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SYNOPSIS. BR I?Fired by the news ?( tba t the Luslt&nla lrt * German ?, Arthur Guy Empey, an AmtrlM his office In Jer?ejr City and England where he enUats ta the rmy. BR n?After a period of tralnly volunteers for Immediate eenroen finds himself in rest billets ire In France." where he first s acquaintance of the ever-preslea." BR III-Empey attends his first rvlces at the front while a Qercer circles over the congregation. BR IV?Empey*s command roes front-line trenches and Is under a* first time. . CHAPTER V. Mud, Rate and Shells. : have slept for two or three )t the refreshing kind that re- / >m clean sheets and soft pdl* .1... iv.i -- v utc wcry uiai tunica nvm i.sind sheer exhaustion. ily, the ealrth seemed to shake underclap burst In my ears. I I hy eyes?I was splashed all r h sticky mud, and men were hem selves up from the bottom t ench. The parapet on my left t led Into the trench, completely e It with a wall of tossed-up n lie man on my left lay still. I a le mud from my face, and an ght met my gaze?his head ? shed to a pulp, and his steel r as full of brains and blood. ^ n "Minnie" (trench mortar) j( ded In the next traverse. Men ling Into the soft mass of mud ^ xy of haste. Stretcher-bear- B up the trench on tbe double. r< ?W minutes of digging, three u :dy forms on stretchers were e down the communication ^ the rear. Soon they would v " "isnrn n?li In 99 ? wiu^ITUU v iu ?iau^C) wiui i n| ooden cross over their heads, y done their bit for king and tI ad died without firing a shot, - services were appreciated,' . *a. _ n, I found out their names. | nged to opr draft ' lazed and motionless. Sod:, ibovel was pushed' mio my ; r! d a rough but kindly voice , ; Ol ny lad, lend a hand clearing " , but keep your head down, rat for snipers. One of ther a daisy, and he'll get you It ? careful."' ^ i my belly on the bottom of w ; I filled sandbags with the ^ 9, they were dragged to my ^ i other men, and the work of A. ^ Iyurnpei wiwj on. ioe id, the better I felt Alttther was cold, I was peat ~ a bullet would crack | a machine gun would d on the bashed-ln paracrack I would duck and aI i with my arm. One of ca i noticed this action of ipered: 01 at the crack of a buldanger has passed?you afi ie one that wings you. fa ber that If ar? going I get it so never worry.". o*< great impression on me co d from then on, I adopt- th If you're going to get it.j de t wonderfully. I used It, m; wards that some of my cb me, "If you're going to m; st it" , he ur*s hard work, all my ft me. and I was laugh. pr with the rest fe] vek, dinner came tq> Id 4 dixie of hot stew. tr. r my canteen. It had. sti fire step, and was half "p mud. 'The man on my I 1 [s, and told the corporal, m; be rations, to put my ten tin. Then he whls- th< U ways take care of your Mi its d another maxim of the sti tasted fine. I was as da ear. We had "seconds,". < lplng, because three of he "gone West" killed by mc ru vi uio UKiuiau ucpui etui [ we ate their share, but an hungry, so I filled In with m t id biscuits. Then ! drained "ID ottle. Later on I learned vo dm of the front line, "Go fit th your water." The bully ' >e thirsty, and by tea time J>lc for a drink, but my pride ItI llow me to ask my mates 1 I was fast learnlag the chi > trenches. In 11 was put on guard with oel in. We stood on the fire It4 r hands over ths top, peer- hei . No Man's Land. It was to ic for me, bnt the other fel- un, to take It as part of the. na. - . : sthiqj shot past ?gr face. &p%d'hfl?tipy, an* ' Ijf" ! dUMM SOLIUM ) WENT ? * I tliGUYMY' CUItnER^WWlTUflCE? I CI9I7 BY lAftTnuKurr cnxr . y ] twenty-one days on the wheel, that Is, lie received twenty-one days' field pun-; < sbmeat No. 1, or "crucifixion," as ' rofluiny terms it 1 This consists of being spread-eagled 1 m the wheel of a limber two hours a ] lay for twenty-one days, regardless of 1 he weather. During this period, your atlons consist of bully beef, biscuits 1 ind water. 1 few months later I met this sentry | 1 ind he confided to me that since being ' 'crucified," he had never failed to pass < he word down the trench when so or- 1 lerea. in view or tne onense, me j .? bove punishment was very light, In | 1 hat falling to pasa the word down a ] much may mean Che loss of many < Ives, and the spolllr^g of some lmpornot enterprise In No- Man's Land. i ] ' J CHAPTER VI. \ " / v _ \ s< /"Back of the Line." Oir tour In the front-line trench 1 fisted four days, and then we were elleved byithe' brigade. Going down the communication ( rench wei were in a merry mood, al- ( hough vn* were cold and wet, and ^ very bone In our bodies ached. It ^ lakes a lot;of difference whether you . re "goln(g tin" or "going out" At the end of the communication J f rench, limbers were waiting on the i < oad for, us. I thought we were going i j 9 ride back, to rest billets, but soon I j ound out ttiat the only time an in- j j - ? * -- - 1 Is ||. anrryraan riaes is wueu uc rounded anfci is bound for the base or ;t lighty. TJaese limbers carried our | y eserve amtmunitlon and rations^ Our i'] iarch to rfjst billets was thoroughly ! njoyed by* me. It seemed as if 11 i 'ere on furlough, and was leaving be-1 , ind everything that was disagree-j ble and hoirrible. Every recruit feels j y lis way aff.er being1, relieved fromjthe j j. enches. 1 /f j y We marched eight')kilos and then ! 6 kited in fqont of a! French estamlnet ! t he Captafn gave the order to turn ! i at on eadfi side of the< .road and wait * Is returnj Pretty soon he came back ad told iB company to occupy billets I * L7, 118 land 119. Billet 117 was an j t d stablk1 which had previously been J fl icupiedf Uy cows. About ,four feet in | j ont of .the entrance wa? a huge ma-1 t are pilje,, and the odor from it was [ t lythln^ but pleasant. Using my c ishlighcdE stumbled through the dnor. , list hpfrirp ?>nterlne I observed a * hlte sljjn reading: "Sitting 50, lying butj jat the time, Its significance t d not ?a|trik? me. Next morning I jked the sergeant major what it t eant ' He nonchalantly answered: "Thr/t's some of the work of the R. a . M.AC. (Boyal Army Medical corps). a singly nlieans that In Jbase of an at- ^ ck,. thls; billet will accommodate F ty ywoundt?d who are afcle to sit up j id /take notice, or twenty stretcher j s. 8 Itfrwas notUong aftenthls that I was j /'Of the "20 lying." c y soon hit; the hay and was fast t ireep, lerem my friends the'"cooties" t lledAo dSstnrb me. The next morning at about six F :loqk I wfts awakened by the lance I rporal of rour section, Informing me | at I had "been detailed as mess orriy, and ?to report to the cook and wjiim a ^ hand. I lylped him make y head below the parapet. A soft uckle fr Dm my mate brought me to1' 7 sense; I, and I feebly asked, "For , aven's <. lake, what was that?" | He ans- feered. "Only a rat takin? a \ omenad H along the sandbags." I \ It very sheepish. About e re ry twenty minutes the senT in thefdiext traverse would Are a ir shell ftrom his flare pistol. The lop" wcfuhjt give me a start of fright. | never //ot \used to this noise during r servl/be In the trenches. I wou'ta w^tch the arc described by 0 star / shell> and then stare into No ! m's l/and w4 iting for it to burst. In i lurjd light* the barbed wire and | ises/ would ba silhouetted against its ^ ht /Ifke a latticed window. Then \ rk/iess. Once, out inA front of our wire, I " R'M a nofise and saw dark forms j y?la*. My rifle Wi^s lying across the j radbagged i }arapet. I reached for it,' P 'b was tak Ing aim to fire, when my | li tte grasped! ray armr and whispered, j C' *>nft fire." He challenged In a low * Icq. The 1 jeply came back Instantly h >mf the dar k forms: n 'Sfriut yoi |r bllnkin' mouth, you j wmin' idio t; do you want us to click j c from the I loches?" j 11 [*atier we 1< sarned that the word, "No ! illenglng ( it firing, wiring party out . * tront," ha? I been given to the sentry b , our right, bat he had failed to pass ! Jown the t reneh. An officer had over- tl ird our eh |Meng? and the reply, and njedlately put the offending sentry c der arret fc. Tk& sentry clicked d M o Xi ? f/ | v ' * w - the fire, carry water from an eld well, | and fry the bacon. Lldi of dlxlei are used to cook the bacon In. After breakfast was cooked, I carried a dlxle of hot tea and the lid full of bacon to our section, and told the corporal that breakfast was ready. He looked at me In contempt, and then shouted, "Breakfast up, come and get It!" I Immediately got wise to the trench parlance, and never again informed that ''Breakfast was served." It didn't take long for the Tommies to answer this call. Half dressed, they lined up with their canteens and I dished out the tea. Bach Tommy carried in his hand a thick slice of bread which had been Issued with the rations the night before. Then I had the pleasure of seeing them dig into the bacon with their dirty fingers. The allowance was one slice per man. The late ones received very small slices. As each Tommy got his share ho Immediately disappeared into the billet Pretty soon about fifteen of them made a rush to the cookhouse, each carrying a hqge slice of bread. These slices they dipped Into the bacon grease which was stewing over the fire. The last man invariably lost out I was the last man. After breakfast our section ca;-rled their equipment into a field adjoining the billet and got busy removing the trench mad therefrom, because at 8:45 a. m., they had to fall in for Inspection and parade, and woe betide the umui who was unshaven, or had mud on his uniform. Cleanliness Is next to godilaess in the British army, and Old P?t>per most have been personally acluainted with St Peter. Our drill consisted of close-order formation, which lasted until noon. During this time we had two ten-mlnate breaks for rest, and no sooner the vord, "Fall out for ten minutes," was ?lven than each Tommy got oat m fag md lighted it Fags are issued every Sunday mon> ng, and you generally get between :wenty and forty. The brand generally issued Is the "Woodbine." Some limes we are lucky and get wouplakes," "Players" or "Red Hussnrs." Dccaslonally an Issue of "Life Rays" >omes along. Then the older Tommies mmediately get busy on the recruits ind trade these ,for "Woodbines" or 'Goldflakes." A recruit only hail to >e stuck once In this manner, and Chen le ceases to be a recruit. There Is a eason. Tommy is a great cigarette >moker. He smokes under all condi* ions, except when unconscious or vhen he is reconnolterlng in No Man's -jand at night. Then, for obvious regions, he does not care to hare a Mght?d clearette in his mouth. ' Stretcher bearers carry fag* for bounded Tommies. When a stretcher >earer arrives alongside of a Tommy ^ho has been hit the following convert latlon usually takes place: Stretcher >earer?"Want a fag? Where are you lit?" Tommy looks up and answers, Tes. In the leg." i After dismissal from parade, we reurned to our billets and I had to get >usy Immediately with the dinner lsue. Dinner consisted of stew made rom fresh beet a couple of spuds, >ully beef, Maconochle rations and waer?plenty of water. There is great ompetltion among the men to spear rrl+K fhntw #An!ra tha HTA InAAlv notft* T1LU Ul^ii A. V?A W1V ?f?V ?V?Mra^ jy T >w oes. :Vy . After dinner I tried to iiriUh out he dixie with cold water and a rag, md learned another maxim of the , renches?"It can't be done." I slyly patched one of the older men from mother section, and was horrified to 1 ee him throw into his dlxle four or i Ive double handfuls of mud. Then he oured In some water, and With his tandS scoured the dlxle inside and out thought he was taking an awful risk. Supposing the cook should hare seen dm! After half an hour of unsuc* essful efforts I returned my dlxle to be cook shack, being careful to pnt on ' be cover, and returned to the blUet < I - I: " I Resting Back of the Line*. retty soon tne cook poicea nis neaa 1 the door and shouted: "Hey, Tank, orae out here and clean your dixie!" protested that I had wasted a halfour on it already, and had used up iy only remaining shirt In the at- ? jmpt. With a look of disdain he ex- c lalmed: "Blow me, your shirt! Why s 1 didn't you use mud?" 8 Without a word In reply I got busy , rlth the mud, and soon my dixie was right and shining. 1 Most of the afternoon was spent by v fie men writing letters home. I used iy spare time to chop wood for the ^ ook and go with the quartermaster to raw coal. I got back just in time to 1 ssue our third meal, which consisted f hot tea. I rinsed out my dixie and I ataiyari flf {g tJtlft cnnkhAnpn, and ??nt r" 5aef to eSa turn wus i? SBQmitB feeling that my day*? Um wu done. I had fallen asleep on the atraw when once agalm the cook apj>eared In the door of tfco billet with: "lUlme me, 70% Yanks are laay.' Who la a-gota* to draw the water for the momta* teat Do yon tliink Tm a-gola' to? Well, Tm not," and he left 1 tilled the ddle with water from an old squeaking well, and ooce again lay down In the straw. (TO .BE CONTINUED.)' FOOD PROGRAM Recommended by Council of Defense, Food Administration and Farm Demonstration Forces of South Carolina. Food Production Program.. The war situation demands that South Carolina farmers raise enough food for all the people of> the State. After arranging for ample supplies of provisions, plant maximum possible cotton acreageCorn Increase acreage 20 per cent. Keep town markets supplied. Don't carry over last: year's surplus. Garden* Stress Irish Potatoes, beans, onions, and salad crops. Can lurplus perishable vegetables. Swact Potato** Plant one-half acre per plow. Build storage house on every farm by Government plan. Seeure seed at once. \ Hog* / Raise one additional hog per plow Keep good breeding stock. Pasture and soiling crops make cheap pork. Inoculate for cholera. WWt Plant two acres per plow next fall. Oata and Rye. Plant three acres of oats^. one acre of rye per plow this falL Forage Crop* Raise sorghum, velvet beana and cow peas in abundance. \ Dairy Produce A silo for each herd of eight or more. Stock beets and rutabagas for smaller herds. Rye for winter grazing. Use b<sst possible breeding stock,and feed intelligently. Poultry Increase the flock this spring'. Preserve surplus eggs in water glass Food Conspiration Program It is just. as important to save food as to raise food. 'Plenty of fobd?American food?will win the war, so it is up to the American farmer and the American housewife to win the war- We must eat corn and export wheat Corn products spoil in transit We must save flour, beef, pork, f&ts and sugar for export. Flour / No person should ^ave more than a 30-day supply. Cut consumption j to or below 70 per cent of usual! supply. Save flour every day. Observe wheatless days and meals. Corn and Rica Serve combread, hominy and riee in abundance. Sugar ' Limit purchases to two o r^five pounds for town customers and five or ten pounds for rural customers, j Meat Eat no beef, mutton or pork on Tuesday. No pork on Saturday. Serve one meatless medl each day. Poultry Sell no hens before May 1st so igg production may be great. Hens ay eggs worth 80 per cent, of their /alue during spring months. Cotton Seed Don't use cotton seed for fertil-i ers or feeding. New Food Calendar Monday is Wheatlesa. Tuesday is Meatless. Wednesday is Wheatlesj. Saturday is Porkless. One Wheatless meal every day. 1 One Meatless meal eveiry day. Save Sugar every day. Save Fats every day. i Save Food Don't prepare more 'than necessary j Don't waste any food. i A PRACTICAL MENU. The good ladies of Sumter haveij irranged a practieal menu for the ( mtire week, and have mapped out l i bill-of-fure on which ani'one could ' ret fat and at the same time folow out all of the suggestions and 1 ules with reference to meatless and i eheatless days. ' w" j I I il. ' ine menu suggested Dy uiese ih-: liea is as follows: Mondays and Wednesdays?Wheatlea*. breakfast?corn cakes, or corn muf/ fins or grist bread (no breakfast food made of wheat.) Dinner?corn bread, no pies, cakes, dumplings, macaroni, nor anything made from wheat prod- ^ 'acts. Deserts may be had of ' X j custards, jellies and blancmange Supper?Rye Ijread, rice wafers, spoon bread. Potatoes may be added to breakfast and supper menus and will take the place of bread. Tuesdays?Meatless and Porkless. Breakfast and Supper?Cheese, herr ing, fish roe, tuna fish, mackersil, sardines, poultry. Dinner?Poultry, or fresh fish. No coups unless cream onea, none that are made from stock. No vegetables boiled with bacon or meat of any kind. Use cotton i seed products for frying. Saturdays?Porkless. Breakfast, dinner and supper?No him, sausage, bacon or pork of any kind on table or used in rreoarinff dishes for the table. * * ;) Eggs arealwayi a meat substitute. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thurs day, Friday, Saturday?One meal without meat. Find substitutes mentioned for meatless j days. Do not use meat or pork' ^ products to cook with when serving these meals. Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, ^ Saturday?One meal without q wheat. Use flour substitutes. ^ Variety of ways to use these: Have no biscuit for dinner^ if ^ you need bread use corn bre6d. (If dinner is, your wheatless ^ meal, do not use flour to thick- ^ en, nor serve crackers. ^ Save sugar every day in the week. Use fruits as much as possible. . Nuts and raisins need no sugar to serve. Pressed and dried 1 figs and prunes supply the sys- ^ tern with sugar, tiave no candy made in your home." HOWS THIS? ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- I ward for any case of Catarrh that > ainnot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Hall's 'Catarrh Medicine has been i taken by eatarrh sufferers for the put thirty-five years, and has become known as the most reliable r remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the .Mucous surfaces, expelling the Poison from the Blood and healing/ the diseased portions. . After you have taken Hall's Ca- ^ tarrh Medicine for a short time you & will see a great improvement in your tl general health. Start taking Hall's b Catarrh Medicine .at once and get 4 rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, tl free. " ' . * F, J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 75c.?Adv. 0 3-1-lmo. g JJ - ' r DUNK BOT WATE1 j wm vAn A !. si mr iw juiffijjsmiEi a / 1057 COMPLEXION ? r g Bays we cant help but look o bettor and fee! better b after an Inelde bath. p t( ???? a To look one'e beet and feel one's best J la to enjoy an Inelde bath each morn- _ lnj; to flash from the system the pre- ~ vic us day's waste, sour fermentations I anil poisonous toxins before It Is ab- l| sorbed Into the blood. Just as coal, I wben It burns, leaves behind a certain amount of Incombustible material > In the form of ashes, so the food and drink taken each day leave li^ the all-1 ment&ry organs a certain amount of Indigestible, material, which if not eliminated, form toxins and poisons Which are then sucked Into the blood T through the very ducts jrhlch aje Intended to suck In only nourishment to sustain the body. If you want to see the glow of healthy bloom in your cheeks, to see your okln get elearer and clearer, you are told to drink every morning upon ! ? arising, a glass of hot water with a | <* teaspoonful of limestone phosphate In j te it, which Is a harmless means of wash- al tags the waste material^ and toxins ft from the stomach, liver, kidneys and ? bowels, thus cleansing, sweetening and si purifying the entire alimentary tract,' re before putting more food into the atomaeh. tc Men and women with sallow skins, ^ lirer spots, pimples or pallid com- u, plexlon, also those who wake up with a coated tongue, bad taste, nasty breath, others who are bothered with j ti hoadaches, bilious spells, acid stomach or constipation should begin thl* phos- , phated hot water drinking and are rj assured of very pronounced results In y tme ct two weeks. j" A Quarter pound of limestone phosAAnfa womt HfHn m f Hm a ^ WVBM *V? J Ubwv ? ? M4V UIUQ I store but 1b sufficient to demonstrate j ?T that Just as soap and hot water fa slsanses, purifies and freshens the S1 shin on the outside, so hot water and i limestone phosphate act on the Inside to jrgans. We must always consider that I al Internal sanitation is vastly more im-! so pc rtant than outside cleanliness, be-j bl sause the skin pores do not absorb ' iff puritios Into the blood, while the' ju twwel pores de. ' iil \ ii - * mm i ? ' ~r? riLJLMAN ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS IN RACE A Washington, Maich ,5.*?Senator . 3. R. Tillman tonight announced his :andidaey for reelefetion as senator from South. Carolma.# The senior * tenator in a prepared statement calls attention to his position as chairraaa )f the committee on naval affairs, v lis work for the navy in that conlection and his influence in official Washing-ton. He declares that the vorld war has so ichartged the situaion since his announcement in 1914 hat he would not be a candidate to lucceed himself that he now believes le can best serve his State and the lation by remaining in the senate. , Representative A. F. Lever of the Seventh South Carolina District, hairman of the house agricultural ommittee, -also issued, a statement ii iiu oojro wiiat aitiluugJC trong representations have beea * md are being made to him lie has 4 \ io positive announcement to male* n regard to his ultimate intention ouching on the ^senatorial raee. ' / V 1 fr-: ' STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County , p? Abbeville. At the Regular Session of General Assembly of the State of Soatk Carolina, 1916, an act was, passed retiring the; County Board of Com-, lissioners of Abbeville County to tisert for three weeks in a county nd state newspaper, a, npticr for he purpose of borrowing money fqr ounty expenses. Now^ pursuant o said act, s the, |Coy#Jy Board of lommissionera will r^ceiye bids for ae sum of Eighteen ^Thousand $18,000) Dollars^ j?yabi?,one year rom date. ?.',vou,,.. Bids to be opei^ , Eleven A. 11. .pril 2nd, 1918. . W, A. STW^S0N' Supeyy^or^bbeville Ce. [. L. Evana,,<v.;.h^, ^ ?*.'. Secretary o^Bpar^fj. ... ,? March 6th, 1918. ? win vmm PDiv uiid lUUItUIMIJlHin ji?a so1 e*. -f he Grandma** -:Sage Tea and Sulphur Recm^and ^fobody will J^nowt *1." x-'R(i o; The un ofrBage and Sulphur for rearing faded, graj^hair" to its natural Dior datM back to grandmother's -> me. She uied It to keep h?r hair eautlfully dark, i glossy* and attracve. Whenever he^ hair took on that all, faded or streaked appearanoe, lis simple mixture was applied with ronderful effect. But brewing at home Is muaey and ut-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at ny drug store for a bottle of "Wyeth's age and Sulphur rCompovnd," you 111 get this famous old preparation, nproved by the addition of other lnredlents, which can be depended upq to restore natural color and beauty ) the hair. "" A well-known downtown druggist iys It darkens the hair so naturally nd evenly that nobody can tell It haa \ een applied, you simply dampen pong? or soft brush with It and draw % Ills through your hair, taking on? trand at a time. *By morning th? ray hair disappears, and after anther application or two, it beeomet eautlfully dark and glossy. Wyeth's Sage and .Sulphur Com- v ound Is a delightful toilet requisite >r those who desire a more youthful ppearance. It Is not Intended fet le cure, mitigation or prevenUoa el Isease. - / *? CAT CAUSE OF ~ 1NEYDUBLE ake a glau of Salts if your Bask hurts or Bladder bothers?ICaat forms urio aoid. If you must have your meat every dsy. it ii, but flush jour kidney* with salt* scasionally, says a noted authority who ills us that meat forms tfris acid which most paralyzes tjie Sidneys in -their efirta to expel it froqi the blood. They scome sluggish and' Veakea, then you iffer with a dull misery in the kidsey tgion, sharp pains in, thtf back or tick sadache, dizziness, your stomach sours, >ngue is coated 'and when the weather bad you have, rheumatic twinges. Tit rine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the lannels often get sore_ and irritated, tliging you to seek' relief two or three ma during the night. To neutralize these irritating acids, te eanse the kidneys and flush off the idy's urinous waste get four ousees of id Salts from any pharmacy hers; ke a tablespoonful in a glass iter before breakfast for a few days id your kidneys will then act Ins. llis mous salts is ibade from the aeid oI apes and lemon juiee, oombised with ihia, and has been used for generations flush and stimulate sluffoish kldstrs. so to neutralize th? acids is urtii, it no longer irritates, thus oUUnf adder weakness. Jad Salts is ineneasive; cunet iare, and makes c dfligfetfal dRrrMCMt ;hki-w?t?r drink,. J '