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PLANT A TREK H# That Plants s Traa Lores Others Besides Himself/' > ' . . Alarmed by the 9*62^066,400 loss occasioned by the 194, 005 forest fires in the United States in a single year, a renaissance of reforestation has datwned. The fovernra?ej)t, states, universities, industrial organizations and individuals have taken off their coats and started digging in trees, and next year the Daughters of the American Revolution plan to tuck up their aristocratic skirts and plant 10, 000 saplings as a memorial to our y * first president. Before the depression, in 1029, there w^jv u total acreage of set o^t iV Continental . United States. Twef?ty-one states and territories contributed 31^557 planted acres,- municipalities 5,000 more, and lumber companies, pulp and paper, water and power, mining, railroads and other industrials added 26,088 acres. New York State (which in 1850 produced 20 per cent of our lumber, and which now cuts less than one per cent) is particularly aroused. "' The college of "forestry at Syracuse is advocating a plan for the scientific reforestation of 9,300 waste acres, oo This constructive and laudable suggestion bids fair to be adopted. A pending constitutional amendment, if passed, will provide millions for tree planting. Already the state' maintains five tree nurseries having aa annualoutput of 40,000,000 treen. "A twig in time becomes a tree*/' Let's plant a twig! P. M. Moore, the negro sentenced to death for assault on a white woman by Special Judge Herbert M. Dunlap, at Gaffney, has written a plea for commutation of sentence to life imprisonment to President Hoover, who of course, has nothing to do with the matter, Sheriff Welchel "posted the letter after advising the negro to address his petition to Governor Blackwood, but the man insisted on its going to the White House. Tor ANY BABY WE can never be sure just what 1 HK'kn nn infant restless, hnt ; the remedy can always be the same, t/ood old Castoria 1 There's comfort in every drop of this pure vegetable preparation, and not the slightest harm in its frequent use. As often as Baby has a fretful spell, is feverish, or cries and can't sleep, let Castoria soothe and quiet him. Sometimes it's a touch of colic. Sometimes constipation Or diarrhea ? a condition that should ulways be checked without delay. Just keen Castoria handy and give it promptly Belief will follow mm awrftn' if if tluMtLI call a physician.' B9 Bladder Weakness Tf Getting Up Nlghta, Backache, frcauent day calls. Loir .Fains, Nervousness, or Burning, duo to functional Bladder Irritation, In ncld conditions. makes you feel tired, depressed and discouraged, try the Cystox TestWorks fast, starts circulating thru the system In 15 minutes. Praised by thousands for rapid and nosltlvo action. Don't give up. Try Cfystex (pronounced 8lss-tex) today, under the Iron-Clad Guarantee. Must quickly nllny these conditions. Improve restful sleep and energy, or money back. Only 60c at Zemp & DePass, Druggists, Camden. ? KERSHAW LODGE No. 29 ' a* f# m . -> (Vx* Regular communication sf this lodge is held on the fjrgt Tuesday in each month t 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are wel' corned. W. R. CLYBURN, J. E. RQSS, Worshipful Master. Secretary. 1-14-27-tf R. H. HA1LE FUNERAL-fiJRECTOR FOR COLORED PEOPLE 927 Broad St- Camden, S. C v-> We hav6 secured the services of Lovett Proctor, Licensed EmbftInter Xor S. C., who will be with us permanently to do our embalming. | . Residence Phone 293-J Office Phone 145 j . J ^ ' f s ' * ^ - - i L' My Experiences . ti*? World War ! By Qen?al SmUm J.rorafcl # '!1 J so*** ?g-_? ."toaffg * *? " *.? gag L -m,u |L fWir4twirrtfVii trftfiiiiir hi rrirfa tl|rnjf<5!ll4- MMN 1 * CHAPTER XII In view of the gravity of our tonnage situation, It was highly Important that It be brought forcibly to the attention of the allies. Apropos tiie approaching Interallied conference ?<n shipping, I cabled Washington August 23, 1017. In part as follows: "... The British and, especially, the French have reached absolute limit of man power and any augtnentatlon their military force cunnot be expected. Im- | perailve hasten our organisation and training so that we will have the troops contemplated your project In Kurope for active service by May 01 June. "Military activities of allies on land should be strongly reinforced by combined navies and destruction U-boat bases accomplished if possible. High British army officers confidentially condemn waiting policy British admiralty. ... In view of gravity of ship ping question recommend our government Insist upon aggreshive p.?ne> i* combined British and American navies "... Our position In this war very Strong. . . . Allies now fully re?*??g tiize dependence upon our co-operutloD and we ueed not hesitate demuntitlmth aggressive naval policy and full than* commercial shipping.' Recommend American representative shipping conference be Instructed accordingly." Numbers of officers of all armies felt very strongly that to check the losses by submarines the two navies should take some risk and attempt to destroy the bases from which these boats operated. It Is not known whether any steps were ever taken to convey this suggestion to the combined navies. U. S. Advised on Powder Needs. Meanwhile, a study by a Joint French and American commission of the question of production of powders nnd explosives in France showed that the greater part of the raw materials must he Imported and that, due to the Gen. W. VV. Atterbury. shipping situati?>ti. France in DecernIht won! I |>i*?>i 111; e oldy about half of II:-' t 111 i 'lit o ii I;. u' TT was appiil'ehl. t ltcrcf??rc, lluit I" a\oi.| lallilility the United Sl:r.i'> n.u-d ii<>t only furnish powder and explosives for all of Its own forces, hut must supply about half the French re?|uiromtMits. and the War department was so advised. Ity this arrangement a I a rgc saving of tonnage would he efTeeted, as tlie weight of raw materials was ten to twenty times that of tlie finished prodtJliV t? no mtfUiCo rvr tiro (iminrrucvurv of powder and explosives had to be Imported /rom Chill, the hazard to shipping would he reduced by avoiding the long haul to France. Millions of dollars were expended in the construction of plants nt home in an attempt to produce nitrates, but none had been turned out before the end of the war. Dawes Made Supply Chief. In view of the uncertainty of obtaining more tlinn a limited amount of ocean tonnage it was natural thnt we should procure abroad as large a proportion of supplies as possible, and our supply department began at once to make inquiries to meet the demands for construction material, subsistence stores and engineering ^'Oiyujptnonr. Many sources of general supply had been developed by the French* aftd we soi>n fiiiiml ourselves m?t only In amuptlltion with them and the Tb :!?h but our different* departments ul<o began to bid against each oilier. To my mind the solution seemed to be mereiy a matter of co-ordination. Therefore. I established a purchasing board to consist of one or more representatives of each service making purchases of any sort, including the lied Cross and Y. M. C. A. Lieut. Col. Charles 0. Dawes. Seventeenth engineers, well known as a man of large business experience, was appointed as the head of tills board, the members of which were to rae*?t together and make known their respective needs and then agree sniong themselves as to where and h.v which department such purchase wns to t>e made, thus mutually assisting Instead of competing with each other. Under the nrrangement co-operation with the French waa established and the ngenoy became increasingly effective In han dllng our procurement activities. Couldn't Depend on French R R's The use of railways for The movement of troops and supplies had never before attained any such proportion* as in the World war and there was no ?J **rv'c* except w? traneportaflon upon which )re placed greater dependence tdr our auccesa. It *11 apparent that we could aet depend on the French without great riak of failure at a critical moment and it wax evident that If we expected the maximum efficiency In this service we muat provide our own peraonnel ae well aa additional locomotlvea and cara, all to be aa far aa practicable under American management. With thla plan In view commendable progreftH hud been made toward both procurement and organization by Colonel Taylor, and complete estimate# for rolling atock and conatruction at porta, termlnala and yarda, Including an accurate aurvey of building and equipment requirements, had been made under hla direction by MuJ. W. J. Wilgua, formerly vice president of the New York Central, afterward a colonel, who hud been u member of the Parsons hoard. These estimates without change served as a permanent guide for railway construction plans and material. Creation of Transportation Corps. Aa co-ordinate with the procurement and maintenance of materlul and equipment we were confronted with the vital question of organization for operation and management, but we had no officers In the regular service of sufficient experience In railway management to insure success. Therefore the evident course to pursue, to which the precedent of both British and French pointed the way, wns to create a transportation corps immediately uuder the direction of some man of outstanding reputation in the railroad world. In accordance with the principle of obtaining the most competent men for Important positions the following cable was sent July 20: "Have made tborough-study of ruil road situation and am convinced that operation of railroads must be under man with large experience in managing railroads at home. Sucessful bandllng our railroad lines so important that ablest men in country should be selected. After almost disastrous results with Inexperienced military men running railroads British selected ablest man could find to have charge transportation. "Question here mainly pueof physical operation and management in intimate, relation with French, who retain general control, which is necessary to handle ordinary commercial traffic. Question of railroad transportation of course involves equipment, maintenance and new construction at front as army advances, and should be practically Independent department, although nominally under engineers. Huffman chosen should be sent here without delay, together with three or four able HS-istuM* of hi* own sole*-tion. I.ntcr on it is believed these men should be given appropriate military rank." iil?fenlv. tin- War department rer onmietuled \Y. \Y. Atterbury, Then gen era! manager and now president of the Pennsylvania railroad, for the place, and I Immediately requested that he be sent to France. CHAPTER XIII The most important question that confronted us in the preparation of our forces of citizen soldiery for efficient service wns training. Except for U]m?nnn?inTrrai> - - wwr ? nvm iy . twenty years before, actual combat experience of the regular array had been limited to the Independent action of minor commands In the Philippines and to two expeditions Into Mexico, each with forces smaller than a modern American division. The World war Involved the handllng of masses Where even a division was relatively a small unit. It wns one thing tc caff 1.000.000 or 2.000.1)00 men to the colors, and quite anothor thing to transform them tnto an organized, Instructed army capable of meeting and holding its own in battle against the best trained force in Europe with three years' actual war ex-' perience to its credit. I A general scheme of schools for rtie A. E. F. was prepared hy tlie opera. ti?n* and training section, but hi order that this instruction should lie as coni" plete and uniform as possible and at llle time' be co-ordinated wi?a '# ! . ft A# IHH /li'?ui<l ! handled II) * ? cullil (htvirtr lUtdr hiUiv ftth* l? il. An additional s*?-t4??H **( Wm> headquarters rtlwrefore ?M MlnlHIthMl. catted training aatHoa. to 'teaetln* wador my pars?tl ulroctlna. Aa rWrf of this aoctloa Col. Paul B. ftfalom woo chosen, with Cot {I. B. flake M kH WeeleleA#poal in British tliWuia Ttia British methods of teaching trench warfare appealed to mm very strongly. They taught their men to be aggreealve and undertook to perfect then In hand-to-hand flghUng with bayonet, grenade and dagger. cartala amount ' this kind of training waa necessary to stimulate the morale of troope by giving them confidence in tbelr own personal prowess. Through the klndneea of Sir Douglas Haig we were fortunate early la our experleuce to have assigned to us Lieut. Cieo. It. I). K. Butler and o^her officers ef the British army to akalat In this Individual training. Later on several French and British officers also came to lecture at a aumber of our schools. Differ on War Principles. We found difficulty, however, In using these allied Instructors In that the French end. to a large extent, the British had practically settled down to the conviction that developments since 1914 had changed the principles of warfare. Both held that new condltlons#imposed by trench fighting had rendered previous conceptions of training more or less obsolete end that preparation for open warfare no longer was necessary. French publications and manuals were generally in accord with this theory. If the French doctrine bad prevailed our Instruction would have been limited to a brief period of training for trench fighting. A new army brought up entirely on such principles would have been seriously handicapped without the protection of the trenches. It would probably have lacked the aggressiveness to break through the enemy's lines and the knowledge of bow to carry on thereafter. It was evident that the victory could not be won by the costly process of attrition, but that we should have to drive the enemy out into the open and engage him In u war of movement. Instruction In open wurware was based upon individual and group Initiative, resourcefulness and tactical Judgment, which were of equal advantage in trench warfare. Therefore, we took decided Issue with the allies, and, without neglecting thorough preparations for trench warfare, undertook to train mainly for open warfare, with the object from the start of vigorously forcing the offensive. Rifle Practice Urged. Intimately connected with the question of training for open warfare was the matter of ritle practice. The earliest of my cablegrams on this subject was In August. In which it was urged that thorough instruction in ritle practice should be carried on at home because of the difficulty of giving it in France: "Study here shows value and desirability of retaining our existing small arms target practice course. In view of great difficulty in securing range in France due to density Of the population and cultivation, recommend as fast as practicable the complete course he given in the United States before troops embark. Special emphasis should he placed on rapid liro.1! My view was that the ritle and bayonet still remained the essential weapons of infantry, and my cable stressing the fact that the basic principles of warfare had not changed, were sent in an endeavor to influence the courses of training at home. Unfortunately, however, no fixed policy of Instruction in the various arms, under a single authority, ever was carried Insensible to advice, the inclination was to accept the views of French specialists and limit training to the narrow field of trench warfare. Therefore, In large measure, the fundamentals so thoroughly taught at West Point for a century were more or less neglected. The responsibility for the failure of the War department to take positive action on my recommendations In such matters must fall upon tjie military head of the department, which was the general staff. ^ There were other causes, as we shall see later, that led to confusion and irregularity In training to such an extent that we often were compelled during thedast stages of the war to send men into battle with little knowledge of warfare and often with no rifle practice at all. Military Police "Provided. The main t etui n<'e of good order among our troops under the peculiar conditions of service In Fraoce 'was most Important, and for this purpose a military police was essential. Such a force, under the control of provost marshal general, corresponded to the police department In a well-organised city, except that its jurisdiction In| eluded only those In the military servIce. The British, whose situation was similar to our own. gave us helpful Information regarding their system, which, with a slight modification, was adopted for our armies. In our previous wars, the provost guard, so called, usually consisted of troops of the line detailed for the purpose, but without any special training for such duty. Col. Llanson Ely was selected to organize the police corps and made a good beginning In laying the foundation, but, at his own request, he was shortly relieved and sent to regimental duty. His successor, Col. W. H. Allaire, became provost marshal general until the following July, when he was relieved by Col. J. C. Groome. Brig. Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, on account of his special fitness for such work from his experience as chief of j constabulary in the Philippine Islands, became the permanent1 head of the corps In September. lhlS. Due credit must hp given to each of these officers, but particularly to Band holtz. for fiie smart appearance and the high efficiency of this force. The military police were Indispensable in directing and handling traffic during combat activities, in preventing straggling and in nuiintaining unlet j among scattered groups >d oar arm: <s | both before and after the armistjee. , The organization No\endter 1. litis j numbered 40". oifieers and i.'.Jtfj men, [ spread over the wind,, of l-'rance. j (Continued next week) ' Building in France U*ed as School for Office-* - the a ? f XT.. Believe Beach Was Shot For Deer Beaufort, May 22,?Officers i rives- I tlgatin* the death of L. W. Beach, whose body waa found yesterday in the woods of the Varn estate at Pal* me Wo Bluff today advanced the opinion that the young caretaker was shot by poachers who mistook hint and his dog1 for a deer. Mr. Beach went into the woods Monday seeking poachers whom he believed were using the preserve. His body was found behind a clump of bushes with five buckshot wounds in the cheat. The body of his dog was found close by. Officers believe the caretaker heard the poachers and with his dog hid behind the bushes to wait for them to come closer. The theory is that the dogS eyes reflected the light used by the hunters and that they fired, thinking they were aiming at a deer. Mr. Beach's family did not become alarmed when he did not return home as it was not unusual that he should spend several days riding over the ' preserve. It was not until Thursday that searchers went out looking for him. . The body was taken to Doctor's Creek for funeral services and interment. New defendant* In the "fojunett* I suit against the lni^H>n? ttkl I pay grab, joined with the state tr?*. I urer by order of the aupreme 0?** II Incttfda the Jtfferaon hotel I cashed a nuiWber of disputed ^ I vouchers, the Greenville community K cheat, Which hit given one of the* I Senator Hammond, of Richland com. I ty, who returned hit voucher to tW II etete, end Representative Bates, ?| I Richland county, who believes the I extra pay U coining to hiin legiti. I mately. These represent four cltat*fl of parties in interest the supra* v| COUrt eaid ought to he in court * defendants before the case i? heard I and decided. The injunction case win ? be argued finally before the high I court on June 8. ;|| . . .it H Wilson Audrey, the negro taught? by Sheriff Dsbney, of Lancaster, tn that county after a long and exciting I c hase, will be tried at a special tern? of court nt Monroe, N. <h, on Jtmc^ I for assaulting a white woman. Tht I penalty is death. Sheriff Dabney I saved the negro from a mob of 500 I men after his arrest. [, HEADACHES I "If I hare the headache or the need of a purgative. I take Black-Draught." ,#ay# Mr. Edgar ?;S Gamble, of il4 Fowler Ave., Hop. |j?:; tttnevllle, Ky. "It. U eaejr to and quick to relieve. " X ueed to hav? k: dull headache#. My ejreo would bum S and when I would etoop over I seemed to turn blind. Thin Isn't much of e I #ood feeling when one hoe to work, and I have had to work hard in my time, beina a timber man. This work taken me from home a Kvod deul aad one never Ukes to g?t nick, especially away from home, I found the beat war to avoid thle who to take &u B; occasional doee of Black-Draught,. ;i and keep the syatem cleansed." rui B Thedford'i I BLACK-DRAUGHT I For CONSTIPATION, H INDIGESTION. BILIOUSNESS ? """?' ' ' ' ' NO-MO-KORN I FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSES Made in Camden And For 8ale By DeKalb Pharmacy?Phone 15 | I ? i H ^ ShD^^b J. Jt BRENNAN, Dealer j Sumter, S. C. | I Wire or 'Phone at My Expense jy ~7 ? Not Always SPECTACULAR... A child swallowed a bead a few weeks ago in Williston, S. C., which lodged in her bronchial tube. Persistent attempts failed to remove it* In desperation, a renowned Philadelphia specialist was called by long distance telephone?he rushed the proper instruments by airplane? the bead was removed-?the child's life was saved. Every day mutsliwi notlipapeis tell how the telephone has Men of ptirefees OOiVko in some emergency, but these spectacular occasions are only high light* 1? the many regular daily uses for a telephone in tip# bane The neighMfmod grocer vths corner drug store the doctor?the police end fire department! tfrid the m*?T friends who make tbe famifyt social honr* more ply ant?all are only a moment away when yen have a tew phone. With all Ha many advantage, modern telephone service is so low in coot that it really do sent pay to try to <r without it. ' Southern Bell Telephone and ' Telegraph Company ' 1 (Incarcerated) ' 'J