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OOllfiH eOBBESPOHBEMCE. ?OEWSY LETTERS FROM OUK SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Items of Interest From ali Parts of Slimier and Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will reach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are 'received Wednesday it is almost an impossibility to have them appear in -the paper issued that day. DURANT. Durant, February 15.-Miss Carrie Ttarant died at S o'clock Tuesday evening after a lingering illness. The funeral was preached Wednesday" af? ternoon by Rev. Mr. Grier, assisted by jyr. McKay, and her body was laid to Test in the family burying ground in "Sight of the ol<f'homestead-. Miss Du? rant was a noble Christian lady and ?as an active member of New Hanno* ny church until the hand of affliction -was laid heavily upon her several spears ago. She will be greatly missed in the neighborhooa. The large ero wo that assembled at the funeral was a manifestation of the esteem in which was held by all. Miss Raby Williams is visiting in -Charleston/ Mrs. D. C Shaw.has returned to Du? rant after spending some time with ?relatives to Sumter. Tfhere died here last Sunday Sallie .Jacobs, a colored woman of the old ?tyle. few cf which remain. She was -Saleen sick on the road and died soon ?Ser reaching home, never having re gained consciousness. "Maum Sallie," as she was known by all was respected -tor and had a great many friends ?anong the white people. ' ' HERIOTS. ? Heriot, S. C., February ^TGT-We' Isave been having some bitter weather ?wt the sun is shining bright again, v -the farmers are stirring every chance ?fire'y get. I believe about all the peo :ple in this community have about "hauled their fertilizers. ' Mrs. R. L. Heriot stol has two. chil -dren very sick with typhoid fever.?She still has a trained nurse with her, Miss Lenoir. Mrs. R. P. Weldon is spending this "week with her parents at Smithville. Misses Cora and Madge Weldon spent last week,with Miss Anna Smith ia Kershaw. I Mr. R. C.' Wactor is spending today in Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCathern's lit* 'Se daughter, Margie has been very sick but is better. PRIVATEER. Privateer, February 15.-Mrs. E. W. Rivers is spending some time with "relatives in Ell oree. Misses Amy, inez and Corine Wells spent Saturday and Sunday with rela? tives in Wedgefield. Messrs. L. L. Hunter, Bruno, Claud "Haryin and. Lessene, of Sumter, visited Privateer Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lee, of Os- j vwego are spending sometime at Mrs. j S. J. Bradford's. Mr. Willie Tisdale, of Paxville, ! spent Sunday in Privateer. Mr. LeRoy Wells and Miss Willis, j .of Wedgefield, spent Sunday at Mr. ? W. G. Wells'. Mr. E.^W. Nettles, of Sumter spent Sunday at Mr. G. A. Nettles'. The Rev. Mrs. Mitchell, of Dalzell, is spending some time with her moth? er, Mr?. William Wells. Mr. Jim Davis and family, of Rocky Stan", spent Sunday at Mr. W. D. Os . teen's. f DARK CORNER. * . Dark Corner, February 17.-News hereabouts is at a premium. Plenty of .wind and cold weather here, of late. "Panners are availing themselves of ! every day that they get to plow, but still we are behind with our work. No sick to report, though I have "heard that Mr. D. R. Lide, of Pine? wood, is quite ill from sticking some nails in ene of his feet oae morning week before last. He has *een uncon? scious from pain part of the time. His kitchen caught on fire and he ran up on the top, without his shoes and step? ed on the nails. I understand his loot was stuck in seven places. He was still getting along badly last Wed? nesday, the last time I heard from .lim. Mri Warren W. Weeks, who lives near Pinewood, is, or was quite sick a lew days ago. His sister, Miss Lizzie JHarvin, of Columbia, is on a visit to 2iim and will remain with him for a lew days. Jasper Bell, a colored man who has lately moved here on F. J. Graham's .place, lost a fine cow yesterday. I am corry for Jasper as he seems to be a hard working, honest negro. The wildcats have been very bad on ^chickens hereabouts this winter. Last Priday or Saturday night some one (a Chief ) made a grab at old Pink Weeks' Dixie plow, carrying off his clevis sin .gietree and his Georgia R?chet plow stock and plow; so I think that fel? low must surely want to work, don't yeo? SMITHVILLE. Smithville, February 17.-Miss Kib -MB-B-?----* ~7~ by Hail; ol" Lucknow, spent seve days of this weel: with friends in t vicinity. Mr. anet Mrs. W. S. Smith sp Wednesday in Camden. Mr. W. P. Smith and Dr. John "Parker spent Saturday in ?amden j Rev. S. H. Booth was in Sum from Tuesday till Frid?y in atienda: upon the Ministers' Conference. Valentine Day created some int est among the young people here, m especially with the school ch i Uh who had a good time passing1 and ceiving valentines. An idiot about '14 years old. h starved and with but few cloth startled the family of Mr. E. W. Sm with his sudden appearance on Thu day morning. After feeding the t about a peck of potatoes with bre and other provisions in proportion, was permitted to take his leave. 3 Smith and family spent Thursd night with Mr. B. R. Hatfield. Retui ing home the next morning they fou Tom Chisolm, the idiot's nairne, h returned his kindness by breaking i to the house and..spent the night cooking and eating. About three four dollars' worth of provisions h been damaged beyond further use th Tom's cooking. On Friday Tom w handed over to the sheriff and ste taken to have him entered in the as lum or some other house, of refu where he could no longer do any dai age. The Ladies' Missionary Society of i JohnTs M, E. church meets at the pa i sonage at 3 o'clock Monday afternoc A social gathering was held at tl residence of Mrs. S. H. Booth on Fi day night in honor of Mrs. Booti sister. Miss Lillian Russell,, of W: ilamston. The first quarterly conference of S John's church will be held at the pa sonage on next Monday week. Rev. ] H. Browne, presiding elder, will ? course, preside. There were two errors in my la items that had better be corrected ! that ?here may not be any future" ii dictment of my future veracity. I v.*; told that two days' of schooling ha been lost on account of the ba weather last week, but I now kno that there was a good attendance e^ ery day. I was also told that groun had been broken for building D Foxworth's residence. They have on] 'had the lot measured off so far, bi expect to begin building soon. SALEM. Salem, February 19.-This usuall quiet section has recently become th centre of turmoil, ^.rife and som bloodshed among the colored popula tion. About ten days ago Jonas Yor and George Davis, two neighbor: . had some words about the latter's tak ing up the former's hogs. When Yor .used a knife or razor on the throat o Davis' wife. In return for this piec of carving, Davis emptied1 the content of his shotgun in the arm of York The friends of the combatants here in terfered and peace once more wa thought to have been declared. Bu "n this they were mistaken, . for oi Sunday night, shortly after dark Yorl went in pursuit of Davis whom h< knew had gone away from home in hi: buggy; met, him on his return trij and demanded satisfaction. Davis explanation. not meeting with his ap? proval, the ever ready shotgun wai again brought into play and Davis came off second best this time with a load of duck shot in his arm and back which has nearly cost him his life-and may still prove fatal. No arrests have been made as yet, but ?s soon as Davis is sufficiently recovered action will in all probability betaken. This out? break was very much of a surprise since both parties bore good reputa? tions. Mr. E. L. McElveen had a close call on Friday evening from losing his residence by fire. The fire is suppos? ed to have originated from a spark on the roof. The roof being of cypress shingles burned slowly and gave time for his neighbors to come to his as sitance. Mr. McElveen was away from home and the prompt and efficient work done by Messrs. Warren, Jones, Nesbit, Ard and others would do cred? it to any fire fighters. To them and to some colored people is due the credit of extinguishing the flames. Nearly one side of the roof was burnt off and considerable damage by water, etc., was done the building. Mr. Mc? Elveen has some insurance and the adjusters are expected on the scene to? day or Tuesday to adjust his loss. Few houses in the country are snatched from destruction as was this one. Mr. and Mrs. Decker, who have made their home in Florida for the past four years, have returned to make South Carolina their future home. They will in all probability make Bishopville their home where he expects to engage in business. Mr. Robert Witherspoon returned to his home at Guthriesville on Friday after two weeks spent here on busi? ness. Hon. E. W. Dabbs arrived home on Sunday morning from his legislative duties, on the sick list. Rev. Mr. Curr, from the Seminary, preached here on Sunday morning. Very little farm work has teen done, and in many places it will be several days of dry weather before some can get into their fields. Guano traffic is in full blast with the movement on the increase. MAX. Max, February IS.-Business is get ting good in real estate circles at Heu Ia/.. The Beulah Real I?;taiv Coca pany are developing their property and hare sold several lots. Mrs. Xeaves and Miss Annie Bray, who have been spending some time lu ibis community. wilLreturn to theil home near Creen vii ie to .lay. ; Mr-, and Mrs. A. J. Goodman arc the . happy parents of a third son. Mr. Bryant Smith is still critically iii. also Mrs. B. C. Truiuek. KERSHAW NEWS ITEMS. i Camden, February 15.-Another 0i I Kershaw's "land marks" passed away in the death of Mr. Joel Haugh, clerk j of the court of Kershaw county, whose death was announced Tuesday in the daily papers. Mr. Haugh was a gal? lant Confederate soldier and one of the best men in the county. He had held public oince for over 20 years and had been clerk of court for the past 13 years. He will be missed by all. Miss Floride Thompson, who is well known in the upper section of Sumter county, living five miles south of Cam? den, was married on the 14th inst, to Mr. Willie L. Brown, of Boykih, Rev. Mr. Moore of Camden officiating. Miss Floride is one of our best girls and we wish her much happiness. She is the daughter of Mr. J. J. Thompson, OTie of our best citizens. We have had all kind of weather the past week. We are sbrry^for the weather man if he Is held for all the mistakes he has made. Farmers are behind with their work and no doubt will think it impossible to make the usual preparations planting1. But we want to give them a word of warn." Make good prepa? ration even if you do not plant on time. There is no economy in hurried preparations. One day's work now will be worth two in the summer. It is an old saying that there are more fine days than fould. etaoin j /air days than foul. PIXEWOOD PEXCILIXGS. Pinewood, February 14.-Mr. D. R. Lide's dwelling on Hampton street had a very close call a few days ago by fire. In trying to extinguish the fire Mr. Lide stuck several nails in his foot. He is suffering severely. His (Physician, Dr. Murray, says he is do? ing as well as can be expected. Mrs. X. C. Stack is erecting a hand? some and very costly two story dwell? ing in the most desirable portion of the town. It will take several months to complete the building. Mr. Hill, of Geneva, X. Y., who has been in the community for several days purchasing old mahogany furni? ture, paid $500 for one parlor suit. The suit contains 13 pieces, ll chairs, 1 smoker and one sofa. Mrs. Inez Daniels, of Lumber, S C., is the guest of Mrs. D. R. Lide. Mrs. Rosa Brogdon, of Sumter, is spending several days with Mrs. Ali? son Lide. Messrs. J. W. Weeks, X. C. Stack and R. L. Felder went to Sumter to? day on business. Messrs. J. E. Broughton, Dr. P. M. Salley, C. D. DesChamps, J. H. Louder and Magistrate A. P. Ragin are attending court at Manning. LOST BONDS TURN UP. Comelson Coupons Presented for Pay-? ment-'Were Lost in Australia. Columbia, February 17.-Some of the coupons for the celebrated Cornel son bonds have turned up. The State treasurer received them the other day with request for interest for the year 1901. * Efforts ' are now being made to trace them, as they are now in the hands, of the Palmetto bank, an innocent purchaser. The Cornelson bonds have an inter? esting history. There is just $10,000* in the hot and they were held by J. P. Cornelson, a native of this state, who went to Australia where he, died. Af? ter he died the bonds disappeared and several times efforts have been made to get the legislature to reimburse the heirs of the estate for the missing bonds. This has always been refused.. The numbers of the bonds were ob? tained and when the 1901 interest coupons were sent down recently Mr. Cornelson's brother was notified, lt is understood that he will go to Xew York at once and trace them from there. It is said that the bonds were brought from Australia by some one and sold on the open market just after Mr. Cornelson died in 1901. There is just one other case like this one in the bond history of the state-the lost Lord bonds. This amounted to nearly $25,000 and it is supposed that they were stolen by some of the thieves that infested the South years ago. The legislature a few years ago instructed the state treasurer to write these bonds off the books, and although the matter was take to the courts, the heirs will nev er get the money. Harry Bvard. the two-year-old son of .Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Beard. , was burned to death at Bennettsviile Sat? urday. A rear end collision of two freight trains occurred at Winnsboro Satur? day night. The track was blocked by the demolished cars, but no one was injured. SO UT H CA ILO LI.V\ AE W S. Items of Enterest Cori?ensed and Pat agraphed fer Quien Heading. J. W. Norwood has resigned the presidency cf the City National Bank of Greenville. He is succeeded by H. ?. McGee. t j E. W. Hushes and B. A. Hagood j have Qualified as receivers ol" the Co? lumbian Banking Trust Company, which railed in Charleston a few days ago. James Sanders, colored, who is in the Chester county jail awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court in his appeal for a new trial in the case of himself and Arthur TVhitner, charged with the murder of Mack Ancers?v.i, and sentenced to life imprisonment, frustrated an attempt at jail delivery on the part o? a fellow prisoner a few days ago. Another negro. Alex Ma? rion, had succeeded in picking a hole almost through the masonry of the wall, when Sanders wrote Sheriff Pe? den a note informing him of the at? tempt, and thus enabled the authori? ties to prevent it. Magistrate O'Shaugnessy of Charles? ton has committed to jail Henry Sterling, a stranger, who is charged by the police department with hav? ing been the man who held up Messrs. Siegling and Spear during the past * week, robbing them of money and val? uables. Sterling is six feet five inches. He has been walking on crutches, which the detectives say, however, he discards at night, when the hold-ups occur. Railroad Commissioner John H. Earle has made an inspection of the Southern railway between Columbia and Spartanburg and c'ondemns the condition of the road-bed as being dangerous. Walter McCully was acquitted at Anderson on Wednesday .of the mur? der of J. M. Bagwell. W. M. Ball has filed a suit for dam? ages in the sum of $10,000 against the American Tea Growing Company. The investigation into the recent wreck on the Seaboard near Columbia shows, .t that the freight crew, while really to blame for the wreck, were/ exhausted having been on*duty con? tinuously for 25 hours. D. M. Miles, of Spartanburg, contra? dicts Chief Fant's testimony in an af? fidavit that W. W. Harris never gave him any money, and that to his knowl? edge Harris turned over to the dispen? sary a keg of whiskey sent him per? sonally. United States Attorney Cochran has reappointed Lawson Melton and T. W. Bacot his assistants. A school for printing will probably be added to the list of techincal schools at Clemson. Charleston's Chamber of Commerce has just celebrated its 122 anniver? sary. The Standard Oil Company has re? duced the price of oil to 12 1-2 cents the gallon at Yorkville. * The residence of J. O. C. Fleming, of Laurens, was partially destroyed by ?yd Saturday afternoon. A row of wooden buildings on the public square at Bennettsvilie were destroyed by fire early Sunday mornr ing. *' A polo tournament will be given at Camden in March. The team from Or? lando, Fla., will meet the Camdenites. The farmers around Blackville have decided to engage in the raising of cantaloupes on an extensive scale. Several of the farmers will plant large crops. A store and several stables were burned at Bamberg Monday -afternoon and other buildings damaged. The loss was $4,000. Will Saluda, a Spartanburg blind ti? ger, was sentenced Monday to pay a fine of $100 or serve 120 days on the chain gang. The negro laborers employed at the Read Phosphate "Works, near Charles? ton, have threatened to go on a strike. Mr. Charles R. Rich, of Sammy Swamp. Clarendon county, shot him? self in the head with a pistol Monday ?norning, with suicidal intent. He will probably die. though the ball did not penetrate the brain. He is 73 years old and bears a good reputation. Mrs. Parrnela Foster died in Union Sunday night, aged 1^0 years, lacking a few months. A PENNSYLVANIA HOLOCAUST. rive Persons Burned to Death in a Mining Village. Tunnell Hill, Pa., Feb. 20.-Five persons were burned to death here this morning in a fire which destroyed several houses and four stores. The dead are: Mrs. Mary Grogan, aged 63; Patrick Grogan, aged ll; Willie Gro? gan, aged 8 and Watie Grogan, aged 10 and one unidentified body. Throe members of the Grogan family escap? ed by jumping from the second floor of their home. Those who lost their lives were trapped by Hames and smoke on the second floor. This place is a mining village and the flames were extinguished by miners who formed a bucket brigade. \ Old papers for sale, 20c per 100, at his office. hil: ?tnCiiAL f?kmoL?. TISS?E D?POIITANT PROBLEM When A?jcurKiiiC?t Was ReacliCi Xo?hiug Hai*^ ?icen Donc to Sett!' tile issues Taxation, tiic Dispeu sc::':.' and Biennial Sessions. Columbia. February 17.-The Gen era! Assembly, which adjourned to night, was expected to den! with throe most important matters: Taxation, thc dispensary and biennial sessions. I' did nothing on any one of the three topics. The record is a blank, per? haps, more than a blank. Just for the moment it may be well to give the finale on the dispensa: y legislation. The whole situation expressed in the trite expression, "Nothing done." Not a syllable in the Act in force when the members carne here has been changed. One proposi? tion to amend the law after another w?s killed. The House stood to the finish against the State dispensary, while the Senate on the other hand, insisted and persisted that the State dispensary must stand, and that the thing to do was to purify the State dispensary and not abolish it. As was said last night the House would have agreed to almost any reasonable prop? osition that would have contained abolition of the State dispensary. It wanted local option, and it voted to that effect time and time again. The Senate, with its forty-one members, blocked everything that was proposed by the House, and persisted in its' one idea that the State dispensary could bc purified by its bills. Last night, when the House by tne largest vote recorded, rejected the Senate bill, practically all hope of legislation was gone Some seemed to think that there might be something done by thc conference committees, and if the Senate had agreed to the proposition to abolish the State dispensary and let the counties run the dispensary, where they wished, and kept prohibi? tion in those counties that have it the way would have been very clear." This morning there was a whisper that the General Assembly wouid ad? journ without electing the new board or commissioners, and in this way force Governor Heyward to appoint a board of directors. It was urged that in this way a business-like and good board would have been selected by the governor. Governor Heyward, how? ever, did not care for this to be done and thought the General Assembly ought to meet its own troubles, but if left to him he would do the best he could, but be much preferred not to have a tiling to do with the appoint? ments. The first bill which went to confer? ence and then to free conference was the remnant of the Morgan bill. The committees on this bill were: Conference-Senators Blake and Williams, and Messrs. Brow'ning, Gas? ton and Otts. Freo Conference-Senators Walker. Mciver and Efird, and Messrs. Rich? ards, Sanders and Whaley. Then the Rucker relict went through the mill. On conference there were: r Senators W. J. Johnson and J. B. Black and Messrs. Gaston, Arnold and Ashley. On fr ;e conference Senators Stackhouse, Bates and Wells, and j Messrs. Richards, Otts and Nash. All the work of the conference com? mittees counted for naught, and both of the bill were re-ejected and abso? lutely nothing was done in the ?-ay of dispensary legislation, except to elect the executive officers of the dispensary under the old law, which provides for the $400 salaries, about which so ! much has been said.-News and ! Courier. CLEMSON COLLEGE NEWS. A Record of the Events of the Week That Interests thc Student?. Clemson College, February 19.-If every week ended as lively as last week we would not think the confine? ment so bad. Friday night the Crecent Comedy Company gave one of their best per? formances. Then Saturday they gave a matinee and Saturday night rthey played "Nell Gwynn."* AU the boys are very prolific in their praise of this company. We had 35, 50 and 25 cent seats arranged in chapel. The per? formance came up to a high class company. The company was here un? der the auspices of the "Annual ol' '07." Friday night after the short- the Ju? nior class gave a dance in honor of the visiting ladies. Saturday afternoon before the mati? n?e the class championship game was played between the Sophomores and Seniors and resulted in favor ol' the i Sophs 5 to 0. This is tho first time ' that this present Senior elass has been beaten in anything and the Sophs are i proud of their victory. Our examinations begin the 9th of \ next month and we have already be? gun to dread them. The Sumter crowd was "set up" to a box Saturday by some thoughtful parent and we are going around with i beaming faces. R. Posey, a Fort Mill blind tiger. ; was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 Sat- ' urday. i '. i HOI?BY'S PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED BY EMPEROR i L:o ft'wl srU?dlCU WJMVU?VU'JII GI?* ?? C?;?S2 Fail ci las Elua' fonaren? B3E?T DISPLAY OF tsSUTASY FORGE I TA<* Emperor Plazas to Rule paagary j By an Absolute Regime Similar to j That of 1S4S-Revolution Expected and Independence o? Hungary May i:-c Declared. budapest, Hungary, February 19. i v7i?h ar. absolute disregard for the na Liona! constitution the Hungarian Par? liament was dissolved today by order IL' Emperor Franz Joseph. There was a great display of military force in connection with the presentation of the order for dissolution, but there was little disturbance. Hungary will now be governed ac? cording to the plans of the Emperor, by an absolute regime, simlar to that which prevailed after the failure ofj the revolution of 184S. The dissolu? tion of Parliament by royal command marks the culmination of the long standing quarrel between the crown and the coalition leaders of Parlia? ment over the question of recognition of Hungary's rights and liberties. To? day's proceeding marks the turning point in the destinies of the dual mon? archy of Austria-Hungary and may lead to a revolution ending in the es? tablishment of Hungary's independ? ence. ; JEROME AFTER GRAFTERS NEW YORK'S PERSISTENT VICE PROSECUTOR BEGINS ON ES- . SURANCE OFFICIALS. Grand Jury Takes up Investigation of Charges Made Against Officers of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company-They Paid Individual Debts With Company's Funds. New York, February 20.-District Attorney Jerome has finally begun the prosecution of the insurance officials. The grand jury today began the inves? tigation of the charges brought by Jas. D. Wells, a former official, against the officials of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company. It is charged by Wells that the president, vice president and other officials of the company liquidated a judgment secured against them as individuals out of the funds of ?the company. AN INHUMAN MOTHER. IA TRAGEDY WHICH OCCURRED ON BOARD A SOUND STEAMER. Woman Throws Her Three Children. Overboard in tho Night r.r.d Then Jumps Cver Herself-Left Note to j Husband. Fall River, Mass., February 20. When the Fall River Lirie steamer Plymouth arrived this morning it be? came known that a. frightful tragedy had, in all probability, occurred on board during the night. The night . watchman, about 2. o'clock this morning, discovered a stateroom door open and on entering, found a woman's wearing apparel scattered aj&put and a "letter on a stand addressed to John Waters, Brooklyn, N. Y . The letter said that the woman, who was Waters' wife, had thrown her three children overboard and was about to follow herself. She said she was tired of life. The note was first thought to be a hoax, but occupants of the adjoining stateroom said- they heard children crying during the night and it is the belief of those on board that the wo? man threw the children overboard and then jumped in herself. A careful search of the boat failed to reveal any trace of them. EIGHTEEN FIREMEN INJURED. Boston. Mass., February 17.-Ey a hot air explosion in a six story granite (building at 90 North street at 3:30 o'clock this morning eighteen mem? bers of the Bosto/i fire department, in? cluding Chief Ouellen and District Chiefs Garrity, McDough and Byron, were injured, several sustain? ing injuries that necessitated their removal to the relief station. The fire started on the lower floor of the building and bremen were blown from ladders and thrown down the stairway by the terrific hot air explo? sions that followed each other in rap? ier succession. The blaze was confined to the lower stories of the building, but the explosion gutted the building and blew every window out. The loss? es are estimated $25,000. One^ hun? dred and fifty men in the Salvation Army barracks, back of the building, were thrown into a panic when the explosion occurred and ran into the street in their night clothing. Chief Byron was the most seriously injured. Dock Casson. colored, was shot and fatally wounded by Jim Clark at Wi} liamston Sunday. The shooting o< curred in "Spartanburg," a suburb i Williamston.