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* ; f/' N BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOI *> CAROLINA l *. \ . * > > :) ■ . ■ " -—- 3 f i ■ Ex-Gunner and Chief Petty Officer, U. 3. N «vy , ; ^ Hember of the Foreign Legion of France /V I M Tl/l'ftirU/’ Ciptatn Gun Turret, French Battleship Cassard ^liUwl A JL/J #*JLrC JJC Winner of the Croix de Guerre .* * —~--J- -•• „ .- Cbpyrlght, 1918, by Reilly and Britton Co., Through Special Arrangement With the George Matthew Adame Service GUNNER DEPEW SHOWS THE ptiiLUS HJW AN AfoEpiCAN / /NAVAL GUNNER CAN SHOOt. " r i ■w Synopsis.—Albert N. Depew, author of the story, tells of his service in the United States navy, during which he attained the^rank of chief petty officer, first-class gunner. The world war starts- soon after he receives his honorable discharge from the navy, v and he leaves for France with a determination to enlist. i | we have la yours” to the French. These - French ty<?men, young nnd nWi, could be a mother and a sweetheart nnd a sister alj at the same tlmff to any hairy old ex-convict in the TJ^ion, and. do it f , in a way' that made him feel like a. lit- j tie boy aiftne pftie. and a rich church member^ afterwards. Tbi* only .thing we did not like about thjs trip was that there were not enough stations along that line.. 'JThore is a tip that the French engineers wHl- not tnke, I ami afraid. / x vX There >is another thing about the j,French women that I have noticed, and that Is this:/ There are pretty gtrt*~in every county under the sun, hut the plain-girls Jn France are, prettier thaq the plnin ones In other countries. They might not show It in photographs, hut In action there , Is something about them., that yhu crfnnot explain. " I have never seen an. ugly Frenc^ girl who was not easy-to took at. * -'• * We .finally got to Dixmude, after having spent about eighteen hours .on the way. On our nrrlval one company was sent to the- reserve trenches and PAGE THREE - WrioviD umroui ihthhatiomi rss 1 m MALARIA Chills and Fever. Biliousness. Constipation <md ailments' requiring a TOPIC treatment*. (Tty REV. P. E^FITZ WATER, D. D.. Teacher of English Bible In the Mrody yBible InaUtJKtFof Chicago.) , (Copyright, 1M8, Western * Newspaper f Union.) LESSON FOR AUGUST 4 * mm ■ GUARANTEE^ I end made bq Behrens I)ru(. Co wo™. r»* - A '»i 50- All Druggi*!* CHAPTER III. -^-2— \ X- •1 In the Foreign Legion. This time I was determined to en list. So, when, we landed at £>t. Na- . zaire, I drew my pay from the Vir ginian and, after spending a week with ray grandmother, I went out and asked the. first gendarme I met where the enlistment station was. I had to argue with him some time before he , would even direct me to It. Of course , I had no passport and this made him suspicious of me. , The-officer in charge of the station Was no warmer in his welcome than the gendarme, and this surprised ;rue,' because Murray and Rrowri had no trouble at all In joining., The French, of course, often speak of the Foreign Legion as "the convicts,” bocfluse so many legionaries are wanted by the police of their respective' countries, but a criminal record never had'.been a bar to service with the legion, and ! did not see whj Jt. should be now--if —they suspected me of having oge. I had heard there were not a # ew Ger : - mans In the legion—later on I became acquainted 1 with gome—find believe , me, no Alsatian eve r fought harder against the Huns than these former Deutschlanders did. ^|t occurred to me then that If they though^ I wns- a German, because I had no passport, I might hive to prove I 'ha^d been In trouble- with the kaiser’s crew before *4hey TVould accept rae v I do not know’ wfcat the real trouble was. but I solved tne problem by showing them my dis charge papers from the Amerieup nayy. Even then, they were suspicious because thfy thought l was too young to have been a C. P. 0._When they challenged me on this point, I said I would prove It to them by taking an examination. They examined me very carefully, in English, althhUgh I know enough Frengb to get by on n subject like gunnery. But foreign officers are very proud of their knowledge of English— and most of them can Speak It—and I think this'one wanted to show* off, a 8" you might say. Anyway, I passed my examination without any trouble, was accepted for service in the For eign Legion and received my commis sion as gunner, dated Friday, January 1, 1915. - v ~ There Is no use in my.describing the Foreign Legion. It is one of the most famous fighting organizations In'the world, nnd has made* a wonderful rec- ‘ ord during the war. When I Joined La Legion, it numbered about 60,000 men. Today it has less than 8,000. f .They say that since August, 1914, the legion ^as been wiped out three times, and thut there are only a few men still in 'service vyfco belonged to the original legion. I believe it to he true. In January of this year the French gov ernment decided to'; let the legion die. I was sorry to hear It. The legion- natres^were a fine body of men, and wonderful fighters. But the whole civilized world Js now fighting the Huns,/fend Americans do not have to enlist wiOT the French or the Limeys any longer. s But one thing About the legion, that 1 find many people do not know, Is that the legionnaires are used for either land or sen service. They are sent wfyer- ever they can be used. I’do not know whether tills was the case before the present war—I think not—htjt in my time, many of tjie men were put* on ships. Most people, however, have the idea that they are only used In the in fantry. . With my commission ns gunner, I received orders to go to Brest nnd Join the’ dreadnaught Cassard. This-as signment tickled me. for my pal Mur ray was aboard, and I had expected trouble in transferrfeg to his ship In case I was assigned elsewhere. We had framed it up. to stick together as long as we could, f We did, too. . Murray was'as glad as I was when I clime aboard, and he told me he had heard Brown, our other pal, had been made a sergeant ih another regimeut of the legion. ~T~V -We were both surprised at some of the differences between the French navy and ours, but after we got used to It, we fhought many of their cus toms Improvements over ours. But we could not get used to it, at first. For Instance, on an American ship, when you are pounding your ear in a nice warm hammock and it Is time to re lieve the,watch on deck, like as not you will be awakened gently by-a burly garby armed with a fairy wand about, the site of a bed slat, whereas In ?nch ships, -when they call the watrtL^yod would think you were In a swell hoti‘1 and had left word.At the -. I.u„ festive American manner, but, as I say, we j£ot to like,It-after a while. Then, too, they do not do any hazing in the French navy, pud this surprised us. We had expected to go through the mill Just as we did when we joined the‘American servlce.'but nobody slung a hand at us. On the contrary, every garby abourd was kind and decent' and extremely courteous, and the fact that we wete from the'States counted a lot with them. They used to Drug about It to the crews of other ships that were not so honored. - > I But this kindness we might have ex pected.' It Is just like Frenchmen In any walk of life.. With hardly 'an ex ception, I have never met one of this nationality who was not anxious to help you in every way he could; ex tremely generous, though not reckless with spall change,. 4ind‘almost always cheer^ antTthere with a smile in any weathqr.- A fellow asked me once why It was that almost tfie whole world loves’the French, and I told him It was because the French love, almost the whole world/and show It. And I think that, Is .the reason, too. About the only way you can describe the PoNus, on land or sea, Is that they are gentle. That Is, you always think that word when you see one and talk to him—unless you happen to see him within bayonet distance of Fritz. The French sailors sleep between decks in bunks, instead of hammocks, and as 1 had not slept in a bunk since my Southerndowh days, it was pretty hard on tne. So I got hold of some heaving line, which is one-quarter-inch rope, and rigged up a hammock. In my spare time I taught the others how to make them, and pretty soon every body was doing it. . j When I.taught the sailors to make hammocks, I figured, of course, that they would use them as we did—that is. sleep In them. They were greatly pleased at first, hut after they had tried the stunt of getting in and stay ing in, It was another story. A ham- jnock Is like some other things—it wqrks while you sleep—and If you are not on to It, you spend most of your sleeping .time hitting the fioor. Our. gun Captain thought I had put over a trick hammock on him, but I did not need to; every {lammock Is a trick hammock. Also, I taught them the ’way we make mats out of rope, to use while sleeping on the steel gratiqgs near the entrance to stoke holes. In cold weath er this part of the ship Is more com fortable than the ordinary sleeping quarters* but without a mat it gets too hot. American soldiers and sailors get the best food In the world, but while the French navy chow was not fancy. It was clean and hearty, as they say 'S’ ■ - - - * — - - but that was. not supposed to make, any difference. They suy if you can stand the legion you cai^ st-and any thing. * , - ■ Before we entered fhe comnninlrff- tlon trench, we were drawn up along side of a .crossroad for a rest, and to receive certain accoutrements. I'retty isoon we Saw’ a bunch* of Roches com- in Spezla, the Italian port officials quarantined us . for fourteen days off account of smallpox. During this period our food was* pretty bad 1 In fact, the meat became gotten. This could hard£ ly have happened on uin American; ship, because they are provisioned with Canned* stuff and preserved meats, but the French ships, like the Italian, de pend on live stock, fresh vegetables, etc., which they enrry cm board, and we had expected to get a large supply of such stuff at Spezla. Long before {he fourteen days were up we were ouf of these things, and had to live on anything we could get hold of—mostly hardta'ck, coffee and cocoa. We loaded a cargo of airplanes-^or the Italian uviators at the French fl^f lng schools, and started hack to Brest. On the way back we had targetjrac- tics. Iq fact, at most times on the open s^a, it was a regainr part of the routine. It was during one of these practices that the French officers wanted to find out what the Yankee gunner knew about gunnery. Af a range of eight miles, while th^ ship was making eight knots an hour/with foUrte6h-lneh gun I scored three d’s—that is, three j direct hits out of five trials. After thut there was no question about It. As , a refcult, v I waft awnTiTeci three bars. : These bars, which are strips of red- 1 braid, are worn on the left sleeve, and ; signify extra marksmanship. I also received two hundred and fifty francs, oTf.-abottt fifty dollars fn American money, ancDfourteen days’ shore leave. All this made me very angry, oh, very much wrought up Indeed—not! I saw a merry life for myself on the French rolling wave if they felt that way about gunnery. I spent most of my leave with my grandmother in St. Nazaire, except for a short trip I made to a star-shell fac tory. This factory was Just about like one I saw later somewhere in Amer- t * - / w* lea, only In the French works, all the hands were women. Only the guards •were men, and they were “blesses" (wounded). \ When my lenve was up and\I said good-by to my grandmother, she man aged a smile for me, though I could see that it was pretty stlff^^ork. And iffg along the road, without their guns, without gettlffg-sOTtr or. anything like' a.few of them being slightly wounded. GROWING STRONGER. y A3 LESSON TEXTS-I.uke 2:42^52; II Peter l.H-8. ■ V;- •/ (MAY RE -USED WijH TEMPERANCE APPLICATIONS.) * GOLDEN TEXT Rut the path of thwf righteous Is' as the dawning fight, that sfilneth more and more unto the (perfect lay.—J’rovCrbs 4:18. * .READING—Ephesians -Luke m m “Wifth a Fourteen-Inch Gun- I Scored / Three D^.” down East. For breakfast -we had bread and coffee and sardines; at noon a boiled dinner, mostly beans, which were old friends of mine, and of the well-named navy variety; at four In the afternoon, a pint of vino, and at six, n supper of soup, coffee, bread and beans. Although the French “seventy-five” is the best gun In the worid, their na- V ALJBH|8 are not as good as oursy -end- thelr gunnery are mostly' older men. But they will give a youngster a gun rating if he Shows the stuff. Shortly after I went aboard tlje Cas- d«sk. It was bird to turn out at first. snrd.' Wtr rpcetved lnstructionaTo pro- wlthout the aid bt a club, and harder ceed( to Speziai Italy, the large Italian ■still to* break eUrselVes. of the habit naval base. The voyage-waa without at tailing our relief in the gay and Incident bnt when we dropped anchor that, I can/fell you tltat smile stayed with me and It did me more good thqn you would believe, because it gave me something good to think about when I was up against the real thing. I hope a lot of you people who read this hook are women, because, I have had It in mind for some time to tell all the women I could a little thing they can do that will help a lot. L am no! trying to he fancy about It, and I hope you will tuLe It from me the way I mean It. When you -say good-by to your son or your husband or your sweetheart, wofk up e smile fbr him. What you wajnt to do is to give him something he cat) think about over there, and some thing he will like to think about. There IS so much dirt, and blood, and hunger, and cold, and all that around you, that you have just got to quit thinking about It, or you will go crazy. And so, when you can think about something nice,, you can prettfr nearly forget all the rest for a while. The nicest things you can think about are the things you Uked back home. 1 . . Now, you enn take It from me that what your hoy will like to remember the best of all is youf face with * a smile on It. He hns got enough hell on his hands Without a lot of weeps to re member, if you will excuse the word. But don’t forget that the ehaneps are on his side that he gets back to you; the figures prove it. That will help you some. At thut, it wHl be hard work; you will feel more like crying, nnd so will he, maybe. But siiiile for him. That smile Is your hit. I will hack a smile against the weeps In a race to-Berlin any time. St) I am telling you, nnd I cannot make it strong enough—send him away with a sm|le. i day. DEVJJTIONAL 6':fD-18: • ’ PRIMARY LESSON MATERIAL 2:42-52L - -i . INTERMEDIATE. SENIOR AND my compnuy went to the front’ line /ADULT TOPIC-The kind pf ^Uervgth we trench. We were not placed in train- seWnt? It. using it. ing * camps because mi>st of us had ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Isaiah 40. nig camps, nttause most oi us nan 2^3^ Ephesians 3:14-21; phlllpplarts 4:8-13. been under fire before. I never had, i...: I. Jesus Christ Growing (Luke 2:12- 52). * ; *’ While ..Christ was indeed-divine, his deity did not interfere with hi/ ’de velopment' as a human being. The processes of Ids physical, mental, and spiritual growth were ‘the same as those of any, human' being. 1. Jesus tarrying behind*' at Jeru salem (yv. 42, 43). ‘ ‘ — At the age of twelve a Jewish child took his place as a worshipper, in the temple.’ He was conslAtwed. a “child oj* the law.” Being conscious of Ills' mission, when-Joseph and his mother were returning fsotn uttendajice at the 1‘assnver, he tarried .behind to en ter the temple^ und inquired into the meaning of the .-ordinances ..of God^s House. which inquired after the truth, espe cially the truth concerning his Fa ther’s House. Ills heart yearned after his Father. * * - 2. Jesuse found In the* temple (vv. 44-50). „ JL /- — ^—When Joseph aaH Jesus’ mother had - gone some distance «n- their- return journey they perceived that Jesus wys missing, and sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. Not find ing him there, they turned hack to Jerusalem where they found 1dm In t|ie" temple. >>v Cuticura For Baby’s Itchy Skin All drazgiaU; Soap 25. Oint ment 25 and 80, Taleom 25. Sample emrh frke of "CaU- eoT», Dept I. Beaten ” A Wo KODAKS & SUPPUES We al»o do highest el-aas'of finishing. Prji-es and Catalogue upon requeaU S. Galeiki Optical Co., Ricknoad, Ya. ■ what brings the dayV” diotog- e lie v.lijiotog ef .dog sin j£ Very Forgetftil. "1 Ieffo.wMIss Win<oiii( you out .so eayly i ”<th. -I \(; just heel) to |ll rapber’s witli Dido (the ]» carried in lo r arms) and we jlu^ve hud our portraits fnken together. Beauty ami the beast, you know, Mr. John son 1”—with, a saucy Hub* laugh.' “Ajid what a 41'ttb- beauty lie is, ito be sure!", .mpljed Johnson, inadver tently, a< be t-eiwlerly ’stroked poor Dido’s byiid and pulbul his-eftrs. Then lie siidfb’til'y -remembered and became riot 'find cold in turn.— London Tit-Bits. : J . —-+ Now It tho Timo to Get -Rid of Tbeie Ugly Spot* He had an alert, eager mind, •« Thpro> no longer tb* siighteirt n«e,i of fpotinc orhanip-l of .jniur fri-<-kh*«, »s bthlne-r-do-ible ■trenglh—Is gu*r»nti-c-d‘ to rpiuore tie-*-- hoowl; ■Pot.v'. \ , v Simply get »n oujp-p of bthlne—do.ihte . utrongth—from your druggist, and apply a little of It night and morning and you 'should'Boon aee that even tho worst freckle* hare b-gun to dl* • fppear, while the lighter iioea hare vanished PO , tlrely. It I* *•■ l->ni that more thaw one ounce la neede<t to completely Clear the akin and gala • beautiful clear complefl'-n. Be aure te ask for the double strength Othlne, •a thla' la aold un-Ier guarantee of money bock * If It falljt to remove freckles.—Ade. e -. —4— . In SHeol. T * H i “I Got Wan From Each’cf Thim Fel- rl las- Siilun .banked the furnaces «>f cvcr- fasting. torment,* saw., to it that there was plenty of yd *i-11 brimstone on > (1) He was “sitting” (v. 46) show- .hand and tol l bis frit ml's that If the , big that .lie wus no pussltig visitor or temperature wept down "to less tJian sightsci'r. lie wus perfectly at home 6.000 inutile slisob* to turn on the ./ in his Father's House. forced draft. Then he went to predtTe (2) He was “hearing” the. teacher's at a conference lie bad called on tly* banks of the Styx. 1 . Roll call showed that Lucifer..'"' Ahriman. Belbii, Samuel,. Beelzebub, /I- of God’s Word (v. 46)> This shows he was eager to learn God’s will. (3) He asked questions (v. 46). u Sonie ^f them looked scared and oth ers happy, t>ut they all seemed tired. Then we heard shine singing, and pr£t- *ty soon we could see an Irish corporal stepping along behind the Hun^ with Ids rifle slung over his back, nnd every once-in a while he would shuf fle a bit nnd then sing some more. -He had a grin on him that pushed his \ ears back. * .. The British nonconi who was de tailed ns our guide sang out: "What kind of time are you having, Fat?" The Irliihmtin saluted with one hnnd, dug the other Into his pocket and pulled out enough watches’ ,to make you think you were In a pawn shop. "Oh, a foln tolm I’m bavin’,” he says. “I got wan from each of thim fellas.” We counted fourteen prison ers In the bunch. Pat sure thought he was rolling In wealth. After we were rested up we were Issued rifles, shrfcpnel helmets, and belts, and then started down the* com munication trench. These trenches are entrances to the fighting trenches and run at varying angles and vary ing distances apart. They are sel dom wide enough to .hold more than lone niun v so you have to inarch single tile lh 'them. They wind In and out, according fo the lay of the land, some -parts of them being more dangerous than others/ When you come to a dangeroits spot you' have to crawl sometimes. - The growing mind ts inquisitive. It Titan. Shedim, Meph^tnpeh s, Asmode- niore than receives thut which is us .and Moloyh.--werq on hand, tiuigfiti-4t inquires after. . T "Now, gents,” said the original heat 7 (J) He answered questions (v. 42). administrator, "we have come to con- Hls answers showed great wisdom, for on the matter of punishment for It- wus qot an exhibition of his one Bill Hohenzollern ami Ills six jdivlne wisdom', but an exjire.ssion. of j tritling iijijI ie/alfllX, ZfUS, ,,'VjV) l)ljye ,, the workings of a peiYect human'inind been abominating the earth. What suffused by the Holy Spirit. 'duwrt wp do to ’em?” 3. Mary’s coinplalnt (vv. 48-50). “Six billion years In the heated here after without their She remonstrates with him for his behavior. lie made no apology, show- shouted, as with one voice, ing that he, was more than the son of the conference closed. Mairy ; God was*Tils Fathen 4. Jesus obedient (v.. 51). . Though he was conscious of his di vine being ur filed a Is/’ they Whereat Discouraged. ‘‘Where is the nearest photograph sloti,' lib lived lifts -gallery?" asked the stranger In the . V I CHAPTER IV. face in the mud, waiting to hear the sound of th(* explosion. Wh^n ' you hear it, you know you have got ht leust one more to dodge. If you do not (tear • t—well, most likely you are worrying more about >tunlngf your thousand- siring harp than anything else. * On the {Firing Line. When I reported on the Cassard after my fourteen days’ leave. I was detailed with a detachment of the legion to go to the Flanders front. I changed into the regular uniform of the legion, which is about like that of the infantry, with the regimental bange—a seven-flamed, grenade. . W<> traveled from Brivt by rail, in third-class cars, passing through La Havre and St. Pol, and finally arrlvlng- nt Berguee. From Bergues we made the triifefo Dlxnmde by truck—a dis tance of about twenty miles. We car ried no rations with us; but at certain places along the line the train stopped, nnd we got out to eat our meals. Ajt every railroad station they -have ^booths or counters, and French ylrisSwork day and night feeding the Poilus. It was a wonderful sight to see these girls, and it made you feel good* to think you were going to fight for them. It was Hot nriTy what' they* did, hut the way. they did it, and It is at thlqgs like*, this that the French heat, the world. They could^tell Just what kind of'treatment each Pollu needed, nnd; they saw'^to It that he g<jt It. . They took special pains with the men of the legion, because, as they say, we are "strangers,” and that means, “the best . fight him—gnd he did. There ure- so ninny cross ■ trenches and blind alleys that you have to have a guide, for a long time, because with out one you are npt to walk through an embrasure In u fire french nnd right out into~~The optyi, between the German front line and, your own. Which is hardly worth while! If any pqrt.of the line Is under fire, the guide at the head of the line is on the lookout for shells, and when he hears one coming lie gives the signal nnd you. drop to the ground and wait until, it bursts. ' You never get all the time you want, but at thht you have plenty of time to think about things* P 1 *'* to Itself the government of all while you are lying there with your Appetites. of fl 11 al/rtnedlence. 5. Jesiis’ development (v. 52). It was (1) Mental—“Increased in wisdom.” (2) Physical—S’Stutiice.” (3) .Siirrttuai^- "Favor \litli, God and II. Growth In Grace (II Peter 1:3- :u>. This Is not growth Into grace, but growth In It! We'get into gritfe by the new birth. This new nature which has Its source in God must be devel oped In order that our lives *be /rult- ful for* God (v. 8), that they bear testimony to the cleansing power of Christ's!blood (v. 9), and that we may have ussuntnqe of salvatipn (v. 10). | The following are lines of-growth: \j 1. “Virtue” (v. 5). Virtue here means energy or cour age. This is not “added” as in the Authorized Version, blit as in the Re vised Version which reads: "In your s faith supply virtue." It, means In-, crease, by growth, not by external junetioh, Faith is the root from! ■ ' ■* i which spring all these excellencies. 2. "Knowledge” (v, 5). This means a right understanding, a practical knowledge. 3. ‘-'Temperanee” (v. 6). i Temperancejme'ans self-control. This self-control extends to all the affairs of life. Practical knowledge will sup- town. “We have no photographers In town," replied the native with the long whiskers. " ^ < "How Is that?” . “Wjil, tin 1 )’ nil inov’ed out when the town ’became bone ilry. "Liked tbejLr little nip, I/supposo?" “No, not that. But. swri strnngi'r, what action do yon stipple a iffiofbg- mpher could get-In a-fiptiq-dry town when he'd ask a man To look pleas ant?” / * ■ . Washington has a sliortagi* of po licemen. £: - \ Depew gett his first experience in the front line trenches at Dixmude and learns how the British -Tommies “carry on." He tells about it in the next in stallment. . if (TO BE CONTINUED.) jn with t sb She Earned It My little daughter came penny. I asked her where kbe found It, and s)ie^ said: “I earned |{. Too gee, Carter called due a bad girl nid 1 waa going* to fight him. but be h«d 4. “Ifittienrc” (v. 6), This means emlurance. FlaYlng con trol'of self'within, there will be en durance of-jhgt without. '. "Godliness” (v. G). * f 7 . This means -piety, reverence for Gbd, the submission of the human*will to the will of God. This Is a part of that practical knowledge which we are obliged to supply. | G*. “Botherly kindness” (v. 7). Love of the brethren must be devel- opeil in godliness. The proof- that one is godly Is that he’ loves the brethren (1 John 5:1). This means ," the special love of Christians for each other. , * / T. “Cbaxjty” (v. 7). This Is love. PeteFn climax is reached In love. Out of faith, which ts Jthe root, spring* this seven-fold fruit. In order to prevent apostasy, Peter calls all to be diligent in the de- • I *, ill ' .' m That’s what is done in making Grape NlitS food — Darley and other grains are used with wheat. This adds?to food value and flavor, and the sun* total requires less wheat. The malted barley in Grape-Nutlalso helps digest other foods. For an economical, nourishing and delicious food, iat : some pennies, so I told him If be ^ velopmenr of these graces. Ail ’and- oe a oenoy I wouldn’t.4 endure, ^ vvobld give; me u r.W .J • / v.