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in rest billets. digging roads, drilling,
and other fatigues, and then back into
the front-line trench.
Nothing happened that night, but the
next afternoon I found out that q
bomber is general utility man in sec.
ton.
our lieutenant came down the trench
and stopping in front of bunch Of us
on the fire step, with a broad grin on
his face. asked:
''Who is going to volunteer for listen
ing post tonight? need two men,"
It Is needless to say no one volun-
teered, because ii is anything but q
cushy Job. began to feel uncomfort-
able as / knew 1t was getting around
for my turn. Sure enough, with another
grin. he said:
"Empey. you and Wheeler are due,
SO come down into my dugout for in
structions at six o'clock"
Just as he left and was going around
a traverse. Fritz turned loose with q
machine gun and the bullets ripped the
sandbags right over his head. 1t gave
me great pleasure TO see him duck
against the parapet. He was getting
taste of what we would get later out
in front.
Then, of course, 1t began TO rain.
knew n was the forerunner Of a mis-
cradle night for us. Every time had
to go out In front, it Just naturally
rained. Old Jupiter Pluvius must have
had IT in for me.
At six we reported for instructions.
They were simple and easy. All we
had to do was TO crawl out into No
Mans Land. lie on our bellies with our
ears TO the ground and listen for the
tap. tap of the German engineers or
sappers who might be tunneling under
No Mans Land TO establish mine
head beneath our trench.
OF course, In our orders we were told
not to be captured by German patrols
or accommodating parties. Lots of
breath is wasted on the western froa'
dying silly cea'+,o--S
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NEW YORK COTTON.

New York, June 6.-The cotton mar
ket showed renewed ffrmness early to-
day with July again leading the adj
vance on covering by Liverpool and
domestic shorts. Part of the buying
was attributes to undoing hedges
against cotton in the south which
would not be brought here for deliv-
cry, while the strength Of the near
month was also stimulated by reports
of demand for export out of the local
stock and that the Italian government
was in the market for lower grades.
First prices were steady at an advance
of 10 to IA points.
Fear of wet spell in the belt and
favorable war news increased the de
mand. In the trading up to noon, the
advance was widened to 81 to t02
points.
There was more July for sale at
premium of about 24o points over Oc-
tober and the market turned easier
during the early afternoon under re-
alizing. July reacted from 26.5t to
26.i0, while October sold off from 23.99
to 1856. Trading was quiet around 2
o'clock with prices holding around
these figures or about 80 points net
higher on July and 5 to points net
lower on the new crop.
Cotton flltreS closed Steady
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CHAPTER XVI.
Battery . 23a.

The day after this I received the
glad tidings that I would occupy the
machine gunners' dugout right near
the advanced artillery observation
post. This dugout was a 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. I was the first to enter
and promptly made a signboard with
my name and number on ii and sus-
pended IL from the foot Of the most
comfortable cot therein.
In the trenches it is always FIRST
come, first served" and this is lived
up TO by all.
Two R. F. A. men (Royal Field ar
tillery) from the nearby observation
post were allowed the privilege Of
stopping in this dugout when off DUTY.
One OF these men, Bombardier VIII
son by name. who belonged TO pat~
terry d 23S, seemed to take a liking
to me. and / returned this feeling.
In 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 a stunt on Old Pepper, and
had gotten away with it
will endeaver to give the story as
far as memory will permit in his ovn
words:
ST came out with the first expedi-
tionary force. and. like all the rest.
thought we would have the enemy
licked in Jig time, and be able to eat
Christmas dinner at home. Well, SO
far. I have eaten two Christmas din
ners In the trenches, and am liable to
eat two more, the way things are
pointing. That is. If Fritz don't drop
a 'whizz-bang' on me, and send me to
Blighty. Sometimes / wish / would
get hit, because it's no great picnic
out here. and twenty-five months Of II
makes -" fed IN.
(To Be Continued)
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OVID It'll. TOD
81
AN ArlERICAN SOLDIER
WHO WENT q =
ApII1Ul GUY TnpEY
dJNNER, SERVING fRAhcE-

The DOOR from the dug-up, deconl-
posed human body has an effect which
Is hard to describe. It first produces
O nauseating feeling. which. especially
after eating. causes vomiting. This re-
lieves you temporarily, but soon a
weakening sensation follows, which
leaves you limp as a dishrag. Your
spirits are at their lowest ebb and you
feel a sort Of hopelessness and a mad
desire to escape 1t all, TO get to the
open fields and the perfume of the flow
ers in eighty. There is a sharp.
prickling sensation In the nostrils,
which reminds one of breathing coal
gas through a radiator In the floor, and
you want TO sneeze, but cannot. This
was the effect on me, surmounted by a
vague horror of the. awfulness of the
thing and an ever-recurring reflection
that, perhaps !, sooner or later, would
be in such state and be brought to
light by the blow of pick in the hands
OF some Tommy on digging party.
Several times 1 have experienced this
iodor, but never could get used TO it;
the enervating sensation was always
present. It made me hate war and
wonder why such things were counte-
inanced 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 or pure, fresh
air, you forget and once again want to
be 'up and at them"
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iARrHlR GUY EhEYI

AS soon as It was dark, Wheeler and
/ crawled TO our post which was about
halfway between the lines. 1t was
raining bucketfuls. the ground was a
sea of sticky mud and chung 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 a wristwatch, and be-
lieve me, neither one of us did over
twenty minutes. The rain soaked us
to the skin and our ears were full Of
mud.
Every few minutes a bullet would
crack overhead or machine gun would
traverse back and forth.
Then all firing suddenly ceased.
whispered to Wheeler. Keep your eye
skinned, mate; most likely Fritz has
a patrol out-that's why the Boches
have stopped firing"
Z We were each armed with rife and
bayonet and three Mills bombs to be
used for defense only.
/ had my ear to the ground. All Of
sudden 1 heard faint. dull thuds.
In low but excited voice whispered
to Wheeler, .I think they are mining,
listen"
He put his ear to the ground and
in an unsteady voice spoke into my
ear:
"Yank, that's a patrol and it's head
ing our way. For Gods sake keep
STILL"
; 1 was as still as a mouse and was
scared stiff.
Hardly breathing and with eyes try
ing TO pierce the inky blackness, we
waited. I would have given a thou
sand pounds to have beel. 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 as big as the
Woolworth building. I could hear
the blood rushing through my veins
and it sounded as loud as Niagara
falls.
Forms seemed to emerge from the
darkness. There were seven Of them
In all. I tried to wish them away. /
never wished harder in my life. They
muttered a few words In German and
melted into the blackness. I didn't
stop wishing either.
All of a sudden we heard a stumble,
muddy splash, and muttered Don
ner und Bitten" One of the Boches
had tumbled into a shell hole. Neither,
IF us laughed. At that time-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. 1
nearly tainted with fright. Then a
welcome whisper In a cockney accent.
81 sly, myte, we've come to relieve.
you"
Wheeler and I crawled back to our
trench; we looked like wet hens and
felt worse. After a swig of rum we
were soon fast asleep on the fire step
in our wet clothes.
The next morning was as stiff as a
poker and every joint ached like a
bad tooth. but I was still alive, so It
did not matter.
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ORDER FOR
MED|C|NE COMPANY

Postmaster-General Burleson has is.
sued a notice to the effect that fraud
order has been made by the postoffice
department at Washington. d. C..
against The Last Chance Medicine Co.
and Dr. c. Frank Jones, president, at
No. 1902 i-2 Third Avenue, Birming-
ham, Ala.
1t appears from the order Of the
postmaster general that this firm and
its officers have been using the mails
for fraudulent purposes and the pub
lie is warned against dealing with the
concern.
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MAY MODIFY
RATE INCREASE

Washington, June Ga conference
Between senators from the southern
states and representatives Of the south
ern traffic league. ID was decided that
southern senators would protest against
putting into effect the proposed p per
cent freight rate increase. Arrangements
are being made for a conference with
Director McAdoo, at which protest may
be made, together with a request for
an order providing for the increase to
be modified
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ADVERTISEMENT

Sealed proposals for installing and de-
velopment of an additional Well and
Pump for the City Water Works win be
received by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Pensacola up to II O'Clock.
noon, on Tuesday, June II, 1915
Copies of specification and form of
contract, are on file in the office of the
City Clerk.
Terms of payment different from the
terms stated In the form OF contract must
be stated in the proposal
Proposal must be addressed to the
Board of Commissioners and endorsed.
Proposal for Well, City Water Works. .
The right Is reserved to reject any and
all bids.
BY order of the Board of Commission
ers of the City of Pensacola.
THOS. II. JOHNSON,
Attest: Mayor.
L. E. HEINBERG.
City Clerk.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON.

Liverpool, June 6.-Cotton spot, quiet
prices irregular. Good middling. 22.i7 ;
middling, Pisa; low middling, 2t.0t :
good ordinary, 2oot.
Sales 1000, including 1900 American.
Receipts, 1000 bales. no American.
Futures closed steady: June, 22.05
July, 21.50; August, 20.70; September,
1911; October, 1882.
CORN BEARISH.
Chicago, June 6-Authoritative re-
ports that general crop conditions have
rarely If ever been better had bear
ish effect today on the corn market.
Opening prices, which ranged from
1-2c decline to i-Sc advance with July
1892 to Si.32 Up and August 1913,
were followed by material further set
back and then by an upturn to slightly
above yesterdays finish.
Oats paralleled the action of corn.
After opening unchanged to t-2c lower
with July sc 3-S to t-2c, the market
underwent a moderate further sag and
then recovered completely.
Provisions advanced with grain. At
first, though. the market was weak.
owing to lack OF demand.
COTTON SEED OIL MARKET.
New York, June 6.-The cotton seed
oil market closed quiet. June, July and
August, 5000 Sales none.
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN.
Chicago, June Clash: Grain and
provisions. Corn, No. 2, yellow,
81 .66o@si 81; No. 3, yellow, Si.50@si SO !;
No. 4, yellow, si44@SI.4o.
Oats-No. 8, white, 74@75; standard,
75G75 i-2.
Rye-NominaI.
Barley-Si 00@S140.
Timothy-s5.O0 @SSO0; clover, nomi-
nal.
Pork-Nominal; lard, 2i.40: ribs.
% 20.
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INSTALL GREAT FLOOD
LIGHT AT BAYX1EW PARK

returning from Bayview Park yesterday
afternoon, announced that arrangements
had been made for the installation of
what Is known as a large flood light
out there, to make the resort all the
more attractive at night for the bath
ers. The light Will have about ESQ
watt brilliance, and is expected to light
up the bathing pool and throw its
rays over a considerable portion Of the
bayou. The attendance is being sought
by many private picnic parties. and
not day has passed recently but that
several have been out there for the
day.
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BOY SCOUTS TO
MEET TONIGHT

All members Of troop No. Of the
Boy Scouts of this city are urgently
requested by Mr.. Geek the scout mas
ter to be present tonight at the troop
house at 1880. An important meeting
is expected TO be held after which,
games will be played by all Scouts
present. Each scout is asked to bring
a bay that would like to join the troop.
Boys wanting to pass tests will please
come prepared.
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M AR X ETS

New Orleans, June GA continuation
OF the .puying movement of yesterday
carried the cotton market u to %
points up in the first half hour of
trading today. July was much stronger
than the new crop months. StraddIe
trading was again a feature, the old
crop being bought against sales Of the
new.
The advance extended to 26.5f for
July and 23.99 for October later in the
morning. The strength of July in
New Orleans served to stimulate the
local covering movement, but the adj
vance was checked by realizing around
midday and the market later was quiet
at reactions of 10 to II points.
Spot cotton steady, 10 points up
Sales on the spot, $50; to arrive, i,214
bales. Middling, 30i3.
In the afternoon the market reacted
under realizing by longs. At o'clock
prices were 10 points over yesterdays
close on July or 10 to IA points on the
new crop months.
The market closed steady 81 points
UP to % points down, net.
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heard throughout with enthusiasm
and at its conclusion he was greeted
with appreciated applause.
The members of the association.
with few exceptions. left last night
for their homes, feeling greatly beoe-
fitted by this gathering where views
OF various kinds were exchanged.
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CALLED To NASHVILLE
BY DEATH OF FATHER

Marvin Garrett, the well-known
naval stores man, left for Nashville,
Tenn, yesterday in response to tele-
grams announcing the death OF his
father at that place He will doe absent
for several days.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX
DEED.

Notice Is hereby gwen. that Wade Nor
gan, Assignee of J. w. Emmon's inter
est, as purchaser of Tax Certificate No.
$50, dated the 9Th day of September, 1915.
ha filed said certificate in my office and
has made application for tax deed to is
sue in accordance with law. Said certih-
cate embraces the following described
property. situated in Escambia County,
Florida, to-wit:
Certificate No. $780, embraces the North
east quarter of Northeast quarter and
South half of Northeast quarter. Section
IS, township 4. North Range 80. West.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of said Certincate
In the name of. Unknown lEst Francis
NJ. Reynolds). Unless said certificate
shall be redeemed according to law, tax
deed will issue thereon on the 18th day
of June, A. D. 1918.
(SeaD JAS MACGIBBON,
Clerk Circuit Court
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CHAPTER XIV.
Listening Post.

Listening Post.
/ 1t was six in the morning when we
arrived at our rest billets. and we were
allowed to sleep until noon; that is,
If we wanted to go without eur break
fast. For sixteen days we remained
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The county canvassing board met
Thursday morning to make the official
canvass of the returns.
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1t is the desire Of Aaron Brown that
all of his race come to this meeting.
details for which he will announce in
a day or two.
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OENTIs-.

DIR. Lernuel Colson, 204 1-2 S. Palafox
Street Phone $50. Special attention
given plate. repairing and vulcanite work.
Hours to u: to p. N. zS271
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NAVAL STORES

Pensacola, June 6.-The spirit mar
ket was firm at 1916 t-2, with no
offerings.
Receiufs Casks Last
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NOTICE

NOTICE
N ss E 0F s cdNs 9T ZINC wA OF
BRIDGE IN EScAMBIA COUNTY.
FLORIDA.
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received by the Board of County
Commissioners of Esoa mbia County.
Florida, at meeting to be held on the
Gath day of June. 1913, at nine o'clock
FIVE thousand (s25. 100000 Dollars time
warrants. TO be issued by Escambia.
County. Florida, as authorized by Chap
ter 1853, Laws of Florida, 1917. which
said time warrants to be issued are to
be used for the purpose of constructing
durable bridges, wholly or partly of iron
streams or water courses entirely within
the territorial limits of Escambia Coun-
ty, Florida. The said time warrants so
proposed to be issued shall be for the
sum of one thousand (s1, oo0.00) dollars.
each. payable in equal installments, six,
seven, eight, nine and ten years after
interest at the rate of five per cent per
annum, until paid All of said time war
rants shall be sold for not less than par
TO the highest bidder for cash, or may
be sold to contractors in payment or part
payment for the construction of that GER
tain county bridge across Bayou Chico
connecting Barrancas Avenue in the City
of Pensacola, with the county hard road
on the south side of said Bayou Chico.
Plans and specifications of the said bridge
may be obtained on application to James
Escambia County, Florida. And bidders
and contractors are invited to bid upon
the two plans of construction of the said
bridge in the accompanying advertise
ment inviting bids upon the same.
The bids by contractors for the said
time warrants. or any part thereof, shall
be made with the understanding that the
said time warrants, or any part thereof
so bid for, shall be taken by such con-
tractor in payment or part payment for
the building and construction of the said
proposed bridge, over Bayou Chico.
A certified check, payable to the Board
of County Commissioners OF Escambia
County. Florida, for thirty per cent of
the amount bid for said time warrants,
shall accompany each bid, as an earnest
that said warrants will be taken IL such
bidder shall be awarded the said time
warrants.
The Board Of County Commissioners re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids.
Further information given upon in
ouirY addressed to the Clerk Of the Cir
cult Court of Escambia. County, Florida.
By order of the Board Of County Com
nissioners OF Escambia County, Florida
j. GEORGE WHITE
Attest: Chairman
JAMES MACGIBBON.
(SeaD Clerk.
7iun eoaw-2w
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CRUSHERS MAIN
SUBJECT
Continues from Page Three

way contributed to the success OF the
thirteenth annual meeting of the Ais
bama Crushers' Association.
Resuectftrly submitted
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19
MEN AS FOOD SLACKERS

A woman writing in the March
Woman's Home Companion asks
men to stop scolding her sex and
look to their own faults. and she
says:
I'D like to see a count taken of
the men who've given up eating but
ter and sweets to help win this war,
and the women who have given up
these two things! 1t might check
some of these persistent scolders of
the American housewife and her
patriotism. Only a few days ago a
friend of mine said to me: 1t would
all be so easy if it were not for Ar
thur. He does so love heavy, sweet
deserts, and he wants to have steak
or roast beef every night for dinner
and bacon every morning for break
fast. / can't make him see that it
does matter, even if we have the
money to buy these things. L try to
tell him that it's matter of honor
not to eat them all the time, so that
there'll be, enough to go round for
everybody. But he only acts peevish
and wants to increase my house al
lowance.
Its incidents like this that have
brought me to the profound belief
that after the Food Administration
has shown the women what they can
90 to save food and check waste,
then, then, the real work will begin,
for they'll have to make all the
heavy middle-aged men with long
INDUCED appetites come up to the
scratch, too"
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THE PEOPLES FORUM

ascend that obstruction, will agree
with me that it is sin and a shame,
not to have a fishway there that
would allow all fish, including shad,
TO go up to the head waters of the
Susquehanna, and it's tributaries,
when we know it can be put there
at a nominal cost. We are approach
ing another shad season without
provisions being made for hundreds o
tons of food fish to do the natural
act of multiplying and keeping up
the supply of food fish. Let us hope
and pray, that the high officials of
TINS great commonwealth will see to
1t that an efficient fishway be in
stalled at the McCalPs Ferry dam,
IN time for the shad season in 1919.
IT this cause can be helped by the
press, let every newspaper in Penn
sylvania print this and other arti-
cles on this subject, and let able
writer's who can make stronger
pleas get busy to do their bit
A great many people are led to
believe that it is impossible to build
fishways that will answer the pur-
pose, but that is a mistaken idea,
Notwithstanding the fact that sew
eral futile efforts have been made,
and good deal of money has been
spent, without any results. If the
masses demand efficient fishways,
dare say their wishes will be graft
fed
Lancaster, Feb. IS, 1918.
JNO. r. BURKHOLDER
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FISHWAYS

"A
10 the Editor of the Telegraph:
There is much said and printed
about food conservation, of which
the writer approves very heartily.
l believe everybody should do his
bit, II food, as it is said, will win
the war, 1 believe more should be
said, printed and done toward that
end. One special and very impor-
tant item has been sadly neglected,
We all know that fish are a good
1000, and that they would be plenti-
ful. If migratory fish were given a
chance to migrate for spawning pur-
poses, our inland streams would be
well supplied with all kinds of fish.
as they were years ago, and no re-
strictlons would need be put on fish
ing. Any one could go and catch a
mess of fish at any time they felt
like 1t. What we want is ADEQUATE
fishways at all water power plants.
Adequate fishways, to allow all fish
to move up streams into shallow
waters, can easily be built. We have
state laws requiring fishways, why
not enforce .the law, and give the
fish chance to propagate in the
natural way? l believe l am voic-
ing the sentiment of the majority of
our Pennsylvania people, when l
plead for fishways that will answer
the purpose. Those who know the
conditions existing at the McCall's
Ferry dam that the cells and all
kinds of fish die in the attempt to
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well KNOWN PEOPLE

Philip V. Staples, who becomes
head of the Bell system at Pitts
burgh, was for some time head of
the publicity department and well
known here.
e. +. Warner, the Carbon coun-
ty fuel administrator, has taken coal
which he has found on sidingS for
any length of time and not SEEM
ingly needed.
Tudor Aston, a Luzerne mining
man, has succeeded Chief of Mines
Seward Button as superintendent of
the Mt. Lookout Mine of the Temple
Coal Co.
George Wharton Pepper, who
is to speak here on food conserva-
ton, will address a meeting in
Scranton.
John NJ. Freeman, who appear
ed here yesterday in the escheat
case, is one of the prominent law
yers of Pittsburgh.
Rudolph Blankenburg, seventy
five years old last week, says he is
still in battle for reform.