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COUNTY G8RBESP0HGEN0E. EEWSY LETTERS FROM. OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Hems of Interest From ali Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will ?each this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are xeceived Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in the paper issued that day. WEDGEFIELD. Wedgefield, S. C., June 12.-The scool spell we are having makes one think, of fall; it is also ' favorable ''weather for lice to get in their work <m cotton. The farms generally-were corked up wer hut if this spell lasts very long it will give some one trou? ble. We note with some degree of satis - faction Hon. M. L. Smith's announce? ment that he will not enter the race x ?or governor. The rottenness of the 'whole dispensary system or "corpora -tion of rogues" as the investigation groves, is enough, it seems to make -any South Carolinian hang his head in shame and join in with whatever crowd it may be whether prohibition, 2oca! 'option, or high license, anything to rid the State of the most iniqu? itous law ever placed on its statute books by its citizens. And to try and Siring about a reformation at its pr-es tsnt age would be about as successful -as hatching chickens from guinea ^eggs. V /" Misses Estelle Strange and Mabel i/r Mellette left for Hartsville today to attend the summer schcol. At a recent meeting of the trustees Professor R. H. Willis and daughter, Miss Edith Willis ?were re-elected .principal and assistant teachers of the Wedgefield school. Mr. Burney Thomas, who has been -attending the College of Charleston, te at home "for the vacation. Miss Beatrice Mellette, of Atlanta, iGa^ is spending some time with rel? atives here. Mr. HE* W. Chandler is supplying, the ?local market with cabbage of his rais? ing and they are very fine. Mr. A. D. Troublefield has about completed his house; it is quite an -.-improvement on the original dwelling. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ramsey spent Sxmday with relatives in Sumter. Misses L. T. Billups and N. D. H. .Jordan, also visted Sumter on Sun ^8ay J?-fternoon. Miss Martha Platte, of Orangeburg ??eonnty, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. 3* Parier. ^'"^;r ' :'> s < EDWARDS. Edwards, June 12.-We are hav? ing plenty of rain at present and grass 3s thriving well. Corn and cotton are ?cmg well and corn is being laid by ?very fast. Messrs. Marvin, Weldon, Carrison, 3oykin, Arrie Davis and Olin White, 4?3so Miss Irene Weldon and Miss Lil? lie Mae Boykin, attended the Cleve 3and sci ool picnic near Beulah last .Saturday. The Misses Belle McCutchen, Ma? nnie Barfiield and Loucile and Eva Sritton have returned home from Female Seminary, Union, S. C. Mr. L, H. White of this place, but "a student of Wofford College is spend -?ag a few weeks at Ashev?'e, N. C. Rev. Mr. Booth Is assisting Rev. W. P. Way in a series of meetings at Marshall M. E. church. Rev. Mr. Cole will fill the pulpit ?sat Mizp'ah Baptist church next Sun ??ay morning at ll o'clock. Rev. G. M. Howerton will fill his xegular appointment at New Hope aoext Sunday morning. We have no sickness to report. Mr. W. D. White is attending court rn Bishopville this week. Mr. John ^McCutchen of your city spent Sunday at home. PISGAH. Pisgah, June 16.-The farmers have had a forced rest this week and part of last. One day's plowing this week and about three days last week. Crops look sick. The water is just -a little too much for them at one time. Corn is suffering most, for now is the time to lay by and we can't. Grass everywhere, thick as hair on a dog's hack. No chance to plow for several days after it quits raining; then we will be in the soup sure for grass. But it is an ill wind that blows no one any good, and maybe some good will come out of ail this rain. Mr. J. D. Evans still lingers with typhoid fever. Politics are beginning to come to the front. The cry of the "out" is to let me in. while the "in" says let me stay, I am resting easy. Fence straddling is quite common mow. It is so easy to run with the "hare and bark with the hounds, and ?o hard to be a man with opinion of ^exxr own that very few people like "to go through the trying ordeal. Senator Manning has won one point, and a strong one at that, viz: That his platform has not the full endorse? ment of The State and News and Courier. A full endorsement of any .man's candidacy by those papers would defeat him sure, as the past has abundantly proven. Ben, for in? stance. The disputed -territory here between Sumter and Lee counties has been decided by a board of survey? ors to belong to Sumter county, sus? taining the contention of the people here that they were in Sumter coun? ty. Major Loring Lee and Supervisor Seale, of Sumter, and Mr. T. C. Per? rin and Supervisor Rollins, of Lee county, were here last week, making the new survey as ordered by the leg? islature between Lee and Sumter counties. All the gentlemen have many friends here who were glad to see them. Supervisor Seale said he would se? that the people here would not suffer in their roads, as they had bean, as his hands were now untied and he could work them. It is a noted fact that the people here have been neg? lected by both counties, and yet they have paid their taxes promptly, but it is all ended to the relief of all. I understand an effort will be made soon to attach that portion of Ker? shaw county southeast of Swift creek to Sumter county. There are not many squares of it, but we would gain some good citizens, including Mr. Samuel Boykin, B. H. and A. H. Boy kin, James Irby and others. The boundary ? line would be the run of Swift creek un ?il it struck the Wa teree river, then down .to the Sumter county line. It is a fine section of land, and I guess Kershaw will hate to give it up, but I see nothing in the way of their coming to us. Judging from the papers, there seems to be some whitewashing go? ing on in Columbia over the big fish of the dispensary. It is humiliating and a deep disgrace to know that our i native born citizens have stooped so low as to use an office of trust for illegal personal gain and a- deeper disgrace to any man or set of men to shield them in their; rascality. Draw? ing two per diems and mileage when only one is due is something that no man need be proud of. MAX. Max, S. C., June 18.-The recent heavy rains have filled the swamps, .branches and ditches to overflowing. 'A nvmKo7 of the small bridges are upset, causing considerable trouble and inconvenience. Scarcely any farm work has been done since last Tuesday. Mt. Frank Proctor, of Beulah, is extremely ill, no.t expected to live. Mr. and Mts. S. J. Tomlinson are rejoicing over a son, who was recently added to their family. Miss Maggie Jones, of Georgetown, is spending some time with Miss A. M. Truluck. SALEM. ****** Salem, S. C., June 18.-The clouds have passed, but not without leaving a deposit of surplus water and both high and low tides. The heaviest rain fall of the season fell here on Friday afternoon and night. Ditches were filled to over? flowing and in many instances in? stead of draining the low lands they were intended to drain, flooded them for awhile. Crops are badly damaged and with the most favorable season from now on cannot make a full crop. Land is washed into gullies and the soil gone to the creeks. Some oats are still ungathered and where cut before these rains, will amount to little more than straw by the time they are housed. Many bridges have been washed away and an foot crossings are lower down the creek than they are intended. The bridge . over Chuch Branch stream, that stood for so many years as a monument to Messrs. Dorn, White and Newman, gave way under the heavy pressure of water, and hangs by a thread, and as the water recedes, sinks lower and lower into the river. All travel over this road is suspended and will be until Major Seale can be located. We tried to communicate with him by phone and he could not be found. Therefore feel some anxiety for fear he too, Has been carried down stream by the freshet. We have at present no direct way of getting out into the outside world, since the destruction of this old com? fort, and feel as did the Irishman at sea, seventy-five miles from land and forty from any other place. Satur? day morning found us surrounded by these unfavorable circumstances, and not being able to get into communi? cation with the outside world, our thought centered on our mail. On schedule time it arrived at the sea of water, and there changed carriers, arriving at Goodwill office promptly, and probably a head of time since the postmaster was not quite ready to receive it then. Instead of going its usual circuit, was taken back same route and gotten safely over the river and placed into the hands of him whose daily occupation it is to serve Uncle Sam. On Sunday, church goers had to leave their teams on the other side and walk balance of the way in order to reach the synagogue. Even this was somewhat risky, for a moments time might have caused the removal of a plank, and thus landed them into the "deep." This section had quite a contingent caught over in Sumter on Friday morning, who had to remain over i until Saturday before they could reach home. Then their experiences began. Some claim they came throjgh deep waters, others through mirey places, while others still came through Mayesville and were about as far from home on reaching this place as when their journey was be? gun. Ol most farms plowing has been suspended since last Monday, and it will be several days before it can be resumed again with fair weather and no more wetness. T> say the crops are in the grass, expresses it mildly, but the favorable weather before this spell begun, had enabled us to have things in good shape. So this uprising of "Gen. Green" is in its infancy and can be easily controled in case it is get-at able speedily. We are glad to see that noble son of Haften Crek, step forward and say, here am I, use me, I will make the personal sacrifice and represent Sum? ter County in the Senate. This honor has been divided between the town and the country for some time. The last inning was from town. Tis time'is the country man's time at the bat. LYNCHBURG. Lynchburg, S. C., June 18.-Two days of solid fair weather in this com? munity, with bright prospects for at lea;?t another is rapidly reviving the dre oping spirit of all classes and prc fessions. The weather conditions for the past eight -days have been very discouraging, especially to the man who tills the soil. If the crops are; not really injured by the ex? cessive rains, every body will concede that the further cultivation wdl be much more expensive than it other? wise would have been. Weil: the rain and clouds, make us the more ap? preciate the fair weather and the cloudless skies. Truly, "spring would be but gloomy weather, if we had nothing else but spring." Another genuine mad dog, belong? ing to Mr. I. C. Keels, of this town, was killed the other day, he having the precaution to confine it securely after it had been bitten, over two weeks ago. Town Marshal Wheeler j kills every dog he finds on the streets, j Wi :hout a substantial muzzle on. So i we are rid of the pest for a while, at least. Dr. J. W. Tarrants' neat drug store ! is having? its coat of paint put on. This store is much handsomer inside than outside. He has an up-to-date prescription stand and other office furniture. "The ladies'- parlor" will be beautifully furnished. Then there is a room for male patients. Mr. Walker Frierson has, in course of erection, what promises to be a veiy handsome house, on New North street. Mr. E. J. Tomlinson, now a resident of this town, has bought eighteen acres of land in this town from Mr. Jno. M. Miller. It seems he has some' big enterprises in view. This tract cost him a handsome sum of money. A Mr. Player, in crossing Douglass Swamp last week, just after one of those young floods, having been de? ceived by a little urchin, who told hin the bridge was dangerous, got a most unmerciful ducking. He un* dertook to ford the swamp, traveling thi old crossing, unaware of the depth of the little stream, and soon he was seen sitting in his bugcy with his feet on the dash board, next he was seen in the water up to his arm? pits; next up to his neck and next minute he was stretching his neck to its uttermost trying to keep his nc se out, kus face turned upward to? ward the :,-fcies, and all the time that mischievous little coon just bursting his sides with laughter. He knew the bridge was all-right, but he got the fun all the same. The man, who wit? nessed it was almost laid up from laughing. HAGOOD. Hagood, S. C., June IS.-Owing to the continued rainy spell and cool weather crops are rather backward for *his season of the year. The far? mers will have to get out and hustle o- the grass will soon have the upper hand. With the return of the college boys, base bali interest is reviving, and Kagood will soon have out a strong toam. A game will probably be played wirh Wedgefield next week. Miss Amelia Becker, of Spartan burg and Miss Ethyleen Wilkins, of Gaffney, are visiting Mrs. Julian San? ders. Miss Ellen Harrell, who has been visiting Miss Nela Sanders, has re teurned to her home in Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. T. Everhart, of Ches? ter, are on a visit to Miss Emmie Sanders. The following young men are at home from college and are enjoying their vacation: Thos. C. Kaile, Waiter J. Sanders ?ind Ozburne T. Sanders, from Clem? son. Frank B. Sanders, from the University of South Carolina, and Boggan C. Trippet, from Welsh Neck High School. Messrs. Alex Burroughs and Rob? ert Rembert, of Providence, spent Saturday evening and Sunday in the neighborhood. TINDAL. Tindal, June 13.-The crops in this^ section are doing well. Cotton is larger than it was at this date last year. The members of Providence Baptist church will have an ice cream festival on Thursday afternoon, June 21st. The refreshments will be for sale for the benefit of the church. The public are cordially invited. t Mr. C. M. Witherspoon spent Sat? urday in Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Richardson spent Thursday in Sumter. Tindal, June 19.-The rainfall in this section during the past week has been very heavy. Mr. Hugh Hodge-is spending sever? al days this week at Woodruff, S. C. Rev. J. X. Telar, of Paxville, spent Friday at Mr. T. E. Hodges. Mr. S. F. Osteen and family spent Sunday in the neighborhood. Miss Bessie Hodge is on a visit to friends in Sumter. Mr. C. M. Witherspoon spent sever? al days last week in Darlington. Miss Nannie Hodge has been very ill for several days and there is no change in her condition yet. Mr. .J. P. Richardson was in Sum? ter last Friday. Mr. J. Haskell Broadway spent Fri? day in Manning. LEE COUNTY NEWS. From the Bishopville Vindicator. The railroad company has added 50 feet more to the freight depot which relieves the crowded room very much. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Rogers have gone up to Spartanburg on a visit to Rev. W. A. Rogers, who was stricken with paralysis last week. Mr. Rogers is one of the most beloved preachers in the M. E. Conference and his friends will be sorry to hear of his sickness. Miss Kate Bradford left last Satur? day for her home at Wedgefield to spend some time. Dr. L. H. Jennings has bought the tract of land lying on Heyward street for $8,000. Mr. G. O. Rogers has bought Mr. R. H. Pittman's place for $4,500; and Dr. B. McLauchlin has bought Mr. John F. Kelley's fine place for $25,000. Mr. E. H. Pittman, of Charleston, brother of Mr. R. H. Pittman, took charge as railroad agent here this week.-Bishopville Vindicator. KERSHAW NEWS NOTES. Camden, June 14.-Grass is plenti? ful here now. With only one day to work the past week farmers are wearing long faces. When will it quit raining? The weather man said fair Thursday and Friday. If this is what he calls fair, we wish he would say ? rain. ! As we have a few hours' leisure i time we will go out and see Camden play Orangeburg. We are betting on Camden. The famous Long Branch team de? feated Bethune Wednesday 7 to 6 in a hard fought game. It was a tie until the ninth inning, when Long Branch won out by scoring a run. Batteries: Long Branch, Sowell and West; Bethune, Nicholson and Bran? non. Struck out, by Sowell, ll; Nicholson, 5. Long Branch has won three out of four games played. Bethune had just defeated Clyde 13 to 0 and Kershaw 3 to 0, so in defeat? ing Bethune we claim victory over the three teams. Farmers are on the run to get their oats out of the swamp. We had quite an exciting time this morning in trying to haul a load up an em? bankment to a bridge. One of the mules fell back and turned wagon, mules and negroes upside down in a ditch, but fortunately no one was hurt. If it ever quits raining you will hear from us again. Weekly Weather Bulletin. For the week ending 8 a. m., June IS, 1906: There was some sunshine on the first and last day, while the inter? vening days were cloudy with fre? quent heavy rains. Fresh to brisk east? erly winds prevailed in the week, and high winds, that at times reached gale velocity, accompanied local thunder? storms and caused much damage The temperature averaged between four and five degrees below normal, owing to unusually cool weather at the beginning of the week. The last day had about normal temperature and sunshine. The deficiency in temperature was caused principally by the absence of sunhine, as the night temperatures were about nor? mal. The highest temperature for the week was 94 degrees at Blackville on the 11th. the lowest was 52 degrees at Greenville on the 13th. The precipitation was excessive over the entire State, and it was heaviest over the central and eastern parts. Twenty-two stations reported weekly amounts of over five inches, with a maximum rainfall of 11.82 in- ; ches at Allendale. The average of all the rainfall reports received from places within the State was 5.46 in? ches which is about 4.50 inches in ex? cess of the normal amount. In places small rivers and creeks overflowed their banks causing local floods, but the water did not reach flood stages < ia the large rivers. Put your advertisement in The Daily Item If you ^ant results. < jj?.t??% 11 MCMAHAN FOR GOVERNOR. NEW CANDIDATE FOR GOVER? NOR. Columbia, June 16.-Mr. John J. McMahan, of Columbia, has filed his pledge as a candidate xor Governor and expects to make a vigorous cam? paign for the place. Mr. McMahan has served the State as Superintendent of Education, and he was a member of the Constitu? tional Convention from this county and has been more or less prominent in political life. His platform is as follows. To the People of South Carolina: I hereby announce myself a candidate in the Democratic primary for Gover? nor of South Carolina. Our system of primary campaign and e'ection is an invitation to any citizen to offer to lead the people to see the truth as he sees it, and so to contribute towards popular educa? tion in civic rights and duties. ; With full recognition of the merits of the men now announced for Gov? ernor, I nevertheless reel that my own views as to the situation and the du? ties before us are sufficiently distinct? ive to . make it of some public interest that I should attempt to present them to the people. This will require a num? ber of separate speeches and I will not now undertake to go into details. Intending to devote myself largely to making the people think on mat? ters not now before them as "issues," I hope to conduct, so far as my ability permits, a genuine campaign of educa? tion. With a view of the practical result of actually accomplishing some? thing for the State, I hope that some good men in every county will have views similar to mine and will under? take to advocate them as candidates for the Legislature. In that event the people will have the opportunity to put into effect some of the meas? ures so presented. I I regret the necessity of referring here to any one issue; but the liquor j question is now so prominently in ! the public mind that even temporary I silence might be misconstrued. I regard the evil of drunkenness and the now overshadowing shame of dispensary corruption as alike symp? toms of deeper disorder. The only possible remedy must come through attention to the more fundamental principles. To these I shall give large consideration in the campaign. Though personally I see no need for whiskey in the world, there is such a large and influential proportion of our citizens with the contrary tastes and views that the use of alcoholic drinks seems certain to continue for some generations to come. I believe that prohibition is not yet practicable for the entire State, though it may be advisable in certain counties. I am unalterably opposed to the sale of liquor by any private citizen on any condition whatsover. I am in favor of the conduct of the business by the State for the present, with the hope that it will be gradually curtailed by county experiments with prohibition. But I stand for the dispensary re? formed. True, the problem of purify? ing it sfcms superhuman, but if it is a problem before us it should be both possible and practicable. We need everywhere to inculcate respect for law and the determination to enforce law. We need to put in the Penitentiary some people with money and social position. Some Judges as well as jurors are too lenient to? wards criminals of family influence, i The punishment of the rogue as a j rogue, whatever be his previous re- j spectability or present wealth, would have a wholesome tendency to restore old fashioned honesty in positions of trust. No less is th?*re needed an im? partial meting out of justice to the murderers and bullies, against whom the average citizen has little protec? tion but his own courage. These and othe? questions I pro? pose to discuss before the people. John J. McMahan. Columbia, S. C., June lo. 1906. So that he might have absolutely no entangling alliances or connection that might in any wise be embarras? sing and let him oe foot-loose for the campeign, Mr. WiMahan has resigned from the law firm of Lyles & Mc? Mahan, of which he is a member, and has tendered his resignation as a member of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina, of which board he has for a number of years been a useful member. How's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Re? ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrah Cure. F. J. CHENTY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transitions, and financial? ly able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in? ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drug? gists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation 6-lS-lm. BIDS FOR COURT HOUSE. Seven Submitted-County Board Now Considering Them. Seven bids for Sumter County's new Court House, each accompanied by a $3,000.00 bond to evidence good faith, ' have been submitted to the Board of Commissioners. While no information concerning the bids has as yet been officially given out, yet it is understood that, the amounts are in excess of the sum that the Board had desired to pay for the building. The Board went into executive ses? sion at 10 o'clock this morning, and it is likely that an announcement of the award of the contract will be made this afternoon. LYON IN THE RACE. Makes Announcement That He. Will Be Candidate for Attorney Gen , eral. Columbia, June 18.-Mr. J. Fraser Lyon yesterday left for his home at Abbeville. He stated positively that he would enter the race for attorney gen? eral. Mr. Lyon has received a great many letters asking him to run for governor and a great many asking him to run for attorney general. He" had decided at first not to take part in the State campaign, but in the light of developments within the last few days he has made up his mind to run for attorney general. CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS. Dr. Strait Has Filed His Pledge in? Opposition to Mr. Finley. Columbia, June 16.-Dr. T. J. Starit has filed his pledge and will be a -candidate for congress to succeed Hon. D. E. Finley. The latter will offer for re-election, and Hon. W. P. Pollock of Chesterfield will also be in the race. Speaker Smith has been? spoken of as a possible candidate. Trustees of Clemson College. Columbia, June 16.-At the request of members of the board of truste of Clemson College, Governor H ward yesterday named Col. Ro Aldrich of Barnwell to be a trustee for two years to succeed the late Dr? J. E. Tindal. Tne Campaign Meeting. > The State campaign opened at SC George Tuesday. The first meeting is usually most interesting Inasmuch as the candidates endeavor to outline their platforms as clearly as possible and with as much fullness as the time alloted them permits. j| STATE BASEBALL LEAGUE. Another Shut Out. At Orangeburg, June 13 Orangeburg ..00000053 * Sumter.0 0000000 0-Cm Three Straights for Camden. At Manning, June 13-? Manning.003 000 0-3 5 5 Camden.110 620 1-11 9 2 At Camden, June 18 Camden .. ...20202000 *-?Jj Sumter.. .. .00001000 0-1 At Georgetown, June 16 Georgetown ..001 00052 0-& Manning .. ..0 1000221 0-$ A: Camden, June 16 Camden.00030020 *-5 Orangeburg ..10000000 0-1 ? W. L. Bass, of Lake City a candi? date for the senate in Williamsburg county, will make his campaign in an automobile. ^ Wess Blaek shot and killed Jim Young at Clinton Saturday night, aid Paul Jackson shot and seriously wounded two other negroes. John Henry Pope killed Zirat D. Tilley in Hampton c u;n-:y Sa^?nKyv. afternoon. Both white men. They 1 quarrelled over a jug of whiskey which they had received by express and which 3'ope ins'.tr-d o.; buying and which Pope insisted on buying from him. 2 1 sa a a sa ^ | I1 BBB BB BBt - BBB a B BB HB a a B s a a a mm a a a a a a a Bi HIGH LIVING $ ls an everyday affair with those who eat at our restaurant. The best of :food is served at a modest cost. GOOD EATING and our bill of fare go together. Wei! fed men dine here because they get what they want and as they want it. It's a pleasure to pay for good food. That's why we have so many gocd patrons. THE SUMTER RESTAURANT, V. E. Branson, Proprietor. 3-21-6m ?