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CARDWELL VISITS MAYESVILLE. lateras ting Description tf t Growing and Prosp?rons Town in Center of Rieh ~armio| District. Sfcyesvilie Feb. 29.-Only nine (9) sa??83 from Sumter, and on the Atlan? tic Coast Line Railway, Mayesville has been a good trading center, and is .growing* steadily without detracting from the hub of the county, The lands from Sumter up, or Hayesville down, are rich and need cultivation. They have been rented, aad planted on shares with the usual result One white man living in Mayesville took some of that kind of land and pian ted 60 acres in cotton. The first year he got 17 bales, second year 34, third year 50, and the fourth year 60 i bales. On land apart, and in Sumter county, he has reciered 125 bales (averaging 506 pounsd each), from 80 acres. Marlboro is no better than Sumter county with the same methods and application. The Sumter lands eau be sade to pay as well, or better than those of Marlboro fame, and intelli? gent improvement will do it Mayesville ships over 5,000 bales of cotton a year, and the last crop, not np to the asnal, went over 4,250 bales, and over 65 car loads of cotton seed, while wagons streamed to Sumter. The land around Mayesvill ia also adapted to the raising of tobacco, and the leaf has litfed many a mortgage in the last ten yeras, and for truck farm? ing the iand lays level to the sun, the railroad is near, and the markets with? in-easy telephone. Mayesville has two passenger trains each way; and one? accommodation freight each way per day, and its postal facilities include three daily malls by rail, and a star route to Good wilL The Churches are Presbyterian Methodist-Episcopal and Baptist, and the High School is handsome in and ont. Thirty artesian wells flow crystal parity and health all the time, and the level fields aro beautified by woods and the farm houses with groves. The Bank of Mayesville, opened in October in 1902 in the rear of a store, ' is now in a new brick building and has paid three per cent besides. Several well stocked stores are gov? erned on the lien and cash and a num? ber only on the cash basis, but there is a friendly feeling and neighborly courtesy. Mayesville wants a cotton seed oil 'mill, and will offer good inducements for the establishment of such a plant, and other industries pertaining to manufacture. Tihe first automatic cotton gin in Sumter county was built by A. A. Strauss at Mayesville and he says if others do not put up au oil mill he will see that it will be done. Bis ginnery has 4-70 saw Smith gins with which is a two run grist mill, propulsion being given by engine of 50 and boiler of 75 horse power. ! A. ?. Strauss started business here in the Centennial year 1876, in a rented building-now he owns stores at Mayevsille. Sumter, Summerton and Wisacky, the aggreagte stocks reach? ing $40,000 to $45, COO in value. The Wisacky store being managed by W. W. DesCham ps, who has half interest in that enterprise, and therewith they have a cotton gin similar to that at Mayesville. Mr. Strauss is also President vf the Mayesville Bank and Secretary and Treasurer of the Mayesville Tobacco Warehouse and owns lands in Sumter, Lee, a ?t? Clarendon counties. The K. A. Chandler Cotton Ginnery is a Pratt with the latest Murray system and 1-JO and 3-60 saw stands', lt is a very complete plant, automatic arrangement and galvanized iron auxiliaries, f?e also has a grist mill and a saw mill which cuts for planta? tion purposes. Mr. Chandler says first class lots can be secured on advantage? ous terms for.an oil mill He is also a merchant with a capital stock and owns plantations in different counties aggregating 2,000 acres, and he is experimenting and improving and he can raise from one to one and a half bales of cotton tc the acre. The Chandler residence cost $10.000 and is an elegant structure with foliage and shrubbery almost enshrouded, and his stores ard mills show precision and neatness quite exemplary. Mr. Chandler is deacon in the Pres? byterian Church of which he is a liber? al supporter and is an active worker for higher education and a fine busi? ness man. J. E. Mayes manages a big mercan? tile business and bis father R. P. Mayes was Mayesville's first merchant and the place is named in honor of his grandfather, Squire Matthew P. Mayes. Be carries a $4,000 stock and buys ?nd deals in about everything. Mr. J. E. Mayes is Vice President of the Mayesville Bank and controls 1,000 acres and handles live stock ex? tensively with well equipped sales and feed stable?, and is an all around busi? ness man. He has been his Honor, the Mayor and Warden for a dozen years and is Elder and a pillar of the Pres? byterian Church. The Mayes home is a lovely $3,000 cottage with great level fields spread? ing to green woods. The J. E. Barnett mercantile house established 26 years ago carries up to $7,000 worth of goods and buys corn, oats, and salt m car load lots, and the management is first class. The Barnett estate includes big plantations and supplying those and the general tarde is constant. M. C. Mayes is the manager and has been with the Barnett interests for over four years. His father, T. A. Mayes was the first railway agent of Mayesville and a successful planter. In fact the town is> well named and may she always? be prosperous. Mr. M. C. Mayes besides being mer? cantile manager is also accountant for the Barnett plantations which raise about 600 bales of cotton a year and he is equal to every occasion, being able, diligent, responsible and ever gentle? manly and works harder to aid and develop the business than if it were his own. Mayesville is not only in a beautiful and healthy country but is peopled with citizens of intelligence and sun.-hiny temperament and in this letter tribute canuot be paid to all. James Carswell. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 28.-Naviga? tion on Chesapeake bay is greatly im? peded ny toe hug*? mas*es of floatirg ice. Th1? steamer Katihdin, witn limber from Georgetown, S. C., for this port, went ashore tocay at Sandy Point, was hauled off and arrived here lacer. A GREAT LUBBER PLANT. James Carewell Visits The Big Betts BSiiis-New Sumter a Thriving Manu? facturing Village-The Work of One Year. Bette' Mills Station, three miles northeast of Sumter, is becoming quite a mill village, and some of the folks have given it the name of New Sumter. Charles M. Betts & Company, a very extensive lumber firm of Phila? delphia, and of national repute, in? vested heavily in timber lands in Sumter and. other counties, and have secured * arifcr-paid, for timber tracts that will keep mills sawing for over half a dozen years and they have con? tracted for many more bodies of choice pine. Having decided to build modern mills they sent as representa? tive ?. W. Adam to plan, erect and complete modern mills, and build a village and to construct therewith side tracks and switches connecting with the Atlantic Coast Line, and with a line of their own reaching into for? estry. Mr. Adam began operations in a cotton field on the 15th of April, 1903, and started manufacturing in the middle of September. He has built a nine mile standard guage solid bed railway believing that a first class road is economy of time and machin? ery. The switches at the plants include double tracks to the planing mills and the saw mill tracks join them be? yond, and other tracks go through the planing mills to the dry kilns, dis? pensing with repeated handling of1 material. There are three wells and three tanks. Well No. 1, is 10x20 and 20 feet deep and is running over -a jet attached throws water into the planing mill boilers, and injectors have connection with the big fire tank, capacity 20,000 gallons and 40 feet high. There is also a 5,000 gal? lon tank for the planing mill, and another of like capacity with Well No. 2, at the saw mill, and it is 6x16 -and 18 feet deep and is on high ground. Well No. 3 is 6x16 and 16 feet deep and Wells No. 1 and 3 are attached to fire pumps. The saw mill is a double circular and gang edger with engine 175 h. p. and a battery of two boilers 125 h. p. and the planing mill engine is 125 and the two boilers 90 h. p. each. Capacity sawing 40,000 feet per day, and planing mill 15,000 feet, up to 16x 20, and s?rning out down to the finest mouldings. From the saw mill to the dressing machinery is a skid way, and platforms and all about the mills are conveniences availed of which bring manual labor to a minimum. Additions will be made to the plan? ing mill for another machine and com? modious shedroms. With tlie mills are 57 acres, and the village is growing. The boarding house is two-stories with ten rooms, and there are half a dozen good-sized cotages and a dozen more will be built for white folks, and there are 15 for the colored population. The offices, two rooms, are weil equipped, and the store is being stocked and will carry $3,500 to $4,000 worth of goods. The machine shop and blacksmith shop is up-and a re? markably good stable with box stalls and a warehouse for car loads of hay, oats and feed generally. The company has about 40 mules-and the mill crews number 85 men while in the woods are 50 more-jobbers-snakers, teamsters-and loaders, and the tur? pentine plant operating 0 to 12 miles east of the mills employs 30 men. Taking capacity into consideration there are not better planned and bet? ter constructed mills in the State than those of Charles M. Betts <fc Co., Sumter, S. C. Charles M. Betts & Co., have head? quarters at Philadelphia with exten? sive lumber and 'other interests. They also have big lumber yards at Buffalo, N. Y. Cypress shingle mills at Wil? mington, N. C., and timber in differ? ent Southern States over which they do a wholesale business as well as in the north. The senior partner is a hale and hearty gentleman of 60. The eldest son B. Franklin Betts is general manager and his brothers William T. ano Charles L. Betts are busy with clerical duty at the Philadelphia office, and C* Walter Betts their cousin has ?marge of the Buffalo end of the busi? ness/ A.- W. Adam the manager here has a lovely home in Reading, Pa., where his family presently resides, but they will - become welcomed acquisitions to Sumter society before long. JW r. Adam began the lumber busines at the bottom of the ladder, has been associated with the Betts interests since 1897, when he became their manager at Aberdeen, N. C. Back north he had charge of territory, succeeding which he was sent south making contracts, and when the build? ing of the company's enterprises ^n Sumter county was decided upon ; was appointed as the man who co" . fill the bill, and the J excellent juo? ment of the Betts Company has been maintained. The head sawyer, W. E. Merritt was raised in South Carolina and came here from Lumber, north of Darling? ton, i W. E. Wallmer who has charge oi the planing mills has been fifteen years in the Carolinas but was raised ia the Qnaker State. J. J. Allison, -machi? nist and filer has been in the south several years, and came orignally from Ohio. The accountant, Robert C. McNeill bas been with the Betts Com? pany for half a dozen years and Mr. Adam chose him as Ips right hand man. The mills are first class and the men from manager down are worthy of un? stinted commendation including Fred C. Adam, from Kerst College, Read? ing, Pa., who is m. ->ager of the com? missary, and ho promises to emulate well his worthy father's footsteps. James Carswell. ?'Vi* -11 - - NO CABLE FROM GUM St. Petersburg, Feb. 29.-If an at? tempt is made to lay a cable from the Island of Guam to Japan, during the continuance of hostilities, it will be regarded as contraband of war nnder ! the proclamation promulgated yestei 1 day. The proclamation is specific on , this question, and it is not believed I here tnat the United States will under tike or authorize such a cable now, as it would constitute a breach of neu . iraJity, according to the Russian view. BUNTED ALIMONY BY TBE STATE SUPREME COURT. Unusual Case from Charleston County Passed Upon-Opinion by Justice Woods. The supreme court yesterday render? ed a decision granting alimony to the palintiff in the case of Levin vs. Le? vin. The case has been in the courts for some time. Judge Purdy decided in favor of the defendant husband, declaring that while he<had .been drank on the night of the wedding, yet there was nothing in his conduct to justify the course of his mother-in-law, who brought about the martial infelicity. Justice C. A. Woods wrote the opinion of the supreme court overrul? ing Judge Purdy. The opinion, which was concurred in by all the other members cf the supreme bench, held that Dora Levin was justified in sepearting from her husband and that from the case it is easy to see that no reconciliation will ever be brought about between the parties. The ques? tion of the amount of alimony and the cost?f the suit is to be remanded to the circuit . court for determination. "This complete alienation has come almost entirely from the gross mis? conduct of the defendant andjgwe can? not exempt him from the support of his penniless wife and child " states the opinion. The parties were married on* Nov. 1, 1899, being residents of j Charleston .and .going to. Baltimore, " where the circumstances occurred that brought, the legal proceedings on the part of the wife. The suit was commenced Oct. 26, 1901, the testimony being taken by Mr. G. H. Sass, master of Charleston county. Levin is a resi? dent of Charleston, but his wife is a resident of New York and has never lived in Charleston.-The State, March 1. D?NTZLEH TURNED OOWN. An Imoprtant Report byjhe Com? mittee on Elections. Washington, Feb. 27.-Representa? tive Lever is to retain his seat in the House of Representatives. The report in the contested election case, in j which Dantzler, a colored Republican, ! is the contestant, has been drawn by Representative Mann, of Ohio, chair ! man of elections committee No. 1. The report of the committee, which is unanimous, is based upon the con? tention of the contestant that the South Carolina election laws are un? constitutional. The committee de? clines to pass upon that subject and refers the contestant to the Supreme Court of the United States. The re? port in substance is as follows : "There is nothing in the record of in the case to sustain any part of a claim that the contestant, Dantzler, was elected. It is indisputable that if an election were held at all in the district- the contest?e, Lever, was fairly elected. "If the House sho#2 unseat the contest?e on the ground that no valid election was held, or could be held, in the district, under the present Con? stitution and election laws of South Carolina, a similar construction would require the House, in the case of con? test, to unseat all the members from Soutli Carolina and from most of the other Southern States, and that new elections could not be held to fill the vacancies until the respective consti? tutions of these States had been changed so as to comply with the Re? construction Acts. "The question, therefore, is one of far-reaching importance. It involves in its outcome the right of a very large number of members of the House to their seats. "But the decision would have no binding effect upon South Caroilna, except in this particular case. A leg? islative body is not the ideal body to pass judicially upon enactments of other bodies. "We have in this country a proper form for the decision of constitutional and other questions. Any citizen of South Carolina deprived of his right to vote can apply for redress to the proper Court, and on up to the Su? preme Court of the United States. "A decision of this Court would be I binding, but a decision of the House I would not be considered binding or in any w?y establish a precedent. "The committee recommends the adoption of the following resolution : "Resolved, That Alexander D.Dantz? ler was not elected a member of the 58th Congress from the 7th Congres? sional district of South Carolina, and is not entitled to a seat therein.,, Anderson, Feb. 29.-Fire caused by a defective flue destroyed the new high school building at 7.30 o'clock this morning. The flames were discovered blazing fiecely in the basement by the janitor, and the firemen arrived too late. The loss is $17,000, partially covered by insurance. The building was recently erected by Granby & Jordan of Greenville at a cost of $13, 500 and was insured for $9,500. The equipment was valued at $3,200 and was insurred for $500. At a called meeting of the trustees it was voted to rebuild at once, reproducing the burn? ed edifice. Temporary arrangements have been made and the school will run as usual tomorrow. The Aull school library has now be ! come a law. The bill provides that $10 shall be paid out of the State j treasury and $10 out of the funds of a school district where the patrons raise $10 by contribution or otherwise, the number of the schools in each county being limited to 12. There certainly ought to be 12 schools in this county to take advantage of the provisions of this bill. It can hardly be that there is a community in the county that can not raise ten dollars for so laudable a purpose. It would seem [that if the teachers fully appreciated the good that might come to their schools through a little effort on their part there would be a hot race among them to have their school in the lucky num? ber. Wide-awake teachers will n<,t let any opportunity like this pass. They will be up and doing. Wc hope that it will be but a few days till we can report the 12 schools that have availed themselves of the advantage of this appropriation. What teacher will lead off? Which are to be the lucky schools? BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S APPEAL He Calls Upon the Pulpit and the Press to Cry Out Against Mob Law. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 28.-The Age-Herald tomorrow will publish the following letter from Booker T. Wash? ington : "Within the last fortnight three members of my race have been burned at the stake ; of these one was a wom? an. Not one of the three was charged with any crime even remotely con? nected with the abuse of a white woman. In every case murder was the sole accusation. All of these burnings took place in broad daylight, and two of them occurred on Sunday afternoon in sight of a Christian church. "In the midst of the nation's busy and prosperous life few I fear take time to consider whither these brutal and inhuman practices are leading us. The custom of burning human beings has become so common as scarcely to excite interest or attract unusual attention. I have always been among those who "condemned in the strongest terms crimes of whatever character committed by members of my race, and I condemn them now with equal severity ; but I maintain that the only protection of our civili? zation is a fair and calm trial of all people charged with crime and in their legal punishment if proved guilty. There is no shadow of excuse from legal methods in the cases of in? dividuals accused of murder. The laws are, as a, rule, made by the white people, and their execution is in the hands of the white people, so that there is little probability of any guilty colored man escaping. These burnings, without trial, are in the deepest sense unjust to my race; but it is not this injustice alone which stirs my heart. These barbar? ous scenes followed, as they are, by the publication of the shccking de? tails, are more disgraceful and de? grading to the people who inflict the punishment than those who receive it. If the law is disregarded when a negro is concerned, it will soon be disregarded when a white man is con? cerned, and, beside, the rule of the mob destroys the friendly relations which should exist between the races, and ingres and interferes with the material prosperity of the communities concerned. Worst of all, these outrages take place in communities where there are Christian churches; in the midst of people who have their Sunday schools, their Christian Endeavors societies, and Young Men's Christian associations, whose collections are taken up for sending missionaries to Africa and China, and the rest of the socalled heathen world. Is it not possible for pulpit and press to speak out against these burn? ings in a manner that shall arouse a public sentiment that will compel the mob v-to cease insulting oar Courts, our Governors and our legal authori? ty ; cease bringing shame and ridicule upon our Christian civilization. Booker T. Washington. Tuskegee, Ala., February 22, 1904. POSTAL THIEVES SENTENGED. Two Years Each and a Fine of Ten Thousand Dollars Apiece. Washington, Feb. 27.-August W. Machen, formerly general superintend? ent of the free delivery postal service, Dr. George E. Lorenz, of Toledo, once postmaster of that, city, and Diller B. Groff of this city, all of whom were cpnvicted of conspiracy against the government in connection with the snpply of the GrcfT fasteners to the postoffice department, today were sen? tenced by Judge Pritchard to two years imprisonment in the Moundville, j W. Va., penitentiary and a fine of $10,000 each. The defendants imme? diately gave notice of appeal to tha court of appeals and were released on $20,000 bond each. Samuel A. Groff was not sentenced, his motion for a \ new trial and for arrest of judgment being allowed further consideration. The sentence imposed on Machen, Lorenz and Diller Groff is the maxi? mum allowed under the law. The appeals to the upper court will be pressed as rapidly as possible, accord? ing to the defense, but months may elapse before the appeal can be heard. RYDALE'S TONIC k -?AL CURS VOR MAXiAZiZA. It has re/ '-ntly been discovered thai (he germs luzz produce Malaria, breed and multiple m the intestines and from ther?u spread throughout the system by means of the bli.od. This fact ex? plains why Malaria is hard to cure by the old mcwhod of treatment. Quinine, Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves and build up the blood, but do not destroy the germs that cause the disease. Rydale's 7 onie has a specific effect upon the intestines and hov. els, freeing them from all disease breeding mi? crobes. lt also kills the germs that infest the veins and arteries. It drives from the blood all poisonous mattel and makes it rich and healthy. RYDALE'S TONIC is a blood builder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria destroyer. Try it, it will not disap? ?oint you. DeWitt ADeWitt is the name to look for when M you eo to buy Witch Hazel Salve. IT* DeWitfs Witch Hazel Salve is the ll original and only genuine. In fact il Dewitt's is the only Witch Hazel Salve il that is made from the unadulterated Witch-Hazel All others a. e counterfeits-base Imi? tations, cheap and worthless - even dangerous. DeWift's Witch Hazel Salve is a specific fer Piles: Blind. Bleeding, itching and Protruding Piles. Also Cuts. Burns. Bruises. Sprains. Lacerations. Contusions. Boils. Carbuncles. Eczema. Tetter. Salt Rheum, and all other Skin Diseases. SALVE fl PKEPAUXD BY I E. C. DeWitt 3 Co., Chicago For sale by Olin B. Davis. A planter io Georgia, just ab his cotton p!an:s began to form squares, applied" broadcast The Standard Ammoniate Nitrate of Soda at the rate o! one hundred pounds to the acre. The yield of lint was 127 pound's more per acre :han ?rom a >i:ni!ar field without Niirare. Twelve similar trials in Alabama showed an increase of 120 pounds to 400 poimds pe* acre. I wa:!t a Cotton Planter :n every county in thc cotton belt to make a similar cottoa trial on a smaller scale. I will furnish the Nitrate of Soda Absolutely Free ii you wil: use it as I direct and report actual results to me. W I). Hunter, L'. S. Department of Agriculture, recommends as the only means of combating: the boil-weevil, ihe early maturing of the crop. Nitrate nf Soda will bring a crup to maturity from one to two weeks earlier than wheD growii without its use. Send name and com? plete address on Po<;t Card None but Post Card replieswi!! bc considered. WILLIAM S. MYERS, Director, Dept. 35 i2->6 John Street, New Vork. We have another Car Horses and Mules. We are also selling BUGGIES, WAGONS and HARNESS almost The usual stocfc of Lime, Cement, Fire Brick, Flue Pipe and Builders' Supplies generally. DIXIE STALK CUTTERS. We have secured the agency for these cutters in Sumter county. BOOTH LIVE STOCK CO. ?ENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO, NITRATE OF SODA, ?1URIATE OF POTASH. BARBY & Are Headquarters. WHOA, MULE ! GEE, I SAY ! Turn Right and go to A. D. BARBY'S STABLES. He has just received the finest bunch of mules of the season and has another load of the same kind to ar= rive about Feb. 13. Also some nice drivers and good, substantial work horses. Give him a call. Terms and prices right. WHISKEY I MORPHINE I CIGARETTE j ALL DRUC AND TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. ? HABIT. I HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1325) Lady St, (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicit