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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. KEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Berns ci Interest Worn all Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. SOTXCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters- so that they will reach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are X|^eived Wednesday it is almost an impossibility to have them appear in the pap?r issued that day. PRIVATEER. Privateer, July 31.-Mr. F. G. Riv? ers, of Elloree,- spent from Friday un til Monday at Mr. E. W. Rivers. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Me'lette, of -Summerton, ^spent Saturday: and Sun? day at Mr. M. G. Ramseys. Miss Pretto Lockwood, of Green? wood, spent Monday at Mr. J. R. "K-otb's. Mrs. LeGrand and Miss Sue Har vin, cf Manning-, are spending the week at Mr. S. A. Harvin's. - Tlie county campaign meeting at .Privateer today was very quiet, there being about 15G voters present. All .of the candidates were listened to at? tentively. In the writer's opinion the -candidates that are in fa'; or of iii? "dispensary will get th<- majority of the votes polled ir? chis part 01 the .county. MAX. Max. S. C., Aug. 31.-Rains are frequent. Crops are doing well. Peaches are plentiful in some places .ard are not in? others. The usual ?mount of canning will be done. Misses Buena Chandler and K. El ' len Burgess, are visiting relatives iiere. Mrs. Malissa Tomlinsons health 3s improving. Prof. F. W. Truluck's fwo weeks term of teaching vocal music at Pine Grove, will close next Saturday with m picnic. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, S. C., July 30.-Once " ?gain I will write a lme? from this Comer. It's still raining, ' had three or four heavy showers today. This is one year we farmers will never get through laying by, we will' have to ?quit. The storm on the 25th did not do^ much damage here. But just be? low and above here it was very .severe. It almost ruined Jim Brew? er's, Joe Johnson's and Blanding Ar ' dis's crops, and it blew a tree on one corner of Mack' Kolb's house and one 4m. the Lyman Brothers house, be? sides a great many on different col -ored peoples houses. One on Lucy Pack's house, one on Eliza Gallu chat's house and one on Richard Farmer's barn. The-hail did the most jof the damage to Brewer's, Johnson .and Ardis's crop. Mrs. J. B. McIntosh, Sr.; Mrs. W. X Ardis and Mrs. Joe M Ardis and child were sick last week Mr. and Mrs. James R. Griffin lost their little baby girl, Annie Gey trude* last Thursday morning from menmgetis. Joe P. Osteen and Eddie Avin are quite sick, also two of Mr. W. E. Xolb's children. , W. T. Kolb, of your city, dined at W. J. Ardis' last Friday. Mrs. W. J. Ardis and Mrs. G. W. Scott spent last Sunday with Mri and Mrs. Ben Geddings, near Pinewood. G. W. Scott, A. S. and T. D. Weeks, "Visited Mn C. H. Johnson and H. W. "Prichard near Rarr-sey last Sunday. Mrs. Hamp Scott, of Paxville, is on a visit to her mother, Mrs J. B. Mc? Intosh, Sr. J. B. McIntosh went to see his daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Gardner, ,at Smithville last Thursday. Mr. Editor, I am sorry that my let? ter of the 11th, either lost its way on the Rural Route, or fell into the large mouth receptaele just at your Tight hand, as it contained a reply to Moist Jim, of Pisgah, about the back ?action dog, and a brief report of the ^?memorial services of the Hon. James "32. Tindale at Calvary Church on the third (15) Sunday of this month. ? Well, I suppose tomorrow is the .day of chin shooting at Privateer. I want to go cut and hear them fire edi their gas guns. Though we are still calm and serene in this Corner. Mr. Jim Arin's horse fell in a hole in a bridge near Dargan Osteen's one day week before last and broke its leg, he had the horse killed. It is liard on Mr. Avin as he had his only liors? burnt up 'ess than two years -ugo. And he is an old Confederate moldier and a cripple. Mr. R. S. Eartlette, of South West Manchester, I hear got a fal? in the "Wateree swamp a few days ago and sustained severe injuries. DURANT. Durant, S. C., Aug. 5.-Mrs. W. M. McElveen, who has been visiting her father, Mr. J. C. Durant, left this morning for the Mood-Osteen In? firmary, where her baby will be treat? ed for typhoid fever. Mrs. J. M. Witherspoon is spending sometime with relatives here. New Harmony congregation have given their pastor, Mr. Grier, a month's vacation. - j Miss Maggie McFaddin, of Harvins, j was tv-c guest of Miss Witherspoon j last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Muldrow \ passed Through Durants Thursday on j their way from Mayesville. While there have been very heavy j rains this section has escaped the I hai1 storms that passed just a little j below us. The farmers hope for a 1 half crop of cotton and the corn j yield will be below an average. Y. I _ ? _ I LYNCHBURG. Lynchburg. S. C., Aug. 3.-The ! prettiest and most exciting little ball game of this season, was played on the home diamond this afternoon be- j tween Bishcpville and Magnolia J (Lynchburg) 3rd nine, resulting in a j score of 6 to 7 in favor of the locals. We use the phrase "little ball game" on account of the size of the players, j as they were the smallest boys this correspondent ever saw cross bats on a diamond for a match game, and the splendid, catching by some of the smallest players was the feature of the game which elicited a storm of applause and cheering from those who witnessed the game, and quite a large crowd was out to see the little fellows do up Bishopville's fast little nine. The team were about evenly matched and ten innings were played j before the tie was brokan. Lynchburg battery-Aubin Wilson and Will Hickon, pitchers, and Floyd Cribbs, catcher. Bishopville battery-John Rhame, pitcher and Max Levy, catcher. The average age of the players rn both sides was about twelve years. i The next game will take place in \ Bishopville. PINEWOOD HAPPENINGS. I Pinewood, August 1.-The rain and storm have cut the crops to less than a two-thirds crop. Farm wor in this section is almost wholly suspended and numbers -of farmers are compell? ed to lay-by their cotton in places with lots of grass. However, from all accounts we are better off than other "neighborhoods. Our town seems to be on a boom, lots of building still going on, town property increasing in value, town lots which sold for $150 two years ago, are now selling at $500. Mr. R. C. Richardson, Jr., is at home again. Miss Gecdir.gs, daughter of Mr. J. IL Geddings, cf : Columbia, is visiting relatives here. v Mr. X. C. Sta<:.'?:, who has been quite .sick for several days, is able to be up Miss Alice Hodge has returned home from Rock Hill, S. C., where she has been spending some time. . Mr. Chas. L. Cuttino, of the Sum? ter Bar. was in town yesterday. Mr. Julius Levy, representing J. M. Pearlstine .& Son, of Charleston, was in the city today. Pinewood and Packsv?le will cross bats today on the Pinewood ball grounds. LEE COUNTY NEWS. At a recent meeting of the congre? gation of the Presbyetrian church here to consider the buliding of a. new church or repair the old, resulted in favor of building a new church and nearly $11,000 was subscribed for that purpose. It was proposed to build a $15.000 church on the site of the old and the building commit? tee do not think it hard to raise the balance and then work will com? mence at once. Last Friday evening Bishopville and vicintiy was visited with the heaviest rain fall known to the oldest inhabitants. From the corner of Church and Dennis streets aLmost to Council street the water was from one to three .feet deep in the middle of the street. In front of the Moore & Condor stables the water was over a foot deep. Black river' causeway was nearly two feet under water. The branch on the North side of the Gra? ded school building was swimming deep. It was a veritable cloud burst and eveiy house in town leaked. Council is having the terra cotta taken out of the drain on church street because it is not sufficient to take off the great volume of water after a big rain, and will put in a brick and cement drain, The District Convention or th K. of P. meets today and tonight, their an? nual banquet takes place. The fol? lowing are the delegates from the lodge here: T. G. McLeod, T. H. Ta? tum, G. H. Fitch, R. B. Chappell, H. E. Mooneyhan, C. S. Reames, R. H. Singletary, J. D. Hill, H. L. Atkinson, J. B. McLauchlin, F. F. Hcmdon and J. C. Baskin. Miss Louise Durant, of Sumter, vis? ited relatives in town lot week. . Mrs. Furman Peebles is visiting in Sumter this week.-Leader ana Vin h'cator. A FAMILY JAR. New Y<?rk. Aug. fr.-A bitter fight between husband and wife reached a climax this afternoon when Mrs. Kerner, aged 60, split her husband's hf-cr> open with an axe killing him in? stantly. Th.; murder occurred at tho Korner's home, Brooklyn. The wo? man was arrested. TRAIN WAS HOCKED. Excuisionists Returning From Angus ta Aro Ja Dangerous Position. Frc-m the Daily Item, August 7. Th- annual excursion train run by ihe Atlantic Coast Line, from Flor? ence to Augusta, was rocked at al? most every station on its return trip last night. It is reported by persons who went on the trip that bricks, j stones, bits of iron and even pistols j were brought into play. ? Fh.gman McClennaghan. a brother of Ar. John McClennaghan, former yard master here, was hit in the head by one of the rocks. Medical atten? tion was secured for him at Denmark, and he was declared not seriously injuree. Two negroes and a young white man, said to live in Orangeburg, were arrested at Denmark and carried on ! i to Florence. They are accused of, p^-tcipating in the rocking of the j train. The charge against them is a serious one, and if convicted should be given the full extent of the law. This is not the first time such things have occurred. Some people along the road from Augusta to j Barneweil ,seem to have a spite ! against excursions. It is stated that the inmates of the cars were kept in constant fear of serious injury on .ac? count of the rocks coming through the car windows. Three of the coaches were reserved for white peo? ple. In these coaches not many of the seats were occupied while the rocks were being thrown, foremost of the passengers were forced td crouch down between the seats. HAGOODS FIXE RECORD. The Baseball Team Finds Wedgefield Easy Mark. E.'agood, S. C., Aug. 3.-The Ha? good. boys went down to Wedgefield yesterday to play a double-header with Wegefield. In the first game the score came out 2 to 0 in favor of Hagood. The second, game was far less interesting and was won by Ha? good, he score being 9 to 2. For Hagood Sanders the great split ball pitcher had the Wedgefield boys gues? sing, while Chandler, for Wedgefied, w^<> "somewhat wild. Hagood has played Wedgefield five games and won all. The feature of the game was the rooting of the Hagood girls. S. I. L. LYXCH XEGKOES AT M1DXIGHT. Mob Makes Short Work of Lyerly Murderers. Charlotte, Aug. 6.-A mob of 3,000 determined men, shortly bei".-re ll o'clock tonight forcibly entered Row? an County jail, at Salisbury, removed therefrom three of the six prisoners charged with the murder of the Lyer ry family, at Barber Junction, July 13 and lynched them. Xease and John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham, sup? posed to be the principals of the crime, were the victims of mob veng? eance. The remaining negroes, Henry Lee, George Ervin and Bella Dilling? ham, were not molested and later to? night officers hurried them off to Greensboro. The mob began gathering at sun^ down. Mayor Boyden promptly or? dered the saloons closed and, with other prominent citizens, U. S Senator Overman, Judge Long, who was holding the special term of Court to try the negroes, and Solicitor Hammer gathered on the jail steps aid addressed the crowd, which at that time numbered 2,000. There were howls 'and cat calls from the nrob, but for a time there was no move on their part. They lacked a leader. While citizens were appeal? ing to the mob, two men slipped through the crowd and were entering tie jail with hammers. They were discovered and arrested. The mob continued its yelling, but there was stili no concerted move. About 9 o'clock Mayor Boyden called upon the local military com? pany, the Rowan Rifles, for aid. They assembled quickly, but were supplied with only blank cartridges, having no orders to shoot to kill. Fireman McLendon, of Charlotte, a .Southern Railway employee, was shot in the stomach by a bullet said to 'lave been fired by a member of the nob. He was fatally wounded. Will Troutman, a negro drayman, was also seriously shot at about the same time. Both are said to have been accidental, occasioned by some of the few wild <h<?ts fired by members of the mob with evident intent of frightening citizens. At 10 o'cock there was a stir in thf mob. It was augumented lay fully i 500 men, who came it is said, from Whitney, where the Whitney Reduc? tion Company is developing the Yad kin water power. It was but a few minutes after their arrival when a crowd "f fifty, forming a sort of fly? ing wedge, made a break for the jail doors,, overpowered the officers an* effected an entrance. The great :rowd outside surged in behind the leaders and in a few moments more emerged from the door with their victims. CHEATKA3? DENIES CHARGES. Omis Xb Bu/ket .S:iop Stock aiul Buys No Futures. Atlanta, Aug. 1.-Before the com? mittee of investigation named by j President Harvie Jordan to hear evi ? dence that certain officers of the As? sociation owned an interest :n a wei! known brokerage concern, also have been speculating in cotton futures, Representative J. R. Anderson, of Chatham County, repated the charges made by him on the floor of the House this "/eek. He charged that Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Association, speculated in cotton futures, carrying the accounts in the names of Mike O'Grady and P. A. Lee. Mr. Anderson also charged that Arthur F. Fairchild, who appears as the manager of the bureau , of pub? licity of the Assoei? :on, owned one eighth of the stock of the Piedmont Brokerage Company, a concern which makes a specialty of cotton futures. To support these charges Mr. Ander? son submitted a number of affidavits and declared that an order from Mr. Cheatham on certain brokers would bring forth further evidence of proof of the charges. Mr. Cheatham produced in his de? fence a statement in which he de? clared: "I do not at the present time, nor have I directly or indirectly in any manner owned any part of or in ! terest in a bucket shop or wire gam I bling houses. i j "I have never speculated in cotton futures for my own persona! gain." Mr. O'Grady, of Chattanooga, was on hand to substantiate the statement of Mr. Cheatham that the "O'Grady account" was handled for him by Mr. Cheatham, merely as a personal act of friendship. Mr. Cheatham refused j to reveal the identity of P. A. Lee, in whose name the other account was carried .The charge that Fairchild owned an interest in .the Piedmont Brokerage Company was not denied, although it was declared that the interest was disposed of some time ago. Mr. Fagan, manager of the local exchange, was <the first witness at the afternoon session. He testified as to Mr. Cheatham having opened an account under the name cf Mike O'Grady. Mr. Fagan admitted hav? ing given Mr. Anderson the informa? tion on which he based the charges. The next witness was B. C. Cothran, local manager of a broker's office, and he told about Frazier telling Dr. Crawford that Mr. Cheatham was a stockholder in the Piedmont ' Ex? change. Holland Curran, who was book? keeper for a brokerage firm with offices in this city, was the star wit? ness of the day. He declined to testi? fy without Mr. Cheatham's consent, whereupon Mr. Cheatham jumped to his feet and exclaimed: "You are just here for a trick. This thing has been tried on me be? fore, and I am tired of it. You are trying to play at the wrong game." Mr. Curran flushed up angrily and proceeded to tell what he claimed he knew, and it was that Mr. Cheatham had bought cotton futures three times at his office. "He came to the office," said the witness, "and wanted to open an account. He did so and when we asked in what name to put the account he said: 'Oh, Mike will do.' 'Mike who?' was asked, and said Jones was a good name, and so the account now stands on our books as Mike Jones." / Dr. J. M. Crawford took the stand and said he was a stockholder in the Piedmont Exchange. He said he was always positive Mr. Cheatham owned stock, although he never said so di? rectly. A. F. Fairchild, manager of fhe publishing bureau of the Association, was the last witness of the day and submitted a written statement. CHEATHAM GUILTY. Atlanta, Aug. 2.-The committee of five to which was committed the investigation of the charges brought by Representative Anderson against certain officers of the Southern Cot? ton association, met here today, after concluding at midnight the taking of testimony. The meeting today, to consider the evidence and formulate a report to President Jordan, was held behind closed doors. The report was completed and sent to President Jordan, and is to be forwarded by him to the executive committee of the association for fina! action at the meeting which is to be held at Hot Springs September . It is understood that the commit? tee in its report finds Secretary Cheatham guilty of speculation in cotton futures, but it does not censure him nor make any recommendations as to the action to be taken in his case. The resignation of Arthur A. Fair? child as manager of the publicity bu? reau, who admitted owning an in? terest in the Piedmont Brokerage Company, was tendered early today, but no aotieu has been reported or. this. Mack Henderson, a Laurens ne? gro is in jail charged with the killing of Henry Bulla rd another negro. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of Interest Condensed anti Par? agraphed for Quiek Reading. The abstract ot* rea] estate values reported by the various counties and confirme cl by the State Board of Equalization shows an increase in every county except Fairfield, which has a net decrease of 4.28 per cent. The greatest increase is in William burg, which has 52.49 per cent. Sum? ter-second, with an increase of 36.11 per cent. William Smith, a long distance telephone lineman was arrested in Columbia Thursday cn the charge of cobbing a fellow workman. Jerry Tolensen, a negro 45 years old has been arrested in Union county for criminal assault on a negro wo? man. The board of visitors of the South Carolina Miitary Academy, at the meeting in Columbia on Tuesday elected Frof. P. B. Winn, of Elberton, Ga., to the chair of physics, succeed? ing Major J. T. Coleman; Prof. Chas. J. Walker, of Orangeburg, to the chair of chemistry and geology, suc? ceeding Col. J. Colton Lynes and Mr. Lehre Dantzler to the chair of mod? ern languages, succeeding Major Pierre P. Mazyck. SECOND REGIMENT IN CAMP: The Troops Have Had a Hard Time. But Things Will Probably Brighten Up Today. Camp Chjcamauga, Aug, 5.-The 2d regiment of the National Guards of South Carolina infantry, com? manded by Col. Henry T. Thompson, Lieut. Col. E. R. Cox, and Majors Fuller and Yeadon, arrived here Saturday about noon in fairly good shape. It is true hardships were en? dured because of the poor accom? modations furnished by the rail? roads. Soon after arrival in camp it be? gan to rain and nearly everything got wet. There were 'only ten companies in the 3,d regiment, consequently it fell to the lot of Companies K, * of Darlington, and A, Of Camden to have to put up the tents. There are twelve^ companies here with the 2d regiment. The boys have not fared so well so far. Some of them believe Gen. Sher? man must have been on Chicamauga Park when he. declared "War is Hell." . * STATISTICS OF CITIES. Area, Population and Financial Con dition cf Larger Cities. Washington, D. C.. Aug. 7.-The census bureau today published an in? teresting collection of statistics re? garding financial condition of the larger, cities cf the country, together with comparisons as to acres and population. Inquiries made in 1904 comprise all municipalities having more than 30,000 population or 151 in number. It was found that New York had largest land area, 209,218 acres. New Orleans stood second, 125,000 acres, Chicago third, 114,932 acres, Philadelphia fourth, 81,128, Duluth fifth, 40,556. The city having smallest land area wras Hoboken, N? J., with 625 acres. . Reports states that New York with only twice the population of Chicago has current ex? penses of nearly four times as much. Boston has the largest tax levy, 30.16 per capita. THREE HUNDRED DROWNED. An Itaian Passenger Steamer Goes Down Off Hormigas Island, Spain. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. 5.-A terri? ble marine disster occurred last even? ing off Cape Palos The Italian steam shin Sirio, from from Geno for Bar? celona, Cadiz, Montevideo and Buenos Aires, with about SOO persons on board was wrecked off ?Hormigas ? Island. Three hundred emigrants, most .of them Italians and Spaniards, wrere drowned. The captain of the steamer com? mitted suicide. The bishop of Sao Pedro, Brazil, also was lost, and it is reported that another bishop is among the missing. The remainder of the passengers and the officers and crew got away in the ship's boats or were rescued by means of boats sent to them from the shore. A number of fishermtn who made attempts to rescue were drowned. Those rescued from the "vessel are now at Cape Pales in a pitiable con? dition, being without food or clothing. The Sirio struck a rocky reef, known as Bajo.s Hormigas, and sank soon after, stern first. Hormigas Isl? and lies about two and a half miles to the eastward of Cape Palos. The Sirio was owned by the Navi gazione Italiana of Genoa. Noank, Conn., Aug. 6.-Dr. Julian R. Thomas and Roy Knabenshr.e. who started from New York last night in their balloon to break the American record, landed here early this morning without accident. SOUTH CAROLINA LEAGUE. ?At Georgetown July 31, Two Games Georgetown 2. Sumter 1. Georgetown 3, Sumter 0. At Darlington July 31. Two Games Darlington 2, Camden 1. Darlington 3, Cain den 1. At Orangeburg Ju'y 31 Orangeburg 1, ^anning 4. At Darlington August 1, Two Game: Darlington- 1, Camden 5. Darlington 2, Camden 3. At Georgetown Aug. 1, Two Games Georgetown 1, Sumter 3. Georgetown 1, Sumter 5. At Manning August 1 Manning 0. Orangeburg 5. At Orangeburg Aug. 2, Two Ga'mes Orangeburg 0, Sumter 1. Orangeburg 4, Sumter 4. At Darlington Aug. 2 Darlington 0, Georgetown L At Orangeburg Aug. 3 Orangeburg 4, Sumter 4. At Darlington Aug. 3, Two Games Darlington 6, Georgetown 0. Darlingion 2, Georgetown 1. At Manning Aug. 3, Two Games Manning 9, Camden 12. Manning 3, Camden 4. At Orangebnrg August 4 Orangeburg 0, Sumter 2. At Darlington Aug. 4 Darlington 0, Georgetown 2. At Sumter August 6, two ' games Sumter 5. Darlingon 2. Sumter 0, Darlington 1. At Sumter Aug. 6 Sumter 0, Darlington 1. At Camden Aug. 6, two games Camden 3, Orangeburg '6. Camden 4, Or?ngeburg 5. IhJE ? 5 At Georgetown, August 6 Georgetown* 1, Manning 5. THE COTTON SEASON. Pr?parai ions Being Made to Weigia and Ship Cotton Expede?ous?y. At the request of the cotton buyers of Sumter the Chamber of Com? merce took up with the various rail? road companies the question of is? suing bil?s of lading for cotton on the platforms of the Sumter Cotton Ware House Company, where all cotton will be weighed in future, and also the matter of rapid handling and ship? ping of cotton in order to avoid a congestion of cotton during the busy season. The Atlantic Coast Line and the North Western , Rail Road Com panis today notified secretary E. L Reardon that thty will issue bills of lading for cotton on the Ware House Company platforms, and will have men there to look after the receiving;* and loading of cotton. A side track will be built at once by the Atlantic Coast Line by the side of the plat? form so that cotton may be loaded direct for shipment from the weigh? ers. All cotton for the Atlantic Coast Line win be placed on the side near the tracks of that company, and for the Southern Railway will be leaded from another side in cars on the side track of the latter company. The Southern Railway has not yet stated, officially, that it will issue bills of lading for cotton on the warehouse platforms, but it is quite certain that it will do so in order to meet com? petition. The Sumter Cotcon Ware House Compnay is constructing large and convenient platforms for handling this season's cotton crop, and^ far? mers will find that the Ware House Corrrpnay will do everything possible for the convenience of those who bring cotton to this market. There will be enough weighers and enough . room so that all cotton will be quid? ly received and weighed. * The Atlantic Coast Line will put on extra force at the depot, and Su? perintendent C. L. Porter is arrang? ing for better service this fall. MRS. T. W. DAWSON DEAD. Scituate, Mass., Aug. 5.-Mrs. Th os.? W. Lawson, wife of the Boston ^ financier, died at Dreamwold, Mr. I Lawson's summer home here today. Mrs. Lawson has been suffering from I heart disease for several months. With the execption of her son, Ar- r\ nold, all of Mrs. Lawson's children and her husband were at her bedside when the end came. Arnold Lawson . arrived home shortly afterward. Mrs. Lawson before her marriage to Mr. Lawson in IS7S, was Miss Goodwillie. of Cambridge. The furniture and fixtures of the Postoffice have been moved to the new ? building on Main street. This build? / ing will he used until the Government ?-5uildin?r, for which an appropriation of 550.ono was made at the past ses? sion of Congress, has been erected.