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BERLIN SUFFERS GREATEST MISERY SITUATION IN GERMAN CAPITAL IS NOW DESCRIBED AS BEING "ABSOLUTELY AWFUL." A London dispatch to The New York World says: An observer at nrkrv loft HprmflV ITT the JJIOV uanu v*iiv ?v?v ^ middle of December, and for whose trustworthiness the Morning Post vouches, gives an amazing account of conditions in Berlin, both economic and political. "The situation in Berlin,'' he said, "is sbsolutely awful. For the great mass of the population there is hardly any light, warmth, clothing or shoes, and an appalling lack of food. "The worK of the city is carried on by decrepit men and women, reduced to nearly the same condition. On one occasion I saw a coal cart with a Russian prisoner in the driver's seat and four women literally in rags carrying bags of coal into a house. "The linen worn by both sexes is abominably dirty, for there is no soap. "There is intensely bitter feeling among the people against the gov?? ernment, and there would be a revolt, only, as the people are always saying, 'Women can't make a revolution.' The government knows this and forbids the return to Berlin of able-bodied men, and officers are allowed to return only in exceptional circumstances. "Von Hindenberg is loathed by the people of Berlin. Placards with his picture appealing for subscriptions to the loans were torn down, although they were not touched in South Germany. "All over Berlin notices are posted offering 3,000 marks (normally #rfrA^ 4-- ?*%fA?rv>innr onroinct *> < JU/ IU rtllj UIIC II11V1 IlllUJt B|SUIUU? persons criticising the government, the Emperor, the war or officers. "The population of Berlin is divided roughly into three classes. The upper military class, which adores Hindenberg and hates Ludendorff; the middle class, which loves Ludendorff because he gives high posts in the army to Jews, who are making vast sums out of the war, and the lower working class, which loathes Hindenburg, Ludendorff and especially the Emperor and ridicules the Crown Prince unmercifully. Otherr>/-,knrlu monHnnn thp imnerial family, which has ceased to be a dominant factor. "The well to do get along fairly comfortably, because the necesaries ; are purchasable at fabulous sums. A ham costs $90. A special restaurant dinner for three, costing $10, consisted of warm water soup, some tiny fishes, a fragment of some sort of meat, a few carrots, a piece of , turnip and an uneatabie pudding. "News is circulated secretly among the officers that a recent fire or explosion in the, Krupp Works destroyed 250 new airplanes. "The officers know that the Turks are utterly sick of war. "Everything is being moved west. Double rails are being laid wherever possible, creating the hope that food may come from Russia. j "From Berlin to Basile, including a whole night on the train, there was neither light, heat, food nor drink of any sort obtainable." Teachers' Examination. a ..?matinn fnr tPReherS will /Ill CAailliuuvivM - be held in the county court house at Kingstree on Saturday, January 19. The examination will begin at 9 a. m. and close at 4 p. m. J V McElveen, 1-10-2t Co Supt Education. The British destroyer. "Racoon," struck on the rocks off the the Irish coast Wednesday of last week and foundered, it is officially announced. All on board the Racood were lost. Twenty bodies have been recovered. The vessel's crew normally consisted of one hundred and 9ve, but nine were left behind at the port of Call. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's. The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents. WELLS FARGO VET PASSES TIP ALONG. "GET TANLAC, A FRIEND TOLD ME," SAYS PALMER. TOOK GOOD ADVICE. "Am Now a Different Man," He Declares. "Now Rid of My Troubles." For 2N years, more than a quarter of a century. F E Palmer, of No 7 Elizabeth St, Binghampton, N V, has been a valued employee of the Wells Fargo Express Company, and a man with a record like that has, of course, proved his ability and integrity beyond question. TKiu tlip sort of nmn whose en dorsement is worth a great deal and it is a matter of pride that men of this calibre endorse Tanlac. "I feel just like a good friend felt for me?I want to help the other fellow who may be suffering,'' Mr Palmer said, and that is the spirit which moves such men and women. They want others to share their good fortune. "For the last six years I have felt myself slipping from the path of health," he continued. "Indigestion and cattarh had attacked me. My appetite became poor, my food did not taste right and I would suffer after eating. I grew nervous and was getting run down. I did not feel well and would get up feeling achy and dull. I knew it would not do for me to keep on feeling that way. 'Get Tanlac,' a friend told me, and I took his tip. Now I am a different man. I don't have to light off worries and little ills. I am entirely well of my troubles. I don't feel any more indigestion and my catarrh has disappeared. I can eat anything without fear of it hurting me. My sleep could not U* better. Tanlac has done the work for me and I give my statement now to others. Get on the Tan lac Special and start for Wellville, I tell them." Fof themselves, the well known men and women who endorse Tanlac would not talk, but the bond of sympathy between such people is strong. Once relieved themselves, they want others to know of this reconstructive, system purifier and stomach tonic which, because of its record, is called the Master Medicine. Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold by Kingstree Drug Co, Kingstree; Mallard Lumber Co, Greelyville; Farmers' Drug Co, Hemingway; S S Aronson, Lane; R P Hinnant, Suttons; W D Bryan, Bryan. I The Walterboro bakery has disfontinued makintr cakes on account' of the sugar famine. A Cowpens man has a device by j which half the quantity of. coal burned in grates can be saved. It has been patented. James P Campbell, for four years Auditor of Marlboro county, has resigned to enter private employment. Vigorous campaigns are on in several States to increase the use of wood for fuel in place of coal. In Virginia convict labor is employed to provide wood for fuel. Women 1 11 Here is a message to fjjf. suffering women, from $j !' Mrs. W. T. Price, of W|{j Public, Ky.: "I suf- gj ; fered with painful..g? i she writes. "I got down (WJ; with a weakness in my g & "back and limbs...I E\ felt helpless and dis- Bj r couraged.. .1 had about b giveD up hopes of ever h ? beinfe well again, when m y.: a friend insisted I F/ejfp Take "Bl! CARDUI Tlis Woman's Tonic flBTII I began Cardul. In I [BR II a short while I saw a JjjjBj! Illl marke(i difference... 1 Kl jj jB Ij I grew stronger right I IB jj jPI II along, and it cured me. ||H{ lJjW I am stouter than I nVJ have been in years." |g ^ If you suffer, you can H E I appreciate what it H & 9 Eg means to be strong and y r> I of well. Thousands of wo- B & men give Cardul the {lift i kg I credit for their good Wl 1 I health. It should help 11 j ; I I you. Try CarduL At all K i Q I druggists. E-73 ft { IfarT" m mi I ! I WAR TALKS I By UNCLE DAN Number Three How War Methods Have Changed Everybody Must Help. ?D?lln TTn/>U rtsn Timmlo nnd I IilCllU) VUVIC uruu, wiftutMiv ? have been waiting for yon." "Sorry if I have kept yon long," said Uncle Dan. "Your mother has been telling me how bashful I used to be. She said If a girl spoke to me I would blush to my hair roots. Well, I reminded her of the time your father first came to see her and the joke we played on them, so I guess that will hold her for a while." Continuing, Uncle Dan said: "You want to talk more about the war, do you? Well, war methods have undergone many changes and they are still changing. No two wars are fought alike. Ixj early times, the weapons were stones, clubs, spears, bows and arrows, swords, etc. In this kind of warfare, victory was with the strong right arm. Men of enormous size and strength were the great warriors. The invention of gunpowder, however, has changed all this. It has enabled men to kill one another at a considerable distance, and do it wholesale. The war, as we know it now, is a combination of chemicals, machinery, mathematical calculations and highly trained men. Just think of it! Airplanes, submarines, armored tanks, or caternlllnrs nnUnn c?k#>h and curtains of fire are all used for the first time In this war; and they are destructive beyond anything heretofore known. "The methods followed by the kaiser and his allies are simply devilish. He must answer In history to the killing of thousands of innocent women and children. He has broken every international law and every rule of warfare; he has bombarded hospitals and undefended cities, sunk Red Cross ships on errands of mercy; he has destroyed cathedrals and priceless treasures of art that can never be replaced; he has made slaves of his prisoners; he has tried to get us Into war with Japan; his emmissarles have blown up our ships, burned our factories and fired our forests. He knows no mercy or honor. The most charitable view to take of this blood-thirsty tyrant is that he is crazy. "One thing Is certain," continued Uncle Dan, with great emphasis, "Our liberty, the safety of our homes and our country, and the security of the world demand the speedy and abso lute overthrow of tne Kaiser ana crushing out once and forever the reign of Prussian brutality.** "How about the German people," said Blllie. Uncle Dan replied: 'The splendid German people were happy, thrifty, prosperous and contented. They have been tricked into war and made to suffer the tortures of the damned; they have been cruelly and systematically deceived. God grant that the real facts may get to them, and If they do. Lord help the kaiser!" "Of course the allies will win," said Mrs. Graham. "Probably so," said Uncle Dan. "But If we are to win, we must go the limit We must check the awful destruction to shipping by the German submarines, or we may not be able to get food and supplies to our own men and to our allies; we must also put hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions, of first-class soldiers in the battle line. "Food is the first consideration," Uncle Dan continued. "No army can hold out against hunger. It has been said that food will win the war, and this is largely true. Hence the Importance of the farm In the war plans of our country." Mrs. Graham Interrupted by saying: "T- ?* imnAvtonoo nf forming 1U View U1 u1c luijn/i iuuvv v. _D, don't yon think, Daniel, that the farmers ought to be exempted from war service?" "No, a thousand times no," said Uncle Dan, striking the table so hard to emphasize his protest that he tipped over a vase of flowers. "We must have no class legislation. The duty to serve is the common duty of all, and no class must be relieved of this obligation. The question of exemption must be a personal one and decided by the facts surrounding each case. In no other way can we have a square deal, and to Insure this, it is the duty of congress to pass immediately the Chamberlain bill, or some such measure, which is fair to all classes. It would settle all these questions and do It fairly. Safety now and safety hereafter demands such legislation, and let me suggest that you and your Know irlfh 17 All r A A n ITrPSLS 1UCUU3 gcx l/uoj fT?M? #VW. man and senators and urge them to prompt action. MIt is time for us to realize that we are not living in a fools' paradise; that this great country of ours cost oceans of blood and treasure and it is only due to the loyalty, sacrifice and service of our forefathers that we have a country, and it is our highest duty to preserve it unimpaired and pass it on to posterity, no matter what the cost may be. Our citizenship and their ancestors came from all parts of the world to make this country a home and enjoy its blessings and opportunities; hence, in the crisis before us, it is the duty of everyone to stand squarely back of our country and be prepared to defend the flag. Everyone in this crisis is either pro-American or pro-German. Great as the country is, there is not room enough for two flags." # Tuesday, will be the ne Opti 1 ^^HOCO^ Hf'WILUBE WITH 1 i See him on abovejdate if yoi We personally guarantee hi, faction or your money back. Remember, he can examine just as well on.a.rainyiday as Gamble ( % r~t tz. LJ Your Tabl All you have your groceries ai ^ qualit do the rest for y for hundreds of M. H. J ? ^ * For Prompt Service Yoor ( JotP To The Count i r?j r? A UUUU UI<! Seconc] Cot 81-2x1 A bargain! 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