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N An American Soldier
Who Went
|RfHUR GUY EMPEY
hins Gunner Serping In France
,yrieht 1911, By Arthur Guy Hmpoy)
SYNOPSIS.

FER IFYred by the news Of tho
BE the Lusitania by q German
|e, Arthur Guy Empey, an Amer1-
les his office in Jersey City and
England where he enlists IN the
rmy.
Ter u-After q period Of train
by volunteers for immediate serv-
DON finds himself in rest billets
ere In France" where he first
3 acquaintance OF the ever-pres-
ER III-Empey attends his first
ryices at the front while a Ger
Eer circles over the congregation
Err IV-Empey's command goes
eront-line trenches and Is unoer
he first time. --
R v=Empey learns to adopt
Of tho British Tommy, IT you
to get It you'll get 1t, SO never
ER W-Baok in rest billets, EN-
his frst experience as q mes
~ L., vla sra learns how the
GR Wu=Back In the Iront-nne
npey sees his first friend OF the
go West"
SR K-Empey makes his first
(dusout in 'HSuicide Ditch"
m XEEmpey learns what con-
days work. in the front-hns
CR xLEmpey goes over sne
Ia frst time In a charge on inc
Fenches and is wounded py q
rust.
ri xu-Empey joins the "sui-
"A the bombing squad ID calico.
bR xIII-Each Tommy gets an
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on the ground to the point where we
were to commence work. This in Or
der that we would not get lost in the
darkness. The proposed trench was
also laid out with tape.
The covering party went out 1rst.
After q short wait, two scouts came
back with information that the work.
ing party was to follow and "carry on"
with their work. 4
In extended order, two yards apart,
we n~oiselessly crept across No Mans
Land. 1t was nervous work; every
minute we expected a machine gun to
open fire on us. Stray bullets Cracked"
around us, or q ricochet sang over
head.
Arriving at the tapped diagram Of
the trench, rifles slung around our
shoulders, we lost. no time in getting
to work. We dug as quietly as pos
sible but every now and then the noise
Of a pick or shovel striking a stone
would send the cold shivers down u
backs. Under our breaths we heartily
cursed the offending Tommy.
At intervals q star shell would go up
from the German lines and we would
remain motionless until the glare Of its
white light died out.
When the trench had reached a
depth Of two feet we felt safer, be-
cause it would afford Us cover in case
we were discovered and fired IN.
The digging had been in progress
about two hours, when suddenly hell
seemed to break loose in the form Of
m%achine-gun and rifle fire.
We dropped down on u bellies in
the shallow trench, bullets knocking
up the ground and swapping in the air.
Then %shrapnel butted in. The music
was hot and Tommy danced.
The covering party vas having a
rough time of it; they had no cover;
Just had to take their medicine.
Word was passed down the line to
beat it for our trenches. We needed no
urging; grabbing u tools and stoop-
ing low, we legged it across No Mans
Land. The covering party got away
to a poor start but beat us in. They
must have had wings because we low
cred the record.
Painting and out Of breath, we tum-
bled into our front-line trench. I tore
my hands getting through u wire,
but, at the time, didn't notice it; my
journey vas too urgent.
When the roll was called we found
that we had gotten it in the S for
So casualties.
Our artillery put a barrage on Fritz
front-line and communication trenches
and their machine-gun and rifle fire
suddenly ceased.
Upon the cessation Of this fire,
stretcher bearers went out to look for
killed and wounded. Next day we
learned that q of our men had been
killed and 81 wounded. Five men were
missing; lost in the darkness, they
must have wandered W into the Ger
man lines, where they were either
killed or captured.
Speaking Of stretcher bearers and
wounded, it is very hard for the aver
age civilian to comprehend the enor-
nous cost of taking car Of wounded
and the war in general. He or she gets
so accustomed to seeing billions Of dol
lars in print that the significance Of
the amount is passed over without
thought.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville.

County of Abbeville.
At the Regular Session of General
Assembly of the State Of South
Carolina, 1916, an act was passed re-
curing the County Board of Com
missioners of Abbeville County to
insert for three weeks in a county
and state newspaper a notice for
the purpose of borrowing money for
county expenses. Now, in pursuant
to said act, the County Board OF
Commissioners will receive bids for
the sum of Eighteen Thousand
(s1s,OOO) Dollars, payable n year
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting Of the Stock
holders of the Peoples Savings Bank
will be held in the Office of the
Bank Tuesday, April 2, 1918, at
II o'clock A. M.
W. F. NICKLES, Cashier.
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XIV.
Picks and ShoveIs.
t slept long before the swe

t slept long before the sweet
the sergeant informed that
tton had clicked for another
party" I smiled to
|th deep satisfaction. I had
hoted from a mere digger to
Of the Suicide club, and was
|om all fatigues. Then came
shock. The sergeant looked
b direction and said:
lou bomb throwers think you
BIZ top hats out here. Cord
ers you've been taken up on
Fth Of this section, and will
} your bit with the pick and
he as the rest Of u.s."
B a howl on my way to get
but the only thing that re.
B q loss Of good humor on
in at eight o'clock, outside
lets, a sort Of masquerade
vas disguised as a common
Id a pick and shovel, and
hundred empty sandbags.
about two hundred in all,
ped likewise: picks, shovels,
rifles and ammunition.
y moved out in column of
ng the road leading to the
Several times we had to
i'm the ditch to let long col.
nbers, artillery and supplies
tching, under these condi'
necessarily slow. Upon ar,
3 entrance to the communi.
(ch, I looked at my illumi'
st watch-it was eleven
(ntering this trench, word
down the line, mo talking
lead of in single file, GOV.
first"
BRING party consisted Of 80
Id with rifles, bayonets,
two Lewis machine guns
to protect US and guard
surprise attack while dig
Mans Land.
bmunication trench was
q mile long, q zigzagging
feet deep and three feet
again, German shrapnel
tie overhead and burst In
We would crouch against
walls while the shell frag'
ped" the ground above US
2 turned loose with a ma
the bullets from which
trough the air and kicked
On the top, scattering sand
|, which, hitting our steel
nded like hailstones.
val in the fire trench an
E Royal Engineers gave US
ons and acted as guide.
to dig an advanced trench
yards from the Germans
IS at this point were siS
1s apart).
ing lanes, five feet wide
through our barbed wire
age Of the diggers. From
white tape had been lai6
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:su!In1 Meu eq4 o. sIu!p1oooe
'4uem41edep 1eM e44 4ou pue 5u!qs
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The Stockholders are urged to
be present at the said meeting, or
to be presented at the said meeting
by proxy.
F. E. HARRISON, -;
..r President.
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the %enervating sensation was always
present. It made me hate war and
wonder why such things were counte-
nanced by civilization, and all the spice
and glory Of the conflict would disap-
pear, leaving the grim reality. But
after leaving the spot and filling your
lungs with deep breaths OF pure, fresh
air, you forget and once again want to
be up and at them"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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from date.
Bids to be opened Eleven A. M.
April End, 1918.
W: A. STEVENSON,
Supervisor Abbeville Co.
M. L. Evans,
Secretary of Board.
March 9Th, 1918.
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LOCALS

I am offering for sale, ono car
Corn at less than Wholesale price.
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Hay:-I have good quantity of
Choice Timothy, Clover and Peanut
Hay, al right prices.
J. ALLEN SMITH, JR.
3-29-2t.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-12-19
SHE KEEPS EN- HAPPY
90 Western Newspaper Union

read for the wounded soldier a coming
day of good luck when muddy trenches,
shivering nights under bombardment
and aching shrapnel wounds would be
forgotten except as a hale Of hard
work well done to crown the days of
peace with content.
The glpsy, in her scarlet kerchief.
has always piled her trade profitably.
An American Red Cross worker, in
Paris hospital, has discovered that the
scarlet kerchief is not a necessary
requisite for drawing clientele. She
began telling fortunes one afternoon
just to while away an hour for boy
who had begun to lose interest In get
ting well. He was restless and weary.
For four months he had been lying In
the same bed: other patients had come
and gone.
you're going to have an interesting
adventure tomorrow" predicted the
Red Cross lady, and the following day
a pal with whom Hefty had trained In
the States aud whom he hadn't seen
for six months, was carried into the
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HOW SUBS WERE
FOILED is TOLD

find, there was only one, That is, the
Hun had only one chance of meeting
a ship where he had rs before. And
IL he did meet the convoy he found
it usually with a naval escort, whose
sole business was sinking submarines.
He found, too, rs lookouts on watch
for him, 25 sets of guns ready for him,
where there were but one each before
1.-THE usual convoy formation was In
columns In rough square. This was
the most compact, and the inside ships
were practically immune from attack.
The escorts circled the convoy, II
necessary, and the outside ships con-
centrated their fire on any submarine
that appeared.
Conveys were made up at different
speeds, and even the rustlest old
tramps were provided for In six-knot
class.
"1n spite Of this, some captains i'm
agination always tackled a couple Of
knots to their ships speed. There
seemed to be nautical version Of
Home, Sweet Home'-'be 1t ever so
humble, there's no ship like mine and
vessels making nine knots on Broad
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Camouflage and Big Conveys
Used to Make Our Ship
ping Safe.
DETAILS ARE MADE PUBLIC
Official Of United States Shipping
Board Describes Conveys Activity
From Time II Left
New York.

/ New York.-With the need of Sc
crecy ended by the cessation of fight
ing ION land, on sea and in the air"
the methods used to battle the Hun
submarines have been revealed by Of
ficers of the United States shipping
board. They made public the details
of convoy management and the proper
camouflaging Of grouped ships to make
their destruction by undersea craft
difficult.
One of the officers begins his de-
scription Of a conveys activity from
the time 1t left the port of New York.
"Once we were out in the stream"
he says, 1--WE headed down the chan
mel for the lightship, beyond which
our convoy and escorts were waiting
for us. All were slowly under way
when we reached them. The ships of
different columns took their places,
and after a few minutes confusion,
and lively work on the signal halyards
the other ships of the convoy got into
place.
Guarded above by dlriglbles, hydro
planes and anchored balloons, and on
the surface by fleet of patrol boats
rs well as our ocean escort, we pro-
ceeded, and America soon dropped be-
low the western horizon.
"As in the army we have turned
back to medieval helmets and armor
so on the water we have turned to
medieval naval tactics; but instead of
conveys of Spanish galleons and fri
gates of the seventeenth century from
the new world to the old, our conveys
were American transports and de-
stroyers.
at Is not hard TO see why the con-
roy system was effective Take the
case of convoy Of 20 ships (72 Is the
lnrgest number I've heard of in one
convoy; our mate told me of being
caught in 72-shlp convoy in a sail
Ing ship In the Bay of Biscay). When
these ships went in convoy instead of
there being % different units scattered
all over the zone for the U-boats to
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-12-19
REBORN
AS WAR RESULT

Toronto.-It Is q new Canada that
energies from the world war-a nation
transformed from that which entered
the conflict in 1914.
More than 10000 of her sons lie in
soldiers graves in Europe. Three
times that number have been more or
less incapacitated by wounds. The
cost Of the war in money Is estimated
to be already $1,100,000,000.
These are not light losses for coun-
try Of 100000 people. Fortunately,
there Is also a credit side.
Canada has found herself" in this
war. She has discovered not merely
the gallantry of her soldiers, but the
brains and capacity and efficiency of
her whole people. In every branch, in
arms, in industry, In finance. she has
had to measure her wits against the
world, and in no case has Canada rea.
son to be other than gratified.
OF the glory that is Canada's because
of the gallantry and endurance and
brains of her boys at the front not the
half has yet been told. 1.-THE most
formidable fighting force In Europe"
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Dog Had comethIno to sav.

The Hon. John w. Davis, appointed
our ambassador in London In success
sion to Mr.. Page. is an eminent law.
yer. .,
MIR. Davis tells the story of very
small boy who was trying to lead
big st. Bernard up busy thorough
fare. Where are you going to take
that dog, my little chapT inquired 4
passerby. "I-I'm going to see where
where he wants to go first.o was the
breathless reply.
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Dick Was Charitable.

At the funeral services for an el.
DERBY negro Of Richmond, Va. the fol,.
lowing colloquy was overheard: Y
There amt no use In talkln,," said
Nose Barker; "Dick Williams. he was
the most charitable man dis town ever
SEEN"
Il reckon OATS So" said the darkey
to whom Mr.. Barker impaired this
Information. And he paused as II
waiting for evidence on this point.
"Yessuh." continued Mr.. Barker,
"Dick Williams, he always owned a
plug hat, and durin' my time / aInt
never heard that Dick. ever refused to
lend dat hat to anybody"
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3. y 4
way make bare seven of Fire islnnd.
ut was remarkable what snappy
escort commander could do with his
charges. After a day or two together
he had them maneuvering In position
like second grand fleet; zlgzagging
dark through black night, not a ray
of light showing anywhere II they
were In the danger zone or a tin fish
was reported near.
"The war brought no stranger spec
tacle than that of convoy of steam
ships blowing along through the mid
die Of the ocean streaked and bespot-
ted Unfortunately with every color
of the rainbow.
"The effect of good camouflage was
remarkable. have often looked at a
fellow ship In the convoy on our
quarter on exactly the same courses
we were, but on account of her camou-
flage she appeared to be making right
for us on course at least forty-6ve
degrees different from the one she was
actually steering.
"The deception was remarkable even
under such conditions as these, and of
course a U-boat, with Its hasty limited
observation, was much more likely to
be fooled.
each nation seemed to have char
acteristic type of camouhage. and aft
er little practice you could usually
spot ships nationality by her style
of camoufiage long before you could
make out her ensign"
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Red Cross Worker Tells Fortunes
for Boys.
Relieves the Monotony for Wounded
Yankee Soldiers in the
Hospitals.
BY GERTRUDE ORR.

"You will receive letter in a few
days which will bring you good news
I'm! Yes, and you are going
10 receive present, from lady
blonde, whom you are going to meet"
"Trust Hefty, there, to meet the
blondes" drawled lanky Southern-r,
and the group of interested soldiers
clustered about the fortune teller
shouted in chorus, "Oh, oui He's
there with the blondes "
Hefty looked embarrassed, but
pleased.
Tell me some more" he urged. and
the fortune teller coming the cards
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MAKES might OWLS
DIG FOR SMOKE FUND

Seattle.-A number of the reg.
ular roomers In the hotel Vir-
ginia here have a habit of COM
ing in after midnight. The land
lady, Mrs. Clarke, now fines each
one of her roomers who arrives
after IL midnight and turns the
money into the four boys In
France tobacco fund.-"
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is not phrase Of empty words. Char
acter1stic Of all that has gone before
is the fact that the last act before the
curtain was rung down on the drama
or war should be the capture of Mons
by the Canadian corps. No Canadian.
when he heard that 1t was reserved
to Canadians to retrieve the great
tragedy to the original British army
In August, 1914, but felt his pulse
Jump and the red blood surge through
his veins.
These boys who went from Canadian
firesides, who never heard the jangle
of sword previous to 1914, In the last
four months have met the flower Of
the German army, Wanting warriors
who had given their lifetime to prep
aration. Divisions totaling one-fourth
OF the entire German army were In
this period met In succession and van
pushed by four divisions from Can
ada.
Nor have the people at home been
tagging behind the boys at the front
In courage, resOurcefulness and eff
cheney. The development of Canada's
war industry is an Industrial romance
of front rank. American government
officials can testify to the efficiency Of
the manufacturing plant Canada has
built up In four short years. In de-
partment after department, where they
found American industry failed them,
they were able to turn to Canada. The
full story may be revealed some day.
In finance, Canada before the war
was always a borrower and expected
to be so for many years to come. But
for year and half Canada in finance
has been ION her own" More than that,
she has been furnishing large credits
to other nations.
Having triumphed over the soul
testing crises of war, Canada faces an
era of peace with more than confidence
with buoyancy.
A vast program of reconstruction
and Of development awaits. The
country is eager to get at It and is
impatient for the government to give
the word. Public works of tremen.
deus Importance, silent since 1914, are
awaiting labor soon to be available,
Shipbulldlng, railway equipment, steel
production and many other industries
will, under proper direction, 90 for.
ward with a bound.
A Canadian commission under LLOYD
Harris, fresh from Washington, is
headed for Europe for the purpose OF
securing orders for Canadian indus.
tries for the reconstruction of Europe
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ward and placed In the bed beside him.
"She's wiz" announced Hefty to
the ward, and the Red Cross lady
found herself swamped with demands
for seances. She sees only happiness
and good fortune ahead and the con-
yalescents. with new interest In life,
find the days go less slowly when
something good awaits them Just
around the corner.
They know It's good luck because
"The Red Cross lady says so--she saw
1t In the cards."
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-19
many GAME
FISH ARE
HATCHED
OF OVER 10000. 600 GAME
FISH HArCHED IN STATE DUR.
ING YEAR PASSED, ACCORDING
To RErORT Just MADE

SALEM, Jan. ls.-The output Of
various Oregon hstcheries In tront
and game fish during the past year
tc,aii.i more than lo.0oo.cvo. &C
CO. ding TO figures male public b.
Master Fish Warden canton in his
report to Governor withycombe for
December.
"Notwithstan nding the fact that We
ere handicapped by a shortage of
experienced help. the number OF fish
Of these species liberated is the great
est since this branch OF the work was
taken up, and not only Is the output
greater in number. but the fry aver.
age Is larger In size as well as being
In finer condition when placed In the
various streams thruout the state" /"
the report declares.
Referring to Chinook salmon. the
report declares shat the eggs have
hatched with practically no loss. and
that the Bonneville hatchery has on
hand the best and most thrifty lot Of
young salmon" IL has ever had. The
100000 scckeye salmon resulting
from eggs received from the federal
bureau OF fisheries also are said TO
be doing well.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-19
Candidate foe the sepablicsa Nom.
inaiioa for Caisr~i ssatss SENATOR
frum Oreeoa.

The principles upon which I stand
and 10 which I pledge myself are:
Ito support the national admin.
is,ra,ion and the heads Of the gov
ernmen, with all my ability and en-
erey In the speedy and vigorous pros.
ecution OF the war TO q peace salts
factory to the democracy Of the world
and compatible with the highest
ideals OF our civilization.
?-To the application OF the Sc
lectiye draft In practice ~ we'll as
theory. which shall insure organisa.
ticn OF the national army and at the
same time reserve the necessary labor
and supplies for the continuation Of
our industrial pursuits and commerce.
3-To an equitable control and
regulation Of food supplies. commerce
and Industry. and the establishment
OF a primary market In Portland ON
equal basis with Chicago and Eastern
ports.
ITO n nationwide prohibition
and TO all measures which shall max.
II practicable and operative and no,
theoretical.
Ito permanently establish equal
suffrage In both state and nation.
6-To establishment by the federal
government OF a naval base at the
mouth Of the Columbia River.
TO effective rural credit iexis.
lation and administration with a par.
ticular view to It's adaptabiiity to tho
needs OF Oregon.
s-To construction by the federal
government Of n military highway
along the Pacific Coast. and federal
aid In the construction Of permanen,
highways.
e-To see that Oregon participate.
all things being equal. In national
trade. commerce and Industry. and
that our state ls given recognition In
the federal expenditures made neces.
sary by the war.
1o-To legislation which shaN
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-19

EUGENE. Jan. ls.-Cniforms for
all men in the University Of Oregon
battalion have arrived. and are on
sale at the cooperative store. Khaki
overslls and leggins make up the uni.
form. Guns also have been received
and issued. Governor withycombe
is expected TO come to Eugene to re-
Wow the battalion January %. and
within two weeks a reviewing ofhcer
from American Lake will review the
men. An officer from San Francisco
will repeat the process week later.
A model trench has been completed
on the old golf course. Bomb exer-
c!ses have been taken up. Colonel
Leader has invited all students who
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-19
# KIDNEYS ACT :
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NATURAL COLOR. GLOSS AND
ATTRACTIvENEss

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recipe Improved BY the addition Of
other ingredients.
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"ss'ns sage sAd Sulphur Compound.
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