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a^Manfced Wcdnemlay And Saturday. ?BY? QSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUhfTBR, *. C. 11.M R?r annum?tn advaace. Advert Isens ewts: Omm Square first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insert loo.SO Contracts for three moot a a, or Isagsr will be made at reduced raise. AH communications mhlsh cub ssjrve private InUraata will be oha.ged far aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect aria he charged far. The ?irotir Watchman was found ad la lilt snd ths True Southron In lift The Wstchn.an and Southron asw has the combined circulation and fcaluenct cf both of ths old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising medium tn Sumter. t-l i ,. .1, John T. D mean, who also run for Govern, r. alleges that he was told by a Mr. W A Lea that the Jones crowd sptni flOH.000 during tho last few day* before the primary trying to elect Jones. Mr. Lee says he never made auch a statement to Duncan. The story Is preposterous and Dun ^aaa himself can not believe It. see The question having been raised ss to who organised the primary system In South Carolina and when. It may he of Interest to know that a primary for members of the leglalature and county officers was held In Sumter County ss early as 194 4?and per? haps earlier. We have not the com? plete record available beyond 1 884, but the Indications are that the first primary was held ?n Sumter County In 1881. At that time Senator Tlllman had never been heard of in Sumter County and he 1? entitled to none of ths credit for the adoption of the primary system of nominations by the itlc party of this County. s s a rime which C. M. Young, at 8h >e one of the Rural Policemen st er County, and Mack Morris, ec ?)??.?' .*) for Magistrate Player of Ph. . i. are charged with having com ant" on Friday last, Is one of the ?M Jtrageous In the criminal an Sumter County. They were l with having committed I assault on two negro girls aj] re In their custody, and a war as Issued for their arrest by ate Plsyer. They have fled, tl t said to be hiding In the in . biloh township. The ef f ? tat have been made to capture lt>- ritlvee have thus far been fruit t and the reports that have ? ?celved Indicate *hat they will irrested until it suits their c?n e to surrender. Without un g t*? express an opinion as t<? ??.ilt or innocence of ne ac ? used men. for we have no desire t" I rejudhe the case of m*n und? ; mali? gn ao heinous, we feel that it Is our duty t?> itay that the law-abiding paopls of Sumter Cssjaty owe ic to thaaigahrai h> see that these gang arc spoodll) tl rested and brought to trial. If Utsj are gut'ty. *? ehaT| I IhO) should hi Speed 11, and Severely pum-do I that lhe?r fate will hi ? warning to othOf IjawleiM men Thin is ? < .se that can? not be ignored, and. Youmc Morrh are allowed to eaca pe. If they are not hrou* it Into . o.rt and BMtds 10 an? swer t > the ehafgm alleged Ig 'ha wsrrant. th?- ras, arg wi shunts! Cotta? ty for law. order and deOShCy will hi damn* ! for hut and i da\. If the officers of Sumter Count>. whose duty It Is to enforce the law* and appre? hend * nrntnal*. do th.ir duty. Toung and Morris win he arrested and brought to tili, .t Mm ipproichmg Urm ?i oasjrt. If the) are not ar? rested speedily. If he cannot effect the arrest al'h his present f .r< e the sher? iff ?houhl ask for .^.hmi, a. The white p -ople rub- Sumter County, and they owe it thi nr ' . - t<> |.| < I the n-?;r< ? i m all then rights and to see? that tbe> ir.' ? i. ..i I luatl) Tl father ?f the two k,irl who are al? leged to have been an grossly and brutally mtatfoatsd bj two white men ?and they . !c.ti of the I .w \\ h ? u#*c<i tb. r official position to obial i custody of the ifirls has appsalad ' the courts f. r redrem ol his wrongs lie has a??ked the white people who control the courts to gr ?? him Ju*t'i . and If we fall to brin* IttCN white men into court to face Iheli iceuasi we wrong the man w h? asks for Jus* tlee ander tbe law ar d damn our telven ,%r pfOtSOtOfl of the laWliSl The white man wh<. ..-<-.i ulf-< i negro girl is us vile a ortralasl as the nsgro who aasnults a white elrl. ami h* i more to hi ? sandigem d. so long ai Tseng and af orrti sra permitted to remain at lthert> in d? fiance of the law. Humtei Count] guilts of ? nd< n rik,' lawln n- -m and falling In the dill it oWOf 11 ? pr.d. ? t Sil women. ?d i< k al w?l |fl whit.. from thr lust of brutish m< a. A I tier il h ildt of wasf.-d oppor tunltlei no n- i general - ? r ditcn for want. SPECIAL COUiCH Bi j. \v. IUVCII, jr.. OP WAYvi s. villi:, HMMDfl as pos Si dll city MAN At. Kit. Work on Ucfsaaj < >rdins nee Caan? menood?Map M urnlng streets. Drain?, and Water Main-* i "resent? ed by Major W. I* A special meeting of city council was held Tuesday ca ning for the purp??*?- of discuss* ng with Mr. J. W. \ ? r. Jr.. of Waynesville. N. C. the city manager's Job and the pos? sibility of his being secured as city manager for Sumter. The matter was discussed informally but no de? cision w >? ' u bod. action being post? poned for further consideration. Jo*, f J ?c'iuesbt.-ke applied for an annual license as a street photograph? er instead of a dally lie >n>e. His re 4Uat1 WM refused. Mr. W. L. Lee presented I copy of the map he is preparing, showing the streets, dr..ins and water mains. with the land slevaUons Indicated, ids woik was approved. The aaat matter taken up was the pr? pa ration Ol th< annual license or? dinance, Matters relating to this w, r dls*t -sod for some time and somt work doao <?n the ordinance. The Sehulw-I>< litz.-ch t o-opcratlve Hanks In Germany. Co-operative banking in Germany and in other countries abroad is not confined to the agriculturists. Side by side with the Raiffeisen type of agricultural banks there has grown up another type, intended to me<*t the needs of laborers and artisans, which is known under the name of its founder, Fran* Hermann Sehulse Delltzach. This economic and social leader was born in 1808 at Delitzsch. In Prussian Saxony, and died at the age of 75 in 1883. He began his pub lie life as an assessor of a court of Justice In Perlin. and it was not until after he had completed his fortieth year that he entered upon what prov? ed to be hie life work. As a member of the National Assembly of 1848 he was made chairman of a parliamen? tary committee to inquire into the condition of laborers and artisans. As the result of the Inquiry he became impressed with the necessity of co? operation to enable the smaller trades? men and artisans to improve their economic codltlon. In 1850 he es? tablished the first cooperative bank ?t his native place, from which he de? rived the later part of the name by which he is now known. In the fol? lowing year he resigned his pub'le appointments and devoted himself to the furtherance cf his plan of co? operative banking. A decade after wards he became a legislator again, and the subsquent legislation dealing wl?* cooperative banking was largely his .\ork. In view of the importance nhich his system >f banks has attain? ed, and the fact that at present farm? ers constitute about one-fourth of the total membership of those banks. Ambassador Lelshman has included ag a? < ount of the working of the sys? tem in hi* laveattcaUoa of agrieui lural credit institution-" la Germany, Owtgjg to the fact that the social structure ?l the town is more complex than that of ihs farming community, the striu ture of the s< -hu'r/.e-1 tolitSSOh o Nj>pei itivi banks, whose function* an- mainly connected with the towns, i.- mors complex than that of the ru rel banks of the Raiffeisen type, of which son e account has already boon en. The membership of the urban bank.- Includes men from many walks Of hfe and oi varying degrees of tin nnclal Stand inf. These banks are Ipplled with a larger foundation oap ii il than the rural banks. The mem? bers of the fOimer are required to subscribe a comparative!) largo smounl f?>r cnpl "i stockt and they ?perah- upon th h basis more after the fashion of other banks than M the ? i-e with those of the Raiffeisen t>'lM ? They also do rriore of a general bank? ing businsoBi as Iholf larger cash capital enables them to do, They do not d< pend for their funds upon oen? tral .peratlvs bmks. but roeotve loans fron? outside Institutions. They maintain a no re sxpehslvs manage* meal than tho rural banks, and pav dividends upon thslf Capital stork. ranging generali) from ;, t,, 7 per cent a fee of them. Indeed, pay dividend! of 10 per e, nt. and it ap| its tbit a duldend of if. per cent is not un know n. Capital shar?s in theas banks avsr? age a llttls over $!?'?. The rate of in lersot paid by them for thetf mone) IVsraSJSS about 3 3 I per COnl Of the total working ? pltal, and 'bo kv>>^ profits ai-out *? 1 I pel cent, After de? ducting the cog! ?o* operation and other expensei ihers is b it n not pro nt for distribution, which averages shout *"> 1 - per sen! of the 1 ire capital Pan of mis is carried over .? s reserve aad 'be remainder is dls ? 1 bated m dh blend* Ttu bank* i" 111 money on corronl .iunl and for nxed periods, loans on the former bs ^is amounting to over 10 pot cenl of their business* Loans for nxed p< riods it mads on pled*;e or by dr GARS RUN IN AUGUSTA. OPERATIONS RESUMED AFTER SUSPENSION Foil STRIKE. Doputto* <>ni> PMaonjferi as Public Declines to Take Advantage of Bar? Viet?Mayor Satisfied With Condi? tion*. Augusta, Oa., Oct. -.---Cars were op, rat? ?l today from about 11 o'clock for the tlrst time since the strike went into effect, more than a week ago, bill the only passengers were the Imported motormtn and conductors, and three imported deputies to-each car. Though Obstruction! were found at numerous points along the right of way, a frog was torn out of a switch on May avenue, near Fifteenth street, and one car was rocked on East Boundary( no disorders of moment oc? curred at any point along the line. Neither the Lake View line nor Aiken line has yet bean opened, but it is the purpose of the company?since it ?uccseded in pulling the spike out of the kiru: trill bridge today?to put cars on th Lake View line tomorrow morning. The interurban service will probably not be started this week, in view of the fact that the protection afforded by the city, county and municipal authorities does not extend beyond the North Augusta bridge. At intervals along the entire right of way of the belt line special depu? ties, sworn in this morning by the sheriff from the prominent business men of the city, patrolled the streets on horseback, in addition to these special officers the entire police force was on duty throughout the day, but only the single company of militia encamped at the power house remains on duty. Tonight. Mayor Marrett expressed a high degree of satisfaction and says ; the situation is. he believes, consid- 1 erably Improved. I DECOMPOSED oil ?ROTTKX IXiGS?" department of Agriculture Defends Killing AgalMM KiinsaN Company. Washington, Oct. t,?li a dscom possd egg. with:r the meaning Of the pure food and drug act of I906t the ?an\S thing as i "rotten" Sgg under the common law? Upon the aarly de? dsion of that question by the Bu? premi Court?of ihe United States is said |0 hang <>ne of the most f ir reaching dtsput? in regard to the Federal pure food law slrce Its enact? ment. Egg men are attacking the department of Agriculture as seek? ing to enforce the law according to arbitrary and ur reasonable standards Whlli Officials of the department :ir" defending theli course as Involving the moil valuable features of the ligiilatti i againat improper tod. Thi 1 ?ntroveray aroae over the sstaure iti Jersey pity, N. J. of M3 oani of f ten products pack* d In Topeka, by Lha Seymour Packing Company upon the order ot the H. J. Keith Company? The pure food law provides thai an article should be leei ed adulterated when "decom* posed." In the r.ai that followed the government called a number ol gov eminent chemists who testified that ihe correct metliod of telling wheth? er an egg was decomposed was to count the bacteria In the t^g si i> itancii The hi? Ith company c mt >nd < n? grem had not defined what a meant bj "decomposed* and so the courts must go hick to the common law for a definition. Under the common law, it continued) ? decompoaed egg was a retten egg ? ad s" Congress oust have meant to legislate against rotten egg-^ or eggs "unwholesomely decomposed." counting lulls of exchange, Loans on mortgage form about 10 per cent of the total, in addltlon( a small num? ber of loans are m ole without guar< ? nt.. of any sort, Kurplus funds not needed for loans to members are de posited With outside banks and in veated In flrst-olas* aecurttlea. Cen< timi banks have been organised In three provinces In Germany) bul theat aie characterised as not of much Im" port.in? i to the working of the ays* tent) since the local banks have no difficulty In obtaining money from outside banks under aittlafactory ar? rangementa, Tin urban banks, how ever, maintain current accounts with the Dresden Hank, i private Institu? tion, in older t<> fa til I tu e the move? ment of 'hell funds and to equalise their debits and credits The urban bankv are much few." in numhei tban the i:.iff. Isen banks and the) h i\ e but little more than half < many membera, bul their lotal turn over i-; larger, In lauif-io the Institu lions of the s. ho /..? polltzsch typ w ei e i o "? ? it ntintb< r, I hi y h id 01r?, over amounted to |3,231,80),0.1ft, n< ? nrdllig to figures published hj ih< International institute ..t Agrlctii turo CONVICTS' LYNCHING PARTY. HAMV AGED WOMAN'S ASSAIL ANT IN WYOMING PRISON. While Mob ot* Citizens Out>ide of Penitentiary Clamor for Prisoner to Avenge Outrage i"i>on White Woman, Hundred Infuriated Con? victs, Inside, Overpower Guard and Secure Victim. Hawlina Wyo., <>ct. i.?Details of ths lynching of Krank Wlgfall, the I negro assailant uf Mrs. Esther (Gran? ny) Iliggins, known as the "prison- I ers' friend," l>y the convicts of the state penitentiary here today, while Sheriff Willis, at the county jail, was holding off a party of would-be citi? zen lynchers, may never be known. The minister threat, "the first man Who scuta's Is the next man hung," silenced .ill the convlcls und prison guards examined i> a coroner's jur> today. The jury gave up the task late this afteri: on without learning any? thing. Wlgfall was placed in the county jail late yesterday for safekeeping, af? ter his capture at Fort Steel. When the mob surged about the jail early this morning the sheriff probably saved tin prisoner's life by Slipping him out unseen and rushing htm t<. the penitentiary nearby. Wlgfall was placed In a cell, which soon af? ter prisoners marching to breakfast had to pass. As they tiled by the ne? gro made slighting remarks of his crime. With the nu?b at the jail Still clam? oring for the negro, about one hun? dred of the prisoners broke loose im? mediately after breakfast and made a dash for the negro, who also had been taken to breakfast. The guard was overpowered before he could thrust the negro into a cell ami him? self locked in the cell by the infu? riated convicts. One of the convicts produced a rope and while the others held the negro he tossed a half hitch over the negro's head and made the other end fast to the balcony rail of tho cell house. The negro was tossed over the railway and the convicts marc hied back to their work. Not until the cries of the imprison? ed guard brought other guards waif the lynching known to any one ex? cept those who took part in it. Sunday night Wlgfall broke into Mrs. Higgins' house, chopping dow n a ?leor with an axe. About dawn Mon? day he ieft her In a pitiful condition. A few hours later she crawled to a neighbor's house and told what hap? pened. Fosses searched the hills all Monday night for the aged woman's assailant. Late last night he was cap? tured in an exhausted condition by a justice of the peace. THE NEWS OF PI8GAH. Teachers for Various Sctsools?Union Has Pleasant Meeting?Other Mat? ters. Plsgah, ^>ot. ;:. ? The big rain ten days ago hurt OOttOn by beating it out. The crop is about open on many farms and the yield Will be short. If the price goes lower ths farmers will be in a bad lix, for this crop has been very expensive to raise. A good deal of sickness Is about, i etly fe\ er and colds, Miss IIa Mae Evans will resume her school duties at Cleveland school on next Monday. Rev. T. L. Cole Will teach the Plsgah school this year. Miss Alhia Bradley will teach the Nt w Rope school. a great deal of lawlessness is oc? curring through the community. A gentleman told me this morning that some one shot at bis house last night, near this place and a police? man Is badly noedi d to get the law? less fellow. Pistols and whlskej art thick through the countr) and we ! may expeel some one to get hurt, for where those two abound, devilmen! i- always on hand. l .1 e County Union had a very tine uo.ting at Antloch Church last Sat urda) and Sunday. The re m Union goes to Mt, /ion ('but ch, Mr. H H. Evans and his estimable wife have moved to Blshopvllle. Many of their friends called on them t.. bid them farewell, for a short Mme, u!? hope, Mr. Evans can \\:ilk about some, Kcrshau Association will meel at Swlfl Creek Church on the 16th iust. Chin Is the church thai Uev. Samuel Furmati preached al for many years, an,i he h held In high love and r< - Hpecl I?) 'In "id members and i. ph w ho ii ?ed to attend 1 ils pre idl? ing. I ' .a .ib i 'lltirch and si el Ion, bad the pleasure of having Uev, J, V Tolar for some days week before last II 1 sermons were deeplj impres \\>- and line and produced a th ? u Impi cj h nt. on th.' church. Man) members and people utatod to i he s. I Iter I In ir In i. nt ion of in Ing better i ? ople an I more useful In the future, Mr Tolar hn u i i n \ friends here who wjI' ever he dollghted to ha\ e him conn cjaln whenever he can do so. ULTIMATUM EXPECTED TODAY. Turkey Awaiting Final Word from Balkan States. _ i London, Oct. 2.?No ultimatum ha* yet been delivered t ? Turkey from the Balkan States, hut according to the most reliable news luch an ulti? matum will be presented at Constan? tinople tomorrow. it will demand autonomy tor Macedonia, Albania, Old Bervla and date within three days. in the event of failure o> comply with this demand, the Balkan coali? tion Will repeat it and at the same time address a collec tive note to the great Towers, notifying them that af? ter the expiration ol another three days the Ba kan States Will enforce the dem inj I y recourse to arms. Thus there will be a respite of at least a week before hostilities open. Thii respite will be utilised by the pew eis to Beek to arrange a compro j mlse with Turkey accept ible to ihe four Stute.*?, w hieb it i< believed prefer u way < . \ without bloodshed. The Austro-Hungari.tn iorelgn min? ister, fount Von Berchthoid, had o conference of more than hour with King George, of Greece, at Vienna to? day. No further news has been received of the reported frontier conflicts, but tension c ontinues strain d, ? specially owing to the seizure by the Turkish authorities of Greek vessels. _ I Hamburg;, October 2. The general clause covering war risks In shipping policies was cancelled to-day by the insurance companies here. This step j does not affect ships already at sea. special war Insurance Is obtainable] only at high rates, as it is impossible to forsee the consequences of a war ( to Mediterranean and Black Sea ship? ping. ; Rome, Oct., ?Italy, although at war with Turkey for a year past, joinv ed the ranks ??t the peace makers to- ; day and gave her support to the Pow? ers trying to prevent the Balkan States from attacking her enemy. Specific instructions have? bean sent to the Italian ministers .-it. Athens, Sofia, Bel? grade and C'ettinje, to join in repre? sentations of othss great powers in urging moderation and avoidance of provocative action. The Balkan crisis umJI hasten peace between Italy and Turkey, according to the prevalent opinion in Italian dip? lomatic circles. Tho removal of the Italian fleet sa a rded n? the only way ir claim a free ruin ? mit the transpo from Asiatic Tu Cation brought 1 1.85 for best graded on th*- street Thursday. The receipts were- something over 400 bales;. HOW TO ESCAPE HIGH RATES. Ootunuesloner McMaster Ha*> no \n Utortty in .Matter, but Points '?ut Relief. in answer to a letter fr?>m 111? - Chamber of Commerce, in whic h in? quiries were made as to the cause of certain Increases in rates of insurance on household goods ami tenant dwel? lings, Mr. a. v. Bnoll of the Cham? ber of Commerce has received the following letter from Mr. r. H. He Master of Columbia, Insurance Com? missioner <( South Carolina: Columbia, Sept. SO, lilt. Mr. a. v. Bnoll, Secretary Chamber o; Commerce, Bumter, S. C. Dear Sir: i regret to say that I have no power to Bid you in prevent? ing the charging of additional rates on household goods and tenant dwel? lings. The only thing for you to do Is In advise your citizens to take a decided Stand and place their insurance only in st,eh companies as do not charge this additional rate. I am advised that the Southern Home, Charleston. B. C, the Ameri? can Home of Greenville and the Au gusta Fire of Augusta, Ga? and I oe lieve several other companies not members of the Southeastern Under* writers* Associati ?n, do not charge additional rates, j am enclosing list of all companies licensed in this State; those marked net being members of the .Association. I would suggest your taking the matter up with tv.e Companies marked and, such i s agree not to make the additional charge, advise your citizens to place their insurance with them. Very truly, F. H. McMaster. Insurance Commissioner. Liquor ami Pita hi. From the quantity of liquor that is being t^dered, we judge that there is something doing in the neighbor hoed of the pi.*tol shots that are nightly heard in the country. We are told the firing of pistols at night is a signal widerstood by those who want liquor to mean tnere is a fresh sup? ply just arrived.?Manning Times. ?>?^l9MiwsPSWa%,*,iMMa** ?w???*v?~ ? res ? .? FOR SALE-?One or two milk cows with young calves, kind ar.d gentle. Will be glad to show them to pros? pective buyers. Also Berkshire and graded pigs, lam be and kids. Apply to E. W. B*at>bs, Pineland FARMOGERM Endorsed by it* Agricultural colleges and Experiment Stations. D. M. BLANDIXG, Ajrem Sumter County. Advance Models for Fall and Winter ?^?MBVMHMVMi Mv-jrjnMMMmyM __ 1912-1913 IN ALL Vi f-EW FABRICS JRE SOW READY F?R YOUR IOTCTI0H. Ladies' and Misses' Coat Suits. Coat i. Skirts and Dresses in newest and ex? clusive designs. Ranging in Price from S5 to 850. New Shipments Coming in I lily.