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CTflHTY CORRESPONDENCE. 8KWSY LETTERS FROM .OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Siems o? Interest From all Parts o? Sumter and Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will teach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in Hie paper issued that day WEDGEFIELD. JWedgeneld, Sept. 26.-The Baptist church was the scene of a pretty mar? riage this afternoon L.? 4.30 o'clock, when Miss Rosa Cai laughter of "Mr. and Mrs. H. D. jain, was mar? ried to Mr. Robert Marion Thomp? son, of Beulah. The church had "been tastefully decorated for the oc? casion, the altar being transformed into a bed of ferns.potted plants, etc. As the strains of Mendlessohn's fa? mous march, which was beatutifully Tendered by Mrs. E.; W4. Nettles, came floating through the evening air ihe bridal party entered. The bride ?with her Maid of Honor, Miss Ethel Thompson, entering the left isle, the groom with his best man, Mr. Marion aiellett, the- right, they being pre? ceded hy the ushers, Messrs L. R. "Wells and John Chandler. On reaching the altar, the bride *ncT groom stood beneath a lovely exch trimmed with golden rod, from Ihe apex hung a lovely yellow bell, ?the color blending with the trim? mings of the arch, 'where they were 3aced hy Rev J. C. Bailey, who, with j a very impressive ceremony united them in the holy bonds of xnatri mony. ? The bride wore a lovely point de .spray over white taffeta, the veil which hung in graceful folds was caught up with a beautiful hunch of orange blossoms. The bride carried a, shower boqutt of Marech?l Neil xcses. The maid of honor wore a beau? tiful dress of blue aeolian cloth. The bride is one of our popular and attractive young ladies, and her best of friends wish for her a happy "future. The groom is a popular and suc? cessful planter of the Bethel em sec? tion of Florence county. The bridal couple, amid a shower ? of rice boarded the evening train for 33eulah, their future home. PRIVATEER. Privateer, Sept. 26.-Misses Annie .and Inez Wells hjave returned to their home in Privateer, accompanied hy their sister, Mrs. H. K. Covington, .cf Marlborough, whom they had been visiting for some weeks. Mrs. R. H. Ramsey, of Sedgefield, another sister, with her children, is also on a visit to her father, Mr. W. <x Wells SMTTHvTLLE. Smithville, S. C., Oct 1.-The High School opened today with Prof. 35. S. Leighner in charge, assisted by lOss Minnie Ryan. Professor Leigh ? aer was in charge of this school last -year and gave such satisfction that he was re-elected for this year. He is from near Pittsburg, Pa. This is the first year here for Miss Ryan. She 3s a Winthrop College student of last term, and her home is Edgefield. She 3s also a niece of Senator Tillman. "Those who have met her speak ap iweciatively of her pleasing manners and personal appearance as well as 'the interest she shows in her work. The first day of the school began with -a much smaller attendance than i? expected hereafter. This is account? ed for by the fact that Robinson's circus is in Camden today and many of the patrons are supposed to have carried their children to see the me ?nagerie, and also by the further fact that many of the farmers are keeping their children to help gather their cotton crop, which work has been retarded up to this time by the bad weather. This school had about 65 pupils last year, and the attendance AB expected to be increased this year. The effect of the recent storm can be seen in broken and uprooted tree?*, "but the damage to crops does not appear to be as great around here as was at first thought. But there is no misrepresentation about the general shortage of the cot? ton crop. The general dullness at the cotton gins is proof that there js no rush of cotton to be ginned. Mr. W. S. Smith, who has a steam gin here ?says that his gin book shows about t>ne-sixth less cotton ginned this year than up to this time last season. Mr. J. Wess Weldon, who lives near here, met with a serious accident a few days ago. He was hauling in hay and was'riding on top of a large load .when the wheel of the wagon ran into a hole and threw Mr. Weldon off with the hay on top of him. He re? ceived a painful hurt on his head ard has been confined ito his home since. At last report he vas improving. Willie and Joe McManus, two boy?, bad a family scrap Saturday after? noon. Willie being the oldest under? took to exercise hi? presumed right to chastise Joe, which Joe resented by throwing a monkey wrench at him with such force that it was thought his leg was broken. The wound was just above the ankle on the shin and may yet give him trouble, but the physician who was called in did not find any break in the bone. Professor Hand has been advertised to deliver an address here on next Friday before the High School and patrons, and it is hoped that he will have a good atendance. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, October 1.-Well it still rains, but thanks to an all wise we have not had any more storms. P'armers are trying every chance they 'can get to gather their cotton and cern, also as so much of the latter was blown down by the storm of the 17th ult and is rotting on the ground. Mrs. R. Pinckney Weeks and son, Charlie, are on the sick list, and Mr. Jce E. Johnston has had a very sick child which was better at last repoort. I have been requested to say that you made several mistakes and errors in your report of the Osteer-Ingram | trial of last Friday. It was Mr. John Wm. Osteen, who prosecuted Magis? trate Ingram, and he is no relation whatever to Th os. H. Osteen, who opposed Mr. Ingram in the race for magistrate. He (Thos. H.) is only an Osteen by adoption. His father was Mr. Ransom Kolb and his mother died when he was an infant and he was adopted, named and raised by the late Esquire Thomas H. Osteen -of Privateer. Mr. Ingram is accused of having and using whiskey at Man? chester and not Privateer as stated. Mr. T. H. Osteen sys he has nothing to do withythe prosecution whatever, that he fought Mr. Ingram fairly and clean handed to the last ditch and now owns that Ingram is in in and he is not. So he is not kicking, re? membering the King can do no wrong and (who is the King if not the people. Miss Eunice E. Osteen came down from your city Friday afternoon to spend Saturday and Sunday witn hej* parents at the Sycamores. Mrs. Ben Geddings of Pinewood visited her aunt, Mrs. W. J. Ardis, last Saturday evening. Messrs^A. S. and T. D. Weeks and J. L. Ardis spent Sunday before last at Mrs. James M. Ardis's near Paxville. I understand that the Rev. Tom Leitch is to commence a meeting at Pinewood next Sunday, the 7th. Mr. James McCutchen is going to move his saw mill to Broadway sid? ing, M. & A. R. R., next week. The road hands have been having a rough time clearing out the public roads since the recent storm. TINDAL. Tindal, Oct. 2.-The hay crop in .this section is almost a total loss, the rain has ruined about all that has been cut so far, and that which has not been cut is blown down and most of the leaves are shedded off so that it is hardly worth cutting. Cotton is also damaged by the bad weather Mrs. Cassie Hodge of Manning is spending sometime with her father, Mr. J. P.'Richardson. Miss Dora Bristow, of Darlington, arrived here on Sunday afternoon and will teach the Providence school this session, commencing on Monday, Oc? tober 1st. Mr. T. E. Hodge spent Saturday in Sumter. The health of the community is not very good; there are several cases of fever here which are unusually bad. Mr. T. H. Harvin, of Silver, spent Saturday in the neighborhood. KEMBER PS. Rembert, October 1.-Rev. H. C. Bethea preached a very'consoling ser? mon on yesterday at McLeod's church. His subject was taken from 1st chapter Isiah, part of 18th verse: "Come Now and Let us Reason To? gether Saith the Lord." He review? ed the so-called church members who professed and called themselves Christians, and cited some believed ra a God while others did not, and to demonstrate there was a God he re? ferred in a very pathetic way to the recent storm that has just swept over our entire Atlanic coast, destroying lives and property to a vast amount. Also of the horrible earthquake that j completely tore down the mighty foundations of the beautiful city of San Francisco-all hese go to show us the existence of a Sup?reme Be? ing, a living God. He then spoke of prayer, referring to the terrible crop year throughout this community, the great losses the farmers would sus? tain and exorted us all to bend our knees in prayer to Almighty God to j take care of us and He would not suf? fer us to want. After the close of his sermon a number of church mem? bers came forward and thanked Iii m for his comforting and consoling words, and requested him to come and preach again for us. Rev. E. A. McDowell of Ninety Six is visiting his sister at Remberts and attended church on yesterday at McLeod's Chapel. Mrs. Phil Miller, of Bennetsville, in on a visit to her mother. Mrs: S. L. Keels. Mis? Annie Lee Shaw, of Bishop \ville, ha,s been elected principal of Pisgah school and has been visitin? friends for the past few days in the neighborhood. A large crowd has gone to Camden today to see Robinson's show. The rainy weather still continues and cotton picking is progressing very slowly. MAX. Max, October 1.-Bay Road school will open this morning. Miss Smith will teach it. If good weather con? tinues for a few days cotton will soon be gathered. Mr. Jones Chandler is improving after a severe illness. Mr. Robert Thompson, Jr., and bride attended services at Beaulah Presbyterian church Sunday after" noon. The recent storm almost destroyed al**he late apples, pears and grapes. KERSHAW COUNTY NOTES. Camden, Sept. 28.-My seeming in? difference is not for want of news or of disregard for the interest of the Item, but just havn't had time to write. The storm of last week did consid? erable damage here, and then to be followed by a week of rain makes the damage hard to estimate, but it will not be less than 10 per cent, on a prospect of a 60 per cent. crop. My advice is to hold for better prices. The record will show that I crit? icised the cotton association last year for demanding 15 cents for cot? ton. I claimed it was too high. They see their mistake now, but it is too late. The public has lost ' confidence in them. The only thing now is for each farmer who can do so to say, and mean what he says, that he will not take less than 10 cents and then hold as long as he sees fit and sell as he needs th\ money. We say that Truitt, the great cotton man of Georgia, says that the present crop will not exceed 11,000,000 bales. / On April 2nd I wrote a letter to the Columbia State which was pub? lished on April the 4th that it would be impossible to make over 11,000,000 bales this year; so you see I estimated the crop before it was planted, and still believe my estimate of April will hold good. I was just six months ahead of Truitt, if there is anything in his opinion. The dam at the Hermitage cotton mill broke last Monday night, but the damage will not be heavy as it broke near the factory on the canal, and not where the water is so deep. Mr. Alva Humphries, son of Mr. C. U. Humphries, left last week for Wofford College. We wish him suc? cess. , The Item is a welcome visitor. If we are opposed to the dispensary we like to see both sides. B. M. H. Cole Brothers' United Shows. An exciting feature act, which any other amusement enterprise would ?charge a high price of admission to exhibit, Cole Brothers United JBhows, to be seen Wednesday, October 10, in Sumter, offer absolutely free as an out-in-the-open-air attraction. It is advertised as "spanning death's arch" and judging from the information at hand it is a real blood-chilling thrill? er. Twice daily, immediately after the street parade and again at 6:30 p. m., Mademoisselle D'Zizi, a Parisian belle, is raised to very apex of a tow? ering frail wooden inclined plane where she mounts a slender bicycle and then plunges at lightning speed apparently to her doom. Thirty feet from the ground the structure curves upward for a short distance and then abruptly ends. At this point the great momentum attained by the fearless rider's bike sends both onward into space and high above the backs of a herd of elephants. For 55 feet Mlle D'Zizi skims through the air as grace? fully as a bird, she and her machine describing a hi.lf circle over the chasm, in which grim death seems lurking with arms outstretched to greet the expected victim, landing safely upon the section section of the narrow path and thence riding to terra firma. Again has this intrepid young French beauty accomplished that which no other women ever at? tempted and is bowing and smiling her acknowledgments to the cheering thousands of onlookers, whose very hearts were fairly stilled during her wild flight. Death of Mrs. R. E Carnes. Bishopville, Sept. 27-Mrs. R. E. Carnes, age 53 years, died at the Sumter hospital last night after an illness of several days. The cause of death is a complication of diseases. She leaves her husband, Mr. R. E. Carnes, and one brother. Mr. John C Shaw and one sister, Mrs. Robert McCutchen and six children, namely, Mrs. E. S. McCutchen, M/s. R. W. McLendon, Mrs. S. L. Austin and Messrs. E. E. Carnes. Tobe Carnes and Robert Carnes, all of whom live in town. Mrs. Carnes was a daughter <>f the into John Calvin Shaw <;f Bishopville. The funeral and burial took j.i-.,-,, this evening1 with the re? mains laid t.. rest in the Presbyterian cemetery. Mr.?. Carnes was a faith? ful and consistent member of the Bishonville Presbyterian church sr the time of her death. j COTTON CROP REPORT. GOVERNMENT CROP GUESSERS SA iT COLTON IS BETTER TiaA.? LAST YEAR. The Condition is Placed at 71.6 Against 71.2 Last Year and Five Points Above the Ten Year Aver? age. Washington, Oct. 2.-The crop estimating board of the agricultural department made the following report this afertnoon: The average condition of the crop on Sept. 25 was 71.6, as compared with 77.3 August 25th, 1906; 71.2 Sept. 25, 1905; 75.8 Sept. 25. 1904, and a ten year average of 66.7. It is stated in the report that the above es? timate does not reflect the damage done to the cotton crop since Sept. *5th by the recent Gulf stcim. The Census bureau this afternoon announced that ginners' reports show 2,044,425 bales of cotton ginned from this year's growth to September 25 as compared with 2,344,7^6 bales in 1905 to same date. The number of i active ginneries reported was 20,554, as compared with 22,389 last year. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. items of Interest Condensed and Par* * agraphed for Quick Reading. Cotton mills in the Piedmont are, many of them, trying English > labor in a quiet way. Many managers think they will prove a solution of the much vexed labor problem in that section, but in Charlotte, N. C., the experiment is considered a failure. t Secretary M. L. Smith, of the Clover Cotton Manufacturing Compa? ny, in York county, has asked that a permanent constabulary be located there. The moonshiners on the North Carolina line are always causing trouble. . The Blythe Rifles, of Greenville, are working hard to become a crack military organization. They take week-end camping trips into the sur? rounding country, and already are much benefitted thereby. A new phosphate mine is being started by th? Virginia-Carolina Co., at Oak Point near the side of the old Coosaw works on St. Helen Sound. The steamer Marion is bringing men and tools from Charleston. Every thing and every body in Charleston is getting ready for Gala Week, November 5-10. There will be a guard mounting competitive drill, a pyrotechnic and aquatic dis? play in the harbor and floral, fantas? tic, military and trades parades. There will be a. one cent rate from points in North and South Carolina. The negro ministers of Greenville have written a joint letter to their city papers deploring the Atlanta troubles, and expressing their willing? ness to aid the whites in upholding the law. They also commend the I Greenville city council for not issuing a carnival license this year, sayine that these festivals were a demorali? zing influence on young negroes. J. W. Harris, W. F. Abbott and J. W. Grimes, employees of the South? ern Railway at Spartanburg have been indicted for running trains on Sunday. A true bill has been re? turned against them by the grand jury. South Carolina's Jamestown Com? mission has decided that no ladies need apply for membership. The statute makes no provision for them. Mr. J. R. Dickert, formerly train? master on the Union and Glenn Springs railroad, has been promoted to the post of general manager. The recent collision in Columbia between a freight train and a trolley car at the Taylor street crossing is bringing out much talk for obviating this danger. A plan is under dis? cussion far either a viaduct for the railway or a subway for the trolley. Governor Heyward has been asked to offer a reward for Thomas Mc Griff who committed murder in Fair? field county last April. A. A. Gates, for twenty years pro? prietor of the Mansion House, in Greenville, has given up the lease of the building. Ubi V. Millican, aged 18 years, for? mally of Orangeburg, who shot and killed Peter L. Cameron, his father in-law, in Spartanburg, May 12th last, was found gulty of manslaughter Thursday, and sentenced to the peni? tentiary for two years. J. J. Gray, of Brunson, Hampton county, aged 50 years, was found dead in bed at Wright's Hotel, Co? lumbia, Thursday. Orangeburg is ready to number her houses and tag her streets. Three, thousand units will be necessary, costing when put up about five cents apiece. One hundred forty-one posts are needed for the street cor? ners and four hundred eighty signs. There is no congestion of cotton laden wagons on Main street now? adays. There will be lots of cotton shipped by the night express, and many share croppers, renters and lieners will go to other counties to "keep books for the rabbits" this fall. COURT SAT EN BANC. TO HEAR FAMOUS ADAMS CASE FROM CODLETON. There Were Thirteen Judges Who Considered the Case and Eight Op? posed New Trial. Columbia, Sept. 29.-R. Allie Ad? ams will be hanged for the murder of TSenry Jacques near Cottageville, in February, 1902. The Supreme en bane decided against him yesterday. Adams was convicted before Judg'? Ernest Gary and was sentenced to b? handed. He escaped from jail, and was recaptured. An appeal then wis taken to the Supreme Court and Ad? ams lost Subsequently a motion for a new trial was made, before Judge D. A. Townsend and he granted it on the ground of after discovered evidence. This action of Judge Townsend was overruled by the Supreme Court. Ad? ams' attorneys then moved in the Su? preme Court for leave to mae a mo? tion i$ the Circuit Court j for a new I trial. The court was evidently di? vided, two favoring a new trial and two being opposed to it. Therefore a sitting of the court en bane was ordered. All of the Supreme Court justices and nine of the Circuit judges responded. Judge Ernest Gary? the only remaining Circuit judge, could not sit as he had presided over the trial. Judge Townsend, who had granted a new trial, is now off the bench. After hearing the argument of Mr. W. B. Gruber and Col. Robert Ald? rich for Adams, and of Mr. J. E. Peurifoy and Solicitors James E. Da? vis and W. St. Julien Jervey for the State, the court decided against the motion. Mr. Davis is the solicitor who prosecuted Adams. The circuits have been rearranged ?ince that time. It was an impressive sight, this sit? ting of the court en bane. The four Supreme Court Justices sat upon the dais and the Circuit Court judges within the encloseure^just beiow. The arguments of the lawyers were good, unusually good. The point of law was whether or not the court would upon the "after discovered evidence" testi? mony, which one Mrs. Adams would relate, grant the prisoner's motion. She is a blood relative of the deceased and claims that at the trial she was coerced into testifying falsely against Allie Adams. The argument was made in reply that her evidence did not add to or detract from the weight of testimony againsa Adams at the trial and that there is as much right to suspect that she would testify falsely now to save her brother-in-law as she would have done then. Following is the official order of the court in this case now so celebrated: The Final Order. The Supreme Court en bane having been duly assembled to consider the motion made in this case for an order permitting defendant to move the cir* cuit court for a new trial on after discovered evidence, and having read the affidavits submitted and argument of counsel: It is ordered and adjudged that the motion*be refused and that the case be remanded to the circu?a court for the purpose of fixing a new day for the execution of the sentence and judgment of the Circuit Court which has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. It is further ordered that the order staying the remittitur herein hereto? fore granted be and is hereby revoked and that the remittitur be sent down forthwith. Ira B. Jones, A. J. C. A. Woods, A. J. J Geo. W. Gage, Circui Judge. Chas .?G. Dantzler, Circuit Judge. R. O. Purdy, Circuit Judge. Geo. E. Prince, Circuit Judge. R. W. Memminger, Circuit Judge. D. E. Hydrick, Circuit Judge. We dissent: Y. J. Pope, Chief Justice. Eugene G. Gary, A. J. James Aldrich, Circuit Judge. R. C. Watts, Circuit Judge. J. C. Klugh, Circuit Judge. END OF BACK STAMPING. A Reform in Postal Service That Will Expedite Delivery of Mail. Washington, Sept. 29.-Authority has been given by Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock to the postoffices at Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and St. Paul to discontinue back stammping of mail. General Hitchcock says it is not impobable that back stamping will be universally abolished. It is claimed that this reform will result in expediting the delivery of mail from one to three hours. Dave Marshall, a vagrant negro, was given a severe whipping in Green" wood Saturday night for cursing a white woman who runs a small groc? ery store. The crowd that did tho whipping then ran ali the negroes off the streets. A half witted negro woman was run over and killed by a Southern railway train at St. Matthews Satur? day afternoon. / eOQD NEWS FOR THE SOUTH ENGLISH SPINNERS ALARMED BY PROSPECT OF COTTON CROP SHORTAGE England Will Need More Cotton Next Season Than Ever Before and Spin? ners are Already Eager to Secure a Supply Before Prices Get Out of Reach. Special to The Daily Item. London, October 2.-The probabil? ity of a shortage of the cotton crop in America is causing great alarm among English manufactures and there are fears that prices must be raised to record levels for the man ufacturer's good. England will want 12,500,000 hales of American cotton next season and it is believed that she may be able to? secure 10,000,000 or more bales at an increase in price of half a cent around which means a total increase of $30, 000,000 to meet British requirements. Traders on Manchester and Liver? pool exchanges are most sensitive over the situation and the bears have been unable to stem the upward ten? dency of prices at these exchanges, closely following the American initi? ative . WANT PAY FOR SOUTH. Farmers' Union Makes Demand ox? Government to Pay Back $650, 000,000 Collected After Civil War Cherryvale, Kans., Sept. 25.-The first demand of the Farmers' Union; upon the politicians is for return to? the various cotton producing States of the South'of $650,000,000 collected by the Federal government during; the two years after the civil war. The resolution asking for the return of the money specifies that when it shall be turned into the treasuries of the various States for educational? purposes "in the rural districts." Copies of this demand are being; sent to every representative in Con? gress and every United States senator?, and the 700,000 members of the union; throughout the South and Southwest,, with the request to circulate the peti? tions to be forwarded to Congress ask? ing the passage of a bill for the re? funding of this money.-Greenville . Dailv News. SOUTHERN TRAIN WRECKED / Columbia, Sept. 27.-Train wreck? ers having removed the rails for some distance, Southern Railroad passen? ger train No. 30, from Jacksonville to Washington, due here at 6.55 a. m.,. was ditched today at 3.30 at Barton, six miles south of Allendale and seventy-one miles south of Colum? bia. The locomotive and six coaches were overturned, colored Fireman; Andrew Kemp, of this city, had both legs broken and died almost in stanaly, Engineer J. E. McDonald, off this city, was badly scalded about the trunk and legs, two mail clerks were hurt, and more than a dozen of the passengers sustained minor bruises a**d cuts. All question of accidental derailing was eliminated by the fact that the missing rails were found neatly plied together at the side of the road-bed, with the spikes which held them to? the ties strung alongside. The scene \ of the wreck is a lonely spot in the center of a district densely populated by negroes of the most primitive type, who have been in an ugly mood lately as a result of the labor trou? bles in this State and Georgia. Many of the passengers believe that the derailing of train 30. one of the Southern's finest through expresses, was an act of deliberate revenge, planned and executed by the worst element ip the surrounding colored population. Certainly it is I ard to explain on any other theory, for rob? bery was not attempted and nothing; has occurred lately that could have inspired them with any particular feeling against ahe railway company ? Railway detectives are already at work on the-case. Con? stipation I Makes biliousness and [bad complexions. 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