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e 4 You Only Have 4 More Shopoi Santa ( Santa has advised us that useful X he would give to little I A Few of the Bath Robes. Shirtwaists. Bed Room Slippers. Handkerchiefs, Hosiery. Packed in Xmas Boxes. Neckwear. Fancy Towels. Gloves. Bed Spreads. o Me oll' 14 S. Main St. NEW SERIES---Model "Four-Ninety" Touring---$635 F. 0. B. Flint. Here is the Famous CHEVOLET -M odel Four-Ninety. In a new-dress, with details that make this Car most complete, embody ing features of higher price Cars. The finishing touches that have been given this model leave nothing more to wish for. It is COMPI-L ETJE in every way. Carolina Machinery Co. DISTRI BUTORSI SUMTER,- sout Caroina. , Aa -Z, J , r T ). 'I. "' r Li ng Days in Which to Prepare For Vasis . . mas Presents would, be mostly what olksas well as grown-ups. Useful Presents: Middy Blouses. Aprons. Sweaters. Coats. Laundry Bags. Coat Suits. Center Pieces. Skirts. Pillow Tops. Dresses, Etc. SBros Sumter, S. C. " WHY SOLDIERS CANNOT coal, according to statistics made pub- died suddenly at his home here last SPEND XMAS AT HOME lic today by the geological survey, night. Mr. Man vas attached to the Labor shortage and mine disability consular service in six different Euro Washington, Dec. 17.-Relief of the arc given as other causes. Bitimi- bean countries. His last post was at railioads of the great burden of nous mines, the tables show, are pro- Copenhagen, where he was consul transporting thousands of soldiers ducing only about 75 per centof what general until his retirement from the from the cantonments to their homes they are capable of putting out. service in 1911. Mr. Man was sixty and back for Christmas, is of such Transportation, it is declared, is ira- six years 01(, a native of Pennsyl urgent necessity that the war depart- proving slowly. vania. He is survived by his wifo ment today sent out an official ex- __ _ndsstr planation why the leaves of absence End sister. D should be curtailed wvherver possible. srage d Mi diA Tee official reasons are:as A. BitS 1 fn s Min, lthee stlsho , re abse permtte~durucitnghoidayyeasnot 7 ersbur .ofwa the vry cnsi~lrabl expeseyivorv caal Wasfngon;Decing-Gn.out. T. Pes urtao , itais Dec.aed is--En inm- vsdth a eatmn o 0(1 fora larg propvrion ofthelme betwdee cthose wh erud eve psucble.rcn cnuar srie edclofcrs eev ors tah The______of____eial_______r(1to thsriisnfrcswarsvee apjormitey durng the hoi uda en wudd natin Dcebr 7 th ycol d emabe expese ap.involv-!r~i ~ Byl' ex fknMs Mrae migh for a sare poslorftion of the eny fCar i0 would cie ea n ios ditintionTeSaeo SuhCrlnsidtelnteig hetp o h transportationaManacilitiesdonlyhetcoun try are axed totheir umost fo Coun ofo Caendon shosameb r teigsit n s h tra beweein bringin who thel moiatio CorsuchmnPes blne aspeevd a journeyrandMthosewhoawouldfb PoiT he hnedspro of tuansofaais nbecer tranyfrso men a~ a 3The rde f creasn great um e soSsnSih WaieRcad A Odnnetopvnt ichg oftranseortatoa theirlities afrt omn-FakRbroNeihRb fayhremloeo te tr r ae oterums or snJoni Roesn AnaC(met6aiaupntesreso theire osi back g ain to o the oiiatio n evil Nne Rchrsnad M nng S.C points te ahurdredn nerl thusnsot Of Dnelad Cmay nop- Bei randb h ao n Terno hereend n rds issung raeDfnathelemno h Tw fMnig ageisar leasfueerys amofrn men depySumosma-eie taerha s b een urese oiscourg (CmlitSre)dedI htate h asg n ahe budnsu arrgra numbe rlogsToteDfnatabv na e: pulcto ofhi OrnneItsll. (luin the holida thihme Yoandhrb Sm oe adr- eulwflfrrnoesomrpesn -hi oe bc gi toie tohew caCmlanmipohicsayhosmue oe o n Theehve _ee wihoeve poorudndters ipstssetrcluedpl, eepoe r LosAnels Laenchres tee hipoura p fyu nwrt h adtlerp oe wigfaeo ~~i offceri0-22NorhtheSteeolitedayn f Mnnngime., Washington, Dec. 16.-A telegram th Ciyo Sutr S.Cwti incswerahthpsts ajAi to the shipping board today told of tet ly fe h evc eef ae nlkp o h s f~~:~ the launching at Los Angeles of theexuseofte(a ofuc srve;pite eidn. first steel merchant ship contracted adi o alt nwrteCi- Sc I htayproio for by the Emergency Fleet Corpora-plitwhith tieaoeadth sosvltnghs rnRcsal tion. The vessel was one of eight of panifi hsato ilapyt ibet ieo o oeta 8,800 t~ons capacity, each ordered May teCutfrterle eaddi llaso mrsneto o 1k~ -12 from S. L. Napthaly. teCmlit hntndy.- ' '$ Turning out the vessels - within LeadMie aiidi oni hs1t seven months when the' yard in which PanifsAtres fDcme,11.. it, was built had to be constructed DtdNvme 7 .D 97 .M elCek after the contract was let was hailedToteDenaNnieRcrd by the shipping board officials as sn dlemonstrating what American indus- TaeNtc tht he mne try can (do in emergency.SumnanCopanintebveVhtsLA(* Car Shortage Chief Factor,. fteC .C .frCaedo ietv iudLz~~j Washington, Dc. 16.-Car short- 11.~u gRoRual'f ago continues as the chief factor LeadMie j 5 pl ~t8t~L checking a maximum producdreaoMosePlaintiffAtoy, talar aicate against.-'*--' Neia icadsn JaesRihad