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when this Isl saten the men try 10
amuse themselves until "tea" appears
at about four o'clock, then "stand to-
and they carry on as before.
While In rest billets Tommy gets up
about six In the morning, washes up,
answers roll CALL is inspected by his
platoon officer, and has breakfast. At
8:45 he parades (drills) with his COM
pany or goes on fatigue according to
the orders which have been read out
by the orderly sergeant the night pre-
vious.
Between II 80 and noon he is dis
missed, has his dinner and is ION his
own" for the remainder of the day,
unless he has clicked for a digging or
working party, and so it goes on from
day to day, always "looping the loop"
and looking forward to peace and
Blighty.
Sometimes, while engaged in a
''cootie" hunt, you think. Strange to
say, but it is fact, while Tommy is
searching his shirt serious thoughts
come to him. Many time, when per-
forming this operation, l have tried
to figure out the outcome of the war
and what will happen to me.
My thoughts generally ran in this
channel:
viii / emerge safely from the next
attack? If do will l skin through the
following one, and so on? While your
mind is wandering into the future it
is likely to be rudely brought to earth
by Tommy interrupting with, "Whats
good for rheumatism?
Then you have something else to
think Of viii you come out Of this
war crippled and tied into knots with
rheumatism, caused by the wet and
mud of trenches and dugouts? You
give it up as a bad job and generally
saunter over to the nearest estaminet
to drown your moody forebodings in
glass of sickening French beer or to
try your luck at the always present
game of "house." You can hear the
sing-song voice of Tommy droning
out the numbers as he extracts the
little squares of cardboard from the
bag between his feet.
(To be continued.)
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strengthened with handbags. NafN had
been driven into these timbers. On
ench nail hung a miscellaneous assort-
ment Of equipment. The lighting ar
rangements were superb-one candle
I'm n reflector made from an ammuni-
tlon tin. My teeth We're chattering
from the cold. and the drip from the
alrshaft did not help matters much.
While / was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside at
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing letter, looked up and inno-
Gently asked, Say, Yank how do you
spell 'conhagratlon'T
looked mt him In contempt and an
ewered that did not know.
From the darkness In one of the cor
ners came a thin, piping voice singing
one Of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
Pack up your Troubles in your old Kit
Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough. cough, cough, but
II was a good illustration Of Tommys
cheerfulness under such conditions.
machlne-gun officer entered the
dugout and gave me hard look. l
sneaked past him, sliding and slipping,
and reached my section Of the front
line trench, where l was greeted by
the sergeant who asked me, "Where
in - ave you beeni"
l made no answer, but sat on the
muddy fire step, shlvering with the
cold and with the rain beating in my
face. About half an hour later
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top AT teh- O'Clock was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ton on the fire step. The rain sud
denly stopped and we all breathed a
sigh of relief. We prayed for the morn
Ing and the rum issue.
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tumbled off the step, fell into the mud
at the bottom of the trench, and lay
still in huddled heap with a bullet
hole in his forehead.
At about the time he expected to ar
rive at Waterloo station he was laid
to rest in a little cemetery behind the
lines. He had gone to Blighty.
In the trenches one can never tell
1t is not safe to plan very far ahead.
After "stand down" the men sit on
the fire step or repair to their respec-
tive dugouts and wait for the rum Is
sue" to materialize. Immediately fol-
lowing the rum comes breakfast
brought ND from the rear. Sleeping Is
then In order unless some special work
turns up.
Arsuqd 1890 dinner shows ND,
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CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

Suicide Annex.
I was in my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door of
same was a little sign reading Sui
eide Annex" One of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called "Suicide Ditch" Later on
l learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud,
and dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
three little letters, NJ U d. The floor
of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside it was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rivulets were trickling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came a drip,
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was a hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. 1t was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to It,
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
or else he would "shoot the chutes."
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's flags with a
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers. while the entrance was
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AT OIL WE'LL
STOPPED TEMPORARILY

The drilling at the oil we'll has
stopped temporarily as some neces-
sary machinery has not arrived. The
drill has reached depth of 1,75O
feet and the casing is placed down
that distance. Many sightseers have
gone to the we'll to see the drill in
action and have come back disap-
pointed. 1t will probably not be over
a week before the machinery ar
rives. The present weather is most
favorable for drilling and the men
are anxious to get to work,
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CHAPTER x.
Mrhe DAYS Work"

was fast learning that there is
regular routine about the work Of the
trenches, although IL is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work In the fire trench
commences at shutdown. Tommy is
like burglar he works at night.
Just as 1t begins to get dark the
word "stand to" is passed from trav-
erse to traverse, and the men get busy.
The first relief, consisting of two men
to a traverse, mount the fire STEP one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet, ready to carry
messages or to inform the platoon Off
Ger of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations in No Mans
Land. The sentry is not allowed to
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-14
SOLOMON TO PAY IT'S
FIRE CHIEF SIS A MONTH

William Butcher was appointed
chief of Solomon's fire fighting force
by the city commissioners of that city.
His services are valuable to the city
and so he will he paid SIS a month.
A committee has been appointed and
all the fire cisterns in Solomon will
be inspected. The commissioners
also ruled that residents of that city
could keep pigs if the neighbors did
not object.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Fired by the news OF the
blinking OF the Lusitania by a German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey. an Ameri-
Dan, leaves his office In Jersey city and
goes to England where he enlists In the
British army.
CHAPTER Ii-After a period OF train
anR, Empey volunteers for immediate serV-
ice and soon finds himself In rest blliets
s'somewhere In France" where he first
makes the acquaintance OF the ever-pres-
ent "cootiea" -.
UnAPTER III-Empey attends his first
church services at the front while Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER IV-Empey's command goes
into the front-line trenches and Is under
DIRE for the first time.
CHAPTER V-Empey learns to adopt
ahe motto OF the British Tommy III you
are going TO get It. you'll get II. so never
"SCiffAPTER vI-Back in rest bilets, En-
pey gets his first experience as mess
orderly
7 CHAPTER VII-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
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Abilene Housewife
Changed from Gloom to Cheer

my stomach suffering was so Sc
we're that / could not have lasted
much longer. did not care so much
for myself but did not want to leave
my three little children who needed
a mothers love and care. A cousin
in California wrote me about Mayr's
wonderful Remedy and / took
course of it. have since been entirely
WE'LL" 1t is a simple, harmless pre-
paration that removes the catarrhal
mucus from the intestinal tract and
allays the Inflammation which causes
practically all stomach, liver and in
festival ailments, including appen-
dicitis. One dose will convince or
money refunded. C. E. Northcraft &
Company.
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OVID TIL TO
81
AN A1ERICAN S0IDI[,
WHO WENT 9 .
ARI11Ul GUY T,fIpE,
MACHINE GUNNER jERYINd N FRANCE
| @I97 on /
ARTHUR tun LnpfYj

I hag-draped stretcher. carried by four
soldiers. was one Of the four. Be-
Ihlnd the stretcher In column Of fours,
came the remainder Of the section.
TO get to the cemetery, we had to
pass through the little shell-destroyed
village, where troops were hurrying
TO and fro.
AS the funeral procession passed
these troops came TO the attention
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only sa-
lutte a private is entitled to "some-
where In France"
Now and again shell from the Ger
man lines would 90 whlstling over the
village to burst in our artillery lines
in the rear.
When we reached the cemetery we
halted In front of an open grave, and
laid the stretcher beside 1t. Forming
hollow square around the opening Of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service.
German machlne-gun bullets were
Cracking" In the air above us, but
Pete didn't mind. and neither did we.
When the body was lowered into the
grave the flag having been removed,
we clicked our heels together and
came to the salute.
left before the grave was filled in.
could not bear to see the dirt thrown
on the blanket-covered face of my COM
rade. On the western front there are
no collins, and you are lucky to get
blanket to protect you from the wet
and the worms. Several of the sec
tion stayed and decorated the grave
with white stones.
That night, In the light of lonely
candle In the machine gunner's dugout
of the front-llne. trench ! wrote two
letters. One to Petes mother, the
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F. W. KARL
]. N. BURTON, Auctioneer.
A. S. BLAIR, Banker.
(First published in the Abilene Week
ly Reflector March Z, 1881
PUBLICATION Office.

To Jim Prosise of parts unknown:
You are hereby notified that I will
sell at public sale one Little automo-
1918, at ten o'clock a. m, at number
AIT East 9Th street in Abilene, DicIin-
son county, Kansas, said automobile to
be sold to satisfy a lien have upon
the same for repairs.
4tW MELVIN REED.
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other to his sweetheart. While doing
this cursed the Prussian war god
with all my heart, and think that st.
Peter noted same.
The machine gunners in the dugout
were laughing and joking. TO them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, in the
warmth of their merriment, my blues
disappeared. One soon forgets on the
western front.
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Doan's Regulets are recommend
ed by many who say they operate
easily, without gripping and without
bad after effects. soc at all drug
stores.
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Public Sale

The undersigned will sell at pub
lie auction at his farm adjoining De-
troit, on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-19
PLAN SURVEY TO
LOCATE STREETS
IN NEW SECTION
City Council to Take Early Action In
South Rock Island on Proposed
Highways.
AIN TO KEEP THEM UNIFORM
Residents on Forty. Second Avenue
Ask to Extend Street West
to Ninth Street.

A petition signed by residents on
Forty-second avenue to open that
highway from Eleventh to Ninth
streets was presented to the city
council yesterday and referred to the
local board Of improvements.
II was pointed out that it would be
especially advisable to open this ave-
nue. to the west, as the new No. 6 fire
station is located at Twelfth street and
Forty-second avenue, which would en-
able the firemen TO make runs direct
ly west to Ninth street. when calls
are received in that vicinity. AS it
is the tiremen must make detour.
Forty-second avenue at present runs
from Eleventh TO Fifteenth streets
incidentally the city council will
ask the boaIu of local improvements
TO consider in a general way all of
The streets to be opened in the future
in the newly annexed territory in
South Rock Island. This will be done
in order TO keep all streets uniform
and is a precautionary measure. 1t is
most probable that the petition from
The residents on FOrty-second street
will receive early attention at the
hands Of the local board of improve
ments.
To Pave Three Streets.
The local board of improvements
yesterday presented an ordinance for
he paving of Twenty-eighth, Twenty
ninth and Twentyninth-a nd-a-half
streets from Seventeenth to Eigh-
teenth avenues with asphaltic con-
crete, to a width of "a feet from curb
o curb. The ordinance was consid-
cred and will no doubt be adopted
next week. The entire improvement
is to cost $6,240.
Thus far Sixth avenue is the only
street in Rock Island to be paved with
asphaltic concrete, which has a better
gearing surface than asphalt.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-03-28

Mr.. J. w. Adams and sons and
Mr.. E. d. Myers spent short while
at the home of Mr.. l.. E. Griggs last
Tuesday.
Messrs. Vernon Myers and Wesley
Adams were at the home of Mr. G.
w. Ratliffe last Saturday night.
Mr.. Vester Jordan visited at the
home of Mr.. Alec Atkinson Satur-
day.
Mcssrs. Mall and Bivens Tucker
visited at the home of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Tucker one day
last week.
Prof. j. Frank Funderburk spent
the weekend in Dudley.
Messrs. Bradley, Preston and Miss
es Mollie and Annie Lee Burch spent
several hours Satu day night at the
home of Mr.. f. D. Myers.
Mr.. Daniel Franklin Davis, Of
I Route I, was in this section last Sun
day night.
The Angelus choir will be at Eliza
beth church on Sunday, March 31st,
and will furnish music for the day.
Everybody come and bring full bas-
kcts.
Mr.. J. w. Adams was in Wades-
boro last Monday.
Mr.. Bud Rayfeld, Of Long Pine
was in this section Monday.
Miss Mollie Burch spent shor,
while at the home of Mr.. f. ID. Myers
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Honeycutt visited at
the home of Mr.. f. ID. Myers one day
last week.
Mr.. Eugene Collins visited at the
home of Mr.. II. c. Gaddy Sunday af-
ternoon.
Messrs. Vester Jordan and Charles
Atkinson visited at the home of Mr..
j. T. Davis Sunday.
"Tompkins' Hired Man"
Is the name Of play to be given
at Wexford school house Saturday
night, March 80, at 8:15 o'clock. A
small admission fee Of Is and 20
cents will be charged and the pro-
ceeds go to benefit the school. A
string band will furnish music for the
occasion.
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"TEAI'S MILL"

Miss Marcia Duke visited Miss Re-
becca McQuaig Monday night.
Mr.. l.. B. Funderburk will visit his
home Wednesday night.
Misses Mary and Leatha Johnson
visited in the Shiloh community Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mrs. John Stafford was the CUES,
last Sunday Of Mrs. j. R. Gibson.
Mr.. Willie Caulder was the dinner
guest last Sunday of Mr.. Minor Rain
water.
Messrs. E. NJ. White and Luther
Hicks motored to Rockingham last
Sunday.
Mr. Weldon Mcbride is very sick
at this time. We hope he will soon
be better.
Mrs. Wade Turnagc spent Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. j. r. Gibson.
The Rev Baggott filled his regular
appointment Sunday morning at
Macedonia.
We are glad to report that the
superintendent of the Cradle Roll is
able to be out again.
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CFERAW ROUTE 2

There was not any preaching at
Mt. Olivet Sunday on account of bad
weather.
Miss Thelma Mcbride spent part of
last week with her grandmother, Mrs.
". NJ. Mcbride.
Miss Martha Duke visited Misses
Maybell and Flora Turnage Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. j. w. Rainwater was in Che
raw Monday on business.
Mr.. G. w. Lide was the guest of
MIR. John McQuaig Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. Jim Irby visited Mr.. j. E.
Johnson Saturday evening.
Mr.. w. l.. Caulder and family Wis
tied his brother, Mr.. A. j. Caulder,
Sunday afternoon.
he farmers of this community are
preparing to plant more corn and
less cotton. They are beginning to
realize the necessity Of growing more
foodstuff at home.
Mr.. Willie Caulder received a let
ter from Mr.. Allie Caulder recently
who is Somewhere in France" and
from the way he writes he must he
having some time with the French
girls
Mr.. w. M. Mcbride is still in the
hospital at Charlotte, N. C. bat his
many friends hope for him a speedy
recovery.
We are still having prayer meeting
at Mt Olivet every Sunday night.
Everybody is Invited to come
Messrs. Willie Caulder and Luthef
Hicks took a moon-light-hike Sat
urday night.
Mr.. John Stafford, of Cheraw, was
in this community Sunday.
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editing il a Cinch

Most any man can be an editor"
says the town knocker.
"All the editor has to do is to sit
at desl; six days week and edit
such stuff as this:
Mrs. Jones, of Cactus Creek, let
can opener slip last week and cat
herself in the pantry. A mis- s,hievous
lad of Piketown threw a stone and
cut Mr.. Pike in the alley last Tues
day. Joe Doe climbed on the roof Of
his house last week looking for leal;
and fell, striking himself on the back
porch. While Harold Green was es-
cortirg Miss Violet Wise from tn,
church social last Saturday night a
savage dog attacked them and bt
Mr. Green in the public square.
Isaiah Trimmer, of Running Creek,
was playing with cat Friday when
it scratched him on the veranda. Mr..
Frank, while Harvesting a poney last
Saturday was kicked just south of the
corn crib. ."-Chattanooga Times.
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WOMEN TORTUREDl
Suffer Terribly With Corns Because
of High Heels, but Why
Care Now

Women wear high heels which buc
kle up their toes and the ysuffer ter
ribly from corns. Women then pro-
ceed to trim these pests, seeking re-
lief, but they HARDLY realize the
terrible danger from infection, says
Cincinnati authority.
Corns can easily be lifted out with
the fingers if you will get from any
drug store a quarter Of an ounce of
drug called freezone. This is suifi-
cient to remove every hard or soft
corn or callus on ones feet. You
simply apply few drops directly
upon the tender, aching corn or cal
lus. The soreness is relieved at once
and soon the entire corn or callu5.
root and all, lifts out with out one
partlcle OF pain. Adv.
This freezone is sticky substance
which dries in a moment. 1t Just
shrivels up the corn without infiam
ing or even irritating the surrounding
tissue or skin. Tell your wife about
this. Adv. 2
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M.AISViLLE

Mr. Charlie Atkinson was in Long
Pine community Tuesday Of last
week.
Mr.. w. p. Gulledgc was in Chcs-
teriield Wednesday.
Mr.. II. C. Gaddy and son motored
% Ruby last Thursday.
Mr.. j. &. Lowry, of Wexford, was
motoring in this section last Thurs
day, cnroutc to Wadcsboro.
Mr.. Il. C. Colcy was in Ruby last
Wednesday.
\Mr. B. II. Burch spent short
while at the home of Mr.. G. l..
Moore recently on business.
Mr.. Guss Lowery, Of Wexford,
spent short while on business at
Mr.. NJ. T.. Lowry's last FRIDAY.
The many friends Of Mr.. Andrew
Burch are glad to learn that he is
now making his home near here at
the home of Mr.. w. C. Johnson.
Mcssrs. f. j. and A. Moore and
Mr.. r. Sellers were in Morven last
Friday.
Mr.. Charlie Atkinson was in Nor.
ven, n. c., one day last week.
Mr.. J. w. Adams visited at Mrs
A. J. Adams last Sunday.
Mr.. Lester Davis and family, OF
Snow Hill, spent the weekend al
the home of Mr.. Davis brother, Mr.
James r. Davis.
Messrs. f.. ID. Myers and j. Wesley
Adams were in Lilesville Friday.
Mr.. J. J. Tucker spent short
while at the home of Mr.. b. H.
Burch's Saturday.
Mr.. l.. l.. Jordan and family spent
few hours Mt the home of Mr.. Jack
fuckers Friday night.
Mcssrs. Peter Jones and Dussie
Myers spent last Saturday in Wades,
boro.
Mr.. Hardy Jordan visited at the
home of Mr.. Alec Atkinson Friday
night.
Misses Minnie and Kathleen Myers
and Cornelia Adams spent while
last week at the home of Mrs Hanna
Short, where they enjoyed some fine
music.
Miss Cornell. Adams, Of the
Vaughn school house section, spent
last week in this community with
friends and relatives.
Messrs. +. ID Myers and j. w.
Adams motored to Wadcsboro We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Charlie Atkinson spent the
weekend near Morven with friends.
Messrs. II. C. Gaddy and Jesse
Trexler spent last Saturday in the
city of Wadesboro.
Messrs. +. Doss Myers and J. w.
Adams were in Morven and McFar-
Ian, N. c., last Thursday.
Misses Minnie and Kathleen Myers
and Cornelia Adams visited at the
home of Mr.. B. II. Burch last satur-
day evening.
Misses Mollie and Annie Lee Burch
visited ut the home of the Rev. A.
B. Smith last Saturday.
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RHEUMATISM AND GOUT

A convincing fact of the remarka-
bic power of L-Rheumo as a cure for
rheumatism and Gout is shown by
the grateful letters received from
people that have taken this famo as
prescription. L-Rheumo elminat $
poisons by its action on the Liver,
kidneys and bowels. Aids digestion
and assimilation of food, purifies the
blood and: builds you up. Don't suf-
fer when 3-Rheumo is ready to aid
you. Demand the bottleSwith big l..
Guaranteed. Price $1.OO any pay no
more.
For sale by Chesterfield Drug Co.,
Chesterfield, s. c.; ]. T. lowers &
Son, Jeerson, S C; Morven Drug Co..
Morven, N. G.. or send us $1.OO and
get q bottle post paid. Chapman
Alexander Laboratories, Greenville, s.
C. Adv.
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RESOLUTIONS ON TIE DEATH
OF MR.. II. D. TILLEF

Whereas: On February IA, 1918,
death ended the earthly career OF
the beautiful life Of Mr.. II. ID. Tillcr,
beloved husband of one of our mem
bers,
Resolved; lst, that we, ;he mam-
bcrs of the Stonewall Chapter, eX-
press our deep and sincere sympathy
for the heart-broken wife and the
other members of the family in this
sore aftiiction, and pray tnat the bles-
scd Lord who feels so deeply for hu.
nan woe breathe his bcncdictions in.
to their gricving hearts and give
grace and strength.
I'd; that we properly inscribe a
page in our minutes to his memory
and that these resolutions be publish
ed in The Chesterfield Advertiser.
Mrs. ID. II. Laney,
Miss Cora Craig,
Committe from Stonewall Chapter
u. ID. c., Chesterfield, S. c.