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E. 1OWSY METTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of Interest From all Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. BOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will .reach this office not later than Tues -Oay morning. When the letters are wceived Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in paper issued that day. STATEBTJRG. Stateburg, Nov. 12.-Mrs. James Tinckney and Miss A. N. Moore spent last -week in Sumter the guests of ?rs. A. P. Manning. Mr. Early Mellette returned to Charleston last evening after a short "vacation spent with his family. Miss Virginia Saunders, who is at? tending college in Columbia, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Rev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting .friends in Clarendon today. Mrs. M. S. Burgess, of Sumter, ?pent Friday with Mrs. Screven Moore. Mr. James Simons, of Ferguson spent Sunday here with/ friends. Miso "Anna P. Burgess spent Friday and Saturday in Sumter; the guest of Miss May Burgess. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Saunders were in Columbia last week. Mrs. James Parker, of New York city and her mother, Mrs. Jones, of 'Savannah, Ga., were in the neighbor? hood last week, the guests of Mrs. 33. F. Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pinckney, j -with little Miss Emma Pinckney, are j spending a few days in Sumter this week. Mr. James Cain spent Sunday at **Cherry Vale," the home of Mrs. E. Ii. Frierson. T' PRIVATEER. Privateer, S. C., Nov. 13.-Mrs. R. 35. Furman is visiting friends and relatives in Hartsville. Mr. Harry Felder, of Denmark, spent Saturday night and Sunday at Mrs. L. B. Jenkins'. Miss Elma Geddings spent Sunday at her home in Paxville. Miss Corine and Masters Marion ^and Archie Wells spent Saturday and Sunday in Wedgefield. ^Messrs. Marion Rivers and J. D. Jenkins spent Friday in Camden. Miss Mabel Mellette spent Saturday might and Sunday in Mayesville. Mr. Charles Jenkins has a position is Sumter at the baggage room. We are sorry to report thai: Mr. M. G. Ramsey is worse and is con? fined to his bed. ST HAGOOD. Hagood, S. C., Nov. 17.-Crops are ?Mahout all gathered, and ' people are husy putting in their small grain. I suppose they are as cheerful as cir- j cums tances will allow. Of course they 'are cutting expenses, and as a consequence the merchant feels ' it. Speaking of cutting expenses, there is a tribe, not so numerous, it is to be "hoped, as they once were, who begin this business at the house of God, shaving the preacher's salary and the "benevolences. I do not think I am mistaken when I say that such lose more by the procedure than they Sain. If one will but think he will see, too, that it is a small, mean game* Our merchants at such times need sympathy, standing, as they do be tween us and sheer want or what may he worse. Every man should do his "best to satisfy them, to help them, for many of them stand- in need of it. Just a year or so back, when we were in the grip of the coron speculator it was these as much as any one else who came tobably to our rescue. Our (?) Cotton Association! Is it dead? Is-it clean gone forever? Has it served its day? Is there no place for it in our economy? It is common talk that some of its chief promoters, men who went up and down the earth preaching it up, speculated extensive? ly. Old Diagones might experience as great difficulty here in this A. D. 20th century finding an honest man with a lighted torch in the daytime as he did in Athens. Sometimes we grow pious and question seriously whether i every man has his price, but some new piece of rascality in an unex? pected quarter is unearthed, and our faith is shaken to its foundation. Wanted: A competent, honest man to pilot the Cotton Association. Some of us little fellows worked hard for it. and without a crumb of comfort, unies* it came from our powerful (?) speeches, the satisfaction of getting before the public. I am not quite certain that a few did not try to make it a stepping stone to omce. JBut where is the association? Quite a number of people, negroes chiefly, have gone to other parts-. unknown sometimes. . -- ^ I met a fellow the other day who must have kicked himself, at least he ought, for having been such an ass, hut if so he ought to keep it up with increasing vigor, for his asaninity in? creases with his years. Did you ever such people? present cotton crop is short, The Store That Pays No Rent ! SAIEOF CLOTH The Store That Pays No Rent ! This sale starts Saturday morning and will continue until further notice. This simply means we are going to close out for CASH any suit m the store at manufacturer's price. This sale ought to appeal to those who want a first class suit. We only handle clothing of merit, made by the foremost manufacturers of this country. They fit well and wear well ; all new, cut in slims and regulars ; also stouts. We offer a fine line of Bojs' Clothing at greatly reduced prices. A full line of dress and work pants, a splendid lot of warm underwear at special low prices for the quality we offer. Let nobody fool themselves, we are offering goods at this sale that could not be bought wholesale at such prices. Twenty dozen Boys' Caps for this sale at 25 cents each, the 50 cent kind. Men's Clothing. 37 odd Suits, the 10 00 kind, at - $ 5 00 50 fine all-wool Suits, the 10 00 quality at 7 9? 42 fine dark mixed silk and wool Suits, in regulars and slims, 30 fine gray mixed, in neat broken plaids, the 12 50 value at 57 Suits that are marked 15 00 and 16 50, your choice for only 20 Suits worth 18 00, at 20 Suits worth 20 00, at 8 95 10 00 12 50 15 00 17 50 Boys' Suits. 50 blue and black Cheviot,, solid colors, the 2 50 quality, at the Suit - $1 95 57 Suits in mixed broken plaids : they were 3 50 ; jour choice for only 2 35 60 boys' Suits, very pretty all-wool . goods, your choice, each, only - 3 00 29 fine unfinished Worsteds, in black and blue, the 6 00 value, at - 4 95 Men's Dress Pants. 30 pairs fine, serviceable wool Pants, the 3 00 quality, at - ? - $2 00 27 pairs extra all-wool quality men's Pants, 3 50 values - - 2 50 25 pairs extra quality dress pants, the 5 00 quality, your choice for - 3 95 Corduroy Pants. 20 pairs Corduroy Pants, the 2 00 quali? ty, ter - - $1 50 Young Men's Suits. They are strictly all-wool and are grand bar? gains, as the saying goes ; ages 16, 17, 18, 19 years, at 5 00, 6 50, 7 95. Men's and Youths' Hats. The New Telescope Hats ; we have a big lot to select from, at each, 1 00, 1 50 to 3 00. Men's Cravenette Rain Coats. 19 extra long fine Cravenette Kain Coats, no better 20 00 quality ; your choice for this sale, only - - $12 50 25 Overcoats, worth 15 00 to 16 50 at $12 50 25 Overcoats, worth 10 00 to 12 50 at 8 50 25 Overcoats, worth 8 50, at 5 00 T WEAR. W. L. DOUGLAS' SHOES. The Store That Pays No Rent ! Stubbs Bros., No. IO S. Main St. Phone 63 The Store That Pays No Rent ! figure as they please about it, still the price does not improve. The laboring classes are finding it difficult these days "to make buckle and tongue meet," even when they work steadily, notwithstanding there are those who appear to get along fairly and do nothing. If the vagran? cy law was more rigidly enforced ic might help matters. ! Haggod. .' ti MAX. Max, S. C., Nov. 19.-Mrs. T. M. K. McElveen, alter a long illness, died last Thursday. The burial services were conducted by Rev. Bedenbaugh. Wm. Tunstall's little son, who was badly burned nearly three weeks ago died this morning. Messrs. J.^C. and L. R. Trueluck, went to Florence last week on busi? ness. Mrs. Arnie Lemon *<.nd two sons, of Bath, are visiting relatives about here. Mr. Victor White and bride attend? ed church at Bethel last Sunday. Hogs are fattening. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, Xov. 17.-Well, as my cold has got better, I will write a line for the paper this morning. We are having a pretty good taste of winter these mornings. Farm work is about ajl done for this y^ar. . Children are going to school and the men chopping wood. Mr. J. Lu Ardis had a severe ac? cident last Thursday, the 15th. He was cutting a log that the storm blew down and when he cut the hurricane off it set back up, throwing Mr. Ardis in a pile of limbs, knocking his right elbow out of place and bruising his leg and foot. His son carried him to Pinewood to Dr. Sally, who set his arm and he is getting along as weil could be expected, though it goes bad with Jim who is a Confederate sol? dier over seventy years old. Mrs. Jacob V. Geddings, formerly of Pinewood, is, and Has been very sick for the last five or six weeks at her son-in-laws' Lee Geddings. The colds in the neighborhood seem to be getting better. Mrs. J. B McIntosh, Sr., spent lait Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. W. J. Ardis. G. Wash Scott visited relatives at Alcolu last Saturday and Sunday, re? turning Monday, since which time he has been sick but is getting all right again. WISACKY. Wisackv, Nov. 13.-We have had a week of pleasant weather, but it is threatening rain again. The farmers are busy planting oats and gathering the little cotton that is left in the fields. The health of the community is very good at this time. Master Myron Smith, who has been in business in Charleston, has been in our midst the past week. Miss Lula Williams visited relatives at Timmonsville a few days since. Miss Flossie May Smith, of Bishop ville, has been visiting relatives re cently. Miss Margaret Gibson, who teache j the W?sacky school, has been visiting j friends and relatives in Bishopvill* ? the past two days. We think Lee county will be wei represented in Columbia at the un veiling of General Hampton's monu? ment. There is no news in this neighbor? hood. Farmers are very gloomy abou' 1 the short crops and low prices of cot? ton. , ? - SALEM. Salem, Nov. IS.-There is an un? usual amount of unrest among the tenants and laborers of this section. As usual on short crop years, much moving around will be indulged in be I tween now and January. Wh'ile the crop output has been small, labor ia ; scarce and unwilling. Do as little as ; possible seems the chief aim. Some too, are keeping company with the wild beasts of the forest to avoid some anxious creditor. So there is no ! certainty where to find them. ' Farm stock are already showing the effects of the light corn crop and will be in bad shape io begin the crop of '07 with. But many of them will doubtless change hands, and possibly the change will prove beneficial to their general health. Rev. Mr. Knox, of Maye.'ville, preached at Brick church on Sunday and presided over the congregational meeting after service, which resulted in a call to Rev. Mr. Workman to the the pastorate of this church. Mr. E. M. McElveen received a very painful cut on the forehead on Friday night by falling over a pair of steos tnat had been removed from a build? ing he was overhauling. It seems he went out into the yard after dark, forgetting the steps had been re? moved, falling over them, his fore? head striking a sharp corner and cut? ting a gash fully an inch long, sever? ing an artery, which had to be taken up by a physician after a nine-mile drive. While his wound is quite painful and will perhaps leave an ug? ly scar from the fact that it is as much of a bruise as a cut, no se? rious results are anticipated by his friends, and a speedy recovery hoped for. Considerable hay has been cut within the past two weeks, and is per? haps almost as good feed as the storm beaten stuff that most of us tried to save earlier. Our mail facilities since the R. F. D. service began, gives universal dis? satisfaction to the patrons of the late Goodwill office, from the fact that we don't get our mail until late in the afternoon and occasionally next day. We had expected as good service from the present system as we received from the old "Star Route." But such is not the case. Our mail is ?tarted promptly and carefully from the dis tributing office and is delivered care? fully by our efficient carrier, but the route inspector caused our machinery to run backwards and throw every? thing out of gear. LEE COUNTY NEWS. Bishopville, Nov. 20.-Under a call i by the mayor, the citiezns of the town and surrounding country met in the Court House yesterday evening for the purpose of considering the vast difference in the price of cotton here and at Camden and Hartsville. ^Such differences on some grades amounting to 125 points. After a free discussion for about an hour, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas the price of cotton at this point is far below neighboring mar? kets, and we can discern no cause for such difference, and Whereas our prosperity depends en? tirely on keeping our cotton market abreast of surrounding towns. Therefore, be it resolved, that we take this matter in hand by sending at once to Savannah and Norfolk, representatives who shall undertake to form a connection with said points with a view of handling the cotton of this market. 2. That the town council be, re? quested to pay the expenses of said representatives. 3. That a petition be circulated for signatures addressed to the man? agement of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, asking them to build a tap line to this place, pledging them a? j part of the business. PRIVATEER NEWS ITEMS. Mr. M. G. Ramsey. Ono of Privateer's Oldest Citizens, Dead-Personal Mention. Privateer, S. C., Nov. 20.-M>\ W. D. Lynam, one of Privateer's mest popular young men. has gone to San- j ford, Fla., to spend the winter. Mrs. R. B. Furman returned from Hartsville Saturday, accompanie 1 by her sister, Mrs. Coker. The oyster supper at Mrs. Hannah Ingram's Friday night was a success. After all'had partaken of oysters andi other refreshments, which wer? de? lightfully served by the school chil? dren, they were entertained with music beautifully rendered bf Misses Hattie May Hardee, Edna Geddings and others. Mr. Yates Nesbitt, of jColumbia, spent Sunday at the home !of his fa? ther, Mr. S. E. Nesbitt. Mrs. Graham Pritchard, of Davis Station, returned home after a ffw days visit to her brother, Mr. Her? y Barkley. Mr. M. G. Ramsey, who had been confined to his bed for several weeks, died yesterday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, and will be buried at 4 o'clock today. The family has the sympathy of the entire community in this, their sad- affliction.