The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 29, 1931, Image 6
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
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My Experiences
. ti*? World War
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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
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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. ;||
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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 ?
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NO-MO-KORN I
FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSES
Made in Camden And For 8ale By
DeKalb Pharmacy?Phone 15 | I
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J. Jt BRENNAN, Dealer j
Sumter, S. C. | I
Wire or 'Phone at My Expense jy
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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
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