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EIGHT 4% THE 4% PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK 706OROAD BT., a (JOUST A, GA. L. C. Haynt, Pr«»id»nt. Gao. P. Bat*#, CaaHiar. Organized 1570 Correct Living Daily In tha only method by which nucredd cao b# obtained In any department of life. A Judicious Expenditure Of monay rauat nerc*narlly bring thla happy result to those who Observe thia rule. OUR SPLENDID FACILITIES For serving thla conservative class of people are unexcelled, and their Intercuts are carefully guarded by ua. WE INVITE THE ACCOUNTS Of Guardians, Trustees, Ad ministrators. Ixidge-Treasurers, and those having funds await ing Investment. United States Depository For Postal Savings Funds. CAREFUL AND PROMPT ATTENTION Given to all birtdnese entrusted to us and perfect satisfaction guaranteed. Ospoaits May Bs Made by Mail. WHAT AN AIKEN FARMED IS DIG Record of H. C. Hahn in the Matter of Raising Horses, Hogs and Oats. WALTER E. DUNCAN, Bt»ff Corct spondent, TH# Augusts Herald. Aiken, S. C.—Ten yearn arfo In 1904 *- Mr. 11. C. Hahn, whoso fHrm is lo <ato<l << few tnles from Alk«'n and who Is one of (he foremost <l4 versified for mer* of thin section, also mining hoi* for market and slowing cotton only nn a surplus money crop, bought a mere for which he paid SBS. The mare had a lad reputation, she was known for her kicking qualities and would run away at the drop of a hat Certainly no one would recom mend her tut a brood mare. Rut Mr. Hahn took her to hla farm, gave her good treatment, but It her up. and “Nancy Hanks,'' as she wsa known, has more than made Rood. “Nancy Hanks" has foaled eight colts since 1905. Four of these Me. Hahn has void, and referring to hti hook* It whs nhow n that the four colt*. brought him ss7s, selling from $175 to s3j}o apiece. One died. The throe others Mr. Hahn 'still has In hia Vaeaeiselon. and they are excellent anf lpala. Through these he has also thr *<• <olts of which “Nancy Hanks" is the iramidtine. • "'Nancy Hanks' is one of the best investments 1 have ever made," said Mr. Hahn. *1 still havo the mare an 1 have sold four of her colts for $875. I consider that the other three arc worth a thousand dollars." Last year Mr. Hahn sold $451.80 worth of hogs, $"49.65 worth of latnbo Thia year, so far. he has 501d*5.141.24 worth of hogs, has more than 70 head on his farm now, and, $446 S 8 worth of lambs. Friday he sold $45 worth 04.o 4 . hofe*. He gets 14 cents a pound, on the hoof. Mr Hahn has made a splendid os: crop. He has 1,000 bushels of seed o ts to sell at present. FOREIGN TRADE SLOWLY CIS President Wilson Declares That Demand For American Goods Has Shown Marked Increase Lately. Washington, D C.— The f. .gn tnuifi of the I'nlted Mates iiiiow* alow but steady Improvement. In Hip opinion of Fresldeni Wilson He told .all.*. to n»' hp had learned through lottrr* and personal talks that thp demand for Am •Hotn good* «bnmd hap shown a mark oil In err asr recently. Thp rail for Amprlran-matlp rotton fabrlrs Is partlculsVlv noticeable In S|i,.ln thp Hi andlnavian countries und In’ Houth America. hp paid. Buying of raw cotton has not bppn resumed no a large pci Ip. hp added, largely bpcaupp of thp difficulty in gelling ituotallonp Thp ITppldpnt Indlcatod h|p hpllpf that tha cotton situation would bp Improved soon Foreign trade for Hepleinher slmwol marked recovery from the extremely low levels iVarhed In August, acconllng to r*>llnilnery figures given out tonight by the department of commerce Three showed Heptember Imports to have been IP 454.577 more than In August, wbtle exports Increased |4t.KI.!K Imports last month fondled lull.rot.- Ls" compared with t171.054.X4S In Sep tember I*ll Export figures were: (September I*l4 $154.1X* "110. ISIS, sL'ls.- r«ft.«ei; 1*1! tISMTS.O*?. Hold Imports u mounted to s:.7<l,s*A as against $4.4!«,74* for Heptember of last year Hod exports were $71.*17,- Ifil compared with *4*4.037 for Septem ber. 1*1? The balance of trade again shtfied to Ihs export side In September ex reding Imports by *l* mi S!J »« ags'nst an ex cess of Imports amounting to 111,440- W>( In August. GERMAN AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED IN CLOUD-BANK BELOW ADVERSARY WHEN HIT BY LAST FRENCH BULLET London, 4:30 p. m. The official war information bureau fdrueri today the naira live of an eye witness from th/» headquarter* of the British army in Fra me. The story, dated October 13th follows In part: "From Friday the 9th of October un til Monday the 12th, ho little occurred that n narrative of the event* can be given iri ft few wr/.'ds. There ha.d been the usual sporadic shelling of our •trench©* which Luis resulted In but lit tle harm, so well dug in are our men. arid on the night of the tenth the Ger man* made vet h fresh assault support - by artillery fire, against the point which ha* all along attracted moat of their at tention. The attempt was ngnln a costly failure. Lost Among Clouds. "Details have been received of an ex citing encounter in mid air. One (/ our aviator* on a fast wonting mono plane sighted a hostile machine. He had two rifle* fixed, one on either hi* op ponent amongst the clouds. Soon, how ever another machine hove Into view which turned out tq be a German Otto biplane, a type of machine which 1* not nearly a* faro a* our*. Our officer once again started a pursuit. He knew that owing to the position of the propeller of tin* hostile machine he could not he fired at when astern of bis opponent. At Us» yards range he fired one rifle without apparent result. Then a* his pace waa carrying him ahead of his quarry, lie turned round, and again corning to about the same distance be hind emptied ids magazine at tile Ger man. Recharged Magazine. “The latter began at once to descend NEWS OF NEARBY TOWNS UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY MEET; EASTMAN Ttiomasville, Ga. Mrs. James T. Dix on. of this city, is attending the state convention of Fnlted Daughters of the Confederacy in session in Kastman this week. Mr* Dixon is a delegate from the Jno. 11. Gordon Chapter, of till* city, and she is also one of the officers of the organi zation, being State Auditor. Mr*. Dixon was authorised by the members of the John H. Gordon Chapter to invite tlie convention to hold Its annual convention for 191 & in Thomas - vllle If the Invitation is accepted, it will be the first time that it has ever met here and It '* coming will he a matter of interest to the citizen* gen erally. DECATUR COUNTY PREPARING TO MARKET FIVE THOUSAND HOGS Balnbrldoe. Ga lipmlur county 1« preparing to market fc.bno hog* with the Mmktrln Packing llmuc which begin« ope ration* nexl month. o cenens taken by the operator* tn the govern ment hog cholera elation In this county allow a over to. ooo Itoga tn the eountv, ami of this number 8.000 are now Wady for packing hottae alaoghler. the requlre mettla of which are for a minimum hog Of ITK poll lata. The farmera. according to repona made to the board of trade, «Ve prepar ing to make ft.ooo bnrrela of avrup for tnarkel and an advertlalng cautpalgh for the sale la now under way. Thla la In addition In local conaumptlon. REV. H. H. BELL IN CHARGE OF NEW CHURCH NEAR AIKEN Atkan, 8. C.—Rev. It II Hell of Co lumMn luis accepted a call to the re* oently organised Kuthcran pastorate between the Lutheran church at A4ken and the Lutheran church'at (Jrunlte Wile Charges Minister With Paying Attention to Some Other Woman Now York.—"lt la wrvll-known that there la a woman living in Oaatntng upon whom the Rev. Mr. l.ee has been calling conalHntly for n long time They are no well acquainted that he uaed to call her up on the telephone anti call her his "Ducky.* •'.Mr. I.e uaed to tell her on the telephone that he would come over and get Home plumduff from hla ‘Ducky. 1 Thia la a new charge made against the Rev. Burton Howard l.ee. aaaalst ant paator of Sing Sing prison and rector of St I'iiul'h Episcopal Church, OHHlnlng Ilia wife, Mr*. Margaret l.ee, made the atateincnt yesterday as FULTZ RE-ELECTED HEAD BALL PLAYERS FRATERNITY Nsw York. The Haseball Flayers' Fraternity announced today that 1 'avid 1,. Put* had been re-elected president for a term of three years at the annual meeting of the hoard of directors yesterday, Edward A Rtiel bach was elected secretary. The fol lowing were elected vice-presidents and members of the advisory board; Raymond A. Collins, Jacob K. l>au berl, John I’. Henry. Frank M. Mc- Dermott, John B. Miller and Edward Zimmerman. Features of the baseball eonlract which are to be taken up later with the national commission were discuss ed and decided on, it waa said, but were not made public. ••CAPTAIN 0?" KOEPENICK’ MENDING 00V T SHOES Erfurt.—Shoemaker Vogt, better known as the "Captain of Koepentck," has now been given a chance to nasuire a military role. He Is working In the local military ahoy factory, whers he ta looked upon ns a most proficient workman. Vogt earned considerable notoriety several years ago w hen, dressed as •> captain of the Herman army, he took charge of the burgomaster's office at Koepentck. an incident" which for x long time was remembered by the Herman public as a clever aatlrewupon Herman military and official Ufa. as if either he or his machine were hit end shutting off his engine and volplan ing to free hi* hands, tlie pursuer re charged hi* magazine. Unfortunately It Jammed but he managed to insert four cartridges and to fire them at hi* descending opponent, who disappeared Into a cloud bank with dramatic sud denness. When the British officer emerged below the clouds he could see no sign of the other. He therefor climb ed to an altitude of some 7,000 feet and came to the conclusion that the German must have come to earth on the French lines. "The French airmen too have been very successful during three days having dropped several bombs amongst the German cavalry and cauned consider*hie loss and disorder and hav ing b; similar means silenced a battery of field Howitzers. Anti Air-Craft Guns. "The German anti-air craft guns re cently have been unusually active, but ho far they have not much effect. "A striking feature of our line is that it consists really of a series of trenches not all placed alongside each other but some more advanced than others and many facing in different directions. "Though both side* have moved for ward at certain point* and withdrawn at others, no very important change ha* been effected. The situation of the work* in the German front line ns a whole has been a matter of deliberate selection, for they have had the ad vantage of previous reconnaissance. "Behind the front they now' have sev eral lines prepared for a step-by-step defense." vllle. Rev. Mr. Bell ha* already taken rharge of hi« new’ work and has es tablished his home at Granitcville. WOULD TRADE* COTTON FOR OATS AND WHEAT; BARNWELL Barnwell, S. C. Tn a letter to the Hon. K. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture. Hoi. Harry D. Calhoun, president of Home Bank, suggests that letters he written to farmers In the West, asking if they will sell oat and wheat seed, payable next July and se cured by warehouse receipts for cotton on a basis of S3O per bale, <fr If the cot ton Is sold earlier the amount due is to be paid at tho time of the sale. Col. Calhoun points out tha9 it will be impossible for the South to plant as great an acreage in cotton next year as in 1014, regardless of any action that the legislature may or may not take, leav ing thousands of hc-cs of land to bo planted in other crops. Inasmuch ms the countries now involved in wav are said to raise f>7 per cent of the oats and wheat of the world, there will he considerable demand for these products next year. The oat crop In this section would be hat vested about thirty days earlier titan that grown in the West. 14 CANDIDATES FOR SIX PLACES; AIKEN COUNCIL Aiken, S. C. —For the six places on the hoard of city council there arc now fourteen candidates with the probabil ity of more recruits before the date of the municipal primary, which will he held on the first Monday in No vember. Mr. W. J. Moseley is op posed for mayor by Mr. F. W. Wea sels. The aldermanic candidates are: Hr. T C. Stone, Dr. Hastings Wyman, Jr., Messrs. W. Rothrook, W. C. Hyer, J. Monroe Steadman, J. l.yold Court ney, 1). It. Plunkett, J. A. Greene, G. E. Owens, 11 11. Rankin, .1. Conrad Do bey, B. M. Surasky, Frank P. Hen derson and J. T. Tarver. Dr. Stone, l)r. Wyman. Mr. Hyer and Mr. Court ney are members of the present city council. an answer to the minister’s affidavit. She added: "Moreover, this same woman naked me if 1 had any objections to her run ning her fingers through his hair, for It had such a soothing effect upon Mr. Lee. "Indeed, the interest she took in my husband was so ridiculous that at a party we presented her with a minia ture telephone, with his number at tached to It, while to him we gave a little figure of a "duck." This interest extended so far that she persuaded him to purchase overshoes and on one rainy day phoned three times to the rectory to inquire if he had worn them." * Mrs. Lee explained that there were two young men not one boarding at the rectory, and that the walks* she took "were not taken without Mr. Lee's knowledge or consent.” CALOMEL IKES KOI) SICK. UGH! "Dodson’s Liver Tone” better than calomel and can not salivate. Calomel loses you a day! You know ! what calomel is. It's mercury; quick silver Calomel Is dangerous. It * crashes Into sour Idle like dynamite. 1 cramping and sickening you. Calomel j attacks the twines and should never | lie put Into your system When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated and all knocked out and believe you need a dose of dangerous calomel just remember that rnur druggist sells for 50 cents a large bot tle of Dodson's Diver Tone, which Is entlrelv vegetable and pleasant to take and Is a perfect substitute for calomel It Is guaranteed to start your liver without stirring you up In side and can not salivate I Ain't take calomel! It makea vou sick the next dav: It lose* you a day’s work Ivodson's Diver Tone straightens urn right up snd you feel great Olve It to the children because It Is per fectly harmless and doesn't grips. | THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. POSTPONED ONE YEAR. Washington.— At the request of Sen ator Shields the supreme court today postponed for one, year action in the Motlow suit, Involving the constitu tionality of the Tennessee liquor law. The cane Is In process of settlement. Senator Shield* told the court. Lem Motlow, the plaintiff, was fine J No. Six-Sixty-Six Thi, ii a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS 6. FEVER. r ive or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and docs not gripe or sicken. 25c v 11TR STREET * f ONIVEKSITY PLACE ®ne Block West of Broadway NEW YORK CITY jcaont to Wholratds and Retail Wj Good. Districts, Railroad and MODERN &BBDLV^EXT < B ; lfnt»ROOF 300 Rooms (200 with Bath) BATES SI.OO PER DAY UP Excellent Restaaruit and Case. Y Moderate Prices. Bead for free lllastratad.Gold*aaS L May of Mew fork City. JL WANTED and Women To prepare for Bookkeeping, Banking, Salesmanship, Telegraphy, Civil Service, Shorthand and Typewriting positions. Always open ings for trained men and woman. Positions secured graduates. Per sonal instruction In both day and night schools. Night school Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays. Special opening rates. Lessons by mall if desired. 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