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S a 'ti f... .. _awi_ ._ - - - ., , S :.f .. " 1. Prices are soaringkyaigh an an article at this time. Therefore,: before to trade at a store of known Honest Goo s and our policy remains the sam and best selected stocks of high-cla flens' and' B fri Eastern South Caroliqa to sele( best of service at all times. Take these facts into consider Clothing, and let us serve you. T D*. HAHN HOME OF HART SCHAF Phone 166.. experienced, it looks as th a clean victory for one si: ---- ---EitorThat being the case, w I. I. APPELT.--------------------------------------------------iorallenh csw allies? F. M. SIOPE----------------------------------Business Manager First, it must be admit PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. an exhausted nation, hov such is the case. The tei WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1917. her position in the fact o __________French and English is am r-mm Agrain, it becomes mor( LITTLE PROSPECT OF PEACE.reinecnbpledn We hear much of the desire of the war'ring nations foruneshegatymlr peace, esp~ecially .Germany and Austria, and nothing couldtomayfrewihnl give the p~eople of this country greater satisfaction. But drcin.I iesen a glance at conditions as they are wvill convince the mosttaeimndhrids1 optimistic that peace is still a long way'off,.eeft In the first p~lace, the map of Europe and other parts Vee rmwaee of the world has been much changed since this war began. fitnrosdw oaf While Germany has lost her colonial p~ossessions, she hasStesathdcinga occujied other territory which, in the event she can hold Adtobsuhecin it, will doubtless mean more to her than that .which shefocarsstewesa has lost. Great Britain will scarcely consent to relinquish ascesu eitneb the German territorf she has conquered, nor will France Eeylylctzno make peace without a restoration by Germany of Alsace-sevcsadhslftot Lorramne. Jap~an .has K~ia-Chau, taken from Germany, ti iesest lc and German armies are overruning large portions of eieti~ntwrh Russian territory.shudbfoerdprv Again, there has been no intimation that either the Teei boueyn Central or entente powers would agree to a peace withoutstuiost indemnity. And the matter of indemnity is a mountain of difficulty in the way of peace negotiations. Billions PXIL [SIM have been spent by each side, and the best blood of all the nations has been spilled. That each would contend ~Ij obt eto for indemnity unless conquered outright there can be no Tu~ryfrawe' ii oD' shadow of doubt. That neither would even think of grant- Em idl tRc il ing idemnty thre cn alo be odobt.er. P.osition ings the ruatl With this' sate of affais prevarlicg and wihteget arelf Ewnglishys afo rw~elianc cain e pledern estbitenes ad atrd xitin tatthewoldhasevr uless she gratyimr P~fCF' TISIrTEtos TIE TOm sher Crckry irwaetaetmelae aii Knves th eiiFr Everthin in EEDSfor he Feld ndoreA acosste watock a 7OUd forever00 Spepive TThereNING aboltlyn strctonst 1,, -...A X .lll[. -W IEM Miss- Lei oretlet o Aj. I no one can judge the 'jght price of it will pay you now better than ever reliability. For years we have sold. t Hones( Prices! today.. We have one of the largest ss. ys urishings :t from, and we endeavor to give the ration -when . you go to buy your Fall LEt CLOTH I CO FNER & MARX CLOTHES. Sumter, S. C. ough the only hope for peace is Mr. Joe Mims, Jr.,' returned Satur- a practical demonstration in cannery le or the other. day from a short visit to relatives at by Miss Katherine Richardson, the !at is the condition facing the St. eorge. Home Demonstration Agent. Supt. g Mr.J. C. Pate, of Sumter, was a E. J. Browne wvas present and with visitor here last week. He is pleas- suitable 'remarks presented Mrs. fed that Germany is far from antly remembered as a former prin- Joseph Sprott. Mrs. Sprott talked rever much we may hope that cipal of the graded school. At pres- to the colored women at length on iacity with which she holds to ent, he is a traveling salesman, with conservation of food and explained headquarters at Sumter. fully what the women, white and ehl f tgeigosagt fteMrs. H. S. Boyd, of Lamar, was ored, can' do to help the country dur ple proof of this.here recently on a visit to relatives ing the war crisis. Mrs. Sprott ask apparent each day that little and friends. e everyone present who h ahom Tussia as a positive, aggressive Ms a~nCxadcide e adnt hwhnsadnal a semblance of offensive, buttundtFlrneSnaatraeeyhdwntpwihsosht ves, thtwill be.all. She has Ied.Sewsacmaidb e h giutrlsd ftewrwt er borders pulling in differentsitrMisEnMeedmuhea.Teecesatheu ay ha. nnize these, but it will M.Mra rhmi akfo e colwr drse odyb 1eeded -w if it is to be of anyChrotweehhabentknPrsdn obrS.Wlionfte angle we may view it, the con-frmteCniMawlOrhngetdntepuicsolsfte rht to a finish, with the UnitedatGenodarheepednthinersadtrughmtegvr ~tor. aain fet1(lrcigmn passoe factor, she must throw such a Ms ayRdiladcideo eso ok 3shall by sheer numbers make Clmihv eundhm fe Germany no longer possible.LakyYANBOTIS this country will dedicate his M.Ws rawylae ens uis purpose.. The maun who af lyfrPnwoweeh a c otad r. u.1.We stacles in the way of, the gov--.~tc oiina aemni h ereH ynrtre rn od ,he citizenship he enjoys, and----ohstotefuninhetmahf I of it. .use in this country for the ob- ClrdSme col -nhseie ~nhmuti Mrs. Loraine Dingle, of Georgetown, clytrewes h tedne hr efudtermiso w has been visiting relatives in the com-ha bengo adsme xclnttilmlerro. munity.wokdnbytoeatnig ------ sat Mr. and Mrs. HI. L. Johnson, of Aveyfnfetr fhew kis amr!Liet ra. Clayton, N. C., have returned afterth prcia*wr ben doe n'ONWM OII.Rn I few dlays visit to the family of Rev,.ecigte eces te Hoe uiaaofoarn alJ. D.owven, lno od osrainadetn ornigopfs a Miss Leila Tiidsale, from Columbia, so oki giutr n oshl pca atr 'i~a 2n- has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J.ecnmc.LsSaudyaplni eaadbgarteK Mr.r JoeoMimsoJthorryournmdnSatur B. Pack, ner town. crda fo lsord visitnto retiven at'JiooRP A UPWR St. Georgvigiie.fr atlo . 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