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GERMAN? AND Fl GK.H.M.WS ATTACK IN F?RCH. Toii'tlliu Rom bimbi w>nt ol V, H. Trenches-Sammies on Hie ?lol?. With thu American Army 111 France. .March I. American troops i< pulsed o strong (?orman attack this morning In the salient north of Toni. Thorr; were many American casualties, one of the killed hoing f\ captain who was graduated from West Tonil in I ill 7. Tho raid was a complete failure, three Germain prisoners remaining in American hands. The ground ,in front of the American tronches was Strewn with German dead. A driving wet ?now wo s falling this morning when tho Germains opened fire on Hie American salient with every weapon flt their com mand. Seventy-sevens, heavy shells and ga? shells fell In a perfect,whirl wind on tho American trenches for half an hour. At the samo time oilier enemy ?hells lu great numbers were dropping on the Am?ricain battery poe! Hone. Geriiuins Let, IJOOSO (?ns, The Gormans, evidently thinking that tho Americans in this section having one taste of gas a few days .ago. would fear it now, let looso great quantities of poisonous gas, but tho mon j Alt on their masks and only a few were affected by it. So Intense wa? the Aro it hat the woods back ?f it ho salient ,wero ?hot to pieces. At (i o'clock the barrage fire lifted on the trenches to tho right of tho salient, aird Germans numbering 2 10 came sweeping forward under the protection of their fire. They came forward apparently intending to make a big haul and Jumped into bvhat wa? left of tiho trenches, but there, instead of the eaey time an ticipated, found tho Americans all ready for battle. Fierce hand-to hand fighting began. One American captain rallied men with rifles and machine guns and went through the American wire en tanglements Into No 'Man's'Land and there waited for the enemy, whom he (expected ito he driven out by his comrades in the trenches. Americium Poured, noadly Fire?. He waa right, for soon groups of the enemy started back through tho wire entanglements. The Americans poured in a deadly fire, 'but unfortu- ! natoly 'the captain was killed during the fight. He ls the first, member of of the 11117 class at West Point to ho killed. While the Americans were vu front of tho wire entanglements and in ?hell boles, still lighting desperate ly, tho American barrage fire bogan ?weeping No Man's Land, catching minny running .Prussians who had enough of Am?ricain imethode. The barrage swept back and forth, mak ing ?ure of doing all possible dam age to 'the foe. When the enemy had been driven back out of ithe .positions, the bodies of ten German soldiers were found in the American trenches. Two Ger man officers were entangled in tho wire and many bodies were In sight. Fight were visible through'the (snow storm at ono point. The ground was littered with enemy hand grenades, boxes of explosives for destroying dugouts and 'incendiary bombs which they had no opportunity to use. They managed, however, io drop incendiary bombs In two dugouts, which were destroyed by flro, but no Americans we ix? In them. If the Gormans captured any prisoners, which it is doubtful, there were not more than two or three jiossibly from a. listening post. Of the miss ing, rm an y .probably were buried. Digging for them now ls proceeding and others may be accounted for. Two Gorman Prtaonleng Wounded, Two German prisoners were "CASCA RUTS" FOK A I 'OLD, HAD Hit FA TH OH SICK IIKADACHK Rest, for liver and Dowels, for Hil longness, Sour Stomach and Constipation. Get a 1 0-cent box now ! Furred tongue, bad colds. Indiges tion, ?allow skin and miserable head aches come from a torpid liver and clogged bowels, which cause your stomach to become tilled with undi gested food, which sours and fer ments like, garbage in a swill bar rel. That's the first step to untold misery-indigestion, foul gases, bad breath, yellow skin, mental fears, everything that is horrible and nau seating, A Cascarot to-night will give your constipated bowels a thor ough cleansing and straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep--a 1 0-cent box from your druggist will keep you feeling good for months. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then to keep their stomach, liver and bow els regulated, and never know a mis erable moment. Don't forgot the children--their little Insides need a good, gentle bleaslng, too.- Adv. 5 MEET FC [ND THEY Not Many of the J German Ranks t Real Brush \ wounded and tho oilier taken) was unhurt except for a welt on .ono of his hands, when: ho was struck hy a young American soldier when lie showed light after capture. From tho poisoners the American officers have secured mindi valuable information. One said: "I .did not have a ?chanco to do anything .before an American jump ed on nie and .grabbed une by the throat." The Germans had been proparlng for tlie raid Tor three weeks and be longed to the 78th reserve division of llanover. The .prisoners had Rus sian coins In their possession and came Into the trenches opposite josi before the Americans took over thc j sector. Tho Americans lost many killed and wounded, >i ucl ml Ling officers. The Americans displayed tho greatest personal courage, bravery and oner j gy throughout tho engagement and out-fought the surprised enemy fr omi the instant contact was established During the bombardment, a to wir behind the American line was heav ily shelled and there were ?onie eas nal th's. Germains Take Teta Americans, nerita, March I.-Ten Americans have been captured by the German! near Chavlgmon., on the Kreuel front, army headquarters announce! to-day. A few French (prisoners also wen taken from the hosMQe' trenches bj the Gorman storming troops tba made tho raid. (Cha'vignon ls in the western sec tor of the Aisuie front, north of tin 'Westerly end of the Chemin, de Dames, a mile and a half west o Pargny-Filaln. American troop were known to be in the front Rn? in the Chemin des Dames region, bu the official .German anmountemien loCatos them moro exactly than thc previous reference to their presence In- this seie.to'r "contained in the dis patches from the American corres pondon ts or J* rom other sources.) French Hcpul.se Attack. Paris, March I.-After a violen bombardment bust night tho 'Ger mains (made ail 'attack on tho Aisn front, east of Chavlgnon, the war of lice announced. A violent hand-to hand struggle followed, terminatln, to the advantage of the French, win threw back the Germans anni inflict ed heavy losses on'them. The state ment follows: "In the region east of Chavignoi at S o'clock last night the Germans after a heavy bombardment, hurlee two columns against the Prend lines. :A violent hand-to-hand con il let followed, terminating to the ad vantage of the French. The Ger mans were thrown back after havlnj suffered heavy losses. Prisoners re mal ned hi the hands of the French "Another attempt against &mal French posts southeast of Corben; achieved no greater success. "During the night there wa? aetiv artillery fighting in the region o Crnonne, between the Miette and th Aisne and in tho sector of Rheims A hospital Un Rheims for ci'vHlan was shelled systematically with in cendiary bombs. Tho building wa burned down. "In tho Champagne during th night a series of (bombardments wa directed, against the French firs lines, .particularly in tho region o the heights 'Oui both sides of Sulp pe and the region of R?tte du Mesni This morning the tuiemy made spirited attack against our new pc sitions southwest of Dutte du Mesni lt was broken up by the French fir and the assailants were driven bac except, at one point, where the gained a footing in an advance trench element. At the same time strong German raid east of Strippe was repulsed completely. "in the Argonne French patrol took prisoners. In the Woovre ther was rather hewvy artillery fightin late In the might in tho sectors c KeginoviHe and Remeneuville. K\ or y where else the night was calm. "On Tuesday a French aerh squadron carried out a photograph! reconnaissance as-far RS.MaflenbOTi more then 80 kilometers (50 miles behind Uno (Iceman limes." Successful Raid by Hiltish. London, March 1.-"A suecesefi raid In which we captured n fe prisoner?, was carried out 'by Sta ?ford and Cheshire troops last nigl north o'f the Ypres-Staden railway, (the war olllce report?. "There W-l [SOmo artillery activity on both shh 'during the might in the neigh bo )ES FROM ' ARE FIGf \ttackers Return to 0 Report on First Vith Sammies. J hood ot" La Vacquerie and cast ot /Ypres." AMERICANS ON RATTDIO LINK. Their Work Indicates Activity of Our Mon-Tho Casualties. With Hie American Army In 1 France, Feb. 28.-A strong German 1 attack, following a heavy barrage j Ore against he American trenches in ? the Chemin Oes Dames sector, was 1 repulsed with losses to the attackers. I Tho well placed Anuerican machine I guns sent streams of bullets into tho I (advancing enemy and as the Qer ' man barrage fire lifted the American artillery quickly laid down a curtain j ot* Uro, the Germans retiring without ; a single prisoner. There were no American casualties. I Five French soldiers were wound I ed during tho fighting. The Americans stayed in their ! dugouts until the proper time, when Hiey jumped to their guns and fought like veterans. Yesterday one oflicer and one man were killed and two were wounded by enemy slmll fire. One Am?ricain soldier was gassed. The Germans made a gas attack also lu this sec itor, firing fifty 'projectiles of high per cent gas and twenty high explo sive shells. One American soldier ls dead and eight are suffering from the effects of tho poisonous gases so far report ed, but it is .probable that more casu alties will develop, a?? in the Toul sector. There was an attack Monday, but the numbor of casualties to tho American troops rn this sector since they became engaged cannot be de termined. AU the killed -and wound ed in these operations are from the New England States. The American artillery to-day ob literated a mine-throwing position held by the enemy. A stray German shell fell on an American ammunition train, killing two and wounding four soldiers. A town behind the American lines was shelled, ono soldier being killed and five wounded. A dozen shells fell In the town. The number of soldiers suffering from the effects of tho recent German gas attack was increased to-day by (twenty, bringing the total gas casual ties to eighty. "Tho Man With the Doe." In his address of welcome to farm demonstration agents, in their recent meeting at Clemson College, Presi dent Riggs, amnog other things, truly said : "We are an entire nation at war, and I feel the same thrill in welcom ing you to Clemson as I would if you we're a company of vetorans return ing from the shell-torn fields of France, with banners flying and bands playing, for you are Indeed the Captains .In an army that must not stiffer defeat lest all be lost even honor. "Against tho background of a world-wldo war, the solitary figure of thc man with the hoe tooms lar ger than the tallest soldier. Armies can he conscripted, but old mather nature can only be coaxed into sor vlce. No act of Congress cnn speed the time of harvest, no edict of au thority can govern the season?. The patient and scientific toil of your great army of farmers is necessary to save the day and make possible n realization of President Wilson's hope for a world made 'safe for de mocracy'." To Cure a Cold In One Doy. Take LAXATIVK BROMO Quinine. It atop? the Coush mid Headache ?nd works off the Cold, | Drugglnts refund money if it fails to cure. Ii. W. GKOVI?'8 signature on each box. 30c. To Raise Another 9100,000,000. Washington, Feb. 28.- In for mally announcing to-night that a campaign to raise another $100,000, 000 would be held during tho week beginning May 6 tho American Red Croats War Council said that to dato practically $87,000,000 of the first $100,000.000 fund had been appro priated. Tlie additional funds now sought, tho statement said, aro nec essary to keep np tho war work, which Includes services to the eo-bcl ligeront nations ns well as to the American fighting men. Plies Cured In 6 to 14 Days : Your druggist will refund money if PAZO , Ol N TM li NT (aila to cure anyca.se ot Itching, ' mind, Weeding or Protruding riles In 6tol4daya. The fust application gives l{nsc and Kent. 50c. AMERICA iTERS. M KN WA KN IO I) AO A INST (?AS. Some Americans (ins Poieoiitod to , Death-(Hiter* in Hospitals. ! NVKtli Hie Am?ricain Army Iii France, Mardi 1.-Strict orders wore tesiied to-day to all ranks in the American wen tor ot' the battle front) near Toni regarding gas precautions.' ;The men were told that 'they must' Ikeep thelir mastos and respirators' within quick reach at all times and' were warned that the slightest delay ?fin -getting them on might mean death. A few moro additional gas cases developed t<o-d,ny among the mon who, many hours' after the gas shells' had (exploded,, .went to work in the (gassed area .where the firmes, like water, remained Va sholl holes and other depireseionte in the earth. ItetiibuOion tynr -Gormans. Swift retribution bas fallen upon Hie Herman batterie? which this week bombarded the Ameaican trenches northwest of Toul with gas shells. American heavy (artillery concentrated its flrre on the Germain Ruinen werter batteries for half ail hour Thursday an<i obliterated tho position. Many direct hits with high explo sive shells were1'made by the AuieTi ean gunners. Ttimfbers wore thrown 'high lu the air and explosione, prob ably of enemy ammunition and gas, rresulted. The ground about the Ger man batteries was churned upside down, and if there were any HjSerman soldiers there it hey certainly (suffered 'death. Thus far six men havo died from tibe effects of the .German gas sherie. 'Moro than flu are in the hospital suf iferhi'g from ,gas poisoning. Most of tho cases, however, are slight, and only one (man is reported to be in a |g<rave condition. Airplane photograph's aided the lAmeri<eain gunners in their destruct ive Are against the German batteries. The photographs, taken yesterday, (disclosed the .?xaet location, of the wu in en werf ors, with the result that lt did not take the .^-univers long to even uip the score with the enemy. . While the jiu m ber of enemy shells falling within the American lines has | decireased sllightly In the .past 24> hours, nevertheless, the artillery fighting has been lively. While an empty auiiiniunition train was baited at a. .place called .Dead 'Man's Point, a stray enemy sholl' dropped nearby and Quilled two men, two horses which had l'un away and wounded four men. (iennan Sholl Blocked! Dugout. In a certain town .behind a front a (German shell exploded near the door leading to a telephone dugout, block ing the passageway. The operators In the dugout, although In considera ble danger,- continued1 to work the important dine, at the same trine call ing for help. Soidieirs were sent to the dugout and the .passage way was .reopened. The Aimerlcan: artillery has kept up a constant harassin'g aJid destruct ive fire on many vital enemy points, Isufch as crossroads and towns. Ger irnan wording partios twere dispersed (effectively and once the 75'? fired. (Vigorously on a number of Gormans Hoi a first dine trench, quioMy iblowlng in the entire trench system. Ground pnist and rain ha've prevented freo observation, but tho guns have tho enemy targets so well registered that they novo been able to work effect ,tvely. I/ate Thursday aiftoimoon the Gor mans attempted to retaliate for<iho (destruction of the mlneniwerfer 'bat teries. They bombarded the Ameri can heavy artillery with their biggest {guns, but their shooting had little effect. American patrols were all over No Man's Land laisj night, but did not encounter any Gormans. The American sector is now an ocean of maid and (constant .work ls tnecossary to keep tho .trenches, iglin lints and dugouts free from water. Prom information reaching the .Ainiertean lines, it ls apparent that the enemy is .taking advantage of the low visibility to dounuch work in his position. Many noises of kinds dnv posslblo to suppress and other Infor mation make this certain. Two Mexican Soldiers Shot. Kl Paso. Texas, Keb. 28.-A Mexi can Federal sergeant and a private soldier were wounded yesterday by United Sillies vavairy patrols in an exchange of shots across tho mo Grande, east of Ysleta, 12 miles from here. The Mexicans oponed fire on a patrol party of eight cavalrymen, who returned i . Thc six Mexican soldiers took refuge In an adobo but, but later attempted to escape, when two of their number were wounded. UNION GUANO CO., (WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.,) HIGH-GRADE To the Farmers of Oconee: Please take notice that the Fer tilizer business heretofore conducted by Geo. A. Harrison, deceased, rep resenting the above named well-known manufacturers, will be conducted by Baylis W. Harrison and G. W. Pitch ford. We will carry at all times full stock at the old Harrison Warehouse at Blue Ridge depot. DON'T FORGET THAT THIS IS UNION GOODS. Call, phone or write for any in? formation to BAYLIS W. HARRISON, C. W. PITCHFORD, Walhalla, S. G. Are Your Business j Affairs Secure? I Have you provided for the members of your own household-not their present needs only, but for their needs in thc future, when they may not have you to depend on ? Have you things so fixed that in your absence there would be without question a certain and sufficient income to provide them with the comforts of life? If you have not, you will find on investigation that among the numers policy forms of The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company there is at least one within your reach that will exactly suit your case. You can make no mistake in allowing us to explain these liberal policies in detail. J. W. DICKSON, State Agent, - - Anderson, S. C. B. H. DEASON, District Agent, - - Greenville, S. C. REFERENCES : Thc Bank of Walhalla, - - - - Walhalla, S. G Mr. O. C. Lyles,.West Union, S. C. LUTHERAN FUND IS EXCEEDED. Went After $750,000-$ 1,000,000 AlroUdy in Sight. (The .State, March 1.) Telegrams were received in Colum bia yesterday from Rev. Walton H. Oreever, D. D., of Columbia, who is directing tho campaign for Lutheran soldiers' and sailors' war relief fund In New York, emphasizing that the campaign has been brought to a con clusion with magnificent results. The $7f>0,000 desired was readily sub scribed, and the national Lutheran commission for soldiers' and sailors' welfare has assurance of subscrip tions from other sources to carry the fund easily beyond $1,000,000. It Is estimated that 100,000 Lutherans are in the different brandies of tho service, and the wolfaro of those rn army camps, both in America and in France, will not bo neglected. The work includes tho provision of regular chaplains and a large equip ment for then); "fiarles and equip ment for special chaplains in camps Where no Lutheran church is near; assistance and workers for churches near camps; assistance to local work of synods, conferences and inner mission societies; erection of church buildings in camps; civilian chaplains and workers und equip ment in France; almost endless quantities of literature for congrega tions, homes and 100,000 men; final reconstruction work; the cost of ad ministration. Dr. Groover ls widely and ti mutely known, throughout the United States in connection with his editorial du ties for. Lutheran publications. He is an ardent student and .works pro digiously on all tasks which ho un dertakes. CALOMKL DYNAMITES A SLUGGISH LIVER Crashes Into Sour Hile, ?niling' You Sick and You Lose a Day's Work. Calomel salivates! lt's mercury. Calomel acts like dynamite on a slug gish liver. When calomel comes into contact with sour hilo lt crashes Into it, causing cramping and .nausea. . If you feel bilious, headachy, con stipated, and nil knocked out, just go to your druggist and get a bottlo of Dodson's Liver Tone for n fow couts which is a harmless vegetable substi tuto for dangerous calomel. Tako ? spoonful and if lt doesn't start your liver and straighten you up better and quicker than nasty calomel and without making you sick, you just go '...ick and get your money. ? If you tako calomel to-day you'll ho sick and nauseated to-morrow; j hosldes. it may snllvato you, while if you take Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake up feeling great, full of ambition and ready for work or play, lt's harmless, pleasant and ?afc to glvo to children; they like lt.-Adv.