The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 07, 1918, Image 4
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The Sumter Watchman was found
In 1850 and the True Southron m
1866. The Watchman and Southron I
now has the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers, j
and is manifestly the best advertising j
medium in Sumter.
Washington, Aug. 3.?Local thun
derstorms, with local day rains in
Florida, is the forecast for the com
ing week in the southeastern States.
Battle Ground of Centuries.
j -
When, in the summer of 1914, the
German generals and statesmen as
sured their imperial master that the
French were a thoroughly decadent
people, they ignored the fact that
a nation which had fought in most of
th great wars of the world for twenty
centuries could not lose all its martial
virtues in fifty years. The decay of
Rome was a much longer process, and
Rome's four or five centuries of
hardening by strife were a compara
tively short period beside the two
thousand years throughout which
northeastern France has been the
cockpit of Europe
When one glances over the record I
of those centuries, it is not difficult to
realize why the French peasant is:
perhaps, the most wonderful soldier
in the world. Descendant of the
Gaul, he springs from a soil that has
been bathed in' blood oftener and
longer than any other region that has
a history. To the American soldier
who knows his European history,
there must be a succession of great
emotions in fighting on battlefields
which had known a score of great
wars before the discovery of America.
Northeastern France first came
prominently into history when Julius
Caesar entered it as governor of Gaul
in 58 B. C. In 57, he received the sub
mission of the Remi, the people of
Rheims, and a great host was sent
against him by the Suessoines (Sois
sons), Arras, Amiens, and other places
on the present battle line. He beat
the formidable Belgae on the Aisnc,
near Berry-au-Bac, and later took
' Soissons.
Thenceforward this territory was
to be the world's greatest battle
ground. Of the eleven decisive . bat-.
ties of the world fought during the
Christian era, five were fought here.
The nrst was the battle of Chalons
sur-Marne, in 451, where the Visi
goths,' under Theodoric, and the Ro
mans, under Aetius, defeated Attila
and his Etinr, thereby saving Europe
to" Christianity^" If" was, incidentally,
the last victory of imperial Rome.
Three centuries later, ai Tours,
southwest of Paris, Charles Martel,
Duke of the Austrasian Franks, de
feated the Saracens under Abder
rahman Ibn Abdiillah, in 732, again j
preserving Christian civilization.
The next of "those signal deliver
ances which have affected for cen- j
turies the happiness of mankind," as
the historian Allison calls them, was
the raising of the siege of ? Orleans
by Joan of Arc in 14 29. Orleans is
between Tours and Paris. By this
feat, says Creasy, the Maid of Or
leans "rescued her country from be
coming a second Ireland under the
yoke of the triumphant English." It
is interesting to recall that later Joan
aided in the capture of Laon, Sois
sons, Compiegpe and Beauvais, and
was captured at Compiegne and im
prisoned at Arras.
In 1792 there occurred, very near
the present battlefield, the Cannon
ade of Valmy, in which the raw Car
magnole levies and shattered regu
lars of France saved the French Re
public and began the series of victor
ies which was stopped only in that
other great, decisive battle. Waterloo,
fought in June. 1815, near the city of
Brussels. Valmy is on the present
fighting line, between Rheims and the
Argonne Forest.
Is it not strange that two other de
cisive contests?the two that will per
haps be looked back upori as the
great military crises of this greatest
of all wars?should have been fought
in the identical region? They are the
first and second Marne. In 1914 and
again in 1918, the Hun has been
hurled back in defeat at almost the
very spot where his forerunner.
Attila, was stopped in 451.?Charles
ton Post.
Y. ML C. A. Men Respond to Call. {
Although the demand for men to
serve overseas under the Red Triangle;
has in no measure been met and j
while many more, especially those en- j
dowed with the gift of leadership, are
needed, Dr. W. W. Alexander, direc
tor of the Southeastern Department j
War Personnel Board, reports that 86 j
men from the seven States within j
that department, have enlisted in the'
army and navy Y. M. C. A. from July!
22nd to 27th .inclusive.
Of this number. 5 1 have been ap-j
proved for service overseas and oth-;
ers recommended for home trainingj
camp war work. Those who go;
across will be trained at Columbiai
University. New York City, and the;
others take in the three-week inte-i-l
sive training school at Blue Ridge, j
N. C. They are from all walks of i
life, ranging from university heads to!
auto mechanics.
This is a comparative list of enlist
ments in the Y. M. C. A. ranks from
States in the Southeast during the
one-week period ending July liTth:
Tennessee. 22; Georgia und Alabama,
each 19; North Carolina. 13; Florid: .
6; South Carolina. .Mississippi. 2:
miscellaneous. '1.
Mr. J. H. DesChampS was in th'
city today.
SVMTERS FIRST SACRIFICE.
I Lieut. Roben O. Purely, Jr., Killed in
i Action July 21st aud Lieut. Ervin
j D. Shaw Missing Since July 9th.
For days, ever since the great bat
tle on the Marne began, Sumter has
! been tense with dread and anxiety,
j fearing that the next report of cas
ualties would contain the names of
some of the Sumter boys who are
fighting with Pershing's men to drive
I the Huns out of France and turn
j back the wave of barbarism that for
I four years has been dashing against
the ramparts of civilization. Late
1 Friday afternoon the dreaded news
came in a message to Judge R. O.
Purdy, from the War Department, |
saying that Lieut. Robert O. Purdy.
^Jr., had been killed in action on July,
21st. The mesage gave no particu-;
lars, merely the fact that one of our!
boys had died at the post of duty"!
where the Americans and the French
were driving the Huns back from thei
Marne. The news spread rapidly
over the town and every home be-1
came a house of mourning and Judge j
Purdy's personal sorrow was shared j
by one and all.
Within an hour another message
came that added to the sorrow that
was already weighing down the hearts
of all Sumter people. Mr. D. C.
Shaw received an official message
stating that Lieut. Ervin D. Shaw, of|
the aviation corps, had been missing
since July 9th. He was in active ser
vice on the battle front, being at
tached to the British Royal Flying
Corps. It is not known whether he
was killed in an air fight Or was shot
down behind the German lines and j
captured and it may be weeks before j
his fate is definitely ascertained.
Lieut. Purdy. was twenty-seven!
years old, the eldest son of Judge R. j
O. Purdy and was born and reared
in this city, attended the city schoois I
and afterwards 'the University of}
South Carolina, completing his law \
course there with tne class of 1914.!
From his graduation until last spring
he was associated with his father in
the practice of law in this city, at
which time he entered the first offi
cers' training camp at Fort Ogle
thorpe. He was commissioned sec- ?
ond lieutenant of infantry and vol
unteered for immediate service in
France, and after a short stay at home
sailed for France early in September.
He went into active service with the
first American forces sent to the bat
tle front and spent the winter in the
trenches. . In the spring he was gassed
and was in a hospital for weeks and
later was assigned to duty in the
rear, a few weeks ago was re-as
signed to active service with his old
command, at his own request. One
of the last letters received from him :
brought the news that he would re- J
turn to the firing line the next day.
Robert Purdy volunteered for service
not because he loved a fight or be
cause he was of an adventurous dis
position eager for the excitement to
be found in the army on the field of
battle, but because he felt that he was
called to perform a duty by his coun
try. He gave himself cheerfully with
the full realization that he might
probably would, have to make the su
preme sacrifice. He died at the front
near the flashing of the guns with
other young Americans animated by j
a like spirit of patriotism.
Lieut. Ervin D. Shaw, was twenty- j
three years old. the eldest son of'Mr.
D. C. Shaw. He was a graduate of j
the Sumter High School and after
wards attended Davidson College and
Georgia Tech. He was the first Sum
ter man to volunteer and qualify for
the aviation service. He was sent to
Columbus. Ohio, for training and af
ter completing the course there was
one of five selected to be sent abroad
tor special training in the aviation
school of the Allies. He first went tc
Italy, but was later transferred to
England and completed his training
at Oxford and in Scotland. In the
?arly spring he was sent to the front,
attached to the British Royal Flyinpr;
Corps, and for several months has j
bee^ in actitve sen-ice in France. He
was the first of his class of more
than one hundred who entered train
ing at the same time to go into active
service. During the battles of the
past two months he has been in ac
tive service, and the last letter receiv
ed from him, which was written or |
July Sth. the day before he was re-J
ported missing, stated that he was or
duty day and night and felt almost}
completely worn out. He also said [
that he had been in a number of airl
fights with the German airmen and j
that on two occasions his machine j
had been so badly shot to pieces thai j
he was forced to descend, but that
each time he was able to make p.
landing behind the British lines. Un
til definite advices are received that
he is dead the friends of Ervin Shaw
will still hope that he is living, fo.i j
it is almost impossible to think of him
as sleeping quietly the last sleep, some-1
where in France. It is the hope oi"|
all that his luck still held good and;
that, after battling in the air with th"
Hans that he made a landing behind!
the lines and is safe although a pris- j
oner in the hands of the enemy.
A Plea for "Camp Alice."
The buildings at "Camp Alice" arc
practically complete, and as soon as
the necessary furnishings have been
installed, will be ready for occupants
Many things are needed to till in the
long list of equipment already pur
chased, and to those who are in
terested in this splendid institution,
the following list is submitted, with
the hope that some of them will feel
Jikdonating some of the articles,
which will aid materially in the com
fort and happiness of the patients.
Xina M. Solomons,
Chairman Committee.
Double bed. spring and matress for
servants* room, fireless cooker, invalid
[chair, books, magazines. Vietrola.
j croquet set. plants suitable for pres
ident getting, flower or vegetable seeds.
Harby Avenue W. S. S.
The July report of the Harby Ave
nue IV. S. S. shows pure*liases of War
Savings stamps amounting to
032.50.
Mrs. Marj Fitzpatriek. President.
Mrs. E. P. Pitts. Secretary:
WE HAVE IN THIS LOT SOME NICE DRIVING AND WORK
HORSES, LIGHT AND HEAVY FARM MULES. THEY ARE
SOMETHING NICE. COME AND SEE THEM BEFORE THEY
ARE PICKED OVER.
We have several cars of OXFORD BUGGIES, those good kind that
last a long time; also WHITE HICKORY, CHASE and R?SSELL
WAGONS, j;hey are going fast and are hard to get. Come early and
get what you want, later on you won't be able to do this.
/
CS MEMOR^M
Lieut. Robert O. Purdy, Jr.
The Bar of Sumter met this morn
ing in the Clerk's office in memory of
Lieut. Robert O. Purdy, Jr.
Mi\ Mark Reynolds was called up
on to preside and addressed the meet
ing as follows:
Brethren of the Bar:
I have to announce to you, that
which, alas you already know, the
painful intelligence of the death o;'
Lieut, Robert O. Purdy, Jr., on the
21st of July last on the battlefield oi
France; a soldier of the nation, an
honored and loved member of our as
sociation, a shining example of mor
al worth and exalted patriotism in,
this community. I knew hint from j
early boyhood and never met in the j
v.'alKs of life a more lovable young!
man. Graduated only recently from
the University of South Carolina, he
entered upon the practice of his pro
fession under most favorable auspices
being admitted as a partner in his J
father's firm. His future was brighi
and alluring, in this his home town, j
where he had troops of friends.
. When the call came he relinquish
ed his prospects here, and gave his
all, his time, his health, and life itseit
in a willing sacrilice for a cause that;
i
has moved the nation's soul. He was!
among the first to cross the seas andj
tight, that the men and women of thi-i
generation and those that are to fol
low might live their lives in peace
and security on this earth. He fought
with the army of freedom against sol
diers whose equipment and training
are unexcelled in the history of the
world. Wiiile we mourn the loss oi j
ibis splendid young life, we can con
sole ourselves that he fell as a sol
dier "in the midst of battle, in the
roar of conflict." the first from Sum
ter county on a battlefield the most
renowned in history, and he sl*eps
beneath its soil in the land he has giv-j
en his life to make free.
I have spoken spontaneously, but 1 i
j could not refrain on this sad ccca- i
ision from expressing the sentiments!
which till my heart. The chair isj
ready to receive any motion that you!
i feel should be made. i
j Al ter many remarks on the par; j
of its members expressing the sor
! row of the Bar, the following tributej
j in th' form of resolutions were sub
mitted and unanimously adopted:
He it Resolved, By the Bar o;
Sumter county, in recognition of th
[supreme sacrifice of its member. Lie?t.
Robert o. Purdy. Jr.. made in behalt
of his country and <?!' the lib."ay .>?'
the world, while he was yei m but the
heyday of life and upon ths threshold
of success in the high profesion of
law:
That the Bar 1ms received the news
of Iiis death with profound sorrow
and regret, and desires to record the
high esteem in which Lieut. Purdy
was In Id by his brethren of the Bar.
ami the deep sensibility of loss tha;
lie* bar and the community have sus
tained in bis dealh.
Tii.it v. bile we feel deeply his r --
moval from our midst, we are con
soled by tb<- fact that be fell in the
-f
I
j fauch a manner as his country had a
i right to expect, and as becomes a sol
I dier.
I That we extend to the family of
i our deceased brother and friends our
I deepest sympathy.
i That these resolutions be present
ed and their adoption moved in open
j court at its next session in Sumter
j county, and that a page in the min
utes of our association be inscribed to
! the memory of cur deceased brother,
j Mark Reynolds,
John H. Chiton,
R. U. Epps,
Hugh C. Haynsworth,
Benjamin D. Hodges.
Sumter, C Aug. ::. 1918.
Women Chemists Needed by The Gov
ernment. ?
Women chemists are needed by the
government and also to stabilize the
industries by replacing men chemists
who have bee:! culled into service, ac
cording to Capt. Frederick E. Brci
thut, of the chemical-service section
of the National Army. This call is
so urgent that he has asked the Wo
man's Committee of the Council of
National Defense to cooperate with
the Army .Medical Department in
making a census of all of the avail
able women chemists in the country.
This means that women will soon be
doing their share in the experimental
work related to the manufacture of
that new phase of modern warfare?
the gas bomb.
"We want real chemists." says
Capt. Breithut. "not soda dispensers
or drug clerks." Two types of women |
are eligible, chemical workers with j
some experience who, though not!
graduates of technical schools, have
acted as laboratory assistants: also|
graduate chemists with four years or
more of training in technical schools
or colleges.
"Today's chemical man-power bal- j
ance sheet shows a need for 1.600
men chemists," he says: "and there
fore we want to list an equal num
ber of trained women. In many in-j
stances it has been necessary to fur
Slough a man from our service back]
-nto civilian. life, because the position j
tic held was necessary either to the!
public service or to an important in-1
dustry. We want capable patriotic'
women to recommend for these va
r j
cancies so that by taking the men we
I need not cripple a manufacturer's!
business, and need not cripple our'
j own organization by giving then: these)
I furloughs."
j Capt. Breithut makes this appeal'
; to the entire country, and asks that j
j the nation.-il organization of college'
j womor, and th?^ club federations co-.
i operate with him in registering wo
j men for this emergency. Informa-j
lion and applications can be mailed!
Lib him at the Surgeon General's j
Building. Seventh and B Streets NW.. j
j Washington. D. C.
Firs! open Cotton Boll.
.Mr-, w. X Stafford of the Jordan j
neighborhood who brought in tie';
Ural cotton 1.t1 of the season, is]
first again with the first open boil.
?.vhi'-b he b.roUghl to The ftem othe'-j
WASHINGTON" MILL LOC ATED.
Landmark of Washington Family in
England of Interest to Americans.
Northampton, England. July 25
(Correspondence of The Associated
Press)?American patricip?tion in the
war has greatly stimulated interest in
the historic landmarks near North
ampton, which are associated with
the English Washingtons, the ances
tors of George Washington.? On both
Memorial Day and.the Fourth of July.
Anglo-American pilgrims to these
places were informed that a new
Washington landmark had been dis
covered within the previous few
weeks?the site of a windmill which
the Washington family operated as a
business venture for several years
during the sixteenth century.
"It is well known," said Earl Spen
cer, chairman of the Anglo-American
Peace Centenary Committee, "that
the Washingtons were millers at one
time, but the site of the mill had com
pletely disappeared and no one knew
where it was located. Recently, how
ever, the site has been discovered?
a small depression on the road lead -
ing from Drington to Flore, whe;-"
excavations are expected to reveal the1
foundations of the old Washington
windmill. The site 'has been marked
and will be cared fen- henceforth."
The celebration of the Fourth of
July in the Washington district was
centered at Althorp House.- where th'1
great-great grandfather of George
Washington was a frequent visitor.
Althorp House is the official residence
of Earl Spencer, who owns more than
forty square miles of the surround
ing country, including many of the
important Washington landmarks. His
house is a museum of Washington
relics, including a huge Washington
money chest of oak and iron, and the
Washington sun-dial bearing the
coat-of-arms from which the Stars
and Stripes were derived.
The Independence Day celebration
at Aithorp House included the pro
due ion o!" a moving-picture film o;
scenes from the Washington land
marks, with addresses by American
and English speakers! Earl Spencer
spoke of the presentation of the old .
Washington home. Sulgrave Manor,
to the nation as an international me- !
morial.
Washington. Aim-. 2.?Reports from
Argentina declare that government
receipts for the fiscal year ending last
July were a disappointment. They j
show a deficit, as the receipts were
expected total 393.0??0.000 pesos
ami the actual receipts were 252.000;-!
000 pesos.
Tim Argentine PCSO is equal to j
about fifty cents American gold.
Amsterdam. July 2.".?The Geneva !
Sent in eile reports that former King
Constantfne of Greece, his court at j
Zurich! his servants and Iiis mother
and her suite are living entirely free!
from the restraint of ration cards
The king's servants consume more in;
one day. according to the paper, than
is at tin- disposal of twenty citizens]
tu ring a month.. Fresh white bread!
is always abundant a? the royal villa ?
CHAOS IX THE UKKAiXE.
Slaying of Von Eichom Xo Surprise '
?May Be More Serum.). J
Stockhohn, Aug. 2.?Conditions in
the Ukraine before the assassination
of Fieid Marshai von Eichora, were
such as might have been expected to
lead up to some such outbreak of vio- ^
ience, judging from the description
given of them by Zeta Ilocgelund,
leader of the Swedish Socialist left in '.
an interview in the Politiken of Cop
enhagen.
Hoegelund, who gave the interview
before the Eichhorn assassination,
had just returned from a long visit>
to Rus.-iu. and his account is largely
a report of conversations which he
had with Russians from the Ukraine.
They declared, he says, that the
Germans th< re were ""living in a little
Hades," that guerrilla warfare was
constantly in progress, conflict occur
ring daily in which many persons
were, killed, while occasional battle j
took place, lasting several days.
The peasants in one section of the
Ukraine have an army estimated tu
numb' r 25,000. Hoegelund reports.
These men he describes as-tilled with
hatred for the Hermans and awaiting
an auspicious moment to beginWostil- \
ities. The peasants at other places '
pursue the ' policy of burning their
grain and destroying their cattle, and
acting similarly with regard to oth
ers, rather than have them fall into
the hands of the Germans.
The Austrian troops in the country
are declarred to be at daggers' point
with the Germans and have sup- ?
plied the peasants with arms, includ
ing artillery.
Hoegelund's informant coni
the disturbance that had occurred
be only a foretaste ol what might be
expected at harvest time, when the ?
peasants, it was predicted, would do
everything possible to prevent the
Germans from taking their crops.
recrno
Hod Cross Notes.
The following appeal was written
by Mrs. C. A. Lawson, vice chairman
of t!;t- Colored Auxiliary and should
make i: each member of the auxiliary
resolve to do what she asks:
"We were very sorry the weather
was so inclement that we could; not
carry out our program for the bene
fit of the Colored Auxiliary. Our
mayor was on hand, which was ap
preciated very much. We have $3.0<>
to report.
We are asking every patritic wo
rn;: n to put a.s much enthusiasm in
this work :-.s she can. for if there was
ever a time we needed to work it is
now: We should like at least fifty
ladies to make one garment a week
"or the Red Cross. With a little sac
?ifiee much can be done, i know we
nave to do our own work, but we
surely can spare a little time once a
veek. Prof. Lawson lias kindly loan
d us the sewing room of the Liti
?oln building where we can sew every
tfternoon. We are asking every com
nunity president to keep her mem
bers supplied with work.
Mrs. C. A. Lawson.
Vice Chairman Auxiliary.
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