The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 02, 1918, Image 6
FOUR YEARS OF WAR
tKroio Saturday's Charlotte Observer)
. J It Was four year* ago toinowow- J*dy
-'H, mhi- wIhii. prompted by I*rutuiiaa
militarism, tll(! (IrNt, act ocelli i i d which
plungml Cm ope into the ? mod i >? 1 1 1 ill !?
uiii in llit \m. rld's hlvtory^ It wtfs four
yeiu'p UK" tomorrow t lit* t AuktHa, tit
-the behest of OeiiiMiuy and with |M?rfwt
accord existing betwe.ou tip* Central pow
ers, declared wti r on Sri bin, as u se
? lueucc of tlyu assassination. JijMt a moiitli
before, of A rcli<liik?* l*>i*tlfliiand, heir of
the Hapsbiirg dynasty,
Today Jimls men of all nui'^ and
eroedw covering nl( t)u< world except a
few i m d 11 1 ed HpOtl( handed together for
one pur|?oHe- to crush Prussian militar
ism and* make t he world riaft f<"' jlf*
mocracy N' ul ion after Nation having
plunged into the catastrophe, after their
sense of right and justice hau heen out
raged i'i Miiue direct or indirect manner
by the Heust ??f Merlin. Seven Nations
have heen added to the lint lighting
against Germany within the past year,
two ofthein, China and Hrazll, lands of
resources and potent iulil ies unlimited.
The other live, Costa Itiea. Liberia, Nit
ajnigua. Guatemala and Haiti, are small
Nations which hut recently asserted their
own Imlepimdomv, In the category of
neutrals are (eft the Scandinavian conn-'
tries Switzerland and Holland, Persia
ami some of the South Ajnorieati Ite
. publics.
Hy far Uid_auLtilunding feature of the
r fourth ,vwii of wur bus been the sur
prise given the world by |he speed with
1 which the I'nited States made her par
Ttctpntlon Tnnrufent mid Hfa.Uvts I.awt
?I'd.v America had jnst tiirown down the
gauntlet to (H't'iuuny, to he spurned by
the Prussian War l>ordfc; a few Ameri
' ' : tr
can troops bnd been landed in France;
tile first Liberty loan had befm oversub
scribed by more than a billion dollars;
AtpMcaVAfmy of ten billion youth* had
beep drafted, and Congress was wrest
liiiK with tremendous plans for the eg*
inuisii.ii of tlir Nut Urn'* lighting fore?*.:
lOverytidng that hud bwii done wuk only
n preparatory nature, the Nut Ion w?*
n:ii> aflniug for 1 1??- fray,
Today the Nation i? Htill preparing,
lint, With H speed that ninnzod the
World. America ma> l>c x?tid to have
half completed the Job "f preparation.
.America Inn* performed a feut unprece
dented In world history and one which
1 probably uobofly two yours ago would
have believed iHMwIble a performance
w hit It probably uohoily n year ago hoped
to sot' gchifVCd within a year. Mint' than
a million uicu have boon transported
a< -Voss *nbTiiartne Infested Mpna, dewpite
I lie determination of the (Jeniian War
l.ords that it should never he done* and
limit* haughty boast that it could never
be accomplished. They are of tho flower
of the country's manhood. Already
ttyey have convinced the snecrlug I'rua
Mian J nnkor* that Tfnole Mam could atep
across the Atlantic und strike a blow
that tlu> (iirman solar plexus will feel
for a hundred year*. The lighting qual
ities of these men haV$ surprised and
.ajn.futed bo| ouly tin- French, British,
and Itiilians, ,lmt the Ccrmans theft
selves. . Germany was 40 year# building
np her \Vur machine; America has bnllt
up ono within a year wbhh Oertnrtny
?fears and which ha* turned the fide of
battle in tin* direction of lierlin instead
of l'aris, snatched the initiative from
the (rcmnn strategists and placed it in
? h*? bunda oX- tiuumul Fuclu changed the
whole trend of the war and shifted the
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offensive from the Teutonic to the En
tente side. The comparative qualities
of the (retinnii 'and the AmeriCau and
Allied war machines have been demon
st-vatod to the satisfaction of the world
Good Tires Are Scarce and High
And they are going to be scarcer and higher. We
haye a most complete stock and /all sizes. , Can $give
you money now -and in the fuftite.
Prompt and satisfactory Adjustments. They are no
higher than the ones you are using.
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Itnl I lull llrst million 1 1 1 <- 1 ? Im not all. |
The two million mark will be reached
before tin* end of the year if not b?v
the clone of the present tigftting
-i as.,11. It efore the fifth > ?*4i r of tin- war
Inn* ended, threw million mote will be
roud/ to join tli?*ni if 'tl^e two million
en n not I -ni-.il tbf Hull nun-bine. The
iKirt played by the American Navy dur-*
iliK this |>nst year hatl been no le*s
creditable than t b at of the army and
liunlly less renin rKuble. Despite t U?* UU
i-fsi rii-tiMi wfrfire wii<4 by tin* < ;?i
mini sea wolves despitr tin- determined
a nil desperate effort* of tin' Kaiser's
iiiimiI forces to prevent even a shipload
of American soldiers being landed on
lOuropean noil or a shipload of muni
t ions and war supplies? -the American
Navy has put a million and a quarter
fit, fighting nii ii on the other ?Me with
out the loss of but otto man out of
gyyj six thousand. and the few who
were lout wore on transport* not Cou
Wyed by tin1 American Navy.
Manned by 10,000 sailor*, 150 Ameri
can wii rsliips have Joined the Britiah
fleet in blockading the coasts of (Jor
? many. Million* of dollars have been
'appropriated for buildiug more ships,
l*?th for tin' Navy and for the Merchant
Murine. The American Nevy Is ready
for a tent of strength with the German
sin power any time the Kaiser's ad
miralty wants to try it out.
America has aguln am axed and oht
sttrippod the world In the matter of
shipbuilding. She in building ships twice
rts fast as the (icrman submarine can
Ml Hit them; Aifiwte* and tier ANtes w
c.an cotilidently declare : "We have abol
ished the submarine menace." In air
'?rjift production, while America was
slow in getting started, she is striking
the pace now that has been set in build*
ing ships and organizing armies..
Unbind 1 the. Allies for Winning the
war have been thrown the limitless finan
cial resources of this N'atiou. Ameri
ca's war bill has mounted month by
month since April ^ 1017,"" when we en
tered the war and spend $280,893,000 in
preparing. For ,tlie present month the
expenditure* are estimated to exceed
.*1.070.000,000 which brings the cost of
the war to date to |ii?$&700,76&
Three great Liberty loans have been
oversubscribed,"
This vast "scheme of warfare was the
most important development of the year,
'not only to the Allies, but to Germany.
The II un has learned to respect A '"eri
ca as his chief enemy. Recognizing .the
menace to t,heir plans for conquest that
lay. in American preparations, Germany
hastily forced a shameless peace on
chaotic Russia, withdrew her armies
from the eastern front, and launched
them with unprecedented violence and
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barbarous disregard for human lives at
the French and. British armies on the
western front.
The ICaiiier and his general recognized
the fact that they were defeated unless
they could force a decinion before Ameri
ca's manpower reached Its fullest ex
pression oa the battlefield. Therefore
the word was given to seize Paris nnd'
the. Channel Ports at all costs and bring
France' U? her knees.
Five tcrifflc offensives such as the
four years of war hijd never witnessed
were the result. The firxt three were
x'uccewful to the extent that the Ger
inans were permitted to cxchauge count
less lives for a few miles of fdtell'holes
and ruined villages. The ** last two
brought utter defoat to the. Hun hordes.
The .American troops came out of their
first clashes with the Tlnn hordes cov
ered with glory. In larger battles they
have maintained the standard first es
tablished. They have been the -chief
factor in enabling the Allied forces to
make the mighty counter Offensive of
the last ten days, the like of which had
not been witnessed on the western front
for a year. Every American at home
has already been inspired with the ut
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QUIT PAYING RENT
OWN YOUR OWN HOME. DOUBTLESS WE HAVE JUST THE. PROPERTY
YOU HAVE REEN -LOOKING FOR.
OUR BUSINESS IS BUYING AND SELLING HOMES FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
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lino i < onfuiiin r thai, with tii'- 5?ito.fcatp.
sluntliiiK like ii stone wall before, ii<>
1 1 1 , 1 1 1 c r tiiw many attempts I In- <!"i
mans make to . iVarh I'arls, "They Shall
Not Pass." Hy the nid of tin* American#
the (>><?.? halt been turned, and 1 1??- > ?? M?
fVory ri'UMin to btfllcv# that hcuceforth
th?* irftt movement# of the coutestiijig
it rni i?-M are to he In tin* general direction
of Iterlin ami not toward I'ai'la.
it m;i\ now in- Miiii that the turn In#
jH.iui of tin1 war htt? been reached. It
is likely that it will In* recorded by tin*
future historian an the great event of tin'
'ninth jurat' of t lit- eontlict. Ma.\be tin*
<;<vnvauu ha vi' not yet become tlwd of
throwing themselves, recklessly but with
ever declining force at the Allied liar,
but . it appear* th^t (Jeneral Foch has
about reached tin* rud of hid period of
waiting until hi' was assured that Ameri
ca's maujtower .^ud overcome the Teuton
numerical KUi?oiiority that resulted from
tlu> defection of Rujwffc When that hour
arrives- or has it arrived^? -he will
launch his a tin let* for the great offeusive
that Is to drive the hordes of IIuu* out
of France and Heljltttn. We may veil
expect that Mit oh an .event will erovn
the fifth year of the war. Hunger, -M*
oase and striken are playing their part
ii\ the weakening of the Teutonic power,
as well a* the enormous price in men
and material they are and have been
(>ayit>g for their' recklessness during- the
last few mouths and weeks. Kven worse
will grow tin- weakening conditions in
(ierinany and Austria thljK fiftjb year
of the war while the American foi'res
flfii overseas in a constantly and rapidly
increasing stream and ships ;?re being
launched by the hundreds.
As the fifth year of the world's moat
terrible war opens, everything looks good
'firr '"America "WTd~tn*r ? Attirjr, -thn situa
tion -on the battle front and the prog
ress that i* being made at homo to put
the full force of the American nation in
the balance against the War Loids of
(ierinany and their hordes of slave-sol
iliers. Today all Seems to be conspir
ing to hasten the day of ultimate vie*
tory for Civilization? the victory which
must free the world from the reign of
brute force.
That victory may now be said to be
in sight, and it is 'not -too much to hope
tjhat it will arrive during the fifth year
of the horror, Nevertheless, there is
much to be done, much to be suffered
yet. America has yet to perform the
greatest portion of her task !
HLNASK'S DIKTY TALK
Truth About (lovernor Manning's Sons
Whom Klease Would Belie. ,
Columbia, July 23. ? An taken from
The Charleston American, which was
twice excluded from the moils because
of disloyal utterances, ^Cole L. Please
said in his Branwood speech :
"The Governor brags that tte has five
sons in the army. It is ho. Yet all
of them are strutting about in pretty
uniforms aud holding commissions and
are in no more, danger of meeting bul
lets than this electric light which I
stand". .
That the public, may knpw the truth
of the matter the following information
an to the standing and whereabouts of
Governor Manning's sous is published :
\V. S. Manning is 311 years old. He
enlisted as a private 'when the call was
t tnadc fotV >iwJdiers to go to , the", border.
He wcnt<.^o.-the bo "served as pri
vate untif tin* troops were ordered
home. f
CyMi the decimation of war with Ger
many he again enlisted us a private.
Subsequently he went to a training camp
mid won a captain's commission. He
is now in active service on the front
in France. .
Vivian Munning Is 82 years old. He
was a successful business man in Green
ville. He closed up his business and
volunteered as a private. IT is still
n private and is at Camp Tay, . I,oiiis
ville. Kentucky.
Bernard Manning is 25> years old. He
enlisted as a private, and subsequently
went through *the ti'ninlng school at
Oglethorpe where In* won a captain's
commission. If he is not now on the
seas or in France it will not be long
before he will be on ?he western front
in active serviee.
W.vndham M. Manning is 2S years
old. He graduated from West Point in
1I>1 He served in Alaska, and went
to the border as Captain of a company
of cavalry raised in Charleston. When
he returned from the border lie was
assigned ns aii instructor at Oglethorpe
and has been promoted to be major. He
too, if not on his way to the western
front will not be long in going.
Purwell Dens Manning is 10 years old.
He was nt the University of Virginia
when war was declared. He enlisted as
a private. He is now a corporal and
i* in France.
John Adfcer Manning is 18 years old.
lie too. was nt school but volunteered
as a private and is now a sergeant at
Camp Jackson. So noon as command
is ordered to France he will, go and
whether or not be has already gone is
only for the authorities to know or say.
George H. Jenkins, a farmer of Page
land, died n?*ar Charlotte in an auto
mobile Saturday morning while en route
to a hospital for treatment. He was
6T? year* old and was declared a man
of prominence in his connty.
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