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Attractions I The management of this theatre h the Select Film Corporation Pictures matter of securing good pictures, and i1 the above company's productions. The Friday, Decs 6 NORMA TALMAGE In the Celebrated Picture "THE LIEUTENANT" Also MACK SENNETT COMEDY Admission 15c and 25c Wednesday, Dec. 13 Manning's Favorite Actress Clara Kimball Young "SHIRLEY KAYE" Also MACK SENNETT COMEDY Admission 15c and 25c Wednesday, Dec. 25 "THE MARIONETTES" Featuring CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG Also "Fatty" Arbuckle In One of His Riots Admission 15c, and 25c This program cannot be beaten in the best selection of pictures that we h; FOUR PALMETTO SENATORS and incoming. This j'~ct of inlteres~ted co Washington, Dec. 3.-Senator W. boIal circles. It i P. Pollock was sworn'in as a member Mayor T. T. Ily of the Senate today, being escorted was in the House g by Senator E. D. Smith. Former Sca- dent Wilson made ,tor Christie Benet and Senator-elect Representative R Dial were also resent. Thus South strived in New Y Carolina was represented during the but is not yet hi V President's address by four citizens of senatorial rank, static, outgoing, ADVERTISE l TO KEEP Stone Crcles.Iti You mayusewti to he ouse La Sprngbut ifyouwanRtopresettve R it must be pacried in k N-eatY ofsnaoIal Snksaibl, o omil A nRTSEd I et higTO KELadPp CovRd WE of ro'cughot oNexmIt Si lat ery, cositig of a (i-alon Stone Crocks.ves 10Glon Stonue tinrokeep CovrsLr Sprilng buton Cock wand oersev I vessello. oee ir 2-anCovered on'ar 6-Gallon toChrs and Covers 3-Gallon Churns --~.- - 4-Gallon Churns Extr'a large andl medium size .Jard( Flower Pots, Chambers, Combinets, .Slop Jaris, Swinging Fern lDishes, Howl er's, Etc., Etc. We mtake a specialty of Serviceabl dise, not usually kept elsewvher'e in Come look over our1 new arrivals. Manning Grocer ne Theatre" xtraordinary s gone to great expense recently to book We have done the best we could in the ave tried hard for a good while to get following are the dates and features! Friday, Dec. 20 The Big War Picture "America's Answer" The picture that set the country wild. This is the icture made by the United States Government, showing the participation of our boys on the battlefields of France. This is with out doubt the greatest picture ever shown in the world and every one should make it a point to be in at tendance. This picture is being shown under the auspices of. the Federation of Women's Clubs of South Carolina and is under the personal supervision of the Civic League of Manning. Admission 25c and 35c the larger cities and it is without doubt we ever booked. ---- --- -~ - - - ---- - - -- - -1 - fact wvas the sub mment in congres- HIGH PRI IN AUSTRIA very unuaual. le, of Charleston, Meal Costs $4; Suit of Ordinary Hllery when Presi his address. Clothes. $500. S. Whaley, has rk from Europe, Berne, Dec. 3.-Food was so ex ashmgton. pensive in Vienna that a slender, un ITHE TIMES palatable and unsatisfactory meal cost from $4 up. Clothes were so scarce that a mediocre suit sold at $500, while a pair of shoes cost from $60 ! I to $90 a pair. The commonest neces saries of life were so, difficult to ob tain that one had to stand in line for b.urs for a chance to purchase a tiny A: p~ortion at an exorbitant price. TSuch was the condition of affairs in Vienna just before the armistice was concluded, as related by the last Amercanto laveAustria. lie is a member sof the dliplomatic service whq was assigned to- remain at the Austrian capital wvhen war was de claredl and has just conme to Swvitzer I unit nxt. land. No, story yet told of conditions in aardI sound Vienna can even remotely approxi or months, mate the actual facts as dlescribedl by Conducting this eyewitness, whose account was given, perhap~s unconsciously, a da maiitic climax by the declaration that, Conven- "espite the indescriabl" sufferings adhrdtjI ~ !:~sh1i ps, Vienna still has horse YtIS rcnattended b~y greater crowds than in peacle times. T1hese crowds walk eight miles to the race track and( poundSl and bet thousands of crowns instead nment since i of hundreds, as foi-mierly, in their fe verish desire to forget the miswry cafused by the wa. L---175 Austria quit, dlechires the A merin 'illomal~t, because it was a physi'cal -- .$3.25 ;m possibility to continue further. Not ----$3.75 only was Austria without food, but ~~~ ~ without the conimonest necessaries. It ------.50) :aced winter in almost literal naked 7 ness5, so searce hadl clothing becone. - -7l Hefore he left Vienna the correspond .85 'ent's informant disposed of nearly ex ery article of clothing he possessed. $1.15The demand for clothing may be ., .udged from the fact that he realized - ---$ t from $3 to $4 for neckties four years eniereS andl chd and which originally cost $1 CuSpidorg, cpiece; $100 for~ a ten-year-old suit D~~d <osting $25; $210 for a tuxedo costing and itc- f0, and sl00 each for three suits 1 ought in Viennha three years before, aind which were shiny, ragged and e Merchan-i worn out. old socks, costing $1.25 and the county. whliich had been darned, sold for $3 a pair. An overcoat two and one-half years old, which cost $32, sold for $110. n---S-S y LOST-A pair of Mules, one grey ad one bay. Finder will please noti fy G. TP. Floyd, Manning, S. C.g and Are constantly a sou: present for HIM should alv the most common .sense. nothing but useful gifts for i fer the following: Sweaters Pajamas Underwear Shirts Collars Gloves Initial Handkerchiefs In Singie Boxes Clapp Shoes Barry Shoes Neck Many persons term Neckties th Iways acceptable. A man can never hi 50c,$1, $L Tailored frann silks of exceptiona $1.50 t Men's arnd B, Stein-Bl1och 4 Sui-ts and None $25.00f Uncle Sam asks that Sdone early. N~w is the t: Sget them in the mails. SJos. MA Men',s and B, 16 S outh Main Street. Men's. Xmasi Gifts rce of much concern. The vays be- useful and display In our store you will find :he Men and Boys. We of Collar Boxes Mufflers Umbrellas Suit Cases Hand Bags Trunks Bath Robes Smoking. Jackets Silk Shirts Stetson Hats . wear e "last resort". When all else fails Is of the moment. As a gift it i~s al-/ wve too. many choice scarfs. 50 to $3.00 'quarlity. Also in Knitted Silks oy 's Clothing md Styleplus Overcoats Better o $40.00. the Christmas shopping be ime to select your Gifts and ~handler, rys' Outfitter, SUMTER, S.