Trench and camp. (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, September 25, 1918, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPage 6 jMßWMMMMWfivgrnw:i t 'jx'xstb xwyj3.‘Sg.rtii li j■.■ jw: WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS. . > Caq accomnioflnlo for lodging, a party 5 of « gentleman at my ap<rt ‘ mm. 63 Ilroxl hi:.--- Wednesday and Saturday night:.- wirh l>te H ast Sun day morning. I MRS B. A. M., care Herald. ■nalauillilll t y... /GV ' ; f EASILY ATTACTJDD J V (WtM u HSTV. w/mckim • KvJMwnwmu. >• ' *'/'* •--••••' * ■*'" '*? ' * / AfTZ ;.■«''<, A' k’jj m fWmiWiil ■ ■■milium The Sancken Optical 1 Company Eye Examinations Carefully Made. Prescriptions Filled and Broken Lenses Duplicated Promptly. Phone 2696. 948 Broad St. ■■MMWOBMianrscoraassastraraab ra»n*<e I ■BOHMBraaraEHEIP' Bedding Rolls, Sleeping Bags, Clothing Rolls, < Camp Chairs. I Mattress Rolls | H| iT. G. BAILIE & CO. !s g 712 BROAD STREET | CAMP TAILOR BUILDING 403. Pennsylvania Avenue, Opposihe Divisional Headquarters, ALTERATIONS, DRY CLEANING, PRESSING AND REPAIRING. MMMOBBISI 11 1 ■ -r.-g--rarrMKrrj»w'jwß.i l 'WRnmwgw-riwiu wrw»OTr»im>»i»itiwiirwrimrw« ■■■■■■■ssMEaaßMßffisaer. jxre i tzansana?. as *sra -«.'xsßcaaasssiaßMSKMsssNsaßsasKsnßssisDasHMMSMMßsi S. .. ERGLE, Prop. CAMP BARBER Third Group Drill Grounds. To the Left of Divisional Headquarters I and Officers’ Staff Building. Hair Cutting. Shaving, Massaging, First Class Service. • Open Dally pt Sunday. Soldiers Are Welcome ’^iSTOXMK35 * '• rtYrg"^*-— it*"*". r'imi —urn iiuiju.iuiii.iWi»iiiii]iii. XJM.iWMiuauMmijMMaMmLJJiLJJLJiiu^j— i •nnT'r-MmnrniiiTmmifM ■— mi miT-wreww’’ | B. F. GROH MANN WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. AIKEN, S. C. DEALER in jewelry, watches and souvenirs. 'I Bowen Brothers Hardware Co., 877 Broad. I ' INVITE YOU IO CALI. AND SEE THEIR LINE OF '.OODS. EFFICIENT I AND COURTEOUS CLERKS WILL WELCOME YOU. Safety Razors all makes Wrist Watches Golf Goods I . Safety Razor Blades Money Hilts Boxing Gloves klssh Lights Hat Straps Guns. Pistols. Cartrdges Lanterns Baseball Goods Paints. Varnishes ttnd Brushes I Legging Tennis Goods Bartiers' Supplies. EDE’S shanghai restaurant PRICES. QUICK SERVICE H JOE’S I IE BOY FROM YOUR HOME TOWN) ese and American Restaurant | 31G Jackson Street (NEAR OPERA HOUSE PHONE 2849-J | 3CTE*SSESSESKSTOK SS.WEOSES® Mess Sergeants, Front and Center. . PHONE 6522 or 6521 WHEN IN NEED OF GROCERIES. SUMMERVILLE GROCERY COMPANY 1401 Monte Sano Avenue. Convenient to Camp, just two blocks from Hancock Station. L WE SOLICIT THE TRADE OF THE SOLDIERS. | . M>MKSi»W'AHfIHBMMMaHaUMaaESaaaBt ■■■■■■■ jure. t-■oc-CT.-A.-v av-« L <t<» AT■wi»*i^.w«r | T«wrw?wa?r» Union Station Restaurant | Convenient Location. Good Place to Eat. g • POPULAR PRICES. For the Soldiers. Come and Bring Your Friends. High Average under U.S. Health Inspection I ■ || 11 , —mu Bum, El |■ in mau— umui j—umul- u Twelve Latest Improved Chairs. Every Facility for the I Comfort and Convenience of our Customers. BOLYARD’S AUGUSTA’S UP TO DATE BARBER SHOP Phone 3127-W 221 Eighth St >, • BATHS. MANICURING. Proprietor Has Seen Foreign Service with 11th Cavalry. SOLDIERS WELCOME. Whence Hath Come the Sixth Group AN UNDELIVERED SERMON Ey Meyer W. Weisgol, 64 Company, M. T. D. With Apologies to Jeremiah. Mon, Officers of the Sixth Group and ' Ladies; j xxx “And, said the Lord, let the < arth bring forth creatures after their , land, cattle and creeping things, and b a.- ts after their kind x x x” And the I,ord created the kaiser. But the | Lord in Hi.-; wisdom further said: I “Let us create man in our image after j our likeless. and let him have domin ion over the beast." And the Lord ! 'readed the S xth Group, M. T. IA, to ' hold the beast in check. Genesis, first . chapter. it is r.aid (the speaker does not ; vouch for the accuracy of the historic data) that among the many unenum crated rarities that were created on the ixth day of Creation was the Sixth iroup, M. T. D., whose mission in this • »orld Destiny willed should be to breed Jdiers of the kind that would make he Monarch of Berlin bethink his criminal folly. And he who has ears , can hear how in solitude, sits the Teu- • tonic Beast with ashes and sackcloth i on his annointed head weeping over ! the wrath visited upon him by the dis i pleasure of those who are made of the ! same stern stuff as the men of the | Sixth Group, M. T. I). Give oar, ye men of the Sixth Group. • and hearken to the groans of the Beast, i for thus he weepeth: How doth Berlin sit solitary, that whs full of people. See is become as I a widow, that was great among the ' nations. She that was a princess in i l-hirope is become a prey to this mighty j legions <of the allies. She weepeth sore in the night, and i her tears are on her cheeks. Among til k vers she hath rone to com fort h. r; they are become her enemies. I Prussia’s Hussars are gone, into cap j tvi’y because of their crimes. The ■ I’oilus, the Tommies and the Yanks i give them no rest; they overtook them ! on the The ways of T’nter den Linden do ; mourn because of her affliction. Het ■ gates are desolate, her mighty gen-. ; orals d sigh. Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies pros per. She is afflicted for the multitude of her transgressions. Her young chil dren ar gone into captivity before the adversary. Ar.d from our crown our majesty is departed. Our mighty Hindenburg is become like a hart that findeth no pasture; his armies are gone without strength before the pur suer. Berlin remembereth in the days of her affliction and of her miseries her —— shining* coat of arms that dreadeth the HvJized world. Now her adversaries do mock at her desolation. For Berlin hath grievously ’sinned against the civilized world. Her mighty Prussian Guards, the pride of the people, do stand disgraced before the altar of public o. inion, for like rapacious murderers they did kill un armed civilians, and in.iiccnt babes and sucklings they did tear from the breasts of their mothers. Our honored < rown is thus covered with filth; therefore it «s become as an unclean thing. Because of the filth that covereth tur head our peace over tures are spurned at; we must cleanse ourselves of our leprosy, cast off our blood-stained crown from our wicked head. Only thus, say our enemies, will Berlin’s sincerity be tested. Behold, America, too, at whom we did mock, hath spread out her hands; General Pershing with his mighty le gions, is demolishing our strongholds before our very eyes. 1 am become abject. Behold, and see if there be any sor row like unto my sorrow which is brought upon me. From oh high my riads of airplanes l ath sent fire into our bones, they do destroy my ba v:.i lans Behold, the Lord who was mine and at my command hath delivered me into their hands against whom I am not able to stand. The allies are knit to gether, they i e come up upon my neck. They have o lied a solemn as sembly at Versailles against me, to crush inc because of my sins. All my mighty men are se at nought. Austria my comforter that should refresh my sou! is far from me; is be come alject and lire ken; the miserable Turk, damned be he! is trodden down like a dog by the British and .Judeans. Behold, I am in . istress.' I am des olate because the enemy hath prevail ed. Abroad the sword bereaveth, at homo there is as de6th. For these things I weep, mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water Thus, ye men of the Sixth Group, and ladies and gentlemen, sighs the master tyrant of the universe. Now let us return to the text of our sermon: x x x And the Lord created the Sixth Group to hold the. beast in check.” So this is, my friends, the pre-ordained mission of the Sixth Group. But while there is no definite historical data on hand to substantiate the assertion, it is dear to all who have eyes and can see that the mission of the Sixth Group—(ano it matter.* little whether it was ordained on the sixth day of Creation or decided in the year 1917 A. I’., by act of congress) is one of a high purpose. This fact becomes more clear after a visit to the historic sanctum on the slopes of the Wrightsboro Road, which, because o its peculiar architecture and dim waterproof color, bears a close re semblance to the Ark of Noah. There the net i; woven and spread for the enemy. Conscious of its mission and of the place it is destined to occupy in battle royal when the last breath of the world s adversary will give out, it has leaped head long into the work in order that the tyrant's end may be hastened. And, indeed, wit). Lieut.-Col. R. (). Ragsdale in command the fate of the tyrant is sealed forever. The colonel’s task is made easier by his “right hand” Major S. G. Blanton, second in com mand, who has a most pronounced aversion to anything that bears of tyranny and beastly nature, especially so when it is of Teutonic origin; he will 'surely let no opportunity go by to deal a death blow’ to the beast of all beasts. No less enraged against the common foe i~ Captain W. K. Edwards, the adjutant. Rubbing his fingers against his majestic forehead, every now and then, he is constantly schem ing how to concentrate all the forces of the Sixth Group, wherewith to strike the blow so hard that it strikes terror into the hearts of those seated on the lofty pedestals of Potsdam. In this scheming, over which many a tear have been shed in Berlin, Sergeant- Major R. L. Douglas is an active par ticipant. He is ornninrsent, here, there and everywhere, casting a keen eye upon his staff; and the staff, be it said, right, here, is equally interested in the down, fall of utoeracy so that it may never rise again. So you see, my friends, i is not for nought thut George A. Will, William Muir. William Meyer and Fredeick Schlatter, have been from buck Privates elevated to Battalion Sergeant Majors. And who can tell what American Democracy still holds in store for them. Whether, my friends of the Sixth Group ar I Ladies and Gentlemen, the names *just iruiticned' were on the original roster, created for the pur pose of having domain o - .tr the beast cannot at present be ascertained, for the tablets of this pre-historic docu ment have not as yet been discovered. But the Intent and ] urpuse is the same. For, said the Lord, “Let us create man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the beast.” 1 thank you. The Seventh Group The seventh group are not given to singing their own praises, but it is a fact that they are proud. We learned that the camp sanitary inspector com plimented them on the well care for and tidy mess halls, and the clean com pany streets. By the next issue of Trench and Camp we expect to hear more about the lively personnel of the latest ad dition to the main training depot. THE ‘DRYEST REGIMENT’ Camp Kearny, San Diego, Cal.- The 158th Infantry, formerly the First 1 Arizona Infantry, lays claim to the i right to' call itself the "dryest" regi ment in the army. The men base this ' claim on the fact that the entire com ' missioned personnel of the regiment. | • soon after being mustered into federal ! service, took an oath to drink no in i toxicants until the present war is j ended. I One of the German ambassadors on ! returning home to Berlin, of course in ' 1 the ordinary way came in contact with ! I the kaiser. The ambassador was relat- ! ; ing his adventures of how he entered a certain place. **l was mounted on the very smallest | mule in the world.” said the ambassador. . "Ah”’ said the emperor, "what an I amusing sight to see the biggest ass mounted on the smallest mule." *‘l was your ma.ies;y‘s representative,” was the stinging rejoinder. When Captain Hammond of the Brit ish Royal Flying Corps flew from Dayton to Indianapolis recently one of the first I fellows lie met at the speedway wa< tJohnny Ait', en, the automobile speed king ‘Captain Hammond denied a spin around ! the peed way in Johnny's car and be was ■ acet modated. “Did you give the captain anv fanev I thrills?’’ James A. Allison asked the rae ! Ing man. | "I should say not.” Johnny replied. I "Why not - ” Allison wanted to know. 5 "Well, you see, it’s this wav: The captain is going to take me for a sky ride and I don’t want him to have any j charges against me when he gets me about 10.000 feet northwest of von fleecv I cloud. No. siree The captain got a ride J that was soothing and altogether ger.tle ’’ IKftIN C H AIN D CAMB THE FIRST RED LEAF T saw the first red leaf today Flutter to earth to moulder in dust away. And my mind carried m back to the spring, that bit of time between the barreness of winter and full fruited sum mer, when heaven and earth are moved and fnade joyous by the pregrianF forces • of nature. b I pondered tlie phenomana cf the birth , of things; the fresh wind, the warmth of sun. the passing cloud, bringing drink to i the lips of the reviving season. 1 soli’o quised on the awaking of the bee, the return to life of the serpent and the • reserection of the lilies. The bursting of buds, the broidering of nude trees ‘with soft, foliage drapery, the painting cf pensive woodlands with the pulsating green of spring, the car peting of cold, inanimate clay with ten der grass, the transposition from the dead to the living, ail these occupied my thought. And the first red leaf, it had recent ly been green, a thing of life, catching the sunlight on its high pinnacle, shel tering the bee, from wind and shower, a thing delicately con.-dvcd, an abode magnificent, the building <>! which had i been- done by the Almighty’s hand, a I masterpiece of ait to the glory of it.-, I maker. And now it was fancn to earth. • Already the mire had enmeshed it. its color was fading. Its flutings were crum- I bling like thuj delicate carvings of some I ruined cathedral. 1 It would soon return to the elements. It would become clay. The winds were shaking the trees. Others red leaves were falling. They were following in the wake of the first. All would become clay. Men are much the same as leaves. The first have fallen in this world's last colossal strife. They fall as the first red leaves, a few at a time They were the first warning humanity had of the coming great harvest? Red lipped youths whose sparkling ■ eyes caught the vision of the grandeur I of giving all, masterpieces of human art, ; conceived in the mind of God. have fallen like temples defamed. I see them being in the mire. It rm- | meshes them. Color fades from the i cheek, the light of heaven that, flashes ; in the eye is gone out, the dedicate ' lines of mold ami limb are crumbling. A priceless treasure from the throne of grace is returning to clay. What tragic destruction here. We have abhorred the wanton razing by the ••nerny of historic piles, whose precincts held the holy endeavor of the human race for ages. But of all these in their sublime witness to the depredations of n mad horde, can not compare to one hu man being fallen in the cause of jus tice. What tragic destruction here. The youth beautiful in the strength <>f his young manhood, a creation beyond com pare, an edifice wherein the f’hrlst en ters, where men arc inspired and the an gels made glad. Cdntemplate the marvelous architec ture of his mind, the lofty corridors of' thought, the princelv precincts of am bition, the hallos <«f »fame. Heboid the grandeur of his soul, a sanc tuary wherein abides the Infinite. The red leaf falls, and becomes clay. Is this death or transition? Wil! it re main clav? Is there a future state of being? From whence will the succeed ing seasons bring their array cf leaves and flowers? From the clay. By wind and shower and warming sun will the in animate become a thing of life, glowing with color, delicately formed, a fresh green leaf, and who knows but that it mav burst forth as the self same hud. and on the same twig, sheltering its old friend, the bee? Tlie same sun, will shine j upon it what ever else may be its lot. | It is everlasting though subject to change. Chang-- is not annihilation. It Is not loss, it is not destruction. It. can not be according to the laws of creation. Like the leaf the youth falls. Their fall is not purposeless. His Is a relin quishment of all to obtain the greater gain, namely, the realization of his ideals through sacrifice. What arp these ideals They are the culmination of right endeavor, a clear perspective as to the justness or unjust ness of human activity, brought into violent opposition with forces seeking to destroy those ideals. But they are lasting end unconquerable, for they are the predominant part of humanity It self. The youth horn amid the surroundings of home, culture and refinement, as nlres to maintain and advance the stan dards nf civilization. He hears in his soul the uninterperted and longs to ex press himself. Through tb<* chambers of bis heart there surges the creative, imagination sHrs to action and action bu”ds supremely. Tie has fop the touch of the unseen in the high hills at twilight, the light of stars and melody of waters whispering beneath the moon He is intimate with o’d association: His constant companion is loved memory, that takes him back to the bygone, land ?n,-hm*ing. of dreams. The enshrined habitation called home is there, presenting a nnmrama of the j past, of desired faces and familiar forms and ties everlasting. These through all the years, give to the vouth 'i positive, dominant nature de term’ned through TAve to unhoiq a’l the traditions of the -Tcred fireside: a" the law maintaining liberties, :•!! th? endow ment of free peonies with the. spi-ft cf an unonnnverab’o race. Thus he falls, a leaf out. of the book- nf time, on which Is written h’s sneaking against enslavement and -’’»pr(’s L ion. and want-oness and levity. He is become a human document denouncing th-- inhu man. the tyrannv and treason of caste, court, crown and clique. H is become an immortalized exponent o f universal ’mparshality bv the few toward the many. He makes nf himself an ex-’mnle of su preme service to mankind through sac rifice. l»e imitates the Christ. Then he is no longer cDv. TTe ’a r’so”. Wb't he b’s done, he is. and Ih’es it Is h’s b’fe for our lives, not our bodies, are ourselves. The first red leaf is followed bv many. The first youth is one of vast num bers. / Yet. the’rs is not obliteration, but res ereotlon. through faith ; n trial, in sacri fice and subjugation of self to the su preme duty of upholding the law of God. WILLIAM S. COBB. | “K. p ” h A Training Camp Ballad (With Apolo gies to Bill Leonard). By Bcrton Braley. | Oh, Kitchen Police isthedutythatcreases! A lot of new lives in your brow. It keeps a guy hustling when detailed for; rustling. The daily allowance of chow; The murphies I’m peeling have set my j mind reeling. I’ve done seven billion and three. When 1 get away from this job I’ll be : gray from K. I>. But there’s no escaping from scrubbing 1 and scraping, The pans and the pots and the plates. I And bringing in fuel and ladling out the ' gruel. And paring the onions by crates, i My nerves are all shaken from smelling the bacon, : The coffee, the beans, and the tea, I jMj hunger's departed; who was it that started K. P ? , : I thought I’d be fighting the Germans, and righting The wrongs that the papers portrayed. And here_ I am wearing an apron, and ; bearing The task of a seullery maid; Why, drilling is easy compared to the ■ greasy. Hard labor they've handed to me. I This cleaning of fishes and jugg.ing of I dishes, K. B.! Say, when by a drive at the Bosche. we arrive at The widely known town of Berlin, And cheerfully—rather!—we reach out and gather The Kaiser and Hindenburg in. I’ve got a suggestion to settle the ques tion Os what we shall do with ’em; Gee! I’d thrill to be viewing the pairs of them doing, K. P.& I SALUTE! o VXZ /‘T'J ' XTTGLTSH i / 1 TAXI AN- ’ C -‘3 Jar SE.'RBLAJT , QKEIELK jo J t W- T POLISH j Every army fighting for the ; i freedom of the world has its | own distinctive salute. Here ; are those of the most impor i tant allied armies fighting the Germans. | A Chicago backe:- w..> It riding the: lack of ingenuity in Kngrii d as com- ; pared with the inventive aptitude of his own countrymen. ; "Why,” said he. "they ic'.l me a man I down in New Orleans In < invented aj sausage machine. It's a big sort of tool, driven by steam. All y< u have to <lo ; is to drive a plug up a plan!;, througn . a hole in the machine, and five mu.- j utes later out come thousands of sau-: i ' What becomes of the hide?” queried 'the solitary Englishman of the audier.ee.’ ; I "The hide, sir.” retorted the chi;ago' Iman. “Oh, that falls out of another siot ; Jin the machine, and out ecn.e Glad- ' stone bags, purse.-, or, if you like, shoes ■ or saddles—merely a matter of turning a screw." “Oh, is that all:” said the English- 1 ■ man. "We've used that machine jn 'England for the last thirty years. What’s ■more, we've imprek-ved en it. .metimas iwe found the rausages were not up to | the standard. Weil, what happened ! I AH' we had to do was to put them buck 1 jin the machine, reverse the engine ” | I "Go on!" cried the American. "What ' | happened?” ! I "Out walks the pig as fit as a; fiddle.” The Rev. Johnson stopped Pat as he 1 was making his way along the country i road and asked him how he was get- ' ting on and how he found his work. I "Well, sorr, work is scarce, but Oi got a job last Sunday that brought me a gold piece.” ♦”What& You broke the Sabbath?” sak ed the preacher, horrified. "Yes, sorr,” answered Pat apologeti-» cally. "Ye see, ’twas wan of us had to be broke.” |l WALTON BARBER SHOP 612 BROAD STREET. First Class Service. Strictly Sanitary. | BUSY REE LUNCH ROOM 1 657 BROAD STREET. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT 2 QUICK LUNCHES. I WATER ADVICE. Drink Windsor Spring Water, always Clear and Sparkling. (Don’t drink water that tastes earthy and branchy.) PHONE 600. Office 122 Jackson Street. MEET ME AT The King Pharmacy COR BROAD AND THIRTEENTH STS. Best Ice Cream, Candies and Cigars. Prescriptions Filled Promptly. PHONES 615 and 1233. | inw wwwttf-q ' ?'i>Hii7>mi-"-Tgr -toj--— --mriiiaii inninnir i ■h—iiw mu iw »i nil■LmMMtjMujußiMLM 0 f $ Shoe Polishes QUALITY VARIETY Especially adopted for cleaning and polishing leather boots and puttees. Easy to apply and quickly gives de sired results. Put up in either Oxblood, Brown or Russet. Oldest and Largest Manufacturer in the World. • OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS We Solicit and Appreciate Your Business. | We Sell or Rent Furniture on the Monthly Payment Plan. | Good Stock on Hand, including Camp Chairs and Stools. I Give Us A Call. E. M. ANDREWS FURNITURE COMPANY 972 EROAD STREET. | THE SPOT. PHONE 445. | I THE HOME FOLKS’ SHOE SHINE PARLOR I BEST MATERIALS USED. 1 PROMPT SERVICE. THE SHINE THAT LASTS. I SHOES sc. PUTTEES AND SHOES 15c. I : me SnHMHMMDMMBOMBMnaM i Albion Barber Shop (In Albion Hotel, on Broad Street.) I SIX FIRST CLASS BARBERS. 0 STRICTLY SANITARY. COURTEOUS TREATMENT. H POPULAR PRICES. PROMPT SERVICE. SOLDIERS WELCOME. GEORGE HEINTZ . - - .... Proprietor. KODAK FILMS FINE CANDIES YOUR NEAREST DRUG STORE is— SUMMERVILLE DRUG CO. CHAS. f ARR, Prop. PAR i RIDGE INN. '“THE HILL.” j ■ Complete Stc ,k of Ger.t'emcr.’s T<<?t Roquis <es. Come and*see us. i ~T <•?-Tniiwi-LnTNMiBiiMiimi * THE CORNER STORE ; j At Entrance to Crimp. ; Wrightsboro and Whelcss Road. - ■- - - Full line of Canteen Goods. Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, All Kinds of Crackers, Candies, Cigars, Tobaccos, s Pipes, Shaving Supplies. | * Razors, Toilet xArticles. 1 Insignias of all kinds. I I ■ ■; If we don’t have it, we will get it for : j you. ; Everything Clean and Sanitary, under United States Health Permit. I j Open until 12 p. m. Let us be of service to you. ! i 11111 111,1 "> Wednesday, Sept,- 25.