The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, November 21, 1918, Image 1
tl a1C ^i.. ,.I r. 4i M 3q'.l l!( ti rf 1F , '1. iry 7"' 'I.3.r Fi" r + j f F.1 ,..b,. '. +r.. ;. , 2L 4 S'y. rr '.I rZ ! .r,-..,. .4' ."_;
,,t ,{ ' s f K }w 1f - l,.y,} , i (r t t + ." . F f ,, ,, t " i , ,
q_ ti11. Fv ". .( i p .'I U{ yd . !t .* 1 1 A..;.,r T a ifN Ilj/ 'J, + 12 L W. .. ,
Yt 1 y . ,, 1 'iYl' 1' , t r fitr r , y,, " }M S , f i Flil ki jti A I ta ,}i, 4 i1r .1 (Ai .I N4 +y(J :} i ..
ti '.!i<< . - f J r r'i'l f >f: ! ' F ",F e i 1 ..' ' -. y t r .i i1
" t
OrmICIAL PAPER ?P
PICKENJ COUNTTO PICIKENS SENTII
N]stabIjshfbd I H7l --Volume 48. III 5 3a Qo NOVEMBER
a s 2 9 a 09 d 6o
YANKEE NURSES
SHOW METTLE
- iris Behind the Men Behind the
Guns Are Doing Great
Work.
VER 12,000 NOW THERE
They Know iThey Have a Man-Sized
Job and They Are Tackling it in a
Man's Way-Morale Is
Perfect.
London.-Amerlca has poured a
veritable army of her womanhood into
war-torn Europe. To date over 12,000
American nurses have been sent over.
Within the year there will be right
ere on the ground more than 24,000
f these American "girls behind the
en behind the guns."
This is the estimate of Miss Carrie
M. Hall of Boston, head of all Ameri
can Red Cross nurses in Great Britain.
Of the 12,000 now here, between
000 and 700 are working in Great Brit
ain in the dozen' or more American
hospitals that have sprung into being
within the past six months. The re
mainder are staffing hospitals behind
the )ues in France.
With the arrival of American sol
diers at Vladivostok came a contin
geut of nurses, from the American Red
Cross unit at Tokio, Japan. As hos
tilities and American casualties begin
there more United States army regu
lar nurses probably will be sent to
Russia.
All Highly Trained.
All women senit over so far are high
ly trained graduate nurses, bacteriolo
gists, dietitians and college trained
hygiene experts. The war department
in Vthington has ruled that only
these trained women may be sent over
for the time being, at least.
For this reason General Pershing's
recent call for 5,000 girl workers with
the American army in France will be
filled by British instead of American
girls. England's women's army, the
"Wanes" (Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps) is now conducting a nation
wide recruiting campaign here for
these British girl volunteers for duty 1
as clerks, chauffeurs, typists, orderlies,
telephonists, etc., with the American
army.
Practically every troop convoy
from the United States brings scores
more Ik these women experts. From
peace loving American homies that ,
have not yet felt the grim hand of
war these, blue-elnd Yankee girls, like
their big brothers, are plmging into
this maelstrom of war with a deter
mination and eflciency that has won
for them already the unstinted praise
of all the allies.
They know they've got a man-sized
job before them, stripped of all the
so-called glamour of war, and they're
tackling it in a man's way. Up in the
field 'an( base hospitals under shell
fire and valiantly braving air raid ter
rors, they're "carrying on" untiringly,
night and day, working unceasingly to
save the lives of our boys. 1
Miss Hall, wvho was one of the first I
'American nurses to arrive in France
immediately after the Unlied States
decided to jump into thi.s job of wind
lng up the watch on the Rhine, was
witness of the sterling quality of
American womanhood in this war un
der fire.
Morale Is Perfect.
"I was one of the first to come over
with the Harvard Base hospital unit. i
No sooner were we landed than we
were attached to the British and hur
ried up near the first line to staff a
little tented hospital city near Cam
lers. There were two other American
fild hospitals near us.
"It was a bright moonlight night. t
Our tents were shown up like a silver
city. At midnight the alarm sounded.
We leaped from our beds. There was
no panic. The hum of the Boche ma
chines wvas plainly audible. Suddenly
,five deafening explosions told us they
had gotten our camp. It only lasted
-about five minutes, but in that short
time their five bombs dropped in a
straight line had nearly demolished
our camp.
"Tents containing American wound
ed were ripped to shreds, temporary
hospital buildings mowed down like
a pack of cards.' Six soldier patients
were killed and a score or more in
jured. The morale of the nurses and
doctors was 'wonderful. Forgetting.
self, they plunged into the work of
rescue.
"One girl, Eva Parmalee of Boston
was on duty in one of the teats most,
badly hit. One b~omb) fell so near her
clothing was rippedl and torn by bits
of flying debris and nieces of sand
lodged in the fiegh~ of her face. Un
daunted, she carri'ed on through it all,
rushing here and there aiding wound
ed and assisting in the work of rnescue.
Not until it was all over d1id she no
-tice the state of her clothes or the bits
of sand in her face."
MAIMED BY HUNS
{
e .. e.4 . ..
7' :
Mlarie Joseph Coutant of the quaint
fit tle vilhage of Lountre, near Solssons,
ie daughter of Monsieur Coutant, once
comfortably situated mechanic of
,ountre, Is shown above with her right
rm missing iMecause of the fact that
ie Germans attended the celebration of
er eighth birthday. On Marie's birth
lay her mother and herself, along with
everal other refugees from the threat
f the Hun at Solssons, were swarming
nto cattle cars that were pressed into
ise in the emergency, when a German
neendiary bomb fell among them,
Ailling her mother and making herself,
noncombatant, go through life a crip
le with only one arm. She has been
tdopted by Mauriee, the dancer of
kmerlea, now a Red Cross worker In
i'rance, as his "war baby," and has
een sent by him with her father to
imoges, France, to complete her con
alescence.
EAR FRlENCH TANKS
nachines Spread Terror in'
Ranks of Foe.
Armed Car Helps 15 Yanks to Cap
ture 700 Huns In Recent
Drive.
With the American Armies.-Greater
aues dahty are Moseung Coutntby once
i'are ligtns wh~naoeih hre co-oper
rm ising ithtecAmerle forces thn
uinte Germans backeowad the clbaino
eregthineh..OnMri' irh
lAmongrmther mand herselfdualon fwatsho
hetank adthe drefues mwhc thrae
nmto attl, cars th monerepsedit
so in that ofmrgcwen aelermanh
nacenar beombatell wahmheong them
hion er moer and maing worsinfa
noncobanawhtc enaoe thrug lifeariepn
Severaly uned arm he ans beed
heonte r-yffensivefo the dancers-f
joterets nores in ly Cross mrked i
ratce apas hto hae been, and hasin
ion nt himar Therkeathro
hmonegus, ovaner comple teong cnrs
fresistne aspreadingro pa in
reralzto Help the GemaYanks,~Cp
Where 700 nntr waReceded
Wilthem the Aervanc aisthreere
Itwstesm rench light tanks wihaec~pr
tvhle h eee the Ameransforceseir
dvncnge ponJuvn back Twrny the
AmSoon thelatnau nea ofet them
heanks0 ean thevr whicheau.
omet thtef he mome intorete
lands oftho Frincgae soirthat
he Legionso Hore ortiy worid by
:eght tanks a ndable Ameicusn
oacing theitrmen 700 mhos.o e
eeagan thedm.teeak e
he ountresihve frthe aVntae
>tgreaterforeed ind uly whih mre
atl andpear thave thee hee trning
L'ht rofute war cre okenl twtougen
diea gunsoecmngrng centersn
mfesian-al-nceu and dnani mahnd
da.
vIfh .ryoul he Anytinsg th er
idvanc 111lp yTuigi aind aTbrnyeon
nan0:d l' a liutnant, killed mrei
Oacin" teir mna in1 meds of -
Supervisor's Report
For October, 1918
J H Fortner, bridge work -.....$ 2 70
J M Rodgers, road and bridge
work---------------------- 10 75
M Elizabeth Mauldin, home
demonstration agent --.:.... 20 45
J L Dillard, supplies --------.- 24 12
J M Garrett, supplies---------- 17 05
P S McCullum, magistrate-..- ---21 07
S 11 Whitlock, constable .......- 5 90
B B LaBoon, rural police------ 90 00
Telephone at poor farm--........ 3 50
R J Stewart, scrape man (3
months) --------------- ---- 90 00
R T Hallum, superintendent of
education ------------------- 91 66
W L Matheny, clerk board, etc 30 00
Becky Reeves, aid to poor 6 00
J L Murphy, road work ------ 24 75
Chas Sanders, aid to old soldier 6 00
M A Boggs, magistrate ------ 87 50
J J McCombs, road work------ 10 62
R T Chapman, constable------- 35 35
J P Gantt, constable ....... .. _ ... 47 97
J W Hendrix, road work . ----- 12 75
I L Hanna, road work.--------- 16.50
Finley & Whitmire, supplies . 195 66
E 1) Chastain, road and bridge 17 50
G W Allen, constable. . --....-.. 33 66
J T Hendrix, scrape foreman. . 35 00
Warren McGowan, scrape hand 30 00
Louis Madden, scrape hand.-.-. 19 00
N R Kennemore, scrape hand 2 55
J A Skelton, lumber, etc...--. 23 90
W E Nelson, bridge work ------ 2 00
Jim Richardson, janitor ----... 16 80
M C Smith. coal....... . 89 80
R L Evans, bridge work------- 8 00
1 W Connelly, aid to old sol
dier.------ ---_--------------- 3 00
W T Stewart, paid hands for
work at poor farm - -------- 20 80
Central Mercantile Co., sup
plies.-_-.... . . . .---------- ---- 39 64
Standard Oil Co., gas-. ... - ------3 98
Gary Hiott, advertising and
printing to October 1.-...... 260 50
Keowee Pharmacy, supplies.... 11 40
G R Hendrix, supplies--------- 8 25
Lights at court house and jail
3 months --.....-- 12 00
Telephones -------------------- 5 30
B SStephens..------------- 9 00
J C Alexander, supplies------- 26 30
J T McKinney, rural police two
months -------------------- 135 00
Craig Bros., supplies---- . . - 111 20
W T Edens, bridge work------ 5 00
R .1 Stewart, road work.-. . -- 22 00
Ed Rosemond, bridge work..... 1 50
Couch & Farr, bridge work . 14 25
G W Gaines, lumber and road
work-..--. -----. 15 00
R R Roark, salary and dieting
four months.. -- 524 65
A C Sutherland, supplies . 154 12
A C Bowen, bridge work. 2 92
Freight and express--.. ------ 28 25
)uff Lee, scrape hand-.. ------ 30 00
J i Melton, bridge work - . 15 50
. Hf Maw, road work, etc 3 75
W W Brissey. road work -----2 00
A J Crane, supplies-- .- 11 15
I' C Clayton, road work, etc... 18 00
J L, Hood, road work- .. - 16 15
T1 T Arnold, road work ----.---..13 50
J MI M artin, road werk ........... 8 50
.1 M Lawvrence, comnmissioner.. 43 16
J1 E Bridges, magistrate--.....-62 50
T1 A Julian, road work.--... 4 37
lB P Crenshaw, constable.......-'4 00
G WV Bowen, commissioner, etc 415 31
Jack Kelly, scrape nman .. . 6 05
J1 A Hlendrix, supplies. - -. . 10 00
Tlom Burns--..- ..-- ...---....---6 25
John Medlin, scrape man..... 31 00
WV M Couch, scrape man .....30 00
Rubin Burgess, scrape man -. 35 00
W TV Hendrix, supplhes------4 00
S Bl Edens, road work..-----6 00
A WV Bryant, aid to soldier... 3 00
Easley Lumber Co, lumber, etc 56 89
0) S Stewart, clerk court, etc 49 85
IF E Stewart, bridge work. - . 11 10
J W Nolin, aid to old soldier ... 15 (00
MI L Jones, bridge work... 33 00
T~ A Stewart, bridge work... - - 22 68
J B Craig, supervisor-......... 91 66B
C E) M Garrett, blacksmith.. 5 00
0) T Hinton, court expenses.. -... 271 85
0 T Hinton, salary, etc.........:44 11
C 1B Yates, road work............4 O00
M Elizabeth Mauldin, home
demonstration agent.. - . 110 45S
1H A Townes, auditor-----------36 11
I B Newbery, probate judge .. 4 '3 84I
W. L.. MATHENY, Clerk.
+PICKENS CHlAPTER
SRED CROSS NOTES
Attention !
The annual meeting of the Pickenls
County Chapter A. R. C. will he held
in the court house Wednesday after.
imoon, November 20, at 3:30: Let
every branch he represented.
Thelm executive committee will mneet
a t 2:301.
M .<-. IF. 11. Mauldin, See
E). P. McCravey, Chairman.
Young Men in
Auto Wreck
Glenn Alexander, Joe and Duffy
Tow, Frank Taylor and Hugh Elcain,all
of Oconee, were in an automobile wreck
near the Cateechee Mills, in Pickens
county, last Sunday. As a result of
the accident Glenn Alexander died Mon
day evening about 3 o'clock at the home
of a citizen of the neighborhood in
which the accident occurred. No min
ute particulars were obtainable by us
as to the cause of the wreck, but our
informant stated that it was ascertained
that at least some of the members of
the party of five young men were drink
ing. The live young men were all res
idents of Oconee
Glenn Alexander, who lost his life,
resided in the Lay's Mill section. He
is survived by a wife and two children.
The two Tow youths are residents of
the Bethel section.
Hugh Elcain resides, we are inform
ed, in the Flat Shoal community.
Frank Taylor's place of residence was
not known to our informant, who had
been in Pickens county, and saw the
body of Alexander after he had died.
He stated also that Frank Taylor's
cordition was regarded as very serious
indeed, but that he had been taken
to his home. Taylor, it is said, was
driving the car at the time of the ac
cident. The car was making fast time,
ran into a ditch or gully and turned
over twice before the mechanism was
entirely put out of commission and the
body of the car brought to a standstill.
All of the members of the party were
more or less injured, but it is under
stood that the two Tow young men and
Elcain are not considered to be very
seriously injured.
In Memory of Marvin Dorr
A gloom was cast over the entire
Grillin community on November 7th
when the death angel visited the home
of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. 1orr and took
from them their son Marvin. He was
taken sick with Spanish influenza,
which was followed by pneumonia.
Had he lived until the 23rd of Novem
ber he would have been 20 years old.
Ie was a devoted Christian young man.
He left a bright testimony behind him
which makes us beilave that he has
gone to rest. le said he did not fear
death and was willing to go. Marvin
will be greatly missed in Sunday school
and prayermeeting as lie was a great
worker in both. I-e leaves a father
and mother, live brothers and one sister,
as follows: Mr. 'I'illman )orr of Pick
ens, Mr. Ernest l)orr, who is in the U.
S. navy, and Miss Eunice IDorr, Charley
Waymon and Elmer, all at home, be
sides a host of other relatives and
friends to mourn his death. le was
buried the day following his death at
Griflin church, of which he was a mem
ber, in the presence of a large crowd of
sorrowing relatives and friends. Fu
neral services were conducted by his
pastor, Rev. F3. S. Childress. The be
r-eavedl family have the sympathy of
the entire community.
lHe was a member of the Woodmen
of the \Vorld and was buried by them.
"A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we love is stilled;
A place is vacant in the home
Which never can be filled.''
llumt our loss is heaven's eternal gain.
One who knew him.
The Lucky "Eleven"
lEditor 'The Sentinel:
Theroe was much :sai.I several years
ago in regard to the niumuber 13: when
Wood row Wilson was ele'ctedl presiden t.
Of course we are nmot superstitious, hut
men will observe. I have compiled
the following facts from the
number 11, which you may call atten
tion to if you wish. Perhaps there are
more.
1.Eleven Allied Nations fought the
Teu tons.
2?. Much ground between Paris and
the Hlindenburg line was fought over
eleven times.
3. There were eleven strongholds
ailong the H indenb~urg line.
4I. TIhe United States entered the
war ini 1917--the units digit 7, plus 4,
the period ot the wvar, is eleven.
5. The Armistice was signed at the
eleventh hour---on the eleventh day--of
eleventh month.
Tlhink and see if you enn findl some
mri g~elations.
eYours respe'ctfully,
A s George. E. Welborn.
,Lyn~oney you lend Uncle ham
- ew W. S. S. is spent on
WHY-"====
Transatlantic Flying Will
Never Be Easy
In a paper read before the Institu
tion of Engineers and Shipbuilders in
Scotland 1.. Desbleds explains some of
the advantages and difficulties of
transatlantic flying. With regard to
the former, the carrying of the mails
in a quarter of the time at present
needed for the voyage between Amer
ica and Britain would, in the author's
opinion, be of immense benefit, as he
;considers that the correspondence of
!a country may be taken as a measure
of its commerce with other nations
tand the accelerated rate of exchange
of correspondence would react upon
commerce and shipping.
Coming to the problem of carrying
mails across the Atlantic, Mr. I)es
bleds considers that existing knowl
edge of airplane construction and pro
pelling machinery only allows of such
flights by reducing the strength of
the mnachines employed to far below
that of the airplanes now in use; con
sequently those undertaking the pas
sage would run grave risks of coning
to grief on the way. Some particulars
of an airplane for flying the Atlantic
are given in the paper, the proposed
machine having a weight by itself of
about four tons, which is doubled by
the addition of fuel and stores, while
a crew of 10 men account for another
15 hundredweight.
SO THEY GAVE THEM TITLES
How Shrewd German Government
* Played on the Vanity of Disgrun
tied Employees.
The Germans, when addressing one
another. use titles to an extreme
which we should regard as belonging
to the realmi of couie opera. 'T'hey
have been reared to honor and love
titles, and they devote themselves to
the cult with amtiazinig wholehearted
ness.
Onle caes, by no mlealns eXcepilonal,
will illustrate the goint, D. Thomas
Curtin says in Munsey's Magazine. A
few years before the war the drafts
men of the imperiai navy yard at
Ki beenme dissatisfied nnd demand
ed more pay. The government met
tihe s1tuation with refusal to grant
their monetary deminds but laid be
fore them a compensatory program of
social advancement.
After a definite number of years a
draftsman would he permitted to use
the title kenstruktionsrat (construc
tion councilors.) . Another period of
years, and le would become geheimer
konstruktionsrat (privy construction
councilor). Another period, and he
would be a wirklich geheimer kon
struktionsrat (genuine privy conistruc
tioni councilor). In addressing him
you say "Her Wirkllih'-and aill the
rest of it, right through to the end,
and you put the sam1e ponderous mass
on the envelope of the letter you write
him.
WHEN MONEY IS MUTILATED
How Government Official at Washing
ton Works On identification of Val
uabie Bits of Paper.
Have youa ever- wonder'ed what be
comes of the torn old and mutilated
money, andi how people are paid for
their loss by partial dlestr'uction of
their *oney? Aln inlteresting depart
meat of our government takes care
of all cases, a1nd Mrs. prown is the
expert in charge, having received her
appointment from Grant lan 18'75. Bits
of paper that have b~een rescuied from
a fire sufibhlet to prove t hat onice they
were inoney ;the remain1s left lby mice,
waterP, moitld, thra'shing llmhines; al
Ore studiied anmd idlentifled if pOScaible.
Each mautihited hill1 is Ibnstedi onto0 pna
per jnlst the size of a complete hill.
A l'iece Of glaiss the samefl size, dl..
vialed into0 40 squlares, is pinced( over
t he billi, and if the experts find that
thle remit atsH of the hilli fill 24 squares
they recoimmenid ftat the bill be re
dleemed( at its full1 valute. If more than
twa-fifths and less thantl three-fifths of
the squarireS are fIlled, one-half the
valtre is allowed. Ally less than two
fIfths is seldoln redeemed without fur
ther lproof of the mautilatlon. Mrs.
Brown has in her office a Copy of every
hill issued by the government, which
greatly aids in identiflcation.
How Motor Helps Mali Service.
Motor trucks are to dlispalace railroad
trains as mail carriers on two long
routes out of' Pittsburgh as soon as the
contrnets enn he let. according to an
announcement by Pstmnster A. S
Guffy.
One line, which is (It miles long,
will connect Pittsburgh mnd Wheeling,
WV. Va., and te other, 1-10 miles, wvill
connect liishurghi nnd( Cumnherlatnd,
Mid.
Round fris w~ill be 1made1 to Wh~eel
lng every day. but1 tw~o dhays will be
Ianad anud retuiirn. The t rucks will
carmmry fam prodne (1s1 par 11 cel post, as
well as reenlar ma maffotar.
Death of Otis Crooks
"ewberry Herald and News.
Mrs. L. G. McCullough of this city
-oceived the sad intelligence Friday
tfternoon, November 1, that her
)rother Otis had died of pneumonia in
t French hospital. le had been dead
me month to the day before the dis
-ressing news reached his relatives
sere, having died the first of October.
)tis Lawton Crooks was the son of
fir. and Mrs. J. L. Croaks of. the
BIroad river section, and was in the
:4th year of his age. He left New
>erry the latter part of last July and
Nent overseas as a member of the 54th
Pioneer Infantry. He died for his
:ountry, making a supreme sacrifice as
brave soldier who was willing to risk
its life in defense of America and the
intions associated with her in the great
struggle for freedom. Otis was an ex
:eptionally affectionate son and brother,
who was greatly loved in return by all
the members of the family for the rich
ove he bestowed on each. This char
acteristic bespoke the nobility of his
souk. Besides his parents and the sis
ter above mentioned he leaves other
relatives, among them being 'irsk
Lieutenant W. E. Crooks of the medi
cal corps of the U. S. navy, who is now
with the U. S. S. Dixie. He also leaves
a faithful sweetheart (Miss Elma,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii. Clay
ton, of Liberty, S. C.) who was en
gaged to be married to him on his re
turn. Much sympathy is expressed for
them in their bitter grief for the loved
one dying far from home without the
tender care of mother, father, sister,
brother or sweetheart; all the more bit
ter from the fact that he was dead and
buried a month before they knew that
he had died for them; for in that sad
month, had they but known, tears
would have taken the place of the gay
laughter that was in the eye and the
light words would not have been spoken
by lips which then would have been
only ready for the cry drawn in agony
from the pierced heart.
(Just before sailing overseas.)
Ode to My Sweetheart.
Since now the hour is come at last
When you and 1 must part;
Since now our dream of bliss is past,
It cuts me to the heart.
Oh! may we part to meet again
This side the distant shore;
For then I shall have lived in vain
If you I see no more. C -
Well, we have passed some happy
hours,
'Their memories are so sweet;
If God will only spare your life
My joy will be complete.,
For thus my eyes are dimmed with
tears"
Because I did love you;
And will thru all the coming years,
Oh God! the fondest one, adiuc.
(Written, after landing in France, to
O. L,. C,)
It is the dusk of the evening,
I'll breathe a heartfelt prayor
Andl invoke the blessings of heaven
On my sweetheart "'Over T1here."
lFor faster than letter or cable
Our thoughts and our prayers can
meet;
A nd how much it means to each other,
I think it is wvondlrously sweet.
I thank God for love's winged power
That's wafted on the breeze;
And to you nmy love is extended
And will follow you across the seas.
I couldl spend my time in weeping,
And mourning and longing for you;
Jut I must be a little patriot
And keep on the defensive, too.
Now, (lear, I leaveo you to ponder
And weigh this ini your- mind;
For my love for you is greater
Than any of its kind.
Now twilight is fast approaching,
D~aylight fading away;
~My thoughts are growing sweeter,
Thus ends this perfect day.
(Written after the death of her'sweet
heart.)
lFarewell until we meet again
Beyond the portal bars; -
Our wedding will take place in hueaven ,.
A bove the shining stars.
We'll live forever with the angels,
No sorrow we shall know;
Our home in heaven will fin'er be
Than any here below.
So help me, God, to walk with Thee,
And keep the faith with him
Who died in arms to make me free,
Tho' never lost a limb,
God never makes mistakes, I know,
Altho' my grief is great;
I have surrendlered my will to Him,
All yielding to my falte.,
My heart lies buried in Southern
France,
My love beneath the sod;
My life on earth's to do some good,
Mly only hope is God,
-Composed by Elma Clayton.