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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-08-02
Germans Now Believe There Are TO-
100000 Americans In France.

With the American Army ON the
AisneM Marine front Sunday (hy the
Associated Press A German prison
er captured by the Americans today
formerly was a baker in New York
city and Lebanon, "a He was asked
what the German soldiers thought
about the Americans.
Since Thursday, the prisoner said,
The Germans had decided that the
announcement that million Ameri-
cans were in France was false and
rumors among the Germans on this
front are that there are ten million
Americans in France.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-08-02
Won BuelOW's Nephew, Prisoner, Sur.
prlSGd At American Numbers.

Paris, Friday (Havas Agency .-
Among the prisoners captured in the
Aisne- Marine battle was nephew of
Prince Won BueloW, formerly German
Imperial Chancellor. The officer, who
was battalion commander, was as
tonished to- hear there was a large
American army in France He said
he had been convinced, - had Eli
Germans, that the American soldiers
in France did not exceed $4,000.
Among the heroes decorated by
President Poincare in his present trip
to the battle zone wasIa nephew oi
Premier Clemenceau.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-08-02
She Soon May Mourn For A Lost
Crown Prince

Geneva, Monday traffic
between the Rhine towns is greatly
disorganized owing to the number of
wounded arriving daily from the
French front in hospital trains.
Trains from Germany are arriving at
the Swiss frontier many hours late
The German Empress returned To
Berlin yesterday in mourning.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-08-02

There il "a barber shop in Chicago
where the customers don't pay tips.
Shucks. could tell you Of hum
dred printing Offices in Chicago where
the customers don't pay for the ink
used on a job, and the printers hard
ly think it's worth mentioning.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-08-02
Gone fOrGOOd
Results That Last Are What Appeal
to Westminster People.

VI M sff MN VI
Kidney sufferers in Westminster
want more than temporary relief.
They want results that last
Results like Mr. Campbell tells
about.
His was a thorough test
Five years il a l5ng time.
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test and stood ii well.
why experiment with an uDtlied
medicine?
People here in Westminster have
shown the way
Read the story Of W. z Campbell,
prop. of meat market, Main St., West
minister. IT, says: MY back ached
and my kidneys were out OF order
II used Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
from Moore's Drug Store and they
made me we'll" Statement given
May lib, 1917
In August 1916 Mr.. Campbell add
ed: '.All 7 have said in a previous
statement, praising DOan'S Kidney
Pills, holds good They have given
me permanent benefit from kidney
trouble
| Price soc, at lit dealers. Foster
lIilburn Co, Mfgrs., Buffalo, ~. Y
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24

must volunteer to help the sick and
those in distress. There is great
need for emergency housekeeping and
for visits at country homes of people
who will care for livestock, provide
wood and water, and other such essen
tials. If the people fail to enlist for
this service the death toll in the
State will be enormously increased,
and they will be responsible for it.
At a conference Sunday attended by
Governor Beckett, State Superintend-
ent of Public instruction James Y
Joyner, State Health Officer w. S.
Rankin, and Col. Chas. w. Stiles, rep
resenting the United States Public
Health Service, the following facts
were agreed upon:
1.-The extensive demands that the
army and navy have made upon the
members Of the medical and nursing
professions. together with the fac
pleted the ranks of civil practitioners
that so many of them are already vic.
tins of the influenza, have so de-
that it is impossible to comply with
the numerous urgent requests for aic
in the present epidemic.
2.-The point has been reached
when it is clear that communities and
people must depend upon themselves
more than ever before, since they
can expect little or no aid elsewhere
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24

it altogether impossible to take, care
of the sick with either the domestic
supply of doctors and nurses. or with
doctors and nurses supplied from else
where. In North Carolina, at least,
the disease is so widespread that
neither doctors nor nurses can be
spared from their homes, and commu-
mites affected by the disease need
not look for outside aid. The point
has been reached where it can not
be furnished.
Because of these conditions it is alb
! solutely necessary, if the sick are to
be cared for, that this care must be
furnished by the home community
through we'll organized committees OF
lay workers assisting their local med.
tcal and nursing professions.
While the situation is most serious
throughout the State there is ne
cause for panic. Local organizations
have been greatly hindered in theil
work by the ignorant, unfounded anc
exaggerated fear of the disease which
exists so generally among the people
Citizens, both men and women, mus
learn the simple precautions that may
| be taken to prevent the disease, ane
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24

The sooner the public realizes this
fact the sooner will the people be
able to help themselves.
St is strongly advised that all
communities in the State should adopt
the following measures, or other
! equally safe precautions, to control
| the epidemic Communities are
warned that they must act at once re-
| gardless Of whether or not influenza
is present, whether there be a few
or many persons sick. These meas
ures are in amplification of the plan
of organization sent out in letters
from the State Board of Health to all
chairmen of boards of county commits
sioners, mayors of towns and cities
and other leading citizens.
| (a). Mothers and daughters in all
families, rich or poor, white or col
ored, should Immediately learn how
Continued on page 81
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24
CAN'T PRAISE
IT ENOUGH" SAYS
CREENVILLE MAN
Aged Carpenter Forced to Give
Up Work Tells How New Herb
Remedy Proved It's Worth.
II AM NOW BACK
AT WORK AGAIN.

Thin. sickly men and women who
would like to improve their health and
increase their weight with pounds of
healthy ''stay there" flesh, should try
the recipe used by Mr.. j. A. Austin,
the we'll known carpenter of 229 Ware
Street, Greenville. II was all run
down and could not work for two
months" he declares in signed state
ment. l had indigestion and kidney
trouble and was graetly bothered by
constipation and headaches. Many of
my friends told me of the great re-
suits they are getting with this new
vegetable medicine Dreco, and l de-
cided to give it a trial. / began to
feel better. l am now back at work
again. am telling all my friends
about Dreco, in fact I can't praise it
enough"
Dreco is much more than just a
temporary tonic. 1t is a carefully
prepared combination of Natures own
medicinal roots and herbs compound
ed according to the latest findings of
modern science and put up in such
form that it is easy and pleasant to
take and will not injure the most deli
cate system.
Dreco is now used in thousands OF
homes and each day brings new tes
tmonials of praise and gratitude fol
what this great medicine is accom-.
pllshlng In severe cases of stomach
disorder, kidney and liver troubles
constipation, catarrh, rheumatism
nervousness, loss of appetite, and sim
liar complaints.
Dreco is now dispensed by goot
drug stores and pharmacists every
where. 1t is inexpensive and is pa !.
ticularly recommended in Lumberto,
by leading druggists.
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24

last three war revenue bills, and, to
a lesser degree the legislation which
enabled the Government to obtain con-
troll of the transportation and commu-
nication systems of the country
through the taking over of the rail-
roads, the telephone and telegraph for
war purposes.
Competent For. Postwar Work.
"Those votes are in the record, and
the Administration stands on the rec
ord as to the prosecution of the war.
AS to the postwar reconstruction pc
riod, we believe the country will ad-
judge us competent by reason of our
pre-war record. The Federal Reserve
Bank system, the Farm Loan act, the
nonpartisan tariff commission and in
F., Vulnerable other progressive legisla-
tive enactments which have won uni
versal approval attest the ability OF
the Democratic Administration tc
handle and solve the problems that
will come after the war between sup
port Of the President, and such limited
support Of the President, for war pur-
poses only, as the Republican leaders
in their wisdom, think proper.
"To persuade the majority Of the
| American people t1dC IL Is Wise u
make such distinction will require
more plausibility than the Republican
leaders possess. It is a program which
counsels domestic and political con
fusion during a period of war. 1t i:
pregnant with opportunities for poll
tical 'sniping' and can serve no pur
pose of patriotism.
Says People Believe in Wilson.
+ "The resolute spirit of the people a
large requires wholehearted suppor
of the Administration. Any attemp
to equivocate or to draw fine distinc
tions can only be to the discontinue
of the person or the party making tn
attempt. The great mass Of peopl
believe in the President and propos
to stand by him.
"Our President has become the lead
ing figures in the affairs of the world
his influence was never greater tina
it is today; his words carry into ever
quarter of the globe, and the states
men of the Allied governments hav
accepted his leadership. It would b
= sorry commentary upon popula
government if the results in Novembe
should impair, in the least degree, tn
:, influence of that illustrious and CON
manding figure"
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24
Be a Joy.Walker,
ffeets.It" for corns
2Drops. 2 seconds-Corn Il Doomedl

When you almost die with your
shoes on and corns make you almost
walk sideways to get away from
the pain, take a vacation for q min.
ute or two and apply or 3 drops
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24
Acid Iron Mineral

the alcohol It obtained from the only natural
kind world
from the drug of the chemist and the dope OF the
pill maker.
addition Of natural iron Acid Iron Mineral contains
doctor prescribes for indigestion constitution and many all
the IDEAL making c blood and toying up the system and and
gargle prevents 1nfluenz) Don't delay call for today ~
AIM Of concentrated efficient
all reliable
calC Va.
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24

The land has been made ready for
seeding by Staude Mak-a-Tractor made
by the F. G. Staude Manufacturing
Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The tractor attachment is brought into
service by removing the back wheels of q
Ford automobile and replacing the Ford
picture shows three men operating it, the
work is generally done by one man and a
power plow.
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24
The St. Paul Garden Bureau Encourages Community Gardening

EIFTY-F1VE Saint Paul families will
become soldiers of the soil when as
many gardens are planted on the l4-acre
tract Of land given by a local real estate
firm for the use Of home gardens. The
tract has been divided into lots of 80 by
125 feet, and each family will plant a
supply of vegetables.
The land has never before been under
cultivation. Children cleared the land
Of rubbish and the city hauled it away.
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24

Flags will be put up on the plot and also
placards distributed by the Saint Paul
Gardening Bureau, reading, .'Honor the
flag by protecting this garden as q part Of
the nations food supply"
This tract will be one Of the largest
community gardens in Saint Paul. 1t is
estimated that 500 acres of city property
never before cultivated are being used for
gardens in Saint Paul this year.
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24
GRIPPY INFLUENZA
DOCTORS SAY:
"TAKE IRON"

nervous rundown people doctors prescribe
iron greatest purifier and strenthener known and
taken in proper quantities. builds up the body like nothing else
preparations before the public contain
many them contain from 10 to 20 per cent OF
alcohol and alcohol counteracs the efficiency of the
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24

MY CoTnS Peel Clean Off, With Cets-It"l
of the worlds magic and only gen.
uine corn-peeler. "Gets-It." Then.
and then only. will you be sure that
SO that you can peel it right off
gloriously easy with your fingers.
Take no chances Of continued pain
and soreness-why use greasy. irri-
and press into the quick" razors
and "diggers'' that make corns bleed
and also grow faster? Use painless,
easy, always sure "Gets-It." There's
only one like 1t in the world-that's
"Gets-It.' Millions have tried and
T.: KID it for years. It never fails.
"Gets-It." the guaranteed, money
back corn-remover, the only sure
way, costs but trifle at any drug store.
N't'd by E. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago. I'LL
Sole in Lun1berton and recommend
ed as the worlds best corn remedy b
Pope Drug Co.
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24
DOCTORS AND NURSES
CAN NOT BE SECURED
In Present Influenza Epidemic the
Peope Must Rely Upon Local Or
ganization in Fighting Disease.
State Board of Health Bulletin.

The epidemic Of influenza has
spread to all portions Of North Caro-
lima and has involved a large per-
centage of the population of the State
in very short time. The same thing
is true of other States. This has made
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
GOT THE PROMISED CHILD
How Chilcat Natives Kept Their WORD
With the Missionaries, of Five
Years Standing.

In my intimate companionship with
Muir in Alaska I saw many instances
Of his warm human sympathy, S. Hall
Young writes in World Outlook. One
occurred when in 1879 we were visit
Ing the tribe of Chilcats. These Chill
cats, recognized as the most warlike
and arrogant Of the Thlinget tribes,
were nevertheless so interested in the
gospel message l had to bring them
that they crowded the house where we
lodged, filling it full and prying off
planks from It's side so that those with
out could hear.
The first night we spent in the vii
lage, after an all-day's palaver, we
were about to retire to our blankets
when q woman brought a baby to us
which was almost a skeleton from lack
Of nOurishment, and whose feeble cry
was most pitiful o hear. The woman
explained that the baby's mother had
died, and that they had no food for the
child-none Of the other women being
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
Wounds and Mathematical laws.

That research has indicated that
large non-infectious skin wounds heal
according to certain mathematical
laws, is the finding Of Lumlere in the
Revue de Chirurgie, Paris. The time
required is proportional to the size
of the area that is to be healed. The
healing proceeds at the same rate at
the end as at the beginning. The laws
and rate of repairs seem to apply in.
discriminatory TO differens animals of
the same species of about the same age
and state of health. These laws af-
ford standard of comparison of the
effects of different methods of treat.
lnent
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

in condition to nurse it. At once Muir
and set about preparing condensed
milk for the baby We diluted it with
warm water until we thought it of the
proper consistency, and fed it to the
starving baby. The child was almost
too weak to take this nourishment, and
1t required the utmost patience and
care to feed 1t. Muir worked with
that little papoose almost all night,
rocking 1t In his arms and soothing
it's cries, and when at last it rested In
a healthful, refreshing sleep, he care
fully showed the woman how to pre-
pare its food, and insisted upon leav-
ing all Of our remaining canned milk
for the baby. The natives voluntarily
told me when we were about to leave
that if the baby lived it belonged to
me and they would bring 1t down TO
Fort Wrangel. 1 thought but little of
this promise, knowing how easily
people forget such things; but i've
years after this occurrence was stIr-
prised to have some Chilcat natives
bring sturdy and healthy little bov.
and formally give him to me, saving
that this was the baby whose life We
had saved, and he therefore belonged
to us. a
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

work for me and know it will help
others if they will give it a fair trial. !"
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9Th Ave,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa. e
Why will women drag along from day
to day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters as this are continually being
published. y Every woman who suffers
from displacements, irregularities, in
fammation, liberation, backache, ner-
vousness, or who is passing through the
Change of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia 3. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, trial. For
special advice write Lydia E. Pinkhsm
Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass. : The result
Of its long experience is at your service.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

"My company was one of the first
TO advance at Belleau wood" he said.
I'VE had got up to the hill through
a thick underbrush and German ma
chine gunners above rs sent many Of
our fellows west We got near the
Germans AND / saw some Of them in
trees firing their machine guns at us.
sit was about this time that ] was
wounded My company was ordered
to fall back and wait until morning.
1.-THE next morning our fellows took.
that section Of Belleau wood. 'Twen-
ty-six machine guns were taken, and
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
Saline Plants.

Sali-e plants are plants such as
saltworts, seaweeds, grasswrack, sea-
kale and asparagus, which grow on the
seashore, or by the side of salt lakes,
or in the beds of lakes which have
dried up. They are rich in saline con-
stituents, and when burnt their ashes
were formerly used in the production
Of barilla, an impure carbonate of
soda. This used to be employed in the
manufacture Of soap, glass and other
products.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
Briton conauers Bees.

There is at least one man in Eng
land whose nerves have not been
budged by the war.
he was bicycling from Newton Pag-
nell recently when swarm of bees
settled on his hat. He alighted calm
" and unprecedented a lamp post I'M
iii a beeman came and hived the bees.
The stolid hero was not stang.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
CHAIN GUNNERS IN TREE
Huns Had to Be Tied Up When Amer
leans Attacked Them in Bel
ieau Wood.

Washington. Edward HUM, a
wounded American soldier back from
France and conyalescing at Walter
Reed hospital here, declared that he
had seen German machine gunners
chained to trees in the battle Of Bel
leau wood, where American marines
so distinguished themselves.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
Mhieh2


Down in Terre Haute the Franchise
league has been polling for one Of the
political parties The same week Of
their polling the men made their
Thrift stamp canvass. And knowing
this sorne people were -
either 20 inc raRfN;l sSM Il
fragists. 70
One young woman was met alta door
by a boy about eight years Old.
please tell your mother would like
to see her." she requested.
The youngster shouted into the adj
joining room, MON, a lady wants to
see YOU"
Back came n staggering question:
"Ask her if she's the Thrift stamp
man."
And the little boy asked. 1ndianap-
oils News.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
Girls Unload Car of Coal.

Atchison, Kan. Two girls, Julia
Surratt, eighteen, and her sister, FL
sic, fourteen, daughters of j. A. Sur
raft, q merchant Of Parnell. unloaded
q Acton cae Of coal for their father
because he was unable to secure men
TO do the work. The task was com.
pleted in a few hours.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

Although hotels have gone to qUite
a length in rationing service for pa
irons there is no case on record where
the charges to the guests haze been
rati0Ded in the slightest
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

Archaologists have discovered Il
safety pin 5000 years old, and parents
OF new babies fancy it takes fully as
long as that TO find a safety pin when
it is urgently needed ut strategic
points.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

A cable report says the French girls
have quit high heels. That will enable
those little footsies to feel happy
enough, but it is certain that they
shall never again Tool, the same rs
they did.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

Another advantage that the little
bitsy girls of today will have is, when
they grow mp civilized people will
+ s1ksaS 'aa4szl t4s>'ae'aA- IA the l.ieS
OK, Ioa5 that fashion infiicts upon the
grown-lp girls now.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

King George Of England visited a
London factory lately and cut out
shirts for 80 British soldiers Hav-
ing an electric machine to do it with,
the royal cutter probably did rs good
work as anybody else.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
Happiness.

The man who cannot be happy with
whatever little he may have could not
be happy with whatever much he may
want. Happiness Is a condition with
In a man that is not dependent upon
the things without.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

The United States coined 52S351, 479
pennies in the last fiscal year. And
every one OF them saved by cOnserva-
lion will be IL dollar earned for right
e0us war.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

You mustn't throw rice at n wedding
party because the rice is needed for
bread, and you mustn't throw old
shoes because they are needed for
shoes, Throw kisses and let it go at
that
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

IL is said that government control
of tobacco may come next for the re-
quirements of the allies and the
American public will have to put that
in their pipes and smoke it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
| IN MISERY
FOR YEARS
Mrs. Courtney Tells How She
Was Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Oakaloosa, Iowa. --" For years was
simply In misery from aweakness and

aWlW pdlHS-hnO
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised me
to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. I
did so and got re-
lief right away. /
can certainly re-
commend this valu-
able medicine to
other women who
suffer, for it has
done su CHI good
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

A soda cracker that could come in
tact from France to the United States
through the mails must be made by
the new war recipes.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

De hymn tells you bout bein I'm
Heaven a thousand years" but dar's
some folks what couldn't stand SIGH
long time prosperity. Atlanta Consti.
tuition.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

A shortage in chocolate drops is pre-
dicted. But the patriotic American
girl can be wooed and won without
them, IL the lover is In uniform.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

Somebody predicts .,irplanes that
win carry 100 men and bombs. BY
the time such plap.s arrive, however.
it is probable th.t they will be requir-
cd to carry orly the 100 mon
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

Even if a fellow can't get in the
front line. there are lots of other lines
where his services win be of great
value to his country.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

It will be hard, if not impossible, to
make the matinee girl agree with the
government that the actor is a nones-
sential factor in the community