The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-11-09

New OiK.-NO NuNi ittS pcCll tllS tN
cent and 50 rapid the progress Of TIL
1Juropean war that Il public which see
9n the papers the news of create
shinrs than the world has seen II
centuries has little attention for tn,
,uinor Incidents Behind the gren
.,ampaignS and the national movement,
and sentiments which make up the
onlk Of the war news there is IL whole
wilderness of dramatic and picturesque
and mysterious happenings. which pass
.oy unremnrkcd in the rush of largrr
t.hingS simply because the mind can
:s,ot follow them all.
Yet there is much reason to think
that the literature and the legends OF
She war will II hundred years from now
cluster for the most part around Incl
denis Of which little has been heard
as get and that little forgotten. Many
thny> which have been passed over
ny "uv"rnmcntS and press and people
rSth iii" l,ureSt notice, because more
0nrncdiatc things We're occupying the
attention. will be- taken up later Ivy stu
dents and found IN possess all the
qualities that make for stories and
dramas ana legends ANA it is to he
,ieAr"h tia, hy the time students yrt
S10wn To the uinutiar of the war
EcgrndS will have all but crnwlrI out
She truth on everything except the ma.
Ior events. and Il good many of those.
Besides these incidents. there are
other matters the entire truth about
which is known Ia one or more chan.
ccllorieS or war ministries, but has 50
Oar been kept Sccrr, by the censorship.
for fear Of exciting popular turn, il.
And there is still n third class nf in.
rjd"ntS that have never been adequate
9y explained truth about which i
perhaps known Ia no one and for
which perhaps no explanation ever
will come to light.
First AeropIane Raid.
In 'hS latter class is what WAS re-.
shrdcd rs The first arrnpanr raid Of
the war. ON August =. 1914 the day
after G"rnanyS declaration of War IN
SuSSin, tut before war had hrri, ,lr-
@larr'i ar hoStiliticS commenced hr-
fM"rn Germany and France the news
came from Berlin that "A French aero.
plhnr had dropped bombs on Nuru.
ncrg. N"w, arrial warfare wnS S,ill
IL novelty at ,hn, time the l,ulo.
Turkish war and the Balkan conflicts
mad seen the bnrrSl beginning Of bomb
cropping and nlr-Scouting, and IN,
news Of This raid on Il Bnvurian city
aroused considerable interest. Eul
th"r" was So much news from every
"h"r" in those iirSi days tlnt il got
only few lines. with no detailed rN-
pianAtiun except that the machine had
appeared. dropped bombs. which did no
damage. and had been driven Oft by
artillery, The next day came drclara-
fionS "t war righ, and left. The invu-
sion "i belgium, fighting before Licg.;
ana til" air attack ON Nurnhrrg VAS
n" longer II matter Of interest
The recollection OF ii persisted in
Germany. 1t became part Of the his
tory OF The first week Of the war; 81
there was some surprise when Cor
man Senlofhclal sources. in II passing
reference to the incident months later
called it Il Russian urroplnur. l,>i
IDENTIFY the Germans themselves diunl
know where the mysterious tiirr cam,
from. Now. the point Of ail this lie,
III the location Of Nurmhcrg in north
crn Bavaria. some 2uO mites from tn,
nearest point Of the French frontier
md nearly twice as far from the hor
der Of Russian Poland. Flights u
greater length than this have brrl
made during the war; To attack
Nnrnhrrs from either Nrrtlun ol
Warsaw WAS not II physical impoSsi
niI,y. But why Nurnbrrg? 1t wns
chr only city attacked; the next day
Il iHrrnch lirr was shot down near tn,
G"rnan,D Dutch frontier. west of Co
!o.nr but there were no more raids
INFO Germany for more than II year
Anh \urhcrg this city far in the in
t"rI",, is known principally for tn,
n"nu'icS OF its medieval streets. II
- n" military center of Importance
or W"S mol before the war.
H"tW"'n Nnrnbcrg and the Frchcl
Froniirr, 81 Nurnhrrg and the Russian
FRONTIER, Ii" railroad crntrrS. nohili
Ih'i"i dcl"lS, munitiOn nrSrnnlS. base
inrir"SS"S innunr"nblr; why should !:
S'h%i" a"ropl;nr pass all these hy nn(
aN to the very center of Germany I,
'irop bombs on monuments Of art
sN"n III" Germans had not begun to de
sIr"y historic monuments i'm those days
;" strange did the incident uppca,
fhAt British and French authorities
NAY" been inclined to accuse The Ger.
mans of deliberately invcnting tn,
Wholc thing to arouse feeling aguinS,
%rancr. But apparently many per
""nS saw bombs dropped. and the Cor
aS this to build up II fictitious story
SO the worlds first ncroplnne raid /.
still mystery. and perhaps 1t vii