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r Albert TtDepe: EX-GUNNER AND CHIEF PET" . MEMBER* OF THE FOREIGN CAPTAIN GUN TURRET, FRENC WINNER OF THE CR< a. fttt. by "e* and Braon Co.. Thrrxj(h Special Am WA wni'A . - ... tc uvui nuiiirisuu hi. Home 01 the differences between the French navy and ours, but after wo got used to it, v.*e thought many of their customs improvements over ours. Hut we could not get used to it, at first. For instance, on an Araericun ship, when you ure pounding your ear In n nice warm hummock and it is time to relieve the watch on deck, like as no*, you will be awakened gently by a burly gnrhy armed with a fairy wand about the size of a bed slat., whereas ir French ships, when they call the watch, you would think you were in u swell hotel and had left word at the desk. It was hard to tu*n out at tlrsl. without the aid of a club, and harder still to break ourselves of the habit of colling our relief In the gay and festive American- manner, hut, ns i Ray, we got to like It after a while. Then, too, they do not do any hazing in the French navy, ami this surprise! ns. We had expectetr to go through the mill Just as we did wh? n we joined tho Aniorlnnn l*n* eio?... a hand at us. On the contrary, ever;, garby aboard was kind and decent and extremely courteous, and the fact that ' we were front the Stales counted a lot with them. They used to brag about It to the crews of other ships that were ^ not so honored. ' Th:t this kindness we might have ex- * pected. It Is Just like Frenehtnen In r any walk of life. With hurdly an ex- ' ceptlon, I have never met one of tlilv 1 nationality who was not anxious to help you In every way he could; ex- ^ tremoly generous, though not reckless ' with small change, and almost always ' Cheery and there with a smile In any ^ weather. A fellow asked me once why It wus that almost the whole world f loves the French, and I told h'.ni It was f because the French love almost the * Whole world, and show it. And I think f that Is the reason, too. 1 About the only way you can describe ' the Pollus, 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 hunks. Instead of hammocks, and n a T had r\t\i elnnt In n Kltnlr ulno/. my Southerndown days, It was pretty 1 hard on me. So I got hold of soracheaving line, which Is one-quarter-inch ' rope, and rigged up a hammock. In 1 my spare time I taught the others how to make them, and pretty soon every- * body was doing It. 1 When I taught the Rnllors to mnke hammocks, I Hgured, of course, that * they would use them as we did?that Is, sleep in them. They were greatly pleased at first, but after they had ' tried the stunt of getting In and staying In, It was another story. A ham- * mock Is like some other things?It works while you sleep?and if you are not on to It, you spend most of your * sleeping time hitting the floor. Our gun captain thought I had put over a 1 trick hammock on him, hut I did not 1 need to; every hummock is a trick hammock. ' 1 Also, I taught thera the way we make mats out of rope, to use while ' ^ Bleeping on the steel gratlags near the eutrnnce to stoke holes. In cold weuth- : er this part of the ship is more comfortable than the ordinary sleeping ^ lancio, i/uc nuiiuui U null 11 UMI hot. American soldiers and sailors Ret ' the best food In the world, hut whip the French navy chow was not fancy ] It was clean and hearty, as they say 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 tin well-named navy variety; at four it: the afternoon, a pint of vino, and at six, a supper of soup, coffee, bread and beans. Although the French "seventy-five" Is the best Run In the world, their na- 1 vol Runs ure not as Rood as ours, and their Runners are mostly older men But they will Rive a youitRsler a Run rutlnR If he shows the stuff. Shortly after I went aboard the Cns sard, we received Instructions to pro eeed to Sper.ia, Italy, the large Italia! naval base. The voyaRe was without lnoldent, hut when we dropped miehot in Kpc/.in, the Italian port ofiiciirl:quarantlncd us for fourteen days 01 j account of smallpox. During this period our food was pretty bud; in fact, tin meat became rotten. This could hard ly have happened on an American ship because they are provisioned wltt canned stuff and preserved meats, bui the French ships, like the Italian, de pend on live stock, fresh vegetables etc., which they carry oa board, am' we had expected to get a large sapplj of such stuff ut Spezla. Long before the fourteen days were up we wen out of these things, and had to live or anything yre could get hold of?inostlj hardtack, coffee and cocoa. We loaded a cargo of airplanes foi the Italian aviators at the French fly Ing schools, and started back to Brest On the way buck we hud tHrget pruc tlce. Id fact, at most times on th< open sea, It was a regular part of th< routine. It was daring one of these practice* that the French officers wanted t< find out what the Yankee gunner knev about gunnery. At a range of elgb mile?, while the ship was making eight knots an hour, with a fourteen-lnch ^ egun I scored three d*??that Is, three | direct hits ont of five trials. A.*tor ( that there was no Question about It. At , * result, I vm swarded thru* btrt , * ? antlfriii : i T^urri^tlV~Ur*5HSAVY. w t legion of france 1 ,h battleship cassakd-^7 j oix de guerre mwn Wati iha Omarw M?tww Adam Sanfat ^ 'With a FourtcenJnch Gun I Scored Three D's." riu'S" bars, which strips of red raid, are worn on Ihe 1' ft sleeve, and signify extra 111111 ksnmiiship. I j.b.o ocelved two hundred and fifty fnines, >r about titty dollars In American noney, and fourteen days' shore leave. All this made me very angry, oh, rery much wrought up Indeed?not I [ saw a merry life for myself on the French rolling wave if they Celt that I vny about gunnery. I spent most of my leave wltli my trnndmother In St. Nnzulre, except for i short trip I made to u star-shell fnc- # ory. This factory was Just about like >ne I saw later somewhere in Amerce, only In the French works, all the lands were women. Only the guards were men, and they were "blesses" [wounded). When my leave was up and I said rood-hy to my grandmother, she mnnlged a smile for me, though I could lee that It was pretty stiff work. And .vlthout getting soft, or unythlng like * that, I can tell you that smile staved with me and it did me more good than you would believe, because It gave me something good to think about when I van up against the real thing. I hope a lot of you people who rend this book are women, because I have tmd It In mind for some time to tell all the women I could a little thing they ;an do that will help a lot. I am not trying to he fancy about It, and I hope you will take It from me the way I neun It. I When you sny good-by to your son jr your hushund or your sweetheart, work up a smile for him. What you want to do Is Jo give him something he :an think about over there, and something he will like to think about. There Is ro much dirt, and blood, nnd hunger, and cold, nnd 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 pretty nearly forget all ' the rest for n while. The nicest things ( you can think about are the things you y liked buck home. Now, you cnn take It from me that . what your hoy v ill like to remoniher . the host of ul i your face with a . smile on 11. lb' !: got enough hell on lie- hands wllh lot of weeps to remember, If }?>: Will exeuse the word. Hut don't for,;> t fiat the chances are r?n his side that 1 gets back to you; I lie figures prove it. That will help . you some. At that, It will be hard work; you will feel more like crying. , and so will he. maybe, r,ut smile for him. That snii'e i s your bit. I w ill hack a . suite against the weeps In a race to Iteslin any time. So 1 am , tolling yon, anil I * iniiot i ake il strong enough?stud liim away with u .smile. I j CHAPTER IV. I ! ? T I f On the Firing Line. j When I reported on the Cnssnrd ( after my fourteen days' leave, I whs (J?*t a 11 ?>d with it detachment of the J legion to go to the Flanders front. I changed Into the regular uniform ol ' tin- legion, which is about like ttint ot 1 tin* infantry, with tho regimental ' budge?u seven-flamed grenade. Wo travoted from Itrost l?y rail, in J third-class enrs, passing through La iiavro and St. Pol, and finally arriving ' at Porguos. From Ilergues wo made tho trip to Dlxmude liy truck?a distance of about twenty miles. We car- (r rlfd no rations with us, t?ut at certain ' places along the lino tlio truln stopped, 1 nnd we got out to cat our meals. At c every railroad station they have booths or counters, nnd French girls work day ' and night feeding tho Polios. It was a ' wonderful sight to see these girls, and f It made you feel good -to think you f were going to fight for them, 1 It was not only what they did, but u the way they did It, and It la at things t like this that the French beat the f world. They could tell Just what kind of treatment eneh Poilu needed, and ' they saw to It that he got It. They took special pains with the men of the t legion, because, as they say, we are t "strangers," and that menns, "the best H we have Is youra" to the French. These ? French women, young and old, could c be a mother and a sweetheart and a ^ sister all at the same time to any hairy ? old ex-convlet In the legion, and do It in a way that made him feel like a lit- 1 tly hoy at the time and a rich church' f merabar afterwards. Tha thing t re did not like about this trip wa< (fat there were not enough station! long that line. There la a tip that he French engineers will not take, ] m afraid. There Is another thing about the 'rench women that I have noticed, ant hat Is this: Thero are pretty girls In very country under the sun, but tht Inln girls In France are prettier thac he plain ones in other countries. Thcj light not show it In photogruphs, bul l action there Is something about hem that you cannot explain. 1 havi ever seen an ugly French girl who uo uui tunjr lu IUUK Ul. We finally got to DIxmude, aftei laving spent about eighteen hours on he way. On our arrival one conipanj vas sent to the reserve trenches and ny company went to the front line rench. We were not placed In train ng camps, because most of us hud teen under fire before. I never had >ut that was not supposed to muke iny difference. They say if you cue land the legion you can stand any hlng. Before we entered the communlcu' Ion trench, we were drawn up along tide of a crossroud for a rest, and tc ecelve certain accoutrements. Prettj loon we suw a bunch of Boches com ng along the roud, without their guns i few of them being sl'ghtly wounded Some of them look; d scared und oth rs huppy, but they all seemed tired L'hen we heard some singing, and prct y soon we could see an Irish corpora itepplng along behind the lluns, witl lis rifle slung over his buck, ant very once In n while he would sliuf le a bit und then sing some more. II* ind a gHn on him that pushed hi: ars back. The British noncom who was do ailed ns our guide sang out: "Wha1 dud of time are you having, I*ut?" The Irishman saluted with on< wind, dug the other into his pocke ind pulled out enough watches t< nako you tlilnk you were In n pawi ihon. "Oli 11 fi-in fiiim t'.T? ' le says. "I not wan from each of thin 'I Got Wan From Each of Thim Fel las." 'ollas." We counted fourteen prison rs In the hunch. Put sure thought h< vns rolling In wealth. After we were rested up we wer< ssued rifles, shrapnel helmets am elts, and then started down the com tiunlcatlon trench. These trenches ire eiuruncoH to tne lighting trenchei md nin at varying angles and vary ug distances apart. They are sel lorn wide enough to hold ?nore thai me mnn, so you have to march single lie in them. They wind in und out iccording to the lav of the land, sotm jarts of them being more dangerous han others. When you come to t langerous spot you have to craw lometlmes. There are so many cross trenches md blind ulleys that you have to hav< i guide for u long time, because with >ut one you are apt to walk througl in embrasure in a fire trench am Ight out into the open, between thi Jorinan front line and your own IVhich is hardly worth while! If any pssrt of the line is under fire lie guide at the head of the line is 01 lie lookout for shells, and when In lears one coming lie gives the signa md you drop to the ground and wut jnlii it hursts. You never get all tin line you want, but at that you bavt llenty of time to think about tiling: vliile you are lying there with you "are in the mud. waiting to hear tlsi ion rid of the cxp.oslon. When yoi tear it. you know you have got at leas ?ne more to dodge. If you <to not hen t?well, most likely you are worryinj nore about tuning your thousand dring liarp than anything else. In the communication trench yoi Hive to keep your distance from tin hum ulicad of you. This is done s< h.'t you will liavc plenty of room t< si I i down In, and bemuse If a sin I li<>iiI?I 'ml the trench, there would i>< e\ er e iiiilties in nn open forinntlot hnn in a closed. The (Senium nrlil ory is keen on communlcatim rct.eltes, and whenever they spot om hey stay with it a long time. Mos if ihcm are cainoulhigcd along the to] ind sides, so that enemy aviators can tot see anything hut the earth 01 tushes, wh ii they throw an eye dowi a our lines. We took over our section of th< root Une trenches from a French llm egiment that had been on the job fo !4 days. That was the longest time have heard of any troops rcmuinirij hi the firing line. Conditions at the front and ways o Iphtlng are changing all the time, a: 'ac . sine Invents new methods o: lUtchering, so when I try to descrllx lie Dirmude trenches, you must real te tliat It l? probably Just history b; iow. If they are still using trenchei here they probably look eutlrely dlf erent. But when I wan at Dlrmudc the; cere something like this: Behind the aeries of front-llm renches are the reaerve trenches; li his case five to seven nilles away, nn< till farther back are tho billets. Thesi nay be houses or barns or rulnei hurclies?any place that can posslhl; >e used for quartering troops whei ifT duty. Troops were usually In the front Ine trenches six to eight days, ant ourteen to sixteen days In the reservi reaches, Xhgn b&ck to tho billets to I _ _ - ? *? ? six or eight days. 1 Wo were not allowed to change onr ' clothing In the front-line trenches? ' not even to remove Rocks, unless for ' Inspection. Nor would they let you as much as unbutton your shirt, unless ' there was an Inspection of Identlflca' tion disks. We wore a disk ut the 1 wrist and another uround the neck. * You know the gag tibout the disks, of 1 | course: If your arm Is blown off they r can tell who you are by the neck disk; if your head Is blown off, they do not t care who you are. ' In the reserve trenches you can * make yourself more comfortable, but you cannot go to such extreme lengths of luxury as changing your clothes en1 tlrely. That Is for billets, where you i spend most of your time bathing, changing clothes, sleeping and eating. * I Believe me, a billet Is great stuff; It | J Is like a sort of temporary heaven. ' j ur course you know what the word ' j "cooties" means. Let us hope you ? | will never know what the cooties ' : themselves mean. When you Ret In | or near the trenches, you take a course ' In the natural history of bugs, lice, rats and every kind of pest that has ever been Invented. r It Is funny to see some of the newcoiners when they first discover a ! cootie on them. Rome of them cry. ' , If they renlly knew what It was going | i to be like they would do worse than i that, maybe. * Then they start hunting all over each I other, just like monkeys. They team up for this purpose, und many times It j Is In this way that a couple of men get to be trench partners ami come to be , pals for life?which may not l?e a long t time at that. 1 In the front-line trenches Jt Is more j comfortable to full asleep on tlie para^ I pot fire-step than in the dugouts, be! cause the cooties are thicker down ^ below, und they simply will not give t you a minute's rest. They certainly > are active little pests. We used to make hack scratcliers out of certain . weapons that had flexible handles, but , never bad time to use tliem when we. reeded them most. l ! We were given bottles of a liquid | which smellcd like lysol and were supI posed to soak our clot lies In It. It was thought that the cooties would object to the smell and quit work. Well, a cootie that could stand our clothes without the dope on tliem would no' be bothered by a little thing like this stulY. Also, our clothes got so sout and horrible smelling that they hurt i #?ltP nnono ttroooe 41 nM , v... u?oi.o nui nit* uuour.'s. J in'.v ( certainly won? game little devils, am! I ' came right back ut us.. ' i So most of the pollus threw th< j ' dope at Fritz and fought the cooties ; hand to hand. ^ There was plenty of food in the i trenches most of the time, though once In a while, during a heavy bombardment, the fatigue?usually a corporal's guard?would get killed In the communication trenches and we would nol ' have time to get out to the fatigue nntl i rescue the grub tV.c y were bringing j Sometimes you coulel not find elthei i the fatigue or the grub when you got j to the point where tliey had been bit I But, as I say, we were well fed most j of the time, and got second and thin * helpings until we Ivid to open oui j belts. But as the Lfineys say: "Gnv ' blimey, the chuck \vu s rough." The: " ! served a thick soup c f meat and vegc } ; tables In bowls tho size of wash ha ^ : sins, black coffee with or wlthou : sugar?mostly without!?and plent; of brend. j Also, we had preserves In tins, jus like the Limeys. If'you send any par eels over, do not put any apple urn plum Jain In them or tlie man who geti It will let Fritz shoot him. Ask an; * Limey soldier and he v vill tell you th< same. I never though t there was si * much Jam in the woi id. No Man'; H Lund looked like a cit y dump. Mos t of us took It, after a while, Just ti j get the bread. Karly li \ the war the; . used the tins to make bombs of, bu ^ that was before Mills ca me along witl his hand grenade. Late r on they flat tenet! Ollt Ihn tln?! orwt ' lln.wt llin rlllfl ( : outs with them. j i Each man carried an t mergency ra , tlon In his bag. This cores isted of hull; " \ beef, biscuits, etc. This reition wa | never used except In n rea 1 ciuergencj because no one couJd ti -II when I might mean the dlfferen ce la'tweei life ami death to Mm. Wfc en duyligh I catches a man iu a shell h >!? or at : t listening post out in No i 'tin's Lair he does not dan- to craw l t n* k to hi trench before night fall, and then is th time that his emergency rait ion come ^ In handy. Also, the stores? failed I r reach us sometimes, as 1 t ave salt ' and we had to use the ?2 tnergene ( ration--. r Sometimes we reeelved rt w inea , and fried it la our dugouts. 'We hull regular < I:i> ovens in the d ugon ts. w it , iron tops for broiling. This, of coursi 1 was in tiio front-line trenches t >nlv. We worked two hours on th ' tiri Men and knoekeil off tor four l 'oiin ill which time we cooked mill :ito ?'? . slept. This routine >v us Wept up r. 'Uli :ii*i| day, s.'vimi days ii wi ' k. So 'in i time* tv.e prngro 111 wii ? i::iri:'i'?l; fo in-Uuice, when there was lo ho nn ?l tii "k t>r whi-ri Fritz tried ti? come ov? ' ., Jinil visit, but otherwise "nothing df% t : tnrbed our routine unless it was u gas , I attack. . | The ambition of most privates Is to r become a sniper, us the ot'iclal sharpi i shooters are called. A.fl< r a private has been In the trenches for six 9 months or a year ami lias shown hv ? marksinnnshlp, ho becomes the great r innn he has ilrenrnetl aliout. We had a two snipers to each company anil be , cause they took more chances wltti their lives than the ordinary private! f they were allowed more privileges 4 When It was at nil possible our sniper? f were allowed dry quarters, the best ol a food, and they did not havo to follow . tne usual routine, but came and wen1 ^ as they pleased. ^ Our snipers, aa a rule, went ovei . the parapet uhout. dusk, Just before Frltx got his atar shells going. Thej y would crawl out to shell craters 01 tree stumps or /holes that tliey har p spotted during tho day?In othei ,( words, places where they could se< j the enemy parapets but could not b< ,, seen themselves. Once In position I they would make themselves comfort y able, smear their tin huts with dirt get a good rest for their rifles an< snipe every German thoy saw. The] .. wore extra bandoleers of cartridges I since there was no telling how man; rounds they n^lght fh.-e durlag th< r night, Sometlr thejn had dlr<|Ct an< ia#* n - , . - visible targets and other times they potted Huns by guesswork. Usually ] They Potted Huns by Guess Work. , they cruwled hack Just before dny! light, but sometimes they were out 1M ! hours at a stretch. They took ureal I pride In the number of Germans they j knocked over, and if our men did not j pet eight or ten they thought they had not done a good night's work. <)l course it was not wholesale killing like machine gunning, hut it was very useful, because our snipers were always laying for the German snipers and when they got Sniper Fritz the; saved Just so many of our lives. The Limeys have a great little ex presslon that means a lot : "Carry on.' They say it is a cockney expression When a captain falls in action, hi* words are not a message to the gir ho left behind him or any dope ahoul his gray-liaired mother, hut "Carry on Lieutenant Whosis." If the lieutenan gets his it is "Carry on, Sergenn j Jacks," and so on as far as it goes . So the words used to mean, "Tain , over the command and do tin? Jol ; right." But now they mean not otil; ' that hut "Keep up your courage, un< go to it." One man will say it t< ' i another sometimes when he thinks tli , first man Is petting downhearted. I?u more often, if he is a Limey, he wil ' ; start kidding him. . I Our men, of course, did not sa " > "Carry on," and in fact they did in I ! have uny expression In French tha meant exactly the same tiling. Bn they used to cheer each other alonj all right, and they passed along tli 1 command when It was necessary, tot I wonder what expression the Anter. can troops will use. (You notice do not cull them Sammies!) I took my turn at listening post wit the rest of them, of course. A listen ing post is any good position *out i " ! "ST.. T ..?,1 ?.. ?l 1. | aiu tfxiiii o uuuu, nuu in unvu|9 im'iu i> ! two men. Their Job is to keep a IIv I I ear on Fritz and in ease they hear an\ t! Wdng that sounds very much like a attack one yam runs back to his line j and the other stays to hold hack th j Roches as long as he can. You ca p figure for yourself which is the mo> healthful job. 'f As many times as I went on llstei ing-poxt duty I never did get to fee ing homelike there exactly. You hav t to lie very still, of course, as Fritz I y listening, too, und a move may inea a bullet In the ribs. So, lying on tl t ground with hardly a change of pos w tion, the whole lower part of my bod j would go to sleep hefore I had bee 3 at the post very long. I used to bra y a lot about how fast I could run, ^ I had my turn as the runner, wlilc ^ suited me all right. But every tin s I got to a listening post and startu t to think about what I would do ;) Fritz should come over and wonderc v how good a runner he was, I took t long breath and said, "Feet, do yot duty." And I was strong ou duty. After I had done my stunt In tl front-line and reserve trenches I wei buck with my company to billets, hi i- had only been there for a day or t\\ y before I was detached and detailed 1 s the artillery position to the right of 11 r, where hoth the British and Frew htwl mminfn/1 nfivtil funs; Tlwimt vt ?t n guns of all en I ihers there, both nnv; t and field places, and I not a good 1?>? :i tit the famous "7f>'s ' which are tl it In s} '{its in tlie world, in my euini s lion, and the one* Uiinp that suv? t Vertluu. . ? T ie "7.Vs" fired {*0 shots :i rirnot. " where the hesl the IJrriii: n cure u: ' do was six. The Atmri n ihr inc ^ field pieee h ts po six liine-- a on too. The French pnveriin a! ov : ' Secret of tin* mechanism thai mad ' this rapid tire possible. W hen tic I r ' "7-Ys" I e, all to I'oar, (lie (h'lnn:. ' knew the French had found a mo I weapon, .so they were very anxious t pet one of tlio puns and learn Hi - secret. , Shortly afterward they capture ' | clpht puns hy a mass attack in whicl *" tiie allies claim, there were l.ooti (h i r' man troops kilhsl. The lioches studie , the puns and tried to turn out picc ir : like them at the Krupp factory. Hti somehow they could not pel it Tie i i imitation "7f?'s" would only lii'e li\ shots very rapidly ami then "coiipli" , ' i>uIT, pu(T, puff, with imthinp eomin out. Tho destructive power of th "7.Vs" is enormous. These puns hu\ A ived the lives of thousands of poilu i a, id Toiiiiiiies and It is larpely due t th. cm that the French are now ahle t 1 Kin t li'rlt'/ ?it lilv; na'ii trmnit tirwl criv buc k shell for shell?mid Ultra seme, i (To Be Continued) BUYWAR ; SAVINGS ; 5TAIKIP5 :j CONSTANTLY J TAX BOOKS OPEN i. Tax hooks are open, boprinnit y Oct. lfSth, for the payment of taxi e J. A. WELSH, 111 Treasurer for Chesterfield Count I^^TpHEIR work has in n ported the morrle thus have gloriously as in the common work tli our victoiV- I desire ti Cere wishes for the ui the financiiil campaign, \ commencing with the \ ,| meat and support of yo { UNITED WAR WOJ 1 i ' t/i OV: n i CALOMEL SAI.I\ ATES and*is:akes you sick Acts like dynamite on a sluggish l.v? r and you lose a day's work T1 ore's 110 reason why a person should lake sicken.ng, salivating calomel wlvn a fu\v cents l?uy s a iar v bottle of Dodson's Liver Tom a perfect substitute for culmm i. It is a pleasant, vegetable lapild which will start your liver ju-c . surely as calomel, nut it doe n't inai < . you sick and can not salivate. Children and frown folks can take' Dodson's Liver Tone, because it is | perfectly harmless. Calomel is a dangerous drug. It is I l' mercury and attacks your ham... j I Take a dose of nasty calomel today ; ami you will feel weak, sick and nauh seated tomorrow. Don't lose a day's i- work. Take a sp onful of Dodson's n Liver Tone instead and you will wake >' up feeling groat. No more billion ' ness, constipation, sluggishness, lua !" ache, coated tongue or sour stomach. , " Your druggist says if you don't linn ,, h Dodson's Liver Tone act better than Q horrible calomel your money is wail.? ing for you. Adv. 15. i. nitrogen scarce and high I* Cletnson College, S. Nov. !. 'e Nitrogen in" fertilizer is now 11 inv ;i 's for per unit. Not only is the pric n hiyh but is hardly obtasuable ;.i a.iy trice. 'I he supply of Ctitton seed inea. I will he short. f ,n The average soil in South C: rali; s j. must have nitrogen in order to . ;n a crop. It is, in fad, fi"* <iu< :?11; 11. b limiting fuctor in crop product on. le W(. sii iuld theivfore ir.i'.i* > 'd effor. t'. iW, says Director !l.\\ it i: II ,,f th. South ( . J . . Stalin::, <> insure a supply <>!' ..:i * for ? ur next crop. Tin can (lone I j.uttiny in clover and retell n.cov r crops ami by cnnservir ever; ^ avaiial.Ie supply of rnu.Mi ...a ...r,1 and 11 . r. 'I In r!<> er nm! \ a. iny levutnes, will gather nitrogen tr fr?en ihi a:r 1 ?u you. ' it s ma aire and litter will . > 'b iit:< 'i i tliaL wou'd other" -e ; -o : . > r< wart . ill it | i .1, .i Catarrh for Twenty Yca: s ft*1?. 11 bii 111 justmeaisams >Irs. M. S. Davis, IGOT'J 10th Ave., N. Nashviile, ? Te in., writes: ! ' \fti r hftvlnrr nicn i ? mi [ : ii: t'li-r fron csitnrrlt l" r moi, -I lit:.ii liifiily ' :-:irs -i t ten utmost < ry ret i ; I 1 - it, ami h: i :i>r I ii i; !n ;.i i i very rolurta. |y t-. . ,in tin . r fit I'eriina an ut iwn rs l\.r\ limly i I ItitiK j <> . ?i <> : liin (I. it ii I ili I ii toil.) year i. , ! ami 1 acta.']) f? I yie.iii.o i , : latter, iiTiil Wt'in'U more. I rt-etmiinemlini' u to my in i. tiors ami all witli whom 1 coo:1 in contact-" Sold Dvcrj ulicrr ' II ? ? ? n ' A; r. .v. .M. i'Satt, ' ii it i. i k Philadelphia 1. In . , Sumtit, S. (\ is : ).-,4r Sir: 1 hc'K to a< know!. I v v 1 . t) t 'J. > 1 i I! S i H ! (' 11 i ('!.; < phia Life I*?>1 i? .. No. band. Frank I!. Santb in service in Franee. 1 \v iah to t hank oi . > matter .ml to a.- - urn lo rcconnnon 1 . our my friends or a ?j.ia:u platinK buying insuran > Yours (Signed ) Mr.u . .i If you arc int? rested in I will pay you to investigate <>i provide in ease of total di;>al>i premiums, life annuity of ? full face of policy. Jin case <>t accidental <! : will be paid. Our policies provide pr< military or naval service. It GORDON INSURANCE a. State Ajj< Monroe, Noi y. M 10 small degree sup- Wfl of our armies, and JJJh I sociatcd themselves I H | iat shall bring a'oout |j | I o join my most sin- Jj | | iqualiGed success of viiich you are newly new to the develop- jjj jj ur work. ? jj ; n Cr. Clemencenu, Premier of France lljjj! ,|| CAMPAIGN Lj U A i / i' r noticj: ) II ("AUOhlNA, ? .icj Lerfield. y. 'i, Probate Judge: V. >M! ,s made suit to I t'< rs <>f AdminisI - a'., and effects of V. . 'i : i > ? ? 1, i? ; re, to cite and : '.ilar th.- kindred in- .-aid .loll 11 II. ' \. tl key lie and api. i li" < 'nun of I'ro: a . ' ie : i-' < 'hesterlield, S. n t November. next, , |> . i .u ,iu . I , at 1 1 < 'clock ' i show cause, if . .. tin y have, why the said Ailniinis \ . ; i i." In* >. ranted. C. -li li.di i i. \ i.and this l?8th ..y oi ((i)ci', Anno Domini, lhlS. M. J. IIUL'GII, L'robatu Judge. CITATION NOTICE I'ATK ok Sot*"1 II C AROLINA oun'y o*' ('hesterlield. y M. ,J. 2iou;rh, Probate .ludire: W In 11 a - Maybeilo Yvndsworth unle s..it in nie to j.rr;?.nt her Letters f A .ii miration <d' ilie Estate and .u'< < < \uvustus Wadsworth, decased, 1 l.ese i . t i. -i id'ore, to cite and dam ,.-h .,!i ai d singular the kindd ai I en- . ao:s of the said Aucust. \\ ! deceased llial they ami i : f. re nie in the Court 1 i'ioh . , . a. held at Chesterfield, . ('., on .a . ii of November, next, fie.- ...? .? ; , .on ln-reof, at 11 loe. in li forenoon, to show . i . if ;. they have, why the said ia. . should not be ra.ued. >. r .ny hand this "Jstli day f Oen . A lino Domini, 11)18. M. J. lKHXIH, I'robato Judge. FARM FOR SALE .1.1 . i : i..i ! two miles south . t . i: , i.ear Cro. s Loads litlli !i <r. . *1< oioiuv building; ."> acres i \ at ion. S'e us at IH't'. :h- I'KOIM.KS LANK. 1RUNA Bjararcs;:asr? 'iwr ra?w \,f K nVl i /ii 2-A .olrj fc - v >^ ?! w, a? -v" Ma 1 ' ,v! I B/!?l F I ' V V ?L.? Xa. : 1 jt ! ' A* % l.i(|u!tl or Taliifl I'orni , >. ( .. rv-pi. Ji.; ii. i D1X A K'<'11' more i oiu]?ai:y'. r ( ipt of ( hock for ; . ... i;i" r ! 'inlutlcli i i.1. v of m> has. who Kiiii'il while your promptness in this !hai i. v/i!l hi my pn rood company to any of mens \\ ho .ii i- i nitem very truly, Tw lia I my lass Sunders. >uyiiijr or selling insurance it ir n' \v ]>o!ic\ ? ontracts that hty war. r e all suhse.pn u1 00.Oo i , , ( ar and at death ith double the face of policy election up to $5,000.00 for you arc interested, address & INVESTMENT CO., nts rth Carolina \ " ...a <1 1M*.