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SOHNTY GQRRESFQNDENCE. KEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. ; ol Interest From all Parts of Sumt?r and Adjoining Counties. ffOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will Coach tliis of?ce not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are wceived. Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in th? paper issued that day. PISGAH. Pisgah, Aug. 13.-Fine rains have TaTlen; In several places but others have none. Last week did cotton mp right, and people, too. The heat iras intense all over this country. Cotton is opening and fodder pull? ing is now goih on. Mr. W J Young ?of Rembert has a fine held of corn thai; will make 25 or 30 bushels to the ?cre. It is planted on the old style, 4x5 fest. He could not work it well ?a account of the rain and did not pul down all the fertilizers he inten? ded. A careful study of the Williamson ? place of corn planting bears out the 'belief that it is the best way, and the -^experiments this year will prove it. Politics are booming now. The Sliter has received more warm greet iniss and hand shakes in the last month than in years. I wonder what ?ame candidates take people for, to think that such warm gush will buy -a *vote. A lot of people have received The same treatment. Th many friends of Rev. H. C. Bethea, speak of running him - for * Superintendent of Education two year?; her.ee. A place for which he je eminently fitted. Rev. J. W. Kenney has been quite sick at his home here for some days. 3>r. Parker is in attendance. Mi. and Mrs. G. L. Britton, of Smithville, .visited fi fends here quite j..?ceut?y. Mrs. Brittoi'a many friends mesr-i delighted to see her. Rev. Mr. Cole Cirried on a very ^ Jute resting meeting at Pisgah Church last week. ' The congregation was ?^teof.-e from the first and increased to :?he end, despite the intense heat. Miss Ha May Evans presided at the Organ during the meeting, and her .services added largely to the interest -of the occasion. The Church very highly appreciates her kindness. Mr. Cole is a fine preaher. His sermons an: short, well arranged and delivered ia conversational style. The meeting which was to be held at Swift Creek Church this week is 1 postponed. Mr. Cronch, who was to help in it, is sick and can't come now. "Rev. Jesse Smith and family, of Beallah, were here yesterday. Sirs. W. E. Allen and children, of .florida, and Mrs. Anna L Allen, of **^Vf'es? ~Jft?ateree are visiting relatives jBaid friends here. '.' -< . ? Your former Braun correspondent "wag up here last week. Orange blosoms are blooming for ?his section if reports are tru?. Sevei - people I understand are badly -ut?Bicted with heart disease. From appearance it looks as if " ijoth of Sumter's gubernatorial can Aid?tes will be in the second race. I tope we will land one of our men, for -Sumter deserves this honor. N - BORDEN. Borden, S. C., Aug. 14.-Mr. C. L. :Smanual is visitng his mother at "Manning. Mr. A. R. Hatfield was married last iSunday at.New Hope Church to Miss Mattie Baker. Little Miss Larine Humphries, of Beulah, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. M. S. Cato. Mr. A. C. Quilla Cato has accepted a position at Spruce Pine, N. C. Mr. A. J. Hatfield has a position wfh W. H. Freeman. Misses Lettie and Addie Cato and their friend, Miss Jessie Brown, is visiting Mr. C. H. Humphries at Beu? lah- They will visit Camden before their return. Mr. C. D. Waldref returned from Donalds. S. C.. vthere he spent a few .days with his father. His sister, Miss Estelle, returned with him to spend a few days. Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of Dalzell, was in town today. Miss Amanda Cato and son Ed? ward are visiting Mr. M. W. Cato. Mr. R. L. Cato has a position with Emanual & Co. Mr. R. S. Brown our Postmaster, has erected a new store on his lot next to the postoffice building. EDWARDS. Edwards. S. C.. Au?. Ll.-For the past few days we have been needing some rain, but we had a fine shower yesterday afternoon. Crops are a lit? tle above the average in this section. Mr. L. A. White has the finest cotton. Rev. J. V. Davis, of Congaree, is as? sisting Rev H. S. Booth In a protrac? ted meeting at Salem. There is much interest manifested. Rev. Mr. Cole preached a most ex? cellent sermon at Mizpah. Rev. M. Howerton filled the pulpit at New Hope. Miss Irene Weldon is visiting rel? atives at Timm oville. Miss Essie Whirs is spending a few weeks with, relatives at Sampit. Mr. Marvin Weldon spent a few days of last week at Timmonsville. Mr. A. B. White is having his dwel? ling completed. Mr. W. T. McLeod is repairing his milli Mr. Arthur McLeod, of Remberts, is visiting friends at this place. Mr. L. H. White has gone to Camden' to. day. Miss Alma Bradley, one of Braun's most charming young ladies, visited in this vicinity last week. Mrs. L. A. White is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Wilson, of Smith? ville. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met at St John's Church last Thursday, Mrs. T. W. Munnerlyn in j the chair. Misses Lou and Eva Britton are visiting relatives in Camden. I Messrs. Lawrence White and Mar- 1 vin Weldon spent Thursday night. With relatives at Remberts. Mr. A. K. Weldon spent^last Sun- j day with relatives at this place. Mrs. L. A. James, of Bishopville, j spent Sunday with her father, Mr. J. j W. Weldon. I Mrs. A. Bl Weldon is spending this WQek with relatives here. We are having a great deal of sickness, there geing lot of ty? phoid fever in this vicinity. Mr. J. E. Davis is spending this month with relatives at Antioch. Ed has been, in Birmingham several years and his friends welcome him home. i Miss Minnie Grier, after a pleasant visit to friends in Wilmington, N. C., has returned home. STATEBURG. Statesburg, Aug. 14.-Misses Nina and Anna Mellette ai* visiting their cousin, Miss Ina Mellette. . Mr. A. M. Lee returned to Charles? ton on Sunday afternoon after a short visit to his family at Farm Hill. Mrs. M S. Burgess, of Sumter, is visiting her father, H. ~Lu Pinckney, Esq., at his country home, Oakland. Mr. Ancrum Finley, pf Charleston, spent a few days at Mrs. E.'N. Frier son's last week. \ Miss Bessie Murray is visiting friends ; at Hagood. Mr. Wallace Plowden, of Summer? ton, visited friends in our midst last week. Miss Muncaster has returned to Charleston after a pleasant visit to Miss Omma M. Frierson. , Mr. J. Temple Frierson, Sr., spent Saturday here among relatives. He was on his way from Great Falls to Charleston. ? . . Miss Julia and Anna Burgess leave tomorrow for a stay of two weeks among the mountains of North Caro? lina. Mr. Goodyear Murray who has been in faraway Texas for a number of years, spent a few days here last ?j Week with his sister, Mrs. S. E. Nel? son. Mr. Guy Warren, of Sumter, was the guest of Mr. Charlie Pinkney to? day. Miss Virginia Saunders paid a fly? ing visit to relatives in Summerton last week. - Mr. W. H. Burgess, of Sumter, is visiting Mr. Charlie Pinkney at Lane I oucie. Miss Mattie O. DeVaux, of Sum? merville, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Dukes Carson, Mr. W. H. Anderson, of Summerton t spent Friday and Saturday with ms friend, Mr. F. P. Burgess. HAGOOD. The Wedgefield correspondent, in referring to the game of ball between Hagood and Wedgefield sometime ago, accuses a Hagood correspond? ent of saying that Wedgefield was an easy mark for Hagood. 'i the said correspondent will look at a copy of the Daily Item of August 7th, he will find that no such statement was made. | True, the head lines stated that such was the case, but whether the Wedgefield correspondent knows it or not it is generally the editor who writes out the head litios. Therefore we would say it looked like to other? they were an easy mark, regardless of how it looked to Wedgefield. Wc would also like to say a few words about the second game which he claims was no game. Wedgefield asked Hagood that morning, and sev eral times before the first game star? ted to play two games, which it was finally decided to do. After four in? nings hud i cen played and the score stood :? t.. 2 ?a favor ;?f Hagood. the Wedgefield team refused t<? lake the field in the. fifth inning, and their cap? tain told Hagood that there ?.'.as ii" use trying t.? catch up, and that they could take the game. The Hagood team thought this rathe: unsports manlikt, but as Wedgefi. ld eacknowi edged they were beaten, nothing was said, and now the Wedgefield corres- ! pondent wants t<> deny that it was a game, and claims that it way mereh a practice game. Hagood is always ready and willing to play, but they do not like for their hard earned vic? tories to be called practice games: The Hagood players have the high? est r> e lid for the Wedgefield team at all times as worthy opponents even though they have been defeated by Hagood in all of the games played. The crops around here are about as fine as ever. The cotton is open? ing fast now. and the farmers around here wish it to be a prosperous sea? son. Mr. A. H. Saunders has gone on an extended trip to the springs. Mrs. C. W. Sanders has returned from the Isle of Palms. Mrs. J. Pw. Corbett will return from Clyde, N. C., next Saturday. Mr. C. A. Mitchell has gone to the Springs for a few weeks stay. Mr. Hodge Lenoir, of Camden, is visiting in the neighborhood. MAX. Max, August 20.-Rev. B. K. Tru luck is spending some time with his family in North Greenville. Miss Vivian Brockington . has re? turned from a visit of a few weeks to Miss Elsie Neaves of North Green? ville. Miss Violet Young of Columbia is visiting relatives here. Rev. Crim of Sardis preached a splendid sermon at Bethel Sunday af? ternoon to a large and attentive con gregation. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. White's little son was buried at Beulah cemetery yesterday. The funeral services were conducted by their pastor, Rev. Tren holm. v / HORATIO. Horatio, Apgust 18.-The crops in this part, of the country are about the best seen. Cotton is opening very fas?t and some people will be picRing in about a week or ten days. Mr. C. A. Mitchell has about the best corn I r.i*yci seen anywhere around. Mr. C. A. Jackson has the finest cotton I have seen. * Baseball is about through around here. Hagood had one of the finest amateur teams in the State. Long Branch defeated her once by the score of 5 to 4. There was a protracted meeting j held at tho Methodist church last j week wdiich was quite a success, j Miss Mattie James of Spring Hill, j has been staying with her sister, Mrs. ! C. A. Jackson, this week. \ Mr. C. A. Mitchell has been on an j extended visit to Glenn Springs and the mountains. Miss Mary Emily Creighton is visit? ing at Mr. C. A. Mitchell's this week. Mrs. J. R. Corbett has been gone all of the summer to Glenn Springs and the summer resorts of North Caro? lina Mrs. Arthur Jackson and Mr. Isnam Moore have gone to North j Cm-Una for a stay cf -'WD weeks. REMBERTS. Rembert, August 20.-Your corres-1 pondent was badly frightened two weeks ago at the appearance of grass worms upon his broadcast pea vines; they cleaned up the grass, then made a start an his cotton, but am glad to report did very little damage, soon disappearing as mysteriously as they come and last accounts of them they were three miles east of here. The experiment of planting corn on the Williamson plan through this section this year has proven a great success. While I must admit the sea? sons have been very favorable. Now, will it be a succ?s a draught year? Some will try again another year and if it is a dry year we will note the re? sult. Cotton has improved very greatly of late and if j the top crop will mature our farmers in the Rembert section will gather as much cotton as they did last year. Fodder pulling is half finished but the rains last week has damaged some' Cotton is opening very slowly here. Applications of soda and high grade fertilizers made July 1st are still keeping .the . crops green and in a growing condition, and the crop, so t<> speak, will be two or three weeks late. ^ Mr. J. D. McLeod lost a very valua? ble horse last week with bra iii trou? ble. Mr. D. V.^ Keels has just returned from Harris Springs. Mrs. S. L. Keels and daughter. Miss Anni'-, are spending some time at Harris Springs. Mrs. Maggi" Chandler and children of Columbia are visiting Mrs. J. M. Reams. Mrs. S. J. Gilmore of Columbia is visiting relatives in this neighbor? hood. Miss Etta Cuttino of Sumter is on j a visit to Mrs. J. M. Reams. Mr. T. D. .McLeod has returned home from a pleasant visit t.- Harris Springs. WISACKY. Wisaeky. August 18.-We have bpen having very heavy rains this week, and the weather continues very hot. The army worm is doing great damage on every farm. Pedder pulling is ? < . - i 11 vc carried on now, but the weat ber is very unfa? vorable for the Week. Miss Kenneth McKaskill who has o< . n in Wilmington several weeks f'1 be treated by an ear specialist bas re? turned to her uncle's. Mr. K. McKas- j kill, and we are sorry to know that J her hearing has not been rauch im- ? proved. Miss Gibson of Newberry has been elected to teach the Wisacky school, and the patrons have decided to move the school tr? the Wisacky chapel and are now having the building repaired and made comfortable for the pur? pose. Mr. Wilson Scott, their form? er teacher, has secured a school in Dralington. Mr. Clifton Ledingham has return? ed from a very pleasant visit to his mother in Marion. Master C. Myron Smith left, a few days since for Clarendon where he will engage in business. Dr. X. Y. Alford is repairing and otherwise improving his dwelling. Miss Bertie Williams and cousin, Miss James, of Richland, who have been visiting relatives here returned to their home today. SOUTH CARQUESA NEWS. Items of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Heading. P. Monson Hamilton, a negro por? ter at the Ridgewood Club, Columbia, shot into a street car Friday after? noon as it was passing his house near Hyatt Park; Xonei of those on the car was seriously injured. Hamilton was put off the car a short time be? fore for misbehavior. The Coroner of Greenwood County held an inquest over the remains of Bob Davis on Frida: , and after tak? ing no testimony the jury returned a verdict that Davis came to his death at the hands of unknown parties. Chief of Police Blackwell, of Greenville, has been suspended at his own request, pending the investi? gation of charges against him. Gvernor Heyward has gone to Vir? ginia to spend a week with his family who are spending the summer there. ? crowd of negroes atempted to lynch John Samuels, another negro, who committed criminal asault on a little negro girl near McCormick, Ab? beville county, last Friday. An engine ran wild in the Florence freight yard Friday and wrecked a switch engine. The crew of both en? gines escaped injury. j Mrs. George Watkins and child i were drowned in Oconee county last week by being swept from a buggy while crosing a swollen stream. Mr. Watkins escaped. ? j_ BUMPER CROPS IX TEXAS. Picking is Well Under Way Already, But a Serious Shortage of Pickers Is Feared. Dallas, Texas, August 19.-Texas is just starting to harves* what promis? es to be the bumper ctton crop of the State's history. Picking is well ad vancd in South Texas, has begun in Central Texas, and wdll begin over Northern Texas before October 1st. A bale or two are being received at Dallas. There is impending according to cotton planters, who are interested in securing labor, serious trouble when the time comes for gathering the crop as a whole. The weather has been conducive to the production of a crop in Northern Texas that will surpass that of former years. Provided that market prices are maintained this heavy production will be a source of joy to the farmers but for the scar? city of labor. Already reports are bing sent to all parts of the South to induce negro cotton pickers to come., to Dallas and be distributed to localiies where they are most needed. United States Senator Charles A. Culberson was informed by friends to day that it looks as if much of the cotton will go unpicked,, because of the large yield of staple and the short supply of labor. He said. "In view of the fact of this annual short? age, cotton pickers must necessarily soon be considered in the immigra gration question by Texas." BOMB THROWING. Warsaw, Poland, August 21.-The chief of police at Siedlee, a town 50 milos from Warsaw, was killed today by a bomb. Two constables and a woman who were near the chief -wore wounded. The assassin made Iiis es ca pe. A CUT IX SUGAR. San Francisco. August 21.-After five months competition tho Califor? nia and Hawaii Sugar Refining Com I pany has forced the Speckles Western Sugar Refinery and the trust to put dowu'sugar from $5.15 to $-1.30 per hundred. As the reduction applies to 150.000,000 pounds of sugar the loss amounts to a great sum. Team Killed: Driver Unhurt. Howman. August 17.- During a se? vere thunder stonn yesterday about (J o'clock a team consisting >>i a fine mule and horse, the property of Jake Amnions, a thrifty negro of this sec? tion, were killed by lightning. A small boy was driving the wagon, which was loaded with crossties, when the accideni o< curred, but for? tunately neither he nor his father and mother, who were only a short dis? tance behind the wagon, sustained any injury from th< shock. NEGRO ATTEMPTS AX OUTRAGE. Black Brute in Saluda- County Seeks to Criminally Assault a Little White Girl Seven Years Old-He Fails ol' His Purpose and Escapes Mob Searches fer Him and Lynch? ing is Feared. Columbia, August 20.-The gover? nors private secretary, Mr. Xorment, has received a telephone message from Deputy Sheriff Berry, of Saluda county, telling him of an attempted outrage in that county^yesterday af? ternoon and asking that bloodhounds be sent. It appears that a negro about 18 years of age made an attempt that afternoon to criminally assault a lit? tle white girl seven years old, the daughter of a farmer named West. He failed of his purpose, but injured the child very severely and ran. The Wests live in the Sandy Creek section of Saluda county, near Bates burg. A searching party was at once organized and the pursuit of the negro began. There are at least a hundred men in the searching party, and it is believed that they have the negro surrounded in a swamp. So close were they upon him at one time that he was forced to drop his hat and coat. The sheriff was sent for and Dep? uty Sheriff Berry went to the scene. About midnight last night he called up the governors office to ask that bloodhounds be sent and requesting advice as to what he should do. The governor is not in the city, but Mr. Xorment urged Mr. Berry to do all that he possibly could to protect the negro when caught, and stated that bloodhounds would be sent to Salu? da this morning. Berry seems to think that it will be imposisble to save the prisoner if he is captured by the mob. Mr. Xorment has also communi? cated with Solicitor Cooper, request? ing him to do ali that he can to have the prisoner protected and prevent -a lynching. SOUTH CAROLINA LEAGUE. At Darlington, Aug. 14, two games Darlington 2, Orangeburg 1. Darlinton 0, Orangeburg 0. At George town, Aug. 14 Georgetown 6, Camden 9. At Manning, Aug. 14 Manning 0, Sumter 10. At Manning, Aug. 15 Manning 0, Sumter 14. ~ ? __________ At Georgetown, Aug. 15 Georgetown 2, Camden 4. At Darlington, Aug. 15 Darlington 0, Orangeburg 1. At Sumter Aug. 16 Sumter 8, Georgetown 2. At Camden Aug. 16 Camden 3, Darlington 4. At Sumter Aug. 17 Sumter 5, Georgetown 3. At Orangeburg Aug. 17, two games Orangeburg 7, Manning 0. Orangeburg ll. Manning 2. At Sumter Aug. IS Sumter 5, Georgetown 6. At Orangeburg Aug. 18 Orangeburg 8, Manning 3. At Camden Aug. IS- - Camden 5. Darlington 4. GRAFT AT CLEMSOX COLLEGE. Mr. J- C. St ri bl i ni: Declares Cows Were Bought Over His Protest. Anderson, August 20.-In regard to the purchase of nine head of Jersey cattle for Clemson a: an aggregate price of eighteen hundred dollars, Mr. J. C. Stribling of Pendleton, a member of the purchasing committee, scores the whole transaction. He says cattle were bought over his pro? test and charges that the cows were forced upon che college by ene of the trustees, who was not or. the com? mittee and who coerced the director of the station into endorsing the trade. He calls it a grafting affair. I have made the charge." he says, "that these cattle were forced upon Clemson hy one of tin- trustees, who was not on the committee and through his usual ruh' or ruin policy practiced at Clemson has perverted this affair from our original intention of getting one heifer for $125 up to nine head for $1.800. Behind this whole affair is a. tal?' I hat would make interesting reading. it nee.ls investigation by the trustees i-f tin- college."-The State. F. W. Wagner A.- Co.'. of Charles? ton, received tin- first bale of cotton of th.- s?vi son from il. C. Folk of ?Bamberg. The cot ion was good middling, and the hah- weighed 535 pounds. It was sold to the Gold? smith Mercantile company for thir? teen cents. The bale was sent by ex? press, ten days later than last year's first bale. LEVER'S OPPONENT. .Corn Field" Candidate Put Out For Congress By Republicans. Orangeburg, Aug. 16.-The Repub? licans of the Seventh congressional district met here yesterday and nom? inated Alex D. Dantzler as their can? didate for congress. The convention organized by electing Mr. A. D. Web? ster as their chairman and Jacob Moore as secretary. Three contested for the nomination ard were presented as follows: A. D. Dantzler was nom? inated by Adam Johnson of the Lex? ington delegation; R H. Richardson, by H. B. Thomas pf Orangeburg and J. H. Weston by E. B. Thompson of Columbia. The cornfield candidate had the "bag" and won. H. B. Thom as of this city was re-elected district: chairman. CAND?DAT?^S CARD. For County Treasurer. In compliance with, the wishes of" many voters (as expressed to me), I announce myself a candidate for re? election to the office of county Treas? urer for Sumter county, subject to the rules governing, the Democratic pri? mary, and pledge myself to abide hy? the result of same. - T. W. Lee July 25, 1906. For Auditor. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for Auditor of Sumter county, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. Robert Muldrow. . I hereby announce myself a candi? date for County Auditor, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. ? J. D. Wilder. For Judge of Probate. . Duly appreciating the generous sup? port of my fellow citizens of Sumter county in the past, I respectfully an? nounce myself as a candidate for re? election to the office of Judge of Probate at the approaching primary election and will abide by the result of said primary. Thos. V. Walsh. For Congress. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the Democratic nomination for congress from the/seventh con? gressional district, and pledge myself to abide the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. . A. F. Lever. For County Supt. of Education. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the office of County Superin? tendent of Education, subject to the action of the Democratic primary and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the same. Charles Pinckney. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for reelection to the office of County Superintendent of Education? pledging myself to abide by the rule? of the Democratic primary. S. D. Cain. For the Senate. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for State Senator from Sumter county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. John H. Clifton. I hereby announce my candidacy for State Senator for Sumter county subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. A. K. Sanders. For the House of Representatives. I hereby announce that I am a can? didate for the House of Representa? tives, subject to the action of the Democratic primary, pledging myself to support the nominees and abinde by the result of the same. George W. Dick. For Supervisor. In announcing myself a candidate for re-election to the office of county supervisor ,1 desire to thank the citi? zens of Sumter county for their lib? eral support in the past and pledge myself to abide the result of the pri? mary. W. H. Seale. For Magistrate. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for re-election to the office ofH Magistrate of the Third Judicial Dis? trict of Sumter county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party, and pledge myself to abide the result of thc primary. IL Harby. The undersigned at his own urgentA request has consented to become a candidate for Magistrate in the Sixth Judicial District of Sumter county and if elected'will endeavor to serve the people to the best of his ability. He pledges himself to abide by the rules and regulation of the Democratic pri? mary. H. C. Bethea. The many friends of Mr. W. R. Brown nominate him for the office of Y:;i:;istrate of the S'ixth District and pledge him to abide the result of the primary. r I hereby announce that I am a can? didate for office of Magistrate at Sum? ter, and 1 need every vote I can get. I ask that you give me your votes and F pledge myself to give you my best service and abide by the results of the primary. IL L. B. Wells.