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mm CORRESPONDENCE. KEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Items cf Interest From all Parts of Sunter and Adjoining Counties. ZOTXCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will reach this office , not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are jeceived Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in the paper Issued that day. TURBEVILLE. Turbeville, June 20.-This little vil -Zage has three mercantile establish? ments, onie of which was organized in 3>eoember, and another will soon be -opened. This place is surrounded by s. l>eautiful farming country and I must say that our farmers know how ?o cultivate the crops. "We have a.^tte- for a "beautiful little "town and our only inconvenience is 4that we are about one aad a quarter ? ?an?es from the depot, the nearest be *ry ?a, the Ateolu railroad. \ (We ?are charmed and well pleased to hear O? the talk of a railroad run ^zmx from. Sumter, S. C., to this place -?r through here. We certainly think lt win be a wise thing for the? business -anea of Sumter to take hold of the matter and get a railroad to this point. "We feel assured that it will be a step -viever to be regretted by them, but 3hey will only want to blame them ?*elvs for having not come in closei touch with this prosperous people he lore now. We have a good graded school of over one hundred pupils en? grailed every session. We have a .Methodist Church that is a credit to -s. space of this size and in fact ve have ^ good opening here for people who -want to do well. Crops are looking fine taking in .consideration the heavy rains for the <2$st week. Tobacco has been injured -snore thar, any other crop but the .anarkets of some place will get a pull ?t a great amount of this kind of crop yet, and of course this land pro? duces the quality. We have a Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World order here, "both, of which are doing well. Messrs. D. E. Turbeville and R. F. -Morris are home from Wo ff ord Col -Sege where they have been attending school for the past season. Miss Blanche Ivy, of Manning ?pent a few days here last week. Miss Pearl Whittle will leave next Saturday for Saluda, S. C., to spend "the summer with relatives. We are glad to know that Mr. F. L. Collins, a man whom we know well las accepted a position as Superin? tendent of the prospective railroad for t?ns place. Mr. Collins is a wide ?wake man and has never been -.fcsowri to make other than a suc ""xesB with the management of the ^work he is now doing. W. STATEB?RG. Stateburg, June 22.-Several of mar young people are attending the State Summer School at Winthrop -College. Misses Lee Moore, Mayo Utees, Anna Burgess and Mr. H. D. :^3alL are among our representatives .*t that institution. A large and beautiful dance was ^jgiven on Tuesday evening by Mr. and ^airs. Screven Moore, at their home. The Oaks."- Guests from Sumter. "Wedegfield, Clarendon and other places added to the great pleasure ^TDI the occasion. The dance, viewed 2rom every siiandpoint, was a most -charming and successful one, and the -??articipants did not reach their re -.pective homes until Wednesday -?norning was several hours old. Mrs. W. H. Barnwell, who has been "r?it?ng relatives in Columbia, has re tamed home. Miss Mary Childs is the guest of "2>r. and Mrs. W. W. Anderson. Mr. Henry V. Frierson is at home a short stay. Mr. Henry P. Moore, a Clemson '-student is at home for the summer "vacation. Farmers in this section are glad ?or a few sunny days, after the recent iheavy and persistent rains, and are zealously combating the flourishing grass crop which caused no little wor iry during the last week or ten days. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, June 23.-We have iad a few sunshiny days in this Cor? ner, and we poor clod hoppers have commenced to hop quite lively-that wh/re we can hop. But part of 'our crop, or where we planted corn, is still under water. I have at :east ?a acre and a half that is drowned ?nt completely. But I say thanks be 4h> God that it is no worse, for when ^me stop and think for a moment, how mo many places have been visited by ?torms, hails, earthquakes and large tires, we ought to be ashamed if we grumble at what little rain has fallen. "Small general! and red from so much aain and on al! the sand ridges the corn is yellow, even the grass looks .sickly, of which we have a fine stand everywhere except in that bottom -vhere that corn is drowned out. Mr. Joe M. Ar'lis has a child that js sick. "Mr. W. J. Ardis and Miss Cam^:'^ Nesbet dined with T. H. Osteen at the Sycamores last Sunday. Ben Giddings and wife, of Pine? wood were on a visit to W. J. Ard::; last Thursday evening. Miss Mary Lee Ardis and brother John, were at W. J. Ardis' last Thurs- j day night for a while. R. P. Weeks and S. W. Scott are in your city today on business. The Bethel and the Greenland Sa? vannah Sunday schools are to have a joint picnic at Bethel Church (near Privateer) on the 4th of July. Well, we ought to have a first class; governor for the next two years, a;; we have eight to select from. But we are still hurrahing for. Manning ir. this Corner. .1 think :whoever gets; the office will earn it by the time h? gets around ali over the State in this hot weather. But they think different from me, for I had rather plough than to be on the go from one place to another all the time as they axe doing. Well as it is thundering again and the yellow flies are anoying me, I will stop. Bot I don't know what good the yellow flies are annoying me. I will keep a poor sinner from sleeping too much in the day time these long sum? mer days. BOYEIS. Boykin, S. C., June 23.-The far? mers are tickled to death at this fine weather we are having and they are proceeding to murder the " grass on every side, and with the exception of a few who have a little grass the crops are looking fine. The Boykin Tennis Club met yes? terday afternoon on the tennis grounds at Mr. Sam B?ykin's. There was quite a large crowd out and we all enjoyed a very pleasant evening. Miss Elizabeth Lee Hydijick, daugh? ter of Judge Hydrick, of.Spratan burg, is spending a few days with Miss Nellie Lee Boykin. Mr. W. English Hopkins, after spending several days in Columbia, has returned home. Miss Sallie Haile, one of Boykin's most charming loung ladies, is spend? ing a while at the Isle of Palms. Camden has just cause to be proud of her base ball team. We suggest that the citizens of Manning hold a meeting and turn off those "kids" they have for a team and get them men who can stand the pressure, especially before they try to play Camden again. I see Camden has dropped from her one thousand average, just think. Sumter was, the cause of it all. Mr. L. W. Boykin, Jr., who is with the Atlanta National Bank of Atlanta, Ga., has returned to Atlanta after spending a week with his father, Mr. Sam Boykin. ^ Mrs. Frank Boykin and daughter, Miss Betsy Boykin, of Ga'n.dfrn, are spending a few day?: with Mrs. J. T. Hay, Jr. Mr. Douglass Boykin, who repre? sents C. Wulbern & Co., of Charleston, was in town Friday. We are glad to know that Mr. J. M. Green, who has been sick for the past week is much better. LOUELLEN. Louellen, June 25.-Waiter Lenoir. Jr., is at home from the Military Academy in Oharlestin. After five years of faithful service Professor Harold Langtry, to the great regret. of the patrons of the Stateburg high school, and his many friends, is leaving us to' take a fine school in Richland county. The citizenship of Stateburg town? ship met at High Hills Saturday, June 23, to consider increased taxation for the benefit of the schools. Nothing was done in that direction. Mr. Ben Myers of Hagood, in the act of dismounting from his buggy yesterday, Sunday, sustained very se? rious injuries. Hie was between the wheels when his horse, taking fright, suddenly dashed oft. While returning home last night Mr. Robert . Atkinson passed under what must have been a cyclone be? tween W. S. Thmopson's and R. J. Jolly's." He says it appeared to be a hundred feet in the air whirling around and moving at great speed, and with the sound of the crash of many cars coming together. While the wind was quite heavy here the rain was light. My cotton is hurt badly; the report a safe one here. Fifty-five per cent. The corn is poor, too. Oats have beer, damaged badly in the sheaf. Ac? cording to my way of thinking, those who have sold their cotton have made a mistake in more ways than one. PISGAH. Pisgah, June 25.-With a little booze on boara Ervin Patterson shot John HoLliday in the leg below the knee yesterday at Union Baptist church. The wound is not considered serious. Ervin walked off and is now considered quite a lion. All colored. A severe wind storm passed over here last night, preceded by much electricity. No damage done. The farmers have a t'"me in trying to plow, owing to the wet land. Corn, especially, needs the finishing touches. J. D., the -little son of Mr. J. D? Evans, who has been sick so long with typhoid fever, is improving, and we are pleased to chronicle this. PRIVATEER. Privateer, June 25.-Mr. D. W. and Miss Mabel Osteen are quite sick, The recent heavy rains, small crops and an abundance of grass have the farmers wearing long faces. Mr. Walter Roberts, of Atlanta, Ga., spent the" past week at Mrs. L. B. Jenkins. Miss Hennie May Bradford is at tending the Summer school at Harts ville. Mr. Robert Hall, of Sumter, is spending this week at Mrs. L. B. Jenkins. Misses Callie and Corinne Wells spent Sunday in Paxville Mr. Jerry Anderson and family of Manassas. Ga., spent Saturday at Mr. E. W. Rivers'. Miss Tallulah Ramsey .spent the past week with relatives in Wedge? field. The Bethel and. Sand Hill Sunday schools are going to unite and have a picnic at Bethel church on the fourth.. Mr. F. S. Geddings and family, of Paxville, spent Saturday at Mr. E. W. Rivers'. MAX. Max, S. C., June 25.-After a few days' illness, Keith, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Moore, died last Tuesday and was buried at Buelah Presbyterian church Wednesday. Rev. Mr. Trenholm conducted the funeral services. Mrs. Marvin Moore is quite sick. Mrs. Mollie Moore is thought to be improving. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Truluck are the happy parents of a new daughter. Messrs. George and John Truluck .returned to their home from Clemson last week. Professor F. W. Truluck has return? ed from Dayton, Va., where he has recently graduated in music. The childrens' day at Beulah Pres? byterian church Saturday was quite a success. Miss Ellen Carraway returned last Thursday after spending quite a pleasant week with her sister, Mrs. E. Lu Truluck, of Lynchburg. Mr. Hoyt Tomkinson has returned home after spending some time in West Durham, N. C. REMBERTS. Rembert, June 26.-Our farmers in this section are now experiencing very trying times owing to so much rain, but are using every effort in their power to save the crop. Already the com and cotton are seriocly dam cged. We were Just getting a little start fri the past few days to do some piow work, but 4ast night a heavy wind storm from the northyest, going south passed over here and thc lands are too wet today to do any plow work. Corn is small, but in places look well, while cotton is also small and looks yellow and grassy and ie badiy damaged. Com will average 75 per cent and cotton only 60 per cent. Some cotton lands here have not been plowed for three weeks and are so wet today that they will bog a horse down. Certainty this state of affairs seem discouraging, but let U9 1>e cheerful and should the rains cease we may pull through, but a full crop cannot possibly be made. Most of the oat crop in this neigh? borhood is badiy damaged as they tvere caught in aili this rainy spell, ?.nd still a large portion of them is in the field-. Mr. E. E. Rembert esti? mates his oat crop at 2,000 bushels and sawys if he can save half of them ihe will be satisfied. Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Yates of Sum? ter are on >a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McLeod. Miss Abbie Hatfield is also on a visit to Mr. J. D. McLeod. Mr. Harry McLeod is home from Wofford College Mrs. E. E. Rembert and family have rented a cottage on the Isle of Palms and will remain until the lat *-?T part of the summer. ? . The Gen. Sumter Memorial Celebra? tion Called Off. The following letter from Col. Dar? gan, gives the reason for calling off trie proposed celebration of Carolina Day at the Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy: Columbia, S. C., June 22. Mr. Hubert Osteen, Editor Item, Sumter. S. C., Dear Sir-I am just back from Winthrop College where I met the si mmer school of teachers. Upon a thorough consideration of my proposition that the school join in the celebration on the 2Sth of June, it was decided that as my whole time is takm up here and will be for many weeks to come, that a cele? bration would be impossible this year; but, as the monument would be ready for unveiling next year, we wculd have a big celebration on June 28vh, 1907. I am communicating with you and Capt. Hyde in Charleston by this mal: to let you both know that the. undertaking is called off for this year for the reasons I have given. I shall be kept hard at work here for many weeks yet. Yours very truly, J. J. Da ra gan. r"he campaign meeting at Walter boro was slimly attended, only about 20C persons being present. PLAYING ? LONE HAND. SENATOR TILLMAN'S PLAN TO CANVASS THE STATE. Senator Tillman Has Made Only Two Engagements So Far-He Will Ac? cept Invitations to Other Places. Fellow Citizens: The primary sys? tem of the Democratic party in South 1 Carolina is very largely my own work. The canvass of the candidates from county to county seeking office, dis? cussing issues and letting the people meet them face to face, is an essen? tial and very valuable feature of our ? J political machinery. The daily papers have always opposed this programme because it broke up the old system under which the editors of those pa I pers exercised immense power, and in a measure dictated our politics. Un j able to get the Constitution changed ?so as ta do away with this State cam I paign, ?they have hit upon a device of [rendering it inoperafive and largely nugatory by giving very meagre, un? important and often' garbled accounts of the speeches. The people being told that? the candidates are saying nothing, do not turn out to the meet? ings, and this makes the plan a fail I ure because the people do not see ! or hear the men who want their votes, i and the newspapers accomplish ' their I purpose of controlling our politics. The meetings are rendered ridicu? lous by the short time given to any candidate in which to present his views and make known his qualifica? tions. The discussions, instead of be? ing educative, enabling the voter to select the^ candidate whose personality and platform are most to his liking, are farces. No man can do himself or any ?important subject justice in the 10, 20 or 30 minutes time allotted to him under the plan now being car? ried out, and something must be done to change this condition or govern? ment by newspaper will come again to stay. I have no quarrel with the newspapers of our State, but nothing ever broke up the old ring which gov? erned the State prior to 1890 except the joint- discussions between the candidates for governor, and nothing will restore the conditions of ring rule so easily and inevitably as to have such rules and regulations ?s#are now being carried out. Every condidate wants a hearing every county, but he does not get it, and the people are unwilling to lose the day, especially when they are busy in their farms, listening to the kinds of speeches that are being made and no other kind can be made under the circumstances. There are about twenty-five candi? dates, leaving out those who have no opposition, and who, therefore, have no need to speak, and where a con? gressional candidate has opposition this number is increased. I have something I want to say to the people of the State because I be? lieve it is my duty to say it, but I am unwilling to join the present State campaign party,and and be limited in my speeches as I must be. It would be unjust to the others were I not limited. I, therefore, have decided that I will attend none of the State campaign meetings unless specially invited to do so by the executive committee and shall have all of the time I want. In? stead I give notice that after the 7th of July, when I will make my first speech at Sanday Flat, in Greenville county, I will be ready and am de? sirous of the opportunity to address the people at picnics or other public places, ^and that there has been a gatherings to be held always in the open air at such time and place as may be desired that I shall speak to them. Of course, I will reserve the right to select the counties in which I will accept invitations and will ar? range to accommodate as many as possible in the month which I will devote to this work. I have no ob? jection and will welcome the presence of such other officials and candidates as my friends may see fit to invite. A moment's reflection will show that the programme now being car? ried out of limited speeches would be altogether to my advantage, because Mir. Lumpkin could never make much of an impression in the limited time which he can obtain. While he thinks candidates for the Senate should not discuss State issues, I think very dif? ferently and want to discuss them, but I can do no good and will waste a lot of valuable time, which I had rather devote to rest and recuperation after my hard winter's work than fol- . low the campaign as it is being con? ducted. Mr. Lumpkin will be at lib? erty to tell the people all about na? tional issues that I do not know, while I will tell the people about State af- . fairs and how they have been mis? managed and they ought to be re- ? formed. At this time I have only two . arrangements in the State, one at ( Sandy Flat, in Greenville county, on . July 7, and one at Elloree, in Orange- . burg county, on July 14, the place where I made my second speech in , the State. As soon as I have ar- ? ranged a schedule of meetings I will ] announce th?. dares and places, and ] I shall hope to make the meetings thus arranged b< th instructive and ? satisfactory to those who may attend i them. ] I shall be obliged if all the weekly papers in the State will copy. E. R. Tillman. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Reading. John P. Cooper has been elected mayor of Mullins. Ila L. Wilson has been appointed postmaster at Reidville. Adolphus Ingram, of Mullins, has been arrested in Portsmouth, Va., charged with bigamy. The appropriation of $96,000 for repairing the navy yard buildings at Port Royal has been knocked out of the naval appropriations bill by the house. Frank C. Owens, a merchant of Greenville, has bought a $70,000 piece of land on Peachtree road near At? lanta. He intends to make a resi? dence park of it. Col. J. Wash Watts, a distinguished citizen of the State, is critically ill at hij home near Mountville in Lau? rens county. His advanced age makes his recovery somewhat doubt? ful. WOMANS MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Marion, June 22.-The State con? ference of the Women's Foreign Mis? sionary society of the Methodist church has been holding its annual meeting here this week, it having con? vened Wednesday night. The closing service will be held Sunday evening. About 150 delegates are in at? tendance, and are being entertained in the homes of the families of all the denominations in the town. The annual missionary sermon will be preached Sunday morning by Rev. E. O. Watson, presiding elder of the Marion district. The church is" now without a pastor, the successor to the late pastor, Rev, J. A. Clifton, not yet having taken charge, but Pre? siding Elder Watson has met with 'the women at their daily services and has been very helpful throughout the meeting. The Rev. J. H. Graves, a recent graduate of Vanderbilt university, has been appointed to succeed the late Mr. Clifton as station preacher of the Methodist church here, and it is expected that he will assume his duties within the next week or two. Mr. Harry Lide, son of Mr. and' Mrs. W. H. Lide of this city, was painfully hurt by a fall in Georgetown some weeks ago, and was soon after brought home. Since| arriving in Marion, lung trouble has developed, and his family are alarmed at his condition, his physician is holding out the hope of his recovery. That Double Pay. The Record has no desire to do anybody an injustice. If convinced that it bas ;?one so, though uninten? tionally, it is always anxious arid wil~ ling to make the proper apology. The Record gave publication to a re? port that all the members of the dis . pensary investigating commitaee ex? cept Mr. Cole L. Blease had taken pay both as committeemen and as legislators for days during the recent session of the general assembly when meetings were held both ~ hy that body and the committee. The Record attempted to verify that report before publishing it, but was met by a re? fusal of the chairman of the commit? tee tq answer proper and? legitimate questions as to records of which he was the custodian. < The Record realized that because of the way in which the matter was first published, other members of the committee, who, as well as Mr. Blease, had not taken double pay, naturally felt a hesitancy about defending them? selves, as to do so would seem to cast imputation upon the motives of those members who had seen fit to take double pay. So The Record put the question squarely to each member of the committee, as to whether he did or did not take double pay. Mr. Gaston has replied flatly that he did not. So, adding Mr. Blease, tilers are two members who did not take double pay. While Mr. Fraser declined to answer the question, for reasons published in yesterday's Rec? ord, his home paper publicly and some of his friends privately to the Record reporter have entered a de? nial for him, which must be taken as true. The Record openly and pub? licly appologizes to Messrs. Gaston and Fraser and requests those papers which copied its article "as to double pay to give circulation to tf?e denial thar? they took double pay. As to the others, Senator Hay, de? clined to answer the question pre? sented to him in writing and in per? son. Mr. Lyon returned without ans? wer or comment the letter of The Record requesting a statement from him. Messrs. Christensen and Spivey have not replied to the letters ad? dressed to them on that subject. The public will draw its own conclusions j is to these gentlemen. The Record has not dropped this matter. It is determined to find out just which members did take double pay. Ducking and dodging will do j ! no good. Sooner or later the facts 1 have got to come out.-Columbia ' 1 Record. FOR SALE-5-horse farm, Rafting 1 ] Creek township on Charleston road, j opposite Mr. E. R. Alston's T. P. | Sanders. I STATE BASEBALL LEAGUE. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LEAGUE. Won. Lost P.C. Camden. 9 2 818 Orangeburg.S< 2 SOO Darlington. 5 5 500 Sumter. 5 5 500 Georgetown.. .. .. $ 6 455 Manning.0 12 OOO At Orangeburg, June 19 Orangeburg.230 OOO 00*-5 Georgetown.. ..OOO OOO OOO-? At Camden, June 19-* Camden.OOO 100 001-2 Sumter.000 012 010-4 At Camden, June 20 Camden.. .. .30000000 *-3 Sumter.00002000 0-2 Orangeburg, June 20.-Orangeburg again defeated Georgetown this after? noon and incidentally made -t a shut? out series, Georgetown having failed to find the plate during the three games. At Manning, June 20 Darlington.. .0 0 0 1 01 0 6 2-IO Manning.. ..00000000 2- 2 At Sumter, June 21 Manning.020 000 000- 2 Sumter.220 102 13*-12 At Darlington, June 21 Score: Darlington 2; Orangeburg 1. V At Georgetown, June 21 Score: Camden 5; Georgetown 0. Georgetown, June 22.-Georgetown defeated Camden this afternoon by a score of 5 to 2. Darlington, June 22.-In a ten-in? ning contest here this afternoon, Dar? lington lost the game to Orangeburg. Score 7 to 5. At Manning, June 22 Sumter.002 030 000-5 Manning.010 000 010-2. At Manning, June -'23. Manning.10000001 0-2 Sumter.31801000 0-5 ' I At Darlington, June 23-Orange? burg 2; DarMngton 1. At Georgetown, June 23. Georgetown.0 1. 0 0 0 0 2-3 Camden...: .4 0 0 0 2 1 0-7 At Sumter, June 25 Georgtown.'. .. >...100 000 00*-1 Sumter.000 000 GOO -0? At Orangeburg, June 25 Orangeburg.040 050 00*-9 Manning.000 000 001..1 At Camden, June 25 Camden.011 210 0-5 Darlington..001 020 -Z CZAR WILL YIELD. Reported That He is Ready* to Give .Way to Popular Clamor for a Min? istry. V St. Petersburg, June 26.-A confer? ence has been called at Peterhof to? morrow^ between the Czar, govern? ment officials and the Emperor's ad? visers. It is believed the Czar is ready at least to yield to the clamor for a popular ministry and will ask Mour mountseff, the president of the douma, to form a cabinet. . All members except the ministers of war and marine have been expelled from the assembly. In the court of general sessions at Charleston, Wade Hampton Berry, the white man who was arrested in Columbia some time ago, was tried and acquitted of the charge of big? amy. HJs attorneys have moved for a new trial of the man of the charge of forgery on which he was recently convicted. THE ALCOLU RAILROAD CO. Will offer for sale every Friday, Satur? day and Monday during June, July, August and September. 1906, round trip tickets over its road at- reduced ra^es, gjod to return until the follow? ing Tuesday. This notice is subject to change or withdrawal without notice. Your patronage is solicited. For fur? ther information, address P. R. Alder? man, Traffic Manager, Alcolu, S. C. 6-6-4m 11 a BI 3 s a aaa agaa asa a aaa a a B i a a a a a a a a a a HIGH LIVING is an everyday affair with those who sat at our restaurant. The best of food is served at a modest cost. GOOD EATING md our bill of fare go together. Well fed men dine here ^because they get what they want and as they want it: lt's a pleasure to pay for good food, rhat's why we have so many good patrons. THE SUMTER RESTAURANT, V. E. Brimson, Proprietor. 3-21-6m