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PLAITS COW 1 LT K. FGR LAND BANK HEARING. ?ssrfemn Phases If Tl be Comp ly Pre lo Vre eml rarsn Board. Columbia, Oct. 33-~The hearing be? fore the federal loan board Wednes? day promise* to te largely attended by Interested farmers and bankers from all parte of the Utile. The Columbia committee ha.? ie?etved numbers of letters statin? tlu t delegations will be present to show Interest In the new system ami to indorse Columbian claim for one of he land banks. Many of the trade organizations of the different cltlit in the Stute have forms My adopted resolutions indors? ing Columbia, i r d several of them have appointed ktrge delegations to attend. Charlestcn Is showing a very keen Interest in he mutter and will send ? stroeig deck ration to back Co? lombia s right. V?ry many bankers In Afferent sections are also greatly interested sod ntvnbers of them will be here for the hearing with indorse? ments or Colwm bit . Ae the hearts*; comes In the midst ef Sehr week, the i will naturally be a geeat unmay farmers In the city, and the large number ? f farm loan asso rtatVows which ha\e been organised will he welt rep-oeented by their member*. The board Is particularly a seal mis te have ft* men at the hear? ing. The committee in charge of the hearing hos prent led a Programms gf the purpnee of presenting the ef the Rtnts In a systems tic end rprehenslve way, sent In as brief a time a* possible. Different topics | hssre been ksasgned to. different Speak? er?, and among the speakers win be Oesr. Manning. wOov. Hey ward. Com? ae? Watson. President Morri df the Farmers' union. President Txmlep et the Stats Bankers' asso emttoo. President Bigg* of Clemson | fo<*sgo. Director Long of the farm esmsastiflJtlon work, and othsrs who are tsmtltwr with t h- ?> farm needs ef the State. Tib farm loan Ismrd will arrive herd Twesdhy night or early Wednes? day morning from fcelekfh, and will travel'm a private cor. Surtablo it will bo given the mem board daring che time hi Coteribta, They wlltl hei foi ? njw* im gggsnt f?oe evieek f'edw iaoVVud Will be hellt In the federal I room. eatenVe building. 0g| NOCTHIOIN TOCR. imgtem. Oct. ?.?Members of the farm kNtn board, who will visit several Southern cities, seeking locu? tions for the establishment of f tu loan hanks, left Washington today and their first stop is* Richmond. To? morrow the advnnfa ;e* of that city will be considered, then those of Rnl elgh. Cohrfbbio, Ja< ksonville, Birm? ingham and others. The cHy of Birm? ingham sent along two special repre? sentative* who will iccompni.y the board and who will keep the people of ehr mtnghnm full) advised ss to the shooing of the cities visited bo fore Birmingham is reached. Hugh W. Roberta goes along as the special man for the Birmingham Age-Herald. Mr. Roberts being Ita Washington oor reopondebit ot the preient time. He was Od vised by its paper before leaving to keep In e ose touch with the -board and to let the people of Birmingham know, each day the im prsnsUili that the cities visited bofore Itlrmlnghum made on the minds of the board, what to eapeet when the board rsaches that city. "The HlrMliu.hmi people." Mr. Roberts said Just befoi e leaving Wash? ington, "are Oetermlnod thut noth? ing shall prevent them from socurlnv ono of the banks, i nd while they know that some of the other cities will offer many advai tage* they feel confident that thsy will win when the board has canvassed t II the facts of fsfed by the various p aces." "It Is khown here tit at illriningham has been bring ng tho strongest kind of pohttcsl InfUence to bear to have that city get on* of the banks, and has set up the fact that In eery other wsy H is entitled to lu ve the bank. The bosrd will raiefulty const kef the merits of Columbia. Jacksonville and Other places to be visited ami those eitles should mal e the str?mt? est possible Oght if they expect to win. Mot only should the resources nhtch they posses be properly set l?o lor* tbs hoard but as good and rep? resentative a delegation of citizens as possible should be present to con? vince the bonM of the Importance of the showing made. SKVF.M AKROPI.ANKN SHOT DOWN. Paris, Oct. 21.?Seven German aero? planes were shot down In air battles over the Somme front last night, the war office announced li supplement.! romnTunt?M?e today Rlsewhere bn tbs front four other Oermnn ma i hin** were dsmagsd. Kren( h air msn Seen bard ed Neyen and Chauncey. MIT? UM'IF ML Wilson says ms iu:i.h:vms that hexan KKKV this COP nth y rRow tothtiors of war. Teils Urowtl of Partners, Kiiglnccrs afml Architects 11c t* Convinced That Pirocatcr? Will Not be Able to Un? seat Him In November. Long Hranch, N. J., Oct. 21.?Tn a speech devoted primarily to a discus? sion el tho need for economic pre? paredness in the United States, Presi? dent Wilson told a delegation of farm? er*, architects and engineers here to? day that he did not expect the United States to get into war. "I know that the way in which we have preserved peace is objected to," said the president, "and that certain gentlemen say they would have taken some other way that would inevitably have resulted In war, but I am rfcvt ex? pecting this country to get into war, partly because 1 am not expect in; these gentlemen to have a chance to make a mess of It." 1 Taking the work done by the ad? ministration for the farmers as his text Mr. Wilson declared: "We want the privilege of representing the whole farce of the .nation." He demanded that men bo put through a "third degree" in respect to where they stand with regard to love of the United Htntca and said he was v.l.ul the campaign Wan nearly over "becanso 1 am in a hurry to get down to bunt n ess again.'' "There is a great deal of Irrespon? sible tell; being Indulged in," declar? ed the president In discussing th? campaign. "Men are saying things they know perfectly well they can *iot make good on and It disturbs the na? tion's counsels. On the 7th of No? vember we will call time." Mr. Wihon said tire Democratic party had been trying to take the government out of the control of small groups and "square It with the counsel oil the whole nation M In detail he tokl of work being done to mobilise the industrial resources of the nation, saying "one of the great lessons of the European war has been that the economic coordination and cooperation of the country Is Just ns Important as the military cooperation of it." The occasion of the^president'* ad jflrsgaima the eejefJI ^/"Farmers' ^BWavKXfPiw^QsflRL^Ip^uVsTw w wessfewa^^?*. I fn architects end engineers from r^mv Tdrk, led by a band, came to' the West Knd railroad station by train and marched to the president's summer home to hear the address. Farmers from New Jersey and other nearby States came to the celebration, several hundred of them tn automo? biles. v In his speech here today President Wilson said in part: "We owe this much to our Republi? can predecessors, that they exercised sUch long Und systematic neglect that it was hecessary for us to undertake systematic performance. Things will not wait forever re bo performed Mot only that, but circumstances will, not wait upon everything that ought to be done; some of the things must be done and done promptly. "This udmtnistratlon has had the singular advantage of having a great body of national sentiment behind It which had long Hood ready to support such measures us It adopted. I do not know whether the systematic neglect to which I referred was de? liberate or not. I only know that it was thoroughgoing and that an abso? lutely free field was left for the pres? ent administration." The president then reviewed the benefits of the federal reserve act und the rural credits act. "The agricultural products of this i-onntry," he continued, "Judged b> our opportit i ?les and our social and our native capacity ought to be twlci whut they are at present nnd Instead of the possibility of shortage there ought always to be tho certainty of exportation of large bodies of grain from the United States. . . . "I do not wonder that the gentle? men out of whose hands it has been taken are uneasy because they are genuinely of the opinion that they only know how to run the country. . . The United States Ih beginning to un? derstand Itself and it Is beginning to understand these gentlemen, line ot the great lessons of the Kuropcan WUT has been that the economic mobilise* tlon of the country, the economic co? ordination und cooperation of it is Just ss important as the corporation of it. "I am not expecting this country to get Into war. I know that the way In Which we have preserved peace Is obJeetOd to and that certain gentle? men say they would have taken some other way that would, have Inevitably resulted in war but I am not expecting this country to get Into war, part: ?< cmtse i am not expecting these gen? tleme to have a chance to make D mess of it. BUl I am very glad to take adVLtituve of tin- present concentra? tion of the attention of the world nit? on the problems of war to make it evident to the country thut these 6/^ Cigarette More men are now smoking SENSIBLY? MEN ARE willing to think a little more carefully today even about the cigar? ette they choose. That is good sense. For if an otherwise good cigarette is unfortunate in its blend ?if it dihurbs after continued smoking? it is not wor<h while. The one i reason why Fatimas appeal strongly to so many thinking men is that they do not disturb. Fatimas are truly comfortable?comfortable to throat as well as tongue. And they always leave a man feeling fine and "fit" even aiteT a lotrg smoking day. mrTTn ?iiiiAPfrtrWr?iJ, are the -p^\?ns of peace so far o.s they are economic. Problem?." The president then told of the woru being done by engineering, medical and other scientific organizations in organizing the resources-of the nation. "I am glad," he went on, "that the campaign is nearly over. I am in a% bury to get down to business again. There is a great deal of irresponsible talk being indulged in. Men are say? ing lots of things that they know per? fectly well they can not make good on and it disturbs the national coun? sel. On the 7tli of November we will call time and say to each other: "Now '.hat the talk is over and all the things have been said that will be regretted, lot US sober up. J-.et'a stop this indulgence in talk and really get down to the solemn business, for it is a vory solemn business of trying to comprehend our general attitude with regard to tho nation at large." "And not on y with regard to the nation at large, but with regard to the part we shall play among the other nations of the world, 1 must not lot any opportunity pass without mentioning our relationships with the rest of the word because they are going to ho Incomparably mure inti? mate In the years to come than they ever have been In the years before. That is the reason we are insisting, my fellow ettlttenOj that when men hink they shall think in terms of America and not in terms of other countries. "That h) the rea son we arc putting men through the third degree in re? spect to where tlfoy Stand with regard to love of the United States. That1 Is the reason We are submitting them to examination, to see it they qualify as genuine Americans or hot ami il* they tuOHfy as genuine Americans not only in profession, but in performance, then we are ready t<? i>" partners with them and go ahead, but if they do nol they will have to go through a period of probation, when we will allow them to sit by ua but #111 not allow them to take nati With us, when we will insist that they be Instructed by our precept and by our example; and when WO shall show thom that the only dignity that they ean got, the only glory they ean goti Iho only sol satisfaction they ean get, Is by sharing with all the true heat ted men that fundamental allegiance which makes a man prouder of things that he has dbnd for others than he is for things that he has done for himself." RAIDS FOLLOW EACH OT1IRR, London, OCt, 38, The second Oer? man aeroplane raid ovor London In forty-right bouts occurred today. Three bombs weie dropped at Mar? gate, where two were injured. Stimter Boys Much Pleased ot Result of Contest in Boek II ill?Used dieislitg Gum to Make Forwrvrfl Pas?. I The Sumter high school boys re? turned to Sumtcr Saturday night much elated over their victory over the Kock Hill high school team on Friday afternoon at the York Couny fahr. The game was 12 to 0 in Sumter'S favor. The Sumtcr boys reported that the Hock Hill team was much heavier I than theirs and that the game was I played for the most part in a drizzling j rain with the ground soggy, so that neither team could get up much speed. The ball was slick with mud so that the forward passes on which J the Sumter hoys relied against their] heavier opponents could not be work? ed, as the hall could not he passed. Some of the boys devised a scheme new In the annals of football to elim? inate this trouble, a scheme which worked beautifully'on one occasion for a long pass and a touchdown on the next two plays. Rome of the boys had been chewing gum in the game and Hurt Haynsworth, who on a dry day can easily make a thirty yard pass, I smeared his good right hand liberal? ly with tili? sticky composition. It worked like a charm. He caught the hull as it was passed to him. The gum gaVe him an effective hold on it ohd tile pass to Purfly v<ras made for a twenty-five yard gain. Which goes to show that the brains of high school hoys arc active in play, when they can rise to an occasion's needs. This is the second game the hoy.; have played and jdaccd on the credit side'of the ledger. The Kock Hill Herald of Saturday says of the game: The football ggme yesterday after I -. \ ....... . MARLBORO COUNTY FAIR BENNETTSVILLE, S. C. V ????' mm -. mxi II ? Round Trip Fare From Sumter $2,25 The Coast Line will sell tickets to Bhnnettsvllle as above, and at cor? responding excursion fares from In? termediate stations, for all passenger trains from October 81 to November 3, inclusive, limited returning until nildnight of November 4. For farther Information .tickets, etc. call on O. V. PLAYER, Ticket Agent, SnnUer, S. C. ; ATLANTIG COAST LIKE Ths Standard Railroad of The South jjfljftri WM wltnossrwi by many -aud 4. a. [good clean, herd-played game it was. Sumter defeated Rock Hill 12 to 0, ! but the game was nothing like as un? even as the score would indicate. The Sumter lads simply outplayed the lo? cal eleven, but had to fVght hard for their every gain. In the first and third quarters Rock Hill held the visitors nicely. In the second, and in the fourth, by a series of forward passes and line bucks they carried the ball over for a touchdown, but failed to kick goal. The locals showed up much better than in the initial game with York, the improve? ment being noted all along the line. iie Sumter boys came up yesterday morning and returned this morning. While here they were the guests of 1 _ _ ?? the local eleven. Prof. Lorig accom? panied the visitors. The officials in yesterday's game were Whitner, referee; Long, N. C, umpire; Joe Roddy, head linesman. ? ??? rr-. YOUTH is wocryoEf?. William Rtrrts of T^a^ttretis Loses Arm. Laurens, Oct. 21.?William Barts, the 17 year old son of Thomas H. Burts of the Woodrow Wilson section of the countyAvas badly wounded yes? terday, his left arm to the elbow be? ing practically shot off as the result of an accident while out rabbit 'hunt? ing. The young man was immediate? ly brought to the local hospital where his arm was amputated Just above the elbow. I ml in 1 ?? in A MIGHTY FORCE It is estimated that practically one half of the investments made in the business world are made on borrowed money. I This demonstrates what a mighty factor credit is today. The surest way to establish a sat? isfactory credit, to be drawn upon when occasion demands, is to main tain a Satisfactory bank account with this institution. Commercial accounts are invited. The National Bank of Sumter, ON SUMTER'S BUSIEST CORNER I Hi