Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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INRORMS THE WORLD OF ITS PROVEN VALUE MRS. CONRAD GLADLY TELLS OK HER GOOD FORTUNE GOOD RESULTS QUICK Her Husband gain Feels Like a Boy And No Longor Worries Mr. Philip Conrad, of Earlton, N. Y., suffered so that he used to f?et u-) in the middle of the mght and s;i. und smoke and try to read to com pose nis nerves. Now he feels like a boy of fifteen The story of his remarkable change was told by his wife. "My husband suffered a shock last Christmas that left him almost helpless," Mrs. Conrad said. "He became completely run dowfci. His nervous system was so shattered thai many times he would get up in the middle of the night and walk the floor or smoke or try to read. He had 'no appetite and grew very weak. His stomach had become disordered and no food seemed to digest properly. "After we had tried many prescriptions without any results, our druggist recommended that we try Tanlac. He said he thought it was the best possible medicine that we could get for my husbsand, so i sent for a bottle. "He noticed almost immediate results from the first bottle and after the fourth day he could sleep. This started him to building up. He now sleeps well and has a fine appetite. Tanlac seems to have built up his entire system, as we were told it would. He says he feels like a boy of fifteen, he is so much better in every way. We are glad to let other Unow how good Tanlac is, because we think that a medicine that will do what Tanlac does should be advertised everywhere so people ca:i learn of it and be benefitted." Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold by The Chesterfield Drug Co., Chesterfield, S. C.; T. E. Wanamaker & Sons, Cheraw; Mt. Croghan Dreg Co, Mt. Croghan, S. C.; McBee Drug Co.. McBee, S. C.; Pageland Drug Co., Pageland, S. C.; J. T. Jowers & Sons. Jefferson, S. C. Adv GET WRITING CRAZE t Yankee Fighters Heap Troubles on the Censor. i Whan Out of the Trenches He "Tells 'Cm About It" in Reams and Reams. Paris.?The letter-writing craze has Struck the American army. Just as soon as he gets out of the trenches the doughboy washes up, scurries around for pen and paper and sits down to tell 'em all ubout It. And he tells 'em In reams and reams. "Well, let's see," he says, as he meditatively kicks his steel helmet under his cot "I've got to write to mu and pa, Kittle and Johnny Boggs over at Canton, O. Then, I owe Nell Johnson a letter. And I've got to scribble a few lines to Uncle Abe and Aunt Minnie. After that I'll answer those letters of Bill and Tom." Writing materials?paper and en* velopes?ore not always plentiful where the doughboy Is stutloned, and for a while It was doubtful whether the last of his correspondence list would receive their letters, for the supply In the small town stores wus soon exhausted. But the Y. M. C. A.. learning of this scarcity, soon arranged to supply all contingents. It I sent out seven million sheets of writ- I ing paper and some 8,1300,000 envelopes ! a month. With the tremendous growth of the expeditionary force, orders have been Increased and the estimate for next year is 120,000,000 sheets of paper and 60,000,000 envelopes. This means that the Tanks will use about 720 tons of writing materials? 720 tons of news and comfort for the folks a{ home. And when the censor officers stop to consider It they grow weak, for It Is their duty, along with everything else, to censor the letters and see to It that the soldier uses discretion and doesn't mention things of military Importance. :>11 in?tn111minit? i '> PLACARD WARFARE GOT :: THE GOAT OF BOCHES :: * J With the American Army In * a France.?It. was a quiet week ; | * J on one of our Lorraine sectors, \ \ ? a where American and German J j " J trenches run close together. The . ? sun came up one morning on a J | " J huge placard hoisted from the a > ?> uerman front line and bearing \ \ \ \ thla In English : * "Welcome, Tankeea, of the \ | ' ! Blankety-Blank division. Did you 1 * bring coffins with you?" A couple of hours later this ? ; | sign, In German went up on our ' i front line: | ; * J "No, but we brought a lot of i ! -. Hen.- . ;; ' J The next morning the Ger- > ? i mans opened with this one: a ] j ' ) "Yankees, spend the day In 1 ? * prayer. We kill you tonight." \ | ') And this was the answer from 1 * our trenches: !! S "Germans, gtre your hearts 4 1 and souls to Jesus, because ! ! S we're got your goats." J; ; ; Something about thA sign an- i ! i gered the Boches. They riddled J i ; It with rifle bullets and thereup- . * on the placard warfare was off. J; I MIMIMMMIMMIUmf i " ' "< BRITISH PLANE HITS HUN BOAT Story of an Attack by Flyers on German Destroyer Fleet. ATTEMPTTO ESCAPE DANGER | I l_ . - tnemy ship Becomes a Twisted and Dirty Wreck After Bomb From Above 8trikes It?All in the Day's Work. London.?To the observer In the rear cockpit of the fast British bombing machine the scene hardly appeared to chuugo from minute to minute. The engine roared, the sunlight cume slanting In onto his knees, a biting wind beat on his face, and below was tho slightly hazy surfuce of the sea, while to the right lay the dim line of tho Belgian coast, which swept away to the wider sliver reaches of the Scheldt estuary. Ahead of him two British ; machines flew In the same direction, [ with their propellers seeming to revolve lazily, as they always do when seen from another machine. The observer continually scanned the air above and below the machine, and ex- ; amlned every now and then the sur- i face of the sen. Suddenly the front machine turned to the right and began to fly toward the coast. Its occupants had evidently seen something of Importance. Looking below, the observer of the bnck machine saw a few miles from tho Zeebrugge mole six little shapes which seemed stationary on the gray sea. German Destroyers. They were German destroyers which were In reality steomlng at top speed i toward the coast. Gradually the nlr- | jinnies urew nearer nnn nearer and Boon were but a few miles from the land. Nenr the front machine appeared a small black ball of smoke. Another : appeared, and another, and the oh- ' server could hear the sharp erack of the bursting shells. A moment later the second mnchlne entered the zone of bursting shells, some leaving white smoke, and others leaving black or evil-looking yellow vapor. Along the | coast line he fcould see the little rod ! flashes of the anti-aircraft batteries, i Now, however, they ware almost over the destroyers, which were beginning i to zigzag as the danger of tho com- j ing attack was realized. The observer saw six black cylin- j ders drop spinning from the front mn- ! chine, and then, with his two reins I round the pilot's arms in front, ho I steered the machine to tin; right and i left as ho watched the destroyer through the wires and bars of his bomb sight. Even as he was directing the machine he saw tho grent white clouds of steam, smoke ami water leap up from the sea near the destroyer. The second destroyer, which was now steering nn almost direct course, appeared below his range bars. He turned the pilot slightly to tho right in order thnt he might allow for the speed of the boat, and sloWly pushed over his bomb levers, one by one. Ilelow the wings he had a momentary glimpse of the yellow, fish-like bombs rusblng downward. lie shouted to the pilot, and they turned quickly away from the Inferno of shells which were bursting all around them. Scores Direct Hit. The observer stood up and watched Intently what was going on below. Near the destroyers appeured the white smoke and ftpray of a bomb. Another followed, and another. Then on one of the destroyers a irrent red ! flush appeared and the center of the \ boat was left clouded In smoke, lie had scored one direct hit. lie shouted excitedly to the pilot as one of the destroyers dropped out of line and made swiftly for Its mortally wounded consort. The British airplanes returned and reported what had happened. A patrol returuiiiK a few hours later stated that they had seen Ave German destroyers returning toward Ostend. By ' then the sixth, torn and shattered, lay with many another twisted and rusty companion, under the sea. 1 FELT FOR SHOES UNDER BAN 11 Manufacturer of Heel Pads and Inner Soles Stopped by War Industries I Board. i Washington.?Box-toed shoes, felt heel pads and felt Inner soles are 1 , doomed for the period of the war. The ! I | war Industries hoard announced that I the manufacture of felt used for these | I articles must he discontinued as soon 1 1 I hh present supplies of raw material i 1 are exhausted and at once If Its menu- ' ; facture Interferes with the fulfllliuent ' of government orders. The hoard also ' | called for a report of the stocks on 1 hand of wool felts and Jackets used 1 la the manufacture of paper. Xugges- ' i tlons were made to bring about the 1 greatest service of those now In use ' j and to prevent destruction and waste. I . i l: To Feed 65,000 Yanks. . < Chicago.?Charles Wecghinan, prcsl. dent of the Chilis, has taken the Job ; of feeding 60,000 soldiers dally for the | government at the largest artillery , camp In the country, located at Smith- i j town, Ky. , I i i OHL.t5>W!AN KNIIS POH "BOYS" Devotes All His 8psre Time to Work While Waiting for Trains. Ottawa, Kan.?O. C. Rose, a travel' InR saloamnn here, spends all of his apure time at railway stations, between trains, and evenlnRS knitting for sailrora. As a result of his energy two pairs of socks, one pair of wristlets, a helmet and a sweater have gone overseas to gladden the heart of I . | - SL BERNARD DOGS ECONOMY VICTIMS All but Six at Famous Monastery Killed to Save Meat Supply. HOW PARIS IS REGULATED Bread Shortage Affects the French More Seriously Than Any OtherMeat Scarce and Costly ' in Belgium. Paris.?All hut six of the fnmnus 8t. Bernard doirs ki>nt ??iq of that ancient monastery In the Alps have- been killed. Shortage of meat caused by the war led to this musBncre. The St. Bernard pass Is of historical renown. It connects the valleys of the Rhone and the Dora Raltea. It was traversed by Roman legions thousands of years ago. In medieval times the pass served the armies of conquerors and the bands of mercenaries. Napoleon crossed the Alps at this point In 1S00. The great monastery was built In the middle of the sixteenth century. It was maintained for the relief of travelers who were surprised by snowstorms while crossing the pass. The gt. Bernard dogs were used to find the frozen victims of the storms In the snowdrifts. They were specially trained for this work of relief and carried the first aid to the Injured In a little basket attached to their collars. These dogs rescued thousands of human beings. many of whom were of historic prominence. Ai d for the first time In the history of this famous monastery the dogs had to lie < ..? want of food. Human Food First Interest. At other times n report of this sort would create profound Interest in Paris, hut at present the human rnco Is thinking of its own necessities and cares less about dog heroes living rrore than 8,100 feet above thesurfuce of the sea. Today the people of France are restricted in the consumption of meat, bread or any other article of food in the making of which dough or flour is used, and sug.'tr. There arc three meatless days and to prevent anyone buying meat in advance the rule rostritts purchases to 200 grams of meat (Mi a day preceding a meatless day. The sfile of meat Is prohibited Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, in hotels and restaurants no guest Is entitled t<? more than 100 grams of meat as part of a meal Tuesdays. This n-trietion is aimed at hoarding. Even slaughter houses are entirely closed the an ath ss days. Thus the attempt is made to prevent as fur as possible any violation of the rule. Of course any attempt at enforcing restrictions of ties sort In the provinces would he needless. French peasants eat little meat, once or twice a week at the most. If at all. The average Englishman consumes much less meat. England had three meatless days a week, applied to restaurants and similar dining rooms, heginning in the summer of 1017. However. these meatless days were abolished, the order taking effect May 17 this year. In place of the former restrictions a meat card was Issued, 't his card entitled the holder to a certain nniount of meat, which he may buy four specified days In the week. r.ngnsnmen are consuming about double tbo amount of mcnt enton by the same number of Frenchmen at present. French frugality in meat Is thoj more remarkable as it is aeeompanleil by a similar and much more drastic restriction In the consumption of bread. "A Frenchman," according to a peace-time wit, "Is a gentleman who wears a decoration and orders an extra portion of bread." It read has been the staff of life of the French people. Still France Is In a better position than adjacent countries. Meat Is very scarce and costly in Helglnm. In Antwerp one has to pay '20 francs for a pound of meat and HO francs for a pound of bacon. In Meerle, near Antwerp, n butcher paid '2.02."i francs for a two-year-old sleti*. Cows are sold for ft,000 and goats for .r>00 francs. Swiss Regulations Strict. At Val de Travers, Switzerland, two butchers were found guilty of having mi- government rule r?*trnIdting the price of calves. The hutch its wore fined 1 r>00 fratios oiioh, and vlll hnvo to pay tho oust ??r tho trial, while If. farmers, to whom the butchers had paid more than the maximum price allowed, were acquitted by the Jury. In the course of proceedings In the pourt It was shown that 1111 army officer of the commissary department in buying cattle for the army had also [raid more than the maximum price permitted. Now the state's attorney is going to prosecute the army officer Tor the same offense for which the two butchers were found guilty. In Vienna meat rations for hotels, lining rooms and hoarding houses vere cut 20 per cent, beginning July 1. Even meat supplies for hospitals were reduced 10 per cent. This paused Increased prices. Clergymen In War Work. London.?Four hundred and thirty 'even clergymen of the London (Kng:.rd) diocese have done or are doing 11 "11'limit w,?rlr iA ~0N 1 The CPyear on th< of Chester! highway ar trains will s Fiye The Fa the new ? i .. purposes ti fifty by one for Exhibit Two othe the cattle, Chesterf grounds ar No Will be th cial rates c Fair Groui DROP FAGS TO YANKS Cigarettes Showered on Them From the Skies. Knlghta of Columbus Bring Joy to Boys While Battle Is In Progress. New York.?Showers of cigarettes fell from the skies on the American fighters driving the Germans out of the St. Mlhlel salient. This fact was announced in a cablegram received by William J. Mulligan, chairman of the Knights of Columbus committee on war activities, at the United War Work Cumpuign headquarters. From American airplanes 20,000 packages of cigarettes were dropped Into the hands of Infantrymen ami artillerymen pressing forward in their victorious squeeze which dislodged the enemy from the stronghold they had held for more than three years. Kach package was stamped "Compliments of the Knights of Columbus." A ? t>,a ai.rr>r, ?l.nn -? -? ... ,..u ? ? VIIIIIC UlSimll'Ilt'N announce, Y. M. C. A. workers on foot moved among the soldiers, bunding out chocolates and cigarettes. The airplane service for distributing clgnrettes to the soldiers, while the battle was In progress and the ordinary foot or motor methods of reaching the men In the front lines were unavailable, was established by Martin V. Merle of San Francisco, a K. of C. secretary, wltli the co-operation of an American airplane un't. After the flgltt, soldiers related how pleasantly surprised they had been when cigarettes dropped from on high. They deciured no service In their behalf ever had plensed them as much as this ultra modern delivery of "smokes." Tho Y. M. C. A. workers won new friends at St. Mihiel. One Red Triangle man, with a huge pack on his back, moved forward with a certain unit, distributing chocolates and clgnrettes to each soldier. Salvation Army workers also were busy with their doughnuts and coffee throughout tho St. Mlhlel drive. :i COULD NOT READ, BUT I :: HE'S THERE WITH RIFLE ? ? < ? X ? Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, JJ. " | Ala.?A recruit to Captain Win- j? ? ston's company was ordered to | ; ahoot at a certain target, the T number being given. X ! ! **I kaln't read, Cop'n," said T ; 1 the Tennesseeun. X ! The target was shown him T ; J and when he had finished, his X ! I tolly was 48 hits out of a pos- T ;; sibie 50. X The officers say that these + 2 J mountaineers seldom go under X i 40 hits out of 50 shots. ? nm.aimummaaia jesterfield Coun 3 Fair Associatioi field on the Rul id Chesterfield & >top at the Fair 1 Tnousa Lir Association h grounds and bu here has been cor } hundred feet, w s. ;r buildings have live stock, swine ield County no\A id buildings in S vember K e dates of the C< >n all railroads; ] nds for your au CLOCKS WILL TURN BACK Washington.? No further etfort | will he made by congress to continue i the existing daylight saving law, and 1 the hands of the clocks will he turned back an hour at 2 a.m. October 27, as originally planned. This decision was reached at a conference between congressional leaders and Chairman Baruch, of the war industries board, who had recommended that the law remain in force for the period of the war. The senate recently passed a bill to continue the law in effect indefinitely j and it is pending in the house. Senator ('alder of N?*v Yor!., author of the original daylight bill, said after the conference that d lli cullies ?>f the railroad adminisiration arul other governmental agencies in arranging schedules and anticipated dillicultics in vrotti?linn! action on the i>il: l?y the house contributed to the decision. Keep Your Mufder Closed Now do your bit, Don't cough or spit; And do not sneeze, it spreads disease. TRY IT SUBSTITUTE FOR NASTY CALOMEL i . Start* your liver without making you ick and cannot salivate Every oculist in town your druggist and everybody's druggist has noticed a great failing oil in the sale of calomel. They all Rive the same reason. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its place. "Calomel is dangerous and people know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone it perfectly safe and give better results," said a prominent local druggist. Dodson's Liver Tone is per- j sonally guaranteed by every druggist who sells it. A large bottle costs but a few cents, and if it fails to give easy relief in every case of liver sluggishness and constipation, you have only to ask for your money back. Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasanttasting, purely vegetable remedy, liorivtliiua trt Iwit K nkil/lk'on ?in<) r>/lull u Take a spoonful at night and wake up feeling fine; no biliousness, sick headache, acid stomach or constipated bowels. It doesn't gripe or cause inconvenience all the next day like violent calomel. Take a dose of calomel* today and tomorrow you will feel weak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's work! Take Dodson's Liver Tdne instead and feel fine, full oi vigor and ambition. Adv. 6. .. . FFA riMnc UllL/k ty Fair will be h n's new Fair site, j Dy-Mt.-Croghan-F . Lancaster Railro Grounds. ind Doll ias invested $5,0< ildings. For agri istructed a large t hich will give arnj: been built to accc and poultry. 7 has one of the t iouth Carolina. I, IB, 14, IS :>unty Fair this ye; plenty of room in tomobile; 50 cent [forty years a dr*j< He Eiidorse O >7 Tt; ? 7 TU t . f \ i- I* J < J J '%.J> -S, Ni . . "HSOEsnsiifflBi I Head this '; ??? Mr. L. A. Ric t of Mnri.te, liL.i<;i>: ' "! hnvf' 1 rn . :ii- 1 in tlio retail <1 nr. >. Ue.v for ; ? p.. : furl) yei.rx. I >i time I liuv? ? ii iii.in', p.ut nt nu'ilici into list-, lino: l>-l for one or two yours frruliiiilii t|i i .w. Tlnro urn vi-r; tlo so i t irinlit s ili.it tins! i'im t-noiu l) ri lile Portion JiNM lilHit)N tiooil a ;;n.nl ini''I'tisi' Irom ye'.f to year. I'lm t'lian iiko, by tho addition of tlio nlli;hlly la u relinlde ,'pim-.f) for <*o:i-ti|>:t(ioi! notl t;iMi'SpcotiftiI <1 -'S l>y adults it will >> or throe days* liiuo. I take pleasure ii to rccomtnem it for tin so two ailment Sold Everywhere Liquid or Tab'f Chesterfield, 5s Mr. M. M. Piatt, (ienerui A Philadelphia Lite lnsurai Sumter, S. C. Dear S1 r: 1 hetf to acknowledge $1,0()2.">1 in settlement of i phia Life Policy No. ".0.5">;? band, i rank 15. Sanders, v in service in Prance. 1 wish to thank you for yo matter and to assure you t h ure to recommend your mv friends or ncquaintum i : : i'Kiun^ UUJ>III? 1 itlH'C. Yours vc (Signed) Mrs. Ante If you ar<.? interested in buy will pay you to investigate our provide in ease of total disability premiums, liie annuity of . I on. full face of policy. In case of accidental d- ath will be paid. Our po'icies provide prote military or naval service. If yoi GORDON INSURANCE & State A.;:cnti Monroe, North LEMONS WHITEN AND [ to BEAUTIFY THE SKIN Mot this Make this Beauty I.otion Cheaply for ^ ^ Your Face, Neck, Arms and Hands I ? ! tan At the cost of a small jar of ordi- whi nary cold cream one can prepare a ! .1 full quarter pint of the most won- orc derful lemon skin softener and com- , *"wc i | up ploxion beautiner, by squeezing the ; # juice of two fresh lemons into a bot- dai tic containing three ounces of or- ha, churdwhiU. C*ro should be taken | ',^1 IR 1 ) eld this ust west \ 'ageland ad. All irs DO.00 in icultural )uilding, )le room ^modate test Fair 3 ar. Speiside the s extra. jGIST a *fl| luirdson | V : .4II V;,;,7S 6E6UWMH y f.w of il merit to insure them long: Keller nllh iin. wllh n marked ; in the formula some yearn \ :Ivu pro|?erti? Han made It l.ir eoldM. If taken hourly In reuk ti|> llir wornl eold In two i urging my brother druKKists ;t Form A?k Your Dealer C., Sept. 2(?th, 1918 Bent, nee Company, receipt of check for laini under l'hiladel011 the life of my hus/lio was killed vjhi 1 <? ni* prompt11 oss in this iit i'i w ill he my pleask1 company to any ol os who are contemry truly, lia Douglass Sanders. intf or selling insurance it now policy contracts that / waiver of ail subsequent 00 pi r year ami at death doable the face of policy etion up to $">,000.00 for 1 are interested, address INVESTMENT CO., I Carolina strain the juice through a fine h so no lemon pulp gets in, then ; lotion will keep fresh for montha. ry woman knows that lemon juice used to bleach and remove auch mishes a? freckles, sallowness and and is the ideal skin softener, tener and bcautifier. ust try it! Get three ounces of hard white at any drug store and lemons from the grocer and make a quarter pint of this sweetly frant lemon lotion and massage it ly into the face, neck, arms and tds. It is marveloua to amoothen tgh red hands. _ A4v, ayhiifc ~ all ir ?