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Trench Life is
Hell On Earth

Glen Mahan, who is fighting in
France, has written this interesting
letter Of his experience abroad that
is published in the Times Of Phillips,
Wis:
Life at the front is a living hell.
The crashing Of the heavy lombard
ments, the staccato fusillade of the
smaller guns, the moaning and the
groaning of the wounded, all create
pandemonium which taxes the
stoutest nerves. While in the front
line trenches the tension is never re-
laxed, and so severe Is the strain
that 1t has been found necessary to
work the men in six-day shifts, so as
to provide relaxation and recupera-
tion, Six days are spent in a front
line trench, six days in a support
trench, six days in a reserve trench
and six days back of the entire line
at complete rest. At the outbreak
of the war the celebrated Bluffs regi-
ment Of England lay in front line
trench for 80 consecutive days with
out relief, the longest period Of con-
tinuous active fighting in the history
of the British army. While the life
of soldier in front line trench is
at all times strenuous, there are often
periods of unusual stress. On one
occasion lay for Is minutes serving
machine gun directed at a massed
formation of attacking Germans. The
assault was finally repulsed, but af-
ter it was all over found myself con-
siderably weakened and wringing wet
from the exertion.
"The frightful loss Of life among
the allied forces at the outbreak Of
the war was due to their unprepared-
ness. The disparity in the casualties
sustained by the opposing. armies
must not be attributed to any super
ior fighting qualities of the German
soldier, but was due to the superior
German armament which that coun-
try had been perfecting for over forty
years. Gradually, however, the allies
have been perfecting their military
equipment until today our big guns
surpass in execution those of the en-
emy. The smallest cannons Of the
allies are placed 1900 yards back Of
the front line. while the largest 12-
inch naval guns are situated from 10
to 12 miles to the rear, intermediate
calibers being stationed in between.
These big guns do some terrible exc
cution.
"The fire of the Germans is not
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only aimed at definite objective
points along the allied lines, but 1t
is often directed indiscriminately at
any point they can reach behind
those lines. In many cases hospitals
have been struck by shells, killing
wounded soldiers as we'll as doctors
and nurses. was spending my rest
period Of six days at Mount KENNEL,
and was lined up with others for a
cup of coffee at restaurant stand
when the fragment of shell struck a
woman standing nearby with a baby
in her arms. The baby was thrown
uninjured a distance of ten feet or
more, but the poor mother was in
stantly killed.
"The bombardments are sometimes
most appalling. One night while we
were stationed nearly Is miles be-
hind the front lines the artillery fire
was so constant and fierce that 1t
afforded sufficient light for some Of
the boys to play cards. Words fail
to convey any realization of the
frightful holocaust. Every man at
the front appreciates fully that his
very existence Is precarious. but, no
matter what happens to him or those
about him, his face CLEANS that
dogged persistence and determination
which says, 1T has got to be done
"The atrocities committed by the
Germans in this war are almost in
conceivable. They seem to have been
bereft of all humane consideration.
Many of the barbaritles perpetrated
by them are too inhuman to relate
Young girls have been fiendishly
outraged within sight of their par.
ents. At one place where I was sta
toned I carried water for young
girl both of whose hands had been
cut off because she had resisted the
british advances of a German officer.
We continually come across such evi.
dences Of brutality and we frequently
heard of others more revolving,
Never before in the history Of civil.
lied warfare have such shocking cru
elites been committed.
"The German soldiers Of the rank
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that more than $4,000 head Of cattle
had been killed by serpents or wild
beasts. In 1888, a government report
says, over 10000 deaths were caused
by snakes and 975'by tigers. Every
shoe in the morning must be well
shaken before taken on account of
scorpions, who delight to pass the
night in warm, comfortable quarters,
and worse than all when a boy or girl
retires for the night he or she is as
likely as not to find deadly cobra
(the largest of Indian snakes) coiled
up in a corner of the bed"
Now doesn't all this show how con-
tented we ought to be to live in
country like our own, free from every
sort of danger that comes from liv-
ing in parts where serpents and wild
beasts are almost as numerous as the
birds Of the air and fishes of the sea
in our own favored land?
! have got to the end Of my letter
in this little essay, and desire to say
that the following are the titles of
some of the subjects propose treat
ing in my Talks to the young and
school-going readers Of the Tidings,
viz: Gods Beautiful World" "The
Golden Rule" Little Samuel of
Old" "My Country 'tis Of Thee"
David and Goliath" "Why I Go to
Sunday School," and "How to Make
the Most of Myself"
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Travel Stories.

Omdnd, NeD', OcC. o, 1911.
Editor Tidings: Here we are in
this thriving city of Omaha after a
very interesting and pleasant journey
over the Southern Pacific lines from
Ashland. I was asked by your paper
to write something of my impressions
of the financial and business condi-
tions of this section Of the country,
but, like all other one-horse Meth
odist preachers, l find it difficult to
keep to the main issue. However, 1t
would be a dull person indeed who
would fail in passing through to see
something of the great movements
of the middle west.
The first thing that impressed me
upon arriving here was the keen in
terest that friends and relatives SEEM
ed to take in our arrival, with auto
mobiles waiting at the station and ev-
erything arrayed in gala attire. This
was at loss to understand, as the
only distinction that was conscious
of possessing was the mere fact that
lived in Ashland, Ore. at once
attributed it all to that fact and an
nounced that I thought it was quite
a showing in honor of the place where
I happened to live. But that whole
idea soon was set at naught and went
glimmering as but a memory. for I
discovered that this is their ordinary
way of doing things. They put life,
energy and an all-absorbing interest
into whatever they do. And, by the
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way, there is something here worth
thinking about. You will find this
principle in operation in the office of
every great business man, in the pull
pit of every successful preacher and
in the home of every man who knows
how to entertain his friends. This
sort of spirit is life in action, and
when properly directed knows no
such thing as stagnation or defeat.
Now just think of the difficulties
these people have to contend with.
Last night we had a frost that laid
everything low; the wind has been
constantly blowing, so that the heavi-
est overcoat could find did not af-
ford protection from its constant
blast During the winter water pipes
freeze at a depth Of four feet below
the ground, and the changes in tenn
perature are sometimes so rapid that
the mercury runs up and down the
scale with almost lightning speed.
Only three years ago a cyclone
struck the city and moved a path six
miles in length right through its CEN
ter, killing 14S people and injured
$50 others, destroyed $50 houses,
eight schools and eleven churches.
left $500 people homeless and de-
stroyed s5,000,000 worth of proper
ty. These people buried their dead,
cared for their helpless and relieved
the suffering, then went. right on ad-
vertising that Omaha was the safest
place in the world to live, with the
result that today she stands as one
of this nations most prosperous cit
les. It's the spirit that you cannot
defeat, that's all.
0haha's bank clearings for 1915
were s1277,15S,591, factory output
was s26S,057,715, wholesaling $780,
759,493. Livestock receipts were
nearly eight million head, grain re-
ceipts 75.169,140 bushels, smelter
output s46,019,279. The amount
that went into new buildings last year
was $7,226,1O7.
Omaha's population is $4,000,
with a commission form of govern
ment. There are nine trunk line rail
roads running into this city, with 22
distinct branches. They have So pub
lie schools, three universities and 152
churches.
There are other towns just as well
located as Omaha near here, but they
have not the population. They do
not have the business. The secret of
it is they do not have the spirit. We
pay for what we get and we get ex-
actly what we pay for. Eternal vigi-
lance is the price of success.
Are we anxious that Ashland shall
be a great and splendid city? If so,
let us pay the price. There is moth
ing impossible. Pay your money and
take your choice. NJ c. REED.
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I find that the best castings for
trace chains, where they rub the team
are common single-tube Bicycle tires
which may be cut so as to make two,
three or four, depending on the
length you desire to have them. They
do not slip easily, and will outlast
the leather ones because of the ab-
sence of the seam. Do not throw
away the old tire next time.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-15

Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. Weaver were In
Ashland from their country homo
near Talent Friday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-15

Tidings "For Sale" ads are active
little real estate statesmen.
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY a. 1917
AWAKEN YOUR SENSES THAT YOU
MAXI THE BETTER JUDGE.

Come farmers to the front-the Ma
tinn calls you; in your course lies the
balance of the Nation. This country
and it's millions of people. the bleeding
soldiers of France and England and
the starving Belgians send a cry for
help.
This country, your friend, and may
he YOUR dearest friend. will have TO
face the terrOrs of the battle front
but food is scarce and starvation with
VI long and bloody battle rests in the
balance of the farmers production.
PerishabIe food must be stored,
green vegetables are necessary, and
The canneries are there-6upply them
with all they can take.
A large food supply Will save our
country from the bloody battle field,
2 small one means ruinatiOn.
Would you not contribute generous
ly in cash to help and save our Nation
and yourselves from starvation?
The crisis is here and you the farm
ers can avert starvation and save, yes
really save, millions of lives and
keep the Nation, your country, from
bloody sacrifice if you fail you viz
vnur CnnNfrS
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MO. 1915 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll COun-
ty, in Equity.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll Coun-
ty, in Equity.
In the matter of the trust estate OF
Marcus d. L. Pickett and Oliver b.
Pickett, co-partners trading as M. d.
l.. Pickett & Son, and Marcus ID. l..
Pickett G.. Edward Stem Trustee.
/ Ordered by the Circuit Court for
Carroll County, sitting as Court OF
Eduitv, this End day of May, 1917, that
the sale of the property mentioned IN
these proceedings, made and reported
by c.. Edward Stem, Trustee appointed
by a decree Of this Court, to make SAID
sale, be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 4th day Of June, next;
provided a copy of this order be in
serted in some weekly newspaper
printed in Carroll county, once IN each
of three successive weeks before the
2Sth day of May.
The report states the amount OF the
sale to be $4,000.
EDWARD o. CASH, Clerk.
True Copy, Test
EDWARD o. CASH, CLERK.
may 4, st.
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SQUAD Breeders Take Nofice

We offer while they last a quantity
of female pigeons at 40 cents each.
Here is bargain. Almost every one
has a surplus of cocks which eat up
profits and interfere with the work of
mated pairs. Here is an opportunity to
mate them up and set every bird to
work. Now is the mating season and
they will mate quickly.
Guarant- ed Homers mated pairs at
$1.00. All banded and working. Come
and see them. Also few pairs at 75c.
GEORGE MATHER.
Willis Street, Westminster.
Phone 68-R. may Alt
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

This liz to give notice that the subscriber has
obtained from the Orphans Court of Carroll
county in Maryland. letters of Administration on
the Personal Estate of
THOMAS SiENOTT.
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby.
warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated. to the subscribers.
before the 4th day of December. l9l7;they may
otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit
of said estate.
Given under my hand this SOth day Of April.
1917.
ANNA SIENOTT
may At Administrators w. A.
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tuaIly ruin your country,

We have noticed with great deal
of interest the articles which have
been appearing In this paper inducing
the farmers to plant in liberal guam
titles vegetables to be canned. and It
as hoped that Carroll county will head
the list for large production OF this
valuable food product We urge the
farmers to co-opcratc IN the patriotic
movement
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Buekin CHAM

Mrs. Maggie Buckingham, daugh-
ter OF Mr. Arnold Whilhide by his first
wife, died at her home in Washington.
D. c. Monday, April Goth. Mrs. Buck
ingham is survived by her husband,
Mr.. Harry Buckingham, and two child
rem. She was a sister to Mrs. Elsie
Main, Finksburg. Funeral services
were held today in the United Breth-
rem church, ThurmOnt.
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From the latest war reports the
British are driving back the Germans
at many places The British infantry
is moving down the Germans as they
try to stop their advance. Chile has
severed diplomatic relations with Ger
many, the chile minister demanding
hfS paSSDOrt
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AUTO FOR HIRE.

I will take people in my automoDlle
any time after u o'clock of each week
day and any time on Sunday. Rate IL
cents per mile. For particulars call
WALTER F. COPPERSMITH.
pbono oar amy4 Il
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BY N. |. Gorsuch Son Co.
May 4, 1917.

1.-THE hEST Is SILENCE" This is
one of the most impressive lines that
Shakespeare ever wrote. Smith j. Ref
snidtr'> Coal and service impress the
buyer like N flash at the time. I'm the
silence cI his Thought the story Is
:"itcrMed time and again till it ne
comes a part of his very life.
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MO. 1910 EQUITY.

Inn the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Daniel 4. Murray. Assignee Of Mortgage. vs..
Rufus w. Norwood and Bessie L. Norwood his
wife. Mortgngorg.
Ordered this 4th day of May. A. D.. 1917.
that the account of the Auditor filed in this cause
be finally ratified and confirmed. unless cause TO
the contrary thereof be shown before the
order be inserted for two successive weeks before
the last named day in some newspaper published
in Carroll county.
EDWARD o. CASH. Clerk.
True Copy.-Test:
may AIT EDWARD U. CASH. Clerk.
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TIE COAL MINERS ARE TO GET
20 PER CENT. MORE OUT OF 1T IN
WAGES THERE'S THAT MUCH
CONSOLATION. If everybody will be
calm. take his Coal in July or August
ii he can't get it in May, there will be
enough to go around. Give Smith 4
the order to be hauled at
their best price when they can.
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DUs'I RUSH FOR YOUR GOAh -
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE SHOR =
AGE SD HIGH PRICF$. YoU fore"
dealers into the market in ArEo
numbers and they actually bid agAIr>t
each Other-that always makes hiSH
prices. Five months before yOu VIII
need much-much can happen, bal
get your coal in from Smith " Eeli'
snider seen as they can haul.
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"PAFIENCE Is A VIRTUE SOME
TIMES FOUND IN WOMEN never
found in men, That's old stun but
pretty true. wouldn't worry yet
about my Coal il l were you. 1t VIII
he hard to get probably, and high, but
it's a long time from now to Oct LIST.
Order today of Smith e. ReifSnider and
rot II off YOur mind.
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Our people don't w0rrJ much about
lives being lost. but wait until some
one finds out that he has lost dollar
be4ting on the way the war is going.
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Try a. they will tn" Allies can't
halt the German retreat. The Ger
man army sweeps VIGOROUSLY on to-
ward home
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The Government couldn't really
commando the telephones in case OF
war. as that would Interfere with
"vyJaitinr"
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FOR SALE

Secondhand Hudson Touring Car fol
sale cheap. In frst-class condition anC
guaranteed. Apply
80 WEST MAIN STREET,
may Alt Westminster, Md.
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After reading the market reports
the landlady remarks that potatoes
never were hoalthfuI and nouri5hing
ANYWAY
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GOODRICH 375's
IN STOCK.
(31XS$4 }

THE NEW OVERSIZE FOR FORD
CARS. Fits any clincher rim, S0X3a2
Price $3.50. Safety Tread: Tube S4''''
Oversize for less than many makers
charge for regular size. Rides eaNlcr'
more mileage.
w. GRI-MB!NE, Westminster, Mo-
may 4, 3t.*
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GreNnWOOd-Ric9.

On May LIST, at the parsonage OF
\ 2thodist Episcopal church, Hast Main
street, Frank Bennett Greenwood, of
Eock Hall, Kent county, Md, and
Grace Blanche Rice, of DoWnings, Va,
were married by Rev. e. ". MoWbrAy.
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DIGEON MANURE FOR SALE.

We offer about 100 bushels Of pig
con manure at 15c the bushel. This is
one Of the finest fertilizers known.
Unexcelled for potatoes, gardens and
truck patches in general. Pigeon ma
nure according to government tests Is
twice az valuable for fertilizer as hen
manure and eight times as rich as
stable maure.
GEORGE MATHER,
Willis St, Westminster.
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Turkey has broken off relations
with; United States. Nothing lost.
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Marlin ANTI.

On April g, Edward f. Martha, OF
near Brummel, and Miss Lydia A.
Autz, of this city, were married at the
parsonage of the Salem Lutheran
church, by Rev. Stephen Traver.
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RroWnBankrrt.

AT 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
Mrs. Elva Bankert, Of I,ittIcStown, be
came the bride of Harry j. Brown.
~ Silver Run, the Rev. Milton White
ner, pastor of Redeomrr,s Returned
church. I4ttlestown, officiating The
ceremony was performed at the home
Of the bride.
After a wedding trip to Virginia.
the newly welded couple will make
their home, for the present, in Lit
tlC5tOWn.
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w WEDDINGS.
GpiSrlman-Beiiinger.

A pretty wedding was solemnlZed
in Christ Reformed church. near Lit
tIestown. Sunday morning at O'Clock
ghen Miss Clara ii. B0llinger became
the bride of George Geiselman. The
ring ceremony of the Reformed church
was used. and was performed by the
brides pastor, the Rev DIR. F. S. Lind
,man The attendants were Miss Mary
RolIinger. a sister of the bride and
stanley Humbert, of Silver Run.
The bride is a daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joha &. Bollinger, OF near Sells
Station
After the ceremony MIR. and MIS-.
G4iselman left on a short "eddlhS
tour to Washington and other points.
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TO CREDITORS.

This 10 to give notice that the subscriber has
obtained from the Orphans Court of Carroll Coun-
ty, Maryland, letters of Administration on the
personal estate of
MARY A. RATHENSBURG.
late of Carroll County Maryland deceased All per-
having claims against the deceased are hereby
wanted to exhibit the same. with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated. to the subscriber
before the 4th day of December. 1917, they
may otherwise by law be excluded from all bene-
fits Of said estate
Given under my hand this LIST day of May,
1917.
EDWAD o. WEANT.
may AT Administrator,
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YingIinG S";nr,

ling and Miss r'elcn -'I:ic ,5elpF, both
of Manchester, Md, were married at
the parsonage of the Salem Lutheran
church, by Rev Stephen TraVer.
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may AT
TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the subscriber has
obtained from the Orphans Court of Carroll
County Maryland letters Of Administration ON
the estate of
MATILDA SHAFFER.
late of Carroll County. deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated, to the subscriber.
on or before the 4th day Of December 1917. they
may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit
of said estate.
Given under our hand this 3Oth day of April.
1917 -
ROBERT A. kOONTZ.
may AT Administrator.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-02
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