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I' V VA v n ? ^ r An American Soldier Who Went fcTHUR GUY EMPEY ine Gunner Serving in France . yrlght, 1917, by Arthur Guj Hmpey) . SYNOPSIS. ER I?Fired by the news of the C the Lusltanla by a German ; i, Arthur Guy Empey, an Amerl- ! :s his office in Jersey City and ; tngland where he enlists in the 1 my. 2R II?After a period of train- ! j y volunteers for immediate serv- I on finds himself in rest billets J re in France," where he first i ! acquaintance of the ever-pres- | " i ^?R III?Empey attends his first ^^^^Rvlces at the front while a G^rHBr circles over the congregation. ^ R IV?Empey's command goes IB|^font-]lne trenches and is under ; first time. _ VI?Back In rest billets, Em^^^HlIs first experience as a mess Jili; , ipey learns how the ' are ?ed. ! VIII?Back in tne ironi-m.? I^^Hpey sees his first friend of the R^H?o West." IX?Empey makes his first BB^Mugout In "Suicide Ditch." learns wnat con Bj^B'day's work" ia the front-llna , BS^P^ XI?Empey goes -over ui? HH first time In a charge on the ^^^^Bnches and is wounded by a J Hut. XII?Empey joins the "sulthe bombing squad Is called, t XIII?Each Tommy g?ta an t XIV?Empey helps dig an unHor fierman fir^, S i, XV?On "listening post" In an& JHAPTER XVII. Out In Front. Lieutenant Stores of our le into the dugout and in- j :hat I was "for" a reconnoi- | >1 and would carry sis Mills I that night twelve men, our ! and myself went out in atrol in No Man's Land. ?d around in the dark for iours, just knocking about trouble, on the lookout for ling parties to see what foing. vo in the morning we were pking our way about thirty bnt of the German barbed : | we walked into a Boche | rty nearly thirty strong.; [sic started, the fiddler ren- j 1, and we paid. p the dark with a bayonet' pleasant. The Germans j ke run, but our officer was j ^ | the game and didn't fol-' He gave the order "down , |d, hug it close." I ^ |ne, too, because a volley j |r our heads. Then in low j fere told to separate and : |o our trenches, each man j j I rtrtrk flochoS Af thpir 1 IOCU lilt uuwmvu VA. v..?? | f darkness, but the bullets | . rer our heads. ] iree men killed and one he arm. If it hadn't been j :er's quick thinking the 7 would, have probably r !? twenty minutes' wait we 1 r tin and discovered that pad a wiring party work- j hrbed wire. We returned j les unobserved with the hd our machine guns imIbusy. ' j f Ight four men were sent p and examine the Ger I ire and see if they had ' ugh it; if so, this p;ssmorning attack on our t lad to be one of the four i |e job. It was just like low to the undertaker's ^ vn coffin. k we started out, armed s pabs, a bayonet and re- t [getting into No Man's \ lated. Crawling four.or ( Ime, ducking star shells. I i.i T IcrucKiiig uveriteuu, x , wire. I scouted along < ch, scarcely breathing. ^ them talking in their t was pounding against "alse move or the least 1 meant discovery and : Jeath. ig my sector I quietly I had gotten about half , ticed that my revolver at was pitch dark. I ; see if I could find it; ' [r away, because about . mutes previously I bad . i * t ' * \ * ' <?>'::>' ! SOLffiR!' )VENT ? * IB GUY MY' mmjmmmKt? ' ? 1917 DY f Aftr?Uft CITY EflPEY C A Hidden Gun. J 'el?7lie butt in Yne~hoIster. T^rawled irouud in circles and at last found It, hen started on my way back to our , xenches, as I thought. i Pretty soon I reached barbed wire, ] :nd was just going to give the pass- J vord when something told me not to. ! put out my hand and touched one of j he barbed wire stakes. It was iron, j rhe British are of wood, while the j German are iron. My heart stopped > >cating; by mistake I had crawled j jack to the German lines. I turned slowly about and my tunic | rauglit on the wire and made a loud ripping noise. j A sharp challenge rang out. I, sprang to my feet, ducking low, and ran madly back toward our lines. The 3enuans started firing. The bullets j kvere biting all around me, when bang! J [ ran smash into our wire, and a sharp ihallenge, " 'Alt, who comes there?" rang out. i gasped out the password, j md, groping my way through the lane ] in the wire, tearing my hands and ] ( uniform, i tumbled into our trench and I svas safe, but i was a nervous wreck \ j for an hour, until a drink of rum ( brought me round. j (TO BE CONTINUED.) i :hange in opinion comes in germanyj j Liter Beings Persuaded to Under-1 , - ? , ? . 1 ' r.3umate /America jreopie /s.re i < rralizln?? Their Serious Error. ' 1 Washington. Anril 8.?Wonf that ] American reinforcements are mov- ( to the support of the allies in i Meanly, has revived argument in 'ermnv.y* ovf?r tV." efficacy of the' 1 \?rsiu'-\ rr.i'i; -ry critic of the Iier- ' Ta,reM: It, the comment that , iftor being nersu nled to ur.deresti- ( natc America, German opinion is 1 indenroin?: :i change. A n ofncial dispatch from Switzer-' J and today reviewing the Litest dis-| a-'-Io:: Cja^tor. Captain Persius as I ollows: "We were at first a great deal icrsuat'cd to underestimate the par-; Icipation of .America in the war.j iVe bejjin now to note a change of" ipinion. It is beyond a doubt that; ! t would l>o well to curl) at the pres-j ' >t time, thc.-e more or less fanatic j "garjes of persons discussing the ' ubmarine warfare. We can not for; he moment estimate when the Un i ce:l States will have ready the mil- < ions of men which her population' I vill permit her to raise, l>ut it is 1 crtain that America will, in th? ery near luiurc, succeeu in niihin.i; < .! am.-ii'.injr army, which in any : ase, will co-i'-'tilute a very v.ilu- : .Me aid for our enemies." Captain rcrsicus concludes by , that /.rnjrica is preparing < *'!V war of ltinjr duration and e.\*.rjsses without K'roat conviction j.he | m.ji? that the present offensive will ( attain a result which will frustrate; ho plans. i 1 'CASH UNO cur PUN A SWING ELIMINATE COST OF DELIVERY SYSTEM AND CUTS OUT CREDIT LOSSES. >pportunity For Community Workerj to Establish Plan Everywhere by Bringing About Understanding Be tween Storekeepers and Customers < v Fair and even moderate prices ol ood and food products these days ol inormal conditions are so greatly in :reased over prices which were stand ird a<year or two years ago that man} tousekeopers whose family purses ijxve not been fattened' in proportioi 6 the advance In prices are experienc ncr rliffipultv 'in nrnviriin<r ftvpn witfr igid economy, the necessities of life md many others are stretching th< veekly or monthly allowances ovei hese periods only by taking advan age of every opportunity to save. The retailers are, as a general rule telling at prices which give them n< nore than a reasonable profit abov* :ost and expenses of operation t< vhich they are entitled; but one o he big items figured in cost is the ex >ense of credit and delivery. This ex jense is of course greater in large; :enters, but even in the small com nunities it ,'s a factor which con ributes to making food and foodstuiis ilready dear, even dearer to the con ;umer. Any plan whereby the retailer ma; je enabled to eall food products evei i fraction cheaper without cutting int< ;he reasonable profit to whiah he ii mtitied and which he mii3t necessar ly have to maintain nimseir in busi less, will, undoubtedly, be welcome' )y b )th the retailer and the consume iverywhere; and the "Cash ana Car y" plan, which Is being employed ii >ome of the larger cities of the coun ;ry would appear to commend itself. The "Cash and Carry" plan?whicl s simply the doing away with dellv ;ries 50 far as that is practicable ind paying cash? not on^y eliminate ;lie one expense of delivering one' joods at his kitchen door, but alsi :he more considerable expense 0 jook-keeping, credit and Collections )f which the greatest Is that of credil 3ince that term always implies a cei tain percentage of losses, which mus ikewise be figured in by the mei chant, else he could not continue ii business very long. In other words :he man who does not pay his bill per ilizes the man who does pay. It would appear, that In any con nunity the retail merchants wouli r/illingly give their customers th benefit of these costs?of delivery ani credit?cutting down the prices 0 tood products, if they might hav? th co operation of their customers on th 'Cash and Carry" plan, which woul< mean that the customer would eithe call at or send to the store, pay casi for the goods purchased, and carr; > V? a rr/\/\ ii n Vinmn ttt\ f V? Kim Tn fVl iuc? f;uvua nuiuu vritu ixiilx. *u tn handling of heavy goods there rausi af course, be deliveries made. As an example of what saving ca: be effected through the "Cash an Carry" plan, one of the largest dalrie in the United States operates 185 mil] 3tores or depots in New York Citj This big dairy corporation recentl; advertised what is termed "the bigge service," and announced that on Apri 1st the "Cash and Carry" plan woul become operative. To all those wh carry, their- containers to any one c the 185 milk stores, milk is stold at 1' cents a quart, for cash. If the milk l ielivered, as the cojporefion is willini to do if that should be preferred, th price for the same grade of milk i L4 cents a quart. Through the "CasI ind Carry" p'an the consumer save tour cents a auart. Another system of food stores ii the metropolis, operating on the "Casl and Carry" plan, will, on each on iollar's worth of goods purchased jive the customer 14 cents either li sash or in additional goods, if the cus tomer will carry his purchases wit] him and have the stores the expens 3f delivery, fourteen cents on the dol lar is certainly worth saving. PLANT WAR GARDENS, SUPPLY HOME NEEDS It Is the Patriotic Duty of Every On to Help Provide for Himself In Present Crisis. Columbia, April 9.?In planting wa gardens, the advice of Herbert Hoovei United States Pood Administrator, is "Plant what you will be able to use not what you think you may be abl to sell." There has probably never been i time since the South was blockadei [luring the War Between the Section when it has been so vitally necessar; for the people of South Carolina t.< concern themselves about the que? tion of food supplies, not only tha the soldiers fighting In Europe am the Allied soldiers 8nd peoples may bi fed. but, because of the unsatisfactro' luuu Biiuaiiuu, lum incv u\<xj ii<ji dui fer at home. Food production during the comin1 summer and fall calls on people i! cities and towns as well as upon th< farmer for thoir very best efforts, am every one who has waste land arouni the horns) or space in the back yar< chon?3 himself: "Will the fa< t of my planting a gar den help w'r. the wtr?" !|WIIMIIIIIM1IIIIIIIIII Illlllllllll IIJi JMII III III ! ' .\m - iff ! si" ;i|j We have boi "!| down, rebuild 'jl teries. One c 3! MP (|B . T d to specialize lr i=t-. 1 weeks we wil i wants electric. : I CALI 1^4 1 H f jj tf ?3 it I?=p ' x t) e "GIRL OF MY HEART." d e "Girl of My Heart," Perry J. * Kelly's new musical play will be the ri r attraction at the Opera House on ^ Mondav. April 22nd. v "6 The hook and lyrics are by Arl thur J. Lamb and the music by Jules Chauveriet. It is ultra-modern f and typically American in it's view" point. Joyous youth is the keynote g k of its construction, and merriment, r laughter and love are its chief chary -cteristics. The management has 1 chosen to tell little of the story, deeming it better to leave the surc nrises to be discovered by the audiil ence when it is seen, but it is re0 lated by that the plot is concerned 8 with the adventures of a dashing E ' , American girl whose beauty, wit s and daring carry her successfully h through a maze of entanglements 6 which threaten disaster. It is not serious enough to tax the mind unjj necessarily, but just a succession of e merry scenes punctuated by moI. ments of intense love interest. Chief n among the lilting melodies furnished ^ by Jules Chauvenet are "Mabel," e ''Girl of My Heart", "Twenty Ways I- to Kiss a Maid," "Linger by the Fountain," "When Cannon Boom," "You Mustn't Fish in My Fi:?h ( Pond," "(?ive Them Hail Columbia" ii l r\ >i r :i'? jviy nusuni vnu, luiiincu ijiii; e Looks Good to Me." For the interpretation of the piny r the producer has secured the ser , vices of Eda Ann Luke to fill the role of Mabel Splendid. Other mcm' bers of the cast include Vertner Saxton, Florence Beresford, William 9 J. McCarthy, Charles W. Meyers, i Lois Arnold, Walter Ware, Thomas 8 F. Reynolds, and Frank MaeEw-ju. There is a chorus of melody maids to add to the gaiety of the piece, t The action of the play is laid in New 3 York City and Japan and the proB duction is mounted lavishly. , Admission, 50, 75c. $1.00 and $1.50. Plus war tax. Seats or* sale now. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. 1 i! j A meeting of the stockholders oi the McMurray Drug Co., was held ' April 1st, at their place of business in Abbeville for the purpose of < trice Sta light a regular o ing and rechargi r ^ )t our men has i i this kind of wo 1 be prepared to ally. . ON US! ; Phon^ 58 i voting on the liquidation and diss lution of the McMuvray Drug Cc a corporation uoing ousiness un?( the laws of the State of South Car iina. All -stockholders take notice. DR. G. A. NEUFFER, DR. C. II. McMURRAY, Directors. \ STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. Notice is hereby given that meeting of the stockholdersof Abb ville Savings and Investment Cor pr.ny is called to meet in the offi< of the National Bank of Abbevill at Abbeville, South Carolina, i 5:30 P. M., on April 10th, A. 1 1918, for the purpose of conside ing a resolution that the corpnratic ?0 into liquidation and wind up i affairs and dissolve in accordant with Sections 2812 and 2813 t !?Volume I of the Civil Code < South Carolina. The Stockholders are urged 1 be present at the said meeting, < to be presented at the said meetin by proxy. F.E.HARRISON,' President. WOULD MELT SILVER DOLLARS INTO BAK And lice Them in Payment of Fo eij~n Trade Balances?A New Departure. Washington, April K>.?Idle r,i ver dollars, reposing in Treasur vaults, may soon be put to war woi At the request of Secretary M< Adoo Senator Pitman recently ii troduced a bill to allow the tran fer of bar silver in the settlemer of foreign trade balances. To d this bushels of silver dollars woul be melted up?something: neve done before by the Government. I The bill proposes that .$250,000 000 in silver dollars lie convertc into bar metal. Silver certificate now secured by this sum would Ii I simultaneously withdrawn from cii culation. The war has made gold conservr tion of first importance, and M( Adoo wants to save now what- th , country has, and make trade paj ments in silver. All silver me'te I aaiiiim llfi ^?V jjE? ition | . ; - J . .. . '?T;i| =?5 ' ' M utfit for tearing 1 ng storage bat- jj *one to Atlanta H rk and in afew jj attend to your p - 8 jgf . . wM . ?gg jg|| :!r:!:'N:!:i:!.ji'.i(.i l"::! ;i;,i,:Jil i>!.!ii!Ii!l!:iMiLii<8.4!l|i!liil{iluii!i:l.i><lM^ o* J into bars would be replaced as sil>., ver comes into the market. Extra 2r issues of federal reserve notes in o- small denominations would fill the void in circulating currency. The bill fixes the market price the government wouul p:iy for silver at $1 :i fine ounce. , As sufficient rilvcT-is brought in to recoin dollars to i*eplace those v . ' melted up, and the corresponding a certificates are again put out, the e_ substitute federal reserve notes would be automatically withdrawn -e again. e? This ry-:tcm, officials held today, .'i nyonf agrinst any derangement * of the money market, and provides r" a ready means by which lump silver m nv.v he had at any time for foreign shipment. Also, it is an "hitherto ?e undeveloped means of stabilization.' Secretai'y McAdoo, urging the .measure, "pointed out that most foreign countries just now* would w'el-? come silver altogether as much as ?' . ?1. ' The east, he said, uses silver 'g in both major and subsidiary coin! age and China and India,will be "as well satisiicci witn suvcr as. goiu.; VINOLMAKB GOOD BLOOD Positive?Convincing Proof 1- Many so-called remedies for anae v mia are only so in name. Their mak* ers are afraid-to prove their claims by felling what their medicines contain. j The only way to be honest with the , people is to let them know what they '" are paying for. Here is the Vinol 5*1 formula. When the doctor knows what a medicine contains, it ceases * io be a "patent" medicine. T?, Cod Liver and Peef Peptones, i'ronnnd !j| < Manganese Peptonati-s, Iron and Amrncnium Citrate, Lime and Soda Glycerols' phosphates, Cascarin. A .. _1 . Ml , 11 .f . .? any coctor win tea you tnat tne ingredients of Vinol, as named above, will enrich the blood and banish anae-1 mia and create strength. When the blood is pure and rich and red, the body is strong and robust. c You can prove this at our expense [ . because your money will be returned i Vinol docs net improve your health. P. B. SPEED, 1 . Abbeville. S. C. e AI:pu1 f.iUUH) ofTioors ami men are r- i:>. const patrol work of the (1 Navy.