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Ins against i' exaggerations Hicc Says British Have Lost About 600 Guns, Not 950 DRED TANKS ' LOST IN COUNTERS B Office Giving Out News Jftiickly mid Fully?Urges Patience. ^Pglar;?i in considering her losses lighting- in Fiance must take ^Consideration the "usual German Hberation," Major Gen. Frederick ^ tfuricc, cliiej' director of military ^fttionj at the war office, says, j W^io yjast," he declared, "the Ger- J B* have usually given the captures BHsoners and guns in round num j not as actually 'Counted, but as Hpputcd from thr? 'general situaB !t is reasonable to assume tnat Hamo thing is b"'mg done now. ^Kur total loss of '.guns, either fro.v. ^Rig into the hands of the enemy or Bring knocked out, is about 000 acBmg to our best information. This I pares vvnn mo wormian claim 01 j probably the same ratio hold I regarding German claims of [mors, and ;l must be remembered j ^ the Gorimvn count of prisoners | ' ties many of our wounded whom ivere unable to take with us. ye have lost probably about 100 is, which we used extensively in Counter attacks." I Giving Out News, pn. Maurice said the war office I giving out the news as quickly as fully as it was received and frgod the public to he patient, n these critical times," he said.j ant to emphasize that it is every j s duty to avoid making there | j critical and to avoid being pnful. liurtqg the last few day.ej S newspapers have raised the old that vo are concealing part of the] Is because it is too serious lor it i e made public. This charge not is untrue, but has had a bad ofbecause it has tended to create c. It has tended to make tivBole believe that things were worse ] Bi they really are. Bn our comrmiriieations and statcBts to the poiblie, we are tellin;v Bwhole truth as we know it. I hav< I you on previous occasions that Bn we are fighting a great batth' Bhc flefensive we cannot got inBiation or sense the exact situation aiickly aa the enemy. Last yea . iur offensive operations, we saw same principle at work. In fact. British reports were earlier and fComplete than those of the. 7,UJk. In defensive butties, divis1'and corps headquarters are shift wires arc down and the men on scene are occupied with building i ommunications. We at the war office are just a< atient as you for the news, and as 1 as the si/jation steadies we will in be reeo-.vintf the hourly develents and promptly. Meanwhile js he patient." UTSTAIS ? ' For Sprains, Lameness, j Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism Penetrates and Heats. Stops Pain At Once For Man and Beast 25c. 50c. $1. At All Dealers. IH1MEWT IMES SMART ESTATE ' OFFERED FOR SALE |^have for sale the estate land of H&e Mr. Jas. Smart, containing Ky-two acres, with 16 or 18 acres ired, with dwelling house, lying ;n Jks township, on Pee Dee Public *d. Wire fencing round about onen*th of field. pall or write us your best offer for property which the heirs want to j>ose of at a fair price. The only ie to buy land i3 when it is offered sale. Afterwards it is too late.?ad ORRY LAND AGENCY, Conway. [Mi Hedrlck. H. H. Woodward. 1 | * )an W. Hardwick, of I.oris was in i I way one day last week. . NEED BIG_HERDS Europe's Meat Supply Must Come From America. Warring Nations Have Depleted Live Stock at Enormous Rate, Eve.v Killing Dairy Cattle For Food. A American stock breeders are being united to conserve their flocks and a - ? - ? tvniB in oruer to meet Europe's tremendous demands for meats during the war and probably for mauy years afterward. The United States food administration reports that American stock Tatsers have shown a disposition to co-operate with the government In increasing the nation's supply of live stock. % Germany today Is probably better supplied with live stock than any other European nation. When the German armies made their big advance Into France and then retreated virtually all the cattle In the invaded territory ? approximately 1,800,001) head?were driven behind the German lines. Hut In England?where 2,44)0,000 I -res of pasture lands have been turn ? 1 into grain fields?the entile herds 1. re decreasing rapidly. One of the reasons apparently is the declining maximum price scale adopted by the Knglisb as follows: For September, $17.7(5 per 100 pounds : October, $17.28 ; November and December, .$1(5.08; .Janlary, $14.*10. The effect of these prices ! was to drive beef animals on the market. as soon as possible. In France the number of cattle as well as the quality have shown an enormous decline during the war. Where France had 14,807,000 head of cattle in 11)115, she now has only 12,1141,IKK), a decrease of 10.(5 pot* cent. | And France Is today producing only | one gallon of milk compared to two 1 and one-ludf gallons before the war. Denmark and Holland have been forced to sacrifice dairy herds for beef because of the lack of necessary feed. Close study of the Furopcau meat 1 situation has convinced the Food Ad ministration that tile future problem I of America lies largely in the produci tion of meat producing animals and j dairy products rather than in the proj daction of cereals for export when I the war will have ceased. | BRITISH fiOVERN^NT HELPS PAY FOR RRFAI) ? ? - - - w mm wniillV There has been .much mtsunderstanding about the bread program in ; England. It is true that the EnglishI man buys a loaf of bread for less than ! an American can, hut it is poorer I bread, and the British government is paying JfliOO.iMJO.tHK) a year toward the ! cost of it. j All the grain grown In Great Britt a in is taken over hy the government | ut an arbitrary price and the imported I wheat purchased on the murkets at | the prevailing market price. This is turned over to the mills by the government at a price that allows the adulterated war bread loaf of lour pounds to sell at 18 cents, the two pound loaf at ii cents and the one pound loaf at o cents. In France, under conditions somewhat similar, hut with a Larger extraction, the four pound loaf sells for 10 cents. MAKING MEATLESS DAYS PERMANENT. in the meatless menu there Is a fertile iield for developing new and nourishing dishes, according to E. II. Nile*, writing in the Hotel Gazette, who believes that the present shortage of meat and fats will not end with the coining of peace, but may grow more acute and continue for live or six years, thus making it worth while to develop menus of grain, vegetables and fish on a more or less permanent basis. Meat can be replaced by cereals and other protein foods, or may be served in very small portions as a 11avorlng for oilier food. In making up meatless menus this author iltuls our American Creole and soul hern cuisine a broad iield for investigation. o COPY SI MMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Not Served.) A1 i ? " v ouri of common Picas. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. Isaac L. Lee, Plaintiff, -vs_ E. Hamp Harthvick, N. J. Hardee, Enterprise Grocery Company, L. D. Hard wick, Bank of Tabor, a corporation, W. E. Carter, The Worth Company, a corporation, Meddio H. Grainger, F. H. Hyatt, L. P. Hardwick, J. M. Hardwick, O. B. Hardwick, J. N. Hardwick, and K. D. Hardwick, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, which has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the j subscriber at his office at Ccnway, S. C., within twenty days after the THE HOMtV HERAL1 service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this actios will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated February 1st, A. D. 1918. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. To Enterprise Grocery Company, n 1_ rn - i w --- ? ? Dunn oi laoor, ine worth Com-j pany, L. D. Hardwick, J. N. Hardwick, K. D. . Hard wick, and N. J. Hardee, Absent Defendants: Take Notice That the Compaint in the foregoing stated action and the! Summons of which the foregoing is a copy were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Horry County, at Conway, S C., on the 8th day of February A. P. 1918. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. S DARINGAMERIGANS ENTER HUNTRENCHES With tho American Army in France.?Two officers and four men :< nt ove r tho top in broad daylight, a feat seldom accomplished. AUhougt the sun was shining and the sky wa clear, the Americans decided not 1 defer any longer their determinati' n to learn definitely whether Gonna; were present in great numbers in a. enemy trench. When dav. u cam there wore faint clouds showing be. 1 of the enemy's lines, and the Amori cans delayed for a time, hoping IV rain and fog, but when the clouds die appeared two officers and the fou men decided to make tho dayligh venture, although th.ey would bo un del* the eyes of a watchful enemy and were in a place where even pisto bullets might fin<l their mark. Machine guns were posted and th Americans, with grenades swingine at their waists and with rifles j:. hand, clambered up from the firestep and out over the parapet. The\ slid head first into the nearest shel hole and the journey was on. Moving from shell hole to shell hole, taking advantage of the slightest rise n their terrain, the patrol proceeded. In the trenches behind them, theii comrades stood with fingers on tlicit 1 rifles ready to fire the instant any Germans might show themselves. Go Into Enemy Trenches From the American lines the patrol r.iembers were seen to force their w-.\ through the enemy wire and, one b\ win-, disappear mio tnc {.ionium ("run i tronch. f During the noxt four hours, tin men in the trenches waited anxiousi hearing nothing from t ho patrol who, during that time were inspect ing six hundred yards of the derma; trenches. Prepared for instant battle, the si> Americans made their way from 01 trench section to another, going in. each dugout with the muzzles of th i: pistols and rifles preceding thorn, an traveled .>00 yards. Returning to th point from which ihoy had started < heir inspection, they searched tiv . reaches 1100 yards in the other dire tion. While four hours may seem 'ong time for this work, it must la kept in mind that every head and ov ef\v dugout may contain an overwhel. niing enemy group, and there was n assurance that the Germans had nol concealed men in places, prepared b. meet the invaders. Germans Wake Up. It was noon when the first head of an American was observed above a; enemy parapet. The watchers* in th< American lines breathed easier, but at this moment the Germans discov orod the patrol, and rifle bullets be gun to smack against the trench sides and bottom. Discovered, the six Americans lo no time in moving out. Unscathed, j they returned to our lines, bringing all the information they had sought. | At the ot^er end of our lines, duv j ing the night, American patrolsought to go through the enemy wire. They penetrated the first belt successfully, but when they reached tin* second, a sergeant, who is from Texas, put his hand on a wire and received an electric shock and was burned. This attracted the attention of an enemy sentry, who fired a flare, 1% - rorcing the Americans to drop to the | ground, and they crawled hurriedly tack to their own lines as the flare died away. o Burt Waters of Florella, Ala., Coin pnny A, One Hundred and Sixth Am munition Train has just been sen fonoed by the general eourtmartial ul Camp Wheeler to serve 25 years in the United States disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth for desertion. The enrollment at Winthrop Co) j'ege this session has exceeded l,0lK tudonts and the attendance has kepi ip remarkably well. P, CONWAY, 3. C. MR, S1MPKINS PAYS HIS INCOME TAX By ROBERT McBLAIR. Mr. Slmpkins gazed at the portrait on the wall till hie eyes filled with tears. It wns a portrait m his father, Colonel Slmpkins, who had four times been promoted for valor during the Civil War and had died bravely on the field of action. Mr. Slmpkins' throat ached now for two reasons: First, he reverenced and adored the memory oi ?il8 father; secondly, his age and his eyes and his game leg wouldn't let him go to wi.r himself. And as he observed the martial bearing and uncompromising gaze of Colonel Siinpkins he saw, in Imagination, the khaki clad IMs ? ? the new generation marching fol _n and crossing three thousand miles of sea to fight, maybe die, for liberty. Mr. Siinpkins peered around to make sure that neither Bess nor John (who were at the teasing ages of sixteen and seventeen) were where they could see him, then he straightened and threw his right arm up for a salute, i But his gouty shoulder twinged, and he groaned. He couldn't even salute. 'Iiaiim!" said .Mr. Siinpkins, and with his other hand fiercely twirled his white mustaeldos. He turned and limped into the library and sat down creakily before the ; nliihegany desk on which were lying the blanks for his income tax statement, blanks uhirh lie had rather grumpily got from the Internal ltevel line ollieer only that day after luncheon on his way home from the club. Mr. Siinpkins' income for 11)17 had amounted to Just about $lo,(KH), and lie had been rather snappy on the subject of taxes ever since he had discov i e;vo 111:11 the nioro income a man lias I the greater tlm percentage of it ho ' pays in taxes. Ho could think of several men who, like Itintself, Wele mar-" rieil ami had two children, and yet, although their income^ were nearly 1 hall! of his, they would pay only a small fraction of the amount he paid. He gloomily drew the blank nearer and began tilling in the information that It asked for. As Mr. Simpkins' income was$15,000 he had to figure out the amounts payable on each of the successive smaller classes of incomes In order to arrive at the total due from himself. lie passed over the first class who must pay taxes, that is, single men making over 1,000. Ills calculation for married men then showed up as follows: First, they pay 2 per cent, (under I the 101(5 law) on nil income over $4,000, deducting $-00 for each of their children under eighteen years. In Mr. Simpkins' ease this was $212, which he put down in the "payable" column. He saw next that, under the 1017 )h\v, married men pay an adtHtional 2 per cent, on all over $2,000?with the same allowance for children. This added $252 to his "payable*' column. He then observed that for every i $2,000 jump in bis income* over $,">.000 J he had to pay a Surtax, the percentage growing larger with each jump. This , was $250 more added to bis burden. And on top of all ibis came an "Excess Profits" tux of 8 per cent, on all | "occupation" income over $0,000, making $720 more. The total, then, be must pay was fourI teen hundred and thirty-four dollars. "Whew!" exclaimed .Mr. Kimpktns angrily. "There's young Henry WilI kins, who married Jake Johnson's girl, ] he makes $2,000 and he doesn't pay a | cent, of taxes. I guess this is his war i as well as mine!" Thinking of young Henry Wilklns, he remembered that Mrs. Wilklns went ! every afternoon to make bandages for the Red Cross and that Ilenry, who was a lawyer, was aiding the I.ocal : Draft Hoard with its questionnaires. ' ^Well," he admitted to himself, "that makes a difference." He thought next of Judge Willoughhy, whose income was about $2,000. "He only pays $20," commented Mr. Simpkins, not quite so angrily this time; and then a thought struck him and he sat up rigidly in his chair. Judge Willoughby's son had been drowned on the Tuscanla when it was j submarined with the loss of two hundred soldiers "Judge Willottghb\ gave bis son to America," muttered Mr. Simpkins. ii i i f ? ? Jic II-MIIIMI HM Wiini SlKIUCMliy 1111(1 put ! his face in liis hands. j ' For a long tinio Mr. Simpkins sat very si ill in that position. There was no sound in the library except the ticking of the tall clock and an occasional trill of laughter from the children skylarking upstairs. The square of light on the carpet gradually withdrew ilself through 111?> window, and lirst twilight and then darkness set tied in about the quiet, white haired, sometimes irascible old man. Mr. Slinpkins was thinking things which he would never afterward speak of, he was thinking things that were too sacred ever to he put into words. But some inkling of his thoughts may he found In his rejoinder to Mrs. Siinpklns when that placid lady came in and turned on the lights, and asked him whether lie was ready for dinner. "Judge Wllloughby's only son was worth as much as fourteen hundred and thirty-four riollgjra, wasn't he?" Mr. Simpklns demanded of her. As his wife, who was not unused to his superficial Irritations, watched him in mild astonishment, Mr. Sltnpklns limped out to the hall and took his old felt hat and silver-headed cane from the hat rack. Letting himself out into the foggy evening, he tapped his wav down to the corner, and mailed his income lax statement and check with his own hanos. "Now, God he thanked," said Mr. Slmpfelrts as the lid clanked shut over his missive, "I can do this utuch for my country, anyhow." \ ALLIES FIRM IN BLOODIEST BATTLE ?? Germans Sending Massed Divisions Against Entente, j Make Minor Gains. I i ' In a battle which has lasted since Thursday and which probably is coiv i t'uu! wLk utmost fury, the Ger- ! mans have been hurling massed di- 1 visions against the British and Fren- j ch lines, from far north of Albert | to a short distance north of Montdidiei. Probably there has not been n j more sanguinary battle fought since j the beginning of the Teutonic offensive on March 21 than this, which has j for its objective the driving oi . | wedge between the British and; French armies, the cutting of the Paris-Amiens Railroad south of Amicus and the capture of that city. But in spite of the power of the attack and the disposition of the fight- , ir.g, the Entente Allies have stood firm over the most of their front. A. t only two points have they horn lore - 1 to give ground, and thoy scorn on t ? i map to be only minor successes when compared with the sacrifice of iicos I which they have cost. .lust to the southwest of Albert, the British luiv^ j withdrawn a shoit distance and the , French have given up the villa;;- ' ' Castel, west of Moreuil. Allies Bitterly Contest. It seems probable that the Knten e Allies have abandoned their fabi j j tactics and are nov. prepared to gi I battle to the German?. They havi 1 fixed their lines about twelve mi!in I east of <,{ty of Am?yns and it i 1 ^ evident that hero they have turned at bay against the invaders. The co itour of the country hack of the Allied linos lends itself to defensive tactics. It is high and of a character which compels attacking forces to expo a themselves to concentration of fire from artillery and infantry. It is necessary for the Germans to break through the British and French lines in this region or to outflank tlm Allies by a drive to the north and i south of it. The fighting near Albert | and north of Montdidier seems to i have for its object the turning of the | Allied positions. | The Dawning- of the first anniver sary of the entry of the United Staler into the war finds Gen. Pershing's veterans somewhere in the battle zone. How many are there, what units have been chosen for the fight and where they will make their first appearance is not known. Allies Gain Ground. In spite of the terrific strain to ; which they have been subjected the I | Allies have struck back at the Go;- | j mans and have regained some ground. | I One of these points is near Grivesnes. a short distance northwest of Montdidier, another near Hebuterne and. i another between Montdidier and Noy! an, near the village of Orvillers-Sorej It is in this latter region that the great Allied counter attack has been j expected to be launched. It was announced from Washington ! ^ 1 Friday that a Japanese force had | been landed at Vladivostok, the east j ern terminus of the Trans-Siberia | Railroad. It is expected tlud the in cident is without political sir. nificance, is not to be looked upon a intervention by the Allies in Russia. There have been artillery engage menls in various sectors of the !>(>! gian and French fronts outside of th. battle region in Picardy. The city o: 'Rheims has been again subjected t( bombardments by the Germans. In i"< sector, however, has there been in fan?. j MAGAZINE^^ 360 ARTICLtS "" 360 ILLUSTRATIONS BETTER THAN EVER ISc a copy At Your Nawsdoalor (Yearly Subscription $l.SO Smnd for our now froo cat alog of mechanic at book* Popular Mechanics Magazlno North Michigan Avcnuo, Chicago t _ THEM try fighting- of an unusual nature. In Italy there has hoon the usual patrol activity. o i "Do-your-bit" Biscuits 1 level tablespoon *COTTOLENK cups pastry flour % cup white corn meal 4 level teaspoons baking powder 3a teaspoon salt cup milk or half milk and half water. Sift together flour, corn meal, baking powder and salt. Rub in chilled *COTTOLENE with fingertips, very lightly. Add milk and water and mix to soft dough with knife. Roll and cut. Bake in hot oven for 15 minutes. Uncle Sam says "Save animal fats." *CottolenK saves your money too, Cottoiene * Jlie Natural S/:orfcfiirg~ At grocers in tins cf convenient sizes 'DAILY CASUALTY LIST SUSPENDED I | i ' n n ... , iviarcn wants interpretation From Baker of New i Order . I 'THAT PERSHING GIVE ! OUT NEWS OF TROOPS j ?_ Officials Expect That Publicai tion Will Be Resumed in Few Days. I ______ Washington.? Mai. General March. I . ' acting cine! of staff, today directed rthat issue of the daily casualty list here be suspended pending- definite interpretation from Secretary Maker as to whether it is forbidden by his new order nrovidino- ilvit .1 i? ? , n .....V \ n Illicit t IT shing's headquarters shall issue all news relating to the troops in Krance. The War Department dors not believe the order is intended to proelude issuing these lists in Washington, and expect to resume them as soon as Secretary Haker confirms his understanding of the order. Officials here see no reason why publication of casualties through the War Department should not be continued as formerly. If the lists are to be given out abroad and carried over press cables, there will be great duplication and an added burden on the already overworked wire facilit ies. i, ..... . i ? it, ?ii.> |h'i111i*<i mil ixiai casualty lists from the forces now being amalgamated with the French and British armies at thej battle front necessarily will be slow in arriving. It may i>e v.eeks before the names are available, as the lists will have to filt r back through British and French com v.unication channels to Amrican head luarters. For that reason, it is obvi)us, officials say, that publication OuId disclose nothing of military /alue to the enemy. o A ^ JHUI 't- buy M with thought 2 ? cook it with 3 ? serve just e?(OWgh^|l 4-SAve what w?li^g|i y - eat what wou^jm?|y 6-hcmc-Xrowii ftfjimM * w vwwm mn*^nm\( i dont waste it