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C ft* feootd Class Mutter. ? n 1 1111 ? j . . .???????? PERSONAL. Ueut Walter Hristow. It. M C, of] P ?Jreen. Is in the city for) a visit cf Bevern I (lays to Dr. and Mrs I /. ile. iron. I?r. Brlstow will probably leave for France within the next few week's. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sholar, of Wil? mington, N. C nie visiting Mr. II W Sho'ar, having stopped over on their wi y to Camp Sevier. Mm. U. B. YateH who has been the Kuest of Mrs. W M. Folsom for sev ?ral days has returned to her home at Andrews. Mr ind Mrs. D. C. Stuckey, Mr H R ('unnlmili.uii, Mr. II. S. Oun rtnjfhau , editor of the leader anil Vindicator, and Misses Lutte, Ixmlse snd All ne Cunningham, of Bishop ville> spent Thursday afternon in the clly Mr. Arthur Haynsworth, who has] been on a visit to his parents return? ed to hin post of duty at Beaufort. S. C , where he Is detailed for recruiting service fei the navy. Mrs. W. B. Bums, Miss Lucy B?HM a id James Burns left for Greenville this morning where they will be Joined by Miss Dorothy Burns, to spend a few days with Mr. Hallett Burns, u ho Is at Camp Sevier. Mise Marian Satterwhlte, of Win? throp College, is spending the week? end in the city. Mrs. H. M. Meadors, of Savannah, Oa , is spending a few days in town with relatives. Mr. A. O. Sackmann, who has been in the employ of the Sumter Electrical Works for several months has returned to Newark, N. J., to re? sume a position with the Splltdorf Manufacturing Co. In S. H. Edmunds goes to Char? leston tonight to deliver an address at the Citadel tomorrow. Messrs. Walker Frlerson and Wal? ton McLeod of Lynchburg were In town today. Mr. Charley Mi i'.icw, of Raeford. N. C. spent Sunday in town. Mr. J. V. Morris spent Sunday in Charleston with his brother, Mr. J. C. Morris. Miss Marie Rotholz left for Chicago and other western cities on Saturday night for a stay of a couple of weeks The people of South Carolina are Tn?re Interested in the big Issues of the war than in factional politics and at the club meetings Saturday gave a cold shoulder to the anti-war and ant!-administration propaganadlsts who discounted the patriotism of the people and attempted to ride Into of? fice on anti-war Pro-German platform The office hunters are finding out that people will have none of the scurvy tribe of un-American slackers] who are not willing to flnht In de fence of democracy ami the freedom of humanity from the rule of the Huns They are finding out that the people do cue and care greatly what kind of country their children will have to live In hereafter. The poll in who docs not care what hap pens after he Is dead and unable to hold office is not popular in Smith Carolina with loyal American citizens ?and a Urge majority of our people are descendants of ntl who followed Sumter. Mirum and Plckens when Bloodv B II CoaalBgh.ni>, the Tors renegade, was butchering the non combatants who fell into his hands Bloody Bill w.is a tool of German autocracy as then represented by George HI. the German king of Eng lend, and there are men In South Carolina who would follow in the footsteps of Bill if the Kaiser should gala a foot hold in America When yog hear a man say he does not care What h U pens to South Carolina after he la dead, you may set It down that he Is out s lOgal American anil dOOSj not know what real patriotism means In the struggle for American free? dom he would not have risked his all to follow Sumter or Marlon He prob ably would base r.een i hanger-on and a eamp followed of Corwallls. The speculative cotton market has broken all to pieces, but there is no i ush to sell spot cotton, nor has the doth merket followed futurea The mills have sold their output ahead on a ha him of forty to fifty cent cotton and ths piiees are holding tlrm. Ifc*ath. SSSSSMMBB Mr Trabue Barksdale, a former resident of Sumter. died yesterday. a' Raleigh. N C The hod) will be "ght here for get Of III Sil I and I fed burial service will be held at tin cemetery. Ttiherculfed* < amp Fund Richard I Manning.$ I"" 10 John Haynsworth . F K Holman. 11.00 You Know the Terms that 22,000 M?e Test? Maxwell Motor Cars 5 P.m. Car ... $ 825 RouJster.825 5-Pass. Car with All Weather Top . . 935 5- 1^83. Sedan . . 1275 6- Fats. Town Car 1275 A'.t pike? I. o. t). nettoU \V. . v. 1,,-cls leeul.i t , ii,.i..ei.t ?,.ib jrdau ftb?l 1'uwb lii Official Fh are* of the Test Nov. Dec Jan 23 24 3S 96 27 i? J4 JU 1 2 3 4 5 I I 8 I 19 11 It ? J 14 15 II* 17 18 19 20 II 23 ?n 24 25 2n '17 28 24 30 31 1 2 4 4 Duily Mile jk<" Sil.? S; 1.4 147.4 S0S.? ' ,ie.s SO4.0 SIS 5 48U 1 499 d 484 6 SOtS 6 tola < ?? ? 517 0 .?.050 403 3 471 t? 47V 7 49S 1 S40.1 534 3 Whin U. >j 131 i S19 1 442 8 !?I2 0 iai.9 5^.S 440 8 490 8 ??8? 1 480.S 4 i 1 ". 4')2 ') 417.1 477 4 523 4 4t,f> <; 504 4 501 I Ruin H il 8 Rain 479 I Main 4^0 lfain i>Li % Av Mile* Per Clu! Uasollaa 22.2 2/ <** 21 ?4 4 V 11.79 U Ol 19 o 22 2.* 99 '.?1 rl 20 n 19 41 W 44 22 15 22 ii 2'!. 03 21 II 2)41 2.? ?1 23 Sft 23 It 2 I H5 J.1 45 21 ?24 22 09 21 72 i| D I 44 24 50 12 30 23.U 21.75 92 83 It 79 IrtOl 18 ;0 20 24 21 UU IS H2 30 07 21 So It PJ 19.19 Klapied Unit Total mil uge ? Average *pecd pet hour Average vIj> 'l run T.oiejMt 'i?y'?? r4?> Average mile ? J>? ' K^l 8mulK'st day's mlwat? p<r gal'j? ? ? Oreal? Ii ?vera^o ?n ies per k M.u . . . AvVh.i? lirt lif* ?Note that longest day'a run w&s {wade un laat day of the test. 44 '*v? 22,0223 2 ? i lilej MM o 22 nulM Hi.20 miles 28 33 milts 9,67'j miltt SUMTER MOTOR CO. Sumter, S. C. You know, of course, that the Maxwell Motor Car is the long distan e champion of the world. You have read that a "stock" Maxwell 5-passenger car ran for 44 days and nights without stopping the motor. And that, in the 44 days non-stop test, the Maxwell covered 22,022 miles, at an average speed of 25 miles per hour. But have you, up to now, realized the full significance of that performance? Do you know that no other motor car in the world has ever equalled or even approached that performance? In a word, did you take this test seriously when you heard of it? Or did you set it down as a "selling stunt" to give the publicity man something to talk about? It's worth your while to read and to study the conditions under which that test was made. You know that the American Automobile Association (familiarly known as the ? "A.A.A.") is the official arbiter of every automobile test and contest. But perhaps you didn't know that when a maker places his product under A. A. A. supervision he must do absolutely as told and abide by the decisions of the Board. That's why there are so few A. A. A. Official Records! This 22,000-mile Maxwell non-stop test was official from start to finish. Therein lies its value to you. It proves absolutely the ility of the car?of the very Maxwell you buy. For verily this was a "stock" Maxwell. Listen:? First: the inspectors disassembled the motor to see that no special pi: tons, valves, bearing-metal or other parts had been used. Every other unit was as critically inspected. Then the car was re-assembled under their own supervision. As we had much at stake and the test was made in winter (November 23 to January S) we asked permission to take certain little precautions against acci? dental stoppage. Sounds reasonable, doesn't it? But they refused permission to do any such thing. For example:?They would not permit a rubber cover over the magneto?it wasn't "stock." They refused to let us tape the ignition wire terminals?they are not taped on the Maxwells we sell?so or course it wasn't "stock." Neither would they l?t us use a spiral coiled pipe in place of the usual straight one from tank to ca/.>uretor to guard against a breakage from the constant, unremitting vibration?it isn't "stock." Nor to me a special high t riced foreign make of spark pi :.g?the run was made on the same spark plugs toith which all Maxwells are equipped. So rigid were the rules, we were unable to carry a spar?, tire on. the rear?it wasn't "stock." A telegram to headquarters in New \ ytk finally brought a special permit to carry a spare tire. "It isn't stock!" "It isn't: stock!" That was the laconic reply of those A. A.A. inspectors to every last suggestion that called for anything but t he precise condition of the standarc I, stock model Maxwell that any customer can buy from any one of 3000 dealers anywhere. We are glad now ? mighty glad ? that the rules were so strict and so rigidly enforced. Any other car that ever attempts to equal that record must do it under official supervision?and comply with the same terms. And it will have to go some. For Maxwell set the standard when it performed this wonderful feat. Maxwell complied with those rules?and made good. Every drop of gasoline and oil and water was measured out and poured in by the inspectors themselves. They would not even let our man pour it in! FJvcry four hours the car had to report at the official station for checking. And it had to be there on the minute. And every minute there was an inspector beside the driver on the front seat two more men in the rear. One got out only to let another in?day and night for 44 days and nights! There was one technical stop. It 19 interesting to know the circumstances. Dead of night -a driving :;torm?a cloudburst?suddenly another car appeared in the road ahead. In his effort to avoid a collision the Maxwell driver stalled his motor. At least the observers thought it stopped and so reported. The car did not stop, however, so its momentum again started the motor (if it had indeed stalled) when the clutch was let in. The contest board exonerated our driver on grounds that his action was neces saiy to save life. That shows you how rigid were the rules how conscientiously applied by the observers. You who have owned and di iven motor cars?you who know how small a thing may clog a carburetor or a feed pipe; "short" a spark or stall u motor?will realize \"het a wonderfully well made car this must be to go threugh that test linder those conditions?44 days?22,022 miles without stopping. The exact amount of gasoline, of oil, of water used; the tire mileage, tire troublt c, tire < hanges; the distance and the routes are matters of official record, attested under oath and guaranteed by the A. A. A. (By the way, the average was nearly 10,000 miles per tire.) Any Maxwi 11 owner?or anyone interested may see those records. And ht i *s the most wonderful part -though no attempt was or could be made for economy; the Maxwell averaged 22 miles per gallon of gasoline Some other car may, some time, equal some one of those performances. But to equal them all in the same test- that car must be a Maxwell,