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GO TO. THOU SLUGGARD. No one now has any time to waste, certainly a plowman's time is far too valuable t to be spent behind a slow stepping mule. With labor so valuable, with feeds and fer? tilizers worth unheardof prices the sluggish mule is an unprofitable boarder] on the farm. Farmers recognize this and their up-to-date policy of replacing all worn animals with prompt, smart-moving, sound and durable ones is creating the greatest demand for good farm animals the trade in the United States has ever known. The Planters Mule Company likewise comprehends: We specialize in a select grade of mules known as the Cotton type. Mr. Blanding is now in the West buying. He already has one carload of mules enroute and due to arrive Saturday, the 27th; he ] remains to selectano ther car load of Horses and Mules, which should reach us Tues? day, 30th. Come to see us and be equipped with the kind to make the great drive on the farm of 7978. _ j The Planters Mule Company Geo. D. Shore, President. C. G. Rowland, Vice President. S. R. Chandler, Secretary. W. B. Blanding, Salesman Cbr $toU!wKn an) jScutbron, ** im* BHmtimvu m tsaarac, ML tU im* w??n.1 ClSta*. MAttrr PKRNONAL. Capt. J. W. Cooper, of Mayis.llle Wa* Id the city today. Ceunty Demonstration Agent. J. I\ran'< Williams ami Misses Mar> Lemmon ami Annie Kerls, Hom( Demonstration Agents, are attendinf the State Fair In Columbia thli weit. Afra J. Z. Hearon Is spending th* week with her paren s In Darling? ton. Dr. If. 8. Kirk, of Hagood. was In the clly today. In. a. Weinberg has gom- t. N\-w York to attend a meeting of th< Nat onal Dental Association. Mrs. W. A. Bowmen la vlsltlrs hoi daujrh.er. Mrs. Deas. In Charit ?ton. Mr Hubert S. M? K i ;en. \s ItY ami little girl have returned to .hen home In Oreenvlle after a stay with relatives In the city. Mrs. O. 8. Kills and daughter, Miss Itubv, who have been visiting John Did ham Kills at Camp Sevler, are spending a few dayw with Mrs U>m Darr, en route to their home in Flor snce. Mrs. Kilts report getting along fine and enjoying their cetnp hV as best thev ran. Last Thumlay Private Horace B. Curtis was transferred from the 323d Infantry. Compan> K. i'amp Jagluttg to Field Bakery. Company No. 308. Camp Sevler. and is now office -1? rk Mrs. R. A. Uttlefield, of Spartan burg has returned hom?> after a visit her daughter, Mrs II T .lane s, on 8. 8umter St. Mrs. C. A. Luke has returned from I>a>t'in. ?>. where she went last week to attend a convention of the wives of salesmen of the National Cash Heglster Co. Mrs. Lee 0 I' 1 rby. of Charleston. U visiting Mrs. Altamont Moses Mrs. Jeronn l'.itr. of Darling on, is Visiting Mr 0 f . < MSJtm, Mra E. 8. Booth Is visiting rela? tives in Memphis. Tonn. MJarrti il. Miss Jane K. Cost in and Mr W. T. M?ller were married on October 10th. at the home of the bride's sister. Mrs. Have Walton. I leh n t vide. 11a. Mr. K. W. Dabbs reported today that be obtained yesterday ami this morning subscriptions for $s.",o worth of Liberty Bonds from citisens of tin Salem. Black fllver section- a ma? jority of the suhsv"Ibers b* sg ne? groes living in that immediate neigh? borhood. SCMTKR C(yTT'>\ MMIM'T P. O. BOWMAN. OtHsjg Bt.yer. < Corrected dally at 12 o'clock Noo.? < dud \|i.| I:,.,* J> Strict Middling Ii 7-8. Middling 27 3-4. Ftrict Low Middling 27 1-2. low Middling 27 mtw york tx/rniN mamkrt. Opru llltfti h>f ( U?m He* ITss/Am Dee . .Is.OO 28.08 27.60 27.88 27.92 Ja i . .2727 :'.*. 27."2 2?..!?7 27.3*? The ,o?ton in.nkrt is still strong sttd prices are steadily moving up? ward, notwuhxm elm* oeeasionsl lenj inrary declines Those who . i hold Ing cotton are encourag'd to hofd all the harder to what th? \ h i e. for thirty cents for cotton ?ppeSFI to b? almost a certainty. Ke trace bis been found of Ih fbree convicts who es. .in. .; : nun th" ehain sang Inst Frida v TlM v - ?? to have mad** good Iheli ot-cape -?? t CUE I T i x NOTATION. IH'alors Cannot Obtain Supplies and City Should Take a Hand. BditOf Daily Item. I went to Norfolk, Va., Sunday night and spent Monday there In ? Hirst of coal. Found it impossible to buy it at any price or under any conditions, from brokers or the retailer dealer*. I spent Tuesday in Wilmington, N. C. where I acci? dentally found a dealer who hud one car of briquette, which are made of the screenings of hard coal with e composition, compressed into hard cokes the size of a cake of toilet soap I bought this at Wilmington's retail price and shipped here, simply to help out the fuel situation. Had to beg the party to let this come, even at retail price. The entire countr> is In a like conditon and no possibh relief for sometime to come. Th< people had better conserve fuel eg ?11 as food. I would suggest th< city taking a hand to secure ai ? m ergeney supply of wood for dis? tribution here when cold winter doe> set in. I will donate the sen ice free of railroad track and storage yard A few hundred cords, as an emer? gency supply, would be a great pro teeUOfJ and in line with the steps be? ing taken by a good many, othei attlee right now. H. S. Waddoll. TOWN MADE PATRIOTIC, Manilla llrlngs Asplnwnll to Terms. Manilla. Ia.. Oct. 24.?Patriotic in dignatton at the refusal of the owner hi the un'v ..s.'.'inhly hall in Aspin wall, a village near here, to permi. the use of his ;>lace by Liberty loa? campaigners, stirred more than 7C OltUM us or Manilla to such resentmen. that they dOOOlUdOd upon the little town today, closed all its stores, ob? tained the arrest Of the recalcitrate ball owner and obtained subset ip turns for almost the entire quota o the township's bond allotment. Th< name of any citizen of the town which ll ;i Herman settlement, wli did not l>uy a bond was given to th> ft (letal authorities for investigation and the State council of defense or? dered the resignation of the tow marshal. It had been told in Manilla th:" residents of Aeptnwall were laughhn; ?corufully when approached by Liber? ty bond salesmen and though Manlll: Itself ll populated largely by expatri? ated Germans, the mayor organized I lug squadron of bankers and busl ness men. put them in 15 automobile and set out to m e that Liberty bom day was celebtated in Aspinwall in a substantial way. A deputy I'nited States marsh:> was in the squadron and when Jolr Bltiai the owner of the town's hall ft tei ited his refusal to open It for I Liberty loan meeting he plaeed Brun Under arrest Mrs. Drill turned ovei lbs keys te the hall. The masting was called .mil every able bodied realdeni was forced te attend* Not n icss house remained open and subscriptions suddenly began to roll In. The fuel Situation In Sumter is bt coming serious Tie re Is little coa' to be h i l. and the dealers do not know when they win receive anoths supply. Wood ll scaree, hard to ft and hh-li in'price. There Is a super? abundance or wood in the country, but labor 10 eut it Ii m?t to be ha and even when eut and eorded it it hard 10 Hud an.one willlnp, to haul |t to town. The country Is too pros roo :?nd the people who usually I w< od have too much money for tin ia to bother with wood selling. In the meantl.town people are finding I It h u d to ItUd 1 u?-1 to keep warm. ALL FRANCE CHEERED, Great Knthuslnttii is Aroused Through Length mid Irrend th or Country by Victory. Paris, Oct. 24.?It would be hard to exaggerate the enthusiasm aroys id throughout the length and breadth of France by yesterday': splendid achievement of the French army on the Aisne frort, falling on the anniversary of the recapture ol Fort Douaumont by General Potain The blow apparently fell with all the force of a surprise, for it'is tin dcrstood that the German general staff held the opinion that after hll inoomplete success in the spring of? fensive the French leader would not And it advisable to rosnme offensi.vt Operations' before the end of the year, and this opinion was shared by mun> Frenchmen. The military commentators empha si/.e the meat importance of the cap ttire of Fort De Malmaison. the ke> ? to the whole ridge extending U. Craonne. The French from their new positions are able to enfilade tin Gorman positions not^only along the Chemln des Dames line, but Anizyh ( bate iu, and to direct their fire di rectly along the valley to Laon. GUARDING AGAINST ill Ns. ? Italians Csc Extraordinary Precau? tion's to Bavo Sacred I Uli hoes. f Venice, Sept. 25?(Correspondence) ?Measures for the protection ol Saint Mark's, the most famous mon ument of Venice, from the enemy'. bombs have now been completed The face and sides of the cathedra are enclosed by an armor of bags o. aaud held in place by scalfoldin; which is lined with asbestos Us ffS protection artuinst Incendiary bom such as tin- one that fell a year witliin a few yards of the main en entrance. Tin- mosaics, both inside and out are protected from rushes of air that might result from explosions b\ canvas stretched beneath them which | would serve also to catch all the fragments that might fall and pre? serve them for restoration. All precious objects and works of art that could be removed, includ- j ing the four colossal Greek horses or . the facade have been removed t< safety in the treasury of th(* basilica Which has been transformed into a t 1 Btfong room, stoutly armored. Those in the interior that could not be re* Opinions from Folks Who Know For malarial headache, Granger Liver Regulator entirely relieved my trouble.?.1. Height, Wetumpka, Ala. Had heavy headache. Vomited twice to si:: times a day. Four doses of Granger Liver Regulator made me well.?Loundas p# Rrindley, Somer ville, Ala. Mother had ^Ick headache. Granger Liver Regulator did her more good than all the medicine she had taken before.?Pcarlcy Davis, Pacio, Ala. I never expect to be without it in my home.?Jcnie Usey, Gadsden, Ala. It If. a groat saver of doctors' bills. ?Louis N. Kent, Honoruvillc, Ala. There is none better.?Dr. T. E. Cothram, Alexis, Ala. AH druggists sell Granger Liver "Regulator?r ar. Tn- it. I Geo. H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embilmcr. Presipl Atttntlts ??> Oil Mi Nm\\\ Cat's. At I?. I CRA'l UIS ':(aml. S Ma ?. i no Ir s . N|fihi iq\ moved have been covered with mat? tresses stuffed with seaweed around which are piled buttresses of sand bags. The high altar beneath which Saint Mark is buried and the tomb of An? drea Dandolo have been protected In this way. The domes of Saint Mark have received a thick coat inn of liquid cement which, hardening, i constitutes an armor, while the wooden portions have been treated with a non-inflammable liquid. MAYOR HAD COLD FEET. Bast St. Louis, 111., Oct. 21? Coi. Stephen Tripp of the adjutant gen? eral's ollice of the Illinois National Guard testilicd today at the congres? sional Inquiry into the East St. Louis race riots that on the day of the worit rioting, Mayor Mollman of East 8t. Louis practically turned the func? tions of his ollice over to City Attor? ney Feketc. Colonel Tripp testilicd that he ar? rived in Bait St. Louti at 8 a. m., July '2, and went at once to the city hall to see the mayor in the hope of on Hal? ing the aid of the civil authorities in the maintenance of order. Colonel Tripp testilicd that the mayor said; "I'm not feeling well. 1 hr.ve boon advised not to go out on j the streets, as I might get hurt. I will get Oity Attorney Fekete to rep? resent me." Colonel Tripp said he returned t<> the city hall about noon and asked ; the mayor to accompany him on an automobile tour of the city to lind tin best places to station troops. Colonel Tripp said the mayor replied: "No. { I can't*do it. You will cither have to get along with Fekete'i assistance, j or figure it out on the map your 1 selves." It is decided credit to the Southern negroes that they gave their new soldiers a good send off when they entered their country's service.? X< wherry (?bserver. ? Anybody want to take a bet that when women run the street ears they'll abolish that "Don't Talk to the IMotorman" rule??Columbia Record. They say the sailors of the (Herman high seas fleet struck for better fond but they also objected to drafts for the Submarines.?Jacksonville Times? Union. The exhibit of live stock at the Bumter conty fair promises to be ex? ceptionally large and of line quality. The swine exhibit will be the fcatim of the show. London, Oct. 24.?Capt. Raold Amundsen, the noted Norwegian ex? plorer, went to the German legation at Christiania on Tuesday, says Reu ter's Christiania correspondent, re? turned to the German minister his German decorations as a "personal ; protest against the German murder of peaceful Norwegian sailors on Oc? tober 17 In the North Sea." AUCTION BALE?Hagood, S. C. No? vember 3, 11 o'clock. Will jegin promptly. Valuable land and lots; also 25 head of fine beef cattle, hogs, mules and horses; also 113 acres of land between Rembert and H?rdens. A brass band will furnish the music. WAMTTO* Party to bale 200 tons hay, with power baler, at once. J. H. Myers. Phone 5302. Lost?Throe-quarter caret diamond set out of ring, somewhere on streets. Liberal reward to findor. Apply Item Office. FOR SALE?Registered Aberdeen Angvs bull, four years old, tubercu? lar tested, without fault or blemish, C. P. Ostcen, Sumter, S. C. Come to Sumter Meet your friends here, bring the whole family. Spend four days profitably and pleasantly. Plenty of fun and free attractions. A won? derful collection of educational exhibits. Fine Cattle, Swine, Horses, Mules, Poultry and Farm Products. Beautiful displays of Household Products, Fancy Work, Fine Arts, Moulding, Carving, etc. Big Parade on opening day. Free Vaudeville Acts in front of grand stand daily. Krauss Greater Shows and Hidway during Fair. We shall expect you. SUMTER WELCOMES YOU