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Mrs. HB. Allen
Of’ce Phone 99
Res. Phone 466;
sweater; Mrs. Emory Rylander one
sweater; Miss Annie Hailey one sweat
er; Miss Maude Sherlock one sweat-'
er; Miss Annie Annie Singer one!
sweater; Mrs. j. A. Davenport, one
sweater; Mrs. Z. A. Littlejohn one'
sweater; Mrs. Olivia Gr&mh&m one
sweater; Mrs. I. J. Kalmon one sweat- 1
er; Mrs. J. D. Raiford one sweater,
Mrs. W. I. Crapps one sweater; Mrs.'
S. L. Sills on© sweater; Mrs. J. A. I
Walker one sweater; Miss .Mitch'
Payne one sweater; Mrs. Sam
sweater; Miss Melva
REMARKABLE FEATS
OF
two. TUo honor guest was presented
1 "• „ yesterday at- j with a pretty piece of lingerie. Those 1Ia " wklns
C o'Iva Clark at her present were Mrs. Furlow Gatewood. c , ark one 8weater . j w Mar ,
’.L, Bridge was Miss Mary Hudson, Miss Elizabeth Ua- shal| ono 8Weater . ,, ou|8C Mar .
f, r oom which was vis. Miss Lucille Allen. Miss Anna ono 8Weater . M „ Thomaa Har .
D ° with Christmas j Murray, Miss Mattie McMath, Miss IoI(1 ono 8Weater . j Ir8 Arthur Ity- Dr. A. M. Soule, of Athens, announc-j ll0 t always possible to clear up a bat-!
Grope de chine j Melva Clark, M as Lucy Barrow Ta>- i a nder one sweater; Mrs. W. P. Per-: od today the appointment of P. A. j tlefleld of the casualties in lees than
,t each table for j low, Miss Genevieve Prather. Miss sons-one sweater; Mrs. F. L. Cato one Fentmore, of Americus, to be food ' hre o or four days, and on many oc-
jr c won by Miss Sara Britton. ^ ^ ^ I sweater; Miss Rebecca Cowles one controller of Sumter county. Ho will 'nslons wounded men waited oven
nd Mrs. Emory Ry- | * * * sweater; from Eilaviilc five sweaters;! retain the position during the period I longer before their Injuries could be
Mjas Maud. ! JIISS SHJiPPAHD ESTEItfAISS, Mrs. C. A. Schneider four mufflers; *of the war. Tho county advisory handled. Tho result of thlB was that
orated
Tries.
given
these
FRENCH FRONT, Dec. 19.—Almost
incrediblo feats have been and arc be
ing accomplished every day of the
war by the surgeons who treat sol-
diors wounded on the battlefleld.
| Those romarkablo feats have Increas-
KfRKTARY OF LOCAL COMMElt- j cd in frequency as tho stricken men
' !AL BODY WILL HEAD LOCAL | ar « nioro quickly gathered in by the
FOOD CONTROL ORGANIZATION 1 ambulances and brought to the field
Dl RING THE WAR. | hospital* for surgical intervention.
At tho beElnnlng of the war It was J r ,V c 7 A "l 9 ne o n board "a"bar"ge fitted
up as a floating hospital.
Miss Park says there Is only one
army commanders. Americans hare
done much in providing hospital ac
commodation neat’ the front as well
as at the bases.
Ono Instance of American effort In
providing for the accommodation and
treatment of tho wounded Is that the
management of Miss Kathleen Park,
of New York, at hor chateau of Annel,
There she has worked almost since
the very beginning of the war. While
the hattlb for the fort of Malmalson
was In progress the hospital dealt
with a considerable number of wound
ed, who were first bandaged on the
battlefield and then brought down the
Kathleen Denham, Miss
Martha Dedman,
drlc k. Miss Darien Pink-
ir ,. Rylander and Mrs.
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ISS HinSON.
flatowood was the
s at a party for Miss
her home on Lee
, deoerations were
jrchlefs were given for
t , at the game of forty-
;ht of
suggests
Ms
[ht of
iggests
’8PHARMACY
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thing needed to make her hospital
complete and that is what Is known as
an '‘autoclialr," composed of a travel- ’
Ing surgical outfit carried In five >
automobile wagon—ono for thej
operating room, one for the rodlolgol-1
cal examinations of wounds, ono for
carrying bandages and supplies, one
for tho stafT and the fifth to convoy
the tent for the beds on which the
men lie after the operations and while
Mary Elza Sheppard enter- Miss Susie Taylfr two mufflers; Mrs. H oard, which will ac*. with Mr. Feni-! largo numbers of tho wounded suc-
tainod with two tables of bridge yes- J n. Stewart oi.i muffler; Mrs. S. jrcore In regulating food conservation rum| )cr from gangrene or blood pols-
terday afternoon, complimenting Miss Pace one muffler, Mrs. I. J. Kalmon j ami the enforcement of food lawB, fa, onlng, or were rendered so feeble
Ruth Britton, whose marrtago occurs j on e muffler; Mrs. .las. Davenport one yet to be named. j Gom loss of blood that they wero un
tomorrow evening. The honor guest | muffler; Mrs. Thomas Harrold ono 1 The first duty of county admlnlstra-! : ‘b!e to undergo operations that wero
was presented with a lovely bit of iin- mulTler; Miss Annie McLaughlin one 'tors Is enforcement of the food con- vitally necessary. It was at that time
gerle, and delicious refreshments were muffler; Mrs. Fred Arthur one muff-; tro! regulations In the counties to regarded as a satisfactory result
sorved. lor; Mrs. \V. W. McNeill one muffler; j which they have been assigned. Tho \ v;!,on 3,x,y l ,or cent ot 1,10 wounded wa|(1 (o be convC yod to the barge
Those present were Miss Ruth Brit- ..■•hoot children eighteen mufflers; 1 <irs-. purpose of the administrators br0URht to l 110 hospitals recovered , fnr (ran8]10rt t0 (he ' hospital base In
ton, Miss Docia Mathis, Miss Annie Frances Shiver one muffler; Miss Car-| will bo to inspire and obtain tho vol-1 oventualty from their Injuries. I , ho rnnr , r 8ho . >o „ C3s0l i t i, 0 pon .
Lou Perkins, Mrs. Ben Worthy, Miss; rio Speer one muffler; from EUaville | untary co-operation of the wholesale Thls percentage of losses among the | l08[) | ta l Bho Is convinced that
Sara Britton, Miss Annie Lou Perkins, i one muffler; Miss Mary Hayes nine| : '.nd retail dealers In the articles 0 t "°undcd men would nt prosent ho re- ^ )1V( . g wolll(i ho snvedj s | nco
Miss Caroline Worthy, Miss Lita Mer- pair wristlets; Mrs. F. L. Dupree 11 j food which come under the federal, r'-uded with horror l>y tho military, |dHv of trea tment Is tho main fac-
ritt, Miss Melva Clark. pair wristlets; Mrs. de Bruyne 4 pair: regulations. | surgeons who now reckon with per-. (er )a (|ra|ln( , w , th wounds .
* " ! wristlets; Mrs. Horton 7 pair wrist- The primary purpose of tile county : rcct assuranco on saving about nine-. working with her In
RED CROSS WORK. -lets; Mrs. Smith two pair wristlets; j food administration organization Isj j»* h » « J 10 " cd conjunction with tho French military
The committee of which Mrs. Tho.. j Mrs. W. L Crapps 7 pair wristlets; j making fif- to the public its regular | » " of plLa^ The nereen ago of «‘>rgeon,a number of American doe-
Harrold is chairman, despatched a ; Mrs. Viola Damon one pair wristlets; I »'• ' of at falr and reasonable; ba - t, ° " f F nnder3 tho Percentage or, , nartldnated in the hand-
box of knitted articles Monday of, Mrs. Alice Cobb 4 pair wristlets; Mrs.!.prices. The act of Congress of August recoveries among wounded men ■ •
which tho chapter has reason to bo Furlow 4 pair wristlets; Mrs. J.! 1°. 1917, out or which has grown the
very proud. Tho work was begun on! a. Bell 3 pair socks; Mrs. H. C. Hor- rfw! '’-'-Tol system of the govern- lo clchty-slx
November 20th and when one consid-’ton one pair socks; Mrs. P. Brown mo 1 ^* conferred upon the United
ers tho interruptions of Thanksglv-! one pair, socks; Mrs. Smith one pair S" -- Administration ctrl&in ‘ e m'which the French tors are Richard Bolling and Robert
ling and the holiday rush It makes a; socks. r.ov.vrs by which to accomplish the recc 1 '' attlc m " hlcn ttt * " J) - - -
splendid showing. Tho following nr- j These articles have been shipped devolving upon It. Those pow- j v ™ t ** from the Gormans tho fort
tides were raado and donated: i tr. Red Cross supply service, 32 James "s have been delegate! to tho federal Malmalson ami caused them to
-Miss Sara Cobb, ono sweater; Hiss strteet, Atlanta. .food administrator in each of the grates evacuate the Chcmln des Dames after
A large supply of wool has just been end hlnl tb «>' ilrB ndministored throwing away hundreds of thousands
received and after Christmas it Is through tho county administrator in °f l h<> Crown Vrlnce s best trooos
hoped that many more will volunteer j ° ach county .
to do tho work. Apply for tho wool
to Mrs. Thomas Harrold. 301 College;
street, chairman of tfie committee. | Statement of the Condition of The
ftLCAZAD
HtheatreR
MATINEE 5 & 10c
NIGH1 10 & 15c
WEDNESDAY
Triangle Picture
Ray Stewart in
“THE DEVIL DODGER”
Five Acta, and
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
“FATTY IN CONEY ISLAND”
Come take a good laugh
THURSDAY”
Paramount Picture
Jesse L. Lasky Presents
Julian Eltinge in
“THE CLEVER MRS, CARFAX”
Elizabeth Cobb, one swoatcr; Mrs. L.
F Grubbs, one sweater; Miss Annie
McLaughlin, ono muffler; MJss Eliza-
Loth Eldridgo one muffler, Mrs. G. M.
Eldrige one muffler.
The following wero made for Red
Cross:
Mrs. W. J. Thornton three sweaters;
Mrs. Lizzie Rogers two sweaters, Miss
Marla Harrold, two sweaters, Mrs.
Ida Ross two sweators; Mrs. deBruyne
two sweators; Mrs. Stella Thurman
two sweaters; Mrs. John A. Cobb two
sweaters; Miss Brownie Hodges, two
sweaters; Mrs. Frank Turpin one
sweater; Miss Martha Dedman one
The act of Congress of August | recoveries among wounded men
brought to tho hospitals amounted ,,nR t,ie F ren °h wounded during
j the battle of Malmalson. Also nhe
This striking fl'guio was still fur- ‘ has w,th J ep *° v eral American trained
fier Imporved on the'occasion of tho" ,,lrso * a "‘ ,( hol ' ,Br "- AmonR ,he ioc -
tors are Richard E
Schrock, from New Y’ork; George de
Tarovsky, from Chicago; John Moor
head, from the Now York Posb-Grad-
Ladies remember!
$15.00 Suits now ....
» 9.76
20.00 Suits now ....
12.50
25 00 Salts now ....
16.50
30.00 Suits now ....
19.75
35.00 Suits now ....
22.75
40.00 Suits now ....
26.50
Spot Cash only
ANSLF7TS
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’inkston Company
To Shop Early Helps Us Both
here Never Was a Better
Time For Sensible Giving
t Suggestions for the Whole Family
1 ?ive, or for your own use, there is nothing
etter than Shoes, warm, wooly, comfy Slippers
'i women and the kiddies, in a
of colors to match kimona o«
i robe.
jery
unusually well stocked depart-
3t| showing every staple or
Ity.
ferchiefs
Linen, embroidered or
a:n ’ * U3tr °us Silks. in white or
^ 0rs ‘ handkerchiefs for chil-
en.
ldr >g Boots
H °y Scouts
Dress Shoes
Name the girl who wouldn’t just
adore evening slippers for Xmas
Recent shipments, bought for
Holiday trade, have arrived and
we present every good style, in
cluding patent and dull operas,
with every size and width.
$4.00 to §7.50
All Suits Are Selling Less *|3
HANK OF COMMERCE,
Located at Amerlcus, Ga., at the Close
of Business, Dec. 15th, 1917.
Resources.
Demand loans *•$ 88,638.29
Time loans 230,927.59
Overdrafts (unsecured) .... 201.49
Bonds and stocks owned by
the bank 122,250.00
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures 20,000.00
Dlo ;rem banl'.:< and bank
ers in tills state
I)uo from banks and bank
ers in other states
Currency .$35,035.00
Gold 6,225.00
Silver, nickels
etc 490.07
Cn«h items .... 10,102.48— 51,852.55
Advances on cotton In pro
cess of shipment 106,559.20
r. S. Liberty Loan account. 6,504.00
In the effort to retain It. The French
surgeons’ reports after the conclusion
Of the fighting and tho treatment of
all the wounded show that ninety
men out of every hundred brought
to hospital recovered from their hurts.
Speed in collecting the wounded Is
tho greatest factor In bringing about
this progress.
Americans have had much to do
with tho speeding up of the ambulance
service, for their ambulances have
been present at every point wherr
fighting has been severe and their
work has been highly praised by the
FRIDAY
Blue Ribbon Feature
Mary Anderson in
“FLAMING OHEN”
Five Acts, and Chapter 15 P
“THE GRAY GHOST” |
Blc’-er, J. H. Wagner, Froldr, Jacobs,
n Z. Cashmar and H. G. Clarke, of
l’iltsburg. The nurses comprise Miss
Sweet, Miss Kilgrew and Miss Holley,
from the Detroit Harper hospital;
Miss U B. Smith, from New York
Hospital, Miss Ptomloy, from the
unto hospital; nnd Doctors Paul R. .Roosevelt hospital, New York.
Nofice to the Public
We have leased from J. L. Jones his'garage business at
Leslie, Ga., known the Leslie Automobile Co., and will be
glad to have your patronage, and guarantee prompt ser
vice and satisfaction.
S. M. JONES, JOHN MOSES
Lessees
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153,083.63
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Liabilities.
Capital stocl; paid in ... $ 65,000.00
Snrrlus fund 35.000.00
I'ndivlded profits, less cur
rent cxeonscs interest and
taxes paid
32,385.27
Individual deposits subject
to check 634,885.81
Demand certificates N 712.52
Tlmo certificates 170,577.71
Due to clearing house l,182.al
Total $989,743.82
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Sumter County.
Before me came Frank Sheffield, vice
president of Bank of Commerce, who j
being duly sworn, says that tho above (
and foregoing statement is a truo eon- 9
ditton of said bank, es shown by the
books of file in said bank.
FRANK SHEFFIELD.
Sworn to and subscribed before mo,
t|ds isth day of December, 1917
OHUTRI DE SMITH, N. P . S. Co. Oa.
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Twelve Delighted FrieRds
eliminating
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Hooks Motor Co.
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Announces to its patrons and the public
generally that a deal has been consum
mated whereby the
MAXWELL
Automobile Agency
has been obtained from the Chappell
Machinery Co., and these excellent cars
will hereafter be handled by us. , In addi •
tion we will continue the sale of
Grant Six, Jeffrey and
Peerless Automobiles
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and Fisk and Hanes Tires in ail sixes.
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HOOKS MOTOR CO.
Our Garage Is Open All Night
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