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A GERMAN CHARGE OF THE BRITISH TRENCHES NEAR

i, mass of charging Germans seemed
suddenly to have lessened by half
Another breath and only third OF
them still struggled on over those few
remaining yards. I could now pick out
individual men, trying to keep my eye:
on some one chap who would live
through that IRE and reach the trench
Curiously. found myself making men:
tai wagers as each man that fastened
my eyes on suddenly crumpled up and
became a mere lump of gray on tine
SCARED and pitted green field.
This one will get there" I found
myself saying, only to see him sink
Imply. to the ground. And yet some
must get through, l thought. There
were still hundreds on their feet, al
most at the very edge OF the advanced
trench. Bue every man my eyes lighted
on fell almost the instant / picked him
out. From one to another I glanced
with the same result.
Suddenly the few that remained halt.
ed and stood wavering and falling. ]
could see few scattered figures wav.
ing their swords as though urging tina,
tattered remnant on. Then these fig
ures, too. staggered and dropped and
lay still. 1t was as though I were pos
sessed Of death-dealing eyes. All !
had to do was look at one man. single
him out from the rest and he dropped
instantly under my gaze. The horro,
of the thing overpowered me and !
spectacle.
In another moment or two the ma.
chine gun ceased its claruor. There
came a slackening Of artillery fire ano
again those full-throated British
cheers. The machine-gun crew were
taking out their pipes and cigarette.
as I rose and looked again over the
parapet.
Nothing living was in sight-yes
there was something moving out there
crawled laboriously on hands ana
knees toward our line. 1t came nearer
and nearer the edge Of our firing
trench. One could see the whits face
and dark beard. One leg dragged use.
lessly along the ground: Then, with
long, hopeless cry. the man collapsed
and lay very still in the green grass
as still as those hundreds, those thou
sands. Of similar little heaps of grayist
blue that dotted the plain as far as
the eye could reach.
k*
May Ill have Just come from the
orderly room where I received 4 most
glorious bit of personal news. I an
to proceed to England today and be
given my honorable discharge at Wool.
witch arsenal. 1t seems almost un-
believable.
It appears that my letters written
for publication have drawn the at
tention Of the adjutant general OF the
A. S. C. upon my case. Ten days age
I was Intercepted by our colonel by
order of the adJutant general as to
my NATIONALITY. IN learning :tat
am an American and tine Son Of a
former German officer the adjutant
general has deciled to permit me 10
return to civil life without waiting for
the end of the war.
am to get full pay with gratuity
and q good character" ALSO, after
the war. I shall se. ths regular active
service medal. Very decent o. them
I wonder what III order for dinner at
the Picadilly tomorrow niglt?
E. RICHARD SCHAYER-
Copyright, 1918. by the Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
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Some Refreshnent.

A admiral. during the maneuvers
~ at Newport, told a story at a gar~
den party
1.-THE navy is as abstemious from
ethical reasons" he began. "as Old
StinEee was from miserliness. /,
old Stingee was entertaining q boy.
hood friend one evening at his shore
cottage. After a couple Of hours OF
dry talk, the old fellow said geniallys
"'Would you like some Refreshments
"a cooling draught, say-George?
".Why. yes. I don't care II do. said
his mouth and frightened up wonder.
fully.
"Goodr said Old Stingee. I'll JUST
open this window. There's . dns sea
breeze blowing" .
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and they were no longer firing Al they
staggered toward US.

and they were no longer firing a. they
staggered toward US.
They melted away like a block of ice
under q hot-water faucet. I tried to
pick out individuals. to see them fall.
but could not. All that could sec was
the general melting away of the mass.
Its forward movement ceased. For a
moment II seemed to hang motionless
in the very center Of the field. while
over and within 1t oame those dull
yellow stabs Of fame and white puns
Of smoke from the deadly shrapnel
Then the mass seemed to disintesrate--
to break into a hundred fragments. A
tremendous cheer rose from our trench
above the clamor of the battle. It was
over-for the time being. Tho broken
ranks Of the enemy were scurrying for
tho safety Of their trenches. Even as
they ran the deadly shrapnel followed
and the blasting rifles and machine guns
in our trenches hurled death among
them.
There ensued moment of compare
tive silence, when our rifle and ma chine
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lay between those advancing thousands
and the blazing bitches they sought
to take.
Steadily the gun beside me- poured
its stream of steel into those solid
ranks. The man at the gun slowly
swung it sideways, back and forth, as
calmly and deliberately as a man
swings his garden hose to spray his
flower bed from corner to corner.
The German shell fire dwindled and
ceased at last-with the oncoming
hordes scarcely eighty yards from the
front trench 1t seemed as though
nothing could stop them. But I did
not realize the completely devastating
effect of such concentrated rife, ma
chine gun and shrapnel fire as the
British were then pouring upon those
solid lines.
In less than ten seconds the whole
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either to care for the wounded or tt
bury the dead.

Back in the trench the men had
stepped down from their shooting posts
and were busily cleaning rifles. laugh
ing and joking. or sullen and morose,
each according to his nature. with none
but the most casual sort of reference
to what had just happened. Such young
sters they were. too. 1t seemed incredi-
BILE they had already become SO har-
dened to the wholesale slaughter of
their fellowmen as to be able to turn
from 1t to ordinary duties without even
shudder. The only remark I over
heard that could in any way be made
to refer to the ghastliness of such war;
fare came from SCARED veteran OF
nearly middle age:
ut don't seem bloomin' right. some
how, he was sa. ing. Tain't like no
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war as ever was afore. It's machines
against flesh an blood, and it don't
seem right. Jes' listen to them poor
b1eeders out there. Might be you or me
next time we charge. 1t don't seem
right, do it?'
But the peacefulness Of the situation
was of short life. Suddenly there burst
close at hand another great German
shell. followed by another and another,
and the men scurried to the dugouts
and bombproofs. More furiously than
before, the enemy. as though embit-
tered by the Illustration of his first ef-
fort, hurled upon our lines thousands
upon thousands of tons of rending steel.
For more than an hour the second bonn
bardment ragged. Great gaps were
blown in our firing trench. Three dug
outs were buried under tons of earth
and rock, killing or manning all the
men who had taken refuge within them.
I had worked my way back along the
communicating bitches, every now and
then thrown off my feet by nearby
explosion and half buried in falling
earth and small stones. Battered and
bruised. I managed to get to a deep
traverse in the sloping meadow behind
the firing trench. I staggered into a
circular pit and flung myself down be-
side a group of placid individuals. who
pulled contentedly at pipe and cigar
cite and regarded me with amtable, I'M
curious glances.
II was d EldCnlHe-S uH pOslIlou a.
the lookout station beside the light,
slim engine of death, soldier gazed
steadily into that impenetrahle cloud
of smoke and hell-blown dust. Sud
denly he turned and shouted something
down to his waiting companions. who
jumped to their feet. tossed away their
cigarettes or knocked out their pipes
and took their places at the gun.
One man crouched by a pigeonholed
| box, each compartment containing a
feeding belt of cartridges. Another
snuggled the butt of the gun lovingly
into his shoulder, while a third seized
the firing crank and stood ready to
grind out the stream of steel. rose
and peered over the wall of the trav-
erse.
AS before, there was little to see
through that haze but the tongues Of
yellow and red flame from the burst
ing shells. the columns of black smoke
and dirt thrown upward on every side.
We could just make out the backs Of
the men lining the front wall OF the
firing trench some fifty yards ahead Of
US and below in the gently sloping
hillside. Then the wall OF that trench
shot forth. streamers Of fire and the
gun at my side Joined In with Its
steady. pitiIess, whirrins tattoo. 1t was
sheer guesswork. for there was moth
ing to be seen of the advancing Ger
mans beyond that wall OF smoky dust.
This time the enemy did not halt his
artillery IRE SO soon. High explosive
and shrapnel as well burst all along
our line. Almost directly in front OF
US part of the firing trench was blot
ted out in one of those great geysers
of earth and smoke. which. as 1t set.
tied. showed a gap in the line of khaki
backs and blazing rifles. a gap quickly
ref1lled with reserve troops from the
dugouts beneath.
Then through the fog of battle
doomed once again that gray. serpen-
tine mass, this time much nearer than
before, Only hundred yards or 80
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gun fire ceased and the thunder of the
British guns died away Then from
over that SCARED and shell-furrowed
field came the shrek of man in ex-
cruciating agony, chorused by hun
dreds upon hundreds of plaintive cries
of lesser intensity. But. unless those
stricken men could crawl to their own
or our lines, they must lie out there
until death relieved their sufferings. for
this is war of no truce or armistice,
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Richard Washington Newspaper Man Who Enlisted the British
Driven Back Mecless Fire
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dlesex regiment. i wanted to hear
what they thought of this affair, but /
was disappointed.
Il seen him-like Harry Lauder bet
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BOOK REVIEWS

THE ENEMY. BY George Randolph
Chester and Lillian Chester, authors
of THE Ball of Fire" etc. illustrate
ed by A. b. Wenzel. New YORK:
Hearsts International Library Com
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,.l corre,pondepc. Of The Star.

ROUEN, France, May 10. 1915
0NHIS letter is written from notes
taken day before yesterday in the
vicinity of Bethune after wit
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
Political Statement

With reference to the report IN
Mountain Advocate of June 18th,
concerning the attempt OF a few
of B. C. Lewis supporters to
slip a trick over on me | denre
to say that such trickery and UNI
demanded conduct of a few
selfish individuals has in the
past been the greatest foe that
our party has had. Our party
need not be afraid of defeat and
ruin from attacks made upon it
by any other party, but its great
est danger as the past has shown
is from within.
This attempted process of elm
nation should have included the
several candidates for State Rep
resentative. if harmony and
good of the party" was the real
motive behind the move. /
WAS OUT PROSECUTING MY
CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THERE
WAS A POSITIVE UNDER
STANDING b Il 7 W f. f N
FRIENDS OF LEWIS AND MY
FRIENDS THAT I IL T. X +
WOULD BE NO FRICTION IN
THE REPUBLICAN M A 5 S
CONVENTION. THAT HAIR
MONY" WOULD BE 7 II f
WORD.
have this nomination won,
but will push my campaign with
'vigor in every county in the dis
trict AND WILL RECEIVE
MORE VOTES THAN THE EN-
TIRE OPPOSITION, because the
people and not the politicians are
behind my candidacy; because |
made good" in the House and
large acquaintanceship and
knowledge of legislative pro
cedure will prove a great asset
to me and my constituency IN
the Senate.
Sincerely,
adyl w. c. BLACK.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25

with honor; in friendship with
all nations that RESPECT our rights;
in entangling alliances with none
in reasonable preparations for
national defense by sea and land !;
in Sinking no sacrifice needed
to hand down to the future the
priceless treasures bequeathed to
us by the past; in the necessity
of keeping the western hemis-
phere free from the intrusions of
European institutions and ambi-
tons: in the capacity of free men
self-government; in the love of
home and country; and In the I'M
hinching resolution that govern
ment of the people, for the PEG.
pie by the people shall not perish
from the earth.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25

3. The third essential was
disregarded. There are confiic'-
ing provisions in the war tax"
as to when it shall take effect.
Other clauses are so obscurely
phrased thatit has been necessary
to appeal to the courts for CON
sruction.
/. The fourth essential was
disregarded. So inadequate were
the provisions for stamps requir-
ed under the act that business
all over the country halted be-
cause Of inability to comply with
the law. Long and annoying
controversies arose over penalties
for such violations. resulting in
needless confusion for which no
one but the present administra-
ton is to blame.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
The Ball-Player's Prayer.

Lord. help me to play the game.
1t matters not to you whether !
am talented or poor in natural
gifts; wealthy or starving; lead
er among men ora simple follower
SO that play the game as you
would have it played, Help me
to keep my eye on the ball, that
the curves of temptation not de-
cieve me. Keep my feet in the
pat of righteousness, that | may
touch second and third on my
way around the bases. Help me
to beat out my bunts, and hold
me that | stray not too far from
base when the catcher is ready
to peg me. Count not my foul
balls againstme, o Lord, for the
batting eye sometimes goes
wrong, though the intention is
right. Help me in the pinches,
Lord, because a good bingle might
bring my brother home. Let not
the music of the fans keep my
eye from the ball, nor the entice-
ments of the slabman draw me
away from the need of a clean
single with a man on second.
Help me, o Lord, to bat over 800,
because my eyes are on the big
league for eternity even while
| soiourn here among the bush
leaguers.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
Notice of Sale
by Receiver.

Pursuant to an order of the
United States District Court fol
the Eastern District of Kentucky
made in the suit of the Camp
Coal Company ct al VS. the Tye
Wheeler Coal Company made on
the 18th day of June 1915 by the
Hon. A. M. J. CochIan. Judge
and etc. will sell to the highest
and best bidder on the terms set
forth below the following de-
scribed property owned by the
Tye-Wheeler Coal Company:
z mine mules
lot commissary goods and
general merchandise.
lot store fixtures
lot Office furniture and fix
lures.
lot miscellaneous mine sup
plies.
The sale will be held on the
premises of the Tye-Wheeler
Coal Company near the station
of Elys, KY, in Knox County at
1890 o'clock A. M. Saturday
July the third CD 1915, Terms
cash in hand, or one third cash,
balance in 80 and so days secured
by bankable notes and retained
lien on property sold. Bids will
be received on the above men
toned property in separate lots
and also as a whole the highest
total bids takes the property.
Paul Kennedy,
Receiver of the u. S. District
Court for the Eastern District
of Kentucky for the Tye-
Wheeler Coal Company, Il
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
NEW POSTMASTER
IS APPOINTED
Appointment, Long in
Doubt, Has Been Made
W. T. AMIS GETS BIG PLUM

Barbourville is to have a new
postmaster in the person of Mr..
w. +. Amis.
Mr.. Amis' name was sent to
the President by Senator Beck
ham several days ago, and he
put his o. K. on the Senator's
selection Wednesday. Ollie James
Kentucky's senior Senator, did
not object as he and Beckham
came to an agreement and divid-
ed the appointments before send
ing the names to the President.
The time of the present incum-
bent, Mrs. Rebecca Green, ex-
pired April Goth and it was
thought by a good many that no
appointment would be made un-
til after the election. Many de
serving Democrats" have been
trying to land the much coveted
plum, but Senator Beckham's
selection will meet with universal
approval.
Mr.. Amis, who has been the
manager of The Gibson Cos.
department store for several
years, is a good business man,
strictly reliable, and well and
favorably known throughout the
county, and will make a splendid
dispenser of Uncle SANS mail.
Not since Cleveland's last adj
ministration has Barbourville had
a Democratic postmaster, who
was Mrs. Lou Word. Tom Amis.
a brother of w. F. Amis. held
the office under Cleveland's first
administration.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
City Picture Shows

The Norwegian Diet recently
passed a law providing that the
licenses of all motion picture the
aters in Norway shall expire in
1916. The cities may then renew
the license or establish municipal
motion picture shows. Many of
the cities propose to show educa-
tional films in the municipilized
theaters, thinking the surplus
earnings of the theaters will in
crease the city revenues. The
proprietors of the motion picture
houses will lose their business
without compensation, although
some of the cities are extending
the time for canceling the licenses
until 1918.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
UPHOlDS DECISION
OF LOWER COURT
Court of Appeals Says
Bond Issue is Valid
WORK on PIXIES 10 BEGlN

The case of F. J. Mitchell
against the Knox Fiscal Court
and others, which was taken to
the Court Of Appeals upon the
constitutionality of the road law,
and upon the legality of the acts
of the Knox Fiscal Court, was
held by the Court of Appeals to
be constitutional and the acts of
the Fiscal Court to be valid. This
decision by the Court of Appeals
places Knox County upon sound
footing. and makes the sale of
bonds a sure thing. The Court
of Appeals rendered a lengthy
decision in this matter, and set
forth in the decision the law upon
every proposition connected with
the bond issue, and this included
the acts of the Knox Fiscal Court
in levying an annual tax to re-
tire the bonds and to pay the
interest on the bonds. Since the
Court of Appeals has rendered
this favorable decision there
should be nothidg to hinder Knox
County from falling in line with
Bell County, and at once begin
construction of pixies. This is
the thing the people of Knox
County are anxious to see, and
the people at large will be happy
to see this work begin.
The Fiscal Court will take i'm
mediate advantage of this de
cision of the Court of Appeal.
and take steps at once necessary
to affect the sale of bonds, and
to begin demonstration of pixies.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
School News

The Knox County Teachers
Institute will convene at Bar
bourviIle, Ky, July >, 1915. The
public is cordially invited, Trus-
tees epcially so. Chas. u. Lewis,
Instructor
Certificates issued in the May
Examination as follows: First
Grade Certificates |. X. Brown,
Betha Fore, Ben HemphiIl c. c.
Hopper, Edwin Parker, Nettie
Wyrick. q. w. WooIlum, Lela
Trotter. Second Grade Certiti
Gates Butler Hubbard Chester
Mills. John Gibson, Dora Mitchell
Richard Grant, Hester Walker,
Nora Hammons, H. {. Black,
Della Logan, Mamie Vaughn,
W. NJ. Hubbard, Press Hyden,
James Bright, Ben Mcdonald,
j. {. Jackson, kager Tye, Nannia
Logan.
Certificates issued in June EX-
animation as follows; First
Grade Certlhcates-L. Nj. Burnett
%. V. Stacy, II. b. Gilbert. j. c.
jackson, Oscar Jarvis, James
Bright. Second Grade Certif-
Gates L. l.. Miller, +. j. Parker
J. l.. Powers, Geo. Engle, Butler
Hubbard, K. b. Taylor, Mamie
Vaughn, Edd Hampton, John
Rees, Ben Mcdonald, Press
Hyden, r. {. Miller, Lucille Bos-
ton, Chas. Jones.
s. L. Jarvis.
Arlie Dee Williams
Examiners.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25

After fifty years service in the
Treasury Department, Sherman
Platt, principal bookkeeper in the
office of the treasurer of the
United States since 1888, has re-
signed. During the civil war,
Mr.. Plat served three years in
the Twenty-frst Wisconsin In
fantry and entered the II easary
Department the day he was
mustered out of the army.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
Parker Case Won
in Court of Appeals

A few days ago the case Of
Nathan Parker, Administrator
VS.. The Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company was affirmed
by the Court of Appeals. Nathan
Parker, Admr. obtained a iudg-
ment in the Knox Circuit Court
against the l.. & n. Il. X. Co.,
for the sum of $1,000 for the
death of his son, Edward Parker
This case was taken to the Court
of Appeals by the l.. & N. r. r..
Co. and affirmed. The judgment
and interest when paid will
amount to something like So, SOC.
J. M. Robson was the attorney
representing the plaintiff, Nathan
Parker, Admr. This case in
volved some deed questions rela-
tive to the Interstate Commerce
Law, and upon a whole. was a
very interesting case.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
Law Making Disregarded

Washington ID. {. June ~. A
study of the war revenue tax
discloses some of the most aston
ishing blunders to be found in
the entire legislature record Of
the present administration. The
most elementry principles of law
making seem to have been dis
regarded.
In the passage of any special
tax measure where the approx
mates deficit to he met is known,
there are four simple require
ments that are obvious:
/. 1t should be determind where
the burden of the tax should
fall.
2. Based. ON accurate estimates,
the law should produce the
amount of revenue needed.
3. The law should be phrased in
clear unmistakable terms,
admitting af butone construc-
ton that will insure a mini
nun cost of administration,
prevent confusion, and avoid
useless, expensive litigation,
4. Timely, adequate provision
should be made for revenue
stamps. blank returns, IN
structions, and all other nu-
merous details entering into
the enforcement of such a
law.
This administration failed on
every one of these counts.
/. Under the first essential,
that of determining where the
burden of tax shall fall, the Dem
ocrats iloundered repeatedly,
They first announced the plan of
increasing the income tax, and
abandoned it on discovering that
financial returns would be delayed
for months under that method,
Then they turned to plan of
taxing freight receipts. Pollti-
cal pressure was too great Al
ter other Intellectual attempts the
Spanish war tamptaX was adopt
ed as basis, giving the country
a war tax" in time of peace.
2 The second essential was
disregarded. Their estimates
were inaccurate, Had they beer
based on facts instead of guess
work. we would not now have
the treasury deficit as a constant
reminder of Democratic extrava
gance and inelliciency.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
A National Creed

The Chicago Herald suggests
the following as a National Greed
by which the men, women and
children of American may affirm
their Americanism:
| believe in the United States,
one and indivisible; in her mis-
sion as the champion of humanity
as the friend of the weak and
distressed; in the singleness,
dignity and inviolability of Amer
lean citizenship; in the validity OF
our national traditions; IN peace
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25
ii. v. McChesney Speaks

II. V. McChesney, Democratic
candidate for the nomination for
Governor, spoke here Thursday
TO a good sized crowd of voters.
His address was well received
and he made plain his stand fer
Safe wide prohibition. He was
introduced by Geo. w, Tye.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-06-25

Oyster growers of the United
States have been in session at
the Willard. The buzz of con-
vtrsation in the corridors Il is
week gave the lie to the omide
as dumb etc.