The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 18, 1916, Image 8
SECOND YEAR OF
THE WAR REVIEWED.
4 *? 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 !?*? I I 'l Juil 1'llgC Three I
On August 10 Oreat Britain started
Iter iiiitloinil reglstor, or wiwim of ?||
men of ftghtlng age. 'I1*!* result showed
a vh st reserve of man power. Certain
Hcciioim demanded Immediate con
scription, but they were hot success
fill. Instead the eurl of Derby wua
commissioned to start h vast recruit
tug campaign. This produced h num
ber of clause* of "ut tested men," who
bound themselves to cpiiie lido the
ranks with their age groups. Hut
there were Mtlll hundreds of thousands
unreached, and the public began to
Nee that It whs discriminating In favor
of the "slackers" and the cowtirds.
On December 21 I>avld Lloyd
(loorge, the minister of munitions an<l
greatest man th? wur bus produced In
< J real Britain, declared the country
faced defeat unless greater effort*
were made. A week later h* threat
ened to reHign from the cabinet uu
JeNN conscription was adopted.
Conscription whm fiercely fought, but
on January ^ t? bill Introducing It
piiHHod Its first reading In the house
of commons by h large majority. The
bill wan finally signed by Klngdeorge
May 2(1. ?.
Allies Q?t Tooether.
Their defeats finally taught the al
lien that i heir efforts must be coor
dinated. like their enemies', *lf they
were to be effective. A now war
council, with ull the allies represented,
met In rails December 7 and a kind
of International general staff wiim or
ganl/.ed. It In known that (Jeneral Jo
si-|ih .lolTre. French commnnder in
rhlef since the beginning of the war.
nixl the hero id' the battle of the
Maine, was the presiding genius. The
effects of the council were not to be
seen for several months, but now they
are being realized In full measure.
To check a simultaneous allied of
fensive. which I hey clearly saw com
ing, the Teutons decided on two at
tacks of their ovn n. This follows the
well-known axiom of Herman mili
tary strategy that the best defense Is
nil energelie attack.
The first of these offensive defen
sives' was the attack on the French
fortress of Verdun, where the works
were subjected to a whirlwind of lire
beginning February -1. ? The gains of
the first week were great, and Herman
critics foretold tb?V. collapse of flie
French. Two of (lie defending fort*,
Vnux and Douaumont, fell, and impor
tant positions were, taken west of the
Me use river as well. -
Hut Jbffro rallied his men in splen
did fashion and sold each yard of
ground at an awful cost In Merman
bli^od. Step by step the crown prince's
men pushed forward, but today they
are still more than two miles from the
ruined fortress town and the resist
ance of the French is as strong as
ever.
Austrian Drive Checked.
The second Teutonic offensive was 1
organized by the Austrians in the j
Trentlno. and they struck in the dl- j
recti on of Vlcen/.a willi the object j
of cutting off the northern end of Italy j
from the iiiiiin portion. On May 2<>. '
>is the result of several days' vio
lent artillery fire followed by infantry !
ru<tcw. they were able |o announce the
capture of !!?!, Q00 Itallana.
General Count Cadorua hurried
about a hundred thousand men In mo
tor cars to the scene, while nmny more
arrived on foot or train*. Just when
It seemed the Austrian* must reach
the lowland* the counter-attacks were
? l?*l i vered.
<Mi June ao Koine announced a splen
did victory. In blood V lighting the
Au*trlans, perhaps weakened by
draft* to holster up their Kusalau
front, were driven from peak to peak
almost to where their lines had Mtood
throughout the winter.
In March the Itusslaus delivered
vast hut futile attacks on the Ger
man front at many point*, probably to
distract attention from Verdun. The.
Germans seemed to have been lulled,
into security by these effort*, which
t hey probably considered the beat the
cxar could do. Rut the ten* of thou
*a<i<l* of Muscovite hodlcN IIuIiik the
OenuauH' barbed wire were but a pat
ter of rain compared with the ntorm
that was brewing behind the Russian
Unci.
At the beginning of June thl* storm
broke with full force and, followliiK
tin* principle of attacking the weakest
point, the AuKtrliuiH holding the line
front the marsh district southward
were forced to bear the brunt of It.
Russia's Big Push.
Millions! of shell*, manufactured
largely In Brlti.sh, Japanese and
American factories, blasted away wire,
trenches, dugouts and observation
points. Then the hordes of Sibe
rians, Cossacks and others swept
over the Held. The Austtiaus could
not withstand the Impact and they
gave way steadily. '
June 0, General Itruslloff announced
the capture of 13,000 Austrluns; June
H, the number for the three succeed
ing days alone was 43,000, and the
numbers kept mounting until on July
*J0 General Shoovaleff, Russian min
ister of war, estimated the number of
Austro-Hungarian prisoners at 270,
000. The killed and wounded are un
told, hut the number must be large
enough to bring the total loss well
over half a million.
German support was rushed to the
Austrluns, hut the foe captured Lutsk
and Duhno, and reached the Stokhod
and Lipa rivers In Volhynia ; overran
all Bukowlna to the Carpathians and
sent patrols of Cossacks Into Hungary
to rftvuge the country.
That -the czar Is anticipating further
great gains of territory Is seen from
Russia's action in mobilizing the
males of the island of Saghalleu, Tur
kestan, and one other district to build
roads, dig trenches and do other work
of organizing the ground won.
Allies' Drive in Somme Region.
Almost a month to a day following
the beginning of the great Russian of
fensive French and British opened
their drive in the vicinity of the '
Somme river. They have gained grad
ually but steadily, and the ofllclal re- i
port* assert the losses of the attack
ers are comparatively small.
If is* also the claim of the allies that
the I'Yimeo-British offensive can be
kept up at its present rate Indefinite
ly. and will not have to he slackened
for lack of .shells, guns or men. The
rate of progress Is much greater than
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t It** Germans' at Verdun, but thecoun?
try traversed It lest OtitlculL On the
other hum I. tbe Verdun assailants
have the advantage <?f attacking from
tin* outside of h curve, while the
Fi'i'uch ami British uuw attack from
fn*jde the Knftnnr nn*jr?Hm' man# lii
the Hue. Meanwhile the Verdun offen
?lve of the Gcnuana continue*.
Outside of Europe the Genitalia have
lost their Cameroon eolou.v on the went
count of Africa, the remaining defend
ers having crossed Into Spanish ter
ritory and been Interned. Tlie army of ;
East Africa still resists the converg
ing col uiiiiis of Belgians, French and
British but, nhut off from re-enforce
menta, Ita doom would seem to he
sealed^
On April 2f? Sir l(ogur 4'uaement,
Irish knight, tried to laud from a Ger
man warship on the coast of Ire
land, hut was captured. The next day
a revolt In Dublin ami other Irish cities
broke out and the center of the Irish
capital was burned. The revolt was
easily quelled, the British announcing
realatance had ceased on May 1.
More successful was the revolt of
the Arabs, led by (he grand shereflf,
against their Turkish overlorda. Mec
ca, Medina and others towns have been
captured and are held still, probably i
Willi British assistance.
Doings in the Air.
Recent months have aeeu a cessa
tion of Zeppelin raids on undefended
British and French towns. The cause
of this Is somewhat of a mystery, as
the Germans have claimed Important
military results from their attacks.
On September 7-8 there were two
ralda on London, thirty peraons being
killed and a proportionate number
wounded. Fifty-live were killed by
Zeppelins In a raid on London October
18.
On January 20 the German dirigibles
bombarded Paris, killing 23 and on
February 1 Liverpool and other Eng
lish centers were' visited and 59 slain.
? On April 2 a Zeppelin killed 28 In
England and was destroyed on the
Hrltlsh coast as It returned. Ou March
B 13 were killed.
On April (I It was announced that
(he fifth Zeppelin raid In six days on
the Hrltlsh. coast had been made. The j
Germans declared that war munition
factories and supply depots had been j
destroyed.
Since then England apparently has |
been Immune from the Zeppelins. This j
may be due to the large number of [
dirigibles lost, or to the outcry against !
(he Inhumanity of the practices of the I
Germans which was raised In neutral
countries. .
One other Important moral defeat
was sustained by the Germans when
l hey hurried Edith Cavell, a British
nurse, to execution, as announced by
Brand Whltlock. American minister of
Belgium, on October 22.
The greatest naval engagement of
history in number of men engaged
and number slahi was fought June 3
near ilie Skaggerrak, in the North sea.
The result was inconclusive, each side
claiming a great victory and the re
ports varying widely In estimates of
losses on the two sides.
If the Germans, as they assert, serl- I
ously crippled the British grand fleet,
we will probably soon see them come
out of Kiel again, to finish their task.
At present, however, the British block
ade is broken only by the merchant
submarine I tcutschlaml. which reached
Bait i more .J uly 1).
Kaiser Yields to America.
The year has also tin* culmi
nation of (In* submarine dispute be
tween the I'nilcd Sillies Mini Germany,
which termlnale.il in the kaiser's capit
ulating ii n < 1 promising to warn iner
eluiiil men before attacking.
A l"-bout sank the liner Aral?ie Au
gust lit), two Americans h??inu among
i lie ?lain. Two more of our nationals
died when the Hesperian was torpe
doed September 0. On November 10
several Anierieans died In the torpe
doing of the Italian liner Anemia. It
is thought two Americans were lost iu
the sinking of the Persia in the Medi
terranean January 2. The crisis was
precipitated March 'JO. wlien the Brit
ish channel ferry .steamer Sussex was
torpedoed without warning. TVo hun
dred and thirty-five prisons were
killed and several Americans were in
jured.
This flagrant violation of the rules
of war caused President Wilson to
press Germany for sweeping assur
ipces. which were given In a note May
? ? on condition that the I'nited states
force Great Britain to conduct her
blockade legally. Mr. Wilson an
swi-reil he would accept t h promise,
hut without the proviso.
The many times heralded Tui . o-Ger
miin invasion of Kgypt has not \et ma
Jei ialiy.ed and probably never ?()nf
the other hand, the Itusslah ^rantl
duke has added to his laurels hy cap
turing the Important inland city of
llr/erum February 17, Hitlis March 4
and the seaport of Trehi/ond April
19.
The Turks In counter-attacks
pressed back the Russians in Persia,
hut. recently the czar's men have ad
vanced rapidly In the northern part of
Asia Minor and the resistance of the
Turks seems to have been broken.
Exploits of the Moewe.
< ?nly oue German commerce raider
n< l n submarine distinguished Itself
in the year. The fast Moewe sank
many allied ships off the coast of
Africa ami reached a home port In
safety March 6. On February 2 a Ger
| man prize crew brought Ihe Appani, a
British capture. Into Hampton Roads,,
having come all the way across the At
lantic with her. The ownership of this
vessel Is still In tfye American courts.
Two more natlonfe have been drawn
Into the war. The entrance of Bul
garia has been described. On March
10 Germany declared war on Portugal.
Portuguese i?nd German tn>ops had
1 - 1 1 1 J ? ?
clashed In Africa some time before
and Portugal hud Just ?eUed the tier
man ships In her harbor*. The *o
tlort* of the republic were Induced by
a treaty according to which ?he proiu
He* tP xc?Uh? -to tiritiit Jttrltulu'ii ??udei
a nee whenever requested to do so.
The Brit I ah lost the equivalent of
aeveral army corp* when Lord Kltch?
ener wa* drowned June 7 In the sink
liu' of the cruiser Hampshire by ?
whMe <>n III* wav to I(u**ia.
CHKSIKK I ADV K(|JW
\lls>, Kale l(oNl>oreUKh Meet* Sudden
Heath In Atlanta.
t 'I ??*?+!?? r, A UK- I'J- ? The body of Mtw
Kale Koshorough. who wiih killed lit
Atlanta last night by an automobile,
arrived In Chester tonight and will be
hurled at Hvcrgreen cemetery tomor
row after funeral services at St. Murk's
episcopal .church.
1 1 'has been dltllcult to learn t he
full details of the tragedy. It HW'tiw
that Miss Koshorough was visiting her
lirotlier. ami un she ' endeavored t ??
cross a stn?et in Atlanta, she passed
iichiml an automobile safely ami be
fore she knew It was struck by an
automobile which she did not sec rout
ing.
She was 'hurt at p o'clock ami died
at midnight. She was one of Ches
ter's most popular young women. I*\?r
?ioun' time she iiail conducted a uioun
tiiln school at Kdgmoul. N. ('.. for the
llpisittpal church ami her splendid
work there is a matter of everlasting
record. She Is survived by her moth
er. Mrs. W. II. Koshorough ; a brother
in Atlanta and another brother. John
Koshorough of Clcmsoti College.
Ilogs Simplify Labor Problem.
Clemsou College, S. C.. Aug. 15.?*
Labor Is the most costly thing that
tluvjSouth Carolina farmer lias to buy,
so the less labor he has to use In bar*
vestoiug Ids crops, the better off he
will be. A splendid labor saving plan
is to let the hogs harvest that part of
the corn crop that would he fed to
them, rather than for the farmer to
harvest the corn and haul It to the
li.'gs. Fields should he enclosed and
the hogs turned on the corn just when
the grain begins to glaze. The hogs
soon learn to break down the stalks
in order to get to the ears. Very lit
tle of the grain Is lost, and the stalks
arc trampled up enough to make them
easily handled when the Held is plow
(?. the next year: and. a large amount
of organic matter is left on the land.
iVshies saving the farmer the labor
of hanvvMng ami hauling the corn, the
l.oirs ac, ay fertilizer factory and man
ure spreader. This plan is used ex
tensively in some parts of the United
Mates, and there Is no reason why it
>hou!d not be used here. Win not
i r\ it this fall.
The State Hoard of Health has Is
sued an order forbidding a child under
H'? years of age to travel on trains
in South Carolina without a health
cert liicate. This Is a prenrnthuiafy
measure to prevent the spread of in
fantile paralysis.
Believed Them True Stories.
When Haute published his "Infe/no'
the simplicity of the age accepted it as
a true narrative of hi< descent into
hell.
When the 1 I topia" of Sir Thomas
More w js nr-t published il o< isii tied
a ple.isant mistake. This political ro
inai '.e represents' n perfect but vision
ary re, nubl!'- in >iu island supposed to
have been newly discovered in Amer
ica. "As this was the a "e of discov
ery." - ( ; ranger, "the learned Hu
dncus and other* i ? ?? ?k it for a genuine
history and < 'ti v 'dered If a> highly ex
pedient that ? is-iouaries should be
sent thither in order to convert so wise
a mi t Ion to < 'hrist ianity."
It was a long while after publication
that main readers were convinced that
(Julli vet's travels were fictitious.
Long People Are Seldom Fat.
Sonic persons are born with a nor
mal tendency to become fat, others
with a tendency to leanness. It Is the
same anions the lower animals. The
hog i* ? Nort of machine for transform
ing the odds and ends of food Into fat,
but the farmer knows beforehand that
n little pig with lone: legs and snout
will work nfl' die fat as fast as It can
be made. s<> a long legged person sel
dotn Incline^ i>? obesity.
Elephant Trumpeting!.
An elepham rushing upon nil small
ant trumpets shrilly with fury. I 'ear Is
similarly expressed in a shrill brassy
sound <ir |>y a mar from the lungs,
plea sure by a <-i>iitlnued low squeaking
through the trunk or an almost Inaudi
ble purring >otind from the throat.
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Atlantic ( 'it > . N. J.
Hrevard. N. ('. ... 7.7"?
Flat Kin k. N. <\ ?{..V,
(ireenvllle. S. < . o.fk'i
Ilendersonvlfle. N <\ (Ui."
Hot Springs. N. <\ x.7"t
I,ake Toxoway. N. < S.7.1
Saluda. N. (5.4."
Try on. N. <*. 0.4,"
Walhalla. S. ('. r?.9n
Waynesvllle. N. . n.00
Washington. 1 ?. ('. , 10.25
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Tickets will Ih* sold *>r all traiiis
Wednesday. August i^'.nL. with tlnal
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CAMDEN, ----- SOUTH CAROLINA
Heckles* DriviiiR.
On Sunday m f lei'Ut m hi will It* Mr. J.
F.. Campbell and wife and little boy
nitc returnliur from Camden they were
run Into li.v an automobile, occupied
by (?ih' white* man and two negroes.
Tlir occupants seemed not to realize
tin1 tact that anyone wan in Pile road
ahead of them. The road conditions
would not |>eru?lt a vehicle in giving
any road at this place. hut had they
slowed up until Mr. (Campbell could
have gone ahou.t thirty feet further,
he could have given all the road neees
?sary. It appears that some jieople
while driving a ear think that Wie en
tire road and acres on hot h sides l?e
long to them and that under no circuit)
s to i tees must a vehicle detain a car
one minute. Hut just so long as no
one will resent tills practice of reck
less diivng. those in the cars will ex
pect the vehicles to take to the woods
for them to pass hy. A man in a bug
gv has as much road rights as the
owner of a car. We have no prejudice
against automobiles, but Phe reckless
way in which some drivers handle
them they should be put on the public
roads handling shovels Instead of driv
ing ears over them eudaugertng the
lives of innocent women and children.
Oor.
Notes From liethune.
r.ethunc. S. ('.. Aug. 10. ? The farm
el's ..I' |'h is section are now busy pull
Hiu what little fodder the storm left
tlfPm. and cotton, is beginning to open.
Cotton picking this year will not ex
tend on into, the winter for farmers
have not made it to pick.
Children's day was observed last Sat
n ri I ii \~ nt Snmlv (li'm e iuuJ ? ? a-t
tcuded by a la rye crowd. Kverythng
went oft" nice as is usually the case.
A la rye crowd from this section at
tended the campaign at llethuue last
Monday.
Miss Mace\ Howers. of Heatii Spring
has been visiting friends in this sec
tion during the past several weeks, but
has returned home.
^ The writer witnessed an interesting
game of ha set ml I Monday afternoon be
tween Haley's Mill and Little Creek
on the Met h line dlaniond. Haley's Mill
was victorious by a score "of 4 to H.
I'.oth teaiiiN presented a mixed line up.
Orphan's Work Day.
For several years past the last Sat
nrday in September lias by many of
our citizens been observed as Orphan's
Work I>ay. The idea is to yei men
ai d women. i?oys and girls, to ilevcte
file earning or tl:e income of the day
to the support of some orphanage. We
understand that all institutions invite
co-operation in this plan and that Sat
urday. September .'toth is the day
agreed upon.
Notes From IMsg&h.
_ .. I
ItcmlKM't. S, Auu. 14.~Tl*d
have ceased to come at last and ^
ers are eultlvatiiiK their cottony
hut it is small ami yellow and will]
be very productive. All fortUwii^
ready to harvest This ban Uvb
year <?n every grow In# art Me, |
the little chickens were a falbir*, |
the peach crop was a fallufriij
MCCtloll.
Revival nervlces are lit prof
Plsgah church, Hev. Itotvnlnli
slsted hy Mr. l'hUII|?s, t?f |>aU.
The revival meeting . at
Creek closed Friday night, f Mr. _
certainly did a great work and hei
Mrs. tJreen are welcomed hack
lit (Mir section. 1
Mr. David (Jillls ami wife wmU
recently on thMr return from Pij
?deuce, where they had l>eeii vtsifl
Mrs. hurry Smith.
Miss Kate Turner and Mta El
Rush, of Stockton, are vlsltlug 1
aunt, Mrs. Larry Smith, of ProridS
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. (iillls wml
1 tors Monday at the lfhme of Mn^ij
I ves.
" 1 -A
Miss Kate Hampton. ,?ister of
era l Wade Hampton, died in Coin*
yesterday. aged 02 years. J
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