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' SHIPS FIRST IN 1 FRANCE'S NEEDS' ! | Must Have Aid in Restoring Mer- j _ rhant IWarinp Fvnuiiw naui invt : VAST LOSSES SUMMED UP: \ Edward de Billy, Deputy High Com- j missioner of the Trench Republic to j the United States, Gives Statement ; of Country's Needs?2,500,000 of j ^ Her Young Men Killed or Maimed, \ ^ 26,000 Factories Ruined. i With 2,il00,000 of her youngest, ablest, and most spirited men killed or maimed, and upward of half her industry and shipping destroyed by the war, Fi*ance's appeal to her allies (lurIng the period of rehabilitation will be I V for help in rebuilding the factories and r farms which the Germans wrecked and [ for assistance in constructing: or purchasing ships, said Edward de Billy, deputy high commissioner of the French republic. Admitting his country's gain by the conflict, in the revitalizing of the French spirit of self-confidence, subdued by the defeat of 1871, and in reflk gaining Alsace and Lorraine, with their V agricultural districts, Mr. de Billy said the war's losses were far greater. He denied fhat France was "bled white," but said the handicap imposed as a j (result Of her sacrifices in resisting the invader could not be overcome except with outside aid. Resorting to figures, he declared L that 26,000 factories in the French disf tricts occupied by the Germans were destroyed or stripped of their machinery; that almost 12,000.000 hend of cattle were seized; that thousands ^ of miles of farm land, devastated by ? shells, was made unfit for cultivation; IP- that the net loss in ship tonnage, *hron<rh sinkings and enforced curtail c,- .. ment in production, was 670.000 tons, and that the money cost of the conflict, in appropriations and public debt k aggregated 15S#00,000,000 francs, or ~ $31,000,000,000. "Our army had to stand," he said, "the first rush of the invasion, while j the other armies were being prepared. I ' * And, however wonderful was the effort of the British, some months later, find nfterward that of the American army, the front held by the French* had never been less than two-thirds of the total line from the North Sea to j CtttIcc. KnrrJor Thus our losses were I liic U >1 ICO WA \4V?? ? greater than those of any other army, j A part of our country has been in- j vaded, its population treated as slaves, i 9 their houses looted, their factories de- | * stroyed; while on the fighting: line the soil of France has been plowed so deep by shells that no agriculture is possible. Some sentimental people have been lamenting over France as bled white. Nonsense! France is not bled white. She has men filled with renewed and splenditi energy. But here ~i. ^n/^rvrr +V10 nr ohl pm of re sue s>i?iuu?, luvui^ 1-. paining her place in the economic markets of the world, with a part of her industrial and agricultural power k destroyed, and with her men killed ' and maimed to a number that exceeds imagination. May I give you some figores on these subjects? 1,400,000 Men Killed. It besides 1.400,000 of our young men who wete killed or died of wounds or 4-V?:o n-ni. n'ft hflV* H fTPfl t. UIIlt*>5 111 uitn >? ui. ? v. mi ? v- .. number whose physical ability has been seriously impaired. Ada to these the number of our prisoners who came back in such a terrible physical condition as to render them unfit for any sustained effort, and we come to a total cost, for the work to be started in France, of about 2,500,000 men, who wera mostly among the youngest, ablest, and strongest, as well as the I most spirited of our people?a terri- j ? ble loss for a country of less than w.wu.uw iiiiiuiukiuio. "Our agriculture has perhaps suffered more heavily if possible than any other branch of our economic activity. The number of cattle, which in England increased by 4 per cent, has in France decreased by 14 per cent. The production of milk has decreased by 63 per cent. The number of sheep has decreased in France by ' rrm? a# t\?rro vine *58 pGr C6DI. J.lie liumun vjl j/?&o *?tw , decreased by 40 per cent. The soil of France is also in an impoverished condition, having been, for four years, mostly tilled by very young and elderji ly men, below or above the age of * military service, and by women, whose physical strength was not equal to the splendid spirit they have shown in this war." He then referred to the heavy losses fhrrmcrh thp destruction of mills and factories. "The part of France occupied by the Germans," he said, "produced fourfifths of our woolens and included 80 per cent of our weaving industry. Dur-j ing the four years of their occupation I the Germans willfully and methodi- j cally destroyed all that was in their I power to destroy. They not only j requisitioned as at Roubaix and Tour-j coing. where they commandeered stocks of wool worth 300,000,000 j francs. Requisition is one of th*? rights of war. and of that- we cannot complain. P.ut what is against ali right, and against all international law and agreement, is the destruction and stealing of property; and this is what the Germans did. n < ? /.nffnn indncfrr in thp , \?VI> IU VIII I.VIIUU JLJ north, the Gorman invasion has cost lis 2,100.000 spindles and 13.200 looms; land Id the east, 125,000 spindles and r6,90o \ooins. The robbery was nol r carried on in cotton and wool factories alone?. Iron works, machine works mso, ver<? looted, the aseful equipment. jiifiine'?. rolling mills, machine tools, ?ven structural steel, having ueen methodically taken away and set to work ;ipi;n in the iron works in : Germany. Mines were flooded, the surface plants dynamited, the work- : men's dwellings destroyed. Sought Annihilation. "Tn o uvtnl tlin fiormnnc iY)(l their host to annihilate the power of industrial production in the invaded districts ; and prevent these regions from resum- j in?, for many years to come, their place in the markets of the world. ' The industry of transportation has 1 also heavily suffered from the war. < The wear and tear on the rolling stock of our railroads has been intense. In the invaded regions the tracks were i badly injured during the German re- j tirement. 1 "Taxes have been raised to an un* ; precedented level. While in 1014 the \ total of our national budget was slight- ? ]y above 4.000,000.000 francs, the taxes ! will have given in 1918, without the ; * 1 t.'Vi i /-?Y* Ti*ni"a oc vnn ' IIlVaUtfM rrfciuiiJ*. ?iVvj, t* \ j know, by far the richest, over 9.000,- ! 000,000 francs. In 1017 the civil- j ian population in France paid in taxes j $38 per capita, as compared with $? j paid in 191G by Americans. ~ "France, before the war, hod a pub- ! lie debt of 34,000.006,000 francs. The I interior debt has increased, during the | war, by over 100.000,000,000. the last public loan having produced ? 27,000,000,000. We have received from j Great Britain and the United States : loans amounting to 25,000,000,000 francs. "So that France starts on this new j period of her history with a burden of ! public; debt increased# on account of j the war, by over 125,000,000.000 | francs, a figure which will certainly J be further increased in order to liqui- j date the war expenses. "I have to Rive you those figures in j order to make you realize the serious- ! * ' ness of the situation in which France j stands. We are all ready to face our | problems with the utmost confidence j and will to succeed, but we are aware i i that they are grave problems. "First, while the whole world jumps j into peace work and resumes trade, \ we have a part of our territory which j is unable to produce. We cannot maintain our plaee in the markets of the world. We cannot get our own supply of coal. We are obliged to maintain restrictions in order to protect our industry while in course of rehabili- : tation, and as long as a normal order j of things is not re-established. "Secondly, invorder to get from out- | side markets the raw materials and fin- , ished products we need, wo depend :' largely upon foreign ships. . Ships the Big Item. A?nwJ c->l * TYr\in <T f)I ""JL'Iliruiy, uautr ?uu .-??? .j.jnue ? closely connected. We have to rebuild our foreign trade, which has been stopped during the war on account of lack of tonnage and lack of industrial ; production. "Fourthly, one of our best assets is : our colonial empire. We have pacified j and established our rule in vast coun- j tries, whose natural supplies are enor- . mous, and whose populations are will-! in? to work, and are loyal, as they have shown by giving up a total con- j tribution of 918.000 men during the ; war, of which GS0.000 were fighters, j and 238,000 workmen in our war fac- { tories. With her possessions France is actually the fourth of the great j countries of the world as regards ter- j ritory, the fifth as regards population, j But we must develop these posses- j sions. In order to perform that duty, j we want ships. And again, our mer- i chant fleet has fallen to almost noth- j ins. "So, in order to fulfill her duties, i France has two great objects- to j achieve: to rehabilitate her devas-I tated regions and to build ships. If j her friends want to help her during peace as they have helped her during j the war, they have two means of as- j sisting her to regain her place in the j * ~A ' r V*nlnir?<r )ior tn rP- i til lliiui/iio , ?v. W I build which has been destroyed b.v the Germans, and helping her to construct j or purchase ships." CHINESE DELEGATE TO PEACE CONFERENCE 886i??8S^;Sy??^ ^ ? I ' S. Alfrv.'l Sze, Cliinosc minister to f Great Britain, is one of the peace dele-; gates to represent China at tJae j?eace conference. nun SOLDIERS nm mm i et i;e uiu nui lli ui And the Nation V7ill Shov That It Stands Bohind Then: in the Victory Liberty Loar Drive. More than a million of Uncle Sam'i boys are "over there" looking ai'toi the common good of the world. / in they will have to stay upon the j')l until it is done; until things are rig'st ed again; until order is brought on of chaos. While they are overseas they mus be taken care of adequately; thej must be clothed and fed and lodgec comfortably. Uncle Sam estimate: that it costs $423.27 a year to equi] and maintain a soldier in Europe. Part of the proceeds from the com ing Victory Liberty Loan will be de voted to caring for the "doughboys.' Part of it will go into the rehabilita tion fund for putting the injured sol diers back upon their feet. Part o it will go for insurance claims. Th< rest of it will go to meet the hundre( and one other demands for this great est of world emergencies since th< dawn of civilization. Every mother's son of them did hi! nart. helped insure liberty and justic< for the world at large and reston Uncle Sam to his rightful position ii thj estimation of the nations o earth. They did their duty fully, these bov< who won. They fought to the end through fire and flood. They neve: talked about letting up. This is no time for Americans t< think of letting up. The nation mus stand by its guns, by its records; b: Uncle Sam and must make the nex loan another big success. A Budding Inspector. Little Harold had been thinkinj things over, and at last burst out: "Pop." "Yes, my son." "\Vl4y does a cow chew at night?" "Well, my son, a cow takes foo< during ^..te day, and then chews he cud at night." "But, pop, isn't that hoarding f(*od?' STOMACH GOT HARD AS A ROCI Would Swell Up and Severe Pains Af tacked Him.?Now Claims He i Well, Thanks to Breco. "When I began taking Dreco I wa in awful shape; after eating my stom ach would ache, swell up and ge hard as a rock. I was never able t - - - ' * f i . get any breasrast at an. iviy nve was dull and I had dizzy spells, foil breath and bad taste in my moutl My kidneys were out of order, whic gave me pains in my back and rheu matism of the joints. I have take two bottles of Dreco and my pai'n are all gone now. I eat three bi meals every day, and never hav those stomach pains. The dizzy spell have ceased and I sleep fine. Dree is great." are the words of JVTr. M. I Bryant, 128 Crescent Ave., Spartar burg, S. C. Dreco is now compounded from th juices and extracts of medicim roots, herbs, barks and berries. Ther vs no doubt about the value of thi <>reat medicine for stomach disoi ders, weak kidneys, sluggish live constipated bowels, nor for cleansin the blood of poison and impuritiei thereby eradicating rheumatism an "?? <? Onnrac norml P VP tft; Ld Ull 1 u, UWl \JL ^/vv^?v - - w tified to its merits; many of them a; ter all other remedies and doctoi had failed to help them, and all d< clared Dreco had restored the health. Dreco is now sold by all good drug gists throughout the country and i especially recommended in Newberr by Gilder and Weeks. AT THE FIRST SIGX OF BILIOUSNESS TAKE A CALOTA The >*ew Nausealess Calomel Tli?' Does the Work Without the Sligb J * l csi t lipieasuiiuiess or l'an^ci < Salivation. ?o? Ask your doctor and he will te you that calomel is the best and on sure remedy for a lazy liver, biliou: ness, indigestion and consti'patio: Now that all of its unpleasant ar dangerous qualities have been r moved, calomel, in the form of Ca otabs, is the easiest and most plea ;:iu of all laxatives to take. One ta let at bed time with a swallow water,?that's all. Xo taste, no gri ing. no nausea, no salts. In the mor ing. you feci simply fine,?live, wii awake, energetic, strong and with hearty appetite for breakfast. E what you please and go about yo work.?110 danger of salivation. Calotabs are sold only in origin sealed packages, price 35 cents. Yo druggist recommends and gnarante Calot.abs by offering to refund tl price if you are not delighted wi tbcm.?(adr.) ; "SfJI Do not allow the g^B 7 poisons of undigested MIL j ' Stov. *00(* t0 accumulate in |ga j L your bowels, where they g^| ; i i @??3 are absorbed into your Bufl < system. Indigestion, con- HIT gjSsa siipation, headache, bad raffl i H la blood, and numerous KJl (SPf3 other troubles are bound hSt* i *1 *? follow. Keep your KjjjjL . r. |jp$a system clean, as thous- km ! 1 BSUjP anc*s others do, by j j j)w?L| taking an occasional dose ! -1 Jfcffij cf the old, relinble, veg- ISjjiL j iOr e*ab*e' *iver medi~ KH6 )Tm Thedford's pp j Black-Draught ! I Mrs. \V. F. Pickle, of Jfl j H10 Rising Fawn, Ga., writes: BT J QSan "We have used Thed- HP ! iS. lord's Black-Draught as f, H a family medicine. My 3; bLS mother-in-law could not l i TiH. take calomel as it seemed 3IP -' mBB too strong for her, so she ML . i WTJI used Black-Draught as a Ml BW\ laxative ana liver ; regulator... We use it 3! Jmjt in the family and believe HjL ? Q it is the best medicine for j ; KtfP the liver made." Try it. j i Hi Insist on the genuine? kflB l Vjigg lneaiora s. ^capgcKr ' j Citation for Letters oi Administration ^ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, r j Connty of >*eirberry. 1 By W F. Ewart, Probate Judge: ! Whereas, B. B. Hair made suit to ,me to grant him Letters of Adminis tration of the estate and effects o* W. G. Boozer. These are, therefore, to cite and ; - - . I S 1 j I **mammas~~ ^ s i jj ^mw^wr MM 'oA5 figfe^Hl- ?r p Thelou "i |p easier "j litis rpHEj r?! PR-- J I are di l\ |?jp tion r d! >: Pjil'j car should r. It! Not 101 engines wo j- jjNjfill gas of toda; lr jf jj| This th ? into the gr |lp| Spot and R 7 A These t Sit! p?vverfor an ? sene gas th it mlm$\ Jf T _ ' i jjfeisf The Hi > \ suits. It b i so fine that I life-:-,;.: h | jjjlpBl! Then tl Iy ![j|-SliJ the quicker llbb^ii come there n \\A- *-?? , IH13 is haust as to : ' gi Si ?5 e ill One sh gj mere will h-j !||j|; jfl eloquently of | ||]| ||| express it. P" Hsf n- |] l:g' ?! :Ie i ill . m ! < ' 'i I bk .4 i-. a. nr arj !;;1 M tARV ! tie il ! -H ft ai > ,-g jli es : 'if . ke [ I $ ': ' r?EE : tb [ill ' j:ii .:w*^\?s.vs>iYAOTJ,!WA7aE^,?-,i.,araaEr?Tir'A' rasss w- ? rT""^Mv.w\v\y.^iVT?WA'Ci^n7iT.Wi'^)'n>? . .. i A. History of th( ihe best histoi War by Peyton i a thorough descri] war, showing m ?Tk giapiid, iiii9 uui the close of the w Mayes' Book & The House of a 1 wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmm DR. YOUNG DEN' 307-308-309 Excl admonish all and singular the Kin- i dred and Creditors of the said W. G. i Boozer, deceased, that they be and t appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry, on i the 26th day of March, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in ?&?';.H t ' .'Z / ... ... / * * J #:^.% *...V " ^ ;er fAe grade o; # .? ** " f 2r is *or a ri Chalmers rreat engineers of the automr scussing nowadays the low gra nore oft?n than the number c have*. ng ago oli? of them said tiia uld have to be*redesigned to us V1 i j i Hi/H it'h^ e L.naimers engineer um xwxv eat Chalmers engine the now .am's-horn manifold. :wo devices convert l(?\v grade y engineer will tell you the tits or power in a gallon of lov an there is in a high test gas.. ot Spot puts the gas in shape f reaks up into tiny vapor moleci : it really becomes "dry". - i be Rams-horn drives it to tiie 5t route ever devised and when t ^ is?so little power to escape thr be well nigh negligible. ort ride in a present day Chaltell you the story far more -1 I- ? Ion fni'wr^ r'tan tJliill II1C i-j IJ 11011 IUli vi*n )LINA AUT< Newberry, S. C. rjfc~ >. /- ~ ?* * X > * 'k. "T^ mmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ; World War ry of the World C. Marsh, giving rifinn nf flip nrpat V/A ttiv gl VMti taps and photo>k brings you to ar. : Variety Store housond Things M. BROWN, ncT I 1 U 1 lange Bank Bldg. / the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, vrhy the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 7th dat r>f Marrh. Annn Domini 1919 W, F. Ewart, J. P. N. C. ~\ r'~ . - r-=rirbr~r'~?'TTT^j -t . ^ ^ ^ j|j||jj . ^ j:X--~ e\'h r< v > j||jf ills, j-||^ i i. ^ 1jjlj ife 'U^-W.- iM-J; ilSM'H -gas the ;-:?| ' , r , 1,'PS ot Spot BfcgJ. r'J- =-, tlj ! 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