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"Over tie Top" l ? > a > A.lil I 07 Ml Aiencu mknt Wki West ARTHDI GOT EMPEY , Machine Cmiw Saralog In Franca * .. ?YNOPtl* CmPT|Dft l--Tta?4 tar U* Wfiot fti or uuituu bjr a Qtfnnn gwte JCaciuMl wt*c? b? wwli to tha JaSwih H-Aft?r a p*rtod tog, Kxnpay yoluatwra for Iinm?dl4t?'i?rTtM and soon finds himMlf la r?it billets HHiMVhiN to Franc*," when ha first 1 nakaa the anqnalnfiw o11ha war-pw* CHAPTER m-SmjMT attanda bli first < church aarrloaa at th? front white a Gorman Fohkar cirolaa ovar tba oon*rafaUoa> CSAPTXR XV?JBmpay'a eomnasd foaa tpto til* front-lin? trenchta and la radar , flra for tha Mrwt ycaa. _ . _ _ i 'h i PTim T^Kofiif laaru to adopt ' tha motto of tho Brtith Tosunr, "If you , Jnejrota* to g*t It, jroaU ft It, m morof , CBCXptkb VI?Back to r*t billau, Kmipj yata hla flrat axyarlaooa aa a maaa ] ""CHAPTER VII?Bb may taaroa bow the 1 tiMtara are tS _ ] * trjash, ? ' - j ) CHAFTt* Ki. -J ! Ovor the Top. '; - OB my aeeoad trip to the trench*. 1.0&c*r wmJI m*3UB* 031 rouMi * laepeetion, and we revived the cheerrftil mwi .that at tarn In the morning | we were to go over the top and take 1 >4he^Qeapao front-line trench.My heart Jmmedto lead. Then the otitar ear-1 ".Mad on with hie lsatraeOooa. To the: I Met of my memory I recall them aej TaOove: aAt eleven a wiring party will |' #0 oqt tn front and eat lanee through,< 4Mr barbed wire for the paaeage of 11 troopa In the morning. At two o'clock;: enr artillery will open vp with an In- ! tenae bombardment, which will laat on* til Jtar. Upon the lifting of the bar- i rage the first of the three wavee will i go over." Then he left Sope of the 1 DoEBmlee, flret getting permlaeldn from fljfc" sergeant, went Into the machine PfHwtf dogoot and wrote letten home, aaylog that tn the mecnlng they ] wjre going orer the top, and alao that < Itf lh* Utters reached tMr demtinatloa \ tt^otld Sean that the writer bad been j kitted j fh?ae letters wet* tuned wrm to tte captain with instructions to mail , earns la the event erf the writer's being , kiUid. * Some of the mm made out "iMfcrwfUs in thrtr pel books, tihdsr , flit ctptton, "WUI and Lest Teste- ; SkmMl91 ; 9hen the nerve sndttnf watt comansoeed. Every now end then I wouM , J^nse et the dial of my vidrt watch > iu wee surprised In see how test the . I jalnutee passed by. Aboat 0Te mlnotee I fo two I got Mnt? wejtlaf for our [ :fns to open up. I could not take my I span from my watch. I crouched I gMtlnflt the parapet and etratned my , I musdee In-a deathlthe frtp upon my I Hie. Am the hands on my watch I Shewed two o'clock a Winding red flare I 9m$ti the ?ky lo oujf rear, then I Ihandse, intermixed with a sharp, whin* I Utoc sound in the air over our heads. I, gan mw If* w? wgmmr bdr war toward Am Otmas yitb oat aoaord tba cmq pflothilN (tog and looked top to t&t Uncttoa or tba trenefcp. 4 tea of barattaf fctod of Ku'i Land. tfca ' tonflOc u4 tfca groead tresom* Mfft 1I09 nr hvada wa u a HcMtf man. Oar bif ' dnd tba Una had opened op and lMach ik?na commeaead Into the Qanaao Daea Tba tM gvoA.fethSad tba Hoea, tb? < tba flMtte tknagh tin atr, .* Bara of than, bursting, was a i tluit put Patnljreateat df? ? tba thada. Tm constant , of Oannaa ?cMno fena and i a kia A mM M * It oeeueoMi iwo* or one win# joee ? tbe tieprtlin ?f e fco#e eodltoce ylanrtlng the wk ?f the betterlee. : On* Ifrpovntat vert dMtroytof the s tnnea ttfurbed while the heirier off ?u demqglAiof ttdi trenchee id beAtof to *a#oohi fonk holen. j The* Mts fat btaf. fh*r ah?tt* aoMemtef ever- } ?d, etmod In the direction of tb* 1 Jtm from oor btffttriofe. Trench well MuKi tapping TflnnUe" la t fi*ot Use. We dUke* teveiwl cmMML Then OMf MlliiiU {??Hd. ir utUlwr bad tenet ?r tftonted , ?k - i "1 1 / *' 1 '~7"' \ AMMAN 50IMR OWENT * j i&gdymy | E" GUM?Dl,^RVIfBIH fRAffCE?? t Lui^aaffCTtYl * During the bombardment too eonld j" almost read a newspaper In our trench. Sometimes In the flare of a shell-burst J' a man'* body worfltt fee silhouetted tt against the pSrados of the trench and At appeared Hke a huge monster. Tou coold hardly hear yourself think. When an ordar was to be nasaed down the _ trench yon bad to yett it. nrtna yoor * bands at a funnel ft to the ear of the ?j man elttlBC next to yodffi the fire step. b In about twenty mlnutee a generous ** mm leeue was doled oat After drink- ^ lnf the ran, which taetei like varnlah and eent a ebodtfer throng fear frame, yon wond?r%d why thqr made & yoo wait until the ltfttag of the ba*> :P' nje before folnf over. At ten. tBtoutee to four worO wee paeeed down, ' 'Ten mlaatea to ?ol* fcen mlnutee n M? I Wa vara uhlviriM all over. Mjr lags felt M tf tfcay vm asleep. w Then word wm passsd down: "First wave get oo tod near the scaBng laddew." $jj These were null wooden ladders ^ which we had placed; against the para* ^ pet to enable oe to go over the top on : Pl the lifting of the tarraga. "Ladders of 'e death" we celled them, and veritably they were. , ]9* Before a charge Itamn\j la the po- * tfteet of men. There ftp neyer any posh- ? tog or crowding to ba drat up theee ladders. We cTOtoched wund the base Of the ladders waiting for the word to go over. I wm tick and faint, and 10 was poflng away at aaunllgbtod fag. Then came the word, *7Three minutes ' J? to go; open the lifting at the barrage and on the blast of tfcw whlitlea, 'Over .i?* the top With the beat d hick and give ;:P< them bftU*'" The f?noos phrase of . P fee western front Hie Jonah phrase . P" ot the western toot To Tommy It 9 bmm If voo in hiekvtenoQabi to come w back 70a will be mtaos an am ori Itf. Tonuny hates to be wished the " best of lock; so, when peace Is declared, tt It ever is, and joo meat a ? Tommy 00 JJfce street lest Irish him the . best of loek and don thebrtsk thai follows* ^ I glanced again at mytsrjlst watch. V Weal jrois them and yotteootohsrdly V sail ns "stssles" ftw-tlotagiea IT was a yi oalnata to torn. I . could see the hand K?Te--t? the twelve, then a -dead -silence. It hart 8ve>7en# looked np ' to see what had hipfsnert, but\m> ier mi leog. Sbajp whistle blaato igbg out vil along tho trench, and wkh.a;cfciesr <he men scrambled up the tedCsrsS. Ths n ballets w?m qrecttae ior?rhea<l Jand dii offsrtncally a smchlftstfTO wootftap te; and tear the top of the! sandbag pe*e- n pea. Sow I got np thsjl ladder I w*l nseer knew. The ftrst tan feet oat In front iras agony. Ufcisn we passed Ithrouh lanee-fh our- barbed wire. X knew I tu running, W eould feel no jj. motion below the ufcftft Fatchee fa tile ground *eeme<l tojfloet Jto the rmx as If 2 were on a treadmill and urnery was rushing/past ma. JThs Oermans had put e barrege of shrapnel jj] across No Man'e,Land, and you could hear tbe glee?Map tbe ground about *>?. n After I had; passed Kmrbarbed wire and gotten Into No Mae's Lend a Tommy about fifteen feet to my right v. front turned around and looking in my direction, pot his hand to his mouth and yelled something wtyeh.I could not VI make out on account of the noise from the bursting sheila. Then he coughed, y] stumbled, pitched forwand end lay still. His body seemed to float to the rear qt me. I could hear sh*rp cracks in the air about me. These were caused vi by passing .rifle bullets. Frequently, M mv rlirht find lpft Httip tmnrtri nf dirt would rise Into the alr*and a ricochet ballet would whine (to Its way. If Tommy should see on>e of these tittle spurts In front of hlmw he would Xtell the nurse> about tt letter. The crossing of Not Man's Land tematos a X] blank to o& Men on my' right and ldft": would . stumble and fall. Some woifld try to fet up, while others remained hftddled and motionless. Then smatebed-up barbed wise came Into ew and i x] seemed earrled on a tide to the rear. Suddenly, to front of me loomed a bashed-ln trench about four fleet wide. ^1 Queer-looking forms like m^d turtles were shambling up Its wall. One of these forms seemed to slip $nd then ^ rolled to the bottom of the ti^nch. I leaped across this Intervening space. The man to my left seemed to pause In X midair, then pitched head dowil Into X the German trench. I laughed out* loud to my delirium. Upon alighting; on the other aide of the trench I came jto With a sodden jolt Right In front! of me X1 loomed a giant form wlth^a rtty which looked about ten feet long, on (the end of which seemed seven ba^rctaeta. these xflashed In the air lo front <k me. Then through my mind flashed the admonlJ Hon of our bayonet Instructor back In X] Blighty. Be had said, "whenever you get la a eharge and run youtr bayonet no to theJUltinluea Qermajl.thp Frlta ^ reached from your grutp. Do not aste time, If the bayonet la fooled i hto equipment, by patting your foot i hie stomach and tugging at the rifle > extricate the bayonet. Simply ress the trigger and the buUet will ee it" In my present situation this as the logic, but -for the life <rf pe could not remember how ho had told e to get my bayonet Into- the Oer* an. To me this was the paramount sue. I closed my eyee and lunged irwfcrd. My rifle was tern from my inds. I qaust have gotten the Ge?? an because he had disappeared, bout twenty feet to my left front as a huge Prussian nearly slxfeet >ur inches In height, a fine specimen physical manhood. The bayonet om his rifle was missing, but he utched the barrel In both hands and as swinging the butt around hie head, could almost hear the ewlsh of the itt passing through the air. Thro* ttle Tommies were engaged with htm. bey looked like pigmies alongside of j ie Prussian. The Tommy on the left as gradually circling to the not of a opponent It was a fenny sight to >e tbem OMCt roe swinging DtUT anp y to Jab him at the same fkoe. Tlx* ttmmy neareet tm> reeefved the b?tt i the German's rifle la ft smashing ow below the right temple, -ft cashed Ma heed like ?fi agfihelL He tched forward on hit fttda and a<c*o? ilalre shudder tan thnmgh hlabedr eanwhlle (he other Tommy had lined the rear of the Piuaalan. miy about foor laches of beyaaet otroded from the throat of the Bia? an 00Idles, who staggered forward id ML I will ww fotgaft the look ! blank astonishment that came over ? face, f men womecning mi me vx um ma toulder and my left tilde v?t numb. felt as If a hot poker?u beta* 1veo through-me. I felt no pftto-2-' at a sort of fcenrous sboek. beylet bad pierced me from tbe rear. - I U backward oo tlMft ground,bot waa: >t unconscious, because I could sea m objects moving uouad me. Theft* flash of light la freat of mj eyas and 1 consciousness. Something bad -Mt e on the bead. I have never found it what it was. I dreamed I was being tossed about aa open boM oo i hoavtng sea and >ened my eyee. The moon was shlag. I was oo stretcher being ed down one of our couuaualcftttoa eqchea At th? adtunced f&at-ald >st my wounds w<ftre drfftisd, pfiA iso I was pot Into a* ambulaaee ftnd mt to one of the biu? liospltajb,- $*e ounds to my ibouldw nod bead w?M >t serious and to sis: weeks I. bad re* Isad my company ior service in the ont line. /Tn p-p. rnMTTVTIFD^ ' I V*v, - ? ?: , V ANTREVILLE. X Antreville, S. C. starch 22.?The asical recital given by the Antre*. lie pupils last Friday evening was great success. Each 'pupil did creh fn Viimnalf ?nrl to their efficient acher, Miss Susie Stevenson, 'he following is the complete proam: -Piano Solo?"Barcarole" (Friml ?Mi?3 Erin Crowther. ?Piano Solo*-^(a) 'Child's Waltz* ? (Gurlitt) (b) "The Ring Around a Ross"?(Schmidt) ?Lucia Norris. [?Duet?"In Happ Song'?(Kohler)?Maiy Bell, Mary Milford. r?Song??"America Here's My Boy"?Prof. Rembert and High School Boys. , ?Recitation?" ^^andma''1? Lois McCarter. ?Piano Solo-?"Waltz" (Kohler) ?Amy Suber. [I?Piano Solo?(a) "Juvenile Melody" (Gurlitt) ..(b) "Willager's Waltz" ?Eva Stokes. / [II?Song (a) "Holy Night" (b) Send Me Away With a Smile."? Prof. Rembert and Boys. 1?Piano Solo?"Song of the Brooklet" (Hachk)?Lucile Bell. ?Recitatio?"So Was I"?Curtis Williams. [ ?Piano Solo?"Rose" (Schnoll) Myra Williams. I?Duet?"Scarf Dance" (Chaninade)?Lucille Bell and Boyce Wakefield. [II?Piano Solo?"In the Garden" (Gurlitt)?Lois McCarter. [V?Piano Solo?(a) "Cradle Song" (Tanbert) (b) "Italian | ? ? ?J. V \T.li:. C.'akav I f'OlK" (sancanu/?KCIHC nanvi.i V?Piano Solo?"Soldier's Song"| Beaumont)?Lavinia McCarter. ! VI?Song?"Carolina". VII?Pipno Solo?"Meditation" (Morrison) ?Boyce Wakefield. ' VIII?Recitation?"The Farmers" [X?Trio?"The Secret" (Gautier ?Elizabeth, Lois and Lavinia McCarter. K?Piano Solo?"Rain Pitter Patter" (Dutton)?Lety Calvert. ICI?Piano Solo?"Le Lempide Comant" (Burgmiiller)?Amy Bell Norris. ill?"Song of June" (Williams) ?Allen? Gable. I XXIII.?Recitation? "My Slater's Best Fellow"?Elizabeth Suber. ] XXIV?Piano Solo?"Somewhere a ; Voice t)i8 Calling"?Elizabeth ; McCArter. v ' \ XXV?Piano Solo?"Melody W ( Love" (EnglemimnJ-^-Mias Erin ( Crowther. XXVI?Song?"Where Do We Go From Here"?Prof. Rembert and ' High School Bojnu XXVII?Song?"Th? Star Spangled Banner"?By All. 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stevenson, Robert and Miss Miry Stevenson, Mrs. J. F. Bradley and Mrs. Wister Haddon of Abbeville, attended the 1 Recital Friday evening. Miss Aileen Herron of Williams- ' ton, spent the. wfek-end with Miss Mary Anderson. * Messrs Albert and Henry Erwii* ipent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. .Erwin. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Holleman and Mr. 1 Busby of Aiken, are visiting Mr. ' and Mrs. A. M. Erwin. Misses Pet Hawthorne and Mary | Bell of Latimer, are visiting Mrs. S. J. Wakefield. I1 , Mr. and Mrs. Summie Kinningham i|nd daughter, Murl, of Jefferson, Qa., motored over to Antreville last Fride.y and are spending .several days with Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Haddon. ' Miiw Hattie Lou Haddon entertained Misses Margaret Bradley, Susie Steevnson and Annie Bell last Saturday night. c|lu? Genevieve Andeirson returnr . i ed to Lander College Monday after , pending several days, with home- . Joka. Pmf RamUrt. UIum . Iftrnnt ' Bradley and Valeria Crowther attended the Teachers' meeting at 1 Due West last Saturday. Hiss Christie ?Miliord apent the ^eek-end in i Honea Path with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Hnde Prince and 1 children, Lewis and Evelyn, spent ! Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Adjer Hodge of Jfidway. ' Mr. Motte-Keatonof Bowersville, ! Ga., accompanied by Mrs. M. E."l Shirley and Miss 9ula Shirley visited in Antreville this week. . |-i Mr.\ and*--!Mrs. Roger Williams 1 Vent Tuesday in Abbeville. j l7 ' r* ~ ' 1 \ VV VA V\ V V S. V V VV S t V S> < V l,OWNDESVILLE. * j uuvvuvuuvvv I Lowndesvillo, March 21!.?Mrs. Clarence Harper and children, Mrs. I J. C. Nickles, Mr. George Harper of I r Greenwood,-and.LMro. T. S. Allen and children of Anderson, spent the week-end with Mr. and' Mrs. E. W. ^ Harper, Sr. . . Messrs. T. 1). Jones and Carl Morgan were recent visitors from A Seneca. , ' ] j f Mrs. W. C. Tenant . and little .daughter, Janio Catherine, of At ;lanta, and Un. 8. D. Brownlee of F1 , Anderson, weru guests of Mrs. R. H. Moscley this\ week. Atr. W: M. Speer went to Atlanta Tuesday where , he expects to enter , a sanatorium for treatment. < Mrs. C. Clinkscales has re- 1 turned from a visit to relatives in ( Donalds and Due Weet. She is con- 1 fined/to her hone now with German 1 measles. ( Mr. E. J. Huskabee made a busi- j ness trip to Atlanta and Greenville last week. He bought a Saxon Six car while in the latter plaee. Mrs. T. B. Holcombe and child- j ren of Lamar, are spending sometime with Mrs. W..M. Speer. t Rev. J. F. Anderson has recently purchased a Chevrolet five paasen- j ger touring c$r. Mra. T. O. Kirkpatrick had the following guests to dinner Sunday: Mrs. S. O. Brownlee of Anderson, f Mrs. W C. Tennant of Atlanta, Mrs c T. B. Holcombe of Lamar, and Mrs .j Kittifi L. Kay. ; 1 Little James Barnes has returned $ in Kia hnme in Anderson after 11 spending a week with his uncle, Mr t D. L. Barnes. r The members of the Mission Study t Class are thoroughly enjoying the s new book entitled, "The African e Trail," which they are now study- I ing. The class m eets in the Metho- s dist Church for onfe hour every Sun- a day afternoon and is fortunate in s having Mrs. D. N. Bourne for a 1 teaeher. She makes the lessons ex- a cqedingly interesting, and the mem- g bera are loiith to misa a single meet- \ Ing. J v ." ft The members of the Bed Gross he had the unusaal pleasure of having Mr. Gibbs L. Baker of Washington, la address them in th^ school audi- re torium recently. Mr. Baker, is a SO successful lawyer in Washington ^ City, 'having practiced his profes- B1 sion there for a* number of years. g0 He is a wide reader, deep thinker, and able speaker, Through his ex- Mi tensive reading, and living in oui Mi cipitol city, he has every oppot lin tunity of keeping up with the af- ~~ fain of the nations, i , He spoke first of the origin of the Red Cross, its mission, and the noble work that this organization pe is doing to alleviate the suffering er Just now caused by the war?a El work which only a charitable organ- ga ization can undertake. bl< Speaking briefly of the causes gi which brought us into the war and as of our unpreparedness he passed on rij to our wonderful president, who has handled the situation more effl- w< ciently than any other could. He liv spoke of how Wilson had brought mi the brainiest men of our land to- pr gether in Washington to help with nu this momentous task, such as has en never before been undertaken in er all hi9toryV?that of fighting an m< enemy 8000 miles, from base. Re- an ferring again to the Red Cross he of emphasized the importance of this be work and the necessity of every an one becoming a member. He spoke pi of the efficiency, with which the ho funds of this organization are handled and said with such men as Wil- to on, Taft and Vanderlip at the er bead of it one need not have any to fears of "his or her funds not being dr properly appropriated. ja His lecture was very instructive fo and we deemed it a great privilege n* to hear Mr. Baker. ? ' HOW'S THIS? 11 We offer' One Hundred-Dollars Seward for any ease, of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Cataxth Medicine. ^ Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been taken by eatarrh sufferers for the past thirty-five years, and has be- 10 come known as the most reliable bj remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh nfl Medicine acts' thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, expelling the ca Poison from the Blood and healing en the diseased portions. * After you nave taken Hall's Catarrh Ipedicine for a shdrt time you fo trill see a great improvement in your general neaitn. start uunng nans Catarrh Medicine at once and get rid of catarrh; Send for testimonials, 811 free. . 1 co P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 76c.?Adv. v M-lmo. ' i an IflNOlffiHOVES ? IK CAUSE Of I 1?' ti( CHRONIC COUGHS E i ~ ; ti< K Constitutional Rid< That W? Cmriatii Lagrange, N. ^?Tor . jun >i2 (offered with a chronic, couch, 90 I :ould not sleep night*, and coetinsad to lose flssh. My druggist siked M . .. vi_.i n 1 -? v Ai v U/ f *WPI? as iWWI WJ %W|M, A ran altep nights and have gained Ct iwehre pounds. Vinol is the best qu :onic and tisme boilder X have ever . *ken."-W, D, Sen, Lagrange, N. C We gnaiantsa Vinol lor chronic in' :oaghs, colds snd bronchitis. Not a an latent medicine. Formula on every .. jottlc. Your money bach if it. fails. P. B. SPEED. co Abb.yill., S. C. to ' Cc By Tanlac Quickly th She Was Restored ($ fr< IAD BEEN IN BAD HEALTH THREE YEARS, SHE SAYS "It waa a short time after I be- j| fan taking Tanlac before I had besome able to do my housework," laid Mrs. Fannie Ripley, of Gluck Hill, Anderson, in a statement she rave May 25th. "I had been in bad wi lealth three years when I began en aking Tanlac, and daring the sum- tai nersof 1914 and 1915 I had not bo >een able to do my eooking. I had Ar tuffered from indigestion, and ev- to irything I ate hurt me. I had very fr< >ad spells of indigestion and head- jng iches and nervous attacks. It was jui oon relieved by Tanlac} however, th< ind the indigestion was stopped. [*he Tanlac relieved the nervousness md headaches right away. I soon ma fot so I could sleep well and ^my sp< vhole system was built up and by 3B5RS5H0BBBBBBBIMnS3335S3|HHPJ(P lengthened. I am doing r " iu?ework now, ,(I am glad ta reeommeiuf ?Taae, for I found it to be sucfc ? A?e medy." Tanlac, the maitar medielna, to <| Id axclnaiYaly by P. B. Spui A? ilia; A. 8. Cade, Bordeaux; I. % ^ ack, Calhoun Falls; J. HtiJMl - J n?, Due Weet;. Cooley Afpaar, " i iwnde?ville; R. 11. Fuller A Co., sCormick; 'J. W. ltomlLA Jp. :: )unt Carnal; Covin * LOay/ W*. ptnn. Prira 11 na* twitM* ?* ! t? THE GREAT DUTY. As we go about our daily tukaja J ace and safety men sire dying ?r* ifj y minute on the battlefields ..gt irope to save civil ilation. Our. opa ~ y.r illant soldiers are shedding tfcfk $ ood in France and our sailors en- J ilfed in the waters of the. Atlantic ^ they go in defense of America's fhts and honor. ,' 'IIjp Upon our performance of Am >rk committed to u depend the ^ es of thousands of mfci and Wo* - % en, the fate of many nations, the : ^ eserVatkra of civilisation atKMytt* anity itself; and the more efllciit and prompt we people of vAmiea are in doing our ' part, -Mil# ore quickly will this , war come to 1 i end and the greater the number our soldiers and sailors who- wty) i saved from death and suffering ,v| id the greater number of thepee- " ? e of other nations released frees ndage and saved from death. To work, to save, to economise, c) give flnaneitl support to the' 6of* ^ nment is a duty of the Nation and 4| the world and it is espeeiafiy e ity to our fighting men who en nd f nd sea ere offering their liven . J r their country and their cenntkf- rj|J .. v...1,000 SKILLED MEN . . WANTED FOR SERVICE ' IN AVIATION SECTION Qualified men*" registered itdec e selective-service law may b#/Iaicted intio service to JUL,4fce < M r 10,000 skilled mechanic* ' the Aviation Section of fko 8lf? : tl Corps, by applytaf to their Jo1 boards. Men not registered miff' list at recruiting stations. :;:)M The present eall is. pertlsolarlj r machinists^ auto meehsnlcs, m> ne repairmen, gunsmiths, cfcaufus, carpenters, blacksmiths, tinlitha, cabinetmakers,, eleetrkiafcfc M ppersmiths,' sheet-metal opeller makers, wireless opohittai id constructors, tailors, LoOnatrti ; ilmakera, truek mutirt, tttlcafl era, welders, and experts on niftos, ignition sytems, . fsmaraa, itches, and clocks. - v i Men will be sent to Sen jjatoato, ix., for segregation by tra/lse,ioi- 'i| wed by a brief course of instme' m of flying fields or faetoriep^itt ganized into, squadron* moctlyfer rvice overseas. Additional infer- , j ation may be secured bytjRplfe* : ft >n to the Air Division, Personnel . ;partment, Washington, D* C. ? . v (TATE OF SOUTH CAlOLINA^ t^ ? County of Abbeville. At the Regular 8eeeien of Qenevel ''?$ aembly of the State of Sewtfe- ft irolina, 1916, an act was passed re* liring the County Boa^d ef Comissioners of Abbeville County sert for three weeks in a count? d state newspaper a notiee for 7 e purpose of borrowing money for - ^ Am.. unty expenses. Now, in parvus**' said act, the County Board of * immissioners will reeeive bids for e sum of Eighteen Thousand - ];\ 18,000) Dollars, payable on* year am date. Bids to be opened Eleven A. M. >ril 2nd, 1918. W. A. STEVENSON. Supervisor Abbeville Co. L. Evans, Secretary of Board. March 6th, 1918. The new "Mexiean service bidft" 11 soon be issued to ofReen and listed men who served under ctfn conditions in Mexico and oa the rder. Persons not now in Am ssi I AUl.i my wno wouia nave dwo bhuutc the badge and whoM separation >m the service has been honorable ly secure authority from The Adant General to purchase and wear i service badge. All cheese now In storage must be irketed before June 15, onle?i ;cial permission to hold is given >$ the Food Administration.