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CHAPTER XXI.
About Turn.

The next evening we we're relieved
by the til brigade, and once again
returned to rest billets. Upon arriving
at these billets we were given twenty.
four hours in which to clean up. had
just finished getting the mud from my
uniform when the orderly sergeant in.
formed me that my name was in orders
to leave, and that I was to report to
the orderly room in the morning for or.
ders, transportation and rations.
i nearly had a fit, hustled about
packing up, filling my pack with SOU
venirs such as shell heads, dud bombs,
nose caps, shrapnel balls, and a Prus-
sian guardsman's helmet. In fact, be-
fore turned in that night, had every
thing ready to report at the orderly
room at nine the next morning.
was the envy of the whole section,
swanking around, telling of the good
time 1 was going to have, the places I
would visit, and the real, old English
beer 1 intended to guzzle. Sort Of
rubbed it into them, because they all
do it, and now that it was my turn, I
took pains to get my own back.
At nine reported to the captain, re-
ceiying my travel order and pass. He
asked me how much money I wanted
20 draw. I glibly answered, "Three
hundred francs, sir" he just as gllbly
handed me one hundred.
Reporting at brigade headquarters,
with my pack weighing ton, waited,
with forty others, for the adjutant to
Inspect US. After an hours wait, he
came out; must have been sore because
he wasn't going with us.
The quartermaster sergeant issued
Us two days rations, in little white
canvas ration bag, which we tied to
our belts.
Then two motor lorries came along
and we piled in, laughing, joking, and
In the best of spirits. We even loved
the Germans, we were feeling so happy.
Our journey to seven days bliss in
Blighty had commenced.
The ride in the lorry lasted about
two hours; by this time we were COW
cred with fine, white dust from the
road, but didn't mind, even If we were
nearly choking.
At the railroad station at r we
reported to an officer, who had a white
band around his arm, which read ''R.
7. O." (Royal Transportation Officer).
TO us this officer was Santa Claus.
The sergeant in charge showed him
our orders; he glanced through them
and said: Make yourselves comfort
able on the platform and don't leave;
the train is liable to be along in five
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Fired by the news Of the
sinking Of the Lusitania by 8 German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Anert:
can, leaves his office In Jersey City ano
goes to England where he enlists In the
British army.
CHAPTER II-After a period Of train
ling, Empey volunteers for Immediate serv-
Ice and soon finds himself in rest bilIets
|'tsomewhere in France" where ne nrst
makes the acquaintance OF the ever-pres-
|ent "cooties."
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
tchurch services at the front while Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation.
! CHAPTER IV-Empey's command goes
into the front-line trenches and is under
fire for the first time.
CHAPTER V-Empey learns to adopt
the motto Of the British Tommy, III you
are going to get 1t, you'll get IT, so never
: CHAPTER vI-Back in rest billets, EN-
.SDsSSerE{st SsSS E{sts his nss' experience 80 '
CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
CHAPTER vIII-Back In the front-line
trench, Empey sees his first friend OF the
trenches 'go West"
v,sie eHAPaER 40 dRgont omIhgsS in gsGicide % Ditch
! CHAPTER x-Empey learns what con ION.
= CHAPTER xI-Empey goes over me
top for the first time In charge on the
German trenches and Is Wounoeo oS
[bayonet thrust. .
! CHAPTER XII-Empey joins the 'sui-
eide club as the bombing squad Is called.
CHAPTER VIII-Back in the front
line trench, Empey sees his first
friend of the trenches 'go West"
CHAPTER IA-Empey makes his
first visit to a dugout in Suicide
Ditch"
CHAPTER X-Empey learns what
constitutes a days work" in the
front-line trench.
CHAPTER XI-Empey goes cover
the top for the first time in charge
on the German trenches and is
wounded by bayonet thrust.
CHAPTER XII-Empey joins the
suicide club as the bombing squad
is called.
CHAPTER XIII-Each Tommy
gets an official bath.
CHAPTER XIV-Empey helps dig
an advanced trench under German
fire.
CHAPTER Xv-On listening
post" in No Mans Land.
CHAPTER XVI-Two artillery
men put one over on Old Pepper,
their regimental commander.
CHAPTER XVII-Empey has mar
row escape while on patrol duty in
No Mans Land.
CHAPTER XVIII-Back in rest
billets Empey writes and stages a
farce comedy.
CHAPTER XIX-Soldiers have
many ways to amuse themselves while
con their own"
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REPORT on GLENDALE MINER
AL SPRING.

In the recent report of the Depart
ment of the Interior, GLENDALE
MINERAL SPRING, of Bamberg, S..
c., is mentioned as one of the va!u-
able mineral springs of the United
States.
GLENDALE MINERAL SPRING
was discovered about three years ago
and an analysis of the water made
by Prof. Bracket, of Clemson College.
Since that time other analyses have
been made which show the great
value of GLENDALE MINERAL WA
TER. This spring is located about
three miles southwest of BAMBERG
and within easy reach of the people
of lower South Carolina who have
not as yet fully realized the value
of this excellent mineral water right
in their midst.-adv. o-3O
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Registration Regulations. No. 2
1. General Provisions.

1. Prescribed by the President.
These regulations are prescribed by
the President under the authority
vested in him by Public Resolution
No. -, approved ---, 1913,
and the act of congress approved May
IS, 1917, and may be modified at any
time.
2. Persons required by the law to
present themselves for registration.
Public Resolution No. -. approved
-, 1918, contains the follow
ing provision:
That during the present emergency
all male persons, citizens Of the Unit
ed States. and all male persons re-
siding in the United States, who
have. since the fifth day Of June,
nineteen hundred and seventeen, and
on or before the day set for the
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NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE.

Notice is hereby given that on
June 12, 1918, the undersigned ad-
ministratrix of the estate of e. w.
Bessinger, deceased, will file her IL
nal return and apply to the probate
Judge of Bamberg county tor
final discharge as Administrative OF
said estate.
MRS. JOSIE BESSINGER.
; May IA, 1918.
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Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties ofQUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood end
Builds up the Whole System. so cents.
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Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System

The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds upthe sys
tenn A true tonic. For adults and children. eOc
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To Cure a Cold In One Day.

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine. It stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure.
z. W. GROVES signature on each box. SOC.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18
NEW MIDDLETON

Bro. Farmer of Lebanon
preached here Sunday and Sum
day night. Little Paul Bass
has been very i'll. j. G. Neal,
who has been quite i'll for some
time. is slowly improving.
Mrs. Arnold Neal and son have
gone to Camp Gordon to Join her
husband. Miss Beulah Kirby
was in Donoho for the weekend.
Mrs. Walter Gibbs of Bluff
Greek visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Cheek Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Furguson were
in Chestnut Mound first of the
week. Miss Temple Gill of
Grant was here Saturday. Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Allen of At
lanta were recent visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. K. @. Terry. Joe Car
penter has returned from Camp
Gordon. Mrs. J. E. Thomas has
returned from Nashville. Robt.
Morris Of McMinnville was a re-
cent visitor of his uncle, A. T.
Morris. Mr.. and Mrs. @. w.
Gill and Mrs. Elmer Gill of
Grant were here Saturday at
tending the Red Cross meeting.
Campbell Williams is in Nash
vile for treatment. Misses
Annie Edwards and IriEe Thomas
were in Watertown Saturday.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18
TO THE WOMEN'S DIVISION or THE
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN:

The secretary of the treasury cre-
ated National Woman's Liberty
L IAN Committee to help float the,
liberty bonds to be put out during
the war. In his address he stated
that no democratic appeal could be
made by the country without the
support of the women citizens. 1t
is estimated that $I4, zoo, co., 600 will
be spent in this country the first
year of the war. Shall we, We of
our beloved Tennessee, our home
land, our country, with ali its nat
ural resources, its gorgeous scenery,
it's high-class women and men, fall
short of our allotment, and fail to do
our all for the men fighting on the
western front? Mol We must talk
liberty bonds. think liberty bonds
and, above all, buy liberty bonds.
ALL TOGETHER
Over In France, in tn dirt an mud,
There's bow NV ours.
He said he would fight till tn war
wuz through,
An leave tn rest t. me an you.
We promised t. help in every way ;
If we couldn't fight we said we'd
pay.
It's up G us, we can if we will;
Let's stop our fussin' an pull fer
BILL.
What does it matter, when all is
done, t. you an me,
TO keep our money, but lose the
fight.
An bend our necks t. the Germans
might?
Let's learn t. save an go without;
Our money is taIking-iet's make it
shout.
| It's up to us, we can if we will;
Let's pull together an pull fer Bill.
It's easy to stand a wheatless day,
if it's helping Bill.
We'd rather be cold than have it
said
! We used tn coal when he needed
bread.
| If isn't much an it's rather small
To give so little when he gives all.
It's up to us, we can if we will;
Let's stand together an stand by
Bill.
How would you like t. take his
place out on tn front?
How would you like T. be young an
strong,
A-doin' your part t right TIN wrong;
Your parts at home-it's hard,
know.
To stand aside when tn others go.
4 It's up to us, we can if we will;
Wen pull together-we're all fel
Bill.
MRS. w. e. MYER. Chairman.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18
County, Court Land Sale

BY virtue of decree of the Coun-
ty Court of Smith County, Tennes-
see, in the cause of BetHe Law, ct
al VS. Stanton Law, etaL on Friday,
May 10th, 1918, at Il O'Clock, M.
On the premises will sell to the
highest and best bidder. what is
known as the j. NJ Law, deceased,
lands situated ib the 5th Civil Dis
trict of Smith County, tennessee.
and bounded On the North by the
Public Road; East by Luther Jones
and Hack Clark; South by the lands
Of Eliza MofelaxS, and West by the
lands of Eiiz; ireland and the
School lot, containing so acres more
or less. ~
This farm will be sold subject to
the Observation-Disclosures of Bette Law,
widow of j. M. Law. deceased.
Terms of sale: Cash sufficient to
pay coyt and Courtexpenses and the
remainder due JANUARY lst., 1919,
taking note with approved security,
bearing Interest from date Of sale,
lien being retained ou the land to
secufe the purchase money!
This April 9Th, 1918.
j. A. KEMP, Clerk.
II. NJ. HALE,
Solicitor for the Colnplainants.
EAVtD @. LEE, Guardian AdIitem.
3-IS-4t.
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Local and Personal Notes.

Attorney W. v. Lee was in
Nashville first of the week on
legal business.
B. B. Askew and family Of
Nashville rIotored to Carthage
Sunday and spent few hours
as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. B.
Ford.
State Fuel Administrator w.
E. Myer, temporarily located at
Nashville, spent Sunday with
his family here.
Attorney Andrew Carpenter
spent a few days last week with
his parents near HendersonvilIe.
Maurice McNellis was in Nash
vile Monday.
TORNADO timeis here. Pro-
tect our property With Tornado
policy. See or CALL
SAM PICKERING.
Words of commentator are
heard on all sides for Mr.. J. R.
Curtis. the county food admins.
traitor, for the efficient, ener-
getic and intelligent manner in
which he is handling that part
of the business for the govern
ment and the people.
At the teachers meeting next
Saturday. the superintendent
and teachers are urged to set on
foot plans by which war saving
societies may be organized fol-
the sale of stamps in every
school in Smith county.
j. M. Cox is in Nashville at.
tending the Red Cross Confer.
ence for Middle Tennessee.
Roy Samson transacted bust.
ness in Nashville first of the
week.
buy COMBlNFD PROlEC.
TION. Insure your property
against FIRE, LIGHTNING,
TORNADOES, CYCLONES OF
WINDSTORMS in The HOME
OF NEWNORK See or call
SAMlPICKERING.
Selton Drake. one of the six
boys who volunteered for the u.
S. Army a few weeks ago. fail.
ed to pass the physical examine
ton on account of his weight
returned home Saturday night.
Miss Lena Jones has returned
from weeks visit with hel
parents at Willette.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18

Savage Hackett, who has been
in the army training camps since
last September, is spending a
few days at home with his faith
er, M. D. Hackett of Monoville.
During the past few weeks Mr..
Hackett has been in Washing
ton, D. O., familiarizing himself
With the art of army photogra-
ply and is now on his return to
Camp jackson.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18
STOP CAThRRH
WITH Vim HEPATICA

Right now is when catarrh is
most dangerous and most easily
contracted. You go out and get
YOUR feet wet, expose yourself
to cold, and the first thing you
know you have Cgtarrh, which,
il not stopped fat once, may
Quickly lead to deadly pneu-
monia and tuberculosis.
No matter how slight your
case is, ever a slight dropPing
in the throat. you should start
immet liateIy to take Win Hcpat-
lea, the great vegetable pre-
scriptioh which acts with such
soothing and healing effect upon
the muchons membranes, cleans
ing and tonMg up the vital or
gans Of the bod, and enabling
them ito perform their natural
functions in throwing off catarrh
and making you proof against
other diseases so prevalent this
time of year.
We recommend it. Cone in
and get q bottle now.
Carthage Drug Company, Car
thage; GwaItney & Wilson, Cor
louisville; c. L. Reynolds, Lam
caster: w. III. Betty. Hickman.
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Mowers FOR Sale

10 Emmerson movers, bought
lasS> season, fer sale. These
mowers>have advanced $18 at
the factory since l bought. but
will sell at >the old price. A
bargain for you.
T. s. NIXON, HicRmau, Tenn.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18

Mrs. Martha Maddux returned
to her home near Granville after
spending two weeks with hel
daughter. Mrs. C. R. McClarin.
A letter from Fred Pickering,
who is somewhere in France in
the U. S. Army, to his pare nts,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Pickering,
received Monday, states that
Fred is getting along nicely.
T. B. Read of this city and
and Mrs. B. S. Read of st. Louis,
who is visiting relatives here.
were guests of Dixon Springs
friends Tuesday.
Judge Jno. A. Fite came up
Saturday from his home in Leb-
anon to spend the night with
Carthage friends; leaving Sun
day, in company with Mr., and
Mrs. Fife Read. for Chestnut
Mound where they spent the
night with DR.. and Mrs. A. H.
King.
ELECTRICAL STORMS will
occur this season of the year.
Call ot see
/ SAM PICKERING.
| Mrs. A. Il. King and son, Rob,
Iof Chestnut Mound afforded the
/ speaking at-the Colonial theatre
Monday night and while in Car,
thage, were guests of Mr.. anc
] Mrs. Fife Read.
/ Mrs. Mary Mathews anc
| grandson. Marcellus Kemp. are
at Athens, Ala +, for a few days
visiting friends and relatives.
| w. r. and Ira Gwaltney
two of Smith county's gooC
citizens of the Sykes neighbor
hood, were in Carthage tuesday
TORNADO time is here. Pro
tect your property with a Tornad,
Ipolicg. See or/call
i SAM PICKERING.
i Mr.. and Mrs. M. N. Ford o.
| Elmwood and w. P. Copas anC
M. P. Canter of Difficult wer,
among those who attended The
speaking at the Colonial theatr,
| Monday night.
j Major Charlie Swope of Rid
Idleton was in Carthage Monda,
Hooking after business.
Il w. T. Walden, merchant a
, Bluff Creek. and little son, Bur
ford, were in Carthage Monday
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18

H. H. Morris, merchant of
Monoville and one of the county's
biggest farmers, was in Car
thage Tuesday for the fist time
within eight months.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18

S. Fl. and r. T. Parker of New
Middleton were transacting bus
mess in Carthage Monday.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18

E. L. Mathews and little
grandson have returned from
Nashville where they visited
relatives.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18

Web Key of Monoville, who is
attending Branham & Hughes
school at Spring Hill, underwent
an operation Saturday in Nash
vile for tonsilitis. His mother,
Mrs. C. S. Key, and brother,
Henry Key. and wife. of Mono
vile were present at the opera
ton. Latest reports indicate
Webb doing nicely.
w. 7. Martin and j. D. Sircy
of Difficult were in Carthage
Monday.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18

E. w. Chambers of Middleton
was here Monday.
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How Wealth Is Conscripted
Jasper" in Leslie's.

Jasper, in LeslieS
We talk about conscripting wealth
to meet the cost of the war. We are
levying war taxes in unprecedented
amount on our corporations. LII the
latter "go broke" who will pay the
war taxes? Representative Longworth
calculates that while England has been
meeting only 20 per cent of her war
expenditures by taxes, the United
States is raising nearly so per cent.
Destroy the corporations and every
other taxpayer would have his bur-
den increased and he would also have
to be a heavier purchaser of the Lib
erty Loan Notp a few subscriptions
to the latest issue by the big corpora
lions: United States Steel $S5,000,000,
Prudential Insurance $10,000,000, MI
tual Benefit Insurance 100000, Re-
public Iron and Steel company, $2,050,-
000, United States Industrial Alcohol
company 81, 500, 600, Ligget & Myers To-
bacco company 100000, Corn Prod
ucts Refining company $1,000, 900, and
SO on down the list
The tremendous burden of the war
is being carried by everybody, but the
heaviest part is laid upon the great liz;
dustries which are profiting by the
war, and which are willing and able
to pay. The trouble has been to un-
derstand the meaning of our new tax
laws 1t would add to the govern
ment's revenue and be relief to tax
payers of the war revenue act were
made broader and clearer.
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T R E N D 0 F
THE FASHION
OVER THERE

The wool shortage works out different
ly in London and New York, apparently,
for word comes recently that English
women are reviving the skirt with an
ankle slit. Skirts must of necessity be of
scanty dimensions. and one simply cannot
wear skirt that is only a yard and a
half wide and hope to walk with ease.
Hence. the slit. Five years ago the slit
skirt was undoubtedly merely freak Of
fashion. We didn't have to wear such
narrow skirts But now. apparently, it
i,as come back in London as matter of
necessity, If not of actual patriotism.
f1ere, of course we manage. as we think
more cleverely. We combine wool with
silk and other fabrics in way that
makes it possible to have the minimum
Of wool in our frocks, without a skirt ST
narrow rs to make thes lit inevitable.
THE SUGAR CHATELAINE
curing the sugar shortage last winter
here were some hostesses who added a
zine. bearing the words. Please bring
your own sugar to their cards sent
3sut to invite friends to afternoon tea.
At least one woman, who was particular
Is frank resorted to Tn S device when her
own sugar supply had been reduced to
zero. But that is SO long ago. and 80 re-
mote now is any actual famine in sugar,
that we have forgotten all about it. Il
seems now as if wheat was the only
thins that we had ever had to conserve.
iowever' in France, apd to certain eN-
tent in England. sugar is still scarce
article. In parts of France there sim
piq isn't any. 1t isn't question Of
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rent and rushed along in bewildering
fashion. A days shopping does not al
ways permit one to get an entirely good
view of the various fashions, and it rare
ly allows to choose with discretion
and judgment.
However. here are some of the hats
as they rush by. They are suited to each
face, each purse and each social environ
ment, be it said to their credit.
There are linen hats in vivid colors,
which have been substituted for the
widely heralded Bingham hats. Red
linen with black satin ribbon, and green
linen with black satin binding rise UP
against the others.
There are wrapped turbans taken from
the Orient and worn with capes. They
are considered the exact type of head
covering to go with flowing body COW
oring. They are made of satin; of the
new cloth; of obi crepe; of shantung,
and sometimes of Chinese brocade. They
are as complicated in their twistings as
the headgear of the Cobbler of Cairo or
that of negro Of the old south.
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serve that of which you have positivel,s
none?
When there is any sugar it is priced
as were costly spices from the Indies
priced in the days when to seek a short
route to such prizes was sufficient in
centive to make Christopher Columbus
brave the unknown seas. French people
never knew how much they liked sweets
until now. And among the most recently
produced vanity" accessories for the
fashionable woman's chatelaine is tiny
sugar case 1t is carried to tea parties.
Presumably, the woman fortunate
enough to have a suspicion of sugar
profits thereby and drops it into her own
tea Or perhaps she takes the sugar box
with her son that she may share her
good fortune with those with whom she
drinks tea.
WHY TIN HATS?
Just why the women of England should
feel constrained to wear tin hats it is
hard to see. Surely there is no demand
for straw in war work? So in using tin
they are not effecting any sort of con-
servation These helmets are made In
all sorts of colors, and, strange to say,
are extremely light-really lighter than
the average crown made of straw. The
tin helmet is combined with grim
of straw or fabric, to make hats of va
rious shapes and sizes.