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'Ts - KrJfWH J- In: r W* i; lr-' g^adiia^' jjPiifttfiyfr* : 1 ~ .#^9 ''* > .V !*’ 'f ® • > ' / ■ I T .3 ■; Fj’Tc; *"-tv ?? , w--r ^ ppwpnpnpoa^iipp^ll )? \ ■. ’ THE PEOPLE, BARNWELL, S. 0. /;•' turn SUEB AMERICAN TROOPS ENGAGE IN SEVERAL BATTLES/WITH THE BOLSHEVIKI. GEN. A. GVOSDENOVITCH ■A SNOW TWO 10 FOUR FEET OEEP Hot Artillery Fire Forces the Ameri- cans to Withdraw temporarily from Villages Occupied by Th|m. With the American Army on the Dwina.-—American troops fighting des perately near* Radish, have driven back boHhevik troops which made an advance there. The bolshevistn also launched attacks on the Onega sector and bombarded the allied fronL The Americans came into battle along the Petrograd road and in the frozen swamps that border it. ' The battle was fought in snow from two to four feet in depth. American forces' captured Radish after a display of gallantry that evoked the admiration of the allied comman der®. Special care has been taken of the American wounded and the body of an American officer was taken back 100 miles by sledge and then shipped «Jp| Ml . ■* MISS MARGARET CARNEGIE fs JOINT RECEPTION 1% GIVEN THE PRESIDENT BY THE ITALIAN 4 PARLIAMENT AT ROME. BEN. DMZ UNO WILSON MEET Weather Warmer and More Balmy Than That Experienced by Party in France or England. >•? mm % >. i Y-v 5 r / rrH ' ^ Va. Xx-x .-x-; > {■:>> Gen. Dr. A. Gvoedenoviteh, fleet min ister from Montenegro to the United States, le a veteran of five wars and recipient .of decorations for bravery to Arcliangel for burial. There were from the governments of Russia, Italy some casualties, but they were small and Montenegro., He is a member of in comparison to those inflicted upon one of the oldest f ami lies In Montene- / the enoray. J . . I On Tuesday^, the bolshevists opened a terrific fire from three and six-inch guns and launched a counterattack against the buildings held by the Am ericans In Radish. So hot was the ar tillery fire that the Americans were withdrawn temporarily from the vil lage. The line, however, was not taken back very far and the new po sitions were flrmlv held. The enemv did not occupy Radish because the barrage fire from the Americans guns , made the place untenable. Shells falling on the frozen ground spread their zone* of destruction twice as far as they would und«r normal con ditions. Later, under the protection of artillery fire. American detach ments again swept forward and reoc cupied the town. The men engaged In the advance were from infantrv and gro, but went to school in Russia and ’ ‘“sreer t u *re. WOULD MAKE GOOD IN -TIME RAILROAD OPERATION DURING 1918 BY GOVERNMENT DID ' NOT SEEM TO PAY. Estimated Deficit Does Not Include Several Large Loans Made During Year of Nearly $200,000,000.'• Washington.—Th^ government’s loss in operating the railroads in 1918 is calculated by* railroad administration officials at less than $150,000,000. This represents the difference between the aggregate amount the - government would be compelled to* pay railroad companies as rental for the use of their properties—the so-called guaran teed return—and the net income which j the government will receive from the 'Washington. — The influenza epi-! domic which swept the country during j 11 wil1 take months mofe of re- the latter part of last vear caused ( ‘ e ^ 8 from the increased freight rates 111.688 deaths In the 46 largest to P ermit the . government to recoup cities and increased the combined it8 Io88e8 - officials believe. If Con- trench mortar units' REVISED STATISTICS SHOW INCREASE OF DEATHS death rate for those communities in 1918 to 19.6 per thousand according to statistics mad<* public by the cen sus bureau. Total figures for the country were not available. gress does not approve the proposed five-year extension of federal control, and as a consequence President Wil son carries out his announced inten tion of returning the roads to private « o*. o .l j management at an early date, the Baltimore with 26.8 per thousand ., , /. . v -.v off j v ^ government s loss will not be made^tip. and Nashville with 26.4 had the . 4 , vl . . . # ... This deficit does not Include the big highest rates of the registration cities,* , . • sums—between $150,000,000 affd $200,- whlle St. Paul with 13.9 and Minneap olis and Grand Rapids with 14 each had the lowest. PROTESTANTS RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT IN CHURCH 000,000—which have-been loaned the railroads to help them pay for the ex tensive program of improvements and purchase of new cars and locomotives. These loans will be repaid eventually. Rome After his visit to the Vatican President Wilson returned to the American embassy, whence he drove, with Mrs. Wilson, to the. American Protestant Episcopal’ church. He was accompanied by Thomas Nelson Pa<?e. the American ambassador; Brigadier General Wm. W. Harts, T\ S A . and Count Brusohi-Falgari. gentleman-in waiting to Ring Victor Emmanuel, and Countess Bruaeht-Falgari. lady in- waiting to Queen.-Helena; In the vestry he received represen tatives of evangelical churches in Italy. They were introduced by Dr. Dexter G. W^hittincrhill. superintend ent of the American Baptist mission; Rev. Walter Lowerie. rector of St. Paul’s American church, and Francis VESSEL WITH 2,480 SPLDIERS AGROUND OFF FIRE ISLAND New York.—Relatives .of , jngiil aboard the Doited- States transport + Northern Pacific, aground on a sand bar off Fire Island, need have no fear fo.* their safety, according, to a wire less message from. Captain Connelly, commanding. “Northern Pacific is in no danger.” said Captain Connelly’s message. “Relatives of soldiers and crew need have no foar for their safety. The soldiers will be landed whenever winds shift to northward of west.” v. The naval authorities are taking every precaution, however, to guard the lives of the 2.480 soldiers aboard fh$ transport, nearly 1,700 of whom Rome:—In parliament house a joint reception was given President Wilson by the members of the senate and the chalnber of deputies. The function was an impressive one. The large and distinguished gathering gave the President an ovation. During his speech the President constantly was interrupted by out burst^ of applause and when he ended he was accorded an oration which lasted until he'Tia8'§'^"throufc;h the exit of the building. Outside the throngs in'the street took up* the demonstra tion which continued until the doors of the Quirinal closed behind Mr. Wilson. The weather was warmer and more balmy than the presidential party had experienced in France and England and there was a feeling of relief on their part. The President met with really the first touth of sustained sun shine he had seen since coming to Europe, and he made the remark dur ing the day that the weather remind ed him of that at home. During. the day King Victor Em manuel presented General Diaz to President Wilson, who complimented the Italian commander-in-chief on the > .(>. Ttrtif.il-init- • v ’ magnificent achievements ot his army. The President expressed regret that he would be unable, to visit the Italian battlefront owing to lack of time and the necessity of returning to Paris as soon as possible for the work of the peace conference. A CHILD BETS SICK ' CROSS, FEVERISH IF COHSTIPATED FROM THE BORDER^* TO ROME LQ0K '^ T TONGUE! THEN GIVE HOMAGE, THROUGH WILSON, FRUIT LAXATIVE FOR STOM- WAS PAID AMERICA. ACH, LIVER, BOWELS. N - WARMLY REGEIGED AT Tl’RIN I Miss Margaret Carnegie, only daugh ter Of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carne gie, who has become engaged to marry Ensign Roswell Miller,^the son o* the late Roswell Miller r .fonyier president of the Chicago, Milwaukee A SL Paul rail read. * - - ' ENFORCED PENCE IN OAIENT Reception Accorded Chief Executive at Tours Was Unofficial but Not ] . i the Less Warm and Sincere, -From the frontier to Rome the journey of President Wilson was like a triumphal procession. Moun- j taineers and villagers swarmed from the hills and valleys to the railroad i •rer which the presidential train pass ed to pay homage to America. They shouted “vivas,” waving hats and handkerchiefs and flags and form ing picturesque groups which wesjp emphasized by the brilliant sunshine, blue sky and green luxuriant land scape. The president was met at the sta- -CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS- CAN'T HARM CHILDREN AND THEY LOVE IT. POLICY OF JAPAN IN PEACE CON FERENCE BRIEFLY BUT CLEARLY OUTLINED. Is Fully In Accord With tho Allies for a Just and Permanent World Peace. Mother! Your child isn’t naturally cross and peevish. See If tongue la coated; this is a sure sign the little stomach, liver and bowels need a cleansing at once. w , A1 _ . When listless, pale, feverish, full of tK>n by the prefect of the province. breath bad throat sore doesn . t the mayor,-the general commanding gl or act n , turally ,. has 8t om- the'troops here and other authorities. I ach . ache dla „ hfe4V ^member, a gen- Although the reception of the Ameri- liver and bowel cleansing should can chief executive was unofficial, the always be the first treatment given. station was decorated with the Italian j Nothing equals “California Syrup of . and American colors, while every- yigs- f or chlldacn’s ills; give a tea- where in the city the Stars and Stripes spoonful, and in a few hours all the was flown beside the Italian flag. foul waste, sour bile and fermenting, The president's train left a short food w*hich is clogged in the bowels time* later amid the enthusiastic, passes out of the system, and you cheers of a crowd which had gathered have a well and playful child again. to greet t£e nation’s guest. PETROGRAD POPULACE IS ON VERGE OF OUTBREAK London—Dissatisfaction and desper ation in Petrograd, caused by the »al All children love this harmless, deli cious “fruit laxative;” and it never falls to effect a good “inside” cleans ing. Directions for babies, children of all aggs and grown-ups are plainly on the bottle* Keep It handy In your home. A little AMERICAN MILITARY LAWS » ARE DECLARED OBSOLETE New- York.—Japan will*’'enter the peace conference pledged to & policy of peace and the “open door” in the Far East, in the maintenance of which she will welcome the co-operation of the allies. Baron Nobuaki Makino, of i the Japanese peace commission, de clared on his arrival here with fellow delegates, on the-way to France. “J'"''”” ’T*'* ’IZi C druggist for a bottle of “California Haring established peace in the Fo v crament-in efTect under bolahevi* gynjp of F | R9 " thf > n ?ee that it i 8 orient by clearing Germany from h er; J^ 1 ®* ^ ^ P 01 ^' mode by the “California Fig Syrup far eastern bases and keeping the! lace i8 ^ the verge of outbreak. ' according, to a Danish business man, who haa returned from Russia. , i . .. . given today saver a sick chi d tomor- raost complete disappearance of the * . * , . . . row*, but get the genuine; Ask your necessaries of life and the system of ... New York.—Administration of mili tary justice in the United States will be one of the subjects considered at the annual meeting of the American Bar* Association. The executive com- , mittee of the association, at a meet ing here, decided it ia a subject which requires consideration and “probably some reformation.” In making the announcement. Presi dent George T. Page, of Peoria, 111., gave out a statement in which he de clared that the war has demonstrated “that our military laws and our sys tem of administering military justice are unworthy of the name of law or justice.” The United States, he said, still is following rules copied from. England in 1774. but which were abfcpdoned long ago by Great Britain and which were better suited “to the armies of feudal times than to the citi zen armies of a modern republic.” Pacific open to commerce, he added, Japan is fully in accord with the pllies for a Just and luting world peace. Accompanying Baron Makino Company.”—Adv. Poor Material. The Increase in-drug-taking which “Conditions in Petrograd are. ex ceedingly depressing,”-he says, “ex- has-followed the enforced decrease in his arrival on & special train with i cept * or red guard and ijts agents, drinking let! Senator Penrose to say In an official escort, provided by t be 1 Ule whole popula,ion ' 9 ln dire needs - Phltodeh.lii*: state departmenL were Lieutenant General Takeji Nara and Vice Ad miral Isamu Takcehita, milliard and naval representatives; Eigo Fukai, di rector of the Bank of Japan,' and Kikusaburo Fukni and Matazo Kita. GERMAN AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING WITH BOLSHEVIKI HOOVER. DIRECTOR GENERAL INTERNATIONAL RELIEF WORK B. Keene, the American consul gen- are srrtcw wounded. A breeches buoy oral. Other bodies represented were has been rigged from the shore to the Waldensian church, the English the vessel, ready for use at any time {Baptist missions, the Italian-Araerican if it is deemed best to risk further Methodist churches, the Wesleyan injury to the stretcher cases by remov- missions, the Presbyterian church and ing them from the craft, while 13 de- the Britif* Bible Society ROOSEVELT WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT stroyers and naval tugs are standing by to lend assistance in emergency. Washington.—It is understood here that Col. Theodore Rosevelt is about to announce that he will not be a can didate for the presidency in 1920. His RAILROADS AGAIN ALLOWED FREE TRADE WITH PAPERS Washington.—Director General MC- Adoo issued an ortler authorizing the renewal for the year 1919 of contracts health is poor, and the rigors of a between railroads and newspapers for j department as assigned for early con- campaign might make it worse. If Mr. ^ ^e exchange of intrastate railroad! V oy from France. Paris.—President Wilson has ap pointed Herbert- C. Hoover director geifTnfS(!~Tf ItTfehtiaTforial “organTzutloiT for the relief^of liberated countries, both neutral and enemy. Norman Da vis. formerly on the staff of Oscar T. Crosby, special commissioner of finance for the United States in Eu rope, will act as Mr. Hoover’s assist ant. This was announced by the Ameri can peace commission in a statement which says that the designation of Mr.. Hoover to take charge of the relief work is in conformity w*ith the request of the allied governments that* the United States take a predominat- Ing pftrt in the organization and^dL- rectfon of relief measures. The state ment says: •* v "Upon President Wilson’s arrival the Result of the investigations of the United States a«'.d allied government officials into tbe food situation of the liberated countries, neutral and en emy were laid before him. NEARLY ALL FORTY-FIRST DIVISION ORDERED HOME Washington.—Practically the entire fenae of the Vilna against the bolshe viks. The Germans answered that the formation of Polish units at Vilna must be considered A.political act, be cause it would obviously serve for the defense of the frontiers against the soviet forces. • As if not sufficiently disclosing their purpose by this reply, the German delegate went on to say that permis sion to form an army, to fight the bol- sheviki could not be granted. WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD GONE* OUT OF BUSINESS Petrograd is face to face with" com- “But, after all,* what kind of men plete starvation. resort to drugs? Pretty weak ones. “The present system of government 1 ”If you study a collection ?f drug is creating general stagnation and the victims It makes you feel discouraged, misery in which the majority of the As, yon look at their receding chins populace is living has fostered dis- and sensual mouths, you recall the satisfaction and desperation, which Chinese proverb: are gradually spreading. * 1 “‘Rotten wood cannot be carved.’** INCREASE TO SEVEN CENT CAR FARE CAUSES TROUBLE 1 SKIN ERUPTIONS ON THE FACE ' are unsightly and mar the appearance DenTer. Deroonutrationa agafnrt ma “* a " omaa tae V '“> uld the collection at a seven-cent street b * •ttractlve. There la no car tare, recently approved by the ne< * d * or dust 81,1 a box qftTet- state public utilities commission, re- ferine and uae it n .- il.irty tuM wm w .'.1 suited in blocking virtually all the be "“Trisod how quickly phnplea, lines of the Benver Tramway Com- blotche3 ’ llch >' £»»««■>•• . disappear and how soft and clear the skin be* comes. Nothing better for eczema and other skiu troubles than Tetterine. . . „ j * „ , So,(i by druggists or mailed for 50c. by business quarter, pulled trolley poles , - .. . j * * „ Shuptrine Co., Savannah, Ga.—Adv. from the wires and cut trolley ropes, * halting all traffic. - ! ■ The Ripht Spirit. The Work doesn’t end with the hur rah; but the hurrahs Vernonsfrute the Warsaw.—Additional proof that the German authorities are working hand in hand with Russia bolsheviki is con tained in the report of a cocrerence on December IS between Captain Boljiattynski,,of the Polish army, and German delegates at German head quarters in Lithunia. The topic of discussion was the Polish demand for permission to organize militia against the advancing bolsheviki. The Ger man delegates declared they had re ceived telegraphic orders from Berlin not to interfere with the internal pol icies of Lithunia, The Polish officer 200,000 WORKMEN WITH NO n phed that he had nor come to dis- WORK, NO FOOD, NO CLOTHES ...m viw . rv lhf , nni cues rr; .m ™ Wwrsavr--~There ~Ts Bolshevism among tne rich as well as among the pany. A crowd collected at Fifteenth and Larimer streets in the heart of the Atjanla.. r Washington.—With the ending of the year 1918 at midnight, a number of officials who have served the gov ernment during the war retired from office and at least twet agencies—the war industries board and the treas ury’* capital issues committee—ceas ed to exist. poor,” said Andreas Morarzewskl, the Polish premier. The premier is a member of the Austrian parliament and one of the most jprominent figures In the present government. He is the son of a coal miner, but a highly educated student of government, an ideal socialist, whose honesty is un questioned, even by the opposition. “The social contrasts are every where too great.” he said. “We have 290,006 workmen unemployed here —-no clothes and po food fey their families I am' a socialist, bqt, abort 1 all, I am Polish. “I am no bolshevist. I love Poland and am willing to die for her. I served three years as a soldier and consider that I am doing my duty by remaining at my present post until the elections. If necessary I wiH die at this post. r 4? PERSONS ARE KILLED IN THE StREETS OF WARSAW Warsaw.—Forty-seven persons have Rooeevelt gets out of the wav it is be lieved that Senators Lodee Knox Watson, Harding and Sherman wlil enter the race. That is one way of explaining the bitter attacks on the president in ,the senate. MEXICAN REFUGEES SEND DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE El Paso.—Six htindred refugees of «U j^Kfical factions formed an organ ization here and decided to send dele- gates/to Paris during the peace con- there with a view to obtaining srmanent peace in Mexico and the Lion of all political exiles in 1 " States, and Europe. Dele- also be tent to President Iwrvffii.'hha "WIHS / transportation for advertising. Under the form of contract newspapers can not charge for the railroad advertis ing more than their usual commercial rates and the railroads must compute the value of transportation on.the ba sis of the normal tariff -rates: - forty-first division was included in a j been killed in the greets of Warsaw in list of units announced by the war j consequence of numerous clashe.s whclh occurred between troops and revolutionists. The city is at high The forty-first division was the first tension over the shooting by the to be stationed at Camp Greene. This division was there several months in the fall of 1917 and was transferred troops of red revolutionists who were holding demonstration in favor of the liberation of several interned bolshe- overseas from here a short while be- 1 ^iki. fore Christma^ __jChartottfl—literally i This iF the ftrst time th<i.t saehrdras “fell in love” with the Western boy«. ^j c measures have been taken here. FIRST MESSAGE OF FIRST PRESIDENT CZECHOSLOVAKS 200 SICK AND WOUNDED YET ABOARD STRANDED LINER MRS. FLAGLER’S ESTATE IS WORTH NEARLY $100,000,000 London.—The Times, in an editorial on Professor Masaryk’s message says: “The first message of the first pres ident of the Czecho-Slovak republic is an event in the history of the world. Dr. Masaryk was doing more than inaugurate the rebirth of an an- palace was witness to the triumph of democratic principles and ideals." Fire Island. N. Y.—Except for 200 Louisville, Ky.—Inheritance taxes wounded men, every one a veteran of on the estate of tjie' late Mrs. Mary European battlefields and more than Lily Bingham, formerly Mrs. Henry half of them helpless on their eoU all '»• p1a « ler - ° f **•». f ork ; " P ald ^ ,.. i the. basis of a final valuation, will <rf the 2.600 soldiers were passengers produce , 4 ,537,4 18 . 98 , and ^ 0 „i y on the stranded army transport North ern Pacific wipo^out the indebtedness of . the ll^« "irebtbd¥y. Is interSiC ~ ' -'j ' I v v • •» * mm ia V S VrO V ' «k mj %Jm m OS JLS aaa 4 04 ^ . . ^J 08t .^ e ’! state treasury of $1,372,312.7, accord- markrtle marine rwcues in the his-1 {nf to th# report ^ Ule gUte tpry of the Atlantic ooMt > ^ anorsiser. BABY BONDS DUE IN 1924 COST $4.12 THIS MONTH <► • Washington.—The new series of war savings stamps, known as the 1919 series, are on sale and will ma ture January, 1, 1924. The sale of the 191i8 series ended .on December 1. The January price of jhe new W. S. S. is $4.12 each, and this price will ad vance one cent each month. They will be blue instead* of green and are Oh, It’s There! Ouch, How It Pains I Right Across the Small of the Back or Over the Kidneys! LUMBAGO, RHEU MATISM, GOUT, OR™ FAULTY KIDNEY ELIMINA TION.: All signals of distress. The kid neys have u much work tp^er- form. Uric acid soeamalates in tbs system Jh form of orate salts. Obtain at your nearent drug •tors that splendid djstovery of Doctor Pierce’s called "Agaric* (anti-uric). Anaric is more pdtent than lithia and dis solves uric arid as hot coffee does sugar. If yojKwish to give it a trial, ^end to Dr. )’a Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo. slightly smaller incize than the 1918.| N. Y., for a trial package, series,-T>f - which —— A ******- worth were sold in South Carolina. 2,000 FRENCH SOLDIERS HAVE ENTERED BUDAPEST FxsDBucxsBimo, Va.—"L**t §prin» I wm In •^vmtstate with stiff and ach —— „__3 that I could not set up of mr own accord in the becoming * I lost a great deal of sleep. Wm bo Paris.—Two thousand French sol diers have entered Budapest, the Hun garian capital, according to a tele gram from Zurich to fhe Temps. Ona detachment occupied the castle «of Count Karolyi where Field Marshal von Mackensen, of the German army mornings. I wm becoming desperate, when I oa advertUment of Anuric in tbe newspapers and decided te try H- Of all tbe things I have ever done or token. Anurie' is tbe best. ItbM done me more good than any medicine 1 ever took. Three bottfae of Annrie rid me of kidney wd bladder trouble and made me feel different man. It is a nleaaars to reeom- Or- Anurie TabicU and I never kee an «VPartmrity.«-W. W.Owmca. R. F. D. L A Bad Cough Budapest say that them have swrorai brawls thora hatwaen 1 niaaa and Magayra. . -Jr •A 3. . ■ ' 'a ■ i- :*rt.