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Thursday, March 21, 1918. THE ASHEBORO COURIER m JAM : top" MB TOT MWiUYfflPET machine: gunher,otgim nwfct 1917 DY ARTHUR 61YCrtPfY CHAPTER III. rpcin disks i disks of r.-il Ii!m by means if a li ics also used tli'-y V(i;'c :H" means if a clia ly tiiimvil it ( were I. lawn df wrist wntiM lie their ! II would s Ilea,! ami !5e i,i lid lint disk v;i number I Go to Church. enlistment we li tied to us. These id identity were sma'l r wern around the neck ari'a,'. Most of the Turn a liirle metal disk which ilia; ihe left wrist by in. They tiad previous- j ;t that if their heads' !'. til. (lis!; on t!ie left ; I'.tify tlietii. If they lost I ara the di-k arouad the t.eek rve the ptirr ose. h-.it if their i !i i'i a.rm w . ;v Mown on. no !u care who liny were, so it mutter. On one- side of the s inscrihed your rank, name, and hattalion, wliile ou the rare other was stamped your religion. C. of R. meaning Cliurcli of Ens land ; It. , Unman Catholic; '., Wes lcyan: I'., Presbyterian; hut if you happened to he nn atlieist tliey left it hlank. and just handed you a pick and shovel. On my disk was stamped O. of E. This is how I pot it : Tin lieuten ant who enlisted me asked my religion. I was not sure of the religion of the British army, so I answered, "Oh, any old thing," und he promptly put down C. of E. Now, just Imagine my hard luck. Out of five religions I was unlucky enough to pick the only one where church parade was compulsory ! The next morning was Sunday. I ;was sitting in the billet writing home 'to my sister telling her of my wonder ful exploits while under fire all re- cruits do this. The sergeant major put his head in the door of the billet and ; shouted: "C. of E. outside for church ', parade !" j I kept on writing. Turning to me, In ;a loud voice, he asked, "Empey, aren't you a of E.?" I answered, "Yep." In an angry tone, he commanded, Tont you yep' me. Say, 'Yes, ser geant major.'" "I did so. Somewhat mollified, he ordered, "Outside for church parade." I looked up and answered, "I am not going to church this morning." J He said, "Oh, yes, you are 1" i I answered, "Oh, no, I'm notl" But jl went i We lined up outside with rifles and bayonets, 120 rounds of ammunition, wearing our tin hats, and the march to church, began. After marching about kilos, we turned off the road Into an open field., At one end of this field the chaplain Was standing In a Umher. We formed a semicircle around him. Overhead there was a black speck clr- j cling round and round In the sky. This I was a German Fokker. The chaplain 'had a book In his left hand left eye on the book right eye on the airplane. jWe Tommies were lucky, we had no books, so had both eyes on the air plane. After church parade we were iraarched back to our billets, and played football all afternoon. tance we could see their flashes, which lighted up the sky with a red glare. Against the horizon we could see numerous observation balloons cr "sau sages" as they are called. On the afternoon of the third day's march I witnessed my first airplane being shelled. A thrill ran through me and I gazed in awe. The airplane was i making wide circles in the air, while little pull's of white smoke were burst ing all around it. These puffs appeared like tiny balls of cotton while- after each hurst ci.uM be heard a dull "plop." The sergeant of my platoon informed us that it was a Gorman air p'ane and I wondered how he could tell from such a distance because the plane seemed like a little black speck in the sky. I expressed my doubt as to whether it was English, French or Ger man. With a look of contempt he fur ther informed us that the allied anti aircraft shells when exploding emitted white smoke while the German shells gave forth black smoke, and. as he ex pressed it, "It must he an Allemand be cause our pom-poms are shelling, and I know our batteries are not off their bally nappers and are certainly not strafeing our own planes, and another piece of advice don't chuck your weight about until you've been up the line and learnt something." I Immediately quit "chucking my weight about" from that time on. Just before reaching reserve billets we were marching along, laughing, and singing one of Tommy's trench ditties : I want to po home. I want to go home, I don't want to go to the trenches no more Where sausages and whizz-bangs are ga lore. Take me over the sea, Where the Alle mand can't get at me, Oh. my, I don't want to die, I want to go home" when overhead came a "swish" through, the air, rapidly followed by three oth ers. Then about two hundred yards to our left In a large field, four columns of black earth and smoke rose Into the air, and the ground trembled from the report the explosion of four German five-nine's, or "coalboxes." A sharp whistle blast Immediately followed by two short ones, rang out from the head of our column. This was to take up "artillery formation." We divided Into small squads and went Into the fields on the light and left of the road, and crouched on the ground. No other shells followed this ealvo. It was our first baptism by shell fire. From the j waist up I was all enthusiasm, but from there down, everything was missing. I thought I should die with fright After awhile, we reformed Into col umns of fours, and proceeded on our way. About five that night we reached the ruined village of H , and I got my first sight of the awful destruction caused by German Kultur. Marching down the main street we came to the heart of the village, and took up quarters in shellproof cellars (shellproof until hit by a shell). Shells CHAPTER IV. I Ml.. U1 T I. H The next morning the draft was in fspected by our general, and we were ; assigned to different companies. The boys In the brigade had nicknamed jthls general Old Pepper, and he cer tainly earned the sobriquet I was as signed to B company with another American named Stewart. For the next ten days we "rested," repairing roads for the Frenchies, drill ing, and digging bombing trenches. One morning we were informed that iwe were going up the line, and our march began. jt took us three days to reach re serve billets each day's inarch bring Ing the sound of the guns nearer and Dearer. At night, way off In the Ola TWICE PROVEN If you suffer backache, sleepless . nights, tired, dull days and distressing urinary disorders, don't experiment Read this twice-told testimony. It's Rah dl Groan evidence doubl y proven. PL L. Nelson. Hbrh Point. St. Han dle-nan. N. C says: "I hare used two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills and ' have been entirely relieved or pain and lameness In my back. I now feel ' better In every way. I have no hes itation in recommendlns Doan's Kid ney pills to other kidney suffereri. V- .. :-v A Lasting Cure ;.'' , ' OVER THREE TEARS LATER, . Mr. Nelson said: "During the past thrre years I have been entirely free from kidn.y' emnplaint. It fives me icamiro to tell of this permanent r-,r vhih Doan's Kidney Pills gave A " ' I J - , I ' ' - WO,: i ' War Time Cook Book Scrap your old ideas, forget your old habits. Business is not as usual, noth ing is as usual. Accustomed routine has wielded to tense, quick action. The very air is vibrant with the will to do and the spirit of courageous adven ture. Old grouches are forgotten and old wrongs left to right themselves; everyone is busy and most of us are happy. The food adventure is part of the A NERVOUS WRECK From Three Tears' Suffering. Saya Ctrdni Made Her WelL Texas City, Tex. la an Interesting statement, Mrs. 0. H. Send, of this town, says: "For three years I suffered untold agony with my head. I was unable to do any of my work. I just wanted to Sleep an the time, tor ' game. So scrap vour old kitchen that was the only ease I could get, when ! ideas, too, and adventure into the I was asleep. I became a nervous wreck realm of food. It will be a voyape of just irom the awful suffering with my discovery even for good cooks. There 1 , , are many new things to eat, and many head- . new ways of preparing familiar foods. I was so nervous that the least noise The American housekepor must now would make me jump out of my bed. I , become an adept in that knowledge of had no energy, and was unable to do foods that is the common heritage of anything. My son, a young boy, had to the European peasants. They have do all my household duties. npver kTTt" the d ,meat dict fof ..... j . i erica, vet these hardy peasants have 1 was not able to do anything until 1 ibuiIt American railways and dup our took Cardui. I took three bottles in all, j subways. Food prejudice should not and it surely cured me of those awful !be allowed to stand in the way. One hendaches. That has been three vears Ifrreat source of waste is the influence ago, and I know the cure is permanent, for I have never had any headache since ta'.ving Cardui. . . Nothing relieved me until I took Cardui. It did wonders for me." Try Cardui for your troubles made from medicinal ingredients recommended in medical books as being of benefit in female troubles, and 40 years of use has proven that the books are right. Begin taking Cardui today. NC-134 Mt. Olivet Honor Roll for 1 The following having neilh r been .tardy nor absent are entitled to be placed on the higher honor roll: First jrrade Kuby Tysor, Norma Brown. Second grade Joe Tysor. Third grade May Wrenn, Ava Ma ness, Walton Brown, Lillian Maness, Donald Sugtf. Fifth grade Gertrude Bray, Ola Wrenn, Roy Bray. Sixth grade Wade Tysor, Lizzie Sugg, Ernest Teague. Seventh grade Grady Brown. The following having been present 18 days are entitled to be placcl on the honor roll: Second grade Louise Asbill. Third grade Swanna Bray. Fifth grade Clay Sugg, Willie Baxter, Pearl Brown. Sixth grade Ethel Brown, Vernie Maness. Seventh grade Charlie Sugg, Em mitt Maness. S. G. RICHARDSON, Principal. VIOLA BROWN, Assistant. of custom. People are afraid to try nev methods and new dishes. the housekeeper who is young enough to lenvn will have some fun getting old recipes down to fighting trim. She will laid her hest material, however, in the recipes for war dishes that are appearing in magazines and newspapers. Most of (his material is prepared by experts in colleges and experiment stations ana is too valua ble to throw aside. The main point in planning a war time cook-hook is to arran"-" the red- I pes so as to he able to turn at once to 'IU",J I the one needed. Thev mav he kept in A Bomb Proof. constantly Whistling over the vIK Iflgt and bursting In oar rear, search lng for our artillery. : These cellars Were cold, damp and smelly, and overran with large rat btg black fellow. Most of the Tom mies slept with their overcoats ovor their faces. I did sot In the middle of the night I woke up la terror. The Cold, clammy feet of rat had passed ever tny face. ' X Immediately smotn erd mywif In my overcoat, bot could not sleep for the rest of that night Vfrt evfnlnif, w took flfor Onr eA- f 'if i'n Vr.n. In f'p;:1 t. ' we wen li the front Tine an occnsionai nnre or bursting shrapnel would light up the sky and we could hear the fragments slapping the ground above us on our right and left. Then a Fritz would traverse back and forth with his "type writer" or machine gun. The bullets made a sharp cracking noise overhead. The boy in front of me named Pren tice crumpled up without a word. A piece of shell had gone through his shrnpnel-proof helmet. I felt sick and weak. In about thirty minutes we reached the front line. It was dark as pitch. Every now and then a German star shell would pierce the blackness out n front with its silvery light. I was trembling all over, and felt very lonely and afraid. All orders were given In whispers. The company we relieved filed past us and disappeared into the blackness of the communication trench leading to the rear. As they passed us, they whispered, "The best o' luck mates." I sat on the fire step of the trench with the rest of the men. In each traverse two of the older men had been put on guard with their heads sticking over the top, and with their eyes try ing to pierce the blackness in "No Man's Land." In this trench there were only two dugouts, and these were used by Lewis and Vlckers machine gunners, so It was the tire step lor ours. Pretty soon it started to rain. We put on our "macks," but they were not much protection. The ruin trickled down onr backs, and it was not long before we were wet and cold. How I passed that night I will never know, but without any unusual occurrence. dawn arrived. The word "stand down" was passed along the line, and the sentries got down off the fire step. Pretty soon the rum issue came along, and It was a Godsend. It warmed onr chilled bodies and put new life Into us. Then from the communication trenches came dixies or iron pots, filled with steam ing tea, which had two wooden stakes through their handles, and were car ried by two men. I filled my canteen and drank the bot tea without taking It from my lips. It was not long be fore I was asleep in the mud on the fire step. My ambition bad been attained I X was In a front-line trench on the west ern front, and oh, how I wished I wra back In Jersey aty. (To be continued next week.) an indexed scrapbook, or mounted up on neavy paper and arranged m a let ter file. Perhaps the best advicec for' keeping recipes is a small filing cabi-! net arranged like a library care! index. A small wooden box or even a paste board box will do for the file. The recipes can be written or pasted on cards, with a guide card carrvinsr the index heading to separate the groups. The headings in this war time cook book will be difrercnt from the famil iar headings of the usual cook-book. The most important erroun will be Meat Substitutes. Here will be placed substantial dishes that furnish muscle building food. These will include com binations of eggs, cheese, beans, nuts and meat with potatoes, rice and hom iny. Other headings might be Sugar savings Desserts, War Breads and War Cakes. This collection should be made not as a curiosity, but as an everyday aid in solving the problem that confronts every American housekeeper and a practical help in carrying out the Food Pledge. The selection of recipes should be determined by the resources of the locality and the needs of the individual home. 'CASCARETS" BEST IF HEADACHY. BILIOUS. SICK, CONSTIPATED Beat For Liver and Bowels, Bad Breath, Bad Colds, Sour Stomach Get a 10-cent box. Sick headache, biliousness, coated tongue, head and nose clogged up with a cold always trace this to tor pid liver; delayed, fermenting food in the bowels, or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged in the in testines, instead of being cast out of the svstem is re-absorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes conges tion anti that dull, throbbing, sicken ing headache. Cascarets immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and pois ons in the bowels. A Cascaret tonight will surely straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep a 10-ent box from your druggist mean's your head clear, stomach sweet, breath right, complexion rosy and your liver and bowels regular for months. Got it? Here's the remedy. It's helped millions, lias a half century record of use. - First doss br inn Hid. Try it forC6u$i3&Cb!ch Kn Eewtl IIov-TTt-'f Vt. Kinj'i Hrw l ite i 'i V' H a b-r!t if fun ' : i,n. 1 It1 r ( t ' ' St ymi "'y Professor Massey's Garden Book Announcement is being made by The Progressive Fanner of publication of Professor Massey's Garden Book for the Southern States. Coming at a time when all the South needs be a-gardening it has leaped at once into vogue. A letter from The Progres tndnv received, says: ("Orders for Professor Massey's Gar- den uooK are Deing receicu mail." Probably no agrtccuitunst in the South is so well qualified tor pro ducing a work of this kind, ims win tn Ka the most valuable contn- Y 7. . -n m 11 w hntion oi rroieosOT bihobc. years' service to Southern farmers. As to J- he rrogressivrj Perhaps no single agency is doing so much for our Southern farmers and for our nation. It is the publication of which it is continually Deing said, by farm demonstration agents and others: "You can tell by a man's farm whether he reads It or not. Bankers say their farmer depositors have more money because they read it and can meet their obligations oei- ter by its aid Fanners unite in pro- laimtntr it the mosx useiui i arm pub lication and the women who live on farms will not tnr to keen house wlf tinnt it. Ammrementa have been made by whlrh our nreeent readers and those whom we should like to have on onr list, may receive both The Progres sive r armer and rroieasor maanry Harden Book.. The Price or the rro- gressive Farmer is one dollar a year and the naner Douna uaroen boob Bend us IZ.Z5 lor years suo- acrtntlon or renewal and w will order The Progressive Farmer a year tbr von and have the nubllshert send yon, prepaid, a paper cover copy of Professor Massey's Garden Book for the Southern States. ; : ..' Errry Man at; Camp, Sevier Indexed The Indexing of every man in the thirteenth division according to his industrial experience and technical i abilities has just been completed. Ev rry plnr'n rnfi w rnHciJ tip en in ' . ' i ' -v r- ' ' - m M 1 Hi sum Keep WRIGLEVS in mind as the (on&st lasting confection you can buy. Send it to the boys at the front. War Time Economy In Sweetmeats a 5-cent package of WRIGLEVS will give you several days enjoy ment: It's an investment in benefit as well as pleasure, for it heips teeth, breath, appetite, digestion. Chew It After Every Meal The FEauor Lasts! lHHi8aiiii LUCKY STODKE CIGARETTE a year it has become famous; toe man's cig arette for the men who are working over here, and fighting over there. The reason? Because ifs made of Burley pipe tobacco and because IT'S TOASTED EARN BIG MONEY v KING'S BUSINESS COLLEGE CAN EQUIP TOU TO DO FO Big buflln.RS everywhere Is creating an abnormal dnn-id for I'"-' ' """ ers, Stenographers and Typifits at eUming salaries. 1'oj ''; ' . - ' - , . ) to f 1G0.00 rr month p a-be'-'n-r. V.'e l.:v n" re r-,V. f r) ' ; '. 1 j 1 i :
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