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VIIESIDENT VISITS WOUNDED.
Chats with Men In Hospitals of Paris.
Many Affecting Scenes.
i
Paris, Dec. 22.-President Wilson
to-day visited tho lied Croea hospital
at Nueilly, whero he shook hands
individually and talked with twelve
h tndred badly wounded Americans,
/or tho most part survivors of tho
Chateau-Thierry action. He spout
moro than four hours in the hospi
ta!, visiting every ward and stop
ping at every bedside. Later he
visited tho French hospital Val Do
brace.
Speaking of his experiences at tho
American hospital, tho President
aald:
"I went through the American hos
pital at Nuollly with tho M'oatost
intorost and tho greatest satisfac
tion. I found the men admirably
token care of and, almost without ex
ception, In excollcnt spirits.
"Only a few of them looked real
ly ill, and I think that their mothers
and friends would have boon entire
ly pleased by tholr surroundings and
by tho alert look In their eyes and
the koon interest they took lu every
thing about thom.
"I am sure that they will go hack
to thoir loved ones with a new fool
ing of Joy, alike 111 thoir recovery
asd In tho lino servico thoy have
been able to render."
Coing to the American hospital
With the expectation of remaining
iva hour, the President found four
boura all too short, as ho felt that
ho could not leave without spoaking
<o every man, and he expressed re
gret only of his inability to clasp
./ho hands of every American soldier
An F ra nco.
Tho President looked tired and
worn when tho ordeal was finished,
for, notwithstanding tho cheerful
ness of tho men and the care which
they wore receiving there were many
effecting cases in tho wards.
SitH On Soldier's Cot.
When he came to one very badly
woundod the President sat on the
edge of tho cot for a moment and
asked whero ho was from and where
he had been wounded. Ho admired
his war crosses and decorations.
Noticing that many of his wounds
wore in the leg, the President asked:
"Why have we hore no men wound
ed In the upper part of tho body?"
"Mon who aro wounded above the
waist lino are not here; they aro
gone over," answered the sold lor
simply. \0no of the mon tho Presi
dent came to stood proudly erect,
with medals on his blouse and one
outstretched arm in an appliance for
restoring Its usefulness. Ho looked
suggestively Uko ti trafile policeman
OP duty.
h'ormer Traille "Cop."
"I'm glad to seo you look so cheer
ful," said tho President.
"You have seen mo many limos
before, Mr. President," responded
tho soldier. "I used to be a tra (Tic
policeman at the Grand Central sta
tion. Don't you think I look natur
al?"
Tho President laughed softly. lt
probably was the only merry moment
he had in tho hospital.
Another strapping fellow gave his
name as Private Wilson.
"1 am proud to have a namesake
like you." said tho President.
"It is a very honorable name. 1
only tried to do lt proud," responded
tho .soldier.
One soldier had lost both
legs by a shell. "I am thankful they
didn't get an arm," he said, cheer
fully.
.Miracle? of Surgery,
More than tl,500 wounded Ameri
cans from tho battloB around Cha
teau-Thierry have passed through
Nueilly hospital. Tho 1.200 remain
ing are thc most serious cases, whom
miracles of modern surgery aro re
building to resume their places in
civil life, though sonic will probably
never leave tho hospital.
The President abstained from at
tendance at church in order to make
tho visit. Ho was accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson and Uenr Admiral Cray
eon and was met at tho entrance by
Ibo commandant and his staff. Hui
he made it plain that lie wished no
ceremony.
"I just want to t!? in and visit
thc boys and have a chat with thom."
he said.
Beginning with the first wu .1 .
President wont down one side of
the room and Mrs. Wilson tho other,
Stopping to chat hero and there with
tho wounded and grasp a hand for a
moment or say a word of cheer and
encouragement. Tho President him
self, where it was possible, took the
hand of every man, saying:
"Wo hope to have you back Roon
with us," or "I wish you thc best of
luck and a speedy recovery."
A Parting Word.
So the President wont, from ward
to ward, nlways asking each man's
name and saying something intimate
ly personal. As he loft each room
he t?rtied for a moment and said:
"I wish you boys as merry Christ
mas as is possible under tho circum
stances./'
Vv.%\v>ffl/C^ i H I HIHI V,Mii lfiiril ii? - i; -M f mt- --- -,i?-->- if
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r-tello People!
|WIY NAME is
I Vi you see Fi
With a big joyou?
To brins
N
eteen Nineteen
.brand-new;
ihout, Daddy Time let me out
ew hope to you.
just
H:tf:VV:>y;v.i;.;.
?
Ov^tKaF^u^e got my number,
Pei^aps^pu rather doubt
That I
e here to scatter good cheeta
id all thW\ glooms to flout.
^world's gone crazy
An?^things are all dead wrong;
^e^Jittle--lioy bringa a promise of joy,
Scpgreet me with a song!
There was no cheering in reply,
for some of tho men wem in no con
dition for cheering; there was no
hand clapping, for most of them had
nt least one hand in surgical appli
ances. Hut there were genuine
smiles of appreciation.
Some of the wounded were intro
duced to tho President hy the names
tlie doctors and nurses had given
them. "There were "Texas Ked,"
"Tennessee Sly" and "Sunny Sam."
Tho last named was introduced as
the sunniest hoy in tim hospital.
Chowed (?uni ?ind Smiled.
The President saw one lad who
(?une to the hospital eighteen months
ago willi half his face shot away.
His .-dory waa almost loo terrible to
repeat, lou the President wanted lo
hear. So tho doctors told it lo him.
The bo> intered thc hospital
with so little of his face remaining
that his eyes were all that are now
shown in tho plaster cast which be
gins his roc o rd. For a year lie took
all his food through a lube. Now
hy additions of one of bis own ribs,
a blt of shin bone and teeth from a
soldier less fortunate and some
scraps of odds and ends be bas a
face again. To-day he sat up in bed
??nd was (hewing gum. Al a dis
tance of twenty feel bis face looked
quito normal.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears ^^tf m*
Signature of ^Ui^i^/^cA^
Mrs. Medora ti. Lig?n.
(Anderson Mail, Dec. 2C.)
Mrs. Medora IC. Lig?n, wiro of
Kev. T. C. Ligon, of Townvllie, died
ot heart trouble early Saturday
morning, tho 16th of November,
MIKS, aller an illness of three
weeks. She was the eldest eh lld of
a family of live children of (?eorc.e
Burder and Eliza Caldwell lloo/.er,
<.! Newberry, and was born iii"- I2i'i
oay of September. 18 17. Three
sisters and ono brother preceded her
to the grave by several yon rs.
On Ibo Jd day of .Illly, I NT 2, she
nod hus!.ami woi'0 married, and to
them seven children were bom, viz:
Adgor, Joseph, Murder, .lanie Mon.
Cheves Caldwell. Lewis Linton. Mary
Henrietta, (now Mrs. J, M. Harris.
<>: Pendleton,' ?ind av unnamedi.s<
who died at time of birth. Of these
Murder. Lewis and Mary survive.
lu early young womanhood s'.ie
joined tho church of ber parents
I Presbyterian i, ;.nd lo the !:?st sn ?
ii>i-? a devoted C!:ris:ian life I! I
husband was ?ailed to labor In flv<
counties ol* the State at different
periods of time, and in every place
where they lived tho potpie learned
to admire her for purity of charade .
? kindness of disposition and for
In guess to help in every good
work, while very many loved her
for her very self's sake. If she ever
bad nn enemy, such was not known;
and lhere was no deception in her
entire make-up, nor affection olllie?\
Vow that SllO is gone*, ?ho is sad!'
missed, especially by the members of
". own family, rev husband deje'
on h?r, and "her ch.Ul.on v,m, 11;?
and call her blessed."
"Precious in tho sight of tho Lord
is the death of His saints."
One Who Loved Her.
OA LOM Eli I ) V N A M ITES
A SLUGGISH lilVEIt
Crashes into Sour Hilo, Making Von
Sick and You Lose a Day's
Work.
Cal?me] salivates! lt's mercury
Calomel acts like dynamite on a slug
gish li\er. When calomel comes in
to contact willi sour bile, it crashes
into it. causing cramping and nausea.
ll' you feel bilious, headachy, con
s.ipated and all knocked om just
go to .voue druggist and get a bottle
in' Dodson's Liver Tone l'or a low
cents, which is :t harmless vegetable
substitute for dangerous calomel.
Take a spoonful and if it doesn'i
start your liver and straighten you
np lndler and quicker than nasty
.alomel and without making you
i>iek, you just go hack and gel your
money.
If you take calomel to-day you'll
be sick and nauseated tomorrow;
liesides. it may salivate you, while
ii you take Dodson's Liver Tone yon
well wake up feeling great, full of
a ni hi tin ii and ready for work or
play. it's harmless, pleasant and
--afc to give to children; they like it.
-ad v.
To Cross Sea in Zeppelins.
Paris, Dee. 26.-Disarmed Ger
man Zeppelins will be converted in
to aerial merchantmen to ply be
tween New York and Hamburg, ac
cording to the Echo de Paris, which
says that it bas received its infor
mation from reliable sources.
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Drurtitlsts refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls
to cure Itching, Blind. IJlmllnfi or Protruding Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you cnn (Jct
restful sleet) after tho first application. Price COc.
RIOTING IN GERMANY.
Hard Fighting Between Soldiers and
Revolutionist Guard.
London, Dec. 26.-Nearly 100 per
sons were killed In tho street fight
ing which begin In Berlin on Tues
day morning, according to tho latest
reports from tho Gorman capital,
transmitted by tho Exchange Tele
graph correspondent at Copenhagen.
Tho republican guards tried several
limos to tako tho royal stables and
the headquarters of tho revolting
sailors, but were repulsed.
Many soldiers belonging to the
Berlin guard and a few of the re
publican guards joined the sailors. I
W'hen thoso reports woro sont a'j
large number of armed civilians
wore continuing to join tho sailors, 1
not only at tho royal stables, but in
the Koenigstrasso. This stroet, with
all Its houses, was roportod in tho
bunds of tho sailors, who were sup
ported by the Spartacus. They de- ?
maud that Premier Ebert and Secre- ;
tory II aase resign and bo replaced by
George Ledebour and Dr. Karl Lieb
knecht?
Further fighting was anticipated,
it was added, as tho Spartacus and
tho sailors had decided to attempt
to force the guards to return to Pots
dam. Tho guards were stationed In
Unter den Linden and on the Wer
derschen Platz.
Tho Alexander and Franzcr regi
ments have openly joined tho revolt
ing sailors in Berlin, and it is pre
dicted in advices sent from Berlin
late Christmas night that nearly the
entire Berlin garrison will support
them, leaving the government with
out troops.
Red Castle Bombarded.
According to an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Copenhagen, a j
loree of SOO sailors Monday formed
a guard and seized the Red Castle,
one of tho former royal palaces.
! They blocked the main streets and
entered, tho public buildings and ar
\ rested Herr Wells, the military
I commandant of Berlin ?Herr Fischer,
bis adjutant, and Dr. Bongard.
! Tho republican guard with ma
' chino guns and artillery bombarded
I the castle. Holes were made in the
walls, the porches were destroyed
' and all tho windows smashed The
guard eventually occupied the cas
tle, but the sailors were still holding
another largo building at the time
ibo dispatch was filed. The square
in front of tho castle was littered
with stones and missies.
Looting Royal Palace
Berlin, Dec.2G.-Herr Wells, the
military commander of Berlin, who
was arrested Monday by revolting
sailors during the fighting in which
many sailors and republican guards
wero killed and wounded, was re
' leased to-day.
. Some of the sailors were in favor
of bis immediate execution, but cool
er beads opposed this plan. Some
proposed that bo bo locked in a
small chamber with tho bodies of
sailors and other victims of Mon
i day's fighting. Theat he escaped
J \ ioleuce was due to tho intercession
ol' socialist leaders.
Fifty sailors, it is reported, are
! still concealed in the Red Palace,
from which most of them were driven
Monday by tho republican guards.
Twelve hundred sailors aro holding
out in tho royal stables. Both
j croups have sent out word that the
buildings will have to be razed be
lo ro tho surrender.
Looting has beon in progress in
the palace since yesterday, and by
this morning many private posses
sions of tho former emporor and
former empress had been carried off
or destroyed.
Mutineer* Hoist White Flag.
London, Dec. 26.-The mutinous
sailors, who had boen holding out
in tho red palace at Berlin have
hoisted the while (lag and have been
allowed to leave under guard, ac
cording to advices from Berlin sent
by the Exchange Telegraph cores
pondent nt Amsterdam. Government
Hoops, tho message adds, now oc
cupy tho palace and the royal sta
hlen.
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the
cause. There Is only one "Bromo Quinine."
E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c.
Five Killed in Wreck.
Cbickasha. Okla., Dec. 2t">._Five
persons lost their lives and 27 were
injured, ten of them seriously, when
a St. Louis and San Francisco freight
nain crashed into a passenger
nain at Norge, Okla., six miles south
west of Cbickasha to-day.
The passenger train bad been at
a standstill for some time because of
frozen pipes when the freight struck
it, telescoping three of the coaches.
A Magu?an sent to the rear of the
passenger train to Hag the on-criming
freight is reported by the station
agent to have stopped to warm him
self..
Among the dead was Second Lieut.
?I, ll. Mclean ron, address unknown.
The Courier -till $1 a j ear. ,
Physicians and druggists are ?lilt
ed over tho fact that they bavo at
last found a genuine and dependable
remedy for colds, sore throat, Influ
enza and la grippe. For years 'they
haye depended chiefly upon- the old
stylo calomel, willoh is certainty
fine, bul unfortunately many people
would not tako it because of its
nauseating and dangerous qualith .
Now that the pharmaceutical
chemists have perfected a nausea
Ices calomel, called "Calotabs" whoso
medicinal virtues aro vastly improv
ed, tho doctore and druggists aro
elaimlng that Calotabs aro tho ideal
remedy to abort ?i cold over night
and cut ehort an att^k of ?pre
throat or la grippe. Thoy are aleo
finding it most effective aa tho first
step in tho treat mont of pneumonia.
One Calotah on the tongue at lied
time with a swallow of water,- that's
all. No salts, no nausea nor tte
slightest interference with your eat
ing or your work and ploneuro. Tho \
next morning your cold has vanished
and your whole system is pu ri ?jed
and refreshed. Claotsbs aro sold
only in original souled packages;
price thirty-five cents. Your drug
gist recommends and guarantees
thom by refunding tho price if you
aro not delighted.-adv.
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OVR MEN-OF-WAR RETURN*
Twenty-Ono ship* of th? Naval i*?t
New York, Dec. 2?.-R'ding at
anchor In the Hudson to-night wore
21 superdreudnnughts and whips of
tho line, which, with cruisers, de
stroyers and a host of smaller crain,
mado the mig-hlcst American arma
da ever assembled. Ten of the float
ing fortresses steamed Into the har
bor to-day after eighteen montbs*
service overseas with Beatty's grand
fleet. The other? are the flower of
tho North Atlantic fleet. ?rim
guardians of a groat nation, they
symbolized that tho United State?
had become tho second naval power
of tho world.
In tho teeth of a northwester, in
tho chill of a driving snowstorm,
millions waited hours until t?ie teu
battleships of the home-coming ar
mada appeared. This was New
York's and the nation's tribute to
the ships, far more eloquent than the
greatest din of whistles, belle and
human voices. The vocal welcome
came later when the rugged, weath
er-beaten tars who manned the ships
debarked, end with Secretary Daniels
and Admiral Mayo at their hoad,
Travelled down Fifth avenue in bbc.
country's first great victory parado.
Leading civilians in the cheering
were wounded soldiers returned
from France. With the memory of
their own first anxious voyage still
fresh In their minds they paid un
stinted tribute to brothers in arm?
who had guarded them across the
Atlantic.
Passing In review before the Secre
tary of the Navy, thc home-coming
ships loomed suddenly out of thc
mist and as rapidly disappeared.
They seemed almost like phantom
craft-grim, gray, majestic in their
silent might. Dut as they dropped
anchor the skies cleared and they
stood revealed in holiday attire,
ablaze from stem to stern with mut
ti-colorod pennants. To many of
those who lined tho shores this flash
of sunshine symbolized tbe light of
peace which awaited tho fleet after
tho gloom of war from which it had
emerged.
Noted Athlete Killed
New York, Dec. 2G.-Capt. Hobart
A. H. IJakor, the famous Princeton
athlete, known in his college days :*s
"Hobey" Baker, an aviator in tho
American army in France, has been
killed tn the fall of his plane. New?
of his death was received here to
day by his friend, Percy Pine.
Mr. Pine received a cable message
from Paris signed " I ngleheart," a
mom bor ot Baker's air sq u nd r Oil,
which said thal Capt. Baker had
been killed in an airplane nccidcat,
and requested thai his family be
notified No details were given.
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Take Cascareis
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Fool grand! Bo efficient! Clem
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