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y:! The Pc "vvno are looking: strangfe iar, although I' I'm A. Dor "Oh?pleas ed our editor, 1 old friend. V "I'm not tl visitor. "I cai i.i uie war. "Pretty to see th6 Doctor* "I went to that I'll never * said I ought to meantime, he & to lav me aside "That isn't "1 know," for food and c! are lots of us tl owners don't re thought if I ca for us. Doc to me. Now of c behind the cloc will increase by I "How for "If you tal ing $4.15 in all Uncle Sam that on January 1. 1 I how much mor< ing imaginary are valuable on am more valual \\ iien 1 can buy you gain. He needs it, and b< will have the p for victory." "Bill, you 1 our editor. "1 Burroi 1 * BUNS MAKING READY TO STRIKE ITALIANS i, 'Wtb f i _ . ^ T Austrians Assemble Immense Army From Other Fronts For Offensive t ? vf . WILL TRY TO REACH PLAINS OF VENETIA Blow Forced by Economic Conditions Throughout Dual , fi Monarchy. X . .' . '/fr , ; Over the battle lines along the Paive P.iver and in the mountainous region in northern Italy, where the allied forces have been holding their forces since last November, after the great Italian retreat from the Ison20, there is increased tension and the . threatened blow at this front may be launched by the Teutnoic allies wtihin a few days. For many weeks the Italian war office has been aware that the Austrians have been assenib lin<r fhn ln<rianc.' ufit^rlfou'n f rnm V4IV/ i\ fc,IVMin fl IWIlVli UTY 14 I I \/|ll HIV Russian and Roumanian fronts for a drive at the Italian armies and it is believed that it will not be long be1 fore the central powers will make 1 smother attempt to reach the plains of Venetia, break through the allies ' line and seek a decisive combat in 1 that manner. [ Emperor Karl of Austria, accom' panied by his chief of staff and high German and army officers, is report1 ' <?d on his way to the Italian front [? ' siiK I he great movement of troops in ^ Tyvcfl and Trentino would seem to c TnftWate that vast bodies of men are r ttetofrfc taken from other fronts to be ' r%4-l iVia Tfolian r\AaiflAnO I1U IHJii ill i/iivi 1 vc*iiuii livoiv&viiQ* ll Blow Expected in Mountains ' The blow, it is generally believerl, will fall somewhere in the mountainous section of the front, probably in the Gagarina and Astico Valley,-. These sectors face the north and, it" broken, would permit the foe to penetrate iuto lower foothills of the rooflSnjtains, or even reach the plains "! -' ; > ! ' , , < , . % I tor Little Ri BY GLADYS SCHUSTER. you?" our editor said yesterday ir appeared before him. "You i m sure I haven't seen you for s< lar Bill," the stranger weakly ans >ed to recognize you, Dollar Bill,1 lolding out his hand. "You ] that's the matter?" * Ll mil T HO rv/1 4-/\ 1 \ <\ ^ /\| 1 it? Sill lit? out 1 uoai iu uc, jihhu i only do about half the work I u ugh," our editor reflected. "IT see Dr. McAdoo," answered Bill, >et my strength back until afte gain at least 25c or 30c in weigl aid, I ought to have a rest, and i i against the day when I will be ; a bad idea," observed our edito continued Bill, "that some of i othing, no mat lei* how weak we \ lat are going for luxuries and tl ?ally need. The fast times arc lied it to your attention, you mi; r McAdoo said a dose of pubU course I don't want people to put k case until the Buns are defeat investing me in absolute safety. inshmfP flskpd nur editor. Sivn ;e four of us and add 15c to us tl 1, you can buy a War Savings will make me worth exactly $5 L923, and worth even more whe 2 $5.00 will buy then than now. or theoretical about it, either, ly because we can buy things ] ole when 1 can buy more of the less of them. And Uncle Sam will have the use of the money dieve me, he needs it. And I, atriotic feeling that we have w rcnow what you are talking abo Eveybody ought to follow your a ?THIS SPACE DONATED BY? ughs & Colli k , ,% } ! ? . ; f If this should occur the arrrties along the Piave River would be compelled to fall back, probably as i far as the Adigc River. This would entail the loss of Venice and a vast expanse of country to the enrrpy. Th: decision to launch an offensive or grand proportions in Italy was doubtless forced by political and econoqiic conditions prevailing in Austria. An offensive campaign that vield.s of ground might serve to still ,!:e elements which are seething i rough out' the dual empire and would postpone the day of reckoning that seems in store for the rulers of Au.tria. Clorraun domination of Austria 1 , corning r.i .re complete as time gees n. Tyrol and Bohemia have been i r.nexcd, for food administration purposes, to Germany, but this move in the great game of statecraft has served only to deepen the chasm between the racial factions of Austria. Bohemian troops have deserted from the Austrian armies and have joined the Italians, and, if an offensive is not launched, demorilization of the Austrian forces may come soonct than the outside world expects. In the meantime, the situation on the front in France and Flanders has remained fairly quiet. Nothing approaching a general battle has been reported. The allies are improving their lines and awaiting for the Germans to make the next move. Pope Hands Off. Pope Benedict has served notice on the world that the Vatican will not he a party to any "peace offensive" at the present time. It is believed that Berlin will seek to bring out a "German peace" and if its advances arc repulsed, to nerve the German people to a new "bath of blood by pointing out that the entente allies desire to crush Germany. Pope Henedict has let it he known that he i? desirous of taking' any step which may tend to shorten the war, but he does not see at the present any reason to believe that an appeal would bring about desired results. The situation in Ukraine and the ruthless methods being followed bj the Germans in completing the subjugation of the people have been reflected in an address by Vice Chancellor von Payer before the main con mittee of the German reichstag. Af' ter detailing the measures adoptee | for getting supplies of grain froir j Ukraine and the discontent and un ' rest among the people thei'e the vie< * Or - J ? J A TM* OfcfcT m ich Bill. /, when a sick look a bit famil>me Vme?" jwered. ".cordially beam look' a bit WQak, nfully said the i sed to do before . j * . . ; t ave you been Xp > "and he told nif- ' . r the war. He it then. In the I ny owner ought I worth more." | us Bills must go S ?et. But there lings that our i killing us. 1 ght say a word city would help j me in a sock or S ed. My value t 99 a lpathetidally. \ his month, mak- * Stamp from ^ .00 cash to you j n you consider I There is notii- I Wo dollar Bills I people want. I >se thing's than will gain while when he sorely Mr. Dollar Bill ovkecl togethei ut!" exclaimed dvice." a / ? ns Co. GERMANY'S REPLY 1J IS UNSATISFACTORY * __ 1 Berlin Declares American Pri ?oners Are Jaeated as Thos< ' I of Other Nationalities. ii i Washington.?Answering an inquiry of the State Department through the Spanish Government d: to the truth of.the reports that American prisoners of war have beer mistreated in Germany, the German Government today declared that American prisoners are accorded the same treatment given to prisoners oi other nationalities. Germany's reply is unsatisfactory to State Department officials, whe are convinced that all prisoners in German camps have been treatec badly. Retaliatory measures will not hf- COIKiHnt'Afl hrtvi'ntmi .... ^v.| itv?\/tv< ^ uiivji au.iv" lv.te evidence of mistreatment of American prisoners in specific cases car be obtained. Every report of mistreatment is carefully investigated through the only possible means?the Spanish Government. Germany permits Spanish officers to visit prison cantos for that purpose. The result of every inquiry thus far made has been very unsatisfactory. This was not unexpected ir view of the experience of former An', bassador Gerard in his efforts to ascertain the conditons of British prisoners before the United States entei ed the war. Mr. Gerard reported that the Ger man military officers frequently refused his agents admission to tin prison camps, and when the agonU were admitted they found that thf prison officials had removed &1 traces of evil conditions known t< f have existed previously. Another job is easier until it h . tried, and then still another job be i comes the easier. " ; / i 1 chancellor, in referring to leaders o: i the Ukrainians, made the significant statement that the Germans "tool > steps to render them harmless." *r * riTT T" } - . ? . , t V SKALD. OMWrif, a. 0. , u,p?sohers badly treated Frenchman Escaped From . Prison Camp Tells Story of Brutality NOURISHMENT IS i r . .. . . IMPOSSIBLE TO EAT 4 Si Horrible Conditions Narrated | of Work in Salt German Mines. , . ' With the American Army in I-'rance.?American prisoners of war are being- shamefully treated in German prison camps, if all had the experience of an American interviewed by a French soldier, also a prisoner in Germany, just before he escaped. The Frenchman's stcry, as told to \mcrican officers, fallows: "A short t.inip hi?-Tri?n I mff ..... v. VI V a. iWl V AlUlil o!n Hanover, 1 was able to have a few minutes interview with an American soldier, who was taken prisoner several months ago on the French front. Being' unwounded, h? was assigned directly to a prison camp. Weakened by excessive work he was forced to do in the salt mines, and being unable to stay longer, he was sent to Hameln. Name Unknown. "I do not remember the name of the man or the number of his regiment, but he had been among the first Americans in the trenches and his home was in New York. He told me that during the three months he was in the Har7. mines he has lost .'>3 pounds. He was a man- who was solidly built and it could be easily seen that he had been vigorous and healthy,1 but when 'I saw him he was incredibly thin and so weak that he :ould hardly cross a room without stopping repeatedly, leaning on pieces of furniture or supporting on boxe3 piled there. Package service does not exist i/ the mines and the prisoners receive practically nothing. Thc'r only nourishment is from thin soup made of barley or cabbage, sometimes salted codfish eggs and those of other fish Which it is impossible to eat. There are few potatoes and very little bread. It is impossible for a man t< f work without becoming sick or weak ened 'to the point of falling down. Cruel Treatment. * "The men are struck with rible > butts and the flat side of bayonets p '.and are placed in dark cells on bread ^and wat6r. The&b cells are known to i jthe -mine "prisoners as 'hot chambers,' ' as" they are ' heated by steam to a ;k high temperature. After the men arc V held in these cells they are turned out in the snow, where they are re* quired to stand at 'attention' for a F certain length of time. Needless to jl soy deaths are frequent. / "This American had been punished several times in this way, and told me what I am relating to you. I am 1 able to confirm this story because * other Englishmen and Frenchmen I s saw at Hameln did not have the f strength even to hold a cigarette." ; LUCKMUKING i AGAINST fiFRMANX m * v w u wmiiivii II I v Offensive in North Delayed by Unfavorable Weather and 1 Allied Attacks , DESPERATE EFFORTS i TO REORGANIZE HUNS Allies Menacing Hun Positions on Mt. Kemmel and Improving Lines. \ . 5 5 4 With the British Army in France. I ?Luck seems to be going against the > Germans along the crucial northern battle front. Sunday still found the Prussian commanders'working des* perately to whip their organizations "I into sKapfc .< for a Renewal of the delayed offensive, while the Allied * forces, aided by the weather, continuf ed counter operations wl>ich are most t disconcerting to an enemy playing k against time. , It was quite apparent the Germans '. . - ?' V J CVJ !? i < :1 ? i| f. nuriQff .i *, i.. ) ? ** < i ??? i im mi* HPS MILLIONAIRE THROUGH MANTONE If Health 1$ Wealth, For Batts Gained Wonderfully On Great Tonic. If health is Wealth J. F. Batts has been made a milliionaire by Mantone. When he started on Mantone Batts was physically down and out. He had indigestion so that he couldn't eat meats, sweets or even eggs. The little food he did force into his stomach I clogged the system, caused gas and belching. There was a sourish taste in his mouth. His Weight was down t' 128 pounds.' He had pains in his back so bad that he couldn't stoop or do much walking and his strength and energy were low. "Three weeks after staiting Mantone my weight increased 20 pounds" he said. "Now I car. eat; any food set before me for my digestion is perfect. My bowels are in first class shape, pains have left my back, my sleep is sound and rest producing. Mantone has made me feel good all over and I gladly praise it to other sufferers," ended Mr Butts who is a well known farmer of Spartanburg, S. C. AT * IMt l " 1 ~ in untune? dilutes 1 oil reel tioou All Over," is sold by J. A. Eusqu, 'J\ L Smart & Co., Norton Drug- Co., Horry Drug Co., Conway Lumber Co.. Camps 1 & 2, Conway Drug Co; Aynor, Aynor Merct. Co., E. W. Page, Shelly Cook Co; Cool Springs, Doyle & Co; Horry, IC. L. Mishoe, D. M. Todd; Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach Farms Co; Toddvillo, Dusenbury Merc. Co; Adrian, Kelly Tompkins; Bayboro, A. Bell; Gurley, E. W. Prince; Loris, Hughes Pharmacy; Nichols, V. T. Rowell, Moody's Drug Store; Causey, Montgomery Lumber Co.; Gresham, S. J. Holton; and by all other druggists and drug dealers in this section.?adv o I LARD...LARD...LARD if 5,000 pounds compound lard in 1001b. Drums at 24c per pound. .... . 300 sacks Fancy head Rico to the Farnier at Wholesale price. Mammouth Yellow Soy Bean, 90-day Velvet Beans, and Osceola Velvet Beans, Spanish Peanuts at prices cheap as the cheapest. Oar Horse and Mule Feed, car Feed Oats, car Corn, car Timothy Hay, car Middlings, everything in feeds, ? Car 8-3-0 to arrive this wee* 50 cases Matches less than you can buy them from the Manufacturers. 100 cases Laundry Soap to arrive this week. 3,O0Olbs. Plug Tobacco, Cigarettes, Smoking Tobacco, Cigars. Extracts, Meal, Grits. 25 sacks green Coffee, Sait Mullets, and most everything in the grocery tine. If you are not a customer of ours, it will pay you to come to see us, or get our prices as we buy in car lots and are in a psoition to save you money. LORIS GROCERY CO., Ed. L. Smith, Mgr. intended another assault in Flanders yesterday morning, but the arrangements were upset by a combination of events. There were the Allied operations and the heavy rain which converted the ground into mud flats over which it was difficult to move either infantry or artillery. There also was confusion arising from wholesale reliefs and the arrival of strange troops in the German areas. The Allied artillery has been main taining an incessant bombardment of enemy territory, and Friday night, before the projected German attack, the French and British gunners played havoc with the German preparations. The Allied troops also have oven carrying out local operations which improved their lines and upset enemy schemes. Allies Menace Kemmel. Yesterday the Allies occupied a large number of important positions at various points along the front of four thousand yards west of Kemmel. The British also made an advance of 500 yards along the front of 1,000 yards northwest of Lccon, thereby gaining a number of posi>!.U ... ui --'V . \ > . # i V* i* , ? . /- rl / 1 THIRD LIBERTY LIMN ? WELL "OVER THE TOP" Americans Oversubscribe War Credit in Most impressive Manner FOURR BILLION MARK MAY DC CIMAI ftrtAI irm i ul i iiinu \^vn*w ? Between Twelve and Fifteen t ' \ Million Persons Buy Bonds. ^* ?< Washington, May 4.?For the third time within a veai the Ameriran people heavily oversubscribed a ) war credit. As the third Liberty loan was closing tonight, the treasury announced the campaign had been an "over- ? j whelming success." Although $3,- jL J 001) nun 1)00 wjis; Iho formjil ironl 0X1 * ..... . ? f the campaign, official reports including only a small proportion of today's avalanche of pledges, showed the total as $3,203,055,400, and there were indications that the aggregate would be increased to nearly $4,000," 000,000 next week when blanks have u* time to tabulate the multitude of lust minute applications. The exact result of the campaign piobably will not be known until late in the week. ALLIESiMPROVED" THEIR POSITIONS * , l New York.?The allies have considerably improved th6tf positions east of Amiens during the, past week, at the same time, inflictipg a severe :heck on von Hindenburg's effort to dvance poyond Uie hills' * sbuthwset j of Ypres ?ii\to the Flanders jiiie. r ' A I . / A . < - . . f a secondary' purpose of von Hindenburg's faults, against ?thej lines barring the wdy to Ypres and &azebrouck .has undoubtedly }been to . tempt Gei|. ":Foch.. Ihto :. moling reservos northward and thus weakening the Amiens front. Instead of being led into this trap, ' the allies have driven the Germans out of highly desirable positions facing Aimens and have simultaneously enforced heavy new death paymnets x along the northern front. The security of Amiens has been increased flu ring the week to an extent suggest ing the existence of much German weakness in that sector. Von Hindenburg's lavish expenditure of his reserves is causing him at the same time ever increasing difficulties to keep up his offensive role elsewhere. Nevertheless, the growing criticism in the central empires of the meagre results of the policy of west front slaughter make it imuossihlo for won Hirulenburg to stop his assaults. ? ? A New Brand. (From the Washington Star.) "Of course," said Bronco Bob, "I \ don't deny that red licker kin be had 1 even since prohibition hit Crimson ^ Gulch. For instance, there's a brand of whiskey circulatin' now known as Telephone service." "Why do you call it that?" ^ "Bceause the worse it gits the ^ more they want to charge fur it." The Order of Balb Instituted. (From the Cincinnati Times-Star.) "Are you a Balb?" asked Judge Yeatman of a friend, Tuesday. "No, I am not a Balb?why?" "Well, I can make you one very easy replied the judge. ^ "What is a Balb," ^ "It is the great order of Uncle Sam Just subscribe for a liberty bond and you will be a Balb. Buy A Liberty ~ Bond." y Judge Yeatman thus gave the liberty bond drive an original name. tUna ...U.V-U 1 1 v.vwo which nau neon contested many days. This morning the Germans tried to regain some of these positions, but were repulsed. An M enemf attack yesterday morning in the Locon area under cover of a heavy barrage likewise was smashcel. On the southern battle front, the British last night near Sailly-Le-Sec advanced their line in minor operation without casualties. The German pprisoners taken in all these local engagements make a considerable total. The spirit of the Allied troops remains at the highest pitch. The Bohemian troops are joining he Italians against Atifctria.. U p r * i, 1 i * i / s * < i