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For once Cole Blesse aaoke the truth when hs said they care nothing about what happens to the world after they are dead and -thaw only condern Is get and sBos ee long as they live. The1 height of their ambition la to keep their feet m the swill trough and their ap te ths eyes In the swill, who would betray their coun? try lata the hands of ths common eaemy of mankind, liberty and democ? racy, who would sell .heir birthright for a assa of pottage, who rejoice over the desolation of Belgium snd the ravage of France will follow Blesse and the pro-Germans who are hat most noun supporters, but all loyal Democrats and trus Americans | will give neither aid nor comfort to tLhese bush week era of ths government. COMRADES AND BROTHER*. Addresses Special ha First Qaeda >f Ni?kms! Washington. Sept. 3 ? Sold era of I the National Army wsre welcomed late ths nations' aervtce today by President Wilson with a message of affectionate confidence snd a prayer to Oed to keep aad guide them. Ev? erything these young men do, the prseidsnt told them, will be watched with ths deepest solicitude by the whole country, and the eyes of the world will be upon them because they are "In soms special sanse the lotdiers at freedom." The erst sod id lere for the array rais? ed under the draft law star from thsli homes for ths training canton? ments Wednesday. The prealdent sake thsm. as brothera and comrades hi the great war to keep atrai|;ht end fry by a standsrd eo high that living up to It will add a new laurel to the crown of America. The meeaage follow a: ' The Whits Houss. "Washington. To the Hold lern of the National Army. "You art* undertaking a great duty. Ths heart of the whole country Is with you. Everything that you do will be watched with the deepeat interest and wf'h the deepest solicitude) not only by thoae who are near and dear to you. but by the whole nation be sldss. "For this great war drawa us all to? gether, makes us all comrades and brothera, as all true Americans felt themselvea to be when we first made good our national Independence. The eyes of all the world will be upon you. because you are In wome special aense the soldlera of freedom. Ijet It be your pride, therefore, to show all men everywhere not only what good aoldters you are, but also what good men you are. keeping yourselves fit and atralsht In everything and pure and clean through and through. Let us aet for ourselves a standard so high thst It will be a glory to live up to It and then let ua live up to It and add a new laurel to the crown of America. My affectionate confidence goea with you In every battle and ev? ery test. Cod keep and guide you "Woodrow Wilson." New wlde-brlmined hats for women have a piece of glass in that* bftsV so thst they wilt not obstruct th* \fluted when pulled down to eavef I wearer a eyes. COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. Regular Seml-MontUly Meeting Was Well Attended ? Arrangements Made for serks of Township Moct A regular semi-monthly meeting ol the Sumter County Council of De? fense wav held last Saturday, at Chamber of Commerce. Considerable bualnesa of county-wide Importance was transacted. Minutes of meeting of August 22 were read and approved exempt Chair? man A. C. Phelps ordered corrected an error In said minutes in which the Secretary stated that "Mr. Phelps, chairman of tho committee of conser? vation of foodstuffs of the State Council of Defense said that the Fed era! government was making -increas? ing demands upon this State through the State and County Councils of De? fense for war work, men power, women power, industrial and agri? cultural power which must be pro? moted by these local councils," etc., which should have read "A. C. Phelps member of the committee on conser? vation of the State Council of de? fense," Mr. j Bright Williamson of Darlington being chairman of that Committee. Chairman Phelps alsc announced the organisation of the Division of the four Minute Men to make four minute speeches at moving picture theatres en public question* as effected by war conditions, with H. G. Osteen as chairman and E. 1 Reardon Secretary; P. O. Bowman, S. H. Edmunds, Rfcv. N. A. Murphy committee on speakers About thirty five speakers already signed up, am this organisation effected through th< Chamber of Commerce. Also that th< Trl-County Farmers' Cotton Market tng Association was successfully or gsnlsed and now in operation which association has been promoted through the Sumter Chamber of Com meres working on this plan for th' past slsttan months, and he desirec* to say that Secretary E. I. Ttrardo' was raaaaty metromental In organls ing tees association. Chairma Phelps read letter from Prof. W. W Long, director of Farm Extensio: stating that Prof. Long is willing tc come to Sumter to organize the co operative general farm produce mar ketlng association in conjunction with the Trl-County Cotton Marketing As? sociation or as an Independent asso elation. Motion of W. J. Ardls and C. J Jackson, the secretary instructed tc Invite Prof. Long to address th Sumter County Council of Defense re garding general produce cooperative marketing association at 10 A. M Monday. September 10th, also tha* farm demonstrator J. M. Napier of Darlington County be Invited to ad dress the same meeting rcgardin* such an association. The secretary was instructed to widely advertise th meeting of September 10th, and to ox tend an invitation to all Interested farmers and other business men o Sumter County and City of Sumter t attend this meeting. Secretary Reardon reported tha4 request of Sumter County Council o Defense that Chamber of Commerce report where grain seed such as wheat oati. rye, barley, rape, turnip an. other seed for winter planting couh be secured had been complied with. He Is-satlsfled that local grain an other seed dealers will be thoroughly prepared to furnish all grain an other seed needed at lowest possible market prices. Letter from the South Carolin; State Council of Defense was rea' emphusising that the national govern ment and the National and Statr Councils of Defends must depend largely upon tho patriotic and publP spirited cooperation of the varloiv. County Councils of Defense and the people gonerally In carrying out wat measures of defense and lndustrla' and agricultural production and eon servatlon to win the war. A report of the special commute appointed to arrange, for meetings It every township for white and color ed farmers- to organise communitio and townships for greatly increasing the acreage in wheat, oats, rye, barley and general winter planting of graic and winter gardens was made by F. W. DabbH. chairman. It was decide*' to hold twenty meetings among the white farmers and ten meetings among the colored farmers, begir, nlng September 7th. The secretary was Instructed to widely advertls, these meetings and with Chairma, Phelps to cooperate with special com mlttee in carrying out the plans of the Sumter County Council of De? fense In organizing the people t Sumter County. Including the rural, city and town populations, for mak? ing1 Sumter County self sustaining. R. W. Westberry, chairman of the Colored Committee of Public Safety working in cooperation with the Sumter County Council Of Defens conferred with the committee on township meetings and agreed to ar? range for the meetings among color? ed farmers, these meetings to be at tended hy two or none white farmers and ether business men to help or ganize the colored population. Schedule of township meetings. All meetings to be held at 8 o'clock p. M.: Bethel school house, Sept. 7. Wedgefleld school house, Sept. 11. Dalsell school house, Sept. 13. Providence school house, Privateer i township, Sept. 14th. I Rafting Creek, Hagood schcl house, Sept. 12. Stateburg school house, Sept. 14. Shiloh school house, Sept. 14. Oswego school house, Sept. 18. Concord srhool house, Sept. 19. Mayesvllle township, Salem school house. Sept. 20. Town of Mayesvllle, Sept. 21st. 4 Manchester, Reid school house, Sept. 21st. Lone Oak school house, Shiloh township, Sept. 20th. Graham church, Concord township, Sept. 21st. Meetings for white farmers in oth? er places will be announced later. The committee has selected the fol? lowing speakers who will bo assigned by the committee and other speakers will be selected later: A. C. Phelps, Sumter. E. I. Reardon, Sumter. J. H. Hlgginbotham. Field Agent. U. S. Department of Agriculture. E. W. Dabbs, Salem School dis? trict. I. C. Strauss, Sumter. L. D. Jennings, Sumter. Nelll O'Donnell, Sumter. C. J. Jackson, Horatio. J. M. Kolb, R. F. D. 2, Sumter. J. Frank Williams, R. F. D. 3, Sum ter. R. B. Belser, Sumter. H. C. Haynsworth, Sumter. C. B. Bpting, Shiloh. W. L. Sanders, R. F. D. 3, Sumtes C. P. Osteen, Sumter. D. D. Moise, Sumter. E. W. Dabbs, chairman; H. U, Osteen, W. W. Cunningham, J. M. Kolb, W. 1>. Sanders, Committee of Township meetings. Agricultural meetings among col? ored citisens of Sumter County for in? creasing acreage of wheat, oats, bar? ley, rye, and winter gardens will bo held at the following places, with the cooperation of the white citizens or Sumter County in each township. All meetings to begin at 8 o'clock P. M. as follows: R. W. Westberry, Chairman, Col? ored Auxiliary Committee of Defense for Sumter County. Privateer. Enon X Rot ds, Sept. 1. Sumter, A. M. E. Church, Sept. 7. .Shiloh township, Asbury Ch|urch. Sept. 10. Middleton township. Wedgef.cld Presbyterian church, Sept. 12. Rafting Creek township, Hagood, Sept. 13. Providence township, Hopewell Church, Sept. 14. Stateburg township, Stateburg A. M E. Church, Sept. 17. Concord township, St. Paul's Church, Sept. 20. Manchester township, Bloom Hill. Sept. 24th. Mayesvllle township, Mayesvllle In? stitute. Sept. 25. Good Will, Sept. 26. White speakers are wanted by the colored committee to attend and ad? dress these meetings, white citizen ?< from each township and from ajnong the business and professional men of Sumter city and Sumter county. The colored farmers and other col? ored citizens of Sumter county ar^ exhibiting a commendable spirit of patriotism and cooperation with their fellow citizens of the white race in Red Cross, agricultural, and other work to help win the war. Colored men are enlisted from Sumter county in great numbers also. The white men and white women should cooper? ate with the colored population and help the colored race to do their full duty as they are willing to do. THE MASTER TEUTON. laideiidorff the Real Head of The Ger? man Empire. Indianapolis News. The recent turn of affairs in Ger? many is bringing to the attention of the world the name of Ludendorff. Up to the present the world has been hearing mostly the name of Hinden burg. In Germany, also, Htndenbum has been the name mostly in the mouths of the people generally, but among the well informed and the inner circles there the name Luden? dorff has been regarded as the one Of greatest importance. Illndenburg has been popular Idol, but Luden dorfTs has been the name that has won instant and complete respeet I among military officers, and he ha? ? risen to a power in civil affairs en? tirely out of th<> tieid of Illndenburg, ' am| lias been talked of as the poi sibip open dictator of Germany. In the Atlantic Monthly for June, Hi U Mecken, an American, who j went as a newspaper correspondent to Oermanyi pointed out the signiil I canoe of the Awful Name of Luden dorff among the knowing persons hi Germany, Mencken had nol been i long in Germany when, on th? Ural of Fehrtinry ??f this year, the an? nouncement of the policy of ruthlen* submarine warfare stirred deeply the American correspondents in Berlin, j brought them in an unusually large j gathering in the Hotel Adlon and [loosened their tongues to an unusual interchange of information and ideas which under more ordinary circum? stances they were inclined to keep to themselves. The jig was up, the correspondents declared. There would be no backing down now. Wilson or no Wilson. The military party had triumphed over the moderate. "But what chance did they have in the face of Hinden hurg?and Ludendorff ?" Mencken quotes the general trend of comment as running: "Ludendorff is worth six Bcthniann-Hollweg's, or ten kai? sers, or forty kaiser karls (of Aus? tria): Once his mind Is made up, he gets into business at once. Hinden? burg is the idol of the populace, but Ludendorff has the brains. Hlnden burg is an old man, and a profes? sional soldier by nature and a Junker to boot?he despises politics and all that sort of thing. All he asks for Is an army and an enemy. But Lu? dendorff has what you may call a ca? pacious mind. He has imagination. He grasps inner significance. He can seo around corners. Moreover, he enjoys planning, plotting, figuring things. Yet more, he is free of ro? mance. Have you ever heard of him sobbing about the fatherland? Or letting off pious platitudes, like Hin denburg? Of course you haven't. He plays the game for its own sake? and he plays it damnably well. Lu dendorff Is the neglected factor of this war?the torgotten great man. The world hears nothing about him. and yet he has the world by the ear. If the thinks Germany can get away with this U-boat war, and he un? doubtedly does?well, don't put me down for any bets against it." Such was the kind of talk heard February 1. "Al that day and the next," continues Mencken, "the name of Ludendorff kept bobbing up. And the next, and the next, and the next. Zimmermann and Gerard were the leading actors in the week's comedy. Apparently unaided they fought the memorable battle of Wilhelmstrasse, but behind these scenes there was al? ways Ludendorff, and now and then his hand would steal out through a rent in the backdrop, and the traffic of the stage would be Jerked Into some new posture." "To the populace, of course, Hin? denburg- remains the national hero and beau ideal; nay almost the na? tional Messiah," continues Mencken in the article published two months ago. "His popularity, indeed, it would be Impossible to exaggerate Nothing of the sort has been seen in the United States since the days of Washington. He not only stands side by side with the kaiser?he stands far above the kaiser; ten of his portraits are sold to one of the kaiser's; 100 to that of any other general .... But the farther one gets from the people and the nearer one approach? es the Inner circle of German opinion, the less one hears of Hindenburg and the more one hears of Ludendorff Two years ago Hindenburg was giv? en all the credit for the astounding teat of arms at Tannenberg?the most extraordinary victory, surely of this war, and perhaps one of the greatest of all time. Legends began to spring up on the day following the news; they made the battle no more than the delayed performance of a play long rehearsed; Hindenburg was said to have planned it back in the nine? ties. "But now one hears that Luden? dorff, too, had a hand in it; that he knew the ground quite as well as his chief; that It was he who swung a whole corps?by motor car, a la Gal j Uenl?around the Busslan right at Bischofsburg, and so cut off Samson's retreat. One hears again that It was Ludendorff who planned the Battle of the Snow?another gigantic affair, seldom heard of outside of Germany, but even more costly to the Russians than Tanncnberg. One hears, yet j again, that It was Ludendorff who devised the advance upon Lodz, which wiped out three whole Russian corps; that it was Ludendorff who prepared the Homeric blow at Gorlce. which freed Gallcla and exposed Po? land, which gave the Germans a ter? ritory in Russin almost half as large as the German empire itself. Finally, one hears that it was LudendorfY, bent double over his maps, who planned the Rumanian campaign, an operation so swift and BO appallingly successful that the tale of it seems almost fan? tastic. In brief, one heats of Luden? dorff, Ludendorff, whenever German Officers utter more than 20 words about the war; his portrait hangs In every inessroom; he is the god of ev? ery young I'eutenant; his favorable notice is worth more to a division or corps Commander than the order pour le merits; he Is, as it were, the esoteric I'lysses of the war." But, the writer continues, this is not the whole story. Ludendorff has not only slipped Into the shoes of i Moltke, but has tried on the coat of Bismarck (hat is he has reached OUt for the wires of civil adininistra lerrltory lie would not permit the FARMS FOR SALE In Sumter and Clarendon Counties 08 Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter; 49 acres in high state of cultivation; well drained; one four room house, barn and stables. Splendidly located wita good neighbors. Can get artesian water. 70 Acres on public road three miles from Sumter; 42 acres in cultivation, and 10 acres more cleared to be cultivated next year. One four room house, barn and stables. 80 Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter; about 50 acres in cultivation. Good 4 room dwelling, one tenant house, barn, stables, etc. 221 Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter. six-horse farm in cultivation this year, which can be increased to eight horse farm next year. Four room dwelling, three tenant houses, barns and stables. Good flowing well. Situated near good school, gin, railroad siding, anj in a good neighbor? hood. 419 Acres on public road, two and one-half miles from Sumter, ten horse farm open and in high state of cultivation. New dwelling, live rooms, ten tenant houses, barns, stables, sheds and other outbuildings; dairy barn and equipment, with dairy herd, If desired. Plenty of wood and straw. Thor? oughly drained. About one hundred acres under fer.ee and subdivided. Property situated like this is not often offered for sale, and if you ere interested in a splendid farm prac? tically in the city, you had better see about it at once. 217 acres near Pinewood, two horse farm open, one house. Good land, but needs developing. Timber enough to pay for building up place. Saw mill near by. Will subdivide* I? de? sired, and sell cheap. 120 Acres near Pinewood, undeveloped. Will sell cheap. Easy Terms To Suit Purchasers. C. P. OSTEEN, Sumter, S. C. usual German plan to be followed of turning over the occupied ter? ritory to a "sort of mixed posse of retired officers and civilians." "Bel? gium has suffered from the plague of ? cocksure and warring officials, and also northern France," says Mencken, "but not so the east. The army is source of all law, of all rights, of all privileges, even of all livelihood. And the army is Luden? dorff. "Curious tales are told of his om? nipresence and his omniscence. He devised and promulgated, it is said, the Polish customs tariff. He fixed railroad rates, routes and even sched? ules. When it was proposed to set up branches of the great German banks in Warsaw, Lodz and Wilna, he examined tin plans and issued permissions. When Americans came in with relief schemes, he heard them, cross-examinedjthem, and told them what they could do and could not do. He made regulations for newspaper correspondents, prison camp workers, refugees, Dirnen. Jews. He established a news serv? ice for the army. He promulgated ordinances for the government of cities and towns and appointed their officials. He proclaimed compul? sory education, and ordered tha' underofficers be told off to teach school. In brief, he reorganized till whole government, from top to bot? tom, of a territory of more than 100,000 square miles, with a popula tion of at least 15,000,000, and kept a firm gane, either directly 01 through officers always under his eye. upon every detail of Its administra? tion. Hindenburg has no taste for such things He was, and is, an officer of the old school, Impatient of laws and taxes. So the business fell to Ludendorff, and he discharged it with zest. "All this was nearly two yean ago. Last summer came Hinden burg's promotion to the supreme command, and with it a vast in? crease in opportunity for Ludendorff. Hitherto his power and even his in? fluence, had stopped at the German border; now his hand began to be felt In Berlin." Tasks which Ludendorff then took up with remarkable success, the writer relates, were the increase of the munition supply, the conscrip? tion of labor and the improvement of food control. "The doctrine of Ludendorff is simple," Mencken says. "The wnole energy of the German people must be concentrated on the war." Even last February, he says, the army was "rolling a sinister eye toward the Wilhelmstrasse." "Has the chancellorship been offered U Ludendorff?" he wrote. "Many Ger? mans believed it at the time I left it was. In fact, common gossip ir Berlin. Hut, so far as I could iin?.i out it was gossip only. Ludendorff If unquestionably the new Moltke; It he also the new Bismark, so long awaited, so diligently sought in vain?" Champion Cotton Picker. John Edgar Brunaon, son of J. Q Ihunson, claims the championship for picking the most cotton In one day for his age. He is 15 years old and his average picking was .t"7 pounds a day for three days and the fourth day he plckad 4:'.r? pounds, and a brother, age 12 years, picked 200 pounds. If any hoy my age can beat this please notify J. E. Branson, Jr.. and he will pick r?oa pounds. Sumter, S. C. R 1. Box 14, Tindal News Notes. Tindal, Aug. 31.-? Mrs. Charlotte Norton died at her home near Tin dais on Wednesday night, August 29, after a long illness. She was the widow of the late W. B. Norton, who died some months ago. She leaves two sons and two daughters, who are all grown. She was about 68 years old. The funeral services were con? ducted by Rev. Wm. Haynsworth at the old Hodge Cemetery on August 30th at 5 o'clock The pallbearers were E. J. Hodge. H P. Hodge, James Osteen, Archie Hudson, Edward Chander and John Geddings. Mrs. Lally Wimberly who has been spending some time at Privateer and near Tindal, has returned to her home In Florida. Mrs. Liouise Taylor, of Columbia, is spending sometime with her father, Mr. J. W. Broadway. The dry weather has caused the cotton to shed the leaves and open ve^y fast. Bridges Washed Away. Charlotte, N. C Sept. 2.?The Car? olina & Northwestern Railroad bridge over the Catawba river near here, was washed away Saturday by water caused by excessive rains in the counties of Burley and Catawba. Smaller bridges in Burke and Catawba count.es were destroyed. ti mtkk cm ton at AKK J0T. P. G. BOWMAN. CeUon Buyer. Corrected dally at 12 o'clock Noon ) Good Middling 22. Strict Middling 21 7-8. Middling 21 3-4. Strict Low Middling 21 1-1. Low Middling 21 1-8. Weekly Weather Forecast. For South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Normal temperature and oc? casional local showers- are indicated for the week. On the Job. Mr. Kidder?Doctor, I hear that my friend Brown, whom you have treat? ed for stomach trouble, has died from liver trouble. Dr. Getem?You better not believe all you hear, when I doctor a man for stomach trouble, he dies from stomach trouble. - j Justice and the Lucre. Judge Giles Baker of a Pennsyl? vania county, was likewise cashier of his home bank. A man presented a check one day for payment. He was a stranger. His evidence of identifi? cation was not satisfactory to the cashier. "Why, judge,'' said the man, * I've known you to sentence men to be hanged on no better evidence thin this!" "Very likely." replied the Judge. "But when it comes to letting go of cold cash we have to be mighty care? ful."?Kistler's Komments. A Good Wish. ^ "Father." said little Tommie, look? ing up from his "Arabian Nights," "If you could have one wish that you knew would be granted, what would you wlsh?V That's easy. Tommie." snid his dad, "l would wish for a dozen more wishes. '?American Boy.