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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. TOWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE CIAIi CORRESPONDENTS. Items of Interesst From all Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. 3SOT?CE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Hail your letters so that they will roach thi^office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in tte paper issued that day. _ BROGDON. * Brogdon, September 20.-Last Sab hath the Baptist Sunday School Union met with the Graham church. Some interesting addresses relating to Sab hath school work were made by prom? inent members. There were recita? tions by children of the different churches. Little Miss Hannah Plow den, daughter of Mr. M. H. Plowden, having recited her piece bestr was awarded the medal by the judges. Kev. Mr. Barth, the Presbyterian evangelist, is conducting services this -?reek at Harvins. f The Graham school opened on Mon aay last Monday, Misses McLean and . Davis, of Manning, are the teachers. //Mrs, Julia James, of Harrisburg, ?Penn., has taken the position of gov? erness in the family of Mr. W. T. Brogdon. Mr. Cuttino Bryan has returned irom Kingstree, where he attended. the marriage of his cousin, Miss Lila ' Spps, to Professor Pugh, op the ?ettodist College, at Columbia. 3i ;ss Grace Brogdon has returned ~to Greenville to resume her studies st Chicora College. Mrs, J. *A. Mood visited relatives here last week. Messrs. Chandler Mayes and J. B. Stockwell, of Mayesnile, spent last Sunday at Mr. J. A. Blackwell's. The weather continues fine and cot? ton picking is rapidly going on. Wag? ons loaded with the fleecy staple are -jconstantly before the eye. ? _t ^ LYNCHBURG. Lynchburg, September "22.-Some of the business and leading men of "fids place and elsewhere met on the .?Dth inst, and "formed a joint stock company for tre purpose of operat? ing: a large wholesale grocery, hard? ware and dry goods business. They win elect officers as soon as the law can he complied with, which will re- : quire 'i several days. Work on the ; hu?ding will commence about the < fest of next month or as soon as the ! material can be put on the ground. 1 Tine store house will he 100 feet long, < $9 feet wide, two stories high and 1 -made of bricky It will. be a modern ? ;S?yle, up-to-date structure, with ev- 1 ?3T necessary fixture. The stock- ] holders are Messrs'. T. N. Griffin, W. TL McLeod, S. C. Kilpatrick, J. S. ] Potts, P. R. McIntosh, D. P. Dennis - and T. G. Griffin, of this place; R. L i ^Banning and G. A. Lemmon, of Sum- 1 \ ter- J. E. Tomlinson, of Turbeville section and H. .A. Wells of the Atlan- J fie Coast ?Line Company. This enter- '< prise is capitalized *at $40,000, In con? nection with this, business will be a : lange feed, sale and livery business. ?ri J. E. Tomlinson will move to 5 this town in a few weeks and rent or ?eil out his place at Turbeville. f>f the cotton shipped from this -place this fall 200 bales are in the -warehoues unsold. This cotton was -shipped to warehouses by Messrs. E. XL Smith and S. W. Frierson. Not a hale of it will be sold for less than ll c?ente. Speculation is now reduced to fact, which means the constantly talked :ef short crop is no* longer predicting and guessing, but a now known fact. This correspondent put his figures ceveral weeks ago at 60 per cent, of an average crop and he has had no no cause to change them. Some will make more while some will make less. Col. J. A. Rhame is building a large itara where he can house all of the paroquets of xi is farm, leaving nothing exposed to the weather. A few more such buildings around this place would certainly do no harm, as some of the old ones are getting tiresome to the eye. SMITHVILLE. Smithville, September 25.-The Smithville High School will be opened on next Monday, October 2. There is the promise of a large attendance and we have every reason to believe that the school will be a big success. The people are now more united in the interest of education and will pull to? gether in the good cause. The ladies of St. John's Methodist church had another one of their suc? cessful ice cream festivals cn th-; eburch grounds here last Friday af? ternoon. As in a former instance thev sold out everything and had demands for more. The proceeds are to be used for building stables and making other improvements at the parsonage. Mrs. T. D. Foxworth, who has been visiting in Virginia, is home again. Mr. Robert Butler, of Orangeburg county, was here for a few days last week. Mrs. Butler, who is here for her health, has improved very much. On last Monday Gis McDaniel, a colored preacher from Lon gt own, had the misfortune to have his buggy shafts badly smashed and came very near losing his horse. He fastened his lines to the buggy wheel and stepped into Mr. W. S. Smith's store to make a few purchases and while away the horse backed into a ditch. On next Sunday Rev. S. H. Booth will hold his regular appointment here in the afternoon instead of in the morning, thus making a slight change in the time. Cotton is opening very rapidly, but continues to come in slowly. The general impression is that the crop is very short. A few nights ago two automobile* passed through the village. It won't be long now before we take another step and have the electric cars. Wake up ^Sumter! Wake up Camden! MAX. Max, S. C., September 25.-Mr. Henry McCollum, of Beulah, has moved into his-new store. He will run a hotel and is depot agent also. Rev. Mr. Arial preached several fine sermons at Shiloh last week. A commodious school building is about completed at Sardis. Sardis folks are progressive and aspiring even to the pitch of offering to build 'an up-to-date parsonage and paying their pastor, Rev. R. K. Truluck, for all of his time. "Not so fast, breth? ren," as one member of Bethel said*. They will have . to wait until Bethel raises another preacher equally es? teemed. Miss Harte, of Spartanburg, will teach at Norwood Academy. Miss L. Bertie Truluck will attend the Graded School at Lynchburg. Emma Baker, an industrious color? ed woman, a good cook and nurse of this community, is at the point of death. Mrs. B. C. and Mrs. J. P. Truluck have returned from the Mood-Osteen infirmary. Mrs. Jennette Humphrey, of Sardis, is visiting her brother, Mr. J. C. Tru? luck. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Green are the guests of Mr. Hoyt Truluck. Insects are destroying turnips. Green peas are plentiful. We are beginning to resort to canned fruit. DALZELL. Dalzell, September 25.-The new Bowman store is finished, and filled with a lot of well assorted goods. Our merchants are kept pretty busy now. The Dalzell Mercantile Company have also moved into their new store, and have opened up a nice stock of choice "groceries-which are neatly kept and are -doing a good business. They keep Coco Cola and soda water on ice, which is quite a luxury, and very refreshing these hot days. Their advertisement will come- out in the best paper in Sumter this week-The Daily Item. Four persons were baptized at Horeb yesterday. Mrs. M. E. Pipkin, of Manning, is nsiting her brother, Mr. J. M. Phil? ips. Messrs. Coit Woodara and Skinner, from Ashland, are visiting relatives md friends here. Rev. J. C. Bailey has gone on a month's vacation to New York. Mrs. Bailey will spend the time of his ab? sence with her mother at Summerton. Miss Marcella Calhoun, of Clio, is visiting Miss Pauline Woodley. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, September 23.-Well, I will stop long enough this morning from picking cotton to write a line. News is rather scarce, everybody is busy trying to get out 10-cent cotton It is no trouble for the pickers to get 50 cents paid at the steel yards every night. Some are giving 50 cents and dinner, and I hear one man below here in Clarendon that boards ali the time and pays 50 cents. One of my neighbors has worked with him for the last three weeks. The Greenland Savannah Sunday school picnic came off last Saturday as announced, and was a grand thing, so I have been informed. Two pigs were raked over the (barbecued) coals, besides all other good things to eat. Mr. D. W. Osteen was superin? tendent of the barbecue, which means it was done just right. Talks were made by Revs. Thos. P. Lide, of Pri? vateer and Nelson J. Brown, of Pine? wood. Also by Mrs. J. B. Osteen (the blind lady) of the school. After the whites had eaten they invited their colored friends that were present as waiters, etc., to come up to the ta? ble. There was a fine crowd out and every thing passed off pleasantly. Miss Nealie Ardis is visiting her grandmother at Mr. John McLeod's, near Manning. Mr. J. J. Geddings and Miss Irene Jackson, of Soeven, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ardis last Saturday. Mr. I. B. Bagn J, of Pinewood, md Mr. Garner, of Alcolu, were at W. J. Ardis" last Saturday. Mr. Gus Weks and sister, Mattie, spent the day List Sunday at Mr. R. J. Gedding's, near Pinewood. Mr. Henry Pritchard, of Ramsay, visited W. J. Ardis last Sunday. .Mr. J. M. Ardis and family visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ardis last Sunday night. Miss Lucy Ardis was taken suddenly sick last Monday, but is better now. I hear a great complaint of peas not bearing. Some farmers say that they j have vines waist high, but no peas. Can any one tell the cause? All early varieties have done very well but the late peas, or stock peas, are the ones that have failed to bear, j we begin to want to see another rain j on cane, potatoes, etc. PINEWOOD PENCILINGS. Pinewood, September 21.-Mr. J. j C. Lanham, the popular saleman, I spent the day in town Tuesday. Miss Edna Stach, who has been spending the summer with her aunt, Mrs. N. C. Stach, returned to her home in Sumter last Saturday morn? ing, accompanied by little Mattie Carolyne Stach, who wills spend a week with her. Mr. R. C. Richardson, Sr., spent last Thursday in Sumter. Mr. W. C. Stach with his little son James, spent several hours in Sum? ter Thursday. Miss Maisie Brailsford returned to Sumter on Sunday in order to attend school. Mr. Thomas Grant spent several days^in Summerton this week. Mr. Deas, who has been on a short visit to Messrs Seymour and Deas Richardson returned to his home in Camden Friday. Mr. Matterson Mooneyham is visit? ing his brother, Mr. W. P. Mooney? ham. REMBERT. Rembert, September 25.-The pro? hibition element in this community seem delighted over the overwhelm? ing majority against the dispensary in Marion county, and I predict the death knell is now tolling the last of the dispensary reign in South Caroli? na. It seems hard for the advocates of the dispensary people to give it up and they are using every argument they can to retain the infamous sys? tem which has polluted the fair name of our grand old State, but the Pro? hibition party will work to the bitter end to see a change. What has become of the leading prohibition men in Sumter county? I suggest they go to work at once and circulate the peti? tion paper through the county and all will see how Sumter stands on this greatly agitated question. It would give us great delight to see this coun? ty fi. i in line and defeat the dispen? sary under what is known as th* Brice law, and I suggest that prohibi? tion leaders invite the senior senator to address the citizens as he did in Marion a few days before the election as I am sure it will have a most bene? ficial effect. I mentioned in my last week's let? ter that Miss Harvey of Pinopolis, S. C., had been elected principal of St Matthews' school here, but after a stay of only a few days she found it necessary to return home and ? Miss Daisy Bowman, of Sumter, was elected instead, and the school opened on yes? terday Our community is to be con? gratulated in having secured her ser? vices and extends to her warm greet? ings, wishing her a pleasant stay and a profitable school term. Our, community was saddened this morning to learn of the death of Mrs. J. Wa'lter Kenney, wife of Rev. Ken? ney, of Pisgah. She died very sudden? ly yesterday afternoon and the funer? al services will be held at Pisgah church this afternoon at 4 o'clock. We extend our deepest sympathy to the bereaved husband and family. STATEBURG. Statesburg, September 25.-Miss Mayo Rees, who is teaching near Sum? ter, spent Sunday at hime. Col. John J. Dargan and Miss Gena Dargan are spending a few days at Clyde. Mrs. Pinckney and Miss Aimie Moore spent Saturday in Columbia. Rev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting friends in Clarendon today. Misses Virginia Saunders and Em? ma Barnwell left on last Wednesday for Raleigh, X. C., where they are to attend St. Mary's College. Miss Annie C. Rees left the same day for Win? throp College, where she is now a member of the Senior class. Miss Bettie Frierson expects to leave on Wednesday for Charleston to resume her studies in Kindergarten work. Misses Sarah and Julie Dargan were the guests of Mr. A. S. Flud last week. Miss Julia A. Holmes will leave, for Macon, Ga., Saturday, after a pleas? ant visit of three weeks to her old home. TINDAL. Tindal* September 26.-Everything around Tindal is very quiet. Tho weather is hot and dry. Misses Lillie and Beulah Richardson are going to school in Sumter. . Then- will be an annual church meeting at Providence on Saturday, September 30, at 10 o'clock. Miss Edith Richardson has gone to Orangeburg to attend the Orange burg Collegiate Instituto. Mr. S. F. Osteen, of Sumter, spent Sunday afternoon at Mr. W. H. Brad ham's. Mr. B. R. Hodge and family, of Sil? ver, are spending a few days in the neighborhood. Tindal, Sept. 20.-Everything is progressing nicely around Tindal, f be weather is* good and the farmers are having a fin? time to gather cot? ton. \ Mr. J. C. Lac ham, the popular salesmaan for E. F. A. Wieters, of Coarlestcrj give cs a pleasant call cn Friday. MissJEstber Osteen continues to be very ill. Mr. B. R. Hoope, of Silver was in the neighborhood on Saturday. Mr. T. J. Osteen, of Pembroke, Ga., spent Saturday and Sun clay here. Misses Bessie and Bngfc Hodge left yesterday for Orangeburg where they will attend the Orangeonrg Collegiate Insntnte. They were accompanied to Oranerebnrg by their father Mr. T. E. Hodge. ; Mr. J. P. Richarden spent Satur? day in Sumter. WISACKY. Wisacky. Sept 25 -The schools are openiug with a lars? attendance. Misses Maud WUiiarn?:, Katie and Florrie May Smith, have gone to Bis hopville to attend the graded school. Rev Kenneth McKaskill, of North Carolina has been called home to the bedside of Iiis sick mother. Dr. N. Y. Alford has returned from Virginia to the joy of his many friends. H is" brother Dr. W. B. Alford is im? proving from his long spell of sick? ness. ' Mrs. Eva C. Smith will move this week with ber family to Bishopville. Master Green DeSchamps, has gone to the Oraneebnre Collegiate Institute. Bis sister Miss Lidie, will go to the Columbia Female College. Miss Clara Smith will take a school in Bamberg county. Miss Lucia Gibson is visiting in the neighborhood. Mrs. Sidney Crane, of Georgia is vicing at Dr. N. V. Alford's. Mrs. Melvin Williams, will visit friends in Richland this week. SALEM. 2 Salem, Sept. 26.-Mr. J. A. Boy kin met with a very painful accident a few days since, by the falling of a wagon axle that was placed upon the top of his cotton press. Mr. Boykin did not know, or notice, the axle above his bead, threw his press in gear, when the heavy axle fell striking him on the head and hand, cutting a large gash in the bead, and breaking some of ??his fingers. His wounds, while painful- are not serious. A negro boy was badly cut in tbe same ginnery a few days later. His injuries are serions, and his recovery doubtful. M ra J. R. Muldrow left on last Wednesday for Cleveland Springs and other resorts. Miss Pearl McElveen who has been on an extended visit to the "land of flowers'" returned home on Satnrday last. Mr. G. W. McBride, after a long absence from family and friends, pnt in his appearance also on la.-t Saturday much to their delight. Rev. W. J. McKay wens to David? son, N. C., on Monday to attend a meeting of the board cf trustees of the college. He will return about Thursday or Friday. We have so few cotton gins in this section that it is generally an all day, and part of a night job to get a bale of cotton ready for market. This state of affairs won't lastflong, as the fleecy staple seems tc pan out shorter each day, and the most of, the crop is done. ELLIOTT. Elliott, Sept. 26.-We have certainly had a beautiful fall for gathering cot? ton, there has been not a lock damag? ed by storm, and the crop is at least t^o thirds gathered and marketed. The balance will, likely be' held for higher prices as the farmers have about paid out their rents and liens. Hay gathering has begun, a good crop of jt is promised, but very few peas on the vines. Harmony Presbytery will meet at Mt. Zion church next week. These meetings are always interesting, pleasant and much enjoyed by the young folks something like a big pic? nic to them. Cards are out for the marriage of Mis? Sallie Mooneyham and Mr. Strother, which will take'place at the home of the bride's father on "Dog island." Mrs. R. S. Elliott, ner daughter, and Miss Bessie DesChamps, of Clarendon, are on a visit to Mr. J. H. DesChamps and family. We are afraid some of the boys will i have pip so bad they can't take to i books much. It goes right hard some times with young roosters-even kills occasionally. We had a bride at Mt. Zion last Sunday and are expecting auother ior Presbytery. Mt. Zion must be com? ing our, this is something new for ns. Weekly Crop Bul lorin. ' Columbia Sept. 20.-The week end? ing Monday, Sept. 25tb, was ore of extreme heat, with the weekly mean t-mperature about six deerees per day above normal. The temperature ex? tremes were a maximum of 93 degrees at Batesburg and Blackville on the 2')th, and minimum of 57 detrreees at Spar.anbarg on the 23d. There was very little cloudiness in the western portion, and considerable in the east? ern and southeastern parts. Drought continues in the central and ' western counties, while the eastern and soathern counties had copious * rains, on the 20th and 21st, amount- 1 ing in many places to between one and two inches. A few localities ! had beneficial showers in the west, ' but over the larger part of that section 1 of the State there was no rain or mere? ly a trace. i The weather was favorable for gathering crops, except in a few east? ern localities, and much hay was saved ? m fine condition, and fair progress was made in cntting and curing pea vines. Over the larger portion of the State the ground is too dry for plow? ing and fall seeding operations, and less than the usual amount of oats, or other grains, have been sown. The dry weather was also inimical to late corn, fall root crops and pastures. Over the eastern counties minor crops have sufficient moisture and are doing well. Cotton continnes to open rapidly in all sections, and it is opening Dre maturely over a large portion of the western half of tee State, bat there is no perceptible change in the condition of the crop, nor in the prospective yield which is smaller than last year in all parts. The weather was favor? able for picking, with some inter? ruption in the east, where some open cotton was damaged by both this and last week. Fall truck was favored by the rains on the 21st, but some hay on the ground was damaged along the coast. In other parts of the State haying pro? gressed rapidly and favorably. MANNING NEWS NOTES. Died last Thursday night at ber home about 7 miles north of Manning, Mrs. Charlotte E. Chandler, wife of Mr. A. H. D. Chandler, aged about 71 years. The funeral took place at Har? mony on Friday. Rev. R. L. Grier conducted the service. Died yesterday morning at the home of her nephew^ Mr. J. S. Ridgeway Miss Ellen Timmons. aged about 78 years. The burial took place at Oak Grove this morning. The matter of the Winthrop scholar? ship examination which was mention? ed in our last issue was reported to Prof. Johnson president of the college, and he replies, by saying that an ex? amination o* the papers do not disclose any signs of having been tampered with and that all the papers were re? gular-Manning Times. BISHOPVILLE NEWS ITEMS. Mr. T. C. Perrin went over to Ker? shaw last week as the representative of Kersbaw county in the resurvey of the l:ne between Kershaw and Lan? caster. Owing to Prof. Grier, the re? presentative selected by Lancaster, de? clining to serve, the survey was postponed until his sucessor be ap? pointed. The County Commissioners of Kershaw got Mr. Perrin to go ever there some time last year to find out if a resurvey was necessary sod upon Mr. Perrin's report a resurvey was ordered and the county commission got Mr. Perrin to represent them in the survey. Misses Genie and Mary Lemmon of Magnolia returned to Winthrop this week. Mr. Charlie Lemmon, their brother, graduated at Clemson last year and won the President's gold medal ont of a class of forty com Petitors He is now studying medicine at the Univers ty of Sewanee, Tenn. He is one of our brightest young men and we predict for him as ?ne record in the medical college as he won at Clemson.-Vindicator. ORDAINED A DEACON. Mr. John Kershaw, Jr., Made a Dea? con of Episcopal Church. At St. Philip's Ohurch Sunday morning John Kershaw, Jr., son of the Rev. John Kershaw, D. D., rector of St. Michaels', was ordained as a dea;on of the Episcopal Church, the services being conducted by the Rigrt Rev. Ellison Capers, Bishop of South Carolina, who was assisted by the Rev. John Johnson, D. D., rector cf St. Philips, and the Rev. Dr. Kershaw.- News and Courier. A copy, in book form, of the lec? tures delivered before the law class of the South Carolina college was re? ceived in the city yesterday. Among the many splendid lectures thejre re? produced, there is none more scholar? ly handled than one of the most practical addresses of the entire course, "The Actual Practice of the Law," which was ably delivered by Maj. Marion Moise, of the local bar. Walter Gibson, a mnlatto, who escaped from the Cbster?eld chain gang attemnted to kill the chief of police of Cheraw, Wednesday night. J. A. Leonard, the lunatic, will be committed to the South Carolina Asylum in Columbia, it having been decided afttr a lengthy discussion that he is a citizen of this State and not of North Carolina. Master's Sale. By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, in the State of South Carolina, in the case of George G. Mayes against Lau? ra McLeod, Harvey McLeod and Mar? garet Montgomery, I will sell to the highest bidder, at public auction, at the Court House in the city of Sum? ter, in the county of Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, on saleday in October, 19?5, being the second day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following describ? ed real estate, to wit: All that lot or parcel of land situ? ate in the town of Mayesville. in the county and State aforesaid, fronting on Sumter street in said town, meas- j 1 tiring in front on said street sixty-six 11 ind two-thirds feet, and running back southeasterly the same width for two hundred and nine feet, and is hound- t ?d on the northwest by Sumter street, t :r> the northeast and southeast by lands of J. E. Atkins, and on the southwest by lands of Geo. P. Ran? dolph ; the said lot measuring about ?ne acre, a little more or less. Terms of salo. cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. Sept 6-4t COLUMBIA'S GAMBLING HELLS. Three Places on Main Street Raided By Police and Outfits Seized. Til*3 curtain went up on the second act of the fight against the gamblers of this city at 10 c'clcek last night when three squads cf pc lice simultan? eously raided the three leading gamb? ling horses of rhe city and confiscated the paraphernali. The houses have been practically Closed sn far as operations are cor cerned since the opening of the fight, when IS alleged members of the sport? ing fraternity were summoned to ap? pear before Recorder Stanley and Magisrrae Moorman arid show that tn? principal part of their incomes were net derived from gambling. There ..vas no playing going on last- night and no arreas were made. Entrance was gained into two of the places cn warrants for alleged habitues of the resorts, and no resistance was encoun? tered. Nobody was found at the third place and an entrance had to be forced by sulintering the door. All of th*3 tables and games and o*her arrangements for gambling were loaded ot; baggage wagon and in the patr-'l wagon and hailed to the police headquarters. The equipment at all of the quarters was practically the some, consisting of stud poker tables, card tables and faro games with all of the smaller appurtenances and con? veniences. Not a breath of the intended raid had been allowed to leak out and the descent upon the green baize parlors was like a bolt out of a clear sky. But before the first wagon load had been taken to headquarters the news had spread like scandal and in front of each door were large crowds gathered, among them being many of the gamb? lers themselves. Some of them were inclined to be resentful and talkative, but most of them accepted the situa? tion very much as a gambler accepts his hard luck and said nothing, al? though there were a few attempts to make the matter a jest. Judging from the general tone of the comments beard in passing, the action of the commission and the police has the fnll and earnest endorsement of public opinion. A man who has for years been prominently identified with the gambling element in this city re? marked last night that it was the first time in the history of Columbia that such an action bad been taken to break up the games.-The State, Sept. 23. | Two Cases Dismissed. When the special court composed of Recorder Stanley and Magistrate Moor? man convened yesterday afternoon for the purpose of hearing the evidence in the cases against the gamblers which were postponed from the after? noon previous, it announced that the case against Alex Norton and Pani W. Robison were dismissed. Norton, who swore the day before that he was in poor health and unable to work, would have been dismissed at the time his testimony was taken had be been able at that time to have his evidence corroborated by his physician. This was done yesterday. Robison testi? fied that he had been employed at the South Carolina Glass Works for several weeks on some metal work. Superintendent Williams yesterday corroborated this testimony. The cases against Lewis E. Levin and Tolan Lowry were continued un? til Monday, when all of the remain? ing cases will be tried. Mr. F. G. Tompkins appeared as counsel for W. C. Dunalp and asked to give notice of appeal but the court being uncertain that the case is ap- . pealable beard bis argument and authorities and heard Mr. H. N. Ed? munds, the city attorney, in reply. The decision on this point will be announced Monday afternoon. Of the three summonses issued since the first 15. only one has been served. That one was served on Samuel T. Westberry. Both J P. Gamewell and Smith Leonard, for woora the other two summonses were issued, have left towu. The case against Westberry will be heard^ Monday. Clemson college opened Wednesday, Sept. 13th, with 600 students present. Four hundred of these were old stud? ents. The total uumber of applica? tions was,907. There is room in the college for oaly 650. Seventy-five whose applications were approved aie yet to report. The Presbyterian Synod will meet in Rock Hill on October 18th. Master's Sale. By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter Coun? ty, in the State of South Carolina, in the case of Catherine M. Werber against W. O. Cain, in his own right and as guardian, Marion Moise. William M. Cain, S. R. Cain, Carrie E. George, Helen E. Ramsey, Thomas J. Jackson, B. J. Jackson and J. B. Harvin, I will sell to the highest bid? der, at public auction, at the Court House in the city of Sumter, in the county of Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, on saleday in Octo? ber, 1903. beii>g the second day of said month, during the usual horns of sale, the following described real c-s:r.te. to wit: All that tract of land situate in the bounty of Sumter, State aforesaid, containing one hundred and thirty three acres, bounded on north by ancs of H. D. Cam south by lands )f John J. Rowland and Isaac Bal? li rd, east by estate of R. B. Cain, cnown as the Mill tract, and west by and of A. J. China. Second: All that tract of land sit? ?ate in said county and State, con aining one hundred and seventy-five icres, bounded north by lands of J. >. Richardson, south by. land of J. Cain, east by land of F. M. Mel ett and by the estate of R. M. Cain, md west by land of J. T. Jackson. Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to >ay for all necessary papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. sept 6-4t