germany?set
ut on a prearranged campaign to
murder millions in order to enrich
hemselves by looting the world.
These murderers, these looters,
bese outragers destroyed womantood,
slew hostages, shot down inLocent
civilians, to protect themelves
from the soldiers of the Allies
iaced women and children in adance
of their fighting lines, poisonid
wells, Bpread disease germs, all
or the purpose of making their preetermined
plan of "frlghtfulness"
heir greatest weapon, to maks naions
tremble before the very thought
f arousing German hostility. And
11 this for their own personal enichment
and planned out for many
ears.
At last, thank God, America is
wake, and never again will It
lumber until those who have created
his hell on earth have paid the full
enalty of their "crimes.
And Jesus said?
"Ye serpents, ye generation of
-ipers, how can ye escape" the damimtlon
of helL*'
Editor Manufacturers Record.
o
Dillon Boy After Kaiser.
..atta Observer:
The following letter was thrown
rom a passing train Monday and
tgent Cox picked it up and presered
it.
Dillon. S. C., July 14th, 1918.
To all my friends:?I write this
or a farewell. Good bye. Off
in a long trip now but will come
>uck Just as soon as I can kill the
ild kaiser. You cannot tell how long
t will be but if we boys get on his
lis trail to his hole 1*3 will have to
;o to hell for I on my way to trainng
camp with a willing mind and I
vill do my part with the same mind
iver yonder.
EARL J. JACKSON.
(ew Flour, Corn and Feed Mill.
We are informed by Dr. Stacktouse
that his new mill will perhaps
egin to operate about September
um. tie nas received the boiler and
ngine and also a considerable part
>f his milling machinery. Five worknen
from Muncy, Pa., began instating
the machinery yesterday. They
stimate it can be installed so as to
iperate the corn and flour mill by
ieptember 10th, and also the gintery.
The mill will have a grain storage
apacity of 20,000.00 bushels. We
.re informed that the mill will be
rilling to take in entire crops of
cheat for storage, giving receipts for
he number of pounds stored and alowing
customers to get flour, shorts
nd bran when it suits their convenence.
The elevator will have every
uodern convenience for cleaning,
ooling and handling grain in storge.
All stored grain will be coverd
by insurance. The mill will have
bin for treating any grain infested
,.:?u ...? it
>ini weevjib.
The corn mill will have a capaily
of 45 bushels per hour and is
he most up to date of its kind ever
nstalled in S. C. The corn will be
leaned twice before going to the
uills to be ground. Both bolted and
inbolted meal will be made. After
teing ground the meal passes
hrough a cutler steam dryer that
trill remove any moisture from the
ileal and will sterilize it with a steam
teat of 220 degrees. In connection
tith the mill a large corn sheller is
eing installed for shelling and
leaning corn in the shuck. The
uill prefers to receive corn in the
huck rather than average shelled
orn as it will be much better cleaud.
Corn will be taken on storage the I
ante as wheat allowing customers to
;et small quantities of meal any
ime to suit their convenience. The
it ill will keep a large stock of bags
in hand and will sell them at cost
or convenience of flour and meal
ustomers. When the mill is in op-i
--- 1
vuatuiiivia .il l- lnviU'd to I
>ring a full two horse load of corn
n the shuck and leave it on storage,'
letting back such quantities of meal
s will suit their convenience.
The molasses feed mill will be in
ull operation on or before October'
st. The mill will be prepared to con-1
ert corn stover into first class mule'
;nd dairy feed. There is a large J
creage of corn in Dillon county I
uined by dry weather which will]
iroduce very little grain. If farmers
will cut and shock this corn it can
?e hauled to the mill and after
;rinding be mixed with molasses,
olvet beans, cotton seed meal or
iats and made into a splendid stock
ood. With all the tons of corn
exeeaeire dry wMther boa
Ity crop abort so that It to lain to
bo difficult on maajr farma to mare
an abundance of . rovfhigt. " \ The
mill will hare capacity to grind from "
one to two tona of corn atorer Into 1
fine meal per boor.
Mr. M. A. Stubbs will be salos
I manager for the mill. Dr. Stackhouae
land Mr. Stubbs will both more their
I offices to the mill about September Clt
1st.?7-25-lt. n?
. of
or
Row to Kill the Peach Borer. jy,
k an
The peach tree borer, which is a Bo
small white larva, causes much foi
damage to the orchardlst in South qu
Carolina. It bores into the body of P*
the trees just below the surface of U*
the ground. In many instances, the
trees are completely girdled, which ?*
weakened condition offers ideal con- 611
ditions for the destructive work of
the shot hole borer. A simple and C.
practical method of control for the *el
peach tree borer is by mounding, or **
throwing up dirt around the trunks de
of the trees to a height of ten or -9r[
twelve inches. *n
Time?The trees should be moun- **
ded from the first to the fifteenth of
July.
Preparatory to mounding, a coat
of trunk wash should be applied by
washing the trunk of the tree from tu
the branches downward. This keeps
the tree in a healthy condition. and rl<
repels insects and diseases.
Standard Trunk Wash:
Lump Lime 20 pounds
Scap Whale Oil homemade 3 pounds w
Sulphun 4 pounds
Water 26 gallons
Making the Wash?Shave the soap
finely and dissolve in three gallons
of hot water. Make a thin paste of
sulphur and add to the soap solu- m
tion, and while the lime is slaking
(in half barrel) the solution of soap
and sulphur is poured over it and
the whole quantity is diluted to
twenty five gallons, which is a sufflcent
quantity to wash 2(10-300 trees,
6 to 9 years old.
This wash is very inexpensive
and may be easily applied by the use
of a paint brush. Cc
Method of Mounding ?? Pull or p,
throw the earth up around the base pi
of the tree to a height of ten or
twelve inches, which when settled E<
will be about eight inches high. This fe
may be done either by the use of a T<
shovel or an ordinary hoe.
The trees should be examined before
mounding and if there are any
borers present, they should be removed
by taking a knife blade and
cutting out.
S. W. EPPS, County Agent. |
Constant readers of The Herald
have not failed to notice the large re
number of foreign advertisements
that have appeared in The Herald's fl(
columns during the past 12 months. ot
The Herald has carried an unusual- of
{ly large number of these advertise- ot
ments and the number is increasing.- io
This should be a pointer to the home di
merchant. The houses that carry cl
these foreign advertisements are ai
among the largest and most prosper- Pi
ous in America. They are rated P1
among the millions. These people are ~
not asleep. They are taking advan- n
tage of these prosperous times to D
advertise. They are getting a grip on
the business of the country. The
smaller merchant is living under the
delusion that times are too prosper
ous to advertise and the big mer- ot
chant is shrewd enough to take advantage
of this situation. Take a ^
glance over The Herald's advertis- QJ
ing columns and compare the home
advertisers with the foreign advertisers.
You will not have to read between
the lines to s^-e what we are
talking about. 7Party
Line
The quality of ser
is largely dependent i
tion of the subscribers
No subscriber shoi
for long periods of tim
elusion of others.
When a party line
use, hang up your re<
While it is off the ho
interfered with.
Each neighbor on
titled to a reasonable ui
service, and should no
have the privacy of his
fered with.
The Golden Rule
ular force to party line
lb'ben you Telepl
SOUTHERN BELL TE1
AND TELEGRAPH C
Fwch-SM ftoooiMi Anfced'fSr'*
Out Of ttMWiwI Durtaf July
"Paw the word m, ud pap It
ickly, that MO of the moot edpahla,
meat and Ms aoolod Christina hart
the Southeastern Department for "
eraeas work with the Red Triangle
trees," according to Dr. W. W. Under,
director of the Wfur Personnel ^
ireau, Army and Nary Y. M. n. a , 4
r the Southeastern Department Tim
ota of ?00 for the department for the
at month was exceeded by 12S em
tments.
The call now comes for executives,
much business experience and spediets
in all lines. No man h Ameri
is too bis for the smallest Y. M.
A. job "Over There." Today the
iding men of the nation are mlm
sring for the work: Bank preslnts,
oollese presidents, offloe holdi,
political leaders, relisious leaders
id hundreds of corporation heads
e giving sH time to the work with
series's Sons in France.
State recruiting committees are opa
ting in the seven Southeastern ktes.
Information as to the oppornities
and the work can be secured
rough the state recruiting secrete-1
ss, as follows: ' I
Chas. M. Norfleet, Y. M O.Au.
lnston-Selem, N. C.
Heath Bartow, Y. M. C. A., Columa,
8. C.
W. E. Hesron, Y. M. C. A., Atlanta,
L
o. E. Maple, Y. M. C. A., JachsonUe.
Fla.
Truman L McOill, Y. M. C. A., Birmingham,
Ala.
Dr. J. Watt Raine, Edwards Hotel,
LCkson, Miss. '
F. M. Massey, Y. M. C. A.. Nashville,
bbd.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
ate of South Carolina Court of
iunty of Dillon. Common Pleas
?nnle (Williams) Wingate
aintiff
vs.
1. Williams, et al, De-,
ndant.
> the Defendants:
Ed. Williams, Willie Thompson,
Ulyses Thompson, Cassie Thomp
son, Jlmmie Thompson, Amofretee
Thompson, Sam Sweeny,
Henry Sweeny, Foster Williams,
Alvina Nance, Rimp Nance, Addle
Nance, Margaret Nance, Jim
Hayes, Oraff Nance, 6 rice
Nance, Money Nance, and Tuelffa
Nance Worley.
You are hereby summoned and
quired to answer the complaint in
lis action, which is on file in the ofce
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas
? a.
1/uuu wuuijr uiu iu serve a copy
your answer to the said complaint ,
i the subscriber at his office in Dil- 1
n, South Carolina, within twenty
iys after the service hereof, exusive
of the day of such service;
id if you fail to answer the comaint
within the time aforesaid, the
aintiff in this action will apply to
ie Court for the relief demanded
this complaint.
Dated at Dillon, S. C., Juy 10 A.
., 1918.
JOE P. LANE.
Plaintiff's Attorney.
I, Jno. C. Bethea, Clerk of Court
Common Pleas of Dillon County
ireby certify that the foregoing is
true copy of the summons in the
>ove entitled action which is now
i file in my office and dated July
)th, 1918.
JONHN C. BETHEA.
Clerk of Court Common Pleas,
25-4t Dillon County.
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