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p vi.
Fritz Does a Little "Strafeino."


My outfit was one of those that saw
the Germans place women and chill
dren In front of them as shields
against u fire. More than q third Of
our men, I should say, had been pretty
tough criminals in their own countries.
They always traded their pay against
a handful Of cards or a roll of the
bones whenever they got a chance.
They had been in most Of the dirty
parts Of the world. This war was not
such a much to them; just one more
job In the list. They could call God
and the saints and the human body
more things than any boss stevedore
that rel lived. o,.
Yet they were religious in a way.
Some Of them were always reading
religious books or saying prayers in
different ways and between them they
believed In every religion and super
stition under the sun, l guess. Yet
they were the toughest bunch I ever
saw.
After they saw the Germans using
the Belgian women the way they did,
almost every a In my company took
some kind Of a VOW or other, and
most OF them kept their vows, too, l
believe. And those that we're religious
got more 90 after that.
Our chaplain had always been very
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friendly with the men, and while !
think they liked him they were 50
tough they would never admit 1t, and
some Of them claimed ne was a Jonah,
or jinx, or bad luck Of some kind. But
they all told him their vows as soon
as they made them and he was sup
posed to be a sort Of referee as to
whether they kept them or not.
During my second stunt in the front
lines things got pretty bad. The Ger
mans were five to our one and they
kept pushing back parts Of the line
and cleaning out others. And the
weather was as bad as 1t could be
and the food did not always come reg
ularly. Now. before they took their
vows, every last man In the bunch
would have been kicking and growing
all the time, but, as 1t was, the only
time they growled was when the Ger.
mans pushed us back.
Things kept getting worse and you
could e that the men talked to the
chaplain and quite q few Of them
got real chummy with him.
One morning Fritz started in bright
and early to begin his strafe. Tho
lieutenant was walking up and down
the trench to see that the sentries
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were properly posted and were on the
Job. A shell whizzed wei his head
and landed just behind the parados
and the dirt spouted up like / imagine
a Yellowstone geyser looks.
Another officer came up to the lieu.
tenant-a new one who had only
Joined the company about a week be-
fore. They had walked about ten
yards when another shell whizzed ever
them. They laid to and a third one
came. There were three In less than
five minutes. directly wei their heads.
Then a shell landed on the left side
of the trench and a poilu yelled that
four men had got 1t. They were all
wounded and three died later. The
lieutenant went over to them and just
after he passed me a lad got 1t square
not far from me and was knocked
over to where I was lying.
The lieutenant came back and
helped me with the first-aid roll and
then the Germans began using shrap.
mel. The lieutenant was swearing
hard about the shrapnel and the Ger
mans and everything else.
Farther to the right a shell had lust
struck near the parados and made a
big crater and across from 1t, against
the parapet, was a young chap with
a deep cash in his head, sitting on
the fire step and next to him q fellow
nursing the place where his arm had
been blown off. Our bread ration lay
all about the trench and some Of the
poilus were fishing 1t out Of the mud
and water and wiping the biscuits off
on their sleeves or eating rs fast as
they could. Only some Of the biscuits
had fallen In bloody water and they
did not eat these.
A young fellow, hardly more than a
boy, stumbled over the parados aud
fell into the trench right near the
lieutenant and the lieutenant dressed
his wounds himself. l think he was
some relation Of the boy.
The lieutenant asked him how he
felt, but the boy only asked for water
and smiled. But you could see he was
In great pain. Then the boy said:
"Oh, the pain is awful. 1 am going
to die"
"You r all right, old man." the
lieutenant said. "You will be home
soon. The stretcher bearers are com
Ing" So we passed the word for the
stretcher bearers.
Then he took the water bottle from
the boys side and sat him up and gave
him some water. He left the water
bottle with the chap and went to
hurry the stretcher bearers along.
When he got around the corner Of the
trench the boy was slipping back and
the water bottle had fallen down. SO
| went v to him and propped him
up again and gave him some more
water.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-06

Don't stay upset! Eat n tablet Of
Pape's Diapepsin and Immediately the
Indigestion, gases, ucidlty and HI stona-
ach distress ends.
Pape's Dlapepsin tablets are the sur
est, quickest stomach BELIEVERS In the
world. They cost very little at drug
stores. Adv.
BY covering up their tracks some
men get credit for walking In tho
straight ard narrow path
A bright nah usually looks on the
bright side Of life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-06

Every mother realizes. after giving
her children california Syrup Of
Figs" that this Is their ideal laxative.
because they love its pleasant taste
and 1t thoroughly c~leanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath Is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, Mother! If coated, give
n t%easpoonful Of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in u few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, Sou bile ard
undigested food passes out Of the bow
els, and you have n well, playful child
again. When the little system is full OF
cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, d.
arrhGa. indigestion, colic-remember.
a good INSIDE cleansing should al
ways be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a.
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for O
bottle Of california Syrup Of Figs"
which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and grown-ups printed
on the bottle. Beware of counterfeitS
sold here, so don't be fooled. Get the
genuine, made by california Fig
Syrup Company.'-Adv.
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(To BE CONTINUED,
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How They Conversed.

An American liaison officer who
knew little French and Il French artil-
lery officer who knew little English
had important business together DUR
ing the height Of the recent fighting. .
Henri" said the commandment to O.
young sergeant, Il have seen yoH ealhs
ing TO Americans several times. Can
you speak English" :.
mo, mon c%ommandant," answered
Henri simply.
For all that. Henry and the Ameri-
can officer were soon engaged In viva
ciOus conversation. At its conclusion
the c%ommandant turned to Henri. =.
"But you speak English very wells,
he said. |
mo, NOR ~commandant," Henri stili
insisted. "We were talking in Ger.
man" )
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CHAPTER V-Continued.

I never saw a battery better con-
cealed than this one. Up on the ground
you couldn't see the muzzle twenty
yards away-and that was all there
WAS to see at any distance. There
was a ruined garden just outside the
gun quarters. and while the gunners
were there picking apples there would
be a hiss and an explosion, and over
would 60 some Of the trees, or maybe
a man or two, but never a shell struck
nearer the guns than that. The poilus
used to thank Fritz for helping them
pick the apples, because the explosions
would bring them down in great style.
Shells from our heavy artillery passed
gust over the garden, too, making an
awful racket. But they were not In it
with the "75's."
They gave me a little practice with
n "75" under the direction Of expert
French gunners before I went to my
14-inch naval gun, and, believe me, it
was a fine little piece. Just picture
to yourself a little beauty that can
send a 3S-pound shell every two Sec
onds for five miles and more, If you
want it to, and land on Fritz vest
button every time. There Is nothing
d like better than a gun, anyway, and
q have never since been entirely salts
taed with anything less than a IT'S"
AS you probably know, the opposing
artillery In this war is so widely sepa-
rated that the gunners never see their
targets unless these happen to be
buildings. and even then 1t Is rare. So,
since an artillery officer never sees the
enemy artillery or infantry, he must
depend on others to give him the range
and direction. a
For this purpose there are balloons
and airplanes attached to each artil-
sery unit. The airplanes are equipped
with wireless, but also signal by
smoke and direction of flight, while
the balloons use telephones. The OBJ
servers have maps and powerful
glasses and cameras. Their maps are
marked off in to correspond with
the maps used by the artillery officers.
The observations are signaled to a
receiving station on the ground and
are then telephoned to the batteries.
All u troops were equipped with
telephone signal corps detachments
and this was a very important arm
OF the service. The enemy position is
Hhelled before an attack, either en-
barrage or otherwise, and communica-
ton between the waves of attack and
the artillery is absolutely necessary.
B~ombardments are directed toward
certain parts Of the enemy position
almost as accurately as you would use
a s~earchlight. The field telephones are
very light and are portable to the last
degree. They can be rugged up or
knocked down in a very short time.
The wire is wound on drums or reels
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and you would be surprised to see how
quickly u corps established COM
munication from a newly won trench
20 headquarters, for instance. They
were asking for our casualties before
we had finished having them. almost.
Artillery fire was directed by men
whose duty 1t was to dope out the
eange from the information sent them
by the observers In the air. Two men
were stationed at the switchboard,
a mar to receive the message and
the other to operate the board. AS
oon as the range was plotted out 1t
was telephoned to the gunners and
they did the rest.
The naval guns at Dixmude were
ce..ted On fst cars and these we're
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-06
STOMACH UPSET?
PAPE's DIAPEPslN AT ONCE ENDs
DYSPEPSIA, AciDiTY, GAS,
INDIGESTION,

Your meals hit back! Your stomach
Is sour, acid, gassy and you feel bloat-
cd after eating or you have heavy
Jumps Of indigestion pain or headache.
but never mind. Here Is instant relief.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-06
DICTIONARIES VOW VENGEANCE WHEN GERMANS HIDE
BEHIND BELGIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

synopsis-Albert N. Depew. author Of the story. tells Of his service
In the United States navy. during which he attained the rank of chief
petty officer. frstclass gunner. The world war starts soon after he
receives his honorable discharge from the navy. and he leaves for
France with a determination to enlist. He joins the Foreign Legion and
is assigned to the dreadnaught Cassard, where his craftsmanship wins
him high honors. Later he is transferred to the land forces and sen. to
the Flanders front. He gets his first experience n e front line trench at
Dixmude.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-06

Depew goes lover the top"
and "gets" his first German in
bayonet fight. Read HE story
Of this exploit In the next In
stallment.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
TO TEACH DISABLED
Australia Recognizes Duty TO
Crippled Soldiers.
Subsistence Wages to Be Paid Men
While They Are Learning
Trades.

Washington.-The manner In which
Australia is meeting the problem Of
repatriating the men fighting In Eu-
rope is described In dispatches to the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce. Much interest was aroused by
the dispatches, as foreshadowi1g what
the United States must do when the
tide Of disabled men begins to flow
westward.
Two principles form the basis of the
Australian system: First, that the
purpose is to secure the re-establish-
ment of returned soldiers in the indus
trial life of the community; second,
that as soldier abandoned his civil
calling to serve the state, it Is the
duty of the state to sustain him until
an opportunity for such re-establish-
ment is assured.
Subsistence wages will be paid to
men seeking employment or being
trained in technical schools. The
amounts Will vary according to the
number of dependents, the maximum
being f3, shillings, or approximately
S16.5O.
| A feature of the vocational training
| planned will be national workshops,
wherein men whose injuries preclude
the possibility of their ever becoming
competent to earn their living as nor
| NAL Wnrkmen will be educated to new
tasks and perhaps employed perma-
nently. The totally and permanently
disabled will be provided for in hos
tells, or, alternately, by special grants
supplementary 70 their pensions, If
they prefer to remain with their
friends.
Widows DESTROYS of learning some
useful trade will be afforded the neces-
sary training and sustenance. Adj
yances of money will be made in GER
tain cases for the establishment Of
small businesses, for tools and for
/ transit to employment.
Australia also is following the prac-
tice of the United States after the civil
war of granting land to returned sol
j diers. Major Blizzard, who took part
in the historic landing at Gal1ipoli
and was severely wounded, has been
granted 700 aRres nea@ Echuea.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
LETTER WRITING THE RAGE
Pretty French stenographer Is Cause OF
Literary Epidemic Among the
Marines.

Somewhere in France.-Letter writ
ing has become all the rage among the
wounded United States marines con-
fined to the base hospitals here.
The reason is q French stenographer,
a pretty one, too, who has volunteered
to write letters home for her incapaci-
tated American brothers.
The petite Parisienne makes daily
visit to the Marine hospitals for die
tation-and the wounded devil dogs
have suddenly become literary giants.
They anxiously await her visits and
fairly swamp her with mail.
Gee, if only had about three more
aunts and six more cousins to write
to- sighed one husky sea-Soldier, as
the pretty little Asteno' moved on to
the next cot.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
USE BURIED COIN FOR BONDS
Mountaineers of Tennessee Dig Up
Thousands of Dollars to Invest
in Liberty Bonds.

johnson City, Tenn Thousands OF
dollars in money that had been buried
by the mountaineers of east Tennessee
was dug up recently and invested in
Liberty bonds. Gold and silver cur
rency was lifted from fireplace cor
ners, dug up from under the garden
trees and taken from the trunks OF hol-
low oaks. Some Of the money paid
for the bonds dated back more than
half a century. The third loan is the
only one in which the mountaineers
largely participated.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
Poor Man!

According to plutareh. Cato said
that In his whole life he most repented
of three things. One was that he had
trusted secret to woman; another.
that he went by water when he might
have gone by land; the third, that he
had remained one whole day without
doing any business OF moment.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
|. A. COLOMB s. son, Ltd. InsuranCe--Real Estate
DONAIDSONVLLE,
Submarines.

It is impossible to name the real
inventor of tile submarine. UnderWa-
fer boats have been matter of study
for 800 years. John r. Holland, an
American, living in New York and New
Jersey, developed the submarine to Its
present form. He built his first boats
some time In the seventies, and In
1880 constructed one that met the ap-
prevail of the naval authorities.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
On PeacernakIna.

For a nation to make peace only be-
cause 1t is tired of war. and, as 1t were
In order just to take breath. is In di'
rect subversion OF the end and object
of the war which was its sole 5ustifi'
cation. It's like poor waysore travel.
er getting up behind q coach that u
going the contrary way to llis.-Cole
riigestin 1909 .3s=
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
Natural IVY ater earrei.D

Perhaps the most notable specimen
of seif-Naterins plants IS the so-called
zs.wsstet- barrel which Of about thp size
and shapes f an ordinary beer keg, Is
in fact nothing more or less than iiv-
ing water tank. Its whole interior is
composed OF storage cells SO admirably
arranged that the pulp which they
form contains something like 90 per
cent Of pure water.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
Oil on "TroubIed Waters"

The experiment on large scale on
smoothing water by means Of oil was
first made at Peterhead, England, by
John Shields, SO years ago. A force
pump with 1900 feet Of lead and iron
pipe was used to throw tie oil upon
the waves at the harbor's mouth. Al
though the sea was running high II
became smooth as soon as the pump
began to pour oil upon the troubled
waters"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
Enamel From Trees.

The beautiful enamel which is used
Tor covering Japanese trays, boxes.
etc. and on which the painted birds.
flowers and figures show SO brilliantly,
IL obtained from the sap Of the lac
quer tree. yhis tree grows sometimes
to the height of 80 to 40 feet in Japan.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

If you cannot do anything else to
help the boys fight you can deny
Yourself something you like and buy
war savings stamps.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

Neglect this summer means suffer
ing next winter. Buy your coal now.
The Consumers Coal Yard has sup
ply on hand and is ready to fill your
order.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

II When you buy war savings stamps
YOU do not giye-you receive. VIZ
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

Remember. coal will be hard to get
at any price next winter. Order
yours now.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

Many are giving their lives; you
are asked only to loan your money.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
Eoxqfoye.

FoX1foVS.
The term foxglove is said to be q
so9ruption of the terms 'folds' glove
er fairy glove"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

Food win win the war produce it!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

Join the army behind the army
be a war saver.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

Optimistic Thought.
He who weighs his own responsibis'
tiles can bear them.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

Optimistic Thought.
Reserve often aeeornpl ishes mora
than blnster.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22

Serve abroad or serve at home.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-24
CAN YOU HELP HERE?

The American air division wants ten
thousand-just ten thousand skilled
men, mechanics-m skilled in a
thousand different trades to go with
the aerial service at once. This is an
urgent call for skilled mechanics. If
you can fill place, you will be help
ing TO win the war. This is your invi-
tation to join 1t was aimed at you
specially through the columns of this
paper.
Qualified men registered under the
selective service law may he indicted
into service to fill the call for 10000
skilled mechanics needed by the Avia-
ton Section Of the Signal Corps, by APP
plying to their local boards Men not
registered may enlist at recruiting
stations.
The present call is partiularly for
machinists, auto mechanics, engine re-
pairmen, gunsmiths. chauffeurs, car
Eenters, blacksmiths, tinsmiths, cabi-
net makers, electricians, coppersmith,
sheetmetal workers, propellers makers,
wireless operators and constructors,
tailors, tent makers, sailmakers, truck
masters, yulcanizers, welders and ex-
perts on magnetos, ignitation systems,
cameras, watches and clocks.
Men will be sent to San Antonio,
Tex, for segregation by trades, follow
ed by brief course of instruction at
flying fields or factories, then organic
ed into squadrons mostly for service
overseas.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-24
ON WHICH SIDE DO YOU STAND?
maintenance,

From the Manufacturers Record.
There has been big fight in Tam
pa in connection with IA shipyard do
ing government work in which there
was a very pronounced pro-German
interest. SO strong was the influence
Of this pro-German spirit that great
fight had to be made to bring about
a change, and in referring to what had
been done the Tampa Times said:
To-day one is either an American
or an enemy of America, and The
Times does not intend to allow any
man or institution to stand in the
way of its championing or protect
ing every principle of Americanism.
That is a clear-cut statement which
must be the rule of every American.
Today one is either an American or
an enemy of America, and he who is
not aggressively an American, is an
enemy of America.
Passive Americanism is almost as
bad as direct enmity to America, and
he who would al the expense of the
country serve his own individual in
terests is an enemy of America.
He who is not such an out-and-out
American as to be willing to antagon-
iZe to the utmost extent every passive
American and every pro-German, and
they are one and the same thing, is
himself an enemy to America.
The time has come to draw the line.
On one side stand those who whole
heartedly. unreservedly. to the last
ounce of physical, financial and moral
strength are Americans.
On the other side stand the spies of
hell-or Germany. the two being syn
onymous colaborers and copartners
with all the vile murderers and out
RACERS of which Germany has been
guilty; the Weakened, wishy-washy,
spinless men and women who have no
moral indignation agaiSt the greatest
immortality the world has ever seen;
the so-called pacitist, merely another
name for co-laborers with he'll or
Germany: the conscientious objec-
tors" who have no conscience what
ever in the matter, but only their con,
venience for not one of these con
scientious DIRECTORS would hesitate to
defend his wife if attacked by brute
Here are the two classes into which
all people now living in America are
divided
The liEe Of demarkation is very clear
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-24
BUILDING IN FRANCE.

Uncle Sam is building for himself on
the war front Few of the people
know much about the extent of our war
preparations. Even those who think
they know are far off the accurate es-
innate of the gigantic program being
arranged to beat the Germans.
An ordance base that will cost APP
proximately $4,000 900 is under con-
struction in France. 1t will include
gun repair plant equipped to refine
more than 500 guns months; large
capacity carriage repair plant; a motor
vehicle repair plant capable of over
hauling more than 1900 vehicles
month a small arms repair plant to
handle $4,000 rifles and machine guns
a month; large shop for the repair
of horse and infantry equipment; re-
loading flant capable of reloading
about 100000 artillery cartridges daily.
The ordance base will include 20
large storehouses, IL shop buildings,
100 smaller shops and magazines and
machine and tool equipment costing
$4,000, 600. Approximately 45O officers
and 10000 men will be required for
maintenance