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C. Rex King, 30, arretted In North Carolina a couple of week* ago, on suspicion of being responsible for the deaths of two boys near Marion, Ark., last October, following a preliminary hearing at Marion, has been bound over to court for a grand jury investigaston. More than .'{,(>00 people visited Roanoke Island and Old Fort Raleigh on the North Carolina coast Tuesday to observe the .'{41th anniversary of the birth of Virginia J)are, first white child to be born in America. Roanoke Island is now reached by a paved road and new bridges. An H-year-ol<| girl i? in the Coney inland. N. V., hospital with a tin whistle in her lungs. The whistle sounds eveiy time the child breathes and it will take an operation to remove it. The constant sounding of the whistle is breaking down her nervous system. The annual statistical report of the Presbyterian church of North America, issued this week, shows that for the year ending'March 31, there was a net gaiu of 15,023 members, hrirising the total membership to 1,000,131. The Sunday school membership increased 24,400, making the total membership in the country 1,020,490. As a result of the revolting murder of two boys and two girls in Michigan last week, officers have begun a relentless drive against the dealers in "white mule," as liquor is blamed as the indirect cause of the "torch murders" near Ypsilanti. > The journal of the last session of the 'South <'arolina senate, just printe<l ajid issuod, contains 1,044 pages of print, some of it fine print. The house journal previously issued contained 2,007 pages of record and talk, and the acts passed make the book of session laws contain l^ll? pages. . *' IT baby has COLIC A CRY in the. hiflht. Colic! No e?ut? for alarm if Castona is handy. This pure Testable preparation bring* quirk comfort, and can never harm. It ia the sensible thing when children are ailing. Whether it s the stomach, 01 the little bowels; colic or constipation; | or diarrhea. When tiny tongues are coated, or the breath is r>ad. Whenever there's need of gentle regulation, ('children love the taste of Cfestoria, and its mildness makes it safe for frequent use. And a more liberal doee of Castoria is always t>etter for growing children than strong medicine meant ouly for adult use. - 1 . , : "i tfi'i i' AFTER 40 bowel trouble Coi-st inn may very easily become rhiomc alter f ?rt \ And :iny continued ron>ti;>.d i >n .it that time of life may bring 11 k ks of piles and a host of other implead i nt disorders. 'A at eh \'Mir hotels at any age. Guard tt-em with particular rare after fofty. W acneser they need any help, rrmemixx a doe tar should know what is beat for them !>r ( .aidwell's Svrup Pepsin" is a rt >e/?r'< prrsi ription for th< bouvls. Tested I \ 17 sears' practice, it has been found thoroughly elTeetis-e in relieving constipation and its ills for men, women and children of all ages. It has proven per fee! Is safe even for babies. Made from fresh laxative herbs, pure pepsin and other harmless ingredients, it cannot gripe, will not sieken you or weaken yoa; ran he used without harm as often as your breath is bad, or when your tongue is coated, whenever a headachy, bill one, gassy condition warns of constipation. Or. W. B Caldwell's SYRUP PEPSIN .4 Doctor's Family Laxative IMy Experiences In the World War H By Ueoeral Joba J. Pertifalng .1 Cnnrt^ii, WW, liaBownBo Wy dn HonkAwtifaul, M ,, O Hf>?pM?? Alu?.VxllW* wwnnj, Uxrliidfcg du B a llmfciH ifc.lnniMrti1 to wk*U?tp?M ???*?**<. **"*" of the general stuff, relieved hy Mn), James II. Collins, and Col. VV I). Con nor. assistant chief of staff (J I, relieved hy Col. (J. V. H. MoKcley. Morrow on Maritime Council. Our members of the Interallied marl tlnicf, council were wide awake at thin time In their search for udUltional tonnage. I'w ight Morfow reported prospect a of home increase, besides calling attention to tonnage that was Idle or not being used to the best advantage, The immense shipment of American troops contemplated the use of all available passenger-cargo carrying ships, llrltlsh, American and neutral. As very little If any space would be left In such ships for cargo, the latter class of ships was In greater demand than ever. Meanwhile the amount of world cargo tonnage built during the preceding live months was scarcely equal to the lossy*, and the ships we were manufacturing had only Just begun to he turned out for service. It was ut once evident that tlie Immense program of troop shipments would call for extraordinary concessions on the part of a 11 concerned, CHAPTER XLII A strong German offensive opened Muy 27, 1PIS. against the French, with the famous Big Bertha firing on I'arls. The position of.-the First division was near Cdntlgny, where It had heen In line nearly u month opposite the , town and near the point of farthest .advance of the enemy In the Amiens salient. Although some weeks had passed since my offer of troops In the emergency, tip to now none liud been called upon to take part In active operations. T,he reason njqwjTred to be that the allies were skeptical of the ability of any of our units to conduct an offensive. The opportunity now came, however, to remove misgivings on that score. The French corps In which the First was serving had prepared a counterattack to he launched In the Amiens sector about the middle of May In case of another offensive hy the enemy In Flanders, which. It was believed, would occur between May 15 and 20. The counterattack was to he directed due east toward the heights of Montdldler, with the advance of the First division, supported by a French division on ^eacli flank, ns a preliminary move. This was to he followed in forty-eight hours by n general advance northward of the entire Third French army, which covered the front from Montdldler to Noyon. Ammunition dumps had heen filled, special trenches dug. new battery emplacements prepared for the reinforcing artillery and necessary orders Issued for the counterattack, hut the enemy did not put In his appearance according to the forecast. First Seeks Better Position. It was then decided that the First division should undertake to Improve Its position. The Germans on Its front colitinued to hold t/ie advantage of higher ground, from which they were able to Indict constant losses on our troops while suffering little damage themselves. .Vnotljer reason was nr this moment (he morale of the allies required that American troops make their appearance In battle. The Cantlgny sector at this time was - ??..?? oritiv^ ujrtxijerv tiro unusually heavy, and the preparations for the attack hy the First division, which had to he hastily made, were carried out under great difficulty. Many cas- t ualties occurred during the construction of Jumping-off trenches, emplacements and advance command posts. The Twenty-eighth Infantry, under Col. Hanson K, Fly. designated for the ' assault.' was reinforced by machine , guns, engineers and other special units. J Additional French artillery was sent to ! assist the artillery brigade of the cllvls- j Ion and particularly to suppress the j hostile batteries attempting to Inter- ! fere with the consolidation of the new position after it should be captured. Yanks Splendid Under Fire. On the moruing of May 2S, after a brief artillery preparation, the infantry advanced on a front of a mile and a quarter. The village of Cantlgny and the adjacent heights were quickly taken, relatively heavy casualties worn i inflicted on the enemy and about .TOO prisoners were captured. Our troops behaved splendidly and suffered but slight loss in the actual attack Kvents developing farther east, however. were seriously to complicate the success. The German assault In force against the French along the Chemln des Dames, between Solssons and Ithelms, began on the morning of the Twenty-seventh and vvns making dangerous headway. Hy the morning of the twenty-eighth the gains of the enemy were such that the French high command was compelled to relieve much of the reinforcing artillery hehind the First division and transfer It to that front. The enemy's artillery within range of Cantlgny thus became superior to ourt and was able to concentrate a terrific fire on the unsheltered tr,? i,-i In the captured position. His reaction against our troops was extremely r|o lent and apparently he was determined nt all cost to counteract the excellent tiffed the American success had pro duced upon the allies. Under cover of heavy hornhardinent a series of counterattack* were made by the enemy, hut our young Infan try men atooil their Kround and broke up every attempt to dislodge them. The regiment sustained severe casualties from the large caliber shells potwe?i down upon It and had to be reinforced by a battalion each from the Fight eenth and Twenty-sixth regiments. It WIIK a matter of pride to the whole A. K. F. that the troops of this dlvl slon. In their first battle, and In the unusually trying situation that followed. displayed the .fortitude aud courage of veterans, he'd their gains and denied the enemy the slightest ad vuntage. U. 8. Troops at Chateau Thlsrry. 1 he alarming situation had caused General i'etaln to chII on me on the 30th for American trots' to he sent to the region of Chateau Thierry, The I hlrd division (Dlckmun), then In truining near Chaumont, being the only division within reach, besides the Second, was ordered to move north Immediately. Dick man started Ids motorized machine-gun battalion over the road on the aftoruooii of May 30. The infantry and engineers entrained the same night, and the division's supply trains marched pverlund. The first element fo reach Chateau Thierry was the machine-gun battalion, which arrived the afternoon of May 31 and Immediately went Into action against the enemy, who then held the half of the town north of the Marne. By daylight on June 1 all available guns had been provided with cover aud were In their positions, one company with eight guns, and another with nlne-i guns about .">00 yards to the east, guarding the approaches to the milrond bridge. From these positions they repulsed all attempts by the Germans to cross the Marne. Meanwhile, as- the Infantry of the division came up on June 1 Its bat tallons were put Into line to reinforce the French .from Chateau Thierry east to Domains. The conduct of the machine gun battalion In this operation was highly praised by General I'etaln in a citation Issued later. Stopped German Drive on Parle. The Second division (Bundy) May 30 was near Chautuonl-en-Vixen and was prepnrlug to move .northward the next day for concentration near Benuvals to relieve the First division at Cantigny. But its orders were changed late that night, and the division, mov- ' ing by motor trucks, was rushed toivard Manx, twenty miles northeast of I'aris. Reaching there, the leading elements were hurried forward In the direction of Chateau Thierry. The roads were crowded with French troops and refugees. There was great confusion among the rapidly retreating French troops, many of them saying to our men that all was lost. The initial deployment of the Sec- I ond division was made hy the Ninth Infantry and the Sixth regiment of marines June 1, across the Paris highway at Fucy-lo-Bocage, In front of Montreull-nux-Llons, supposedly In support of two French divisions; but the French had orders to fall hack through the American lines. In the early morning of June i! the Twenty-third Infantry, then on the left, was replaced by t\;r <*???. Unudrad Sixty-seventh divlsfon. and when reinforced by oae battalion of the Fifth marines, the Fifth machine-gun battalion and some engineers. It was deployed to tbe right between the Sixth marines and the Ninth Infantry, to till n jjnp In the French line, and by June 5 the entire division became engaged. Considering that this was Its first experience in battle, this division made a splendid defense, repulsed all German attacks, and by its timely arrival effectively stopped the German advauce on Paris. Bring Relief to French Poilu. The sudden appearance and dramatic entrance of the Second and Third i divisions into the shattered and broken ! fighting lines and their dash and cour age In battle produced a favorable ef j feet upon the French poilu. It must ( have been with a decided feeling of ^ relief that the worn and tired French army, retreating before vastly superior numbers, caught sight of Americans arriving In trucks at Meaux and marching thence on foot, hats ofT, hurrying eagerly forward to battle. And the Germans, who had been tilled with propaganda deprecating the American effort nnd the quality of their train Ing, must have been surprised and doubtless rather disconcerted hy meeting strong resistance by Americans on different portions of this active battle front, especially when our troops vanced at once to meet the attack in open combat. This defeat of the French furnished the second striking confirmation 0f the wisdom of training #troops for open warfa re. Rapllea to French Criticism. After the success of our troops we were In no mood to listen to *e|f-appointed* critics. \f. Andre Tardleo called on me upon my return to p?ris and undertook to point out that our hi>in u i - in-1 M < PIM M ?i < i in ciMiiiti of our orgunlsutbwi, A* this wns something h?? coiilii not poaalblj Hno? uIhmX. I r**pli*nl I !?? tit- liflrt got mi en Clrely erroneou* Impression and tluii > our staff wmk second i'? none In ItHfi ability or efficiency I advised Id id thai we had quite enough of this son of thing from the French. either military or civilian. and suggested that If his people would cease troubling themselves so much about our affairs ami attend more Htrlctly to their own we should all get along much hetter. ( I did not fail to appreciate M. Tardieu's ability and bis helpfulness on many occasions, but thin constant In cilnutlon oi. the part of u certain ele merit among the French to assume a superiority that did not exist then or at any later period, added to the uttempts of some of them to dictate, hud rcuched the limit. CHAPTER XLIII The sixth session of the supreme war council was convened dune 1, 1918. The important matter of further ship ment of American troops wui taken up. As already Indicated, it was my opinion thut neither the character of the troops to he sent over nor their disposition was wlihin the province of the council to decide, hut that these ques tlons should he determined according to circumstance* and Hfter discussion with the allies. So I objected to their consideration by tiie council, as such, and suggested a meeting outside the council, which was approved. Accordingly, In the late afternoon. General Foch. I.ord Milner, British war minister. General Weygand and I, with Colonels Conner and Boyd, met In the premier's room. General Foch began by stating the serious condition of the allies and proposed the continued shipment from America of nothing but infantry and machine-gun units in June and July. In effect 250,000 in each month. Kvery one realized the gravity of the allied situation as strongly as he did, but. as previously and persistently contended by me, there were two sides to the question. Foch Become* Excited. I was prepared to muke some concessions and stated my views, hut neither facts nor arguments seemed to make any impression. General Foch especiully was very positive and earnest, and, in fact, became quite excited, waving his hands and repeating: "The battle, tlie battle; nothing else counts." With equal emphasis I urged thut we must build up our organization as fast as possible to carry on the battle to the end, and that our program had been seriously Interrupted by concessions already made. I called attention to the fact that the railways all over France were on the point of breaking down for lac? of efficient operators i^jd of skilled workmen to renair rolling stoclr; that our ports would he hopejessiy blocked un~ less we could improve the railways; this his plan would leave us 200,000 men short to complete comfTat units and fill up special organization that were absolutely necessary in the S. O S? and. finally, ihnt the restriction of our shipments to infantry and machine-gun units would he a very dangerous and short-sighted policy. To much of this lie paid little or no attention and replied that all these things could he postponed. Capture of Cantigny \ \ N 1 by 1st Diveion.May28.1918 W. \ ih^ (*&rZr Wanted Wilson Informed. Graeme Thompson. British expert on transportation and supply, came into the room at this point with Mr. I.loyd George ami General Sir llenry Wilson, and took part in ihe discussion. .Mr. I.loyd George ?aid ho thought President Wilson would lie deeply Interest ed to get General Koch's view of the situation, and utided that as America had no prime minister present he thought it wnu 1 d tie inconvenient for us to make a decision, hut that this subject should he brought before the whole council. I then caMeil attention to a enhh from Secretary of War Baker, already quoted, showing that the President had been much embarrassed by repres. n "tatlons made t<> him personally by the French and British ambassadors, and had suggested that the matter might be settled by a conference between General Foch and myself. I pointed out that the rahle did not mention the supreme war council, and 1 again stated my opposition to mnklng the subject one of general discussion In It all&d ^representatives and their staffs. 1 did not fail to point out further that the President was trusting my Judgment In this matter. As nothing was being n<,cempll?li"d and hoping the number of participants in the dis cussion might he limited 1 proposed we adjourn "nti'il the hit;..wing dav. Pershing Asjm An-.w-rj Foch. The nest 'f'erin.-.o alien we mm M t'leilMMlreHU WNH Wit 111II u for fhi* rest of itm. and Instead of there lo'liuf fewer conferee* fhe number had Not unlike tlw? liimlloii u?.; Abbeville h month bcfoM*. everyhinh was keyed ?, amil a* we hud ex|H**i!ed. the question >ia?1 to tie fought nil over hum In O oerul Foeh supported by M. ('leni eliccnu mid l.lovd George, wonted nothing hut Infantry and machine gun ners In June and July, to which I whh strongly opposed, again Instating that Hiittleient Importance had not been attached U> my reasons for- the necessity of lhdil*4iiixillury troops omitted In June. Koch resorted to Ids oft en-repeated question whether I was willing to take the risk, to wldcli I replied very positively that I was ready to assume any responsibility my proposal might en loll, tint that I must have a greater proportion of other troops to keep the American organization from going to smash. Men Called In May Untrained. Other objections, which the allies apparently overlooked, were that the untrained men called out In May could not possibly be ready for service until a considerable time after arrival, and rliat neither the French nor the British could provide all the equipment and land transportation they would need. In accordance with my program, I was willing to agree to the shipment of fu^ly trained Infantry not needed for the Instruction of new drafts, but felt that this point should be left to the lodgment of the secretary of war. Mr. Lloyd George then, concluderfthut as a consequence July wonjd he a blank, and ip a rather dejected tone he said the allies were In a sense In the hands of the United States, lie spoke of the generous and chivalrous* attitude of President Wilson, and said all they could do wus to acquaint hint with tlteir yeeds and call upon him to come to their aid, more particularly to the aid of France at ths period of the most terrible extremity thai she had yet encountered. CHAPTER XLIV Further conversation et the session of the supreme war council showed the uncertainty in the minds of the allies. Prime Minister l.loyd George, reverting to losses, said that before the grout German attack in May he had been Informed positively the Germans had only 400,000 replacements l"ft. arid that now. afto'" the most violent fighting, in which it was reported the Germans had suffered very heavy losses, they still hud more than 300,000 replacements. The allies also had 300,000. but It was now contended, he suid, that the British army was on the decline while that of the enemy was not. Mr. Lloyd George asked If that could be cleared up. to which General I* och replied that It was because the enemy managed better, and he went on to say that Germany, with a population of 68.000,000 could malntnin 204 -divisions., wlille Great Britain W|t!i 4?,o00,000 Inhabitants^ coukT keep up only 43. It had been stated that the British counted on keeping up S3 divisions, but that ten of them would he practically American. Then, In response to a further question by Mr. Lloyd George, General ' ?ch said he could not pretend to say where Germany procured her replacements; possibly It might be from prisoners returned from Russia. Three Map Program. After further argument on discrep ancles of various figures, and Insistence by General Koeli that the number of divisions be maintained, the consideration of the transportation of Atneri- ' can troops in .lane and July was r?*suined. The dix ussion having reached an impasse, it was suggested that Lord Jlilner, British war minister. General Koch and 1 should undertake to draw up a program. In the consideration of the ques iion by Us the pmnt of my contention was wob when General Weygand, who was Koch's principal adviser, re marked that it would lie as well to leave the new drafts to he trained at home a month or so longer. Although my argument* had failed to make any impression on General Koch, he at once approved Weygand's suggestion. Agrssmsnt on U. 8. Troops. With this out of the way we soon drew up the agreement embodied In the following cablegram aent to Washington June 2: M(a) For June: First, absolute priority shall be given the transportation of 170,006 combatant troops (vis., six divisions without artillery, ammunition trains or supply trains, amounting to 12(1,000 nien nnd 44.000 replacements for combat troops); second, 2ft.4O0 men for tbe service of railway, of tf-hlch -43,400 linve been asked by the French minister of transportation; third, the balance to ho troops of cnte gorlea to be determined by the com rrnnder in chief Vmericnn expedition ary force*. (b) For July: rir?t, absolute uri. nrlty for the tfhtpment of 140,000 co~ but 11 lit rnmpt of the nature defined above, four division* minus Hrtlnery etc.. amounting to 84,<Mat mwi puw aj 000 replacement*; aecond, the of the 200.000 to ??>n?l?( of ?? be designated by the cnniuumder |D I chief. American ?xpedltlonnry "(c) It la agreed that tf Mv,,||llh,f tonnage to either month allows the transportation of a larger number of I men than 250.000 the excess tonnage will he employed In the transportation of qonibat troops as defined ahoy* (d) We recognise that the combat. I ant troops to he dispatched p, I may have to Include troops win, in sufficient training, hut we consider the present emergency to Justify ,, t<M?. I porar.v and exceptional departure pv the United State* from sound pri?. clples of training, especially as a H|i0|. lar course Is being followed by Franc* fl and Great Britain. (Signed) "FOCH, MILNKK. PKRSIIINO.- I The prime ministers cabled pres|. ] dent Wilson expressing their thanks I for the promptness of American tt|,| In the present emergency Yanks Chatsau Thierry. The Second and Third divisions, r?r I Ing the German* neur Chateau I Thierry, had made their places In nne i secure, giving heart tof the French, who ! were trying to stabilize their own po. I sltlons around the newly formed sal- I lent. We shaM hear rdore of these two I divisions later. Although fully taken ' for granted by all of US. It was none I the less gratifying to see these dlvt- I slons, for the first time In ^te Uae. j acquit themselves so well. En route to Chautnont we motored 1 eastward through Montmlrail, passing I long columns of French refugees flee- J Ing from their homes, many on fool, I men and women with bundles on their J backs, leudlng the smaller children, I driving their stock before them and ' hauling In various types of conveyfrface I the few remaining worldly goods they I were able to take with them. Almost Indescribable were many similar I scenes as reported by our troops m 1 they came up to reinforce the retiring H French. H It seemed to me then that if this I picture of civilization engaged In the I persecution of Innocent and unarmed I noncombatants, mostly women and H children, could he brought home to nil peoples, reason would be forced upon " rulers and governments where too H often their passions and ambitions as- H Mime control. As n result of the German successes I against the French something akin to I a panic prevailed In Paris. Probably I a million people left during the spring I and there was grave apprehension among the officials lest the city he H taken. J duns were made to remove H the government to Bordeaux and we I ourselves were prepared to remove our I o'*lces. ?(Continued next week) fl fcJlephunts in a circus parade at B Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, left the H line when they reached the curb mar* H ket where many vegetables were on H display and i-aided wagons loaded with H cabbage and other green goods. With I much effort the keepers finally got I the rowdy raiders on the march again. ROBT. W. MITCH AM I Architect I j Crocker Building, I Camden, S. C. EYES EXAMINED 1 and Glasses Fitted j THE HOFFER COMPANY I Jewelers and Optometrist* R. E. Chewning & Son I General Contractors I ^ and Builders Phone 386 Camden, S. C. | Estimates Furnished on All J Classes of Work ! Floors Sanded on Request I M DeKALB COUNCIL Ne aAVa Junior Order U. 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