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?????????????{ Chero-Cola "There's none so good" JWABOT THRU > STRAV I | ? I Chero-Cola X There's none so good" ; V FIRST, U. S. SOLDIER WOUNDED. *?.-". - ' -K~ - - - . i /, , Aubrey McLeod Lost His Legs When Germans Bombed U. S. Hospital. ?'h?? +I10 fransnnrt galls H UCU luv v>v>?urv. . from this port in a few days if will carry the happiest boy in the world, \/ says Howard Kahn, formerly of St. f Paul, Minn., writing from a French port January 20. That is the way he characterizes himself. I would call him the nerviest boy in. the . world. \ His name is Aubrey McLeod. He is a former student at Purdue i University, a resident of Boston, and he served in an Indiana battery on the Mexican border last year. All of which has nothing to do , with why he is the happiest and the < , nerviest boy in the world. 1 When histories of the present war are written Aubrey McLeod's name ! ^wili So down as the first American casualty. The air raid on Base Hospital No. 12,1 American Expedi- < tionary forces, which resulted in . the death of Lieut. Fitzsimmons, of the medical corps, and three privates early in July, injured McLeod so seriously that his two legs had to be amputated six inches above the knees. This much has been briefly mentioned in newpaper dispatches, but nothing has been said about McLeod or his hopes for the future. I 'met a hospital sergeant .-on a train bound for this port the other ? "Wn'r^ totinpr Auhrev McLeod U<1J II O ?C ? home," he said. "Would you like to see him?" I was not sure. I had seen a lot of French and German "Mutiles" during four,months at the French front, and the memory of some of them was still with me. I did not know whether I wanted to see a pale-faced, drawn and suffering American. I had known some of McLeod's friends on the Mexican, "border last summer, however, and I . thought! some news of them, might cheer him a bit. McLeod Located. I entered his compartment. Two soldiers were there. Both were hearty, red-cheeked, fresh looking Americans, neither of whom appeared to have known what a day's illness meant. "Where's McLeod?" I asked. "My name is McLeod," replied one of them smiling. Then I noticed that the lower part : of his body was covered with a rug. If the American wounded and the American people accept their misfortunes like Aubrey McLeod has ac i for i 1 m<o ani ? m / i > c ' ^????????????? cepted his, the receipt of the long 1 /kAfliiAlft? liofff tttV?oTA em*n fA AAITIA V/aouaiij no to, nuitu ui t ouit tv wuav, will cause no alarm as to American morale. "Looking for ' a sick man?" ! laughed McLeod, reading my ; thoughts . "There's nobody sick i around here. I may get a little sea- < sick in a few days, but there won't be anything serious about it." i ' "Just what happened?" ] "A fleet of Boche planes. They ] dropped six bombs. One of 'em got ; me. Now I'm minus two legs." ] McLeod said all this with a smile 1 on his face. 1 "I had been on guard. Somebody relieved me and I lay down for some sleep. I heard a commotion and jumped to my feet. Two bombs went off and I knew it was an air raid. < , Then a third exploded very near me. ( Another man in my unit began yell- ] ing, 'Help me,' and I saw that he was < wounded. Then I looked down and ! saw that my right leg was almost j cut in two. I didn't feel a bit of pain, but I began yelling too,, just i like the other fellow was doing. I ] remember the cojonel ran in and j looked at me and held me up until i two men came with a stretcher. ] "Next thing I knew was when I j woke up the following day. I < remembered about ' my right leg dangling as if ready to drop off. I reached down and found that it was gone. Then I reached for my left leg. It was gone, too." 1 Did His Duty, That's All . Please remember that McLeod was ] not telling this with tragedy in his , voice. There were no sighs, no self- . pity. There was merely an air of satisfaction?satisfaction at having ( done his duty. He did not show the least indications that he considered that he had done more. "I called for my nurse," he continued, "and I remember that I had a long argument with her before I sank off to sleep again. I told her that she had promised they wouldn't amputate my leg, and here they had amputated both of them. I told her that I thought it was not fair to be lied to like that. But there was no heart-breaking realization that I-was a cripple for life. I was too full of morphine for that. And bv the timo tho mnrnhine had worn off I suppose I had quit worrying about the future." "And Now?" "Well I'm going home. I want to hear 'em speak English like Americans. I want the kind of food my I mother knows how to cook. When I REFRESHI With No Bad ;hero is the popi ions of satisfied "THFRF'S NON Gh flb MMi mm mm w mm m e refreshing quali 1 the delightful flai i offered you in CHI PUBLIC IS INVITED o-Cola Bot RAMRFRf i/niTiujuiii Will Issue No List of "Nonessentials" No list of nonessential farm products to be denied transportation facilities, has been prepared by the Director General of Railroads, and the issuance of such an order is not contemplated. * * . It is believed that under the plan aow being formulated it will be possible to provide adequate transportation for farm products this year. Farmers are instructed to ' place orders for cars when needed with local freight agents, as heretofore. ^ <>i Paint Shades Will Be Reduced. To conserve tin, linseed oil, and 3ther ingredients of paint and paint containers necessary for war use, manufacture will be limited to 32 shades of house paint after July 1. Some firms are now making 100' shades of this class of paint. Enamels will be restricted by the manufacturers 'to 8 shades, floor paint to 8, roof and barn paint to 2, shingle stains to 12, carriage paint :o 8, architectural varnishes to 10. Half-gallon cans will not be used, and some other sizes will be discontinued. ^ < > Ship Supply 20 Per Cent. Short. The Food Administration estimates the total number of ocean-going vessels now afloat at 30,000, having a gross tonnage of 45,000,000 tons. Losses of shipping during the war have the supply of ships is about 20 per cent short of normal. Shipbuilding in France has been at a standstill since the beginning of the war; England's output is less than normal; Japan is hampered by lack of material; the American ship supply is only beginning. ! they get me pretty well patched up I'm going to try to find something else I can do for the government. I don't know what it will be, but I've NG QUALE After Effect '-COLA ilar choice costomers dec] E .SO GOOD" ties of the cola-n toy of tropical frui RO-COLA. TO VISIT OUR PLA , / / % Comp 'i S. C. yf\ff^jjPyiPyjPsff^P\ff^jPsff^3P\P^Psi I Rnval I 1WJ ?u Theatre f Etirhardt's First-Class Play House. Motitm Pictures Every Monday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday 5 Big Reels Featuring the Best Plays, Comedies, Etc. Be sure to see the serial every Thursday evening "PEARL WHITE IN . THE FATAL j RING." | Amusement For All got two good arms and I know something will turn up. I'm far from being ready for the junk pile." And Aubrey McLeod smiled again 111 rrli + nnnfiHonr-o tn 'd, SUiiiC Lllau UlUUglll. w juuuvuvu the other Americans who had crowded into his compartment during his recital. For they regarded McLeod as a typical American soldier, and if a typical American has this philosophy of life, what is there to fear? Admission 10c and 20c B War Tax Included B The Theatre Will Be 8 Warm & Comfortable g RILEY & COPELANDI Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life , Accident INSURANCE Office in J. X>. Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. ? NOTICE. 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Prominent I " Dr. William Brady in an article about calomel in the Atlanta Constitution recently said: "Calomel is a cathartic and a very crude and. superfluous one. It produces no special effect upon the liver or upon the secretion of bile. It has ^10 more influence over biliousness than any other active physic. It is just the ancient standby, cheaper than most other physics and retained in use because old dogs seldom learn new tricks." As a substitute for a poison like calomel modern physicians prescribe purely vegetable cathartics. MarFor Sale by MACK'S DRUG : \ Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's. The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as. a General Tonic because it contains the -* * ' - * r i-VTTT-VTTXTT? Weil Known ionic properties ui yuii.>i.niv and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives ont Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds np the Whole System. 60 cents. 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