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VICTORY M WON BY OFFENSIVE. Foeh Declares Army Having Its Re nerves for Opportune Moment. London, June 9.?That battles can be von in the end only be the army which takes the offensive is the significant declaration made by Gen. Foeh, conimandev-inchief of the Allies, in an important article contributed by him to the weekly Journal. The Field, in which he discusses the problem of the soldier and the way to vistory. * "Modern warfare to arrive at its end and to impose its will on the enemy," says Gen. Foeh. "recornizeR only one means?destruction or the enemy's organized forces. "War undertakes and prepares this destruction by battle which brings about the overthrow or the adversary, disorganizes his command destroys his discipline, and nullities his units as tar as their righting is concerned. "Our first axiom must be that to completely achieve its object, a battle must not be purely defensive. A purely defensive battle, even well conducted, does not result in a victor and vanquished. It is simply a game that must be begun over again. "From this it is an obvious corollary that an ofrensive, whether start ed at the beginning of an action or whether it follows the defensive can only give results and In consequence must always lie adopted at the fin ish. "To maintain our position is not synonymous with being victorious and even prepares for a defeat. If we remain where we are and do not pass to the offensive to fix the direction of attack to guard against the plans of the enemy and prevent him from carrying out the same maneuver, we must undertake to carry on p.nd sustain numerous combats.' each with determined aim. "But since there remains no doubt that decisive attacks is the verv kev stone of a battle, ail other actions which make up a battle must be envisaged, considered, organized, provided with forces in the measure in which they will prepare, facilitate and guarantee development of a de-< cisive attack characterized by its mass, its surprise, its speed, and for which, in consequence, it is essential that there shall be the maximum reserve force possible of troops of manoeuvre. "The reserve?that is to sa? the prepared bludgeon ? is orqAiizcd and kept carefully instructed^n execute the single act of battl9from which results are expected, namely, the decisive attack. "Reserves must be husbanded with the most extreme parsimony, so that tne bludgeon may be strong enough S ~~ j THE i! Owners of Ford c parts not made by the 1 pairing, take it to the ai find a reliable service si the necessary tools to gr the standard Ford prices All the Ford parts u Ford Motor Company. I parts, is in need of repai trying to "do it yourself, is another thiqg to mak with your Ford make a We are ready to give yc isfaction and economy ai The Ford Service ai the county from any sti W. to make the blow as violent as pos-' sible. Let loose at the finish, without any lurking idea of saving them, I with a well thought out plan for ?' winning the battle at a point chosen!r< and determined, reserves are thrown in all together in an action surpass-! ^ ing in violence and energy all other;' phases of battle, en action with' (( proper characteristics ? surprises, mass and speed. All our forces TealI lv tkorf l/t(na#A aUKa** W.. ? ?i ? ? 1 * ' IV r?> cmivi UJ |fir|i?riUB 11 | |or by carrying it out. Lj "In this supreme aim we must: f ; not be deceived by appearances. Al- j a ! though theory fails when applied byjin ; feeble hands and when accessories N | obscure the main principle history |a> ; and reason show us that in battle j h< : there is a single argument which is e< .worth while, namely, decisive attack | | which is alone capable of assuring i I the desired result?the overthrow I of the adversary." 6 o The Plodder. (By George Matthew Adams.) A few flags ought to be run up for the Plodders-?the world's stake dri-; vers. I was talking with a noted Physi-' cian the other day, a classmate of ; the great Mayo brothers to whose j hospital in a little town in Minneso- i ta, named Rochester, already travelers from all parts of the world, in need of mending, have beaten u' path. "It waB fifteen years after leaving college that I first learned that ' these boys were classmates of mine," my friend remarked. "Were they brilliant while in school? I uslced. "Oh, no they were just ploddershonest, conscientious workers!" "The most brilliant man in our class," he continued, 'died the othei day in a little town in the West?a 'town of 500 people!" Now, Rochester, Minnesota, is a ("little town." It has but two rail- , j roads and very poor ones at that, I : am told. And yet, no offer of fame i i or money have ever been able to i lead or to tempt the Mayp brothers ' ! from their town. Even high titles of j 1 distinction by foreign governments | ! have been offered these workers if I hey would but forsake their little ; town. ! But the Mayo brothers are too big to move around or to pay attention to anything but the wonderful business of helping and healing that they have built up. What a tribute to the Plodder! Also, what a tribute to efficient work well performed. Ploddery is greater than genius. Naming Hindu Babies. Hindu Babies are named when they are twelve days old. and usually by the | mother. OR UNIVERSAL ars are advised to be cautious <\>rd Company. If your car net iithorized Ford dealer in your tation, with the complete mecli ve the highest quality Ford s< i. ised hv me are manufactured f your car requires the repla< irs?don't experiment; don't w '* It is one thin g to understand e reliable repairs to a car. W "bee line" or telephone the ai >u prompt attention. So take yc re sure. id Sales Station at Pages Milk Midpoint. B. FO Notice. Notice is' hereby given that booki f registration for the purpose o! gistering all electors entitled tc iglstration will be open at the court juse every day auring July anc ugust, except Sundays, until thir ' days before the general elecon when they will be closed he qualifications for registering re two year's residence in the >unty, four month's residence it te precinct in which the elector of irs to vote, and the production ol tax receipt showing that all taxes icluding poll tax, have been paid 0 person shall be allowed to vote al ly general election hereafter to be eld unless he shall have register 1 as herein required. F. M. PAGE, E. A. BETHEA. H. McRAE, Board Registration Dillon Co 6-4t. Subscribe to Tbe Dillon Herald 2.00 per year in advance. High Soap Prices Arouse Interest in Home Made Soap Women all over the country are saving money by making their own soap. Try this: First, set a large can or jar in your kitchen; throw into it all m<- at skin. | waste grease, bones and other kit- ? chen scrap that ha3 any c.casc in k it or on it. When the can or jar is fu?J render j it <by boiling) and you wlli obtain ? enough clear grease to m?.?:e a big I batch of dandy soap, chea;j^r and 5 purer than any you can buy. With Grease and Red Devil Lye \ . I You will find home soap-making $ set easy and economical that it will t be a genuine pleasure. On the f I label of every can of Red Devil | : ' ye are complete directions for v making soap by the cold process . or by boiling. Anybody Can Make Soap if they have Red Devil Lye and grease. Furthermore, soap maki'ig at home pays big because you buy nothing but Red Devil Lye ? the other ingredients sue actually saved out of the waste that you have been throwing away. You will thank us every time you use Red Devil Home Made Soap. GnllflMn: - time end me your free booklet on peeling peaches, preying fruit tree*, making comport, etc, I cannot begin to tail you how pi rarer) I am with Red Devil I.ye. Got grrnt result* in making my soap. Yours truly. Feb. 2. 1318. ETHEL KUTLEDGF. Route 6. Box M, Fayetteville. Tetui Ash Your Grocer. Saoe the Labels. WM. SCHIELD MFG. CO.. St. Leais, Ma. 1 ? n LJ CAR of "counterfeit"or or :ds adjustment, or relocality, where you will lanical equipment and ervice obtainable?for and supplied by the :ement of any part or aste time and money and operate a car ; it hen anything is wrong ithorized Ford dealer. >ur Ford car where sat ? i ?=? i j : is one of the best in | RD i SS555555S ; An Abuse of I die Telephone By F. A. MITCHELL > (Copyright. 1*17. Wsotern Newspaper Union.) S k "I'll cull you up about nine o'clock and let you know the result." f "You can't call me up because I , have no telephone In my house." "No telephone! Why, I supposed t every house had a telephone nowa5 days." "Mine hasn't. It had one and I had It taken out" "Why so?" "Well, there's a little story about it. : If you care to hear It, I'll tell It to j you. You know, I live out at Hlbtou, ! un hour's ride from the city. When I j was first married, my wife was alone | all day, I being In town at business, so we concluded to put in a telephone so thnt she could call me up ouce In j a while to break her loneliness, or if anything unusual occurred. "Well, the first thing to be communicated was, *1 caught the mouse I set the trap for; what shall I do with It?' The next thing to be communicated was, 'Someone Is ill in the house opposite; the doctor's convey! ance is standing before the door.* Then she called me up to ask ine to j bring her a sjmjo! of thread when I I came out in the evening. I must wulk six blocks to a store where I could buy the kind she wanted, and she could get it by walking two blocks, or send for it by telephone. I told her I to do this and she said she didn't like I to ask the storekeeper to send so small ' a package costing only two cents. It ' was the same with an yeast cake. But all this was nothing to what ; happened one night when 1 stayed in | town tuking an account of stock. At ten o'clock I was rung up and iny wife 1 | eaid: To going to bed, dear. It's | awful to think that you won't he at i home till tomorrow evening?' I tried ' to cheer her by promising to go home early the next evening, and after | telephoning half a dozen kisses I hung up the receiver and continued my work. Ten minutes later I wus! called again: " 'Reginal! Oh Reginald I* " 'What Is It, dear?' " 'I hear sounds below. Someone Is trying to break into the house.' "What could I do? I couldn't ask my wife to go down and face a robber. I asked her what the sounds were like and she said they were like those made by someone boring. "I now really became frightened myself. I was not so much afraid ol burglars attacking my wife; for I knew that she had her bedroom door I locked and furniture heaped against It. What I feared was that she would be frightened to death. However, I must plan for her. I "I called a council of those working I with me In stock taking, stating that I my wife was locked In her room at I home while burglars were below bor j i lng In the door, doubtless Intending | I to make a hole to put in an arm to ' : remove the chain und open the door. I All voted it a complicated case. It | } was suggested that I telephone the i ' police at Hilton to go tit once to my house, surround it and capture the burglar. I wondered that I had not thought of this plan myself, for it j was very simple, and a telephone mes-, age from me from the city would be I as effective us from my wife in Hilton. I "I called up the police in Hilton i and told them to go at once to my house, where they would find someone trying to bore his way in. The man at the desk said that burglars didn't reully efTect entrance in that way, but he would send some men right over. "While awaiting the result my wife telephoned me that she had located the boring. It was at the door of a ; storm shed which wus held closed by an iron hook. I thought that any : burglar who planned to effect an en! trance to my house there was a fool. I A ftar nnhn/ilri ncr tha atnrm Hnnr ha would have to open the door within, j which was protected by an excellent lock. "It was not long before I received I word from the police at Hilton. 'We ! got him. He is now in u cell.' "I at once telephoned my wife that I the danger was past. But realizing that she had suffered a shock, I said that I would go home on the one o'clock train. "I reached the house about two o'clock and found several of the neighbors attempting to soothe my wife, whose nerves had been terribly j strained. While sympathizing with | her 1 received a telephone message i from the police tliut their prisoner claimed to be my wife's brother und desired that 1 come immediately and identify him. "'Great heavens! could this be so?' "I answered the summons iimnedi ately und on reaching the station, there waiting for me sat Jim Chuiubers, my brother-ln-luw, true enough. '"What in thunder?' he begun. 1 "'What the dickens were you trying to break in??" j "'It ad a key to the side door and I I was trying to cut awny a bit of wood in order to lift the book on the storm i door.' "'You've scared Mollie out of her enses. Why didn't you ring?' " 'I thought I could got in without waking her?' "That's the end of the story Hnd the end of a telephone in iny house. If the things could be used only for legitimate purposes#they would be a great convenience, but they won't do for nervous wives to say sweet thinga \r their absent husbunds." ? EVERYONE Ml Wars cannot be fought without mon every financial demand upon the Nation The rich of this country cannot a!o the men of the country cannot do it i cannot do it alone; but all of us. the p garding partisanship, forgetting selfish supremacy of right and determining to > Ideals and secure the safety of America and splendid work which God has calle* Little jfrg Americans w Do your bit Eat Corn meal muski Oatmeal - Corn, flakesj Hominy and rice witkI milk^ jEat no wheat cereal Leave nothing on your plat j " N 1 T STATl.3 fOOI> AUVi CALLED HER FAI TO Six Tears Ago, Thinking She Might She Is a Well, Strong Womai Her Reco Royse City, Tex.?Mrs. Mary Kil- tl man, of this place, says; "After the ai st birth of my little girl...my Bide comCi menced to hurt roe. I had to go hack b< ^ to bed. We called the doctor. He j, j treated me...but sot no better. I ec I got worse and worse until the misery j u | was unbearable... I was In bed for d. three months and suffered such agony a' hi that I was just drawn up In a knot... di : I told my husband If he would get ! me a bottle of Cardul I would try It... ac , I commenced taking it, however, that fc ' evening I called my family about w | me... for I knew I could not last g! many days unless I had a change for tr i I fWS < UIUBS W 1 ? UNITED ST. | GOVS&MMJ ( ksMBMaaemMHi I Buy Then Holn Win T . ajivij/ t r in x I FOR SALS EVE] The above space cortril | Committee by The Peoples E & Our advice is to buy Liberty Bonds, then deposit I The People xs-? ?x?x* j KSy*1* ?sy?>5Xs ! A SPENDER is a Liabilit I f A SAVtK is its lireate K i S Spend, but Spei ? Save, and Save i Buy War-Saving I WS SELL 1 A .< ' '"v.LIiIi: ' ^>EJtR/\L RI |fc.NSY6TE {First Natio DILLON, | The Only National Ban US7 HI-.? P ey. J:.u upon uic >. r centers 1 i. ne meet the nee',,; of N.'*<on; i ilone: the v?.o-c ctmtry ' <op> of th-* ' > 3 ere i 'ntereets. ?: ; r. of the rn-t'eate *h n . ? nf ' er "in rrd civilizrt'On :? ? *h? a- ?* 1 uprt us tn (" '/* U ,r." ' Of J S.-c re'.r< v of the T . IINISTHATION 1Y JJER BEDSIDE Die, Says Texas Lady, Bet New i and Praises Cardni For rery. j I le better. That was six years ago j id T nm off 11 lioro on! o > "">1 rong woman, and I owe my life to lrdui. I had only taken half tbe >ttl? when I began to feel better, he misery In my side got less... I mtinued right on taking the Cardui ntil I had taken three bottles and I d not need any more for I was well ad never felt better In my life... I ive never had any trouble from that iv to this." Do you enf*er from headache, backhe, pains in sides, or other dlacomirts, each month? Or do yon feel eak, nervous and fagged-out? If ao, ve Cardui, the woman's tonics a laL J. 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