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I ? ti? Po?o?e? ai S*ms?r. *. Cn m Second CU? J?*ct?r PERSONAL. Jno. T. Green, Jr., is home for the week-end from Wofford College. Cadet Hughson Green will be at home-a few days from Porter Mili tary Academy. Mrs. J. S. Hartzell of Cheraw is spending the week-end with Mrs F. M. Spann. Mrs, F: A. McLeod has returned from Charleston. Mri Joe Wheeler has accepted a. position with the Union depot. Jack sonville, Fla. Miss Mildred Moore and Miss Car rie Marshall have returned fro?n Jacksonville, Fla., where they visitedj the former's grandmother and aunts.; Also Miss Marshall's cousin, Mrs. J. j j. Taylor on Riverside Avenue. Theyj also went to St. Augustine, visiting Mrs. W. M. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. F. Fi. Whilden, of Co lumbia, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. W. G. Bateman. . Misses Madeline *and Elise Doug las, of Darlington, spent the week-end with Mrs. W. C. Wolfe on Sumter St. Miss Mary Bland is at home from Converse College for a few days' stay. Mrs. Gordon Bradley has returned from Charleston where she spent last week. Mr. Cabell Garrett. of Laurens, visited his sister, Mrs. Edmonia Gar- j rett Sunday. Several thousand Sumter people! met the troop trains of the Thirtieth j Division at the Atlantic Coast Line as they passed through the city Th?rs- j day afternoon, en route from Char leston to Camp Jackson. There were j only a few Sumter men on the trains, but all of them were given an enthus iastic and cordial welcome home. The Red Cross Canteen workers were on hand in full force and sahwiches. cigars. Cigarettes, fruit, candy and soft drinks were distributed to all who would accept them. It was a noticeable fact that a great many of the soldiers declined both cigarettes and cigars. They seemed to appre ciate the apples and bananas more than anything else. There were three trains running twenty minutes apart and each train -remained at the sta tion twenty minutes. The Sumter boys were given an enthusiastic greeting and they were as happy to be back in Sumter once more as their parents and rriends were to have them: Among those who passed through yesterday afternoon were Lieut. Edward Wright, Pitt? Brad ford, Zach Darr, Emmett I. Reardon. Sheltori Reid, Dan Allen, Joel King. Other Sumter men who returned on ,the Mercury went by the Southern to Camp Jackson. The News and Cour ier prints the following list of Sumter men who returned on the Mercurv: First Lieut. Edward E. Wright. 30th Division! 105 Ammunition Train; Capt. Robert T. Brown: 30th Division, 118th Jnfantry; Second Lieut. Ed ward Bradford; Pitts "Bradford, Wil liam Singleton. Julius Lawrence. Zach Darr. Joel G. King. Harry T. Hatchell, Emmett I. Reardon, Ely Parker. Medical Association. The Sumter County Medical Asso ciation met at the Nurses' Home cn Thursday evening. H There was a full attendance, and a very interesting programme. Drs. Stuckey, DuRant and Epps each read well prepared papers, which were abjy discussed by the members present. Drs. T. J. Davis of Davis Station and J. C. Stukes of Summer ton were guests of the association, as were also the dentists of the city. Supreme Court Docket. Columbia. March 28.?The Supreme Court will convene for the spring term April 8. The Third Circuit, which includes the county of Sumter. will be call ed Monday. April 14, and the cases taken up as follows: State vs. Lesesne. et al. Welsh vs. A. C. II Railroad Co. Rogers vs. Rogers, et al. Rankin Lumber Co. vs. Graveley. et al. Josey vs. Smith. Lee, et al vs. Sumter Pine and Cypress Co. Wilson, et al. vs. Moseley. et al.! Bartlett. et al vs. Aycock, et al. Harry vs. Barnett. - Shearer vs. Shearer. Eargle, Admx. vs. Sumter Lighting Co. State vs. Bethune. Smith vs. A. C. L. Railroad Co. Discharged Soldiers. Columbia. March ^7.?The follow ing named men of Sumter county were discharged on or about March <'olored: Willie Benjamin. Shi loh; James Lesesne. Mayesville: Da vid McCoy. Sumter: Alex McOloud. Sumter: Henry Miller.. Horatio: Eu gene Wilson. Mayesville: Bogan Mis souri, Rembert: Gilbert Miller. Sum ter. Camp Alice Notes. The management of Camp Alice begs to acknowledge: Mrs. Charles Moise, a sweater. ? Mrs. Geo. L. Ricker. collection can ned goods. Mrs. Ralph Loy ns.-bath ro*>*\ The patients are enjoying the fine big Victrola presented by the Elks* Club, which has recently been sent out. Mr. Miller of the Sumter Book Store kindly loaned one while the other was being repai/ed. Any records will be gladly receiv ed. x The condition of the roads between here and Columbia prevented a good many Sumter people from motoring over to witness the parade of the Snth today. A gentleman who made the trip last week says the roads be tween Sumter and Cam den and be tween Blaney and Columbia are about as bad as th*y ever were. This country needs so?ie system of build ins and maintainizi^ the public roads j Delegates to Cotton Association Meeting to be Eelected j It is necessary to elect ten dele j gutes to go to the cotton meeting in j Columbia *on Thursday. April 3rd. 1-1919. and other matters of vital im j portance must be attended to. I : therefore request you to meet at the iCham^i of Commerce on Wednesday :at 12 o'clock, noon. April 2nd. We ! want to then have our final report on i the canvass of the county, and elect I the delegates to go to Columbia the ! next day. It is very necessary for j you to be there. We want to provide j food crops to take the place of cotton reduced. Notify your neighbors to come to J this meeting, as we want as large a ! meeting as possible, as we wilj, have 'the report from the several commit-j j tees as to who. has signed and who! I has not signed the pledges, and we jwant to consider what steps to take I with regard to those who have not signed. Very truly. L. D. JENNINGS. Chairman J J. FRANK WILLIAMS, County Agent. Sumter. March 28. 1919. City Council Meeting j - . ! Lease of Opera House Awarded to Mr. Abe Ryttenberg City Council met Tuesday night with Mayor Jennings and Council men Booth and McCal.lum present. Sealed bids for lease of the Opera House were opened and read. The lease was awarded to Mr. Abe Ryt tenberg on basis of his bid of sl, 500 for the year from May 1st. 1919 to May 1st, 1920, and the donation to the city of all scenery and drops which he now owns. Mr. Ryttenberg re quested council to rebate him the rent paid for the period of six weeks ( cluring the influenza epidemic. Coun cil acceded' to this request. Messrs. H. L. Tisdale and C. J. Lemmon of the Board of Health ap- ' peared and requested Council to have j at ditch between Blanding and Purdy streets filled in. They also request ed that the openings around the I septic tank near Turkey Creek Canal *' be filled in. They also called atten-1." tion to th<> discharge pipe leading! from "his tank, which needed clean-.; * ing. Council promised to give all j! :hose matters attention and appoint-1 ed Councilman Booth in ?e<? lhn.t j :he work was done. It was decided by Council that 1 superintendent of Water Works W. : iV. McKagen and Collector D. J. Mc Kiever should be bonded for $1.0.00 1 ?ach. The clerk was instructed to ask for ' >ids from Messrs. Palmer and Mc- 1 Ol lan and W. Loring Lee 'or a plat covering all water mains, * lydrants. valves and service connec- c ions of the City Waterworks sys- 1 em. ' Death ! -_ hi Kev. Waddy T. Duncan Passes j < Away at Fountain Inn ! f - j i Fountain Inn, March 30.?The Rev. 11 tVaddy T. Duncan, preacher in charge I j )f the Fountain Inn Methodist church j, lied suddenly on Friday morn nig. I | March 28, at 2 a. m. He was a na- j \ :ive of Anderson county and was born : in May. 1867. He was graduated Crom . Wofford College in 1894 and went at once into the Methodist conference where he tilled all degrees of charges , from a local circuit in his first year , to the office of presiding elder. He was recognized as a strong preacher \ ( and an able man. and he served on I various important boards and com- j mittees. He was very popular at Fountain Inn and is mourned by all- J . He was first married to Miss Mc Donald of Anderson county and next to Miss Green of Sumter. He leaves! a wife and three children. A son is at I the University of South Carolina and j a daughter at Lander College. Green wood. Lamb and Mutton. The difference of a few cents in the] cost of a pound of meat frequently j determines whether that meat ap- j pears on the table in many house holds. ? that difference of a few i cents ji.oc as frequently is caused by the limited knowledge of the house- J wife of the meat which she desires, j Take the cost of mutton and lamb: j it is regarded as high. But the av erage house-wife who so regards it t speaks only in terms of chops and! hind-quarters. The fore-quarter of mutton is just as dainty, just as full i of flavor, just as eatable in every way if it is properly prepared. It also is { many cents cheaper per pound. Your butcher, if he is up-to-date, j knows how to bone and roll a shoul der of lamb or mutton so that it j may be cut into Saratoga chops or: l made into a roast of unusual sweet ness. Breeders of sheep have paid more j attention to raising a better flavored meat in the last few years, and their j ! efforts show clearly in the resulting j product. Some objectors 1<> Iamb and mutton, ! say thai they cannot cat it because of the "woolly taste." and that t!tey| ! know of no may to remove it. That I 'is merely a rase of pulling the wool j lover your own eyes. If the fell, or; I tough outer membrane thai covers; the meat, is removed, there will bej : no "wooly taste." ! You are taking no chances when 'you order lamb. The healthfulness j and strength-building qualities of this moat have long been recognized i by physicians, who have prescribed its extensive use in the diet of eon- j i valesecnts. These facts arc worthy of yourj studied consideration. They have! long had that from the New England house-wife, as is attested l>y her con tinued buying. A large loi on East Hampton Ave i nue. near Whildren's shop, has been purchased for the new tobacco ware house and work on the buildings will be started us soon us possible. j A Slfc^tCom Crop. Prospects Are for Reduced Acre age of Corn and a Correspond ing Shortage - j Washington. f>: C -March 23?With [the removal of the restrictions on I moat exports, with tin- execution of j agreement for provisioning Germany land with the pvospect for a prelimi I nary peace by the end of March, the [demand for food and feed of the pro I duct of 1919 appears t<? be eonsider jably increased. Hogs have advanced j jabout two cents:a pound. Every step ! in the pacification of Europe and the j restoration of order, now proceed ing" slowly but more or less surely, from this time forward until Europe resumes normal production Will enevi tably increase the European d -na ml. especially for meats and fats. 1 think it is to be assumed that Eu rope will considerably increase her cereal product on over that of las; year, but she can not immediately come to an increase of meats because of the depletion of her herds, which it will take many months, and in some cases years, to restore. The American Supply of corn on farms on March 1 was 8s4.47K.Ooo bu shels compared with l,0*>3.4<;5.00o bu shels average for 1911-1915. The amount on farms at this time is o4.2 per cent of the whole crop compared with 27.2 per cent for the live year average; the amount shipped out from the farms to this time this year is 14.5 per cent compared with 20.2 per cent for the five year average. The totals of these percentages are re spectively 4S.7 per cent this year com pared with 57.4 , per cent for the live year average. That is to say, a smaller percentage, of the crop at this time is on farms, or has been shipped out, and a correspondingly larger percentage, therefore, has been fed to live stock. This circulation signifies, what is otherwise confirmed, a larger supply of animals on the farms and indi cates correspondingly less corn of last year's crop to be sold between now and the harvesting of the new crop. As the supply will be less the relative price is not likely l<> be less but rather to be greater. As 1 have pointed out heretofore, the prospect at this time is for a de creased average of corn in 1919 on iccount of the incresae of winter wheat and the prospective increase oi spring wheat. Therefore, it does not *eem to be at all likely that the sup ply of corn available during the year 19 IS. Prom these anpries it would seem that we face continuing high prices, and probably higher prices for neat and bread. The -point of this observation is :hat the Southern farmer should make jure his supplies of meat and bread >y planting food and feed stuffs and ncreasing his farm animalism The prospect for preliminary peace ias> already advanced the price of ?otton somewhat, as the market re lected last werk. This recalls the ex )crience of early last fall when the ide of war was turned against Ger nany and prices of cotton advanced in. i inticination of Germany's defeat. The inticipation then outran the reality be jause there was not careful consider ttion of the industrial and financial lisorder following the termination ol lostilities nor of the time necessary to n-ing about a real and final settle ment of peace, it would he unfortu nate if upon the present prospect of u preliminary peace with Germany cot :on farmers should assume a complen restoration of pre-war demand and should plant accordingly. Exports of cotton continue to pick lip slowly, and now have passed th< exports for this time last year, ac cording to the figures of Secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Ex change. I have full confidence they will continue to improve and 1 am hopeful that the total exports will reach G,000.000 bales compared with about 4.500.000 bales last year. 1 am hopeful also that American mill con sumption will increase somewhat ovei the rate of the last few months, and that the exports and domestic con sumption will exceed exports and American consumption last year. Ftut eve- if these expectations are fully . alized. and even if free commerce is restored with the nations of Centra' Europe in the next few weeks, as npw seems to he altogether probable. th< cotton situation will be far from com fortable to producers if we have tin same acreage as last year and if the seasons are normal. It can not be too often repeated that last year a short crop was due in prin cipal part to drought in Texas and Oklahoma. Average conditions in those states tins year on the sann acreage will Iproducc at least 2000.00? bales more than last year, and node; conditions existing, and practically ecr tain to continue with only slight im provement, that supply is all thai vv< hope Germany and Austria may con sume in twelve months. Germany's and Austria's consump-i tion 1911 to 1014 inclusive was froml 2.300.000 to 3.000.000 hales in round j numbers a year. Certainly in her pres ent disorder, political, social, indus-j trial, and linancial, Germany cannot I possibly conic to prewar consumption within twelve months. It seems to mo| that a consumption of 2.000.000 bales; is a generous estimate. That 2.0O0.O00 bales, as I have just pointed out. Texas] and Oklahoma alone can furnish with! out an increase oi acreage under nor mal weather. Therefore, with the same acreage asi last year, with normal weather, and: with the utmost of consumption in Germany and Ansiria. we can hardly] expect any substantial difference in! the ratio of supply and demand for the crop of 1919. The only factor! which might increase demand would lie improved industrial and financial conditions in such countries as Great I Britain. France. Italy. Belgium, and: Holland. i>ut improvement in these ! countries, while likely is by no means assured, and on the other hand allow ance should be made for slower resto ration of the normal in Germany and Austria than is indicated in the fotv ? going calculation. Furthermore, we j must bear in mind the possibility of prolonged industrial paralysis in tier many comparable to thai in Kussi.i. ' Then; seems tu be certainty oi con I tinning and even increasing foreign j demand for live stock products, of re duced supplies of corn, with no cer tainly and scarcely a prospect of in crease in the ratio of demand to sup ply of cotton. These etrcumstances considered, it appeal's sheer folly fur the Southern and feed supplies. On the other hand, former to neglect to raise his own food if he raises hs own food and feed sup plies he can not raise as much cotton. By the simple process 01* substituting enough of his land equipment and la bor to raise food ami feed supplies he reduces his cotton output, ami by j means of that reduction takes the only j possible step for obtaining a satisfac tory price. (Signed) Clarence Ousley.) ! Turks Not Starving Abundance of Food But Prices Are High?Drugs and Medi cines Exceedingly Scarce Constantinople. Feb. 2S (Corre spondence of The Associated Press) ?Contrary to reports Turkey is well supplied with food, and. while prices' are unusually high, they are much lower than those prevailing in the Balkan states and in some other countries of Europe. The following list of current prices which the consumer is called upon to pay shows the' actual condition: Flour 2(i cents pound: potatoes. 11 cents; beans. 20 cents; meats, 50c; and eggs 90 cents a dozen. Vegetables of all kinds are not only abundant but relatively cheap. Cloth ing and shoes also may be had. but generally the prices charged are so high as to make them far beyond the purses of the poor. Hotci rates are lower than in most Euro* an cities, and the service is as gr h as could be expected in a country just emerging from' a long war. In order that foodstuffs may be placed within range of the poor, the American food administration is now selling white fl??r at ten cents a )Otind. which is expected to bring down other prices as far as the ac tual necessities are concerned. The work of the Americans is attracting wide attention and much interest. Drugs, and in fact, all medicines, are very scarce and expensive. Most large centers in Turkey and Asia Mi nor need medical assistance. The care of a million or more des titute Armenian. Syrian and Creek refugees in the Caucasus and through out Asia Minor " Hs a most se rious problem. 11 is estimated that there are in these countries no less than half a million fatherless chil Iren whose condition demands im mediate relief. The American Com mittee for Relief in the Xear East is taking up the task. but is finding bat its resources are being severely axed. Small pox is prevalent in Constan tinople, two cases having developed "n the American colony, while the -twedish minister is only now recov ering from a severe attack. Most hospitals are hard pressed for medi cines and supplies, while the short age, of physicians is pronounced. ' Finances, loo. are disturbing I he Turks. The' Turkish pound has de preciated; its present value being iwonty per cent below normal, white .fold is at a high premium. The ex- J ?hange rates of money of most oth er countries also has declined. the! Vmorioan dollar, the English pound] tnd the Creek drachami being the inly issues which have stood firmly 1 ?t par. Minstrels in France Toul. France. March 1?Soldiers of be American Second Army and. oth ers who are- here 00 leave crowded "he Theatre Comedie at the. opening performances given there by the ; Knights of Columbus Overseas Min strels, a troupe of U0 or mote enter tainers. Performances were given at Toul for a week and the theatre was , rilled 10 overflowing at nearly all the , performances. Carrying out a plan to give all the , soldiers of the American Expedition- , try Force an opportunity to see the show, the troupe was then divided into lesser units and these units made . a circuit of camps and smaller con- j ters in the Toul sector including , ""onllans, St. Mihiel and Pont-a-Mous- , son. - 1 Americans at Southampton Southampton. F.ngland. March 1.? (Correspondence) ?The im port a nee ->\' Southampton as an American mil itary base during the war was dis closed today with the publica,:on of figures showing the number of troops bandied at this channel port. Of the 7.J.36..79T soldiers who pass ed through Southampton, 45,3H were American officers and S?;?.9f>5 wert! Americans of other ranks. To thisl must be- added n.054 nurses. _t Watterson Heads League Washington, March 20.?Formal announcement of the completed or ganization of the League for i he Preservation of American Independ ence, headed by Hemy Watterson. of Louisville, was made here today in j the name of George Wharton Pepper, of Philadelphia/ chairman of the league's executive committee. The! league's campaign in opposition to I ratification of the proposed constitu j' tioii for a league of nations, il was! said, will !>?? conducted under ihr di I reel ion of eight regional vir?- presi dents. ___ _ _ _ _______ 1 A large crowd went to Columbia Monday to attend the exercises put on by Columbia to welcome the men of the :mth Division. Tb?; great - er number went on the lirsl tra n. Imt a crowd also wetif over on the I 1 o'clock t ra in. Ibd Cross Clothing Campaign. The committee in charge, of the ? ? ?! lection of clothing requests thai all contributions not yel turned in '><?? delivered :ii once so that tlx- shipm-ul max be made as soon as possible. r r---/ .. .. . j Airplanes Against Submarines Amman Naval Aviators Scored High Average of Success Against German U-Boats [ London, Feb. 2 (Correspondence of j The Associated Press)?Thirty-nHie [attacks upon submarines were matte I by American naval air force in !lie j war and ten of them were Considered : in some manner suecessfal, ' says a ! summary of American.na'val aviation' : prepared at headquarters here. [ "When the United States entered j the war the navy boasted of only thirty officers who knew anything about flying. When the armistice was signed the force was composed of l, j 500 officers and 15,000 pi-ii, aceord [ ing to the report. . Trials and discouragements of the Inked States naval air force in the war are enumerate at some length along with '?occasional" triumphs. ? Various causes are assigned for lack of effectiveness but many nt, the trou bles are said to havo been overcome and the service ready to execute'what had been ? expected of it when the armistice intervened, "-'he summary of actual operations is interspersed With accounts of the lick of trained pilots and the difficulty in training them, shortage of machines, stories of the recipt of machines from the United States without propellers, with- j out magnetos, defective parts and i lastly of the failure of Italian ma chines for night-bombing for wheh they were intended. The United J States had turned to Italy for planes j when machines were not delivered, from America ^quickly enough. One <>f the biggest plr' * the ser vice was the" ??northern > ? ;ng pro- ; ject" calling for the cooperation of Americans with the British in almost continuous bombing of submarine bases on the Belgian coast. A great many hindrances arose, some of them shown in the summary being; lack of machines, lack of material, lack of properly trained personnel, both t-ily.ts and enlisted men, necessity of compli cated negotiations with the Royal Air Force in the. matter of supplies of all sorts and necessity of ferrying ft i!tan J machines from Milan. Italy, to ihej north of France. Neither ^he night nor I the day wings were operating ctflei sently at the time of the armistice, in the opinion of those who compiled the summary. It was planned to have 12 squadr rons, six day and \six niffhe. This, however, was reduced to 8 when it was foam' that the United Slates army I could not deliver the planes reo, air-.-d. | American machines with Lib-r-y mo tors were to be used tor the lay j work and a contract was made with j f. Italian government to deliver thirty. ??OO-horse power airplan-s for! the night work. The Italian machines it is stated, proved wholly unfit for night bombing work. What is considered by the Ameri can navy the most successful aviation operation resulted from the .Killing holme project. This was an agree-" ment by which England was to lar nlsh 50 seaplanes and SO lighters and che United States was to provide 4? seaplanes and 20 lighters by March 1. for offensive work in Heligoland Bight. Tin- British were successfully j doing similar work from th*-?r station] it Felixstow. Approximately 1,000 Americans were sent to Killingholme J fo train and assist tin* British; while i wait ing the arrival of the American I planes; By July I. six Ameri-an j plane.s wen assembled and the BrU'.sh i turned ovei tin- station to tiw A:n**ri i_?ns. It was necessary to leave Brit ish planes, how ver. "owing to n.e faults of the i'n-y. aer:..ae machine's' :t is reported tl the American p:?:o P d'< is wt-te faulty, radia*. >rs i?ak?d :.i.d it .\ ?> July 20 bef./re rue, liest j w]i dly Aniei f-.an patrol w*b? under- ' taken. 1 Even under these handicaps, how ever, the American pilots kept after the submarine and the Killingholme station had several attacks aoerediiod to -it. Xo case is recorded of where it was known a suhmarine was sunk hut even with its very effic< nt sea plane patrol the Royal Air Force was given credit for sinking only one sub- ' marine during four years and a half ; >f war. A verdict of "probably s-.-ri- j1 ously damaged" was aeer-.-dited to American pilots of killingholme by J the British Admiralty. :? To Teach How to j Pack Goods English Railroads Trying to Pre vent Needless Loss of Goods ! in Transit London. March 2 (Correspondence) Because claims for goods damaged in transit now pending before the Railway Clearing House amount to I $5.000.000. the railroads have in-[ augurated a campaign to teach people how to pack goods for shipment, ''ie-.' torial appeals have been issued urging] ' tin- public to make sure that packagesi.1 :ne properly packed and addressed. ;; At one London depot a dozen rail-)1 road men were seriously hurt in oneM year through the collapse of poorly 1 packed freight, while less serious at - ! eidenis are reported almost daily : from the same cause. Bandits Hold Up Train ?- i i Three Masked Men Escape with; Six Thousand Dollars Cash I ? AI.-u ia iia. Aik.. March 27.?St. j | Louis and San Francosco Railroad j, train Xo. S01. enmute from St. Louis; , lo Meto plus, was held up between , this cit\ and Bridge Junction tonight j, hy three masked men. who escaped!, with about si;.niin in cash, it is re- j t ,,, hfii'. A fourth member of | the gang is said to have proceeded to j ( liridge Junction to Hag another fl'ain j to pre\ ent :t collision. ? , Harwich. March l. ? -Four Ger-j man submarines convoyed by the.. I'nin-d States submarine lender Hush-1' fieri, left toda> fo) the United State- : 4 Calotabs, the New Kind of Calo mel! Does the Work Without the Slightest Unpleasantness or Danger. : You have always thought ot calo mel as the best and sorest medicine in the world, but too nauseating for you to take. That was the old-style cal omel. Now science has. taken the sting out of calomel by removing it* unpleasant and dangerous qua " and has kept all its good-liver^ ing and system purifying effecte. The next time you are bilious or constipated ask for Calotabs, the new nausealess calomel. Sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty live cents. One tablet at bedtime, with a swallow of water?that's^ all. No taste, no griping, no nausea/no i salts. You wake up in the morning feeling tine, your liver active,- your. system puriried. and with a hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat what yo please?no danger of salivation. To money back at any drug store if , are not perfectly delighted r?th^x?Jtl ota bs.?rAdvt. (52) -.-_? ? Huns Attack Preach - -. Small Force in Neutral Territory Victims of Assauk by Hun garian Army Paris. March 31.?-AT small forea of French troops stationed in neutral ter ritory between Hungary and Rou-, mania have been attacked by.Huiig]ar ian troops, and three hundred and fifty of the French were taken prison ers, according to-, official reports re c-eived here. On the demand of the French gen eral a release* of the prisoner^ 3ias h<Wi promised. Greatly disturbed conditions are reported in Hungary.. The Lute of Pre-Easter Shopping Is now at its height, and chopping ? is made so easy by a visit t? Jthe Schwartz Oreat Store. For tlxfe-i* Madame La. Mode's favored: rendez vous. Day after day the n>w trahgs eome pouring in. Clothes of the la test style and material, clothes';that are the ultimate word in. fasten :far \vo?tten. misses and the younger ?et. , and besides clothes, there arc hosts' of lovely hats, slippers, waists, skirts, dresses and other desirably things that everyone should see, and sealing will be sure to want. Its Schwartz Bros.?Advt. Stand on Fmj0^^^k London. March 31.?The depart ment of the German foreign office having charge of peace negotiations has reached a decision on their at- . Utude toward the negotiations, a _ German wireless says. They h av? de cided the German government should act only in accordance with President Wilson's fourteen points. Hungary Sends Ultimatum Basel, March 31.?The Hungarian government:; it is reported in Vienna dispatches sent an ultimatum to the c'zeeho-Solvak government. This ac* tion it is stated, was taken because Of the concentration of Czecho-Slo vak troops and the rumor that there would be a general mobilization in Bohemia soon. Christiania. March 2 (Correspond ence)?The British legation recently; challenged the American legation to a six mile ski race, and ten members of each organization took part hi the. contest. The Americans, won with points against eighteen for the English. , Relton, S. C. Man Is Free From All Aches and Pains Had Gastritis, Headaches, Con stipation, Kidney and Liver Troubles?Dreco Brought Re lief. '?] have suffered for years with pains in my back and limbs, which^ I suppose was rheumatism; was al ways constipated and had nervou? headaches. My appetite was very poor and I didn't care for food at all, so that I was growing very weak. The nervousness also caused my sleep to be broken, and what sleep 1 did get ilidn't refresh me much. 1 am 59 rears old. and it isn't everything that Lv-ill help an edderly person, but there x< re such strong endorsements from reliable persons around here for Drec-o. that I decided to give it a trial, ami that was the best money bav<- spent in many a day. Bight ? t lirst 1 felt better from taking it, nid now 1 have taken three bottles nid I tell yon it's great medicine. All the pains have left my limbs and ?ack. and constipation never bothers no; my appetite is huge, and as to sleeping. well 1 just lie down and hop off into a refreshing sleep and tever wake until morning. My gen ial health has been greatly improv .1 by taking Dreco. You eertainly have my permission to publish 'my experience with Dreco." These are ho words of Mr. W. P. Holland, Sel on. S. C. Route 2. I nveo is now sold by all good Iruygists throughout the country and s highl> endorsed in Sumter by Uberi*?: l>iu? 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