Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WANTED TO SELL Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Shingles, Lath and Moulding. We also have Long and Short Leaf Fram ing. We ship promptly and no order too small or too large for our attention. Write us for prices. AVERY LUMBER CO., Manufacturers and Retailers. Phone No. 56 Sumter, S. C. f ::m::m usussummm snsmnm:mssmummmmmssusmmusm~usamm::s: The Particular SHOE for Particular Men THE BARRY SHOE at KatzofI's Every Pair Guaranteed and one Price to all $9.50, $10.00, 12.50. ENOUGH SAID If you want a good Barry Shoe, See KATZOFF ummsns umuunu2mumumumnutuummunnunnmunumn The T. N. Smith Place con taining about 587 acres and located two miles from Acolu, S. C., on Public Road. And in two miles of good school and church. For further information See Mrs. M. L,. SMITH, or J. P. COMMANDER, Sumter, S. C. A SURE WAY to save money is to put it in a bank. PUT IT IN OURS. It is not what you might have saved, that counts, it is what you did not save. Remember, when you spend a dollar foolishly, you may be helping another man place his foot above your own interests. The great game is to slave and to get. A great game is to SAVE. There is much more field in the latter-cast your lot with a good institution and begin NOW. The Bank of Manning JOSEPH SPROTT, President T. M. MOUZON, Cashier RES as "alamICA mn lam 1= ttttitttttttttt tti ttit222222ttititttittitit 222212tttt22tttttitttitti ttttttttttt#ttttl A dandy little home FOR SALE! Five rooms, a nice hall, two good porches, 2 stall stable, smoke-house, wash house, barn and garden. Ceiled throughout. City water. Apply to The Manning Grocery Co. ITTEMPT TO WARD Off COAL FAMINE Dil-Burning Boilers Installed at Wil mington. CANNOT GUARANTEE FUEL Lack of Ships and Men Given as Rea son for Not Being Able to Fill Orders. Washington, Nov. 30.-Washingtons rsfit attempt to ward off the threat med bituminous coal famine by in italling oil-burning boilers in big plants of the city received a serious setback when it was learned today hat not one oil company could guar- , intee shipment of oil sufficient to neet the need. It is generally admitted that the U installation of oil-burning boilers to U replace those fed with coal would, in the long run, mean a considerable saving in labor, cleanliness and health to the community at large. And it would entirely eliminate the bugbear now hovering threateningly aver the great power houses and manufacturing establishments-a coal famine. But when the executive board of N the Potomac Electric Power Com pany, which supplies the entire city U with electric light, tried to find one company selling Mexican fuel oil n that would guarantee the shipment of oil suflicient to meet the daily needs of the big plant, not one could be U found, according to oflicial; of the concern. Reasons for Shortage. Shipping difliculties--the lack of ships and men-are said to he re sponsible for the inability of the oil interests to get a proper supply of M fuel oil to this city. Despite this U fact, cities like New York, Providence i Fall River and Boston are using fuel oil almost exclusively, and seem to be able to get a good supply. Local manufacturers, officials of the Potomac Electric Power Company and heads of the District government are heartily in accord with the idea of installing oil-hurhing hollers wherever possible. All they need is assurance from the oil interests that they will be supplied with enough oil to meet their demands. Supt. Sinclair Statement. L. E. Sinclair, general superintend ent of the Potomac Electric, in dis cussing the attempts made by officials of the concern to contract for fuel oil, said: 91 "Some time ago, when the threat ened coal famine first loomed up, we immediately thought of installing oil burning boilers. We figured out the expense it would probably cost us to make the change, and we learned that in otrdler to change fouri of our coal fed boilers to oil burners it would cost approximately $30,000. 4 "The matter was taken up with the executive board of the company, the neces: try permission of the District commissioners and fire authorities ob tained and we set to work planning for the change. A fter a thorough canvass of the big oil companies we4 learned that not, one would consent to contract to fill orders in this city ' totaling more than 3,G00 barrels a ' (lay. "The upshot of it all was we had to ' abandon the idea, at lenst temporarily ' There is some hop~e that in the spring. ' if transportation conditions are bet- ' ter, we may be able to receive oil enough to warrant the change of boil- ' enough to warrant the change of boil- ' ers." ' "Have you madec any 1p1ans in the ' event of a serious coal famine hitting the country this winter?" he was asked. ' "What plains can we make flw ? The only thing we can (10 will be to ' shlut up the plant, at least until we ' can get enough coal to run our boil- ' ers." Too Expensive for Gas Company It was learned that, so fari as~ the ' Washington Gas L ight C'ompanv is ' concerned, the expense of installing ' machinery to manufacture gas from ' oil wvould he too great to warrant the change. From ai sanitary standpoint and as ' a safeguard against coal strikes and ' possib~le coal famines. Col. Kutz, en gineer commissioner of the District, is i heartily aa sympathy with the move to install oil buirneris in the' poweri houses, An oil complany has1 aipplie d for per mission to erect huge concrete tanks along the Potomac river wvith the idea of storing oil to act as an antidote for a coal famine. The tas ore planned to be erectedl one-half undlergrouind. one-half above, and the top complete ly coveredi with earth. This, it isp pointedI out, will lessen the danger of fire by expllosion.I HabItual Constipation Cured In 14 to 21 Days' "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially-' prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual ConstipatIon. It relieves promptly but Ihould be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days'~ to induce regular action. It Stimulates anad Regulates, * Very Pleasant to Take, 60ce per bote. Fight the Boll WeevilI With MiU L E SII --- - - - --- - --- m -v w w U U U U U U Get your crop in early withi a bunch of good Mules and w the weevil will not get you w so bad.. J U U1 U ? R D GE A YONU Sells the very best grades of U Mules and Horses. See them now before all the choice ones aregone. I w MANNING,NS.S Candy-Cola Candy-Cola The Drink That Satifes! Candy-Cola! It Quenches That Thirst! I Bottled in a Sanitary Manner By The Manning Bottling Works, Manning, S. C. Candy-Cola _yla