The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 25, 1918, Image 7
fjtfM* IlK, HAY UTTLK
Mmii Write* uf l|i? SUy With
Hrllltt* Medical <'orp?.
Bellowing interesting lelit-i was
|W,I i In - week by Mr. (j?o. T. J,ntie
? bix *??? !>r. Ktf.v Utile, who t? with
HritW* force* In Krauee, being u
,,ubfr ?f ,l"' 7Tth, Field Ambulance,
j,jJ> Kj jHHJitloutry Fuiwhi
jv*r Father; * make it a rule to let
olir Ml holUC l"^!' fl??n Ule ?t least
<v a week whenever such is possible,
I it'ii uMiwlly In the fortu of a letter
mother. I feel sure that the thretf of
'tf Hj|j com** back all K?fe ami sound. Of
wliiM' we mm- not on it picnic tii?rc is
. ^tuin amount. of danger soniotitnea
^1U aii'l bullet* arc.' m the air. but
Wrh man i? only <i very Hiuail cf6t and
jjl ill.- firework* ?iv not aimed at biui
JJj ||?t eaeh time one is bit. it's it, ?(
, fatal blow. A man* chances oyer here
arM>""> good and it's Ivulh not w < 1 1 ( ii
l nviii'J'' i" worry.
\?u, u*> I said. I let you all lira 'r, from
regularly whenever possible, Honie
^ tbo'. circumstancea are aueh that
* a ,4- ^ k
!<??*? .:l v, posted a letter bud !
I iX atbo I WM far: ?** **>* th'"
Jfiifft.1' "U so don't ?>HH>nm uneasy
Iriu* 1,";;i;|uv letter doesn't show up,
II ,h; iXllr fn?in Mother yesterday,
1 h 1 1 ing her mall regularly uow. al
lamK ,f her i"?t bavt, mv,*r
_ibo ????> ' . u)so Kl>t one from <. harlle
torutxl up. hU Hrl.lvMi in this CQUtt
?illK MM- ubou Miller HH he
? ?BI| be- had juw^ |t wM 9mi
;*as w,l,|"in that they liad arrived safe
n iwfuilv k?*"1 tbey AX? ov'1
b' 1 know they are going to enjoy
h,lv ,nd not a world of good out of
know jUfct where
" l (hur are. the chances are that we
^ fliilv well separated since the lin
<rf . Vrnerieans are holding different
ti.h and A. ^ thftK HV remurkablc
s0<',",h' run into eiifh other over here.
iW* iiLm* 1 ?u>t vounK s?,,lnKM
| A ,a^ ^ i|? went to the Tam
l from l.mw'astcr, 11 r_\ v?t t wl
. .Im.uIs soute years ago. .Xet l Wi
' . nn Aineriean, since 1 am with
jjL^luitish But wt' know eat h ??thers
. ... &
,. | e 1 realize now that % would
" have been contented, to have re
mv .,1 out of this war even tho I had
Ul nt ion in the matter. It^ the great
811 " I that has ever beeu or ever shall
I!"'"' > ??? hr i',:
.,i||L stay with the b,,y? till th?
Sr la on M* know. ??>?' h "f "'
till then ni?1 )?u <??? hot y?m ??
II,,,. thai America is ?"? *?>!"* to 'l"11
i <1 w .ill .he hum la beaten for
,, ? f0r all. It Will coat u? a ?i,fent
Hi, time, money and HveH, but jrar
l,wse< will be small compared , to tho?e
of the French. Wherever the Hun boa
invaded be has destroyed.. He ban . wip
n| tAwiis and cities off the map. Oideis
tl nnblished in the QcnmnriiTw
,hat ,,0 town is to be evacuated till ev
orv building has beer^ destroyed. ^ rent h
who were rich before the war are
noW without homes and are Pa?Pp^
we hadn't gotten into. this war England
an, I r ranee would have been -beaten in
Le months more. That's the statement
of a British officer with whom 1 was
talking a few evenings ago, and I have
heard the same thing from a hundred
other officers who have TXeetj in b ranee
xiuce the beginning of the war apd have
been through battle after battle. ; Every
one realizes that the sinking of the Lusl
4?Hia. horrible a?Ut was. in reality, was
h blessing to the world in disguise. It
brought America into the war. >> ithoutj
lier Germany would have been victorious
and it would' have been' a matter of only
a few years before our bides would have
been smurged by the same barbariau
the linn. . . ?
At last the Ilun is getting his aud in
full measure at . that. The news ifr ab
solutely splendid, and what is ,so fine
about it all is that the a\niericani^ have
acquitted themselves like real fighters.
We have shown the Germans what an
American is and believe me he will soon
Ih' willing t<? swallow the statements with
which they have been' consoling them
selves? that the American is no tighter.
Not long ago 1 saw 4,000 prisoners
jmss by. just captured. About half of
thein looked like criminals. The other
half were mere boys. I would bet tbat a
large number were not over sixteen years
ef age and some of _|h??__ WCere__ fifteen.
At another time 1 was at a railway sta
tion when a hospital train passed thru.
Must of the wounded were Krittsh but
there was one (ierman. As soon as the
train >toppcd this German put his head
?tit th?- window ami began telling all
it lli>, like thousands or others,
wa* niiol to b?i captured. He was all
stnilt^ ami you could bet that he was
*iwrrel\ happy that he wan at last to
have a rest. He said Germany was done
f?r ami the war would be over iu three
month*. A lot of British thiuk the same
thiiiK. >irawiiig their conclusions from
the thiol) that the Hun will submit to
any *ort. of peac<> terms before he would
permit hi* territory to be invaded. As
a mutter of fact I don't believe there
will be |M>nce till nfter the allies have
dealt him <>nc crushing blow next spriug.
When I look about me and see what
ha* happened to poor France and to so
mnuy of the French people and then
think that you all are,safe back there
ami that yon have everything to make
v,"i comfortable. I'll tell you, it really
make* yon feel hapjiy that we haVn't
a torrihl,. menace at our doors such as |
Kraner has.
N'ever worry about me. I^e assured
'bat wherever 1 am. no matter under
what circumstances, I'll be at ni$ post
?ihI the Hritisli say. "carryiug ou."
First Week Jurors. j
Following in h lint, of jurors drawn
I'li^day to serve for the first week of
? he \<i\otnbor term of court _for Ker
*b?w eounty. Court convene? the see
?ad Monday morning In November with
Jutlgp Frank R. Gary, of Abbeville, pre
siding :
xv K. Russell. Jr.. L. L. Young, W.
'? Wilm?D. W. R. Outlaw. J. H. S!n
' 'air. II. R. Lang, J. W. Jooea, D.-M.
""Haw. J. R. Miokle, J. M. Oroxton,
M V. Jonen. R. M. Vanghan, C. Mt
H?ukIi. H. A. Moore, W. R. Hougb,
I \i -p...- ? . ? - -
. . ... ..urwu, rr. own
ninghatn. W. R. Kvan*, C. K.
H. K. William*, W. F. Settles. J. O.
Hunter. J. N. MeLaurin. C.' DUon.
1 1 R. Roykln. O, B. Gardner, 8. R.
KirWIand. R. C. Bennett. .
in Vi ii OK MMKN H. H \ Ml :i
\\?h Prominent Cittern of Krr*haw ami
Associate Kdi tor of The Km.
(From the Kershaw Fra.)
James II. Hamel, junior publisher of
The Fra, ()1?h1 at the home of his par
rots, Mr. ami Mr*. John W. HaiueU ou
North Matson Street, Saturday night,
l'-th 4unt., of iufluenxa. just one weak
aft?y taking hi* b*?<T. For h couple of
week* previous to going to hi k sys
tem \\a* ii^.u U^bilituttnl condition. He
uhn within ?!?<? uew draft age, and aft?r
tilliiiK out hi* ?)ue?tlonuulre, in which ho
waived all right* of exemption, he mail'
ed it to Lancaster Monday morning,
September Oil the 1? train. and
departed h.v the southbouud train at
1 :57 for Charleston on tho same day
to apply for admission to the Student
Arin.v TrainiiiK ('tups at tin- College of
Charleston, having previously wired for
lOQ obtained inforuiatiou that lie would
bo permitted to enter. Notwithstanding
his enfeebled condition, he passed sat
isfactorily nil tests except bin teeth and'
that of hU limbs. <>n?) of his leu* was
injured when he wan a small boy, in
falling; through the stairs to tin* upper
room* of the old school buildinx, whleh
stood on the ground now occupied by
Mr. .1. W. Ingram's residence. The in
jury wa?r right' severe and affected the
Imiic, causing shrinkage of the limb that
remained permanently and by reason 'of
which be was rejected in the physical
lest ; the examining medical officer stat
ing 'that the limb was too weak to en
dure the hardship* of soldier life. His
teeth were also pronounced defective.
On all other points he passed, lie came
home weakened from the exertion and
loss of sleep, and infeHed with the kciius
of the deadly peat now ho widely preva
lent?Spanish influenza? ^>u Thursday
morning. Oetober ,'lrd. very, much ex
hausted l?\it unwilling to give up, and
not realizing bis true' condition. He
went home n abort time before noon
nud after conversation with his wife and
mother, threw himself across the bed
for a brief period of rest, asking to^
he called in alwmt an hour. It waft a
little longer than that that lie was per
mitted to lest before being awakened.
He got up and came to bis duties at
the office and remained at them uutil
the closi'ug hour on Saturday evening.
Saturday afternoon, despite his physical
condition and state of feeling, he con
sented to act a-s a pall bearer at the
funeral of little S. Ii. Hlackmon, a little
child of but about two years old, to
whom ? he was devotedly attached ami
wlu?m. he had on many occasions fondled
when at home on Sundays. The parents
of the child lived only the second door
uorth and the way was open between
the two homes. He came from the fun
eral almost completely exhausted, and
when he went home that night, it was
not to reach his own borne, which was
on the same premises with that, of his
parents, but be went to bed at the home
-of-hi* parents- by? wvittttbm ^aud -insist-,
once, aud remained in bed. his condi
tion growing weaker each day until the
end came peacefully at 11:15 on Satur
day night, just like going tfy> sleep,
obediently taking the cjnedlciue given
him, even up to just about five minutes
before the- last breath left his body.
?''Jim" llamel, as bo was familiarly,
known and called by his friends here
and throughout the State, was 34 years
.of age ou the 25th day of February.
He was graduated from WofFord college
TV TD05, and after teaching school at
Tabernacle one year or a little more, he
taught in the Kershaw (Jrpded school
for u year and |hen entered The Kra
office to 'remain ,witb iff to do a man's
part in the upbuilding of bis home town.
Christmas day. 1011,' he was married
in the city of Greenwood to Miss .Ellen
Cromer, of 1 Newberry county, at that
time. Christmas, 1913, he was given an
interest in the business which his in
telligent effort, energy and inspiration
built to one of the best equipped offices
i'n the State of any town of five tflou
saiid or less inhabitants.
While, solicited ^evei-Hl times to be
come a candidate for county office, he
always declined, and the. only civil office
he ever held was that of member of
the Ncoflnty board of education for two
tenuis; four years ; and t|)Bt was by
appointineut. In the fraternities to
which he .belonged. Masonic, Woodmen,
and Junior Order, be held various offices,
having passed the chairs in each, ami
having attained to the position of vice
councilor in the State fount 1 in the
Junior Order. He was at the time of
bis death filling the office of State treas
urer of that order for the third term,
and at the last meeting was elected one
of the national representative*. He was
chairman of the board of trustees of
the Kershaw Methodist OhuWli and a
teacher of a elass of boys in the Sunday
Sclni.il.
Without designating motive he tried
to be .the friend of all.^with whom he
had to be associated and all,' both whlM
and colored, felt free to approach him.
Kven the school children recognized in
him a friend who was ready to help
them in their difficulties and availed
themselves no few times of the easy
access to assistance in the solving of
their vexing problems or in the prepa
ration of papers and training for pub
lic debate. And in the community affairs
he was ever ready to "assist in any and
all matters that pertained to its bet
ter interest.
Owing to the presence in the com
munity of tlie epidemic of influenza, no
service was held at the home, but this
was done in the open air at the ceme
tery Sunday afternoon at 4 :30. Not
withstanding the warnings, and in spite
of the danger of assemblages, numbers
of bis friends came to pay their last
tribute and to see his remains laid to*
rest in the Kershaw cemetery beside
the little formr of his innocent infant
*ofc. who was not permitted to be l>orn
alive in the world to adorn and bless
the married life of the father and moth
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er, but whoae aeeouipatiyiug preaem*
we trust and believe will u-*?***' bim
into the miBuldiu where they eau dwell
together, Httfe ami .swHirtt from the temp
est of ear|h*? vieiMM^uileM am) where
no httiniH mil endanger them uor trou
ble* <lj?t ri'HH them. i|d where they eau
await iu the preaeoee of and a cow
muuiou with the lt|e*<Ke<| Kedeeuu'r, the
< < 'Hi 1 1 1 k ul the otliriK wlm huvo |b*tt? l.-li
beblud t?? inotirn tin- H>m muiti1nt4 In
the oepurtuif of the dear loved mir.
The fuueral aervlcaa were , ivmlilirted
by ltvv. K. M Dulloae, his pastor ami
U?'v. II. 0. l>u?u, of (be ltaptUl Church
Till' Ni l VI. iinpli' ami impn\ssiv?\
jtt?t >ueh as won i?i i?c plea slug to him
over whom they were held. l<oviuy burnt*
luiil beautiful dower* ou the crave ami
In- \uh l?H alone (0 slicp nuiotly *utl
UVlltlKturM to the ItfHt xirul tlay.
Murviviug him are his wif?> who Im
been a faithful ami devoted helpmeet ami
a xweet ami euuobliux iutlueuce in his
life, hits father autl mother, W'bo&o tirat
horn ami >*?& he has four sisters :
Mi- V, li. Hair, lirxti U Mg?\ who wt??
autl in ill in bv<l ut her homo in Hiut'h
villo with the suinc niuluil.v, and at
whoM> Ix'dMiilc the n*?xt ?l?ter In*'* Ilumd
Wltchfl and U)Utlt$N with anxiou^ ran-.
Mrs. II. It. MutUl. wIiom' bow? i* lo
W?i*btuitou, lira who could not b# a?i
vix?'?l in tinn' for hw to r*>?*h Iwrv to
Attend the la.M ritW, uml ?(In- JTOUUfW
*?f thftU nil. l.ouixo llauul, a Mu<h>nt,
ai Wiuthro)), WbO is uuilor qnarint in*'
with the* others. in tin* QO)Ie|f< that their
nWH health Ml) he fWUfdlHl from tin
contagion. Thia to;, the lir*t break in
the family I'tjrvlr ?**??! his life wan tlto ,
(irt?t to be tinotiflvi'ti in th?* rotinnunUy
to thf dilMW winch now mi'iiinos so
many
fW family ar?? ainm-Hativr of otery
attrution iiiiiI kindness Nhowtt l>> |th,v
nivian ami frhmtla ItiMf, him) for tin*
tuftU) Miirewloui ol (jriuuitUy and con
il.?l? m .? lliui a ro rmiiiuK in by telegram
mul Mttar. Tiny t-annoi nil ho person
ally answered tit obce, ami in thiii way
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