_THE MAN
, I. APPELT....,..... ......
F. M. SHOPE......... ......
PUBLISH EI
MANNING, S
TRACT
In communities like
vtion better than they d
centres they combine ii
gested areas the whole
It is simply a sum
community life reaches
ates with another. The
share each other's car
Jives.
New York is the op)
into little coteries and e
the others. We in Mani
tions, hut we have not
ternity that is inparte
Other centers are
season thousands of acre
sown because it was liff
Which meant less wheal
incidentally, you and mi
The draft had, of e
away. But. it has been
could have done the w
to stand idle. In Penns
rent them out at from
hardly be called unreasoi
-in Pensylvania and eh
Community folks sh
to many things besides t:
"Those of us who dc
fourth loan appeal on b<
the munition shop hanc
khaki clad brother at th
all high priced wort men
not by a bond by instal
We boast that Amei
the best treated in the N
graced if we fall below I
nation. For those who
wounds and death no sac
the full measvue of ou'
K p GIl[S
CL[AR WAY FUR Rib
;lid .lagnif'cent Work on Ane
Verdun Front
HOW1 MONTF AUCON FEl
Sammies Stormed Hun Stron
Without Help of Artillery
Preparation
With the American Army N
west of Verdun, Sept. 20.-Hardl
-much can be said of the remar
and heroic work of the engi
which enabled the guns to be br<
u) below Montfaucon and of the
hantry of the troops that storm
The engineers, for instance, hi
restoring~ bridges and~ doing
fire over a belt of dlevastation n
five miles in width, smiooth'd th<
for the advancing supply fore:
')hell hles, filling thc a in witi
*lentiful rock andl addhing thout
of sacks of sand at the top.
For dlays at a stretch, with
if any reet, and little food c
for* the iron rations they had br<
forwa.~ri with them, these engi
have gua rded and tended the
ind filled in the ruts as fast a
heavyv t rucks made thenm far int
soft earth. Now anrd again trucks
'broken down~ and wayons have
their whe'ls. threatening t hus t
struct all th. vitally ni cessary
fie for indefinite periods. At
'rench (lid iduring thb battle of
Ien, the A mericamns have ruthi
reloading the cargoes on to
ruc ks, so that the vital supl~iet
immorun ition mnight coonunue ti
an lce.
Iloads Huuilt Under Fire
.atedly trucks have been
~o iinyl." that it was impossil:
h row them over to the side o
-mid. In such instances new
aye had to be built directly
h ea shel torn fields, not delibei
ixnd carefully, but in ten mi
i mo, and capiable of carrying th
-endIous and coot inuous traffic
;hey have been built almost in
ime it takes to tell it.
The situation thus describedi
ibout half way up the slopes
>roaching Montfaucon and so
rhead of their artillery that it
100 shoot without danger of h
tai own men, and a halt had
called. From above the Ger
seemingly held the Americans at
mercy and hurry calls went in~
the heavy and light artillery.
the right of waty was denied to e
thing but ambulances so that the
INING TiMES
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EVERY WEDNESDAY.
C., OCTOBER 2, 1918
ORS FOR RENT
Manning' we understand co-ope
o in the large cities. In populoi
i groups only, where in less co:
neighborhood forms a federatio
>f proportion. At the North Po
the ideal. One explorer co-op
r have no one else to talk to. Th(
ned beef and save each other
)osite extreme. There they split t
ach small clique is a stranger 1
ling rise above New York cond
nearly attained the spirit of fr
I by the Arctic snows.
more to blame than ours. La
s of wheat growing land was ni
icult to get the fall plowing don
for the army and the allies, an
>urse taken numerous farmhan
proved that many tractors thu
Drk with less help were allow(
ylvania farmers owning tractor
X3.50 to $5.00 an acre, which ca
sable; but they cidn't do it enoug
)ewhere.
ould get together more, in regal
ractors. Let's get acquainted.
W-S-S
in't fight." What is our answer I
!half of those who do? What wi
at ten dollars a day do for h
irty dollars a month? We are m
but there' ire few of us who ca
lments.
-ican soldiers are th: best fed an
vorld. We shall be eternally di:
:hat standard; we are the riche.
daily risk mutilation, torturin
rifice that we make can 7i ar
)bligation.
Ihrs" 'on i i, n Was Taken
The ti y was still strugglii
alun 1 unspeakable roadways why
the . .aerican troops pushed their w
into Septsarjges, and on to the ea
rican toward Epinoiville and on to the we
of Montfaucon. Although it had be
believed inadvisable, it was possil
to storm Montfaucon without ad
qjuate artillery preparation. The i
ghold lomitable spirit of the A merica
would not suffer a pause. Despite tl
check they had previously sufferc
they stormed up the hill once n~o
orth- l and entered Montf-.aucon.
y too The Germans had lost their ner
kable when they found the American troo
neers h..d advanced on either side. The en
>ught my thus was easily forced into
gal- retreat.
'.d it. A few hours after Montfaucon. h
sidles fallen the correspondent went to t
other scene. A view of the town show
shell it. far less dlamagedl than those furth
early to the south as far as the eye coul
way see, which are now merely crumblit
s by miasses of stone, with here and the
foot ai lone chimney standing.
1 the-W s -
andls RAW~ COTTON IM PORTS
ittle, Washington, Sept. 30.-Imports
xcept raw cotton by the United States f
mtght the first seven months of 19
neers amounted to an average of 12,151,7
roadis pounds5 a month, a slight dleca
s the from 1917, hut an increase over t
a the average fort the pre-war p~eriodl.
have Imports from Mexico were reduc
lost to half the pre-war amount, hut hea
a 01)- increases are noted in the amoun
traf- receivedl from China and Egypt, wh!
the iEngland, which formeriy sent consi
Ver'- erable export cotton from her col
essly nies was cut off altogether.
icles, -w ss
other AMERICANS IIEJEPED .JAPS
andl
ad- Vladivostok, Sept. 30.-Americ,
troops co-operatedl with the JIapane
in the occupation of Blagiovestchen
lrelthe capital of the Amor province. T1
Ie to Allied forces entered the city on t
f the heels of the departing Bolsheviki.
oEugene Regnault, French commi
.sinner on the Allied conference
tlyVladivostok, is here. Addressing t
nutes Russian population, he declared th
r-lerance desires to give relief to t
teCzecho Slovaks and extend econon
the aid to Russia.
Tlhis is the first repoit that Amie
s one can units are at Blagiovestchem,
a-The capture of the city was report
far in a dispatch from London last Tut
could day.
tting JAPS TAKS HUN PRIsONERs
to be
mans Fifteen Thousand of Them Bagged
their Blagiovestscheilsek
for .
Then Tokio, Friday, sept. 20.-Fifte
very- 'thousand armed Austro-German pri
guns oners from Blagiovestschens
reaced Ileiho on Septembe. 18 a
were disarned, according: to a state
ment issued at the-war office. Th
statement says thapt -Japanese and Chi
or nose who have been on duty alon
ort
the Amur river entered Blagiovest
schensck with the main force of Japa
nese cavalry when ~ that city wa
taken by the Allied- forces.
-W-S-S
- Chile and the United States
S-ntiago, Chile, Sept. 30.-A move
...,at has been organized to brin
r- about closer relations between Chil
IS and the United States. This mon
ment is meeting with notable sui:
port.
.-W-S---.
le OLDER MEN'S CHANCES
V New Training Schools Make Efficien
V, orktqen
S -
-Able bodied men over draft age cai
' made skilled workers in the train
Ip ing schools now maintained in th
large factories, and thus enabled t,
O earn good wages while they are ren
il ering aid to. the nation in itsstim
of need.
The war has proved that age is no
a bar to the attainment of efficiene
t in a new trade. The man past 50 ha
come back to renewed usefulness ik
)t lines of work never previously tried
and from all parts of the country re
e. ports are proving his great possibil
, itnes m aiding most: lines of essentia
m idustry.
At the Boardman Trade School, ii
IS New Haven, a painter aged 60 learner
quickly to be an adept machinist.
t shift ironer past 45 years of age it
d a laundry at Bridgeport, Conn., rai
a screw machine after three days
'S practice and produced 25 per cent
n nore rapidly than the estimate made
by the' master of the machine. At the
'h end of a week he was taking the ma
:hine to pieces and now he is earnint
',0 cents an hour in regular produc
'on. An enameler of the same age
who was working on a machine it
the same training rooni, stayed 1
I'h to qualify as foreman in
O screw machine room. A farmer of 68
w~ho had had mechanical training it
11 his youth, entered the training roon
S of a munitions factory, and quickly
('.ialified for skilled production.
The superintendent of a factory it
I Worcester, Mass., who has one of th<
h-st training schools in the country
testifies to the success of older men.
"I recentty hired a man 63 years
of age, who had been a pattern maker
a millwright, and a stonemason," sait
I he. "When applying for a job the mar
" told me he had always had a 'hanker.
g ing' to learn the machinists trade
.e We put him to work in the training
denartment and he is making wonder.
ful progress. His previous training
his given him a good course in me
e chanical work, and we believe that ir
a short period we can make a first
class instructor out of him. He car
g help us in training others not so quic
?m to grasp the trade."
y A Cincinnati firm that found it dif
st ficult to procure boys has substitute(
Ic
e
n
3*.
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inj
te
re
of
at
k.
td
sI
at
old men with great success, These
o employees are found, to be more de -
pendabe, readier to ecept ,'5gapQnia
bility and more punctilious than boys.
Most of them are glad to get employ
menu in a highi class Institution. It is
. the testimony of employers who have
tried the experiment of testing old
men that a large percentage of them
can be made to equal younger men in
skilled work.
England and France give special'
attention to the training of older men
who have been merchants or profes
sional men for skilled mechanical pro
; duction.
e -W--S-S
PAXVIILLE ITEMS
".e Paxville graded school opened.
Monday morning with a large enroll
ment. Several of the patrons were
present for the opening exercises. All
the children and the teachers were
t full of glee and enthusrasm.
The opening exerciass consisJed of
speeches by one of the trustees, Mr.
W. R. Keels, and the principal, Miss'
- Ethel Corbett. The music consisted
of patriotic songs.
The corps of teachers assisting
Miss Corbett are Misses Jimmie
D Broadway and Jessie Curtis of ' this
place, and Miss Leila - Brown, of
t Ridgeway.
Mr., and Mrs. James Holladay, of
Sumter, spent the week-end at the
home of Mr. W. P. Corbett.
Mrs. Atlee Bradham has returned
fro ma short stay in Manning.
There will be no preaching service
at the Methodist church on next Sun
day afternoon, as the pastor, ltev. A.
S. Lesley is away on a two weeks' va
* cation. A part of this he will spend
attending the Indian Field camp
meeting.
Miss Lorraine Latham, of Sharon,
came Thursday to visit her sister,
Mrs. J. W. Mims, Jr., before going to
lier school in Williamsburg county.
Messrs. P. A. Hodge, and R. B.
Bradham spent Saturday in Colum
bia. I
Miss Hattie Herlong left Friday to
accept a school near Elloree.
Mr. Dewey Reynolds has gone to
resume his studies at Carlisle sch'ool,
and Eugene Brown and Vernon Hodge
have entered Furman University.
Miss Thelma Harvin of Chatta
nooga, Tenn., is visiting relatives in
the community.
The Woman's Christian 'Temperance
Union will meet Tuesday afternoon
at 5 o'clock, Oct. 8th, . the home of
Miss Daisy Rhume. All members are
urged to attend.
-W-'S-$
PAXVILLE WOMEN READY FOR
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
Mrs. Josie Sprott, as county chair
man of the Woman's Libe'ty Loan
organization, has appointed Miss Eth
el Corbett to organize the ladies of
Paxville district for the Fourth Lib
erty Loan drive. Miss Corbett has
been elected captain and the following
team workers have been appointed to
assist her: Mesdames W. C. Pack, G.
H1. Lackey, J. W. Brown, Jr., S. E.
Curtis and Miss Tab-tha Geddings.
Mrs. T. W. Gunter was elected pub
I licity chairman and is advertising and
Cool Weathi
New Fall
rive at Sa
Better Hustle right ui
cooler weather and
boots meet on an
Our beautiful new Fall stoci
Children has arrived, and we aree
serviceable quality of this year's
For the woman who wishes
these times when everything is
gr3 the following three speciahs
Don't overlook the fact that
dIren .outfitted for school and dr
3 SPE
. Special I6
-__ In sp~ecial number one we tal
GREY KID BOOT, Cloth Top, thi
much higher price for anywhere
offering this Boot for Saturday ar
Special M
Special number two takes in
you wondler how we can sell so ret
a BROWN OR TAN MILITARY
the most unusual offerings
World. We offer for Saturday
fo r ..... .. . .. . _ _ . . ... .
Special IN
We ask to call your r.ttentic
, calls for the most beautiful line
are the latest shades and colors, a
KIDS. These boots are ones tha
save you from $2.00 to $3.00
per pair, and are to be sold,
fcr, pair. ... ... _ .....
. A ND DON'T FORGF4T-Tha
from baby b:-other to father and
the grandparents, too.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIX
Buitmari
"Where Quality a
33 N. Main Phone
re ioW organized ,and ready for t
ntensive campaign.
While .millions of our young. me
he flo*er-of American manhood, a
arching away "Over There", Anil t
sturlr.cadence of their tramp, .tran
tramp.. Is -eoed back to us in dee
f/valor. heroism and victory, is
tot diffieult to conceive of Americ
Wuen a1td vomef who will fall to i
;pond' to the call '"over here." -Thii
tot only of the glory of the sacrifii
but of the nobility of labor and
ending our government for such
R EX TSun
Sum1
Thursday
OCT.
Tarzan o'
THE GREATE
Albert. Payson Terhune
ever saw;" Pauline Frederick
The- Eveniig World said: "O
'marvelous;' " The Evening '
tounds;" The Herald said: "lN
to;" Willard Mack said: "It i
The Times said: "It is thrillin
Closir
I am closing out n
and have on hand a
Corn, H
Brick, CE
I am drafted in Un
leave for camp in a
stock will be sold cl
indebted to me pie
once.
T. W. FL
NEW Z
er and Our
Stocks Ar
me Time.
) here so as to have
hiigh top shoes and
"Equal Footing:"
of Shoes for Men, Women and
specially proud of the beauty and
attractive styles.
to practice true economy (luring
unusually high, we ask that she
her undivided attention.
~his is the place to have the chil
~ss.
CIA LS
lumber I.
ce especial' pride in announcing ai
n the city. We are,
di all next week for
umber 2.
a Military Boot that will make
sonably. This special is in either
BOOT, and is positively one of
and all next week,
umber 3. . .
r. to special number three. This
>f .choes in the sho-a world. They
ndl areo.pimply. wonderful. SO~LD
at tue price that you r.ay here,
68..50 ''$1750
t we can outfit the whole fpmily
from bt by sisted4 to mother-ani
EN ALL MAII, ORDI 18.
Shoe Co.,
nd Value Reign"
169 SUlMTER . S.C
r ehe 010-of 61
lendind will~a i- l {
not, ten nothn n r vr ae'n~ir
re ever naale'any -~e~
hie us. The trum~pet callt_;+.
p, every true Americai of te
s vlian army will respgziiU td,
it by subscr ing for eve
i wort of Liberty, ongev
e- for them to buy. "Buy until ft
, MRiS..W
!e, Chairman of Z'u
of Paxville, S. C.
a Sept. 30, 1918.
HIEATRE,
ter. S. C.
and Friday
3 and 4.
1 the Anes"
T OF ALL PLAYS
aid: "It is the greatest picture -I
said: "It is a wonderful picture;"
ily one wordi will describe it. It is
'elegram said: "It thrills, it as
[ore thrills than Broadway is used
a masterpiece of Primeval Life;"
y and educational."
igOut
iy brokerage business
lot of
ay, Lime,
ment, Etc.
cle Sam's service and
few days. The above
leap. Those who are
ase call and settle at
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ION. S. C.
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