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LOO K1 NG BACKWARD .1 / , Taba Kroai Um VUw *f Tk* Ckreokle FifUm ud Thirty Y?ua Ago r j a ?. i i M ' THIRTY YBAR8 AGO ^ July a. mi Hot wav? playing havoc with crops in Southern atate*. ,Seven million pounds of meat burned in the packing plant of Jacob Dold A Son at Wichita, Kansas. Picnic of the Liberty Uill ic.il. announced to Ik' held ut Warrenton with Senator Tillman, Congressman Finley, General Floyd and l>r. Strait to deliver addresses. Henry I>avenport and Ezell Harvey were killed by the same bolt of lightning near W'iliiamston. The stroke made two widows and 11 fatherless children. Ernest Truesdell leaves for Virginia to join an orchestra. G. C. Bruce, Benjamin Halle, Robert MoCreight, Thomas Amnions and Charles Hough recovering from fever. William Cameron and Miss I>clla Copeland married near Pisgah. UMiss Francis Dixon, an aged lady of the Pisgah section dead. Number of Kirkwood property owners meet at Hobkirk Ijjn to consider advisability of annexation '.o Camden. Most of those present were opposed to the move. Jim Jones, of Raleigh, N, C., father of 23 children, has a baseball team all his own. Eighteen children are boys and he has enough material not to use the same pitcher every day. Peculiar disease breaks out among hogs of Colleton county and whole herds dying. ' r At Marion were found the first cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever ever seen in South Carolina, and there are two there. It is always fatal and comes to humans through the bite of u dog tick. It is ut home in Montana and only this year have any cases been found east of the 'Itocki es. FIFTEEN YBAR8 AGO Jul? 7. 1*16 Judge Mendel L. Smith presiding at July term of court deliver* able charge to Kerahaw county grand jury. In a speech before the New York press club President Wilson say* war will come only as a lust resort. Hetty Green, said to be the wealthiest woman in the world died in New York. Miss Mattle Peach dies at her home near Westville. 13umet Whitaker of the Kershaw Oil Mill, resigns to join the Kershaw Guards for service on the border. i,Sani B. Padgett, of Bethune, married to xMrs. Gertrude McLaughlin of Hartsville. Mo(k>rmidk & Co. move undertaking parlor from- Dibble building to Sullivan property on North Broad street. James Miliar, negro, from Horatio, brought to Camden suffering from I bullet wound in stomach accidentally inflicted. Dr. John W. Corbett attends opening of a hospital in Wadesboro, N. C. Judge Smith allows Robert Brown to sentence himself for stealing $1,200 from J. M. Hall, Brown gave himself five years and Judge Smith cut it down tp three years. Eight negro convicts escape from State Farm near Hagood. John D. Dow, son of Rev. R. C, Dow, deud. Carl Blackmon and Miss Pearl Hatfield, of Gassatt, married. J. L. Guy returns from several weeks critical illness at Hot Springs, Ark. State Superintendent of Education .J, E. Swearingen married to Miss Mary Hough at Greenville at home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bruce. Thanks Judge For. Death Sentence Charleston, III., June 27.?A mur derer today thanked Judge Georg< W. Bristow for sentencing him t< death. He was Merle Johnson, former Ar kansas mountaineer and farm hand who confessed he , slew Mrs. Carrii Bowers und her two small childrci because," he said, "she asked me to.' When sentence was pronounced Johnson reached across the bar grasped Judge Bristow's hand, said "I got what I wanted." Then he turned and faced the court room and declared: "I'm glad that I will die." Johnson's counsel, appointed by tht court, made no pleu for clemency anc presented no evidence because, ?h? r said, it would have been against the defendant's wishes. * Johnson strode into Mattoon early in +.h?? morning of last May 20. ac. costed a policeman, and immediately i told of the triple slaying. The bod5 ies of Mrs. Bowers, widow of Johnson's former employer in Stuttgart, . Ark., and her two children, Joe, 5, and Delmar, 19 months, were found, a shot and the skulls crushed, in an a automobile on a side road. Oyatere "R" or No. "R" ? Washington, June 29.?You don't ' have to spell July with an "r" if : you want to eat oysters next month. Tris is official from J. M. Lemon, - associate technologist of the Fisheries bureau, who today issued a statement describing the summer? time ban on oysters n "popular fall lacy," of the days before refrigcraJ tion came into general use. NOTICE I f- P"- r,,4Amave 1U V/Ul VUOlUUivio and Friends: Everyone recognizes the value of the service performed by a bank for its customers, of keeping accurate records of every account. So long as the customer issues few checks and maintains a fair balance of money on deposit, the bank can afford to perform these services without charge. However, many customers fail to maintain sufficient balance to take care of the cost of handling their checks and accounts, and in keeping with sound banking principles, we will make the following changes in our business policy: After July 1st, 1931, to partially offset the cost j to the bank entailed in carrying small but actively checked upon accounts, a service charge of 50 cents per month will be charged on all accounts the balance of which falls below $50 at the close of any banking day, if three or more checks are drawn against it during the month. Exchange of 15 cents per hundred dollars will be charged on all out-of-town checks cashed, and all exchanges issued by the Cashier, but in no case shall the charge be less than 10 cents. Printing names and numbers on oustomers' checks will be charged to customer at cost. The First National Bank The Bank of Camden My Experiences ? u? World War By General Jolu X Pershing _ ... CHAPTER XXII An American mission headed by Col K. M. House arrived In France toward the end of November for an Interallied conference. Other members of the mission were Admiral \V. 8. Benson ; Gen. Tuaker II. Bliss, chief of atafT, Oscar T. Crosby, for the Treasury de imrtment; Vance McCormlck. chairman of the war trade hoard; Bainbridge Colby, shipping board; Alonxo B. Taylor, Thomas N. Perkins, war Industries, and Paul Cruvath. Af the representatives 0f different Rationalities gathered In Paris recent reports of decreasing loasea of ocean tonnage and greoter destruction of German submarines, with prospects of still further improvement, seemed to give more of hopefulness ,]n thp gem eral situation and allied spirits were somewhat revived. The British had won at Canibral and were making satisfactory progress In their advance on Jerusalem, which, it was said, would be facilitated by the use o( their new base at Jaffa. The Italians seemed to have recovered their morale to a limited extent, with the stiffening of their Hues by British and French divisions, and had successfully held their own against the Austrian attack on the Plave. Not the least hopeful thing was the step Just taken toward unity of command in the creation of the A|pr?me war council. But the decisive factor In the whole situation, if It could he Utilized in time, was tlie tremendous economical and physical power of the United States. To make that available before It was too late was the problem upon the solution of which depended the success of the allied cause. Would the allies see it and would they work together to solve It? Interallied Conference. When all were seated around the table in the assembly room at the ministry of foreign affairs Prime Minister Clemenceau, who presided, spoke briefly, setting forth the Importance of the gathering and the necessity of trwriMinting the noble spirit of the alliance Into action. No attempts at oratory were in evidence, nor was there prolonged discourse on any subject. Naturally questions concerning available man power, shipping, munitions and supplies were mentioned, but only In a. general way.' The conference did little more than ngree that the study of the various subjects should be left to committees composed of interallied representatives. It was very clear that everybody was looking to America to provide the additional man power needed to give the allies superiority. None was more eager to Increase our forces than ourselves, but on my part every possible argument to procure shipping had been presented to the allies and to our War department, so when the confer once urged the expedition of our forces it made the strongest kind of a case In favor of Immediate increase of allied aid in tonnage. For muni'?Lima?roll?itwo m?>ii 11>. allies for any considerable amount ot tonnage had seemed almost in vain, and it looked as though we should have to depend upon nur own limlteo resources for most of it. The British were giving some assistance in the transportation of men. American ships had carried up to November I. i*7,21S and the British 04.7.11. Our Engineers in Fight. ..^.Ora ?h*4Ul?lmh am* ess Ul Cambral were not to be permanent, a*'" the Germans quickly retaliated, hon eral von Marwitz hastily assembled : force of some tlfteen divisions, nn?' November ?0 suddenly launched a vie lont counterattack. The Rrltlsh were short of reserves. ni^l before Von Marwlta was stopped Sis'troops had regained most of the lost ground. It was In this operation that a detachment of our Kleventh regiment of engineers became engaged while se ing with the British. The men, to the Number of 280. were at work In the; Gauzacourt railway yard when the Germans attacked. One officer and nine men were wounded, and the detachment withdrew. They were the4 given arms and fought with the Brit-, ish. , War Council Meets Again. *?he second conference oj the si* I \ preme war council wun held ut Ver- 1 sallies December 1, Our representu- ' tlves, political und military, at this * meeting were Mr. House and (ieneral Bliss, respectively. At the opening session M". Clomehceuu drew attention to the general situation, referring especially to the collapse of Russia, the probuhle release of enemy troops from that front, the adverse situation in Ituly, the depletion of ullled man power, und the rellunee of the allies on American assistance. The premier enjoined the military representatives "to bear in mind that their function Is to advise the supreme war council as a whole and not merely as representatives of their respective nations on the council, and that they should view the problems confronting them not from a national standpoint but from that of the allies as a<7rhole." ' The military representatives at this conference were Instructed to examine the military situation and report their . recommendations as to the future plan of operations; to study the immediate situation In Italy from the offensive as well as froto the defensive point of lew, andl to report on the utilisation f the Belgian army. It was evident that this body was to become a kind of superpariiament not only for the discussion of resources, aims and purposes, but for the determination of policies looking to concert of action In support of the military efTorts. The spirit In which the problems were approached at this meeting made It clear that the supreme war council would sensibly promote co-operation among the powers. The second meeting of the interallied conference December 3 closed its sessions. None of the questions brought before the first session could be settled, hut they were taken up by the more permnnent body, the supreme war council, which, as time went on. undertook to co-ordinate the work of the vurious committees that had been forced to hnndle the problems involved. CHAPTER XXIII A large party, including Col. E. M. House, the American delegates to fch? interallied conference, Ambassador William Sharp and Lord Northcllffe, went by special train from Paris December 4. Tftl7, to our training area, stopping at my Chaumont headquarters en route. On .the train I had an interesting conversation with Lord Northcllffe of the British air board regarding the formation of an American army and its transportation overseas. Lord Northcllffe thought Ids government should do more to help with shipping, but, like most Englishmen, he believed it best for us to send our men for service with the British. He argued in favor of a proposal that Lloyd Oeorge had recently made to Mr. House, that we should incorporate in their units any infantry that we might not be able to organize immediately into complete divisions of oUi* own. "It is all very well," I said, "to make such an appeal to us. but it is Impossible to ignore our nntlonal viewpoint. The people themselves would not approvb. even thougli the President and his advisers should lean that way. We cannot permit our men to serve under another flag except in an extreme emergency, and then only temporarily," I also insisted that we would contriDUtO more rargerv iu arirrvr miucw by the use of the American army as a unit. Hits Fault Finders. About this time Mr. House told, me that Petpin had criticized the American Ideas of training and nts<> that Louis Loucheur, minister of munitions, had spoken about the rise In price* caused by American purchases. Mr Hquse wisely suggested to these gentlemen. he said, that matters of this kind were for me to settle. I called without delay on M Clemenceau and told him of the reports and explained my understanding about training agreements with Petaln and also the steps that had previously been tal;?1 by the purchasing hoard. In co-operntlon with hla own bureaux, to prevent the rise In prices. I also to d him that French dealers wore *w largely to blame If prices hud risen as we bad ell ruinated competition among ourselves and that our pur chases were and had heen for sonic time actually handled throughFrench oftl rials. I objected to these buck-door moth oda of lodging complaintr and empbn nixed the necessity of frankness hnd directness In all our dealings, I askeo him to give Instructions that If there was any fault to find wlrh our nieth ods It should he brought to my per sonal attention, lie entirely agreed with me and expressed chagrin end surprise that any other course had been followed. On the face of It there was no other concluslori.^however, thao that both complaints were made for the purpose of finding out Just the ex tent of my Independent authority. Gets Apology From Potsln. I took occasion a. few days Utter to let Retain know very politely what I thought of the Impropriety of this sort of thing and also criticized him then ??>d there for telling anybody, - even Mr. House, as he had done, about the Plan to attack the St. Mlhiel salient as the first offensive by the American army. I was pleased with Retain'* apology and Ids statement that there would be no further action of this kind on his part. As a matter of fact, I think the French erroneously regarded House as a sort of special ambassador, and thought that they could lay the foundation for un approach through him to the question of amalgamation. Just before his return to the States House said to me that he entirely agreed with rne, and that he felt sure the President and secretary of war Intended to leave the whole question regarding the disposition of our troops to my Judgment Assurance on this point was In no sens# necessary, as I had foil confidence that this was the case. During his stay In France I formed high opinion of House's ability. We formed a friendship In the beginning which enabled as to discuss all matters most freely and frankly. Before he left for home he ?nd I arranged for confidential communication by cable should ft become necessary to reach Mr. Baker or Mr. Wilson direct. The Missing Turkeys. Immediately . upon my return to headqunrters at Chaumont December T, 1917. General Harbord reported there had been a shortage of turkeys and other essentials ?f a truly American Thanksgiving dinner, and in a facetious manner deplored the heartlessness of a staff at Washington that would so neglect our troops. He stated that the shortage was due to these supplies, which had been ordered In September for delivery November 1, being buried under a targe cargo that could not be unloaded In time. The following cable was sent as wiltten by Ilmboed-! "On September 18 supplies for Thanksgiving were ordered. Tour cablegram stated" mincemeat shipped on Montanan. There was no mincemeat on Montanan. Mincemeat arrived November 20 on Powhatan, underneath heavy cargo, which It was necessary to discharge before mincemeat could be unloaded. Result mincemeat aboard shlpJThankaglvlng ^ k" and 0001(1 Dot be unloaded until November 22; result, some troops did not have sweet potatoes. It was necessary to buy geese to nil requisitions on account of pnrt of turkeys not arriving, notwithstanding the fact that Thanksgiving supplies were ordered to arrive in France Novemhsv 1 " Although we had treated this matter Ifc'btly, I really felt regret that some of our troops had been deprived of a homelike Thanksgiving dinner, and at the same time I was not at all pleased o have further evidence of careless loading of ships. Need Two Regular Divisions. In considering the composition of our expeditionary forces, it was a question whether we ought to organ?noi "** ?.y using regular regi> its. w,:i. a proportionate number new oilierrs. or utilize tho permanent commissi,?no'l personnel of the ne for equitable assignment to the citizen contingents and leave our regu nr organizations to be completed onTV relalive,-v raw mnterial at our disposal, and thus build up all categories of the array simultaneously. I recommended that regular reglmem* at ?o?o,u.u elsewhere be Oi Lm tb'S purf>08e bv National would In n,S T*?N/ffu1?r troops would more nearly^ approximate the standards of ,M)r allien nt the gtRrt and. more Important Stilt, their use would diminish the chances ofreverses ?ir flr8t ei?*??aters with th* enemy. The acting chief of stsflf at wdtT'm ?en' John kldtHe, ngrafed"dth my suggestion, b#Lf ? wlrt*i? th?r> ragioMat* ? I ,h<,'r somewhat <llf. Slfth di1?.r ' 'he Th,rd- Pourth *?? to. Li ! " c"n'e ln ,,Ina for ser.t? earl, m mis. ?,e Sl?h and S?rrP.",rn'to ^ (Continued neit weak) """ - - ->f' Uoughboyfc in the Trenches in Winter Tim*. If federal secret service officers have within the past few days succeeded in ounding up th? last of p gang of ounterfeiters who have been flooding he country with exceptionally good ounterfeiu of $10 and $20 gold certU 'icates. Six persons have been arested in New York and Brooklyn and wenty in Chicago in connection with he case. 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