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AMERICAN CITY IN FRANCE. Gigantic Construction Camp Which Will Turn. Out 20. Locomotives, a Bay Built in a Year. American Port, Western France. Aug. 20 (Correspondence of The As sociated Press)?There is the crash and bang of a great cannonade, like a battery of trench mortars in action. But this is not the cannonade of the battle front one hears here, but an other kind of. cannonade, almost as fierce and ear-splitting, of trip-ham mers, giant sledges and electric rivet ters in the gigantic American con struction camp which has suddenly sprung into 'existence here. ^ Standing in "the vast workshops, about:* the dimensions of the capitol in Washington, with the throb of a great work going on inside and miles of activity stretching away outside in railway yards, warehouses, docks a nd camps, one feels this is after all quite as essential a part in the winning of the war as the struggle going on fur th.er forward; for here is the very foundation head of material for win ning, the war. There are great 320 millimetre cannon like the 12-inch monsters, on American battleships, with al their ponderous mountings and trucks, huge, 90-ton locomotives which are turned out with the incred ible speed of six' to ten a day, exceed ing the output of the great establish ments in America, and flat cars, freight" cars, box cars, tank cars, and all,the other forms of railway trans portation turned out by scores and hundreds daity as\a baker turns out cakes fronr his ovens. What has been most astonishing to the. European observer is that all this vast storehouse of American energy and production could.be created in a few raonths out of practically noth-j ing.^ Last f?ll the site of this pres ent plant was_a vast marsh with the sea water over, it at high tide. It was necessary first to raise the level of the ground five to nine feet This was a huge engineering undertaking in ' itself. When it was done, instead of a marsh, with the*sea lapping it, the 'astonished townspeople saw a high and- level plane adjacent to the city, with big ocea"h piers beginning to stretch" out-seaward for the incoming migration of American men and ma terials* Soon thereafter rose like magic the hur;e buildings to carry on the. infinite, diversity of activities of this hive of war industry. Uhcfer the escort of Baron Domes, one ot the chief French officials con nected! with the institution, the Asso ciated Press correspondent had an opportunity today to see the-huge en terprise in full swing. It was like go ing ihrqugh the' Bethlehem Dr Car negie works, with the same roar of production on a giant scale, with fur naces glowing,. hammers and riveters beating, and armies of workmen?en listed. American, soldiers in their blue jeans and overalls?rin their many branches of work, inside tlje main ; building was. like being inside the Pejonsylyanla railway station in New ~~YerTk, enlarged several times over: "There'are 1,400 men at work here," explained: the Baron, "all of them skilled "American mechanics en listed as soldiers, woiking in three shifts, continuously for 24 hours.*" Tfo.. the. left big trench mortars weighing a hundred tons each were being picked up by the giant fingers of a. derrick and landed on their train of trucks ready to be moved forward to the front To the right -another huge crane was bodily picking up a locomotive and passing it around to its. proper place. These locomotives come from the United States in parts packed in crates Looking at the long rows of these giant crates, they seem ed to be streets of cottages or shacks: and one wondered how they could ev er be brought across the ocean with all- the shifts and storing between docks. We watched one of these locomo tives as it-was taken from its seven giant, boxes, and gradually grew- into a. massive engine. Soon thereafter this locomotive was moving through the yards on its own /Steam, and soon after that it was on its way to reequip the State Railway of France, which is one of the vital, links of the war game. First of all the American double track J road up to the front was equipped;} and then the French State Railway] took its turn, for they are all a part, of the net work of feeders for the Al lied war service. "We turn out six to ten complete locomotives a day," said the Baron, "and-by September it will be 20 a day, the largest construction of the kind in the world. Now the Baron led the way to some of the detailed processes of the huge plant. Here was tt\e boiler-testing plant. Steam was. up and the big boilers were being tested after their voyage across the ocean to see if the sea water had opened any joints or loosened rivets. It was surprising, said the Baron, how well they stood the voyage with no loosening of parts, and practically perfect when they ar rived. Besides the industry of such a huge concern, there is besides, the equip ment of living quarters for the army of workmen-soldiers. Thus a good sired city has sprung up, with avenues and streets lined with barracks, mess rooms, canteens, barber shops, den tists office, baths, and all the activi itsc of a flourishing frontier town.. Beyond the shops and barracks are the great stretches of railway tracks ami sidings, for this 's the first step in the intricate system of transportation by which American troops and sup plies are moved to the front When the Americans came here there were two tracks; now there is a network of 21 tracks. Hundreds of Ameri can engines and cars were moving ever these lines as we went through the yards today, and some 40 newly completed locomotives just turned out at the near-by shops were starting on their way. And as these went out. long trains were bringing in more of the huge crates with the bodies and wheels and boilers, soon to be put together in this steady stream of vast war construction. Passing headquarters, word had ju^ come by telephone that the Ger man- offensive had begun on an 80 kilometre front. Soon it passed from shop to shop, and the whole establish ment was stirred and stimulated, (.of ficers <tnd men beamed at the thought that the fight was on. writh a feeling of confidence that knew no such thing i as failure, and a feeling also that . these soldier-workmen in their, over alls were doing their part in win ning the fight. ALLIES IX ASIA. Situation Full of Danger, as Turks, Tartars and- North Persians Are Pro-Gernians. Peking, June 14 (Correspondence of the Associated Press)?The politi cal situation in the Caucasus is full of danger for the Entente Allies accord ing to E. A. Yarrow, chairman of the American committee for Armenian and Syian relief, who arrived in Pe king from Tiflis recently. From Batounv to the British front in southern Persia the only force op posed to any German-Turkish ad vance, he said, is a comparatively small number of Armenians with limited supplies of food and ammu nition cut off from all communication with the Allies. On the other ha.nO all the Tartars are loyal to Turkey and Germany. The Northern portion of Persia, he declared, is pro-Germar and these elements are ready to take a hand in the war if equipment and leaders can be furnished them There is a possibility of this German sympathy extending to Turkestan and Afganistan. In the Caucasus and northern Per sia, Mr. Yarrow says, the Germans could mobilize at least a million men and while they are not especially good fighters they could greatly embarrass the English in southern Persia and Mesopotamia. Two. ways are open to combat this menace, namely, strong pressure in Persia and Meso potamia, and the more remote pos sibility of strikmg the enemy through Siberia. "The Germans have the Caucasus and southern Russia," Yarrow con tinued, "and are pressing on with al j .sorts of enterprises and making con-j quests which require little or no mil itary force. As they go on they are picking up their war prisoners com patriots and under one guise or an other getting them armed so as tc cooperate, when the time comes. The Mohammedan races in that re gion are getting the idea that the ! German arms are invincible. There i is ceaseless activity of German agents : among them pressing this view upor them, and if events follow logically as they have begun it seems almost certain; that the Allies will have a most difficult situation to deal with." Mr. Yarrow described condition, obtaining at the time of his depar ture, about the middle of March, as follows: All communication to Per sia had been cut by the local Tartars The railroad south of Ervan had not been in operation for several months Officers of the Turkish army were working in this section training the Tartars. The railroad from Tiflis to Bakv was entirely in the hands.of the Tar tars^ and.-they permitted.; only.an oc casional train to pass and that sub ject to the most rigid j search at sta tions enroute. From 'the train fol lowing that on which the' Yarrow oarty came out nine non-combatant Englishmen were taken, at Elizabe topol and although Yarrow remain ed in Baku ten days they had not been released. On the Turkish front to the wes' there was considerable activity. Af ter the fall of Trebizond, Erzerum and Kars the only way out from Baku was over the Georgian. Past from Tiflis to Vladikavakaz by auto- I mobile and this was becoming uncer- J tain because of the approach of Ger- j mans from Rostov. The American consul, Smith, remained in Tiflis and .expected to hold on as long as pos-j sible. One in Every Home. America is still a nation of L^mes. : The ideals which were established in j these homes are the ideals which have moved her to draw her sword against the German menace. A father, or a son, or a" brother, from many an American home, is now over there in the battle pit rr braving the peril ol the seas, and chose who are left be hind have trenches of their own to hold. The book which can do more to bolster up and sustain this spirit tc see it through, is Gerard's book, My Four Years in Germany, whose great mission is to warn and inform Amer ican Public Opinion, which is made up of every man, woman and child in America, of the lurking treachery ol Germany?formerly when the honor of our country was at stake, now. while we are in a desperate but vic torious conflict against German au tocracy, and later on, when the Hun begins to cast about for favorable terms of peace. This book is the only one that can be written about this phase of our re lations with Germany. Other coun tries may-deal with the same crisis, but no other man but Gerard will ev er be able to say of personal knowl edge just what passed between Ger ard and the Kaiser. Backed up by documents that Germany never in tended to be made public, based upon knowledge that only Mr. Gerard could possess, this picture of the German government from the inside becomes historic, of tremendous importance to every man and woman wno would (know the truth and stand loyally be hind our government. That a copy of this book should go into every home is what Ambassador Gerard and the publishers had in mind when they arranged for the is sue of the new. special edition of My Four Years in Germany?the most vi tal book of our times?at a very nominal price. This new edition pub lished by G?sset & Dunlap is now on sab- at the book stores everywhere. The Werfer Girls. Paris, Aug. 27.?The American sol diers in France are having a tough time with the French and German military names. "Hey, Jack.'* shouted Corporal Ben Adams, of the 17. S. Marines, gleeful ly to a pal of his. "the Marines ha v." captured two 'Minnie Werfers/" "'Sail right." answered his pal, a sergeant of Marines, "the Werfei girls may rest assured they will be in good hands." Me to Under order of the government publishers ate not permitted to send newspapers to subscribers who have not paid- their sub scriptions in advance. This order goes into effect October 1st and we are required to discontinue all papers sent to subscribers who are in arrears. This order is mandatory and no exceptions can be mad i. Qmerefore, on October 1st all papers will be dis continued for which the subscription has not been paid up to or beyond October 1st. The date to which the subscription has been paid is indicated on the label of each individual subscriber, and every subscriber is requested to inspect the label on his paper and ascertain the date of his subscription expiration. 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Appeal to The Patriotism and-the Common Sense of Farmers. - ffhe Sumter Chamber of Commerce ias mailed out five thousand pledgei cards to the 110 committeemen, in the .wenty-three rural school districts'-for farmers to sign, agreeing to plant- 50 per cent, of their acreage in- food jrops during the year 1919. Committees for School District No. 17, City of Sumter, have not been apr pointed as yet, but will be today or tof norrow. Chairman A. C. Phelps of the County Council of Defense, and bounty Food Administrator G. N Af Lemmon will have numbers of these oledge cards placed , at- the different banks in this-city and in- banks- at Mayesville and Hagood, Snmtgr Chamber of Commercey'a^d in a num ber of the stores in this city. Farm ers are earnestly- requested1 to" sign chese pledge cards when presented by the school district committees, and by representatives of the banks and stores, , as follows: 0"D?nneir~&r Co.-; Harby & Co., Ducker & Bultman, Lev! Bros., Mitchell's Pharmacy, DeLorme's Drug Store, Sibert's" Drug Store. These 'eards are being presented for signa tures under a joint resolution passed by the Sumter County Council of De fense, the County Food Administra tion, and a large number of farmers of this county at a mass meeting hi Sumter on August 20th. Mr. L. Di Jennings of Sumter introduced the resolutions after a strong and elo quent appeal to the farmers of Sum ter county to reduce their cotton acreage and increase their food croji acreages to a minimum of fifty per ^ent. as a patriotic war measure to help our government and their allies to "win the war. The resolutions request that everj committeeman or other representa tive of the Council of Defense and Food Administration will take and re port the name of, every farmer refus ing to sign a pledge card in order thai the names of all who refuse to re duce their cotton acreages and plant at least fifty per cent of their land in food crops may be recorded in ac cordance with that portion of the res-; o*lution, unanimously adopted' as "vr'aJ, the entire resolution, and by a stand ing vote as follows: "And that a committee be selected to serve in each school district in Sumter county, to organize the farm ers and give" them the opportunity to sign a pledge to plant at' least rifty per cent of all land planted in 1919 .'n foodstuffs, and that this commit tee be directed to secure the names : of all farmers who refuse to sign such a pledge, and that such names be giv en full publicity by publishing the same in the newspapers and other wise, so that the people may know ~who among our'farmers are not loy ally supporting our country in this its hour of need." All committeemen and others hav ing cards to be signed are requested to send the signed' cards; together with the full names and addresses of ; -all who refuse to sign these pledge 'cards to E: L Reardon, Managing Sec retary of ythe Sumter. Chamber of Commerce. r Committees are urged- to meet- at once and organize the farmers, white and colored, land owners, tenants, ?share croppers, for the express pur pose of putting into effect the plahs ?set- forth in these resolutions. Committeemen over the' entire county have been written to by Messrs. Phelps and Lemmon, through the Sumter Chamber of Commerce; and full- instructions given to each committeeman. In the. meantime every loyal, pa triotic, and grateful farmer who de sires to help to feed the soldiers of the United States and their allies of France, England, Italy, Belgium and other allied nations, and who further : desire to help feed thir own country - } men by making Sumter county self i supporting during th-is^war, is earnest | iy. requested to voluntarily hunt up I the committeemen and sign the pledge j cards or to do so at one of the banks i or stores when requested to sign. i I -! , i i For use in small rooms a bed. has j been invented that can be hoisted ? into a ceiling recess when empty, a ! panel descending and covering the ; opening in the ceiling when it is low : ? ered; ' Fair Price M for mi Ending September l ltti. Commodity Wholesale Retail. Plain flour.$12.25 to 13.00 24 lb basis .. ..$1.65 to $1.75 24 basis Self-rising flour .. ..$12.40 to 13.00 24 lb. basis....$1.65 to 1.75 (Torn meal.4 25 to. 4.50.5 to 6c pound Grits.$5.00 to 5.50.6 to 7c pound Sugar.$8.35 to $9.00./.$9.35 to $10.00 Dried beans.16c. 20c Lard?pure.29c lb..32 1-2 to 33 l-3c Lard?Compound .. :.23 3-4 to 24 i-4c.27 to 28c pound Evaporated milk (small) ..33.25 to4.26.5 1-2 to 7 l-2c Evaporated milk (large) ..$5.10 to 6.25.13 to 15c Canned Corn No. 2 .. $1.75 to 1.95 dozen.20 to 22 l-2c Canned tomatoes No. 2 ..$1.60 to 1.6.-,..15 to 20c Canned tomatoes No. "J ..$2.00 to $2.25.20 to 25c Canned peas No. 2 .. ..$1.S5 to 2.00.,.20 to 22 l-2c Canned pork & beans No. 2.. 1.75 to to $2.00.17 1-2 to 20c 'j Cheese.29 to 32 l-2c lb..35 to 40c I Butter.. ..50 to 52c lb.55 to 60c lb. Hams.33 to 36c lb.35 to 40c lb. Bacon, sides.27 to 29c lb.30 to 33 l-3c All dealers should seh flour, grits, .meal and rice by the pound. ICE. 7 pounds . .i.5? cents 1 15 pounds.10 cents ! 25 pounds.15 cents j 50 pounds.30 cents . J0n pounds.50 cents 200 pounds. 8? cents ? FRESH Fi SIL Varieties Wholesale Retail j Mullet.10 to 13c lb. 15<" lb. I Salt Water Trout.17c lb. 20c lb. i Salt Water Pass .. ..16 to 17c lb.. 20c lb. [Salt Water Sheep Head.16c lb.... 20c lb; Salt Water Brim .. ..12 to 1 So lb. 20c lb. ,j Salt Water Flounders.12c lb. 15c lb. , I Drum.14 to 16c lb. 15 to 2t)c lb ' j Snappers.12c lb.. 15c lb. J Spanish Mackeral. 22c lb.25c lb. .! A PP R< >VRD: .! Ab'' Ryttenl-erg, representing the wholesale dealers, j D. (1. F. Bultman. representing the retail dealers. I M-s. T. A. liyttenberg. representing the consumers. '.? Mrs. 11. <',. Osteen. Mrs. R H. Moses, statisticians. T\ S\ Food Admin istration; K. I. Reardon, Assistant Food Administrator. Chariman, Sum Vter Price Interpreting Board, U. S.JFood Administration. SHOP BUILDING. A Many Sided Task Requiring Thou sands of Skilled. Workmen. Washington, Sept. 1.?Shipbuild ing, the many-sided task in which much of America's mechanical gen ius is today engaged as a part of the war program, requires mechanics skilled in more than thirty trades be sides an army of unskilled workers. With a gigantic building program ahead, a vast force is employed in this phase of war work. To day 300,000^ men are at work in the shipyards, with 250,000 engaged in trades that provide material for the shipbuilders. Here are the skilled workers who are doing the work on the steel ship: 'hipfitters, blacksmiths, rivetters, chippers and calkers, drillers, plum bers, pipefitters, machinists, joiners, carpenters, pattern makers, foundry nien, coppersmiths, heavy forgers, steel/metal workers, furnace men, shearers, punchers, anglesmiths, ship wrights, riggers,; flangers, drop forg ers, erectors; bolters-up, cane opera tors, locomotive e^ineers, firemen, loftsmen, painters and helpers in all these trades. Sixty per cent of the work on a 'diip is in constructing the hull, and the remaining forty percent is install ing mechanical parts, deck furnish ings and other equipment that goes to make the finished vessel. ? Obviously, it is almost impossible to single out one craft that is the most important. All contribute in making the. finished product and without any one no complete ship could result. Loftsmen, however, play a great part. Ship plans are first made in a drafting room on a small scale. Go ing to the mould loft?a large build ing with a smooth floor of sufficient size to have drawn upon it the plans of the ship to full size?the' loftsmen fashion the templates or moulds of light wood or paper from which- the steel for the Hull can be laid off and marked for shearing, punching, plan ning and other operations. / The moulds are made from three plans that give shape to the ship. These plans, showing the lines of a vessel are the sheer plan or side ele vation, the half breadth plan and the body plan or end elevation. The body plan is most used in making the moulds, for it shows better the shape of each frame, beam and floor plate, j The moulds must be absolutely cor rect so that they will join together) properly. The shipfitter is probably the one metal worker whose trade may be termed purely a shipbuilding trade. He marks off the stee: material for I the parts of the vessel's hull; by fit ing the loftman's mould' over the steel. Drillers also play a big part] in the drilling and reaming of holes. They are necessary because the rivet holes being punched in shop- do notj always coincide despite careful" work,-' I manship. In some cases also holes) must be drilled on the ship. The tin I evenness between holes is removed by?] reaming* which is merely a slight en largement. Rivetters do perhaps the most spec tacular work, the rat-a-tat-tat of| their pneumatic tools having a fasci nation reminiscent of the anvib of the village blacksmith. Rivetting holds I the ship together, and a ship's plans specify every rivet, for each has a certain function. Chippers and calk ers trim off or smooth the edges of j plates, castings and other parts and make them water tight. Shipwrights] install wooden decks, masts, spars and booms. Other ship woodwork is] done by joiners. Ventilation, piping and light met al work is done largely in shop: by slieet metal workers. Plumbing and piping also is done in shop by plumb ers, machinists and pipefitters. Shop work on the hull proper is done by workmen operating shears^ punches, bending rolls, planers and other machines and the frame bend ers, acetylene burners, furnace men and angle-smiths who perform the preparatory work to the erection of plates, brackets,* clips, beams, bulk heads and parts required for the hull of a ship. Who Did the Hitting? / Mrs. Mamie Davis filed suit'against JT. A. Padgitt for $5,000, says a San Francisco dispatch, setting forth in her complaint that whi,ie. autolng with Padgitt a tire blew out, the car capsized and she "came in violent contact with: the road." In extending Mrs. Davis 10 days in which to show definite <-ause for ac tion. Judge Sturtevant commented: "No one can tell from this com plaint whether the- road Tew up; and hit Mrs. Davis or whether Mrs. Davis flew out and hit the road." Folding metal forms for concrete culverts have been invented which can be erected by one man and which, made in tv/o sizes, can be adjusted for 39 sizes of openings. A Texas inventor's automobile has two wheels on the left side and one on the right, so arranged that he claims no two of them will strike ob structions on a road at the same time. Notice. We, the ministers residing in the town of Mayesville. in meeting as sembled, being personally acquainted with Miss Emma J. Wilson of the Mayesville Institute; and having tak en special cognizance of the work done by the said Institute for the In tellectual. Industrial. Moral, and Spir itual uplift of the youth of our race and seeing the immediate, necessity for more room and better facilities and being acquainted with the pres j ident's efforts to raise the necessary j money for this purpose, do hereby in ! dorse her efforts and call upon our ' friends, white and colored, to give freely of their means to help in this worthy cause. J. P. CRAWFORD. Presbyterian Church-; A; R. HOWARD. Methodist Episcopal Church. M. J. SFMFTER. African Methodist Episcopal church. Mayesville, S. C., Sept. 6, 1918. Why Do All Doctors Prescribe Calo mel? Of all the medicines in. the. world, doctors prescribe calomel most often and depend upon it most universally. There must be a good reason?what is it If you will study the doctors' books you will find that the medical au thorities prescribe calomel for al most every disease. The reason is that calomel is the greatest and only thorough system-purifier. It makes the liver active, drives' out the', pois ons from the stomach", bowels and kidneys and thereby purifies the blood. Calomei puts* the entire sys tem in the most favorable condition for nature to exercise her recupera tive power. Your doctor will'tell"you that drugs merely assist nature. That is why he prescribes calomel so of ten. The new kind of' calomel, called "Calotabs," is refined and* purified from all of the nauseating and dan gerous qualities of the old style calo mel and is rapidly taking its place, for it is more effective than the old style calomel as a liver-cleanser and system-purifier. One Cal?tab at' bed time, with a swallow of water?that's all. No nausea, nor the slightest un pleasantness. Next morning you awake feeling fine?with a hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat what .you please?fruits, acids Or anything. No restrictions of habit or diet. . . Calotabs are sold only in original, sealed packages, price thirty-five cents. Recommended, and' guaranteed by druggists everywhere. Your mon ey back if you are not delighted^:? Adytf ." ? T:-j"- ;r vftagffip * \ . . '!.'? 'J<"'i" " ? NEW IJ^XJTENAS~TS NAMED; Soldiers From Various Sections of " State Finish Training Course at Camp Z?chary Taylor. . Washington,. Sept. 8.?The follow ing Carolinians who willbecome second lieutenants graduated. Auglist ,31 from, field artillery "training, camp at Camp Zachary Taylor, their names j being given out here today: D. ' A. Amme, Charleston; WT H Bowman, Jr., Lowndesville; J. I. Bradford, Sumter; J. D. Brandon, 3VfcCbnnel6 ville; J. Wl Burgess, Manning; A. M. DickJerson. Darlington; J. E. Ellis, Co lumbia; R. M. .Evans, Dillon county; .D. M. Hopkins,-. Fountain Inn; 3. W. % Jeffreys, Spartanburg; W. B. Nichols. Rock Hil);.H. Ml Perry,. Greenv#"e; W. L. Quinn, Smyrna; Fl ?? R?gers. Charleston; S. T. Rowell" Bamberg; W. D. Ryan,. Wedgeffeld; O. T. San ders, Chester; D. Hi Sullivan,. Latt rens; A. R.-Temple, Lake View"; R. Y. Turner, Winnsboro; R. EL Weller, i Co lumbia;. Jj E. White,..Branchyiflfe; G. C. Williams,-: Jr., Columbia; Wl .C. Wilhams. Eutawville; H. Gl Wood ward, Bishopville. Criticising What Some Call Taste and Economy. Amsterda^fii, July 80* CCorrespoh?-' '~ ence of ?f.Associated'. Bteas^^&iie. German-' newspapers find occasion-, for severe criticism in - their" reviews of an exhibition "now open at: Leipzig in tended to show soldiers? A families :"how to furnish their- homes wfth taste and'economy." The newspapers declare that cubist and futurist art has too much prominefice^ in the ex hibits, The Elberfeld^ Freie Presse, for example, says: "Among the exhibit's there is a ful ly furnished room which is- d? very chamber of horror, tastelessness and vulgarity. Over the' multi-color?d portico there hangs- a picture of sdjj diers on parade?a daub of glaring reds, greens and yellows that blinds the eyes of anyone that tries-to look at it. The walls1 are painted in a check-pattern of staring; purple and green. On the sofa are cushions of imperial colors, imprinted all over with patriotic legends ^nd; pictures of battle heroes Even-the children of soldiers' families never pass its- open door without laughing at the orgy of hideous color," 1 ?.? ?-' * - GREAT MASS. OF PROOF'. Reports of 50,000 Cases of Kidney Trouble, Some of Them Stunter Cases. Each of some 6,000 newspapers? of 'the United States is publishing:, from week to week, names of people in its particular neighborhood, who have used and recommended Doan's- Kid ney Pills for kidney backache, weak kidneys, bladder troubles and urinary disorders. This mass of proof includes ever 50,000 recommendations. Sum ter is no exception. Here is.- one of ?the Sumter cases: ? W. T. Hall, blacksmith, 226 Salem Ave., Sumter, says: "I am glad to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills, for they have been of great benefit. There was too much uric acid in my sys tem and I was bothered a great deal with my back. When I bent over, it was difficult for me to straighten up. I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills being such a good remedy and I used them. It only took one box of Doan's to make me fell a whole lot better." Price 60c, at all. dealers. , Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same' that Mr. Hall had. Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfgra, Buffalo, ;-N*> Yv?Advt. s (W) r??-1 Gm. m Hu?s? I Prompt Attentin to D*y arxJ NigW Calls I. At J. 0. CRAIG Ol^Stand, N. SUin Phoih*: jjffSk