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I Bv A?ericW SoUier 1 J 87 Yfho Went | | ftKTHBR G0Y EMPEY ! Machine Gunner Serving in France ] |? it I (Copyright, 1917, bj Arthur Guy Huipey) SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I?Fired by the news of the Inking of the Lusltania by a German submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an American, leaves his office In Jersey City and goes to England where he enlists in the British army. CHAPTER II?After a period of train- ; lug, JEtnpey volunteers lor immt?ai&ie serv- i Ice and soon finds himself In rest billets i "somewhere In France," where he first makes the acquaintance of the ever-presI v ?nt "cootloa " CHAPTER III?Empey attends his first church services at the front while a Ger- I man Fokker circles over the congregation. CHAPTER IV? Empey's command goes I Into the front-line trenches and is under ! I' Are for the first time. _ _ _ I '^CHAPTER V?"Empfey learns to adopt th? motto of the Brtish Tommy, "If you are going to get It, you'll get it, so never worry." CHAPTER VI?Back In rest billets, Empey gets his first experience as a mess ord??uu CHAPTER VII?ERipgy learns how the j Brlkah soldiers are fe(j. ~"i5HAPTER VIH?Back in tne iroiu-ujio trench, Empey sees his first friend of the | Sf- trenches "go wcBW. ., ? I CHAPTER IX?Empey makes his first vktu, a dugout In "Suicide Ditch." "CHAPTER "X?"Empey learns what con- : tltutes a "day s work in the front-lin? trench.. _ ? 'CHAPTER XI?Empey goes "over u.o , top" for the first time in a charge on the German trenches and is wounded by a . (cFv' baypnetJhrust. . % i CHAPTER XII. K. ? Ek* \: Bombing. The boys in the section welcomed me back, but there were many strange1 ? faces. Several of our men had gone1 West In that charge, and were lying "somewhere in France" with a little wooden cross at their heads. We were pirrT ?i pi $ WMtji hisimrJW >v- x * Throwing Hand Grenades. In rest billets. The next day our captain asked for volunteers for bombers' school. I gave my name and was accepted. I had joined the Suicide club, and ray troubles commenced. Thirtytwo men of the battalion, including myself. were sent to L . where we went through a course In bombing; Here we were instructed in the uses, i methods of throwing and manufacture of various kinds of hand grenades, from the old "jam tin," now obsolete, to the present Mills bomb, the standard of the British army. It all depends where you are as to what you are called. In France they call you a "bomber" and give you medals, while in neutral countries they call you an anarchist and give you "life." From the very start the Germans were well equipped with effective bombs and trained bomb throwers, but the English army was as little prepared in this important department of fighting as in many others. At bombing school an old sergeant of the Grenadier guards, whom I had the good fortune to meet, told me or tfte discouragements this branch of the service suffered before they could meet the Germans on an equal footing. (Pacifists and small army people in the U. S. please read with care.) The first English expeditionary forces had no bombs at all, but had clicked a lot of casualties from those thrown by the Boches. One bright morning someone higher up had an idea and issued an order detailing two men from each platoon to go to bombing school to learn the duties of a bomber and how to manufacture bombs. Noncommissioned .officers were j^enorally selected . ill AMOKM 50IMR 0 WOT ? * TflRfflYMf zmm, JERVIIfG INflRAtfCe?' ?1917 DY ARTHUR CUYEfflEY for this course. After ahout two w#?#?ks nt school thev returned to their units in rest billets or in the fire trench, as the case might be, and got busy teaching their platoons how to make "jam tins." Previously an order had been issued for all ranks to save empty jam tins for the manufacture of bombs. A professor of bombing would sit on the fire step in the front trench with the remainder of his section crowding around to see him work. On his left would be a pile of empty and rusty jam tins, while beside him on the fire step would be a miscellaneous assortment of material used in the manufacture of the "jam tins." Tommy would stoop down, get an empty "jam tin," take a handful of clayey mud from the parapet, and line the inside of the 'tin with this sub stance, 'men ne wouia reacn over, pick up his detonator and explosive, and insert them in the tin, fuse protruding. On the fire step would be a pile of fragments of shell, shrapnel balls, bits of iron, nails, etc.?anything that was hard enough to send over to Fritz; he would scoop up a handful ol this junk and put it in the bomb. Perhaps one of the platoon would ask hira what he did this for, and he would explain that when the bomb exploded these bits would fly about and kill or wound any German hit by same; the questioner would immediately pull o .button off his tunic and hand it tc the bomb maker with, "Well, blame me, send this over as a souvenir," or another Tommy would volunteer nr old rusty and broken jackknife; both would be accepted and inserted. Then the professor would take another handful of mud and fill the tin after which he would punch a hole in the lid of the tin and put it over the top of the bomb, the fuse sticking out. Then perhaps he would tightly wrap wire around the outside of the tin, and the bomb was ready to eend over tc Fritz with Tommy's compliments. A piece of wood about four inches wide had been issued. This was to be strapped on the left forearm by means of two leather straps and was like the side of a match b6k; it was called n "striker." There was a tip like the head of a match on the fuse of the bomb. To ignite the fuse, you had tc rub it on the "striker," just the same as striking a match. The fuse was timed to five seconds or longer, some of the fuses Issued in those days would burn down in a second or two, while others would "sizz" for a week before exploding. Back In Blighty the munition workers weren't quite up to snuff the way they are now. If the fuse tool? a notion to burn too quickly they generally burled the bomb maker nexl day. So making bombs could not be called a "cushy" or safe job. After making several bombs the professor instructs the plaToon in throwing them. He takes a "jam tin" from the fire step, trembling a little, because it is nervous work, especially when new at it, lights the fuse on his striker. The fuse begins to "sizz" and sputter and a spiral of smoke, like that from a smoldering fag, rises from it. The platoqn splits in two and ducks around the traverse nearest to them. They don't like the looks and sound of the burning fuse. Wlfcn that fuse begins to smoke and "sizz" yon want to say good-by to it as soon as possible, so Tommy with all his might chucks it over the top and crouches against the parapet, waiting for the explosion. Lots of times In bombing th? "jam tin" would be picked up by the Germans, before it exploded, and thrown back at Tommy with dire results. After a lot of men went West in this manner an order was issued, reading something like this: , "To all ranks in the British array: After Igniting the fuse and before throwing the jam-tin bomb, count slowly one! two! three!" This in order to give the fuse time enough to burn down, so that the bomb would explode before the Germans could throw it back. Tommy read the order?he reads them all, but after he ignited the fuse and It began to smoke?orders were forgotten, and away she went in record time and back sho came to the further discomfort of the thrower. rru xvnp JcCll/iH +n i. lit ii uixuiiivi uiun >vuo isnuvu tvi count, "one hundred! two hundred! three hundred!" But Tommy didn't care If the order rend to count up to a thousand by quarters, he was going to pet rid of that "jam tin," because from experience he had learned not to trust it. When the powers that be realized that they could not change Tommy they decided to change the type of bomb and did so?substituting tin "hair brush." tho "cricket ball," and later the Mills bomb. .The sfcindurd boiji.b.usecjjn tbf Eni ish army is the "Mills." It Is about the ! f shape and size of a large lemon. Al- j though not actually a lemon, Fritz Insists that It Is; perhaps he judges It | , by the havoc caused' by Its explosion, j The Mills bomb Is made of steel, the j outside of which is corrugated Into 48 ! small squares, which, upon the explo- j sion of the bomb, scatter In a wide j area, wounding or killing any Fritz j ' who Is unfortunate enough to be hit , by one of the flying fragments. Although a very destructive and ef- . fioient bomb the "Mills" has the con- j fidence of the thrower, In that he j , j knows it will not explode until re- ! leased from his grip. It Is a mechanical device, with a | lever, fitted into a (Plot at the top, ; i which extends half way around the ' circumference arid is held In place at j i the bottom by a fixing pin. In this pin | 1 there is a small metal ring, for the ! ! purpose of extracting; the pin when j ready to throw. >! You do not throw a bomb the way a i baseball Is thrown, because, when in i > a narrow trench, your hand is liable | to strike against the parados, traverse | ? or parapet, and then down goes the | bomb, and, in a couple of seconds or i 1: so, up goes Tommy. t i In throwing, the bomb and lever are j j grasped fti the right hand, the left foot i ( is advanced, knee stiff, about one and | ( i a half its length to the front, while ; ; j the right leg, knee bent, is carried \ slightly to the right. The left arm is | ; extended at an angle of 45 degrees, \ i j pointing rh the direction the bomb is to i j be thrown. This position is similar ; i j to that of shot putting, only that the j rljrht nrni is extended downward. Then ! i ! you hurl the bomb from you with an : '! overhead bowling motion, the same as > j in cricket, throwing it foUIy high in | . i the air, this in order to give the fuse j , i a chance to burn down so that when the bomb lands, It Immediately ex. j plodes and gives the Germans no time to scamper out of its range or to rei turn it. ' t ; j As the bomb leaves your hand, the . i ! lever, by means of a spring, Is projected , ' into the air and falls harmlessly to j | the ground a few feet In front of the i i I bomber. I i When the lever flies off it releases I j a strong spring, which forces the firing ' ' pin Into a percussion cap. This Ignites !! the fuse, which burns down and sets j off the detonator, charged with fulmi- j ' mAWAimtr nvnl r\rl no fha uaic ui men v.ui j, hijiv,u luv . main charge of ammonal. The average British soldier Is not an 1 expert at throwing; It is a new game 1 to him, therefore the Canadians and Americans, who have played baseball from the kindergarten up, take natu. rally to bomb "hrowlng and excel In J t this act. A six-foot English bomber will stand in tiwed silence when he . sees a little five-foot-nothing Canadlan 1 i outdistance his throw by several yards. I I have read a few war stories of bomb> Ing, where baseball pitchers curved ! their bombs when throwing them, but i a pitcher who can do this would make i "Christy" Mathowson look like a piker, j i and Is losing vtiluable time playing In > the European War bush league, when : i ; he would be able to set the "blj?! > league" on fire. 1 We had a cushy time while at thl3 j ? school. In fact, to us It was a regular j vacation, and we were very sorry when i one morning the adjutant ordered us ! to report at headquarters for trans-; 1 j portation and rations to return to our i | units up the line. Arriving at our section, the boys once again tendered us the glad mitt,j hnt- lrtnlrod ncl'nnpo at us mif nf thA : : corners of their eyes. They could not j conceive, as they expressed It, how a : man could be such a blinking Idiot as i to join the Suicide club. I was beginning to feel sorry that I had become a member of said club, and my life to me appeared doubly precious. t Now that I was a sure-enough bomber I was praying for peace and' ' hoping that my services as euch would j i not be requlrecL |, (TO BE CONTINUED.) j HOW'S THIS? ' l 1| We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-! : ward for any case of Catarrh that j 1 "mnot be cured by Hall's Catarrh | Medicine. Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been i ' * i m r xv I *.lken l>y catarrn sunerers iui wv i ' oast thirty-five years, and has beoom? known as the most reliable j . vomedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh j Medicine acts thru the Blood on j !hc Mucous surfaces, expelling the i Poison from the Blood and healing! i the ''incased portions. .A ftsv von have taken Hall's Ca, ??,.? ! > Medicine for a short time you - vill sop n great irnnrovement in vour general health. Start taking Hall's ' i '~>tarrh Medicine at once and get ' j M of catarrh. Send for testimonials, (! F. .t! CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. 1 j Sold by all druggists, 75c.?Adv. i ! .*>,-1-1 mo. i V.KUVVUVVSAWVV! > S. V ! V due west. v ; s. v I > . ! rue West, March 27.?The Ora: | torical contest to decide who would ' ""r-rrFci-.t Erskine at the Intercollc' giate contest at Greenwood camej ; . ofl' !: st Saturday night in the Mem'iorinl IT;i 11 at the Woman's College. I Three younir men took part, present-'' , in;- r.-iifst creditable addresses. The ? following are ihe names and sub1 jeets of those taking part: ' D. K. McGill?Challenges to Service. L. H. McDaniel?America's En-1 trance Inevitable. Tom F. Ballard?A Test of Ideals Mr. D. K. McGill of Smyrna, S. C., was chosen as Erskine's representative and was so announced in Chapel Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Brownlee of Anderson, have been the guests the , last few days of friends in Due West. , Mr. Jno. R. McGee met with the misfortune to have a shoulder dislocated by a frightened horse. Miss Kate Kehnedy left last Mon-| day morning to take a position in the Anderson public schools. Mrs. Lila Agnew returned last week from a visit of some days to friends in Anderson. Mr. Scoggins of Atlanta, is on a visit to his brother, Mr. J. J. Scoggins of this place. Dr. W. C. Brown of Newberry, S C., was a visitor in Due West last Monday. . Lieutenant J. Roddy Devlin left Fort Oglethorpe last week for Fortl . r\\.;i_i qui, Uhmiionia. Mrs. W. W. Orr of Charlotte, N. C., is visiting friends in Due West. On last Sabbath afternoon Dr. E. W. Pre.ssly of Camp Sevier, brought a message from the camp to the Erskine Y. M. C. A. Dr. Pressly spoke on the subject: "Be ye strong *rAtit?oalTr.ae lilr.a mon " TllO Qfl-i 1{UIL JVUIOC1 y to illkV mvu? A ?v Mv* dress was eloquent and brilliant. It received the closest attention from the firs': word to the last The ad-j dress was full of patriotic fervor i and met a responsive chord in ev-j ei'y heart, whose privilege it was to be present. Dr. Pressly has many of the characteristics of his distinguished father, Dr. W. L. Pressly. The lecture took place in the Y. M C. A. and a large audience was present. Dr. Pressly spoke in full j uniform. The Spring Millinery Opening of Mr. W. W. Edwards' took place last Thursday and Friday. Mtes Wessells, the new milliner, was in special charge. The citizens of the community are invited to meet at the Y. M. C. A. room Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. \ Thet County Demonstrators will be present and discuss War Garden and Poultry Clubs. Mr. Rowell and speakers from Clenson will urge the importance of this work. The public should avail itself of this opportunity to get needed information Mrs. Alpha Daviii Brooks of near Belton, spent last week-end with her mother, Mrs. Delia Davis. Joint Meeting Adeiphian and Nikanian Literary Societies. The two literary societies of the Due West High School held a joint | public meeting last Friday evening' at the High School building. Prayer was offered by Mr. Nelson of the Seminary. The welcome address was nicely given by Miss Josicj j Nance. She then stated ' that the program as printed and distributed would be followed. The members all did splendidly and the evenings exercises were followed with interest and frequent applause. The! school seems to be getting on well under the guidance of Prof. W. S. Reid and his efficient co-laborers. The debate was of chief interest. It proved to be quite spicy. Much interest developed. The debaters entered into the discussion with zeal and determination and each side! V,,, cnhiiiisiastic I WclS UctCIVCU U^/ UJ friends who offered much applause. By the close vote of 1 to 2 the discussion went to the negative. This fact in no wise changed the opinion of the friends of the affirmative that their champions had won the debate. The following is the pro-! gram: Prayar Address of Welcome?Josie Nance j Pres. (Adelphian.) Essay: Food Conservation and Its Importance.?John Scoggins, (Ni-; AilII Kill. / Reading: Papa and the Boy?Cox1-! r.nlia Staley, (Nikanian.) Essay: How the High School Stu-j dents can Help Win the War?Jean' Agnew, (Adelphian.) Declamation: Heroes of Inkernan. Debeta Resolved: That military training, should be substituted for athletics in our colleges during the war. Affirmative: (Adelphian)?Katie ? ? " I lone Galloway, eessie duiuwih,, Willie Moore Boyce, Sarah Carwile. [ Negative, (Nikanian)? Carrie I Donna Id,- Bertha Pressly, Harriet | Edwards, Alton Botts. Marshals ? t (Adelphian)?Blanche Ellis, Clif- ( ton Davis. ( (Nikanian)?Selma Watt, Law- i rence Nickles. j ] V J V SANTUC NEWS. V 1 Santuc, March 27.?Mr. and Mrs. j C. M. Cochran called on Mrs. Jessie Boyd Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George Link were { the guests Saturday and Sunday at ' the home of Mr. Lindsay Link. Mr. Alvin McClain and mother spent Wednesday at Mr. Joe Abies. Mr. and Mrs. Furman Martin j J were the guests Saturday and Sun- j ] day of Mr. and Mrs. James Haddon. j Misses Margaret and1" Sara Mae j' Abies spent Friday evening with: Misses Annie and Louise Kay. Mesdames Jessie Boyd and Char-^1 lie Cochran were shopping in the t ml 1 _ I i cuy inursuay aiivruuun. Mrs. W. J. Milfoi'd and Mrs. J. !! R. Smith were the guests Saturday1 at Mrs. Jessie Boyd's. Mrs. E. V. Bell of Due West,! spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. Thos. Stevenson. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Botts spent : Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. M. S. 1 Langford. ! Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Haddon werei the guests Monday at Mr. Richey's.! ?? PRESERVING EGGS IN WATER GLASS SOLUTION (By Miss Mary B. Martin.) During the spi'ing and early sum-j mer when eggs are abundant andj reasonable in price, attention should! be given to preserving them for| winter use. Fresh eggs properly! preserved, may be kept for 8 to 12: months in excellent condition and j used with good results. Eggs laid during April, May and1 early June have been found to keepj better than those laid later in the, season. If satisfactory results are to be J obtained, the eggs should be fresh j and clean and, if possible, infertile, j Eggs that float when placed in the | solution are not fresh and therere, can not be preserved. When an egg is only slightly soiled, a cloth dampened with vinegar can be used to remove such stains. Un1 ? cVinnlrl ViJlfllv O.er IIO Cirt'Ulliaianvco w? v | soiled eggs be used for preserving; if put into the jar while dirty theyi will spoil, and washing removes ai protection coating which prevents j spoiling. Th best method for the preserva-i of eggs is the use of soclum sili-! cute or water glass. This preserva-J tive may be bought at McMurray'si Drug Store, and it is well for clubs j to go in together and buy the' amount needed, thereby getting it j much cheaper. If the price of so-! dum silicate is about 30 cents a j quart, eggs may be preserved at a j cost of approximately 2 cents a i dozen. It is not desirable to use; the water glass solution a second; time. > Use 1 quart of sodum silicate to 9 quarts of water that has been boiled and cooled. Place the mixture in a 5 gallon crock or jar. j This will be sufficient to preserve 15 dozen eggs and will serve as a guide for the quantity needed to preserve larger numbers of eggs. Select a 5 gallon crock and clean j it thoroughly, after which it should , be scalded and allowed to dry. J, Heat water to the boiling point j and allow it to cool. When cool, measure out 9 quarts j. of water, place it in the crock, and!< I add 1 quart of sodum silicate, stirr-i ing the mixture thoroughly. J1 Fresh clean eggs may be dropped J i in the solution from day to day as j 1 they are obtained, making sure that!; the eggs are covered by about 2 j inches of water glass solution. Cov- ] nlnpp where it I < ei cujiiaiiivi unu will not have to be moved. Look atji the eggs from time to time and it", j there seems to be danger of too: ( much evaporation, add sufficient ! cool boiled water to keep eggs cover j ed. Remove from the solution as i needed and rinse in clean cold wa- j j ter. Before they are boiled holes j \ should be pricked in the large ends; with a needle to prevent them; cracking. This is done to allow the'c air in the egg to escape when heat-; 2 ed. ; c It Women'# Club Work for 1918. j An effort is being made through he Women's Home Demonstration Clubs of Abbeville county to inirease Food Production to the max- v mum and to do their bit in making \bbeville County Self-Producing, [n order to increase this interest ind stimulate a friendly rivalry be:ween the communities, two prizes ire to be offered in the Women's _ Club Work for the coming year, rhe money for these prizes was liberally given by the business men if Abbevile. These men are interested and enthusiastic in your work md are expecting the utmost to be iccomplished in your communities. Up to the present time, nine wo men^s Home^emonstration Clubs have been organized and reorganized in Abbeville county in the following communities: Arborville, Antreville, Calhoun Falls, Sharon, Warrenton, Brownlee, Monterey, Cold Springs and South Side Club which meets at Mrs. W. P. Wham's. The first prize is to be $25.00 or a Steam Pressure Canning Outfit and the second prize $15.00. It is our object that these prizes be of such nature that every family in ' the v/inning communities may be benefited by them. Each club is required to keep an accurate report of all the demonstration work carried on in its com- , . munity, and each individual member is required to hand her Secretary at. each meeting a report of work done the preceding month. The following is the Report Form ? > * t fViot i'c Viointr ucorl fr>r Ahhpvillfl & : V County Clubs: I. Membership. Enrollment of etub. * Average Attenaance. , New Members. ! II. Meetings. Number regular meetings in 1918 Number call meetings. Number public or community meetings. III. Work Accomplished. Number members keeping reports Number winter gardens. . , > Amount canned in tin. Amount canned in glass. Amount preserved. Amount dried. Amount brined. Amount pickled. Amount poultry raised in 1918. Number eggs preserved in watefc glass. . Number members keeping milch ' ' cows. Number pounds butter ^ sold. Number gallons milk sold. IV. Home Conveniences. Number * Fireless Cookers made. Number Iceless RefrigWators made. Number Sewing Screens made. Number Butters workers and paddles. Number Houses Screened in community. V. Other Work Accomplished. The Secretary and President of each club are also urged to write a little article for the papers after each meeting so that the work of all clubs may be kept before the public. The interest and cooperation that is being manifested in some communities is extremely encouraging, while in other communities, some drones are found who . haven't yet waked up to the fact that their communities could be winners and leaders if everybody did his part. In some of the clubs every member agreed to double their garden areas this year, while in others only a few were interested in this plan to increase food production. All of above metioned clubs are "nmn nrnflnpt. Out specialising uu Qvmv side the regular garden work. H Lima beans, peanuts, and pimen- I tos seem to be the most popular o the special products. In the clubs* that are taking pimentos, 100 plants H ire being worked by each member. I Eight rows of lima beans or pea- I nuts are b^ing used as a unit for H ather club members. By every number in each community speci llizing on the same thing a good n :ommercial standard product for H narket can be obtained. Watch the papers for monthly fl eports in this club work, and H jraise the communities that are M ceeping ahead. H The prospect for the 1918 wheat :rop in Japan is said to be very H ;ood by a report to the Department M if Commerce. The 1917 crop is esimated at nearly 35,000,000 bush- H