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Williston graphic., 1918-09-19
BRITISH GAIN NEAR St. QUENTIN,
ALLIES make GAIN IN MACEDONIA
GAIN OF THREE MILES ON FIFTEEN MILE BRITISH
GAINS IN MACEDONIA MAY CUT OFF TURKEY
TINUE-FRENCH BACK TO HOMES

London, Sept. 1S.-(4:30 P. NJ
In their attack today northwest of
St. Quentin the British scored an
average of from l-2 to 8 miles on
a 15mile front, according to reports
up to this hour.
The town of Hagricourt was cap
tured by the British. The front un-
der attack ran from Honon wood west
of st. Quentin northward to Gouzea-
court.
The British attack took them far
nearer the line from which the Ger
man offensive started on March 81,
last. The latest reports placed Field
Marshall Haig's troops at an aver
age distance of about mile from this
line. Prisoners to the number of L.
500 are reported. The fighting was
continuing this afternoon.
The town of Epehy, toward the
northern part of the front under at
tack, was almost surrounded by the
British this afternoon.
Villeret was taken by the advanc-
ing forces as were LeVerguier, Rons-
soy and Berthaucourt. ..
The British have crossed the Hind
enburg line at two places-at Villeret
and at Gouzeaucourt. The depth of
their penetration beyond, however, is
not reported.
Williston graphic., 1918-09-19
Major Operation

Washington, Sept. 18.-lt has,
been limited in military circles for.
some months that this autumn
would see major operation on the
Macedonian front and from the news
Of the past few days it appears that
that operation has begun.
While it is not possible for mill
tary reasons to give the number Of
men intended to participate in this
movement, it's object is clear, to cut
off Turkey from the other Central
Powers, to crush Bulgaria and to
free Serbia, Rumania and the Jugo-
Slavis of Southern Austria.
With the American Army in Lor--
raine, Sept. 18.-Plans are. already
under way for the reoccupation by
the French population of the terri
tory of the St. Mihiel salient from
which they we're driven out four years:
ago and which was regained last week
in the American offensive. Scores of
persons are requesting American Of
fcers for permission to return to-
their homes.
Williston graphic., 1918-09-19

Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 17-Allied
forces on the Macedonian front have
penetrated to depth of nearly four
and half miles on front of Is 1-2
miles and have captured 1000 pris-
oners, according to an official state
ment issued tonight by the war Of
flee.
The text of the statement reads:
Operations on the Macedonian
front continued very successfully.
The front through Sokola, Dorbo-
polje and Vetrenik has been widen
ed to 25 kilometers and the allied
forces have penetrated to depth of
seven kilometers.
"Prisoners to the number of four
thousand, including staff colonel,
have been captured. Thirty guns,
numerous mine throwers and ma
chine guns and considerable booty
have been taken.
Williston graphic., 1918-09-19

London, Sept. 1S.-Bulgarian resis-
tance on the Macedonian front is
weakening and the allied troops have
advanced an average of ten miles, ac-
cording to the latest report received
from Saloniki. Fifty guns have been
captured.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
Our Flower Lover

Dear Mrs. Thomas: 1t has been some
time since ] have attempted to write
for your page. / guess l have had a
long spell of the blues and my pen re-
fused to write, but as / look out on the
green wheat fields and orchards in full
bloom, all giving promise of a bountiful
harvest, l want to get out and plant
flowers and sec my yard in full bloom.
Now, in March, is the best time to lay
our plans and plant our seed. / think
IT helps the world for the women to
love home and plant flowers. We can't
be contented at home with nothing to
do or to enjoy. We must get busy and
make things to interest us. ] find the
home-loving women never get into trou-
bic, but it is those that seek their pleas
ures abroad.
I don't say get fine flowers to plant
in your yards, but those you know will
stand drouth and freezes. l have a
large deep yellow marigold that never
willis for the hottest suns, but grows
beautifully all the summer Then I have
the common NUNS that can stand our
hardest winters. 1 have tried a lot of
fine flowers and today I only have
empty pots to show where they have
been. But l am not going to give up.
l shall get lot that l can hope to
keep.
l have seen one new flower yard
started this spring, and I was much
encouraged, for 1 think they always
foretell good for the home. They rep
resent energy and contentment A lazy
woman has no use for n flower yard,
Tor she knows somebody has to do
some work That is true, but outdoor
work is good for the body, mind and
soul
l love little flowers, but as l look
in my yard 1 find only the blue and
white yiolets in bloom and a wistaria
on the porch in full bloom is all l have
10 enjoy today. Dear sisters, let us get
busy and live up 10 cur privileges
Let the men so forth to battle, but
we will DE keepers at home.
MRS. T. J. ROBINSON.
Greenyiile, Ca, Route ;.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
ONE or THE FIRST.
Dear Householders:

Dear HouSeholders:
Many moons have "waxed and waned"
since last 1 visited our household.
Have often thought of writing, but
'procrastination, the thief of time" al
ways interfered. That time and tide"
wait for no man is a very true saying.
I wonder how many of the House
holders have been a reader of this page
since Mrs. Thomas became editor? l,
for one, have with the exception of
about two years. All the readers of the
Journal here feel a great interest in
her, as this is her old home county.
remember once when l was 2 student
Of the F. n. l., at Madison. Mrs.
Thomas visited relatives here. l had
a great desire to visit her. While 1 was
a stranger to her, 1 felt as though she
was an old acquaintance. but 'timidity"
said nay" So / missed the only OPP
portunity 1 ever had of knowing our
kind editress in person.
Mrs. Mallicost, your last letter I saw
ed; as it was my first year with turkeys.
1 followed your instructions as implicit
ly as 1 could and want to say that
had as healthy and thriving a bunch
of young ones as any one might wish
to see, and never had a sick one the
entire year, but when 1 begun letting
them stray or there would be from one
10 Two missing every Gay ana some
days as many as four would disappear
until they were nearly grown. 1 never
knew what became of them unless it
was large hawks, and I would like for
some one (who has had experienced to
tell me if it is all right to feed nux
vomica to the young turkeys. If so,
how much is a dose? ! like to work
with them much better than 1 do
chickens and am planning TO raise a
larger number this spring than 1 did
last year.
We hear OF some few" people COM
planning because our government has
asked US to have meatless and wheat
less meals, and less sugar Oh, you
slackers-for that is what you are-are
you any better than our fathers, our
brothers, our husbands and our sons
who have gone to the front and are
ready to sacrifice their very lives. if
needs be, for your country and mine ?
Who are you that you should be inn
mune from all of wars hardships and
trials? Instead of being a chronic COM
palmer and Stacker, get busy, no mat
ter what your occupation in life may
be. There is work for you to do. to
help win in this struggle for world wide
decomracy, for win we must
Get down on your knees and thank
God for the great president we have,
the greatest since Lincoln.
Best wishes to all the readers
EUDORA.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
Lemons Written and
Beautify the Skin!
Make Cheap Lotion


The juice OF two fresh lemons strain
4 into a bottle containing three ounces
,f orchard white makes whole quarter
lint OF the most remarksbl lemon skin
|1cautifier at about the cost one must
lay for a small jar OF the ordinary cold
Dreams Care should be taken 10 strain
he lemon juice through a fine cloth SO
70 lemon pulp gets IN, then this lotion
bin keep fresh for months. Every
|vOman knows that lemon Juice IS used
10 bleach an0 remove such blemishes as
|rcckIes. saIIowness and tan and Is the
deal skin softener. smoothener and
leautIfier.
Just try il, Make up a quarter pint
pr this swcetly fragrant lemon lotion
nd massage il daily into the face. neck.
rms and hands II should naturally
help TO whiten. soften. Ereshen. and
bring out the hidden roses and beauty
( any skin II is wonderful for rough,
L ed hands
Your druggist will sell three ounces
Z orchard white at little cost, and any
Grocer will supply the lemons
(Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
HELP THE ARMY.

Dear Miss Thomas: have read the
letters for long time and with much
pleasure. ! am a country girl. and
certainly think farm life grand. We
women must take the place of men, be-
cause of this great war. So let us get
busy at once and do our bit" We
must help our boys in the trenches by
raising and saving all the foodstuff we
possibly can. We must plant every
spot of ground that heretofore has
been left TO grow in weeds. We must
raise food for ourselves and our armies
The armies depend on US to help them
10 win. We must be home guards. We
have got 10 fight very bitter enemy
called starvation" He comes with
strong forces and il is up to US to win
the victory over him by hard work and
"A brave spirit. 1t is up to the women Of
America TO feed and clothe our armies.
If you have a boy in the army you GER
tainly don't want him to go hungry
or cold. And If you haven't a boy there.
do your bit" just the same, because il
is your duty to stand up for your
country. There may be some of you
mothers who think because your boys
are gone you are heartbroken. My dear
friends, keep busy and don't let your
mind dwell on what may happen; keen a
brave heart and try to raise and save
food. If you have only a small city lot,
plant every spot available and raise q
little something. for everything you can
raise In the home garden for your own
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
TODAY

Cast off yesterday as a WORKOUT gar
ment
Fret not thyself with ceaseless fears
Remember each day is a new beginning
Take courage then to meet the years
ney
Along life's pathway as the years go
No time have we TO lose, do not grow
weary.
There's work to do, ours TO DO or try.
Truthful must we be in our living,
And honest in our dealings with our
fellow men,
Shun strong drink, not use bad lam
guage.
Be pure in heart and live again.
EDDIE S. SAMMIS.
Northport, Long Island, y. Y.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
The Great Battle Begun

We read in the evening newspa-
pers:
La grande bataille semble COM
mencee en- Belgique. Rien nest
venu deranger les plans de retat-
major general, au pointe de vue
strategiQue. On nous certifie gu au-
iourd'hul chacun est a sa place. 1t
faut faire confiance au Grand Etat
major que dirige lie roi Albert.
D'apres les renseiggnements recusit-
lis aupres d'officers, lopinion dams
les hautes spheres est eXcellente ct
la confiance absolute
1.-The great battle seems begun In
Belgium. Nothing has occurred to
change the plans of the general staff
from the strategic point of view. We
are assured that today everybody is
in his place We must have conf
dence in the general staff that guides
King Albert. After information col
lected from officers, opinion in high
circles is excellent and confidence
absolute.D
| sent a cablegTam TO Washington
reporting my refusal to remove the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
CONSTIPATION Is
APENALTY OF AGE

Nothing is SO essential 70
health in advancing age az free
dom and normal activity Of the
bowels. 1t makes one feel younger
and fresher, and forestalls colds,
piles, fevers, and other depend
emit ills.
Cathartics and purgatives are
violent and drastic in action and
should be avoided A mid, effeo-
tive laxative, recommended by
physicians and thousands who
have used IL, il far preferable.
This Is the combination of simple
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by druggists under the name Of
DR.. CaIdveu's Syrup Pepstn- It
costs only fifty cents = bottles
trial bottle, free OF charge, can be
obtained by writing TO DR.. W. b.
Caldwell, AS Washington St,
Monticello, Illinois, for whom this
Advertisement Is published
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05

How many of YOU have started
Ftting Up a club of twelve sub
|riberS to get the Aluminium
la Kettle Combination? Ii is
|e best offer we have and let
rs from our subscribers who
I've gotten up this club, praise
|e combination which was so
ISy 10 get. We quote herewith
tier which one of our Subscrib-
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townsville, N. G., wrote us:
1--WE received our premium,
Ld like it fine. 1t is all that
Iu claim it to be and we thank
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I've hours after starting TO work
r subscribers, had my club
Twelve" Another, Mr.. Joe
|yde, Gainesville, Ga, says: 81
|ceived the combination boiler
K. It's a dandy. There is
|ne on the market at any price
like so well. ! don't see how
ID can give such a valuable
Iemium for so little work"
You can get it Just as easily.
BY it and see
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05

work for me and l know it will help
others if they will give it fair trial.
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 1O8 Sth Ave,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
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
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Change of Life should give this famous
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hams Vegetable Compound, a trial: For
special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05

Dear Mrs. Thomas: | would be I'M
grateful not to write and tell you how
much help, as we'll as pleasure you nave
afforded me. Your chat mas caused
me to take new courage and go ahead
lot of times 1 have been silent read
or of vour page ever since the Begin
ming, and have often thought of writ
ing, but it seemed that there were so
many more gifted writer's, so l just
listened / have in mind now some writ
ers that ! enjoy Opal, Old Bach, Con
tented, Kitty Wells, and lots of others.
Come again, you writer's! Let's show
our dear Mrs. Thomas that we appre-
ciate what she tells us.
! read what Mrs. Thomas wrote in
January, on how to manage hens to
make them lay. l went right to work.
First, | cleaned out my fowlhouse ana
all the nests, then ! sprayed them good
dipped my whole flock of birds and fed
them just like Mrs Thomas said. Dur
ing the month of February l got 220
eggs from eighteen hens. ! set six of
them that same month, and I have a
nice lot of little chicks. | am going
to try to raise a good many this year.
Ny garden is planted. l am farmer 5
wife, and do all of my work. l have
two children, one three and hal1
years old, the other child is nine months
old. 1t is my desire to bring them up
in the way they should be brought up.
And I don't think that any father or
mother can raise their children right
without setting a good example for
them. Children are sure to initiate
their parents. that is ono reason why
so many children ,oday don't love and
respect their parents as they should. If
YOU spare the rod you spoil the child.
If you tell them stories they will be
untruthful also. | feel a great respon-
sibility and | am asking my Heavenly
Father to guide and help me to do the
right thing.
Much love for Mrs. Thomas and all
the houSeholdcrs.
A FARMERS WIFE,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
Who Will Win
This Battle ?"

Your Kidneys are the filters Of the body.
they become inactive and fail to elm
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brow the whole mechanism Of the body
It Of order, thus toxic poisons can &C
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) snake venom
Besides causing the minor ailments Of
journalism, sciatics, lumbsgo and back
The. neglect of the kidneys s.spt to
evelop into more serious diseases, such
diabetes or stone in the bladder.
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CONTINUED Next Issue)

Copyright by Brand Whitlock,
1918, under the title Memories of
Belgium Under the German Occupa-
ton All rights reserved. Copy
righted in Great Britain, Canada and
Australia. All rights reserved for
France, Belgium, Holland, Italy,
Spain, Russia and the Scandinavian
countries.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05

Sund al night On how much better
do feel no one knows but myself.
" advice to all sufferers of kidney
oubles is to give Anuric q trial and
ev will find relief from their trouble"
j Mrs. 2. q. COEER.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05

dH1u pdluS-6 II u
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised me
to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. /
did so and got re-
lief right away. l
can certainly re-
commend this valu-
able medicine to
other women who
suffer, for it h as
done such good
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05

mence0 the treatment
of Anuric / was in
bad shape. My back
ached all the time and
OIL how my back
would ache at night
until l would have to
get up. l could never
sleep all night. But
since 1 have taken the
Anuric Tablets my
backache is all gone
and I can lie down
and sleep good and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
(Continued From Last Issue)
Waiting for the Advance

We drove out the Avenue Louise,
that those who did not know it might
see the lovely Bots de la Cambre.
And there, at the head of the broad
avenue, where it widens to form the
entrance to the noble park, we saw
a scene that was to preoccupy my
thoughts for long anxious hours. A
strip of paving extending across the
avenue was torn up and trench had
been dug, hardly wide enough or
deep enough for a gas main; the
earth and the paving stones that had
been removed to form it were
heaped along the edge, and before
this slightest Of barricades barbed
wire was loosely strung. And stand
ing knee deep in the trench was a
company of the Garde Civique Getty
Guard insoucient, smiling-waiting
for the advance of the German army.
They stood there, those unframed
boys and young men, clerks, stu
dents, petits bourgeois-in their i'm
provised uniforms, bowler hats dec
GRATED with cords and nodding tas-
sells, armed, to be sure, with rifles,
Will no more Iudu that
they had received in Sunday after
noon marches through the pleasant
Foret, or parade on some fete day,
that rudimentary organization, that
city guard, all that was left of the
burger wacht of olden time, the stock
butt of Brussels wit, the standing
joke of music halls and revues, stern
ly courageous, no doubt, fired with
the best patriotic impulses, and filled
with the spirit of the stout burgers
of the old free cities, but only a well
come incentive and excuse to the grey
oncoming hordes. 1t required no very
lively imagination to picture the
scene that would ensue if a column
of German soldiers should debouche
out of the shades of the stately Bots
one Whit of mitraille, one volley,
and lovely Brussels doomed.
That afternoon Villalobar and l
agreed that as diplomatic courtesy we
should call on Burgomaster Max, the
highest authority then left in Brus-
sells. We went to the Hotel de Vile,
where all was confusion and word
came asking if the bourgomaster
might receive us in la sale de garde,
lndL 10, pOIiCG uCduQu CCI OH VI NV
that looks and smells like all police
stations the world over. M. Max
came down. smiling, carefully dressed
as usual, calm, master of himself and
evidently pleased with our call.
But we came away somewhat de-
pressed, not by anything that the
burgomaster had said, but by our
prescience of what was impending.
For those barbados at the entrance of
the Bots, those gardes civiques so
ridiculously inadequate, were ever in
my mind. | asked the marquis to go
with me to the Bots to see them, and
there they were in their little trench
at the end of the avenue. They halted
us at the entrance to the Bots, but
after scrutinizing our passes they let
us go on and we made what we felt
might be our final circuit of the lovely
park.
There is always something to laugh
at in life; even if it is only to keep
from weeping, as Figaro said, and de-
pressed as we were by the not wholly
reasurring spectacle Of that pitiable
defense, as we came away and drove
down the avenue in the early evening
there was a sardonic smile on the
handsome SPANISH countenance OF the
MARQUIS Of Villalobar.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05

legation and announcing that the
Germans were just east of the city.
And then we sat down TO await their
coming.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-05
Getting to the Front

~ NAAS AOAA
After him came McCutcheon and
Cobb, and with them Will Irwin, the
latest correspondent to arrive. They
were eager to get to the front.
':You have only to wait a few
hours" 1 said, land the front will
come to you"
But they were impatient, and start
ed for Louvain, promising to be back
to dine with me that night.
We we're all rather grave at lunch
con, but we tried not to let the moth
ers see. l could not get those gardes
civiques and their little trench in the
Avenue Louise-there was one also in
the Avenue Tervueren-out of my
mind.
Villalobar came at o'clock and
we talked it over; something must be
done. And so we drove to the minis
tere de la guerTe, deserted now by
Baron de Broqueville and occupied
by General Clootens, commanding la
garde Civique, kind of military gov
ernor, or ] know not what; at any
rate the ranking military authority
left in the city.
presence; he was in de Broqueville's
bureau, at de BrOqueville's desk and
had an aide with him. He received
us standing, and we remained stand
ing throughout the interview. Mon
general was a big man, with dark
bronze skin and fierce, heavy NOUS
taches. His capote, kept and sword
lay on a divan near by all ready.
The aide lowered solicitously near
him.
We told him that we had come to
pay our respects, and he bowed like a
soldier and thanked us in his gruff
voice. Then, as delicately as we
could, we approached the question of
the defense of the city, feeling our
way with many mon generals" to an
opening that would permit us to give
our counsel to attempt nothing with
the means at his command.
"J'ai bien peu d'hommes pour la
defense de la Vile" he said, finally.
('I have few enough men for the de-
Tense of the city,
We rushed into the opening, eX
Brussels could not, under the laws of
war, be bombarded, unless a defense
were attempted.
The general drew himself up and
said:
"Je feral mon devoir! Je feral tout
mon devoir. Je defendrai la vile
iusuu'au bout" ("I shall do my
duty! I shall do my whole duty!
shall defend the city to the end!")
We left the general then and sit
ting there in the motor, in the rue de
la Loi. we talked it over and de-
termined to go to NJ. Max, the burgo-
master: he was a highly intelligent
and reasonable man: there lay the
last and only hope. The old hussier
showed us gravely to the bureau Of
the burgomaster; the last time I had
been in that stately, lofty room was
when the special Chinese aThbassa-
dor and his suite we're signing the
Golden Book of the city. Other guests
expected now!
NJ. Max, smiling as ever and as al
ways alert, very smart in attire and
elegant in manner, arose from his i'm
posing desk where he had been study
ing some paper.
LA situation est extrememert
grave" ("The situation is extremely
grave,D he said, in a tone that &C
corded we'll with the facts.
A Question of Honor
We sat down in the two chairs that
had been placed for us. He told US