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OOeNTY eOBBESPOHDENGE. XEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPOXDiSfTS. ?tems of Interest From all Parts of Samter and Adjoining Comities. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will reach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are Teceived Wednesday it is almost an inpossibility to have them appear in the paper issued that day. REMBERT. Kembert, January 19.-Little T. D., Jr" son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dan Mc? Leod, died on yesterday afternoon. fThe little fellow was taken sick on last Sunday and developed acute gastritis. Tn? physician, Dr. Hay, remained with Um tweleve hours 'and did all he ?mid, but God saw in his wisdom best ^o remove him. This is alerrible blow "to the entire community as he was a general favorite. He was 15* months old, and the idol of his parents and T^e extend to them our deepest sym? pathy. The funeral and interment -will be at Rembert's^ church tomorrow morning and Rev. Mr. Booth has beer? requested tc officiate. Mrs, Kolliday, of Sumter, was sum? moned on yesterday to the bedside of 3*er grand child, but did not arrive in . time to see him alive. Mr. S. Murray McLeod^ame up "from Sumter on thia morning's train to attend the' funeral cf his little nephew, T. D., Jr., tomorrow. We are having a great deal of sick? ness in the neighborhood af. this time, mostly colds and grippe. The? weather is drr and bright and TOT planters are 'taking advantage of this dry spell and you will notice sub? soiling and deep preparation which is half of the battle on nearly every ?arm. A large quantity of cotton seed were la?ld in this section for fertilizing pur?* poses this season, but the twenty-dol? lar per t?n was too tempting'" so the mills will get them all and cotton seed meal wilt be used instead. DARK: CORNER. Dark Corner, January 20.-I have ?ot seen but one farmer turning the soil as yet. Ransom Cummings, a strother in black,, has started into pre- i paring his land for another crop. I expect a great many of us will start "Bert week to plow. Henry Scotty <if Alcolu, has been "Visiting his brothers Hamp and Wash 3*ere this week. W. J. Ardis and T. D. Weeks went ?to R.?S. Bartlett's, Southwest Man? chester, last Wednesday. Mrs. J. M. Ardis and daughter, Miss Hattie Ramsey, teacher of Jthe Reid's school, were at W. J. Ardis last Thursday. Wash Scott and A. S. Weeks spent the day Friday in Southwest Btanches 3er and dined with Messrs. R. fi. and JB. B. Bartlete. Mrs. Kolb is still improving and it s thought if she has no back set she ~w?U soon be well again. There are no other sick to report, ?srerything else is calm and serene on "these coasts. / LYNCHBURG. Lynchburg, January 22.-Dave Da "sis, the colored freight handler and .porter at the Atlantic Coast Line ?warehouse, was very badly . injured about 3 p.m. today from a fail while trucking a bale of cotton from the platform of the warehouse to a box car. 33? was shoving the truck on two pieces of timber extending from the platform to the . car and one of the pieces slipped, throwing Dave andr the track violently to the hard ground. "SDtr. Darby was soon by his side and -rendered such relief as was possible. As a result of the examination the iloctor found one broken rib and a dis? location of the right hip, which he soon adjusted giving poor Dave much relief. But, as yet, the doctor cannot tell the extent of the internal injuries. Dave was popular here, especially among the white people, and afforded mach amusement for the boys, and men, too. Everybody is sorry for j 3>ave and wish him a speedy recover.,. ; It has been raining here nearly all day, and traveling around is extreme? ly disagreetable. This correspondent Isas no recollection of ever having j seen as many days of warm weather j -tn January. Neither has he ever heard as little thundering as he has since last July. Who has? There has seen scarcely r?o thundering in six ! months. Hon. E. D. Smith rolled in this morning after a considerable absence. JHe. talks very interestingly of his travels and experiences. He had a ; gold match box with diamond set, pre? sented by members of the S. C. G. as? sociation. WISACKY. W?sacky, January 22.-We have been having a long spell of warm weather, with some rain and high winds today. Dr. N. Y. Alford and Mr. Hugh Scott, who were sent as delegates to the Cotton Growers* Convention in New Orleans, have returned. Mr. Weatherly, our mill man, is moving his machinen.- .."rom Wisacky to the Stuckey neighborhood. Miss Lottie DesChamps, who has been very ill with pneumonia, is im? proving. Master Myron Smith, of Clarendon, who has been visiting relatives here, has returned to his post of duty. Mr. Clifton Ledingham, who has been spending the past four weeks with his mother in Marion, has re? turned to his home. Miss Katie Smith, of Bishopville, spent yesterday with relatives here. Mr. J. S. Williams, of Timmonsville, has been here on business. Miss Sadie Mccutcheon, of Bishop? ville, has been the guest of Miss Maud Williams. The oat crop is more promising than it has been in years. STATEBTJRG. r Stateburg, January 22.-Misses Mattie and Sa<die Flud are to return tomorrow from Chester, where they have been visiting Miss Ethel Cross. Mr. Frank P. Burgess spent Sunday at home. Miss Mattie Moore spent last week in Sumter with Mrs. A. P. Manning. Mr. J. Nelson Frierson, of Buffalo, N. Y., spent a few days at his old home last week. Miss Mary Burgess, of Sumter, spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday with her cousins, the Misses Burgess, ac Wav? erly. Mrs. James Pinckney and Miss A. X. Moore were the guests of Mrs. A. P. Manning from Friday until Sun? day. Mr. W. L. Saunders is spending to? day in Sumter. Miss Theo Dargan spent Sunday and today with her sister, Mrs. A. S. Flud. Mr. W. W. Reese and Mrs. Tom Sumter, of Sumter, spent Sunday at Midway, with their mother, Mrs. F. C. Rees. With the thermometer arr 70 de? gress, a gentle rain falling and electri? cal disturbance, one might well imag? ine it to be the middle of ApriL PISGAH. Pisgah, January 23.-The warm weather of last week has made the ?bjuds swell on the peach and plum trees and it has been just the weather for colds and pneumonia. Several , perso ns have hogs to kilL, but will have to hold on until the weather turns cold. Some progress has been made on the farms for another crop. What the acreage of the staple crop will be has not be settled yet. The labor question rion, in a large measure, will decidfc that. A good deal of building is going on. In a mile on the Columbia road three new houses have been built, and two more in the near future, in the same distance will be erected. How is that for progress? Others are putting addi? tions to their houses. A good deal of sickness is reported through this section, mostly among the children. Drs. Parker and Fox worth have handledithe cases remark? ably well. Both are popular doctors and are very successful in their prac? tice. Rev. J. W. Kenney went to Orange burg last week to preach. He will settle over there this year. Mr. S. B. Hatfield, Jr., went to Sum? ter Saturday on business, j The trade of this section has gone to Sumter. The merchants there have offered inducements for trade far su? perior to other places, and if the farmers here could get their cotton weighed promptly in Sumter many a bale of cotton would go there that goes* to other places just because they can get it weighed promptly. I am under the impression that the cotton weighers' law is against the interest of Sumter. The legislature seems to want to kill time in order to sit as a body for forty days and do what has been done in thirty days. The body seems badly split on the dispensary matter. Maybe enough /of manhood will develop to ! settle, the question for the good of the State. I hope so. TINDAL. Tindal, January 23.-Most of the farmers took advantage of the few good days during the past week to . ** ? commence their work for this year. Mr. W. E. Hodge spent Friday in Sumter. Mr. W. H. Bradham who has been sick for several days, is able to be out again. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Osteen spent last Sunday Sn the neighborhood. Mr. T. E. Hodge spent Friday in Sumter. MAX. Max, January 22.-E. Willis, of Beaulah, has sold his stock of goods and rented his store to young Mr. Knight, of Williamsburg county. Another stock company will soon be organized at Beulah. The efficient and obliging mail car? rier. Mr. John Brown, reports that a fine baby girl was added to his fam? ily last week. I beg pardon of Mr. and Mrs. W. I). Truluck's fine month-old boy for not reporting him earlier. A number of strangers attended service at Bethel Sunday afternoon, rhe pastor's sermon from tin- text "Whatsoever Yo Sow, That Ye Sha".! ilso Reap," was plain and impressive. Farmers are busy hauling cotton seed and guano. Plow deep while sluggard's sleep, etc. __----^---^ THE LEGISLATURE. .Ur. Clifton Introduces Rill to Erect Monument to Gen. Sumter-Bill to Put Domestic Servants in Contract Law. ..Columbia, January 17.-There was ? t la lengthy and spirited debate in the j House today over Mr. Cothran's reso I lution endorsing Senator Larimer's 'good roads scheme. The Anderson delegation lead the fight against it on the ground that Latimer's scheme was nothing but buncombe in the in? terest of Latimer's campaign thunder bureau. The last State Democratic con Aon had rejected such a resolu? tion. - The resolution was passed by and an aye and nay vote of 66 to 45. The House killed John Belton Wat? son's jury bill forbidding the publica? tion of jury lists and providing for new county commissions to be appointed by the governor. Mr. Whaley led the fight against the bill. The House deferred the elections at? tempted to be arranged for today un? til next Tuesday and declined an amendment to include the dispensary elections then. The Senate. Columbia, January 17.-The Senate had a do-nothing session today. It debated the last year bill to prevent strikes and lockouts in cotton mills but did*not reach a vote on it. It prevents mills shutting down in sym? pathy. Mr. Rucker introduced a '-bill in j the House including domestic servants j in the labor contract law. Mr. Clifton introduced a bill to pro vide for a monument to General Sum? ter. ; --- 'i Columbia, January 18.-The House Commerce and Manufacturers' com? mittee reported a majority favorable report on the ten-hour law. Four signed the majority report-Kershaw, Morrison, Dabbs and Taylor. The mi? nority report was signed by Colcock, Mauldin and Harrison. If Watson, ^f Anderson, and Gibson, of Spartanburg had been present the majority would have been unfavorable. The senate committee has not yet passed on the bili. Mr. Hall's bill to put gambling in the jurisdiction of magistrates and to authorize arrests for such offenses without warrant on Sunday, was pass? ed by a heavy majority, as a remedy' for Sunday gambling in the woods by negroes. A favorable report was made on McColl^s special bank examiner bill. At noon the joint assembly went in? to a memorial session in honor of the late Altamont Moses, of Sumter. In the Senate. Columbia, S. C., January 18.-In the Senate today the dispensary com? mittee reported unfavorable on Tol bert's bill to abolish the dispensary. Senator Cole Blease introduced a bill to abolish the Brice act and enact in its stead a law to establish dispen? saries on petition to State board en? dorsed by supervisor and mayor. Dis? pensaries to be closed in the same manner. ' The dispensary committee intro? duced a substitute for Raysor's bill. The principal difference is that thc board is elected by the legislature at a salary of $1,500 each, but purchases are to be made by a committee of ci? tizens appointed by the governor, from lowest possible bidder; bids to be sealed. Columbia, January 22.-The senate had a brief session today. Two bills were passed without comment, one for? bidding supervisiors and county com? missioners to furnish county supplies and the other requiring clerks to State officers to give bond of $10,000 each. Senator Wells* bill to force the At lantic Coast Line to build a new de? pot at Florence passed. Senator Blease's bill requiring con? cerns using "And Co." in their busi? ness to put on record names of silent partners was passed. The House. f The House agreed to the Senate amendment allowing the dispensary investigating committee to report aftej the legislature adjourns. The House passed the Sanders' bill to require police to make weekly re? ports of names of witnesses to mayors as to gambling dens and blind tigers; magistrates are to prosecute on report from mayors. McCaw. ALL JUDGES RE-ELECTED. Columbia, S. C., January 23.-Chief Justice Pope and Circuit Judges James Aldrich, R. O. Purdy, R. C. Watts, Geo. W. Gage and J. C. Klugh were all re-elected by the joint assembly today, all without opposition, except Judges Aldrich and Klugh, who were opposed by Senator E. F. Warren, of Hampton, and Frank P. McGowan, of Laurens, respectively. Judge Aldrich won Iby a vote of 118 to 32 and Judge Klugh won by a vote of 100 to 41. Miss LaBorde was re-elected Stat; librarian. Her opponent. Miss Salli-.' Black, received 14 votes. Columbia, January 23.-J. O. Win go and D. B. Purifoy were re-elected I penitentiary directors, without oppo ; sition and August Kohn. J. Q. Davis and W. T. C. Bates were re-elected trustees of the South Carolina College, also without opposition, SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. items or Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Heading. Mr. F. Wellington Ruchtuhl, the sculptor of the monument to Gen. Wade Hampton, has written to the committee that the work is progress? ing satisfactorily and that the monu? ment will be ready for unveiling by Christmas. Dr. E. S. McDow, who has been, in the Lancaster jail sines the shooting of Mr. Hazel Witherspoon on the 6th in? stant, was granted bali Thursday af? ternoon in the sum of >; 500 by Magis? trate Caskey, physicians having certi? fied that Mr. Witherspoon is out of danger. Arrangements are in progress for the absorption of the Anderson Tele? phone Company by the Bell Company. The details have not been made pub? lic. The local company has been using the Bell instruments, and it is believed by many that the Bell people havt> been closely identified with the local company for some time. The Hell people will operate un 1er the fran? chise of the local company. \ Men are judged by the company they keep, but it isn't as easy to size up a woman by her hat. Judge her by the amount of Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea she takes. 35 cents Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. NOTICE We, the undersigned merchants of the city of Sumter, have agreed to discontinue the use of the "Punch Card or Ticket System," in connection with our business after February 1, 1906. Customers holding cards or tickets will please have same re? deemed as soon as possible. Cards not punched complete will be re? deemable according to amount punched on same. THE SUMTER DRY GOODS CO. SCHWARTZ BROS. O'DONNELL & CO. SHAW & McCOLLUM MER. CO BECK BROS. COMPANY. 1 9to2-l. T?XJET?Rf^Ffln_19e6. OFFICE OF , COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER CO., Sumter, S. C., Dec. 10, 1905. Notice is hereby given that I will at? tend, in person or by deputy, at the following places on the days indicated, respectively, for the purpose of re? ceiving returns of real estate, personal property and poll taxes for the fiscal year, commencing January 1, 1906.?; Tindal's Store, Monday, Jan. 8th. Privateer, (Jenkins' Store), Tues? day, Jan. 9th. Manchester, (Levi's), Wednesday, Jan. 10th. Wedgefield, Thursday, Jan. 11th. Stateburg, Friday, Jan. 12th, Hap)od, Monday, Jan. 15th. Remberts, Tuesday, Jan. 16th. Dalzell, Wednesday, Jan. 17th. Gordon's Mill, Thursday, Jan. 18th. Oswego, Friday, Jan. 19th. Mayesville, Tuesday, Jan. 23d. Shiloh, Wednesday, Jan. 24th. Norwood X Roads, Thursday, Jan. 25th. The law requires that all persons owning property or in any wise hav? ing charge of such property, either as agent, husband, guardian, trustee, ex? ecutor, administrator, etc., return the same under 'oath to the auditor, who { ? requests all persons to be prompt in making their returns and save the 50 per cent penalty, which will be added to the property valuation of all persons who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by law. Taxpayers return what they own on the first day of January, 1906. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate return for each township where the property is located and also in each and every case the Number of the school district must be given. Every male citizen between the age of twenty-one and sixty years on the first day of January, 1906, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed or from other causes, are deemed taxable polls, and except Confederate soldiers 50 years of age, on January 1st, 1906. Under instructions from the Comp? troller General, a separate return must be made of each tract or parcel of land. All returns must bc made on or be? fore the 20th day of February, next. I cannot take returns after that date and all returns made after the 20th day of February, are subject to a pen? alty of 50 per cent. J/ DIGGS WILDER. Auditor Sumter County. December 20, 1905. % The Furniture Store that Grows I in Popularity and Magnitude I With Each Month. This growth is due to merit-quality of goods and low prices. The policy of the firm is to sell the best goods tor the least money, and sell them rapidly-hence their popularity with the buying public. If you happen to be one of the few who have not bought furniture from Bigham You Can Save Money By making your next Purchase From Bigham jj! The growth of the business has neces- S fe sitated a larger working force and more S capital, and this has been supplied by ^ the admission of ? Messrs. R. S. and S. Cherry As members of the company. Come to us for ; X Furniture & Housefurriishings. lizers The fertilizer season is now upon us, and ev? ery progressive farmer is calculating his re? quirements. We have always advised small acreage and liberal fertilization, as we believe it the safest and most economic policy to adopt, and particularly a season like the one upon which we are now entering, on account of the seriousness of the labor situation. Owing to our extensive association with farmers, we have an excellent opportunity of judging re? sults, and our observations have convinced us that small acreage in cotton, with plenty of grain, both well fertilized, yields best results. It is unnecessary for us to take up space in advocacy of the superior brands of fertilizers we handle. They are the same as we have been selling for ten years, and as some of the largest and most progressive planters in this and adjoining counties are our patrons, that is sufficient. A well pleased customer is the best advertisement any business can have. Already we have made some large contracts, and we observe a growing disposition to buy the higher class of goods, and we want our friends to know that the factory we represent? and for whom we are sole agents in the county* will make for us any grade of goods for which we have demand. There is no material change in the fertilizer situation as compared with a year ago, and considering the difference in the price of cotton, farmers have cause to rejoice. We have every reason to believe we will sell all of our old customers, but in making our contracts we provided for some new ones, and those who have never tried our fertilizers, will do well to inquire from their neighbors, how they were pleased with them, then see us as to prices. Wishing all our friends a Prosperous New Year.