The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-01-26
says Expedition Was Not Useless
Motor lGn1sr's Enost b Not Yet
EadsA- -ossnaa Eaaeiency Al shown
In Enasisaasisn OF Nsatrals Gross.
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Columbia. Jan. s4.--Andrew J. Be.
thea. lieutenant governor. returned
to Columbia yesterday from the Ford
peacs crusade to Europe. Mr.. Be-
thea was sick much Of the time tiurins
the outbound journey. losing "many
meals" he said, and he characterized
the return voyage as "a terrible night.
mare" The New York OF. the Amer.
ican line. on which, he returned; en-
countered terrific storm In midoc ocean,
when. for the lack Of Windshield,
practically all lifeboats were whipped
from their chccks ana lost. One
'inember OF the crew was dumped into
the sea, hut in precaution he had
ltsthersd himself to the ran with a
life rope ana was rescued,
In that he was bad sailor and
was informed much in his state room,
Mr.. Bethea did not form the ac-
ouaintance of the two ieft.han ded
squirrels which were donated to the
expedition the day It cranksd up In
New York. The squirrels died from
ssasickness. Neither ala Mr.. Bethea
receive onO Of the white cotton doves,
bearing linen olive branches. which
were distributed on the ark az sou-
venirs the first day out. There were
Ito members OF the party. One died
10 ChristiAnia. Norway. A marriage
was contracted BY Two paeiists before
the ark hoatsd out, Mo- births were
recorded.
Ar. Bsthea has no illusions an to
German imperialism. He emphasized
|tAsta there are s>sikiae .contrasts |os-
tween German and English methods
M spnminins; fpssasner& The isster
|eoantty. he said, depended much
npsn quissing, In Germany few aues-
ttons Are ashsds but q rigid inspectlon
= made OF every piece Of baggage
|ana its contents and occasionally
chsmical analyses are. made Of Hounds.
|EhA kaiser'ls syutem knpwa mo com
promise. he added. ''Take on your
|ovarcoat' uas the first command
|s4Sa. Your undercoat!" followed in
quick succession. How much fur
thesf" Mr.. Bethea said he queried.
IN the skin!" came the brutal re-
spensss when the iisutsnant gov
srpcr ha6 -coms to himself" % to
say. such drastic commands as Let's
SEQ the bottom OF your feet" Lick
Tout your tongue "wriggie your
ears" were given him courteously bat
psasaissay. icaN, peace. advocate .bs-
lisvss that German efficiency would
be q good thing In American.
A to the status Of the war Mr..
Bethea said: Each belligerent IL pre-
pairing fora = tetrftc spring drive. NO
one can tell what the result Will be-"
He passed through much Of the war
sone and near Flushing could hear
the cannonading from the trenches.
Ford's' work. he said. 10 to be carried
on. though definite plans asyto procs-
dura have NOT been made. The party
LOFT New Yesie Deeember 4. arriving
Ia christiania Decembsr 10. - NJ.
RsAlaap lstt tlss party In copsaAAes,,
and sailed from Liverpool January ~.
arriving In New York last Saturday
morning. In commenting on his ex.
perience. Mr. Bethea said. now and
then caressing the somewhat tenta.
tive moustache he had acQuireds '-.i-i-
From the day left New York
until my return yesterday. my trip
was q continuous round Of trying hut
thrilling experiences. 1t seems almost
like q miracle that I am left to tell
the story.
II found the bittae cold In the
Scandinavian countries too much Tor
me and In swedsH I nearly succumbsd
to Its. rigoS In Stockholm I was
ssrioOsly sick for seevrAl days. causr
Ing me to miss an earlier boat home
a terrible sterm at sea still further
ldeYAyed my arrfvai. ~..,i .p'.'.. -
The trip over was without par.
ticuiar incident. except for the two
days and NIGHTS In tine harbor AZ KIRK.
waab. when ,Ses were psisoRsss OF q
British man-of-war. 1t In not an easy
feeling to have torpedo boats lurking
around and pointing their guns u,
lyou. but that A the penaltv all have