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Exact Copy of Wrapper. CASTORIA For Infants and Children, Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria ? a A 1 # '?? ? ? ? ? ... ???? . ? ? ????? : r-y;: DRIVE HAS SliOWEI) DOWN Weekly War Report Front Washington Reviews Situation. Washington, April 15. ? Hope that. I ho forte of the German stroke toward the channel port* lias largely wpent it self grow hero today as the British lines stood fast under ro]>eflted shocks. The (lay's advices 1 ml lea ted again that Flehl Marshal lialg's men were obey ing to the letter his call for unyield ing insistence. Tlie weekly review published l),v the War I >?i?artinent although It carried operations only up to last Saturday, showed that the war college opinion saw then Indications thaft the (icrman wave was reaching its crest. In Al I 1?m1 diplomatic ami military circles the saine impression prevailed today. I striMigthened by more recent jeporrs ? from the front. I?ls|Mitches indicate fhat the tierces! lighting Is on the northern line *>f the new salient, driven into the British front north of Arras. The struggle for possession of Neuve Kgiise and towns in that region looks to observ ers here like mi effort by the enemy to force a way 'behind Ypres and cause the abandonment of thai place and a withdrawal of ;i large section of the British line. The (icmiau* wetv? in ]>ossession of Neuve F.glis?V by last accounts, hut. they lia<l previously captured it only to lie driven out again. The situation lias not stabilized on this particular front further than to show that the rrtvmy i?? tmsrt+m? with sIhUmhh ie~. sistance in Ids effort to widen bis lighting front to the north. lOvery hour gained by the British in holding litis ground means Increased probability that they will hold it per manently. Time allows the assem blage of supporting forces in suttirient. strength to nwet any shock. < >r should with a withdrawal and realign ments on better positions be judged de sirable. time will give opportunity for the prepa ration of tlnise f>osititms. It is possible that the plans or ?;en. I'Vs'h. commander-in-chief of Alius! and American armies In France, hinge ni?on developments in this narrow sec tor of the broad battle front. Such moves as he nrnv be contemplating may well depend, it is Haiti, upon tflic stabilization of the Allied left flank. There is no <pn?4tlon but that many officers here view the situation as serious. Kven if the present thrust, toward Beth une Is checked, they l>e lieve a third assault at some other l>oition of the British front is t? be . expected. There have been many reports indi cating that the Austro-Ilungarlan foives were previa ring for ?? drive against the Italian**. \Vhen it will l>e Started cannot. be foretold, but some observ**? think that in case of a deiinlte ciieek to the Oeniwtrt move* ment* the Aunt ra Huns would launch their effort. ' In that case, tho scene of operations on the went front might shift far to* the south to the area where American troops ore 011 the front. The railway | Junction through which French or' British forces sent to Italy naturally would pasts lien behind that sector. It. is believed possible that the Germans might throw their weight in that di-j reetion in an effort to prevent, any support reaching Italy. . 1 What About That liark Seat? Ax 1 grow older, I am prone to want to give adviae ? have an inelina-^ lion to point my liner and move it tip and down slowly and solemnly, and to speak m.v words of admonition in low throaty tones. Now about autos ? I am .offering no hints, jio references, no allusions, no* innuendoes. no nothings. I love the motion, tho air. the company that autos give, but I have seen so many painful auto a<"cld(*nts ? have worked four years for men who sold them as a side line ? have kept books and know the up-kcep of them is ? nervous about drivers. Moreover. 1 love to walk' and adore street car folks. Personally, I <10 not want to ride ? but. about that em|pty seat Lit your auto. When the street ear strike held: ( 'hattanooga prone for many weeks, getting t ? ? work was a problem. Many skilled workers were daily sent for and" returned, one of the telephone -fhiHV* toWi- -h?o tlwit- it Look 15 . miles i, of riding to get her four l?CNt girls to work eaeh morning. People rode in trucks, wagons, aunxs. Jitneys and ev eryway. Thousands walked daily many weary miles to weary work. one fairly prominent man rode to I and from work weeks in a 5- passenger ear, usually just himself, and semi-! o?vasloiia lly a friend or two. 1 saw him pass a woman 70 years old who, worked In a suit alteration room. I hnmt fifty jieople say what they thought or tnar man. ? 1 K? you over take anytsxly up? Kver give a shut-In an outing? Kver carry one old person who lives in one edge of town to see another on another edge and then call for them later and re turn them? Do you ever give lame I >eopl? a lift? l>o you let a negro trudge miles, when you could so easily L'ive him a lift? *?'hat does your auto do for your government? How many little children do you .??irry 011 little outings? What alM>t*t quests In our city, lone* ly iHHiple, ncwv-nxnners, hard-worked people, soldiers borne on furloughs? What about ttutt "PM)t>ty seat in your auto?? Anonymous. * Months of SERVICE are lost to your wearing ap parel and household goods for the want of proper cloning.. We have special facilities for cleaning or dyeing and our methods are "always safest and best." Do not neglect your furs. Our methods restore freshness and add lif?. ? - J We dye furs also. Make a survey of your wardrobe and let us serve y?u Footer's Dye Works Cumberland, Md. V . I. . ' ^IKKK ANH BKAT OKKMANH Pfrahlnft' M?i Outnumbered Two to Oar Hut Huiw wr? Jtrpul*ed. With the Aiuerleau Arnfy ln;Frau"e, < April 15 ( Hy, tt?e Asaocluted PrwH). The Oermau attack again* the Auji-p Iran pwitiom* on the rljBrtvt bank of H??* Meuxe, north of St. Ml hid yesterday wun made by -MM? picked 1 1 < n 'i> re? | eeiitly brought there from t|u? Russian front. Although the Ame?lcaiiM were out-n umbered more than jt wo t<? one, they completely reimlsed the enemy, (driving him buck to iiix ?*wn trenche#. The known enemy casualties include <t I dead, many wounded ^tul 11 pris oners hostile a number of wounded who were dragged hank to the German Hues l?y tlieli' The Germans attempted to deceive the Ajnerlcann by a p] tea ring In front of the trenches an<l speaking French ami Kugllsh anil al>?o yelling "khh." The deciiptlon. however, waa ?oon die*, covered anil iv*t the enemy dearly. Ute America u casual-tie** were com paratively alight. Numerous atorter* of individual hravery poured Into the headquarter today. A young Italian' horn in a Pennsylvania cool mining town kllledtone German and j.f m ? <t three. He aaw eight (Jennana walk ing in a iVnmuunicatton trench ahead1 of him ami, although alone he s|w>t and killed one and ran after the others capturing two ami wounding Home of t/lioae who eacapod. He then returned to the American line and turned over the prisoners 1Vi a noncommissioned ottVeer and eoidy linked for a match. The ottleer jokingly aald "I'll give you a match if y<*u bring" another pris oner." The Italian who is only five r feef four Inches tall, to.>k hliu at his Word and went hack over the parajH't.' | He returned lit less than live ml mites iwulklng with drawn bayonet behind a i aix foot German who was yelling ' |"K'amiHld, Kit m.r.id !". | A few minutes later it wa? reported .that 10 < Germans were lying Jn a ma chine gun neat In No Man's Land. The [Italian started for the spot hut he | was ordered hack by flic commander ijf the unit, who later sent a detach 1 men-t of men to i-ouft out the enemy, ; which they did. i The prisoners captured bv the Ainer | leans were nroirftly young men under 1 20 yearn of age. They carried two [daya' rations und entrenching toote and said they expected to occupy the Ainerjcan front lino jiosltlojia. ' Moat ! of thenr complained about the German* | food. , The bread which they carried f was almost black In* color and they eagerly devoured th<^ white bread of fered by their captors. , ? Th? prisoners said the attack was made by pieked men of four com ipanJes, two frfrin the IVo Hundred | ami Seventy -second Hcglment regular j reserves, one of ahock troops and ojie <Sf pioneers, Some wore belt** with [large, buckle bearing the Inscription "Gott Mlt JJns". Several carried long | trench knives resembling a dagger. ELECTRIC TRENCH GUN I New Invention Fires Steel Bullets At i | 1 Terlffle Speed. ' In the vernacular of the trencheN a machine gun is a "coffee mill." An<l imw there comes in Jo the limelight n woiijkui that looks like a coffee mill and operates like a cream separator.. Moreover it. is designed to slaughter Huns more rapidly and economically' than existing Instruments. . It is a centrifugal gun that hurls as many a? .'{,<)(?? >teel halls a minute without employing explosives of any kind. The contrivance, in the miud of its in^ veivtor. is adapted to replace the ma chine guns in tl?e first-line trenches. The mechanism is preferably (IrivVn h.v an electric motor i incorporated in the lumly of the device, hut otlier means may 1k? cmpfoyed. The missiles are fed from a hopjier to a disk that re voivfs at terltflc sih?<sI. They are hurl rrf- Avlfh?s^tHWMentr force -to- -pkireu ii-8 in. lH>iler plate at 1<H> yards it is claimed. The weapon has wo barrel or sights, and 'in no physical respect whatever resembles a rifle. Essential ly it. is a liigh-ipower catapult of en tlrely new design. The tiring plate may be tilted up or <fcotvn aiul swung to the right or left so that the tra jectory and direction of a stream of bullets are regulated in the conven tional manner. With the tiring speed five times greater than that of the fastest machine gun. tne nrveAtor be lieves the weajxxn culpable of great effectiveness. t)byk>usly the most dtf fk'iik feature of it>* oi>e ration is the task of keeping the hopper filled wjth balls. The operator would require as jdstaux-e for this. ? Popular Mechanics Mngazlnc. The grand jury of Kichland (bounty hns l>een aske<l to investigate and find out 'If (German money is being spe^t to furnish liquor to sob Hers at Camp Jackson. When Yog Pay, An Arkansas negro preadfcer labor ed hard offering "free salvation" to hto ooirgregatfton. At the dose he took tip a <f>ltoctlott. An old brother in the bark seat. said : "See, . hero, brudder, if salvation is free Why are yo' goin* tor. take a col lect ion ?'* "Hrudder, de watab iii de ribl>er wm free if yo' go down nfter It; but if yo' have It j)iped up to yo', yo' must pay fo* the pipin." ? Buffalo Commer cial. NOTICE OF ELECTION Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Camden, S. C., will -hold an election 011 Monday tho tweuty ninthdfty of April, IftlK. for. the fol lowing city- officers : City A&ftk ami Treasurer, for the term Of (2) years. Recorder' for tho term of /our (4) And also the following officers and employees at the pleasure t^f Codiie.1 : One Ode/ of iNdlee. Three Policemen. Street Coromtsaioner. Superintendent FJre Alarm System.] City- Clock Keeper. Application for these positions will lie received in writing up to the date of said meeting. H. F. Brarinftan* , i( Mayor. .1. .?. <;<*><lale, City Clerk. t'amden, H. C., April 10, 1018, WHAT YOU GAN 00 JO HELP How the Stay at Homes Can "Do Their Bit."? Not Asking Too Much. Columbia. ? From time to time the Ko,gtl Administration has giv en the people of this State var ious rules and regulations issued by the authorities in Washington. Just at this moment the chief drtve is to conserve wheat. The authorities in Washington are trying/to make a voluntary sow ing, but If the American people do not respond, more drastic measures may have to be taken. The Food Administration has worked out the best plan after careful study and closely watch ing results, and have notified the food administrators throughout the country that they are re quired to enforce as best they can the following rules : "First, householders to use not to exceed a total of one and one half pounds per week of wheat products per person. This means . not more than one and three ; fourths pounds of yictory Bread, containing the required percent age qf substitutes, and about I one-half pound cooking flour, macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat breakfast cereals .all combined. "Second, public eating places and clubs to observe two wheat-' less (lays per week, Monday and f Wednesday, a* at present. In 1 addition thereto not to serve to I any one guest at any one meal an aggregate of breadstuffs, macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, | cakes, wheat breakfast cereals j containing a total of more than | two ounces of wheat flour. No >v wheat products to be served un less especially ordered. Public [ eating establishments not to buy more than six pounds of wheat i products for each ninety meals | served, thus conforming with limitations requested of the householders." . I "Third, retailers to sell not more than one-eighth of a bar rel of flour to any town customer at any cne time and not more than one quarter of a barrel to . any country customer at any one i time, and in no case to sell wheat j products without the same of an equal weight of other cereals. "Fourth, we ask the bakers and grocers to reduce the volume of Victory Bread sold, by deliv ery of the three-quarter pound loaf where one poun(T was sold before, and corresponding pro portions in other weights. We also ask bakers not to increase the amount of their wheat flour purchases beyond sevent per cent of the average monthly amount purchased in the -four months prior -to March first. ".Fifth, manufacturers using wheat products for non-food purposes should cease such use -entirely. X "Sixth, there is no limit upon the use of other cereals, flours, and meals, corn, barley, buck wheat, potato flour, etc." FOR A FULL FOOD ACREAGE Columbia. ? Mr. ' David R. Coker, chairman of the South Carolina Council of Denfense, in his appeal to this State; states the importance of raising more foodstuff. Mr. Co)cer himself is a most splendid farmer and is in 'close toucn .with the national sft ' nation, and what he has to say is of the most importance. In his appeal he aays : "The food situation is increas ingly serious. High cotton must not prevent a full food acreage. Many farmers do not, intend to plant sufficient foodstuffs. These must be reached in these few days remaining before planting is completed." . ' Corn Bread Brigade! Enroll ? At this hour join! Our men are fighting, They need the wheat ? Sign up ? No'red'tapo? * Simply I eat no wheat ? As for me and my household. I eat ao whet ? No rolls. No blsmKs. No white bread. Corn bread.- * Wholesowe! Oood, Palatable. ffattrHlhUM, Tou will sOoe Nbe It better! Stand tra it le UJtle we can do. I eat no wheat until Ylctory, how otot dear, le won! Stand behind rour Commander-ln . Chief. 4 The President needs you -man wow an, boy, girl. Attention! CM-n Broad Brigade! SKNATOK NTONK OKAl) * Wa# One of IWIve Men Who Opposed War Willi (Jeronmy. WtffhlMtoiii April H. Senator William J. Stone. of JJImn>u?|, chair man ??f the senate foreign r?-lat ions eominittee, Mil. I IW many .war* proiu bient among democratic Isadora, died hrrealoday after a stroke of paraly sis mi fTeiv< 1 i. i-i Wednesday. Senator William J. Stone wan lu life ir> yearn and during that long period probably engaged, in us many political contests as any man of Ills time, ranging all the way from .t?ou trove Met over couaty otileea to 1 the. broad ?at national Inane*. ' At the entry of tlio United States into tty? war, Senator stone i>ern>rmed thy trying feat of antagonizing his own party administration ami then realizing hinvself with it in a gener ally satisfactory manner. It was In eonneetlon with the bill promising the arming <*f Amerhvui merchant ships that he took sharp issue wltii Presi dent Wilson. He stood with the doz en senator* whose opposition en used ?the failure of that measure at the elo*e of the sixty-fourth Oongre&f, aud brought down the denunciation of the President upon ".the wilful twelve", Wiiile Senator Stone inudo no apolo gies for his eouixe.ou that txvaslon he always contended it was in strict line with his duty as a senator be cause in ac<-ord wMi his convictions, ami as lie lielevet^ in protection of Ainepiea's Interests. His opposition to tlif decJa rat ton or i war on < icruuiny wjin also pronounced and lie d?V*llned t\> take eha iw of the war resolutions as won Id have been exacted of him us chairman of tho vommlttee on foreign relations. ? Ho did not seek however to place ob ?taeltis in tho way of a consideration and transferred the lotulershlp ta ?Senator Hltohcock. next. ranking democratic tweauibor ?*f the commit tee. Ills attitude on these twp ques tions was symbolical of his position toward the worKl war. lie believed till at American part learnt ion should be avoided if possible, but wheat the die was east fqr war. lie changed over night. He tx^oks his place w ith the supporters of war measures and con sistently maintained that attitude. He held it incuml>ent ui>on him to stand with his country regardless of his own views. . ? -Although lie, had served In the house of representatives and had been govetiror of -his state, Senator Stone first attracted national utten* tion In connection with Mr. Bryan's first, campaign for the presidency in lSJl . He Uvame the Missouri mem ber of the national democratic com mittee' and soon took front rank among the Bryan managers, rjusrfcity ln? a reputation for shrewdness and foreslghtedness lie already had gained in Missouri. in national as well as in state poli tM V "work?l quietly, i effwt*. To tliiH quality he (*2 J Hobriqwt of ?'OwurSboe my JJ! friend** aay that he m?Vvr ioiwmI tt void the ??*?' <?f thai IIMlH' furlli ?ejf. o,' IIuiih l ighiloK For Bi^ ' l.oittloii. Ai??'ll ir>. "VMury Irtj y smhh \iu for bread In dared Huron Hhondila, f<HKl (mtjj ill OXplaltlUfc tO tilO A.Kso, i?te(t the bea?1un of the <*eeuiuH f,KHj Km on the offensive m the Wrs, ? It 1h a H?ht not for l?url?, by/, food" tie added. "The cry Ri " bread" renoumlH luwmmtly in jtllJ i>\u*k'b earn and, In my Jiulgau-uu! cry has wet the tiemian U'tfoDiMfl "The Kni?er hoped t<> starve subinltMUm by the U-boat wurf?rf j failed. The RuaHlan and tlw HyuuiJ granftrte* proved. to bo notkE|l mirage. The 4?Vairlng enei^J| at the heart of Milt* fury of Sam Leaeo, a native of l'uUad, been couvlcted in the United', gj Court in (ireeuvUle e barged loyal utterance*. Seed Wffl Wit .< .M ? \t ? Farmers are again called g| a record crop. JfJut record a are not made without the r highest quality seed. flive the crdp a chance.* g It from pure, string fertile i You will realise more tti| difference In cost. 1 i Time you were thinkiog of matter, Jtfr, Farmer. and gel your spring ?eed whltovpfii get the best. > - . . Zemp & DePi Call . or Phone No. It v.-; ' ? ' 'V V . ' ?: b : ON APPROVED . >, T:r . AA: SECURITY ? -??'?j-V,..., - ~ WS - ? ? V 1 "~/r' f$ A little additional working capital will often increase your and likewise yoiir profits. See us about it. t ? I Vk" K -V ? . OF CAMDEN, S. C. ?? 1 ? ~ ?? ; -/. . v. ! : '?.* ??dksi-S^'-' ' I I PANTRYf PREPAREDN1 g 1 - Is your pantry prepared foj any sudden gency, such as unexpected company? Or sickness? Or a breakdown in yQfir stove or r$f Such contingencies these won't dtetwD if your pantry is kept dtocfcedwith our CANNED AND PACKAGE GOODS With them you can dish up a delicious m**1 short notice. They save time ancTlabor, and render y&v equal to any emergency. ? > T We have everything in canned and package that you may call for. SS5 Br uce s Pure Food Sti PHONE 66 ? ? ? ? ?