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COUNTY GOBBESPONDEWGE, 2?2WSY liETTEKS FROM OUR SPA? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of Interest From all Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. JrOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will reach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are jwceived Wednesday it is almost an impossibility to have them appear in pap?r issued that day. DURANT. Durant, S. C., Feb. 1.-A special .train was run on the Alderman road ' Wednesday to accommodate the crowd who went to Gamble station to the sale of the property of Mr. Gam? ble, who died some months ago. Mrs. Williams is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Hugh 'Witherspoon. Messrs..W. P. and J. M. Montgomery ?spent Tuesday in Sumter. Several met the Clemson train in Manning and will no doubt derive great benefit from what they heard and saw. The farmers have gone to work Trith a vim and have accomplished a great deal the past month. A great draw back this year wi?I be in se? curing of pea seed. There will not be a person in the neighborhood who ?will have sufficient pea .seed to plant a half crop. 3IAX. Mas, S. C., Feb. 4.-Rev. B. K. Tnzluck preached a very impressive sermon on profane swearing at Beth? el Sunday morning. Presiding Elder Bay preached at Nazareth Sunday af? ternoon. Miss Julia Hinds, of Florence, visit? ed Dr. Kelley's last week. Miss Bessie Hicks spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Jodie McElveen, of Eevergreen. Several farmer about here will plant tobacco this year. N STATEBURG, Stateburg, Feb. 4.-Mr. Guy Nelson, who is in business near Columbia, sj>ent Sunday at home. Miss A. M. Barnwell is enjoying a ten days' vacation at home. Mr. Early Mellett spent Sunday at home. Miss Marion Mazyck is visiting Mrs. 13creven Moore. Mr. T. D. Brohun, of Asheville, N. C, is visiting friends in our midst. Mrs. J. S. Pinckney and Miss A. N. Moore are visiting Mrs. A. P. Man? ning in Sumter. Mr. W. KL Barnwell spent Sunday ac home. Miss Gena Dargan is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. A. S. Flud. Rev. W. H. Barwell is visiting dBriends in Hagood today. 'The Bachelor Maids," a newly or? ganized club, consisting of the follow? ing members: Misses Emma and Bes? sie Barnwell, Lee and Frances Moore, Anna Burgess, Annie Holmes, A. N. - Moore and Miss Emm? Barnwell, of Selma, Ala., was entertained on Fri? day afternoon by Miss Anna Burgess. The Bachelor Maids promises to be a very pleasant weekly entertainment, to be held every Friday afternoon from 4 to 5.30 at the homes of the different members. PRIVATEER. Privateer, Feb. 4.-The Privateer teachers and others were delightfully entertained from Fridav until Sun? day at the beautiful and hospitable Ixome of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Karvin. JFriday evening being the feature of the occasion, an elegant supper was prepared and served by "he different couples. All will remember and ap? preciate with pleasure the kindness and hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Har vin. Miss Margaret Hardee, of Chester, is spending the week at Mrs. Hannah Ingram's with her sister, Miss Hattie May Hardee. : Miss Inez Wells is spending some time at Wedgefield with her sister, Mrs. R. H. Ramsey. Mr. I. E. Mims, of Elloree, spent Tuesday at Mr. E. W. Rivers*. Mr. T. H. Harvin and daughter, of Summerton, spent the past week at Mr. S. A. Harvin's. WEDGEFIELD. Wedgefield, Feb. 4.-We have had unusual weather today, with thunder Tolling and peals of lightning, causing telephone fuses to be burned out; reminds one of summer. I guess, though, the elements came to our res? cue, a3 the law forbids the sale of large firecrackers, and was celebrating .that downfall of the State liquor traf? ic in South Carolina. Anyway, it *x>ks as if the old "get-rich-quick'* law for a few is doomed, if our two prohibitionists did try to prolong its life. I would like to know who they j were representing when they voted for prohibition. We only had one candidate for prohibition and a ma? jority of the voters decided prohibition was impossible now, some of whom probably were influenced by what some <of the candidates said against prohibition. We will have the oppor? tunity though of finding out two years hence what mighty power it was that changed the minds of certain representatives in so short a while. Everybody is asking the question, what will Gov. Ansel and Attorney General Lyon do with the directors? ! We certainly hope they haven't the j kind of backbones their predecessors had, when it was up to them to do something and quit so much talking, to double up and crawl out through a small legal technicality hole. I would like to see every child in South Carolina receive a good educa? tion, if in my power, but when it comes to being compulsory, I am with our senator on that. I believe in a citizen of this State having some rights, any way, of controlling his house. Then this non-attendance could be remedied to a certain ex? tent if proper facilities were provid? ed to take children to and from school, as is done in Richland county. One reason so often brought out by some of the exponents of the bill, is it has worked so well in other ? States. The divorce law has also worked mighty well in advancing immorality i in all the States except this, so that is no reason why we should try it. Some vote against the marriage li? cense law for fear of a step toward divorce. So if the compulsory edu? cation bill was passed it would be the first step toward taking a man's fam? ily rights away from him. Then how long before a father would have to communicate with some executive board before he could administer ? much needed thrashing to one of the State's school boys? Mr. T. D. Brohun, of Asheville, N. C., is spending a few days here look? ing after business interests. Miss Bessie Aycock, who is attend? ing the Presbyterian college in Co? lumbia, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. She was accompanied by her1 friend, Miss Sadie Raysor, of St. Matthews. Mr. F. F. Covington, Jr., of Marion, is spending some time with relatives here. -Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Nettles and Mr. J. J. Whilden were among the visitors from Sumter here yesterday. Miss Guliem Mellette returned from ^Privateer yesterday after a short vis? it to relatives there. Mr. John R. Dew has opened up a line of groceries, etc., in the store occupied by Mr. E. L. Burress last year. Mr. R. B. Cain, of Privateer, has moved his saw and shingle mill up here for a while, and is sawing up the longs blown down by the August and September storms on the Glencoe plantation of Messrs. J. H. Aycock & Sons. Mr. Scott Cain, who is running the shingle mill, is sawing quite a lot of shingles for Mrs. Lucy Singleton, who is making extensive repairs on the Singleton" Black Woods place.. Revs. Haynsworth and Lewis, the new ministers of the Baptist and Methodist churches, are very much liked by their flocks, and we hope the Presbyterians will soon obtain a sup? ply they will be as well pleased with. LYNCHBURG. Lynchburg, Jan. 30.-As a result of ignorance and carelessness combined Willie Gaskins, an employe at G. W. Stokes' saw mill, in this place, is mi? nus an arm and foot. Both limbs are much lacerated and are nov/ being amputated by Drs. Tarrant and Bar? den. Gaskins was on the saw car? riage at the time of the accident and Tailed, from some cause, to heed the hasty warning. He is a. good, hard* working negro, and will be missed by many. A lodge of O. S. B. was organized here last night. The lodge, '"Order of the Star of Bethlehem," came into existence in th's town with a mem? bership of 32, and bids fair to be a strong lodge. Mr. "L,. v. Brown is special and general organizer ?for Lynchburg and Lee county. The in? terest manifested exceeded expecta? tions. TINDAL. Tindal, Feb. 5.-Rev. J. N. Tolar filled his last appointment at Provi? dence on Sunday. Miss Lolly Rivers, of Alchua, Fia? is spending some time with relatives here. Miss Bessie Hodge spent Friday in Sumter. Miss Fannie Richardson spent Sun? day at home. Mr. Ben. H. Harvin, of Harvins, was here on business Saturday. Mr. Harry Hodge spent Friday in Sumter. Miss Beulah Richardson has been on a visit to friends in the Concord section. TO FORTIFY HAWAII. Secretary of War Tait is Warned by Rumors Concerning the Japanese. Special to The Daily Item. Washington, Fob. 1.-The senate has been asked by Secretary of War Taft for a half million dollar appro? priation for the fortification of the Hawaiian Islands against foreign foes. The understanding is that he means the Japanese. It is rumored that the Japanese in the Hawaiian Islands are organiz? ing secrec military companies. KERSHAW COUNTY XEWS. Negro Woman Burned to Death Other Items of Interest. Camden, Jan. 29.-Lottie Wheeler, a negro woman who li%*es on the Zemp place, caught on fire Monday, and was burned so badly that she died last night. Ker baby, about four months old, was also burned, and is not expected to live. She stooped over an ?pen fire place to take oft! a pot and her dress caught and she was burned so severely before assistance reached her that the skin peeled from her body. Mr. F. H.. Arrants has moved his saw mill to Pine Farm where he has a. contract to saw 100 acres of vir? gin timber. Mr. Carris<m will use most of it to repair and build up his Dlantation. ., e had the pleasure of a trip to Sumter some time ago, and note with pleasure the wonderful improvement since we moved from Sumter county. We went down to see "our dentist," Dr. Weinberg. We are glad to see the house pass a bill to kill th eien aw, but are sor? ry the senate could not see the need of the people. The lien law is a curse to South Carolina, and is as harmful to the merchant as to the farmer. When a merchant takes a mortgage of a .crop, something that does not exist, you can bet he charges every leiner enough to pay for all shortage, and the honest farmer who does not need the law pays for the bad debtor. Farmers are making preparations for another crop. We have certainly had fine weather for winter ploughing. Good prepara? tion is the secret of successful farm? ing. We are having some winter weath? er this week. We like to see cold in the winter to kill the insects. OLD MAX SUICIDES. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. I.-Edward P. Hippie, a brother of Frank K. Kip? pie, who shot himself last summer after wrecking the Real Estate Trust company, committed suicide at fris home here today with a revolver. He j was about 70 years old. It is believ? ed he brooded over the tragic death of his brother. Do You Patronize Home? There are a efw people in Sumter who prefer patronizing foreign con? cerns to home institutions and that, too, in face of equal conditions. In most instances those who patronize i mail-order houses do so with a view ! of procuring bargains and jare lured ino the practice by misleading adver? tising, while others just do it be? cause of poor judgment and lack of consideration for town and neighbor. Who sympathized with you when your little girl was sick? Was it Sears, Roebuck & Co.? Who cared for you last winter when you were out o fa job and had no money Was it Montgonmery Ward & Co., or was it your home merchant? When you want to raise money for the church or for some needy person in town, do you write to the Fair store in Chicago, or do you go to your home merchant? How much does Siegel, Cooper & Co. give, towards keeping up side? walks or paying the minister's salary? When you were sick how many nights did Hibbard, Spencer, " BartT lette & Co. sit up with you? When your loved one was buried was it your home merchant who dropped the tear of sympathy and uttered the cheeringw ord, or was it Marshall Field & Co.? Patronize your home merchant and then you will become a factor in the growth of Sumter. Johnnie on Doctors. Doctors is men wich come when foaks is sick & and they charge the saim whether the:- git them well or not. doctors is of LOO kinds: 1 good doctors 2, cheep doctors the cheep doctors cost you more than the good doctors, the trouble is you cant tell the good doctors tell you try thim and then maybe they ait very good after all. doctors is made in too ways, one kine goes to college and cuts up ded foaks and the other kine takes any : ole medicine in a bottle and says what wonderful cures it will make and it is all free, but it aint free you bet you have to pay ten or more d?l ars befor you git thron h. some doctor? is mighty wise and show it in thc.jr looks and some is otherwise and travel on thair lqoks, &c. looks is a grate thing at a baby show but it aint no good for a pan? just by itself. and the ones wot kisses the babys and gives em cady is got the rest skinned to deth with their mas and gits the prase &c thair is several kinds of doctors besides the two kinds menshuned at first also thair is a good doctor on our street but most every time he cums t<> our house he brings a new baby, i think that is pretty meen sum doctors is got meen ways as any gentleman and is also small sometimes. Johnnie. 7th grade composition. Christian Crusaders. It is, indeed, most gratifying to know, that, "tctwithstanding the many elements of opposition and perplexing reverses with which the Christian Crusaders have had to contend during the past three months and a half,the blessed, undenominational, soul-savi? ng work is still going foward with en? couraging results. Sinners are being saved and Christians are being revi? ved and brought to realize, more for? cibly than they have ever before rea? lized, that it is their privilege and 'duty to be "workers together"" with God for the spiritual uplifting of hu? manity. Up to the present time, at the expi? ration of 112 days. 216 public, and nearly cwice as many private meet? ings have ben conducted; home mi- J ssionary work has been done in more j than 600 homes hi different parts of j the City, aiso- in many of the commer? cial houses; many hundreds of tracts have been distributed, and 13S per? sons have presented themselves at jGod's altar as seekers for pardon, 133 ? I of whom have profesed to have ex? perienced the pardoning love of the Savior. Among those who have been adopt- j ed into the royal f omi ly of God a/e not only persons who have been res? cued from what some are pleased to 1 term the "lower strata" of society, but also persons of considerable pro minence and intelligence. The chains ' of evil which have bound many to the 1 drink appetite for years, hove been broken asunder and the captives set free. Those who had formerly blas? phemed the name of God are now ut? tering the same from pure and holy hearts in prayer. The would-be self j murderer has been checked in his downward course, and is now vigor? ously engaged in the work of rescuing others. Old wrongs have ben made right and old debts have been settled. Homes in which prayer was a thing unknown, a short time ago, have now erected therein the family altar. Nothing can betcer portray in a word picture, the religious sentiment which is now existing in the hearts of those, who, untill recently, were strangers to God, that the many soul-inspiring, personal experiences which are re? lated, from time to time, by the res? cued ones. In speaking in a general way of this work of grace, which has been and is still going on in Sumter, a business man, who is a prominent v.:o is also aggressively associated member of the Baptist Church and with the Crusaders, while in conver? sion with another man, said, in sub? stance: The Crusaders have made a deep and lasting impression . here from one side of towh to the other. Their meetings have been a great blessing to- me. I have been helped by them to be more aggressive in Chris? tian work than I had ever been before. The good seed has been sown and is bringing for^n much fruit in the lives of many of the young converts, who are already quite aggressively enga? ged in the soul-saving work, not only in the, meetings which are held in Armory Hall and on the streets, but also in the special Mission Work, which is being carried foward in the Factory District, in the County Jail and in private Cottage meeings, held in different parts of the city. Meecings will be' conducted in Ar? mory Hall on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights and also on Sunday afternoons, until further notice is given. WANTED BY U. S. AUTHORITIES. Townsend, thc Negro Who Posed As a Pension Agent and Now Doing Time on thc Gang. Wanted in Char? leston. J. H. Townsend, the negro who rep? resented himself to be a pension agen1 of the federal government, and who was sentenced in the city court about 10 days ago to 30 days on the chain gang for vagrancy, and later in the magistrate's court, under charge of swindling, to 40 days more, is wanted by the United States authorities in Charleston. The following letter was received by Sheriff Epperson today: Charleston, S. C., Feb. 2, 1907. Sir: Yours received. I will come to Sumter from Camden on Tuesday afternoon and will arrive about 5.45. Can't you have Townsend at the jail where I can see him, and have his picture taken? I will appreciate it if you can. Please do me the further favor to have the names and addresses of all the people in Sumter from whom he received money under the representa? tion that h was an officer of the Uni? ted States. Very truly, E. H. Jennings. Only two surviving members of the famous Cambria, Pa.. Guards are left of a long list who answered to the roll call just sixty years ago. when they marched from Ebensburg to enlist | their services with Uncle Sam in the conflict with Mexico. These two sur? vivors are Joshua D. Farris, now jus? tice of the peace in Ebensburg, and former Sheriff John A Blair, who is also resident of the county capital. COLLEGE OX WHEELS. The Valuable Educational and Indus? trial Development Campaign Un? dertaken by Clemson College. The Clemson college exhibition car, j in charge of Mr. Guy L. Stewart, for i the Southern railway, and Profs. Harper, Wm. S. Morrison, J. S. New? man and Charles S. Doggett, for Clemson, accompanied by the vola? tile and indefatigable J. Henry Rice, special representative of the Colum? bia State, arrived here Wednesday and was visited by many interested people during the day; and even this morning, until its departure at 9.30 for Manning, over the Atlantic Coast Line, a number of visitors were en? tertained. The car has been on a tour of the State for one month and has practi I cally covered two-thirds of South I Carolina, having made exhibitions in the principal centers of Richland, Lexington, Eigefield, Saluda, Aiken, Barnwell, Hampton, Beaufort, includ? ing all of the sea islands, Dorchester, Orangeburg and Sumter counties. From Manning the car goes to the Pee Dee section for a fortnight, end? ing the tour at Chesterfield on Feb? ruary 15. It was an enterprise the magnitude of which has never before been known in the south, nor has there ever been an educational cam? paign so effectively conducted; or one in which the people, as a whole, have manifested so much interest and gen? uine enthusiasm. The good result is already evident and the educational institutes held from place to place throughout the State will doubtless give a* new impetus to the greater development of the industrial and agricultural resources of South Car? olina. In this connection mention is especially made of the great and valuable services of Mr. Guy D. Stew? art, agent of the land and industrial department of the Southern railway, in. this work. Mr. Stewart in one in? stance alone revived a dead industry which, involved an annual income into the .State of $75,000. San Jose scale had destroyed the large peach orchards pf the Ridge. Spring belt, j Under the treatment advised by Mr. Stewart the scale has been checked, the valuable orchards are again in a flourishing condition and an industry revivified which means much to the people of that section of the State, j Under his direction, also, pear blight j has, to a great extent, been checked, i Mr. Stewart's time in the work, as also the use of the cars and railway j service, is a free contribution from the Southern railway, ?nd not as some believed, a scheme out of which the Southern was making money. The stereopticon exhibition, under the direction of Prof. Charles S. Dog- j gett, at the Court House Wednesday ?night, was exceptionally instructive, portraying t.: - \: ?r.derful strides in educationrl industrial develop? ment mad-- in couLi Carolina within i the past decade. ? Following the stereopticon enter? tainment, Prof. Wm. S. Ztforrison de? livered a masterful lecture . on the subject of Industrial Education. Pity it was the unfavorable weather pre? vented many from attending this in? structive lecture. However, the people, by reason of this visit of the Clemson car and its" corps of lecturers, are placed in closer touch with the work at Clem? son, and bulletins issued by the col? lege for the purpose of instruction along industrial and agricultural de? velopment will be more largely cir? culated. The Clemson car, which was de? scribed in yesterday's Item, contain? ed many specimens of mechanical work executed at Clemson, which re? flected credit upon the industrial training of . this institution. The hor? ticultural and agriculturol exhibits were equally creditable. JAPS POURING LNTO^HAWAn. Their Presence Not Explained by the Existing Conditions of the Island. Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 4.-The steady importing* of Japanese into the Hawaiian islands grows heavier. Nearly 2,500 arrived during the first two weeks in January. The influx for the past two . weeks has been even greater. The commercial conditions in the islands do not explain the large immigration. Many of these men are Japanese of education; others are veterans of the Russian-Japanese war. Sinister motives are hinted by offi? cials. The conduct of the Japanese gives foundations for suspicions. Many secret societies exist among the Japanese and it is rumored that these are really- military organiza? tions. It is estimated that fully 65, 000 are now here. Great Britain is wholly disgusted with the stupid act of Governor Swet tenham in ordering Admiral Davis and his party to leave Jamaica. It would have been a great surprise had the Britains felt otherwise. This wood? en h ead ed individual of a governor is not fit to reule over Jamaica negroes. -Greenville News. 8 RECORD OF VACCINATION. Health Officer Reardon Makes a Re? port of His Work. The health officer vaccinated yes? terday and this morning 157 people. During the past 30 days, from time to time, there have been vaccinated by this officer in the city of Sumter 3S8 citizens, as follows: White males.90 White females.68 Total white./. .158 Colored males.110 Colored females.120 Total colored.2Z0 Grand total.388 Schools, mills, factories and other places, where there is congregated labor and school children, have been visited, but there remains still about. 100 unvaccinated persons in these places according to the census recent? ly taken. All will be vaccinated this week, however. The figures as shown by recent in? vestigations, in crowded districts of \the city indicate that about 96 per ?cent, of Sumter's population has been, successfully vaccinated. . Arms are being closely examined: to determine whether previous vacci? nations were successful. There is no smallpox in this city,, but there is much of that disease in. places around Sumter, some in Sum? ter county and some in adjoining: counties. All persons who have not. been successfully vaccinated them? selves, or who allow any children un? der their care to remain unvaccinated are violating a State and municipal law, and are running the risk of hav? ing smallpox in their families. Ser? vants should be required to be vacci? nated, as they might bring smallpox: to your house. WRECK IN PENNSYLVANIA. Eleven Passengers and Four Train? men In/ored in Collision. Altoona, Pa,, Feb. 2.-Eleven pas? sengers and four trainmen were, in- . jured in a collision between the Man? hattan Limited, speeding east over the Pennsylvania, and an empty en? gine near Conemaugh this morning. The passengers, who were asleep, suf? fered sprains of the back and neck* being thrown from the berths by the . collision. Among the injured are JL. R. Stout, of Princeton, X. J., and J. Ulman, of Philadelphia. The train? men were removed to the hospitaL A Poor Organ. *Dam(s) the bile. That's what your liver cioes if it's torpid. Then the bile overflows into the blood-poisons your system, causing sick-headache, biiousness, sallow skin, coated tongue, sick stomach, dizziness? fainting spells, etc. Ramon's treat? ment of Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets strengthens the liver and makes it do its own work. Prevents and cures these troubles. It aids - doesn't force. Entire treatment 25 cents at Durant's Drug Store. Prevent Headache. ?Force them? No-aids them. Ra? mon's treatment of Liver Pills andi Tonic Pellets strengthens the liver and digestive organs so that they do? their own work and fortifies your con? stitution against future trouble. En? tire treatment 25 cents at Durant's Drug Store. \ Catarrh and Catarrhal Headaches * Are quickly relieved by Nosena. It soothes the ^congested membranes al? lays inflammations and thoroughly heals and cleanses. It keeps moist all the passages whose tendency is to thicken and become dry. Cures colds, throat troubles, hoarseness, hay fever, "stop ped-up" nose, breathing through the mouth while sleeping, offensive breath, etc. It is antiseptic and con? tains no chemicals or drugs having a narcotic effect, or that can cause the "drug habit" We Guarantee Satisfaction. J. A. Brogdon, of the National Sign Co., Dayton, Ohio, writ?s under date ot Oct. 12, 1906: "Nosena is the only preparation I have ever used that relieves my affection so speedily and pleasantly. I am getting the first real pleasure out of breathing that I have experienced since I contracted catarrh six years ago. Money would not buy my tube ot Nosena if I could not get another." Buy Nosena form Durant Drug Store and get your money back if no* satisfied. Sample tube and booklet by mail ten cents. Brown Manufacturing Co., St Louis, Mo.,, and Greenville Tenn. CUTS. 3OF.ES. BURNSS DuI?ANTS VRVG STORE.