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I ill my Expediences II m the World War | | Hy general John J. Pershing I I lfll, ! ?U soumito b? th? No.ctl? Am?tc?n "1 ,, i lU^Uwtlo. towLcUoip... p.?blbUcd. IT i~'VU* 1 I " CHAPTER L I The Germans had a preponderance IJ S28.(**' Mftrch 21, iy18* "n<l I iiiioujjh ,,llH ?u?,,)er 'm<' decreased J HtlH had a superiority of about 900000 Ma.v 27. July 1ft Ibis was I hinged and the allies then bud the wpcriorlty by the aame pumher. In I .her wards. (he Hermann were relaI lively W"rse off ,,y B2a'??? rides in B^ly than In March. I nils was accounted for almost en jlrely by (he great Increase In the nuinBbcrs of Americans. The French and 'uritlsli bad not been able to add to [heir strength hut, OPsthe contrary. Illiey were being reduced faster than K Germans. T|ie onnun offensive south of jthehii^ .Inly .15-10, having been Hacked, 'he moment was favorable Bfvran allied countero^enslve. ^TliccgeB^ion hv the Germans of the'Chum fsgne sector and the eastern and 1 ^utiiern faces of the Marne pocket. on which t<? make their offensive was 'fortunate for th^ allies, as It favored (|,e counterattack already planned. \\> shall now see the reason for I fte concentration of several American divisions southwest of Solssons. Some ,.f tlictn were available for use In the I main coauicrstroke. to be delivered by i.:e l-'rench Tenth army under Mangln. I The American First and Second dlvl I -.ions were hastily assembled to form I the American Third corps under (lonI eriil Milliard. Rut bis corps staff had I pot yet been fully organized and these divisions, by bis direction, under dlsI rretionar.v authority given by me, be I cmie a part of the French Twentieth I n.rps, coiumanded by General Berdou| Form Spearhead of Attack. This corps then was composed ?>f I these two divisions and the French I First Moroccan division, which had u I tine reputation, and was assigned to I the most Important position In the atI lack on the left center of the Tenth I army. The three divisions mentioned I had the honor of helng the spearhead I of the thrust against the vulnerable I flank of the salient. The line of ad| vance ran eastward over the comI mandlng tilateou Just south of Sols sons, and across the main rond lend Id; from that place to Clipteuu B Thierry. B The First had recently been relieved I from the Cantigny sector nnd was en route to a rest area. It was scattered I throughout the Dam martin area. Just I north of Meaux. when It received orI ders July 13 to move by truck to the front. After a hurried departure the I advance troops arrived at dawn the I 16th at the forest of Retz (or forest I of Villers-Cotterets) and during the I night the division moved to the front I of the forest. The night of July 17 It went forward over muddy and congestI ed roads, the columns of InfaDtry working their way to the front, where they arrived, in the nick of time. I The Second division was at Mont reull-aux-Lions in reserve of the First I corps, recuperating, when the order I came on the 14th to move by truck I toward the front. Dawn July 17 found I the Infantry and machine-gun eleI mcnts arriving at the forest of VlllersB Cotterets. The night of the 17th the B *?Vf>m(,wt toward the front, through forest, was made with extreme dlfjrclty. The narrow roads became B >rd there was serious doubt whether Ihey would be at their line of^deparI at the appointed hour of 4:35 I & m? the ISth. Proceed Against Odds. ^iih nmst commendable energy nnd I Initiative the oflicers led their com| mnndsforward during the night, wind| 'ne in and out through the almost InI extricahle snarls of wheeled vehicles. | One of the battalions assigned to lead j 'n (he attack, though on the march I most of th? night, was forced to move I ?n the run for the last few hundred B yards, and Just ranched Its place as I harrng'o started. I The Second division headquarters I urt(1 Itself .juiy io with no knowledge I ?f the terrain nnd little obtainable , rem any source. Hnrbord nnd his I ?f staff. Col. Preston Brown, Parted for the front and accidentally I lr,I() 'he headquarters of the I wentiotL corps. They there found I 1 e directive for the attack, from I *i?h t*,ov iss?ied the division's orders. I T,ie country over which the Twen ^ eorpg attacked consisted of a 1 Accession of wooded ravines that lay wTosg the line of advance, with I ^rccly nn-v roads lending toward the K The enemy's main defenses I ?hR the ridees of the Solssons pin BtPhaU Wort> naturally strong, and with B.vn ac'('0(' ,n(renchment8 the enemy Bcn Pntl> f'11 reasonably seHri re' 11 w'ns harvest otrme and the l|J)0^lnK wheat that covered the rollBft8 nnf,ScnPe gave excellent cover for Briun ?noniv s Infantry and machine I (flvnn h lt nlS? oor [,fcEnemy Caught by 8urprise. t4lrr!hOUt ,he U8tml preliminary nr K k\\tl ,,r?bnr?tlon. the assaulting hat I . HCCo,nP*n?ed hy light tanks. B TU '?rward behind tne barrage .KW rnemy was caught by surprise I lrth,7,e Flr8t anfl Second divisions. I y "upported by the Motwchp ft' ' ' til vision |n i ho center, soon overrun his forward positions and broke through the zone of his light artillery. 'Though constantly confronted hy fresh enemy troops, this corps took the lend In the advance am) Its progress was most satisfactory. Hy noon It had captured half of the great plateau In its front, with many prisoners, and a little later forward elements reached the day's objective. The Second division encountered strong opposition at Vlerzy. In a determined effort launched after 0 p. m. the town was captured and a line over looking the valley of the ('rise was oc oupled. The First division had cur rled everything before it. capturing defended farm houses and other points where it met stiff resistance, finally tttking Missy-aux-ltols and holding a front line slightly beyond that town. The line ran diagonally across the | Paris Soissnns road. The attack of the corps was re sinned the.morning of July 10. hut dur Ing the night the German lines directly in front of Soissnns iiad been heavily reinforced wl'h machine guns and nr till fry. In their advance the French One Hundred Fifty third division and the First division met With much re sistance, tho Second brigade of the First encountering fire of tho enemy both from the front and the left flank. Tanks we're sent to its assistance and with close artillery support the division was enabled slowly to gain ground, hut at considerable cost. The Second division, with the re, serves of the tlrst day in' the load, forged ahead to the Soissons-Chateau Thierry road hut was compelled to withdraw to the vicinity of La Ita perle. It finally established a line Just west of Tlgny, with tho road under Its guns. The division was relieved by the French Fifty-eighth division the night of the 10th. having advanced six and one-half miles, captured fi.Ofki prisoners and seventy-five guns, and sustained about fi.OOO casualties. First Division Makes Advance. July 20 the First division continue Its advance doggedly against a des perute stand hy the Germans on the knoll in front of Berzay-le-Sec, The French had been ordered to take Berz.v-le-Sec, but failed. In the a'ter noon Summernll directed that it be as snulted by his Second brigade, but the attempt did not succeed that day. As fifstod by tho skillful use of artillery and with consummate dash, under ' Hrlg. Gen. B. B. Buck, in the face of Intense artillery and machine gun fire, the Second brigade captured the town on the 21*t. Meanwhile, the First brigade and the French Kighty-seventh division, which had relieved the Moroccans, had crossed the SoissonsChateau Thierry highway and reached the Chateau of Buzancy. The line now ran parallel to the CYlge, with Soissons commanded by our artillery. The First division, throughout four days of constant fighting, had advanced nearly seven miles, taken 3,.r?(X) prisoners nnd sixty-eight guns from seven different German divisions employed against It. and had about 7,20(1 casualties. The thrust of the Twentieth corp* was conducted with such magnificat dash and power that the enemy's position within the salient was rendered untenable. The dangerous charnetei of the threat caused the crown prince to begin n general withdrawal from the Marne. This operntlon snatched the initiative from the enemy almost - In an Instant nnd from that moment he was on the defensive. . Our First nnd Second divisions, with the Moroccan division between thein. had struck the decisive blow that (turoed the tide of the war. Petaln said It could not have been done without our divisions. , On the other side the German chancellor, Von llertllng. said later: ''We ..expected grave events In Paris for the end of July. That was on the loth. On the 18th even the most optimistic ooiong II* ""* The liiHtnr> i?r the woHU was played out lu three days." CHAPTER LI American part 1 <11#ji11<?ti In the sc oml Mjiri.f olTcloivt' which begun .1111> i IS. 11 1 Se Hinl ttiriioil the tide o| wu* | III ftlVof of flu* allU'H. vvus Iiol IM1111' t In tin* operations of tin- Flr*t mill Secmid (IIvisions. While till* hitler run lest was being waged f.ir the ihinkch slim of tlie* crucial point near Soissou* 'he troops around the rim of the mil lent had hern Steadily driving ahead. The Fourth division K'umeron). less Its artillery, fought at lirst with the French. The Seventh brigade was at lacked to the Second corps. French SIsth urtny, the Forty seventh Infnn try In reaerve, and the Thirty-ninth assigned to the ' French Thirty third division. In the attack of July IS this regl nient cleaned up the wood In Its front, captured Noroy. and extended the line to the south. < Hi the l.Xth the regl lucid went forward ahout two and one half miles on a front l.Ooo yards north of the Ottreq. It was relieved the morning of the .nth and went to the i eserve. The Fluidh brigade was assigned to the1 French One Hundred Xlxty-foiirt h division, the Fifty-ninth regiment Iti reserve. In the attack of the I St h. the (C Fifty-eighth regiment assisted In the capture of Hautevesnes and ('out champs, took Chevilloii and made fur t her suhstnntial gains. The Fifty pinth regiment was put In the front line during the night of July IX 1 Si. relieving the Flfly eighth, and on the Halt, advancing with the division, gained two miles. On the '20th with two battalions of the Fifty ninth in line, the advance was carried well to the east of Somniflans. The brigade was relieved from the front Hue July '21. Twenty-sixth Division Participates. Coincident wlllt, these advances on the 18th, the First corps (Liggett), serving with the French sixth army dl vision and composed of our Twentysixth division and the French One Hun dred Sixty-seventh division, also hecame a part of the movement. The Twenty-sixth division occupied the line It had taken over from the Second division July 10. The plan for the July IS offensive contemplated a deep penetration south of Solss'ons by the French Tenth army, supported on the right by the French Sixth army, extending the attack as far south as Bouresches. The Fifty-second brigade, Twenty sixth division, captured the villages of Torcy and Bellenu, and one hat tallon reached the base of the dotal tinting Hill 103. Elements of the brl gade reached the railroad, but severe flank f?re drove them to the starting point On the 10th the advance of the Twenty-sixth was contingent upon the I Fvccess of the French One Hundred Sixty-seventh division on Its left, hut rlint division failed to take Its objec ( lives and the Twenty-sixth did not at tack. On the 20th tlie One Hundred Sixty-seventh was held up again, ex posing the left of the division to heavy flank fire and preventing more than a slight gain. Farther to the right theTwenty-slxt' succeeded in taking O.onetrle farm, and got a foothold on Hill 100. Reach New German Line. When the attack began on the Cist it was found that the Germans lux* withdrawn the night before, and the Twenty-slxt 1) moved forward with little or no opposition until It readied the new German lines at I'llermitagt Fpteds-Mont St. Fere, east of the Sois sons-Chateau-Thierry highway. On tin . 22nd It captured Trugn.v and got a foothold in F.pleds. hut was forced h\ a strong German counterattack to ro tire to Bretuil wood. The Fifty-second brigade was also driven hack to Its starting point. The attack renewed on the C.'lrd was ' successful, one regiment reaching the Kpleds-Mont St. Fere road, hut in tin afternoon It was forced to retire. Tim' night the Fifty second brigade was r> placed by the Fifty-sixth hrig.-uh Tweny-elghth division. When thw l.n ler launched Its pttnek the morning o the 24th, It was found that the enctn hud withdrawn end hA rncoiii fm'.t:? n"' wrfn " r '* MU. . - I ' r 'V ' r;r- TB,? ? and lin! *? ii i-| prisoner* :;?;?) icui p.? .? * ??i(|IUm.V. S ih V Its < ? ? 11mit i?>it <?f ilu* sector July |U it luul > uflYrcd about ,V 0 niMOiHU'tJ. Til** division v\;i? r?*l i*' v i'i|, together with i'll* l**lft> h!x111 lnl.:inli' Twenty-eighth IIv I slutt, hy 111?? Ivghly fmirtli brigade Forty si'ii >i 111 division. whirl) tuiik ?* \ ? i i In- sr? i nr tin ilw j.'it 11. The Fighty fourth brigade. lull* si'ri i|l(| division, repined! (hii bTcmh divisions, wlilrli Wort* pinched mil I?\ the shortening id ilit* I in**, i in ihr ".'till I In* Forty sec "inl division on - 11 >i ? ? I i In* entire front "f the First corps. iilionl I Wo Utiles In extent. v-q Enemy Fights Desperately. The enemy s d*'f?'iit In front of tin* Twentieth corps (Ainerh'iin First and Keeotid divisions hiiiI hirst Moroccan division) wiih the principal on use nt the wit In I rii \vi? I of Ids armies, lint lie folltfht desperately from position to position and Ids retirement was being skillfully conducted to save men and material from capture. In the colliderolVenslve of July 1S no operations were ordered for French or American troops ejisi of Chateau Thierry, leaving them an opportunity to readjust .their lines, f)n the 20ili, patrols from (lie Third division illscovered that the tSermans had vvitli drawn across the Maine the night he fore and the division at once advanced its line to the river. The night of July 201 h the (iernians further withdrew to the line ('liarlev es ItldyOj tiorlli ol Mont St. I'ere, eonneet ing with their line of resistance In front of our I'irsi corps. July 'J 1 the Fifth brigade crossed tin Maine in pursuit, capturing Mont St. I'cre and driving machine guns out of < harteves. The Sixth brigade waited for the bridge to tie completed at Me/.v and the morning of the 22nd one regl ttu'tit crossed the river and captured Jaulgorine. The Ciermans were con testing every step, and while the First battalion of this regiment reached he Channel it was compelled to retire by successive positions to Jnulgonne. On the 2(lth operations planned in co-operation with the French Thirtyninth and ttie American Forty-second <ui its left were only partly successful. The Forty-second captured the strong ly held Croix Rouge farm, hut the French Thirty-ninth division could not advance. The lending battalions ot the Fifth brigade entered he Channel, hut not being able to debouch from the town they were withdrawn aftei dark. During the night the hard pressed Germans retired to the Ourcq, leaving machine guns behind to delny our advance. July 27.the French Thirty-ninth division took up the pursuit, followed by the Fifty-fifth brigade, Twentyeighth division, which relieved the French Thirty-ninth that' night Ht Courmont. The Fifth brigade, Third division, advanced on the right to pro tect this movement and occupied a tine running southeast from Courmont through Vlllardelle. During the morn Ing of the 2Stth. the Fifth brigade captured Roncheres. and the Twentyeighth division reached the Ourcq, but was unable to hold Its gains north of the river. On the 21)th the Third division occupied an Irregular line beyond Roncheres, but neither that unit nor the Twenty-eighth division on Its left was able to make material progress against the Hois des Orimpettes that day. Third Division Relieved. The Third division was relieved by (lie Thirty-second on tho 30th and retired south of the Marne. Tt had taken a decisive part in stopping the last C.ermnn offensive and had advanced ten miles through difficult countr \. stubbornly defended bv the enemy. It bad suffered casualties to the numbet of about 6.000 officers and men. The Forty-second division, as we have seen, bad come from the French Fourth army to the Marne salient and had relieved the Twenty-sixth division in the First corps. In the advance thai followed It bad gallantly captured Croix Rouge farm on tho 20th. And 01 the following day bad cleared the For et de Fere, captured Villerssur-Fere and had reached the Ourcq. July 2s the Forty-second estahl'shed n line he rond fhe Ourey and on the 211th the Fourth division. In support of the Forty-second division, captured Sergv while the latter took Serlnges-el Nesles. The enemy made n determined stand along the Ourcq river and some of tic tinniest fighting of flip |?eriod occurred at this time. August 3 the Fourth di v!s!on rel'evc' the F<>r'v second. Tb 1 ??t lg?M Hrobale Judge Luke W. Stroup, of Cherokee county, admits that he hud been drinking, in a statement issued after he had been arrested by a highway patrolman for driving while drunk, on Sunday. It tost him $100 and hia driver's license in court. In the statement, Judge St roup says he is "much sorry," ami asks forgiveness of his Sunday school class and all churches. He conducted tin- smging fest at Hopewell school house in York county this summer, and his friends had .boosted him u^ a candidate for congress against Congtv>s man Stevenson next yeur. MASTER'S SALE" State of South Carolina t ounty of Kershaw Couri of Common Hlcas The First Carolina* Joint Stock Land Hunk of Columhia, IMuintiff, ' against Haul Hrown, Loan & Savings Hank and H. E. Stevenson, ?> Receiver of Loan & Savings Hank. Defend ants, Under and by virtue of a Decree of his Honor, \S. H. t\iwnscrul, Judge i of the Fifth Circuit, at Chambers. Columbia, S. ('., of date October 12, 1931, in the above entitled cause, I , will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash on the first Monday in November, 1931, (being November 2, 1931), before the Court House Door in Camden, S. ('., during the legal hours of sale, the following described parcels of real estate: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, containing 235 acres, more or less, in DeKuJh Township, having such metes, shape, courses and distances us yvill more fully appear by reference to survey thereof made by J. N. McLaurin, Surveyor, March 6th, 191K, bounded on the north by Long Hranch, which separates it from lands, of C. T. Little lands of Truesdale and lands of It. C. Hrown, on the east by lands of J. 1). Hate, on the south by lands of J. 1). Hate, and on the west by Jumping Hranch, which separates it from lands of Mrs. Lillie Dunn, and being the same tract conveyed to the said Haul Brown by Collins H. Hrown by deed dated December 21st, 1917, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershuw County in Book A. It., page 540." Terms: Cash; the Master to require of the successful bidder a deposit of $250.00 before accepting his I bid as final, the same to be forfeited and applied to costs in the event of the purchaser's non-compliance within thirty days from date of sale. W. L. DePASS, JR., Master f6r Kershaw County. October 14, 1931. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HE>REBY GIVEN, That under and by virtue of an order of the Court of Common Pleas for KerBhaw County, State of South Carolina, dated the 12th day of October, 1931, in the cause of The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, plaintiff, against H. T. Horton and Aussie West, defendants, I will sell to the highest bidder or bidders before the Court House door in the Town of Camden, State of .South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in November, 1931, the same being the second day of said month, the following described tract of land: "All that piece, parcel or tract of land situated, Hying and being in Flat Rock Township, County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, containing one hundred and seventy-nine and 30-100 (179.30) acres, more or less, bounded on the north by lands of H. Barfield, east by lunds of H. Barfield, south by lands o-f Lorick Brothers, and west by lands of Henry Savage; lands of William Matthews and lands of James Branham, being .more particularly described on a plat mAde by Kershaw aoivoaen, surveyor, dated March 29th, 1921." The decree for sale In this cause provides that sale shall be made upon terms of one-third (1-3) of the accepted hid to be paid in cash and the balance on credit, payable in throe (3) equal annual installments, with interest thereon at seven (7) per centum per annum, and secured by a first mortgage of the premises on the part of the purchaser, with the privilege on the part of the purchaser, when complying with the sale, to pay in cash the whole or any part of the credit portion of the purchase price; the purchaser shall pay for the preparation and recording of all papers, including the requisite revenue stamps. The Decree further provides that the Master do require the successful bidder to deposit at once with him the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars, either in cash or by certified check, the same to be applied on the bid, should there be a compliance with the same, but should there be a failure to comply with the bid then the said deposit shall be forfeited to the plaintiff and the premises resold on the same or next convenient sales day thereafter, and at such bidder's risk. W. L. DePASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County. Camden, S. C., October 13, 1931. Third corps (Billiard), with the Amert can Twenty-eighth and Thirty-second divisions, relieved Die French Thirty eighth corps on the right of our First corps. Once estaolished beyond the Oureq. our two corps advanced rapidly toward the Vesle river, meeting with little opposition. We had In all nine American dlvi slons. equal to eighteen French dlvl slons, engaged In Mils second battle of the Mnrne. This force, together with the staff, supply, medical troops and aviation, amounted to a total force o? nearly 300.000 actively employed dur , ,n* that period. We suffered 65,00" casualties (Continued next tveek) h{ }' S t 1st and 2nd. Divisions ^#of Vauxcas5e^S^^fe*l^?^ U ^ Retz o ~a .J jyy ^?v.'- /<*> H (VillersCotteretj) ^ "'/h? **V? ^^^=S==S^rV?'^,?y ' c v^crr^i% ? I ? ? .?""" , Parcy-TlgnyC^ - 'i.i-i-J-1.-. i .. i.JO.J-1** DaKALB COUNCIL No 88 , Junior Order LI. A. M. Kogular council Boootvd and /^r \ fourth Mondaya of each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethran are welcomed. A. W. HUMPItlUKS, L. 11. JONKS, Councillor. Recording Secty. ROUT, W.MITCH AM Architect Crocker Building, Camden, S. C. ? KERSHAW LOIHiK No. 29 * A. P. M. Regular communication of this lodge is held on the A/ first Tuesday in each month at 8 p.m Visiting Brethren are welcomed. W. H. CLYBUBN, J. K. ROSS, Worshipful Master. Secretary. 1-14-27-tf r ? ' ' " R. H. HAILE FUNERAL DIRECTOR FOR COLORED PEOPLE 927 liroad St. Camden, S. C. We have secured the services of Iiovett Proctor, Licensed Krnbalmer for S. C., who will bo with us perinnnently to do our embalming. Residence Phone 293-J j | Office Phone 145 666 LIQUID OR TAHLKTS Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia in ;I0 minutea, checks a Cold the 11 rut day, and checks Malaria in three days 666 Salve for Baby's Cold. MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina County of Kershaw In the Court of Common Pleas A. I. H. deJersey, Plaintiff, against J. S. Dunn, Camden Loan & RealtyCompany and McCabe Fertilizer Company, Defendants. Under and by virtue of an Order of Court made in the above entitled action the Master for Kershaw county will offer for sale at public auction before the Kershaw County Court House Door, Camden, Soutn Carolina, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday, being the 2nd day, of November, 19<H, the following described real estate: "All that piece, parcel or tract of land situated in the County of Kershaw "and State of South Carolina, about twelve (12) miles from Camden containing one hundred and ninety-five (196) acres, more or less, bounded North by lands of J. H. Burns and lands of Mrs. Stokes, East by lands of Charlie Parker, South by lands of Charlie Parker and lands of W. S. Marshall, and West by lands of Wallace Hall, being a portion of the lands conveyed to me by Jane Cooper by deed of date February 6th, 1892, recorded in Book QQ, page two hundred and four (204), and by Deed of M. Baum, surveyor and others by deed of date November 1st, 1900,'recorded in Bood DDD, page one hun dred and sixty four (164)." Terms of sale cash. W. L. DePASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County October 16th, 1931. TAX NOTICE ? _ Robks . for ^collection ,.of School, | uounxy ana r>taxe taxes year ivoi will open September 16th and stay onbn until Decenrbef 31st, 1931, inclusive, without any penalty. Any information concerning this office will be given by mail. When inquiring about taxes please state school district in which you live or own property. Following is a list of total levies for each school district for School, County and State taxes. DeKalb Township Mills School District No. 1 48 Mi School District No. 2 46M? School District No. 4 48 Mi School District No. 6 48 School District No. 25 31 School District No. 43 31 Buffalo Township School District No. 3 46% School District No. 5 28% School District No. 7 37% School I>istrict No. 15 28% School District No. 20 28% School District No. 22 51 School District No. 23 .., 28% School District No. 27 41% School District No. 28 28% SchdH District No. 31 36% School District No. 40 51 Mi School District No. 42 28% Flat Rock Township School District No. 8 /. . . 41% School District No. 9 . 41% ' School District No. 10 32% School District No. 13 28% School District No. 19 ......... 41% School District No. 30 '.. . 28% School District No. 33 41%. School District No. 37 41% School District No. 41 41% School District No. 46 35% School District No. 47 28% Wateree Township School District No. 11 35% School District No. 12 46 H School District No. 16 32 School District No. 29 34% School District No. 88 28% School District No. 39 33% n Yours respectfully, S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer, Kershaw County, ? Camden, S. C. September 14th, 1931.