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PHOTO PIAY PARAGRAPH*) 8CENE FRO^ "TATIIKN tho Men Left Town" ls n I I.nura Oakley, one of the host known l! mB&P^ f ! YY eldo splitting comedy that ls comedy nctresscs on the photo-play ^ag particularly uprop, M at tills stage and formerly mayor of Universal ll ?SjJr/ ?_" \ li time of HilfTnigette uprisings. Of City, Cul., will soon he seen again in H?E==*i V._- ~~BZ?ZlLE^z~=ELETT-^?3H Course tile men .win out lu thc end. Universal pictures. After a vacation MARGUERITE COURTOT - of almost three months Miss Oakley Marguerite Courtot, ulthough the has returned to the west coast atadlos ?,\ Cottage liv Hie Uiver" has Just youngest star In moving pictures, ls of the company ?Ith the declaration ?".,." relciiscd. Lucky was overjoyed also one of tho cleverest. She has tak- that she io ready for work. when he uaw Ids natue down on the en Home of the most dlillciilt parts In -. lottery result sheet as the winner of luiullun picture ?hlBtory and handled In "The Basket Habit" Mr. Clifford \\ Cottage On the Uiver." His Joy. j them to perfection. brings home a very hungry nnd very however, was turned to dismay when I, ? Important business acquaintance, but he learned that til? 'Voltage On the F Lottie Blair Parker's "Under South- tho new colored maid has removed the Uiver" wits univ the title or a picture, ern SMos." tVnt famous old play, will contents of the refrigerator to her bas- .Wxt time In? won a lottery we tuny soon Uo rieeu in motion pb-tnres. The ket Kddlo. hitherto frowned upon by lu? sure that lie noticed more carefully : producing will be done on a mammoth the Cliffords, wins their .everlasting what tho prize was. acole. # gratitude nnd their daughter hy dlscov- - -. ering the all important basket Phillips Smnlley. equally prominent Victoria Fordo, tho pretty seventeen- - ns nu actor and a producing director. ! yonr-old lending woman, cnn swim. In "Somebody's Sister" nn ambitious recently shot himself through the right ride, shoot, plsy billiards, drive nn nu- young man and his Bister from thc hand while Inspecting n pistol at I ago tomoblle. point pictures nnd operate a country meet with trials tn n big city na Beach. Col. Thp bullet went through telegrapher's key. She ts practicing and retreat wildly to the rural region the pnlm of the hand. No bones were ventriloquism nnd expects to be adept for ppnee. An Interesting and well con- broken. Thc pistol was of the so called soon in that niuo. structed drama. "absolutely Bnfe" variety. HOW WYATT MEI BILL Fl Points Out Benefits To Be Derived By Small Farmer SPEECH ATTRACTS I MUCH ATTENTION Bill ProvrdcA System Enabling Na tional Banks To Furnish Money at Low Rate Of Interest Washington, July 7.--Whllo the cmj fereneo report oil the agricultural ap propriai icm l ill was hoing considered Bcprehontutlve Wyatt Aik<m made a strong speech iti support of his hill to provide federal aid for tenants who | want to hay small farm4. His re- . marks on thu subject attracted a great 1 deal of attention. Mr. Aiken -aid in part; I heartily approve of the item of litl.OlK) inserted in this conference re port for tho study and investigation of rural-credit societies, and 1 regret j uxcr-jillngty that the President and tho democratic leader (Mr. Underwood) hr.vc expressed their purpose to defer consideration of any and all rural CTcdlt measures until Ibo next cession of Congress, even though the very Important ciuestlon of anti-trust leg islation is thu question to which tho.se gentlemen would give precedence. Important us it may be tn protect tba Individual citizen against combin ations of capita! that will force from him an excessive price Tor what he buy:; and an. inudo-mntc pr,lcc for what he. yells, it does seem to me I lu* ques tion of feeding and clothing th's tui tion from tho substance of our own ?oil ls of still moro vital importance; and the necessity for Improved rural e red I ti; lies et tho very base of tbs great economic ciuestlon. Tho popula!?on of the I'nited States is luci casing ito .rapidly hy natural growth and' bv foreign influx that consumption, even now, in thia com paratively virgin country i:; far great er than production omi lu ton rear., food products have doubled In price to tilo consumer. If thc agriculturist ot the United State alone profited by this high cost of food products, the burden would bo more Willingly borne by tho cou; inner; but when il is re called that; we are already bringing j corn und''nient in great quant (ties' from South'America i nd Canada it ia time for us to pauso' i nd consider ways and inonns for building up ag riculture ul home. Ton Many lu migrants. Ai cause which nu.v explain'our lu? adequato y apply of food-stuffs is Mic. fact that the hundred of thousunC-i of j immigrants who corni annually 'o mir shores aro not usrlcu?i'*rl?u?*, except for a f-mall per cont, and th'* Ameri can farmer who has been plowing for B top-heavy consuming' 'lass al ready must rise earlier, go later and drive ..harder to feed' and clothe tho. non-producing immigrant: Hampered an ho has been hy la-h of (ann credit, boocan not expand and int -n dty and di vend fy in snch way as to keep pa?-*o with demand, and -?o food products . have roared, higher and higher. -But there, is even a greater causo for thc lack of balance, between sup ply and demand and that is tho faut that farm tenney is on tho increaso in tho United Staten. " It'makes nd difference how industry ona, how honest, or how intelligent a man may be, if he has nothing moro thpn a tfnftnt's interest, .In the toil Uc "'.'.I. '.;.,:.{*>. .'? N SUPPORTS ]R FEDERAL AID cu tl va les, feeling that he may KOW where another may reap, he will nev er bring that oil up lo a high stine of productiveness. It makes no difference how public upirilcd a man may he, if le? ' is ?riy u tenant':, interest in Hie amnnunity J In which he lives he can i.?t iutllli lee highest duty of a citizen 'ii llw s.ho-.il,, in Ute church, and in thc stale, he-j causo he never Knows wh n ?he "a .>.-, oruhle hand of neeesslty Will drug him from his surroundings and vet him down in a community of unsym pathetic strangers. Sol Class Legislation. \V. have heard it objected that le* IsaUon in the interest of agriculture is class legislation and smacks of pa ternal ism; vi'- if every vocation and every industry that make lip the world of business was not rooted in sericul ture, .lust as fertilizer placed at the nuit?; of a.troc nourishes tho tiniest! leaf, just s?? stimulated agriculture carriua.atreugtli and growth and nnur hihment to the . mal lest ontorprtao and to the . humblest citizen; Tho rolled States lias already iticoguh'od thia principio in watering' tho dry ands of thc west and In cleaning riv era and harbors to cheapen freight rutea on farm producta rctwoen ex changing consumers. Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland and many etiler European countries le.ogin/od th!?* li.'lnciplc-iOllrb of them moro tiinn a hundrod .yonr.1 ago -when either by l?gislative concisions to ag riculturists, by government lunns, t r. us in tho caso of France, hy dire ;l sub sidy, tliey establish jd land-loan banks with oxccodlng'y low ratea ??f Inter est. As a result, agriculture in tho countries named is in its highe-t slate and wealth ls distributed in that healthy proportion between country and town that makes'for the highest citizenship. Taking Switzerland ns an example lt will porliaps emphasize tho conten tion wc aro trying to bring ouMo tell something of tho wonderful dovolop mcnt of that count-y. due entirely to the establishment of rural-credit hunks. Leas than half n century ago 80 per cent of thc landa of Switzerland wero tilled by tenants. Except for the few land holdera, who were themselves lund poor, tho people .wore poor, un progtesHivo and apathetic. Tho pub lic treu-ury was at low" lido. Men of public spirit, realizing that there was disease tn the public policy, set about to ascertain tho cause. It was not long until tho tenant systoni was llxed on a-" th? root of thc country's evils, and the government set about'tn right thone evils. A system of land banks was established, through which tho government loaned small sums to ten ants, at a low ruto of interest, with which to buy homes. Improved conditions wort! apparent, from thc beginning and today, thanks to Switzerland's lund-loan y stem. 00 per cent of the agriculturists of that country own their homes, thc banks of the country arc prosperous, andi con dering the rancid natura oC the noll lt ts one of tho most productive agri cultural countries tn Europe, When a commission was sent by the I'nited Stutf'? to'camino rural-credit systems in CM rope and to observe results, members of thc commission were ? mazed to find that European fa rm era were supporting families on I and 2 acron of ground and that 20 acres con nut ut od a very "ftfgfc 'falrm. They wero.informed that the. high per cent of production was i due - to intensivo farming, that intensive farming was due to ownership .and .that ownership .wo* dne.in largo measure to land-loan banks, organized in w.hole*or In part by government aid. They annuall .Vdiy pud unanimously rocomnjiood that sonn? su "h syst "Mn he worked out for the United States. Thu commission recommended a I?'' which is si part of their report, and which, though entirely right in pur pose, is, in my judgment,,, subject to serious objections. Th? bill con ta i ur, .'?I section and is loo cumbersome. It undertakes to outline in detail such provisions and restrictions as should be worked ont by the secretary of the treasury. ll proposes an intri cate, .system of land-loan banks, to bc created, with hundreds of providions and imitations to he guarded by spo eial otb vers created under the provis ions of the bill. Hut thc most vital defect in the bill proposed by th? com mission is the plan of bajing rural credits on arbitrary associations of farmers, afterwards to tvj organized under onie visionary form of charter or on plighted faith of such farmers' organizations as the grange, the alli ance io the union, all of whiclt have done good work lp imninvinf: rural conditions, hut none nf willoh ia suit ed to the peculiar purpo-e of forming a compact, unchanging basis nf credit. Lund Loan Bepartmcut* If u bill of HU >h lingth and details, with such undigested provisions for the original basis of credit, li such a hill as thc President and the Demo cratic leader t.Mr. Kndcrwood) have In contemplation. I am surprised that I hey hesitate to consider lt at this session. Hut I am sur? that a sim ple bill auch us I have Introduced, which'docs not undertake to outllno departmental work and which is clear cut and free of surplusage, can bo considered and passed hv this house without perceptible loss of time. I nm equally sure (hut no measure bab been before this house In twenty years that would be more far-reach ing in its henelieinl effects for thc ten ant and tile small landowner. and eventually fur the nation, than this bill IT enacted Into law. Thc bill that J have Introduced. H. It. 11*028. uses tho - lonni banks ns now organized, creal ng a land-loan depart mont in those banks ni simple as their prient snvlnga department. Thc original basis of "redit in In tho land of the Individual rind this is pass ed on under my bl'' us under exist ing national bank 1; - bv tho president ls, by a sane and simple law. to ro move the inhihltlr against national hanks accepting 1 I mortgages as ae .curlty and to r-"' vide tho means by which thc farte .. , collateral will ho given un c<iua' -ance and by which he may bo ena I to seenro money at a low rate of h ernst that will enable him to grow. That mv bill fully meets tho rr '.ronicnts, I propose to show further >n in tho course ot ray remnrks. No fair r 'nded man will deny that up to. this lime tho whole machinery of our money and credit syst-'-'n hat* been directed toward the aid of the city and not thc country, Legisla latina has gone along in this-channel for so long that cvn the farmer has come to think he ls dependent on th? City for his Credit. He has lieen ed ucated In the school of adversity tc put the cart before tho-horse. -- Why should tho farmers of the Uni ted States with realty values wortl: $10.000,000,000 and raising annus! products amounting to over $10.000, 000.000 have to beg for credit at exor bitant rates either of tho merchant oi thc local banker, whon that merchant or tho local banker will take the far mer' collateral and with it borrow lr Now York at ii per eViit; . The sooner all Indnu-ifH roslin their fl rsl de,, end o a co to the farm that all primal weal*) hes lt.? origil there, tho sooner will i lal wealth- ti larger degree copie to ?itv- and men try, i Mr. ?rvaa TOsyer uttered o trruvi saying than '!,??t w> nu:y destroy- out cities and let era SP grow in our street but if wc maintain.a'Mgb standard o agriculture .the clt'e* will .bo renul! larger and moro prosperous MIHI eyer.. I . The Fate ol interest. r,..But. say some, thc farmer is airead; paying interest to tho amount of $f>00. ,000.000 annually, an amount large Hum Mit! annual returns from our wheat cron, und lu- iran liol or should nut lake on additional burdons. Wu an- WIT thai thu railroads of lins .coun try aro val nod nt ? 1 :..oini.oOn and they are mortgaged u-r tu $1 l.uuo.ooii ono. (.'arm lands, as stated, arc valued af $lo,nno,Mio,(on and they arc mort gaged for $tj,000,ooo.ot?o. Ii railroad:' ur? not overmorl gaged, then surely farm lands have a tale margin for, additonal loane I do not underestimate the d'tat rue ll ve efi c t'i of mort gagea tinder pres ent conditions, hy which the farmer paya from 8 lo I" per cent; but I contend that noi in lite mortgage but in Hie rate of lui ?rest lies tho cvll.i Tho farmer who pays s and' 10 per cent for money will never have means for expansi?n, for intensifying his ni .( hods and Increasing Iiis yields. My theory, t'leti, is a larger mort gage debt mid a smaller interest account. I udor existing conditions it ls but fair to ray that hunks can not accom modate fa mi ern al :i low rate of in terest. They ur? part ol a system that has li'ioii built up in the interest of t'su city mon with government sanction. '.M u ? Inive tho govern ment amend thc laws in the founda tion, agriculture, and the whole finan cial superstructure will he healthier and stronger. And why may not the government do these tilings? The recent order o? the secret nv nf the treasury suspend ing tho ruin whereby national hanks wer- prohibited from lending money on real estate was a tacit admission that tho farmers hauls of credit lia:? been unjustly legislated against, and that thc needs of agriculture, the needs of the whole people dependent on agriculture, will jurlify not only thc rlght?njs of ill ? wrong but en larged priviicgea 1er this class of cre dit. Liebt nt reasonable rules mean J healthy expansion; deiit at excoastve rates of interest means torpor if not ruin. Nothing for Hie Tenants? Mut what or the tenon: class who constitute fully nine-? i 'Jis. of thc farmers of the country? They have ito land to mortgage iven at tho high rate of interest Die landlord must pay. Their lot is hard indeed. They pay from K^.to lu per cent for thc mcnoy or- provisions furnished them hy Hie merchant or landlord, and tc this good day thc door of hope hat bean closed against them to such ar extent aa to rttake it next to inipos-:! ble for any of them to live under theil own vine and Hg noe. Thero ls no calculating thu inercas? ed production that this country lt capable of if? by virtue of an act ol congress, a large per cent of presem Wiion a man knows that ho and hi; children will sn rel v prolit by the lin provoments he'pula upon his 'and. ht has some Ineen^ive'to bring* thai l.tnt lo ita highest s'tate of productiveness Cive n man a iv "incentive, some thin; to work to with' reasonable hope, ant tn will lift himself to the hight.! plane.-. Tbe- man who owns his lum ls no better by nature t?an thousand, who do pot own their- lands but own ei.diip gives liim hotter, opportunities opens up for him a broader lielci am makes of liim a more stable citi/.cn lt has been wolj . sajd "?har. he will owns his soli ja in," part?cr?h;?> wit I thc Almighty." "' So fortilo hit- been our virgin i.oi and t;o varied our natara! resource! that wc hiivc given llttl" thought ti shortage of production. - We want ti hold our"monoply of r.iwi.ot.oi, -.ni and yet your by yoar tho- supply i falMng further behind tho demand As previously stated, our grain am corn supply is not keeping paco wit our rapidly increasing population willie the falling away of our mea supply is actually alarming. Thc nc cessity for intensive farming, fo building up personally, owned homet such as product? corn and meat an eggs and vegetables, is apparent: bu thc means to meet that dcina id ur "Woefully wanting. My hill provides a-system Mint wi] give thu smaller fanner a low rate c interest through national banks aa yet give thc banks thc usual margi of profit. (?ranting, aa. I believe, tho major it of my hearers will, .that there Ism gent necessity for some such moasur I propose to. show that this bili 1 practicable and will fully meet th demand. - - What the Bill Ito*. Idea. Thc bili provides that- nation: banks may establish land loan d< Pertinents. This Is made a s?parai department of tho banking sys ten that it may not conflict with exlstin currency laws, and for the furtht reason that lt would bc folly and ni nocoesary expense to thc. gov> ?-QUICI to estnblish a hew system of b..nka 1 bo known as lan i-loan banka wHe existing national batiks can do tl work designed, wLl'undortake it onl too gladly, and cnn do it better. Tt president of the hank passes on tl character and sufficiency of collator offered. . In order that loans may not be rou tiplicd for thc pur po- c Of getting coto missions regal dioso of the. sufficient I ot collateral offered, national bani ?are required to buy 10 per cont leach serial bond issue made th rous their agency., lt it becomes ^necessary to sell.-u der mortgage. any or all tho 'lani hypothecated in any series, tho bat must guarantee that'the land-> se shall bring the amount ,duo On tl mortgage at timo of sale, which r qulrcment alone would rank .> the bal officials cautious as to the desirablli and sufficiency of his collateral. Sums loaned-un<jtr this system' w be refunded In easy- payments,- wi Interest at 6 per cent per annn running over, a period of IQ yea when the whole amount* with intorr will havo been paid. .., ? _n ?ne-tenth or tho principal loan wilt annually, o? paid into a sinkt fund, anil h?re again the. bank' gui antees the stability, of that pink! tnnd hy'giving' bon .'.'t?? cover r^apf sibil?y . for.tUat;vp?rtlculsr fund. And why 'lihoufd not tho govei mont, become responsible. for pi payment of all bono? ls*nod under this hill? Million? of dollars arc atintla1 appropriated to carry on agricultural experiments in this country, and il has given us pleasure to vote for all] these appropriations; but how much more effective would be those experi ments If they were carried to I? landowning farmers where they are now carried to one. in guaranteeing final payment**of tile bond<* lamed under thc provisions of my bill the government assumes absolutely no risk. The bonds are is sued on mortgage of real estate for not more than two-thirds its value as pas ed on by the hank president. Tho bank, the government's own creature, ls located in tho same vicinity as the borrower, and thc character of f laud hypothecated or sough: to lie hy pothecated is known to tho bank pres ident, and there is no possible way under this hill that UH- bank oliiciiii? could accept inadequate collateral or fleece the government except by themselves .suffering Ur t. The bill provides that the govern ment and not the hanks shall issue the bonds, because In this way they may Ivs floated at par, bearing thu lowest possible rate of interest. Tho bor rower is too far removed from t . nionev center- to get a loan even at a high rate of interest, and so ho puts his security behind the government and asks its mediation. On more tuuti one occasion the t'nitcd '.'.tates gov ernment has borrowed money purely on the faith of Its credit, but here if ls secured, dollar for dollar, and IIH n margin of one-third more than thc face of any hond. While we admit that mortgager, real estate do not constitute the most desirable banking paper, bonds issued by the government, based on these mortgages, are HS acceptable and ai convertible aa gold notes. There xxtk dh.awkfditioec-.u?lofz I'liviife CapHal is Shy. There is abundance of :i per cent money in the I'ntted States, but crap ital is proverbially uhy. Agriculture is languishing for lack of developing capital, hut the isolated farmer can not reach thc real money cente This bill makes the government thc medium through which the borrowei and the'lender can mee; on terms o fullest coulidence for mutual a vantage and for even greater ad vantage to the government itself. It will bo noted that undor t' terms of thc bill the greatest amona that can te loaned to any one persoi is f2.*?00. Thc purpose of this provis ion is that the benefits of thc bill ma: be extended to the greatest posslbl numbor. and especially to the sinai farmer and tenant, who needs i worst. Now, let us consider some of th ' radical workings of thc hil. Takt for instance, the small farmer wh owns, say. 100 acres of land, value at, say, $20 per acre-and I may ad that this bill is Intended to roach th less densely populated rural sections where land values have not airead Hoarded beyond the- reach u" tho ma: of moderate means or no. means ti all. Say he owes a thousand dollar on hi.-- land, lt is difficult to get a individual to carrv a mortgage for s long on that land, and rarely will h carry lt for less than X per cent intel est: When he hus paid bia Interes taxes, and'living e'xnenses ho has lil tlo or nothing to put on his debt : nothing to pul on improvements. Th con.'eauoncj is many farmers fall t meet their payments at high rates t interest and some lose their lands er Uroly. When under this bill the ma gets a low rate of interest, stipulate annual payments, and long time guat anteed. he can carry his debt and in prove lils property every year. Aga" take thc tenant who always pays h? runt and hi.- store account or his ban note-and thc-re arc hundreds c thousands of them who do so. bt barely break oven ono year with ar otlior- he has absolutely no chane under our present system of crcdi Suppose under this bill,ho proposes I buy 100 .acres of land from thc lane owner, who knows his good uualitit at. sav, $20 per acre. The 100 acre will contain a three-horse farm, lea' lng 2? acres for pasture. If he is southern farmer, tho regular cette rent he has been paying- the landloi was 6 bales of cotton, or, say, 3,0< pounds. This at, say, 1.3 1-4 cent which ls less thun today's market, worth $31)7.00. - j Now. the landlord -, cannot walt : years for his money, nor 1B he abloV tako only 5 per cent intorost. So. ui dor the provisions of this he soils li acres; of land to his tenant, waivli U^o.-first mortgage. Thc.tenant thl gives his first mortgage to a nation bank as part of a serial loan, and 1 turns over th j cash received on th mortgage, together with a secot mortgage, to the original landownc The landowner can easily wait for tl balance of his money, even nf a lc rate of interest, and thc-' tenant ci moot his annual payments with Is than he has heretofore been payli for rent. Let us ase if. thia la not u fucL T annual payment or principal, duo f bank will be.- $ir>u. The .first/yeat Interest will be $76, making n total 132.5. and leaving a margin out of wh has - beon his annual, rent paid . $173,50 to be applied to the BOCO mortgage .hold by the former landloi Tho accruing, interest grows small and bmaller each year until {he la wheh It will bs $7.50, making the fit 1157.50. . . . lt ls thought by come that tho avi age 100-aeres of land will- not furn! more than n 2-horsO furnia which will grant for Bake of argument. Tb' doduotlng one-third from; tho ? ust rent for a 3-horso farm, which In d .irs, as above figured, would'arnot to $3fi7.no, we have Tor a 2-hoi farm. $265, enough to meet the pi ment of principal . and interest a leaving a balance at Ito to bo appl to tho econd mortgage. Let. us kt in mind the fact that the landlord I heretofore gotten nil this, which orilla' fal*' rctflrh on 'his f?vc^sttaiet end what tho tenant ia able to ole above his ront and necessary expeni -end a few chfar sofnething-only : him belier for improving anti building i up hia fa rm, _ . j (?he ihn Tn;mt a ('honr?. Now, while I have .said ol conditions I in the coltan belt l? au o 1 have per- j gonai knowledge of conditions there, | crop values-, lhere uro perhaps lillie, if any. better than in other agricultu ral scellons, and the per rent of ara i ble land to tho hundred aero will not average aa high a; In Hie west and northwest. Now, Mr. Speaker. I plead that ?in opportunity may be given (he tenant ih the colton heit for illustrations, nut one of you who conics from an agri cultural or semi-agricullural ututo hut has honest. Industrious citizens of your own flo*h and blood, in a sense, 1 who are forced all their lives to pay rent to, some landowner because ta? j cannot get a start in the world. It their Inuit ; il is not the fault of the landowner, who has been their best friend, bul is the faull ol' a linaiiclal j system that has discredited tho farm I cr's brawn und brain an:' despised lila , Ililli a.; a baals of credit. Ulva I hese men an opportunity un der the eyes of your own agents- I national banks-and 1 guarantee that ' i you will see a revolution wrought I in tlie connu* 'tatton, improvement, and productiveness ot farm lands that the! I wildest dreamer could never have conceived of. I " Ulvo these men a chane", and you .a VI have better fchuola, better chinches, better government. j Give these men a chance, and tho' high cost of living problem vanishes.' i for tim man who lives on Iiis own land i will produce his own meat and corn I and some to apare, whereas the ton I ant must stick to thc more r^ady sal ! ailie crop to meet Iiis lien or bank j note. (Applause.) Now, Mr. Speaker, I have iini-ht".'. and if there ls any member of this house who does not beievo this bill I will meet the growing demand, the crying necessity for some such in? v ' ure, 1 wilt bo only too glad for him I to point out its defects. If thc bill can be amended to advantage, I will g'i.i I ly accept such amendments. While I j believe everv possible objection to tho , bill can be rcu.-onubly answered, I will not stickle as to form if you will , join witli mo on the general proposi tion to give our farmers an canal chance with all oilier vocations, since ail others aro Indirectly dependent on them. . My sincere wisli is that yon will join with me in obtaining early a.* favorabe consideration of thc bill anf that it" may soon become law. \V? owe lt to thc man at home, who has been laboring year In and your out with little or no hope, and to delay action or to defer lt to tho next ses sion i? to fall short of our duty to a very large per cent of our constitu ents. Why ls Thia Thus?. Every married man knows how mnch easier it Is for hip. v.ife to dis cover a hole in his pocket than that a button Is missing from his coat. Exchange. . But Never to Our Shekels. "What ls your definition of 'filthy lucre?' " "That's a derogatory term ap plied to other people's money."-Bal timore Sun. Talks About the Home City. ? "Teach the facts about your home city in tho public schools," urges the bureau of municipal reaBearch, Now York city. The Whole Hog. Playwright-"Waa Grasper satisfied with the part assigned him in.my new play?" Manager-"Was Grasper ever satisfied with 'part' of anything?'' Judge. Just Between Ourselves arid The Lamppost By MOSS. TH IH ls a little heurt to heart talk. It's meant for the business men of this terri tory, for those who advcrtlso and for those who ought . Friend, you must make your customers buy from you MEN TALLY before tbej purchase In, ACTUALITY. You. must arouse ant) interest the m)nd before you can roach ute pot-kefbook. .Thought pre ce'iw.aciiub. >lnk? the FAM.?LY .CHICLE a . 8p0riM NU, CENT En. First go nffef. the ninney spent mentally hy*, tho 'rireal?le, ''t?et yphr &1J-': lng: stor^ reaUy for the psych> logical' buying moment.. Moke lt a?i effective ns you know bow. Giro it a riTSCli. Ma ko e very fen lure il VITA!. FAUT. r-IJst the URTA I US; Thy. 'topple want to know all you have to. say. Tel! tho WHOLE story. Ham mer your' persuasion boma -The result* thou lie bc- vcen your competitor and yourself. fl em ember, this, - newspaper takes yon into the homes of-the BUYING class of pepple.i toft ' can tell your story where iv* will do the?.tnwt good. TelUt the WINNING ?ay, We.ll?eh*fcm put,ZING into your, copy, ll goa want us to. Why we want Small Accounts Ho you realize that a hundred ?mall ucrounta make a bank stronger than a dozen ..TRO OIICB even if they aggregate the same total of deposits? Thai's why wo' uro constant ly seeking new customers. Wo want as wide a circle of friends and customers us possible. Of course, large accounts aro welcome, ton. for lt ls our pur pose to serve ALL people. Hut we want men and women of Untiled means to know that this bank ts willing to accept their deposit** and give them tho advantage of our m.vice anil uv erv rael I ?ty of the Institution. If you arc not a bank deposi to? at ali ?onie in and get ac quainted with/na. We will bc ?.ad to talk tilings over with nu. Citizens National Bank You will be doing yourself a good turn by installing a GAS RANGE. We sell them 'under the ptrbrigest guarantee. . Easy terms-$2 down and $2 per month. Anderson Gas Co. EVANS9 Fruit P.owders. Hy the use of this powder Pouches, Pears, Plums, Herries, of any kind, Fruit Juires and snch vegetables us Tomatoes, Heans, etc., cnn he preserved without thc usc of air tight cans. Sufficient ci mm Mi >? to preserve -IO lbs. fruit for 25c At all. our Stores. Evans* Pharmacy TH KKK STOKES When You Buy Spalding Tennis Goods YOI* BI;Y THY BEST. We are sole agents for -Spalding Sporting Goods in Anderson. Fant's Book Store. Lander College (.KKK*WOOD, S. <V Standard College for Young Women. Also Music, Art, Hairiest lc Science, Millinery, Stenography. Preparatory .Department OPEJiS SKITEMBKU 10, ?9U Send Pb A Catalogue. i ; Vr? i i j j Y i ns ? . ?liford CUSP Mistrial . Albany. [Ni Y., july 4.-Tho Jury that heard the caso of Malcolm Oif ?rd, Jr., son of-a wealthy Hudson manufacturer, charged with 1 having murdered Frank J., Clute,'a chaffeur, had railed'to*! reach ?verdict lato to day nnd was discharged by County Judge Addington;. The Jury waa out 24 hours. . Jonn-.nl 1st Pardoned.. " Hf^ana, Cub?, July '4.^-"PresIdattt Menocol today pardoned Enrhiuo Ma ni,, the CiihRaJouf ii^is.tV w,>j> fn Au gust. 1912 wan sentenced tp i-,v?.y?ars nnd a half imprisonment for assault ing Hugh Gibson, then. charge d'at fairi* ot the American ?egnt4?;i licr?,