Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-12
GREAT WELCOME TO PERSKiNG.

America gave Ten. John }. PcrSh-
ing great welcome home. Hon
ored by foreign rulers and govern
.ncrtS, the cOmmandcr-in-chie of
the mighticst army that ever fought
It's way 10 victory under the Stars
and Stripes, returned 10 his own
folk 10 meet Il greater honor than
any foreign potentatc or power
could confer--the thanks of the
worlds greatest democracy to the
man who had planned the decisive
blow in dcmocracy'S supreme fight
against tyranny.
The stern-faced soldier who had
maintained his iron self-control
amid the shambles of the Meuse
and the blood drenched FORESTS of
ArSonnc was not proof against the
tribute of praise and gratitude
which was roared from hundreds
of thousands of throats and hearts
of his fellow citizens.
The welcome given him would
have quickened the pulse Of the
hero Of Il Roman triumph. Fresh
from the capitals Of Allied Europe,
where honorS had been heaped up
OH him, it remained for New York
TO show the first American to lead
an army across the Atlantic that
Home, Sweet Home" has mean
ing deeper than Hail TO the Chief"
AS his car passed slowly through
the cheering multitudeS which
iammed Broadway from the Battery
to the City Hall. PerShins attempt
ed in vain to maintain his COM
poSurc. AT first he replied TO the
cheers with the stiff salute which
military etiquette demands, but he
soon was carried away by the storm
OF applause which swept in great
gusts about him. Rising to his feet
he waved his cap about his head
with Il boyish gesture which told
how deeply he was stirred while
the grim lines of his bronZed face
broke into Il smile which was as
Infectious as il was rare.
Just after The General walked
down the gangplank at lloboken he
received the first reward Il gratc---
| full country has offered him. III
| The name of the nation, Secretary
OF War Newton ID. Baker handed
, him his commission as Il full gen
cral in the American Army, Il rank
held previously by only three men,
| Grant. Sheridan, and Sherman.
Standing behind and completely
hidden by the imposing figure of
the general, was u little boy trying
to look very dignified and soIdierly.
He was Sergeant Warren Perish
ing, the commander-in-chiefs only
surviving child.
On Wednesday Gen. Pershing
rode down Fifth Avenue at the head
Of the First Division of the regu-
lar army, the first TO go and the
last to leave, victors in the first bat
| tie ever fought on European soil by
! American soldiers. He went to
! Washington yesterday where an
other great welcome awaits him.
POLICEMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Walter Samples, chief of police
Of GasSaway, was ordered held
without bail on Sept. 9th by JUS
ticc Eaklc on a charge of first de-
gree murder for the killing of Chas.
! Nj. Bowen, Il merchant, during the
course of baseball game between
Gassaway and Weston at Gassaway
on Labor Day.
! According to the evidence pro-
! duccd at the preliminary hearing
! before the magistrate The trouble
which resulted in Inc death oi Bow
en- began when Il friend Of Bowen S
| hit the catcher of the Weston team
on The head with Il baseball bat. A
! fight between TIE two resulted and
Chicf Samples attempted 10 break
! ii up. 1t was then that Bowen took
Il hand in the fracas and attempted
/ to prevent the arrest of his friend,
it is alleged. Chief Samples hit
Bowen OH the head with his mace
and Bowen rctaliatcd by hitting
! Chief Samples with rock. The
police chief then drew his rcvol-
yer and shot at Bowen four times,
two of the bullets entering his body,
one in the neck and The other just
below the heart.
| Physicians say that Bowen died
instantly after the second shot
struck him. Chicf Samples sur
rendered at once to county authori-
ties. He was committed to Jail
without bail to await trial.
|
ORCHARD LANDS SOLD.
Several thousands of acres of
orchard lands have been sold in
Berkeley county, this State, since
Jan. 18th, according to information
received at the State Department
Of Agriculture. These lands have
sold for total Of S1,l75,000. The