HOOVHA, DKTKHMINKD TO HK-|>1CR CO&T, PLANS KABLY

RKOITLATTON .OF HAK-IS<. INDUHTHV

< oii*»oVrlng Whether to EMahlMiIwm.iim siaod Loaf .> Pal Definiteprke- May Set up Bread Depot*.

Waahington. Oct. 11.Early regu-latlon of tha baking Industry wax

promhsed tomsht by Food Adminis¬trator Hoover.

Plana to control bread productionand diaP motion will be put into op¬eration km aoon aa bread baking ex

perlmen is now being conducted Inssveral cities are completed. Munici¬pal bread depota will be provided ifIt la found that retailers cannot becontrolled voluntarilyTha baking Industry was left out

t*f the g>*ne/al food control to be putInto effect November 1. Before taki.ag any daps to deal with the indus¬try the food administration, wishesfirst, to standardise baking flour; sec¬

ond, to standardize bread Ingredients*nd third, to atandardise either theMae of the loaf or tha price.

It is bopsd to establish a standardbread, containing the same amountalways o" lard, milk and other lngr< <llanta. Flour will be standardizedthrough -ooperation of the millers.The food administration atlll la in

doubt aa to whether it will be h?*tto eatablteh a definite sited loaf or toastablBJh a definite price with the etSfa* s vsritnt

if the a>s* of the loaf la standsrdtJSd Mr. Hoover believes prices canbo kapt down through eoopei nitonand if tha price la established he be¬lieve* competition will to aome extentI aap tbe sits of ths loaf from beingreduced.

If a licensing syatem la put intooffset It cannot be made to apply under ths foqd control act to retailersand the .price will be of breadat the bakery door. The plan fortread depots will be put into effect,however. If retailer* refuse to aagferate In holding prices down.

CLOtiINO PLANT IN Ht'SSlA.

Singer N*wing Mat bine Compnn>Serve* Notlcv.

Petrograd. Oct. 9..The Singer Sew¬ing Machine Company, an Americanroneern. has notified the war minis

. try that It la closing its big factoryat Podolsk, near Moscow. Tbe fac¬ta«* Mn\ploys 3.700 operatives-. Theate*p*nali>u |« due, according to thecompany, to the workmen'a demandand ths losses caused b the v.

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I i pect* (enod Result* From Farmer*in Loon lampnlgn.

In tha First Ubtrty Loan Cam¬paign, many of the farmers of theeosuatry wars not reached and subOtnptions front tbe rural eonunittooswere fsw. There were several reason*for this, tha foremost of which wasthat tha Ipan waa put out in theSprang when they were busy withtheir crops, and it was difficult for thei^ovaassBra to Interview them. Thenteo. thay had to borrow morey fortheir planting. Now tl.elr crops areIn. and at tbe present high price offood atufb, tbey should have a largmini of money In their hands- For a

loan of apportion of thut monev. theLiborty Bond campaigners are nowappealing alt over the country. Tbrajflaus farm bureaus and societiesare co-operating and good results at.k parted.

Albert It. Mann, dean of tha NowYork College of Agriculture, is one o

those who have been olive in thiw»rk. Speaking of the loin SJs4 liltfarmera' share In it. he said toda\

When liberty came to America, thfarmer helped to bring It He boreth*» gun. hs contributed unsparing)of hia aubatame. he fad lha ainm-t

In tha present struggle for universalliberty, I am aura that ha wtll do nolass Ha haa already mode aplendidresponse to the demand for greaterfoid production. I look with eaftfldenes on bla generous contribution toth»k rjbert) l^oan. Tbe llrst h>,ilatgaty over-looked the farmer; theaff irla ware com ent uitosl in tha citieaTha aaiosjd campaign should give evfrv opportunity for farmers aa lud.virtual* and In their or« iun »tlons Usupport 4he government m its ttnunrial program, it in the plgftgegl ajgagsslon of American lam that sjaJU the peopi* should halp carry th» comino-load In this critical hour."

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Fat* lit si,.,t ami KilledC W Jernlgan of car Pops, ¦

¦hot and killed Saturday night AI. hough d«>uul* are I o king it SOI n>tnsU Jaroigatn had been out 'gjossuhunting and upon bis tatnm Ifissj 1,1frighten his Blather, who was st 13Ing at a neighbors house. The n.

mates became frightened and aft*calling In vain for an answer a

ag boy about lift.en earn >

age shot through the door Srttk fatnireaiilts Orangeburg Times und l ni«TM.

ftAUA/U QAAtf QlOToünuUl Buutv üRot.LEXINGTON MAN ULKS PETITIONAGAINST CONTRACTS MADE

WITH THE PUBLISHERS.

tears Extra Tu vat ion.Also Tliat Pat-rona Muy Hive Added Expenses inBuying New Books.

Columbia. Oct. 11..James B. Addy,ot Lexington, "for his own benelitand for the benefit of all other tax¬payers, patrons of the free schools ofthe State of South Carolina," hasbled ,\ petition with the Supreme Courtof the State asking that the StateHoard of Education be enjoined fromenforcing the contracts made withthe publishers of the new text boo»:srecently adopted by the board. Th .

lawyers signing the petition are Law-son D. Melton, attorney for tho pe¬titioner, and Cole L Blease, of counsel.The members of the State Board of

Education, named in the petition a*

respondents, consist of Gov. RichardI. Manning, J. E. Swearingen, StateSuperintendent of Education; M.Hutledge Rivers. W. J. McOarlty, S.J. Derrick, H. N. Snyder. E AMontgomery, W. L. Brooker and S. H.Edmunds.The petitioner alleges that, in his

opinion, the county superintendents ofeducation will be required to expendmore than the specified $500 for eachcounty for text books because of thelarge number of books adopted, caus¬

ing extra taxation; that the contractswill cause the discarding of many ol .

rooks which otherwise could havelieen used; that he and the other pat¬rons of the public schools will be putto extra expense in buying new books,that the board changed more - booksthan the statutes allow, and that Irre¬parable Injury will be done tho plain¬tiffs should the acts of tho board beallowed to stand.The petition atiys that the case la

being brought in the name of theState of South Carolma, with the con¬sent of the attorney general, andprays the Supreme Court, because ofthe public Interests involved, to review the matter in the original Juris¬diction of the court.

PREACHER DENOUNCES GOV¬ERNMENT.

Calls Wilson "Our Im-omparablc Op¬portunität" and Stirs Audience IntoFurore.

Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 12..Denounc¬ing government's war policies andcalling President -.Wilson "our in¬comparable opportunist." the Rev.Dan ^. Bradley, pastor of the PilgrimChurch, Cleveland, Ohio, created ofurore at today's session of the Nat¬ional Council of CongregationalChurches and drew opposition, fromamong his audience.

"With our incomparble opportunistin the White House, bolstered by thefree-labor loving Samuel Gompers onthe one hand." said the Hev. Mr.Bradley, "and the patriotic controllersof all tho oil, gold, lumber and wheatard copper and aluminum on theother.all safe and sane men. gettingvaluable government contracts--with the farmers' happy with a doubleprice for their wheat and all the dan¬gerous Socialists either in the workhouse or traveling thither, democ i<

Is safe, especially when such traitorsas La Follette should be taken amishot."Waves of resentment Interrupted]

the speaker and In anger he invitedthose who did not wish to hear him toleave the hall. Several men did so.

Denying the fact that the peopleart allowed to vote directly and thatthe representatives of the people sureof tlnlr position for three or fouryears could nullify their Wiehes andmake democracy safe in Petrogradno matter what happened In Kala«mazoo, or Memphis." Mr. Bradleyconcluded his scathing eratlon by say¬ing:"The kaiser and his autocracy milSl

DO crushed, but when it is crushedshall we have democracy? Will bigI uslness let go our throats then?"

MANY TEUTONS: ON ORANJ,

German and Austrian Diplomats IronI lie Orient.

A Pacific Port. < >ct. 11.The Dutch¦u earner OranJ arrived today from tinOrlen,!, with a large number of derman am) Austrian diplomats aboard.ii n*oe reported. Government officialshooded by ssoref men, boarded ti>vessel. No mail was allowed to lamend all Information was withheldNone of the passengers were pcrne'ted to leave the steamer.

Comfort Kits Wanted.Miss Mary Wdson. Secretary of tin

Bugnteft Ked Croon chapter receivedhe following telegram today. In refeaajBjOi If furoJehlng Mta for tieChi |st aMU bogen for aaldiei i

Ml Moi v w llaon, Becreta i v RomtiChapter, A B C . Sumter.Comfort Kits wanted should be her.

b| liMeenth

Nndse) Hopkins,l »i rector

Atlanta, Oa . Oat, II

BUY LIBERTY BONDS.

Mr. McLaurin's Advice to Tlic CottonOrowers.

To the Editor of The News andCourier: Many seem to regard thepurchase of a liberty bond as a con¬tribution to the war. It is an invest¬ment and a wise investment in a cold¬blooded money sense. The bonds ofthe first liberty loan are selling nowat a small premium. There can be nono doubt, that by next January whenthe entire loan is subscribed, thatthese bonds will show the same pre¬miums as the first. British bonds is¬sued in 1S96 at 2 3-4 per cent, are now

selling at US, and the wealth and re-resources of the Cnited States is fargreater than England, therefore thesebonds at 4 per cent, should Anally sellhigher than British bonds at 2 3-4 percent. This is the richest nation on

earth, the moment peace is in sight,thest» bonds should go higher than 113.Suppose, though, that the war contin¬ues and further bond issues becomepsotssary, this absolutely insuresthese bonds betng at a premium be¬cause the government could not sella new issue at par. unless previous is¬sues were above par. When you buya government bond, you buy thatmuch of the United States, just asmuch as a railroad has back of it therolling stock, roadbed and assets ofthe railroad. These bonds have behindthem your land, bonds and stocks andIn addition the life of every mab in thenation for their protection. They are

good as long as the United States isgood; dnd when the United states isnot good, then you and I have no fur¬ther use for property, except enoughdirt to bury us.

These bonds should be largely sub¬scribed to by the cotton planters. Theprice of our products depends uponeasy credits and abundant money.No government price has been fixed,or is likely to.be ilxed. for cotton.As long as credits are expanding,money cheap and easy to get, theprice of cotton will continue to ad¬vance. I have heard bankers arguethat the sale of these bonds will con¬tract credit and tighten money, andthat therefore prices must fall. Theyare mistaken. The money is spent atonce for supplies and goes to increasethe volume in circulation and enor¬

mously expand credits. They are paidfor on the instalment plan, and thefirst Instalment is put back into cir¬culation before the second is takenout, and so on. This is inflation ifiyou choose to so call it, but I thinkI it is a perfectly natural result ofthe government being compelled bywar demands to convert fixed andstable assets like land, etc., into fluidassets in order to meet extraordinaryexpenditure. The immense sums bor¬rowed by the government simplymeans that much property turned Intta liquid asset so that it can be used.Of course this means cheap money andhigh products. The dollar buys lessand the products bring more. The manon a salary or fixed income gets poor¬er, the man with cotton, corn andwheat gets richer. It works automati¬cally, if the war lasts another yearat the same rate of expenditure 50ca pound cotton is not only possible,but probable. If the surplus mone>from the present crop were put intobonds, it would be the best invest¬ment the cotton planters ever madeThe more bonds issued the hlgheicotton will go.

John L. McLaurin.Bennettsville, Oct. 8.

tiil: annual MEBTIlfG.

Programme of Red Cross Meeting Or-tobCT 18th.

The committee on arrangementshas announced tie following programme for the annual meeting of thSumter Chapter of lied Cross, atTrinity Methodist Church at 8 P, MThursday, October 18th:Song by Quartette.Invocation, the Hev. Dr. TruesdalcViolin solo. Miss O.ladys Turner.Reports of the officers of the Chap¬

ter.Election of officers.Vocal solo. Miss Eileen Hurst.Introduction of spei ker by Mayoi

I'. I>. .Jennings.Address by the Hon. Qeo. B. Cm

mar of Newbarry,Song by Quartette.All members of the chapter in th

city and throughout tin county are e\pet ted to attend and the public Is <<>.

dially invited to be present »<> he«what has bsen accomplished by th<Chapter in the Sil months of its PAistence as well as to enjoy th<> mushand the address by Or. Cromer, Phcommittee considers- itself very forinnate In aeeurlng Dr, Cromer, whIt without doubt one <-f Ihe Statemost pleasing orators. lb- bus a'.ways been enjoyed on former vlsilhere and has been in great detnainthis ysar t<» speak <>n patriotic topics.

SHMI Per Ton.Tin- highest price* ever paid on lib

Oamden market for cotton seed waipaid today h) Mr. Ii I». Mowlcy whenbe paid |10fl per Ion Cnntdon Mos«sensjor, <»ct. H,

TRADING BW MB HCl.PRESTDENT iksUFS orders rel-

kgating authority tovarious DEPART¬

ments.

Postmaster General Has Sli|>crvlsionOvef ami Licensing of Foreign lan¬guage Newwpapere.

Washington, Ort. Ii.. Broad war

powers conferred upon the presidentby the Trading with the Enemy Actwere put into operation under an ex¬ecutive order issued tonight delegat¬ing the authority under the iaw tovarious government departments andto a newly created war trade board.The trade board is composed of the

members of the Exports Administra¬tive Board, whcih it will replace withthe addition of a representative of thetrade. It will continue to license ex¬

ports and will exercise a similar con-

jtrol over imports as soon as the pres¬ident proclaims under authority of theTrading with the Enemy Act, the arti¬cles to be restricted.Trading or commercial dealings of

any nature with an enemy companyor agent in this country or abroadis forbidden, except under license ofthe war trade board, which is «alsoauthorized to license enemy or "ally

j of enemy" companies doing businesstin the I'nted States, excepting insur¬ance companies, whose superivision isentrusted to the treasury.

Censorship of mails, cables, radioand telegraph messages passing out ofthe United States is placed in thehands of a censorship board, con¬

sisting of representatives of the war.navy and postoffice departments, thewar trade board and of George Creel,chairman of the committee on publicinformation. _

To the treasury is assigned the reg¬

ulation of transactions in foreign ex¬change and exportation of gold or sil¬ver coin under licenses and enforce¬ment of the law's provision againsttransmission to the enemy of informa¬tion by any other means than reguarmails. The treasury must also licenseinsurance or reinsurance companiesof the enemy or ally of the enemy do¬ing business with the United States.Regulation of the use of enemy-ownedor controlled patents for the war andfor the granting or publication ofpatents containing information valua¬ble to the enemy is given to,,the Fed¬eral Trade Commission.The postmaster general is entrusted

with supervision over and the lices-'ing of foreign language newspapers.In anticipation of this authority Post¬master General Burleson has been re¬

ceiving applications for licenses andwill begin issuing them before Tues¬day, October 16, the date the provisionof the law becomes effective. All suchpapers except those granted licensesare required under penalty to tile withtheir local postmasters before publica-cation true translation of all matterrelating to the United States gov¬ernment or the governments of anyother nations at war. The same sec¬tion of the law makes it unlawful tocirculate in any way matter made un-mailable by the espionage act.The president's order defines the

powers of the alien property custodianto act as trustee for all enemy prop¬erty within the United States or issue-licenses exempting companies fromhis supervision. An appointment forthis position will be made soon.

The secretary of state is empoweredto license.se the transportation of ene¬

mies to or from the Ulnted State*through the existing passport means.

The secretary of commerce will re¬

tain his present authority to reviewthe decision of -customs collectors re¬

fusing clearances to vessels carryingcargoes in violation of the Tradingwith the Enemy Act.The new war trade board is to con¬

sist of Vance C. MeCormiek, chair*man, representing the secretary ofstate; Dr. AlOMO E. Taylor, represent¬ing tin- secretary of agriculture; Timsi >. Jones, representing the secretary>f commerce; Beaver White, repre¬senting the food administrator; FrankMunson, representing the shippingoard and a representative of tin-

secretary of the treasury, yet to benamed.The name of the present exports

council is changed to war tradecouncil with the secretary of the

reasury ami chairman Hurley, of tie

(hipping board, added to its member¬ship, the secretaries of '-.late, agrlcul-ure and commerce an 1 the food ad-nlnlstrator. This board will act in an

tdvlsory capacity to the president an the war trade board.The president's order vests in the

var trade board power to llcensrade ' directly or Indirectly with, t-r from or for. or on account of. oi»n behalf of, or for the benefit oimy other person, with knowledge o!

aasomihle cause to bgliegc |hat such

No. Six-Sixty-SixThie is a prescription prepared especiallylor MALARIA or CHILI S A FEVER.Five or six doses will break any cuse, andif token then a* s tonic the Fovcr will not

return. It sett on the liver better th mCaloinel and does not gripe or sicken. 23c

other person is an enemy or ally ofenemy, or is- conducting or takingpart in such trade directly or indirect¬ly for, or on behalf of, or for ihe bene¬fit of any enemy or ally of the ene¬

my," only with the consent of theboard may agents of enemy compa¬nies do business in the United Statesp>fter Nov. 5. Enemy companies maynot change the names thej used at

the beginning of the war withoutB] eclal license.

Secretary McAdoo Is vested by thepresident with and is expected to turnover to the federal reserve board "theexecutive administration of any in¬vestigation, regulation, or prohibitionof any transaction in foreign ex¬

change export or car-marking of goldor silver coin, or bullion or currency,transfers of credit In any form .otherthan credits relating solely to trans¬actions to be executed wholly within

|the United States, and transfers of.evidences of Indebtedness or of own¬

ership or property between the UnitedStates and any foreign country, or

Ibctweer the residents of one or more

foreign countries, py any person

j within the United States;" the reserve

board already exercises virtual con-itrol ovo- gold and silver exports.

south mi st ADVERTISE.

After the War lauopc Will Connatefor Capital.

New fork, Oct. 1G..The Southmust advertise to be successful com¬

petitor^ against European countriesfor capital after the v ar, HerbertHouston, chairman of the NationalAdvisory' Board, told the SouthernCommercial congress at the openingsession. Several thousand delegatesarc here.

Evei ythinq in the Building LineAll Kinds of Feed

BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc.everything at on;<: place

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A Convenience.A checking-account with a bank is a great

convenience; not only to the business and profes¬sional man. but to the farmer as well. More peo¬ple would keep such accounts if they knew justhow to go about it. We gladly assist those whoneed help in getting started.

%iTHE FIRST NATIONAL BANKThe Oldest Banking Institution in the County

OUR COUNTRY AT WARiOur Army already in the field.We must

feed, clothe and provide for it till victory liasbeen won for us.SI o\\ our brothers and sonswho have staked th3ir lives, that our heartsare with them and cur motey behind them.

The second issu? of Liberty Bonds is nowbeing" offered. We p ill gladly furnish you withthem and help you linance them if desired.We make no charge for our work.

Today is the time.Your Country Calls

The National Bank Of Soum CarolinaC. G. ROWLAND. President.

TWO TEILERSOur customers will find

our service much improv¬ed by our having two tel¬lers on Mondays and Sat¬urdays.

This bank wants itsservice to be unexcelled.Our customers' conven¬ience is our first consid¬eration.May we add your name

to our depositors list?.-

The National Bankof Sümter.

"SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS"