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LASHING GERMANS BACK TO BORDER lAudondorff Has to Fight Every Step of the Retreat he . Makes New? reaching the United States last Saturday says that the grip of the Germtuu) on northern France hay been loosened and the process o' herding them back to their borders is proceeding at an increasingly rap id J>aec under the Allied lash. Already, since the beginning of y?he July offensive, which initiated the loosening process, the Allies Ifttve pushed the enemy back a max imum of forty five miles, from the Ancre near Albert to the tip of the present Anglo-American wedge a1 Le Cateau. A scant 25 miles more will bring them on this lino to the Belgian > frontier south of Maubcnge. But lo?vg before that point is reached the pressure on all sides, if continue at the present rate, will have rosulte 1 in the clearing of the enemy from virtually all French territory and a great part of Belgian scil. The Germans, indeed, are already carrying out a general retreat, lluis a retreat "under pressure and although being skilfully conducted i hound to cost them heavily in men and material. (antral LudendorlY patently ha been desirous of withdrawing to u shorter line where he couhl reorganize his forces, hut the steady, tan relenting pressure which Adavshal vJ^oeh has applied all along the front lias made it impssible for hiw to detach himself for such an operation. He cannot break contact with his adversary, as he would like to do, an consequently is obliged to fall back slowly, fighting hard 'and losing heavily in his backward <tour.se. Last week's developments along the wide battle front only served to N&ccentuate the extent of the German retreat, but the 'acceleration oi its pace. The official reports rovea the British and the Americans cooperating with thorn still widening the great wedge ifc -the German line southeast of Cambftii, a process in which the French live aiding nobly. WONDERFUL STtl F FT ? | r?rv t t # a i - ? ' LI I" I UIM YUUK UUKNS Apply a few drops then lift corns or calluses off with fingers?no pain. i No humbug! iAny corn whether J hard, no ft or between the toes, will j loosen right np snwi lift out, without r. j particle of pain or soreness. This drug is rwkod freozene and is a i compovmd of dtfher discovered by a j Cincinnati man. Ask tit any drs^g store for a small | bottle tuff frcezone, which will cost bui ! a trifle, but is sufficient to rid one's | feet of -every cent, or callus. ) Put * few drops directly upon any , tender, :?i fling corn or callus. Instant i i. ly the soreness disappears and shortly ' the corn or callus will loosen and can lifted off with'Ubc fingers. This cBrug feozmie doesn't eat out the corns or calluses but shrivels them j without even irritating the surrounding skin. Just think! No pain at all; no sorcness^or smarting when applying it ov i ?* afterwards. If your druggist don't j J have frcozone have him order it for I j ' you.-r-adv?('J) HUNS PAY DEARLY ! FOR TREACHERY I , With the American Army NorthIj^y'west of Verdun.?When New York droops captured the village of Abri St. I'ouis on Friday tlvy worn made ' victims of an act of German treachery which has been investigated by army authorities. As the 'New Yorkens swept into the village ;& number of Germans came out of their hiding places with uplifted hands an<l were supposed to have surrendered. When he Americans came nearer the Germans suddenly dropped their hands and seizing hand grenades, threw them with deadly effect, killing and wounding a number of the New I York boys. ! The survivors retreated and told the story. Then more New York troops went forward. They were armed with flame throwers and gas' projectors and filled the village with flames and gas until not a single German escaped. Sweet potatoes are a far more valuable crop for Horry farmers than some of the farmers s*?em to realise, j UNCLE SAM'S ADVIttON FLU U. S. Public Health Service Issues Official Health Bulletin on Influenza. Washington, D. G.?(Special.)?Although King Alfonso of Spain was one of the victims of the Inftucorn epidemic In 1803 and again this summer, Spanish authorities repudiate any claim to Influenza as a "Spanish" disease. If the people of this country do not take care the epidemic will become so widespread throughout the United States that soon we shall hear the disease called "American" Influenza. In response to a request for definite Information concerning Spanish Influenza, Surgeon General Itupert Rlue of the U. S. Public Health Service has authorized the following oOlclal Interview : What It Spanish Influenza? It it something new? Does It come from Spain? "The disease now occurring In tills country and called 'Spanish Influenza' resembles a very contagious kind of 'cold,' accompanied by fever, pains Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases As Dangerous as l\>ison G*s Shells In the head, eyes, ears, buck or othei parts of the body and a feeling of so vere sickness. In most of the cases tlu symptoms disappear after three or foui days, the patient then rapidly recover ing. Some of the patients, however fltivnllill 11,1/Hli.i.Miln ?' .IV V >'!? u 1IIWI ??, <11 III1111 1111 Mil I I ( Ml of the ear, or nfcitlngitls, and many ol these complicated cases die. Whelhoi tills so-called 'Spanish' Influenza Is Identical with the epidemics of Influenza of earlier .wars is not yet known. "Epidemics -of influenza have visited this country since 1017. It is interest ing to know that this first epldemh was brought here from Valencia, Spain. Since that time there have been numerous epidemics of the dls ease. In 18S9 and 1890 an epidemic of influenza, starting somewhere In the Orient, -spread first to Russia nni) thence ever practically the entire civ illzed world. Three years later there as another tlare-up of the disease Ruth times the epidemic spread wide ly over the United States. AUV.oimh the present epidemic h called 'Spanish influenza,' lh**re Is nTi reason to believe that it originated in Spain. Some writers who haw studied the question believe that the epidemic caiac ?froin the Orient and tfoey call attention to the fact that the German* meaiion the disease as occM.nrinj; along the eastern front in tho summer and fall -of 1917." Mow can "Spanish influenza" bo rocognized? "There is as yet no eertsin way it which a single c^se of 'Spanish infltijlll'Ml' oil 11 I'" /.V? .? ^ Mix IIU i r* o^iM/iru. \*n (IIQ Ollh er 'hand, recognition is ahk.v where H?i>e Is (i group of cases. In contrast to the out breaks of ordinary coughs and tx>l<ls, which usually occur in the cold months, epidemic* of influenza may occur at any 8ous;oa of the year. Thus'the present epidemic raged anost intensely in Kurope in May, June and July. Moreover, in tho case of ordinary colds, tho general symptoms (fever, pain, depression^ are by no means as severe or as sudden In their onset as they are In iiiiluenza. FSnal ly, ordinary colds do not sprond through the community so rapidly or ao extensively as does influenza. "In most cases n person taken ?S*k with Influenza feels sick rtttiicr sm>1denly. We feels weak, has pa.Ins in the eyes, eart, head or hack, and may Ik* sore all over. Many patients feed dizzy, some vomit. Most of the patients complain of fooling chilly, and with this comes n fever In which the tempera tune rises to 100 to 104. In tn/itif /v? " 1 muni ure jniiMt! l't'llliuns 1'CJaUVOly slow. "In appearance onQ is struck by the fact that the patient looks sick. His eyes and the later side of his eyelids may be slightly 'bloodshot,' or 'congested,' as the doctors say. There may be running from the nose, or there may be some cough. These signs of a cold may not be marked; nevertheless the patient looks and feels very sick. "In addition to the appearance and the symptoms as already described, examination of the patient's blood may aid the physician In recognizing 'Spanish Influenza/ for It has been found that In this disease the number of whit* corpuscles shows little or no increase above the normal. It Is possible that the laboratory Investigations now being made through the National Research Council and the United States Hygienic Laboratory will furnish a more certain way in which Individual cases of this disease can bo < THE HOBRY HBtAl recognized.** What la the course of the dlseaseV Do people die of It? "Ordinarily, the fever lasts from three to four days and the patient recovers. But while the proportion of deaths In the present epidemic has generally been low. In some places the outbreak tins been severe and deaths have been numerous. When death occurs It Is usually the result of a complication." What causes ths disease and how la It spread? "Bacteriologists who have stsdled Influenza epidemics In ths post have found In many of ths casei a very Small rod-shaped germ called, after Its discoverer, Pfelflfer's bacillus. In other cases of apparently the saipe kind of disease there were found pneumooocel, the germs of lobar pneumonln. Still others hare been caused by streptococci, nod by others germs with long names. "No matter what particular kind of germ causes the epidemic, It Is now believed that Influenza Is always spread from person to person, tlie germs being carried with the nlr along with the very small droplets of mucus, expelled by coughing or sneezing forceful talking, and the like by on? who already has the germs of the disease. They may also be carried aboul In the air In the form of dust coining from dried mucus, from coughing ami sneezing, or from careless people whr spit on the tloor and on the sidewalk As in most other catching diseases, n person who lias only a mild at tuck ol the disease himself limy give a ver.\ severe attack to others." What should be done by those whe catch the disease? "it Is very Important tlint every per son who becomes sick with inllueii/.; should go home at once and go to bod j This will help keep away dangerous complications and wTll, at the snnu time, keep the patient from scattering the disease far and wide. It is highly desirable that no one be allowed ti j sleep in the same room with the pa | limit. In fact, no one hut the nursi should he allowed in the room. "If there is cough and sputum ei running of the eyes and nose, cor* should lie taken that all such dis charges arc collected on hits of gnu;.* j or rag or paper napkins and humed If the patient complains of fever am headache, he should he given water t( drink, o cold compress to the forehen* and a light sponge. Only such mod I cine should lie given as ts prescribe! by the doctor. It is foolish to ask tin druggist to prescribe and may be dan gerous to take tlie so-called 'safe, sun and harmless' remeiHes advertised In patent medicine manufacturers. "If the patient la so situated that In can he attended only by some one win must also look after others in the fain ily, It Is advisable that such attendan wear a wrapper, apron or gown ovo the ordinary house clothes while In tin sick room and -slip this off when leav lng to look after the others. "Nurses niwl attendants will do wel , to guard against breathing In danger otts disease germs by wearing a simpl fold of gauac or mask while near tin patient." Will a person who has had influend ' before catch the disease again? "It Is well known that an attack ! measles or scarlet fevor or smnllpo: j usually protects a psrson against tin I other attack of the same disease. 'fin ' appears not to he true of 'Spanish In j flucmca.' According to newspaper rt I jH>rts tfee King of Spain siiffefol ai i attack -of Influenza during tho epl i domic U Irty years ago, and was ;agaii | stricken during the recent outbawak i1 | Spain." How can one guard againsA infic eza? "In guarding against diseaee of al ki.n<l?, ;it is Important that the body b } -kept strong nn<l ablo to fight f ft (lb i .ease gornis. This can b? done -by Imv lug a pvopor proportion of wo^i, pin, .-nnd rest, !>y keeping tho bo6* wol -clothed, mid by eating an melon t wliob ?omo and properly soloed ?d f?3d. Ii -connection with diet, It Is well to r* -member t'Jbat milk in on? of ti^e hew all-around foods obtainable for adult as well.a* children. So far a dls ease like .influenza Is concerned, fcjealtl ntthorl ties every whore reeogn'ze th ve ry close relation between It* aprem ar-.l overorowdod homes. While it 1 not always possible, especially ii times like /the present, to avoltf micl overcrowllEg, people should con side the health danger nnd rnnko ever; effort to deduce the home overcrowd ing to a minimum. The value of f:*osl air through open windows cannot hi over <emp!mf5ifced. "When crowding is unavoidable, m in street cars, euro should be taken t< keep tko face *o turned as not to in hale di/octly tho air breathed out l>: another person. "It is especially Important to be wore of Iho person who coughs 01 sneezes without covering his moull and pose. It also follows that otv should keep out of -crowds and stuff? places as much possible, keej 1, - /ti ? - i lumen, unices nnu workshops weli aired, spend some tlsse out of doori ench day, walk to work: if nt nil prnc tlcahle?in short, moke <every possibh effort to breathe as mud* pure air w possible. I "In nil health matters follow the ad ! vice of your doctor and obey the regu lotions of your local and state hoaltfj offlcerp.* "Cover up each cough and sneeze, If you don't you'll spread disease/ The weather was very dry by the M./I t?o4 ? ?- * " * CUM vi iftob wccr? (inu ClOUdS 01 (lust were raised wherever there wac travel. This was apparently favorAble to A spread of the influenza. LP, OOirWAT, 8. 0. I WSBBmvM IB ^Rfl IB IB Ice Boxes s Refrigerator cars for boxes traveling on whc Mopt people in Amei a without fresh meat, c more for what they coi j for these traveling ice Gustavus F. Swift, i packing industry, sa^ traveling ice boxes befi He asked the railroa > railroads refused. Th preferred to haul cattle i I So Gustavus F. Swi: himself. The first one up to hold ice. Now refrigerator cars. Ea< box as you have in yoi Day and night, fe through heat and coU rolling up and down th< just right, on its way t< Thus another phase activities has grown t i else could or would matched Swift & Co I useful. When you see one o >' cars in a train, or 01 reminded of what isb 3 fruit of experience anc 3 ' Swift & Com I . ; | Bu; NEEDS AN INVALID'S CHAIR i. Editor Herald: | Tho health of the people around here is not very good. Mrs. Eliza* both Stanley has been very sick fo? , the last two weeks but is improving y at this time. What did your reader.I think about making a garment out - of barb wire for the Kaiser? 1 ri think it a very good plan. I am the '* same one that wrote about this a few I weeks ago. What do your reader.' ( think about this war? I think it is h awful. It is getting so that nearly e all tho people talk about war, an I tl you may look at any kind of a pas per and it is full of war! war! war! II 1 do hope the war will soon end an I 1 peace may be made all over the r , , ... worm once more. I do hope and . pray that the good Lord will give i us the victory and I have faith to bop liove that the good Lord is going to give us the victory. Oh! wont it b* * a happy time when this war is over ) and our boys can coine home again to their fathers and mothers and * loved ones. I know there will be many happy souls. I hope this war r will he over in the near future. 1 Dear readers of the Herald, I am 3 helpless and cannot walk. I just had * typhoid fever and it drew me very ' badly. I also took Rheumatism of a ! severe kind. I am drawn in my legs . so badly I cannot walk and 1 am very ? Lad in my back. I am in a very bad * condition. I have to stay in doors all the time. If you could see me I know you would be sorry for me. ' Dear readers, I am asking a favor of you. I want to get me an invalid's roiling: cnair it it is not asking too much of you, will you be kind enough to help me to raise the money to get me the chair? If you will I sure will appreciate your kindness. My father is dead and mother is old and very feeble, not able to work. Dear Readers I am going to see if you will be so kind as to hlep me. on Wheels carrying meat are ice TC15. I rica would have to go >r would have to pay Id get, if it were not boxes. the first Swift in the w the need of these ore others. ds to build them. The ey were equipped, and ather than dressed beef. ft had to make the cars i was a box car rigged there are 7.000 Swift 3 :h one is as fine an ice s jr home. 8 lir weather and foul, E 3, these 7,000 cars go ? e country, keeping meat 8 o you. i of Swift & Company's g o meet a need no one fi supply, in way that I mpany ideas of being I f these Swift & Company I i a siding, you will be I eingdone for you as the | i a desire to serve. 1 pany, U. S. A. I ad the Way 8 They Fight f liberty Bonds I XT rioping very much to hoar from yc soon. May the pood Lord bless yc I all. \ will close, I am, ?Javy Mills. Wampee, S. C., Route 1 ? Box 47. ? o . OBITUARY. James Leon Ray, son of Mr. ar Mrs. R. L. Ray, was born Feb. 21s ? '1908, and died Sept. 22ml, 1018. James was a little Christian, 1 i ] believed in prayer, not only in thcoi ; j but in practice. I Ho was devoted to Sunday re hoc I always wanted his penny to piv I was faithful to every obligation c jbis life. Kind and quiet, of a lovin ! disposition, ho made friends wit every one. Truthful and consider fious in all he did and said, a botie or more promising; little boy neve lived. Some whore, pome how, some tim we'll know vhv v.e have I ><<. /* Iradly bereaved. "Out life is h;ne:;cir?o, home is sad. Our heart is fiiied with pain; We feel like one who will never knov A happy day in life again. | How sad today our troubled heart, j How dim our eyes with tears, For death lias robbed us of the one We thought was ours for years. Far beyond the world of changes, Far beyond this world of care, We shall find our missing darling In our Father's mansion fair. Heaven ret&ineth now our treasure, Earth the lonely casket keeps; And the sunbeams love to linger Where our little darling sleeps. ?"Grandmother." o Us* the spare cash ]n war savings stamps and have thorn for s rainy da>. THBM PLEA FORARffllSTlCE PROMPTED BY DEFEAT Germans Sought to Escape Serious Military Disaster While They Might INVADED TERRITORY MAY BE ABANDONED Sweep Forward of Allies Shows Huns Not Able to Resist as in Former Days Washington.?Germany's plea for an armistice was founded, both AmI crican and allied military officials jhcrc believe, upon recognition in fierlin of the fact that the German army organisation in France is slow ly disintegrating und? r the terrific campaign of Marshal Foch. The officers regard the move of the German chancellor as a <lesper' ate eleventh liour attempt to escap 1 [serious military d:sasUr and they I would not he surprised if Pr? ddent i Wilson's condition that there can be no talk of an armistice except when coupled with agreement to withdraw j immediately from all invaded tcrriiory were promptly a crept e f. j The answer to such a m >vc, it. was suggested today, would he to lonvo t.i \t ni.irU.il IC.X..K IK. . 1: . 1. - i v. -..II >.11,11 I vv : l l III' UK' kllll'M of tho tonus of the armistice should the situation ever reach that, stage as the supreme commander van ho tru.--t? d to see that no military advantage to tlu^ < nenty resulted. lit the meant inn Marshal Koch, hour In hour, is surrounnding tlvo German forces with new perils as his strategic concpetions arc dveoloped. Waning Resisting Power. Kvidence of the wanning resisting power of the German forces in France was p'ainly stum hy observers here in the sweep forward of the Anglo-American forces north of St. Quentin. Apparently there has been no material lowering ot tho fighting quality of enemy soldiers, but there is every evidence that the complex military organization upon which defense of the long battle front depends i: breaking under the strain. Signs of confusion have boon noted I repeatedly. AVorn out divisions have been called unon to < hork M?o n*; i 1 j 8UUIt of fresh allied troops and havo ! boon cut to pieces. ! Tlu**} arc sicie only, for the enei ... , ! m> front still off< ?s a grim obstacle to the advancing armies and the battle is grow ng dail> iri fury instead 1 of lessening. Hut the signs are tlie.ro. They mean a vital weakness : at tb.e heart of the great machine; j the absolute lack of t^e nion and ? war equipment to meet the combined assaul t i r ale f i n i t el v. ni ' "! AMERICANS SINK TWO ENEMY SUSS Rome.?American submarine chasid crs destroyed two enemy Kiibma* Tines Fiiday (hiring the hombar<iment of Ihiraz'/.o, it was officially announced today. ie t The chief of the general sfcdT of I the Italian navv mido iho . ?v?i\ (viii?v/\111v \r, ment of the Ann nciui success. The 'l, > ?hasors were < a gage* I in patrol escort service feu the protection of the > 1 * large war: hips taking part in the ^ bombardment. UAVK YOU A BAD BACK? 11* _ If you have, the Statement of this Conn ay He?i.tent Will Interest e | You. o I * Does your hack ache, night ami day; Hinder work; destroy your rest? \ Does it stab you th-ough and through : When you stoop or lift or bend? I Then your kidneys may b0 weak, v I Often backache is the clue. Just to give you further proof, d he kidney action may be wrong. If attention is not nni.l , { Mor(> distress will soon appear. Headaches, dizzy spoils anil nerves, Uric acid and its ills Make the burden worse and worse. Liniments and plasters cant Reach the inward cause at all; Help the kidneys?use the pills Conway folks have tried and proved. What they say you can believe. Read this Conway woman's account. See her, ask her, if you doubt, Mrs. J. M. Dusenbury, says: "1 had symptoms of kidney trouble and my back was sore and lame. I was tired and languid and my nerves were all unstrung. My kidneys acted irregularly and 1 was in misery. 1 knew something would have to be done so 1 got Doan's Kidney Pills. Dean's entirely cured mc of the complaint.' Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't . simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?tne same that Mrs. Dusenburv had. Poster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.