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mm EOBBESPOHDEHCE KEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Items of Interest From all Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. MOTICE TO CORRESPONDISXTS. Mail your letters so that they will teach this office not later than Tues? day, morning. When the letters are received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in toe pap?r issued that day. PRIVATEER. Privateer, July 19.-Misses Lizzie May and Beulah Hall of Sumter are extending this week at Mrs. L. B| Jenkins. Miss Julia Gresham of Marion, is spending a few days at Mrs. S. J. Bradford's. Messrs. G. A. Nettles and J. D. Jenkins spent Sunday in Wedgefield. Mr. Marion Rivers spent Saturday and Sunday in Elloree. Mrs. Scott'Harv-in of Manning is spending this week at Mr. S. A. Har? bin's. \ Mr. J. B. Osteen is on the sick list. Crops in this section are very. poor. In the writer's judgment there is no possible chance for cotton to make more than a third of a full crop. DURANT. Durant, July 21.-A picnic was held rn the grove in front of Mrs. Laura Montgomery's residence Saturday in "Which the neighborhood and sur? rounding counties apparently turned ont in full force. 02d and young seemed to be in picnic spirits and each wore a smile of contentment when' dinner was announced but they only had time to fill their plates with a lit? tle of the "good thigs" when the rain descended and there was a rush for shelter. The second attempt was mere successful but there are some rrho still refuse to be comforted over the fate of that fried chicken which must have floated down stream. The crown" then adjourned to the park to witness a game of ba?l between Du Tant and Concord. Only a few innings were made when interrupted by rain which fell incessantly the rest of the afternoon. Mr. James Witherspoon, who has resided for the Rast three years in Louisville, Ky., is spending some time with his parents before going to Salt lake City, Utah, where he expects to locate. Mrs. W. E. Brown, accompanied by her niece, Miss Clayton, returned Ihome Monday morning, after a pleas? ant visit of several days to friends here. Mrs. Betsey DuRant was cabled last week to the bedside of h er daughter, Mrs. Hamilton Garland, who has been ?ery ill. _._ STATEBURG. Stateburg, July 23.-Messrs. Matt, and Henry Moore are visiting relatives in Clarendon. Mrs. M. S. Burgess returned to Sumter last Wednesday, after a pleas? ant visit to Mr. and Mrs "Charliey Pinckney. Mr. Harry BuCI and Misses Lee Moore, Mayo Rees, Bessie Murray and Annie Burgesss have returned from Rock Hill, where they have been attending the Stat* Summer School at Winthrop College. Miss Iva Bell Hughson, of Sumter, < is the guest of Miss Sarah Moore. Misses Janie and Lottie Nelson are -vis-'ting Mrs. F. H. McLeod in Flor? ence Mr. Warren Burgess has returned to Sumter after a pleasant stay in our midst. Miss Beulah Lynam, of Sumter, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. S. H. Ram? ley. Misses Gena and Georgie Dargan are visiting friends in Sewanee, Tenn. Miss Julia Burgess is spending a lew days at Mrs. R. M. Cantey's. Mrs. S. R. Staid and Misses Mattie, Tillie and Sadie Flud are spending a month among the mountains of North ?Carolina. Mr. Sidney Burgess, of Sumter, is visiting his cousin at "Waverley." Miss Theo Dargan is spending some time in Darlington with relatives. Mr. Early Mellett spent Sunday at home. MAX. Max, S. C., July 23.-There was a great gathering of people at Beulah picnic Saturday. Rev. B. *C. Truluck and Mr. D. H. TraxZer m appro? priate addresses. Mrs. Harry Nelson, after a pleasant visit to relatives, will return to her home in Columbia tomorrow. Mrs. B. K. Truluck will leave Tues? day for Greenville to spend the bal? ance of the summer. Miss Vivian Brockington will accompany her and wffl spend some time with Miss Elsie Neaves. Miss Beatrice J<:?nes. of Like City, is visiting relatives about here. SALEM. Salem, July 23.-Three heavy rains have visited our section within the past week, which will be sufficient.to ensure a full crop of old corn. Much .corn has attained the yeEow tinge, i \ \ . -^ and is called here the "Williamson va? riety," but the yield will not pan out as did that of this famous corn king. A number from this section at? tended the big picnic at Beulah on Saturday. The crowd in attendance is variously estimated at from 2,500 to 4,000. This beats the attendance upon the meetings of the State circus that is blowing around the State airing their views, and exercising their lungs. The dinner is said to have been am? ple to have fed as many more as was there. The crops in that section are said to be fine by a close observer and practi? cal farmer who attended the picnic. Much politics are abroad in the land, and if many more candidates 'are forthcoming they v. ill have to electioneer each other, for there will not be enougn left to bother with. There seems to be only one issue dispensary cr anti-dispensary. Two years from now unless the "purely chemicajl goods" handled in these in? stitutions are changed, the under? takers' business will prove more prof? itable to individuals than does this institution to che grafter*. One can scarcely pick up a news? paper without seeing where some poor unfortunate has succumbed to the effects of these chemicals that do not sem to agree with all constitu? tions. Xext on the programme is the C-roner, whose decision is: the unfor? tunate came to his death by alcoholic poisoning, vhaving imbibed too much '.chemicals,*' &c. The best solution is to elect the best material that offers itself to fight and correct these evils and thereby vote for men and not measures. Good, able men will surely enact good laws and Sumter county has some cf thi* kind of material to select from. Some of them are true and tried, while per? haps others equally true, but un? tried. This section is almost depopulated. Ail who could, have left for cooler climes and there are others still to go later on. Some are getting a taste of bachelors' life, much to their dis? taste. Rev. Merrs. Knox and Keir ex? changed pulpits on Sunday, the form? er occupying Brick Church pulpit and the latter the Mayesville pulpit. "Mr. R. M. Cooper, of Mt. Zion, was i at his farm here on Thursday. Supervisor Seale has given us a good road from Black river to Mayesville. Mr. R. M. Brown, of Sumter, left on Saturday for the seashore to be gone ten days or less. PRIVATEER. Privateer, Juy 23.-There are seve? ral reported sick this week. Mr. W. E. Kolb has two cases of fever in his family, one of which is typhoid. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Osteen, also, are quite sick. Miss Corinne, Wells is spending some time with friends and relatives in Paxyille. Mrs. E. W. Rivers is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. L E. Mims, in E?loree. Mr. Charles Pinckney of Dalzell, and Mr. F. B. Bradford, of Wedgefield, spent Thursday at Mrs. E. W. Rivers. Miss Rosa Kolb and Mr. Ed,Wise, of Paxville, spent Sunday at Mr. William Geddings. Mrs. Russell Lee, of Oswego, is spending some time "with her mother, Mrs. S. J. Bradford. BORDEN. Borden, July 23.-Miss Jesse Brown is visiting at Mr. W. E. Freeman's this week. Mr. Z. L. Baker and family have gone to Florida where they will make their future home. Mr. Baker has been employed by Emanuel & Co., for the past year. Mirs. Carrie Lurinten of New York and Mrs. Johnson of Cuiumbia spent a few days with their mother, Mrs. D. Cato. Mr. K. L. Mobley, of Sumter, has moved to Borden. He will work for Emanuel & Co. Mr. E. E. Anderson, of Tennessee, is going into business at Borden. Miss Letta Cato is visiting her brother, Mr. R. L. Cato. MAYESVILLE. Mayesville, July 24.-The ginners of this community have decided to call a meeting of the ginners O? Sumter county and neighboring counties to meet at the court housi- in Sumter on Wednesday, August 8th. to form an organization and to discuss matters ni importance. There are over 5,000 bales ginned in Mayesville alone, to say nothing of the cotton ginned by the small gins in the surrunding ..'.tin try. The ginners are ur- and doing. The gins are bing repaired, and all neces? sary appliances are being put in per? fect order. This is one feature of the gin business that an outsider and farmers overlook. It appears t-> some that to steam up and a dollar a bale means a pocketful"! for tin- owner. Bul this is a mistaken idea. The writer is in position to know the expenditures and expenses of a gin and there is no doubt that the ginners of this county one?; organized, they will request all other ginners in the State to gee to? other and become a sub-organization if the NationaJ Ginners' Association. KEKS HAW NEWS NOTES. ( Camden, July 21.-We had the pleasure o:.* attending the fish fry giv? en by Mr. J. H. Morris, of the Reed State farm, on the 19th instant, in j honor of his Marlboro friends. To j say that it was a success would only I be a minld way of expressing it. Mr. j Morris never does things by halves. I Plenty of fish, mutton and ham, with I everything necessary for dinner, with ! lemonade, been and "corn" to quench j the thirst, was enough for anyone to ! enjoy the day. * i After dinner Hon. J. P. Gibson, of I Marlboro, made a fine address and gave a history of the success of the Marlboro "boys" who had come to Sumter territory, the land of "Eden." Ex-Mayor Dick, Mayor Boyle,* Su? pervisor Seale and several others made short talks. ? i . Mr. Morris' crop is fine; in fact, he is one of che best farmers in the State, and knows his business. We had the pleasure of a half hour's chat with Hon. A. K. Sanders, who will be Sumter's next senator, if merit cot.nts for anything in politics. We do not approve of fighting and fussing in bail playing, but if the only way to put Gil^x-pie our ? i the Man ning-Cainden game was to knock him out. then it has our approval. We are not a Camden man, and therefore can? not be accused of partiality. His de? cisions were rediculotis-one when he called a strike that hit the ground be? fore it reached the plate. It was the opinioin of ali disinterested parties that he had made a "long-eared mule" o' himself. Camden can win by fair means and don't want to win any other way. "Sammie" failed to "make good" on Sumter, and Manning teams, but he is certainly a better ball player than an umpire. . We are still having plenty of rain. Crops are good for the season. Thc General Sumter Memorial Acad? emy Will begin its next session on Monday, Sept. 17th, 1906, at 9 o'clock a. m., in the Acton House, at Stateburg, in ! charge of the regular faculty of three j teachers, as follows: John J. Dargan, principal and in I structor in history, advanced Latin, ! Greek, ."rlhetoric and Composition and ! in the higher branches of Mathemat I ics. I Miss Janet McClure in French and ! in the next grades of the public school, [ going down asjlow as the fifth grade. Miss Theodosia Dargan in the first to the fifth grades. Music, vocal and instrumental, will accompany much of the teaching in I several lines and ali students in mu? sic will be allowed to Head in the mu? sical exercises for the whole school from dc.y to day in alphabetical order. In addition to the above regular course in the public school work,which will be given to students from School District Xo. 6, free of charge, there will be afforded instruction in sight singing, vocal music (voice training) and in instrumental music on piano and violin and in senography, type? writing and bookkeeping. It is expected, too. that before the session closes, sewing, cooking, agri? cultural and horticultural departments of instruction will be opened. The school is located in the health- i iest anil loveliest section of the State, full to the brim of historic memories j and is taught by teachers who count personal sacrifice for the upbuilding of the school a pleasure and high priv? ilege. Board can be had for boys at the principal's home near .the school building and for young ladies in the school building under the care of the Misses Dargan. There is also many * attractive homes in the neighborhood where board can be had at low rates for boys or girls, who attend the school. Several of these are in easy reach of the school house, but when not so near ~ to be accessible by walking, seats can be had in the school trans? portation wagons at 25 cents per month each, and when taken for less, 10 cents a week. For further information apply to John J. Dargan, * Principal. P. G., Dalz?ll, S. C., R. F. D. Xo. 1. Stateburg. S. C., July 23, 1906. Mayes ville Defeats Florence. Mayesville, July 21.-A game of ball was played between Florence ann Mayesville yesterday at Florence, re? sulting in a score of 9 to s in favor of Mayesville. The score was tied to the ' tenth inning, when our boys brought five safely over the rubber. Chan? 1er, who pitched for Mayesville. strucb ?"it s men and Leak?for Flor? ence, struck out 1. Columbia, July 21.-The Aiken Bars request for special term to try Rapist Knight will n<?t lie granted unless So? licitor Davis request it, the statute making solicitors request necessary in case of special term of Sessions court. Soi th Carolinians in Albany, X. V., have formed a South Carolina society. Mr. .Alas-:; Pressley Young, of Due West, will go to Egypt to teach in the college at Assut THE RUSSIAN CRISIS. RUSSIAN" PARLIAMENT ISSUES REVOLUTIONARY ADDRESS. Urges Resistance to Imperial Author .ity-Declares That Taxation With? out Representation is Tyranny. Viborg, Finland, July 23.-The cur? tain dropped this afternoon qn the final act'of .the drama of Russia's first parliament when under the spur of the threat of Governor Rechanberg to use military force to end the session, and with troops already converging on the Hotel Belvedere, where the meet? ing was held, the assembled members of the lower house, 1S6 in rvmber, hurriedly adopted and signed an ad? dress to the people which is thorough? ly revolutionary in its nature, elected a perpetual executive committee head? ed by Prince Paul Dclgourokoff, pres? ident of the house, to carry on the work of liberation and adjourned amidst characteristic Russian embrac? ing and kissing. A few members, in? cluding President Mouromtseff, Ivan Petrunkevitoh and Count Heyden, re? turned to St. Petersburg by evening trains. The constitutional Democratic representatives intend to go to St. Petersburg in a body in the morning, but many of t*ie radical members fearing their arrest on their arrival at the capital will remain for the present in Finland or return by roundabout routes. 1 The address which bears a remark? able similarity to the manifesto fram? ed by the council of workmen last No? vember, which icnded its authors and the editors of eight St. Petrsburg newspapers in cells of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, strikes the gov? ernment in its most vulnerable point by declaring that the administration and not parliament is responsible for the delay in the settlement of the agra? rian question and by proclaiming a cessation of payment of taxes and of military service and repudiation of future loans. The following is the text of the par? liament manifesto: "To the People from their Popu'f.r Representatives: "Citizens of Russia: Parliament has been dissolved by ukase of July 2IT, You elected us as your representatives and instruced us to fight for our coun? try and freedom. In execution of your instructions and our duty we drew up laws in order to ensure free? dom to the people. We demanded the removal of irresponsible ministers who were infringing the laws with im? punity and oppressing freedom. First of all. however, we wanted to bring out a law respecting the distributing of land to working peasants and in? volving the assignment to this end, of crown appendages, monasteries and lands belonging to the clergy and compulsory expropriation of private estates. The government held s?ch a law to be inadmissable, and upon par? liament's once more urgently putting forward its resolution regarding com? pulsory expropriation parliament was dissolved. "The government promises to con? voke a new parliament seven months hence. Russia must remain without popular representation for seven whole months, at a time when the people are standing on the brink of ruin, and industry and commerce are undermined, when the whole country is seething with unrest and when the ministry has definitely shown its in? capacity to do justice to popular needs. For seven months the government will act arbitrarily and will fight against the popular movement in or? der to obtain a pliable, subservient parliament. Should it succeed, how? ever, in completely suppressing the popular movement the government will convoke no parliament at all. "Citizens, stand up for your tram pled-on rights, for popular representa? tion and for an imperial parliament. Russia must not remain a day with? out popular representation. You pos? sess the means of acquiring it. The government has, without the assent of the popular representatives, no right to collect taxes from the people nor to summon the people to military ser? vice. Therefore, you are now the gov? ernment. The dissolved parliament was justified in giving neither money nor soldiers. Should the government, however, contract loans in order to procure funds, such loans will be in? valid without the consent of the pop? ular representatives. The Russian people will never acknowledge them. Will not we be calle.! upon to pay them? Accordingly, until a popular representative parliament is summon? ed do not give a k< pee to the throne or a soldier, to the army. No power can resist the united, inflexible will <>f the people. "Citizens, in this obligatory and un? avoidable struggle your representa? tives will be with you." The Supreme Court at a special session on Tues lay rendered two im? portant decisi-ms. The Spartanburg street paving injune:!.'ii ;s dismissed and the $125,000 paving contract will be carried out. The injunction against the establishment of a dispensary in the Kershaw county part of the town of Kershaw was made permanent. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items; of Interest Condensed and Par agraphed for Quick Reading. An Anderson man has invented a device to prevent the trolley pole of an electric car from slipping off the wire. The South Carolina Presbytery at its last meting decided on the es? tablishment of a denominational high school at some point in the upper part of the State. The Presbytery em? braces the counties of Newberry, Sa? luda, Abbeville, Greenwood, Ander? son, Pickens and Oconee. The Federal Court of Charleston has issued order confirming the rec? ommendation of Referee Spain that a dividend of 20 per cent be declared to the creditors of the Independent Cotton 0:1 Co. In the case of disputed claims this amount will be held until the claims are adjudicated. The building occupied as a foundry by Retsell & Compton at Spartanburg collapsed "Wednesday, injuring several workmen, one of whom will probably die. The tax returns'show that the total taxable value of real estate in Rich? land county show an increase of about $2.000,000. , Full dispensary and anti-dispensary, tickets will be Dut out in Darlington county. Mr. D. T. McKeithan will head the anti-dispensary ticket for 'Senator and Mr. G. P. Scarborough the dispensary- ticket. / During an electrical storm light? ning struck the wire leading from the power house at Neal Shoals in Union county and cause? the stoppage of the Union and Buffalo Mills for sev? eral hours. Senator Tillman has been invited to speak ii Anderson on August 2nd. A scheme is said '"to be on foot at Laurens to organize a new bank in the fall. The capital stock is to be $60,000. ? An election will be held in Ander? son August 13 on a proposition to in? crease" the salary of the mayor of that city from $400 to 51,200. Citizens of Aiken have petitioned Governor Heyward to order an early special term of court to try Ike Knight, the assailant of Mrs Chapin. The work of improvingNhe Pee Dee river near Cheraw has commenced. The river dredge is at work a few miles below the town. The corner stone of Clio's hand? some new school building was laid Wednesday by the Masonic lodge, L. D. Lyde of Marion making the address. A great deal of building is in progress in Clio. The Berkeley Railroad, extending from Monks Corner to New England City, a . distance of eleven miles, was sold Monday to the E. P. Burton Lum? ber Co. for $10,000. The State Treasurer has paid war? rants in favor of the Bel Roy Distilling Company for $1,500, and in favor of Strauss, Pritz & Co. for $3,000. Dur? ing the day the Treasurer also paid a warrant for $9,45^.88, but curious as it may appear,At stated on its face that ii: was for "summary drafts." On the back of the warrant was noted that the drafts were for $2,500 and $6,953.98, but the names of the parties in whose favor the money was drawn ..vere not stated. FOUND DF.AD IX BED. Bishopville, July 20.-Mr. E. C. Poun?, aged about 40 years, was found in his room this morning at ll o'clock dead. Mr. Pound, together with one Mr. Lovely, has been here for about five weeks selling lightning rods and at this time Mr. Lovely is somewhere out in the country around here but it is not knownw here and so it is impossible to locate him or the horne of the dead man. The death of Mr. Pound is suppos? ed to be due 'to drinking, as he has been indulging pretty freely for the last several days. It is not known here where either Mr. Pound or Mr. j Lovely came from and so far there ! has not been any information found giving any light as to where their home or relatives are. The people here are doing all in their power to find out the relatives and home of the deceased so that they can notify them of his death and find out what to do with the body. Any information as to his home or relatives or as to the whereabouts of his partner, Mr. Love? ly, will be highly appreciated by the citizens of Bishopville. News of the Pythians, At the meeting cf Game Cock Lodge Monday the following members were chosen as delegates to the District Lodge, which wili meet at Bishopvnllc on August 2d: H. C. Haynsworth, J. E. Wilder, J. M. Brogdon, B. F, Es tridge, G. J. Myers, F. P. Burgess, W. B. Boyle, D. P. Shuler, E. W. Nettles and C. M. Hurst. I;: a idition to these the Chancellor Commander was au? thorized to appoint additional dele? gates to the number of 35. The rank of Esquire was conferred on Pages A. C. Glover, M. L. Parler, E. D. Witherspoon and R. A. Weldon. Five applications for membership j were received. SOUTH CAROLINA LEAGUE. At Sumter July 17 Sumter.00 300 01*-4 Orangeburg.100 OOO 010-2 At Georgetown July 17 Georgetown, 2; Darlington, 0. At Sumter July 18. Orangeburg.001 00-1 Sumter.000 00-0 At Camden, July 18. Camden, 3; Manning 2. At Georgetown, July 18. Darlington, 2; Georgetown, 0. At Orangeburg July 19 Orangeburg, 7; Camden, ?. At Manning July 19 Georgetown, 4; Manning, 0. At Darlington July 19 Darlington, 4; Sumter, 2. M Darlington July 20 Darlington, 3; Sumter, 2. Darlington, 2; Sumter, 0. At Manning July 20-' Georgetown, 9; Manning, 3. At Orangeburg July 20 Camden, 4; Orangeburg, 2. SUMTER'S STEADY GROWTH. Washington, D. C., July 18.-One additional letter carrier has been ap? pointed for Sumter, effective today. Increase of business necessitated the addition to the force.-The Daily Rec? ord. / It will be gratifying to the people of Sumter to learn that they are now to have four letter carriers. The need of an additional carrier has long been felt, and for some time Postmaster Shore has been exerting every effort for an increase in the force. While an announcement of the appointment has not yet been made, it is generally understood that Mr. J. D. Wilder, Jr., who has^ been serving as a substitute carrier for more than a year, will be~i given the position. ^t Baseball at St. 'Charles. Mayesville, July IS.-An interesting: game of ball was played at St. Charles yesterday between St. Charles and Bishopville teams. The score was: St. Charles, 16; Bishopville, 7. Bat? teries- St. Charles, Chandler and Rfiodes; Bishopville, Scarborough and Stuckey. ? 3Ir Manning Misquoted. The News and Courier received Sat? urday night a letter from its corres? pondent at Marion asking us to make certain corrections in the report as published of the speeches of certain of the candidates who spoke at Marion at the campaign meeting ,held there on? N Saturday. The error to which pur jj correspondent calls our attention is embracedyin the following: "At this juncture he (Senator Blease) twitted Senator Manning for being inconsistent and read from an old copy of the State the platform, adopted in 1902 by the convention that nominated J. C. Shepard for Gov- <% ernor, and showed that Manning had signed that platform. He asked him why he had changed his views so. Senator Manning arose and told the audience that he is opposed to lob? byists being admitted to the floor during the sessions of the Legislature, ?k He jumped on Senator Tillman for adopting the dispensary law when the State voted prohibition. He is opposed to county dispensaries and high li? cense,1 but favors the Brice Act. "H| said he would not jump on his friend, Mr. Blease, because he voted to jj retain Wade Hampton in the United States Senate." The report, our correspondent states, should have read: "Senator Manning arose and toild the audience that he had nothing to hide now, nor -. never did have, which reply brought % applause." All the remaining portion of the excerpt quoted should have been credited to Mr. A. C. Jones, of Newberry. It was he, and not Mr- \ Manning, who "jumped on" Senator - Tillman, and it was Mr. Jones who. declared himself as opposing high li^^K cense and county dispensaries, while favoring the Brice law. We make this correction willingly. In justice to ourselves, however, we take occasion to add that the report as published was as delivered to us by the Western Union Telegraph Con>-^ pany. It was signed by a reliable cor respondent and we had no reason to doubt its accuracy.-News and Cou? rier. Raleigh, N. C., July IS.-The case . of the Secretary of State against tne4|f Bell Telephone Company to lower rates in North Carolina on both long distance and local phones began, ta day before the corporation commis? sion. Vancouver, B. C., July IS.-By the wrecking on a rock of a boat contain? ing ten men, five were drowned in the S^pillmanehes river. A !umb?r fore-' rrian and four assistants were the vic? tims.