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' ;•*•••• y* 1 - ‘ • WAS GREAT VICTORY HAIG SAYS SOMME BATTLE WAS REMARKABLE TRIUMPH < WEATBER SAVED GERMANS Brltifth Commander Say® Teutonic Line® Were on Verge of IMnaater When KlemenU Interfered With Plan® of the Allied High Com mand. ~ The battle of the Somme Is pic tured as a sweeping triumph for En tente Allied arms in a detailed re port by Gen. Sir Douglas Haig which was issued last week and which co^ ers operations from July 1 to Novem ber 18. - k Gen. Haig terms the battle a triumph in which the (Aerman west ern armies were only saved from complete collapse and a decisive de feat by a protracted period of un- .inni-r^Tr" 11 ■* Anglo-French forces from taking full advantage of their successful ad vance. He declares that, neverthe less, it was a triumph which proved beyond doubt the ability of the Allies to overthrew Germany “when the time comes.” The British command er shows himself a Arm' believer in the doctrine : that the Entente can win the war on the western front. desire to add a few words as to future prospects,” ho says at the close of the dispatch, Jithich covers sixteen closely printed pages. u The enemy** power ho® not yet been broken nor is it yet poseihlo to form an oHtimate of the tine the war may last before the object® for wliich the Allie® are lighting have been at tained, hut the Somme battle ha® placed beyond doubt the ability of doubtedty have been proclaimed a great victory for our enemies and would have shaken the faith of many In our ultimate succees. The failure of the enemy to capture it, despite great efforts and hec.vy losses, was a severe blow to hie prestige. ;/'Information obtained, both dur ing the progress of the Somme bat tle and since the suspension of Ac- tlv# operations, has fully established the effect of our offensive in keeping the enemy's main forces tied to the western front. In* N vember the strength of thd enemy dp the west ern theater was greater than^in July, notwithstanding the abandonment of the offensive at Verdun. Jt is there fore Justifiable to conclude that the Somme offensive not only relieved Verdun, but held large forces which would otherwise would have been employed against par Allies in the East. \ ’ “The third great " object of the Allied operations,on the Homme wo® the wearing down of the enemy's powers of resistance^ Any statement as to the extent t owhlcb this has been attained must depend In some degree on estimates. There 16, never theless, sufficient evidence to pla^e beyond doubt that the enemy’s lossefc in men and material were very con- alderably higher than those of life Allies, while morally the balance of advantage on our side is still greater. “During the period under review a^steady aetemratleintooTT^Tflce~Tn the morale of large numbers of the enemy’s troops. Many of them* it is BOY KILLS HIMSELF WHEN SWEETHEART FAILS HIM true, fought with the greatest deter mination, even in the last encoun ters, but the resistance of even larger numbers became latterly decidedly mere feeble than in the earlier stages of the battle, ^ “Aided by the great depth of his defenses and by frequeiit reliefs which his resources of men enabled him to effect, discipline and training held the machine together sufftcient- 0 f ttuT boy with the letter in his Florence Lad Disappointed When Girl Doe® Not Meet Him—Dies ' at Their Try sting Place. The body of Elliott Nelson of Florence, a bright and worthy young man, was found Thursday afternoon by his sweetheart and other girl friends at, a ti^ysting phice~for him self and the giH on the Darlington ropd near Palmetto. He was ip the employ of =t his upcle, D. E. Andrews, who is build ing,, a viaduct for the Atlantic Coast Line railway near Palmetto Hfe was popular In the neighborhood and had become' desperately in love with a high school girl of fourteen years, who was too , young to think serD ously of marriage. He was only eighteen years of age. —r~r He was jealous and thought the girl Indifferent to him, and after a visit to her home on Christmas night, he wrote a letter which was found sealed in his hand, addressed to the girl, telling her of his intend ed suicide. It does not appear^that he ;had first intended suicide, but that it grew on him as he wroth.-. —He-eeatpwogd-^ *** «rirl the next day to meet hi^iarTK^ul^W'TflFff^ ing place, a pretty grove of beeches near the road, but she did not come at once, having company, and when she did go she saw llm going down the road towards Florence and re turned home and so reported to her mother. The next afternoon she and some of hfer friends were walking on the road and it was suggested in jest that they see if he wag still keeping 1 is tryst. They found the deffd tyodv ly to enable the enemy tp rally and reorganize his troops after fresh de feat. But towards the end of the operations, when the weather unfor tunately broke, there is no doubt that his power of resistance very seriously diminished." In the course of his detailed study of the operations Gen. Haig fre-> the Allie® to gain those object®. “The German army is the main stay o( the Central powers and a full half of that army, despite all advan tages of the defensive and supported by the strongest fortifications, suf fered defeat on the Somme this year. Neither victors -nor vanquished will Target this andTaltHougfi bad weath er has given the enemy a respite, there are undoubtedly many thous ands In bio ranks who will begin the new campaign with little confidej^oe in their ability to resist our assaults or overcome our defense. “Our new armies entered battle with a determination to win and con fidence in their power to do so. They have proved to themselves, to the enemy and to the world that this confidence is Justified.” The opening of the dispatch out lines the origin of the Entente Allies’ decision to begin the Somme opera tions. “The principle of an . offensive campaign during the summer of 11)16 had already been decided on by all the Allies,” says the report. “Vari ous possible alternatives on the west ern front had been studied and dis cussed by Geri. Joffre and myself an'd wo were in complete agreement as to the front to be attacked by the combined French and British armies. Preparation-for the offensive had made considerable progress but the day was dependent on many doubctul factors. “Subject to the necessity of com mencing operations before the cum mer was loo far advanced and with due regard to tho general situation, I desired to postpone my attack as long as possible. The Brttish armies were growing in numbers and the supply of munitions was steadily in- miomT- Th» Anemy* creasing, but a large propoTtlon of the officers and men were.still for from being fully trained and the longer the attack was deferred the more efficient they would become. “On the other hand tho Germans were continuing to press their at tacks at Verdun and both there and on the Italian frant, where tho Aus trian offensive was gaining, It was evident that the strain might become too great unless timely action was taken. Accordingly, I agreed that the attack should be launched when ever the general situation required it with as great a force as might then be available. “By the end of May the pressure on the Italian front had assumed such serious proportions that lh e Russian campaign was opened early in J pne and the an cresses- gained 4 iy'. against the Austrians.at once caused a movement of German troops from tho Western’to the eastern front. This, however, did not lesson the pressure on Verdun and-therefore it was agreed that the- combined French and British offensive would not be postponed beyond the end of June. “The object of that offensive was three fold: TO relieve pressure on Verdun; to assist our allies fh the other theaters of war by" stopping any further transfer of German troops from the western; front, to wear down the‘strength of tho forces opposed to us.” After dealing at length with the various stages of the operations, Gen. Haig-sums up t)ie result as fol lows: “Three main objects with whicli we commenced the offensive in*July had already been achieved, in spite . of the fact that heavy autumn rains prevented full advantage being taken of the favorable situation created by our advance at a .time when we had good ground for hoping to achieve yet more important successes. Ver dun had been relieved, the main Ger man forces had been held on the western fr< nt and the enemy’s strength had been considerably worn ■ down. “Any one of these three results is in itself sufficient to justify the Somme battle. The attainment of all tjiree affords ample compensation for the splendM efforts of the troops apd for the Mcriflcoamade. —They have brought us a long step forward toward the final victory of the Allied cause. ; ' “The desperate struggle for the peaseSjFefr"-of had 'iWTwretf that place with a moral and political quentty toirches _ dn the handicap of tho weather. In mid-October came the Allies' great chance reftliy ’ to break through the German lines. “We had at least,” writes Gen. Haig, “reached the stage at which a pftaftfni attnrif reasonably be expected to yield much greater results than anything we had as yet attained.- v ; ; Unfortunately, at. this Juncture very unfavorable weather during the remainder/ of October and the early ,pkrt. of Nov ember. “Poor risibility seriously /inter fered with the work of the artillery and constant rain turned the mass of hastily dug trenches Into-channels of deep * mud. The country , roadie broken by countless shell craters, rapidly became impassable, making the supply of food .stores .and ammu nition a serious problem. These con ditions multiplied the difficulties of attack to such an extent that it was impossible to exploit the . situation with tb© rapidity necessary to en able us to reap to the full the ad vantage what we had gained." Gen. Haig’s report contains fre quent mention of the work of the “tankk Qne example fQllowftM_ “Gueudecourt was carried, after protecting Trenches to the west had been captured, in an interesting fashion. In the early morning a tank started down a trench held by the enemy from the northwest, firing Its machine guns and followed by bombers. The ene my could not escape, as we held the trench at the southern end. "A£ ike same time an. aeropltne flew' down the length of the trench, also firing its machine guii at the 4 and and the pistol by his side. Cor oner J^-L. Gunn held- an inquest and the jury rendered a yerdlcL/ln ac cordance with .those facts. The body was sent to ’ his parents' home at Parm^ee, N. C., for burial. ‘ In flife letter he speaks very affec tionately of. the girl’s mother and gives het adme. advice, -saying that he is disheartened because the girl will not promise to marry him and if he cannot have her he does not want anything in life. — ENTENTE TALKS TO GREECE LIKE AUSTRIA TO SERBIA Allies Make Severe Demands, Lnclud- the American white handkerchiefs in token of sur render, and when this was reported by the aeroplane the infantry ac cepted . the surrender of the garri son. Besides a great number of the enemy kllTed we made prisoners eight officers and 362 men. Our total casualties were five." Gen. Haig pays tribute to the work of the various departments of the service during the battle. He de clares that the aircraft consistently maintained the supremacy of the air throughout the entire period, while the tunnel companies equally main tained their superiority over- the enemy under ground. Discussing the use. of gas and liquid fire, he says/ “The employment by tho enemy of gas and liquid flames compelled us wava to DTO- teef bur trpopsfi but also to devise means of using tho same '’instru ments. Great fertility of Invention has been shown ftnd great credit is due to the special personnel employ ed for the rapid success with which these arms lhave been developed and perfected alld for the devotion of duty displayed in difficult and dan gerous service. ^ — 1 »- ■ “The army owes ‘thanks to the efiemists, physiologists an psysicists of the highest rank who “ devoted their energies^ to enabling us to sur- ing Public Apologies.to Min- isters and Their Flags. A Havas dispatch from Piraeus dated December 31 says: « , —‘•The ministers of France, Great Britain and Russia yesterday signed a note for presentation to the Greek government demanding the follow ing guarantees and reparations: “Guarantees: First. All Greek forces outside of Pelononnesus to be reduced to a number strictly neces sary to the preservation of order and police duty; all corresponding arms and ammunition to bo transported to Peloponnesus, including, all cannon and machine guns; this situation to last as loiig as the Allies judge neces- sary. '■ ■ “Second. Prohibition of all meet ings of reservists in Greece north of the Isthmus of Corinth and no civil- ian to carry arms. — — . “Third. Re-establishment of the Allies’ control. “Reparations: . First. All persons detained for high treason or for oth- &r political reasons to^ be released forthwith. " “Second. Dismissal jH )the ^om- raandant of the Firslr~Srlny corps, iliowa that this measure should be applied to some other general. • “Third. The- Greek government to make apologies to the Allies' min isters and flags at some public spot in Athens. * “The note concludes with the statement that the Allies reserve lib erty of action In case the attitude of the Greek government 4 is uffSafisfac 1 ' tory. , . . ; K ' “The note undertakes on the part of the Allies not to permit the armed forces of the national government to profit by the, withdraw’al of the royftl troops by passiftg tfofp neutral zone established ip ’ agreement with the Greek governmerU and 'states that the blockade of the Greek coasts will be maintained until full satisfaction -with regard—to the above points ia •accorded.’’ CARRANZA REPLIES: I * CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND MEXIClr CBlEF WANTS TERMS OF RECENT FACT MODIFIED PLAN NOT .Carranza’s Answer is Another Appeal to the United State® to Modify Term® for Withdrawal of .Troop®— For Hale—Genuine Pulnott cotton seed, $2 per bushel. T. Dantz- Ler, St. Matthews, S. C. Well bred registered Duroc-Jorsey pigs for sale. Very best breeding. A. S.-Smoke, St, Matthews, S. C. ' ..... ' ■ ■ i For Sale—Brabham Peas, Mixed Veas, Velvet Beans. Corn in the „ i m. j. u ear ln car lots - Brabham, Changes in Protocol to be Conald* *. Allendale, S. C. erod by, American Commissioners ■ , ’ ' y'S V*’.' . Next Week. ?. • - One more appeal for modification of the protocol providing for the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico is made by Gen. Carranza in a message delivered to Secretary Lane Thursday by Luia Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican members of .tho joint committee. The Mexican first chief replied to the insistent American demand that he protocol signed by his snokes- muil al AiiafitK, uity db Wannamaker’s pedigreed Toole cot* ton seed for. sale; absolutelx...pure, $2 per bushel* . A. S. Smoke, St. Matthews, S. C. ’ * an eight hundred word document in which he failed to accede to the de mand, but refrained from" • writing anything that could be construed as a Hat repudiation. * The latest suggestion for changes in the agreement will be considered by the three American representa tives—Scretapy Lane, J. R. Mott and Judge George Gray. Secretary .Lane Frost-proof Cabbage, Plant®—5 0 0, 75c; 1,000, fl; 5,000, $4,50; 10,- 0b0,$8; express collect. W. C. As- bury, Lincolnton, N. C. We wish to buy cow peas. State price In first letter. W. L. Hall Feed and' Seed Company, Greenville, N p * n ii Budded Pecan®, price® reasonable, good peach trees, 6 and 8 cents/ Write for catalogue. Hartwell Nur series, Hartwell, Ga. Mexican Big Boll Five-Lock Cotton Seed. Carefully selected, early, girined on private gin, pure and un- . mixed.'" $2 per bu. • L. C. All^n, Hoschton, Ga. • advisedJiis colleagues of the charac ter of the reply and asked them Hale—Coulliette variety upland long staple cotton seed; pure, 1 Vfe inch staple. Price per bushel. Also select Toole cotton seed, $1.50 per bushel. R...C, Richardson Jr., Summerton, S. C. —~~ meet him as soon as practicable. B * Early next week a joint session of t,he Mexican-American Commission will be helt^ at which the Americans will give the Mexicans their answer, course of the commissioners, who have been trying for four months to adjust questions at issue between the two countries. Fall Cabbage Plants—All leading va rieties. By exprers 500 for 60c; 1,000, $1; 5,000 a 80c. gatlsfac- Neither Mr. Cabrera nor Secretary TTbn guaranteed- - By mail postpaid 25c per 100.. D. F: Jamison, Sum merville, S/ C. ‘ Lane would discuss the nature of Carranza’s reply. Secretary Lane de-„ clined to reveal its* character until it bad been submitted to his colleagues. It was learned that the Mexican commissioners were confident that no insuperable barrier had been raie- Carranza.* R wua asserted that th£ utmost care had been exercised to keep out of the reply any expres sions that would in any way offend Wanted—Peanuts! Peanuts! Any quantity, old or new. Send r pro- sentative samples so that wo. can analyze them and offer you all they are worth for making oil and ‘“PHnw”' Peanut Meal. Sea Island Cotton Oil Company, Charleston, S. C. ThelELfeTTifegiatei^i Essex Pigs, gilts, sows in insistence of Carranza has been that the American troops should be with drawn unconditionally, which the American commissioners wpuld not consider. ■ It was indicated, that Carranza’s insistence on that point was less pro nounced, now, the change in his atti tude having been wrought largely by Attention, Farmer®!—Rure^—Select farrow and service boars cheap. Finest Seed Wheat, Prolific variety. First grade out of three grades made on Cook Cleaner and Grader, $2.15: Home Grown Sound Rye, cleaned on same, $1:&0. J. L. Coul ter, Connelly’s Springs, N. C.- northern Mpxico. There •. appeared reason to believe that one of the con ditions to which Carranza now ob jects is that under which he would be obliged to garrison the territory evacuated by the Americans as they marched out. It was pointed out that since the protocol was drafted the increased autivillea. oi! Villa and Uio steady Cleveland Big Bolt, Pure Select Dongola Big Boll Cotton Seed for sale^ Order now while you can get Select Seed. One dollar and fifty cents bushel f. o. b. Wash ington, Ga. Reference: The Wash ington Exchange Bank", The Na tional Bank of W’ilkes. K.JU Wil- ,heit,‘Washington, Ga. For Solo—Watts sheller® for skuek~ Ing, shelling, cleaning, sacking corn at one operation. Also Bauer keroeene engines. £2. Baker, Agent, Atlanta, Ga., P. O. .’Bog 123#. - . . Christmas Post Cards one cent * assorted, new designs just .-Postage paid. Order early, isfaction guaranteed. ‘ R< Motte Book and Card Co., v Motte, South Carolina. Fokt Owner offers for sale or exchange for farm new two-story house on large lot on car line with all cenveni- ences. Easy terms, 6 per cent, in terest. H. Z. Nabers, Columbia, S. C. Good Farm for Sale Cheap—400 acres, 70\cleared. One-fdqith cash. Balance to suit purchaser or 'will trade for imules or other property can use as part payment W. D. McCranie, Milan, Ga. Shippers, giver us trial , shipment hides, furs, all kinds. > Top market prices. Prompt r returns. Square deal guaranteed all. Game traps at wholesale. Write H. S. Waddell and Co.r Sumter, 8. C. Timber for Sale—24,000 acres .round original long leaf yellow pine tiin- >and untQUQ,hfiA hy.An Axg:tg: * square, body over six miiee square in Florida. In six miles of railroad. Will cut 5,000 feet lum- her and 60 boxes per acre. Price - $12 Vfc per acre. W. E. Craigmilee, Thomasville^Ga. Correct weight prompt returns~and market value for Hides, Furs and Beeswax. All kinds of ‘Metals, Scrap Rubber, Iron, Burlap Bags, Rags, etc. Try us with a‘ ahln- ment.- Write for prlceHoTT - Capi tol Junk Co., 331-333 Peters St, Atlanta, Ga. Pecan Trees—Easuy grown, proved varieties suited to the'Cj linas. . Well cared for trees bearing in three to five years al tranr.^lanting. You should gi ^ these delicious nuts for yourset^’ Write for. prices and info matjon.. J. B. Wight, Cairo. Ga. 200-Acre Farm for Sale—About half cleared and in good str.te of culti vation. One mile *of good school; church and railroad .station.- Good solid land, makes good crops every year, in as fine farming section as , is- in County. Will sell at a bar gain. Write or come to Rex, Rob erson County, N. C. J. J. Beard. — - .v Florida^—A poultry farm in Florida will make you more money with less work. You will live longer . and better. Delightful climate. Rich soil. Hospitable neighbors. Good roads, schools and churches. Write for our illustrated folders —Free. M. C. Mohr, St. Peters burg, Fla., Dept. C. growth cpf his ai my of bandits has Mule Foot Hogs—25 head young! and prize, 5 each. 50 head ce months old,' at 1 ts and sows from ! mall delivery. Health of piece un boars winn young pigs $10 each, seed peanuts, at fiv^e cents the pound, in even weiglvf 4 bushel bags, tho^N. C. flat vine,, one Crop variety., 1,000 bushels \Florida Speckle Velvet Bean seed, neV crop', sound and solid, at $2.25 the\|)u., in .even weight two bushel Raysor Farms, Lowell, Fla. FOR SALE-MISCELLANEOUS Cureless letter Writers. The post office, department in its. annual reports jtnnounce that more than ten million letters and parcels were sent In to the Dead Letter of- fice* ia&t year. In these letters and parcels there w r as more than $2,250,- 000 in checks, drafts, money orders ' madtr-rt difficult for Carranza 46! agree to use any considerable part of. bis army in the district occupied by Pershing, when it might b-; neces ing more active 6'ther points.. . The situation was discissed by| Mr. Cabrera and Mr. Lane a ter the' communication had been delivered. | They talked over in a wholly infor-j mal way the objections Carranza; had to the protocol as it was drafted,) and Mr. Cabrera pointed out that Mr. Carranza recognized the' iij»ces-t sity of maintaiiflng the good will of the United States ' • Those with 1 serted tion of the case he expressed a will ingness to ratify tho agreement if a more definite date for the troop withdrawal”w r ere specified .and if a more lenient altitude w T ere dicpl^ed towards the question of increased! bandit activity. Carranza holds that his govern ment is doing, all it humanly can to restore, order in the north, and that it will continue to do so, but that the presence of the American troops on Mexican soil is making the task rnost difficult by giving Villa and his; lieutenants~a pretext for urging the disaffected to join hhn in Ehsi fight against Carranza. . - J - The failure of Cafranza flatly to „ repudiate the ’ protocol made it ap-f ^ ^ acres cleared, pear that the Americans would give^—^ room house, $1,500.. N. Tobias, his communication due consideratiou J’ ar Ko, Fla. ^ and that the next meeting of J the joint commission might be but the first of a series at which would.be: continued the effoYts to effect a so-1 lution of the different problems. For Hale—^Ernesdyl plantation, situ ate three-quarters of a mile east of the town of Walterbfiro, contains 600 acres, naturally divided into three farms of about 200 acres each. The entire plantation ‘s in- ilosed J)y wire fence with separate inclosure around each field; 200 acres In cultivation with stumps re- moved and thoroughly drained; nine ten:mt,houses with many out buildings. Soil sandy loam with clay subsoil, highly productive and splendidly adapted, to’stock raising. Excellent clay-sand road ati<T rural Farm® for Sale (’heap—In Moore County. Fine tobacco, cotton, fruit and general fa$ra lands. Write me your w^ants. A. G. Martin, Car thage, N. C. t * Wanted Cow Pea® all,varieties. JWe are in the market at all times. The H. G. Leiding Co., 114 l-^ast Bay, f harleston, S. C. . — ; i ; — | For Sale—,\t a bargflfn, one 50,000 Capacity brick mill in. first class working order, located at railroad —-si4ing,— For -prices—-and toinIB, - write Box 311,'LaUa, S. C. Bags and Burlap®—We are buyers of ol(k second, hand hags and burlaps. yCrite J. S. Walker and. Co., Louis ville. Ky. An interesting development ip‘the, For attractive town residence, vacant and stamps, which were rebUTned to pass the enemy-In-th<9 use ipf lueansf tbe careless senders. of warfare which took the civilized world by surprise. Our own expert-' ence of the -numerous experiments and trials necessary before gas and flame could be used, of tire great preparations which had to be made for their manufacture" and of the special training required for the per sonnel employed shows that the em ployment of sAh methods by. the Germans was not the .result of des perate decision, but had been pre pared deliberately. “Since we have been compelled in self-defense to use smilar methods It is satisfactory to be able to record, on the evidence of prisoners, docu ments captured and our own obser vations that the enemy has suffered heavy casualties from our gas at tacks while the means of ^protection adopted by us proved thoroughly ef fective.” '* >- Partisan spleen runs amuck in this country every time we have election. We feel sorry for the blind fanatic who believes everything * good ; he hears about his party and fBl the bad my« Hetf."orThT5th 8 r. This that place w.wi a menu.habit i* a tarribla hindrance to food Importance, out of all proportion to . . “ military value. Its fall woaM un- Judgment. But the department appropriated from undeliverable packages and let ters something like $64,000. Some of this was in the letters themselves, some came in the sale of unclaimed merchandise, and some from the ad vertised letters. It is interesting note that 677,000-letters were mis directed, 117,760 were unaddressed, ?2 8,700 were held .for postage, 440,- 200 were written on hotel paper by persons unknown to the hotels, and 164,700 bore fictitious addresses. Ten million letters jiot delivered indicates a considerable gross amount of carelessness on the part of somebody, Perhaps in the amount not yefr returned to the^ rightful claimants there hiay be sc'verlil hun dred Hollars sent to us by our-snb- scribers. That is a consoling thought, and we suggest that all sub scribers in arrears try to secure their money from the department, after which It may be sent to us by regu lar mall, we thereby assuming such second risk as there may be. Mexican situation generally wag pre sented Thursday in reports-to—Re state and war .departments of (he the commissioners adjourned*'in At lantic City there were few adminis tration officials who bblieved that Carranza’s po.wer was seriously men aced- Since then . official reports have shown a strength in the differ ent reactionary groups that now is recognized as dangerous. The report persisted that Ambas sador Designate Arredondo had beet recalled by his government and that he was to be succeeded by Consul De Nigri, of San Francisco, who would be in charge without diplomatic jrank. . Mr. Arredondo denied the story categorically and the state de partment w^s without information. mm Every tijne we try to find-out h to^n property, farm lands or stock in good- paying corporation, where climate is faultless; address owner, B F Moore. RaofoCd. N. (\ surpassed and good water. Several beautiful sites* for homes... Eabor plentiful. One desiring a home and farm would bo charmed with thia property.‘ Will sell as a whole or in ^parcels. For price and terms, write me or come and see the prop- erty. W.. B. Gruber, Walterboro, PERSONAL If you have a farm you want to sell, write J. D. Johnson, Middlesex, N. C. * ; \ Wanted—Five students between and the 15th of December. A tering before the 15th will get per cent, discount on course tools. Write for catalogue. Dur- , ham Barber College, Durham, N. C. Wanted—Tenant for first class on© to two hundred acre farm._ Also one of 265 acres for sale. Liberal »■“ terms, good healthy neighborhood, good home, water, fruit, telephone and mail. They are ft extoa good. —S. tL-Golwell, Wallace, N. 0. *. i - — ■ - ■ — Marry if single; honesty is our. suc- ^cess; members,- by thousands; many weallhy; particulars free; small fee; quick service; absolute ly the best! The Successful Cupid. Miss Cappel, Box 757, Oakland, Cal. Marry for sutfcess and happiness; many thousand members both sexes • wishing early marriage; hundreds wealthy; confidential descriptions free. Established 10 years. The Reliable Club, Mrs. Wrubef, 732 Madison Oakland. CaLt ESTABLISHED 1877. bes Machinery Co. mu ith: tc he healthy we get stalled on this drinking water during meals. W r e always drink it but for a long time, we beard It was unhealthy. Lat-j terly, we were informed that it was not only innocuous but positively salubious. . Now we read that it i* unhealthy .because it minimizes the gastric juices. If it Is unhealthy we wish somebody r would tell us unless we die in the meantime from tne> more or less abominable habit. Sinn mi and Gasoline Engines, Ginning Machinery, Saw Mills and Woodworking Machinery Generally, Gibbs Edgers, Gibbs StUpgle Ma- ct Lu**. »*u. roiu Mill®, Feed Mill®, Grits and Meal Separators, Floor Mill® and Brick Machinery, Threshi ng Machines, Hay Presses, Bell Lacers rad * — j ^ MACHINERY GENERALLY Automobile and Accessories, Tires, Oils, Etc MODERN MACHINE SHOP AND FOUNDRY. CAPACITY FOR. LARGE* AND SMALL JOBS OF ANY DESCRIPTION. TANK AND BOILER WORK. HIGH GRADE CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. CAST EVERY Doe Block West of Union Station. P hones—Machinery Department, MS- 823; Automobile Depart-tent, 3 44; Machine J»hop and tounUry, I it«l. (iptown Hales Room. 12 tl Lady Htree* pbo e 2*4 t / ~ri!