"Over the Top"
By An American Soldier
j Who Went e
| ARTHUR GUY ENPEY |
J Mmehlne Conner Serving in France |1
(OopplffeU mi, t>T Arthur Qnj Bmpe/)
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CHAPTER I?Fired by the news of the
Pairing of the Lusltanla by a German
submarine, Arthur Quy Empoy, an American.
leaves his office In Jersey City and
Ms to England where he enlists In the
British army.
CHAPTER II?After a period of training,
Empey volunteers for Immediate service
and soon finds himself in rest billets
"somewhere in France," where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres nt
- "OOOHML"
CHAPTER III?Empey attends his first t
church services at l? rront wmxe & uer- i o
man Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER IV?Empey*s command roes r
Into the front-line trenches and Is under
Are for the first time. __ __
i{5?r learns to adopt
tlsn Tommy, "If you
ou'll get It, so never t
CHAPTER VI?Back In rest billets. Empty
mta his first experience as a mess ,t
fi nj?rly. . -
CHAPTER VII ^>'jpey learns how the
CHAPTER Vlfi?Back In tne irom-uu. L
trench. Empey sees his first friend of the '
trenches "to West." >
CHAPTER IJC?Empey makes his first >t
vlelt to m. dusout in ''Suicide Ditch."
ChAt-iiiu -k?leurns wnat constitutes
a "day'f work" la the treat-line ?
^?LAPTER "XI?Empey goes "over ujj
top" for the first time in a charge on the 'a
German trenches and Is wounded by a g
_j aruiu j
-TJHXJfmTxn-Empey Joins the "sul- '
chjb" as the bombing squad to called, H
CHAPTER xm?Each Tommy rets an 8
official bath, t
"CHAPTER XIV?Empey helps dig an _
advanced trench under German flr?? J
CHAPTER XV?Oh "listening post" In h
Hals Tat"^ ,b
"My heart sank. Supposing he had I ^
rumbled that tapping, then all would j ,v
be up with our plan. I stopped drum- .
mlng with my fingers and said: U
H "Beg your pardon, sir, just a habit
with met.' !fl
" 'And a d d silly one, too,' he an- y
swered, turning to his glasses again, ;
and I knew I was safe. He had not ..Q
tumbled to the meaning of that tap- <j
Plnf.
"All at once, without turning round, jj
be exclaimed: !v
* 'Well, of all the nerve Tve ever run '
across, this takes the cake. Those j
-t?. Boches are using that road
again. Blind my eyes, this time It Is a (j
whole brigade of them, transports and
alL ' What a pretty target for -our
46's.' The beggars know that we ^
won't fire. A d d shame, I call It ;a
Oh, just for a chance to turn D 288 ;
loose on them.' *
T was trembling with excitement j
From repeated stolen glances at the '
captain's range chart, that road with
its range was burned Into my mind. '
"Oyer the wire I tapped, T) 238 bat- L
tery, Target 17, Range 6000, 3 degrees ie|
30 minutes, left, salvo, fire.' Cassell i
O. K.'d my message, and with the re- '
celver pr?sed against my ear, I wait- e]
edand listened. In a couple of mlnujtea
very faintly over the wire came j |
the voice of our battery commander Iq
issuing the order: D 238 battery.
Salvo! Fire!' ||
"Thai a roar through the receiver Ja<
ioi the four gniys belched forth, a ^
creaming and whistling overhead, and ai
the shells were on their way.
"The captain jumped as If he were ial
flbot, and let oat a great big expressive !lt
.... MB:
d n, and eagerly turned his glasses I
in the direction of the German road. iij
I also strained my eyes watching that ;
target Four black clouds of dust rose |*t
up right In the middle of the German ju]
column. Four direct hits?another d
retard for D 238. !y<
"The shells kept on whistling over- !
head, and I had counted twenty-four !
of them when the firing suddenly
ceased. When the smoke and dast jhi
clouds lifted the destruction on that Uu
road was awful. Overturned limbers jol
and guns, wagons smashed up, troops j
fleeing in all directions. The road and |hi
roadside were spotted all over with F
little field gray dots, the toll of our jy(
nns. 11 hi
I The captain, In his excitement, had !g<
tipped off the sandbag, and was on j
his knees In the mud, the glass still at ! th
bis eye. He was muttering to himself ta
and flapping his thigh with his dlsen- !
Koni) A4 M1A*? ? Wl*? ?*
|i?ftcu uoiiu. ay ctcij Diap a uig
round Juicy cuss word would escape Ch
from his lips followed by:
"Good! Fine! Marvelous!'Pretty to:
Work I Direct hits all.' eta
"Then he turned to me and shouted:
* "Wilson, what do you think of it?
Did you ever see the like of it in your j tei
Hfel D n fine work, I call it' j W
. "Pretty soon a look of wonder stole i m<
TIT hit foce and tye ' xclalmed: ... on
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" "But who In h?1 gave them the
>rder to fire. Range and everything
rorrect, too. I know I didn't Wilson,
lid I give you ?iny order for the batery
to open up? Of course I didn't,
lid ir
"I answered very emphatically, 'No,
?Ir, you gave no command. Nothing
vent through this post. I am abso
utely certain on that point, sir.'
-<Of coarse nothing went through,'
le replied. Then his face fell, and he
nuttered out loud:
" Hut, by Jove; wait till Old Pep>er
gilts wind of t&la. There'll be fur
lying.'
Just then Bombardier iCassell cut In
?n the wire:
"'General's compliments to Captain
L . He directs that officer and Blglaler
report at the double to brigade
leadquarters as soon as relieved. ReI
A# HATTT An ffia tTTO TT *
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"In an undertone to1 me, *Keep a
>ras8 front, Wilson, and for God's
ake, stick.' I answered with, 'Rely on
ue, mate,' but I was trembling all over.
"I gave the general's message to the
aptaln, and started packing up. ^
"The relief arrived, and\as we. left
he post the captain said: x
"'Now for the fireworks,/and I know
hey'll be good and plenty.* They were.
"When we arrived at the gun pits
he battery commander*/ the sergeant
aajor and Cassell were .waiting for us.
Ve fell in line and the funeral march
o brigade headquarters started.
"Arriving at headquarters the batery
commander was the first to be
atervlewed. This was befalnd closed
loora. From the roarfng and explolons
of Old Pepper It, eotunded as if
aw meat was being thijown to the
Iftno PjjqooII lotor rlo<ar?Hhofl It n!l
oundlng like a bombing rapd. In abOilit
wo minutes the officer Reappeared.
?he sweat was pouring frdm his foreead,
and his face was the^ color of a
eet. He was. speechless he
assed the captain he Jerked! his thumb
1 the direction of the lionis deh and
rent out. Then the capta&i vent lja,
nd the lions were once iagaln fed.
'he captain stayed abou^ twenty? mintes
and came out. I coul<Jjn*t see his
icetf b?t the droop' lh'Thfe ' slftmlde^B
ras enough. He looked likei a^wet hen.
"The door of the general^ ifobm
pened and jO)S Pfepper^atttt^.te
oorway. With a roar he shouted:
"'Which one of you is- Cas^ll?
) n me, get your heels, together
rhen I speak! Come In here!' t
"Cassell started to Bay *Y|e? sir.'v.
"But Old Pepper roared, "Shut'-Tip V
"Cassell came out In five inlnutes.
[e said nothing, but as Tie passed Jme
e put bis tongue into, bis che?k and
linked, then, turning to the. closed
oor, he stuck his thumb to hid nose
nd left.
"Then the sergeant major's^turn
ame. He didn't come out ofir'Way.
udglng by the roaring, 0$i Pepper
rast have eaten him.
"When the door openeditnd the genral
beckoned to me, my knee? Parted
> play 'Home, Sweet Home'' 'against
ach other.
"My tatervlew was very sholrtJl
"Old Pepper glared at me wi|hen' I
atered, and then let loose. y *"
'Of course you don't know -un^thlng
bout it. You're just like the /est
ught to have a nursing bottle around
our neck and a nipple In your teeth,
oldiers?by gad, you turn my stamch
to look at you. Win this w^ir,
hen England sends out such samples
3 I have In my brigade I Wot likely I
ow, sir, tell me what you don't knoy
bout this affair. Speak up, out wltli
. Don't be gaping at me like a flshj
[)lt It out.' !
"I stammered, 'Sir, I'know absotuter
nothing.'
"That's easy to see,' he roared;'
bat stupid face tells me that. Shut]
p. Get out; but I think you are a
d liar just the same. Hack to!
3ur battery.' > i
"I saluted and made njiy exit.
"That night the captaf n sent for us. j
nth fear and tremblin g we went to]
Is dugout. He was ah one. After sa-j
iting we stood at attention in front]
him and waited. Hi^ say was short, -j
" 'Don't you two ever get It into your ?
?ads that Morse is a dead language.
ve known it for yean 3. The two of
ju had better get rid < of that nervous
ibit of tapping transm ltters; it's dan;rou?.
That's all.'
"We saluted, and wet e Just going out!
ie door of the dugoul; when the cap- ]
in called up back at d said:
"'Smoke Goldflakea ? Yes? Well,.I
ere are two tins or u iem on my taoie..'
o back to the batter} /, and keep your1
ngnes between yoa r teeth. Under-:
and?'
"We understood^. 1
"For Ave weeks ?ft) erwards oar bat-*;
ry did nothing !mj extra ff.tlgues,
e were satisfied at ad so were th?
?n. It wa? worth ft to put one over
Old Pepper,, to to; y nothing of the*
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WUnoa had flntihed hit ntoiy J?
X looked up and the dugout wa? ||
jammed. An artillery captain and two f;
officers had also entered and stayed |
for the finish. Wilson spat: oat an g|
enormous quid of tobacco, looked up, lj|
saw the caftaln, and got as red as a fg
carnation. The captain smiled and ?1
left. Wilson whispered to me:
"Blime me, Yank, I see where I click |||
for crucifixion. That captain is the ?|f
same one that chucked us Goldflakes g||
in his dugout and here I have been Hi
'chucking me weight about in his g?|
hearing.'" j
Wilson pever clicked his crucifixion. Hi
Quite a contrast to Wilson was an- |3
other (Character in our brigade named gjj|
Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on g
account of his age. He was fifty-seven, gg|
although looking forty. "Old Scotty" ||
had b(?n bora In the Northwest and |
had served In the Northwest Mounted ? police.
He was a typical cowpuncber g
and Indian fighter and was a dead shoit i
with tile rifle, and took no pains to M
disguise this fact from us. He used to g
take aire of his rifle as tf It were a f|
baby. In his spare moments you could !||
always see h!lm cleaning It or polish- ||1
ing the stock. Woe betide the man ip
who bj' mistake happened to get hold |j|
of ftls rifle; he soon found out his l|j
error. Scott was as deaf as a mule, |s
and It was amusing at paiade to watch ||j
him In the manual of arms, slyly fll
glancing out of the corner of his eye | ^
at the man next to him to see what 1 ^
>>? nWloi.' o Wnv ha mmmI thfl S it
doctor was a mystery to us; he must |||
have bluffed lis way through, because |g
he certainly was Independent Beside I"him
the Fourth of July looked like gf
Good Friday. He wore at the time a ?*"
large sombrero, had a Mexican stock ??
saddle over his shoulder, a lariat on |||
his arm, and a "forty-five" hanging |,V
from his hip. Dumping this parapher- a
nalla on the floor he went up to the 11
recruiting officer and shouted: *Tm I'f
from America, west ol' the Rockies, |1
and want to join your d d army. Eg
I've got no use for a German and can |?
shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down; said I was deaf and f l
so l am. I don't hanker to ohlp in with |a
a d d mad-crunching outfit, but the J
cavalry's full, so I guess this regl- |a
ment'8 better ithan none, so trot one |jg
yonr papers and m sign 'em.M He told I
them he was forty and slipped by. I p?
was on recruiting service at the time II
he applied for enlistment
It was Old Scotty's great ambition
to be a sniper or "body snatcher," as |E
Mr. Atkins calls It The day that he gV
was detailed as brigade sniper he cele- K
brated his appotntmeat by blowing the jpfj
whole platoon to fags. *
Being a Yank, Old Scotty took a Mk? ?K
;lng to me and nsed to spin some great fig
yarns about the plains, and the whole ?1
[platoon would drink these In and ask yi
for more. Ananias was a rookie com- |j|
pared with "him. : . " ; > ||g
The ex-plalnsman and discipline Wt
could not agree, bnt the officers .all
liked him, even If he war hard to jnan- =?
age, so when he was detailed'as a is
sniper a Sigh of relief went up from
the officers' m?u. - . ...
'Old Scotty had th* ifreedoqf df the. *
brigade. He used to draw two or wh
three days' rations and disappear with ter
his glass; range finder and llflfe, and-wS
l would see or hear no mbre of him ^
until suddenly lie would reappear k?
| with a couple ot notcheu added to we
those.already en the butt/of his rifle. an
Every time he fOt a Gerrahn It meant
t another notch. He was proud of these en
notches. se(
- But after a few months Father wii
i Rheumatism got him and h? was sent e{j
|to Blighty; the air In the wake of his .
| stretcher was blue with curses. Old
i Scotty surely could swear; some of his tin
i outbursts; actually burned you. wa
< No doubt, at this writing, he Is m?
I "somewh ere in Blighty" pussy footing !
jit on a bridge or along the wall of
jeome mualtlon plant with the "Q. B." ha
or Home Defense corps. v sui
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Today, April 9th, is cold for the Re
season, and is the 53rd anniversary Kii
of Lee's surrender to Grant. A very Lo
small minority of those now living is
remember it. wo
Mrs. Rogers said she thought we ca|
were dead as it had baen so long c^'
since we had written. We have been ser
sick but are better and if she will !
come up and see us eat cornbread tro
and a quart of buttermilk for sup- ]
per she will come to the conclusiion Iva
that we are very much of a living rec
corpse. rea
Miss Kate Eichelberger (can youi
pronounce it?) has been elected 26<
principal of the Antreville School
for the next session. She is eminetly j
qualified for the place and the pa- ^
trons did well to select her.' She f
knows exactly how to manage a
1 sr>)i
smart aleck boy or girl.
the
All schools will do well to elect
wil
ladies or men above war age for the
next session, as you cannot depend
upon men liable to military duty. Fu
Misses Valeria Crowther, Mar- ted
garet Bradley and Winton Keaton did
were chosen as the other teachers
for Antreville.
We don't care a snap if his name cor
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Foch, just so he breaks the.Gerin
lirie knd ftotchefc them., irv. ,,; TJie
dme reflijndJT as of the time
ien the book of Judges was wrjt1
and the people were engagedi in
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eat wars.' When Israel obeyed the
rd stood by her'but when she
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nt astray her enemies .prevailed
d won the battles. God strengthed
Eglon King of Moab (and He
;ms'to be doing the Kaiser - likese)
so the children of Israel servhim'
for 18 years. But the Lord
vays raises a man at the right
le to perform His work which He
.nts done so He raised Ehad a
in who was left-handed and he
tde a dagger and with his left
nd smote this wicked King in his
mmer parlor. Two great women
ed in those days, Deborah and
el Heber's wife. Sisera an enemy
lsra :l, fled to her door 'to hide
>m Barak, who pursued him. Jael
fered him with a mantle and when
was tired and fsist asleep, took
hammer and drove a nail through
i temples into the ground and of
arse he died. God sometimes in
ids for wicked men to be killed,
ad the account of Samuel hewing
ng Agag in pieces before the
rd in Gilgal. It may be that He
using the Kaiser to punish the
rid for its wickedness and we
i only follow the example of the
ldren of Israel, pray to God to
id us a deliverer.
Henry Bell expects to go to Deit
on an automobile expedition.
Frank McGee and Mr. Parnell of
i, were through .our community
ently. They are interested in
il estate.
A.ntreville school closes on the
:h. An interesting program will
carried out.
Did your beans get killed, and
7Q you any seed left?
The educated lady who teaches
100I, should be better paid and
! time is soon coming when they
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rhe resignation of Dr. Poteat of
rman University, is to be regret1
as he is a wonderful man and
a gTeat work in our State,
rhe delegates to the association
Littl$ River will have to eat
n bread for dinner if timea get
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pleased to learn that there1 is at
least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its
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stages and that is catarrh. Catarrh
being greatly influeiyied by consti
tutional conditions requires constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Medicine is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease,
giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in
the curative powers of Hall's Catarrh
Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that
it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY
& CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all
Druggists, 75c.?Adv.
4-lmo.
DEMOCRATIC;"CLUBS MEET.
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The members of the various
Democratic Clubs of Abbeville
County are called to meet at their
respective places of meeting, on
the 4th Saturday of April, 1918, at
fnnr n'plnr in flip afternoon, for
the purpose of reorganizing and of
electing delegates to the County
Convention. The members of all
clubs are urged to attend this meeting
and take an interest in the selection
of delegates, to the Convention
to the end that delegates
representing the views of the various
clubs may be in attendance on
the County Convention.
M. J. ASHLEY,
4-9-3t. County Chairman.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of Abbeville.
Probate Court.
Citation for Lettera of Administration.
By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of
Probate:
Whereas, Dr. J. R. Power hath
made suit to me, to grant him Letters
of Administration of the Estate
and effects of A. S. J. Caasidy,
late of Abbeville County, deceased.
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admonish all and singular $e..Kb?-.
tfred smd creditors of the said A. 8,.,..,
Jf. jCassidy, deceased, that jkhey be
and appear bofori me, in the Court
of Pro bate/ to be held at Abbeville . .Vvi
Court HouBe, on' April 8th, 1918,
after publication hereof, at :11 '%
o'clock in the forenoon, to show
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cause; if any they have, why the ^
said Administration should not be ,
granted.
Given under my hand and seal of
the Court, this 25th day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thou- 'Jl
sand nine hundred and eighteen and a
in the 142nd year of American Independence
Published on the 26th day of
March, 1918, in The Press and Banner,
and on the Court House door
for the time required by law.
J. F. MILLER,
_-26-3t. Judge of Probate.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the stockholdersof Abbe
I ville Savings and Investment Company
is called to meet in the office
of the National Bank of Abbeville,
at Abbeville, South Carolina, at
5:30 P. M., on April 19th, A. D.
1918, for the purpose of considering
a resolution that the corporation
go into liquidation and wind up its
affairs and dissolve in accordance
with Sections 2812 and 2813 of
Volume I of the Civil Code of
South Carolina.
The Stockholders are urged to
be present at the said meeting, or
+ A V? A nwrtnAnf A/4 A 4" A AA1J *W AA^in W
wu uc picocuvcu av i>nv ooiu uivvmm^
by proxy.
F. E. HARRISON,
President.
Several hundred submarine chasers.
built since the war, have been
delivered to the Navy by 31 private
concerns and 6 navy yards; many of
these boats have crossed the Atlantic,
some in severe weather.
During 12 months the Army hospitals
increased from 7 to 68 in
number and from 5,000 to 68,400
beds; 30,000 more beds ar? being
added.
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