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SOT CORRESPONDENCE. LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of Interest From all Parts of Smiter and Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they, will ?web this.office not later than Tues -j&j morning. When the letters are received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in the paper issued that day. HAGOOD. TTagood, May 17.-Our farmers are ^"T?Osy as can be chopping cotton with ~- labor bard to get. If it gets rmi cfc ~ ?ararse our farmers will certainly be J ?obliged to plant less cotton. .Small grain here is fair only, the %est I have seen (it was fine indeed) 3s that of Burell Moody, one of our Honest ' successful young men, and Dr. ^?lgie Alston's. Corn is looking very well, nothwith B^sta&ding the cold we have had, but ^fcotton has suffered considerably. Dysentery and malarial fever are "barnong us. We surely thoughtvthe whole coun ?*ry had rain enough and to spare, but were are sections at our door and in Ow lower part of the county where the -rainfall has been so slight that cotton is coming up slowly and the small -grain almost a complete failure. You like good things, yes you do, "Shan you ought to have been at Mc? 3-eod's Chapel last Saturday, the 12th, ito the picnic. That is the community ?There W. J. Young lives, so you can imagine the kind of spread we had. ^BYom, every point of view that is one -? the finest communities around and tarnished rare entertainment for all -arno attended. It was a Sunday school ?occasion, a children's day and they, to? gether with our worthy clerk of court, Jbad it all to themselves, playing base, <?rcp handkerchief, "etc. Before dinner -we were entertained with music and recitations from the small folk who . -mwpiitted themselves most splendidly. After the recitations siiort addresses -were made byLMr. Parrott and Rev. H. C Be thea, then that dinner came on. aChere was a number of visitors from ^abroad, but I recall only the names of ttr. and Mrs. Parrott, the Misses ^Chandler and Mr. Myers Plow den. Mrs. Barfiield, the old lady who ? Seoras so well, has been quite sick, but is Improving, I hear. * W. Eugene Lenoir Is over on a vis -M from Ringville. Xet me tell you a secret, Mr. Edi? tor. I milk cows, minding the calves -%t the same time with a stick. I know -some other fellows- that milk cows, "too, who have more money than I and ?ey carry a stick sufficient to drive "Sat any calf even to a Roosevelt. I Save a calf I call John Bull, but I be 3eve I will change the name to Ben T?lman for he is very hard to mind. .Sumter's growth and development is ?very month; what will it be in five I 'years from now? All the work of | Sniny, brawny men, who are not ?Iraid. of work? ? . MAY ES VILLE. Mayesville, May 19.-The town council has established fire limits ?ad the future buildings in the city Sacing the railroad will have a differ? ent appearance. This is a good move, 3fts Mayesville has a row of shanties "that would prove an end to the town Sf a fire was to visit us. At a meeting of the stockholders of - the Pudding Swamp Tobacco Ware - house Co. held Friday at the office of company it was voted to advertise sell the property of the company - ?nd pay off its indebtedness. This ?^sroperty is valuable and can be used ito good advantage by any person de - ?-?airing a good factory site. The young ladies of Mayesville are ^rehearsing for an entertainment to be jaj?ven at the school auditorium, for Sthe benefit of the baseball team. The adate of this entertainment will be ^published in the Item later. Mr. Johnny Nettles and children, of -3>fflon, visited relatives in town a few -* days ago. Johnny was welcomed by . his many friends who were glad to - -see him. Capt. J. E. Atkins, Messrs. J. A. ryoxworth, Jno. Sims, W. S. Chandler, "31isses Fanny Atkins, Harris, Inez . Atkins, and Mrs. F. J. Bass attended Ae reunion in Columbia this week. Mrs. T. L. Kahn returned home ~ -after a prolonged stay with her pa - -rents in Barwell. "The Bee-Hive JR. "-XOW makes his appearance." Mr. Geo. A. Croft, president of the /Bank of Mayesville, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Croft has been through a veery severe illness and his ."Triends in town were indeed glad to iSee him out. TINDAL. Tindal, May 22.-The weather is Tery dry and dusty; crops and gardens are suffering for rain. Mr. E. E. Hodge and daughter, Miss Sosa, attended the reunion of Confed? erate Veterans in Columbia this week. The Providence school, which was taught by Miss Celeste Hughson, .closed with a picnic at Osteen's mill on last Thursday. t Misses Olg and Bessie Hodge spent last Tuesday in Sumter. LYNCHBURG. Lynchburg, May 21.-The Magnolia Graded school concluded its session on the evening of the 18th instant in a most satisfactory and long to be re? membered manner. The recitations were most pleasantly surprising and while the exercises were less elaborate than last year they were fully equal in [ quality. The graduating class-Miss? es Sue Kirby, Annie McIntosh, Annie Cribbs, Viola McIntosh and Mr. Clyde McFaddin, did credit to themselves their teachers, school trustees and really to the whole community. The patrons of this school have just cause to feel proud of their painstaking and efficient teachers and to feel very grateful to. the board of trustees for their wise selections, etc., for these .trustees have taken unusual interest in their almost thankless work in en? deavoring io stimulate and infuse new life into teachers and pupils, and hav? ing as good material as the country could afford, they succeeded admira? bly. The subjects composing the pro- i gramme were well and carefully se? lected, but the features of the occa? sion were the "Doll Drill' and chorus by 35 girls. These two exercises could not be excelled, being perfectly ren dered As a token of high esteem to Pro? fessor Branson for the faithful and untiring efforts in the discharge of .his duties as principal of this school, the graduating class whose names have mentioned, through Col. J. A. Rhame, presented him with a handsome foun? tain pen. His very expression bespoke his appreciation, and when he regain? ed his equilibrium, if we can read a body's thoughts by his' or her face, he then meant to use it only in- addressing one of the gentler sex. Col. Rhame then introduced the Hon. Thomas G. McLeod who, in his usual style, deliv? ered a splendidly prepared address, most suitable to the occasion, which received much applause and many compliments after the closing exercise. The spacious hall was filled to its ut? termost capacity, there was not a foot of standing room, and dozens failed to get in the house. The enrollment of this school was 119 with an average attendance of nearly 100 pupils. The teachers were all promptly elected for the next scholastic year, but Miss An^ nie Keels is yet undecided as to wheth? er she will accept. She is a fine teach? er and loved by all the pupils, and would be hard to duplicate/but she may yet yield to the wishes of the pat? rons and trustees. She left this morn? ing, accompanied by her mother, for her home, and no doubt will enjoy a short rest and quietude. Miss J.-, E. Clark also left for* her home in North Carolina. There is much complaint of lack of rain to bring up cotton and save the gardens. The oat crop appears to be a par? tial failure. Hon. E. D. Smith was in town this morning a short while $n}y, came in on one train and left on the other. PISGAH. Pisgah, May 22.-The farmers here had no trouble in getting their cotton chopped this year, but when the rain comes and grass everywhere then th^ tug of war will come. Crops as a whole are not promising, the extremes of weather are not con? ducive to their healthy development. I don't care what cotton gomblers say there is not going to be a big crop of cotton made this year and they need not figure on getting il^at a low price. That day, I hope, is passed forever In the South. There will be very few peaches. They have continued to fall off until very few are left on the trees. Blight seems to be in ^a great many fruit trees. The hot and dry weather during the last two weeks has hurt the oats very much and the crop will be light. More, demand for dry feed this year than has been in years. Every acre of oat land should be sown down in peas when the oats are cut. No better feed for stock than pea vine hay. Mr. J. D. Evans* son, J. D., is very sick with typhoid fever. Dr. J. W. Parker is the attending physician and Miss Ferguson from Sumter is in charge of the case. The many friends of the family hope for speedy recovery of the little boy. Stephen Charlie, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Britton, is dead, after a long sickness. In spite of all that loving hands could do and the emi? nent skill of Dr. C. S. Britton the little fellow grew constantly worse until 6:15 o'clock last Friday evening he went away to be forever with the Lord. The interment took place at Smithville Saturday afternoon after services by Rev. Mr. Booth in the presence of a large congregation who testified their deep sympathy and sor? row for the parents at the death of their bright little boy. SALEM. Salem, May 21.-We have been hav? ing very hot days and cool nights, not suitable for the health of man or cot? ton either. The recent cold snap caused much cotton to die. On most farms the stand is broken and much replanting had to be done. On bottom lands there is little or no stands and none can come until it rains. Late planted oats won't make a half crop, unless rain comes in short order. Cotton chopping is- practically over , with us. Labor seems more abaundant than formerly, for it was about the 20th of-June last year when some in this section finished bogging through with their first hoeing and plowing out. George Davis, who was waylaid and j shot by James York in February, has not improved much and has suffered I severely. As a last resort his physician had to amputate his arm above the el? bow last Tuesday week. This will be a case before our courts in the near future. All efforts to effec: a compro? mise having failed. No doubt Solicitor Wilson will rot be willing to settle n at:ers on the same terms as has been pri.posed. The breaking up of homes and the taking to the pine woods has begun. Hon. E. W. Dabbs heading the list, he having built and moved into his new quarters all wittrn the past month. Others will move cut this week while some will tarry on until June before taking their departure. It is with great reluctance thajt our people give up their comfortable houses and retire to the back woods, but this has to be done. Else some would doubtless be retired to the cemetery. t The many friends of - Mr. J. M. Witherspoon, our popular cotton weigher, are pained to know that he is quite sick at his home in Mayesville. We hear rumors of mad cats and dogs in other sections, but-have only starved ones around these parts. A gentleman here has received the first invoice of foreign laborers that have come to this part of the State. Last week he received four, three men and one woman. Will tell more of them later on when we are able to un? derstand their brogue. Mrs. C. E. Davidson, who spent the past two weeks with a friend here, returned to her home in Columbia this moring. Hon. T. B. Fraser spent last Thurs? day here on legal business. Mr. Robt. Witherspoon came over from the reunion on Wednesday even? ing and returned to his home in York ville on Friday morning. Mr. Jno. J. DuRant visited his daughter, Mrs. E. M. McElveen, on Sunday. Mr. A. G. Warren was also a visitor in these parts on Sunday. Mr. E. E. McElveen spent two days taking in the reunion in Columbia last week. He reported an up-to-date time among the "old boys." There was a great scarcity of bread and beer in the town of Mayesvilie last week^and some were cruel enough to say it was due to the presence of the old soldiers in Columbia at that time. If this be true, and was c?nsumed by those who wore the grey, smelt the smoke of battle and bear the marks of bullets, they should have had all their j appetites called for free. But if it was consumed by the "vets" of times of peace and credited to those who will never be repaid for their services, it is indeed slanderous. It is also claimed that there are more ."vets" now than there was ten years ago. PRIVATEER. Privateer, May 22.-The farmers have about finished chopping cotton and are well up with their work. The oat crop is good and will be ready to harvest in a few days. Mrs. James Whilden, of Sumter, spent the past week at Mr. G. A. Net? tles'. Miss Bula and Mr. Troy, also Miss McDougle of Ocala, Fla., are spend? ing the week at Mrs. L. B. Jenkins. Miss Ammie Wells is spending sometime with friends and relatives at Wedgefield. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Nesbit, also Miss es Sue and Ida Nesbit spent several days the pa^t week in Columbia. Mr. Ben Harvin of^Silver is spend? ing some time at Mr. S. A. Harvin's. Mr. Winburn Wells spent the past week with relatives in Columbia. BROGDON. Brogdon, May 21.-The weather continues'dry; gardens are failing fast, while cotton and corn seem to be do? ing nicely. Cotton chopping is nearly f.ver. Farmers labor under many dis? advantages to get their work done, c\v;rjg to the scarcity and unreliability of labcr. Each year seems to grow harder. Those who attended the reunion from here last week were Messrs. J. I. Brogdon, Howard Jones, J. C. Brog? don and A. M. Davis. ? Mrs. Claude Allen and children of Waycross, Ga., after a month's stay with relatives in the county, returned to their home on Tuesday last. Mr. J. C. Freeland and wife of Orangeburg visited relatives here last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shaw and little son, John, of Sumter, spent a day at Mr. W. T. Brogdon's recently. Dr. W. W. Bradley of Mayesville wau in the neighborhood a few days ago on professional business. Mrs. Anna Blackwell, of Forreston is spending some time with her son, Mr. J. A. Blackwell. Mrs. James Smith and children of "Shady Side" visited at Mr. ?. H. Smith's Saturday and Sunday. Mr. J. I-:. Brogdon of Savannah spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. [. Brogdon. 3IAX. Max, S. C., May 21.-We hope to soon have rain. Farmers are getting on well with their work. Misses Ellen Carraway. Mazelle and Master John Mack Truluck attended the closing exercises of Lynchburg school. Miss Mattie Purvis of Manning, vis? ited relatives in Beulah Saturday and Sunday and attended services at Beth ? el. Messrs. John and Weber Player of Wisacky were at Bethel Sunday. Mr. Basil Floyd, who died Friday night, was buried at Bethel Sunday by the Knights of Pythias. Rev. B. K. Truluck preached the funeral sermon. Mr. Floyd leaves a young wife and many other relatives. Mr. Ed Plumer is still very critically ill. Married, Sunday afternoon at Beth? el parsonage by the pastor, Rev. B. K. Truluck, Mr. Cleveland Knight, a young merchant of Beulah, and Miss Lillie Rodgers of the same place. Also Mr. Marvin Moore and Miss Carrie McElveen of this place. FIRE NEAR STATEBURG. Destroyed a Barn and a Large Amount of Fertilizer and Farm Dnpiements. Stateburg, May 21.-About a hali hour after Messrs. A. P. and W. D. Vinson had left their farm their barn was found to be on fire about 8 o'clock p. m. of the 18th. They had fed and locked up. their farm animals for the night, and there was no evidence of any fire about the lot or buildings, the nearest house being 100 yards or more away. The barn was a large building on Mr. W. H. Ingram's place near Claremont. The Messrs. Vinson had not received their fertilizers in time to put it under their crops and therefore had it stored in the barn. All of it was burned and about three hundred bushels of corn and many farm utensils. Mr. W. L. Sanders had ten tons of fertilizers burned in the barn, also a reaper and binder and several ploughs. Mr. W.. D. Vinson also lost a two horse wagon and a bug? gy. None of these things were in? sured, but, fortunately for Mr. In? gram, the building was insured. The stables were also burned, but the five head of horses and mules were saved just in time by a negro man named Sam Lawson, who lives on the place. This makes the third incendiary fire near here since last November, and about the eighth or ninth in the1 last six or eight years, and not a single one of the brutes who did the burning has been punished. Farmers are entirely at the mercy of these people. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN. For the Week Ending 8 A. M., May 21, 1906. The weather during the week was warm and generally clear except that various localities had more or less cloudiness in the afternoons during the latter part of the week. Early in the week the weather was cool but temperatures rose gradually, as the week advanced, with the daily maxi? mum temperatures above 90 degrees over all save the extreme northwestern parts of the State on the last three daj^. The highest maximum temper? ature for the week was 98 degrees at Darlington on the 19th, and the low? est minimum temperature was 49 de? grees at Bowman and Trial on the 14th. The mean temperature for the week was slightly above the normal for the same period. There were nu? merous complaints of too cool nights early in the week, but the night tem? peratures were more favorable during the last four days. The week's rainfall was very light and confined to the northern and and southeastern border counties, and it was not general even in those sec? tions. The amounts varied from a trace of rain to 0.80 of an inch, the latter at Allendale, Barnwell county. In those parts of the State where no rain fell the soil has become very dry, as the prevailing low relative humid? ity and frequent fresh winds evapo? rated the surface moisture is, as I although the lack *of moisture is, as yet, not sufficiently harmful to bc I called a drought. Aside from;the deficiency in rain? fall, there was no damaging weather condition whatever during the week. The sky was overcast as the week ended. The Charleston Evening Post stated the other' day that The State Base Ball League would be composed of eight teams. Kingstree and Flor? ence having been taken into the league. We learn, however, that this is a mistake, as there will only be six clubs in this league as was at first de? termined by those who organized it. The towns are Darlington, Sumter, Camden, Manning, Georgetown and Orangeburg. It would have been bet? ter had Florence been admitted in? stead of Manning, but the latter town came up to the scratch in time and so got in all right. The managers of the different teams are now getting their men signed and things will get lively soon. As Darlington has had some experience in baseball during the past few years, it is to be hoped that this will give her team some ad? vantage and help it to win the pennant. Let us back up the team and bring it out a winner.-Darlington News. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Reading. Mr. J. Monroe Spears of Darlington, has decided to withdraw from the race of Attorney General. He has done this because of his business, and as a recognition of the distinguished ability and services of Gen. Youmans. Per? haps the most important consideration was to make way for Mr. J. E. Nor ment, who is from the same county. Mr. Spears's friends want to clear the track for Mr. Normern: and were averse to saying that Darlington had two candidates in the field. Prof. J. W. Gaines has resigned the principalship of the Welsh Neck school after ten years' service, to ac? cept the superintendency of the New nan, Ga. schools. G. W. Rittenbaker, Jr., of Orange burg county, who was employed by the Atlantic Coast Line at Croghan Station, was run over and., killed by a refrigerator car Friday. The plant of the Conway" Iron Works was burned Friday afternoon. Loss $5,000, insurance $1,000. Congressman J. O. Patterson has presented to Speaker Cannon a long handled Barnwell county drinking gourd. W. W. Hughes, the absconding B. & L. treasurer of Union will be prose? cuted by the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore. Mr. S. C. Boylston, Jr., has been made assistant general passenger agent of the Seaboard Air Line. Mr. William Britt, a citizen of Edge field, died Saturday morning from an overdose of morphine, inadvertently taken. K The Southern Railway has paid Mrs. Dorothy Brockman, of Yorkville, $44,493.83 the amount of damages awarded her for the death of her hus? band who was killed in the Fishing Creek wreck. A revenue officer who has been working up cases against the moon? shiners in the Dark Corner of Green? ville county, has disappeared. When last seen he was in the company of Steve Howard, a notorious moon? shiner. Mr. Jeff D. McKinney, a substantial farmer of Greenville, fell into a well Saturday and died Monday from the effects of his injuries. ' THE CASTLE HALL. Columbia Committee to Work For it in Sumter. A committee from the Chamber of I Commerce will go to Sumter this af? ternoon in the interest of Columbia's proposition for the new State castle hall, the last meeting of the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias made ar? rangements to establish at some cen? tral point in the State. The commit? tee will be headed by J. J. Seibels in the absence from the city of President W. A. Clark, Mr. Seibels being the first vice president of the chamber. The committee of Pythian officers consisting of Col. Henry T. Thompson, J. M. Graham, Geo. S. Mower and others, the last grand lodge appointed to look into the matter and report back to the grand lodge which meets in Sumter tomorrow, has endorsed what is known as the Greenfield build? ing proposition. There was another Columbia proposition looking to the erection of the castle hall on the va? cant lot next door south from the Y. M. C. A. building, i The committee will be accompanied and.assisted by a number of Columbia Knights, and a campaign has been planned which gives hope that Colum? bia will win the hall by reason of the merits of her proposition. The Greenfield building proposition is a $100,000 scheme, as was mention? ed in The Record several weeks ago. The idea is to remodel the building and add another story, the first floor to be rented for stores, the second to be used as a big convention hall and the third to be cut up into offices for the grand officers and committees and the like. Only about $$30,000 in cash will have to be put up, nearly all of which will be raised in Columbia among Pythians and others, the prop? erty being bonded for the remainde. j Columbia Record. THE GIRL MURDERESS. New York, May 22.-In the trial of Josephine Terranova this morning, the girl who is charged with the murder of her aunt and uncle, a witness testi? fied that she killed her uncle but he had forbidden the girl to go to confes? sion. The witness said that Josephine went, however, and after confessing to the priest the latter refused to give her communion. The defense is ex? pected to put the defendant on the stand this afternoon to tell the tale of her life. Rome, May 22.-The condition of the Pope continues to improve. The attack of gout has left him and his general condition is better. The pon? tiff descended to the audience room today and conversed with Cardinal Katsshtaler, with whom he joked about the alarmist reports which have been sent out about his illness. THE CAMDEN DISPENSARY. Investigation Into the Condition of Af? fairs Not Completed-Temporary Dispenser Appointed. Camden, May 17.-At -7:30 o'clock this afternoon the county board of control had not completed the inves? tigation which it is making of the af? fairs of the Camden dispensary. The institution has been closed all day and Inspector Nichols and the board have been hard at work. Mr. H. E. Trues dale, clerk of the board, stated this afternoon that he would give out a statement as soon as they had con-' eluded their examination, but that he could not do so at this time. Mr. H. L~ Watkins has been appointed tempora? ry dispenser with Mr. G. E. Bateman: clerk." Mr. Watkins is a successful? merchant and a prominent business man and his appointment will no doubt give entire satisfaction to the people of the town and country. Mr. Bateman, the clerk, has held: that position under Dispenser Hough and is entirely satisfactory. Mr Hough was asked'today if he cared to make a statement, but declined to do so at this time. He says that he will probably institute a separate investi? gation on his own behalf, at which time the full facts of his case wilE come out. SLOAN FILES HIS PLEDGE. The Lieutenant Governor Wishes to> Step Up Higher. * Columbia, May 19.-Lieutenant Governor Sloan filed his pledge as a. candidate for governor today. His-, platform will be announced later. Willie Jones, State Chairman.. Confederate memorial day was gen? erally observed through North Caroli? na on the 10th. The service ^at Ral? eigh were especially impressive and: Col. W. H. Burgwyn, orator of the day,, made General and ?Senator Matt Ran? som the subject of a thoughtful andi eloquent address. In all the long list of Carolina's great sons none loved, her better and served ber more faith? fully than Ransom. His gifts were many and his attainments rare. His influence in the Seiiate of the United. States was potent for good through? out his long term of service in that body. Gallant soldier and genuine statesman, he reflected honor on his State and on the South.-Norfolk Vir? ginia-Pilot NO EXCUSE FOR CATARRH. Worst Cases Quickly Cured by Breath? ing Hyomei-Guaranteed By J. F W. DeLorme. \ There is really not the slightest ex? cuse for anyone, having catarrh, now that Hyomei is so widely known and: so easily obtained. The worst cases of catarrh are quickly cured, simply by breathing the remedy through the pocket inhaler that comes with every outfit. Used in this way for a few minutes; four times a day, every particle of air that reaches the nose, throat and lungs is laden with germ-killing and health giving Hyomei. The sale of the old-fashioned stom? ach remedies for catarrh has been re? duced to almost nothing since the in? troduction of Hyomei. J. F. W. De? Lorme will tell you that his sales ort this out-of-date line have fallen off at least two-thirds in the last few years,, while the demand for Hyomei has in? creased as its curative powers became more widely known. The complete outfit, consisting of a neat pocket inhaler, a medicine drop? per, and a bottle of Hyomei costs only one dollar, while extra bottles can be obtained for 50 cents, making Hyomei the most economical, as well as the most reliable method of curing ca? tarrh. J. F. Wt DeLorme positively guaran? tees a cure when Hyomei is used in. accordance with directions, or he will refund the purchase price. A PUFF As far as this restaurant is concerned is wholly unnecessary. Our reputation is already established in the communi? ty. Those who want A GOOD MEAL Come here and get it. It isn't guess work with our patrons. They know to a certainty that food and variety will meet every expecta? tion. It costs but little to test it and to satisfy an appetite. THE SUMTER RESTAURANT, V. E. 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