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TENANT FARM CO-OPERATION. 1>R\< ri< \L oi'Kinnov OF sis I KM ON I TAI.I \\ I'M \Ti:. Miare Crop|m?c b> Conducting RsgsV MMR on Cooperative Prlmdpleej Make a 1.1vbox ?"<? MealUc h Profit I n? der Kondition? Tlml In Amorhu Woubl KnfMll Kailure Milan. Italy. June 24.?Member* of the American ('nmmlwion on Agri? cultural Co-operation visited one ol the model farms of northern Italy to? day. It Is the property of the Count dl Pontl. The estate comprises about 1,000 seres which la an unusually lurge holding for Italy, although a member of the Commission wan able to inform the Count dl Pontl that he o? "nd a farm ef 4,000 acres in Texas, without considering himself a curiosity. The farm Is divided into two part*, an Irrigated portion which the pro? prietor reserves for his own use for dairy fsrmlng, snd a dry portion rented on the share basis, known In Italy as the "meisadrl" system. The visit of the Americans was made a holiday for the laborers and farm hands although enough men were kept at work to demonstrate the co-operative enterprises on the farm. Automobiles of the American party swept Into a farm yard en? closed by a brick house, the psjrehes of which gave a vivid scene of drying clothes, bandanas, wrinkled old peas? ant women, smiling men snd a swarm of curious children. Fourteen fami? lies are hired by C e proprietor to farm his part of the estate. Nothing of Interest from the co-operative standpoint was learned on this part of the farm. The Commission was therefore taken to the "dry" part where live the tenants. The score of fsmllles which are en? gaged In farming this portion of the estate live In a little village and here the members of the Commission were given their first view of the many possible Phases of agricultural co-operation. Men, women and chil? dren were lln*d up along the little street; hats snd bandanas were wav? ed In welcome, and the little children murmured their half frightened "Uracl" when coppers were slipped Into their hands. This part of the estate Is divided into holdings of about 30 acres each The principal money producta of Iht little farms are cheese and silk Worms. Each farmer raises enough of general farm crops to support his family, but most of his sttentlon Is given to dairying and to raising silk? worms. The cheese Is made in a plant co-operatively owneJ by th? farmers snd built with their own money. Three men were at work making Hwlss cheese at the time. The farmers bring their milk to the dairy witere It Is wished and marked to their credit. According to the amount of milk given to the dairy the farm? ers receive a percentage of the pro? fits derived from the sale of the cheese. The waste from the milk used In the cheese making is led to hogs co-operatively owned, which when fattened, are killed In an ab batolr likewise co-operstlvely owned, for nothing Is lost on an Italian farm. Thete Is also a sausage factory. Kv erythlng these farmers buy comes from a co-operatively owned store. The warehouse held famllar types at American agricultural machinery. Tin si ? worms are turned over to the proprietor who takes a certain portion of fhe cocoons as his share. All of the farming is done on a sh'tre basis, the proprietor putting up the build? ings, tie fsrmers contributing the la? bor and the farm products being di? vided between them. It was pluinly eviUmt that thf Count dl Pontl was very popular with his tenants. Horn, years sgo when his tenants were re qulrt.j to strike because of a general strike of all tenant farmers in that vicinity, he was elected by his tenants president of the strike committee, so that to him fell the odd task of set? tling a strike against himself. Undoubtedly tin | n.rnaliam which exists In the c o-opcratkvelv on darted entcrpitites of this type Bfg venta Amer n-ana from receiving many Impressions of i i ,i value IfOSS them. Hut it rn nie h great Impression upon the delegates, th.it farmers of this class could be In ought to such < ornparatlva economb Independence through the medium of co-operatlon. Above all the extreme utilization of everything Im pre**. ?1 th. Am.mans No tree* are cut down for fuel, for Instance Kach yeai as many ?Manch? es are cut off km are necessary and th#? neat year ?ne ?um.- a#sjSjSSSj Is fo| iowe l with other trees, Thai greet the country a curloualy fanfasii. up pesrswe when viewed from a I ar window. The land I" moMtly I-ultlvat ed in long, narrow atrip* and altogeth? er there is an aspect of gffcMetattty to the garden farms of north Italy. The vinit eejsjM not fan t?? Isapeees Americans Here were peasant farm? ers, swarms of tt-.m. prodin Inn . tops on a m. ill.' -a? small that it apparently would have been Impossible to mar ket them and \?t thi..ogh the get .i fof. *? of i n operation these funnels were given a fur greater control over IBM saanufacture and marketing of their product than is possessed by moot A mori< a n farmers. \Nt.ltY WOMAN l> It ANNS QVN* LoUlsa Taylor, CoIohmI. Threatened Another Woman with 'rMxIng" hut Lo*c* Her Nerve when Time comes for (?tin l'la>. - Louisa Taylor, colored, who lives on West Oakland Avenue extension, al- 1 lowed her feelings to run away with her when she became angry with one of her "friends" Thursday and threatened to "fix" the said friend, ac rording to the police. Her friend, ["Phoebe," whose last name could not fbe ascertained, didn't think much of the threat until Louisa came back on the job with a vicious looking double barreled shot gun. and poking it through the window of the room where Phoebe was entertaining two friends, stated that trouble was brewing, so it is said. At any rate, at the moment for action Louisa's nerve deserted her, and Instead of ringing in the gun play she pointed the dead ly weapon long enough to secure the proper dramatic effect, and then calmly betook herself to other climes. One of the women who had the pleas? ure of examining the "Inside" of the gun barrels mentioned above, thought H best to report the near tragedy to the police, and as a result the care? less Louisa rests in jail to await the action of a higher court in dealing with her near desecration of an oth? erwise peaceful summer day. SCORES UNION LABOR Little Joe Devotes Part of Message to Subject. Atlanta, Ga., June 2">.?A caustie arraignment of labor unions In which it 's charged that they form the "most widespread and aggressively exacting trust in America' is contained in the farewell message of Gov. Joseph M. Hrown, presented to the Georgia leg? islature at its opening session here today. Gov. Brown's criticism of organised labor is made in connection with his argument for the enactment of laws requiring compulsory arbitration of differences between employes and employers. He predicates this recom? mendation upon the strikes of em ployes of the Georgia railroad and the Augusta Street Railway company laut fall. Both these strikes, the gov? ernor declares, were "manifestly in? defensible and condemnable" and "the strikers placed themselves In a state of open rebellion to the laws of Geor? gia." cotton MKX CHAMS REBATING, , l'lle Complaint Against Coast Line with I. C. C. Washington. June 24.?An im portent complaint was tiled today with | the interstate commerce commission J against the Atlantic Coast Line Hull- ! way Company by Inman, Akers ami liimun, of Atlanta, and live other <o orgla cotton firms. Complaints say that the railroad transports uncom pressed cotton from points in Georgia to Norfolk, Wilmington. Charleston and Savannar, where it is cumpressd at the alleged expease of the Atlantic Coast Line. The gravamen of the complaint is that the owners of these coast com? presses are also cotton merchants; "that the cotton is not compressed un? til It has passed beyond the lines and out of the possession of the A. C. L. Railway Company, and that payment of compress charges by the company is. therefore, pmotlcnly a rebuts end s? id A. c. i^. company secures no le? gal quid pro quo for payment of com? pression charges on said cotton." It is claimed that this alleged prac? tice is not Only a violation Of the Elk ins A< t against rebating* but is also a discrimination against interior cotton merchants. Appeal is made to the < ommisslon to order the practice ?topped]. A hi* contest is expected, us tbe tlrins Involved are among the most important In the cotton trade In the South. WAR ON CATTLE TICK. Two <.o\ernmont InslH^'tor** are Work? ing In I lorence County. Florence, June it.?The war on the entile tick merrily wages in Florence county now. There arc two govern? ment Inspectors going over every farm and pastuie and putting up quaran? tine signs where the pest is found and giving clean bills of health where deserved, When the inspection !? OVer the same gentlemen will go over the . ..unt\ again teaching the quur antlnd farmers how to get rid of the They find Ihe farmers very n Ij end willing to aid In everv SfS ;iul several dipping vats have already been built Florence will be out of tin Quarantine area in a short time ~~???????????? ? ?'ir shale ,,f the |\ dlppines ll fn sale, provided We don't have to gnat antes anything anywhere In Ihe nr i blpelago Wilmington stm BANK IN ITS NEW HOME. IMPOSING sTHl't TIKI. of lit si m:ss section. The Largest mid Handsomest Hanking llous?* nmi Office Building East of Columbia. Has Horn Completed and is Now Occupied. On Monday morning the City Nat? ional Hank opened up for bUSl ness In its handsome new quar? ters In the ground floor of Sumter's one and only skyscraper. This prosperous bank demonstrated Its faith in the future growth of Hum tar by erecting a seven-story struc? ture of pressed brick, granite ami re? inforced concrete of which any City might he proud. The building com? plete, with fixtures and furniture, has cost the hank, $72,000, which with the addition of $26,000, paid for the site, makes a total of $H7,000 worth of faith in a substantial shape which the hank has in the city. The bank in its new quarters will find the room Which was lacking in the quarters which the bank has oc? cupied since It! organisation eleven years ago. The new offices are fit? ted out complete in the most modern style for hanking purposes and the furniture and fixtures are of an ele? gance and beauty which few hanks in the State possess The contract for the erection of the building wan awarded W. Lee Harbin of Lexington, X. ('., and Sum ter, and under the direction of the architects, Wheeler and Stern of Charlotte, N. C, a handsome struc? ture has been completed. Situated on the Northeast corner of Main and Liberty streets, the bank la one of the most Imposing and attractive buildings In the eity, as it is the loftiest Tile foundation is of con? crete reinforced with steel and is from thre to Jive feet thick. The base and the first Story of grey sandstone. Above the first story the walls of the building arc of speckled gray press? ed brick and the floors are of rein? forced concrete. The outside trim* Illings of the building are of copper, which present an attractive appear? ance, inside the windows and doors are of stained oi k with baseboards of the same material, while the floors are of hardwood in all the roms, save the lavatories, which have tile flooring. All of the rooms are pro? vided witli large windows, affording plenty of light. Trans.?tns and Inside windows for air are also placed in the rooms ,in order that they may at ull times be comfortable for the oc? cupants. The building throughout is provid? ed with steam lent, electricity, ^a*. telephones and call bells. On each floor there is a lavatory, m ar the cen? ter of the bullding, und easily ac? cessible from any room. The eleva? tor shaft is placed In the north seat cottier nf the building, an elec? tric elevator of modern make being Installed for the use of tenants, Around the elevator Is the stairway, of steel ami terraxa floored which us ? ?ends in a spiral to the top ..t the building. The elevator and stairway are both absolut? I\ lire proof. The ground floor Is the one which will he used by the hunk for Its quar? ters, This Is furnished In t asteful style in mahogany und marble attd Is decidedly hands..me und attractive, l?nrge plate kIshh windows In fronl gsjd in lite side id lite building afford plenty of light, smaller windows be? ing placed in the prism glass transoms above the plate glass for ventilation. The floor is of tile and the walls are deeorated In white and amber. The building is entered from Main street, a marquee with green glass being placed over tin- entrance. The spac? ious lobby Is separated from the Working spare hy a partition of Ltstevena marble, upon which is eercted a grille work of Frontera mahogany. The fixtures are of marble or mahogany and all of tin* furni? ture if of beautiful Frontera mahog? any. In the lobby is a large stationary mahogany table and two wall tables, in the space hack of the office and In the walls of the building are two big vaults. One of these is supplied with a 12,500 pound Mosier door, controlled by twenty-two two-inch bolts worked by triple time locks. In this will be kept the specie of tin- bank. The other vault is arranged to hold one bundled safety boxes, which will be rented t?? patrons of the bank who have valuables or private papers to ?tow away. Entered from the lobby and ad? joining the teller s cage is the ladies' alcove, exclusively lor ladies. This is supplied with mahogany writing desk, mirrors and other conveniences for the use of the women patrons of the hank. Back "t the banking office are the officers1 and directors' rooms. These may be entered from the lobby or from the main office. The cashiers' office cornea first and next to his is the president's office while in the rear of this Is the directors' room. All of these offices are furnished with ma? hogany furniture. Tu?, lobby extends from tin- front to the back of the building to the entrance to the ele? vator, there being a bide entrance from Liberty street, as well as a front entrance, in the basemen! is the heating plant and the motor for oper? ating the elevator is situated there. The building has seven floors in ad? dition to tlie basement, which ex? tends the full length of the building. The bank offices ami elevator lobby occupy" the first floor. The seventh (loor lias been fitted up for the Sum tcr Club and the other five floors arc divided into offices, there being eight on each tloor, making forty offices in all for rent. Of this number all save fifteen have been leased ami there Is no doubt that all will be occupied within a short time. When all the otlices arc rented the Income from tent w ill he sufficient to pay intereest, taxs and all other expenses of the building, thus relieving the hank of all expenses lor rent of its banking house. The seventh tloor, which was planned and lilted Up to meet the particular needs of the Sumter Club, has been based to that organisation lor a term of years. The club will furnish its quarters as soon as the building is ?ompb't.d and will have a* handsome and desirable club looms a- an> commercial club in the State. 'I'le ? w ill also have con ttol of ihe io.,i garden and this will be .mi' oi tb<- coldest resorts lor sum? mer evenings to bo found this side of tie- mountains and no doubt will lie popular with i bib members ami iheir friends, From Ihe roof garden .in extended und beautiful vlea ol Suiuter and the surrounding country ran be obtained, Tin Kuinter Savings Itank was or? gaui/cd eleven years ago with ? cnpl i;iI of .>.i.n?im. ,m1.1 dm iic. the tin ADMINISTRATION MKAKl'RF. Now BEFORE COXORES? FOR t'OXKIDEH ITIOX. Introduced Iii lloth Senate ami House and Referred to Proper Commit? tees?Heverai Changes Have Been Mailt* Sinei' the Ordinal Draft of Measure Was Published a Few Days Ago, Washington, June 27.?The admin? istration currency bill was launched on th?- troubled s? ;is of legislative con? sideration today when it was intro? duced in the senate by Senator Owen and in the house by Representative Glass, the banking and currency com? mittee chairmen. The house imme? diately referred the measure to the banking and currency committee and prparattons were made for the com? mittee to begin its deliberation! to m or row. Seve ral changes had been made in the bill as the result of the numerous conferences in whli h President Wil? son, Democrats of the house and sen? ate committees, treasury department offlciall and committees *?f bankers took part, following the publication of the proposed measure several days ago. The changes embody some of tie- suggestions made by those inter ested in the legislation. However, despite earnest appeals that tlie federal reserve board to con? trol the proposed new currency shall be Increased and that the bankers he given representation, no cTiange in this provision was made. The board will consist of seven members, to be appointed by the president. In the senate Senator Cummins contemplates proposing an amend? ment which would make the board an elective body. Chairman Glass made preparations for the speedy consideration of the hill by the house committee. He se? cured the passage through the house of two resolutions to facilitate the work. (>ne provided for the print? ing and distribution of LT),000 copies ^f the new bill. The other, which \\as passed after a partisan discus? sion, provided $5.000 for the payment of experts to be employed by the committee. Republican Leader Mann declared the latter resolution probably would lead to "mote Democratic waste." Mr. Mann attacked the methods used in preparing the hill. He ob? jected to the statement of President Wilson that tin- members of the bank Ihg and currency committee had been consulted in framing the bill. "The president," he said, "was a little loose as to h's facts or a little careless as to his language. The members of the committee were not consulted. The Democratic mem? bers were." At tomorrow's meeting the house committee will take up the question of holding public hearings on the bill and will consider a resolution propos? ed by a subcommittee providing that all sessions of the committee during th consideration of the hill should be open to the public. Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, a Republican member of the senate committee and former member of the national monetary commission, issued a statement today in which he urged immediate action toward currency re? form, but criticised certain features of the new administration bill. Parcel Post Stamp for All Mall. Washington, June -'*,.?Parcelpost stamps will be valid on all classes of mail on and alter July I. and ordinary stamps, including commenmoratio is? sues, will be good for postage on par? cel post packages, under an order is? sued today by Postmaster General Burleson. years Intervening until tin- reorgan? isation as the City National Hank with a capital of $150,00, it paid to Stockholders $'J5.000 in dividends and profits and never suffered a loss on a loan. At the re-organization the stock offered the public was over-subscrib? ed many thousand dollars. Mr. Hor? ace Harby was the (lrst president and he continued in that position until his death. Mr. G a. I.emnion suc? ceeding him. Mr Geo. 1.. Kicker has been cashier since the organisation of tlie bank. The officers and direc tors of the bank at present are: G. a Lemmon, President, l. ''. Strauss, Vice-president, Ueo, I.. Illcker, Cashier. .1. <;. Ft, Wilder, Assistant Cashier It A. Ilradham and R. C Williams, Hook kee pers. I d rectors: K I. Wltherspoon, G, a. Lemmon, Perry Moses, Jr., Geo. I< Kicke r, <*. R, Hurst, R 13, Williams, it .\i Ktuckey, ii .i Harby, C. L Ktubbs, I <V Strauss, W. W. sib.rt. Geo, 11 I .? \ \, W. II Wilson. ' 1 HOGS FOR THE SOI TH. Soutlieril Hailwax IsMies valuable Booklet oil Hoy, Rabdhg in Tbl* So l ion. Atlanta. Ca. June 26.?In the ef? fort to encourage Southern farmers to laise more hogs, the Southern Railway, through its Live Stock De? partment, has issued a booklet en? titled "Hog Production and Condi? tions for Success in the South," a copy Of which will be furnished on request by F. I* Word, Live Stock Agent, Atlanta. Ga. The booklet contains much prac? tical and valuable information as to the care and feeding of hogs, selec? tion of breeds, treatment of diseases, and cutting and curing meat. Chap? ters on each subject have been sup? plied by experts. That the South consumes more pork and raises less than any other part of the United States despite the fact that pork can be produced more cheaply in the South than in the North or West, is a well known fact and a condition that greatly impedes the progre ss of the section. The long open season and the great variety of food crops at his command give the Southern farmer the opportunity to make more money raising hogs than is possible in any other territory. The Live Stock Department of the Southern Railway devotes its ef? forts entirely to stimulating interest in live stock raising in the territory along the Southern Railway and the services of its experts are available Without charge of any kind to any farmer or other person interested in live stock. THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC FOIL KD Arizona Refuses Permission to Issue $:i0,ooo in Trusc Notes. - ie^i Phoenix, Ariz., June 26.?Although the California State railroad commis? sion has acquiesced in the proposal, the corporation (?Immission of Arizo? na has denied permission to the South ern Pacific Ctunpany to issue $30,000, 000 in trust notes. Notice of the re? fusal was given today on the ground that the company had not sufficiently explained Its purpose. It also was feared the company would soon ask for permission to issue bonds to re tin* the notes. It was understood the Southern Pa? cific already had arranegd to place the notes in New York at 97 1-2 and needed only the permission of the commission of California and Arizo? na. Seven and a half millions were de? sired by the company to reimburse the treasurer for moneys advanced to the subsidiary lines. Part of the bal lance was needed for improvement of the lines to the East. MOORK-BLEASE ROW. Governor Refuses to Muster Out Naval Militia in Accordance With l^a W. I - Columbia, June 27.?Governor Please tod addressed a letter to Adjutant General W. W. Moore, de? clining to muster out of service the 4th division, naval militia of S?>uth Carolina, of Georgetown, and the 2nd I division of Mt. Pleasant, S. C . The adjutant general had recom? mended that the two companies be mustered out of nervales because "the ?'ompanies had les* than 75 per cent of their officers and enlisted men at such inspection and said companies are not in good condition for service.*' The equipment of the naval militia is costly. They have speedy motor boats and machine guns. There are four companies of naval militia in the State. BIGGS AND CAMIXKTTI HELD. Ca inlnet ti Gives Bond ? Charged with Violating Mann Act. Berkeley. Cal. June 26?Maury I. Diggs, former Stat I architect. the postponement of Whoea j?>int trial with F. Drew Camlnett! on an in? dictment charging violation ??f the Mann White Slave Act. was ?>ne ??f the causes of the resignation td t'nlte?! States Attorney John L. McNab, was arrested here tonight on a bench war? rant issued In Sacramento. Diggs ami Caminettl were charged in an in dletment returned by the Sacramento County gram! jury yesterday with child desertion. Caminettl was ar? rested in Sacramento today and re leased on |2,lti bail. LITTLE GIRL VERY SICK. Granddaughter ?>f E. B. Turner Has Narrow Escape, P<ds??ued by Matchen. Tb?' little 2 year-old daughter of Mrs .1. V. Turner was quite ill ?t the Kumter Hospital tor a tew hours yesterday morning, caused from eat Ing the heads of ten matches, she is much improved and tt is thought she will recover. Mrs. Turner Is here from Del Rhh Texas, i.n \ isit to her | Hicr.tK, Ml. snd Mrs K C Phillips.