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' FriUav, -Mav iu, u-iv I - TO COUNTER GERMANY'S INSIDIOUS PEACE DRIVE. ^ AD::,:ii'a Means to Throw 1.000,00*' Fighting Hen Into France by ^ inlv As An Answer. I "Washington, May 6.?A million American soldiers in France, by July 4 is the pro'rram the war department has undertaken to carry out. it is the er the UnUed States to any t'T" of poaro Co'T.iny may ma'ke. Am^assacr waiter nines < i-?mmuri^av [ to the State Department toI day the alleged new terms which had been unofficially circulated i:: London. I The statement made later by Air. P'l >ur denying the British government Bi'1 knowledge of any peace proposal Bp.- not yet been received through filial channels. The early report .sained some rredence as .Tonkheer Coiyn rormer minister o? war in the Netherlands " ~ trv V> Q VP hpPTl Kovsrnment. was anc^cu ? ? the bearer of the conciliatory overture?. It was known in diplomatic circles he had made the voyage from Holland to Eengland in a Dutch tor's pedo heat Holland Desperate for Peace. In Dutch circles it was said Jonkheer Colyn was a man of very high standing and would not permit his name to be connected with such a report if it was not true. It is known In official cricles that the desire in Holland for peace amounts aimusi desperation This accumulation of circumstance, -prior to the publication of the Balfour rta'-ement. all found support in the . siwiJ-n'on by Lord t.r.ert Cecil thai Germany was p'anning to launch a new peace drive. rlt is assumed in diplomatic circles that Colyn may have made the peace proposals in England upon his own responsibility. It is recognized, however. that he probably had some . authority for stating that Germany Tni< hr ho willing: to do. ] ? w*?> officially said the United Sta-^" is ready for the peace drive, -and the answer will be emphatic. The -pian to rush across the Atlantic in t>e next 60 days such additional Ton es as wiil give an approximate total of one million is vvorkin? smoothly. The transportation facilities are understood to be at hand. I President to Have All Authority. Tlh house military affairs committee sent word to the White House today that President. Wilson could have all the authority he desired for calling men to the colors. A bill granting the !>la:vket powers wil be rushed through the committee for early action by the Iboiise. There is said to be no doubt now about the passage of the measure in either branch of congress. The same soirit prevails concerning appropriations. If the $15,000,W>0,000 requested by Secretary Baker last week is not thought sufficient the committee stands ready to recommend increases to almost any extent. It is said, a majority of the committee are in favor of increasing the appro ** "priatlOn aoove mi; <tuiuuut> icvjucoi ed 'without further consultation with the War Department. Both in the executive and the legislative branches of the government the war smrit anoears to have been stimulated rather than cooled by the suggestion that Germanv is planning -to put out new p^ace feeler* if shn 4k Tias not aJreadv done so. This attitude is attributed to the <reneral belief that any move made by Germany "now would be for the purpose only of gaining time and advantage. Patriotic Colored Citizens of No. 7. Silverstreet, S. C. Mr. Editor: PJease allow me to say a word or so. We, the colored people of 3Co. 7 township, were called together by Mr. A. P. Coleman and others of fvrv Vin-nr TTOf T Vt'P WOUlri ccaypens iw see uv/i> .. .. ? .. ? ^ivi do 'vj to the pRtsor \ this is v?s?ttn< x?av aw' i al . Jtike to cneerupsom^of \pooR Covs iMTMeee! ^?t ujoulo c heeti Int VJK ir yov \^ STAv ep -rHa$.E% J ^ ^ - - ?? ' " I Heart-throb of the Gr at tin I "The Checkerboard c i By the distinguished Foster Frazer. Sir Jc official newspaper cor res the Allied Arniks in I;r; Fleet, and has seen Rus: C Ql^Tr" JUlUICi d Ui U1C urij The most gripping and by a hero who has broi p.an-s?Captain Geori the Royal Flying Cor, mother, sister and two h l this war. A story you' "Business and the W; I By Frank Mulhollar Commercial Club and Rotary Clubs of the \V< from the Western Front "Marching the Home By Mrs. Christine Fr< ter and founder of the 4 tion. Her talk is on wi j 1- L!L!i it 4 D. HXniDll ui luc j cuuuuo ivi Remarkable display of W nORHER BIG A The 100 per COVERING - S Newberry, i play our pari in the Liberty Loan, j According to their instruction wo j | showed what we were willing to do. j | Somewhere about $2,600 was sub- j scribed, but we were not satisfied as I we wanted to make it ?3,000. So we ' had another meeting set for Silver- J | street Baptist church and invited Mr. j | A. P. Coleman, Mr. J. J. Murran and j our much beloved Dr. W. O. Hollo- j ! way, all of Chappells, and Hon. Alan | : Johnstone. Mr. jno. M. Kinard and j ! Prof. S. J. Derrick, of Newberry. l-.> 1 nmVp talks to us. But the continued i , j I downpour of rain prevented all of j the above mentioned high Christian j gentlemen except Mr. Johnstone from j ! attending the meeting. Mr. .Tohstone j i is a good speaker. All enjoyel his | j speech. May he live long. Many of ' our ?00d white people were present i to hear this great man, among them ! hainp" Meters H T. Fellers, J. S. j i OV . -Werts, W. H. Sanders and others. | ! The last two named gentlemen, I | feel, are lonesome. I heard a man j ! say he heard another man say that I Mr. W. H Sanders savs he is about i I f ready for his better half, but that he'1 j is a very busy man and has not the i time to hunt her, but, I know he can i take care of any good lady who may j have the lick to get him. J titq oro coin? tr> have them ; I "HI v o ? o i again. | From this meeting we got three or | ! four hundred more subscriptions.; ! ?ome of the bonds were taken in 1 Newberry, but the credit goes to No. i 7 township, and this makes out our , j S3,000. We mean to show our loyalty j ! to the United States. I am a firm j j 5,1 ? f A ? ' j believer, we wn; win tui& *>?.?. < i we are on the right side, where Go?1 i is, and He says, in James 1:6, "Ask ' in faith." May God bless all who j lend a helping hand. D. M. Spearman. t j I THE HERALD AND NEWS ONE i ; *EAR FOR ONLY S1.50. > vorrr s and Facts j eat War j e big >f Europe" British Knight, Sir John )hn is HngUnd mo>t famou* pendent. He has been with mee, with the British Cnuui *i? under war conditions. thrilling war-story ever toM. lght down 20 German aerobe Frederick Campbell, of ds. His entire family?father. mothers have Ixen victims of 11 never forget. ir" id, past president of Toledo International Association ot" )rld. He has just returned i fn Virfnrv" . IV V fcv* J ederick, the well-known \yri'Applecroft" experiment itanning the war in the kitchen. lemakers War Cartoons ar Posters of the Allies TTR ACTIONS 1 1 cent Program * ^ iFVFM . HAYS 'MmU T JUlii 1 M- . .w May 17-24 RENEWED TESTIMONY. No one in Newberry who sufier backache, headaches, or distressing urinary ills can afford to ignore thi Newberry man's twice told story. I ^ 3 f T> A V a n* is connrmea lesumuu; mat uu berry resident can doubt. H. F. Adly, farmer. 1247 Hunt St says: "A bad case of grip left m; kidneys in a frightful condition a fev years ago. I had severe pains acros my back and was laid up for twi months. I couldn't do a tap of wor1 during this time and was in bed mos of the while. My kidneys acted to freely, then airain not. freely enoug ? At- ?in f ho anci inert; was seuimcui iu cretions. I had dizzy and blindin; spells, together with headaches, tried different remedies, but didn1 get any relief. About three month from the time kidney trouble got hold on me. I began taking Doan' Kidney Pills. They helped me fror the first and in a short while ai signs of the trouble left me. (State ment given November 21, 1914.) I On March 21, 1918, Mr. Addy said "Doan's Kidney Pills are worthy c all the praise given them. T upse Doan's several years ago and the brought me out of a bad spell c kidney trouble. Whenever I feel an svmptoms returp'ne. Doan's give m the same prompt relief. T gladly con firm my former statement." 60c, at all dealers. Fo??ter-Melburi Co., Mfgrs, Buffalo, X. Y. MR. FIRMER: We carry most every r,oorj ?,nri wp will alwav tiling ~ have the right price. Tne Purcel Com nan v. 4-26 1 FOOD VAJl ^ j 1 jWg ves 809s havjgn t had a r v Hill II Bill II HI IH?n? ' Our Kcturninir Soldiers. i j 1 (Henrv \V. Gradv.) i i !>r. Talmage has drawn for you.! i with a master's hand, the picture of' i ; your returning armies. He lias told | you how. in the pomp and circum- j ! stance of war. they came back t > you. . mnremng wirn proua anu vinuMnun, i head, reading their glory in a na-I ! | tion's eye' Will you bear with me j while T tell yon of another army that; , ?on&lu its home at the close of the ^ ; late war?an army that marched home j 'in defeat not in victory-in pathos! ;-n<l not in splendor, hut in <_?lory that " jtialled yours, and to hearts as loving ;;s ever welcomed heroes home, i 1 "t me picture to you the footsore; j Confederate soldier,as buttoning up 1 ^is faded gray jacket the parole whicii was to bear testimony to his childler. of his fidelitv and faith, he turned ! hi? face Southward from Appomatox | in April, 1S65. i Think of him as ragged, half-starvI ed. heavy-hearted, enfeebled by want i *nd wounds: having fought to exj haustion. he surrenders his gun. - I Jnr. V* o r\ /I c* r\ f Vi i o irs j V>'I 11159 LUG UU11\|^ KJI uio V/Wim umvo *? j silence, and lifting his tear-stained | and pallid face for the last time to i the graves that dot the old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his ! brow and begins the slow and nainj fill journey. What does he find?let j me ask yon. who went to your homes | eager to find in the welcome you had ! justly earned, full payment for four years' sacrifice?what does he find when, having followed the battle- j stained cross against overwhelming ! odds, dreading death not half so much j as surrender, he reaches the home he ! left so prosperous and beautiful? He . J fii.dc his house in ruins, his farm devasted. his slaves free, his stock killed. his barns empty, his trade destroyed, his monev worthless, his social svstem, feudal in its magnificence i =? !i J Take You a ! J > i 3 i _ [ A 100 Per Cent Progr | ! Sir John Foster Frazer England's most fatiiou* war < * j pondent. Recently with the ] v on the Flanders' front. 5 Margery Maxwell Crifted Soprano of the Chicago Opera Company. 1 Capt. George Fred'k Camp ! The man who brought down i a man aeroplanes, and who 1< entire family in the great war. H ; The Chocolate Soldier j Greatest of all modern light < I I 30 people in the cast. Be 3 stage setting and lighting effe a Dunbar's Revue J Featuring Grand Parade of A II Mrs. Christine Frederick t Nationally known authorit household war economy. 1 A Rprcrpn . \ I . < (uvu ] aud company of high-class art * | Oney Fred Sweet Frank Mulholland ? J Clarissa Harrold j e i Lou J. Beauchamp i i "The Humerous Philosopher I Circus Time in Fairyland 11 In Charge of Children's Wort Croation Orchestra '1 War Stories l | Ra' n k' r's War Carto . 1 i l ellor Bradford Chicago Orchestral Bar % Newbe i / ? WTmc hpOv? V IIVTV VVJ1V lit U Ml* wCyTHe NEXT TtMC ( i'U BRINC VOO ^ ri? soup /\n' Nice cmic i<e kj ! How LONCT tuicc vou J r Be He Re ? f i qonJV J V^1 ^ y * ^ ' J ? 1 ' >wej?t away: his people without law or legal status, his comrades slain and the burdens of others heavy on his shoulders. Crushed hv defeat, ; tfjilitinnc m'u fMnti* without 1 L 1 I ^ V l 1 HV4 M ?WH.' H .. .. , . money, credit, employment, material or training: and besides all this eonfronted with the gravest problem that ever met human intelligence?the establishing of a status for the vast body of his slaves. What floes ho do?this hero in gray with a he: rt of gold? Does he Sr down in sullenness and despair? Nor for a day Surely Clod, who had stripped him of his prosperity, inspire! him in his adversity. A- ruin \v?* never before so overwhelming, never was restoration swifter. The soldi.-r slipped from the trenches into the furrow: horses that had charged the Federal .suns, marched before the. ; plow, and fields that ran red wit'i human Mood in April were green with the harvest in ]une; women reared in luxury cut up their dresses and made breeches for their husbands and. with patience and heroism that fits women always as garment, gave their hands to work. There was lit-! tie bitterness in all this. Oheerfu'- ; ness and frankness prevailed. "Bill Aro" struck the key note when he. said: "Well, T killed as many of them as they did of me. and now I j am noing to work." Or the soldier j returning home after defeat and : roasting some corn by the roadsidu. j who made the remark to his coun- i rades: "You may leave the South if | you want to but I going to San-! dersville, kiss my wife and raise a! crop, and if the Yankees fool with 1 me any more, I will whip 'em again." j T want to say to Gen. Sherman?who j is considered an auie man m nm . parts, though some people think he I is a kind of careless man about fir* \ ?that from the 'ashes he left us in j 1864 we have raised a brave and) beautiful city: that some how orj ir Vacation No Trunks to am ) No Baggage tc No Hot Rides corres- j rench Get the / Grand ' pi Gi fij I Vacati DSt his j All the plea autiful | week's rest c,s I Fun, Musi Ilies. | Education a to last you \ on| the year, at I - Red Chaut "Right at A 11 ?. <C'C All ior ons 10 Per O ,j j See Detailed Pr "* J Info rry, May n.-HMMH By KE i 1? N at c'v'heam v'don't i f? tow ! vbu must ha^ej l ^ cieue DA J \ hine entence !! ^? i (Q Nation*' Cip#-c?>r Sen -*m . J nnrtMHHBi other we have caught the sunshine in the brick and mortar of our homes, and have builded therein not one ignoble prejudice or memory. VI I! U i:i> ?One bay mule about years old and weighing about 1100 pounds. Owner may get it by paying for ad and feed bill. Isaiah Hunt. Silverstreet 3-6 ltp "See 'Gets-It' Peel Oft This Gent." Leaves The Toe as Smooth as the Palm of Your Hand. The corn never grew that "GetsIt" will not get. It never irritates the flesh, never makes your toe sore. JUSl tVYU UiUpO KJL presto! the corn-pain vanishes. Shortly you can peel the corn right It'? Wonderful toSee"Get*It" Peel Off Conul off with your finger and there you are?pain-free and happy, with the toe as smooth and corn-free as your palm. "Gets-It" is the only safe way in the world to treat a corn or callus. It's the sure way?the way that never falls. It is tried and true ?used by millions every year. It X '?"> " wnvtra f" malTP* rtlt* Oinoji} *v VA AO. VfVVW-*v w?? ting and digging" at a corn and fussing with bandages, salves or anything else entirely unnecessary. "Gets-It," the guaranteed, moneyback corn-remover, the only sure way. costs but a trifle at any drug store. MTd by E. Lawrence &Co.,Chicago, I1L Sold in Newberry, and recommended by as the world's best corn remedy by W. G. Mayes, P. E. Way, Newberry Drug Co. at Home Pack / > Check on Dusty Trains Most Out of 'and 7 on Days sure of the big with loads of c, Inspiration, nd Relaxation, for the rest of the I?i-U ipaui | auqua Your Door" tHe snt War Tax ogram for Further rmation 1 7-24 INKLING j I - our \ i UJU2 FOR. | net Corp . N V 1 % 257 j