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Fourteen death* are reported as being due W the forest fires in Montana, northern Idaho and eastern Washington. * An army of 3,iiOQ men are engaged in fighfong the f fires wtiich have been burning the forests for weeks j>ast. Acid stomach fix CESS acid is the commoa cause of Indigestion. It results in pain and aourjims about two hours after eating. The quick corrective is an alkali which wit! neutralize acid. The beat oocTective is Phillips Milk of Mtgneti*^ It haa remained standard with physicians in tbe 50 years since its invention. One spoonful of Phillips Milk of Magnesia neutralizes instantly many times its volume in acid. It is harmless and tasteless and its action is quick. You will never rely on crude methods once you learn how quickly this method sets. Please let it show you?now. 9 lie sure to get the genuine. "Milk of Magnesia" has been the U. S. Registered Trade Mark of The Charles II. Phillips Chemical Company and its predecessor Charles II. Phillips since 1875. HEADACHES NEURITIS NEURALGIA, COLDS Whenever vou have some nagging ache or pain. take__some tablets of Bayer Aspirin. Relief is immediate! There's scarcelv ever an ache or pain that. Bayer Aspirin woiv't relieve?and never a time when you can't take it. The tablets with the Bayer cross are always safe. They will not depress the heart, or otherwise harm you. Use them as often as they can spare you any pain or discomfort. Just 1h? sure to buy. the genuine. l-.Komine the Ixjx. Beware of imitations. Aspirin is the trade-mark of Bayetf manufacture of monoaceticacidestoer of salicylicacid. CHILDREN CRY FOR IT? /"^HII.rmr.N hate to take medicim as a rule., but every child loves the taste of (.astoria I'his pure vegetable preparation is just as Rood as it t.istes; just i> bland and just as harmless as the recipe read* W i?en Baby's cry warns of colic, k few Irops of t'-astoria have hun soothed, as.again in a jiffy. Nothing is more valuable in diarrhea When coated tongue or bad breath tell of constipation, invoke its gentle aid to cleanse and regulate a child's bowels. In colds or children's diseases, rou should use it to aeep the system from clogging. ? t.astoria is sold in every drug stor*; the genuine always beau's Chas. li. Fletcher's signature. I My Experiences I i. ike World War My General J ohm JL Perching JT Cnrtyk 19)1, is tU cmmiIm Wr & NohJi Astris* 1 ,, tf Aiw. W?u IW win, ,u k, W.N-U. >insiii1??, li>n krtu tm wb*U mi ptii p?i>hU>U?d. Jf I CHAPTER XLVIII Hospitalization iii><I rotiiplef ion of j three corps headquarters and Muff or- ' ganlzatlons occupied fix attention the InSt week of June, 101K Twelve of our division* were then either in line or In reserve behind the French, five were in training In rear of Hie Itrftish army. Of those with the French. seven were eoneenlrated in the vicinity of Vlllers-f.'otteretn and i luiteaii Thierry,0 bet ween the French front and Paris. The British seemed to think the French unduly nervous about lite safety of Paris, and that Foch was holding a greater proportion of American troops heliind the French lines than necessary. They believed there was a strong probability %?f another attuck against their front, nnd felt Oenerul Foch was not paying enough attention to their situation. However, they probably did not realize that a counleroffcnsjve was contemplated on this front should the occasion present Itself. Corps Headquarters Organized. The First corps headquarters, organized in January under MuJ. Hen. Hunte^ Liggett, with Col. Malln Craig as chief of staff, hud become u smoothly working machine ready for active service nnywhere, but events hurl j moved so swiftly there had heen no opportunity for the assembly of divisions. With the Increasing size of our army it \<aa evident that a greater number of divisions would he able to take part In operations at earlier dates than we had thought possible. Consequently, the organization of the Second,* Third and Fourth corps head .quarters was at once completed The Second corps, MaJ. Hen. Heorge Head commanding, will) Col. Henrge Simonds as chief of staff, and a limited number of vintY ollicers, was charged with mailers of administration and command pertaining to the divisions behind the Hritish front. The Third corps, temporarily under MaJ. <!en. William M. Wright. Col. Alfred P.Jornstud, chief of staff, continued to supervise training of divisions serving "In the Vosges area. The Fourth corps was temporarily under the corps chief of stuff. Col. Stunrt llelnizelmnn, with headquarters at Toul. Ily the actual constitution of those corps they were expected soon to become efficient enough to handle units In operations. French Hospitals Deficient. As to hospitals, when our troops became suddenly engirKvu" m* .7., ' teau-Thierry region we hud to rely largely upon the assistance of the French to care for our wounded. Although they hud given us every assurance that hospital arrangements for those operations would he complete, and without Question did their best. It' was only through the mobile hospitals we had organized that we were able to give our casualties proper attention. In extenuation of the French failure to take care of our casualties properly It must he said that when the t'.ermatis swept over the Chemln des I % Not Afraid of Gat. Dames to Chateau-Thierry the French lost 4f?.00<) beds, include*! in sonfe of their best equipped hospitals. We had no hospitals on tiiat front and with limited transportation found it ditli cult to supplement the scant French facilities. In fact, the situation as to hospital accommodations for our troops was about to reach a critical Stage. In tiiis connection a cable was a< tu 1 ally submitted by Mr. Casper Whitney from the New York Tribune which was scathing In Its denunciation of our medicul department. The censor immediately Informed the medical representatives at my heudiiuarters. and Genotal Ireland, the chief surgeon, re !? quested an Investigation, whleh was at oyce curried out by the chief of the 1 Inspector general's corps, Generul ! Brewster. Mr. Whitney was asked to be present at all the hearings, and when the actual facts were brought out, showing the efficiency of the medl cal department, , he was most apolo getle and thereafter was an enthusiastic supporter of the wisdom of the censorship. Fourth of July Observance. The Fourth of July found me In Chaumont. 1 lie ! reucli people there never misled an opportunity to show their pleasure at having us in their midst and their appreciation of our aid to the cause. ] he principal ^ceremony of the day was a reception-to the officers of- my headquarters by the local I I- rench officials, hotli. civic anil mill! tary, and the prominent dti/cnx at tin* | Hotel de \ ille. 'J Ids was ati altogether delightful .Social gathering, including a series of suitable speeches. The spi id t of fraternity that preI vailed made it easy to respond. Ill , fact, on this, us often on similar occai sions. I found myself almost as enthusiastic as the French speaker, though | perhaps less content with my effort, i I lie allies elsewhere did not forget that it was oil' Independence day, and messages came from Clemenceau, Focli and Ilaig and many others from all over France. Yank? in Hjmel Attack. Kegardless of the distinct understanding that our troops behind the Biitisli front were there for training and were not to lie used except in an ' emergency, the British made continu| ous effort to get them Into their lines. They planned an attack by the Australians for (lie~~Fonrrh of July at?|i requested MaJ. (Jen. George I'ead, com| mander of the Second corps then still la training, to permit some of the | tioops of the I hi ft y-t hi rd division to take part. At first the British suggested four companies, hut later they wanted the number increased to ten. As the use of Americans at this time was directly contrary to the arrangement, naturally it did not meet with my approval. Having learned that such u combined attack was planned, I spoke to 4'arshal Haig about it when I saw him in Paris July .'I, and lie entirely agreed with my point of view. It seems that General Bead, afterward, in accordance with my Instructions, told General Bnwlinson that I did not Want purtiy trained troops to participate. However, our troops Imd by this time become fully committed to it. At-" though the British chief of staff had consented to leave our troops out, wheji he learned from Hawllnson that n ftmr ? vii>|.C . t*! ' t-Uix ftQ. eration, he Informed Bead that no change could he made without orders from Field Marshal Haig. who. he said, could not he readied, and so the attack was carried out. as I learned the next day. The fact that General Betid and his officers and men were keen to get Into the battle went far to excuse Idm. It scents needless to add also that the splendid behavior of the troops In the operation was a decided argument infavor of leniency. '1 his division also aftei \\ art! displaced the -mine eager gfer ? f11, 'u * n i mjt isnaw jiMW iii get at i lie ?MMMBjr lo several luinl (might engagements during tli* trying dayn of the Mcu*e Argonne. CHAPTER XUX A number of our divisions were quite prepared to engage In any contemplated offensive and, their location at the moment lent hope for the early formation of one and probably two entire corps of Americana. I.lggctt'ri I''I rat coy pa had taken Its place Is line July -4. with the Second division (llarhord). relieved on the tuth by the Twent.v sixth (Iviwards), and a French division under Its dlrcc^ lion, 'J'he corps staff had been shaken down to the routine of its work und had hocome in every respect an etti t-iit group, performing its functions with the confidence and precision worthy of tlie more exticidencad staffs of the allied armies I'tiring an Inspection trip July ill to i In* headquarter* of the First corps I had lunch vv ithTJetferul llarhord at Nniiic.uii-sur-Mariic, where his division was resting, lie told of a marine in Ids division who had cuptured seventylive German prisoners single handed. German* Attack Again. Referring again to my diary: Clinuiuont, Wednesday, July 17, lt?18. ? Another Germut) attack hroke Monday. Our Forty-sec<|nd, part of the Twenty-eighth and the Third, became engaged. The latier counterattacked and cuptured KM) prisoners. Advised Foch that the Thirty-second and Tweuty* ninth divisions are available at <>nee? ? Five other divisions have been placed at his disposal. Situation yesterday more favorable for allies. General Hullard assigned to Third corps and General Wright to Fifth. The intelligence services of all the allied armies had been exerting every endeavor to discover the enemy's plans, with the result that for some days it appeared almost certain that his next move would he directed toward the southeast. on the right and left ot ItiiciuiK. (in (hi- eve ing of July 14 a French raiding party from General Gouraud's Fourth army, then holding 'hat pari of the line including Ithelms, luckily captured prisoners who con tinned this belief und who gave the exacr*hour fixed for the attack, which they said was to take place the following morning. Our Third division, still in line south of the Maine, faced the enemy between Juulgonne and Chateau Thierry, and the Twenty-sixth, which; as we have seen, had relieved the Second, held a sector between Torcy and Vattx. Infantry elements of the Twentyeighth were south of the Marne, serving with the two French divisions on either side of the Third; the entire Forty-second occupied a support position behind Gouraud's front: the First division was north of Menux. and the Second and Fourth were In reserve near Chateau Thierry. Surprise for the Enemy. The German offensive was launched on the early morning of July 15, as expected, but it was met with a surprise barrage put down by General Gouraud's artillery half an hour before the start. The Germans' attack formations were thrown into confusion and their force seriously weakened to begin with. I * v evening, thanks to the strong resistance they encountered, the situation In that immediate sector was not unfavorable. Our Forty-second division became engaged ami sustained relatively heavy tosses. Its conduct on the first and succeeding days brought high penlse from the French army commander. Farther west the enemy crossed the Marne. penetrating in one place as far as five miles. He struck our Third division, which was posted along the river, In a determined attempt to force s crossing between Mezy and Varennes. and the fighting became Intense, some . units of the Thirtieth and Thirtyeighth regiments noiuo.* r.rzt irr lng forced back. The stubbornness of their resistance,- however, broke up the attack as a whole, and the Germans retired to the north bank. Thirty-eighth Distinguish#* Itself. On this occasion a single regiment of the Third division (Cot. U. 0. McAlexander's Thirty-eighth) wrote one of the most brilliant pages In our military annals. It prevented the crossing at certain points on its front, while on either flank the Germans who had | gained a footing pressed forward. Our men. flrinu in three directions, 'met the Herman attack with counterattacks at critical points, and succeeded in throwing two Herman divisions into complete confusion. Men from three different enetn.v divisions were captured hy the Third in tlie ftghtinp of this day. I?v noOn of the sixteenth the attacks against its line came to a halt. The Hermans were stopped to the ! east of Uheims by Houraud's Fourth ! army with hut sliul^ pains. while to 1 | the southwest they pot across the Marne nud made some progress toj ward Fpernay. The failure of the atj tin k In Champagne and tho relatively J slight pains to which the Hermans I were held to the west of Uheims on the tlrst day materially heartened the allies. Althouph there were some ten divisions of the enemy remaininp south of the Maine, the very evident conclusion, Judging from the results of the followinp two days Itnd the losses he had suffered, was that he would he unable to continue the offensive. Now that the allied armies were no longer in Jeopardy it seethed opportune to push t lie formation of our own army near Chateau Thierry for use apalnst the Marne salient In the counteroffensiv I had frequently urped. The outlook for the allies had chnnped materially since the crisis of early June. The enemy had been held In his ni">t recent attacks nnd his ; losses were presumably very great. He win l<>v.-,np the advantage of i numbers and ! s superiority was pass| inp. (Con! n ted next *"'eek) Ground gained by German Offensives of May, June and July 1918 [HMay 27-June 6 HI v )i in^ Q- 13 HHjuly I5~I7 0 c 2b 50 Miles 1 * I General News Notes, i Seven men escaped from the An- j son county jail at Wadesboro, N, C., , Saturday, using a key made from a spoon luuidle. According to J. P. Morgan and com- ( pany 100 American hanks have joined with bankers of France to extend a credit of $400,000,000 to the British treasury as a measure of their confidence in Great Britain. The bod ion of four forest fire fighters were found west of Choteau, Wis. The bodies were presumed to be four of fiv?- fire fighters that have been missing for several days from a crew in. the I,A?wis and Clark national forests. Arthur Pee Cowan, 20, was killed by bis fatehr-in-law, 11 ug Moore, at Birmingham, Ala., the wife of Cowan and her 11-day-old baby witnessing the killing. Moore claims that Cowan had mistreated his wife. J. C. Setzer, self-styled ministerial student, has been sentenced by the court of Caldwell county, N. G\, to serve .'10 to 40 years in prison, after conviction of having immoral relations with a girl under the age of consent. Owen 1). Young, New York capitalist, has been named as chairman of the committee to coordinate local unemployment relief efforts, by Walter S. Clifford, national relief director. Walter Wolfe, veteran employe, has confessed to embezzling approximately $.'1,000,000 from tbe Continental Illinois Bank and Trust company of Chicago. The loss is covered by insurance. William Brown, Spanish-War veteran, has been arrested at the soldiers' home at Johnson City, Terrrr.7 after a search of thirteen years for the alleged murder of his wife at Fall River, Mass. Elmer and A mil Patterson, twin brothers, 112, committed suicide Wednesday by shooting as they sat side by side on their, father's farm near Amery, Wis. They had been on a drinking spree. The nearly decapitated body of Mrs. Annie Evans, 33, was found in a cornfield about one mile from her home near Grayson, Ky., Monday. Her husband is being held on suspicion of committing the crime. United States treasury figures fjr the first two months of the current fiscal year, show a deficit of $396,365,000, and the possibility is that there must be an increase of federal taxes this year or next. The Graf Zeppelin reached Pernambuco, Brazi 1 on ?Tuesday?evening- at5:18, completing a flight of 4,400 miles from Friedrichshafen, Germany. The dirigible carried 12 passengers at a rate of $1,500 each. A new $800,000,000 bond issue by the United States was heavily ove*subscribed, but the treasury said it would keep the subscription books open to give every part of the country a chance at the investment for the rest of this week. Mary Cone, 22, red-headed and pretty, has been sentenced to serve [three years in the Georgia state prison at Milledgeville, following her conviction "with a verdict of manslaughter in the killing of her sweetheart, shot through the heart when the pair was scuffling for the possession of a pistol. The girl is the daughter of a preacher. She smiled as she walked out of court. A ' -" "H'1 v-?*->>*. Ka<4 been arrested at Colville, Wash., charged with setting at least six forest fires that have swept great areas in Washington and western Montana. Walter Btugg, 28, shot his 20-yJ M wife to de*th in a Savttmih, J figar :'<,!? aiui th^n ' U' I. |1(|, , ((1 v'l police. He Vfpeat<(dly said that 3 meant to kill her and did. | Between all points 150 n?ile! less. Good in coaches onlv u 01 limit dat* of sale. ' * H'lUr| WEEK END TICKETS On? and One-Fifth FarRound Trip All points in Southeast. sjol Fridays, Saturdays and \sund? morning trains. Return :imit t ' day following. . Ue* TEN DAY COACH EXCURSIONS One and One-Tenth Far* < Round Trip All points in Southeast. Sold ptt days, Saturdays rlhd Sundays, Consult Ticket Agents SOUTHERN RAILWAY i Travel By Train Economical ? Comfortable ^ Notice to Debtors amP" Creditors All parties indebted to the 0*1.1, of Martha .Ann Walters are heiVw notified to make payment to the 11 dersigned, and all parties, if having claims against the .-aid e&tiJ wijl present them likewise, duly .? tested, within the time prescribed2 aw. 7 WI'LLillE McGlHRT FLORINS A. SPEARS r? 1 c r> a Executors Camden, S. C., August 20, 1931 Notice to Debtors and Creditors Notice is hereby given, to thu haying claims against the> estate ? 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