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GERMAN INVASION THING OF HORROR New York, Oct. 21.?Presdent LyP* man Powell of Hobart Collcdge, who has just returned from a tour of England and France, where he was sent to investigate conditions as a representative of the Presidents' As^ sociation of Colleges and Universities of the United States, in an adjp dress here today declared French villages and towns recently evacuated by German troops have been sacked beyond description. "The need of an effective army to protect America from such atrocious I conquest as I have just seen in Northern France and of such air raids as I have witnessed in and about London now is the most imperative thing in the history of this country," he aid. "The army must go 'over there' and strike before the army from 'over there' gets an opportunity to come Qver here or we are lost." "If you people here could see half of what I have been in two months? if you could see with your own eyes the terrible conditions?for only a day?the question in your minds then would not be how much money you could spend for Liberty bonds or contribute to the Red Cross, but how little you could live on so that you t- couiu give nil tno rest you have to these causes." Dr. Powell describes the fate that befell the town of Chauny, in the Aisne department of France. The little city, he said, was of 10, 000 inhabitants and almost from the time of its founding, in 1GG4, had been a center of glass maunfacture. It came into the hands of the Teutons in the course of their invasion, but last June or July they evacuated it. "The Germans were not content with the misery they already had j caused," lie said. "First they dismantled the glass factories, then they herded the young men for service of one sort or another behind the * lines. "Then they lined up the young women according to rank in beauty. The highest official chose the fairest as his servant, the next highest offi v?is mauc iiiuii ociccbiun ami illicitly the common soldiers took their pick. At the time I arrived in Chauny only 300 of the original 10,000 inhapitants were left and these were old men and women." DESERVES A GOLD MEDAL FOR THIS Cincinnati authority tells how to dry up any corn or calluc so it lifts right off. ^ You corn pestered men and women neea suner no longer. Wear the shoes that nearly killed you before, says this Cincinnati authority, because a few drops of freezone applied directly on a tender, aching corn stops soreness at once and soon loosens so it can be lifted out, root and all, without a bit of pain. A quarter of an ounce of freezone costs very little at any drug store, but is sufficient to take off every hard or soft corn or callus. This should be tried, as it is inexpensive and is said not to inflame or even irritate the surrounding tissue or skin. If your wife wears high heels she will be glad to know of this. m ES-.IIL Young Man, Scatter Y YOUTH IS PRODIGAL. Free KHOW THE VALUE OF A DOLLi YOUTH IS NOT EVERLASTIN< the foundation for their success by era re young. If You Hope to A mo Delay Starting a Bank J Start It Today. The FARMI WAR ON WESTERN FRONT BEGNS NEW, MAYBE LAST, PUSH WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FLANDERS, Oct.?The war on the western front has entered a new phase?and probably it's last. The fighting there is as different now from what it was in 1914 and 1 0 1 it ftq it pnnlrl r*r\ciu? K1 \r Ko First there was open warfare? when the Germans swept over Belgium and France. Second there came trench fighting, which slowly developed until the taking of a single trench was an operation as big as Waterloo. Now one sees pvfcctically open country battles with the enemy engaging in a sort of rear guard action, which when fully expanded, will mean a Prussian rout. I Only the sudden collapse of hostilities can prevent this curtain on the kaiser's three-act drama. Not since the crown prince burned his eaglet feathers against Verdun more than a year ago have the German armies dared a real offensive on the western front. Since the Sommc, Hindenburg has been openly on the defensive, and the present methods of fighting arc the direct outcome of that general's gropings to find a means to hold out. Hindenbdrg Losing .Hi* Punch. The Sommc battles were a series of storming operations?the taking of trench systems that streched for miles in veritable mazes of supporting cuts : and channels. So long as Hindenburg believed he might still break ikmi...!. tu.. -11:? 1:? > iimuukii hi** nines ime, lie conunueu this trench warfare. He kept his front lines full of men. Tens of thousands of his troops were killed before he awoke to realization that he was losing his punch. Hindenburg dug trenches and dugouts deeper?often thirty or even fifty feet below the ground. But his men still died like rats in traps when British Tommies threw Mills bombs down the dugout openings or rolled charges of high explosives down the almost perpendicular stairs. In the fire trenches, where Hindenburg kept troops standing shou'der to shoulder to repel attacks, allied shells tore whole companies to shreds. While the great German tactician blundered on. British and French guns thundered and the superb German labyrinth of trenches became an appalling shambles. At last Hindenburg saw a ligh The offensive was no lontrnr hia u.. must fight henceforth a defensive war. The famous retreat on *he Somme last winter was step No. 1. lie abandoned his once precious trenches, now became a hell-hole lit tered with the putrifying corpses of German youths. Hindenburg's next step was observed during the battle of Arras in April. His trenches were still there, but now thinly manned. The bul of troops were kept in support trenches hundreds of yards behind. Troop* Are Scattered. But his plan was still faulty and later, at Messines, in June, German troops were most widely scattered. Machine guns were no longer fired from trenches, but from special isoln( A.I .......... ..I? ?- ' ? Iiavvu aiau lit'llt'll IlloriUrS. /\I1U specially trained counter troops were held in readiness to charge the tired Don't our dollars! inently the young man DOESN'T 1R. }. The big men of the oountry laid opening a bank account when they tint to Anything DonV \c count. ERS' BANK I IB U.lHHf v7;'aim::1. iL'xin^iili 1 1 vy : ^Ua^T^rTTjlTTTT^.IiriTlKTTTiM ; Five-Passer Touring C V'\ Three-Passe Fleur de 1 ^ Roadste 1*72 r*J Sedan, $1( ?y| Sedanet, $ British as soun as objectves ha<l beer won. But the British ^ot on just Mn same, and Hindenbun; bejjan to lost faith in trenches. July 31, beurinninc the battle of Flanders, found t.ht Germans still differently disposed. They were occupying? not trenche. so much as concrete shell holes, f\v? or three linked together with sh<> tunnels. "Pill boxes"?steel nn? concrete turrets whose mud-covoro? tops were jusx. anove me ground ? made their dubut and from their narrow slits machine puns spat death over the Flemish quagmires. Thesi shell-hole positions and pill boxes with scraps of trenches a few yard: long, plus patches of barbed win entanglements here and there, cov ered anything, as a fire trench ha< ceased to exist. The idea, of course, as British ofli cers explained it, was to make i necessary for the British to fire a mil lion rounds of shells to kill a dozer men. The shell holes and pill bo: tops were well nigh invisible from th< air, and only direct hit sufficed to pu them entirely out of commission Then when Tommies advanced the; would come across an unsuspecter bit of barbed wire enfiladed by ma chine gun fire. Finally, after cross ing such a zone as this, they woulr meet fresh troops in a terrific count er attack. The plan worker! only partially Then came the battle of Menin roa< when the unheard of creeping bar I' rage used by the British took th? fight out of even the pill boxes. 1 h? rain of shells flattened everything nM'wiiic irn' same xerrinie cunair of fire often wiped out German count er-attackinft troops before they k<>i started. Such is the fi^htin^ today. It i.< now Hindenuhurg's move. New York, Monday.?The Rev. Newell Dwight Ilillis saut yesterday, in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn: "The three tests of the traitor in this country are: First, he tries to lind something he can criticise in Great Britain, so as to justify German atrocities; second, he never will utter a word of criticism of these atrocities, but hates anybody who can prove the German cruelty; third, he never tires of insisting that Germany is fi^htinK for the freedom of the seas, when, in his wicked henrt, he knows that in n half a century ? - A k -2 ?- " uitir una nut uft'ii uric uin^ie r^nKlish port in the world that has not boon as open and free to a German tliip as to a British ship." I This Test The course was from I to Camp Curry in the Y Park?a distance of 37C inft mountain routes anc summer sun. Fourteen makes of cars boasting unusually ecoi ?AND THE DORT BI BY A COMFORTABI /or n?er The record of this cup-wim ys standard car?was 25.96 r gasoline?nearly 26 miles p< 5 Not only pin-money cos unusually &ood looks, comf sturdiness and lon& life, cha Z LUCAS AUi CHESTERFIELD, SO DEALE i SOCIETY TEACHES NAVY COOKS TO COOK Many prominent society women, led by Mrs. Adrain Iselin, bave given up social activities in order to teach sailors how to cook. Mrs. Iseln, writing in the November issue of Harper's | I Bazar, tells how, through her New 1 York Cooking School these women are training able seamen to prepare food properly and are rapidly lessening the shortage of capable chefs in ( the navy. Rear-Admiral Usher, 1J. ; S. N., has co-operated with Mrs. Jse' lin and has indorsed her work, j The men have learned very quickly. In fact, Admiral Usher says: "With. out this aid, it would have been a i difficult matter for us to supply a . sufficient number of competent cooks , to the small vessels in the district, < and to the large Clerman liners which i, were recently taken over by the govt eminent." : Taxi Notice is hereby tfiven that the ta> ' of taxes from October 15th to Dec. 31 The levy is as follows: State 1 Ordinary county Constitutional school Roads Total 1 Special taxes as follows: Cheraw Graded school, local . . . Cheraw Graded School bonds . . Cheraw Township Road Bonds . . . .Jefferson Township Road Bonds . Alligator Township Road Bonds . Special, Local and itonu* n 2, 3, 4, 6, 34 1, 17, 37, 41, 42 7, 10, 20, 21, 22, 21, 25, 27, 35, 51 12, 14, 31, 32, 36, 40, 45 46, 4H. 13 5, H, 15, 16, 23, 30, 33, 49 IU, ZU, 4 1, .r?U 38 11 18 9, 28 39 43 29 Poll tax between 21 and CO at tha Mtma Um?. Cou | Tkia Mk, 1917. i Talks I . ,os An&cles, CalM 5c 4 osemite National ) miles over &rill- ! 1 under q burning j|4 ; competed?each lomical operation ?3 LAT THEM ALL M .E MARGIN. |5 ling Dort?a regular miles per fcsllon of er ballon. Pp t of operation, but Hp ort, power in plenty, j**?j i racterize the Dort. mC i 0 GO. I ' . CAROLINA SC RS S ! (10) Sjj LOT AND BUILDING FOR SALE Woodman Camp 249 will sell at public auction at Patrick, October 30th, 1917 for cash, one lot with shop building on same, to higher! bidder; 30 feet front, 103 feet back, ,.n Tl (J DDAtlfLMJ 'ii ?u. i'. I?. UK* / u r?iv, 1 t-p ClerU. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure has been taken by cutarrh sufferers for the past thirty-live years, and has become known as the must reliable remedy lor Catarrh. 11.til's Catarrh Cure act. th .i the Iilood on the Mucous surfaces, expelling the I'oison from the lilood and healing the diseased portions. After you have taken Hall's Catarrh Cure for a short time you will see a great improvement in your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh Cure at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. C'HKNEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio. Sold by all Druggists. 76a. Notice i hooks will he open for the payment 1st, inclusive. K Vfj Milh ?Va " I li> Mills ft Mills 4 2 1! 7 i School Diclrnta No*.? > ** 3 , r>2 i " r> 6 Mi " 7 8 0 10 11 12 u 12 >4 " 13 14 M, " years and income taxes are payable J. A. WELSH, laty Treasurer, Chesterfield County