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?amffton Holt Interviews Victor Emmanuel at the Fr?nt, Where ! He Lives Rugged Life I of a Soldier. 1 By GARRET SMITH. : An alliance with .Republican France in the wor-id war for Democracy is per fectly understandable to every citizen of the United States. In the case of our other chief Allies, however, there are still left some old-fashioned Amer icans, fed on the king-baiting school histories- of a generation ago, who are a bit puzzled to find the country of George Washington lined up with the *Sang-ridden" nations of Europe. But the King o? Italy is not an old fashioned Eangat all. This view of Victor Emmanuel as a royal democrat is strikingly interpret ed* by Hamilton Holt, editor of The Independent, who has just returned from Italy, where he had a .most un . usual interview with His Majesty. Mr. Holt went to Italy as the repre sentative of the Italy America So ciety at the time of* the celebration of'the, third anniversary of Italy's en trance into the war. He was received in Rome with much ceremony. "Finally, after these formalities were" over," Mr. Holt told me, "I was conducted up through the northern provinces to the hills just behind the battle line. We stopped at a little villa belonging to a small wine merchant, which had been requisi tioned for government use. There were two or three sentinels about the grounds and as many orderlies within. That was all, no other evidence that it was a pc*t of any great importance. An officer led me up to a bed-chamber on the third floor and knocked. Royal Headquarters Modest "Inside I was cordially greeted by a modest middle-aged little man in a plain uniform that I could scarcely dis tinguish from that of a common sol dier, no epaulets, gold braid or medals, nothing but a ribbon showing years of service such as any soidier might wear. After a hearty handshake, he invited me to be seated." That was th? King, of Italy as one Yankee saw him. "There was not the slightest hint of royal ceremony about our meeting," declared ifr. Holt "He simply usi-ered me into his apartment and invited me to alt down, as any private citizen would receive aaother. And It was a very simple little apartment with no hint of luxury about it. There was a simple bed, washstand, bui-eau and two or three little straight-back chairs ?chairs that looked as though they might bs of maple. I remarked on the simplicity of his quarters and he said they were much better than some he had occupied. "In five minutes* time I had lost all sense of beir.g in the presence of roy alty. You know that ordinarily court etiquette demands that a private citi --stw} shall not speak to a king in the course* of an interview except to an swer Bxis Majesty. Before I realized it I had Forgotten-all about that con vention an?q we were^ia-Uing freely, Jsking and Answering questions -back and forth and Wtually swapping yarns <n gcod old Yankee fashion. He kept me talking for t^ree-quarters of an hour and, of coursev I had nothing to j do with the length of\the call, as I nat urally followed customv to the extent of waiting for him to tte>rniinat* the Interview. The King speafiks a perfect English, has a good sense Vf humor, enjoys telling a good story ari^i enjoys listening to one; In fact the of\y dii Finds ilat^? {H I Democrat II ? - Iii DEVOTED MTOLECLA3* ffi ' v KWBMO ?ND fATHZ ajffj1 ference apparent to me in our status as I look back on it was that such an interview was a very unusual experi ence for me, while it was not at all un usual for the King, and I forgot to be conscious of that at the time. "Victor Emmanuel impressed me as a sort of combination of Colonel House and the late Frank R.- Stockton. He Is a man of simple and cfcanning manner, without pose, who has thrown himself heart and soul into the cause of his country and is working for it.night and day, , as hard as any other person in Itaiy. But he prefers to stay be hind the scenes while doing it" A Hard-Working Monarch. That this unceremonious reception of a representative of the American De mocracy was no pose for theatrical ef fect is clearly evident trom Mr. Holt's report of what he observed and learn ed of the King's daily routine. The Monarch has selected this little villa for his headquarters on account of its location in convenient reach of every part of the battle-line. Each morning he rises early, eats a simple breakfast has a light luncheon put up for him, gets into his automobile and spends the day visiting some point on the line, conferring with the officers and talking with the soldiers, learning their needs first hand and inspiring them by his presence, and his counsel At night he studies 'the plans of battle for the following day and never retires without sending a letter to his family, to whom he is passionately devoted. He has made observations of the battiefleld from dirigibles and aero .planes.. At one time m-^5 j^J^mi*.: to the snow-covered crest of Rauch-' ikoel Mountains when the temperature was below zero in order that he might congratulate the Alpine troops who had just captured several Austrian po sitions. Experiences Under Fire. "In the course of our conversation,** said Mr. Holt "he gave me a graphic description of his experience in one town near the frontier. The Austrians discovered his presence in the town and began bombarding it The King immediately withdrew from the town in order that as he told me, he might not unnecessarily Imperil the resi dents. What he did not'tell me was that he departed from the town open ly, for he was evidently much more concerned for the safety of the people than he was over the peril of his own life. "He is very much interested in* the mechanics of warfare. He described j graphically the barrage drill of the Italian troops as he had witnessed it "He showed me with great glee a German cross from a captured air plane he had framed and hung on the wall of his room. He described the different designs he had seen painted on German planes and was particular ' ly amused at one which had the design of a Teddy Bear.** His Democratic Traditions. The King's ability to play his pres ent role is the result both of his demo cratic inheritance from his Savoy an cestors and his Spartan upbringing. He was tutored by a stern, old army colonel, who, at the direction of the boy's royal father, treated him in ev ery way like the son of a private citi zen. He has ever since preferred simple, rigorous living. Hunting and mountain climbing are among his fa vorite pastimes. "What did he have to say about the political and military situation?" I asked. "You must remember," Mr. Holt re plied, "that one cannot quote a King directly. While we discussed various phases of the situation very freely, I would not be at liberty tD give a ver- j hatim report of his opinions. In fact, | he was careful in talking with me not! j to express himself positively on mat-! ! ters of state policy. When I en ! croaehed on such ground, he would generally counter by asking me what they told me in Rome about it. An Admirer of America. "For instance, I asked him if It was ! true that Italy desired America to ' send military aid to her. He asked If I they told me that In Rome. " 'Yes.' I replied. i "The King said that was right?Italy | did want our aid. He said we could ? help particularly by sending them steel i and coal. "He expressed a groat deal of Inter- | est In American flf?;iirs and the Amer!- i can attitude toward the war and kept j me busy answering thoughtful ques- I tions about them. He expressed the! i j greatest feeling of friendship towards-! I } America aud appreciation for what we; j I have already done hi the war. Hoi thought our efforts already made werei! ? marvelous." s j mm "I Had Such a Good (Vjeai of Berries.1' JANUARY BEARS. "This is the best time of the year," whispered mother brown bear, "Ah, how I love it, I sleep and I have wondrous dreams, and my littie cubs are born in this season. ?The poor little dears, their eyesj will not open for five weeks, but they are safe with me in this cave." The Alaskan, black, brown or Russian bears sleep in the win tertime in caves or in rocky dens. They sometimes come out on a very warm day?but not until the really cold winter is past* They may come out on a warmer day", but back they go again as soon as another cold snap comes. And, of course, as you know, they eat great, huge meals in the autumn and live on their own fat through the winter, sleeping and doing nothing else at all Of course, they do not go to sleep in the zoo, because, they are fed reg ularly there, and are not allowed to get a great many meals all in one, as they do when they are free. The polar bear mother goes away and hides for a little while in January^ when her cubs are born, for she wants" to be sure that no harm will come tori them. But often when they are only ten days old she will take them out and they will go swimming in the Icy j waters where they live. *T have heard," said mother brown bear, "that sometimes bears have two cubs and sometimes they have been known to have six. But I like my three better than any other number.' And they are far more beautiful. "The little precious woolly bears! How I love them!" And the bears nestled close, to their mother, and she dozed off into peace-.} ful sleep again. "I am so glad," she whispered to J herself, when she was half-sleepingj and half-waking a little later on, *^hat I had such a good meal of\ berries: That "will make me feel well and strong when I get up to look after the cubs after VI am through steeping.? And, again s)se looked at th& : be?r^?nd-slffl^ n All tne little bears are born in Jan uary. It's their very own month of the year. And mother hears tittfnk Jan uary is quite the most wonderful month of the year. It means such per fect things?sleep, warmth and above all, beautiful little cub babies. The daddy bears are never around. Mother bears are afraid the daddies might not care for them and might hurt them. Anyway, the mothers go off to have their winter nap by them selves, and every January they are sure to have delightful waking .mo ments when they can love and fondle their babies, and urge them to draw closer to their lovely fur-covered moth ers. ?They call this the month of Janu ary,'* said mother brown bear, "but I think it is a badly named month. ? I would call it Joyful month or some thing like that" And once more she looked at her beautiful brown cubs, and again closed her eyes and Hcked her paws as she went to sleep. The little brown cub hears took no interest in anything beyond their moth er and themselves. They liked being warm, and that was about all they cared for. And their mother attended to that, as she did to their food and all their comforts. And little did they think, as they dreamed and slept, of the days ahead in the great world of adventures. They didn't know that later on they would have to hunt and get their own food. They didn't know the lessons they would have to learn of the right kind of food to eat and the wrong kind which would poison them. They had no idea that there were goad berries and also bad berries. And they didn't for a moment imag ine that they would learn to be rough and fignt. They didn't guess for a sec ond that they would have to protect themselves, and that there were creat ures who didn't care for bears and would try to kill them. Neither did they imagine that they would have to fight for their lives and become dangerous and wild. No, they knew of nothing In the great world. They d'd not even know of the cave In which they were living, for it would be five weeks until their eyes would be opened and they could see. But how happy mother bear was i that the month was January and the cubs wore safe, so safe! In a Hurry AH Over. "Oh, mamma," exclaimed little mar-! gie, who had narrowly escaped being! run over by an automobile, "I feel so j nervous." "What do you rr.oan by 'nervous,1; rear;" fr.kcd her mother. "Why," exclaimed Margie, "It's jusl' like being in a hurry all over." i The Little Precious Woolly Bears. THE WAR WORK CONVENTION. The Great Meeting Held in Columbia ?An Inspiration to All Who At . tended. The delegates from Sumter county1 v.-ho attended the big State conven- | lion in Columbia to organize for the j November First United War Financial! campaign to raise one million dollars I of the one hundred and seventy mil-! lion, and five hundred thousand dol- I Jars for war camp purposes returned j home with glowing accounts of the j success of the convention. Sumter; county's delegation was the largest at j the convention, we arc proud to say. ] Some of them declare that the meet-i ing was the most inspiring and in- ! structive they ever attended. The j ^speeches were away above the aver-1 age and the musical program render- j cd was very fine indeed. The delegates learned more about i every phase of the war during their; ':wo days' stay in Columbia than they i :*ould possibly absorb in any other j cvay in a much longer time. j The seven organizations represent- i ?d as follows: The National War j .-Vork Council of the Y. M C. A., War! Work of the National Board of Young j '?Vomen's Christian association, Nat-j jional Catho/ic War Council (Knights j t-if Columbus), Jewish Welfare Board. i he Wai Camp Community Service, Library War Council of American; ' r.tr.rary Association, and the Salva- \ ion Army?have combined, by sug- j restion of President Wilson for a j \f inancial campaign November 11th to 18th. Sumter county's minimum quota is i ?533,000. The Sumter delegates returned j home thoroughly enthused and ready! ? -;or hard work although as some of j I hem said at the convention there is, no doubt at all that Sumter county's j "juota wttl be subscribed. However, j Knuch organization will be necessary | ; tnd some hard work. It was, indeed. S?he most thoroughly democratic con-; /ention ever assembled in South -Car- j ?>lina when men, women, boys and j j girls, Catholic, Protestant, and Jew. ill met together from every part of '.?Houth Carolina, and there was the riendliest and most cordial mingling ?>f the delegates all imbued with one; lesire, to find out all they could howj : jo return home and go to work to ? Provide comforts, recreation, safety j rom diseases, hospitality, and every- j .hing else that the government wants J or the millions of boys who are j ? Ighting and who will fight, and many; of whom will be maimed, and many j of whom wilP die in order that mil-! ^lions may live and live as free peo- - r?ie. Mr. W. B. Upshur of this city is j bounty chairman for the combination' "drive. Dr. S. H. Edmunds :.s district; lirector for several counties. Sumter turned out well for this j .convention as indicated by the follow- j Ing representative citizens who were j present. We could not get the names j at this writing of the entire Sumter I ^^j^|-;f^rbut we,publish those whose { *aames were given us b? one Who at tended, while there were others from this county. Lady Delegates?Mesdame* A. D.' I Harby, P. G. Bowman, H. M. Stuckey, j W. M. DeLorme, Jr., Misses Claudia j Eraser, Julia Reynolds, Elizabeth j White. Gentlemen Delegates?Neil O'Don nell, R. O. Purdy, E. I. Re3rdon, J. jH. Strong, C. E. Hurst, T. B. Fraser, j Abe Ryttenberg, Rev. William Hayns ; worth, W. D. McLeod, E. Conyers j Brown, L. D. Jennings, R. D. Epps. i Rev. R. S. Truesdale, Rev. John A. ; Brunson. j R. W. Westberry represented the ! Sumter County Colored Council of \ Defense. j There were many phases of ; the splendid work being done for the soldiers and sailors by the seven dif ! ferent organizations anove mentioned i which opened the eyes and educated j the more than six hundred men and I women in the conventioh, and made ! them all determined to come home I and tell their friends and neighbors I of the great good being accomplish - ! ed for the health, lives, and morals ! "of our soldier and sailor defenders. Every mother, sister, brother, wife j and father should know of the won I derful and kind deeds of the workers in cantonments, and on the bloody I battlefields of Europe being perform j cd for our boys and for millions of suffering women and children by the representatives of these organizations. They should have heard Gypsy 1 Smith, world renowned evangelist, fresh from the trenches of the battle fields. Surely if the millions of peo ple, white and colored, of every nat ionality and religion could only hear these things as they were told of what is being done for our boys who are fighting and many of whom arc dying, none at home would ever hesi tate to contribute or to make any sacrifice. There were many beautiful things spoken, all inspiring, and these will spread broadcast by the patriotic men, women, boys and girb who spent their money and gave of their time to go to Columbia for two days to equip themselves for the slo gan, "There's Service For All," at home as well as in the trenches. The 3V?oose Are in Town. Attention is invited to the full page advertisement of the Loyal Order of Moose. The Moose are among the oldest fraternal orders in America and has a very strong membership throughout the Norh and West. Un til recently no effort has been made to increase the membership in the South, but for the past few monthc an intensive membership campaign has been carried on in the South At lantic States. Unusually strong lodge? have been organized in Columbia Charleston, Wilmington and Flor ence, and Sumter is its next place 01 the list for a Moose campaign. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND SINKING. Distinguished Prelate Not Expected to Live Through the Day. St Pual, Sept 23.?Despite sinking spells during last night Archbishop Ireland still clung to life this morn ing. Physicians have no hope .of hi living through the day. HAGOOD OBSERVATIONS. In Many Jobs Practice Makes Per-. ( feet. It was my sad privilege yesterday, just before the set of the sun, to put away the little boy of John E. and? Honor Hatfield Morris at New Hope. With no horse at home, the madame away, a mountain of work to do. cooking, feeding, milking, churning, etc., if ever one had an excuse for not going I was that man. But I went and last night there were no regrets. A man sitting on deck of a steam er reading, heard the cry "Man over board." Without stirring he inquir ed. 'Who is it?" Your boy! That put a different face on matters. i Mr. Sylvester Allen is prostrated" by a carbuncle and is suffering much. We understand that Rev. Elsie Myers will conduct revival services at Bethesda (Methodist) church next I week. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Lenoir have re [ turned from Glenn and the North I Carolina mountains and report weli j of themselves. ! Much discussing becomes abbre I viated to cussin. j "The seed of the wicked shall be ! cut off." Who believes that? "The meek shall inherit the land and dwell therein forevermore." Is that so" Is the Bible a lie? "Practice makes perfect." I'm . si first class churner. It takes me twenty minutes on an average to churn. I know some highly educat ed people that could not get butter - in four hours. Yes, practice makes [ perfect?sometimes. When a yoting licentiate had closed his first sermon : an old class leader said to him, "Had I heard you before voting my vote would have gone against you." That i young man became ono of his \ church's greatest preachers. Don't let your goodness stick to you or the flies may spoil it. A lot of stuff called love is self interest. Love needs no parading; it is its own best advertiser. 'You can't hide it, for it is a fire that will burn to the surface. It is all consumllng, ind turns to gold whatever it touches. It should be the atmosphere of home, thus making 'heavenlike for heaven ris love. Greater is he that loveth than he that is loved. Miss Kate Lenoir has accepted a position with the government at Washington in the agricultural de- - partment. It will soon be time to plant wheat, rye for pasture, alfalfa, vetch, the clovers. Let us go as extensively as possible into the cover crops, there by cutting the. fertilizer bill. Cotton is being slowly gathered. Labor is scarce and high, but it ought to be with everything else soar ing. "Hagood." Rembert, Sept. 19. Australian engineers have invented ?^hree-rail switches* for use. -by^railr>i__. roads where three rails are laid in7' ^ .??ach track to i accommodate rolling >tock of different gauges. Jennings-Blanding Live Stock Co. Inc. PIERSON'S OLD STAND 115-119 H \MPTON AVENUE 25 HEAD rses AND Mul es To Arrive To-Morrow One Solid Gar Containing 16 Mules and 9 Horses. % This is undoubtedly one of the nicest cars of stock ever shipped to Sumter. <|| Several pairs of nice matched Mules, also six Horses, each holding a record for speed. (J We can please the most exacting. (f Give us a chance to demonstrate. Jennings - Blanding Live Stock. Co Sumter, South Carolina!