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SPLENDID CROWTN OF f-... ClE ALLIED FLEETS Encouraging Light on the Entente Naval Situation AND ANTI-U-BOAT WARFARE Secretary of British Admiralty Makes Report Covering Four Years of War London, Aug. 4.-Upon the fourth anniversary of Great Britain's en. oatjance into war the Secretary of the Admiralty makes public figures and facts which throw an encouraging light upon the naval situation of the All~ies. FI4 FISH!= AT WEST END In connection with o #ROCLRIES of al A Fish House. Fr nice Fresh Fish el 1sass, Whiting, and King We will sell by the si Call Phone 79 ai want and we will Prompt WEST END Phone 79. BUY Saving A Help Win Buy Thrift S Buy a Baby It will be worth $5.4 This is 4 per cent. c 6o to your Bar or any progress and ask for ift W. S. S. 50111 T his space patr to War Saving Manning Oil NM Trying to instil mind the fact tl Hardware and dlescription ofr ity than can be cured and at a u ] We have long * the qreat ba Hardware and * for bench or at We have Tools low prices. The British navy apart from the American forces, which now form an integral part of its fighting strength, consists at the present time of war ships and auxiliary craft, whose total displacement re ches 6,600,000" tons, against 2,500,000 in August, 1914. During that period about three-quar ters of a million tons have been lost,' but at the present day the growth of the fleet shows an increase of 160 per cent. Similarly with the personnel. The original 146,000 officers and men have grown to 394,000. Anti-Submarine War As to the means of defense against submarines, figpres now are available which showy that the convoy system has played a large part in over coming the submarine menace to the ocean communications of the Allies. H! ---FISH ! THE GROCERY. ur Full Line of FANCY I kinds, we have added om here you can get /eryday, consisting of , Mullets, Trout Mackerel. ring and pound also. id ask for what you serve you. Deliveries Manning, S. C. WAR Stamps ND di4 the War . 1 tamps at 25c. r W /ond for $4.15. I U " 0on January 1. 1923. 4 campounded quarterly. } ker, Post Office.A ive business man " rm ation. i EVERYWHERE ! iotically donated Committee by - - i1 Jof h riinhue o Tools.o wevtere riubttra work. caQ been aknorade as rgai houe fo Tools.wehthe DR.( The IIa. iM Eyes Exa hereas, in the period from April to unte of im in the main overseas trades suf- system red losses through enemy action of sailing t 11 per cent of their 'total number. Field ie figures since then have steadily dilated minished until in the period from troops o arch to June of this year, during said: hich 93.8 per cent of the ships were "This nvoyed, the losses had dropped to Tis 23 per. cent of the total number of consider iling sin these, trades. favorabl Over Million could ca American troops who reached Eu- "We pe by July 27, of this year totalled be peace All over one million. Nearly half of The c ese were carried by American ships Hindent id the United States furnished for em forty ocean escorts andl 335 es 'rts of dlestroyers. Since August 4, 1914, the British ivy has transportedi nearly 20,000, 10 men to dlifferent destinations, 21,- Colun l0,000U animals and 110,000,000 ani.. 'Council als and 110,000,000 tons of naval by the 1(d military stores. I-rtiontl The men lost, through enemy action d'ay, as iring the transportation bear the lanced C< oport ion of one to every 6,000 car- miendcati ed. Wilson -W-S---S-taken, t l~I)END)ORFF~ ON RETREAT mu g pv --W--SS-.-.guaranta tys4 Territory Wasn't Worth Cost- of Anoth Holding p!robably erdani -- ng yet I Amsteron Aug 4.-"The enemy directed vad~ed uonJuly 15 and we .there- partmen >on as early as the evening .of the shortag< th, broke off operations. It is al- ag~grava tys our endeavor to stop an under- women king as soon as the stake is not 'iary sei irtch the cost. I considler it on~e of they ha y, principal duties to spare the blood m i form< id strength of our soldliers." the allo Gen. Ludendorff, first quartermat- Depatrn r general of the German army, mad~e toree is statement to an assemblage of me ~rman newvspapeer corespondents ness wI' io were r'eceivedl by FieldI Marshal growvs ni n Hlindenburg and himself, accordl- -wio i g to dispatches receIved here,. o wtdesim Referring to Gen. F~och, Gen. Luden- of thewe rff continued: ofa ande "HTis plan was undoubtedly to cut tovarbin f the e'ntire are of our front south mo forbi the A isne by a breake through on onmber e flank. But with the provedl lead.. wo the ship of our seventh and ninth armies whot a at wvas quite impossible. Tes a "W(e rec'koned with an attack on e s~ by 18 and were prepared for it. The the$ 0St emy experienced very heavy losses Te id1 the A mericans an A fricans aux Cuci ary troops, which; we do not tr Mr.- Counce timate, suffered severe~y. -wby ae "By the afternoon of the nineteenth b-ho are Salready wvere fully masters of the InrW. tuntion, andl shall remain so. WeIorc rt the abandoned groundl to the en siy accordling to our regular plan. F'OO am of ground' and 'Marne' are only tch words without importance for e issue of the wvar. We are now, In all before, confirdent." 'a ser: structioi ehand isc Dr IndigestIon, Constipation or only for Blilousness tiles, cl< Bst try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-FOS often r-u filTH PEPSIN. A Liqiuid Dligestive to the f ixative pleasant to take. Made and stores a commended to the public by Paris Medi- 011stu ne Co., manufacturers of Laxative Blromo new ont nin~fe and Grove's Tasteless chill TonIc, building vi C Eye Speci WILL BE MANNIN ONE DAY ONLY, iy, ,Augusi Central Hotel. mined and Glass 11 Work Guarnitee last year, before tre convoy to make them practically r vas established, British ships and foodstuffs, as flour, s o and from the United King- meats, may always be prol Marshal von Hindenburg also wire cages at slight expen on how economicall the public should be protected f Germany had been used. He sanitary stores by a , system inspection. circumstances and supply Similar care should be cxc 3tions decided our measures the home to protect housel transferred the fighting to plies from-mice and rats. Lii c ground where the troops ress in ridding the premises sily be supplied. animals can be made so long dll want peace, but it must have access to supplies of f with honor." lay, kitchens, and pantries a irrespondents declare that von nish subsistence not only to urg is in the best of health. comia aro oude exod may alwyome pt fromsl UNCII. OF DEiesEfommice aced in ratpesie biess in ridding.theTpremises f Defenseshasngonemonerscordn, tdopveioccessreoosutioiesatfthe larsmkitchenslanherntriess faornga ovrnenfn subILLnc noBo]yt maitt theorporatinganbutetoin comeasfbonmmadestoPr.sided may .anlress thatkactionob io.g the fomAtion 6-T uhe State___ >fd Dfors hs onon rcod idptoo resolutionse at ths thevost c otivemeti tettenption; h a rec tand Congress t that aorb inouthe Caomain whisch enyta fagec, thixa mani 'ice whavele the frmersmayebe rear n fo rehisuiting o wne retnated this, teot onstroriatie rmeet ethis sitention is thed ore ilneCnest the fr labor otg ine rsouti on, wich ostae (ledrcbty the ale hand many vhokst (lusbnds the peiod the M U LES viceithae leThe others whee vet been acks or tos Yorkevr r eas h ae subsfaistin alot wance froterireguartisy the nexare oent.o Dfn appropriat-d ile thel fiance theo shortage e hi ot eIltereacye. sio theroutins ommth of stte potn D efe e adoptenred. Wealoe ritis ofin thre mmers, h calsobet m uncipalfCliries rLee. The othe arion. pat of the country this to bekeepo t aecnomi (or ackns for the - by tsh n system of iner serleot-re hed for saeb dreulrs.No thg, ianethe wooskaof uIltey ildin sion.ihh ofectienomttear cown the additionn oftreae tbembry s. TlHwvean hMaroldn.___________ p ayt ofte the orytere s s f J ' aeoi c rifntele 12t alst es Fitted. d. at-proof; containers covered with wire netting.. !eds and Sometimes all that is needed to pre ;ected in vent serious waste is the application '' se. The of concrete to holes ih the basement from in- wall or the slight repair of a defective of rigid part of the building. The necessity of cooperation and reised in organization is of the utmost import old sup- ance. To destroy all the animals on tle prog- the premises of a single farmer in a of these community has little permanent value,. as they since they are soon replaced from od. Cel- near-by farms. If, however, the farm ften fur- ers of an entire township or county rats that unite in efforts to get rid of rats, tany that muich more lasting results may be at supplies tamed. If continued from year to.. rats and year, such organized efforts are very rat-proof effective. Car of the Best Sand HORSES aid your eyes on will be here , days. Don't buy until you hey are beauties. e in stock the best line of es, Wagons I Harness ie Money. Our long years of you of the quality of the le.