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mm CORRESPONDENCE. XEWSY liETTEKS FROM OTTEl SPE , CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Stems of Interesst From all Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Comities. WEDGEFIELD. ^Wedgefield, March lR-This is Tuesday nigh:; and if anything of im? portance has transpired in the last -week folks have made a specialty of beeping quiet about same. A good quantity of fertilizers is coming in on every freight now, bnt I don't see how it is possible for the deficiency to be made np between now and planting time. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. I. Lest sne, of Summerton, spent Sunday w th Mrs. Carrie Brohnn, sister of the hitter.* Hrs. Carrie Bron un will in few days open np a milinery and diessmak zag establishment. She will be assisted hy Miss Laura Rhames of Clarendon. Mr. Victor Pringle of Sumter spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs. J. H. Aycock. DURANT, Mr. Anderson, of May es vii Ie, has moved into the neighborhood ajad occu? pies one of the houses on Mi. R. C. McFadden's place. Mr. Judson Witherpsoon who has ^feeen attending school in Sumter has JA turned home. The news of Mr. Hayns wortk ? s death 4? recieved with sorrow here. His ;foce will be hard to fill. Miss Maiy Witherspoon who is ^teaching school near Midway is at home for a few days. Mr. J. M. Witheispooon of May?s wiUe and his little daughter. Mary ionise spent Wednesday with relatives ?exe. MAGNOLIA. Magnolia, March 19.- To juPg? from the quantity of fertilizers daily shipped to this* station, it would appear to a casual observer, to be as much or more than was used las t year ; ? fell; such is not altogether true. The merchants put in their orders uiusual * ly late this year, as earlier the farm? ers were undecided in their plans, and'eonsequently there is a powerful Tosh to get these fertilizers to their destinations in time for putting it in tile soil But a large quantity will be ?sed any way, as more corn, and other -crops will be planted and heavier .fertilized than last year. Steps are being taken to have this town incorporated under the r ame of "Lynchburg," and thus avoid so much -confusion and mistakes in shipments to this point, in consequence cf hav? ing the town and postoflice named "Magnolia" and the station or ship? ping point, "Lynchburg." Lynch? burg proper, an old town, about a ?ile from this town, was so named on account of its proximity to Lynches Creek, now "river," and Magnolia, as compared to Lynchburg, is a new town. If the change is effected, both towns will be united-be one town-under -filename proposed. Mr. Elliott Keels is critically ill, hap pneumonia. Col J. A. Rh ame, after a severe attack of grippe, will soon be out again, if be continues to improve. Mr. T. N. Griffin is slowly improv? ing. : Mrs. John A. Durant has been sick, but is reporteiLsome better today. Our genial ora friend, Mose E. Mc? Donald, now of Columbia, is in town * talking up life insurance with a* per? fect Yankee glib. His many friends were glad to see him back after a long absence. Magnolia has erected a bell tower, anti! our wide-awake night watchman can break the monotony by playing on the bell every 30 minutes. Town has loo objection to his playing a tune on it occasionally, if he grows sb fond of it. Eut Mr. McGee knows his: busi? ness and will attend to it. Dr. J. W. Tarrant while returning from a visit to a patient on Pudding Swamp'last night about 42 o'clock, . -bad a rather unusual experience. Jost as tie drove into a little branc a, the vate? of which was perfectly clear, ^saving a sandy bottom, he heard -something jump in the water, which caused his horse to stop. After look? ing around for a few moments be saw something which "resembled the body cf a huge snake and reaching for his pistol, be, with deadly aim, fired on the object, and what do yt>n reader, guess it was? Why. it was "a two foot arad fish. The Doctor brought it come. ALCOLTJ. A leola, March 50:-Mr. C. J. Crane, cf Norfolk, Va.., but more recently of "Georgetown, in this State, has accept? ed the position of superintendent of the large saw and planing mill plant cf Messrs. D. W. Alderman & Sons Company, at this place, and entered spoh bis duties in that capacity March 1 He succeeded Mr. D. T. Wells, who 1MS accepted a similar position with Messrs. Williams and Mc Keith,in at Lumber. S. C., in Darlington County. Mr. Guy Barnes, a gentleman of large experience, though comparative? ly a young man, succeeds Mr. J. P. Wells AS sawyer, Mr. Barnes is from Rieb Centre, Wis., perhaps one of the l?ost noted lumber sections in the country. He has, however, been in Ctentury, Fla.,' having resigned his position there to accept a similar one with Messrs. D. W. Alderman Sons & Company. I Mr. T. J. Spigner, a prominent cit? izen cf this town, has been quite ill for several days being threatened with appendicitis. He is improving slowly, however, now, and hopes soon to be cat. A number of the young people of "this place have attended the carnival in Manning this week, and had a good time. MANNING While at the train last Friday even? ing meeting his sisterinlaw, Mr. Joseph Sprott was relieved cf bis watch by a pickpocket. We are told that the cost of survey fpg the town for waterworks will be $100. Council has not awarded the contract, nor will it, unless there is an expression in its favor from the property holders. Early last Saturday morning Thomas James, colored, a laborer at the oil mill met with a serious: acci? dent which necessitated theamputa of his left arm. This makes the ?SStSSINATIOHS !? RUSSIA Th 3 People are Following the Ex? ample Set by Their Rulers. Ia assassinating members of the im? perial family of Rusisa, says The Washington Star, the people merely are following the dreadful precedent established by their rales. The history of the Czars is drenched with blood, the greater part of which stains imperial hands. J In the Tretyakof gallery at Moscow is a picture representing the first of tbiise revolting murders-the inaugu? ration of the shocking system of kill? ing members of the imperial family. And this crime was committed by a Czar-Ivan the Terrible. The pic? ture, lurid in colors, shows Ivau holding in his arms the son he has jur? stricken to death with his heavy staff. The instant the deed is done this imperial madman, the aottocrat of a nation of slaves, is horror strick? en, fie crouches on the ground with tho body of his dying SOD in his arms. He seeks to stop the blood streaming from the gaping wound and dyeing tho carrpet. He kisses the hair where hi?i death dealing club struck, 'rn ere aro tears and terror in" his eyes-he has killed his son: he, the Czar, the arbiter of a million lives, can do noth? ing to save the boy. His fierce, un? checked anger that ruled the nation in fear is now gone, and in its place aro sorrow and remorse. Ivan died of a broken^heart soon afterward in 3584. "Not far from this picture, in the same gallery, is another ghastly scene of imperial life in Russia. Sophie, sister of Peter the Great, is shown in her prison cell, forced to witness the hanging of her faithful bodyguards on a scaffold just outside her window. It is]s fair example of the brotherly at? tentions bestowed: by these former railers of Russia, and history hints that this same Peter caused his own son to be put to death. Modern Russian history begins with Peter the Great, or, as some writers say, it ended with bim, because he was the last of the real Russian Czars. After him came succeeding g?n?rations of German intermarriages until scarcely a drop of Muscovite blood remains, in their veins! But time and again there cropped out the mildness and the bloodthirstiness of thij barbarians that ruled for centur? ies a? Moscow. Jtfore than a century and a half ago, wi ten empresses ruled Russia because tho men were killed off, a poor little chap came to the throne and assumed tho title of Ivan I. His predecessor had been the Empress Anua, and her lover, Biron, set himself up as the recent over this youth. But such things'could not last. It was merely a question of how soon a conspiracy could be formed stronger han the regent. The time was short. Swords and daggers did the work, but poor little Ivan was thrust into prison ami there forgotten during the entire reign ?of a dissolute ?oman, who took tho name of Empress Elizabeth and who made adventurers and lovers min? isters of staue. Yet Elizabeth was nothing as com? pared with the woman who next ascended the throne, Sophie Augusta, Princess of Anhalt-Zerhst, who took tho title of Catharine II. It is stiange that these dissolute, immoral murderesses who roled Kassia all died natural deaths, while Czars and grand dukes were assassinated right and left. Catharine was not empress in her own right She had a husband, Peter ll [, who came to the throne January 5, 1762. Six months later he was a dead man, murdered by the order of his own wife. This crime is one of the most shock? ing and tragic in Russian history. Aa between the morals of husband, ar d wife there is no choice. Each waa conspiring to put the other out of the way, in which little game Catharine won out by appearing in dashing costume before the guards ard' geting them on her side. Peter tried to ran away, but was caught and put in prison. Thither wont Count Orloff, chief of Cathar? ina's lovers, and tried to poison the Cs;ar. But Peter detected the poison in the glass of wine and refused to drink. Then the powerful Orloff seized the Czar and strangled him, for which crime hereceived the thanks and continued favor of the empress. Having got rid of her husband, Ca tharine quickly lopped off all other claimants to the throne. She found poor little Ivan inhis forgotten prison. A deluded lieutenant of the army bad attempted to set him free, so that he might take the throne as lawful Czar. The governor of the prison had hi??- orders what to do in such an event. He shot poor little Ivan, who had been a prisoner twelve years, and that was the ead of another Czar. /"hese two crimes of Catharine are but a fraction of those she committed. There was an illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth living quietly at Pisa, Ifcily. Catharine hadher abducted and talion to Cronstadt That was the lae t seen of this imperial princess. The sins of one generation often are visited on the next. The bloody Catharine had a soo who, after his mother's ?long reigon, came to the throne in 1794. The simplest ex? planation of this Czar's life and ead is that he was a maniac. He knouted his subjects into obey? ing his slightest caprice. Once he wrote a paragraph for the r?icial gazette declaring that quarrels i between States should be settled by : personal encounters between their sovereigns, with prime ministers as seconds. He hated the spirit of freedom so < mich he forbade the use of the word 'lijierfcy," and ordered the Academy yt Science to omit the word "revolu ;ion" when speaking of the courses if the heavenly bodies in astronomy. Be began treating his wife and soo vi th worse severity than was inflicted 35 that mad King of Prussia on his < son, Frederick the Great. : For five years the couriers ia the i ?alace and the officers of the army ea- < faired this Czai. Thea they plotted i lis "ramoval." The reigning family < if Kassia has endeavored to deny the 3 ?tain %of complicity in the nineteenth i ;entury ^ssassinatiou, bat history re- j ra rds the cold facts of the part Alex- J inder, son of Paul, played in this j ;rime. No one accuses Alexander of j lirect participation in the murder, ] mt he was privy to the plot to de- i crone his father. 1 A group of officers of the guards < vent to the palace in St. Petersburg J Uneeda Biscuit-the kind of that makes a nation strong. Made of wheat, baked with the utmost skill and packed in a way that keeps them fresh. For hearty eaters and delicate appetites Uneeda Biscuit are equally wel? come., They represent a happy union of strength and light? ness. food The best soda cracker made The goodness of Uneeda Biscuit is retained by air tight packages, which keep out the damp, the dirt and the dust, and keep in the crispness, the.flavor and. the original purity of the biscuit. A package of Uneeda Biscuit costs but y NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY on the night of March 23, 1801, de? termined to force Pani to abdicate, and kill him if necessary. He fought desperately, was overpoweredfand slow? ly strangled in his own room. This crime ends the list of family assassinations. Henceforth the mur? ders are committed by the people struggling to throw off the yoke of despotism. Obnoxious governors, hated ministers ?nd cruel minor offi? cials have been put to death by the soo re in recent yeaars, but only one Czar Alexander II has fallen under the 'anarchist's hand although manv attempts have been made to kill each ruler during the past century. Nor has any grand duke been killed until Sergius was assassinated. A Safe Cough Medicine for Children. In buying a cough medicine for children never be afraid to buy Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There is no danger from it and relief is always sure to follow. It is especially valuable for colds, croup and whooping cough. For sale by all drug? gists. Judge Brawley appointed P. A. Wilcox of Florence receiver of the Georgetown and Western railroad company. Champion Liniment for Rheu? matism. Chas. Drake, a mail carrier at Chapin ville, Conn., says : "Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the champion of all liniments. The past year I was troubled a great deal with' rheumatism in my shoulder. After trying several cures the storekeeper here recommended this remedy and it com? pletely cured me." There is no use of any? one suffering from that painfm ailment when this liniment can be obtained for a small sam. ?One application gives prompt relief and its continued use for a short time will produce a permanent cure. For sale by ali druggists. It is said that the New York Sena? tors are secretly opposed to the ap pointmeut of the colored man the President has nominated to be collec? tor of internal revenue for the district of New York, but they will not openly fight against confirmation. A brave pair ara Tom Platt and Chauncey Oepew. But what are the reasons for their opposition to the appointment of the negro?-Charleston Post. A Chicago Alderman Owes His Election to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. "I can heartily and conscientiously re? commend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for affections of the throat and lungs," ?ays Hon. John Shenick, 120 So Peoria St., Chicago. "Two years ago during a polit? ical campaign, I caught cold if ter teing overheated, which irritated my throat and I was finally compel?ea to stop, as I could 1 not speak aloud. In my extremity a friend idvised me to use Chamberlain's Cough > Etemedy, I took two doses that afternoon : md could not believe my senses when I ? found the next morning the inflammation ' lad largely subsided. I took several doses I ;hat day, kept right on talking through ;he campaign, and I thank this medicine 1 :hat I won my peat in the council." This 1 remedy is for sale by all druggists. 1 HOW TO GET IMMIGRANTS. Signor H. Crispin i Has a Practical Plan That Should Receive Con? sideration. Signor H. Crispin, who came to S amter several months ago to make his home, andi having observed that there was a great ne 3d for a first class restaurant io the city, recently opened the New York Restaurant, has become greatly interested in the im migration question. Signor Crispini, who is a naturaliz? ed American citizen, came to the country thirty yeirs ?igo and has travelled extensively, there beiog few towns of any size in the entire cooa try that he has net visited while < member of Gilmore's, Sousa's or some other famoas band, he having been connected with almost all of the high class musical organizations that have been before the public within the past thirty years. Signor Crispini is most favoraiy impressed with this section of the country, the climate more near? ly approaching that of his uative prov? ince in Italy than any other be has found. He believes that this county can be made the garden spot or the South by filling up the idle land with the skilled gardeners and fruir grow? ers of Italy, who are seeking homes in this country. Signor Crispioi says that his native province is the richest aod most pros? perous in all of Italy, yet there are thousands of young men emigrating annually, and that by si little effort they could be brought to South Caro? lina. These people are as a rule well educated, industrious s.nd frugal. They are skilled ia the caltare cf the viae and in wine making, in silk culture, gardening and fruit caltare. They are quiet, peaceable and honest and are altogether different from the objectionable, and undesirable class of Italians who have given the whole race a bad name in this country by reason of their affiliation with the Mafia and other lawless and criminal secret organizations. Signor Crispini i-ays that by writing to friends and relatives in his native town be could induce a few to come to Sumter, but that if the laud own? ers who wish to secare desirable ten? ants and laborers, or who prefer to cut up their lauds into small tracts and eellfon easy terms, will organize an im? migration association and put the matter in a business shape so that he could promise bis coantrymea some thiug^definite, he could induce hundreds of the best class of agricultural: sts and artisans to come to Sumter coun? ty. These people will be able to pay their own passage to America and all they will demand is the assurance that they will be able to obtain em- n plyment or be given the opportunity li to either rent or purchase land for a t home upon their arrival. fi Signor Crispini would, if thought vi advisable make, a trip to Italy,for the o purpose of organizing a colony for I; Sumter county, i? au association n should beformed ; and so confident is fi he that his countrymen would succeed tl here that he says without hesitation p that the first colony would be the S forerunner of as many others as could i n be provided with laud. I ii WANTS A KEW PAB?Y. Spartan burg Journal Advocates Republicanism in This State South Carolina'needs a live, mili? tant, aggressive Republican party. All that is necessary to bring it into existence is a spirit of tolerance among our people. This is rapidly growing and developing and the day is not far distant in spite of the race issue when the white people of South Carolina and other Southern States will divide ou economic and doctrinal questions, and we will have two polit, ica! parties to balance each other and keep the governing party up to the highest standard of efficiency. The increasing sprit of liberality shown toward the Republican party by all classes of our citizens in recent months and the following developed by President Roosevelt in South Carolina shows the broadening spirit of our people. All whc entertain these feel? ings are not becoming Republicans and many are not going to be, but their tone and spirit are au indicaticn of the change that is coming over a people who have heretofore been somewhat intolerant toward fha op? posite political party. There is no getting around the fact that Republican sentiment is growing in South' Carolina. No amount of ranting from the reactionaries or ir? reconcilables, no amount of hts thrown by the old crowd who with all sincerity perhaps believe that all the virtue, patriotism and honesty in the country have been perpetually con? signed to the custody of the Demo? cratic party, can prevent it or over 3ome it. Oor people have grown more practical and sensible and the Repub? lican party has grown more national ind more lioeral towards the institu? tions, habits and customs of the South. The two are coming togeth? er. With two political parties in South karolina we will have a more careful ind efficient State government. We viii have a better class of men nom nated for office, for with he knowl? edge that a weak or objectionable lominee would be defeated at the lolls by a beter man from the other )arty no party would dare to put up i vulnerable candidate. We won ld lave no irregularities iu an inipoi ant State office with the re-election >f the incumbent without opposition inmediately after the revelation of he discrepancies. We would have no orruption in the- dispensary, if we tad a dispensary, and in every way ur government would be administer d with greater efficiency and ca iacity. In the view of the people of the ation and of the world South Caro? ma would be infinitely elevated by he establishment of. a Republican orm of government in full operation ' 'ith general participation in elections f all qualified voters and with a live 1 knowledge and understanding of all ' ational questions and issnes. The j rst Southern State that brings about I Iiis reform and improvement in its J; olitics wiil be the best advertised j tate of all the Snuth and will reap i reat rewards in material benefits and ! 1 LI educational and broadening dev- ? elopment in addition to the superior conditions that sach a change would bring about at home. The South is becoming more and more an integral part of this country and nothing eas stay its progress to complete partici? pation in the best thought and action of the time.-Spartan burg Journal. CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Sp , V/ff?^ZT Signatare of (**ut?r% T<?&JCiA? Sour Stomach No appetite, loss of strength, nervous* ness, headache, constipation, bad breath? general debility, sour risings, and catarrh! of the stomach are all due to indigestion.' Kodol cures indigestion. This new dis?oT-' ery represents the natural juices of digest tion as they exist in a healthy stomach,; combined with the greatest known tonic and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dy?K pepsia Cure does not only cure indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy oures all stomach troubles by cleansing? purifying, sweetening ?md strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomachy Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswood. W, Va., say sr " I was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years. Kodol cured me and we are now using it in mifle :orbaoy." Kodol Digests What You Eat. 3ottles only. $1.00 Size holding V? times the trial : size, which sells for 50 cents. Prepared by E. C. I)?WITT & CO.. CHICAGO.1 For Sale by all Druggists. Hie Largest M lost Coiled t Seo. S. Hacker & SOB, co -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS? SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. See and Warerooms, King, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTONS S. C? 8^ Pnrchas? our make, which we gaarant* superior to any 9old South, and thereby pave money. 7ir.dow and Fancy Glass a Specialty Ojtober 16J -