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Y / gentleman and a Judge of fine coffee." \\ / A finer hot beverage than good, old ' Luzianna never existed. i 7 Luzianne tastes all the way down \ and you say "Set 'em up again." Buy a can of Luzianne Coffee. If you can't honestly say that it's the beat cup of coffee that ever passed your lips, tall your grocer you're not satisfied and hell give you back your money on the spot. Please try Luzianne. Toull Ilka it, you will. In clean, air-tight tins. , IJJZIANNE mCOFFEE ** When It Poura, It Reitna" A Do if now: Subscribe to (be fierald .??. Mto iV 4.1... '' iMMbirim i f - ?JciLi.v:. . .. i ? .ih'm t "mb i tr BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO WENT Arthur Quy Empey ?lipped off the aanrtbag, and was on his knees In the mod. the glass still at hli eye. He was muttering tb himself and slapping his thigh with his disen gaged hand. At every slap a big round Juicy cuss word would escape from hla Up* followed by: " "Good! Fine I Marvelous 1 Pretty Work I Direct hit* all.' "Then he turned to m* and shouted: " "Wilson, what do you think of It? Did you ever see the Uke of It In your life? D n fine work. I call It' "Pretty soon a look of wonder stole over hla face and he exclaimed: ""But who Id h?I gar* them the order to Are. Range and ? everything correct too. I know I didn't Wilson, did I give you any order for the bat tery to open upj Of course I didn't did I r "I answered very emphatically, "No, air, you gave no command. Nothing went through this post I am abso lutely certain on that point sir." *"Of course nothing went through,' he replied. Then hla face fell, and he muttered out loud: ""But by Jove, wait till Old Pep per gets wind of this. There'll be fur flying.' Just theft Bombardier Oaaaell cut In on the wire: " "General's compliments to Captain A?. Be directs that officer and sig naler report at the double to brigade headquarters as soon as relieved. Be lief now on the way." in an undertone to Bra. "Keep a brass front. Wilson, and for God's sake, stick.' I answered with. Heir on me, mate,' bat I was trembling ail over. "I (are the general's Brassage to the captain, and started packing op. "The relief arrived, and as we left the post the captain said: " 'Now for the fireworks, and I know they'll bo good and plenty.' They were. "When we arrived at the gun pits the battery commander, the sergeant major and Cassell were waiting for as. We fell In line and the faneral march to brigade headquarters started. "Arriving at headquarters the bat tery commander was the first to be Interviewed. This was behind closed doors. From the roartng and explo sions of Old Pepper It soonded as If raw meat was being thrown to the Dons. Oassell, later, described It as sounding like a bombing raid. Ia about two minutes the officer reappeared. The sweat was pouring from his fore bead, and his face was the color at a best He was speechless. Is ha pssssd the captain he Jerked his thumb la the direction of the lion's dsn and went out. Then the captain went In, and the Hons were once again fed. The captain stayed aboot twenty min utes and came out I couldn't see hla face, but the droop in hla shoulder* was enough. Be looked Uke a wet h?a. "The door at the general's room opened and Old Pepper stood in the doorway. With ? roar be shouted: "?Which one of yon Is Casesllt D n me, get your heels together when I speak 1 Come In hers f "Oassell started to say. Tea sir.' "But Old Pepper roared. "Shut upP "Cassell came out in five minutes. He said nothing, but aa he passed ma he put his tongue Into his cheek and winked, then, turning to the closed door, he stuck his thumb to his nose and left "Then the sergeant major's' torn came. He didn't come out our way. judging by the roaring. Old Pepper must have eaten him. "When the door opened and the gen eral beckoned to m?* my knees started to Play 'Home, Sweet Home" against each other. jaJ imemvw tu tbij ugn. I "Old Pepper glared at me when I entered, and then let looee. " 'Of conrae yon don't know anything about It. You're Just like the reet Ought to have a nursing bottle around your neck fefitt ? nipple tn your teeth. (Soldiers?by gad, yon torn my atom ach to look at yon. Win thla war, when England aenda oat aach aamplea aa I have In my brigade! Not likely I Now, air, tell me what yon don't know about thla affair. Speak up, oat with it Don't be g|plng at me like a flah. Spit It oat' "I stammered, 'Sir, I know absolute ly nothing.' ""That's easy to see.' he roared; that atupld face tells me that Shut np. Get oat; bat I think yon are a d d liar J oat the same. Back to your battery.' T ainted-and made my exit Thsx?hlght the captain sent for M. With fear and trembling Vre want to his dngoat. He waa alone. After sa luting we stood at attention In front of him and waited. His aay waa short * Don't you two ever get It Into your heada that Korea la a dead language. I've known It for years. The two of you had better get rid of that nervous habit of tapping transmitters; it's dan geroua. That's alt.' "We saluted, sad were Just going oat the door of the dugout when the cap tain called up back and aald: "'Smoke Goldflakeat Teat Well, there are two tlna of them on my table. Qo back to the battery, and keep yo?r tongues between your teeth. Under stand r "We understood. "For Ave weeks afterwards oar bat We were m)tuHed and to treiv tha men. It wa?l worth It to pat one o?er on Old Pepner, to n; nothing of the Injury causeM to Frits' feelings." When Wiuion ted finished his story I looked 119 and the dugout was f"-iri1 An artillery captain and two othcers ted alao entered and stayed for the finish. Wilson spat oat an enormous quid of tobacco, looked up. saw the captain, and got as red aa a carnation. Tha captain smiled and left. Wilson whispered to me: "Bllme me. Tank. I see where I click far crucifixion. That captain la the same one that chocked us Ooldflakes In his dugout and her* I have been 'chocking ma weight about In his hearing.'" Wilson never clicked his crucifixion. Quite a contrast to Wilson waa an other character In onr brigade named Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" oaf account of his age. He waa fifty-seven, although looking forty. "Old Scotty" had been born In the Northwest and ted served In the Northwest Mounted police. He waa a typical cowpuncher and Indian lighter and waa a dead shot with the rifle, and took no pains to disguise this fact from us. He used in take care of his rifle as If It ware a baby. In hla spare moments you could always see hla cleaning It or polish ing the stock. Woo betide the man who by mistake happened to girt hold of this rifle; he soon found out his error. Scott was aa deaf aa a mule, and It was amusing at parade to watch him In the manual of anna, rtyty glancing out of the corner of hla eye at the man next to him to aa* what the order waa. How he passed the doctor was n mystery to us; he mast hare bluffed hla way through, because he certainly waa Independent Beside him the fourth ot July looked Ilk* Good Friday. He wor* at the ttme a large sombrero, had a Mexican atock saddle orar hla aboulder. a lariat on Ms arm, and a "forty-Hire" K--g?-g from hla hip. Dumping thla parapher nalia on the floor he went up to the recruiting officer and shouted: Tm from America, wset of the Rockies, and want to Join your d d army. I>e got no use for a German and can ?hoot some. At Scotland Yard they tuned me down; said I was deaf and eo I am. I don't hanker to ship In with ? d d mud-crunching outfit, but the cavalry's full, so I guess this regi ment's better than none, so trot oat your papers and IT1 algn 'em." Be told them he waa forty and allpped by. I was on recruiting service at the time he applied for enlistment It was Old 8cotty*s great ambition to- be a sniper or "body snatfBer,** aa Mr. Atkins calls It The day that he waa detailed as brigade sniper he cele brated hla appointment by blowing the whole platoon to tags. Being a Tank, Old Scotty took a lik ing to me and need to spin some great yarns about the plalna, and the whole platoon would drink thsee In and ask for more. Ananlaa waa a rookie com pared with him. The sx-ptalnaman and dladpllne could not agree, hot the officers all liked htm. even If he waa hard to man age, ae when be was detailed ?s a anlper a sigh of rellsf went op from Old Scotty had the freed? of the brigade. He need to draw two or three days' rations and dlaappear with hla glaaa, raage Mr and rifle, and we wnld see or hear no mors of him nntli suddenly lie would reappear with a couple of notchea added to thoae already oa tie butt of hla rlfl*. ?very time he got a German It meant another notch. He waa proud of thane notchea. But after a few months rather Rhenmatlsm got him and be wea eent to Blighty; the air In the wake of his stretcher was bine with curses. Old Scotty surely could swear; eome of his outburst* actually horned you.'; No doubt nt tills writing, he la "somewhere In Blighty" pnaay footing It on a bridge or along the wall of some munition plant with the "G. B." or Home Defense corps. CHAPTER XVII. Out la PnM. After tea Lieutenant Stores of on ?action came Into the dugout and In formed ma that I was "for" a reconnol terlng patrol and would carry six Mill* At 11 -M that night twelve men, our lleatenant and myself went out In front on a patrol In Mo Man's Land. We eralaed around In the dark for about two, hours. Just knocking a boat looking for trouble, on the lookout for Boche working parties to see what they were doing. Around two In the morning wa were carefully picking our way about thirty yards In front of the German barbed wire, when wa walked Into a Boche covering party nearly thirty strong. Then the music started, the fiddler ren dered his bill, and we paid. Fighting In the dark with n bayonet la not very pleasant. The Hermans took It on the ran, but onr officer waa no novice at the game and didn't fol low them. He gave the order "down on the ground, hug It dose." Just In time, too, because a volley skimmed over our heads. Then In low tones we ware told to separate and crawl back to onr trenches, each man on hla own. Wa could aaa the Hashes of their rifles In the dsrkness, but the bulleta were going over our h*ad?. . Wo lost three men killed and one wounded In the arm. If It hadn't been for our officer's quick thinking the whole patrol would have probably bm wiped oat. After aboat twenty minutes' wait we went oat, again and discovered that ithe Germans had a wiring party WWfc lntf*oa their barbed wire. We returned ? Information and oar machine can* Tto ?Mdlatelj got boay. Th? nest alght (oar mm ware sent out to go orar and examine the Ger man barbed wire and aac If they bad A Hidden Oun. cut lanes through It; If so, thla pres aged an early morning attack oa our trenches. Of course I had to ba ana of the four aeleeted for the Job. It waa Jut like seodlng a fellow to the undertaker*! to order hla own coffin. At ten o'clock we atarted out armed with three bombs, a bayonet and re volver. After getting Into No Man'a Land we eeparated. Crawling four or fire feet at a time, docking atar shell*, with strsys cracking overhead, I reached their wire. I scooted along thla Inch by Inch, scarcely breathing. I could hear them talking In their trench, my heart was pounding agalnat my ribs. One false more or the least noise from me mesnt discovery and almost certain death. After covering my lector I quietly crawled back. I had gotten sbout half way when I noticed that my leiulm waa mtaslng It waa pitch dark. I turned abont to see If 1 could And It; It couldn't be far away, becaoaa about three or four mlnotea previously I had fait the butt In the holster. I crawled around In drdee and at last found It, then started on my way back to oar trenches, as I thought. Pretty soon I reached barbed wire, and was Jut going to give the pass word when something told me not to. I put out my hand and touched one of the barbed wire atakaa. It waa Iron. The Brltlab are of wood, while the German are Iron. My heart stopped beating; by mietake I had crawled back to the German line*. I turned slowly abont and mj tunic caught on the wire and mad* a loud ripping notae. - A sharp challenge rang out I sprang to ay feet, docking low, and ran madly back toward our lines. The Germans started firing. The ballets were biting all around naa, whan bang! I ran smaah Into oar wire, and a sharp challenge, "'Alt. who comes there?" rang out I gasped out the paasword. and, groping my way through the lane In the wire, tearing my handa and uniform, I tumbled Into oar trench and was safe, bat I was a neiruus wreck for an hour, until n drink of ram brought aw round. !< CHAPTER XVIII. Staged Under Fir*. Three daya after the Incident just re lated our company waa relieved from the front ttne and carried. We atayed In iiwei n billets for about two weeks when we received the welcome news that oar <11 rial on would go back of the line "ta rest billet*." We would re main in these billets for at least two mouths, this In order to be restored to our full strength by drafts at recruits from Blighty. Everyone was happy and contented at these tidings; all you could hear around the bllleta waa whlatllng and staging. The day after the receipt of the order we hiked for Are days, mak-" Ing an average of about twelve klloa per day until wo arrived at the small town of O' . It took ue about three days to get settled, and from then on our cushy time started. We would parade from 8:40 In the morning until 12 noon. Then except for an occasional billet or brigade guard we were on our own. For the flrat four or live afternoons I spent my time In bringing up to date my neglected correspondence. Tommy loves to be amused, and be ing a Tank, they turned to me for something new in this line. I tsugbt them how to pitch horseshoes, and this game made a great hit for about tea days. Then Tommy turned to Amer ica for a new dtveraton. I waa up la I the air until a happy thought came to! me. Why not write a sketch and bpak 1 Tommy In aa an actorf One evening after "lights out," when you are not aupposed to talk, I impart-1 ed my scheme In whispers to the sec-; tlon. They eagerly accepted the Idea j at forming a stock company and i could hardly wait an til the morning for further detdfe After pared* fee next afternoon 11 waa almost mobbedt Everyone la the I sketch. When I Informed them that it woald take at least ten dajra of bard wort to writ* the plot, they wep> bit tarty disappointed. I Immediately got busy, made a dealt out of blacult tins Is the corner of the billet, and put up a alga "Empey A Wallace Theatrical Oo." About twenty of the section, upon reading this si fa. Immediately applied for the position of office boy. I accepted the twenty applicants, and aent them on scouting parties through out the deserted French Tillage. These parties were to search all the attics for discarded civilian clothes, and any thing that we could uae in the props of oar proposed company. About Are that night they returned covered with grime and dost, bat load ed down with a mlscellaneoua assort ment qf everything under the son. They Boat have thought that I waa going to start' ? department store, judging from the different things they brought back from their pillage. After eight days' constant writing I completed a two-act farce comedy which I called "The Diamond Palace Saloon." Upon the suggestion at one of the boys In the section I aent a proof of the program to a printing house la London. Then I assigned the different parts and etarted rehearsing. David Be lance would have thrown np his hands ta despair at the material which I had to use. Just Imagine trying to teach a Tommy, with a strong cockney accent, to impersonate a Bowery tough or a Southern necro. Adjacent to oar Mllet ni an open Held. We got bw at one end of It and const! acted ? stage. We secured the lumber for the stage by demolishing an old wooden aback la the rear at our billet. ? The flrst aoeoe waa supposed to rep resent a street on the Bowery In Maw Tork, while tbe aeene of the eecoad act waa the Interior at the Diamond Palace saloon, also on the Bowery. In the play I took the part of Ah* Switch, a farmer, who had come from Pumpkin rllle Center, Tena, to make his lint visit to New Tork. In tbe flrst scene Abe Switch meets tbe proprietor of the Diamond Palace aaloon, a ramshackle affair which to tbe owner was ? financial lota. The proprietor's name waa Tom Fill em Dp. After meeting Abe, Tom and Vlllem Up persaaded him to boy tbe placet praising It to the sklea and telling wondrous tolas of the money take* ' ovsr the bar. While they era talktoa. an old Jew named Dtey Oohenststn comes aloog. and Abe engagea him tor cashier. After engaging Ikey they meet an oM Southern negro called Sambo, aad opon tbe saggsatlen of Ikey ha is *?> gaged as porter. Then the three eC them selves "The Bow Bells," aad pat on a sketch entitled, "Blighty? What Hopes r They were the divi sional concert party. We hoped they all woold be aooa In Blighty to give as a chance. Thla company charged an admiaaloa of a franc per head, aad that night their performance It really waa good. I had a tfaklac aenaatlon who* I poottlfa to It IB one of their scsoae th^ had ? sonhrstte called ffloaste. The eeldler that took this part waa ctorsr aad made a fine-appearing aad chic (HI. We Immediately feO la lore with her aattl two days after, while we were on a march, we pass ill Flossie with "her" aleerea railed op aad tbe sweat poarlag from *^sr" face anloartlag shells froea a motor lorry. As oar aectloa passed bar 1 yelled oat: "Hello, Iloeale; Blighty?What HopeaT Her reply made oar lore die oat Instantly. MAW M k If** Thla brought quite ? laugh from the marching column directed at me, and I Instantly mad* op my mind that our sketch should Immediately ran ll op position to "Blighty?What Hopes r * Whoa we returned to oar billet from the march, Curlsy Wallace, my the atrical partner, came running orer to me and aald ha bad found a swanky place la which to prodace aw show. After taking off my equipment and followed by the rest of the section. I want orer to the building he had plckod oat. It was a monnrou bam wtth a ?? platform at one end which woald make aa Idaal stage. The'aectlon got right on the job, and before night had that place rigged oat la apple-pie order. Hie next day waa Sunday and after church, parade wa put all onr time on a dress rehearsal, and It went fine. I made four or fire large slum* an nouncing that our company would opea up that evening at the King George the rifth theater, on the corner of Amity street and Sandbag terrace. General admission waa one-half franc, first ten rows In orcheetra one franc, and bosea two franca. By thla time our printed programs had returned from London,, and I further announced that on the night of the first performance ' a program would be given free of charge to men holding tickets costing a franc or orer. We had an orchestra of serea men and seven different Instruments. This orchestra was excellent, while they were not playing. ?V The performance was scheduled to start at 6 p. m. At 6 ilfi there waa a mob la front of oar one entrance, and It looked like a 1 big night. We had two bosea each ac ? commodating four people, and theea wa Immediately told oat. Than a brilliant Idea cam* to Ikey Cohensteln Why not use the rafters overhead, .call them bosea, and charge two franca fo? a seat on themT The only difficulty^ (Continued Next Week)'.
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