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m ) PAGE SIX GRIP? KNOCK IT OKI ,r Victim Tells of Decoction Thai Cured Him Quickly. Prescription Brought From France b) Soldier Son Saved Him Many Days and Nights of Misery, ^ * and a Doctor's Bill. ^ ^ The symptoms were unmistakable. Pains shot up my back and through my head. Sneeze followed sneeze, and ^ I felt as weak as, but more helpless than, a kitten. /By When I got home from the office? and I don't know how I managed tc pSyl crawl there?my whole body was one \?3s large ache. My wife rushed to ineel me at the pate. "Jack's come home on leave, dear," ; she said, throwing her arms around my v s neck lu sheer ecstasy. "He got fourtecr? days. Isn't It simply glorious?" (Jack Is our soldier boy.) I didn't like to do so, but on the TOI grounds of expediency I gently but | |J I firmly pushed her off. " "lie careful, old girl," I explained. Tve got It." Dnimff She knew by my watery eyes what I meant by it, and slipped her arm In mine to help me up the path. I was glad of her assistance, for I was shivering all over and felt very depressed, gees Id "Jack will be disappointed. He's Ever] looking forwnrd to having such a good time, and now tt looks as If you will be in all the time." With a groan, I curled np on the ouch. ' "Whatever are we to do?" she asked ^ | hs she brought my slippers. "I've noth- ?an(j gt \ 1lng In the house and the shops are all 1 closed. Goodness knows where we can mi find a doctor, and poor Jack will soon . be back. He's Jnst run round to have 1?"!? ? _ . _ ? And sor a peep at Owen." j eanm The situation was certnlnlv desnor Bte. My head seemed to be bursting, to't'hV* and so did my heart. This was n poor , . . . him in sort of welcome to give to our sonule .. , . , _ ,,, , am expi after years of absence, and I will free- * lv own that by this time something r' , .. . ? ceremoi else as well as influenza was respon- Tl , , . . Jinks.' Bible for mv watery eves. ... I W( "Yes, dad," said Jack half an hour ^ ls later as be sat by my bed, "a month . ' ago T thought some of us were In for ' ? a terrible time. We never had such a ^ drenching and couldn't get a blessed ' bit of clothing dry. We ached all over. Us,,H J In fact, we were Just about like you. It was rotten luck, too, for we n.Issed ** ome of the fun. Rut Just wnen wr? ?ra ' D were at our worst, a French peasant r* J11 fold us he knew of something that n n Would soon put us right. Ha told ns he had two herbs In his garden which lt>n> " be believed wotild save half the world " " * '' If they were only uk?h1. Elder blossom m and peppermint, those were the two. U"1A "Well, he dropped a handful of each In n Jug and made a strong Infusion ' by pouring a pint and a half of boll- r,in.( lng water over them. Just as I have ? s 1 done. He let It steep for about half 1 an hour on the hob. then strained and * '*? sweetened It. and mado us drink it as <!,J hot ns we could stand It. lie simply "H" ot^ Becked us with It, but the next day Puswng we were like new men. "What, do yon say you can hardly Sl1'' believe It? Well, hero cotnes mother 1 With a Jugful. It was lucky I had some ln t,mt with me. and I'll take good care never p"nn>'ll to he without It. Now take a good *?1,! r,,<' wig of this. It's quite nice. Then 1 cover up and we'll pile on the clothes." co'd ,,n< Sooner than I could have believed, P,'n't fp' the perspiration was rolling down my sn'(l **' face In grand style. Later on I emptied ^ the jug and fell into a deep, refreshing nlsle ca sleep. time by The next morning the feeling of en- 'f that 1 nui had passed away. My head was 're clearer, and I could even make a joke, have fel The day after I was able to sit up, and I've never looked hack since. of H Now this ls not a fairy tale, hut a on f toher fact, and If all who are victims world. of the Influenza fiend would try this he mngie potion they wrruld soon l>o corner breathing benedictions on the head of those ot that unknown peasant In Flanders. It would L Is so harmless that you cannot use It full frni ?mi so eirecmai mat yon can- ever m< not give if in vain.?Buffalo Express, distant mo as i Women Are Huskies. hnvo J A rolling pin In an excited woman's listen t( hands knows no home. That Is why, -jf y< when the police commissioner appoint- would t ad six women cops he gave them ev- C|Kar at erythlng that a man cop possesses but w a club. The new women cops will mer have the same shield the regular po- yine ftn llcemen wear, and each will he dressed a wife In a "suitable" blue service uniform, carry a gun and handcuffs and fce nup. piled with summons hooks Just as nil cops are, but they will not be allowed n* to swing a club. "These women are *"lH e much needed In New York at the present time," explained the commission- "on" 8t rr, "and, In fnct, I consider their serv- nnno"nf Ices so necessary that I have asked nian the board of estimate to fclve me an perm Appropriation for 20 more pollcewom- wa8 en." The women cops will specialize <ra^er 8 Among their own sex, especially as a an(1 pnt guard against the temptations that on rpa(' joung women come In contact with In tlie owr the city. Bnt at the same tlrne, If any whether guy geta fresh with them, they will get Curio! aplenty, for all the women are 1ms- 'nr 88 1 kles and know their business.?;Pw ^"1 nov York Son. street si ________________ nation, for otnc Hospital Baa* at New York- ? IIK-IU Ut A number of large structures In New Ration York city, including the old Oreenhut Hints b department store in Sixth avenue, deep Which has acres of floor apace, have been f;ak^n over by the army medical Wo department for the purpose of creating ft hospital base of at least 50,000 beds. ^ a, sh! l? 7 KEEP YOUR S !) 1 LIQUIDS AND PASTES. F< ,/ ! I TAN, DARK BROWN OR O ( \ | if PRESERVE THE I ( T?rr"f F~Ual>-I.Y COnPOWATIOH mOOFORMAU ner Rails at Prevailing J> Rules of Etiquette. * Ol eal Condition of Affair# Where " Kbody Knows Everybody Else r Hit First Name?Asks, u. Why Be 8trangers7 s cold, formal world wo live In," pd the drummer, as he Inspectsouvenlr postals on the rack, unethlng should be done about ^ hi ust have somebody to talk to. 81 rfectly strange man across tho si me over and asked me for the w my watch. I am positive that neighborly ruhe hudnt broken si that strange man would never ui It free enough to make his re- c If he had asked for the loan T > 1 would have pussed It to him w ipot. I felt so In love with the it tr n I left the car at my hotel fi I was myself Impelled to bid her people a fond adieu. They lave been put In a more cheerrue of mind, and If perchance I *t one of them again In some land they would have accepted in old friend. And thut'8 one ny system requires. I must ine one to talk to, some one to t> me." >u were married your problem >e solved," sold the girl at the and. 'ould not." replied the drurally. "I'm on the road all the d don't make enough to carry; with me." Dates Back Centuries. before the present drnstlc spinrnlng enemy aliens showed ItGreat Britain, a shop door In reet carried written large the ement that "no person of Gorth, whether naturalized or not, Itted to enter these premises." of course in the nnture of an nd visible sign of an InwHiVl rlotlc grace, bnt one wondered lng that notice bow on earth { ler of the premises could tell his order got obeyed or not. | <lty, however, did not go so 0 Impel inquiry In the matter, 1 that the spirit of the Bond riopman Is shared by the whole It might be quite worth while lals of several of the governpartments to get a little Inforfroro him on "how he does It." a sod on experience ore not to Ised. S, uldn't Hslp Legal Brother. a< Tu.skegee graduates represent- ' >ectlvely, plulntifl and defend THE LANCASTE mmsm HOES NEATfm?) >R BLACK. WHITE, // I f X-BLOOD SHOES. ^Vu/l'I A I LEATHER. It VJ t. Iimi- n, BUrnao.N.V."' ') "rm ' ' nt in a municipal court the other he question at issue being close nlge asked for some authorities The attorney for the plaintiff 1 il up a book. Ills honor was s< ressed with the citation that h< prved, "This case seems to hi nint.'* When the Judge had finis pposlng counsel, much perturbed landed. "Mlsto Attorney, le' me mt hook." "No, sah!" was the retort. "1 p yo* own law."?Chicago News. Source of Timber Shifted. Shipbuilders in Maine are brlr mher for supplying their yards | regon. This, a few years ago, w ive been regarded as another ance of carrying coals to Newer hue was when Maine had tii tough for its own purposes an are. There is, perhaps, no oecu >r alarm at the present time, ouId it not he well, even now, rly to listen to me especially. ** nethnes that one Is hard to find. el at, according; to the rules of s' e as now Interpreted, walk up *f first man 1 meet and en^uKe w an enxrosslns: conversation. I ?cted to pass him up uhtll some 8< of his or mine performs the ly of 'Mr. Jones, meet Mr. w in't stand on It or for It. If ^ no one around to Introduce me he Job myself. When you know becomes a very easy matter, m will find, the other person Is as Kind to meet you as you are ? film. So why be strunners? r all, this country Is u very lace. Just a little over a hun- ^ [lllon of on. If we were a con- ^ nice everybody should know dy else by his first name. Is n n.vthlriK sadder than the heart Cl w Yorker or a Clilcaconn walk- '' in tlve streets of Los Angeles ? vlng nolwtdy? a man who knows all the col>- 81 >3 on Market street In 'Frisco '' of loneliness on l'romhvay, for 'ellow man cares. The man who '' nun the country, the tall jfrnss, 81 woods. Is not si> formal as his " >ther. I was on a street car 8< er duy and one of the other 8 ers was a soil tiller. When he c< Ids corner he turned around I: 'Wal, good-by, everybody." It tn' e? My friends, everybody ear put on a broad smile. Tlio ii itiinacy of tho old tnnn wiirunfl \v kles in every heart. A woman In irxt to me, who had looked as s? 1 distant as the top of l'ike'a vi om Denver, turned to me and I; <ri't he m di'iir old Muni 9" > -Mr < ...... ^I r l < Ir^.n MM. W,.K (.^ l of th? world * magic and only g ulne corn-peeler. "Octs-It." T1 and then only will you be sure t your corn will loosen from your *o that you can peel It right gloriously easy with your rtng Take no chances of continued r and soreness?why use greasy, I tmuiK Hiuvi's, uini and press Into the "nulck," rai and 'diggers" that make corn* bl and alao grow faster? TTse palnl easy, always sure "Oets-It " The only one like It In the world?th "Oets-It " 4 Millions have tried O. K.'d It for years. It never fi "Oets-It." the guaranteed, mor back corn-remover, the only i way. coats but a trifle at any drug at kff'd by K. Lawrence A Co.. Chicago Did In l.an<astrr and recouunei n tho world's boat corn roniod; P. Mackfy Co., Standard i ompany.?Adr. tun*- to hegin thinking of coiiser >11 oi tlit* Aroostook? To have t it ot the state for timber is satl. i lie.' ? .?? look elsewhere for pnta oiihl l>e terrible.?Christian Scl on it or. Fair Exchange. United States troops Iti Franco Jtind two short cats to the friend f the French Pollu when he ens to he their neighbor In cam 1 the line. They are flour and tola 'he United States soldiers, iMdi e explained are sunnlled wltn e ?nt white flour, from which they r palatable bread almost sn goo nke. Yet, curiously enough, they i?r the darker and very much cor rtlcle served out to the French n which the latter apply the criptlve name of "bran hall." T j, it need hardly be said, no dlflli l arranging an exchange. As t< ncco, the Yanks enjoy an unfa apply of it?"United States tob tiat smells of honey," as a Fr jldler puts It?hut he is wlllin ivap any amount of It with his Fr ;)inrn<U's. Chile Building Ships. Two large shipbuilding plants nr ig cri-cii'il in southern t'hile. 1 ill be ready for opt rut inn in Sep it iitnl tin* building of wooden* *ls will in fill iiniiu-ilinti'ly. The i-ssi'l, nf ii.ihhi tuns, will In* laun 1 Miin h, llll'.t. uncording to tin* s< In, ami another vnssnl of tin* > ze will lnave the ways shortly a ard. The new shipyards are being meted at Linnao. The wood P sed in shipbuilding is native tinili hilenn oak, spruce and other w< he maehlnery for the new vei 111 he bought in the United Stat is possible to get it from tills c y; otherwise the builders will g om Antofagasta. Be a Joy-Walker, "Bets-It" for Con 2 Drops, 2 Seconds?Corn Is Doom When you almost die with y hoes on and corns make you alrr walk sideways to get away fi the pain, take a vacation for a n ute or two and apply 2 or 3 dr IB NEWS, LANCASTER. 8. C. I mifi C VAi I Lancaster Con I I Assoi S land- |Q , ) tin- Every owner ol a motor ear 0 ? ob- [Jj UZ ifi in the county who is interested 8te ffi invited to join tlie Lancaster 3g an association primarily design in by improving the roads. iRlnj? Hi from Q" S Membership in the local ass* ?i??t>r jjj in the South Carolina State Ai isiou ... but S ('?ni Automobile Association ai V,UK LC ciation and menibers are entitle o ko LC radiator emblem and subscripts t'uee 1^ Anyone wishing to join the ! Te ized about January 1"), may s T? p ?>r tJ* ( leorge B. Craven, Editor The icrn. B" nnke 4? d iiH IH irM??r 31 r^irinnrinriririniTtnr-innripipi [u JUUUUUUULJLilLIUEriJUM JJi. ilc Mil?y Esprit do Corp* Works Wonder*. j Th< , Ksprlt do corps makes every Frenclj I ' ^rs- Smltli prl< llln&r ^''dlor '<***1 proud to belong to his unit, flv,nK appropriut arco f?r ',w proclaims that his unit Is the enrh ?' u" *n tl,e French armies and "Giving tens to ,, ... Hint all men of this unit aro a fine lot. Thflf L-uch 'hat esprit de corps will make them ( _ ' na* perform wonderful achievements In or- "Few people t 3er to outdo neighboring units. But caJ'-v '* out' the exaltation of the morale Is really ^VK> e he- work of the ofllcers; they are in eou' co,u'ug. Phev c'oso with the men and have ~~ their confidence. They will point out Tyv/vrv v,w. '? them the reasons why they ffght; f_f(3M J llrst will tell them why they must b? confident of snccess; they will give O 1 i them gome Indications as to how thl |j ^ ^ Q[ | ..nni. next battle will be fought and the reaft or- ,ons why n success Is expected?nnme- C?ives the f j ly. the great superiority In puns, In am< up-to-date il (< n munition, In Infantry and In morals only about S lh? shall have In this partloulm p,an(e<1 t() sector. T hen. as the training goes on r, . . ? " ' the men will feel and reallzo their au alsoabou C I perlority over the enemy. ?se !<> K>ve ^ | Another sentiment which must be In- during tile C< ,B i culcated Into every fighter Is a stron| OUR 40 YEJ hnto for the Boche, a strong desire t< and an, e(lu,Pm meet him, to fight him and to beal THE I j Bomb-proof Theatera. 1 Farm and ( One of the most enterprising of Pa- ... ... _ . . .. . . Writ* for Call [tO (rlslnn theater managers has opened QRA88 and 'two cellar theatera, one for each of SEED OAT this two houses. The regular perfornv an(j 8EEC led! nn~*. i...i.inm i. ?*. ? x(iiw - iut uyiuun uuiiorv Catalog Mallac urns. Bgt If the alarm la sonnded foi ? ... ... nn air raid the audience la Invited to |# 1^1. vlC tin- 'adjourn tn the cellar, where the play 8EED8MEN !tt'?ea -tn. One of the cellar* date* from [ _ the days of the revolution and to Deal For the ftc ^ | ithe I'alals Royal. PLANT W< n I ANDERSON MOTO /I If as FOR saijK? ffl 1 Motorcycle. fl I 11(17 Max well. ^P| i Lliflit Itulrk Touring far. I 1P17 Anderson Roadster. 1 1 1 pi7 Anderson <j-io touring Car. la* "I 'an- These cars were taken in as part payment on i ten, hat derson cars and have been overhauled and nut in \vft d It ion in our own shops. ?rs. tain rrl- These cars and also a full line of our now mc torn Convertible Roadsters and Sport Models may be 9< vlre Station at No. 126 Itlark Street. Wo want an a*ent In l^annaster and have a fine and the riKht man. Write or telephone 626, ilia rl Anderson Service 5 uded y by ROCK IIIIJ,, SOUTH CAROLINA. ??-- . .? .. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919. iBjaiara^ 1 / THE | I inty Automobile | I J ciation | r truck and every man and woman [ 1 i\ 111 automobiles and good roads are [ 3 Coiuitv Automobile Association, I 3 ed to improve motoring conditions [ 3 ! aviation also includes membership j 3 titoniobile Association, the Ameri- j 3 id the National Automobile Asso- ^3 (1 to one copy of t lie "Blue Book,'' [ 3 ^ 1 011 t<> the "American Motorist." IV _ _??aie citizens between the ages | 8~8EED CORN I "f 21 and 60 years are llAble to a H i POTATOES. . >'":. Tax of $1.00, except those ex . - erupted by law. n I Free on Request. 1 _ All citizens between the Agee of 9 Rm None 21 and f?6 years are liable to a capi- 9 >Ou oc OOU5, tatlon Koad Tax of |3 00 9 - Richmond, Va. ??TT AllMTOK'S NOTICE. I ist of Gardens, X OOD'8 8EED8. The County Auditor will fill the JR following appointments for taking 9 returns for 1018: 9 ~ ??* _ | Osceola Tuesday, January 7. 9 I 1'leasAnt Valley Wednesday, Jan- 9 oary ? 9 111 Helalr Thursday, January 9. 9 Van Wyck Friday, January 10. 9 1 Dixie Monday. January 13. In the 9 morning. Jfi Dwlght Monday. January 13, In 9 the evening. 9 ' Trudesville Tuesday, January 14. 9 A. S. Mungo Wednesday, January 9 IS, In the morning. 9 Flat Creek Church Wednesday. niiunry i a, in the evening. Taxahaw Thursday, January 16. . . White Rluff Friday, January 17. Iff new model An- ,n tlie morning. ro tlrst-class con- V/elah Friday. January 17. In the evening. 9g ' Kershaw Monday and Tuesday. January 20-21. >dels. including Heath Springs Wednesdny and k.? een at our Sei- Thuraday. January 22-22. w Pleasant Hill Friday, January 24. 3^ Carmel Saturday, January 26. jffi proposition for All male cltlzena between the age SI; of 21 and 66 are liable for $3.00 road tax. All male cltlzena between < the uges of 21 and 60 are liable for Sj$ Nation 11 ft0 pon tM- M . Heturns shall be made of personal property and all transfers of real estate should be made. Si ! J09. W KNTOHT. gg ?m^ County Auditor. pf; a association, which will he organ- E a ,ecure desired inforination from Ej E , Lancaster News. E j 1 BHflBBBBBBBBBBBBBlBBBIila > Klnd- 1 TAX NOTICE, les herself on always rpho tax books will open October e entertainments. 15th, 11+18. and close March 16th. >lng Just now?" 1919. After December 31st the 1 golf players." j usual penalties will be collected. I The levy Is as follows: Depends. ' For State purposes 8 1-4 mills, an view phllosophi- Ordinary county purposes 3 3-4 00k In their lives." "lills. as ?. s Roads and brldres fi 3-4 mills, cun, If It is a load Constitutional school tax 3 mills. Interest on past indebtedness ImiiiN 1 mill. "" 1 For C. & C. Railroad bonds 1 1-4 >0 FORTIETH mins. kJ ANNIVERSARY Interest on borrowed money 1-2 n 1 I f- rt I ss. I ! For Interna# r>?? T..^r.u :- 1 - .unnnuip UUUU8 in * LAldlUl! Pleasant Hill 3-4 mills; In Cane O Creek, 1 3-4 mills; in (Jills Creek, idlest and most 1 i*2 nulls. ?w^r Special taxes are levied In tlie vanformation, n t r|olls districts are as follows: (JCCIS that can he In Districts 6 and 13, two (2) advantage, but mills. Tops that proill- In Districts 22, 29 and 4 5, three ie largest profits ( Jj/'J'tlsTriets 1, 3. 5, 21, 30, ?, 23, jnung year. 48 2() 26. 4 1 and 47 four (4) mills. tR8' EXPERIENCE, jn District 7. six (6) mills, ont that Is unsur? jn District 4, seven (7) mills, ountry, give us un- ln Districts 10, 11. 12, 14, 15, 17. ages for supplying 18 19 24, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 3 E 8 T OF 39. 42. 43, 46 and 49. eight (8) iarden Seeds,1 In District 38, ten (10) mills. I Hog and Prices of In District 4 0. eleven (11) mills | ni euro occno 1"