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rronze tablet honoring heroes of world war CM MO WD H. HILTON JAMES C. DOZIER ? I l< HI \ C. VILLEPIGl'E , GARY EVA>fS FOSTER By Burroughs Prince in Columbia Record K#ch man is a hero and An oracle to someone... bong before those lines flowed from the pen of the immortal Emorpon, heroes were -worshipped for valor and daring feats and their names remain to this day undimmed on the record of time. On the pages of South Carolina histoj y, the names of many of her sons are associated with acts of heroism on the fields of battle. During the World War, seventy thousand khaki-dud South Carolinians sullied forth from the boundaries of the Palmetto State and acquitted, the'mgelves like heroes in upholding the honor of their country. Six of tho.se ,nen went beyond the call ' of duty .?into the very jaws of death?and distinguished themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity against the enemy" in the front line trenches on tne battlefields of Europe. The Honor Men James C. Dozier, Gary Evans Foster, Thomas Lee Hall, James D. Ileriot, Richmond H. Hilton and John C. Villepigue added their names to South Carolina's hall of fame and in the eapitol of thcMr beloved state there is to be placed a bronzed tablet, whose inscription will commemorate the deeds that brought honor to them and, to South Carolina. Ijegare's Plan Early on the session of the last legislature, Senator's William S. Ia1gare and Emerson L. Ard sponsored the passage of a bill appropriating $1,000 "to erect a brohze tablet in the state cupitol commemorating the bravery and intrepidity of those six gallant South Carolinians, who, is the World War, signally honored this state in having the citizens of this state awarded the greatest number of Congressional Medals of Honor, per quota of soldiers, than any other state of the union." The gallantry of South Carolina's six World War heroes has been oftgn recounted in newspapers, magazines and books and doubtless around many firesides, but stories of heroism, when life and death are at stake, never grow old. All in 118th First Lieutenant Dozier, Sergeants Foster, Hall and Hilton, and Corporals Heriot and Villepigue were members of Company< C, Sergeant Foster of Company F, and Corporal I Heriot of Company I. Ilefore the a partment of the United ,i them to the long list Ame: heroes. .They were aB^arded Congressional Medal of r A rica's highest award. ,(f Hall and James D. I vert killed in action and were medals, posthumous. IN .. }\ele> the medals are in posI I ' >f t: eir families, who trcas-1 i,l>* n- memories of honorable H ^!,r ii'.d those six heroes distinj I -u:sh?-?i themselves alone. The> .'lory to their state, which *.?? means more to the four H hving than does the honor jH o, havn.g the Congressional Medal I I "! Her,- pinned upon their breasts. f?, 1917, the date of Aminto the World War, ; I -ho \\ ar Department has awarded ^evcr.ty-eight Congressional Medals H Honor to members of the Anaerican Lxpeditionary Forces, and due I to the extraordinary feats of heroher noble sons, (South Caroln* received more medals in proport'on to her military quota than any other state in the union. No more World War medals of | I onor will be pinned on the breasts 0 those four heroic survirora, but _ _:c. war they were members of the South Carolina National Guard. It was after smashing the Hindenburg line in October, 1918, that the Thirtieth Division took over the fronl line near Montbrehain in France anc between October 8 and 11, the boys from North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee encountered fourteer German divisions. In the words ol William Gilmore Sims, historian: "The attacks of the Thirtieth offei instances too numerous to recount of brave exploits by men from South Carolina." Dozier's Deed On October 8 First Lieutenant James C. Dozier, of Rock Hill, now adjutant general of South Carolina was severely wounded in the shoulder in an encounter with the Germans near Montbrehain. His command wag held up by machine gun fire and after putting his men undei cover, Lieutenant Dozier, vCth one soldier, advanced to attack the machine gun nest. In the face of intense fire, the bravo .South Carolinian, faced the entire enemy crew and with his pistol and hand grenadea killed them. Hia command was ther able to advance. Hill's Heroism I In the .mi. vicinity, Sergeant I Thomas L?e Hall of Fort Mill, in I command of a platoon, found that I severe machine gun fire hindered the I advancement of hia men. He disposed of them under cover and advanced hia men. The gallant sergeant, however, fell mortally wolliulI ed later in the day, when he attacked another machine gun uest in a similar manner. Foater'u Recovery On the same day, another brave I South Carolinian waa making hiato? I ry. Sergeant Gary Evans Foater, of I Inman, waa leading a squad of men I against the enemy, when machine gun fire met them with deadly effect. With an officer, the sergeant I went forward to destroy the neat. I The officer fell wounded, but SerI geant Foster braved the fire alone I und killed several of the enemy with I his pistol and hand grenades, and 18 1 were captured by him single-handed. Hilton's Bravery It was a few days later when Serj geant Richmond P. Hilton, of West1 ville, now assistant State Service ofI liter in Columbia, led his company against the little town of Brancourt which was held by the enemy. Machine guns of the enemy were hidden in shell holes and they continued a 1 rat-a-tat-tat with severe results. In advance of a few aoldiers, Sergeant I Hilton went forward, firing his rifle until his ammunition was exhausted and then using his pistol, killing six of the enemy and capturing ten. During this gallant advance, Sergeant Hilton was struck with a shell that resulted in the loss of his right arm. On the next day at the village of Yaux-Andigny in France, Corporul James D. Heriot, of Providence, S. with four soldiers, advanced upon a machine gun nest that had wrought serious damage to his company. Two GE lllimi?llliuiiiimn.???. - - ? , a ..lira?BC of the men were kille<i and the other two sought shelter because of the deadly ftre. Corpora) lleriot, undaunted, advanced alone and charg ed lite neat with his bayonet and the enemy surrendered. During this exploit, Corporal Heriot received severe wound* and while charging another machine gun nest later in the day, he was instantly killed. Villepigue'a Valor At the same village, three days later, Corporal John C. Villepigue, of Camden, was sent out to scout the small village in order to k ascertain the accurate position of the enemy. After one of his men was killed and another woundejj, Corporal Villepigue advanced alone, five hundred yards in front of his platoon, lie attacked and killed four of the enemy found in a dugout. The bravo corporal did not stop?advancing forward, he encountered a machine gun nest where he killed four and captured six of the enemy and two light machine guns. After joining the platoon, Corporal Villepigue was severely wounded. I Kleven years have passed hut the heroic deeds of those six men live on j?South Carolina honors them anew. Adults' Contract Children's Diseases Adults can, and do, contract many children's diseases. And usually, they suffer from them much more than children do. For instance, many adults contract worms, an ailment usually associated with children. Sometimes they suffer intensely and take expensive medical treatments, without realizing that worms are the cause of their troubles. Yet, the symptoms are the same as in children, loss of appetite and weight, grinding the teeth and restless sleep, ritching of the nose and anus, and abdominal pairfs. And, the same medicine that surely and harmlessly expels round and ijjn worms from children will do the same for adults?White's Creani Vermifuge, which you can get at DeKalb Pharmacy, Camden, S. C. Electrocute Man For Slaying Wife Trenton, N. J., April 17.?-Henry Campbell Close wu electrocuted tonight at states prison here for the murder of Mrs. Mildred Mowry, who Ike had bigamoualy married. Maintaining the complacency he showed in the death house, Close walked calmly and slowly into the death chamber, a guard on each side of him. He faltered slightly, principally because his eyes were closed. Two hours before Close left his cell he spent 110 minutes with his legal v^fe, the mother . of his three children. Breaking a precedent Colonel Edward B. Stone, principal keeper, ullowed the woman to spend a few of the lust moments with her doomed husband. Tho condemned man's final meal was the ordinary prison fare. He spent u quiet day. Tis sole request was to be left to himself. Close, apparently desired no spiritual comfort in his,, last, hours, and no chaplain was present, %-y 'N N. L. Mayhew, of Blucksburg, is in the Cherokee county jail at Gaffney, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. It is alleged that Mayhew has collected hundreds of dollars the past year or two by forging railway "order notify bills of lulling." Others are believed to be involved with Mayhew, who apparently was the head of a gang of junk st^Hjllers. Rev. C. A. Bridgman, a Canadian missionary in China, is reported to have been captured by brigands and is being held for a ransom of $200,000, The mission board under whom Bridgman is working, declares through its head, that the ransom will not be paid. r The average life of somC species of turtles is 260 ycurd. MASTKK'8 HAI.K . . s State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (In the Cpurt of Common l'leas) The Federal Land Hank of Columbia, Plaintiff against S. F. Hrasington, It. C. Hrasington, Loan & Savings Iiank of Camden, and the Wateree National Farm Loan Association,* Defendants . Under and by virtue of an Order of Court made in the above entitled case, and dated the 10th day of April, lU.'tO, the Master for Kershaw County will offer for sale at public uuction, before the Kershaw County Court House Door, Camden, South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in May, 1930, being the 6th day, the following described real estate: "All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, and PeKalb Township and on the waters of Swift Creek known as the "Dunlap Place," containing 310 acres, more or less, as shown on plat of It. W. Mitcham, Surveyor, bearing date March 12, 1910. The said traet of land is bounded on the North by Swift Creek; on the Hast by lands of Mitchael Ingram; on tho South by lands of Nancy Nelson, and on the West by lands of Nancy Cole- <a man. The tract of land is the same conveyed to S. F. llrasington by deed f A. 1). Dunlap bearing date May 27th, 1911, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Deed Hook >? page 2-14. That the Master do require the successful bidder to deposit at once with him the sum of three hundred ($200) Dollars, either in cash or by certified check, the same to he applied on tho bid should there he a compliance with the same; hut should there be a failure to do so, then it shall l>e forfeited to the plaintiff and the premises resold on the same or the next convenient sulesday thereafter upon tho same terms and at such bidder's risk. W. L. I VP ASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County Dated April 17, ltKiO BIII!!!!!!!ll!ffl!!!!l!!!!l!!ffl!!!l!l!!!!ll?!l!!llllllllfflllllllfflllllllllllll[lIIIIHIHIIII? MR. W. L. 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