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Page Two THE ASUEBOr.O COURIER, ASHEBORO, N. C.; CHAPTER XIV. ; P.'cks and Shovels. 1 1 n ' '-pt ::-S before the sweet voice of the sergeant InfortneS that "No. 1 section had clicked for another blinking digging party." I S'niled to myself with deep satisfaction. I had been promoted from a mere digger to a member of the Suicide club, and was exempt from all fatigues. Then came an awful shock. The sergeant looked over in my direction and said : "Don't you bomb throwers think you are wearing top hats out here. 'Cord in' to orders you've been taken up on the strength of this section, and will have to do your bit with the pick and shovel, same as the rest of us." I put up a howl on my way to get iny shovel, but the only thing that re sulted was a loss of good humor on tny part. We fell In at eight o'clock, outside of our billets, a sort of masquerade party. I was disguised as a common laborer, had a pick and shovel, and about one hundred empty sandbags. The rest, about two hundred In all, were equipped likewise : picks, shovels, sundbngs, rifles and ammunition. The party moved out In column of fours, taking the road leading to the trenches. Several times we had to string out In the ditch to let long col umns of limbers, artillery and supplies get past. The marching, under these condi tions, was necessarily slow. Upon nr rival at the entrance to the communi cation trench, I looked at my illumi nated wrist watch it was eleven o'clock. Before entering this trench, word was passed down the line, "no talking or smoking, lead off in single file, cov ering party first." This covering jmrty consisted of 30 i "'"J-'1"?; grabbing our tools and stoop tiu'ii, armed with rifles, bavonets, i 1(nv. "'p legged it across No Plan's bombs. and two Lewis machine guns. I hey were to protect us and guard against a surprise a:l:ick while dig gftig in Xo Man's Land. The communication m-h about half a mile 1- a zigza; ditch, eight feet ''.ii, ::;. t'.rce wide. ' v was ;ring feet Now and npiin. would whistle (.vi r V hn shrapnel I and hu'r'siPin -Minst 1 our Mcinuy. we wori i i ; i a the earthen walls v.hile :!: Ulents "s'apjlecl" (h.. -.miuI ;!: -luU frng- i : 1 1 1 rbove US. l;h a ma wliiili air and l:ie!:ed s.-iiittrhii' sand (nci; Fritz t urm 1 1 chine trcii. tl.e bu "crac!;cl" tliii.i:;!) t up thi ifii-t on the t' ar.'l pebbles, which, hitting our sleei helmets, sounded I:!;.. nes. I'pon arrival in t lie fire tivmh an otlicer of the Uoyal Kngl:uers gave us our instructions and acted as guide. We were to dig an advanced trench two hundred yards from the Germaus (the trenches at this point were six hundred yards apart). Two winding lanes, five feet wide, had been cut through our barbed wire, for the passage of the diggers. From these lines white tape had been laid i f. t VYu. : .... tsw' ' If 4' v ': r., vUiOBSBam '",&r t i 01)11 WHO VENT MlilfilfflMT MACHINE GUNJ1ER, JERVING W fRAIJC 19(7 BY AflrmiRtmrvtYj un the ground to the point where we were to commence work. This In or der that we would not get lost In the (Krlfhess. The proposed trench was atoo laid out with tape. Vka covering party went out first Xttet a short wait, two scouts came hacfc with information that the work in; party was to follow and "carry on" wlii their work. In extended order, two yards apart, R-e noiselessly crept across No Man's Sand. It was nervous work ; every njnute we expected a machine gun to opo.n fire on us. Stray bullets "cracked" around us, or a ricochet sang over head. Arriving at the taped diagram 'of tfte trench, rifles slung around our Shoulders, we lost no time In getting to vork. We dug as quietly as pos sible but every now and then the noise of a pick or shovel striking a stone would send the cold shivers down our backs. L'nder our breaths we heartily cursed the offending Tommy. At Intervals a star shell would go up from the German lines and we would remain motionless until the glare of Its white light died out When the trench had reached a der.h of two feet we felt safer, be cause It vvould afford us cover In case we- vere discovered and fired on. a he digging had been In progress about two hours, -when suddenly hell seemed to break loose in the form of machine-gun and rifle fire. We dropped down on our bellies in the shallow trench, bullets" knocking up the ground and snapping in the air. Then shrapnel butted in The music was hot and Tommy danced. The covering party was having" a rough time of it; they had no cover; just had to take their medicine. Word was passed down the line to . beat it for our trenches. We needed no Lund. The covering party got away to a ioor start but beat us in. They must have had wings because we low ered the record. ranting and out of breath, we tum bled into our front-line trench. I tore my hands getting through our wire, but, at the time, didn't notice It; my Journey was too urgent. When the roll was called we fnnml ,hat " !l!ul Stten It in the nose for C3 casualties. Our artillery put a barrage on Fritz' front-line and communication trenches and their machine-gun and rifle fire suddenly ceased. I'pon the cessation of this fire, stretcher bearers went out to look for killed und wounded. Next day we learned that 21 of our men hnd been killed and ,'i7 wounded. Five men were missing; lost In the darkness, they must have wandered over into the Ger man Hues, where they were, either killed or captured. Speaking of stretcher bearers and wounded, it is very hard for the aver age civilian to comprehend the enor mous cost of taking care of wounded jfJ3.(J. Ul wnI .,n E?nernl. Ho or she gets so accustomed' io seeing billions of dol lars In print that the significance of the amount is passed over without thought. From an official statement published in one of the London ' papers, It ,1s stated that it costs between six, and Hovenhousand pounds ($30,000 to$35,- '-O0) to kill or wound a soldier. This result was attained by taking the cost of the war to date and dividing It by Hip killed and wounded. , " I It may sound heartless and inhuman, "j but It Is a fact, nevertheless, that from s: a military standpoint It Is better for a ! mnn fnlwa Vlllful tTinn xnnnnAnA If a man Is killed he Is hurled, and the responsibility of the government ceases, excepting for the fact that his people receive a pension. But If a man Is wounded it takes "three men' from the firing line, the wounded man and two. men to carry him to the rear to he advanced first-aid post '. Here .he is attended -by a doctor, perhaps assist ed by two It. A. M.D. men. Then he Is put Into a motor ambulance, manned by a crew of two Or three. At tho field Uhospttnl, where be generally goes on- oer an aaeufhenc, either to have his wounds cleaned or to be operated on, he requires the services of she at three to five, persons. From" Oils polnl an other, ambulance tide Impresses wore men lnf tUs service, and then at the ara bulnnce train, another corps of doc tort, It,X HE (X men, Ited Cross nurses and the train's crew, From the train h4 enterrffae base hoipltnl or casualty clearlnjr station where a "good-aisod corpj of doctors, tiursed, (., are kept busy,. Another ertbnlun'e Jonrny Is next In order this time to tho honpltul f.h!p. ' lie crOsfieS the chnnnel, f.rrlv In r.Hghty nv-ri niltilnn nn l r bnj n rMe f r f.vs h'mrn on fin L, .: )'. 'i J'("l C;, i train v l"i :i n ew rf ' 1 ! V- 'rrn. (,.. 1 1 ! 'I wecks. "7 '-"'. . 1 vrZ iT rJ. T1 Ior IT"t thee wrrtce, he ta tUscharged, given a pension, or commuted to a soldiers' home for the ret of hit life and still the expanse pile up. When you real- 1 that all the ambulances, train and ships, not to mention the man power, used in. transporting a wounded man, eonld be used for Kurmlte tmmnntHnn and re-enforcements for the trooos at i - - -r-jr-'LKrr: p"" usou sue vuiwuuicB vcim man a live one ui wounaedj. ;. ,uua " tugging parry, oor general decided, after" a careful tour or inspection or the eommunlca - tlon trenches, upon "an Ideal spot," as he termed It, for a machine-gun em- placement; took his map, made a dot on it. and as he was wont, wrote "dig here." and the next uKrht rf- There were twenty In taejparty, my I , ea- PrcKa- Diiurciu uuu cuipijr BuuuuagB we ur- JflrS. fl8her. rived at the Ideal spot and started j -digging. The moon was very bright. LEMON JUICE IS but we did not care as we were well out of sight of the German lines. We had gotten about': three feet down, when the fellow next to me, aft- , U r a . 1 g of the handle, and ptnched-hls nose with his thumb and forefinger, at the same time letting out the iexploslon, -oott strafe me pink, rm bloody well ie and tan lotion, and complexion gassed, not "alf I ain't," I- quickly beautifier, at very, very small cost. -turned in his direction with an lnquir- 1 Your grocer has the lemons and any ing look, at the same Instant reaching dru8 store or .toilet counter will supply for my gas bag. I soon found out what was ailing him. One whiff was enough and I lost no time in also pinching my nose. The stench was awful, . The rest of the digging party dropped their picks and shovels and bat It for the weather side of that solitary pick. The I officer came over and Inquired why the work had suddenly ceased, holding our nosesrwe simply pointed In the dlreo tlon of the smell. He went over to the pick immediately clapped, his hand over his nose, made an "about turn" and came back. Just thett our cap- tain came aiong ana investigated, Dut money be sent by wire waiving ldenti after about a minute said wj) had bet- lication, or by mail to general deliv ter carry on with the digging, that he ery, the customary explanation being did not see why we should have at soldier had been discharged jand would have no way of securing stopped as the odor was very faint, ht it u ,j . pLZ n lT "S ?I gas helmets while digging. He would oiujr iiu see me ming tnrougn, but he nuu io report back to brigade head- quarters immediately. We wished that we were captains and also had a date at brigade headquarters. With our ens helmets on we again attacked that hole anil uncovered the decomposedBodv of a German : the nick was stlrkln hi, an ; the pick was sticking ii chest. One of the men fainted.!' I was . mat one. v i '" una UCUll-UUlll halted proceedings and sent word back conditions should be verified by a let to headquarters and word came', back ter or telegram to.the commanding that after we filled in the hole wecould ' officer of the camp in which .the man knock off for the night. This waTwel come tidings to us, because Next day the general changed the dot on his map and another emplace ment was completed the following Ti,'o r.fi. f j , The odor from he dug-up, decom- pom oumau oociy nas an effect which ... Mm lu gm-nue. n nrsr proauces relation of certain of our natural re n nauseating feeling, which, especially sources to war needs and to the after eating, causes vomiting. This re- 'present and future development of the lleves you temporarily, but soon'" a State. These are suitable for school weakening sensation follows, which commencements, clubs, civic meetings, leaves you limp as n dishrag. Jour tecliers' and farmers institutes, etc. spirits are at their lowest ebb and you Application for lectures should be ad feel a sort of hopelessness and a mad dre.33 t0. e Nort.1i Cai-olinr. Geb ,wi,. , ... . r.rr. logical and Economic Survev. ChaDel . wu."? 11 ""' to Pel open fields and the perfume of the-flow--1 ers in Elighty. There is a sharp, prickling sensation In the nostrBsv which renflnds one of breathing coal gas through a radiator In the floorf nnrt you want to sneeze, , but cannot. .IThla' - & Forest 'Fife' Prevention, aWar was the effect op me, surmounteiby a 'Necessity. '-.. vague horror of the awfulness of the i' Ylf.oodI?nd,Wr' "to" ? wre viww v, u iu uoaua of some Tommy on a digging partyi" Several times I have experienced this odor, but never could get used t It ; the enervating sensation was always present It made, roe hate war ' and wonder why such things were counts nanced by civilization, and all the' spice and glory of the conflict would disap pear, leaving the grim reality, i But after leaving the spot and filling your Jungs with deep breath of pure, ,fresh " ouu uuv njsuui wwii w--rate, enterprise zb eniorcea.'"' -.t be "up and at them," ..V.-,V.i'.'-It"i indScated by reporU' received (To be continued next week.)'..- jby HW. Miller, of Atlanta, Ga, that - " - ' the -Southern Railway employees will MiUionaof doliara.vIt la entlmated go "over the top: in supporting the hv rwnn. rtffl)ftl. itHi ha AAaA fffr'Thlrd Liberty Loan." i . ". the Government fund in penalties as a result or the round-up of income-tax delinquents by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. BACK GIVES OUT Plenty , of Ashebore Readers - Have ? "i srThta Experience VTi , You tax '" the kidnevft overu orif them - -Vtf - They can't keep op tha continual The back may give out it may athc. and pain; jv. , .; , .r'.' -. Urinary troubles may set in. . bottle of Dodwn's Livet Tone a per . Dont wait longer--ttko.. Doan's fect-subalitute for calomel. Kidney-nils.. -- ' - ., ,; . ' J It-Is pleasant, vegetable 'liquid Asheboro people tell you how they which -will, start your liver' lust 'as act -' ' " -.- " ' , Vf J surely a calomel, but it doesn t make S. WtTresnell, B. Fayettevlll.j rt.'you sick and can not salivate, Anheboro, says: "I used to bavr badl Children.and krown folks can take spells with my bark and my I : "ys.Dodaon's'JJvor Tone, because it la per- acuMi too jreciy pi umcs, ani t i n aain they were congeaUd. . I rtntliigs and n' rvoun- and ha.l . "twlls- I hnvw ta!--' n Doan's ! I'ills Off and on fr ten year I hnve always found them j mpn-hi'iil' A. Thry have J jriv- t rch' f. Wl.i a cold it:, kiui"-v, I)i. ,(!)' I. ; ' :'-y I'll' 1 t . 1 . i ' i, ' flv." l'i i i . 1 ' ' f t f - --. News Fre 014 Trinity';; There was weetiiig-of the Red rss'Sunday eVeninrT S Mr R j. Rddi 0f North Dakota, arrived in town Friday night- R. J. 'la one of our home boy. He has been making his home in Dakota for the last three years, he expects to-go Into some training camp. ! All the high school boy and girl: "ar? ?n? n.onse and Trinity is very CfUiet indeed now. . . ... Mr. and Mrs, KuJusColtrane were 'visiting friends in town last Wednes day CVCDini? Gardens are ainooking bad about here. Ueans are turning yellow, and nothing is growing to do much good ' on account of cold rainy weather. . ; I Mir and Mrs. Herbert Ballance, of Greensboro, were in town last Tues- ,ay; . . . " , McGlamery, of Durham, is back y ?.? B.wlule' w,th Andrew iMrsT EUis has gone to spend some tune in Salisbury with her dr-ughter I FRECKLE REMOVER ' ' Girls ! Make This Cheap Beauty Lotion To clear nd Whiten Your Skin slueeM S of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckr uws.." OI wwie or few cents. Massage this sweetly fra grant lotion into tine face, neck, arms and hands each day and See how freckles and blemishes disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin be comes. Yes! It is harmless. Swindlers' Trick Takes Money Sent to boldiers Relatives and friends of several sol timized by swindlers who wired jr wrote for funds under goidiers' names, In each instance it was requested that 1 r,.1?' n0r 0t g6ttmg mai1 ad' dressed-to his rompany. The Allowing is a typical telegram, sent to the father of a soldier in a southern camp: "Have been discharged. Coming home. Going to Atlanta through country tonight. Pease wire me $60 &t Atlanta so 1 may-pay for uniform d come home direct Waive identi- ncauon as i am not Known m Atlanta. mre casn JU.1C ..so x can 11 l- morrow rnnminlr " T u: -1.1. Aimet -frir mAnnir ha fonf hm.Im whose name is signed to the request is stationed. I . State Geological and Economic Survey ! Announces Lectures Suitable for i Commencements I The North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey announces the fol- lowing lectures relating chiefly to the Hill. N. C nd shonld ho in advance of the occasion. By J. S. Holmes, State Forester: i 1. The Forests of North Carolina. 2. Conservation .of our Natural Resources. .to our Food Kilnnlv. - -. ... Utilizing our Raw Materials. Women's War Work, v , s . Help Witt the Great .War - r : The United States will not be -able to bear Its part of the financial. bur den of the war .and -effect, the .release of - sufficient labor . and materials . for war purposes, .unless local and per- -A t . .... - v i i. i .. wiiiiu Mikere&ui are - uuouruuiai,eu -- to jeconomy in mattera of puhliciand pri- The Director General of-Railroads nao announcea -uu rauroaa -compa- nies wouia oa oiowea io mvest in me iniru Liioc.xy juoan any" tunas not needed by thorn -for railroad purposes and avaible for investment in secu rities. ' j . ; , CALOMEL' SALIVATES , ; ( "AND MAKES YOU SICK Acts Like Dynamlt On B'SluREUh . Liver and You Lose a Day's Work There's no reason why a - person chnuld taV alrlcenlnn'. aalivatincr rnlo- mel when a few cents, buys a large lertiy harmless. Calomol in a iiangorous dm?, It ia i-yiTcury and attack yotir bonr-s. yiTuko a dopo of ra.-ty cnlnnicl today i) aim you will fr--l w'iik, ink find rau- iia'fif'at"d tomorrow. Don't 1" '' a lay's ,-woik. T'.tVn a rfior.f'il f ':-.t- ' j LlVi' T' ' in l-r' d yu v I v .. ' ' r r ;i f , '.- - r' ' t . 1,'.) - I ThncnnntCT TniATr.irrr fc:: c: ? 5 Cold are contracted when strensth is lowered tr.J V.2 -inflarnm&tion caaly develop bronchitis or Kaj troulla, v,LH Mnimumil frAmiAnfrv InTVtw tcnti HIV AT.!.) I VV"' 1 VI1UUD OilU .111. lilllLftim K . - which first buikU up the forces to the blood streams Its cod liver oil b the kaM,ki,l a.M wmm mm .; Tbe Imported Worm gltn coa ttfw H ahrars tt hi $ att'a tmm Umm ti aot. , leaned la oorewa Amerkaa fabontoriet whkh rwaaktta k fraelma tmjaxrlUca. Scott ft Bmrae, BtBomacM. K. J. i ' j"" swaaaatns' i t m v..wnw t ,mv r wmm -, v. T T THEN - v v DungnY "-When It Poura, It Reil DUt ud in tins. breakfast If ffet vonr mnnev Luzianne for Try it Attention! Men We have a splendid line of Cigars Any thing in smoking goods i Ash eboro , jj an iunoiuon ana a Kecorai rv - - - V f THE needt Of the South are Identical with the needs I v . " ',' alr etlnnwt that l Wxa ol UMaUuM baa tbaamhtkaaa ) IharaUradt) to macHacaMttelaliaWliaall aoUUtaBaaara. -. MM af nlboao. Uck tarttaa to t tmm W rn.il ' . MMtolM RmllM t4 1 HDanhqr a( trmaaat VIM aaabta t ! 4 etaia tka taaltaMl awtnl wM lot gmiWite l kouru. nkrre4 hcUltax ImUwi k tW nl t tiilimt bow - - T kdoi ia Ikka Wtfca kair anlMa ouuutcia ocrrea r rrf rrvi rrw- rywi rrn rri r i -A" Early Bank : One of the earllcBt Isnks was is over 71 years to. And yrt er avail t' fmn-!vfa of tn ' - . fu--' i u :''. r".7. : i f rr i ! i j ! C t ' H i ' v I i i '1 !: - 7 t.j i j t") c" . i . 1 1 i - 1 - : ' ' 3 Li Li Lj iiuVu by carrying rich nocn5hr1tr.t r and creates real body wamlh.J. favorite of physicians for correctir : L laM.M . 1 . - ' - yon see your mammy, Hotter. " 1 in the cofiee ana the pone- you ' -, W I , . " J vw,w can- tell before you taste it that tbe coffee's Loziameureuf-ttlMwhifa atreamlnt, -steaniing in the air, v. Z - "5 - It's the coffee- Lnzianne-- tou-rMnmntwr and you hanker after it untfl you get another " Luzianne Cofiee (your etocerhas it) cornea ' - T Trv it tomorrow morning for it isn't all you expect. you can, fmrlr. : - - . ' J aroma, fragrance and snap, Who Smoke Drug Co.r at fV. aA - loo wjuux." . fou: U i - i . !ciftVpr'-9hlin. a r -1 1. ' i f j-"' - 'a v ' i '! 1 . i 1 ' 1 ' i r : i r S3'.' : - ' m , a i r fry- ' '