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New Britain herald., 1918-06-14
OUR FIGHTING STOCK
 FINEST IN WORLD
Former Pres. Taft'S Observations
 Of War Activities

Washin gton, June 14.-The follow ing war geography bulletin. issued by the National Geographic society from its Washington headquarters, is based on a communica ton to the society from William Howard Taft, former president of the United States:
 "The men of our new National Army when drafted were from T to 31; many of them had become more or less settled in life. Many of them were in receipt of compensation sub stantially greater than that which they would receive as private soldiers. The inconvenience and lack of com forts inseparable from a camp life they had not grown used to, and they naturally were at first in a state of protest and question over the change. When I went through the camps how ever, they had grown accustomed to camp life. In the drill and manual training and instruction they had be- gun to understand the governm ent's purpose and had become interested in
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14

taking; for there is but one Llivia,, Away back in the seventeenth Cen- tury Spain paid for an unwise war with France by ceding 33 villages and the territory surrounding them to the stronger power. But after the treaty of the Pyrenees was signed, Spain 'rued back on a part of the bargain. She yielded the 33 villages, as agreed on, but exempted Llivia on the plea that it was a town and not a village.
 50 for 250 years Llivia has re- mained a Spanish town inside the French frontier. It is Spanish in everything but location. The Span ish mails go there, and Spanish taxes are occasionally collected there, and Spanish money is taken, and there is post of the Guardia Civile upon the public square, AS one jolts down tho neutral road toward Llivia in the carriers cart, ono could toss his hat on either aide into France. The very water that runs la tho irrigaung ditohoa at the sides runs in French ] a,.tJ e$s
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14
The principal trade of Livia,' acI

The principal trade of Llivia,' aci cording to the guide-books, is in ar1 ticles of contra band
 At Llivia the stranger suffers from the unjust suspicion that he is az
 officer of the law. Elsewhere in Cat1 alonia the people are friendly and o1 an American sclf-respect. The boI who brought the morning coffee al Sec d'Urgel shook hands affectibnate ly when we parted. The carter o1 Puigcerda cheerfully perjured him , self when the French soldier aban1 doned his midday drowse beneath d tree and came to look at me. Thd carter said we were friends. and later took the franc with which this divagation was rewarded rather un1 der protest. He was understood td say that anyone would be so as much
 for a comrade. Everywhere one end counters the most open-hearted and open-handed kindness. But at Llivia
 one Is watched sullenly. Too often,I perhaps, smuggling condolences have| nC~r1 betravnd "
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14

fitting themselves for their new duties.
 The commanders of the camps as sured me that the drafted men were the finest material for the making of an army they had ever seen in any country. On the average they were better men physically, mentally and morally than the average of the Ma tional Guard or the Regular Army. They were a clean slate to write upon. They did not have to unlearn anything and they learned quickly. They mani fested the known adaptabiity of the American The difference between their appearance when they first reached camp and after three and four months careful training was wonder ful. Their appearance in review, as they went by with their 1.-the figures, their martial bearing, their military step. their bright, healthful color, gave one a thrill of patriotic pride Their response, as they sat in a great audience, to patriotic sentiment showed that their hearts were in the right place. They are an object-lesson in universal military training and q powerful argument for it's establish ment
 Tn some of the camps there is a large so-called Liberty theater, erect ed by the Fosdick Outside Activities association. The theaters are well constructed and make good auditor iums, and here vaudeville reigns. It is not too much to say, however, that the agency upon which the command ing generals lean in dealing with the social side of their men and in filling their leisure hours with useful occu- patton and entertainment is the Young n ganization is so large and so com plete and so effective that it enters into every soldiers life. Of course. on the other side, when we have casual ties and many wounded, the functions of the Red Cross will assume the greater importance: but in training camps it is otherwise,
 Tt is most gratifying to be able to testify, from all the information I could get, that no camps have ever been so free from drunkenness as those in this present national effort. In most cases the nearest towns are dry. and the great cities where drink may be had are so far from the camps as not to prove a temptation. The same thing is true of the morality of the men, so far as I was able to learn from the commanding officers. There were some Of the camps where the neigh boring towns were wet, but the danger of selling liquor to soldiers as a violation of the comm mercial law has proved a very excellent preventive. 1 must think from what I saw that the activities of the Y. M. c. A. and these other institutions have played a large part in maintaining decent and proper living among the soldiers.
 fEIa oh ca mn is great city of from 1.4n0 10 2,000 buildings, sufficient to house and accommodate 10000 men. The distance from one end of a camp to another is often three or four miles, and from one side of a camp to tho other some two or three miles. There is always in the reservation a place for a rifle range, though 1t has not al- ways been constructed, and in num- Der of camps there is room enough for an artillery range though the field guns a yet are few and far between.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14
Children's Dresses

EXTRA for. SATURDAY Made of Ginghan, Percale and Chanbray.
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TO DARKfh HAIR
APPLY SAGE TEA
Look Young! Bring Back Its
Natural Color, Gloss and
Atuaciveness.

Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea with sulphur added, will
turn gray, streaked and faded hair
beautifully dark and luxuriant. Just
q few applications will prove q revela-
don II your hair is fading. streaked or
gray. MIXING the Sage Tea and Sui
phur recipe at home. though. Is trou-
b1esome. An easier way Is to get a
Bottle Of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound, at any drug store all ready
Tor use. This Is the oTd-time recipe
Improved by the addition Of other in
gradients.
while wispy, gray, faded hair is not
sinful we all desire to retain our
youthful appearance and attractive
Tneas. By darkening your hair with
,Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound.
no one can tell, because It does 1t 30
naturally, 30 evenly. You just dampen
q sponge or soft brush with 1t and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at q time; by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared, and,
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy.
soft and luxuriant.
This preparation is q delightful toilet
requisite and is not intended for tho
cure, mitigation or prevention Of dis
ease.
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HAVE ROSY CHEEKS
AND FEEL FRESH AS
A. DAIsY-TRY THIS!
tnrss ~
Says sIass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poIsons.

To see the tfnge of healthy bloom
in your face, to see your skin get
clearer and clearer, to wake up with
out a headache, backache, coated
tongue or q nasty breath, inGfact to
feel your best, day In and day out, Just
try inside-bathing every morning for
enc week.
Before breakfast each day,Tdrink a
glass Of real hot water with a teaspoon
full of limestone phosphate In 1t as a
harmless means Of washing from the
stomach. liver, kidneys and bowels the
previous days indigestible waste,
sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing,
sweetening sand purifying the~entire
alimentary5ca canal before putting more
food ,intoithe stomach. The; faction OF
hottwater and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach is wonderfully In
Tigorating. It cleans out all the sour
fermentations, gases and acfdity and
gives one splendid appetite for break.
fast.
A quarter pound of limestone phos-
phate will cost very little at the drug
Store but is sufficient to demonstrate
that Just as soap and hot water
cleanses, sweetens and freshens the
skin, SO hot water and limestone phos-
phate act on the blood and internal Or
CANS. Those who are subject to con-
stipation, bilious attacks, acid stomach,
rheumatic twinges, also those whose
skin is sallow and complexion pallid.
are assured that one week OF inside
bathing will have them both looking
and feeling better in every way.
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# KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Bays Baekache is a Sign you have BEEN
! eating too much meat which
forms uric acid.

When you wake up with baclache and
dull misery in the kidney region it gen.
refally means you have been eating too
much meat, says q well-known authority.
Neat forms uric acid which overworks
the kidneys in their effort to filter it
from the blood and they become sort of
paralyzed and logy. When your kidneys
get sluggish and clog you must relieve
them, like you relieve your bowels; -
moving all the body's urinous waste,
else you have backache, sick headache,
dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue
is coated, and when the weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The urine
is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often
get sore, water scalds and you are obliged
to seek relief two or three times during
the night.
Either consult good, reliable physi-
clan at once or get from your pharmacist
about four ounces of Jad Salts; take
q tablespoonful in q glass of water
before breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with itha,
and has been used for generations to
clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys,
also to neutralize acids in the urine 30 it
no longer irFitates, thus ending bladder
weakness. -sHs9ss---.'
Jad Salts is q life saver for regular
meat caters. It is inexpensive, cannot
injure and makes q delightful, afer-
yeeeent ithiarwstss drink.
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I LOWNDESVILLE NEWS.
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Lowndesville, Dec. 5.-Dr. Kirk
patrick took Mr.. S. B Cook to Au'
gusta last Monday, where he will en-
ter a sanitarium for treatment. Mr.
Cook has been i'll for several months
and it is hoped that he will be re-
stored to his wonted health in 6
short time.
Mr.. ]. T. Daniel has returned from
Atlanta, where he went to consult g
nerve specialist. He is very much
benefited by his trip.
Sergt. James L. Ellis, after 8
short visit to home-folks, has re-
turned to Fort Oglethorpe. where he
will remain until demobilized.
The latest report from the bedside
of Mr.. Olin Darricotte. who is i'll OF
pneumonia at Camp Wadsworth, is
very unfavorable.
Mr.. Keys Harper, q member Of
the Senior class at Clemson, spent
the weekend with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Keyser Of Pen
dleton, spent last Sabbath with Mr.,
W. W. Thompson and family.
Mr.. Lewis Lawrence, who has been
iemobilized at Camp Gordon, was a
visitor to friends in town for a short
time.
Mrs. Powell of Central, has arriv-
ed to spend the winter with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Ernest Allen.
Mr.. E. J. Huckabee has gone to
Atlanta to purchase stock for his
stables. He had the misfortune to
lose a fine horse from pneumonia a
few days ago.
Mr.. Max Below is moving to his
old home in the Nation this week,
and Mr.. John Phillips is moving his
family into the house vacated by Mr.
Below.
Game warden Huckabee is having
considerable trouble with both white
md colored boys tor hunting with
out license. Fines, amounting to a
hundred dollars, were collected last
Saturday. Parents, if they will per-
NIT their children to hunt, should
force them to obey the game law.
Mrs. Theron Allen and her inter-
esting family have been on a visit
70 her father, Mr.. E. W. Harper.
Miss Virginia Latimer went 70
Augusta last Monday to SEQ ooh,
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BABY" at the Grand.
Miss Treva Spec rhas resigned he,
position at the central office and MI
R. W. Bonds has taken her place.
Mr.. Jep Wilson has been in tow
for the past week, building Concrete
steps to the dwellings, Of Mr.. D. L
Barnes and DR.. Kirkpatrick, which
have added greatly to the looks o!
their residences.
Miss Treva Speer has resigned hel
be glad to learn that she will rennair
in Lowndesville and not move to
Georgia.
Miss Matte Lee Harper, who ha.
charge of the telephone Office at Star
spent Thanksgiving with homo folks
Mrs. J: T. Latimer has received
both by private letter and by news
papers a highly gratifying report 81
her nephew, Andrew Dorsey, Jr., ol
Atlanta, who is in France. Thi:
young soldier went over on Genera
Pershing's boat, under his command
and has been awarded two ,Croix dc
Guerre medals and twice cited fol
bravery in battle. This young Geor'
.gian is the son of Mrs. Alice Dorsey
who was reared at Lowndesville, but
since her marriage, has lived in Allan
ta.
The farmers are not putting thei1
'otton on the market, but are holding
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\ SANTUC NEWS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Santuc, Dec. Airs. A. j. Morri-
son and children of Columbia, spent
Thanksgiving with Mr.. W. E. Morri-
son and family
Miss Mary Kay spent from Friday
until Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. C.
e. Kay at Cold Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Haddon and
baby spent Thanksgiving with Mr..
cnd Mrs. Jesse Richey.
Mr.. Henry Cochran and sister,
Miss Maggie, spent Friday at Mr.. M.
B. Kay's.
Mr.. Clarence Kav s1ens Monday
night with his brcthe:, W. F. Kay.
Misses Margaret and Sara Ables
spent Sunday with Miss Lcis Morri-
son.
Mrs. E. ]. Bolts spent Friday with
Mrs. Eugene Higgins of Long Cane.
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OPEN NosTRlLs! End.
AC0lDW ckTARRH
How 10 Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.

Count Aftyi your .eon IN he'd or
catarrh disappeafI Four 'elogg& nos-
'triis viii open, The air passages Of your
head viii clear and you can btse8he
freely. No more snuHling, havking,
mucous discharge, ,drynsss or headache;
no struggling for breath at night
Get small bottle Of 'Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply a
little of this fragrant antiseptic cream
in your nostrils. It 'penetrates through
every air passage of The head, soothing
and healing tie swollen or infamed
mucous membrane, giving you instant
relist. Head colds and catarrh yield
like magic. Don't stay stufed'up and
miserable. Relief is sure
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for better prices. The warehouse is
full and the old Methodist church is
being used to store cotton in.
AS the epidemic is completely
stamped out both the town and CON-
munity schools are in full session now.
The Diamond Spring school Is in
charge of Mr.. Bunyon Scoggins. Miss
Lollie Scoggins is. teaching the Ken
nedy school, and Miss Ellen Lawrence:
has the Ridge school.
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\ SCHOOL NOTES. =
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There will be in the near future
a good basket ball team among the
girls of the high school. The players
hope to challenge teams from nearby
towns. Miss Logan, who teaches in
the fourth grade, is the efficient
coach. She undertook this from the
love of it and because of her inter
est in outdoor sports, and the pupils
appreciate her interest in their pleas
ure.
AT recess one pupil remarked that
Mary Louise Dargan in her large
coat reminded her Of Bonaparte. An.
other girl who no doubt, is very will
lowy, unfeeling commented, 81 don't
see any bony part to Mary Louise"
Ostriches All.
Mary Greene, to crowd of girls
"Do you all know Lieutenant?
Well, he is shot full of bullets. he
has over one hundred in him, and
is still living and in good spirits"
Lydia Owen: "Well, if he can
live full of bullets, it looks to me
like we ought to live on cornbread." !"
Miss Lynch: "Dickens did not like
Americans or their ways. He thought
their manners were crude. On his
last tour of America, however, they
gave him great honor. Many stood
before the ticket windows all night
to be sure of securing ticket to his
recitals." (This last statement in a
very feeling tone with the expecta-
ton Of the class being overwhelmed)
Leroy Cox: "I don't blame Dick
ems for his poor opinion. I'd think
they were crazy too for standing up
all night for that"
Miss Helen Eakin spent Thanks
giving with her parents in Green
wood.
The Benefits of War.
The horrors and losses in war
seem to outweigh by far the benefits,
but upon close consideration we find
much good which comes as a direct
result of this war. Wilson in his
'ourteen terms included one which
provides for a permanent league of
nations who shall band themselves
together to uphold the other thir-
teen terms and to up hold interna-
tional law and to act as a board of
arbitration in all future disputes
among nations. The existence of this
league will make it very difficult and
dangerous for any nation to 60 to
war without the consent of the lea
que and that consent is supposed
not to be given unless such nation
has a just cause to fight. This will
naturally make wars few and far
between. Germany and her allies,
as well as America and her allies.
I'VE acceded to this clause making
about fifteen nations which have
signed it. The number includes the
largest nations of the morld.
America before the war had a
large foreign trade, but was almost
wholly dependent on the merchant
fleets Of others nations to carry her
goods abroad and to bring foreign
goods to her S shores. During the wa,
america has built an immense fleet
of merchant ships and has trained
men to man them. After the war we
may expect'a great increase in oul
trade with foreign nations.
America during the war took con
troll of the railways because they
failed to be equal to the task Of
handling the immense traffic which
resulted from the war, This result
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ticians in the government and tc
put better men in. The good exam.
pie of these men will help to teach
our voters to continue electing train
ed man instead of ordinary politi
clans, to government positions. The
result will come about that our coun'
try will be much better governed ir
the future than in the past.
War is deplorable and in many
ways retards progress for ,gener.
ations; but even out Of its confusion
and distress one is able to see in
this, as in many former wars, some
benefits.
Lois Ferguson.
Nina Bauknight cites as an element
of good the birth of good literature,
thus:
There are many beautiful poems
and stories written while swars are
,eing carried on. One which grew
out of the present war and which has
been published in leading maga-
zine, is as follows:
cover the Ocean, under the sky;
Here on the field I lie.
Somewhere above are the stars, I
know;
Somewhere the mountains cooling
And the green corn growing row on
look to the sky, but it all shows
Dark as the blood that my breast
has bled.
I catch at my throat, and gasp, and
choke
There is no air.-only stencil and
smoke,
And wounds that sicken, and drip,
and soak.
look again! There's a gleam OF
light
Of something as clean as the snow,
and white,
It touches me on my breast and
head
I think it's an angel with bright
wings spread
To bear me to heaven when I am
dead;
kiss the cross-and the Cross is
Red. ="
-
On the whole, the opinion in the
world of letters is that war causes
tremendous loss in the output and
n the quality of literature. In spite
of the inspiration given to a certain
style and sentiment in writing dur
ing war time, it seems that the best
things have been produced during
prosperous, quiet times.
** + .'
Lydia had spelled second" on
the board with a usurping vowel
when the teacher asked sharply,
:'How do you spell (second,' Lydia?"
Lydia with the most innocent and
open-to-conviction tone in the world,
said: "Well, you know, that was just
what was wondering myself"
While the high school pupils miss
Mr.. Plaxco, they welcome Miss Ma
gill, who has returned to her classes
after a period of illness. An automo'
bile full of girls rode out to Miss
Magill's home one day before her re-
turn. The pupils showed daily theil
interest in her recovery. There is
10 doubt that this solicitude was
very real, but perhaps it was accel
Grated by the fact that Mr.. PlaXcc
assigned somewhat longer lesson:
than are usually assigned.
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COMING OUT WHERE THEY WENT IN.

The cabed Holland to the effect that the de-
of his imperial and royal prerogaes and titles he returns the
original title of the family, dating back than thousand
years. We read that
The prncely family of Hoenzoern dates from Thassio
Count of Zoe who died about 800 d. after having founded
castle Hechingen the Zoen hill in the Swaban Alb
The fine Hohenzoe castle of Fourteenth Century architecture
built half of The Nineteenth Century occupies the
site of the ancient family seat
There have been several lines and branches of the Hohen
zoerns, the first separation taking place about 1865 when
Frederick founded the elder Swabian and Conrad
younger Franconan line The elder line subdvded in
1876 the branches of Hehgen and Sgmangen friedrich
VI the representative of the younger e in 145 received from
the Emperor Sgmund the nvesture of the electorate of Bran
denbg thus founding the eignng dynasty of Prussia The
branches of the elder line continued unbroken until 84a
when regnng princes coded their respective rights pr
paes the King of Prussia who 1871 became Emperor
Germany"
1t Wilhelm with France at his feet who crowned
Kaiser of the newly created Empire of Germany Versailles in
1871 He the grandfather of this last Kaiser of the line and
last King of Prussia who has suffered the most tremendous
collapse attempt destroy France which unhoy eff
fort drew the aid of stricken France great part of the cv
ed world The avengng forces have swept from him hts
thrones have wTesed from his eneebed grasp the scepres
ne has welded unwsy have stricken from his upercous
brow he has And in assuming the
Gent title of Count Hohenzoe he ends the dynasty where it
began The Hohenzens coming out where they went in
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RIPPLING RHYMES.
(By Walt Mas0n.)
The Influenza.

Influenza labeled Spanish and beat to my knees
seven doctors couldn't Danish from form that punk disease
for it's the CUTTERS vany doctors their btters
into ang human Critters they just and and
Said my DOCTOR Il have tackled i'll there is have
cured people shaced by the and rheumatz with the
itch and I've bated and tumph have been tated
but this flu stuff has ratified pause to say G. Whiz
burning freezing, in little truce bed cussing
am sneezng with pouce head and Che doctors and
the the patient growing they hint around
of heases and folks who should be dead Doom has often held
the ceayer pretty my swanke neck have had the chs
and fever till system wreck have had the yaer
ders foot and mouth disease and CHAMBERS and plague they
brought from Flanders old wind tanners deck But this
easy nfluenzy has all other i'll outclassed it has
frenzy like soldier who's been gassed the vanou
this lodge of pain should enter would the voice of Sntor
till he had been roundy May influenza vanish! Of
all ailments it's the worst; but don't believe it's Spanish
haven't theugh from the first my couch of anguish
qunn I've had leisure determine that the blamed disease
is German, which is why it is accurst
Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams