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OO?NTY SHEMOEHCE. SEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. -* Items ci Interest From all Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. ?OTJCE TO' CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will reach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in the pap?r issued that day. PISGAH. Pisgah, Sept. 3.-Uncle Sam has brolsten our office up and given us a R, F. D., but we have to head our letters as usual, so you can know "tother from which" from your Rein? sert correspondent. Te Rural service Trent into effect Saturday from Rem bert P. 0\ by he**e and on in Lee county and back by Smithville and Braun. Mr. J. D. McLeod has the ^contract. Cotton picking started today. Indi? cations shov that it is a light crop. About the asual price will be paid Jor picking. People who invested so heavily in guano have a big debt; and ?no profit for their venture, e?cept -what is used on corn. X'ews is rather scarce here and I have to scratch to find something to -write*. Politics is quiet here. If the people of this State want a man that will make a Governor worth having, they will vote for R. I. Manning. If they want a fence straddler,, vote for Ansel. The defeat of General Toumans, after all he has done for the State, ?hows a want of appreciation for past .services that is not creditable;. Lyon did nothing but spend money in his investigation of the dispensary, yet he is puffed up as a Solomon. Toy? election of General Boyd as Adjutant and Inspector General was ^ right, and an acknowledgment of past services. Some improvements are going on. Zack Saxton, an industrious and wor? thy colored man, is building quite a nice house. He shows his intelli? gence by being a subscriber to your paper. The chain of prayers from the .?Bishop of Illinois," (whoever that important functionary is) is geing the -rounds of the country. Gr eat calam? ities will befall you ii you don't com? ply with his request. Very few are paying any attention to his predict Jons. Miss Calzey Robinson is visiting her sister, Mrs.. Davis at Brogden. It. is amusing to see how hard "Old tSranny" and The State try to control the politics of the State. Dawson, at his zenith, never did more. .> STATEBURG. Xi -* Stateburg, Sept. 3.-Dr. and Mrs. John Johnson, of Charleston are "visiting Mrs. R. M. Cantey. Mrs. Willie Blanding and little Miss Sarah Blanding, of Lexington, Ky., axe the guests of Mrs. W. L. Sanders. Mr. T. S. Brohun, of Asheville, X. C arrived on Wednesday to visit Messrs. Matt and Henry Moore. Mrs. James Pinckney and Miss A. N. Moore are at home again after a most delightful stay in Henderson v?le, N. C. Mr. Warren Burgess, who has been visiting his cousin, Mr. Frank Bur .Sess, returned to Sumter on Friday. Miss Bessie Murray left last even? ir** to visit friends in Ha good. . Mr. Frank P. Bu|gess, who is to hoy cotton for Messrs. Alex Sprunt ?fe Son, left for Manning on Saturday. Misses Julia Holmes, of Macon, Ga., and Amelia Holmes of Marion, S. C., are at home for a month's va? cation. Their many friends are glad to have them in our midst once more. Mr. W. H. Barnwell arrived yes? terday from Alabama to spend a short vacation wiih his parents at .The Rectory." Miss Julia and Anna Burgess re tnrned last Wednesday from Clyde, 3?. C, where they spent two very delightful weeks. PRIVATEER. Privateer, Sept. 3.-Mrs. Alice Neal of Columbus, Ga., is visiting at Mr. H. H. Wells. Mrs. I. E. Mims, of E?loree, is ?pening some time at Mr. E. W. Rivers. Mrs. Muckinfuss. of Georgia, is visiting at Mr. G. A. Nettles. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Xettlea of Lanes, spent Sunday at Mrs. S. J. Bradfords. Miss Winnie Rivers is visiting friends and relatives in Columbia. Dr R. B. Furmati is spending this month at Pawley's Island. Mr. T. M. Mims, of Silver, speir: "Monday at Mr. E. W. Rivers. Master Robert Hall, of Sumter, is at Mrs. L. B. Jenkins. MAX. Max. Sept. 10.-Farmers are pick? ing, ginning and selling cotton. Price* are n-t satisfactory, and the crop be? low an average. Mr. J. C. Truluck's children have abut recovered. A Baptist Sunday School was or ganized at Beulah last Sunday after noon. The Presbyterians of Beulah wi I1 soon rebuild their house of worship. A number o? the members 01 Bethel Sunday School met at Mr. W. D. Truluck's Sunday af tern practice singing. Several boys and girls of this com? munity will leave this week for dif? ferent colleges and schools. .?iss M. J. Hicks, of Hartsvi:ie, is visiting relatives at Beulah. }Iiss Maggie Thompson returned yesterday from a pieasant visit to relatives in Timmonsville'. Mr. Wade Langston, of Sardis, and Miss Eva White, of Florence, were married at Bethel parsonage by the pastor recently. The weather for past several weeks has been excellent. WEDGEFTELI>. Wedgefield, S. C., Sept. ll.-The cotton around here is opening very fast, and if the present hot weather continues it will soon be picked out in these parts. There is a good deal of complaint from damage from rotten bolls, and deterioration generally. Mr. Eugene Aycock, after a pleas? ant stay of several weeks at the Springs, returned home yesterday afternoon. On Sunday evening at the home of the groom's mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. George Dew, in the presence of a few relatives and friends, Mr. Rufus C. Burress and Miss. Carrie Olivia Kilpatrick, of Lynchburg, were united in marriage, Rev. J. C. Bailey, officiating. The contracting parties were attended by Miss Dora Dew and Mr. E. D. Boyett as maid of honor and best man. The bride is the popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Kilpatrick, of Lynch? burg. The groom is one of our most prosperous young farmers. The bri? dle couple left here on the 9.50 train for Columbia, thence to Ashville and other points. Messrs. Kenneth McLaurin. John Ryan and Gerald Ryan leave for Clemson College today. We only polled 48 votes here in the first primary, and as everybody is busy harvesting crops, I doubt if we poll that many today. Prof. R. H. Willis and family will leave for Inman this week, to the regret of their many friends who hate to see them depart from our midst. Mr. Earle C. Bradham of Manning has been elected principal of the Wedgefield school for the ensuing term. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Nettles spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ramsey spent Sunday at Mr. R. S. Whilden's in Sumter. Mrs. F. E. Thomas is visiting rel? atives in North Carolina. MANNING NEWS NOTES. From the Manning Times. Mr. P. B. Thames of this place, and who for the past several years has been employed with C. M. Davis & Co., has accepted a position with the Crosswell Grocery Co., of Sumter. Died suddenly last Friday night at the home of her neice, Mrs. J. C. Mc Clennaghan in Florence, Miss Eliza Billups, aged about 74 years. The body was brought to Manning for in? terment and the funeral took place Sunday morning in the Manning cem? etery. Died last Wednesday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mims, near Silver, Mrs. Emma Briggs, wife of Mrs. H. S. Briggs, aged about 41 years. The deceased leaves three children. Rev. M. A. Conors conduct? ed the funeral at Calvary Church on Thursday. At Clark's warehouse last Friday Mr. H. D. Gibbons, of New Zion, sold 308 pounds of tobacco and received a? average of 22 1-2 cents per pound. How is that for the Manning tobacco market. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Stensland, the Fugitive Banker Takes Poison in Tangier. Tangier, Morocco, Sept., ll.-Steng? land, the defaulting President of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, Chi? cago, who is under arrest in this city awaiting return to the United States, has attempted suicide by taking poison, and is seriously ill as a result. Twelve guards are now employed to see he has no further chance to at? tempt to take his own life. I? his condition will warrant he will sail for home tomorow on the Prince Adal? bert, under close guard. The annual convention of Chris? tian Temperance Workers will hold sessions in Orangeburg September 13 to 16. John R. Lawrence, of Effiingham. Florence county, hail his foot badly cut ir: a mowing machine Sat? urday, that amputation was neces? sary. The negroes at Ten Mil?' Hill are reported preparing to exterminate all whites between that point and Summerville. This negro quarter is known as Hell's Half Acre, so what will be the proper words for ordering them back to their homes? NEWS ITEMS FROM SALEM. bal?m, Sept. ll.-After Tuesday the agony of the pas: three month will be ended. Some iel':, some elect? ed. The city vi Sumter has gotten nearly ali the uiliciais and the coun? ty the balance. So they have been divided up in some way, we hope satisfactory. The high season of the past three months is broken . here and one can risk the weather maa without going around with an un brella unless it is to shield him from the sun's rays. The nights are de? lightful for sleeping, but the sun is fearfully hot. Mitch chills and fever abound, and when one is missing, the inquiry reveals the fact of a case of fever. There is some cotton picking going on in places and there are other places where it is nearly all gathered. The yield will be about 50 per cent, of an average crop, with w eed enough in some places to make very much more. Some hay is being mowed and this crop promises an abundant yield. There is no set price here for cot? ton picking and everyone seems to be looking out for himself, and letting the other fellows do the same. In most instances fifty cents per hun? dred is paid by the negro farmers and many whites. The minority left is paying forty cents and keeping up, and in many instances are ahead of their cotton. The outlook for much trade looks blue until credit opens up, unless the cotton market gets a rise on it. The balance will no doubt be on the wrong side of the ledger this season. The Bank of Mayesville opened its doors on Tuesday last, to the delight of all, with Mr. Robert Chaffin as bookkeeper and Mr. Cooper, cashier. Already much business has been j transacted and as the cotton season advances it grows steadily, keeping two instead of one busy. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Warren, of Sum? ter, visited relatives here last week. Mr. R. F. Haynsworth was also a visitor this week. Messrs. McBride and Warren are fitting up their ginnery. STATEBURG NEWS. Stateburg, Sept. ll.-Miss Irene Moore, of Statesville, X. C., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. S. R. Flud. Mr. Early M ellette spent Sunday with hi? family. Miss Lottie Nelson returned on Tuesday from Sumter where she had been visiting friends and relatives. Mr. John Barnwell, of Yorkville, is at home for a few days. Mrs. Frank McLeod of Florence is on a short visit to her mother, Mrs S. E. Nelson. Mrs. Campbell Bissell and children, of Charleston, who for the past sever? al weeks have been the guests of Mrs. R. M. Can tey, returned to their home on last Sunday. Mr. W. B. Nelson, of Charleston, arrived on Wednesday to spend a few days at his old home. He re? turned to "The City By the Sea" yes? terday and was accompanied by his wife ard children, who have been spending the summer here with rel? atives. Mris. Willie B. Blanding and litte Miss Sarah Blanding, who have been visiting Mrs. W. L. Saunders, left on Wednesday for Summerton. Mr. A. M. Lee, of Charleston, spent a few days with his family at "Farm? Hill," last week. TINDAL NEWS NOTES. Tindal, Sept. ll.-Cotton picking is in full force around here. Hands are plentifu! and if the weather re? mains favorable the most of the crop will be picked out by the first of October. The price of picking is forty cents per hundred. Mrs. J. W. Broadway is spending a few days at Shiloh. Misses Olga and Bessie Hodge spent Thursday in Sumter. Mrs. W. H. Bradham has been sick for some time, but is better. Miss Beulah Richardson has been on a visit of several days to friends in Manning. Mr. T. H. Harvin, of Silver, vis? ited in the neighborhood on Thurs? day. Mr. J. H. Broadway spent Sunday in Manning. Th? new school house at Provi? dence will be completed in a few days. Mr. H. D. Tindal sp?nt Thursday in Sumter. Mr C. M. Witherspoon was in Sum? ter Thursday. Mighty as are steam and elec? tricity in the domain of industry, they are but shadows of the mightier pow? er of concentrate! thought as ex? pressed in type and spread before trie world, says Thomas A. Edison. To let th.e world know through type who and what and where you are and what you have that this great world wants is the secret of success, and the printing press is the mightiest machine to that end. Anderson county is exporting lum? ber tn Germany. Charleston dealers advertised for poplar and dog wend and Anderson land owners secured the contract by underbidding. TWO PULL TOGETHER. A Live Town and a Live Newspaper Pull Together-One Helps the Other. The intimate relationship existing between a progressive newspaper and a progressive town or city is nowhere more strikingly exemplified tuan in Charlotte. The ever increasing activ? ities of this hustling city are ?ttract I lng attention practically all over the civilized world. Charlotte is known far and wide on account of its man? ufacturing industries, its large com? mercial interests, its school and col? lege faculties, its beautiful homes and its historical traditions. Just how largely this favorable publicity is at? tributable to the energetic work be? ing done by the Charlotte Observer would be difficult io determine. Any? one at ail familiar with the facts would ?ay without hesitation that The Observer has done and is doing a great work in the way of making known to the world at large the ad? vantages of the city in every depart? ment of human effort. With its al? most unlimited facilities for getting and arranging the news of the world and with a strong staff of intelligent and alert correspondents throughout the country. The Observer has a way of presenting the facts with regard to the resources and advantages of its city, county, State and section so as to carry conviction and bring desir? able citizens with capital and energy to bring about a still greater develop? ment of these resources. It is cer? tainly worth a heritage to be in posi? tion to thus bring desirable things to pass, and right worthy is the Ob? server making use of the matchless opportunities by inspiring its large family of readers to a fuller and more conscious understanding of their own accomplishments in the past and their obligations to the future. Surely the relationship between the live town and the live paper is a close one. Southern Publisher. NORTH RIVER TUNNEL. Work Suspended For Final Measure? ments. New York, Sept. 5.-At 12 o'clock Saturday night all work on the Penn i sylvania tunnels under North river ceased. The engineers today began a thorough "review of the entire work. Every measurement will be verified even down to the thousandth of an inch.^Five or six days will be devoted to this work, .after which the boring of the enormous tubes will be re? sumed, and it is expected that about September 18th the tunnel shields which have been pushing forward from the two sides of the river will meet. The Pennsylvania railroad will then have for the first time a means of reaching Manhattan Island entire? ly over land. This event will also mark the beginning of the completion of what is probably the boldest en? gineering feat in history. When work was stopped Saturday night the shields were 125 feet apart. The examination of the next few days will determine how accurate were the preliminary surveys and preparations which, extended over a period of a year. It is believed by those in charge of the work that the grade, level, and alignment of both these huge tubes will be found to rest within an inch of where they were supposed to be. If there is even so slight a variation as this, it will be corrected, so that when the shields finally meet under the middle of-the river they will tel? escope as accurately as the sliding of one tube into another. In order to make this checking as accurate as possible, the south tunnel from the Jersey shore has been run ahead of its mate, so that now it over? laps the northern tunnel starting from the New York shore. Piles will be driven across the fourteen feet that esparate the tubes, and angles run which will show how nearly the engineers have kept the line and elevation planned.-New York Trib? une. SUMTER GERMAN CLUB. The Social Organization Will Again Be Formed. The Sumter German Club, under whose auspices three elegant balls were given last winter, will again be organized. The success of this club was indeed phenomenal, dancers at- I tended its functions from all portions j of the State, and all united in pro- j nouncing the balls as elegant as any ever given in South Carolina. Those who were instrumental in its formation last year have com? menced the work of re-organization. Three germans will again be given, and it will be the effort of the mem? bers of the club to make these events of the season, even more elegant and elaborate than those of last year. A meeting will soon be held and thc membership roll made out. The first german will most likely be given on Thanksgiving night. A want advertisement in The Daily Item costs but a few cents, but :t ! I usually brings dollars worth of re- j suits. SOVTB. CAROLINA NE WS. Items ol' Interest Condensed and Par agraplied for Quick Reading'. j Buck Stone, a negro barber was shot to death in Laurens Wednesday night by some one who fired five shots at him through an open window. The 3IcGh.ee cotton waste mill will be converted into a wollen mill Jan? uary 1st. The necessary machinery has been ordered. W. W, Prother, white contractor from Augusta, has been arrested in Barnwell for attempter criminal as? sault on a white woman in Barn? well county. South Carolina's activity regarding immigrate n has started Georgia in the same direction. James Strachan, of Dundee, has been appointed agent in Scotland to direct settlers to Geor? gia. This is the work of the Augusta Board of Trade. Correspondence is -going on be? tween Secretary Taft and Represent? ative Webb, of North Carolina, about the details of the monument to be erected at King's Mountain. This monument will be to Revolutionary soldiers who lived on both sides the North and South Carolina line. The American Mosquito Extermina? tion Society has recently published a brief on the subject of mosquitoes which is worth repeating on account of the practical condensed informa? tion given. The card is illustrated with the various phases of the gene? ration of the mosquito as well as of the common and fever-communicat? ing species. It sates : 1. . There are over one hundred species of mosquitoes in the United States. 2. Mosquitoes breed only in water. They may breed in any kind of quiet water unstocked with destroying fish. 3. Mosquitoes generally require from one to three weeks to develop from eggs to winged insects in warm weather ; longer in cold weather. Some female mosquitoes +hree days old lay eggs ; the average is greater. Some species lay as many as three or foui* hundred eggs at once, some lay them singly. Mosquitoes may live several months (as shown by hiberna? tion and otherwise'), but probably few live over a month. ^ 4. Mosquitoes do not breed in grass but rank growths of weeds or grass may conceal small breeding puddles, and form a favorite harbor? ing place for adults. The pitcher plant holds sufficient water to breed a rare and small species , 5. Different species of mosquitoes have as well defined habits as dif j ferent kinds of birds, flies, etc. Some are domestic, some wild, some migra? tory. I 6. Most domestic mosquitoes breed j in fresh water, fly short distances, and habitually enter houses. 7. Most migratory mosquito*^ breed in salt and brackish marsh areas, and fly long distances. They are not conveyors of' malaria. 8. Rigid tests, both dire?t and eliminative, have proved that certain species of mosquitoes are the only known natural means of, transmitting malaria and yellow fever.. Some ether diseases are known to be con? veyed by mosquitoes. 0. Of the domestic varieties, the dangerous malarial mosquitoes (sev? eral species of the genus Anopheles) are among the most generally dis? tributed. They seem never to travel far, only a few hundred yards. 10. A most common and danger? ous domestic mosquito in the South and the tropics is Stegomyia fasciata, which is the natural conveyor of yel IOAV fever. 11. All .msquitoes are known to bite more than once, as can be seen by observation and is proved by the transmission of disease from ' an in? fected person to a new subject. 12. Mosquitoes are a needless and dangerous pest. Their propagation can be largely prevented by such methods of dr?inage or filling of wet areas, removal, emptying, or I screening of water receptacles, spray? ing standing water with oil where other remedies are impracticable. At? tention should be paid to cisterns, house vases, cesspools, road basins, sewers, watering troughs, roof gut? ters, old tin cans, holes in trees, mar? shes, swamps, and puddles. As ma? larial mosquitoes may be 'bred in j clear springs the edges of such places | should be kept clean, and they should j be stocked with small fish. The breeding and protection of insective rous birds, sueh as swallows and martins, should be encouraged. Thorough screening of houses and cis? terns is necessary to prevent the spread of malaria or yellow Lever. The continued breeding of any kind of mosquitoes, with the attendant me nanee to public health and to the life and comfort < t man and beast, is therefore the result of ignorance or neglect. The city schools will resume work on the 17th. The Superintendent will be at his office -rn Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week for the purpose -f examining and classifying pupils. A Mosquito Brief. MASSACRES IX RUSSIA. Horrible Butchery ci' Men and Wo? men By Drunken Soldiers-Jews the Principal Sufferers. Warsaw. Poland, Sept. io.-Xews from Siedlce indicate that a massa? cre has been in progress there since Saturday. It is the first occurring in Russia since the Kishineff horror. Atrocities which beggar description have been committed and the end is not yet in sight. Fighting has been resumed an^ ?t is feared there will be terrible loss of life and untok dam? age to property before order can be restored. Over 300 have been killed and many wou.ided. Many of the victims are women. Z^ost of the vic? tims are Jews, although Christians who tried to protect the Hebrews from the fury of the troops, were shot down or bayonetted during the outbreak. Jewish women were made the especial victims of the drunken soldiers, many being assaulted in the open streets. The scenes on the streets were horrible. HUNTING FILIBUSTERS. United States Cruiser Sent to Search. For Cuban Filib7isters. Washington, Sept. ll.-The cruiserT Desmoines, which left Norfolk yes? terday afernoon under sealed orders,, is believed to be on her way down the coast in search of Cuban Filibus? ters and incidentally to protect the steamer Maria Herrerra, from Xew J YorS to Havana, loaded with arms 1 and ammunition for the Cuban gov? ernment. The Desmoines was orig? inally scheduled co go to Santo Do? mingo. COURTMART?AL ORDERED. Officers of Battleship Alabama WiH Be Tried On Account of Accident. Washington, D. C., Sept. ll.-Sec? retary of Xavy, Bonaparte, this morning formally ordered the court martial of Capt. Samuel P. Comlay,. commanding the battleship Alabama, and Lieutenant Alfred V. Pressley,. deck officer of that ship at the time of the recent collision with the Ill? inois off Newpy-rt. The action of Secretary Bonaparte is in accordance with the recommendations of the board of inquiry, which investigated the accident. Greenville Wants AU. Greenville has or aspires to so> many offices that it is hard to enum? erate them all off-hand. Yesterday we missed one of the most important that county has-that of one of the r?ilroad commissioners-a place nTied by Maj. John Earle. Thus the county will have the adjutant generalship,, school superintendency and railroad commissioner. That is surely enough for one county at one time. Green? ville ought to be satisfied, but it-isn't It wants, also, the governorship. It' is bad policy having alii officials from one section^ not to mention one coun\ ty. Our neighboring county, Sumter, has been outside the breast-works for some time. Not since Moise was ad? jutant general in 1876, as we recall, has it had a State office. It is true other counties have had none, but we mention Sumter because she offers to the people for the governorship one of the best" men in the state, however he may be viewed. South Carolina will honor Itself by having such a man as governor. So when Sumter gives such a man as Manning she ought by all means have considera? tion in the distribution of offices. At any rate Greenville has more than her just proportion, and while secur? ing a mere equal distribution by electing Manning the state will have a governor in whom it will always be proud; than whom no better mart could be selected if we had the whole country to choose from.^-Columbia Record. i The State quarantine station ?n Fort Johnson Reservation has been leased to the Federal government. It wild be used as a marine hospital. '4 Con? stipation f Hakes biliousness and J bad complexions. Then [where's your beauty? [Keep the system in good condition by taking AXD TOXIC PELLETS which gently assist Na? ture in eliminating the poison, make good blood and good digestion and [will keep the roses in your cheeks. Try One To-night Money back if not satisfied. Only 25c at any Druggist i 1 DURANT'S DRUG STORE.