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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA FACE PERILS TO “An easy job yours,” sakl Fenton to him on the afternoon of the second '•ay. HELP WOUNDED It makes no difference whether von live town or in the country, a Telephone is a NECESSITY. It is a pleasure to converse with vour friends t n neighbors. It is a convenience when vou want to speak to jour Lawver, Doctor, or Merchant. It is is protection to your family in vour absenc Let Vs Install One For You To-D y L. K. SMITH, Gan, Mirr.J. M. MONTGOMERY Local Mgr. Carrollton, Ga. Douglasvillc. Ga. Life of Stretcher Bearers at the Front Is Not an Easy One. PRIVATE FENTON ENVIES THEM But He Changes His Mind After Trip to No Man’s Land as Volunteer in Place of Slain Bearer. ince.on Hotel ATLANTA, GA. 45-51 West Mil •'nil St .vL nn II ilf Block of Tedminal Station MODERN. C INVENT ENT AND UP-TO-DATE ALL ROOMS HAVE OT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, astern heat, electric liffnts and telephone.' jNevv cleetric elevator. O.ie hunlre:l anti C) ty rooms. One hundred with ppivate and con necting baths. M > lern in its equipment and attractive Furnishings No expense has >r spared to provide for the comfort and conven ience of our patrons. Europe in Plan. Rates,75c to $2. H.R. CANNON, Prop. NEW YORK AndjjReturn $37.50 Going]]ani jReturning^same][route $40.00!! Going Via Any Direct RouteJfHj Returning Sam 5 or Anv Other! DIRECT ROUTE ,i SI Also diverselroute to NewjVork via rail and waetr, and to Boston via’all rail and rail-wtaer routes? By PATRICK MAC GILL. (Special Correspondent of the Chicago Daily News.) London.—The battalion was resting in a village far behind the trenches and Fenton, newly out, discovered that a rest Is a period of sweat and hard labor. Then, the month being May, the • -mi slnuie as only the sun of France can shine, and of course Fenton roast ed. lie got up in the morning at six o’clock, brigade time, and formed up with the other men outside his billet, These nu n were g'-m rally inclined to li ke a. gloomy view of things at that hour, and vowed that brigade time skipped two hours at night and found them again when on parade. That was the beginning of a day which might he called fairly strenuous, and Fenton, who was si ill new to things, wondered wluit it was all for—since it wasn’t fighting — and whether everybody worked as hard as he did. Now, among others who lived in his billet there were two men, and these men seemed to labor little. They had no bayonets to burnish, no rifles to : clean, no ammunition to carry. When 1 other men went out they stopped in side, and they were in when Fenton returned from parade. Once when lie , was engaged in a inLraic attack on a wood he came across these two men In company with several others and all were lying In the shade of the trees smoking cigarettes and listening to an address which the M. O. was deliver ing. Fenton had been hard at work all morning. Ills legs were tired, his shoulders ached, the sweat poured down his face in tiny rivulets. He had no time to lie In the shade. How ho envied the stretcher bearers I They Had an Easy Life. It was Fenton’s first spell In the firing line and the trench in which he found himself was a comparatively quiet one, but In bad repair; so no end of work had to bo done there. Para pets had to be built, saps had to be strengthened, wire entanglements had to be laid, and so on. In addition to tasks like these, there were ration fatigues, water fatigues, and fatigues for carrying up ammunition and Fen ton was a good, willing worker, and while lie labored he watched the two stretcher bearers and decided that they hdd a very quiet life. One of them was a tliicHDuf man of medium height who seemed to be always laughing and smoking cigarettes. His name was Rogers. “Not so bad,” said Rogers with a smile. “Next time there’s u vacancy I'll let you know.” On the following day the British at tacked, captured a German trench and held It. Some men, a few of the most reckless spirits, went a bit beyond the trench, but were forced to fall back gain leaving a number of wounded be hind them on the ground. It was then lmt Fenton, ensconced in the trench, saw tin* stretcher bearers at work. 1 saw them going out into the open field ■if danger, tending the wounded and carrying them in, not only to the trench, but hack to the dressing sta tion at the rear. The way was one of peril, hut the men, knowing tlHr duty, never liesl- :ated. Once, twice, three times, Fen- on saw Rogers and his mate pass .-.cross the trench carrying the limp figures of the wounded on their -tretchers. And Rogers always bore m his face a good-natured smile. He ■oeemed to bo enjoying Ills job. When darkness fell Rogers came in to the trench, blit his mate was not with him. Wanted a Volunteer! Rogers seemed to ne very weary, on the way out lie came to a halt several times and once, even, he sat down. “I’m a hit tired,” he said. “But I’ll soon buck up. This man’s the last; then I’ll have a rest.” They reached the wounded man and In the dark it was Impossible to dis tinguish his features. He was breath ing heavily and his face looked very white. “He’s unconscious,” said Rogers. “He’s on the stretcher; my mate help ed me on with him, then he got lilt.” “Is he dead, your mate?” asked Fen ton. Rogers pointed at something dark which lay on the earth near the stretcher. “My mate,” lie said in a low voice. Then. “You take the head, Fenton, and I’ll take the legs; they’re lighter, and* I’m a bit weak.” The journey was tortuous. The bul lets whistled round the men’s legs and once or twice the handles of the stretcher slipped from Rogers’ hands. Then both men would halt for a sec ond, draw breath, and without speak ing a word continue their journey. They got into the dressing station about midnight, and then Fenton dis covered two things which caused him his mouth in wonder. The oper “I’ve lost him,” he said, “and I want luan on the stretcher was a German, somebody to take his place, a volun- /pj ley j ini | risked their lives to succor i:eor. There’s only one more wounded thc enemy> And Rogers was wounded, man out: in the front now, so I want to , when his mate got killed, lie, liiiuself, get him in. Who’ll come with me?” i m <] got hit in the shoulder with a “I’ll go.” said Fenton, and he went. • shrapnel bullet. Stop At The Old Reliable KIMBALL HOUSE ATLANTA, GEORGIA / Molt Central and Convenient Location in the City European plan gp^r^S ROOMSairlv c ,S$l-00 PERDAY 1150 (ROOMS—Connecting Bathn $1.50. Private Bath- £?. POund Up. jOw Restaurant affords A La Ga>-te Service Urniu. tia.sed in the South. FOOR HOTEL COMP AN V Dinkier & Foor, Proprietors Eat With No better medium priced cafe in the city. Stop'and try a meal and you’ll come again. We serve only the best of everything. ‘ 55 W. Mitchell St. ’Half-block of Ter minal Station Atl’a very unjig. Ubion Cafe- CASTOR IA j ,Fqr Infants and^Children ^ ■ In Use Fsr Jver 30 Years ■ Always bears the i [jBlgaatureof Bears Kill Pigs and Poultry. Nelson,* B. C.—Black bears arej’nld- Ing the farming districts In this Vicin ity. One big bear entered a pigsty, killed a porker and ate part of the Carcase. Pigs and poultry havetbeon missed by many farmer* —ihen come inio your Kome piLTH MEANS DISEASE and flies are born In filth, feed on filth •.today in an outhouse, stableyard or in garbage, may bring distress to your family later on in the summer. They may bring typhoid fever, summer complaint, consumption, malaria, or perhaps infantile paralysis. The fly is almost the exclusive conveyor of diarrhoea and dysentery among children and babies. Cats Filth and Destroys the Fly Eggs This wonderful Lye eats up filth and leaves absolutely nothing for flies to feed on or breed in. Just Bprinkle it once or twice a week in the privy or outhouse. It does the work. Encourage your neighbor to clean his out-house also, because what’s good for yours is good for his. FED DEVIL LYE is also simply wonderful for making soap, con ditioning hogs, and for making compost for fertilizer. RED DEVIL LYE is sold by all grocers. Demand 10c. cans. One dime can contains more than two nickel cans. 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