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mW GOR.RESP?NOENCE. KEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE CL1L CORRESPONDENTS. Items of Interest From all Parts ol Sumter and Adjoining Counties. ?OTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will reach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters axe received Wednesday it is almost an impossibility to have them appear in tile pap?r issued that day. _!_._ PISGAH. Pisgah, August 22.-Fine rains ^ have fallen all around but there is a . dry. streak here that has had none in - Al aiearly a month and the crops are very much injured for" want of mois? ture. Fodder pulling is practically over. A lot has been in the rain and still e "hangs on the stalk. Cotton is opening fast which indi? cates a short crop. The meeting at Dalzell yesterday -was, a pleasant one, notwithstanding the rain. Col. W. D. Scarborough presided, who called on Rev. F., M. Sarxerwhite to open with prayer. The candidates made their usual speeches. Dr. Dick.and Mr McEIveen furbish? ed the amusement for the crowd.- Oh the whole the speeches were very good. Congressman Lever was pres? ent and made a fine practical address, urging the people to stick to their farms, quit being carired away w&h commercialism and return to the good old ways to all of which we say amen,! The crowd numbered several hundred including a lot of ladies and we were delighted to have them. At the re? cess ^dinner was furnished. The pre? dominating subject of the speches was "liquor-good old red-eye-which was ?iandled in fine style in its various phases. There was some on the ground for one darkey got so full that ..he went tumbling in the water and mud. What a pity that a man's ?-qualifications for office is based on a bottle of liquor. Good order prevail? ed during the entire day. The sp'eeches of Messrs. Clifton and "Sanders did credit to them; both be? ing on a high plane, but very differ- '? ?nt on the- "licker" question. Mr. ? Babbs for no liquor. Mr. Fraser for prohibition, if we can get it, if not 'lor-county option as the best solution -of red-eye. The rest for State dis? pensary. Col. Scarborough's speech for the magistrate's office was plain and clear cut as to its duties and sound to the ?ore. His platform is like that the late Captain J. H. McLeod, who had . 210 superior as magistrate and made ?one of the best Sumter county ever had. A game of ball was played in the * >rain and mud and judging from the l?Uowing, the boys were enjoying the -Sport. Rev. J. B. Parrott of -?Clinton is ] kelping Rev. J. H. Mitchell in a 1 meeting at Horeb church this week. ? "Mr. Parott is a fine preacher. The political meeting at Smithville, ( Xee county, last week was interest? ing. The speeches were all good. The only unpleasant feature of the 1 day was some hot shot between Edi? tor Cunningham and Supervisor Rol? lings about some financial matters. Tfce main fight there* is on the sufcer -visor's office. Mr. Rollins, from all reports, has made careful and good ?apervisor, not wasting any money, "bat doing the work of the county on ? cash basis. There is no taint of graft about his office, and his many * friends hiere who are the readers of the Watchman and Southron hope ( that he will land all o. k. The severe rains at Dalzell have al? most destroyed the cotton there. I noticed lands that last year made a cale of cotton per acre will scarcely make anything at all. This is hard j on our friends. ( DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, August 25th.-News * is not very comeatable hereabouts. Mrs. Jim Ardis still keeps quite sick and Mr. Jim Griffin has had a very sick child this week, but it was better at last accounts. I hear that Mr. Nap Broughton, -who lives near Pinewood, had his dwelling house, with all of its con? tents, destroyed/by fire last Wednes? day night (the 22nd). Have not learned how the fire originated or -whether he was insured or not. Today makes 83 days since it be ^an to rain here (June 2nd) and it bas not missed raining here for four .days at a time since it. started. The most of us\are dune pulling fodder and cotton has commenced to open. But no one has commenced to pick j in this Corner as yet Had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. J Jim Davis, of Rocky Bluff, las: Sun- j day. She was down on a visit to her "tattier, Mr. W. D. Osteen. Miss Cleo Geddings, of the Calvary section. Clarendon county, has been j -visiting her cousin. Miss Eunice E. j Osteen, at the Sycamores, par: of the | last week. Some few wont down to Pinewood j on last Wednesday to hear the Ciar- j endon candidates :", e off their guns. | .From what I have heard every man thought he was the one. Thai thing were getting worse and worse all th time and thai the best the poop! could do was to elect him. But the big bone of contention !.-> the whiskey question. It would have been a bleesed thing ii it had been kept out Of this year's campaign. Was it not a shame for Jones to strike Branson the ether day? Where ?5 the man that can vote for another who will walk up to a poor old one armed man and slap his face? Can you think of anything meaner or .more un? becoming a gentleman, Mr. Editor, than to srap a man when you know he is not able to defend himself? I have known Joel Brunsen for the last for? ty-five years, and have always found him a peaceable man and one That was always to be relied on. I know nothing about Mr. Jones. Mr. W. R.- Lacky, an old Confeder? ate soldier, lost his only horse one day this week from staggers. PINEWOOD. PENCILINGS. Pinewood, August 26.-The county campaign meeting excited a great deal of interest among the people here and in the neighborhood. The speeches were very much enjoyed. Many, eloquent speeches were made, but one of the most eloquent speech? es was made by Major Henry B. ? Richardson for the senate. Mr. Earle Bradham, editor of the Clarendon Sentinel, candidate for su? perintendent of education, brought many loud cheers from the audience by his putting forth before the people many points of truth which could be accomplished by such a man if elect? ed to fill the office. Mr. W. F. Stack, a prominent bus? iness man and president of the Bank of, Elloree, was here Wednesday on business. Mr. R. A. Lawrence returned from Hendersonville, N. 0" this week. Miss Decca E. Lawrence has re? turned home from Hendersonville, N". C. Miss Louise Norris, of Columbia, is the' guest of Misses Lizzie and Alice Hodge for several weeks. Miss Daisy Manning, of Sumter, is visiting her cousins, Misses Elra aora and Lizzie Richardson. Miss Eleanor ' Spann, of Montgom? ery, Ala., is visiting Miss Mamie Rich? ardson. Mr. N. Stack was in Sumter Thursday on business. Mr. R.. M. Brailsford has returned from a visit to Greenville, S. C. Quite a number of traveling sales? men visited our town this week. Mrs. R. F. Epperson and little ?aughted Margie, left on Thursday to spend several days in the Game ZJock City. Dr. Geo. W. Smith is spending sev? eral days at home. Miss Mena Stack of Sumter, is ,'isiting her brother, Mr. N. C. Stack A negro by the name of William Pugh was severely cut in the head vith a plow point by another negro, Levy Strong. Mr. S. R. Phillips is erecting a very convenient livery and sale stable. Mr. N. L. Broughton's dwelling louse was burned on last Wednesday light; insurance $900. Most Of the 'urniture was saved. ?ONG BRANCH VS. WEDGEFIELD Amateurs Play a Close Game of Ball. Other Kershaw County Notes. Long Branch, August 27.-Long 3ranch defeated Wedgefield last Fri? lay in an exciting game by a score of ) to 1. The game was well played >n both sides with the exception of me inning when Long Branch won in 1 scores. Wedgefield scored in the linth by getting two two-base hits. Long Bnarphc pjpjp pj that etaoatta [Jong Branch played an errorless rame. Batteries: Long Branch, Moseley and West; Wedgefield, Chandler and Davis. " We return thanks to the people of Wedgefield for kindness shown our leam while there. Long Branch will play Camden the 29th inst. We haven't words sufficient to ex? press our contempt for a man who who would strike a one arm man a? Jones did Branson. We have seen many Jones in our time, but we have only seen this Jones but once and that was at the Camden meeting. If we had had our way we w<>uld have kick? ed him out of the court house herc Hut he is "down and out" for srooo and always. WHITE MAN RAPIST. Mrs. Mattie Bryant Assaulted By Knee Barton at Graniteville. Aiken, August 26.-A young white man by the name of Pince Barton was brought here carly this morning and placed in jail charged with commit- j ii'!g*n asault upon Mrs. Mattie Bry- I anr. wh<> is said t.. !>.. a divorced wo? man of Graniteville. Seth M. Millican, Jr., who is inter? est, 1 j-. .( number bf cotton mills in this Stat?, has inspected the condi . of . number of factories and ex? pressed himself as behi^r highly KATE LAW IX EFFECT. j Railroads Unable to Comply WKth all Provisions-The Commission j Lenient; I J. ~~ j jjr''A' York, August 2~.-The new , railroad rate ?aw which applies co all railroads doing an interstate com? merce business goes into efftct at midnight tonight, lt will be enforced by the interstate commerce commis? sion. According to the new law, the roads were to have filed with tilt commission by midnight all their tariffs and charges, shewing not only the full cost of transportation from point to point, but also what items go the making up of this cost. From tomorrow on ther2 can be no "extras." hut the shippe" is expected to be able to obtain in advance a final statement of the charge he has to meet. It was stated today that in fact not a single company has been able to fully comply with the provisions of th? law requiring thein to have all their schedules on file by midnight. The schedule of switching charges was the most difficult, of completion. Under the law every company which fails to complete its schedule might be fined, but it is understood that the interstate commerce com? mission will give additional time in every case when a road has given ev? idence of sincere intent to comply with the law. To discuss this and other points, a committee represent? ing the big Eastern railroads will go to Washington tomorrow in order to meet the commission. This confer? ence will be attended by representa? tives of the anthracite coal roads who are anxious to obtain a ruling from the commission on that section of the law which prohibits a railroad from carrying from one State to another any article manufactured, mined or produced by it except for its own use. This would include coal. It is expected that shippers will find themselves benefitted by the pro? vision which requires the railroads to include all charges of whatever na? ture in their quoted rates. Hereto? fore a shipper has had to figure for himself on refrigerator and elevator charges and the dozen or more other incidentals, dickering with the sepa? rate companies which had a hand in transportation or care of his ship? ment. Xow the railroad must do that and the shipper meets but one charge, deals with but one concern. All the sources of side charges are consolidated, and private cars, side tracks, spurs, termials? elevators are made subject to the law. The new law also requires the rail? roads to establish a uniform system of accounting and to keen their books open for inspection at all tirrfes by the expert accountants of the com? mission. This feature Is, expected to go far toward abolishing the rebate evil of the past. The railroad account? ants are conferring in regard to the uniform system of bookeeping, which, however, will ncft go into ef? fect until June of next year. In the meantime the commission has put its own experts at work devising a sys? tem which will be clear enough to suit the commission. As a direct consequence of the pro? visions of the rate bill, the Union Pa? cific railway has determined to in? stall its own system of refrigerator cars. Heretofore the Armour private car lines have had a monopoly of this business over the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific with all the profita? ble California fruit U-ade. ' The Union Pacific today opened bids for the const uction of 6.000 steel under-body refrigerator cars and is likely to ask for bids for another lot soon. SHOT IX HIS OWX HOME. A Xegro Arrested and Lodged in Beaufort Jail on Suspicion-Xo Fear of Lynching. Beaufort, August 27-Geo. M. Har? vey was murdered Sunday night on Ladies' Island. A negro is in the county jail charged with the crime. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that deceased came to his death by a gun shot wound, the gun in the opinion of thc jury being fired by Wm. Bennett, and that Wm. Fergu? son is a material witness, if not ac? cessory. LABOR DAY PROCLAMATION. Gov. I ley ward's Official Announce? ment of the Legal Holiday. Governor Heyward yesterday issued his proclamation announcing official? ly tina Monday, September 3, will be a legal holiday in this State Gov. Heyward says in the proclamation: "Let this ?lay bc marked by recre? ation and rest; let all places where labor is employed ';>.? closed, and Jet the day in its fullest meaning he a tribute indeed to thar combined strength and usefulness for which it stands. "Vnd A the friendly communion ?i Lahor Day b.-inus its rest and ns :? :::.?!! !--r all be mindful of the blessings of peace and prosperity; with the h.?pe and thc prayer that we may a1! continue to lah or together for tho.?- things whicfl Uplift Ultk" our people truly y ? eat." THE PRIMARY RETURNS. MANNING W i LL MAKE SECOND RACE WITH ANSEL The Returns Front stat*' are Incom? plete. But it is Evident That Ansel and Manning; Will Gp Into tile Sec? ond Primary-Sumter ("ives Man? ning Bii; Majority. Thc County Vote. The election ' iii Sumter county yesterday passed ont quietly and there was no disturbance at any precincts worthy of mention. A large, hut not a full voto, was polled. The indica? tions are that the total vote exceeded the vote of two years ago by about 175. Practically complete returns give the following vote for members of the legislature: For the Senate. Clifton.,. 955 Sanders!. 709 For House ol' Representatives. Dabbs. 583 Dick.1,312 Dorn.. . :. 672 Fraser.1,030 McElveen... 402 Moses. 371 [stubbs. 677 Clifton is elected Senator with an indicated majority, when all returns are in of about 175. Dick and Fraser are elected to the House, and the second race for the third place will be between Dorn and Stubbs. W. H. Seale is re-elected county supervisor by an indicated majority of about 500. S. D. Cain is re-elected county su perintendnt of education by a safe majority. J. D. Wilder is re-elected auditor by a large majority. In the magisterial race R. A. Den nis is probably nominated in the First District-one box unreported. Geo. T. Deschamps had no opposition in the Second district. Henry L. Wells defeated Horace Harby in the Third district by aboui. 100 votes. In the Fourth district there will be a second race" between Ingram and Os? teen, the vote_ being Ingram 92, Os? teen 64, H. H. Wells 62. In the Fifth district Rees was re-elected without opposition. In the Sixth district the vote was as follows: Brunson. 20 Scarborough. 66 Williiamson.V . 55 There will be a second race be? tween Scarborough and Williamson. State Officers.. For the- State officers the vote in Sumter county was as fbllows, %re turns from twenty-one of the twen? ty-five boxes having been received: For United States Senator. B. R. "Tillman.1357 For Governor. M. F. Ansel.272 Cole L. Blease. 98 J. E. Brunson.305 .W. A. Edwards. 2 A. C. Jones..,. 5 R. I. Manning.1045 J. J McMahan. 15 John T. Sloan. 22 For Lieutenant Governor. . Thomas G. McLeod. .'. ..1567 For Secretary of State. R. M. McCowm. 733 J. B. Morrison.414 L. M. Ragin.477 M. P. Tribble. 50 For Comptroller General. A. W. Jones.'949 G. L. Walker..-...991 For State Treasurer R. H. Jennings.1742 For Adjutant and Inspector General. J. C. Boyd.1125 L. W. Haskell.632 State Superintendent of Education. O. B. Martin received.1742 For Attorney General. J. Fraser Lyon.S4S Jas. W. Ragsdale.507 L..F. Youmans...t . 396 For Railroad Commissioner. James Cansler.334 John C. Sellers.301 J. M. Sullivan.476 J. A. S ii m*n erse ti. 373 John H. Wharton.4SS VOIE IN THE STATE. From The News and Courier., Out of nearly 50,000 votes report? ed to the News and Courier Mr. M. F. Ansel received yesterday for governor about 4:", per cont of the total vote. Mr. .J. Fraser Lyon, for Attorney Gen? eral, has a majority of upwards of 1,000 votes over Col. Youmans and Mr. Ragsdale. The chances are that he will be elected on the first ballot, but this result is yet in doubt. At 1 o'clock a. m., Mr. Ansel's per? centage of the total ;'s 45.5 per cent Mr. li. I. Manning's 23 and Mr. Blease's 16 per cent This leaves 1 ?> {.er cent, of the total for the remain? ing five candidatos, Mr. Brunson be? ing fourth man. .Air. J. C. Boyfl is probably nomi- j r.atcd for adjutant genera), ?-ver Mr. > L. W. Haskell. Mr. McCown leads | for secretary di .vT(ato. and Messrs. J. li. Wharton and J. M. Sullivan lead j for railroad commissioner, and will j he in the second race, unless inter ? returns change result. i xotal.50,sst) for Attorney General. Lyon.. ..25,USO Ragsdale.13,717 Youmans.10,103 Fer Secretary o? State. McCown.21,261 Morrison. ".S,150 Ragin.5,952 Tribble.1.344 For Adjutant General. Boyd. .23,783 Haskell.14;220 For Comptroller General. Jones.20,449 Walker.1S,S58 For Railroad Commissioner. Cansler.9,310 Sellers.3,960 Sullivan.11,S04 Summersett.6,687 Wharton.10.499 The closest race of all is for comp? troller general between Messrs. A. W. Jones and G. L. Walker, the differ? ence of about 2,000 being in favor of the former. , All the incumbent congressmen having opposition,. Johnson in the 4th Aiken in the 3rd: Finley m the 5th and Patterson in the 2d are undoubt? edly renominated. At least 20 per cent, of the voters have scratched Senator Tillman. The total vote of the State -wall not be less than 85,000, and may run con? siderably f above that figure. The largest vote ever polled a primary was/about 105,000. No results are given to uncontest? ed offices, except in the case of Sen? ator Tillman. , .The congressional delegation will consist of George S. Legare, J. O. Pat? terson, Wyatt Aiken, J. T. Johnson, D. E. Finley, J. E. Ellerbe and A. Frank Lever. , The following is the total vote re? ported at 1:40 a. m.: For Governor. Ansel.22,266 Blease.^.8,138 Brunson..^. 5,096 Edwards. 345 SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. [terns of Interest Condensed and Par? agrapbed for Quick Reading. Mr. S. T. Moore of Dillon, game warden of Marion county, has ad ?ressed to Governor Heyward an in? quiry regarding the use of dynamite in the streams. He says that he has positive proof that ten of the most influential citizens of Dillon have been fishing with dynamite, but they -say their lawyers tell them they have' a right to use dynamite on their own lands. The attorney general was out of the city, attending the campaign meeting at Laurens, and no ex? pert opinion could be had, but it was the impression of everybody about the executive offices that the law ab? solutely forbids the use of dynamite in any streams whatever. The first section of northbound through freight. No. 210 struck a horse and vehicle, driven by Jno. Ray, colored in Dillon. The horse was kill? ed, the buggy demolished, but the driver escaped, being only slightly stunned. Mr. W. Boyd Evans, the well known attorney of Columbia, has been appointed a member of the na? tional executive committee of the newly organized labor party, headed by Gompers and other noted leaders of organized labor. At a special election held at Sen? eca on the question of granting a franchise to private parties for the construction of electric lights and water works or having municipal ownershop, the latter won by a vote of 70 to 2. W. C. Lernen, of the war depart? ment, examined the Savannah and Tugaloo and Seneca rivers, after which he intimated that the only way the first stream can be made naviga- | ble in that section would be to build locks from Augusta up. He made a trip from Portman Shoals to Chero? kee Falls. Clemson College is to have a plant to furnish light, power and heat. The cost is estimated at $25,000. The building will be made of concrete blocks and is expected to be com? pleted by the time schcol opens in j the fall. Governor Heyward has offered three rewards for fugitives, one of , $50 and two ol* $150 each. Rewards if S150 each were offered for Harmon Wilson and Alonzo Goodwin, Charles? ton county convicts who killed Guard Herman G. Costello, August 16th. The third man chare d with the homicide, Gooroo Donny, lias boen captured, but Wilson and Good-win are at large! Fifty dollars was offered for the ap? prehension ?o* ."John Frederick, the no? ur'-, who killed a negress named Tronc Josie in Barnwell county. July 31st. Another boat is to be put on the j Georgetown and Columbia line. Dr. Baylis li- Karlo, of the United j States Marino Hospital Service, will ; be placed in charge of the quarantine I tatlen* at Charleston. HOKE SMITH VICTORY. j Carries One Hundred and 'Eighteen j Counties in the State. Being; Nomi ? noted on First Ballot. Atlanta, Ga., August 23.-Practi? cally complete returns from ali counties in the State received up to tonight, show that in' yesterday's' Democratic primary Hoke Smith car? ried IIS counties for governor; R. B. Russell, ll; Clark Howell, 9; J. H. Estill 4, and James M. Smith 3. This will give each, in the State con? vention, which meets at Macon Sept. 4, the following vote, insuring the nomination of Hoke Smith on the lirst ballot by an overwhelming vote: Hoke Smith, 304; Russell, 25; How? ell, 18; Estill, 12 and J. M. Smith, 6. -- " , GENERAL BANDERAS KILLED. Insurgent Leader Fell With -Two Companions-A Distinguished Sol? dier. Havana, August 23.-Gen. Quentin Banderas, the aged negro insurgent leader, with two companions, were - killed at 2:30 o'clock this morning la a fight, with rural guards between Mariona and Moyo, Colorado. The body of Banderas has been fi Hy iden? tified. . Banderas was a noted figure in Cu? ba. He was 70 years old and had de? voted many years to the service of his country in the continual warfare kept up with Spain. Previous to tha interference of the United States ho> had opposed the moderate govern? ment from the establishment of the Republic. When the recent revolu? tion broke out, he was one of the first men in the field against the govern? ment. He distinguished himself on several occasions, during the Cuban? war for independence. TEDDY'S NAVAL FETE. The Naval Review Oi? Oyster Bay Will Cost $609 More Than Neces? sary. Washington, D. C., August 23.-The naval review off Oyster Bay on Labor Day will not cost Uncle Sam a million dollars as has been reported. It will cost orly $609 over and above the ex? pense of maintaining the fleet of 45 vessels for one day, which would have to be borne whether or not they were revi wed. GIRL KILLS GENERAL. Another Political Assassination . hi Russia-Terrorists Now* Waging Active Campaign. St. Petersburg, August 26.-Satur? day's unsuccessful atempt on the iifer of Premier Stolypin, with is sickenings useless slaughter of 32 persons, was followed tonight by another revolu? tionary outrage in which Gen. Min^ commander of the Semivonsky Guard Regiment, and who,, since his promo? tion to the general, has been attached as a personal adjutant to the suite of the emperor, was killed on the station* platform at Peterhoff by a young wo? man, who had fired five shots into his body from an automatic revolver,, and then, without resistance, submit ted to arrest. The capture of the girl was ^ifected by General Min's wife,, who held her until the arrival of ass officer. This was the third successive at? tempt on the life of Gen. Min, whc? was condemned to death by the ter? rorists immediately after the Moscow revolt last December on account of the stern repression practiced by a battalion under his command, and es? pecially for the wholesale execution, of persons condemned by drumhead courtmartial for being caught with arms in their hands. TOM MILLER RETAINED. He Withdrew His Resignation - as President or State Colored College. . Thos. E. Miller will remain at the head of the State Colored college at Orange ourg, as is the wish of every white ?.nd colored friend o? that in? stitution, which was born in his brain, given life through his work and made a success by his untiring and unceas-' ing efforts. This result was arrived at yesterday at a meeting of the trus-,. tees of that institution, at which ev? ery member but one was present. The trustees without exception re? quested President Miller to withdraw his resignation, which he did, because y he was requested to do so by white and colored people in nearly every county of the state. He made his tight for high morality in schools, but regardless of the conduct of the two women teachers, their white friends in Charleston requested their reten? tion and the trustees yielded to this ^ pressure from Charleston and retain- \ ed them. President Miller said that he felt that be owed something to the two races which had been loyal to the institution and himself in the past *en years, hence he yielded to their re? quest. He thanks every newspaper in the State, white and colored, that > has sustained him in this fight, and | will continue to do h's very ^e^t for j the interests of. the school as long as | he is at its head-Columbia Record. I