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ENGLISH SOLDIER, SHOT, LEFT II
IDO, BULLETS WHISTLING OVER
01 IS RESCUED DT GERMANS
In Letter Briton Tells Story of Awful Trials Undergone When
Left for Dead on Battlefield—ln Mud So Deep That He
Was Obliged to Lean on Elbows to Keep His Head Out of it.
Paris. —These extracts from the letter
of an timamed French soldier to his
lather ir. Paris are published by the
Figure:
•‘Wounded in the stomach about 6
< c ock In the morning, I am left in the
;atr. and in mud so deep that I am
i bilged tc- lean on my elbows to keep
;ny head out of it.
"The bottle continues to rage. I am
between the two camps, ad without ex
..ftgenuion, more than 150,000 bullets
pass ovir me. Some struck at my sides
and ! expect each moment to receive one
witch will cut short the spectacle,
remain thus helpless from 6 ip the
morning until 4 the next afternoon and
tl.e rain dees not stop. It is then that
1 anpreciate the need of an umbrella, I
who never carried one. I unbutton my
<-oat but I am unable to determine the
* Wavity of my wound for there is as
* ?uch mud as blood.
•'Toward 2 o’clock there is a lull la
the firing I await the stretcher bear
ors, bur like sister Anne, they do no!
i ome. Tile hours seem atrociously long,
although I no longer pay any attention
10 the rain which continues. Finally
towards 4 o’clock In the afternoon I son
cumin* in pl.ice of the looked for
sti etcher bears —the Germans.
■•• rids time it is for good," I say to
I myself. “I am done for. A blow from
a rifle butt or a thrust of the bayonet
atsd they would finish me. A last thought
of iny family and I try to take my own
rifle and end it. It is useless. The
gur. is m. more than a lump of mud,
ol sticltv clay.
“There Hre five long minutes during
which I exist with a calmness that sur
prises me A German asks me in
"Frencb. ‘Kow are you?’
•T showed him the place whefre I am
wounded.
Reassure Yourself.
“ 'Reassure yourself,’ he says, “that
wi" perhaps amount to nothing. In any
case you will get well.’
"I iearn that they are from Lorraine,
whirh is lucky. They are clad In grey
which makes them almost invisible in
war. T speak of this to them. They
answer.
■’ 'lndeed with your red trousers we
can see you a long distance. You make
superb targets.’
“The Germans went on their way.
promising to return to look for me as
well a others who like myself lay on
the battle field. I take hope. It seems
good to be alive, although I am in a
sorry plight.
“The hours pass; night arrives. It still
rains. Lay breaks. No one; neither
stretcher hearer nor my Lorraines of the
day before It Is not until 4 o'clock in
the afternoon of the second day that the
Germans come back. I have passed 34
hours In reflection In ihe rain, with a
wound which caused me much suffering.
Placed on Stretcher.
“The Germans put me on a canvass
with two pieces of wood at either end.
They carry me to a hamlet, about a
kllomet i and a half distant, and stretch
e me out there in the open air. still In
v the ruin, but- on firmer ground. Then
they go back to search for others. They
bring back thus 750 or 800 wounded, of
whom 400 are French.
“I am soaked. 1 am famished. I
munch with joy a bit of army biscuit
which I find delicious. Upon my urg
ent entreaty, a German consents to give
me a g.ass of wine from his flask which
he has Just filled. I thank him. That
warms me. The German Is going away,
when he changes his mind and demands
payment for his glass of wine. I Jab
ber a little German. I understand and
give him a ten sou piece, the only mon
ey I have left. He takes himself off
content.
“Some German officers come to talk
to us. One of them says to me:
“ ‘lt Is your government's fault that
you arc here.’ _
"Thej all steak French. I note the
rsmsrke of this officer, because It ap
pears to me to indicate a curious men
tality.
Put In Barn.
“The third day of this cavalry, they
put us in a barn on the hay. We have
aa yet received no care. I beg the Ger
mans to take off mv clothes I have
been unable to share a blanket which
happens to bs there. I don't know to
whom It belongs, but necessity stifles
scruples They are quite wlhlng to do
what I have asked My mat. my water
soaked trousers, which were little less
than packages of mud are removed. My
falling shoes, my underdrawers and
socks follow th# same route. My feet
and my wound make me suffer. I take
out my little pocket scissors. I cut my
shirt and flannel belt free of my wound,
.Which i have not seer. It is distress
"jnrlv lon* but nothin* aatonlih**
any longer, after what I have seen. I
moke, ft® (food as it Is bed, ft dressin*
'out of the first aid things In my pounch.
Then I roll myself up In my blanket. I
have no longer anything military except
mv cap and I am almost naked. For
tunately my Jersey keeps me warm.
This operation completed I feel a (treat
re “They sort the German wounded from
♦l » FYem h. . B onie hours after they bring
Vn the sanitary service of the 20lrJ
wnich haa ben taken prisoner. Th*
Frenc h doctors get to work with first
dressings. They make one for me with
t:ncture of lodine. Rut at the moment
they are going to put on the bandage,
the Germans take away the French doc
tors and the wounded Germans. We, In
our turn, are transferred to Llbecourt.
“We are now at the end of the fourth
day if this exercise. They have warn
ed us that we are prisoners. Tonight
we learn that the Prussians are re
treating What Is going to happen 1 !
Will they take us along or leave us to
ourselves? For there are not Lorraines
only in the Germany army. All night
the trope march under our window. One
hears the noise of tramping feet and
gutteral commanffs. ’’
Shrapnel, English
Invention, Used
Well By Germans
London. —Shrapnel, w>hich haß done far
more damage to the Allies than the Ger
man rifle fire, Is a British Invention
over a century old. Its inventor was
General Shrapnel, an English officer who
was born in 1761 and given a commis
sion In the royal artillery In 1779. Thw
thought came to hhn during the war
in Flanders, where he was impressed
by the trifling effect of round shot
against troops and the limited range of
grape. His shell, filled with halls and
powder and Ignited by a time fuse, was
adopted by the British army In 1802 and
played an important part in the Penin
sular war under Wellington and also at
Waterloo. The secret of its action was
unknown outside of Britain until 1834.
With the customary ingratitude of
government, General Shrapnel was neve*
reimbursed for the expense of his ex
periments. All he received wss 1,200
rounds a year ($6,000) and the offer of a
baronetcy he could not afford to accept
He died In 1842 a bitter old man.
Hr. Louis Seaman, the American ex
pert who has visited the hospitals of ths
Allies at the front, says that the Ger
man shells break Into large pieces and
do little damage compared with those
used by the Japanese against Russia,
which were torn Into showers of steel
splinters. But the shrapnel bullets make
jagged wounds and also'carry Infecting
material with them, causing a large per
centage of deaths from blood poisoning
BRITISH DEMAND INCREASE
FOR OPIUM MET BY ORIENT
London. —The increased British de
mand for opium due to the war. Is being
met by import* from the Orient. There
has been no advance in the price of
Persian opium, and the Turkish has in
creased only a shilling the pound. One
ship arriving at London the past week
brought 118 cases containing ICO ponnds
each, and there is a plentiful supply
with the dealers.
It is believed by the English that Ger
many is running short of this drug, so
in the emergency hospitals at
the At least Germany’s impor
tations are cut off entirely and Its sup
ply in store must be carefully guarded.
For the Home I
—Lawn Grass,
—Bulbg,
—Onion Setg, Pearl, Bermu
da, Red, White.
—Turnips, all kinds,
—Cabbage Plants, from 100
to 100,000 - , as wanted.
—Other Garden Seeds
Beets, Cabbage,Carrots,
Collards, Chard, Let
tuce, Kale, Mustard,
Radish, Salsify.
N. L, Willet Seed Co.
AUGUSTA, GA.
LONDON’S THIEVES
PATRIOTIC; CRIME
IS ON THE DECREASE
London.—The patriotic fervor over the
war ha* touched the souls of even burg
lars, pickpockets and strong-arm inen.
London’* police record* prove It, for
crime has fallen off nearly 40 per cent
since the war began.
“Praise is due the criminals.” *aid
Robert Wallace, K. C., In addressing the
The Bell Always* On Guard
'“THERE is never a moment, day or night, when your Bell
* Telephone is not a protection.
In the busy hours of the day and the silent watches of the
night, the switchboard operator is always ready to answer a
call.
The telephone is as much a part of the protective system of
each community as the police and fire departments.
There'B always a feeling of security in the knowledge that
close at hand is the means of calling aid quickly when you
most need it.
More than 70,000 cities and towns are protected day and
night by the Bell Telephone system. 7,500,000 Bell tele
phones are on guard. In thousands of rural communities it is
the chief reliance in emergencies and times of danger.
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A Practical Cycle Car for Anybody
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It is practical, easy running, high speed. Upkeep cost is practically
nothing. Will sell at immense bargain. Apply
T. 0. BRYAN, Business Office, Augusta Herald.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA,
grand jury at the London sessions,” for
the self-control they are exercising dur
ing this period of stress and anxiety.”
A well known social reformer, com
menting on this, attributes much of
crime to the ebullient animal spirits of
youths brought up In vi; cubed su»
rounding*. Defiance of law and order
offers them a means to escape front
their dull drab environment and to in
dulge iheir propensities for romance and
adventure. This they now' proser to
seek at the cannon’s mouth. A cross
of honor or a corporal’s stripe* for va
liant service may reclaim many who
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
have heretofore been considered candi
dates for the gallows.
The annual report of the prison com
missioners for the pa t year show then*
lias been a general decrease in crime all
over Britain. Bentences to penal ser
vitude are 797 a» ar.iloat 87i in the
preceding year, while the imprisonments
of all classes are 135,110 against 149,-
552.
British reform, the substitution of
kind and helpful treatment for the harsh
disciplinary methods of old. and mercy
foV young offenders is hold responsible
for the change
Nervous, Chronic and Catarrhal Dis
eases of Men and Women Cored
Clifton R. Groover, M.D.
The Nero, Blood and Skin Disease Specialist
My Cures Create Confidence. I Never Disappoint My Patients.
(Ip
I GIVE 606 UNO 914 BY THE NEW METHOD WITH
ABSOLUTRY NO PAIN OR BAD AFTER EFFECTS
I hear* mad* a special study of
MTVoui and ohrusdo deep-seated die
aasaa and am espaatally equipped to
Institute sctonttfle treatment In thla
alee* of dlssaaea. I am a specialist
by aducaltan and experience Mr
praotte* la oewduo’sd along th* high
eat professional Unas and la open
to Investigations at aU times Ido
not Institute the so-oalled mall order
system of treatment, but insist upon
saving my pettsnts In parer/n In or
der to give them a thorough exami
nation Then I am In a position to
state Jin t what oan b* accomplished
from my treatment, the probable
length of time required to effecting
a cur* and th* oast of th* treatment
which In ah events la reaeouabls. I
make no oharge for examination,
consultation and advtc*. Ham* Is cor
dially Invited and strictly oonflden
tlai and by calling you place youreelf
Odder no obthsotton whatsoever to
take treatment. lon not accept In
curable case*. I do not treat all dts
vae*. but endeavor to our* those that
1 do treat. I guarantee results In
all ournbia diseases I accept for
treatment Ido not scatter tny fac
ulties. bat eon sen Wats than an my
specialty. Ida not allow any mis
leading statement* to enter Into my
smiouneoments. My practice Is con
ducted on a straightforward, honest,
legitimate beat a I give no gutter
BY “BUD” FISHER
Turkey Raising
Is Profitable
The turkey can lie made a source of excel
lent profit if care is taken in raising the
young. They command excellent prices, espe
cially around Thank-giving and Christmas sea
son, when they are the popular table fowl.
Certain precautions must he ab-erved in
breeding and, of course, free range must be
available, but the latter is an economy, as they
will find most of their own food. Dressing
and packing for market, arc important consider
ations. Next week’s article will give much in
teresting data about the turkey.
Look for if, appearing exclusively on Mon
da \ in The Herald.
LYMPH
COMPOUND
for weak, ner
vous, run down
conditions.
BLOOD POISON
and skin diseases
successfully
treated by the
newest and latest
methods.
PILEB
cured In a short
tlrno Nq cutting
or detention from
business.
RHEUMATISM
Is permanently
cursd by my sys
tem of treatment
ULCERS
I cara not of how
long standing, j
usually cure them
In a short time
ECZEMA
Pimples, Errstp
el as, or any snip
tlve disease ol
the skin pscrap - .-
ly relieved.
*
In*. Impose*!# rurtiHwi tEagg-wap
not itud hr If you mm h Mad
of aolonUfle inarttorlm tMßtaant
for nervoua anohraota Omhm, I
tovtta you to oooault mo (Ml wtCb
on* nUlfWian on your part Came
and bar* a friendly talk «Nb ma
and I will boneatly and fiaidlj ad
via* yon tho boat oourae to parau*.
If your oaa* la incurable I wlfl twd
lr and honeatly toll you *o and 04-
yon against tha farthor naatooa
expenditure of mon*y with aaaero
p/loua doctors.
RIFUINOIt
I hav* to ray office scores of M
tora from potion U testifying to the
•Mown of my tdrmtraent. I, under
no drourastonees however. publish
any lattar without perraleelou from
the writer My beat testimonials
are my many ourod, satisfied pati
ent*. and my faaa are reason* bl* and
no mot* than you are willing to bay
for a complete eenra
Consultation and advtoa (Tea and
confidential Offtca hours, I t. 11l
to T F. M.. dally; Sundays, 10 to t,
only.
Dr. Groover, Specialist
004.7 Dyer Bldg- Augusta, Os.
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