The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, February 17, 1927, Image 7

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• j ituy lAISS. Up 1 *5 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17. ■fm: the BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA MO* I 77F Capt JOHN W. THOMASON, Jr. (© by th» Boll Syndicate. Inc.) ™ - SYNOPSIS I.—Tha author describe* ■•w the First battalion of the Fifth marines are quartered near Marigny during the flret part oif June, 1911, when they are suddenly sent up north (to relieve the First division, bearing the brunt of a tidal wave of Germans Jttst breaking through for a great/of- - Onifve. Part of the Fifth wrest Hill 14* from the enemy and wait there for the German counter offensive they «»n see forming. While they Mle pep pering the Boche a detachment of Second engineers comes to their as- •letance. CHAPTER IT.—A terrific German at tack soon develops, wreaking fearful havoc among the marines, but not dis lodging them. In the Immediate vicin ity other Seres encounters are reduo- lag the American troops and forcing the necessity of replacements which arrive presently. On .the slsth of Jane the Fifth rune Into bitter fight- tag in the vicinity of Champllloo . . for boors they try to oust the Hoehe from his stronghold In the woods >4 succeed eommeadably, hut at lent cost CHAPTER III The Bolg <U Ballaau; Coming •* Out. They.tried new taction to get the bayonets Into the Bola de Bellesu. Platoons—very lean platoons now- formed in small combat groups, de ployed In the wheat, and set oat to ward the gloomy wood. Fifty batter ies were working on It, all the Held pieces of the Second division, and what the French would lend. The shells ripped overhead, and the wood was fall of leaping flame, and the smoke of EL B. and shrapneL The Are from Its edge die<4 down. It was late In the afternoon; the son was low enough to shine under the edge of your helmet The men went for ward at a walk, their shoulders hunched oyer, their bodies Inclined, their eyes on the edge of the wood, where shrapnel was raising a bell of a dust Soma of them had been this way before; tbelr faces were set bleakly. Others were replacements, n month or so from Quantlco; they were terribly anxious to do the right thlug. and they watched aealotfily the sergeants and the corporals and the lieutenants who led the way with canea. one such group, over to the left, followed a big young officer, a re placement too. but a man who had spent a week in Boureachea and was to be conalda^ed a veteran, aa such things went In those days, when eo many ebapa were not with the bri gade very long.He had not liked Boureasbes. which he entered at night and where he lived obscenely In cellass with the dead, and saw men die in the orange flash pf mlnen- weffer sheila, terribly and without the confolatlon of glory. Here, at last was attack. ... He thought ntly watching his flank to see At It guided—ttue-gu^de center was ie word—of the old men who had brought him up to the tales of Lee'a Army of Northern Virginia, in the war of the Southern confederacy. Great battles, glamorous attacks, full of the color and the high-hearted elan of chivalry. Jactason at Chancellors- vllle; Pickett at Gettysburg—that was a charge for yon—the rel South ern battle-flags, leading like fierce bright-winged birds the locked ranks of fifteen gray brigades, and the screeching “Reber yell, and the field- music, fife and drum, rattling out “The Girl I Left Behind Me”: Oh,* If ever I get through this war, y And the Lincoln boys don't find me, Tm goln’ to go right beck again To the girl I left behind me— Jo music here, no flags, no, bright gwords, no lines of battle charging with a yell. Combat groups of weary men. In drab and dirty uniforms, dressed approximately on a line, spaced “so that one shrapnel-burst cannot Include more than one group," laden like mules with gas-masks, ban doleers, grenades, chaut-chaut clips, trudging forward without haste and without excitement, they moved on an untidy wood where shells were breaking, a wood that did pot answer back, or show an enemy. In its si lence and anonymity It was. far more • sinister tban any flag-crowded ram part,- or stone walls topped with v crashing volleys from honest old black-powder muskets—Re considered these things' and noted that the wood waa very near, and that the German shells were passing high and break- « g In the rear, where the support mpanies were waiting. Hla own ar- llery appeared to have lifted Its range; yon heard the sheila farther In, In the depths of tha wood. Tha air saapped and crackled all around. Tha sergeant, beside the lieutenant stopped, looked at him with a froseo. foolish smlla, crumpled Into a heap of old ctotboa. Something took the kneecap off the buckled under him. He noticed, as h» fell sideways, that, all hla men were tumbling over like dtfck-plna; there was one > fellow that spun around twice, and went-over backward with hit, arms up. Then tbe wheat shut him in, and he ^heard cries and a. moan- IngJ He observed curiously that he waa making some, of the noise him self. How -conld anything hurt sol He sat up to look hfe-kuee—|t was bleeding like the deuce 1—and at be felt for bis first-aid packet, a bullet, ■eared hla shoulder, knocking him on hla back again. For a while he lay quiet and listened to odd, thrash ing noises around him, and off to the left a man began to' call, very piti fully. At once he heard more ma chine-gun fire—be hadn’t seemed to hear It before—and now the bullets were striking tbe ground and ricocheting with peculiar whine In every direction. One ripped Into the dirt by his cheek and filled his eyes and hla month with dust The la mentable crying stopped; most of the crawling, thrashing noises stopped. He himself was hit again and again, up and down his legs, and be lay very still. Where h« lay be could Just see a tree-top—he waa that near the wood. A few leaves clung to It; he tried to calculate, from the light on them, how low the sun waa, and how long It wonld be until dark. Stretcher bearers would be along At dark, surely. He heard voices, so doss that he could distinguish words: - “Caput r “Neln-nlcht alien—* Later, forgetting those voices, ha tried to wriggle backward Into a shell- hole that be remembered passing. Ha was hit again, but somehow he got into a little shell-hole, or got hla body into tt, head first Ha reflected that he had bled ao much that • head- downward position wouldn’t matter, and ha didn’t want to be bit again. Men all dead, ba supposed. He couldn’t hear any of them. Ha seemed to pass out and then to hava dreamy periods of consciousness. In one of these periods he saw the sky over him was dark, ihatalllc blue; It would be nearly night He heard somebody coming on heavy feet and cunningly shot hla ayes to a slit . . . play ing dead. . .. A German officer, a stiff, Immaculate fellow, stood bver him, looking at him. Ha lay very ■till, trying not to breathe. The Boche had out hla pistol, a short- barreled Luger, rested It on hla left forearm, and fired deliberately. He felt the bullet range upward through tha sola of hla foot and something excruciating happened In his ankle. Then one called, and the German passed from his field of vision, re turning hla pistol as be went . . . Later, trying to piece things to gether, he was In an ambulance, being Jolted most Infernally. And later ha asked a nurse by hla bed: “I say, nurse, tell me—did we get tha Bola de Belleau?—"Why, last June!" she said. "It’s time you were coming out of It I This la August” • •••••• The battalion lay In andean holes on the far face of Bolt de Belleau. which was "now United States ma rine corps entirely." The sun was low over Torcy, and all tbe battalion, except certatfr designated Individuals, slept The artillery, Boche and Amer ican, wna engaged In counter-battery work, and the persecuted Infantry enjoyed repose. Ttie senior lieutenant of the Fortyailnth company, bedded down under a big rock wltb his or derly, came up from Infinite depths of slumber with hla pistol out all la one swift motion. Ton awoke like that In the Bols de Belleau. . . . Jennings, company runner, showed two buck-teeth at him and said: Sir, the cap’n wants to see you—* They crawled delicately away from the edge of the wood, td a trail that took you back under cover, and found the captain frying potatoes In bacon grease. “Going out tonight by pla toons. Start as soon as It’s dark, with the Seventeenth. We are next Sixth regiment outfit makln* the re lief—Ninety-sixth company for os. They’ve been . here before, so you needn’t leave anybody to show them the ground. Soon as they get to you, beat it Got a sketch of the map? Have your platoon at Bols Gros-Jean —you know, beyond Brigade, on tha big road—at daylight Battalion baa chow there.—Got it?—Good—" The lleqtenant went happily back to his men. The word bad already gotten around, by the grapevine route, and grinning heads stuck out of every hole. “Well, sergeant, pass the word to get set—goln’ out to night.” "Tea, sir! Ready right now! Is the division bein’ relieved?”—"No, Sixth regiment cornin’ in—” “Well, air, I hope to God they ain’t late. Did you hear, sir, anything about us goln* back to St Dents, and gettln’ liberty in Paris, an’ a month’s rest—” That unaccountable delusion persist ed in the Marine brigade through all of Jane and Into Jnly. It never hap pened. "No, I didn’t bear any such thing. Bnt It’s enough to get out of her*. This place Is like the. wrath of God!" 4 • It was nearly midnight when the relieving troops came in. The lieu tenant’s opposite number reported, chap ba hadn’t seen since Quantlco, back in another lifetime.—“Well, her* we are! Out you go—” "I say, it It yon,, Boh? Hesrd you were killed—" “Oh, not at ell-beard the same thing about yon—pot strange; lot of serious accidents hava happened around here " "Well, good luck—* "gore bon chance, eh?—eo long—" The platoon left the wood and angled down to the Torcy rood. A string of sheila bowled overhead. Ms by the aooad of them, and bra the fogd. The lieutenant halted and watched: “Dam’ unusual, shellin’ pera this tln»« of night—must know it's a relief—" It waa the conviction of~ull that the Boche knew everything, down to the movements of tha lowest cor poral.—"I think well cut s Comer, and take a chance of gettln* through tbe line over yonder—” He led away from tbe road, through tbe trampled wheat to hla right, away from the 'shelling. This was really No Man’s lanfl, for the tine curved from the vtrood. and thrust out again along tha line of another chest, also wooded. .Such Intervals were Watched by day and patrolled by night, and ra tion parties, carrying details, and other wretches who had to traverse them always sweated mightily and anticipated exciting Incidents. It was full of smells and mysterious horrors In the starlight, that wheat. Once the platoon came upon a pig, feeding unspeakably. . . . The woods ahead grew plain; the men walked gingerly, straining their eyes at jdie shadows. . . . "Eighth machine- gun in there—take It easy, you— risky business, this—wish to God I’d—" The platoon stopped, frozen, at they heard the charging handle of a Hotchkiss snick back. A small, sharp voice barked: “Halt—who’ there?”—“Platoon of the • Forty- ninth—can we get through here?" "My God, I dam’ near gave you a dip I What the hell, cornin’ up here—don’t ’ you know you ain’t supposed to com* bustin’ around a machine-gun posi tion you—” "All right—«U right I— •hellin’ tbe road down there”—and the platoon scuttled past the Hotch kiss gun, while its crew reviled them. Machine-gunners are a touchy lot, prone to shoot first and Inquire afterward; the platoon gave thinks for a man who didn’t scare. They turned left now and finally reached La Vole do Chatelle,* where Regimental waa, and there the old Boche always shelled. It was a little farm, pretty well knocked to pieces i now, bat Regimental waa reported to prefer (t to a change; they had the ' Bocbe’s system down so that they I could count on him. His shelling al- ; ways feu into method when he had long enough, and tbe superior man conld, by watching him a few days, avoid unpleasantness. La Vole da Chatelle, as the world knew, received his attention from 11:45 to 12:10 eve^y night Then be laid off until 8, when his day-shift came on. Too could set your watch by It The pis- . toon went cheerfully peat I A full kilometer farther they hiked, at s furious pace. Then the UeuteD- ■ sot considered that they might catch , ■ rest; they had come a long way and were in a safe spot Ten minutes’ rest out of every hour was the rule when possible. He passed the word: "Fall out to the right of the road,” and aat down himself, a little way off, feeling for his chewing tobacco. Too didn’t smoke on the front at night —lights were not safe. And chewin’- was next best. Then he observed that the platoon was not falling out. They stood in groups on the road, and an angry mutter reached talm. “What th’ell?—Goln’ out, an* then he wants '< to rest I" “Teh, *fall out on the right* | of the road,’ he says, tbe fool—” Tbe lieutenant knew his men. as yoh know men you live In bell with. He got up, chuckling.—"Well. If that’s the way you feel about it—come on, you blrda 1" and he aet them a killing step, at which no man complained. The dawn was coming when ttfey rendezvoused with the battalion to Bola Gros-Jean—beans for breakfast, and hot coffee, tins of Jam I That afternoon they had off their clothes for tbe first time In three weeks or so, and swan In the Marne at a place called Croutte. And at formation they heard this order published: VI Armee - :rrn— - Rtat-Major 6830/2 An G2a le 30 Juin. 1918. In view of the brilliant conduct of the Fourth brigade of the Second United States division. wMck Is s. spirited fight took Boa retches and tbs Important strong point of Bols de Bel leau. stubbornly defended by a la enemy force, the general commanding ^ tbe Vlth army orders that, hence forth, In .all official papers, the BolZ de Bellesn shall be named “Bols de la Brigade de Marine." # The General of Division Degootte Commanding Vlth Army. J (Signed) DEGOUTTE 1 “Teh," said the battalion. “Now. about this liberty In Paris—* But they didn’t go to Paris. They took a road that > led through Solssons, and SL Mihlel. and Blanc Mont and th« Argonne-Meuze, to Nieuwled, on the J&r side of the Rhine, . - • '•_* V o * • • • We'fdn now consider some marines singing one of the marine songs: “Bang Away, |Lulu”. There is also a very noble song: the Marine Corps hymn. It Is taught, along with dose order drill and things like that, to recruits at Parris Island and on the West coast. It be gins: “From the halls of Montezuma 1 To the shores of Tripoli, We have fought our country’s battles On the land and on the aea. ..." and It doses, gloriously: “If the army and the navy Ever look on heaven’s scenes, They will find the streets are guarded By United States marines. . . .* This platoon, however, led by s brazen-throated gunnery sergeant. Is roaring out: "Bang Away. Lulu. . . .• (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.) Cmpernaum. Holy Ciiy to Early Chrittiana Naturally, Capernaum was a place desr to the early Christians, who loved to plant their feet where Jesus had once trod. A church waa built there which was enlarged as years went on. When Hadrian permitted Jews to re-enter the Holy land (about 137 A. D.) Capernaum waa one of the dtles granted to them, though ita name waa changed fropi Kefra ns- Hum to Tell Hum, the Hill of Hum. Hadrian la said to have given some assistance to the rebuilding ot parts of tbe city destroyed by the invading Romans. By the year 600 A. D. the church had been enlarged ln(p a ba silica. and was said to cover the rite of the house where Peter enjoyed the felicities of family life. But the city never recovered from the destruction that Moslemlsm brought up oo the once fertile plain of Gennemrefh, a atrip of land on the northwestern ride of the sea of Galilee (really s fresh water lake) five miles wide by six miles long, on or about which were when Jesus lived on earth thriving cities, Chorazln. Beyiqaldn, Tiberias and Capernaum. To this day Moslems hold the aea and tbe district to be accursed, and R re mains, as does the cUy where once Jesus dwelt, a plqce of defolatipn as though literally it t)*d been “brought down to bell." ’ P. Stuckey. Indian Freak Barnum Mart Have Overlooked About the year 1860 Mohammed ’ Baus, a celebrated dwarf, and the cen ter of much Interest/ and for many years later the pet of the districts arqpnd Calcutta, because of what were described as his amiable conduct and pleasing manner. Mohammed waa born at Benares In 1838,' -At birth he gave no Indication that be would be a dwarf. His par ents and his brothers and sisters were all rather above the medium height, and he himself was not considered a small child. But soon It was discov ered that, although his mental quali ties were rather above the average be did not Increase In size as other children did and never in hla life stood piore than 87 Inches in his socks. One of his English friends took him to England, where he was the subject of even greater interest than In India. He had "very easy, unembarrassed manners, was able to dlscouifee In English and was remarkable for his gentlemanly deportment” in mmm Georjna Experiment Station Cooperates With Soars- . v Roebuck Agricultural } Program. 0 \ " ■" ii _ A nother big cotton crop in iwr doubtless will depress the market again as It did in 1926 and cause cot ton growing to be decidedly unprofit able, according to H. P. Stuckey, di rector of the Georgia Experiment Sta tion. This forecast was made by Mr. Stuckey In a lecture for the Radio Short Course over WSB, Atlanta, and which was conducted by the Sears-Roe- bpek Agricultural Foundation In cor_ operation with the Soli Improvement Committee of the National Fertilizer Association. < “As a result of this situation,” said Mr. Stuckey to hla radio-fanner stu- dents, “cotton growers are very properly casting about for other cash crops to sup plement tbelr In comes from cot ton. The south- east Imports large quantities of hay •very year. We cas'grow key kens cheaply from le guminous crops such as soy teens, cowpess, etc. font*era hay. properly cared and haled, will And s ready mar ket hi competition with hay shipped in from other reglosi' Soy boons, velvet beans and cowpess are splendid grain, aa wall aa hay crops, and may ba sold' for aaad purposes, as wall aa used for stock feed. Cowpaaa also are In good demand for human food la practically all southern markets. Those may ba grown at a profit “Tbe demand for peanuts for. con fectioneries and oil production is in creasing annually, and a part of oar cotton lands could bo devoted to this crop at a profit Any surplus of paa- outs sot finding a ready cosh merkot easily could ba coo verted into pork by feeding them to swine. The more fertile soils of the coastal plains are well adapted to sugar cane for tbe pro duction of sirup. This finds a ready ■ole In the south and east Sorghum la valuable both for sirup making sad stock feed. There are two distinct mar kets for sweet potatoes. The Jersey va riety is especially adapted to harvest ing In lets summer end shipped promptly to northern and eastern mar kets There Is room for cooriderable expansion in the growing of early va rieties of sweet potatoes for shipment northward, while tbe moist varieties are more In demand in tbe eoutix These can be cured In storage bouees and sold during the winter aa tbe market demands. "Some of tbe* profitable crops of tbe coastal regiona are spinach, kale and lettuce, to bg shipped north In win ter. Farms located near Industrial plants and manufacturing centers will find It profitable to grow limited areas of turnips, mustard and collards. This year should offer encouragement to the producer, for many Industries are being developed In tbe southeast, and this means a larger consuming public and better markets for agricultural commodities." Says Don’t Depend on a Single Crop «« Prussians From You Bosh ft's Division la the Bala de Bel lean. * ADVERTISE in The Paople-SentinaL Art Copied From Nature Man’s early inclination toward art frequently found expression through examination of various forms ot nutm*. l ? iean ® _* u PP or L and his drinking vessels were fash ioned in Imitation of the halved coco nut or some other hard shell protect ing the kernel’ In India ancient dip- pefe were made -of nutshells, and specimens of antiquity are now on ex hibition at the Indian museum. South Kensington, London. King Henry VI possessed a silver vessel made like a nut in 1428. Chinese carvers still work artistic devices on nutshells. In Tibet Buddhist priests often possess rosaries comprising more tban 100 heads, all made frotn carved nuts. / . ■ A Sticker ' " : (Ffc"'*' —?r»'jr r '"'f -• A novelist was present at a gather- tag . ot artists and during, the evening waq called upon to ^make a speech. ’‘‘Gentlemen," he said, "as this is pk assembly In wblck art. is largely represented, I 'feel It Incumbent upon mt to say a few words on tha subject .af painting. ,< . ^ \ “Speaking persodaUy, m* enly ef forts in that direction wera.-ap ail ^ecssMep when I enamelled oar bath. My frieqda'Sfcd te pm. ‘My dear fel low, It’s no good year going In for pointing unless you're prepared to atlqk to your work,’ and,' the antbor, "I did.” M AKE your plans each year so you will be safe, If It turn* out to be one of tbe worst years,” This was the advice given W C. Lassetter In a talk on “Food and Feed Crops for tbe Southeast” during'the Radio Short Course, conductjed by the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Founda tion over WSB, Atlanta. Mr. Lassetter told his farmer-sto- dents not to embrace cotton as their In view of what happened In 1914, 1920, 1921 and 1926, he said that no man could doubt the wisdom or economy of that farm practice which Insures a constant pre paredness for seasons like the one Just past It Is no wonder, he as serted, that many a farmer feels th<* necessity of putting' Just a little greater proportion' of his land Into cash crops, with the hope of making a little money. One farmer who had been buying most of bis feed told Mr. Lassetter that he was going to'change, but wanted a guide to determine bow much he should grow. Mr. Lassetter’* answer to him was this: “For each mule wor&lug 200 days a year you Will need 50 to 65 bushels of corn or Its equivalent In ost* For each four-gallon cow you will need 2% tons ot legnme hay, 25 bushels of corn, 40 bushels of oats, 700 pounds of cottonseed meal and one to taro acres of posture For each bog you grow to 200 pounds you should baaa 18 bushels of corn or about 14 bushels with pasture. Bach sow and two Iff- tm need 125 bushels of con^ pouada of tankage and 50 pound* pf aborts, and ta flgnriag oat tha aaragfa for the several crops ma sks ft a rain la plant flar a . _ _ ,**• -XT# Tha old adage that "StiSws which way the wind Wears" am better iUustrateA thaw la tha of the late Valentino. Bo had bsaa playing minor paiti with equally mi nor success bat one morning bo ruShad on to the aet wreathed, with smiles. < *Why so happy this momlagT* asked Douglas Conrad, his director. “My dressing-room was broken into last night," exclaimed the beaming Valentino. “Yon are happy because you were robbed r gasped Conrad. "You haven’t gone crazy or anything, have youF “No, no," cried Valentino. “The thief stole eight of my pictures 1 Suc cess Is at hand!" V - -.1—,^ f • MotorutB? Beware! * The suggestion made In New South Wales that a death sign sboafd be erected wherever a motor fatality oc curs is not A new one. In Tyrol, Aus tria, all kinds of accidents and fatali ties are shown la color on hoards. Crudely painted pictures of trag edies through fire, fallen trees, ava lanches, and broken Ice are to be sews throughout the land. On a bridge over a torrent In a remote part of the mountains, a sign shows a child be ing tossed over the parapet by a.cew. Relatives are often shown In tha picture, while pictured angels fre quently wait abdva to receive the souls of the dead. Caret Wrought by Fmtk Faith-healing la a vary oM practise and has worked away cures la narv- ona casts. Many yuarq. ago a retired msebaat In Franca was repatsd fee have had tan thousand carsa to hla credit in tha space of five paaaa, hla stock-in-trade consisting only of sff, lasuffistioos and prayers. A nan, alas la France, dalmad to hoal all diaoassa with only an elixir composed of brandy sad the Juice of bitter herbs to ba takas Internally, and a plaster made wltb pitch for external application. Peasants came to bar treat miles around and woadarfal cures ware re So On, Ad | A family moved from tha dt/ to tha suburbs and ursrs told (bat they ought to gat a watchdog to guard tha press- lew at night Bo they bouffkt tha laxgsat dog that waa tet sal# la tha keaaau of a aaaftp drelar. / % Shortly afterwards (ha hoaaa waa eatsred by burglars, trim mads a good haul while the dog MapL * Tha household* waul to tha dsalar and tbfd him about ftp “Wed, what pun used bow," ha amd, “la a little dog to wake op the Mg og." — Pittsburgh **«Ph. . KODAKERSt Send your films to as for develop ing sad printing. One day service. _ Writs for prices. Lollar’s Studio : • 1428 Mala Street COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA Wa sail Kastman Films Checks may ba drawn tor leas 81. though there Is a federal law stat ing that they are not lawful' Maay Individuals -and even gorerameata, make checks for aa amount tare than 81. but they are not tatended to cir culate. being duly intended to pay the amouht of the check to (be person the check to made payable to. A check la not lawful money-and cannot be pawed asTlawtol check la a personal credit used in place of money. (taw Doctors Treat Colds and (he tta To break up a cold orernight or to cut short an attack of grippe, in fluenza, sore throat or tonsilUtia, phy sicians and druggist* are now resoas mending Calotabs, the purified sad refined calomel compound tablet that gives Ton the effects of calecnot aad- salts combined, without the nwploas- ant effects of either. One or two Calotabs at bed-time with a swallow of water,—-that’s ail No salts, no nausea nor tha slightest interference with your eating,.work or pleasure. Next morning your cold has vanished, your system to thor oughly purified and you aka feeling fine with a hearty appetite for break fast Eat what you please,—no dan ger. Get a family package, containing full directions, only 35 cents. At any drug store. (air), s-t . ADVERTISE Of 666 to a Prescription far Coldfi, Grippe, Flu; Den gue; Bilious Fever and Malaria. - ft Kiffa^dto tafrma SandUsYei