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WORK OF THE GASMEN. Gruesome Feature of European War M Horrors. Before the "big squeeze" began discussion of British gas attacks was n< strictly prohibited but now the taboo Sj has been lifted, and a British "gas- in man'- has been allowed to write a Pi graphic account of the work of his ta own special corps whose business it n( ha ravr. "to doctor the Germans d* "V ? ?^ ?7 with their own medicine." : "Behind our lines," he writes, "the sun set in a blaze of glory. A glance M over the parapet shows the green 111 and scarlet poppied Nomansland al- w ready merging into the gray mists of h] twilight; about 150 yards away, like a brown earth shadow among the n .grays, hangs the rusty barbed wire of iE the enemy and just beyond a white, chalky upthrow marks his front line w trench. The gasmen stare across the & silent shadows at that white line and w for a moment they think of the ?' choky, gurgling cough of the men . who die by gas. It. is not pleasant . ,. , m to die by gas. "'Connect up!' the order comes L1- - Kott fho h. down tile line II um vjllk? ucvj \jl h trench to another, and the gasmen . / immediately get busy. The front ^ rows of neatly piled sandbags of * jji v which each fire-step is apparently , - j\ solidly built are pulled out and dis% close a cavity in which show, black and ominous, the cowled heads of a row of iron cylinders. They are ^ sunk in pits well 'bagged up' to protect them from possible crack or ' puncture by flying fragments or ricocheting bullets. Each cylinder ^ weighs about 130 pounds and con- h; tains sufficient compressed gas, if it at could be used without waste, to put cj an entire company out of action. ai "On top of the cylinders lies a bi I tangle of flexible connecting pipes, w three and four way joints, spigots li and screw-jets, and upon these, with spanner and key, the gasmen start ai to worfc. The cylinders are all con- al nected up in series, and nothirfg re- tl mains but to throw the jets over the m top of the parapet and open the d< valves in order to release the deadly gj Ell- . fumes. w "But something is required to car- hi ry the gas over to the German lines? ui a favoring breeze?and never did p< !>>' ; sailor scan the sky more intently a than the gasmen watch their little, Cj inconspicuous wind gauges, fixed to ec Kk? -tha nf a trench. They must m have a wind of a certain direction se and they prefer it of a certain d< 1 strength. On this occasion, the di- ca rection is satisfactory enough, but the breeze shows signs of weakness, b< and occasionally falls to a mere, al- ei most imperceptible zephyr. ej | . "When not watching the wind, the in jp?.;; gasmen are watching their pipes; re- te pea&edly- feeling and testing every Se f>'; inch of the tube and'point; for none ia know better than they the danger of di M leakage and of the escape of gas in-' ^ to their own trenches. Persistently b an officer passes down the line, cast- th grV ing rapid though keen glances as he A] goes at each set of cylinders and T1 their connecting pipes. And in cl every bay he pauses and whispers er two words to thfe corporal in charge: si< 'Eleven o'clock.' But the wind with- ra out which the gas will not reach the th enemy's trench and do its deadly te work among its occupants, begins to va peter out. > m "At ten fifty the gaspien don their sp 1 ?x ? (special respirators, which m iue mm m light give the wearers a strange, al- of most inhuman appearance. ]\Iasked its .v and .goggled, with weird, trunk-like ir< pieces' of hose running from the mouthpiece to the box of air-purify- rc ing chemicals strapped to their bi chests, they look like some of the de unearthly beings who people the sc . books of Mr. H. G. Wells^ ar "But not a breath disturbs the th still air. The feeble breeze has died tb completely. Hurriedly the order ti< runs down the line: 'Cancel, and ve stand by.' Behind their masks the is gasmen grunt disgustedly. But sud- m denly?crack! crack! rat-a-tat! The re ?P>?? orders to the infantry have not been cc countermanded and the quiet of the T night is roughly shattered by a long gc line of viciously cracking rifles and ai Lewis' guns to which the Germans reply. ve 'The gasmen move about uneasily, w #It is not for themselves they fear, but a\ f/M? ninoo nvlinHor Itoo He Vtr 1U1 111 V/OU pif/V/O OfUU VJ liiiugi kj C lying bare and exposed to the hail of In flying fragments. Well they know th the danger of bursts and of trenches he filled with gas and no wind to move 01 it. But they can not 'bag gas' with- fe out orders, and so they detail one of sc their number in each bay to watch hi i the cylinders while the rest gather Q behind the traverse, as being a slight- ca ly safer spot. ne "When day breaks a fair wind is tr blowing, straight toward the German m trenches. But, of course, it is now broad daylight, and the gas will be st visible as soon as it leaves the pipes, rc The gasmen know what to expect, ec They know that as soon as the green- ot ish-gray clouds appear outside their parapet there will be running mes- hi sengers and hurried telephoning in g? the German lines. They know that th within a few minutes the word will to WOMAN SLAIN BY MOB. ary Connelly Taken From Jail in Georgia and Shot to Death. Arlington, Ga., Oct. 4.?Mary Con- ? illy, a negro woman, whose son, imuel Connelly, is accused of havg killed E. M. Melvin, a white i anter of this section, Monday, was f / r' .ken from the jail at Leary, Ga., [ iar here last night and shot to \ iath, according to reports reaching ire today. Samuel Connelly has beeh taken to aeon for safe keeping, but a mob, ? ader the impression that he still as at large, was said to be seeking . im tonight. I Reports here said Melvin was rep- I manding the negro boy for neglect- | Lg his work when the woman inter- | >red. Melvin, it was said, grappled ith her, and while the two strugted the young negro killed Melvin ith a piece of iron. Safe in Macon Jail. Macon, Oct. 4.?Sam Connelly, the j sgro boy accused-of the murder of . . M. Melvin, in Calhoun county, was ( rought to this city today and placed l the Bibb county jail for safe keeptg. A deputy sheriff from Doughert county, who delivered the boy, had ot heard of the lynching of Connelr's mother. Connelly had been taken by autoLobile from Albany to Americus, here the deputy took him aboard a ain, delivering him to a sheriff ere. A posse is still hunting for onnelly, not knowing that the ofnnpo V* q tta V?im it ic ctntpf? | 1 UUi O lia * U XJ. Xj XV vvwvw ?. ave reached the German big guns t the back,, and that every piece ipable of flattening out a parapet ad burying them, mangled and roken, among their own cylinders ill be concentrated upon the front ne trench in which they stand. "Time! Over the top the jet-pipes re flung, and then, simultaneously long almost two miles of trench, lere arises a sibilant hiss, as some onstrous and venomous snake sudsnly arises from slumber. Now the ismen are working frantically with heel and spanner and key, and the iss increases in shrillness and volme. Outside the parapet the green* )ison fog is already spreading like foul blanket over Nomansland. arried ceaselessly forward its outer Ige is rapidly approaching the Geran trenches, into which it will premtly sink, spreading agony and sath among those who cannot estpe. "No rifle or machine gun fire has sen ordered this time, and from ' ther line scarcely a sound is heard ; :cept the deadly hiss of the escap~ TVio m in 11 toe n3 R5 ill 1 g 1UU1CO. 1 U(/ lutuukvw .? nse ominous quiet. Nature herself ems to pause aghast to watch this test deviltry practiced by her chil- i en upon one another. S "Behind their masks the gasmen >gin to breathe more freely, and J en suddenly, on the left, 'Crash.' ud 'crash' again, and yet again. iris time on the right, somewhat ose at hand. The men crouch lowover their cylinders; the exploDns follow one another almost too .pidly to count, and in any case ( eir minds are no longer fit- " d to count?or care. " Only the lives must be turned, and the pipes ust be watched, and the sudden * s tto nnr nTViinli mort'C O 10Q1. 1U1 I U1 vapui TT UJV11 iaaU1 uu u ivw? ust be checked by the application ] f a handful of mud, which the gas self immediately freezes into an on-hard and impenetrable mass. "In one of the bays, the parapet>Cks suddenly and falls forward, lrying the men and their cylin>rs. Almost immediately the men ramble out unhurt; but the pipes e broken, and the gas is now filling e trench. With spanner and mud e thing is stopped, new connecons are rigged up, and the death ipor is again directed outside what left of the trench. But one of the en had had the mouthpiece of his ] >spirator broken, and already he is 1 ?ughing and choking painfully. J ve got it!' he gasps hoarsely, and , KalittiA trovorto tr* cnr?h nn i /go U^lllllU l/i U I V>1 ?->vy vv/ WVIV4* VK44 J nmonia ampule and dies slowly. 1 "Closing-up time! Rapidly the j lives are shut down, the jet pipes j ithdrawn and plugged and stacked ] vay. Feverishly the men work at 1 igging up their cylinders again. J aperturbably a sergeant stalks down ^ ie ruined and battered trench, shep* ] irding his flock towards their dug- ( it. He is an old timer?a trans- j r from the infantry?and he < arcely quivers as a shell bursts be- * nd a traverse he had just left, uietly he directs two of the men to 1 irry an unconscious case to the ( rarest point of the communication { enches where stretcher-bearers c ay be found. ''In the dug-out, with the shells , ill pounding overhead, the sections i >11 their names. Some are answer- < 1 by comrades as wounded and for 1 ( ;hers no one answers at all. "But over in the German trenches undreds of men are choking and 1 isping in agony for an hour before j ley can die. They have been made > quaff their own medicine." DO YOU " HAVE SICK HEADACHE J Who of us does not suffer at-times K from this awi'ulpain? All are sub ject to it?a disordered stomach, J inactive liver, constipation are R I causes. But headaches are mere I J warnings of something more se- J * rious. Heed the warning, take I | Dr. TEACHER'S J | Liver and Blood ( j Syrup | I and head off the more serious ail v ments. This preparation positive- k Ily relieves* all perils of constipa- K tion and its kindred disorders, and ^ restores the system to its normal k i - ?rrontlv hut. thoroushlv. R iWUVUblVU gvuv.j 0 ? Get a bottle today. Two sizes, 50c ^ I $1. All dealers. J I THE TEST! MERIT I Bamberg People Are Given Convinc- 1 . ing Proof. No better test of any article can be made than the test of time and I this is particularly true of a kidney I medicine. Doan's Kidney Pills have I stood this test and stocfcl it well. I What better proof of merits of this I remedy could you demand, than the I statement of a Bamberg resident who I used is successfully and tells of last- I ing results. I Read the following: I E. Dickinson, jailor, Rice St., Bam- I berg, says: "I was subject to severe I * /Ti/T n nf bacKacnes ana my muucyo U1U UUV I H act regularly. The kidney secretions I were unnatural and irregular in pas- I sage. I sued Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured at the People's Drug Store, I and they benefited me greatly. They I regulated the action of my kidneys I and removed the lameness and sore- R ness in my back." (Statement given R January 26. 1911.) R NO TROUBLE SINCE. | On May 29, 1914, Mr. Dickinsou R said "The cure Doan's Kidney Pills R made for me some years ago is still H * lasting. My back is now strong and R my kidneys act' regularly." R Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't R simply ask for a kidney remedy?get R Doan's Kidney Pills?the same- that R Mr. Dickinson has twice publicly R recommended. Foster-Milburn Co R Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 1 c? Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days R Vonr druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c. Or. THOMAS BLACK, JR. I DENTAIi SUKGEON. I Graduate Dental Department Uni- R ^ersity of Maryland. Member S. C. R ^tate Dental Association. R Office opposite new post office and ! jver office of H. M. Graham. Office I lours, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. I BAMBERG. 8. C. ) I E. H. HENDERSON I Attorney-at-Law I BAMBERG. S. C. I ieneral Practice. Loans Negotiated. TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open HIJJ 'or the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the LQth day of October, 1916, until the L5th day of March, 1917, inclusive. From the first day of January, 1917, until the 31st day of January, L917, a penalty of one per cent, will Afaw )e added to all unpaid taxes. From he'1st day of February, 1917, a Cc )enalty of 2 per cent, will be added ;o all unpaid taxes. From the 1st lay of March, 1917, until the 15th lay of March, 1917, a penalty of 7 )er cent, will be added to all unpaid p . ;axes. ' THE LEVY. from ^or State purposes 6 1-2 mills writej For county purposes' 7 mills years Constitutional school tax 3 mills jjjis Total 14 1-2 mills while SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. alT. i Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills in my Binhakers, No. 12 3 mills jl. ^ j? \rA n o w.411^ 1 III auiora s cnuge, r\u. i ^ muio . Dlear Pond, No. 19 2 mills ment Colston, No. 18 4 mills soon Denmark, No. 21 6 1-2 mills that, 1 Shrhardt, No. 22 9 mills iy fishpond, No. 5 2 mills , , Dovan, No. 11 4 mills * 3utto, No. 6 ?2 mills At 1 rlampton, No. 3 2 mills Cardi leyward, No. 24 2 mills menC( Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills , hunter's Chapel, No. 16 8 mills aose> Dees, No. 23. 4 mills can f Midway, No. 2 2 mills tiring Dak Qrove, No. 20 4 mills jf y Dlar, No. 8 9 mills troubl St. John's, No. 10 2 mills 0ardu Salem, No. 9 4 mills more rhree Mile, No. 4 2 mills years All persons between the ages of gurel) ;wentv-one and sixty years of age, gold < except Confederate soldiers and sail- ft wil )rs, who are exempt at 50 years of mend ige, are liable to a poll tax of one lollar. Capitation dog tax 50 cents. Jnstnl All persons who were 21 years of Treatmi ige on or before the 1st day of Jan lary, 1916, are liable to a poll tax ?* )f one dollar, and all who have not J. nade returns to the Auditor are reluested to do so on or before the C. 1st of January, 1917. ' I will receive the commutation oad tax of two ($2.00) dollars from ;he 15th day of October, 1916, until ;he 1st day of March, 1917. G. A. JENNINGS, Treasurer Bamberg County. ?> i kJo men andi/ounq men? r* ^jA)! I , ** Fall Clothes |flV are ready IWj : OopTii?ht Hart Schaffnar A Marx ' > r : 'I i THIS store contains at this moment one of the largest and best stocks of Hart Schaffner & n When we say ''large" stocks, we mean your ad- : v vantage in selecting; when we say "best" stocks, U7P mAAn kpcf fair vnn / ff X/ 1AAVMAA V A VA J VVA? j / # 4 ? 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