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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-05-09
CHAPTE XVI.
Battery o o3S.

The day after his l received the
glad tldlngs that I would occupy the
machine gunncrs' dusout right near
the advanced artillery observation
post. This dugout was Il roomy affair.
dry as finder. and real cots in it.
These cots had been made by the
r. Els who had previously occupied
the dugout. / was the first to enter
and promptly made n s%lgnboard with
my name and number on It and sus.
pended 1t from the foot OF the most
comfortable cot therein.
In the trenches it is always "Arst
come. first served and this Is lived
up to by all.
Two Il. T.. A. men (Royal Field ar.
tilery) from the nearby observation
post were allowed the privilege OF
stopping in this dugout when off duty.
One of these men, Bombardier vii.
son by name. who belonged to Bat.
terry d 238, seemed to take a liking
to me. and l returned this feeling.
III two days time we were pretty
chummy. and he told me how his bat.
terry In the early days Of the war had
put over n stunt on Old Pepper, and
had gotten away wiz It.
Will endeaver to give the story rs
far as memory Will permit in his own
words:
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rained. Old Jupiter Pluvius must hov.
had 1t in for me.
AT six we reporter for instruction.
Jhey were simple t!nd easy. All, wa
had to do was to crawl out into NJ
Mans Land, lie on our bellies with o,,n
ears to the ground pnd listen for tha
tap, tap Of the German engineers ~
sappers who might De %tunneling under
No Mans Land to establish q mine.
head beneath our trench.
OF course, in our orders we we're told
not to be captured by German patrols
or accommodating parties. Lots Of
breath is wasted Oh the western front
giving silk;' cautions.
AS soon rs 1t was dark, Wheeler and
I crawled to Il post which was about
halfway between the lines. 1t was
raining bucketfuls. the ground was q
sen Of sticky mud and clung to us like
glue.
We took turns in listening with our
ears to the ground. I would listen for
twenty minutes while Wheeler would
be on the qui vive for German patrols.
We each wore n wristwatch, and be-
lieve me, neither one Of us did over
twenty minutes. The rain soaked as
to the skin and our ears were full Of
mud.
Every few minutes a bullet woh1d
crack overhead or Il machine gun would
traverse back and forth.
Then all firing suddenly ceased. I
whispered to Wheeler. "Keep your eye
skinned. mate; most likely Fritz has
a patrol out-that's why the Boches
have stopped firing
We were each armed with q rifle and
bayonct and three Mills bombs to be
used for defense only.
l had my ear to the ground. All OF
a sudden I heard faint. dull thuds.
In n low but excited voice l whispered
to Wheeler, II think they are mining,
listen"
He put his a to the ground and
ear:
"Yank, that's u patrol and It's heud-
Ing u way. For Gods sake keep
STILL"
I was MS still as a mouse and wag
scared stiff.
Hardly breathing and with eyes try.
Ing to pierce the inky b%lackness, we
waited. I would have given a thou
sand pounds to have been safely in
my dugout.
Then we plainly heard footsteps and
our hearts stood still.
A dark form suddenly doomed up In
front Of me; 1t looked rs big rs the
WoolwOrth building. / could hear
the blood rushing through my veins
nj 1T sounded as loud as Niagara
falls.
Forms seemed to emerge from the
darkness. There were seven of them
in all. l tried to wish them away. I
never wished harder in my life. They
muttered a few words in German and
melted into the blackness. 1 didR't
stop wishing either.
All Of n sudden we heard u stumble,
a muddy splash. and a muttered Don
ner und Bitten" One Of the Bochen
had tumbled into q shell hole. Neither
Of us laughed. At that tlme-it didn't
strike us as funny.
About twenty minutes after the Ger.
mans had disappeared something from
the rear grabbed me by the foot. I
nearly tainted with fright. Then a
welcome whisper in Il cockney accent.
II sly, myte, we've come to relieve
YOU"
Wheeler and I crawled back to oolr
trench; we looked like wet hens and
felt worse. After n swig Of rum we
were soon fast asleep on the fire step
in II wet clothes.
The next morning I was as stiff MS a
poker and every joint ached like a
bad tooth. but l was still alive, so II
did not matter.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Listeninq Post,

1t was six in the morning when we
arrived at our rest billetS, and we were
allowed to sleep until noon; that is.
II we wanted to go without our break
fast. For sixteen days we remained
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EMPEY AND A C0MRADE HAVE EXCITING EXPERIENCE
WHILE ON LISTENING POST DUTY.

synopss-Firedb by the sinking Of the Lusitania, with the loss Of
american lives, Arthur Guy Empey, u n American living in Jersey civ.
sto England and enlists a s n prlvate'in the British army after n
short experience as a recruiting officer in London, he is ~ to trotn.
ing quarters In France, where he first hears the sound of big pun md
makes the acquaintance Of Coolies" After q brief perlodeof training
Empeys company is sent into the frontline trenches. where no tokcs
MS fst urn on the fire step while the bullets whiz overhead. Empey
learns. Il s conPnde falls, that death turks ALWAYS in the renchos
Chaplain distinguishes himself by rescuing wounded men under hot
fire. With pick md shovel Enpey has experience n 8 81 trench digger
in N 70 Mans Land. Much attention is required by wound mon from
the corps Of doctors and nurses. On listening post aetoiI
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Well Matched.
.1u1N
A 90
49,

THE pretty little bride over the
way Is like Juno: she's oX-eyed."
Then she's got her match in her
husband, for he's bull -hcadcd."
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-05-09

Sore Eyes. B~lood-Shot Eyes. watery Eyep,
STICKY Eyes, all healed promptly with night
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-05-09
A Fair Offer.

The man that marries my daughter
wins Il prize for himself" make the
prize $4,000 and I'll go you"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-05-09

The pugilist Is frequently beaten at
his own game,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-05-09

RrmorSr is memory that has begun
TO f"rmrnt.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-05-09

Despite the excellent targets
men are not allowed to shell
Fritz, Empey relates In next in.
stallmcnt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
REPORTS PLENTY
OF LABOR FOR FARMERS

Solomon Tribune: Farmers took
advantage of the good weather this
week and hundreds of acres of al
falfa were put up. No trouble was
experienced in getting help. One
transient laborer was in this office
the other day and the things he said
about the crying need for help in
this state would not look good in
print. He went on to say how the
daily papers came out short time
ago with the story that thousands
OF men we're needed in Kansas to
take care of the hay crop. He came
a couule of hundred miles to grab
some bf the easy money and had
spent a couple of weeks up and down
he Solomon Valley and claimed he
could not get a job for love nor
money. AS he slammed the door
he said he was hoofiing it to Linds-
borg to see if he could get a job
with the street paving gang.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
CHAPMAN BOY BROWNS
Crossing River TO Get Boat Sank In
Smoky Hill.

John Peck was drowned in the
Smoky Hill near Chapman about Z
O'Clock Tuesday evening. He was
with a party of boys fishing. John
was swimming across the river to get
a boat and when in the middle of
the stream, the boys on the bank
noticed him go under and struggle
apparently as with a cramp. Dewey
Peck, his brother, tried to rescue
him but was too late.
The river is quite swift at this
part and is still quite muddy, so 1t
was difficult to find his body. Nets
were placed and a search started.
His body was not found until We'd
nesday afternoon and was not a great
distance from where it had disap-
peared
John lived with his mother, Mrs.
r. G. Peck, and brothers. He is 20
years old and is we'll known in the
county.
Funeral services will be from the
Methodist church at Chapman Thurs
day afternoon at 4:90.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13

The Topeka Capital has a story
about the real estate assessment in
which Dickinson Is featured. 1t says
"To equalize taxes in a group of
about fifty counties, the state tax
commission recently sent to the
county assessors and the boards of
county commissioners a letter stat
ing that it desires very much to pro-
duee a more perfect equalization
among the counties of the state than
has been had heretofore, and to
that end has been making some care
full preliminary studies
cone of these counties is Dickin-
son, where the commission has
stated that because of inequality in
assessment in past years, the raise
this year should be approximately SS
per cent. In few local cases DEM
ocratic newspapers have raised the
howl Of high taxes, but generally in
these localities the assessment Of
lands have been far below their ac-
tual value. The cry of high taxes
comes only from a few uniformed
demagogs, and not from the people
who are willing to pay the same
ratio their neighbors are paying Ia
other counties.
In its letter to the local authori-
ties OF Dickinson county, the state
tax commission said;
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13

Seventy-two pupils were gradual
ed from the rural school of Dickin-
son county this year. OF these, nine
made an average of ninety per cent
or above. This Is high average
considering the difficulty experien-
ced last year with the book short
age and the changing OF texts.
Many schools were not fully supplied
with text books until November.
Joel Carlson of District 35 made
the highest average of 93.5 and the
following made an average of ninety
or more: Joel Coulson, Lillian Can
tenbein, Stella Marts, Everett Sheets,
Clarence Dornberger, Abb Kohman,
Emil Samuelson, Helen Chalker.
A complete list of the ~ grad
yates is:
Abilene Florence Heinen, Loretta
Backes, Beatrice Engle, Zelma
Meeker, Margaret Rees, James Hos
ie, Richard Hosie, Everett Sheets,
Nellie McGaffey, Lena Poland, Velda
Poland, Margaret Rauch, Mildred
Bale. Helen Erbrecht, Vesta Bolli-
ger, David Engle, Leatha Sprinkel
Ina stoffer, Loren Foster, Eva Grice,
Maurice Bretches, Samuel Gruen'
George Mark, John Kapp, Rosa
Muller.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
CAUGHT AUTO THIEF AT
ELLSWORTH IN HOURS.

George Gordon who stole 5. 5.
Smiths automobile Tuesday after
noon at 1880 was caught at Els
worth with the car at 5 p. m. Mr..
Smith hung up a reward of $50 and
sent news OF the theft to all sur
rounding counties. Gordon, an Okla
homan, who says he has been wand
ering over several states, knew little
of the art of stealing cars. He
drove directly west, stopped at New
Cambria for gasoline, went on thru
salina and was traced without diff
Guilty. The sheriff of Ellsworth
drove east, met him coming into
that town, arrested him and he was
brought here last night with the
car. The car is not damaged. Cor
don will be held for trial.
The county gives 500 for con-
viction Of car thieves and the sherifr
OF Ellsworth will get $50 for his
Job. Gordon says he was hitting for
Denver.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
OLDEST WOMAN IN THE
STATE DEAD, AGED 1OS.

Solomon, June 12-Mrs. Elizabeth
Driscoll, aged 10S years and the old
est resident of Kansas, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Sullivan
Saturday.
Mrs. DriscolI was born In 1910,
two years before the second war with
England. She was already fifty-one
wears of age when the civil war
broke out
Despite her remarkable age, Mrs.
Driscoll enjoyed seemingly perfect
health until last winter when, in a
fall. she broke several ribs. Until
that time she was active and able to
do considerable work.
She had lived in Solomon for 80
years up to the time Of her death,
and on account of her remarkable
age. was known to everyone in the
city.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13

William E. Baer, age 60, died at
his home on East Fifth street We'd
nesday evening after lingering i'll
ness. He is survived by two sons,
Chester Baer, Abilene, and G. t..
Baer, Delphos. Mr.. Baer has re-
sided in this vicinity since 1872, and
lived on farm in Cheever town
ship until recent years when ne
came to Abilene.
Funeral services will be held
from the home Friday afternoon at
2:3O: the Rev DR.. F. S. Blayney
officiating. Interment in the Liv-
ingston cemetery beside his wife,
who died seven years ago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
Mrs. B. F. Mize is Dead

Mrs. Ella G.. Mize, wife OF B. F.
Mize, died Thursday evening at her
Nome 5 miles north of Solomon,
after a short illness. She is survived
nv two children besides her husband.
The Mize family has lived in this
community for seberal years and is
wall known. Funeral Saturday
morning at st. Andrews church at
1oa. m, Father O'Reilly officiating;
burial in Catholic cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
THREE MORE REGISTER.
Young Men are Given Serial Num-
bers-178 in All.

Three more men we're registered
by the draft board following the
June list. These were unavoidably
delayed and were given chance.
They are Ed. w. Baier, Elmo; VIM.
E. Larson, Chapman; VIM. H. Jaeg-
er, Hope.
The board has given each Of the
IFS registrants a number but is
is merely a registration number. The
order in which they are to be called
to the colors will be determined
later. No orders have been received
from Washington regarding it but
some form of lottery will probably
be used.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
FOUND DEAD AT HOME
w. M. Furrow, Solomon, Was Fish
erman-Lived Alone.

w. M. Furrow, Solomon, unmar-
ried. was found dead at his home
early Monday morning and Coroner
Tufts was summoned. Furrow was
seen on the street Sunday evening
and apparently died sometime after
midnight. The coroner decided an
inquest unnecessary. He may have
died from falling and breaking his
neck as he was lying on the floor
and his neck upon examination was
found to be broken. He was a fish
erman and lived alone. SAT was
found in his possession.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES.
Hazel NJ. Guffey Asks Pay for Death
of Her Husband.

Hazel NJ. Guffey, Herington, filed
suit against c. R. and P. railroad
for $4,000 for the death of her
husband, John p. Guffey, who was
shot and killed by Charles w. How
ard. a railroad detective and yard
watchman, March 16, 1918. Guffey
was employed as boilermaker and
was returning from Kansas City.
He was leaving the train which stop
ped at crossing when Howard tried
TO arrest him. He was charged
with having booze in his suit case
and refused to be arrested.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
To Camn Cody First.

To the men in the next call it will
be of interest to know that the local
board received orders that the first
men to leave will go to Camp Cody.
Those who have low order numbers
will probably go to Cody and the
higher order numbers will be sent
to Funston. Notifications have been
sent out to find those who are en-
gagged in agricultural work and those
who are available to go now.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
County Schools Have
72 Graduates Now

Junction City-Ernest Kind, Nellie
George.
Chapman-Herbert Horner, Stella
Marts, Beatrice Martin, Ray Ander-
son, Carrie Freeman, Elmer Krin-
hop, John Keatling.
Detroit-Victor Ingersoll, Joel e.
Carlson, Harry Thomas, Marion
Fisher, Maurice Burkholder.
Carlton Lois Mitchell, Emil
Samuelson, Stella Emig, Macie r.
Gump, Arthur Roggendorff, Harry
Lehman, Clyde Raffenberger, Char
les Spicer, Harvey Lehman.
Dillon-Herbert Cole, Abb Koh-
man, Sadie McLain, Roy Womochii'
Lillian Gantenbein.
Wakeheld-Rosa Barnett, Edward
Lefert.
Hope Helen Chalker, Lucille
Morris, Victor G. Longhofer.
Solomon-Walter Emig, Vance
billing, Fay Rasher.
Enterprise-Stanley Hermann.
Elmo-Agnes Rufener.
Manchester Velma Coulson'
Florence Felix, Louis Britt, Ella
Britt, George Graves.
Talmage- Clarence Dornberger,
Esther Ausherman.
Cvnsum-Helen EliasOn,
Woodbihe-Sara Fritz.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
State Wants More
Tax in County

"The study of the commission in
dicates that in order to equalize the
assessment Of farm lands in your
county exclusive of improvements
with all other counties in the man
ner indicated, your county should
be increased over the assessment OF
last year approximately 3S per cent
and the lands will then be consider
ably under-assessed as compared
with actual value
"Of course should the result of
the coming assessment show an in
crease in the counties over last
year Of the group of counties above
referred to as the base and the nee
essity existing of equalizing upon the
new base thus established, the per-
centage of increase in your county
over that of last year will be more
than as indicated in the last pre-
ceding paragraph"
But the Dickinson commissioners
and assessors did not make the
raise. They increased the land val
uation about 121a per cent on an
average and declare that 1t is plenty.
,Of course the state tax commission
can hike it 3S per cent or more IL
it so desires. The commissioners
and county clerk will go to Topeka
to discuss the matter with the COM
mission.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
Wants Divorce from Bright.

Ada J. Bright of Herington filed
suit for divorce from M. A. Bright.
She charges the defendant with ex-
treme cruelty and gross neglect OF
duty. Although he has ample means
and is in good condition of health,
he refuses to support her. There
are no children.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
Nav Change Liberty Bonds.

Bonds Of the first Liberty Loan,
the first Liberty Loan converted and
the second Liberty Loan may be
converted into bonds bearing inter-
est at the rate of Az per cent dur
ing the six months period ending
November 9. 1918. They will be en-
titled to increased rate from June
Is, 1918.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
Roxs Still Keep Money.

The boys who robbed Newton
Reed, a cripple at the county farm,
June 2 have not returned the money.
He thinks it was some country boy
Whoever it was he should be asham-
ed of himself and if located term
at Hutchinson or Lansing would do
him good.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
$40. 80 FOR RED CROSS FROM
COLT, CALF AND RIBBONS.

At the sale Saturday, June 8, the
yearling colt and calf which were
sold for the Red Cross brought
s7O.SO. The colt which was donated
by ]. A. Glendinning sold for $50,
and the ribbon decorating the colt
sold for $3.50. The calf which Mrs
J. W. Noel donated sold for $14.5O
and the ribbon for $40.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
War Savings Stamp
Quota by Districts

The people of this county are ex-
pected to subscribe for and purchase
during 1918 War Savings Stamps 70
the maturity value of S524,OOO. In
order to distribute this allotment OF
war Savings Stamps equitabiy
among the various parts OF the
county. a quota has been assigned
for each school district which VIII
be stated at the opening OF the meet
ing i'm each school house ON June
28 In order to raise the total
amount from this county, 1t Will De
necessary that each school district
subscribe the amount allotted to II.
This will not impose any burden on
any persons in the district II each
person does his duty, and the per-
sons conducting the meetings IN
each school district have been in
structed to insist upon the total
amount allotted to it being sub
scribed before the meetings are ad-
journed.-R. NJ. White, War Saw
ings Chairman for Dickinson
County.
AS nearly 100000 of Baby Bonds
have already been sold in the county
$431,O4O is needed June % and
this has been apportioned to the
various school districts as follows:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13

For sale, gentle 12 year old team,
weight 100 pounds. Write or call
Froelich Bros. Enterprise. 12-Sw1
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-13
n - n n n - n
FLAG DAY

4 FLAG DAY
l The Nation has set aside ?
a June 14th as Flag Day on =
! which every loyal citizen Is ?
q asked to display Old =
4 Glory at his home and :
! place of business as a :
a showing of patriotism; ?
i Therefore, |, mayor OF z
. Abilene, do request that :
4 every home and business =
s house in this city on Fri :
a day, June IA, have the flag
Z floating in the breeze. This ?
s is a time for everyone of ?
8 us to show our patriotism
s and our love for our coun-
a try. :
j w. d. NICHOLS,
a Mayor. :
! "a n - n - "a N ,
Evening journal., 1918-05-10
Official Figures Presented to
Governor Show Total
of $26,S32,O5O
BELIEVE STATE
LEADS THE UNION

Liberty Loan chairmen for the state
Of Delaware met at the State House, at
Dover, at 40 O'Clock this afternoon.
with Governor Townsend. Secretary OF
State Johnson, and the Philadelphia
chairman. Lewis l.. Mann and secretary.
II. s. Kinney, bf Philadelphia. OF the
Advisory Committee FOR Delaware. at
which time the work OF the recent
campaign was discussed and Official
figures announced.
That Delaware leads The union both
in subscriptions and In amount sub
scribed. is Indicated by the fnal
amounts announced by John s. Rossell
chairman Of the New Casctle county
committee. Upwards OF 5000 persons
subscribed TO the loan and the total
was more than s26,OOOO0O.
In presenting the figures TO Governor
/. Townsend. who presided Mr. Rosse1
said:
Your Excellency;
We meet today 10 determine and "a
announce The result Of the campaiEn ID
Delaware for tae Third Liberty Loan
and 70 present our congratulations 4
the people Of the state upon thl
magnificent work they have accom-
4 plished
we represent the Federal Heservl
{ Organization OF tho Third District. o
which Delaware is a part. and also 0u
own state and the three counties O
which It is composed Il is eminentl,
! proper that this conference should bI
held under the guidance Of your Excel
lcncy. and that 10 should be mad
known to The nation that Delaware ha
done its whole part and much more
In responding 90 the call Of the Prcsi
dent 10 make the campaign a grea
/ success and thereby aid in giving to IN,
/ Government the popular endorsement
it SO well deserves.
"The reports we will submit show
wonderful achievement on the par
/ OF the people and make new recOrC
II loyalty and self-sacrlnce for oui
/ State over 5000 citizens have sub.
scribed more than s26.OO0OOO q
| the Third Liberty LOsn and have there
by not only excelled all others. bul
have set an example worthy OF emula-
/ lion 10 our fellow-citlzens in the coun-
liry al large.
we are not moved by a spirit OF
, personal adulation but on The contrary
we come here to place upon the rec
ords OF the State a tribute to the pa
I triotism and devotion of Delawareans Ia
their country and TO the cause OF hu-
mainly, TO which the country has dedi-
Gated all It's great resources.
We pledge anew o our government
Z all we have and all we hope for. thai
Continued on Page Fifteen.)
Evening journal., 1918-05-10
COSTS MORE TO BUY
OR SELL PROPERTY

The cost OF selling or purchasing real
estate has gone up, like everything
clsc.
rhe lawyers and the real estate men
have decided thoy must get a bigger
share for The part they pcrfSrm in the
sale OF properties
The Bar Association has adopted a
schedule Of one per cont. OF the cost
OF real estate for making a search OF a
title. up 10 $4,000 OF valuation. Above
$4,000 the lawyers fee for searching
title viii bs one-hslf OF one per cent.
The minimum fee is 10 be s20 for a
search, "a having been the average fee
for A search heretofore. Thus it will
cost 500 for searching the title OF a
$4,000 property.
Raal estate brokers have increased the
commission for the sale OF real estate
70 fye per cent. Heretofore It has been
two per cent