The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, September 19, 1918, Image 2
t'i ti :2IT HUES
ORE HE DIED
OUNGEST SOLDIER IN
VG'S FORCES, IS
RNED BY ARMY.
IC DEATH RELATED
}~
r .luly" t", ( .-.
or whirch, thr'ough1 ntun aI
rear ns. I had longed---the
:ance . It went 18 kilonte
I sI 1plping, ehusIig lihe cliche
(ownt dale, titling [Is way
telh after j'atch of nitoitng
:wuhi p rove treatchetrous
it mnehit'e guns.
ist days of that b11 1i1e, tle
wos so swift th:t more than
- II (ertmn rear guar 1 and an
ady"nnee inank ptlatoont wvoubrl meet in
the forest and igh t ithen tel There
a complete and sei'arate hatile all tlheir
own. So It was with the Indians, as
Scotty's regimuent was Ilieiliel (i ome
alternoon, as they were inking their
way Pmst the bitterly won towi of
- I~JiIeds.
"At tie riss rond they' sflw tIrooips
aPproheiniig then in eoilumn of sipiaii.
The othleer in chiage van ht thetn in
the focus of his ield ghasses. 'TI'hv
were Ilochies, ('(mit:; oi. ''he Ynks
waiii ted, itching to otien lire lut hii ing
their Ilime. Suddenly the ., ehes tte
sorted the rond and ui nne on theisn
through the forest.
"The Ilentenant pill net his men along
a roadside (litch. lie placed Scotty
aud his sho-sho bestile i i'ee anl
s(iuiirely op(osite it narrow woodl:inil
palh that ojtiened neross the way. lit
could see straitt down that iumtli. nd
the lHoche s were ho'nnd either to vaume
along It or to eross it.
'See tlat pI h. Scotly?' said the
lieutenant. "'hait' your target. :Not
one of themn iust. cross It.'
'Yes, sir,' said eoty, a nil dropped
beside his gun.
"enii from thle hIgh brhi'liies of
many 11'a t rtee andi fromi many11 ai shel ter
thle (Germn it' opeed, andit the Yanki
fire answveed.
"A gray figure dairted suddenly Into
the leafy pliht. Ie fell.
"Attother* ailppear ed. HeI fell.
'"Thlere wais lperhapi Is ten mlini tes of
party wats w'ihdr'nw'ing whIen a handrtui
of soldIers seliimpier(ed along t he road.
as t hey rana, 'Dona't shoot, we're Amer
thant a tuenith Is hetld, Scot 1y thrust hIs
Iieiitd upi to see. Ioromu his pelorchi in
C'lni( Ire a'''i snipler shot hIm In thei
-for eheadt. Anhot her huillt't fouid hits
- hearI. lIe t't'll Iforwar id, demd. oni hi
gun.
ber of' theuir deadoi that iare Counited as
his was~ thIrty."'~~ t
iRoller' skatis t tni' xl.t'I
Up iprogri'n In fori'e at Ih Ii, o4ck~ Islan td
arsemlt iiis, hav'e hett' iii hvs
ton at Ithe'I i'arInn~ '4 tl i 3'~i are v
-ch month011 clos'inig the pay roll Ishoets
j ~ ~ ~ ~ Ac'cordinog ato lhe "'Arisenal itcordi'il
Iown, is putting in hIs lIve weeksle' vn-.
catIon as an nrsemal worker'. 'Te same
papier rep[orts Ite fitlethI 111 Innierary
as anD arsenalil worker41 ait itock Isliiad of
EmIl Ileek, seenty years old(, Inspector
in the tin shop. whol w(ent t here w'hen
the arlsena I(05 l onitd of ai small grou p
4 ~ of wooden buIldIngs, relles of Civil wnu r
days, and empiloyed'l from 200 to 4100
men only through the0 Summer mlonithls.
Cuba huis a closIng lnw whleh shunts
all stores, wnrehouse's, shops, etc., In
the larger eltIes at 0 P. mu. week days31,
S and l liday Stindays. Htetall food1(
stores keep open01 until1 8 p. mn. weetk
days andi 10 p. mn. Sundaysx. Itarber
shops- reminn open1 untIl 7 p. mn. on
g ~Mondays and~ lerludays. I1 p. mn. Saturii
days, but cannot sell perfumes whIle
'4 geheral stores are closed.
A company has beeun formned In
Yokohama, Jaupan, to turn 'mt ' """
Captured American army and navy
otlicers are reaching German prison
camps without clothing and shoes. The
American Red Cross has established a
tailor shop iu Berne to supply theta
with proper uniforns, according to In
formtation Just reaching the bureau of
prisoners' rellet.
'T'he otlicers it seems, in being hius
tied balk frotn the front by their cup
Iors 1. o their overeonots. blouses and
even trousers. 1-requently their lenth
eo shoes, which are greatly coveted by
the Gerittinots, are tiken from Itent, ntd
they :tre forced to wear. Wooden shoes.
The clothing of others Is so daitaged
in strtnuous fighting as to need re
ting oo ...
i- the air wih his in t ruetor" tInal here
tofore. The new pla10n i. Iotown Its tho
t Iosltirt sytom or "All ''hru," its It
Is topuhriiiy entled her,, Iinl inure,
('los4,er con 1tacit be1Itee the endlet :IIl
intitetor If)I. W\hen the caulets airriv e itt
t iiying ielti frot Ito gtrotitntl sohiool,
her' I they have learned Inutoht o II te
Itheorv ot ligh,, engino' c'otttol tttl re
pair, radlio, signatling ua other ktitolredl
sublinets, severatl of Iiotm rte assiinrtt
to tin instrtletor who0 stays with the111n
until they art' quailfied in elfe'iettl
,lying. 'l'hey itre then sent to the ste
etal shools for tihul work andl train
in;; in their linirtleular 111ne, ats pu1rsuiit,
t'(' i 1nisstnet, artillery ontrol, or
hotbling ilOtists. The f11b1 Ipra'tif' of
giving. a ('111, Sol 11uc h timne In 1' :tir
utnder itrutt t'ettlh and thln turnintg hi
loose for his tirst solo Ilight, in at "sink
o,' sw m"ito " ahion. is being tittsoo t1it 1t.,l,
and whaiot is blieved to ho it more sat'o
ttitl stan systeIn is being tolo'tol.
Olrganiztition of forty tir squadrons
has been atthorizedo " otur will heto -
eIt'4t tot IIoutston, Tex., :Ito l : , or a
trinitng brigntl of th-c ulg'. on
Long Isitind, N. Y.
Ti'- h:Ise of this Lontg Isliantl Otri -
titg b ri;.Itl, tI 1141w olannet l, will tIat.
Ili t llu itrst tiehll, near .\Itin oln1. The
si tltironls wtIll bet qluartered in groups..
tf r OIttIllor ine ottyini Otfihs. Tiese
S' ii tirons are to servo uder tehl on
ot lots sltituiting, tis ne:rly its pre
t(citble, the contltions lwitl hin t lines
in I"ran'e.
Intforttti 110n rece'i vedt b y thle chii
IhIor .Set'tuts to Iitlit to'haoot o'very
Inwhero it t he Uited (0 Sitate (' hib1irenPO~
are recei(4'' vintg i(ess itnlk than10 they
ol d hlive '. Su('h decreaseso' are' uno
dot11htedetly (due int11 in'rt to the high cost
oft 01n11k. It is thle poore'st fitultilies
I that bitv~e beo'n forced to 0010nke tihe
grt'et reduct441i01 ti itn the aitnounit of
11.ilk Iour'chatseud. liut thit redutiton
wIouhl perhaps'tt0 tot he HO gr'eot, the
ohibI Iirent's butreooto stays, if tall mnother's
i'ully ~ t'eal izedo' the vtic o0(f f'Oood in the
.\lilk hats been0 ''tlled the0 "per1fe't
tfood."' A\ttIhtorjites agreeo'' tat it stup
111'.. th' flinen'ts ne'o08tt'sar to thei
gr'ow~ti'g (1hib0 ino th' tlot dig.estible
tfotit. itt spite4 oof its increa'tsinig costL
it suppl~oies iho'e ol'Intentts a~~lso ithe
nthiik o'omtpred'o wilit st ekI tot ill o'ents
it p~~olui. itd tologgs tot -I8 o'oi at diooztn,
0101:0art.
W\orkeroots lft'r ('biit''n't Yearti' to
it "0 ff1* othtlitoot 0 iti ' lo'e y'o'tIs of'
ttgo ihtas r'eve'tioeoi l'owvit toy (illr''n
in to' l'noit'od Sit 0's aret mltlove'loped'o
aittrsui of' impit'0o'er 4 dit . rt 0' n
gtiged1 tto n nmottlgot00 t britg th' lim
ltortanio' oft miilt to t' ttlintion oh'
toothertIs ttindIf totik' it poss'iblel( fort
thit'r O'htibltren 8tr'ottg ti well. Manyi
itlI'Uk aton s wheo' Onoth iers mayiI re
o'o'I'e pure'o silk att tO notnitiiitl ('ost, or
freoe, i'f to'y n'to it ffod to flo'o ny 103 for
\It, hatveo been'i o'stabilshed in c'ttosge
tion1 wilith olhlii's yeatr wor'k, tamd
iultic measur8est' four '10 ensurg tnP om
01nd( ildt'ttinto int!lIk supply3 hotve boen
itlero''take'n 'lt d n ty coin i ties.
At notng t hoese mteosu1ros are t he estab-lo
I Iisinom0 of Pastu rizti on phlints, t he
Iinsion 00 of' the milk11 supply, antd thE
Pitssingt~ of' regailations1 conftr'oling is
the Uitedoo Kintg-lomt duintg t
*51,12!); oof ext -,: ,~;
100s were :Imot' .0.- g. a
Por ot s, $1.1 id,758,0,'- Uhtuut r im
('to ot Stroye3' %er i''~o(Io
Os. t I rftain.
Ca m ShrinyM reode)
ed nil onertedenmpi
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cerlean n rltIug ats guard
' +lt ('(1d ,-~ (. e r'l lit
.:EVIEWOF
REAT WAR
"h the Wotan line
;h and Yankees
Huns North.
GERMANS QUIT VESLE RIVER'
Continue Their Retreat From Lys Sec.I
tor, Where Americans Fight on
Belgian SoilBosheviki Are
Defeated in Siberia and
Northern Russia.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
'l'le 'V iecie wes't .'ia Irllt , irc ll) Y~pres
(l*1 Jh'IIlls, was5 11ille i 3'1)11 the %ve '4, andic
I ll~tilclt :111 th111; lcu~stretc ethie (;e
1112fns 414141i til theirW 4'tre'a I. TIhe acr
huIes 11' t1Ic1":illies tiillcwell ('1445ily on
thelr lieecls, li iuilliri!!_ it tiltI~II (lle3
111i(1 iilzlit nlcl giving 2 lelli nut a1 1inn.
their w e'ih for.ce4s. 1t wais .1114lher
wetek lotf 1uninterrupctedl allied slueee'4,
t'XL4Iell to Inuclude th le \'esie ivher
Si'4'tort, I INeet W'el i ll 5 111141iti Re'ins.
1'n1ll \\'elhtes41IV there' 11.141 leuu little
2I11 lity tiare. 'xeeict eclril inni5 artiI
lii-r tteuk 211141 smlile' "1:irpleilghinig ilt'
i~ttli In lie'- lir~sl (12135 e1' the wee'k 211'
11114 4)i)54r~vtrs ri('1 44 cr1 'ii tlit'c of
it e4)iilg retr t hr42i th Ile e'1i4ilv, anti11
t is 14&1he'leI n 14 W'lieselhl. Th'ea
zAiiei'ini and1( 1"reilu i t mls u rsued
tihe I Itits 1ilflptI l11141 by 'I'liirsdlly
''
IQW . . ( ..t ".y . .d.nin rt t {'. ,/ ., ns
fewlin~o'o' o byndaingiu Io Miestt(i
ini toeii (h eas of~~ ienv'lt~l Then on'Ii
Ill "ihtcN Iiil of it( Ii p tg line , zp
)'oi)i ftig ouv tlia owa I es oft Iia
*t iiij 4111 lit~y Ow I i 0 h ('I 11 i det'l yeo"
; xt eiii lose h osin ig fumbersof In theJ)
n~t'i'(' g, i )i~ lays (44 v I it'iI it 'il ) 4 ive
I Lily by t lie en it lr of th(he~ aiil at
Al) It (li' iiri I(hlie teir inhee were re
oa f'i i I u ( itiis l (I. ew~t t ''tI h of I buitt
11i 's of iii 'idl The theyviio wterein
fiip (1)44an (4 the (ci ma) defnsiv
Stemii , 5) thiat lit it' saliento teos
)ee r h(1" Ai'it'ii to(" 11)4 rII' O ret nd ith
1)It of thi e to ('11(11e of the eek(thughIti
ibyx to 110]1 si~iitoppbeda. he~ii
Allt' Wreti (ihe eekg'i thewre fre
li('1 tht mnBean 4 il.'(hi's an Viigs,
tacte: o i nn il is wnPardyais
(e fe vilre eiiring 1(11 l g;:. bfnt-n
points on lii' 54 's ie i te y litt
.outh t ( ;ivei(' 'It4 1 1141 'aili'l li l
the thi'Lys ler thef 0 s;4riie fWiesot
under I lomuisi i cntl i'l l St 4f(1vr'y e ly
11(1 Ote iulilis jill i( '4 ()' fIls fa ler it
pat oftheit sectr beam ofi, etsfecal
Ineret n ) to ery ent h('pau hi yegvn
(1e Wi ere i her f'iifeii t\I' I in 14'Ith fs
(attl on iiire't'i' olI These( o themps
140 1e t I ha ( I y o ri i rr'i wl Ia ] not g
tuhe fr r 'I'iteh ii'o ((f'rin n crow
orn 1411)1 otiii .h1ow ('i xil1 (ti trol b
t'liiliisli' Iat r.'' 1f" 514 flI ii ;1i1i1 oither
tto'ns wiing h viii'nity. '11,41inient (14 ly
pI :ha(1 il I 'niins 1 (wixili :,(1 . a Thurs-ll
theiisto sme iner to bUY P toot ii'dout
fl t'lyt oi' he 11 1111 13 I~ltn il(Iif
pon t oil t he ii' lr (41 (' il it"in ~''iil, te
.4
14,
ne in the ruins of Peronne, which the
northwest of Noyon, in conversation
olutJonists In Moscow is being carried
out with a heavy hand. About five
thousand of theta have been arrested
aind sentern-ed to dleih. and It Is said
they will be executed if their party
shows any further opposition to tlie
ov iet governinent. The streets of
Moscow are uler the strictest mill
tary guard.
Details of the Supplemnentary Itusso
(erin a I tgreements have been made
public. Germany prontises to evacu
atte ill occupied territory vast of Li
v(enia and Isthonia its soon as boun
daries IrII( established, and to get out
of all oilier territory east of Germtany
when lRussia has fulfilled her finan
cial olt igitions, which must he with
In four months. iltissia Is pledged to
light agrainst the entente forces in
northern tussia, and Germ any prom
ises that l"inland shall not attack.
Itussia renounces its sovereignty over
I sthonia and Livonia, but is to have
iree transit to levaI, R1iga and \Vin
danu.
An attempt to assissinate Nicolai
Lenin. Soviet premier, was iade by
a girl in Moscow, but at last reports
hie was still alive though in it serious
condlition. Very likely his (leath
wIou l he at godsend to [Russia.
There is not mcthe to say of the war
on the Italian, Albanian and Greek
fronts. Small engagements are nu
tmerolts. but no decisive operatio ns have
been sti-ted lately. In Al bani a the
retireme:nt of the allied line for a short
(listance Is explained by the necessity
of preparing for winter by occupying
certain domintiiig heights. Alist Ia
has not attempted anything limportant
In Italy, possibly because she Is too
busy trying to settle her internal trou
bles, or hecause of the call on her for
troops to help out the sorely-pressed
er nans in France. Several Austrian
divisions hav been Identified on the
west front. MeanwhIle the Italiau
ai rmena * aided by A raerlean aflyers, have
been doin1 g a lot of humbinlg of Aui.s.
triani towns, railways antd naval sta
tIons.
Aecordling to dispatches from Mil
nich1 by way. of Geneva. Count von
Hert ling, the imperial chancellor, re
slin"d Thtursday, givIng poor health
as thle cautse of hIs action1.
From Cologne camne the neOws that
the comnutndalnt of the Brandenbnurg
prv('ince had placed the province, In
chnli ng t he city of Berlin, Ilnclen mar
tial law~~ In order to stop) the "InventIon
andl circuilation of tint rue rumors cal
ciilaited to d1isquilet the popu~ilace."'
General March saId last week that
more I han 250,000t An rican troops
were Iadd 10 In France durling Autgust,
and that up to the first of September
more Itan1 ,6001,000 had1( emibarIked for
the vaIriotus frontls, lfinlinig those
Sent to4 FraInce, Eniglandl. Ital Iy and SI
heri a. Tlhere has been no oflicI al men
tin of late of t he FIrst A merlean Pleld
airluy, andil obser-vers In France and In
Eungluad belIeve It Is being preparedl
for aI grt ri f1ve, of whlch 11he present
blIg (ffeniI 1e I hnuthnle rl m nlty..
0
."-' runt towns, villages
stretegic positions in the sector w
in their hands and were standing
the banks of the Moselle river
Pagny, looking across the stream I
German territory. And the south
outer fortifications of Metz, the gr
Geriani stronghold in Lorraine, w.
only four miles distant.
Large numbers of Germans h1
been counted and others were still
their way back to the prison cages
and mlany guns and mila8Chinit' guns al
great quantities of ammhtlltun ition al
other wa' stores were in Ameria
hanids.
From Hlattonvilie, to the nort
across the salient eastward to P'agn
the Americans have closed th' lout
of the big sack which extended soutl
ward to St. Milhiel, trapping within
by their fast advance all the enen
forces who failed to take refuge I
fight when the great bombardment o
Thursday morning heralded the a
pr'oach of the offensive.
In addition, along the eastern sid,
of the heights north of h'attonvilb
the American, have debouched fron
the hill region and are astride the
railroad running from Commiiercy t<
Verdun. Likewise the Thlaucolt
Metz and Nancy-Metz railroads are i1
American hands.
iieginning in the northwest ant
crossing the salient eastward, Fres
ties. Les Eparges, Iattonville. Prem,
and Pagny and all the ground lyi,
between them are in American hands
The towns of Vigneulles, ''hiaucourt
Pont.-A-Mousson and St. Mihtiel ar(
'a r in the rear of the present line
Montsee, the dominating height in it
centor of the salient. and from whicl
mutch trouble had been expected, fel
without fighting.
Already allied airmen are heavil'
hombing the Moselle region arount(
Metz and its outlying fortifleations
having dropped many tons of bombi
on the strategic railways leading fron
the great fortress and it seemingly it
not. without reason to expect that with U
tipparent supremiacy in the air, Met.
anld thle surrounding ('0un1try htence
forth Is to be sadly hanrassed by the
allied flying squad-rons.
Washington.--First returns to Prt
rost Mairshlal Getneral Crowder fror
the second( great mnobilizatin of th
lationl's manpower for tile war o:
3ermany indlcatedl that at least 14
)00,000 men had b~een add~ed to th1
irmy .reservoir. The estimated ntur
)Or of men b)etweenl 18 and( 21 and 3
11n( 45 years was 13,000,000.
Ten states, widely scattered, am
he District of Colutmbia gave sublstan
.lal totals by telegraphl duritng tile da:
tid on these figures Genieral Crowde
(nnouncedl that these states were ex C
ending their estimated' re;;istratior
>y 8.5 por (cent. The ttrturs will no
1e made pub110itt unil they have beer
thlecked fotr possiblle errors. Ti
tates reporting wetre Virginia, Tenl
10sse0, Louisiana M iLrssippi. Arkan
ms, Oregon. Rhode Islanid. Vernmont1.
Sitnnesota and Wisconotsin.
C0millete return'js ftrom thle registra
ion of Autgust 24, when youthts who
lad r'eaed~ thlelr twenty-first year
letween t hat date and Junl1: 5, 1918,
Iso wereI made(1 puitc. Tihiey showed
i A1ne Into the