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- '.learanCe 'ales Crowds Are Attending Our-July Clearance Sales ! WERE YOU IN YET Star-gazing goes on merrily in our store during these greater-than-ever July Clearance Sales be cause every day sees new low prices affixed to star lots of Spring and Summer merchandise which are being entered in these sales at a sacrifice of all profits and sometimes even cost. If you have not been in to buy your share of this extremely low priced merchandise, we can only offer you our urgent advice to do .o at once. The savings on whatever you purchase will warrant your attendance. New star lots are put on sale every day. One lot Silk Waists, Middy Blouses of Good Wash Skirts of Corduroy, Trimmed Hats, some very slightly soiled Wash Material, all Linene, Gabardine, etc., good, serviceable rsizes, at plain white, pretty styles, at 79cstries and patterns 49c all sizes, at $1.49 $1.98 I One large lot of Ladies' 98c Low Shoes, broken Ladies Waists, worth up Men's Knee Length Union sizes, at to $1.00, at Men's Work Socks at Suits at 49c _ 49c 4c __49c One lot Men's Felt Hats, Boys' Wash Pants in small One lot of Men's Wool Suits broken sizes, at sizes at in broken sizes at 19c 10c $8.98 One large lot of Men's Palm One large lot of Children's One lot of Boys' Wash Beach Suits, at low shoes in all leathers at Suits at $3.98 98c 39c THE WRECK STORE, Next to Postoffice Sumter, So. Car. For $any reasons you should bring your Tobacco to tae Sumter Market--You will get the Highest Prices. On ag oto e' Pl n arelto Cide' OeltoVBy'Ws Bec uis t o hosi lllahesa Sisa $3.9 98c 39c * BIRDS O[ SOUTH CAROINA (By Witmer Stone, Se. )., Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia.) THEI I WOODPECmS. Anmon, the most interesting and Valuable of our wyild birds are the woodpeckers. They differ from all oher birds in their habit of aliighting agtainst. the upwrigsht trunk of tthe tree, holding their body against the bar;: with their leigs, much as a boy shinning- up a pole. They also re tain their hold by spreraling the tail and forcinc the stit:' points of the feathers into the cracks- of the hark, the feathers bein i adapted for just this purpose. '~'~o 1e<kcker" r ., ..o pecaliar in their habhit of Cising a nest cavity -r of the I trunks of dead trees, in wXhh-h their egs are laid an their :n h:itehe- I. They usually have : or less reI on their heads. Some n i the Flicehir and the Downy wood:'r hive only a crescent of redi aero.: the br e of the head, while the ie-hI-l a:lh I "n-i Pileated vood Ieckers ha':v the whole head or the whole u11,per part of it red. Their fli ht is un latin-. due io the fact that they n1ak sevril quick strokes with the wingsai',nd then pause a mo ment before mi~ntii another series of win - bats, t he biy faliint a trifle ami l ri-ins a ain %ti waihi the next wing. Wl oodp~e'ker~s arne not. t:=ong:l birds ando their cries; a.e usuafly harsh and unir-usical. 'he cry of the Kbrd-head i a fnliar soiundi and also his drum min or rot tline on some hollow limb or meta) roof' or lightening-rodl. The Flicker' has a loud call "Yarrup" and it ssio'(.:5jn of short rapid cal's hich ar iIIost frequently heard in the spirint when the birds are pairin'. Idonomically the woodpeckers ar most beneficial birdI's. They spend CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of much time digging into the tree trunks wherever there are decayed spots and their long, sharp, chissel like lbil!s and skender flexible tongues make it possible for them to dig out thousands of boring larvae of beetles an-I other in.sects which (do great harm to the trees. So:ne wcedpeckers especially the 1l icker are often seen on the ground wvhere they are busily engaged in picking up ants poking their slender tongues down the burrow.s in which the ants live. As many as 3000 ants have been found in) a sm:igle woI pecker's stom-ach. When we know that ants are active in transporting various p!:nt lile from pace to place, where they make their nests, often among the roots of trees we readily see what. a menace they are to trees and other plaits for these plant lice w\hich the ants collect for the purpo -e of feedingi on the sweet juice which they exude, are among, the worst of the insects destructive. to plant life. Other kinds of ants are thenselves directly lestruct ive to rees as they dig out their nests in the wood anl in this way kill the trees. In the autuu weedipeeck.rs de nour lar ge amlounts of w\ild fruit, her"tries of the dogw\ioo-l, tupelo., ss:afras, etc., as well as acorn.s an Iother se.ds. The Red-heade!d I woolpecker during t hi berry season ltkes a few rasphor ries and therries if dlGrdens he handy but tlie littie dnama'te that he does is II more than offset by the immienlse thet he doe1s as 0 ,iest royer of in crts. lh only wtndpeekier that is really. hirnual is th. Y"elow-helid sdp suck:r, a bird wvhich ocdcars in South Crolina anlly in the wmt ter time. It drills regular series of holes in th' bardk of hickory and other trees fromh which it eats t1Ch' combium or inner laver of the bark. in the case of hickories this is a serious matter as is results io discoloring the wvood, as moisture leaks in through the holes an:l the value of the wood is thereby very much depreciated. Otherwise this bird is not injurious and it is better to kill those individuals which are actually caught in the act than to wagoe war on all of their kind, most of whom never do any harm. Of the contents of 230 1Flicker stomachs examined by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 56 per cent of the food eontents were found to1 consist of in sects and 30 per cent of wild fruits, etc. In the case of the Red--head a similar examin .tion showed that 50 per cent of his food was insects, amiong wh ich grass-hoppers and wee vils fig-tired prominently, while in the little black and white Dovny wood pecker, the per cent of insect food increased to 75 per cent. Thus we see as the result of most careful scientific invesflgal 1on how valuahle these hirds are to our farm ers and forresters and the importance of giving them all the protection we possibly can. The old custom of re gardinl the Flicker as a game bird was a great mistake and it is now irotected by law just as are the other woodpee kers. --o SWE)EN SHIPS IRON TO KAISER Allies Suggest America Cut Off Swedes' Food Shipments. Washington, .July 8.-An official re port iust made to the American Gov ernment showing the extent to which Swveden is furnishing supplies to Ger many reveals that the Central Powers a Re r-eceiv'ing enough materials that go directly into the manufacture of m nunitions. In exportng iron ore to (;rrmany, Sveden, it is shown, has supplanted shipments with imports fr-om1 the United States. W hat this governmlent will do to en: this trade through operation of th export control act has not been annu1o1n(e 1, but somve of the Allies, it is knolwn, are r. iging the United S'-its', license no food exports to Swe'Ien until a definite tnlerstanding !ms been reache d with the S vodish (G nt Concerning Ier e::ports o 0; 'maav. Irn one shioments from Sweden to Gsermtanly, the' relort made to* this gove'nme nt dec hltrs, have reached a total of 9,(10((100,0 tons within the last t wo years, all of it the high grade re (iuired in producltion of fine steel. This, it is declared, represents an amotunt equal to Sweden's entire pre war export.. In the first (uarter of the present Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVI?'S TASTRi.sd chil TONIC, drives out Malaria,enriches the bloodard buildsupthe sys. tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. U0c. year, it is set forth, Sweden im ported from the United States 16,000 tons of pig iron, while selling a great quantity of her own product to Ger many. IIer pig iron sales to Germany in two years, it is declared, have amounted to 250,000 tons. In addition to this it is asserted, she has shipped to Germany 15,000 tons of ferro-sili con and ferro-manganese for harden ing shells, together with large quan tities of copper, zinc, manganese, sul phur and other ores. Another charge against Sweden made in the report is that she has dis criminated against the Allies in the use of her railroads. Agricultural machinet y destined for Russia, the report declares, has been held up for months, Sweden exacting from Rus sia extraordinary bargains before de livery was permitted. Sweden's ae tion in holditig within her ports a large amount of merchant tonnage is dealt with in the report, which de clares 600,000 tons is lying idle. The Allies, unable to froce Swedish tonnage into the world's trade routes, now look to the United States for help. -o LI El 'T.M U LADil1)W IN -'IRA NCE Darlint( on, July G.---It has been learn ed from advices made public at mar ne corps ieadquart rs in Wah ington that Lieut. Charles Norment Muld row, of Darlington, is w ith the first expedition of United States(' troops in France. Lieut. Muldrow was appointed .'cond lieutenant in the marine corps April, 19'11i, and is the first Darlington man to be sent to France. L ie ut. Muldrow is a gradu at'- of the Citadel and s-rved as see ond lieutenant in the Darlington Guards, Company E, S-cond regiment, while it was on the order. lie is a very line oflicer auid stands high in the service. GlMA N IAT I)ESTIROYE'D London, July 8.--A German torpedo boat was destroye'd Saturday by striking a mine north of Ameland in the Nort sea, according to a Hague dispatch. The crew with the excep tion of two men was drowned. The vessel had been in command only a fortnight. BEST DRUGS AT Reasonable Prices! Nothing but the very best materials go into our prescriptions 'and they are coin pounded just the way your physician says. RUBBER GOODS and TOILET ARTICLES. and a full and complete line of STATIONERY. We have A MODERN SODA FOUNTAIN We keep a Full Line of CIGARS, TOBACCOS and CANDIES. BROWN'S DRUG STORE, Below Bank of Manning. Manning, S. C. Time tells what you did yesterday. .62 Make to-morrow better by starting a Bank account to-day," If, for no other reason than the unforeseen demands incident to hunan It's a duty, because you haven't the power to predict the future but you have power to start a Bank Account and fortify for the future. Besides we want to help worthy young men to succeed. Begin today with $. life, you owe yourself a Bank Account. The Bank of Manning. Get a I a Pair of RUBBER GLOVES to Keep Your Hands White Rubber Goods of All Kinds It's not econorny to do without rubber gloves. Washing dishes, scrubbing floors, cleaning the woodworR-all theseirhisome taslis can be accomplished without injury to your hands If you get a pair of our rubber gloves. We also have the latest and most Irnproved styles of fountain and cornbination syringes hot water bottles-medicinal atomizers-com-.. plexion brushes-bath sprays-sanitary aprons and belts-nipples- paciriers-etc. We buy only the best rubber goods procur-. DICKSON'S DRUG STORE Sanitary Dry Cleaning. Quality is the First consideration With Us. You've had your clothes come home smelling of gasoline, and you didn't like it. We dlidnf't do that work. We don't do that kind. Your' clothes leave our house per'fectly clean edl, with no odor about them, and sanitary in every resp~ect. Then, too, our prices are very reasonable. Don't discard that old soiled suit until we have looked it over. A few cents may make it worth a few dollars. Hoffman French Dry Cleaning Co,, E. W. ROW.An Pr..