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mm soesESPONOENOE. t - LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPOXDEXTS. of Interesst From all Tarts of Scouter .and Adjoining Counties. irOTJCE TO CORRESPOXDEXTS. Mall your letters so that they will ?each this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have \ them appear in ?Hw paper issued that day.. DALZELL. Dalzell, October 17.-Cotton pick 3ag will be abont over with by the Jast of this month. Aa a gen' ral thing all crops will be ashort this . ear, bnt there is nothing ?or the farmer to do, but try again next year. If things get no worse, j we are a long way from starvation : ?s Dalzell ir a right good little mar? get \ Onr merchants keep nice groceries, 3roits, vegetables, fine beef, pork, . and oysters->n season. Some valuable lands -have changed lasso's here lately, and some of our friends will leave ns,*and new people ?une in. Verily-nothingjin this world can last Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Richbonrg, i of Dillon ha ?e been on a visit to'Mrs. W. S. Boykin. Mr. C. S. Felder's mother, and ?ra. Felder's sister, Miss Annie Cos Jkrey are on a visit to them. ^ Miss Estelle Moore is visiting rela? tives in Sumter. / Mr. Harold Bradley was in Dalzell Sunday. Mrs. Wray is still .with ner mother, Mrs, Ada Williamson. Mr. Thames a relief agent, is keep? ing the depot in the absence of Mr. Smith, who with his family are spend? ing a week at Hqlly Hill, his old iome. Salem, October 17.-The frost on the more hips of 6th and 7th made little or no Impression on vegetation. -Aside from the nipping of a few fig leaves, no trace of it is left. Most all of cs were too buisy tn take in the Sally-Smith meeting on Friday but their advice bad been heeded by most terners before their utterances on friday. There is practically no cotton being glaced on the market from th i s sec? tion, and those who have obligations 4D meet have no trouble in making satisfactory arrangements with their! creditors, or the banks. Most of the cotton gins that have seen rushed to their utmost capacity, luve time to burn, and the blowing of fcb? whistles seems to be indulged in 3or pastime. ? I 5 Messrs. R. F. * Haynsworth and J. X>. Wilder were over from Sumter one day last week on a fibbing expedition. 3Ej^ is needless^to ccmoent on their,, success, since tfrcse that know them Saxe familiar with lae fact that they seldom retrun. home empty handed. Mr. R. M. Cooper and daughter, Miss Rosa, of Mt.. Zion spent Mon? da* night with friends here. Mr. Guy Warren, of Mayesville, -was also a visitor in these parts on Saturday and Suv day. Bev. W. J. McKay is in attendance upon the meeting of Synod at Kock Hill this week. Mr. E. M. McElveen paid a flying ? visit to the city by the sea one day ? last week. Doubtless he enjoyed this ' '.trip more than he will the visit he < -will have to pay your city next week 1 xs a juror. : Most farmers have deserted the cot? ton fields, and giving tbeir time and s energy to their hay crop, which is j better than usual this season. Many i cf us could' sa re enough for two years ' supply, could labor be obtained. We i aaH expect to come over to the Sumter < Twight Infantry Carnival and have a ? big time. PIXEWOOD PEXCILIXGS. ' Pinewood, October IS.-Mrs. P. M. . Sally and children spent several days at Orangebnrg last week. Mr. J. H. Weeks, spent Saturday 1 in Sumter. Mr. R. C. Richardson Sr., visited 1 Sumter Friday and Saturday. Mr. mod Mrs. James- B. Richardson with their daughter Miss Mamie are spena ?ng a few days in Sumter this week. Mes?T3. Richard Richardson, W. P. Mouceyham, Walter Felder, Clark Felder, R. S. DesChanips, John McCutheon spent Tuesday night in Sumter to attend the "Clansman." Mi^s Sadie Flud of Stateburg is visiting Miss Susan Richardson, for two or three weeks. Mr. James P. Lawrence, Sr., spent Tuesday in Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brailsford spent Tuesday in Sumter. Mr. D. R. Lide, visited Sumter Thursday. . Mr. N. C. Stack, speut Thursday last in Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Brailsford at? tended the Clansman Tuesday evening. LYNCHBURG. Lyncburg, October 19.-Quite a crowd of some of the best citizns of this to wu went to see the Clans? man at Florence Monday night,and at Sumter Tuesday night last, and all were delighted. The play was good from ?tart to finish-and only did justice, and no more, tc the grand old "K. K. Ks" notwithstanding the opinions of the Columbia State, JUcbard Carroll, Miller and a few others to the contrary.. The idea of the play doing barm, in any section, ? ridiculously absurd and mere bosh. This eorrespondnt, Mr. Editor, has leard many expressions of approval of your comments on the Clansman play ia yesterday's issue of The Sumter Baily Item. It was the fairest and most setifeible criticism that has made its appearance here in reference to the Clansman. Some cotton is being sold in this -plaes, but is not shipped ; so no harm is done. Hon. E. D. Smith was in town -yesterday. The building of The Griffin and McLeod Mercantile and Banking Com .pany's big store house, is under fnil headway and about 25 workman, in? cluding cemmen laborers, are eraplc)- j ed otCrhi* building. Contractor S. j T? S. Wilson ha* the contract Oar popular Railroad Agent Mr. R. J. House has accepted a situation tc Barnwell and is already at work in the railroad office there. Mrs. House is still here but will eealv soon. We are indeed sorry to have such people leave us. Mr. Walton McLeod's very Handsome residence is nearing completion. CtotoD is about all out, and con? siderably below 10 cents. Well, Mr. Editor with many gocd wishes for the continued and in? creased prosperity of ycur paper, (The Item) I blow out my light anc pull for my bed. * DURANT. Durant, October 17.-Mr. Edger Durant left last week to resume bis studies in dentistry at Atlnta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Sam McFaddin, from Harvins, spent yesterday here. Mr. Judson Witherspoon who has been home recruiting after a spell or sickness returned to Mayesville Sun? day afternoon. Miss Pauline Williams is-visiting friends in Florence. Mr. Joe Durant was in Manning Wednesday. Communion ?evices were held in New Harmony church on Sunday. HAGOOD. Hagood, Oct. 20.-And Dan. J. Sully came to Sumter and did not let me know it. I here give my senti? ments ; the whole thing from start to finish, was a failure, all because I tfas not there. That is just what we need, Mr. Editor1, a thorough rouse menr, if I may be:permited to cana word. As has [been said before, the oiggest bull in the cotton market is the farmer himself, without whcse cooperation the others can saree ex? pect to succeed. : The association has been is, a power to be considered but it lacks some things to be the power it ought and should be. Pro? posed at first, with the aid and sympathy of every other enterprise, it could hardly fail offsuccess, of which success the printing press of the Sooth has been, as in all great movements of the past, the chief promo? ters. We heartily approve your words of strong encouragement in a late issue of the Item and Watchman and hope our farmers will give such due con? sideration. Our ginner's report, that is for the peninsula, shows forty-eight more bales cotton ginned than at same date of last year, but the cotton fields show the crop much more forward this than last year, and shorter, thc re being no top crop at all. Sg&er~men make a practice cf wholesale lying because repays; if i Theodore Price is one of them I hope j i it will be fonnd out. Many people, because they see a thing in print, think it is the truth, bnt that is no guarantee. When a lie is scattered broadcast over the conntry by au? thority called great, reliable, etc. if by itself, whose sources of informa? tion are claimed to be the best, it is sure to make converts and work harm. If Theo Price ia lving broadcast and broadside it is worth while for the as? sociation to find it out and nail iii rn, uno! I nope it will the great Theo Price, staunch friend of the farmer? I have been pestered and pestered until I must complain. Certain fel? lows are in the habit of furnishing me literature on good (?) old bourbon and I have been'in the habit (no, not that,) I never -ordered whiskey in my life, without opening to throw such literature away but the ether day a letter came on which was stamped io large type "Three Summer Girls." I awlays liked giris especially such as would be called "Summer Girls" so I opened the letter only to find it an ad? vertisement of whiskev. Is there no ! S relief? Today the road is filled with all sorts, of velhices loaded with negroes zoing to the burial of Austin West berry who died Friday night cf mala? rial fever. Anjex-slave, be was a re? markable man in some respects and accumulated considerable property. Just now\ it is pertinent to remark that when prosecution turns to per? secution, be it of white or black, it be? comes prostitution. . DARK CORNER. f Dark Corner, October 21 -Dry and duty today,-but I will try and write a line. The land is so dry that the chickens are scratching up our pota? toes and we will have to dig them-or there will be none to dig. Mr. Ben GeddiDgs, of Pinewood and ? ? Miss Mattie E. Weeks, of this place ' was married last Tuesday the 17th Rev. N. J. Brown, of Pinewood officiating. Mrs B. P. Broadway, of Pinewood died last Wednesday morning "after4 several weeks of suffering. ' She was a sister of Mr. O. D. fiarvin, of Man? chester. She leaves a husband and several children to mourn her death. The interment was at the Paxvilie cemetery. The ice cream festival at,the school house was a grand success.1' I under? stand they realized about twenty del? lars. They are speaking of having a hot supper at the same place (the Sand Hill school house) on the 10th of November. Mr. H. C. Guttino of your city dined with W. J. Ardis last Monday. We are always glad to see Henry. Mr. J. M. Ardis and family visited W. J. Ardis last Thursday n'ght. Misses Nealie and Mary Lee A rdis are on a visit to relatives in Claren? don. No sick to report. Everything is calm and serene in those coasts. The Dark Corner, When, How, And Why. When : It was when Gilland, Dar? gan, Wilson, Anderson, ana Stuckey were making the race for Solicitor. How : We bad heard some reports on some of the candidates, and wrote the Watchman and Southron to know if they were true or not, (my letter was never published) as we wanted to v^te intelligently down here in this Dark Corner. Why: From where I sit now writing there was not a man in a mile of me who had ever attended any college, and not a balf a dozen that can write their names. And even I never was in school a day in my life, or my father before me, and my mother ?nly three months. So you see, Mr. Edi? tor, we are just a set of Dark Corner ites, like the man (and I am one of j them) in overalls. "THE MAN IN OVERALLS" H? Pets un in the early morn While others are in bed, It makes no difference if he Has aching back or head He always has to be on deck The moment labor calls, He cannot stop for little things, The man in overalls. HG starts the engine on its round, He makes the light and beat, He makes the clothes upon your back, The shb?s upou'your feet; He holds the throttle weil within His hand, what'er befalls. You feel at ease to ride behind The man in overalls. He doesn't count for very much, In social life, not he. Bat were it not for him, where would This good old country be? He owns nut much. He's simply here To answer labor calls: Although-the hallot box is his The man in overalls. 3IAX. Maj, October 23.-Mr. T. Spencer Langston, Sr., of Effingham and Mrs. Zilpdie McGt-e. ol' Florence, brother and si-ter, are visiting at Mr. Pleasant McGee ? s Leroy Burgess and sisters, Misses Leila and Mary Beck, visiited their sister Mi-s K. Elien Burgess, of Tim monsville last week, g Miss Maud Hart, teacher of Nor? wood Academy spent Saturday in Sum? ter. Miss Bryant, of Dovesviile, teacher of Wayside school, attended Sunday school at Bethal yesterday with Miss Effie Tnlrcnk and Mrs. Minnie Chand? ler. * Mr. ?Joe W. Montgomery, of Latt? ens, spent Sunday here. Mr. Leroy Tallon has sufficiently re? covered to resume his work at the Alderman lumber camp. A new church defwce is being con? sidered by the Bethel membership. A decision will be reached soon. Bowman & Co., tented at Beaulah lest week, sold medicine sud gave con? certs Mr. Ertou Driggers and Mrs. Bertha Smith were married at the Dome of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Brown, of Beaulah by 3ev. Mr. Guess. STATEBURG. Statesburg, Oe. 16.-Mrs. A. P. Manning and Mrs H. V. Gaillard re? amed to Sumter this afternoon, after t pleasant visit to Mrs. James Pinck ley. Mr. H. V. Frierson spent Sunday at lome. Mrs. L. H. Ramsey visited relatives it Privateer last week. Rev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting riends at Hagood today. Miss Edna Ramsey returned to her lome in Privateer on Friday, after a jleasant visit to her ?sister, Mrs. ?Tean Mellett. Mr Frank P. Burgess spent Sunday it borne. Mr. and Mrs James Dick of Sum? er were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. >creven Moore on Sunaay. Stateburg, October 23. -Miss Mayo lees spent Sunday at home. "Mr. A. M Lee, of Charleston was* t Farm Hill on Saturday and Sun lay. Mrs. James Pinckney, Miss Anna ?. Burgess and Miss Amy Moore were he guests of Mrs. A. P. Manning in lun>ter from Friday until Monday. Mrs. W. R. Barnwell and Mis- | : Jessie Barnwell are to take in some of he pleasures of Fair week. Master Harrison Saunders visited datives at Hagood on Saturday and iunday. Mrs. W. B. Murray, of Sumter, pent a few days at Mrs. S. E. Nel onrs last week. Miss Amelia Holmes returned to Marion on Wednesday, after a very deaf ant stay at her cid home. i Mrs. Scriven Moore with Misses 1 j?c. Sarah and Frances Moore spent Saturday in Sumter. ,. Rev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting fiends at'Hagcod today. Miss Sadie Find spent several days n Clarendon last week as the guest if Mus Susan Richardson. Messrs. James Pagan and C. C. jiaugbtar spent Saturday in Sumter. Miss Imo Cunningham spent Satur lay and Sunday at her home iu Bishopville. Miss Theo Dargan, who has been eaching school in Darlington, is at mme again. TINDAL. Tindal, October 23.-Since cool weather has commenced a large per :ent of the folks around here aro :omplaining of having colds. While harrowing oats a mule be onging to Messrs. Tindal and Cuttino ?ecame frightened and ran off with he harrow and was badly bruised md cut up. / Miss Fannie Richardson is on a vis t to relatives in Columbia. Miss Olga Hodge spent Friday in Sumter. Mr. B. R. Hodge, of Silver, spent Saturday in the neighborhood. Mr. W. G. Wells, of this place, and .Irs. Daisy Prichard, of Paxville, vere married at Home Branch church m last Thursday evening about 5 )'clock. Rev. Mr. Tolar was the of iciating minister. Mr. T. E. Hodge sp .mt Friday i' Sumter. PRIVATEER. Privateer, October 23.-Mr. Ore ran Ardis and Miss Tabitha Jackson vere married Wednesday night. Rev. T. M. Satterwhite officiated. The Rev. Mitchell and Miss Verne! EVells, Bethel's organist, were married last Thursday night at the bride's nome near Tinda!. Kev. T. P. Lide j performed the ceremony. Mr. J. D. Jenkins spent Sunday in )rangeburg. Miss Annie Wells spent the last veek in Wedgefield. Miss Laura Whilden, of Sumter, spent several days the past week at Mr. J. R/KO1D'S. Mrs. Cannon, of Sumter, spent the past week at Mr. J. F. Ingram's. Mrs. LeGrand, of Manning, is spend? ing sometime at Mr. S. A. Harvin's. Privateer was well represented at "The Clansman'' on last Tuesday night. Cotton is about all out of the fields and only a few of the farmers in this section are holding any of it. REMBERT. Rembert. October 24.-Services were held at Shiloh Episcopal church on last Sunday. Bishop Capers, as? sisted by Rev. W. H. Barnwell, con? firmed five members, and after ser? vices the Bishop, together with Mr. Barnwell, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rem? bert and Misses Ellerbe were delight? fully entertained by Dr. Kirk, of Ha good, and one of the guests present told me the dining was a delightful affair and all present seemed more than pleased to be with the bishop again. g ' St. Matthews school is making rap? id progress under the efficient super? vision of Miss Daisy Bowman and all the patrons, as well as the scholars, seem delighted to have secured a teacher who has ingratiated herself so much with the school and entire community, and bespeak for her a pleasant stay in our midst. The farmers are smiling at cotton taking a rise, but they all say hold a little while longer, and/the ll cents. Mr. J. M. Reams left this morning to take in the State Fair in Columbia and others will go on tomorrow. Death of Mrs. Belitzer. Roanoke, Va., October 24.-Mrs. Nora Belitzer, wife of Arthur Belitzer, proprietor of a Roanoke china store, died here tonight of perotinitis, fol? lowing an illness of typhoid fever of several weeks' duration. The re? mains will be shipped tomorrow to Bishopville, S. C., the former home of the deeeased, and of her husband. Mr. A. D. Harby has just received two car loads of carefully selected horses and mules. In the lot there ire some of the nicest harness horses that he has been able to secure this season. They are all young, sound md well broke and the prices are right. V An Appeal to Sumter. There is before me a list ot the con? tributors to the support of the S. C. A. The total amount is $75.00, le&- $3.HO. We will publish the names of ali those contributing and the amounts con? tributed, so that the people may ?now who and how many friends we lave. It seems that there is an impression :hat we do not need money. One item will serve to show what it means to oe without money. Just now, we A-ant to send blanks to every gill? ier, asking for the number of bales rinned and the prospective amount ret to be ginned. The postage alone will amount to $2,000 to say nothing )f the printing, stationery, mailing, ?tc. This is a matter of vital import mce as we must know just the ab? solute truth. The government does ts best, perhaps, but we have found that they sometimes are not our friends. Besides there are traveling expenses, to say nothing of the tim^. valuable time, that some men are giving to the work-without one cen: compensation. Is it possible that in new of all that this organization has lone, is doing and will do that Sumter, the city of Sumter will contribute only $75.00? Every department of her business has felt the influence of our work. Thousands have been added to her wealth and will be added. We confidently expect $1,000 from tier. We want it now. Mr. A. B. Stuckey will keep a list of contribu? tors. I beg every Sumter business man to come to our support. It is a fight for universal Southern independ? ence. Are we so indifferent, skpetical, ar cowardly that we will not fight? Will we be disappointed in Sumter? * E. D. Smith. Augusta, Ga., Ooctober 19.-The ?lan announced by the Fall River cot- , ton mill manufacturers whereby the operatives are to figure in the profits las attracted attention in Augusta , cotton mills and information is being sought in view of inaugurating the ?ame scheme here. In Nebraska, according to the de? cision of the Supreme Court, of that state in the case of Jessen vs. Wil hitel, one selling intoxicating liquor is liable not only for the actual re? sults of the sale, but fo* all damages growing out of disqualification result? ing from or contributed to by such sale; without reference to the time through which such disqualifi? cation may continue. The court held in this case that where a husband becomes an habitual drunk? ard and abandons his family and ceases to provide for its support, the ques? tion whether such loss of support is permanent or otherwise is a question of fact for the jury, and that in an action by a wife to recover in behalf of herself and children for damage on account of the salo of liquor to her husband, in consequence of which sales he had bre?me an habitual drunkard and has abandoned his fam? ily, the defendant was not entitled to show in mitigation of damages that the wife since su(,h ahandonmrnt bad commenced proceeding for divorce. AN OVATION FOR ROOSEVELT. New Orleans Will Give Him the . Warmest Welcome They Know How to Give. New Orleans, October 24.-The de? termination of President Roosevelt to ignore all timorous advisers, and come to New Orleans, yellow fever and mosquitoes to the contrary, has created a popular furor in this city which has not been equalled in many years. To spend one day in New Or? leans the president has entirely re? arranged the latter part of his South? ern trip and falling in with Arkansas' desire to receive him first instead of from New Orleans owing to quaran? tines, will make New Orleans his last stop on October 26 and sail from this city on a United States warship direct to Washington. The Times-Democrat in commenting upon the matter, says: "Mr. Roosevelt has promised to pay his promised visit to Xew Orleans this month, in spite of the advice of the timid newspapers, politicians and stock jobbers, who wished to immure him in the White House, safe against any possibility of trouble or danger. "The decision is manly, therefore, like him. He announced months ago, when this trip was first arranged, his desire to visit the South, a section of country he had not s? n, believing that it was to the benefit of the coun? try, ariel himself as well, that a Presi? dent should meet and know the people of all sections-a true and forcible declaration of the presidential obliga? tions. "But there were several other rea? sons which made Mr. Roosevelt de? sire to come here. He had been cor? dially invited to visit us and accepted -and he believed that a promise of be kept, with all the more reason that it was hard to keep. He was well aware of the fact that the visit would have a most beneficial effect, both in the matter of ending the fever and the quarantines and thus save Jives and business losses; but what probably appealed most strongly to a. man of Mr. Roosevelt's type, one who had faced danger, was his appreciation of the courage, energy and public spirit shown by New Orleans in fighting the fever and like Horatius at the bridge holding back an enemy which threat? ened the entire South, and his belief that it was entitled to some-recogni? tion on the part of the president of this country. It ha? received recogni" cion from most of the press?, but the sentiment of the president can best be shown by a visit. It will do good here; it will do good herafter." RACE ACROSS CONTINENT. Miss Roosevelt and Party Speeding From San Francisco to Wash? ington. San Francisco, October 24.-Miss Alice Roosevelt, who arrived here yes? terday, is now speeding east on a train which is trying to break the record from coast to coast. Besides the pres? ident's daughter th?re are in the party E. H. Harriman, Congressman Xicho olas Longworth, Miss Mabel Boardi son and Miss Amy McMillan. Miss Roosevelt's presents, which are packed in eight large cases, went through in bond from Yokohama to Washington. Miss Roosevelt de.lied that she took a dive in a tank on thc ship. Neither did she receive a pro? posal frc m the Sultan of Sulu. She says the circulation of such stories is the only outcome of the whole trip tha? she has to regret. When asked about his reported en? gagement to Miss Roosevelt, Con? gressman Longworth laughingly de? clined to talk. THE ARMY SCANDAL. What the Officers Think of the Tag? gart Case. Washington, October 21.-That the decision of Lieutenant General Chaffee to drop the Taggart case and to "file without action" all papers relating to officers concerned in it does not meet either universal approval or that of the army is made manifest by a vig? orous editorial published this morning in the Army and Navy Journal. The article says that the Taggart case has subjected the army to so much ostra? cism that it ?s only just that attention should be called to the fact that pub lis opinion in the army holds that the most unpardonable of all offenses is that of leading astray the wife of a brother officer. J. M. Gnnter^of Lexington county, was knocked from his wagon, his head cut and one arm broken Monday night while driving on Assembly street. Columbia. It is supposed that be was hit with a rock^ Gov. Hewyard has commissioned a foice of extra deputies to serve at the fair grounds this week and keep the gratters in check. They will be paid by the fair association. E. V. Goings, of Union county, was caught in the fly wheel of his ginnery Saturday and painfully injured. His cloths were stripped frcm his body be? fore the machinery could be stopped and bis escape from instant neath was unexpected. The ?'(Tort to locate the line be? tween Kershaw and Lancaster county failed as the two surveyors could not agree snd for the further reason that it was impossible to finish the sur? vey within the time limit. ROOSEVELT IN GEORGIA. He Visits His Mother's Girlhood Home and is Warmly Welcomed. Roswell, Ga. October SO. - Presider t Roosevelt visited the home of his mother this morning and shock hands with many who knew her when she was Miss Martha Bnlloch, of Bolloch Hall. He made a pilgrimage to the? house where her girlhood days were passed and stepped within the Presby? terian church where she often wor sbipued, and where her father, Major James Bnlloch dropped dead while teaching a Sunday school class He? then paid his respects to Mrs. Wm E Baker who was his mother's bridesmaid when she married Theo? dore Roosevelt and moved north. Buli03h Hall stands upon a hill, in Kuswell village, a mile and half from Roswell staation. The Presi? dent was met by Senator Clav cf Georgia, the sheriiff of Cubbe co'unty and Warren Crockett, who acted as marshall of the parade. Crockett was a member of the President's Rough Rider regiment and as soon as the president laid eyes on him he bubbled over w.th merriment. The pair talk? ed over many amusing incidents of the campaign in Cuba. The Bullocbs do not now own Bul Locbs Hall but many of the old negroes still cluug to it. it was a pretty sight there on the porch when Aunt Grace, the Daddy Williams, the Mingos and all the others were mar? shalled in front to shake bands with the President. After the introdqc-? tions tbe President and Mrs. Roose? velt, were taken over the old honse. rhen there was a short carriage drive ?O the village park where the Presi 3ent made a short address after listen ng to an eloquent welcome by a Foung men named Reid, who ?3 the> lest orator for miles around and fron? Senator Clay who told everybody low great the President is as a man, Deace maker and statesman. After :be speech making came a drive to ?he church. The President was a half lour late leaving, for he bad to shake lands and to listen to many stories? :3e said he wished he had more hours ;o spend in that place. The Presi? dent's train reached Atlanta 1.10 this norring, eastern time. MRS. ROOSEVELT'S TRAIN. Jelayed at Greenville by the Mis? placement of a Switch. Greenville, October 20.-Tonight ir* i frantic attempt to avert a crash vith a yard engine, a Southern Rail? way gateman threw a switch directly md?r the front locomotive of a forty :ar freight train. ^Jhe eugine was i era i iee, blocking the track at the western end of the local yards for five> lours. Among the trains held here was the rstibnle limited, bearing Mrs. Roose? velt and Mr. Elliott, the commis ?ioner of interior for Porto Rico, back ?o Washington. They were carefully juarded from annoyance, the -crew jeing instructed to keep their iden? tity secret from every passenger and :heir incognito was well preserved. The engine derailed was one of the- J* argest new passenger locomotives* out it was not badly damage/6. TiriijilL CORTM Hie Remains of England's Great Actor Interred in Westminster. ; London, October 20.-With impres tive ceremony and amid scenes long ;o be remembered by those who wit jessed rbem the ashes of the late Sir ilenry Irving were buried today in ?Vestw inster Abbey. Seldom in be history of tee gieat metrorlis has here tuen such an outpouring of peo ile animated by the single thought if paying the last tribute of respect to heir great dead. About tbs histori? al Abbey which shelters the remains ?f tbe nation's great heroes statesmen md benefactors in all lines, great :rowds surged until long after the :eremouy was over. Over 50,000 ap ilicatious were made for the 120O eats in the Abbey. Daily Market Report. iy Private Wire to The? Sumter Cot? ton Exchange. NEW YORK COTTON. Onen High Low Close, an. 10 70 10 71 10 49 10 52: .larch 10 86 10 S8 10 66 10 6S lay 10 96 10 98 10 80 10 80 )ct. 10 20 10 36 10 20 10 21 )ec. 10 50 10 60 10 38 10 41 Spots 10.55. ?y Private Wire to John Cart, Broker. CHICAGO MARKETS. Opening. Closing. 7HEAT > Dec, S7 1- 87 3 May, 88 1- 88 3 :ORN Dec, 45 1- 45 5 . May, 44 7- 45 2 )ATS Dec, 29 7- 29 6 May, 32 - 32 - ?ORK Jan., 12.32 12.37 JARD Jan., 6.75 6.77 IIBS Jan., ? 6.47 6.50 Letter to F. A. Reams & Co. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: Paint Devoe^it's the beapest paint in the world ; never aind the price; it may or may not be aore. Less gallons will paint the ouse: and the paint will outwear nything. Skip wear; you've got to wait, to nd that out. It covers more; you aven't got to wait to find that out. It's the cheapest of all ; no matter bout the price. Mr. Frank A Morse* West Rutland, 't, says: "An old painter, who had ainted my housa lead-and-oil a good lany times, said 12 to ip gallons De oe." I got 15: it took 6% with 1*? f oil. Mr. William Maughan, Central Rut? ina, Va, bought 9 : had 3 lefr. Yours truly, ? F. W. Devoe & Co. The Du Rant Hardware Co. sell our aint.