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SOflHT? CORRESPONDENCE. SEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. PIMM* ot Interesst From all Parts of Stutter and Adjoining Counties. XOnCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. : Maa 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 Ae paper issued/that day. REMBERT. Hem berts, Oct 31.-Toar corres* madest accompanied by bis brother aram Darlington, S. C., .visited the Seed State Farm on yesterday and on Hiving there was given a cordial ?Witing by the genial manager, Mr. 4. fl. Monia At once wt? were struct -??a the evidence of the general im* preveniente made on the premises dar? an; toe present year. Mr. Morris took jiassure in showing ns all through the different buildings and explained $o tm the many changes he is now soaking in the stable barns and houses 4? make the stock comfortable for the printer and they are fall up-to-date and a credit to the State. After taking in the surroundings ?ad inspecting the fine hogs, twenty xiv? home raised mule colts, which I may say were extra fine? one hundred Sae sheep, one hundred fine Angora goats, and fifty bead of cows, which OBOak for themselves the car, and a tte a - tsoa paid them. We were dri ven down 3a the river swamp to see the fine ?sops there. On entering the swamp | ?oe is at first struck with the improve? ments made there since Col Griffith hus had charge. j The dams have all been raised four to five feet and during this present Tear Mr. Morris has bniltfive miles of new dams and bas drained the swamp so thoroughly they apprehend no danger of the largest freshets that may some. They planted in the swamp 600 acres of corn that will aver? age them 50 bushels per acre. This is the best corn for so large an acreage j .1 ever saw in South Carolina. I have traveled through Texas and saw corn ia the Red river bottoms that would average more, but not in this State. They made an extra fine oat crop in the swamp, and have threshed eighty thousand bushels and are selling them 5L d b. farm for 50 cents per bushel. They also planted one field on tir? hill lands in oats which were fine and _ ofter cats in his field they planted 3o acres of orange cane, which will make them 3000 g allons and the syrup is as ?ne as you will ever see grown in tais State. They also made 800 bush? els'of fine wheat and planted 200 acres only in cotton from which they will gather 250 bales. I must mention the cuantity of peavinee I saw made in the swamp which was I told made four \ hundred tona Mr. Morris will also I . gather a large quantity of ribbon cane, j .ance, sweet potatoes and turnips. We aajoy*d our trip highly, and I wonder? ed and said what money and energy aaa do, but few men could have ac? complished what this Mr. J. H. i Morris has done there, for he certainly is the right man in the right place and CoL Griffith acted wisely when lie selected such a level headed man as X H. Morris for the position of -manager of the Reed farm. Mr. H. T. Barlee, of Darilngton, lias been visiting his brother W. C? Harlee of Rem bert. The health of the community is good sod all the farmers are hard at work trying to get their oats planted. IONIA. Ionia, Oct. 30.- The crop is about gathered and it is very short. The Rev. George fi o wer ton has just dosed a protracted meeting here at the Presbyterian ch arc h. fie was. assisted by the Rev. J. C. Bailey, of Dalzell. . Miss Emma Pipkins opened her -school here last Monday. Rev. D. C. Peterson will open the Hickory fi ead school next Monday. Mrs. J. M. Cbewning, S. H. Chewn xog and L. A. Lee went to the State JRair from here. The Ionia Pomona Grange mill will ?set next Wednesday with the Ionia Arrange. Mr. Y. P. Ford bas rented Mr. J. JL Galloway-s place and will move isere next year. Mr. Johnson Corbett bas accepted a position with Kelly & Levin at :?Sshopvilie. EDWARDS. Sd wares. Oct. 30.- Our community nae visited by a fine rain yesterday. Messrs. L. A. White. J. W. * Wel doon, W. T. McLeod, O. L. Britton and W. D. White was in Camden last thursday. Messrs. J. C. McLeod and J. F. IXcCaskiii attended the State Fair at Colombia last Tuesday and Wedesday. Mrs. M. C. Brown, of Smithville 5s visiting her sister Mrs. L. A. White of this place. Rev. Geo. M. fi o wer ton assisted by Rev. Jno. C. Bailey, of Dazell, con? ducted a revival meeting at New Hope, Presbyterian church last week. Mr. A. B Wbite is building a nice new dwelling house on his place. Mr. B. J. Grier after a stay of several weeks at this place has return ad to his home in Sumter. Mr. Manning Browne, of Sampit visited at this place last week. MANNING NEWS NOTES. The Clark warehouse is rapidly fill? ing np with cotton that is being stord for higher prices. There ought to be a warehouse at every shipping point. Henry Tindal, at one a promiueut negro, bot who could not stand temp? tation, and was sent to a United States ^penitentiary, this morning committed rape upon a eleven year-cld girl, at -Paxville. and skipped. There is to be double marriage, this evening near Jordan. Messrs. William Holladay and Smith fiolladay, two brothers, are to marry sisters, daugh? ters of Mr. L N. Tobias. Rev. S. D. Bailey will tie the knot.-Manning "Farmer. MAX. Max, November 6.-Rev E. P. Easterling preached a splendid serrron afc Bethel yesterday aDd made an ex? cellent talk in the interest of an en dowment fund for Welsh Neck High School. Subscriptions are being taken for a $4,000 church. Bethel is resourceful 1 -guess they will do the one and not leave the other undone. ?Mrs. B. K. Trcluck's sister-in-law, Mrs. Nea ves, of Greenville, is spaa? ing some time with her. Mr. Jim Kilgo, of Spartanbnre, Mr. W. S. Trnluck, of Shiloh, Mr. and Mrs. S. Brooks Copeland, cf Timmonsville, Mr. and Mrs. Z. C. Lynch? of Cowards; Miss Pearl Felder, of Orangeburg, Mr. Jack Thomas and his sister. Miss Kate, of Lydia, attended preaching at Bethel yester? day. Green peas are ont SMITHVILLE. Smithville, November 6.-Onr school will open on next Monday. November 18th. We will have for onr teacher, Mr. S. S. Leighner, from New Alexandria,- Penn. Mr. Leighner comes. to ns highly recommenced From what we can learn he ia a learn ed yoong man and has proven by three years experience that he is an able teacher. Teaching is to be the life work ofe> tb is. gentleman sofwe feel cet tain that he will fill the reqniremec of the school. We are late abo opening,bnt with a hearty cooperation of all of the patrons we will yet have s successful school. Mr. W P. Smith went to Camden today. Mr. W. S. Smith is in Biahopville today on business. Ber. S. H. Booth went to Sumter one day last week and was present at the pastors meeting held at the office of Presiding Elder Browne. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Reese of Con garee are visiting in the neighborhood Dr. John W. Parker left on jester day for his home at High Point, N C.% and will be gone for se ?eral days, fie makes a short stop at Durham N. a The Baptist association convenes at Pisgah church on next Friday and con tinnes through Sunday. Some of the delegates will be entertained at this place. The doctors of this place are having holiday just sow for the there is hard ly anything for them to do. That's the trouble about this old place, the people will persist in being heatlhy. Notwithstanding the short crops many of our farmers are paying out of debt There are none cf them that are now doing well, j Oat planting is the order of the day digging potatoes is also going on right extensively. Mr. Mackey, of Orangebnrg, is vis ting his daughter, Mrs. J. R. Kirk? ley. \ PISGAH. Pisgah, piovember 6.-Black River Association will meet with the Pisgah church on Friday 10th inst Intro? ductory sermon by O. D. Lorine', Missionary on Sunday by G. T. Grt s ham. Mr. Louis Rhame of Sumter, came up-Saturday and returned this morn? ing. Mr. Robt. Vinson and wife and Mr. Ebb Wells and wife came up yesterday to visit Mr. L. S. Vinson. WISACKY. Wisacky, November 6.-We are hav? ing veiy pleasant weather since the rains, and farmers are closing up the farm work for the year Miss Genie English, of Bi sh op vii le, has been the guest of Mrs. Melvin Williams for trie past few days. Mr. Arthur Ratlin and sister, Miss Bessie, of Marion, are visiting rela? tives here. Rev. Kenneth McCa?kill, of North Carolina has been called to the bed? side of his mother who is critically ill. Mrs. J. L. Parrott aDd dauzhter, Miss Carrie May, of Bisbopville were in our midst a few days since. Mr. J. H. Ledingbam, an aged gentleman, bas been quite indisposed for several days. Mr. Rob. Cunningham, and wife have been with friends here, recently. The work on Mr. Webber Players' cottage is progressing nicely. Mrs. K. J. Williams and daughter, Miss Lula, have been visting in Bish? op vi lie. TINDAL. Tindal, November 6.-Mrs. C. E. Hodge died at her home in this neigh? borhood on Saturday ..morning, No? vember 4th, at 8 o'clock. She was in her 78th year of age, and was the mother of eleven children, ten of whom survive her. She was loved and highly* respected by all who knew her. The funeral services were held at Providence church on Sunday af? ternoon at 4 o'clock. tMr. S. P. Osteen is spending today on his farm here. Misses Bessie and Hugh Hodge of the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute are spending a few days at home. DURANTS. Durant, November 7.-Mr. John Durant spent Saturday in Sumter. The hot supper to be given at the residence of Mr. Joe Brunson is for school purposes and should be well attended. Mr. Arthur Plowden has gene to Covington, Ga., where he will go into business. Mrs. Betsy Durant and Mrs. Robbie Durant spent a few days at Sardinia last week as the guests of Mrs. Ham? ilton Garland. Miss Daisy Witherspoon has taken charge of a school near Harvins. DURANT. Durant, October 31.-Miss Pauline and Ruby Williams returned' Satur? day from Columbia. Rev. T. L, Haman and daughter of Vaiden, Miss., spent several days here with relatives last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Witherspoon have moved into their pretty new home which is a few miles from Mayesviile. Miss McFaddin was tendered a, leave of absence of two or three days from her school so that she could Visit the capital to see the sights and will return to find the new furniture which arrived a few days ago, put in place and the children in a happier mood to take up the work again. Communion services were held in Concord church Saturday and Sunday. Owing to the inclement weather there were small congregations both days. Mr. Elmo Plowden was here for a few hours yesterday. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, Nov. 4.-Nothing new to relate today. Everybody busy trying to get through harvesting. Very little cotton is in the field. Some are still running their mowers, but I think the hay they are cutting is not much good after so much frost. Old man Jim Mclritosh fell off of his bed last Sunday night and struck against a chest and it is supposed that some of his ribs are broken. He is just able to stir around a little and that in great pain. W. R. Bracey visited W. J. Ardis last Sunday evening. Richard Bracey' visited J. E. John? ston last Sunday night Rev. N. J. Brown preached to a small congregation at the Sand Hill school house last Sunday and spent Sunday evning and night with J. E. Johnston, returning home Monday evening. Miss Eunice, daughter of Mr. T. Osteen, of the Sycamores, who is at? tending school in your city, spent last Saturday and Sunday with her par? ents, returning to her school Monday morning. In my last you said that I and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ardis went to Bethel church together and dined with Brother Compton; me and J. M. went but the Mrs. did not, I am sorry to say, as I should have surely enjoyed Cousin Aller's company. Well, I see that Ringling Brothers are to be in your city on the 10th, the same date of our hot supper. I ex? pect that they will have the crowd and get the money and we will have a cold supper. Well, Mr. Editor, I think I have been a bore to you and your many readers off and on for 20 or 25 years, writing at most a pack of nonsense, so I think I will ring off after this year is out and let you give the space to one more entertining, as I am one of those who only have free use of the ballot box, but not anything with any pap for this old Reb, so says the Sumter legislative delegation. Everything is calm in these coasts; no sickness, no marriages or deaths to report. STATEBURG. Stateburg, November 6.-Mrs. Early Mellette, who has been viciting at Ashpole, N. C., returned to her home at Stateburg on Saturday. She was accompanied by Mr. Early Mellette, but he returned to North Carolina this morning. Miss Sarah Dargan is visiting friends in .Sumter. Mrs. James Pinckney, with Misses Annie Moore and Bessie Barnwell, returned last evening from Sumter, where they have been visiting Mrs. A. P. Manning. Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Anderson re? turned from Charleston on Friday. Miss Annie Holmes spent a few days last week with Mrs. M. L. Par? ler at Wedgefield. Rev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting friends at Hagood -today. Miss Nel? son left on Saturday to visit relatives in Charleston. Messrs. George M. Murray and Gil? lon Fishburne, of Sumter, spent Sun? day here with relatives. Mrs. Screven Moore leaves tomor? row for Charleston, where she will spend a few days visiting friends. Mr. A. M. Lee, of Charleston, spent Friday and Saturday at "Farm Hill." Mrs. W. Norris spent Friday and Saturday in Sumter. - i i PRIVATEER. Privateer, November 7-Miss Daisy L'de is attending the meeting of th" Daughters of Confederacy in Green? ville this week. Miss Annie Wells spent Saturday and Sunday in Sumter. Mr. Percy Harvin of Silver spent Sunday at Mr. S. A. Harvin's. .Messrs. I. E. Mims and J. M. Griffin spent Sunday at Mr. E. W. Rivers. Misses Inez and Corine Wells visit? ed in Wedgefield last week. Mr. T. P. Lide, Mr. H. H. Wells, Miss Callie and Miss Edith Wells re? presented Bethel Churcch at the Charleston Association which met at St. Georges last Tuesday. Mr. W. E. Kolb is reported quite sick. A negro woman living on Mr. S. A. Harvin's place had an epileptic fit and foll in the fire with her baby and both were burned to death. EDWARDS. Edwards, November 6.-Mr. T. W. Munno lyn opened his school today at this place. Miss J.'ssic Wilkes opened her school near Antioch today. Rev. S. H. Booth lilied his appoint? ment at St. John's M. E. church Sun? day morning. Rev. Mr. Howorton filled his regu? lar appointment at New Hope. Pres? byterian church Sunday afternoon. Mr. Marion Weldon was in Camden last Friday on business. Mrs. W. E. Reese is visiting in the community. Mr. J. R. McLeod spent Saturday in Camden. Rev. George M. Howerton spent last night with Mr. W. T. McLeod. A HORRID CRIME. J. G. Rawlings Admits Hiring Alf Moore to Do Murder. Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 1.-J. G. Raw? lings has made a confession of hiring Alf Moore to kill W. L. Carter, but he says that the killing of the children was not in the "trade." He says that he particularly cautioned the negro not to harm the children. Joe Bently and Mitch Johnson made a trade with Alf Moore to do the bloody work, and Joe Bentley and Ali Moore wanted to kill Carter on Sun? day night before, but that they could not get a buggy at Hahira to go to Carter's house. He says they tried to hire a buggy, but the the liveryman would not hire it to them unless they would fell him where they were go? ing. Rawlings says his confession came without the knowledge of his lawyers, as he had reached the plaoe where he could not keep quiet any longer. He says that he is thoroughly in? different to the decision of the su? preme court so far as he is concern? ed, but he wants his sons saved. A FATAL RUNAWAY. Man, Wife and Niece Killed on a Mountain Road. Richmond,! Va., November 6.-A special to the Times-Dispatch from Bedford City, Va., says that John Vaughan, a prominent Bedford coun? ty farmer, his wife and their 12-year old niece, met a horrible and almost instant death today in a runaway on the mountain road leading to the Peaks of Otter. Mrs. Vaughan and the girl seem to have been instantly killed, while Mr. Vaughan, with his head and body horribly mangled, died soon after being found, < nd without speaking a word. Remarkable as ;t may seem, neither the horse, harness nor the buggy was injured in the slightest damage. It was found on the opposite side of the road from which the three bodies lay. There were no eye witnesses to the tragedy. Editor Kellock's Bankruptcy. It is not often that the editor of a newspaper is called upon to publish his own bankrupt notice but such is the case with the editor of this paper, He does not wish the public to think, however, that he has been brought to bankruptcy on account of bad man? agement of his newspaper business, but desires it distinctly understood that it was the endorsements for the Independent Cotton Oil Company which was represented to be perfectly sound at the time, which has caused him to go into bankruptcy. His stock loss was large, it is true, but that was iot sufficient to bring about insolven? cy. One thing, however, he has gain? ed lately, and that is experience and a plenty of it at tremendous cost. Al? though crippled, he is still in the ring and will come again. The Darlington News will run on as usual and the of? fice will not be closed on account of bankruptcy proceedings.-Darlington News. There is every prospect of a pro? hibition fight in the legislature this winter and a fight also for open bar rooms, it looks to us as if the ope bar room will win. Prohibition is matter that many people are very hypocritical about and that others are very anxious to take some sort of blind excuse to salve a doubting conscience, but with, all this and all those who are really prohibitionists from a fixed principle, we believe that the bar room men are going to win* The most foolish and suicidal plea that the friends of the dispensary could possibly have made for it was a step towards prohibition. They knew it could not be so, they did not want it so, but they were afraid to tell the truth about their own princi? ples and they compromised between a lie and a good political dodge and carried the matter through. Seed planted in suph soil is bound to bear fruit in kind ?nd it is doing it. If the dispensary ad volates would save th? institution they must stop temporiz? ing and making false face* on the principles and go ahead conscious that they are fighting with their con? science. The dispensary is not a step to prohibition nor yet to temperance except in that it removes the tempta? tion of the bar room and its in? fluences. It is putting liquor under the strong arm of the State which will or should see to it that it is properly policed, that the people are not imposed upon by pop skull and poison. That they get pure distilled liquor and gt-t it when and where they need it. The most absurd and fool provisions in that strange patch work of a law arc those designed by bungling hands to make the dispen? sary a "temperance" measure. Tem? perance will be the outgrowth of the law naturally without the absurd pro? visions to hamper and hinder the sale of the liquor.-Florence Times. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. (terns of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Read in *. The deer in Charleston and Ber? keley county are dying in. large num? bers from a disease known as "black tongue." Work on the Carnegie library at Winthrop College is progressing rap? idly. This will be one of the most elaborate libraries iii the south as an additional sum has been given on account of the representative char? acter of Winthrop as an institution. Russell Kimbo and Charlie Thomp? son, white, are in jail at Greenville, charged with the murder of Bunk Good, a negro, and placing his body on a railroad track in order that a passing train might destroy evidence of the murder. The Brice law election will be held in Anderson county November 25. Mr. Charles Davis, a citizen of Cherokee county residing at" Mercer, near Gaffney, has returned from Washington, D. C., where he went a few days ago in the interest of a washing machine which he was de? sirous of having patented. He said that he presented his device at the patent office and was assured that it was patentable. He expects to have a patent for it in the near future. The device is said to work well and it is probable that the patent will be se? cured soon. Mr. Davis has ^secured patents on one or two other con? trivances, among the number being a patent churn. Leslie Haden, a young white man in the employ of Omohundro Broth? ers, was accidentally kiled Thursday at the plant of the Marion County Lumber Company. He, with others, was unloading a heavy piece of tim? ber from a wagon, when unexpectedly the piece' falling on another piece caught youiig Haden's head, crushing the skull on -both sides and killing him instantly. Word has been received in Colum? bia of the tragic death of young Levi Owens, a former Columbia boy who was killed by a policeman in Bir? mingham Thursday. No particulars had been received at a late hour last night. Nothing further is known than that he was shot by an officer and died in the Hilton hospital in Bir? mingham at S:30 oclock night before last. The body will be brought to Co? lumbia for burial. The railroard commission has been advised as a matter of information that bids have actually been invited on the proposed new passenger sta? tion for Charleston. Thomas Godfrey, who killed Thom? as Jones in Spartanburg about a year ago, was found guilty of murder with a recommendation to mercy at Spar? tanburg Friday. The plea was insan? ity. Captain S. W. Very, commander of the Charleston navy yard, and Pay? master Lamar are making arrange? ments for the coming of the fleet of Admiral Dickens which is to spend the winter in. Charleston. The Rev. Rufus Ford of Bennetts ville, has accepted a call to the pas? torate of the Marion Baptist church, ahd will move his family to Marion and assume charge of the church about December 1. About 8* o'clock Thursday night a negro house in Mr. J. M. Baker's yard in Lowndesville, was discovered to be on fire. In a very short time six small houses including two ser? vants' houses were completely de? stroyed. The State Board of dispensary di? rectors will hold a meeting on No? vember 14 and it is expected that sev? eral matters of importance will come up. The board will consider the mat? ter of making purchases for the Christmas trade and in view of the stock on hand it is not thought that a large amount will be bought. The new Fenwick channel was used Friday for the first time. Capt. J. P. Francis bringing a schooner of rice through the new inland passage into Charleston, which the govern? ment is dredging to be a part pf the inland coast defense. The schooner drew almost five feet and came through easily on a half tide. The channel will soon be ?gularly opened to traffic. Judge Ernest Gary and Mrs. Eliza Barnwell Rhett will be married in Trinity church, Columbia, November 15th. The Court of General Sessions will convene in Florence next Monday. Walter Thornhill shot and seriously wounded Russell Strickland in Green? ville Monday. Robert Counts, colored, dropped dead at the Union station, Columbia. Monday night. Mr. L. S. Welling, of Darlington, on Monday refused ll 1-2 cents for a lot of 200 bales of cotton. Commissions for charters have been issued as follows: National Chemical Company, of Allendale, capital $20. 000. Corporators are L. P. Hart, of Savannah. H. W. Montague and W. li. Darlington. Aiken Colton and Stock Exchange, of Aiken, capital $2.000; W. J. Moseley and other.?;. Chester Ice Company of Chester, cap? ital stock $20,u00; corporators, T. L. Eberhardt and C. P. Midgley. Bank of Cross Anchor, in Spartanburg county, capital $25,000; L. H. Wilson and others, corporators. , There was a double shooting at Ar? thur's a negro settlement about fiv^ miles south of Columbia, Sunday af* ternoom Messrs. D. A. Tompkins and J. p. Caldwell, the owners of the Charlotte Observer? have acquired a controlling interest in the Greenville News. Twenty bales of cotton were par? tially consumed by fire in Scuffletown township, Laurens county. The cot* ton belonged to M. B. Poole, a large farmer. Chief Koopman of the police force t of Florence has purchased two fine blood hounds from a gentleman near Hartsville . The dogs have already been trained and are ready for trail-?jfc' ing criminals. The Gold Hill section of York coun? ty, was Monday night the scene of | wild, excitement as the result of an as- ? j sault on the 15-year-old daughter of a white farmer in that neighborhood^, named McKinney by a negro nianar* who is suspected of being one Caleb White. The attempt was made Sat? urday afternoon. "Rev." Rich Fowler, the armless ex-preacher and ex-convict, who is farming at Fairview, .Greenville cons ty, has made twenty bales of co$ ton on ten acres this year. The bank of Fort Motte, baa been organized with a capital of $15,000. Sam Prince killed Arthur Lr. ti me r7 in Anderson county, Friday after noon. Price was commited to jail Saturday. W. G. Albergotti bas been elected chief of police of Oran ge berg. ?. There were three cutting affrays in Charleston Sunday. Negro women were the victims. The Orangeburg Board of Trade is working for better schedules on the Preenal branch of the Atlantic Coast Line. Gov. Heyward has declined to gran? I a stay of execution in the case cr*: j Palmer Chriswell and Fletcher Byrd ] who are under sentence of death a | Greenville on Friday. Two stores in Gray Court, Laurens I county, were broken open by burglars S Saturday night. The Union fire department stationl was burned Saturday night. The bose wagon and all other appratos were destroyed, only the horses being saved. I A large livery stable and four cot- I tages were also burned. The Fastest Battleship. Rochland, Me, November 2.-A new | speed record for American battle 0bip?? was established today by the Rboda^ j Island on her official standardization _^ trial trip over the measured mile course"" I off Owl's Head, during which she i steamed one mile at a rate of 19.33 j knots an hour. Another mile was j made at the rateflf 19.27. while the : mean time for the 12 runs over the course was 18.93 knots an hour. Tim contract of the builders, the Fgfj? River Shipbuilding . Company, called j tor a speed of 19 knots, aud the show- ? ins made by the vessel was most satis? factory not only to the trial board, 1 but to her builders. SHARED OUT. _ I Brice Law Counties Cannot Share the Dispensary Profits. ? Columbia, November 6.-The At? torney General's office has rendered an opinion to the Comptroller Gener? al today fully agreeing with the latter as tc wholely excluding the counties^ which have gone dry under the Brice act'from participation in the $25,000 dispensary surplus fund now about to be distributed. Marlboro and Green- . wood, being dry prior to the Brice act, are not affected, even profits ac^|| cruing before these counties went dry ; are withheld from them. All counties' share alike in the deficiency school fund, which was apportioned some time ago. The matter is likely to be fought out in the courts. McCaw. A RAILROAD CHARTERED. # I - T' Eddy Lake'to Make a Place on the Map. Columbia^ November 4.-A com? mission was issued today to the Eddy Lake and Northern' Railroad Com? pany, which, with an initial capital of $100,000, proposes to build a road 0 35 miles long, connecting Eddy Lake in Horry county with Marion Court House. McCaw. Jersey City, November 7.-Presi? dent Roosevelt left her for Washing? ton at 11:16 this morning. At Oyste^ Bay President Roosevelt voted ballot No. 61, made a few remarks to old friends and left there at 9?21 o'clock, having spent just 68 minutes in Oyster Bay. Letter to Mr. James Winn. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: Do you know the cause of short measure and whitewash in paint? The same as the cause of poverty; folks are kept poor by trying to get their money's worth. Price per gallon. They look at the W price per gallon: not at the size of the can; and not at what's in it. Kept poor by trying to get your money's worth. Not you. but they. You know it of | them. There is one safe name in paint; mr Devoe. Yours truly, F. W. Devoe & Co. 129 The DuRant Hardware Ca. sell our paint.