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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-03
After Rain

Wonderful silver mist that flows and
shines
Across the meadow-lands, that from
the deep
And sudden valleys with their great
dark trees
Rises like light made tangible, like
spray
Slower and softer than the eager fling
That leaps from water, foam, per-
| chance, who knows?
From hidden fairy seas, whose calmer
surge
Uplifts this fantasy of loneliness.
-Leolyn Louise Everitt.
Miss Louise Bowler has returned
home from delightful visit to her
uncle at Mcintosh.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Bridges left
yesterday afternoon for a months
stay at Indian Springs, Ga.
Mrs. r. S. Clark returned to her
home in Tampa this afternoon after a
short visit to her sister in Ocala.
Mr.. Kelly Phillips of Jacksonville is
expected in Ocala tomorrow to spend
couple of days with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmore Davidson of
Leesburg were among the visitors at
Silver Springs yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Mabry Sumner and Mrs. Port
Leavengood are spending the day at
Lake Weir the guests of Mrs. J. G..
Spurlin and Mrs. Carl Dekle.
Mrs. NJ. Fishel and daughter, Miss
Pauline Fishel, have returned from a
weeks visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Rheinauer at their Lake Weir home.
The regular meeting of the Tues
day auction club will be held Satur-
day afternoon at four o'clock at the
home of Miss Onie Chazal.
Miss Margaret Webb, who has been
the attractive guest of her aunt, Mrs.
d. R. Connor for the past month, re-
turned to her home in Whigam, Ca,
yesterday.
Mrs. Jerry Burnett and children |
left Wednesday for two weeks visit
to Mrs. Burnett's son-in-law and |
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fraser in !
ST. Petersburg.
Mrs. Beulah Wilson Mimms of
Louisville, KY, who has been visiting
her son, DR.. Carney Mimms in North
Carolina, is now enjoying a most de-
lightful visit with friends in Atlantic
City, N. j.
Miss Anna Walker, who has been
visiting her nephew and niece, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis P Wilson and son
Walker, for the past month, returned
to her home in Barnwell, S. c., last |.
night.
Mrs. w. V. Newsom and daughter,
Miss Helen, who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Mayo at Sum-
merfield for the past three weeks, left
last night for Clearwater, where they
will spend the remainder of the sum-
mer as the guests of Rev. and Mrs.
R. D. Dodge.
Mrs. B. 7. Perdue, who has been
with Mr.. Perdue at Reddick since
Wednesday, spent few hours in
Ocala yesterday and returned in the
afternoon. Mr.. Perdue's friends are
sorry to hear he has been quite i'll for
several days with an attack of acute
Indigestion.
Miss Wynona Wetherbee, who ex-
pected to leave Knoxville for Atlanta
Monday, has deferred her trip to that
city for a couple of weeks. Miss
Wetherbee is now enjoying a most de-
lightful camping trip on Sugar Loaf
and upon her return to
will be the guest of Mrs.
William Greever and Mrs. Burkhardt.
Miss Wetherbee has been the recip-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-03
AND
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING

When you have plumbing or cleo:
trical contracting, let US furnish you
estimates. No job too large and none
too small. IF II. W. Tucker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-03
Fish and Fishing

The following books in the library
may be of interest to the numerous
fishing parties which are such fire.
quent affairs at the lake, springs and
gulf this summer:
Report of the Fish Commission,
Bases, Fresh Water and Marine, and
Issak Walton's works.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-03

Use VALSPAR for new and old
floors, furniture, bath rooms, kitch-
ems, etc. Clarkson Hardware Co. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-03

while in Knoxville, and two big dances
have been planned in her honor upon
her return next week.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-03

The many friends of Mrs. Jake
Brown, who has been visiting her
mother in Lincoln, Neb., for the past
few weeks, will deeply regret to hear
that she has been quite i'll there for
some time and may have to undergo
an operation before her return. Mrs.
Browns friends wish her a most
speedy recovery.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-03

Let me sell you your feed crusher.
W. j. McGehee, distributor. If
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07

self. My voice was firm. 1t surprised
me, and | felt almost calm. Our ar
tiDery had so torn up the German barb
wire that it gave us no trouble at ALL
We walked through it with only a few
scratches. When we reached the low,
sandbag parapet of the enemy trench
we tossed in a few bombs and follow
ed them right over as soon as they had
exploded. There wasn't a German in
sight. They were all in their dugoutS
But we knew pretty well where every
dugOUt was located, and we rushed for
the entrances with our bombs. Every
thing seemed to be going just as we
had expected it to go. Two Germans
ran plump into me as was rounding
a ditch angle with a bomb in my hand.
They had their hands up, and each of
them yelled:
"Mercy, kameradr'
Ipassed them back, to be sent to the
rear, and the man who received them
from me chuckled and told them to
move lively. The German trenches
were practically just as we had ex-
pected to find them, according to our
sample. They were so nearly similar
to the duplicate section in which we
had practiced that we had no trouble
finding our way in them. / was Just
thinking that really the only tough
part of the job remaining would be
getting back across No Mans Land
when it seemed that the whole earth
behind me rose in the air. For mo-
ment l was stunned and half blinded
by dirt blown into my face When l
was able to see / discovered that all
which lay behind me was mass of
upturned earth and rock, with here
and there a man shaking himself or
scrambling out of it or lying still.
Just two minutes after we went into
their trench the Germans had explod-
ed mine under their parapet. have
always believed that in some way or
another they had learned what spot
we were to raid and had prepared for
us. Whether that's true or not, one
thing is certain-that mine blew our
organization, as we would say in Ken
lucky, plumb to HI" And it killed
or disabled more than half of our
party.
Great Confusion.
There was much confusion among
those of us who remained on our feet.
Some one gave an order to retire, and
some one cOuntermanded it. More
Germans came out of their dugouts.
but instead of surrendering as per our
original schedule they threw bombs
among us. 1t became apparent that
we would be killed or captured if we
stuck there and that we wouldn't get
any more prisoners. / looked at my
wrist watch and saw that there re-
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07

picked the way to start across. The
extra heavy bOmbardment had warned
the Germans that something was about
to happen. They sent up star shells
and rs o S" signals until there was
glare over the torn earth like that
which you see at the grand finish of a
Paine's fireworks display, and mean
while they sprayed No Mans Land
with streams of machine gun fire. In
the face of that we started.
1t would be absurd to say that we
were not frightened. Thinking men
could not help but be afraid. If we
were pallid, which undoubtedly we
were, the black upon our faces hid it,
but our fear struck voices were not
disguised. They trembled and our
teeth chartered.
We sneaked out single file, making
our way from shell hole to shell hole,
nearly all the time on all fours, crawl
ing quickly over the fiat places between
this small shelter. The Germans had
not sighted us, but they were squirting
machine gun bullets all over the place
promiscuously, like a man watering a
lawn with a garden hose, and they
were bound to get some of us. Behind
me / heard cries of pain and groans,
but it made little impression on my
benumbed intelligence from the mere
fact that whatever had happened had
happened to one of the other sections
of ten and not to my own. 1t seemed,
some way or other, no affair to con-
Germ me. Then a man in front of me
doubled up suddenly and rolled into
shell hole. That simply made me re-
member very clearly that was not
TO stop on account of it. 1t was some
one else's business to pick that man
up. Next, according to the queer psy-
chology of battle, 1 began to lose my
sensation of fear and nervousness.
After / saw a second man go down /
gave my attention principally to a con-
sideration of the Irregularities of the
German parapet ahead of us, picking
out the spot where we were to enter
the trench. 1t seems silly to say it,
but seemed to get some sort of salts
faction out of the realization that we
had lost the percentage which we
might be expected to lose going over.
Now, it seemed, the rest of us were
safe until we could reach the next
rectiOns given, and gave some my
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07

"oVer the top and give 'em HE'LL"
nrojectileS which carry little metal
cylinders to contain written messages
and which burst into flame when they
strike the earth, so that they can be
easily found at night. The officer in
charge of the signalers was to remain
at the point of entrance, with his eyes
on his watch. 1t was his duty to sound
warning signal five minutes before
the end of our time in the German
trenches.
The leader of every party of ten also
had a whistle with which to repeat
the warning blast and then the final
blast, when each man was to drop
everything and get back of our artil-
lery fire. We were not to leave any
dead or wounded in the German trench
on account of the information which
the Germans might thus obtain. Be
fore starting on the raid we had re-
moved all marks from our persons, in
Guiding even our Identification disks.
Except for the signalers, each party of
ten was similarly organized. First,
there were two bayOnet men, each
with an electric fiashlight attached to
his rifle, so as to give light for the di-
rectiOn of a bayOnet thrust and con-
trolled by a button at the left hand
grasp of the rifle. Besides his rifle, all
OF these men carried six or eight Mills
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07

We Were Crawling About on All Fours.
was sort of subconsciOus, mechanical
confidence in our undertaking, which
was a result of the scores of times we
had gone through every prearranged
movement in our practice duplicate
German trenches behind our lines.
Without either of those influences we
simply could not have left the shelter
and faced what was before us.
An intensified bombardment from
our guns began just as soon as we
had climbed "over the top" and were
lining up for the journey across. ''Lin-
ing up" is not just suitable term.
We were crawling about on all fours
just far enough out in No Mans Land
to be under the edge of the German
shell fire and taking what shelter we
could in shell holes while our leaders
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07

a S we climbed out of the shelter
II of our trenches for my first-and,
perhaps, my last, L thought-ad-
venture in No Mans Land the word
was passed:
"Over the top and give 'em hellw
That is the British Tommiess battle
cry as they charge the enemy, and it
has often sounded up and down those
long lines in eastern France as the
British, Canadian and Australian sol
dierS go out to the fight and the death.
We were divided into six parties of
ten men, each party having separate
duties to perform. We crOuched for
ward, moving slowly in single file,
stumbling into shell holes and over
dead men-some very long dead-and
managing to keep in touch with each
other though the machine gun bullets
began to drop men almost immediate
ly. Once we were started we were
neither fearful nor ratified. We had
been drilled so long and so carefully
that each man knew just what he was
to do, and he kept right on doing it
unless he got hit. To me it seemed
the ground was moving back under
me. The first ten yards were the
toughest. The thing was perfectly or
ganized. Our first party of ten was
composed of signalers. They were pay
ing out wires and carrying telephones
to be used during the fifteen minutes
of our stay in the German trenches
in communicating with our battalion
headquarters, A telephone code had
been arranged, using the names of our
commanding officers as symbols. "Rex-
ford L" meant First prisoners being
sent back" "RexfOrd 2" meant "Our
first wounded being sent over" REX
ford 3" meant eve have entered Ger
man trench" The code was very COM
plete, and the signalers had been drill
ed in it for q week. In case the tele-
phone wires were cut, the signalers
were to send messages back by the
use of rifle grenades. These are rife
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07
Observation-Disclosures

-
No. hand grenades, weighing from a
pound and five ounces to pound and
seven ounces each.
The Lineup.
They are the same shape as a turkey
egg and a little larger. Upon with
drawing the firing pin a lever sets
four second fuse going. One of these
grenadeS will clean out anything liv-
ing in a ten foot trench section. 1t
will also kill the man who is throwing
1t if he holds it more than four Sec
onds after he has pulled the pin. The
third man of each ten was an expert
bomb thrOwer, equipped as lightly as
possible to give him freedom of ac-
ton. He carried a few bombs himself
out the main supply was carried by
the fourth man, who was not to throw
any unless the third man became a
casualty, in which case No. was to
take his place. The third man also
carried knob kerrie, a heavy bludgeon
20 be used in whacking an enemy over
the head. Ours were made by fasten.
ing heavy steel nuts on a stout stick
of wood, very businesslike cOntri-
vance. The fourth man, or bomb car
rier besides having large supply of
Mills grenades, had smoke bombs, to
be used in smoking the Germans out
of dugOuts and later, if necessary, in
covering our retreat, and also fumite
bombs. The latter are very dangerous
to handle. They contain a mixture of
petrol and PHOSPHORUS and weigh
three pounds each. On exploding they
release a liquid fire which will burn
through steel.
The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
in line were called utility men. They
were to take the places of any of the
first four who might become casual
ties. In addition they carried two
Stokes gun bombs each. These weigh
nine pounds apiece, have six second
fuses and can be used in wrecking
dugOuts. The ninth and tenth men
were sappers, carrying slabs of gun
cotton and several hundred yards of
instantaneous fuse. This explosive is
used in demolishing machine gun en-
placements and mine sapS. The sap
pers were to lay their charges while
we were at work in the trenches and
explode them as soon as our party was
far enough out on the return journey
to be safe from this danger. In addi-
ton to these parties of ten there were
three of us who carried bombs and had
orders to keep near the three officers,
to take the place of any one of them
that might go down and meanwhile to
use our own judgment about helping
the jolly old party along. l was as
signed one Of the three.
In addition to the raiding party
proper there was a relay call across
No Mans Land at ten PAGES interval
making a chain to show us our way
back, to assist the wounded and, in
case of opportunity or necessity, to re.
enforce us. They were ordered not to
leave their positions when we began
to come back until the last man of oul
party had been accounted for. The
final section of our encourage was com.
posed of twelve stretcher bearers, who
had been specially trained with us, SC
that they would be familiar with the
trench section which we were to raid
The Raid and Its Results.
There were two things which made
it possible for our raiding party to get
started across No Mans Land. One
was the momentary quickening of the
blood which follows a big and unac
customed dose of rum, and the other
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07
No. 3
"OVer the Top and
Give EN- HeN''
By Sergeant Alexander MCCIlntoCk.
D G. NJ, 9th Overseas Bait.
Canadian Gren Guards
Copyright, 1917, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc

Copyright, 1917, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Sergeant McCEtntOcE, 1OhO has seen
SerVtce in France, 10GS decorated for
bravery, t0ONnded, 5nUGIided home and
IS nOl0 endeGVOring to get commits
StOn in our Grmy. a commission in
the Canadian army G10GitS him If he
returns to join his Old command. In
the first and second articles he graph
tcGIIy describes his training, has trip
to France and the elaborate prepare
ttonS made for bomb raid on the
German trenches.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07

The Herald $500 the year.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07
Ne. @Shifted Co the Somme.

Sergeant McClintock takes part In the
greatest Of all battles and tells Of the
hell OF it, '"The front in Belgium was
really rest sector in comparison with
1t, he says. The extensive preparations
OF the allies for open warfare afterward
abandoned because OF the failure of ex-
pected developments
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-07

The fourth article of this remarkable
personal narrative will appear soon. Il
is entitled:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07
BOYCOTT IS
VOTED DOW N

Because 1t would be very difficult
to trace lumber that came from To-
hour mills, members of the local
carpenters union Thursday night
voted against the plan OF boycotting
all. output of mills not granting the
eight-hour day.
Timber workers asked the car
penters to place the unfair lum-
her on the we don't patronize'
list OF union labor, and both the
Central Labor Council and Building
Trades Council of Tacoma were
ready to adopt the boycott IL car
penters asked them to.
Seattle union labor established \
boycott on lumber from 10-hour
mills two weeks ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07

cards, and handed out to persons
on Pacific avenue by 19-year-oid
boy, aroused Detective GarberS's
curiosity Friday morning. He took
the youth to police headquarters
for investigation.
Hold out your hands, so / can
see if you've worked lately" COM
manded Detective Capt. Strick-
land.
I, The deaf and dumb" boy in-
stantly held his hands out for in
spection.
He's being tried for vagrancy
Friday afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07
Boy Tells a
Tale of Woe

my father shot my mother,
and then killed my two brothers
and two sisters. He shot me twice,
one bullet breaking my leg and
the other breaking my collar bone
and causing me to become deaf
and dumb. Please help me-"
This notice, printed on little
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07
CAN'T ERECT
COTTAGES AT
CANTONMENT

Private parties will not be al
lowed to build houses and bum
galows for officers on government
cantonment property.
Capt. Welty, aide to Maj. Gen.
Greene, announced Friday that
this plan had been disapproved
by the war department.
1t was rumored at the camp
that 200 cottages are to be built
at the Country club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07
CITY LINE IS
COSTING MORE

Because the new tideflats
street car line is costing more
than the council first estimated,
it will be impossible to know
whether an extension to the Buff
felin and Hague mills can be built
until the cost of the line to the
Todd plant is known.
Construction of street car
barn, a trestle over Wapato creek
and approaches to the Milwaukee,
viaduct, all outside the original
estimate, have boosted the price
several thousand dollars.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07
MOL.ARS STOLEN

Several sets of artificial teeth
in a showcase outside the Harvard
Dental parlors, 1922 Pacific
ave., were stolen late Thursday
night by some person who broke
the glass with cobblestone.,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07
PANAMA MARU ON
HER FINAL VOYAGE

The Japanese steamer Panama
Maru, due in Tacoma, is making
her final voyage to this port.
She will be replaced by larger
liner and will go into the Orien-
American trade.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07
ACTOR CHARGED
WITH CONSPIRACY

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. T.
Rudolfo Lazada, actor, was under
arrest here today on a telegraphic
warrant from San Diego charging
him with conspiracy to furnish
German agents in Mexico with a
high power dadio outfit to he
hsed in transmitting American
military information to Wilhelm
strasse.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07
Bungalow, 5 Rooms, $3.50

$3.50 CASH, $40 per mo. for neat s.
room bungalow, SO. 57th St, 81
blocks to Fern Hill car. Two
lots, cement sidewalks; all i'm
provements paid; porcelain bath;
neat 3-year-old bungalow home.
A. III. BARNHISEL co.
AIS Tacoma Bldg. Main 754.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07
A REAL SNAP
CLOSE IN
NO CAR FARES

NO NAh T MIXES
5tRoOM cottage In good repair. has
electric lights, gas, water. bath,
sewer, everything paid: situated
on paved street; title clear as a
whistle; will sell for 1880, half
cash. Also well built 7-room
house, modern, same as above, al
so on paved street; price 5000,
half cash. terms on balance to suit
purchaser on either or both. These
two houses are both in easy walk
ing distance and at prices way
below cost.
f. r. GREGORY co.
Second Floor National Realty Bldg.
Salesman 10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-07

Too many folks begin to suffer
after middle age with lame, ach-
ing backs, distressing kidney dis
orders and rheumatic aches and
pains. Often this is due to faulty
kidney action, and there is dan
ger of heart trouble, dropsy,
gravel, hardening of the arteries,
or Bright's disease. Don't let weak
kidneys age you. Use DOan's
Kidney Pills. They have re-
stored thousands to vigorous con-
dition.
Praise From a Tacoma Woman
Mrs. Anna A. Parent, 800 e.
Thirty-first ST., says: II was suf-
fering with dull, heavy ache and
weakness across my loins and my
kidneys acted too often. Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me, and my
kidneys haven't given me any
trouble since"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-05-11

seed that u going to put Emery cuun-
~ ON the map as sure as YOU live. An
other ton Ut seed, ordered hy Cashier
Crawford Ut the Emery County hank.
acting fur local farmers N now on
the way and every pound ia going 10
count toward those five carloads uf
beans to be- shipped out ct this Vicini-
IS in the fall.
Ellis Draper and Mrs White lett
Sunday for their homes after win.
tcr's teaching here. Diapers home ~
In Moroni
George \. iiakcr. manager of the
Emery County Mercantile company
store. has purchased the ear formerly
run hy Ira u. browning. who. with
his family will move To- Salt Lake city
next week.
Last Tuesday was another rrdicttcr
day Tor the honorcd old OF Castle Dale
who were entertained Ia the custom.
AIRY manner on that day The after.
noon was taken up with IN excellent
lunch and fine program. followed by
an impromptu program ~ dancing
and cNtcmporancDuH talks.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-05-11
Elmo Happenings.

ELMO. May b.-Jens Hansen and
Angus Oviatt have left for Salt Lake
city. where they win join the United
States army.
Ira Oviatt, who has been working at
Castle Gate. has returned home TO
farm.
Friday evening farewell party was
given for our two school teachers. who
have returned home. We regret los
Ing them, but they leave a host Of
dear friends.
Mrs 5. A. Oyiatt N visiting with her
daughter az Cameron.
some of our farming viii be greatly
delayed ON account OF recent storms.