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DIAL A. C. TOD) DIAL & TODD Attorneves at Law EuAterprse llank hlaldiM, A Laurensu, 8. C. PRACTICEO IN ALL. COti TS? Long Time Loans Negotiated. Abstracts Prepared. B, L. Feathersteno W. Bi. Enightl FEATMELIBTIINE A -%LUi'AR Attorneyu. at L.awv Laurenae. B. C. A1n Busta su8 intrusvted to Our ('une Will Hinve Prompt and Careful Attotn tion. O.ftlee over Panlmett4 IHa:.l Mr. Featherutone wil I pend we~ !now~ dlay of each week in L~aurewu.) W. M. NASH SURVEYOR Terracing .:: Leveling Drainage NOTARY PUBLIC Gray Court, S. C. UNDERTAKING KENNEDY BROS., Undertakers and Embalmer Oa1Ju answered any hour day or nitght. Simpson,Cooperi & Bab Attoneys at La.w. Wtill Vractico In all State Covmita PreauFt A~tenttion Given .lII EUAieo'c Dr. T. L. Timmnermani DENTIST Laurena, South Carolina Office in Peoples Bank Building. Blackwell & Sullivan ATTORNEYS AT LAW PRainyt attention glion to all biusiness Mioney to loan on *hlmI Estto CAI Phiono ,t Rtealduenn Pheno 05 Capture of Dun-sur-Meus< Crossing 'With the Amcrican Forces on the Sedan Front, Nov. 6.--The crossing of the River .\lcuse and the capture of the Dun-s-ur-cMuse by the Americans, when its full details are known, will rank as on- of the most gallant Ica tures of the entire operations north west of Verdun. The troops who ac colplished it will be entitled to rank as heroes, for their work In militarily crossing the stream was a stragetic move of unusual daring. The crossing involved the forcing of a way over the 160 foot river, a half mile wide stretch of mud and a 60 foot canal in the face of a frightful enemy fire. It also involved swimming by those who knew how and the pulling of others over by ropes. Grappling irons were used to scale the sheer walls of the canal, along which ma chine gunners had been posted, under the fire of scores of batteries from the hills adjoining. The order to cross the canal came at midafternoon Monday. The troops re ceived their grin instructions ider a sun which was shining for the first thno in days. The men kin'w almost 4s well as their coimlianders the dif flculty of the tnk and realized how well nigh impossible its accomplish ment would be. Yet they never doubt cd or hesitated. The orders were to send over oni brigade first, and if it lailed to send aiother an(I ot hers, one after the other, if iL becaie necessary. It was with das0h that the Americans tackled the problem. Theoretically they had the choice of crossings any wlcre for five mile.. Actually they were limited to one point, where two thirds of a mile of inud lay between the river itself and the canal that roughly parrallels the rivcr. The Germans were too firmly en tenched at all other spots. They had mt pr.otected themselves with trenches here, only because they never dreaned that the Americans would be so dar ig as to try to negotiate the passage. This was a short distance nortl of llri ul les. All -the swimmers of the first brigade were first singled out and put in the van. It was intended to attack In this way on the theory that the swimmers were less likely to be hit by the Ger mans owing to thd fact that they would be nearly submerged. On the other hand, they could carry with them ropes and other paraphenalia for as alsting non-swimmers across. The building of Pontoon bridges was put off until at least some American elements had cross the river. A perfect rain of fire fron the Ger mans met the swimming Americans. rho enemy had onsconged himself on the east bank -with carefully selected machine gun iositions which raked every point of the hank; where enot to land 'could be enfiladedl or emt with direct tirte. .Sonme mencm were killed in the water. Mlore wvere dromwnedl after havIng been wounded, for no un w"ounded man dared sto) to rescue a COmradei~l if the maneuver was to be a sutccessfutl one. Not withlst andinug some los!;es andl thme fact that the swimmers could not de fend Itmiselvyes, many of themi rechl edl the east bank of the river wIth lines wvhieh were dIrawn taut across the stream. Others floated on rafts and collap sible canvas boats. These men had less success than the swimmers, be cause they wvere better miarks for the Oetmy's rifles andh the boats could easily be sunk by butlIlets even if their .C~ ocu lnts wer'e not lit. (lose to where the swimmers Crossed the etngitaers begati to th row overt potifo 0 br ~ idges antd a tiny foot bridge. Tihe pont oonis wereo destrtoyed by thle en etmy, bit the bridge r'emainted intacmiet anmd tadded materIally3 to te (onstani y incrma!ng tinumbers of mien arriving otn thle west bmati of thle ri von. ~kOn aifftr darik thle firist brige wasi across thle fIirst harrier anmd tmore meni were readly to makel~ thle Journty. 'Thie seconid lihaise of the petrIlus tit dIrt akiing t hen btegatn --thle crossing Of jhle ki lometet of imutd strnetchintg ho Iweetn t tive an ttd the catnal , which alt hotugh it was under a ttemeindous entemyi. fite, was not hteldi by infantry3. Thle Amtuericaniis stumbl Ied across lihe imid through thle witmeing fire. Their fcet 'san k itnto thle mudit amid soon1 thle pace of the men(1 was slowed down to a !lbritouis walk. Neverthieles;s they got fthrouight, evetn i the task eauisad somie depIlet ion ila their numbtiers. The1 niext phase comistituitted the crossinig of the natrowver but dleepert enatal w~it! hilts sheetr sides an td twvti the Germans almost at the very top of thle eastern edge. The swiim metrs aga in tgot into necto and it phliunged thri ough not withistanidinug11thIe enemy fine and &braimbled to the top. li ere t~he meni divided their afttent ion in dtrvitig off the eniemyu and hlpingbtl( noen--,i'imme"' actois by the natn methroi musdat the UTMOST DARING Will be Remembered f River. river. Two bridges finally were laid down by the engineers, greatly facill tating crossing. These two bridges wIthstood atteipts of the encimy to do stroy them and contributed largely to the speed in getting the American troops over. When the swininers reached the edge of the canal they could not land vi-thout the aid of grappling hooks, wlieh had to -be caught onto the top 3e tle wall edging the canal so qgt the swimmers could pull themselves up by means of ropes. It would have been a hard enough task for men un disturbed .by the enemy's guns, but its atcompl ishn't was almost incon ceivably dilicult under the violent edemy fire. With two waterways and two-thirds of a mile of nud land successfully negotiated the Aniericans had only the customLary flighting and went to it with no delay and in ever increasing num hers. The (rians who apparently had assuied that it was i im possible to crows the 'Meuse, gave way without great resiStaice before inen who could brave ticir fire, swini two rivers and crOSS a wamp with aliio:t clarmiied Ilvcs and at tack them witho,_t paus ig for even a moment. The Meune has now been spanned 1,y reveral tiporary bridges, whi(h 'vere plit dbown inmmnediately on tie heels of ti German withdrawal. 'lhe capture of Milly Wasil conmparatively a after Caun ha'l boc1 reached, and 1:ue Ameeric ad vance had beeni rap(id ly surstained since the moment the mericans toiucied foot oi the east bank of the canal. The troops, thougih ii by tlir exert ion:;, found the fi~ h ug there en: y a eomlpared witII (heir Iprevious erperiences When they vcre unable to respoid to the galling fire. Tlie retreat from the east bank of h'' M'mse be.'gan rapidly with the Americans in lot pursuit. The Ger mmn withdrawal easel the pressiure on 'he N..ourne line ,(. Oun, whewre vp to thit time an a-ttempt to cross had not Yoen mad:he. 1'lut it w'.n sooln posihi to tbrow over poitoon br!dge(s witi com:ara~t ively' 11' 0;)position. Other ti' -es were constrac.ted, capa:ble of car.ing over the artilolery and i:eavy trucks and after that tie oiverations were coltinued vigoroulsly. A TiBIllUTE TO T h 5i1E MlXOty Of Samiuel IL. Tldd, Whose Death 0O. curre(l Thursy Morning, October 3ist, 191 . We are adm.onihed Ithat it is ap pointed unto all men once to (lie. Yet we (do not die. Like lie beautIul flowers, once full of life and loveli ness, scorched by suimmer's Sin or blighted by winter's chilly blasts withers and falls into the lap of mother earth to bloom again in due season, so We, too, fall to sleep midst autumn's lovelilest. n(eason 0only to bloom again in the spring time of im 'mortality. We pen no fulsome enlogy to the memory of Samuel Rutherford Tiodd, but simnply sketch the lire of hilta who in thle flesh, spoke not hinig hut t he truth about the living and naught hut goodl about~ the dead. Then miay weo not. dIwell on .thie noblenesis, the g:od and tihe true of the life of one whosne memory so jiustlIy m emrIt it ? Ilorn ini the lap of luxii ry', numrtuired and lot -- ted biy indulilgent lparentit, lie was no dii fferent from thle leomiimon run of boy3s, and was am; popuilari withI his bo~yisih complanilons in chiilhood and youth as lie was (conlgenial with ihis friends anid associates in man hood. lIn lie viseiss itutdes of fori lne lie hore whatever lot hefell him i w! ihot re lilninig or c'omiplaliing. If he had I roiibl1en or busIn ess reverses lie did not, buirden hiis faumily13 or friends wiith a reeltal (if theim. Ini lis homue life there wan nothling hut l ove and sun -- shi;no, no anhgry. word 've r fell fr om his lips to mar thie peace and llarure of tim mily happiness, lie was dh-voited to his wilfe and~ priouid of his (lhildrn,l thle el dent of whom he hiad just hIen o to treat as ai coimpaion~m, heerase iie bellieved thlatt all children (0 V.itr they '3 become a certa in age miliulId Ibe I rat 1d as.5 companuilons, so an to gain their con fideonce, Inst end of luehig tie ' at a dIsftanlce in r'ehe!lous a awe. Undemonstriativ~e and uinmotional lie was~ not fulsome or uhiniuig ini hits friendsnhip, but att aill 11lmes steadflast and( true--readly and wil ling toi bel i others ini troiible or di1st rcns withlout regard to saeritlee to hilim'elf. n;IP 'h niess had no p,'rmt in his muahe-iip, amnd no human bieig w~as eveir tuned away3 fromi his door emlpty hianided. TIhe ,lAi'.S A.\ll) IY StIDDE;N ATJON ''y') wash Is stfriuiii.. A sciml buoy hadt~ ey' strin o5 badly1' i (o'hl iiot ad:0. A we, ., use( of ( v; sur. iiiisedl lis teacher so mi'i'h she ' us It fo' lier old muot her. JJ\' '.W~\ ' shlowed bienetlt. A nii Jdou(ilte in guaranteed(( to hen efIt E~ ll t'.\R QIr'K result I.i antonishi.. ::.. Glr""s Tateless'cmhl Tonic Iclhindl tihe blonn. Ynenni) O k. r,.m o anm lateh-string, belore as well as after his marriage, was always on the outside, niot only to hs friends, but to any iI need of food or shelter. Davoid of egotIsm or ostentation he was - well informed and took a lively interest In the public affairs of his E-tate and County. And to sum up the good q((ualities of our departed friend, if he were 1roughlt to trial as to hIs past good or bad conduct-au tradition sayn t i g.)1 tians used to try their dead where Is the witness in Laurens who would dare appear against him. If Sam Todd ever had an enemy the writ er never heard of it. Could any w:an wish for a prouder record' The writer only a few hours before the ilnal summons came, witnessedl the calm resignation with which he met his approaching end. The Land of Shadows seemed to have no terrors for him. Being conscious of the fact that lie had dlone all the good li, years and means would allow and a' little harm as the frailty of human na ture would permit, lie calmly and ii lently "drew the drapery of his couch about him and lay down to plea:ant dreams." And on that beautiful after'oon the last day of the month of falling leaves and drooping roses-all 1that Was mortal of Samuel R. Todd va laid to rest, in our beautiful City of the Dead among the a:;ics of the ;':enmer:' ticns or hiii lpcoIIle who hiwe )rece(d ed hi:n to that Silent Land. ii t!hj meomory of Iis vir-tIues will live in t ho hert oft e whoo.; ) know amd loved i: . To his illmedate fanaily, v, ho kn * : him lant, his image inl thei: hea ris will he a fragrant meory lik :.L the winds; sweep'ing over a bed of -i -I, lr 0ni th ir wlAin; sole' t per'fumeuc, so will the rccollec 110o'1 of his ho'.vie-ife' carry w.:th it. :5 memnory of his mnany kindne4:'es, his love and virtues. %: I;th the parsi.ng of "an1meI I. 'or1, the book of his earthly life ho' been (1id; but In :'een ing hi. a !'lm,--.i rie:wir~g the <ara:-er :-:Te.. r.f his un*-elish life, V.c are r- 1 lmandedl thatl. "O)'m1 Unn :;re but lhne, w~rhtten thro 'uglh Wih good or Ill. with fa' or* Irue: And na: th w (eed an g'ls tiur-I the peg": of our years, ; t they re.d the gccd with rmiler, And! bloes.; the ills With tear!." W. 1. C. COUGHS AND COLES QUICKLY REEVED Jr. Kng'sNewDiscoveryused since Cran2t wao President Get a botd ida y It id it for your +kn-!ma, for your father. For iifty ye;s this well-knowa cough and cold remedy has kept an cvcrgrowing r.rny of frienda, young and old. For half a century druggists every where have cc!d it. 'ut: a bottle in your icine cabinet. You r.iay aced It in a hurry. S"id 1-y cruggits everywhcre . ,Bowela Acting Properly? They ought to, for contipation makcs the lody retala wacte matters and impurities that undermine the hIalth and play havoc with the entire syiL .ri. Dr. Kings' New Life Pi : are reliable .and uild la action. All drugg~;ists. s * O]L IOwe My Lif'e toPEUN Mr. McKinley's letter brings cheer to all who may be sufferers as he was. Read it: "I can honest say that i ow&4 "ny lie to Perui. After son f the best doctors in the cou try gavo mo up and told nuo I c ul not live another inonth, P unat snved tue. Travelling from Aown to town, throughout the c9 ontr and having to go into all kinda. of badly heated stores and'Ux0 ings, sometimes standing Xip fom m hours at a timno while plying f11r trade as auctioneer, it is o y natural that I had colds re qucutly; so when thin )Would 31. nijuci Melilrey,*36O7 11 occur 1 pad little attentlop to it r u n 7 until last Decemnber when I con- 12th St., Kansas City, Mo., Mem tracted a severe case, which her of the Society of U. . Jowelry through neglect on my. part Auctioneers. settled on may lungs. 'hen al most too late, I began doctoring,r but, without avall, until I heard Sold Everywhere, of Perunni. It cured met so I cannot praiso it too highly." Tablet or Liquid Form I ~..... - --,- g ;o .N OLAMPSe 'ZWhen oubr - -Nh yWON - 1ou neas' far csim deand c-wichoutn ( ., * '~ embose~nd5i o chenp b trn mntat maticof -. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . , '41- ; o I. witho? -lc or -lr ---cnt hr brasts, nickel-plated-lasnts a life tinte. 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