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Sharp County record., 1919-04-11
EXPERIENCES IN AMERICAN ARMY
Continued from local paee)


Monday some seven or eight thou.
sand men were on parade in Col.
.,,mbia. This was the most remark.
able day in the history of the city.
The streets were nicely decorated
and each side of the streets we're
Sthronged with thousands OF people
to welcome home their sons, broth
ers and sweetheart.
4 A word might be said as to the
history of the 3Oth division, which
handed in France last May and
went into training, but before the
ztine expected was transferred to
the second British army corps in
8the Ypres sector in Belgium, where
they did some hard fighting. This
Rdivision in conjunction with the
&27th is given the credit Of breaking
1.-The Hindenburg line on September
29th, which was said to be impreg.
at the time. The division is
Elareely composed of national guard
Kmen of North and South Carolina
and Tennessee, with drafted men
8filline in as requirements. A large
number OF these men had seen SER
Twice on the Mexican border. The
Ndivision received the name "Old
Hickory" after the warrior and
&statesman Andrew Jackson, who is
SO closely identified with the history
n of the states furnishing a greater
n portion of its personel. Each COM
Ibat division has some kind of in
Insignia or way Of Identification. The
Mold Hickory has an %" with the
&letter H" on the inside and the
8three Roman numerals XXX, and
.Ithese are worn on the left shoulder
\ of the blouse. The total number of
\ prisoners captured by this division
n from September 10Th to October
Y 10th was 98 officers and $3.50 men.
fDuring the same period the division
lost 8 officers and "a men as prison.
2ers, "A officers and 1928 men
wounded, including slightly wounded
and slightly gassed.
E now wish to speak briefly OF
n French life and French customs,
3 and what the soldiers had to endure
hin that country.
N Without doubt the French are a
Nfrugal and industrious people and
Nhard fighters, but they fail to meet
&the Americans ideals in many
ways. OF course 1t IL a conceded
fact that four years Of war have
|&Caused them to become oppressed
Band the morals Of the people are
mot likely what they were in peace
|St ines, but believe any soldier who
has been "over there" will tell you
|6they don't have that high standard
%of decency and virtue that we have
v in America.
Automobiles are as rare in France
n as airplanes are in Sindey, unless
v conditions have greatly changed
There in the past ten or eleven mon
ths, Bicycles are a substitute, and
they are plentiful. The French own
small farms, but every foot produces
something. They raise quite a lot OF
3 mall grain, but wouldn't know what
corn or cotton is, or at least no
more than they have heard about
it. They have vineyards and raise
quite lot Of grapes and make these
\ grapes into many kind Of wines
v They don't use water to drink, but
N wine serves instead. We we're out
OF luck for water that we could
drink sometimes. They have fine
horses and cattle, One Of the good
type Of horses would sell for 1000 to
5000 francs, or $4OO to $500, and
cattle are high accordingly. Sugar
and shoes are as scarce in some
parts as water in the Sahara desert
Sharp County record., 1919-04-11

One is amused at first at the way
they live. A partition separates the
dwelling from the barn, where the
stock and feed are kept and usually
barnyard manure adorns the front
yard. This may sound a little
"fishy" to some, nevertheless it is
true. Fuel is a scarce article with
the French. The limbs from trees
that we burn as no good would be
bundled up as we tie up wheat and
oats in this country and saved for
fuel. Their fences are mostly made
of hedges and these hedges are
pruned as often as necessary and in
this way they command enough
fuel to do them.
Every one has heard a lot about
sunny France, but if there is such o
place | failed to find it. doubt
whether there are five days out Of
the month but what it rains. Most
generally when we went out to drill
or on a hike the order would he
"rain.coats will be worn" for if the
sun were shining that was no good
weather sign. So there is no sunny
France. 1t is only fiction.
France can't be given too much
credit for her good roads. A great
deal of money must have been
spent in making the roads. They
have taken pains and made them
attractive by planting trees for great
distances along the road.
The school system is not on an
equal with ours. There is no such
thing as a country school or rural
school. All schools are in the
villages, as most of the people live
in villages, which are not more than
two or three miles apart, and in
many cases closer. The boys and
girls receive their schooling at
different schools in the same village.
The child receives free instruction
from 6 to 13 only.
Soldering in France is quite more
unpleasant than in the states You
will hear that more than once in
the next six months to come. You
might consider yourself lucky you
had a place to put your mess pan
while you ate your meal and a shed
to shelter you from the rain, Not
all the time this mess pan contain
ed all the food, no matter Of what
variety, that your stomach called
tor have set my mess pan on
the ground, as thousands Of others
have, with the rain slapping you
in the face and on the neck, for an
overseas cap won't keep 1t out All
of this doseu't take your appetite,
but gives you better one. ! have
slept in horse stables, barn lofts, oD
the ground and in tents We hard.
| ly knew what fire was or felt like
the past winter, for we we're billeted
in a building over some French
people who had used the compart-
ment we we're in for a hay barn,
but we had learned how to mark
time and hike so we managed to
Keep from suffering much. 1t
doesn't Get as cold there as 1t does
here; that is it doesn't stay cold as
long.
There are several other boys from
Sharp county that the draft caught
last May In the 3Oth division, ane
quite a lot from different parts Of
the state.
have only told some Of my ex'
periences. Thousands of other meD
have had the same experience, and
thousands greater ones.
Walter Yeaeer.
Camp Jackson, S, G,
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Sharp County record., 1919-04-11
Tax assessors Notice

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-04-18
WIRELESS PHONE ACROSS SEA
New York to Talk With London
Portable Pocket Apparatus in
Near Future.

neutrality-suspicious. in a new type
of wireless telephony are so far ad-
vanced that it is hoped within a few
weeks it will be possible to speak be-
tween London and New York, while
the establishment of a regular com
mercial service by wireless telephone
between London and New York early
next year is expected by Godfrey c..
Isaacs. managing director of Il wire
less company according to the Daily
Mail.
The company hopes to introduce
methods SO that subscribers in Amer
lea and Great Britain may carry on
d~esk-tO-desk conversations as by ordi-
nary telephones.
An early realization of the often
discussed portable pocket wireless tel
ephOne is also fOreshadowed by Mr..
Isaacs, who says that experiments have
led him to believe hat the pocket wire
less will be in everyday use at no
distant date.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-04-18
INDIAN TRIBES HIT BY "FLU''
Many Found Dead In Remote Places,
Far From Medical
Aid.

Salt Lake City.-Certain tribes of
Indians on reservations in Utah have
been almost decimated by the infiu-
enza epidemic, according to uncon-
firmed reports reaching the state board
of health here.
Advices from San Juan county, in
the southern part Of the state, say
that fully 1000 persisted when the cpl
demic swept the Navajo reservation.
Bodies are being found In many out
of the way places, 1t Is reported, where
Indians, men, m and children,
died alone and far from medical as
sistance.
A canvass Is being made in this
section, and it is feared that n or
two small tribes may have been wiped
oil entirely. Realizing the epidemic
character Of the disease the Indians
wandered away from their tribesmen,
1t is said, and strict account Of deaths
u virtually impossible.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-04-18
HOW THE STATES RESPONDED
Total Sales of War Savings Stamps
and Thrift Stamps Up to
End of Last Year.

Washington.-Total sales of War
Savings stamps and Thrift stamps
through post offices and federal reserve
banks from the beginning of the cam
paign to December II of last year,
compiled from reports received by the
treasury department, are as follows:
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Bolshevism Unveiling

II was as d fantastic ldealism that
Bolshevism first reared It's shadowv fig
ure ever Russia. We Of the West must
have been sentmentally disposed toward
its announced intentions had not it been
from the start so difficult to square thes
intentions with the actions that speedily
followed. 1t was to end tyranny. it was
to end war, it WAS to end conquest. it was
to bring peace and prosperity to the vast
downtrodden masses Of Russia. All the
hopes and ideals Of all time were summed
40 In the Bolshevist programme
What has happened? After denounc-
ing tyranny in the NEST vehement fash
len and proclaiming ideals of utter free
dom the Boisheyists deliberately and
avowedly proceeded to set up a tyranny
more absolute than anything a modern
Car cared dream Of namely. "dic-
tatorship OF the proletariat."
The Soviet regime was to bring peace
a1a end war and Red Guards and Red
army we're swiftly formed that have
smiled pntold Russian blocd. The Bol.
sbevets denounced the German propa :.
genda, and at once proceeded to organ.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
The Boston Par, as Hylan
Sees Il, and as 1t IS

k6E DID. therefore, make a countcr-sug-
sestion 80 hr. sbonts that some tenn
polary rciici pian might possibly be
worked out OF the best features OF the Dos-
toa oian and OF The ono suggested for Chi
cago, having i'll mind mainly ihc operation
OF 'nc traction lines by trustees TO be ap
pointed by the Governor OF tho state or the
Mayor Of the city. with proper regard for
the pubic interests.
"'lo @ct the benefit OF the experience Of
acmc on2 who had 5pccia. knowledge Of
DC working OF thc trustee PLAZA and who
at Che sarac time vas not in the control
or undor tec influence Of tic local traction
inte1csts here called in MIR. G.. Il. Mac
far'and, Of Boston. who had worked on tn
hoa;on public trustocshp plan aad Nho
Was also familiar with tho conditions rs
The. existed in Chicago under a similar
plan.'-f'rcn' Mayer Nylop's statement.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
An American Field Of Honor

1t is a great satisfaction to know thai
the War Department has been converted
to the project of an "American Field Of
Honor" in France. The bill which Mr.
Baker has submitted to the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee authorizes the
purchase Of land for this purpose and
directs that the bodies of all our men,
soldiers, sailors and marines, who have
died in service in France shall be buried
there, save only when relatives request
otherwise
This satisfies the personal feeling of
individuals, which obviously should con-
troll wherever expressed. It creates cX-
act]y the right situation with respect to
the vast majority Of our soldier dead.
AS the correspondence printed on this
page has demonstrated, there is a strong
and prevailing demand that tic general
rule Of the American army shall be here
reversed and this. our greatest sacrih-e
cn & foreign field, shall be there COM
mcmcrated in sacred ground We can
count upon the sympathy and grateful
cooperation Of The French government
and people. Our Field OF Honor viii be
worthy OF its lllustrious dead
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
South Americas Chicago

melting pot Dcilcd over. That an
pears to be the explanation of the Boil
shcvist uprising in Buenos Ayres. The
last available Official census statement.
1or Buenos Ayres placed the popu ton
at 1,l46,S65 and gave it. the rank OF tho
fastest growing city in tho world, with
the exception of Chicago. At the time
the census was taken the population was
increasing at the rate of 5 pcr cent
year. and the prediction was that the
future increase would be more rapid.
More than 100000 foreigners are added
each year to the population Of Bucnos
Ayres alone, while that many more find
homes in other cities of Argentina.
Spaniards and Italians make up the
larger part Of the immigrants, but there
Is large contingent from Russia Aus
trla aad Germany The Russians mainly.
ably aoctted by q group OF Spanish an
archlsts. arc The instigators CT the up.
rising, Whica has resulted in severe
street lighting, several hundred casual
ties and the arrest Of 1000 rioters.
Among these 1000 prisoners arc 200
Catalonians who admit they fled to
South America from Spain after the an
archist uprising in Barcelona in 1909.
which collapsed with the execution Of
Professor Francisco Ferrcr. Most of
the others are Russians, many of whom
proudly proclaim that they ere fugitives
from Russia. -Four Of the leaders Of the
revolt have revealed their plans for a
Soviet government in South America
founded in imitation of the Nicholas
Leninc government in Russia
The Bolshcvists laid their plans we'll.
taking advantage Of en- industrial strike.
tis-se.cg began III front of the municipal
palace. and reports indicate that only
the prompt arrival Of General Dellepainc
prevented the success cf the effort to
seize the city. Under his direction tic
police and soldiers gained thc upper
hand and rounded UP the Soviets. The
prospective fate eff the latter may be
Judged from the remark. OF General
Dellepaine that "the Bolshevists can or
ganlze their Soviet at Eshua;a" Eshuaia
Is prison on an island at the extreme
southern end of the continent, far from
the ordinary routes Of travel
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
The ScandaP' Of the Eagles

Last summer namboyant articles ap-
pc%red in many journals of the country
telling of the wonderful fashion in which
,hc Ferd works were turning out the
new submarine chasers at the rate of
'cne day Of what miracle of con-
atructlon these boats would be, and how
there would soon be such a feet Of them
on the waters that The submarine could
not live
On Tuesday Rear Admiral David W.
iaylcr chief naval constructor, who de-
S'gned the "Eaglcs' and who had en-
IRE charge of the work, testified that not
single Ford boat had yet been put into
Sef'ace (more than two months after the
war had closcd). The contract price
had been raised from $275 900 to s425.-
"oo, ana of the l12 beats contracted for
snly 20 would be placed in commission
/ ifese might be completed some time
next summer he said, and another 40
"ouid De heid III reserve "for the next
war, and the remainder would not be
euilt at all. The government had CON
structed for Mr.. Ford at point on his
own land near the River Rouge a plant
which has cost S3,5o0,O00 the admiral
SAID, and there will be a net loss on this
:" the government of from 20 to 90 per
cent Inc River pouge is now almost
frozen solid and is generally frozen
soiid Tor -four months in the year, so that
lsunenings are impossible.
AuInirAI Taylor ta~t;Ga., ea, 4,
'ae FORD company had never before built
BOAT; that if The war had not closed
.e should still have no subn,a ar;ne chaser
feet this winter, as it would have been i'm
possIoic TO get them into the water even
u they had been done; and that the
approximate loss to TIE government
you'd be 100000 each on the 50 boats
the contracts on which rad been can
eeiied. Of the seven Eagle" boats thai
hayc actually, left the works at River
Rouge three are at New London. Conn.
three are iceDound in the st. Lawrence
aHd one IL stuck fast at Oswego. AS the
River Rouge pant ir iccbound until
March, the fabricated pats are now be.
ing hauled overland 10 be asacmbled AZ a
isew Jersey yard.
This IS Admiral T4ylor'z summary Of
the achievement of one Of tIlc gYaaaeat
lnduatrial csgan'zers and matters Of Ell
eSency Ia the world. Line Tor line and
ifem fos ik@sa, from the namboyant and
aIogndles9 pub1si.v 10 The n,eagre prod
sset, i @cads fo@ ~ fhe ~eaad like M
ols'ey H7z i1lassS er siyp'ca, "z@snd..l,"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16

with this difference, that Hog Island is
Aircraft Board actually was able to COM
plete, in one year, more Liberty motors
than all the airplane motors built by all
the other nations on both sides in the
four years of the war
Probably the parallel is Mr.. Ford's
vas actually as little scandal" IS at Hog
Island or in the aircraft situation. In
the one case, as in the other, there was
an attempt to do the impossible and
typical American impulse to announce
;hat it was being done.
The really interesting thing was that
tlle highly organized construction de-
partment of the navy, with all its expert
ence, operating with one Of the finest
industrial organizations. in the worl i.
could achieve no more and should make
almost identically the same series Of mis-
takes and miscalculations as did the Ship
ping Poard. and the Aircraft Board and.
we may add, the Ordnance Board, and all
the rest. The plain truth is that every
body undertook to do impossible things
and none could wholly succeed We trust
the facts brought out in Admiral Tay-
lor's testimony will not be used to dis
credit Mr.. Ford. 1t was a disgrace that
the same conditions and difficulties
should have been made the basis of
shameful charges in other fields of war-
time endeayOr
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Unheroic Heroes

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: While are handing out the bou
quets 10 the men in the service, why doesn't
address floral Offering to those
stalwart officers and enlisted lnen of the
navy who manned the cargo ships? The.
are modest, self -deprcciating lot and viii
never receive their proper due of praise
from the homo folks unless some outsider
tells thcii. story.
Batteships and dcstroycrs appeal more
TO the public's liking for color and dash;
hence most stories Of the navy in the war
have been about them. On the surface
there is nothing very exciting in a tcn-knot
freight ship. But, believe me, there was
between April, 1917, and November. 1918.
When the navy took over most of the cargo
ships operating between this country and
France and England it took over with them
several hundred Shippers and mates from
the merchant marine ard made naval off
out of them. These cfficers, aided and
abetted by several hundred graduates Of
the Naval Auxiliary Reserve Officers Ma
terial School at Pelham Bay, mostly young
college men. navigated the ships. while
navy gofs about hall regulars and half re-
serves, formed the enlisted personnel And
they got away with it nobly.
Il takes brave men 10 steam week in and
week out through submarines and mine in
tested waters at eight knots an hour in
ship loaded with several thousand tons OF
depth charges, TINT or poison gas. no,
knowing what minute the whole works is
going TO be blown to hell On many
oal&o snip it Was court martial offence
for an officer or man to appear above decks
without gas mask, owing to she nature of
the cargo. In a oattleship or destroyer
man has sporting chance A cargo
ship is able neither 20 fight effectively nor
ruG.
Some day the men and officers wiz
manned them are going TO get the credi;
they deserve r. w. H.
New York. Jan. IS, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
The Great Dry Mystery

The country has never witnessed po-
litical phenomenon as strange as the swift.
uninterrupted progress Of the prohibi-
tion amendment toward final passage.
There is 10 overwhelming popular de-
mand for the measure that makes itself
heard. SO far as our soldiers. returned
and returning, 60 they are loud in their
protests. Yet state legislatures fall
over one another in their haste to ratfy
Six states went into line on Tuesday.
Iowa, Colorado Oregon, New Hampshire
and Utah ratified yesterday. Only one
Nore is needed. The completion of the
necessary thirty-siX seems now a matter
Of only hours or days.
Lawyers representing the liquor and
,anti-prohibtion interests have announced
resort to the referendum. which they
assert can overthrow the decisions Of the
legislatures is as many as fifteen states
1t seems entirely likely that if a popular
vote could he had Il number of states
would be removed from the dry col
ann. But there is reason to doubt that
this resort will be practicable in enough
states to overthrow the final result
The case of California is the most
extraordinary Of all Here is state with
vast Investment in the wine industry
and IL general habit of indulgence in the
least injurious form of alcoholic drink
ing. On popular referendum prohibition
was defeated. Vet tho Legislature pro
ceed5 20 ratify the Federal amendment.
After this refusal Of legislators to heed
the populay will Of their constituents or
position anywhere seems futile.
1t is as if d sailing ship on a MINDLESS
ocean were sweeping ahead. propelled by
some invisible force. Perhaps our egis-
lators arc right and there is strong,
unseen popular current to account for
the phenomenon. But state legislatures
have not been famous for thus antici-
9ating tho popular will 1t is seldom
chat legislators arc more radical than
.her constituents. The whole swift and
hurried process dcGcs analysis or ex-
planation. 1t stands, Tor the present at
any rate. enc of the wonders of our po-
litical history
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Bingen on the Rhine

(by Lieutenant Graatiaad Rice THIRD 4rn,y A. E. ~
Whca stiU to1rtead an uunt3eat
And had to do rGs bid o. ca al bcUyel;
tT recall wih 'aauia the dog had to
inG ti@ IN tcHh 'ooish 9iti Ii,
"Bneoh h Srca4n9 CAestu oidc Of pul pe,srv
upo" Ser" Re1Ebond Cocscnd others sre:
Cn r the list ar}icA cp,,co>
3Ae ore thot 'ecssd frst "Bugcn
ach GoH TIE morning apoa schooltousc saug
With rd|d cheek and Shaking Of the haad
Ny heart ooea to rect mouth.
ly tongue Gyisy hca drouth Sahayu's rim:
"A soldier Of 'he legen lay'cad tien scrtna tcars
stepped D'f IT too,d u saV, jer forgot Age4s
l@a that's whJ heart cnd sN cad cold chU soo
Ede time nser6a thoughts eurn Biagen the Rhine
ARD against no Huns abode nth steady t7uaap oono
!he oM THIRD Army hits the ad,ed
as an" as PROM me eoSad creep the plui
!3 "oG aer secter OF tie thGt Lao;f
doa E"oD gel 1sN9re Bsnaen stonds upon a,au
Nsr yet '2Asch Aiaea dznds Hpon It's lno
BH s1fte fer ard cit rs hen ey that p,
"a t7 10 GREG III least aheH Bipgcu thc Rhine
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
The Negro and
Roosevelt

To Che Editor of The lsbune.
Sr: While the greatest citizens and
rulsrs Of this nation and the world arc
paying tributes of honor to the memory or
Theodore Roosevelt, | wish to saw that no
persons have sustained greater loss in
his death than have the members of the
colored race of America
His mark upon the social structure OF
the negro race is imperishable He was a
trustee of Tuskegca institute and first
visited Tuskegec in 1905, when ne was
President. Through his visits to the
school, his wise counsel as a trustee and
bis enthusiastic support of all that Tuske-
gee stood for ne proved to be one of the
best friend- and helpers this institution
ever had
Mr.. Roosevelt joulneyed more than one
thousand miles to attend Booker T. Wash
irgton's funeral
1t was revelation as we'll as ar in
spiration to black men everywhere to learn
from his own lips of the confidence Of this
former President of the United States in
Mr. "ashington's judgment and sane lead
ership. Mr. Roosevelt then said ~ owe
him much. know OF very many people
WIZ owe MN h'uch. lie was one of the
men to whose counsel and guidance fre-
quenty turned when | was President of
the United States. turned to him as
turned To- only limited number Of other
men for advice and help when was Presj
dent. because l knew that never would he
give me one word of advice with any selfish
purpose of benefit to himself"
FRANK ?. CHISHOLM
Field Secretary, Tuskesee Institute.
Brooklyn Jan. IA, 1919