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Til*. Ill AsoN?BI T WHAT'S TUF.
USE?
"Why does The Sumter Item go
back to 1908 for Its comparison of
votes? In 1910 the vote was 1.799
while this year the vote was 3.282. an
Increase of practically 500 votes."?
Anderson Intelligencer.
Because tbe Manning Times falsely
stated that Sumter county "polled
?early fifty per cent more I otes than
ever before," which statement the
Anderson Intelligencer ar.d at 1? .1 t
ene other H lease paper reprinted with
evident approval. Ix>*s than two
weeks prior to this publication in the
Manning Times we printed In this
paper a statement giving the vote of
gumter county In 1906. 1.779; 1908,
MOt. 1910. 1797, and 1912, 2.287;
for the purpose of comparison and
to call attention to the Inaccuracy
and unfairness of the comparison of
tjgo Note In the first primary of
fjtth the vote in the second primary
ft? 1110 made by the Columbia State.
The .' Ing Times said Sumter
eeunty polled nearly fifty per cent
more votes this year than ever before,
and to prove the falsity of the state
meat we went back to 1908?whl< n
gs? most biased mind must admit
comes within the limits of "ever be?
fore.' But what is the use of trying
to argue with people who don't want
to know the facts, or knowing, will?
fully gnor* them hH order t ? gVTtVt
at n ?.'????(? r. ement ;< ? .r
ev? n preconceh . lean?
Wuiu u.v Biau ?.a..
mlttee orders a second primary for
gtate officers provision should be
Basale for paying the expense* inci?
dent thereto. The county committees
hav* always paid all the expenses
of the primaries, except the cost of
ticke s and return blanks for Slate
officers, but the counties having al?
ready he'd a second primary, their
goods are exhaus ed or practically so,
and ?her.- the money is to come
Jreea Co pay the managers and de?
fray m%i other expenses of the elec?
tion Is a problem that the State Exec
attve Committee will have to solve,
ft ccats nearly $2?'0 to hold a pri?
mary eleetlon in Sumtes tOtMly and
there l* no mom v i'? C hands of ihe
gumt? r ''ounty g?ssen tlvt Committee
to pty the expense.
es*
Is it nurprtnlng Utat twenty thous?
and HeWUbHean postm.outers have
ergently petitioned f*fi -.dent Taft I
Issue an order pi gl Ing th.ru in tin
ela*siAed Mfeieol They want to
eontinue in the government service
under i rit Wilson, hence the
?raen J of their pet 1?ion.
Not lee.
The SuMlgf CoUntjf farmers Union
will meet with Salem looal italem
gcbool house on I'rhli. October Hh.
A good attendance Is requested. W.
ar?? ??\p.'tlng sono \ il lable informa?
tion Veoit co-op, ration in bu>lng
and selling^ and ort mutual Insurance.
'\h- Itata Isjgsjrance Commissioner
sayn. 11 our psjogde eould rightly un?
derstand 11 irai and
how It has worked to gi\e a com
merctal supreme* y to Now York,
without doubt the greatest factor in
ooncf-ntr.il gag the aval la bit money of
the country In New York, we would
either own and operate ..ur own In?
surance, or resmftrs ihs reeervei th.it
seeur.ir own policy holders la be I
invented in south Carolina, A na ua III
we have a < r\ for mone% to move
th? eottoa erop, and annually w<
ggrtsj BOfjfl beyond i?ur borders in
??ugh of our own mono] to finance our
ggj i e..lton. Thll I- OM of the M|t'
les ?? we ?1:1 ii ,\? lo haadk ahem ei
We try to lmpro\. oUf l inking fa?
cilities. And it || one in w t i< h OUI
gggsgg ought to he willing and gnx
loos le Jotg bands with the UgtOg
bri'iirlro: out.
.1 I r ink Wllllagsa ^ president and
If ggjh W I|. n > S. . r. t ,ry
Amen- tin wh.. boogl of their bUtl
n?n ahilio. Iio' mil's .md skill, ought
to he gglsagged le ggg Ihi government
io t ?x the peopli to make tin ir ? gt< i
pri^. -> ^ M 'es-tui. tVHminsjtog Mar.
IKE PRIMARY FR?RE.
si ?-iUM MlTTKE (K)M> n s
I IM oi NTIIV ftEMlON,
Witi Meet in OohxmMa Mosaia) lo lit*
vow Work and PfvaCJQl Itrport on
l*rlmur> ? Duplicate STlMN Found
on l?oll IdstS in Andoi -on?gome of
Tiinu rtpiwlnnl
Anders? i Sept. .'?*..?The siilicom
mittet ol tili executive committee of
f. Democrats perty of South Caro?
lina finished lit labon nti ? committee
(Of the erhole today until the members
aeeemble In Columbia Monday to con
slder all testimony in hand and pre?
pare a report for the State executive
n mlttee, The day ip -nt in Ander?
?on did nOt,proVi exciting. Late in
the afternoon the committee went
into executive ?oeeion and decided
that the committee will meet in the
State liirary of the state House at
Columbia Monday at 12 o'clock to re?
view the work done ai d prepare Its
report.
The work done by the subcommit?
tee ffom the Anderson committee has
I I en painstaking and thorough, and
when lb" committee arrived here it
found to.itter for Its consideration In
excellent shape for action. After a
day in which consider, bh time was
lost m ant way ami another plans for
the ? ontlnunnOi and conclusion of the
work of the committee were adopted
lite in t ie afternon.
.T. I?. Blvena and ft, M. Jeffries
will proceed to Orangeburg to con?
duct an investigation there ,,f the dis
Sppearanes of tiie mill and any other
irregularities noted, T 1?. Cutler ll
authorised by the oommittet to col*
led all affidavits at Spittanhurg and
other evidence at hand and convey it
to the committee for the meeting
Monday.
J. T. Duncan was notified that he
will t.e expected to S|n with the com?
mittee not later than Monday afti
I i its in support of |h< charges men?
tioned In his affidavit filed with this
enn ml'b e vest -nlay. This Is expected
to Include an affidavit from \V. A. Lee
"! l'elzer. a witness mentioned In th*
iillda t from I>uncan yesterday, who
was advised by telegraph to present
himself here today. Efforts wa re made
by telephonl.Tpf to Pelzer to secure
Lee's presence. Duncan arrived In the
late afternon and read his affidavit
already submitted. His presence had
en ? ted 1 y th< mlttee In
. u effe I i< ? : >.. h ? rget ?ffei
by the deponent pvad* mon explicit,
Duncan this afternoon :?>.i in 'be
fix the statement thai Leei u
sertion as to being paid $2 a day o>
Jones suppor* tfl and a statement
that t*o Corporation physicians had
Stated that Jones supporters had de?
posited $108,01)0 in banks for work in
ihe last ten days of the campaign
WOfS m ide to him by Lee.
The investigation here dlselosed
that the work of the subcommittee
has nhown that in an ilphabetleal list
of names on poll lists, carried through
'a. h, c. d. e. f,' there are 7s names
that appear more than otue. Some
of the names are on the lists as man)
eight times and in SSCh of the 7^
Caaee the names appear ai often as
fx ce, The total number of names in
luestlun hi about ltd, The subcom?
mittee, represented this afternoon
,u nelpatly through Leon L, Rice and
W. Hi 1 ' infield, hal been able to make
an alphabetical Copy of the names
only through the firsix letters of
the sip habet?
it w - decided this ifternoon that
the duplicate names Should be called
)>> the chairman and lhost in the
crowd m attendance at the court
house should be given an opportunity
to give an information is to the
latus of the names. The committee
wl*hes to establish ns far as possible
whether the names represented sepa?
rate individual - or one person voting
more than onoe.
As Mr Stevenson called the dupli?
cate names persons in the crowd Spoke
up nnd offered, ;>t the suggestion of
the committee, to make affidavits
the existence ,,f silci persons :'t the
polling places mentioned. \ number
ef persons volunteei id to give nitida?
its, \mona the mo t prominent were
"Josh" Ashley, Jos I. m Ashley, re
centl] elected sheriff, ami i?. L Graj
elected to the legislature at the re
?? nt piimnry,
\? tiie nsmes were called 'he chair
i m of the committee, it*, F, Steven?
Min, entered Ihe names ol those to
mak< ih< ufUdavIti end I tei the
? ???i o .?!?< delegates to Leon L, ttlce
iK r Smith ?) ?? dutj "t lasIni
id 'i ? paring lhe*< nitida^ its a ml
forwarding them to the subcommittee
for t?r< entatlon to the M ite execu?
ti\.mmlltei Although no tabula
lion was made II Deemed that about
>n< hair I hi nines under considers
i ii v ? ? ?? ei ountifd lor hj t lo- a n
mmncemeni i Itnou hlin," md tin
? ? i n< ? that uffld i\ It* to |h it elf? r
uns ot th< proei ilin -h i t;v ifte
Ho commit lei had nt I ? ed in Andel
son nd sti rte,| ii .i, Id |h< oiii
house It n '- four | th o: t , i, now
rapher was available at that time and
while a seiirch for a stenographer was
being Instituted it was decided t.> re?
ceive t ki?? records of the subcommittee
in evidence.
As these were about t<> be presented
foj Leon Rice, chairman, attorneys
i"! tin- governor Instated that Mr.
Kiie be sworn before presenting the
coplea ft' the poll lists, etc. Mr. Rice
stated that before being aworn he
felt called Upon to state that as much
of the work of copying the poll lists,
etc., had b< < n done by clerks and not
under hit observation much of the
matter would be as far as he was con?
cerned "hearsay." At the word
'hearsay" jeers, hoots and cheers
broke out from many of the several
hundred persona aasembled.
"Josh" Ashley's voice could be
heard in the outcry. When the chair?
man rapped tor order and it was not
Immediately restored Mr. Stevenson
quickly explained that such an out
hurst would not for an instant be tol
irated. " This committee is hen- by
direction of the State executive com?
mittee, the highest authority in
Smith Carolina,-' said Mr. Stevenson,
"and if it can not conduct its deliber?
ations without interruption from the
assemblage, then the committee will
remove Itself to a location, where the
presence of the aasembalge will be
dispensed with." ?Uder was soon
reatored and the committee was not
again interrupted.
On account of the failure of the ef?
fort to secure a stenographer little
was accompllahed at the morning
session except the introduction of the
document! in the hands of the Ander
s>?n subcommittee as to the duplica?
tions on the pollings lists.
Tlie absence of detail work for
the committee at the morning session
gave attorneys ami some members ?>i
the committee opportunities to deliver
short addresses. The matter <>f J. T,
Duncan's affidavit as to statements by i
j
w. a. Lee of Pelser, to Duncan, was i
recalled and a ? all made for Lee I
and Duncan, At this time neither'
appeared i'* Ihe audience,
At the convening of the commit?
tee fur the afternoon, J. B. Park and
J. I>. Blvena, as a committee com?
pared the coplea of the poll list with
the original poll lists and reported
that the transcript appeared to he cor?
rect. At Ural the committee decided
to call names which were duplicates
to see if the identity of these voters
rould be established.
it was decided to call the names
u.d
rrerent 1
eve: a! !
Its I
on and various names taken from
whom affidavits will he secured by
Messrs. like and Smith.
When the name of "J. W. Ashley*'
was called "Josh 1 announced that
these two were all right, as one rep?
resented himself and the other
"I?rother Tom's boy."
After J. T. Duncan had read the
affidavit already submitted to the
committee it was found that W. A.
Lee's pretence had not been secured
hy the committee. although a tele
gram and telephone message had
been forwarded to Perser. The com?
mittee was not able to learn the de?
tails of the winning aw; of Lee
from the Duncan forces to those of
Judge Jones,
At the close of the calling "f du
p cnte names the committee went
into executive session and decided to
send the members of the committee
to additional counties ns previously I
sutllned.
The members of the committee are
tonight scattering t?? their bonus and
the counties assigned until the recon?
vening of |he subcommittee at Co?
lumbia at noon Monday
.1. B. Park went to Greenwood, W.
r. ste\?-nson left for Ashevllle, N. <'.. j
T. B, Butler depar ted for Gaffney, ami
w. it. Wilson, Jr., took passage f"r
Rock Milk Messrs, Livens. Jeffries
and Qreer are in Anderson tonight.
Mr. (in it will go to Union tomorrow
while Messrs, Livens and Jeffries will
go to i Mangel.urg.
To outsiders n feature of the meet?
ing today was the appearance In the
crowd of members "f the Ashley fam?
; ilv or clan. Many persons in the
; andient e were pointed out as "The
, Ash leys" and led a few Of those des?
ignated Spoke i ut in the meeting. J,
i W. Ashley several times said, as a
j name was called, lie's :i good man,
i he \oted tor Dleaae."
Mr Stevenson continued to show
bis ability as a presiding officer, for
with a ruther restless and turbulent
rolt KAIjK?One or two milk cows
with young calves, kind :ind gentle.
\\ ill he glad lo show them to pros?
pective buyers, Ais.? Berkshire
md graded pigs, lambs and kids,
Vpplj p. i:. w. Dobbs, Plneland
i 'arm, M lyesvllle H, I'.
FARMOQERM
Standard Inoculation for legumes,
Kndorsed h 111 Agricultural Colleges
? .1 I !xpei Inn nt HI itlons,
I? M IH.AMHN4.
\ j e O I -noil. i i ml III \
audience, at all tlmei In evidence, he
conducted the deliberations ol the
committee nrlth calm yet insistent dis?
patch.
VAUGHN To PENITENTIARY.
Sheriff Poole Leaves Baltimore With
Prisoner?Letter Seems Worried
mid Despondent,
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 26.?Sheriff
j. Perry Poole of Greenville, 8. C,
left here this afternoon with Th?rs
ton U. Vaughn, who la wanted in
South Carolina on several charges,
and will proceed direct to the State
penitentiary at Columbia. Vaughn was
securely handcuffed to the sheriff,
and they were taken to the union sta?
tion in the police automobile. The
paper Of identification for which the
sheriff wired yesterday afternoon ar?
rived this morning and the magis?
trate, after asking Vaughn if he was
willing to go back without extradition
papers, turned him over to the sher- '
Iff.
Vaughn appeared to be worried and
this afternoon stated that he was will?
ing to take his medicine and only
asked the people of Greenville to give
him u fair trial. "If ever a man has
repented for his sins." he said, "that
man is me. Every night since 1 re?
signed as superintendent of the or
phan asylum 1 have prayed to my
Maker to forgive me. My wife and '
Child are living near Greenville, and j
it is breaking my heart to think what j
my child will have to face when it I
grows older.''
PRELIMINARY SURVEYS.
Panics of Surveyors Between Sum
lor ami Manning and PergHSOii
and Charleston,
There havi been several surveys
made for the prospective railroad
whi< h is believed will pass through
this town on the way to the sea coast.
We heard there has been a party of
Surveyors going out from Ferguson
towards Charleston. and another
party making tentative measure?
ments from Bumtar towards AlCOlU
and Manning. What there is in these
rumors we cannot vouch for, except
to say that we believe the Seaboard ,
railroad will come to Manning before
the next twelve months, and before i
two years it will be passing through
Manning on its way to Charleston.?
Manning Times.
I Ml ait I a I M.i i.W \ V. '? sVTER.N
Promise of Pas*cngor Service on
Xew liallroati
The South Carolina Western rail?
way has just completed its tracks in:o
the city of Bumter. While the track
has been laid the process of levelling
and inspection has ont yet been com?
pleted and no schedule lias been put
on. It is stated that a iregular pas?
senger servie? will SO instituted
about October 1.
For some months the new railroad
has operated passenger and freight
service between Florence and Mc
L'ee. Just as soon as the line to
Bumter is inspected by che railroad
commission and declared "O. K." the
service Into Bumter will be institut?
ed.
it is reliably stated that In the
near future a force of hands will be?
gin granding an extension from Mc
I'?ee to Bumter and it is also believed
that the road will ultimately be ex?
tended from Bumter to Charleston.
I'aldington Dally Observer.
1912 1912
Correct Fall Millinery
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1j In addition, will be able to show the
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If We invite your careful inspection.
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ROOF CREDITORS COMPROMISE.
Accept Agreement Proposed by staf
l'ord-l'arrisli CompMOJ.
Lexington, Sept. LM.?By an almost
unanimous vote the creditors of W.
P. Roof, the Lexington hanker, mer?
chant and lumberman, who went into
bankruptcy alter the failure of the
Lexington Savings hank, yesterday
agreed to the proposition offered the
trustees by the Farrish-Stafford com?
pany of New York, whereby the
Farrish-Stafford company agrees to
turn over to tie trustees the notes and
other collateral, amounting to $114,
000 and to release Mr, Roof of a con?
tingent liability consisting of indorse?
ments on mill paper to the amount of
more than $500,000, provided the
trustees will pay over t*o them $50,000.
In the opinion of the trustees this will
enable the creditors to realize possibly
15 per cent, while only at>oot 4 per
cent w-juld have been realized had
the I-"arrish-Stafford company helcl
Mr. Roof responsible for the full
amount of his Indorsements, end at
the same time held the collateral.
This will give many of the creditors
an opportunity, it is said, to effect an
offset, which in the end will prove a
big saving.
Arrested en Charge of Arson.
Fleldmnu X. Atkins, colored, of
Rembert, has been arrested and
lodged in jail on the charge of mrson.
It was claimed, that Atkins set iire to
a dwelling house some weeks ago.
The arrest was made by Ccnstable
Bateman.
Some puragraphers were unkind
enough to ssiy that Taft became
"lodged" high in the air when the
senator from Massachusetts took the
stump for him.?Columbia Record.
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