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December With onl selections found an Holi Ladies' exqt fashioned witho Ladies' Styli most desirable f Ladies' Swe Ladies' fine Ladies' beat season's latest c Ladies' Geo the newest color In fact, above to to come Do not Manning South Cat UNITED STATES TROOPS CROSS INTO PRUSSIA Historic City of Treves Occupied by Pershing's Army Which is Following Closely Retreating Huns IERSHING WITH HIS MEN Gen. Preston Brown to be Military Governor and Gen. Harry Smith in Charge of Civil Affairs W ithI the Ame'rican Army of Occu pationi, Dec. 3. -American troop~s tross'ed the frontier into Prussia at daylight behind the German rear g~uards5. TPreves is the most important rity thus far <<(upied. A merican troops also are patrolling stores of vil lages, however. Gen. Pershing is in the immediate icinity to observe the operations. H is ::dvanrce hemiua rters wvillI be estab ishbed at. TIreves, where Gen. Preston lirown will Ihen milit ary governor an-I G;en. H-Iarry A. Sith bin charrge of civ ii affairs. Treves beenme an a rche PiscopalI r f the Moselle Rtiver, fi fty-seven mi;iles southwest of C olenz.. It is probahb!y the 'ldIen; town inr G erioanyi an 111is rich in Itoma n rel ies. A mong the rn" n objects of infterest in the rown are the cathedral, which Iisr one GET BI( Hides a I will pay Hjih Market for all k Furs. Bringj th, HARRY ST Mann ii r 4. CHRIS THE ' Seventeen more Sh( now, and as we have 'where, we especially day H isite Tailored Suits, Lit a flaw. sh Coats, made of the abrics. aters of fancy Wool. Silk Hose. atiful Neckwear, the reations. rgette Waists, in all -s and designs. ve have a somplete I put you to thinking. in and let us show yoi put off un THE olina. of the oldest in Germany, and the pro vincial museum, with a fine collec tion of antiquities. Treves became an arch-Episcopal see in the ninth century, and the arch. bishops rose to the position of princes and occupied a place among the im perial electors. Near the close of the Sixteenth century, it was recognized as a free imperial city and the ec clesiastical principality was wiped out in the French revolution. The city an.d the territory surrounding it were assigned to Prussia by the Congress t of Vienna. The population at the out- t break of the war wvas about 80,000. V ON GERMAN SOIL Lonmdon, Dec. 2.-Gen. Plumer's ad v'ane troops todlay crossed th~e Ger man frontier between eho and Eu-t penf andl aldvancd towardls the Rhine, a the war office announced1 tonight. By evening the troops %ld reached the general line of Hus ,, Reuland, Htul l ingen and Montjo ie. I'HIWBING CRIMES D)ONE IN BELGIUM Thew German Government Invest igat ing Murder of Nurse Lond~oni, IDec. 2.- -T'he Germian G;ov ern men t is startinig an investigation into the German crimes in Belgium, the dleportattion of Belgian work men, the theft of Belgian machinery andI nd Furs ~st Prices onl the ind~s of Hlides arnd am to IENHARDT '0. s. c. TMAS CHEE NEW pping Days left bef the most sensible any invite the public to ints T Men's Necktie ing assortment of Men's Silk Hal Men's Suits of and latest styles Men's Ove coz to give Dad' Men's Shoes, t line to select from ine of useful Gifts t So remember, we h 1. til tomori Shop Early NEW [0 CUT SHORT A COLD TAK[ A CALOTAB [he New Calomel Tablet That is Entirely Purified of Nau seating and Dangerous Qual ities. Of all the medicines in the world he doctors prize calomel most highly o break up a cold overnight or to ut short an- attack of influenza or trippe, andl possibly to pgvent pneCu nonija. Now that all its unpleasant mid dangerous qualities have been re novedl, the newv kind of calomel called Calotabs" is the dloctors' idleal treat nent for colds, etc. One Calotab on the tongue at bed ime with a swallow of water-that's 11. No salts, no nausea nor the slight st interference wvith your eating, 'our work or pleasures. Next morn ng your cold has vanished andl your vl-,le system is purified and refresh d. Calotabs is sold only in original caled packages; price thirty-five ents. Your dIruggist recommends andl ~uarantees Calotabs by refundling the >r'ice if you are rnot delighted.-Advt. he murders of Edith Cavell and Capt. ryatt. Among those held responsible ac ordling to an Amsterdam dlisp~atch to he Exchange Telegraph Company, tre GeCn. von Sauberzweig, the former nilitary governor of Brussels; Glen. 1:ron Kurt von Manteuffel, military (immander at Louvain, andl Baron von Ier Laneken, civil governor of Brus els at the time of Miss Cavell's ex 'eution. l'LA NS TON A VOlID CONFL"ICTl I indenbuirg Wannts No Interference A' miste rdam, D~ec. 2.-F"ield M~a rshal on FHIinoienburg has irruedl a procla mation, necordling to the Cologne Volks Zeitung, dleclarinig that a con Volks Zeitung, declaring that con licts wvith the soldiers' arnd workmen's onuncils will be avoided, Ie re ,uested at the same timea that the ~entral government instruct the coun -ilsq to abstain from interfering with he army commanders. Nb offense will he taken to the lisplay of the red flag "if it is dis )ayedI in a worthy manner," saidl the rield marshal, and the same attitude mst be expected from the soldiers' md~ workmen's councils toward troops and workmen's councils toward troop amhblms. R PREVAIML IDEA. are Christmas, it beh< I useful things to sele come in and look out hat W s in a very charm colo:s. f-Hose. the best material its, the very thing he biggest and best in the county. o select from and v ave the article you n< row what and Shop at IDEA RAILROADS GET LOAN Of OVER HALf BILLION DOLLARS During Eight Months Government Has Had Charge STATEMENT BY MR. McADOO Nine Big Systems Received Over 55 Per Ceat of the Advances Washington, Dec. 3.-More than l'alf a billion dlollars has been ad vancedl by the government to the rail roads and transportation lines under its control during the eight months since the railroad administration has been in operation. Director General McAdoo an nounced that $515,200,536, including loans andl payments madle to railroadl corp~orations to meet their needls, had been advanced for operating deficits rndl payments on account of the newv standlardlized equipment, from A pil 1 to December 1. From the half billion dlollar revolving fund set aside by Congress. $316,206,536 was drawn and the remaindler came from $199,483,524 eurplus earnings of certain railroads andl the American Railway Express Company. November adlvances a mountedl to $94,139,561, and the surplus earnings turned in were $47,645,067, including $10,422,968 from the American Rail way Express Company. More than 55 per cen1t. of the ad vances in the eight months wvent to nine big systems. Advances to Southern railroads dur ing the eight months included: Sea board Air Line, $5,610,000; Louisville and Nashville, $1,500,000; Central of Georgia, $1,450,000; Florida East Coast, $1,050,000; Atlantic Coast Line, $900,000; Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, $339,000; Georgia Railroad, ( 309,000. HIARD TlIME GETTING HOME Germans Retiring from Russians At tacked b~y P'elos Paris, Oec. 2.-German troops troop~s which have been occup~yingiL Russian territory are returning to G;ermiany undler great dlifficulty, ac cordling to a dispatch from Copen hiagen. One detachment of 1,500 men, marching from Lodz, seventy-five miles south-west of Warsaw, were at tacked by the Poles, and only succeed ed in reaching the German border af te nergolng severe hardships. AT Dec Co. oves everybody to r zt from in our store tl -stock over. ill Pie Children's Hosie1 Black, and to fit all Children's Sweat line we have ever ca Children's Hats c the prevailing colors. Children's Glove: kiddie feel as big as ; 'e only mention the f .ed, and all we ask i: you can d Co., MORI The German army of 500,000 men is being forced to march homeward through snow and rain. The men can not use the railroads, because the Rus sians returning to their own country have taken over all the rolling stock. The Germans are pillaging as they pass through villages, the inhabitants iaking flight on the soldiers' ap ,roach. -W-S-S OFF FOR PEACE CONGRESS Newspaper Men Leave Ahead of President Wilson Hoboken, N. J., Dec. 1.-The United States transport Orizaba sailed for Brest today with nearly 500 newspa per correspondents from all parts of the country on their wvay to "cover" the coming peace conferences at Ver sailles. The party included several news japer women and a score of motion picture men ]ndl newspaper photog raphers. 'The correspondents wvere given a two-day start on the George Washing toni, wvhich is scheduled to leave 'Tues dlay with President Wilson and his party, because the Orizaba is a slower boat. The George Washington is ex pected to overhaul the Orizaba short ly before the arrival at Brest and a ively race for port is anticipated. TO' CHIECK( COTTON DIECLINE Federal Committee Will Riestrict Short Selling Atlanta, Ga., Decc. 2.-Chas. J. IBrandl, head of the federal cotton dis Iribution committec, plans immedliate action for a more rigid regulation of short selling on the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges, ac (ordling to a statement madle publie here tonight by J. J. Brown, president of the Cotton States Advisory Mar keting Board. More rigid require ments of delivery also will be de manded, the statement said. "The drop of app~roximately five dollars a bale in cotton Saturdlay was without reacon, and canno'; be ex 'plained as a result of legitimate trad ing on the basis of supply and de. mlandl, according to Mr. Brown's state mont, and officers of the marketing board today asked Mr. Brand "that somie corrective action be taken by the governmental agency, wvhich is held to be in a position to remedy tho trouble." Mr. Brand repliedl that ho would take up tomorrow mo-ninge quom... ember25 take their 1at can be ase ! -y in White and feet. ers, the nobbiest rried. nd Caps in all that make the i grown-up. ew items r for you o today HS NESS, Mandger. Lion of restrictions on short selling and delivery requirements. "Unless such rulings are made at once." Mr. Brown said, "we shall in sist that the exchanges be closed." -W-S-S TO WELCOME MR. WILSON Municipal Council of Paris Planning Program Paris, Dec. 2.-The 'municipal, ecuncil of Paris has decided to go in a body on the arrival of President Wil son, to present the good wishes and welcome of the people of Paris. The council expressed a wish that the (day be made a national holiday. STORM OFF THlE COAST Warnings Displayed From Savannah to Breakwater Washington, Dec. 1.-Storm warn ings are dlisp~layedl on the Atlantie coast from Savannah to Delaware breakwvater, the weather bureau an nounced tonight. This disturbance is off the northeast Florida coast mov ing northeast with increasing north cast to east winds, which will prob ably dlevelop into gale:, tomorrow off the Carolina and Virginia coasts. --W-S-S ADVERTISE IN THEI TIMES Professional Cards DuRlANTI & ELLERBIE Attorneys at Law MANNING, S. C. R. 0. P'urdy- S. Oliver O'Bryat PURDIIY & O'BIRYAN Attorneys and Counselors at Law. MANNING, S. C. 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