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\ rwo GERMAN RETREAT IN FULL CAREER From Ypres to Rheims Enemy Is Steadily Falling Back FRANCO-AMERICAN FORCES IN PURSUIT Germans Seem to Be Trying to Concentrate at StQuentin. News last week continued to say that victory still smiles on the allied armies. The enemy is in retreat along the whole line from Ypres to Rheims. Honors were with the French and Americans on the allied wing, which, at last gained the reward of several days' persistent effort. Exactly how far they advanced is diff icult to say, for the line mov I ed forward hourly. The enemy, who lost heavily in men, announces, by a hurried destruction of material, his intention of abandoning, if he has not already done so, Chauny, J ussy, La Fere and probably Ham. There can be no doubt of his retreating in the general direction of St. Quentin to take up the positions of the Hindenburg line, which be held after the strategic withdrawal in 1917. Only this time the allied troops are forcing his movement and pressing hard on his heels, causing him heavy losses. In a short time the Allies will have recovered all of the ground lost since March, and will have gained east of Arras a position which is a permanent threat to Douai and Cambrai. In addition in less than six months Ludendorff will have irremediably ruined the egectiveness and morale of those German armies that were so formidable in the west at the beginning of the year. British May Halt a While. London. ? The important progress that the British continued to make on their front exceeded popular expectations, in view of the arduous work that had been done by the advancing forces during the previous few days. And again today no surprise would be occasioned if physical reasons should compel some slackening of the high pressure, temporarily limiting the British advance. Attention consequently is all the more focu-r-od on the Franco-American successes in the Noyon and Sois- j sons regions which culminate<l with Wednesday's crossing of the Ycsle on a wide front, and of the Aisne at various points. After the engage- j ments which are reported to have put out of action some of the best divisions of the German army an 1 t ? have heaped the ground with Gor- ; man dead, the V ranco- America 1 troops hold virtually the entire plateau north of Sois.-ons, whence they are able to observe the enemy prep arations for a retreat which apparently is to !?? to the ('hernia d > Dames. Numerous fires burning b hind the Yoslo heights indicated tVw destruction of supplies which could not be removed while for six miles along the Aisne it is stated, bri Iges j have been built every 300 yards to facilitate the withdrawal of the hardpresBcd German forces. The position of the enemy in this area seems increasingly critical. o The Strong Withstand the heat of Summer Better Than the Weak Old people who arc feeble and younger people who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled to go through the depressing heal of summer by taking GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. It purifies jjr.d enriches the blood and builds up the whole sys n. You can soon feel its Strengthening, In vigor* atmg tiiect. WJc. - i AMERICANS DRIVE I Off ENEMY RAIDS 1 Willi the American troops in France.?There was considerable patrol activity on the American front in (he Vosges regions last night. An enemy raiding party of fifty approached the American trenches at one point. The raiders were driven off by rifle fire. The artillery fire was active on both sidcp in this sector, the enemy using te&r and sneeze gas shells. In the Woevre district an American patrol penetrated the enemy lines after cutting seven strands of barbed wire. Other patrols met small German groups and drove them off without difficulty. The enemy artillery and machine gun activity in the Woevre inc.eased slightly. STATE ITEMS) OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE Cotton is opening in S. C. section very fast. Receipts from automotrle licenses in the State highway department | approximate $300,000 since January 1. Middling cotton at the Charleston exchange was quoted at 35 cents last week, which is said to be the highest price ever attained there for the staple. Capt. A. Miles Coe, who is now camp adjutant of Camp Jackson, is from Camp Pike, near Little Rock, Ark. Captain Coe has only been at Camp Jackson a short time, but has I many friends tnere. Miss Helen Smith of Abbeville has been elected dean of women for Winthrop College. Wotford College will bo under strict military discipline and subject to the control of the United States government so far as military training is concerned. The garnisheeing of railroad employees' wages was forbidden by Director General McAdoo as a means of eliminating much legal work heretofore necessary. At the same time it was made plain that employees who do not pay their bills will be dismissed. The registration of men today between the ages of 18 and 45, inclusive of both ages, is a topic of conversation wherever men congregate. Assistant Surgeon Bean of the pub lie health service has been detailed to South Carolina to handle the epidemics of typhoid, which have appeared in seVPI'nl nf tlir? nnnnllnt. v *. VI lull VI VUUlll IV.1 Wl the State. Subscribe to The Herald. o Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get I restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c. I OUR P I I take this n I and many hun best markets I will sell to n have ever ma; Fu and many othc kots at that ti also SHOES a MOWERS GRAIN D DISK W WHOLE i I SLIP HAI Plnnr nn ? IUUI V/l I expected to ar plenty of lard wanted for eil 3 STORES Jordanviile LmBnHMWHHI TBS HORRY HER Hardly a Drugstor That Does Not __ i On the Market Half a Century. 1 \ When you are in perfect health/ and are enjoying a strong and vigorous vitality, it is then that your blood is free from all impurities. You should be very careful and give heed to the slightest indication of impure blood. A sluggish circulation is often indicated by an impaired (Reprinted by Request). THE HOUSE ACROSS THE WAY, Oh, the gladness has gone, and the sunshine has gone, From the house just across tin way, The doors are closed and the blinds uit? iirawn, ( And gone are its spirits gay. And once there was light, and once there was cheer, In the house just across the way Hut now there is sadness, and now there's a tear Where the sunshiny rays used U stay. 1 And once there were voices raised ii song, In the house across the way, And once there were forms thai danced the day long, But now they have vanished away . For some where in France, there's a lonely grave, The mark of a battle affray. And there alone where the tricolor: wave, | Lies the boy from across the wav I j And that is the reason the blind: are drawn In the house across the way. And that is the reason the sunshine has gone, From the house just across the way. For all of its gladness and all of it< joy. And all of its spirit gay, Is buried in France with the soldiei boy, From the house just across the way RICES Ml leans of tellinsr the - ? big stock of all ki Hose, Hos: deeds of oilier kinds and class months and months ago before ly customers at the old prices Je in buying their supplies. I rniture, Cha ir articles of every day use, all me. You get the benefit whc nd SLIPPERS, at old prices, ar i and RAKES at a great savin RILLS at the same old low pri ARROWS, STALK CUTTERS, E CAR-LOAD ONE HORSE WAG RNESS, COLLARS, BICYCLES hand now, in addition to full li rive this week, with hog feed, and meat, and a full line of cc iher the living or the dead. GEORGE 1 Ay ALD, CONWAY. SJJ e in the Land Sell This Remedy appetite, a feeling: of lassitude and a general weakening of the system. It is then that you should promptly take a few bottles of S. S. S., the great blood purifier and strengthened It will cleanse the blood thoroughly and build up and strengthen the whole system. S. S. S. is sold by all drug* gists. Valuable information about the blood supply can be had free by writ* ing to the Swift Specifie Co., 24 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga. T. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS NONTAXABLE. When preparing for the leaning of Thrift Btamps end War Sayings Certlcates the national admin letratratlon very wisely decided that they should not be subject to any taxes, federal, state or looal. In this respect they are entirely unique, being free when almost everything else Is subject to Impost. At the amount that an Individual may hold is limited to $1,000, thIS oonoossion does not deal unjustly ' toward other security holders. It is simply an Inducement te the small investor to make an unusual 1 effort In his own and his oountry's behalf by depositing as muoh of his surplus with the government as t possible. Those who buy these little bonds?and all should do Itshould understand In advance of the coming days of taxation return in Ap ril that whatever of their earned savings or surplus derived from economies is converted Into Thrift Stamps or War Savings Cer" j tif1cate8 need not be recorded upon the assessor's blank. As the Inter. i est and principal are payable in 1923, neither is it neosssary to < j make mention of the investments In the return to the Income tax collector. ; They arc, as stated, absolutely free and, as they also pay 4 per cent compound interest, are the beet securities that one can buy in these troubled times. o From Flanders to Soissons th< British, French and American forces i are keeping up without cessatioi their strong offensive tactics. IKP Rift < 1I1L BJIU I buying public that nds of cloth goods: lery, Shirts es o? dry goods and clothing, al i the wholesale prices went up; ; which will be one of the greatt I also bought long ago a full lini lirs, Bedstea at the best prices to be obtair ;n you make your purchases fr ly style, ig, ces, also iUGGIES AND HARNESS, ONS at Bargain Prices, BRIDLES. ne of other groceries. One c? chops, etc. Plenty of rice on iffins, caskets, and anything els I. HOLIDAY nor FOREIGN ITEMS11 * GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING British troops are on the Canal du Nord virtually along its whole length. ( No changes are contemplated in the basic rules governing the operation of the draft in the case of men included under the new age limits. ? The evacuation of Lens tends to I confirm the theory that the Germans have decided upon i\ drastic shorten! ' ll ! . 1 I If _ mg oi meir wnuie line. The war industries board, with the I approval of President Wilson, is soon to appoint a committee to consider the desirability and feasability of offering a stabilization of cotton prices and other matters connected with j handling the crop. The 11 un lias tasted disaster in the Drocourt line battle and now his disorganized and his badly depleted forces are workng fast to prevent an even greater catastrophe overtaking them. A disaster unparelleled in the histroy of the cotton growing industry in t lie I 11 if ml nfnc lino Knfnll/m (1m American cotton crop this year. As j the result of a severe drought in July and August the government's September cotton report, issued to1 day, forecast the prospective production this year at 11,187,000 equivalent r>00 pound bales, 4,098.000 bales less than was forecast at the begini ning of the season. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured by LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly InlluI oneed by constitutional conditions. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh. It is taken Internally and ucts through the Blood on the Mucous surfaces of tne System. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is composed of some of the best tonics known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination ?f the ingredients in HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is what produces such won* lerful results in catarrhal conditions. Druggists 75c. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. ?o The battle for the plateau north of * Soissons has used up some of the best i divisions remaining in the German army. tAVINR #n whim i I have on hand a I 6' H i I y I boucjht on the | and all of these |j jst savings they | ' of 1 ids ted on the mar- I om me. See | ir load of flour hand now with e that may be 3 STORES Galivants Ferry I EVER SALIVATED BY CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! Calomel is quicksilver and like dynamite on your liver. Calomel loses you a clay! You know what calomel is. It's mercury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be A A _ put liuu yuur ft.voitui. When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated and all knocked <Jljt and J believe you need a dose of dang#vloua j calomel just remember that druggist sells for a few cents bottle of Dodson's l iver Tone, ^rf^fiich is entirely vegetable and pleasant to take and is a perfect substitute for calomel. It is guaranteed to start your liver without stirring you up inside, and can not salivate. Don't take calomel! It makes vou sick the next day; it loses you a daWa work. Dodson's Liver Tone ^Iffaightens you right up and you feel great, (live it to the children because it is perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe, ?adv. ,i; ^ 3AD MARION NEGRO - DIES BY OWN HAND Florence.?Rather than give himself up, John Page, the slayer of Rural Policeman George A. Davis ' of Marion, shot and killed himself. The negro was surrounded in a housa^-ih the lower part of Florence County on the Pee Dee River. Before turning' his gun upon himself he shot and killed the negix> woman who was in the house with him. The same night he murdered Policeman Davis, Page had visited this woman's house, killed her father, an aged negro man, and forced her to accompany h^m ?n his flight from the scene of his All of this happened on Monday night. Search for the negro was continue ed until A. L. Powell of Mai>Y?? accompanied by two other men^ocated Page in a house in the lov^Woari of this county. They imi^llf called others to t.hoir * surrounded the huose, telegri^ Sheriff Burch to come at once from Florence. Mr. Powell called upon, the negro to come out and give himself up promising protection if he did so. The negro refused and a volley was sent into the house. The man re turned the fire. Later when the sheriff arrived another fusillade of shots was directed towardsd to house from all directions. After awhile when (he sheriff entered the house; he found the dca Ij hotly of the woman in a room to one side lying by an open window. The body of Page was fount! upstairs in a loft both had been shot in the head with bird shot. The men in the posse wore using Winchester rifles. Two1 hots had been fired inside the hous'J a shoit time before the sheriff an 1 his men entered. ? SAVE YOUR EYES by having them properly refraj|?<^ and glasses accurately fitted ; * CONWAY?OFFICE DAYS?Ev I SaDtuDrday at Horry Drug Store.^ MULLIN S?OFFICE DAYS?Ever* i Monday, Main Street, No. 10. ? Yours for service, 1 Lycurgus A. Woodruff, G.Opt.] Optometrist. | 0 -V < J NOTICK TO J There will bo a vory importanl mooting of tho farmers coj^on mar J kotiing association in Conway Satur day Sept. 14th, at 11 o'clock. Th? mooting will bo hold in the Cour House and every member togethe with all of those who are interested in becoming members of this asso ciation arc urged to be present. 4 H. 1>. B. Jordan, Pres./?* MUSTANG II For Sprains, Lameness, II Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism III 1 Penetrates and Heals. 11 1 Stops Pain At Once || \ Br or Man and Beast II j 25c. 50c. $1. At All Dealers 111 LINIMENT] J J