FOES MENAGE WHITMAN. KMIKNAKIKS OF LVWI KSK SAID TO BE AFTER HIM. Threatening I* 'turn Have No Effort In Causing Hint to !>rop 111m Ae Ui U l.x Aguln?t Vh*i\ Nsw York. Nov. L?Bist riet Attor? ney Whitman w.?* warned again to day of an alleged ggg| against him and was told that with the conclu alon of the murder trial of Chan. Backer, deposed police lieutenant, the '"lid" was being lifted gradually in the Tenderloin district and that gam? blers were resuming business. The prosecutor declined to discuss the warning except to admit he had received a letter and a telegram say? ing four Chicago "thugs" had left that city to "get him" and were due to arrive tomorrow by train. He also said these were not th? first threats and h* would not care ahout it were In not for hia family, but It is known that u lusual precautions are being taken to guard him. A detective was at hit* side practically all day. Investigation has failed to verify rumors of activity in gambling circles but a number of houses are said to have reopened quietly. Many gamblers who left the city at the time of the exposure of the Becker-Rosenthal case have returned. It Is known. Ths prosecutor made It known that as will not rest his case against the "system" with the conviction of Beck? er. He la working up evidence re? garding police laxity and grafting to say before the extraordinary grand Jury which will continue the John Dos prsesedlngs immediately after the case of the gunmen in the Rosenthal suurder are disposed of. BVTCHERY IN BALKANS. War One of Extermination and I Thousands Killed, I i ? ? London. Oct. 10.?The full horrors and excessive sacrifice of human life la the Balkan war are just beginning to dribble through the censored tele? graph lines, startling Europe by their magnitude. The realisation Is forced here to* day that thi? struggle bids fair to be? come a war of extermination. ( Diplomats are trying to grasp the foil significance of the burning! of f?tt< I ?die* on one battle field. Other startling detsMs today ar* as fol? lows: officially admitted to Im 1 . ' ought to be twice this pumkr. Bulgarian loss stated ss 25,000. i Servian loss at Knmanova alone. 400 dead and 2.000 wounded. Turkish loss at Kumanova and Vellen. 7.100. Tl e !Ug Increase In Crop*. Albany Journal. Os ths known acreage of potatoes m the tinted States and the conti, tion of ths crop reported for Septem? ber I. the estimate Is based that the yield will be about 398.000.000 bush T? 05,000,000 bushels * r's production of ggf, Is and ?9,000,000 n the harvest in gtee\ In other terms, the Increaa" is the equhalen'. of more than one bushel for every man. woman and child In the 1'nlted flutes. li !s therefore a certainty that as gar an potatoes are concerns*.1, the cost of living *rgfl be matcrla ly de gggggl I And everybody eats potatoes. And there will be ahout 69.000.000 busreis wheat more than last yea.*. Consequently the supply of flour will be materially greater and lower prices are to be expected. And that Is true likewise of other foodstuffs produced from the soil, "f which there will be a gre.itly Increased supplv when the harvests are In. Ktitgnhlp of M.i' oli.iil.i OsgS rihajc? n. t ?et ;il Brime liar ?Id. the King of Brnmark s hrother. gas been naked by the Balkan Stat? s dipb.mut'? ropfseeatatlves if he grill gggsjgd the efwwi of ih? gftssaeetlvs kingdom of \|o?donia it was report ?d today The Balk >?i allies' plag is under Stood to be to make Marion a in In dependent <-on?r\ gftetf unsung it fron? Turkey and I hi n to federate it with Bulgaria, lefirhv Moateejegro and (Hat I ax well as with Houmankv if It will Join Kma Oeerge of llreece has be. n mentn-ro' I a* a e.indulate f? -r in?"' denr . f ires f. gerat loa The rr<>wd at the feat ball game n? t?o ii Clssaaon tad Carol I as ai the state V i r grounds Thursday was set! mat'd bv man. b ?% er* of the game and ft I . I Ith ndi ntl UpOfl I be big ggggsge gggeag Ig Ihk Mali le hi 11m largest wbh b has attended any foot ball game plated* |g the State. A eonserMitlve estimate put tie- ?i ?wd of up* i tat ?rs at 4.n00. TO HONOR 8HERMAN. lings u> Fly at Half Maat from All (?ovoriuncnt Buildings and Yosm-is. Po?? maater Geo. D. Shore Friday morning received a tclegri m from Washington Instructing him to have the Fnkted States tlag lowered to half mast Saturday, and in accordance with these instructions the llag over the l-oBtofflee Saturday will tly at half nu.st. This is done as a *.oken of re ? pect to the late Vice President James Sohooloraft Sherman, who on that day will be burled at his former home at Ft lea, N. Y. In every city where there u a government building in the Unlt ? d States and on board every United States vessel where telegram or cable? gram can reach and the news of the muth of the vice president be re? ceived, flags will fly at half mast dur? ing the day In honor of the man who for the past fosjf years has been the second highest executive officer of tho nation. BANK OPENS AT HUMBERT. Long Felt Need It, ?allied?Town (.rowing and Prosp*vts Bright. The new Hank of Rembert was opened a few days ago with bright rrospects for a fine business. The deposits the first day were $6,500. Mr. O, A. Lemmon of Sumter is I resident, D. V. Keels, vice president, J. Edwin Kembert, Cashier. The tuilding Is brick and a perfect gem. This long felt need is at last realized and the town Is building fast and In a few years will be a large business center. The Moat Serious Side of the Balkan Situation. Each fresh piece of news from the Balkans' makes it more and more ap? parent that the most serious situation of all will arise when the fighting be? tween the Turks and the allies Is over, or nearly so. For the great question Is whether or not the Powers are to te involved in this warfare, and the crisis in that connection will arrive, when the matter of the disposition of the spoils of war has to be settled. Despite the reported determination of the Powers to preserve the status quo, it is very doubtful if that can be done. If the allies are successful, they will want to drive Turkey out of Eu? rope and Install Christian govern? ment:; in those principalities now un? der the dominion of the Sultan. If the Powers veto this proposition and say that these territories must con? tinue subject to the Turk, that would only insure a continuation of the evils which have led to the present war and make a repetition of it inevitable, if Turkey wins, it may be taken for granted that it will govern these de? pendencies yet more rigorously and with even less consideration than in the past. There can be no permanence in such a situation. If there should be any attempt to apportion the Turkish European ter? ritory among the Powers, the prospect cf a peaceable distribution is by no means bright. Russia nnd Austria Hungary are extremely jealous of eacn ather in this connection, and if they should clash it would seem im? possible that their allies. France and Germany, nhould not (dash also. Then Kngland would be drawn into the quarrel. If, on the other hand, the attempt should be made to make re publlCS, or self-governing nations, out of these dependencies, that would be impossible unless they were guaran? teed the protection of the Powers, and in determining Just how this pro teetloa should be aOCOTdsd there would be farther opportunities for discord imong the Powers. As for the sug sjaated Balkan confederacy, it may be taken *or granted that Austria and Kussia would oppose strenuously any movement that threatened to build up mother strong military power as a neighbor of theirs. These a.e some of the reasons why a general European war Is feared wh? n the present oae is ended or end? ing It is the dark side of the picture. The bright side Is to be found in the fact that all the great nations of Eu? rope seern sincerely desirous of main? taining the peace, and all are fearful of oofhtng out of the small end of the horn in ease] there should he a general Kuropaaa war. IssuUm in BsshopvUto. Blahopvllle, Nov, 1 Busjeen Kel !? who had been sick with fever for some time, died last Tuesday evan? about 4 o'clock st his home near hopi Die, and Was buried at Heb n i Wednesday afterioon Mr, Kel? laj a ai about 10 i eat - of age and bares a family I BtShopVM!; . No I. - After an ill toss of a f?w dit\s the little two I v?ar obi son of Mr and Mrs. J, I? Hill died last HatUrday night. The funeral service w.is held by Rev, i; r. Bdwardi and R< \ i ... i,? st< r ami w.is bum d .at the Presbyterian but I Ing ground The price of stump llghtwood li a shocking Illustration of the nigh coat Of living. CUM EUjTijg QUIET. NO SICH DISORDER AS FEARED MARKS VOTING, MeBOflal f??r PreMdent und Vuronu for Vice President Beam to Have Won. Habana. Nov. I.?The flection of Oen Mario Menocal and Enrique Jose Vuronu. candidates for the presidency and vice presidency of the republic on the Conservative ticket, and of all the other candidates of the Conserva? tives appears practically assured at midnight. den. Manuel Sanguilly, secretary of State, on leaving the State department late tonight, told the Associated Prem representative that while it would be impossible fully to determine the re? sult until tomorrow, the trend of the balloting everywhere was strongly favorable to ths success of the Con? servative! and the defeat of Algredo Sayan, candidate of the Liberals for president, and the others on the Lib? eral ticket. Advises received at Conservative headquarters here Indicate that Gen. Menocal has a landslide in his favor, carrying all six provinces of the Is? land. In the city of Habana Gen. Freyere Andrade, Conservative, was elected mayor by a mujority of 3,000. Absolute order prevailed in all ports of Cuba today In the balloting for president, vice president and other offices. The election was held under super? vision of specially detailed army of? ficers commanding sufficient men to compel maintenance of order. Care was taken to see that the soldiers and rural guards remained at a respectful distance from the polls. They pre? vented more persons than could vote j simultaneously from passing their lines and compelled all persons after voting to leave the polls. Patrols of cavalry and Infantry constantly circulated In Habana to prevent the gathering of crowds, but their services were not needed while the police did not make more than the usual number of arrests. After the polls had closed enormous crowds gathered before the various political headquarters and cheered the display of bulletins. Cavalrymen rid? ing in pairs circled the outskirts of the crowds and did not have to inter? fere, for the utmost cheerfulness and good order prevailed. DID BLEASE ORDER ARREST? Gllreath, of Greenville, Puts Quotation I p to Governor. Columbia, Nov. 1.?Ex-Sheriff J. D. Otlreath, who was arrested at Green? ville, charged with assisting T. U. Vaughan to escape from the Green? ville Jail, the case having been drop? ped because of insufficient evidence, today telegraphed Governor Hlease asking him if he ordered his arrest and the Governor replied that he would not answer if his t'-iegrain would be used against any l>emo cratic nominee. Mr. Gllreath wired as follows: "Did you order my ar? rest. Kindly wire at my expense." Replying* Governor Hlease wired Mr. Gllreath as follows: "Your wire. Primary obligations, in my opinion, bind all parties. The violation of the oath in one Instance relieves all oth? ers therefrom If my wire is to be used against a Democratic nominee, I shall remain silent." It will be recalled that Hendrix Hec? tor, sheriff-elect of Greenville, ar? rested Mr. Gllreath, and the latter's friends are so Indignant over the mat? ter that they have placed an inde? pendent candidate for sheriff in the field against Mr. Hector, who won the Democratic nomination for sheriff over Mr. Gllreath by a majority of sixteen votes. Mr. Hector is a Hlease man and Mr. Gllreath an anti-Blease At Home From College. Messrs. Noble Dick, Robert Purdy. Bdwln Boyle, Wads Wiiiiford. ami Raymond Sehwart7. were at home from the University of South Caro? lina for the week-end. the students being allowed two days vacation on BCCOttnl of the State Fair. Mr. Noble Dick in one of the players on the Carolins team, but was not put in the Clemson gams Thursday because of Injuries received in the gams with the University of Florida two weeks ago. In New tJuarters. The Haids of Dlshopvllle has been moved t<> its new quarters, which is one of tin- handsomest as well as tuest bank buildings in the State. It is ; ?1 s< massive as some of the large bank buildings In the Btote, but for elegant finish ar< hitecural design it is second lo none, lllshopvllle Vndl < at or. \^ Sure a* Bryan, While the Democratic walkover may not !??? lhal in fact, yel victory is almost us pertain <^ Bryan. Thai is saying quits s lot 'Darlington Men i nml Pr? as DISMISSED?(iOT IN MORE TROU? BLE. Mary Wesbrook strike** Anna Wll 11ains After Being Dismissed by Mag iHtrate. Thursday Mary J. Wesbrook was arraigned before Magistrate Wells on the charge of assault and battery against another negro woman, one Anna Williams, but was dismissed by the magistrate as there was not suffi? cient evidence to convict. Judge Wells in dismissing the woman informed her to behave herself in the future and nut trouble the other woman any more, but Mary had been incensed by Anna in being brought into the Mag? istrate's court and as soon as the two got home, a second quarrel commenc? ed and Mary struck Anna across the i head. As a result Mary J. "Wesbrook was again arraigned In court Friday morn? ing for assault and battery and was found guilty, $10 or that many days being her sentence by the magistrate. As she did not have the money at hand she was Rent to Jail, although she promised to have the money be? fore night. NAMES ADDED TO TAX BOOKS. Four 11 n mlrt d Twenty Name? on Poll Fists not on Auditor's Books. Auditor Wilder some time after the Democratic primary secured the club roils of the various voting precincts from the secretary of the county Democratic party and went over the list of names carefully, making a new list to be compared with his tax books to see that all names of tho < voters were on the tax books. By making the comparison he found some four hundred twenty names on the club rolls of persons of age to pay poll tax who were not on the ta:; books. By his work the county gets this much more money every year in taxee, besides getting the names of thSSI persons who have been dodging taxes on the county tax books. He at once notified all of these persons whose num.'s were added to the books an J gave them a chance of pay log their taxes without cost which will be addei if the taxes are turned over to the sheriff for colh>ction. Lot the FfcUdren Come. Manning Times. Everybody get ready for the Char? leston fair, it will be the biggest and the best naval and military; parades ever bad la the South. We wish the schools of this county could make ar? rangements to carry the children down for one day, that they may see the great battleships. We ame satis? fied that we can help any school im the county to- get from the railroads a specially low rate, if they wilL let us know ia time, of course, we mean a school in a hiMly. Thee* is an oppor? tunity at the Charleatan fair which may never come again fcn many years to learn something of our country's resources, it will be an education of itself to those who attand this, fair. We sincerely h*ip? that Oaxendon. will take advantage of it. Applications for th?r position, of City Majuiger are comlrjg in fnam all sections of th* Fnited States, and a majority of the applicants are engi? neers and men who have had years of experience la municipal work as con? tractors and supervising engineers*. The wisest provision of the Sumter Plan of commission government is that allowing the City Manager to be selected from any part of the country. By having the whole Fnited States to ?elect from it is possible to have a wider choice and the chances are that a more competent man will be secured. I A competent man who hss no local affiliations is snore apt to make good than a local man who would be handi? capped by tho friendships and enmi? ties he had accumulated during his lifetime residence. A new man will be judged by what he does as City Manager and what he makes of the job, while a local man would be judg? ed, partly at bast by what he had done or failed to do in the past. Superintendent of Water Works W. w. McKagen has done a very neat and substantial piece of work in the in ' stallation of the public watering \ trough for horses and mutes at the intersection of South Main and Man? ning avenues. The trough is mounted on three Inch iron piping solidly lm i beded in the earth. There is an over? flow pipe connected with the open j drain along the sidewalk on the east? ern side of South Main and Manning 'avenue and the heretofore Blopp) I conditions around the obi trough will be do'-e away with In the use of the n ? ugh Tin te w trough with it- iron standards is a big improvement In man) ways over the old one, and will remain for years without cost for repairs. Sumter was well represented at the state Pair at Cedumbln this year, as has always been the < a e There were h number of Rumter exhibits, many Sumter people present and Home prize- went to Sumter county people. "I Wonder Why?" l'on't you ever hear people say that when they are constantly reminded that they can't afford this or that ne? cessity ? Nine times out of ten the reason is lhat they never learned the saving habit; funny too, isn't it. when it's such an easy habit to acquire. Just put a dollar or so a week in the bank, and watch how it grows. Come and vry it at this bank, and you won't have to "wonder why." The Peoples' Bank SaSaSSBSBSaSBWMaaSSBI ? .I.??^am^mwmmre, ? ?? ? ???? It is Our Earnest Desire to establish relations of mutual usefulness with more of the young men of this community. Come in and let us demon? strate to YOU our ability to assist you in your endeavors to get ahead in the world?not only our ability but our wiling ness to help you in nny way consistent with safe, sound banking. Fir^l National Bank. YOU'LL BE PLEASED With our excellent and complete showing of new goods in the hardware line. And every "brand" of goods we have in stock is the best of its kind. We ask for the chance to prove this to you. Right now it's stove time. We have the exact kind to please you, and the price is right. Com? in to-day to the new store. Burns-Lowry Co. *?sjp??>^ss?*s!f*i^^ TJaJPTH AND MONET. Money spent on teetn is a good lnv?astment and one that gtvea you dally return* Money the Met tiara of Exchaasje . la only good so far as tt gives us the things which contribute to our health, comfort and happiness. When Spent on the Teeth it brings TJs aB Three of the Above, The Stuntar Dental Parlors arc de? voting thetr Ufa work to the care of Uia teeth, let them look your mouth over. Stimter Dental Parlors, DR. C. HL COURTNEY, Prop. OVER MRS. ATTCTSOra MTJj?MTN KRY STORE. WHEN IN NEED OF A GOOD WORK SHOE EASY, HONEST AND WELL MADE, Ask For the CRAFTSMAN LINE Manufactured By Witherspoon Bros. Shoe Mfg. Co. SUMTER, S. C. Sold by all RESPONSIBLE merchants. Buy them and cut your Shoe bill 25 pec cent. Satisfaction guaranteed. LAND LIME. Ws a-j prepared to furnish tide product at prices that will enable every farmer to US6 it. We ha\e a very low price this year nnd nothing will do your land more {."od, especially run down lands, or l