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1I?? O?RBESFQNDENOE. SUWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPA? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Steins ot Interest From ail Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. SOTJCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will leach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are ?eeived Wednesday it is almost an tetpossibility to have them appear in ?as paper issued that day. - PISGAH. j, Pisgah, Feb. 7,-The rain last Mon? day and cold since, have knocked up farm work this week. Cold is very necessary to email grain in order to make a full crop. The weather has "been too warm for the oats, but if we llover cold weathei during this month and March, it will be all the better 1er them. Gardens have been generally set ?ut with young cabbage, and some of ?hem look very well. Some guano is being hauled, but ^nothing like last year. We hope the lons will be few and far between. lien hunting seems to be the main "business of the day. The smiling faces of some show they have caught .their game. The lien law is certainly popular this time of a year, and from present ind.ications.is likely to remain ?ne of the laws of tihe land. Some of the bills offered to repeal it are clear? ly unconstitutional in part, that is forcing a person to trade at ?" certain place. This is beyond the power of any law-making power to do. For in? stance, making a tenant trade with tis landlord or a laborer with his em? ployer on his outside crops. The legislature seems to have.no fixed views on the dispensary, and it is amazing to see how it is split up. Ton could not expect anything better from the blind following of candidate Ansel, by a majority of the people last ?ummer, and the evil results of it are mow plainly seen in the^ mixeed-up legislative mess at Columbia, States? men will legislate**for the good of the people. Not fearing after results so far as being unpopular is concerned, ~ while politicians will pander to the depraved taste of people. The cut ??rroatsthroat business now going on "in trying to settle the dispensary, is a disgrace to the intelligence of our State. We need a few intelligent far? mers in the legislature to make sen? sible laws, adjourn and come home, withuout running the session to the constitutional pay limit of 40 days. Miss Emutral Cooley, who has been .visiting here, has returned to her ?iome in Darlington, to the regret of lier many friends. Mr. Samuel Hawkins died here Monday, after an illness of some days, and was buried at Pisgah church on Wednesday, after services Ijy his pastor, Rev. T. L. Cole. For a long time he had chronic rheuma? tism of so severe a nature that it drew his body- out of shape, and he was never out of pain, but he bore it all like a man until death relieved liim of his sufferings. For a numebr of years he was a member of Pisgah Baptist church and lived and died in the full enjoy? ment of his Christian faith. He was ?very much liked, and leaves a widow, lour children, numerous relatives and friends, who mourn that he has pass? ed away. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, Feb. 9.-The past 'week has been so wet and cold until 1 have gathered up but little for the eyes of your many readers. Farm work has been at a complete stand s?? lall of this week,and on Thursday xdght the sleet came down and "wrapped everything in a mantle of white. But it faired off yesterday and looks like we may have some fair days, which we poor clod-hvppers would surely appreciate at this time, for farm work is not progressing near as fast as we would like. Douglas Weeks has been quite sick this week, but is o bo ut all right again . There is a severe type of colds and coughs hereabouts-hardly a family "that escapes it Lee Shular, formerly of Bowman, S. C who worked here at Cunningham & McCutchen's saw mill last summer and then went to Florence, S. C., has returned here and is working for Mr. Geo. Anderson, at Cunningham's mill, at Broadway siding. James R. Ko lb and family, of Ram asy, spent last Sunday at W. J. Ar? dis?. Miss Lizzie, daughter of J. R. Kolb, spent this week with her aunt, Mrs. "W. J. Ardis. She returned home yes? terday evening. Mrs. G. W. Scott, of Cain's Savan? nah, is visiting her parents, Mr. and ?kfrs. Pink Weeks. Mr. Scott came down with Mrs. Scott Thursday morn Jug, but returned that evening. I am fearful that the cold snap that we have had will give oats the black? eye or something just as bad-a great setback. Brother Thomas H. Osteen seems to be rather timid about writing the report- of that meeting of the U. D. Cs, which he promised me he was .going to write. Come Tom, don't get scared of the eyes oi the tongues of men and women.- Say, if they scare you, what if you had been in poor old Ransom's or Jjoe's place in the six? ties? Think you could have stood the shot and shell? Could you have stood by your cannon and let balls and grape shot fly, and trusted in God and Davis and kept your powder dry as we had to do? So come, Tom, let's have that report. Show thai you are a man of acts, not of words. I have been trying to get to your city every day this week, hope to get there today. No smallpox scare in this corner as yet. MAX. --- Max, S. C., Feb. ll.-Miss Ford, of Georgetown, is visiting her sister, Miss Selina Ford, at Mr. B. F. Brock inton's. The little folks enjoyed the snow. Severe colds are prevalent. A lecture by Mr. Taylor is an? nounced to be given at Norwood academy Tuesday night. It remains to be seen how many will attend, and to know the worth of the lecture. Bad roads, spoiled meat, fertilizers, are the topics for discussion with the farmers. TLNDAIi. Tindal, Feb. 12.-Everything is very quiet around here. The farmers have again commenced their work since the spell of bad weather has broken. The oats were injured to some ex? tent by the cold, but not a great deal Mr. H. D. Tindal spent Thursday in Sumter. The Sunday School at Providence church, reorganized on last Sunday with Mr. H. W. Cuttino, superintend? ent, and Mr. H. D. Tidanl, secretary. Mr. R. B. Hodge was in Sumter on Friday. Mr. J. Haskell Broadway spent Friday in Manning. - STATEBURG. Sttateburg, Feb. ll.-Miss Emmie Saunders and Miss Marie Man? ning, of Hagood, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Saunders on Sun? day. Mr. Early Mellett spent Sunday at home. Miss Annie M.v Barnwell left today for Columbia, after a pleasant stay of two weeks at home. Miss Sarah Moore spent Saturday and Sunday at home. She had as her guests, Miss Mary Brunson and Miss Daisy Burgess, of Sumter. Rev. H. W. Barnwell spent today with friends in Clarendon. Mrs. E. N. Frierson spent several days in Sumter last week. Mr. R. M-. Cantey and Mrs. Emma Cantey visited friends in Providence last week. "The Bachelor Maids" will be en? tertained by Miss A. N. Moore at her ! lovely home, "The Ruins," on Friday afternoon from 4 until 5.30. The club did not hold its usual meeting last Friday afternoon, on account of an entertainment at "The Oaks," giv? en by Miss H. Lee Moore for the ben? efit of a library for the Argyle school. The entertainment proved a marked sucess and quite a nice sum was re? alized. SALEM. Salem, Feb. 12.-Friday morning brought forth the first snow and sleet of the season. The balance of Feb? ruary has predictions made by what is commonly known as a high land weather wise that would make Com? missioner "Watson consider well be? fore he ventured off again for a load of immigrants, and Director Bauer could obtain much valuable informa? tion for his forecasting job if he were to form this prophet's acquaintance. Whether the dispensary is killed or drained, this section will be well sup? plied with something to drink. In addition to the numerous artesian wells that abound here, Hon. E. W. Dabbs, Messrs. McBride & Warren, and Mr. E. M. McElveen have each prepared themselves for an emergen? cy and are now prepared to set up to cool drinks from the "deep." Mrs. Emma Decker (nee McEl? veen) died on Saturday morning at her home in Mayesville, after an ill? ness of several weeks, and was buried at Brick Church cemetery on Sunday morning. She leaves many friends and relatives, besides a husband and three little children to mourn her death. The Salem Presbyterian parsonage, near Mayesville, is being thoroughly overhauled, under the supervision o? Messrs. Mills and McBride, and when the finishing touches have been ap? plied, will present a very neat appear? ance. We have more holes than public roads at present. Moved, carried and postponed indefinitely until next campaign for consideration. Miss Lela Dick, of Heriots, spent a few days here last week visiting friends. Mr. A. G. Warren spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives. Mr. J. C. Rhame, of Bishopville came over on Sunday to pay the las1 sad tribute to the memory of Mrs Decker. The Messrs. McElveen, of Greeley ville, were here also, in attendance upon the burial of thc 'r sister. "Hagood'' is Home-Sick. I Darlington, S. C., Feb. S.-While I j feel like it I had better write. Only I away two months from Sumter. i ! Well, I did not know I loved the place so. Eut my wife hails from there. Have not got over the good feeling yet. It is so pleasant to have people to greet you warmly with many good ? wishes, etc. Is it Sumter dirt or Sum j ter people that makes it so dear. But they are there some of the finest and best of men and women. . Yes,I am glad to number both sexes in the catalogue, and I am so proud, too, that they include the Mongolian and the negro race. I am not ashamed of this, if they are not. A bit trying, will not say it was sad, to have to go away, *but would have felt better could I have seen some I missed, among the rest the fat jolly parson, but in such extremities I hay? re? course to a picture gallery I keep to? gether with a phonograph for recre? ation and pleasure. Everything about them are life-like. Will Col. Lee, liaj. Moise, Maj. Wilson bc surprised to know theirs' are in theis collection and more natural than the work of any artist, living or dead? This is my treasury, prized above all my other belongings. Sumter, town and coun? try, aged and infirm with young, chil? dren and grown-up people hold a large and warm place in my heart. And I love Sumter dirt for in its bos? om lie till the dawning- of that bright, bright day, four that were flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone. I had not intended to write so, but my friends, my attachments compel me to it. Thank God, there is a hereafter when it is all over with us here. The old preacher said, "It is good here, but better on ahead," and that is true. I am linked to another life, where'there will be no more separa? tions. A place, a nation, is great through the greatness of its people. What do you think ? I got on the train with only a few cents in my pocket and my ticket gone nobody knew where. I made my trouble known to some drummers, who kindly assured me that they would take care of me, but this throught the magnanimous conductor, was rendered unnecessary. But pardon this effusion, Mr. Ed? itor; really it never occurred to me to write so. Folks here are busy preparing for the new year; farmers laying in sup? plies of fertilizer, etc, and merchants buying new goods. Besides other industries there are two oil mills and a cotton factory, a million dollar plant. The town is growing, too, but the buildings, as a rule, that is those seen, are not so handsome as Sum? ter's. Happiness and success to you. Hagood. COTTOX IS CHEAP. Mills Can Afford to Pay Higher Prices and Still Make* Money. " 'Mr. Louis - Lichtenhain, of the firm of Edward Moyse & Co., is a pronounced believer in much higher prices for cotton. He speaks from the standpoint of an experienced manu? facturer: " 'Although I have never been en? gaged* in the manufacture of cotton goods, my experience as a silk man? ufacturer for 20 years, has naturally caused me to pay particular attention to textile industries of all kinds, and has also thrown me in contact with the wholesale merchants handling all classes of goods, as we'll as with cot? ton manufacturers, both in this coun? try and in Europe. " 'In the silk trade, I had large dealings with Japan, and as the rep? resentative' Japanese firms, located here, handled everything from a loco? motive print cloths, I naturally gaine\ _hat might be considered an inside knowledge of the consumptive demand from Japan for our mer? chandise. " 'I can say without fear of con? tradiction, that never within the past 20 years, has there been such pros? perity in the cotton manufacturing industry as the mills throughout the world now enjoy. WTien cotton goods can be sold at prices which will per? mit manufacturers to pay 13 cents per pound and over, and the demand is so great as to take up every yard of goods offered for sale, it seems in? credible that raw cotton should con? tinue to be quoted in the neighbor? hood of 10 1-2 cents per pound, and futures materially lower. " 'A re-adjustment must come, and as there is not even a remote pros? pect of weakness in the price of goods, this" adjustment must take the form of a substantial advance in cot? ton, especially in the future options, within the near future.' "-Xew York Evening Mail. Mary Mauske, 13-year-old daughter of a W'heeler (S. D.) farmer, hauls a load of wheat daily to market and sees to its disposal. Charles Bridges and Will Rodges were lodged in the Bickens jail Fri? day on the charge of bigamy. They were married at Glenwood a few days before and went to Tocoa, Ga. It was learned that both had wives liv? ing in Gaffney. PISXSIOX SHARK ARRESTED. A Xcgro Caught in Sumter Thought to bc the Right Man-For More Than a Year die Federal Authori? ties Have Been on Trail of a Man Who, Calling Himself Wilson, Washington and Other Xames, and Passing as a Pension Examiner, Has Robbed Colored People. After having eluded the sleepless vigilance of Federal and State officers for more than a year, and after hav? ing made, it is alleged, a record as a "pension shark" almost unap proached by former pension sharpers, a negro, who, it is belived, has chang? ed his name about as often as his collar, has been arrested by the po? lice of Sumter and lodged in the Sum? ter county jail pending the convening of the court. Mr. Edward H. Jen? nings, of Charleston, special exam? iner United States pension bureau, has been to Sumter and has secured a number of photographs of the al? leged offender, and when the case comes to trial it probable that wit? nesses from many sections of this State will be in court to testify against the alleged sharp, and if the negro is convicted of the five or six cases which will be brought against him it is probable that he will get a long sentence in the Federal prison. The true patronymic of the negro is not known, and he refuses to give the name bestowed upon him by his pa? rents: when operating at Port Royal, it is alleged that he passed as Booker T. Washington; in other sections of this State it is alleged that he passed as Dr. Wilson, U. S. A. surgeon; it is also alleged that he posed as Special Examiner Alexander, of Savannah, while at Yemassee, a compliment which Mr. Alexander did not at all appreciate; it is further alleged that he was known in South Carolina as J. W. Wilson and John Townsend. It is claimed that while operating in Kentucky, in Todd county, in June, 1906, he passed as Dr. Wilson, Dr. Wilkerson, Dr. Wilkinson, and in September, 1906, in Grayson county, Kentucky, he is -alleged to have used the name of Dr. J. W. Thompson. It is further alleged that in Missis? sippi the negro arrested in Sumter used the names of Dr. Williams and Dr. Jones in December, 1905, and in July, 1906. Since January, 1906, the Federal officers have been after the man, who is supposed to be the one arre-:ed in Sumter. News of his operations would come first from one State and then from another, and always practically the same description of the man was sent in; he would double back occa? sionally on his track, never staying in a town more than a day and then hastening onwards. Officers on his trail usually arrived one day after he had decamped, and, while news of his operations were constantly com? ing into the hands of government offi? cers, it was found very difficult to lay hands on him. In speaking of the negro yesterday, Pension Examiner Jennings said: "I believe that man in the Sumter jail is the one we want: we have been after him for many weeks. He made his first mistake in Sumter. Hereto? fore his invariable custom has been to linger but a single day in any one town and then to hasten onwards. In Sumter, it is said, he began drinkng with acquaintances, and, possibly for? getting his usual caution, remained two days, and was caught by the po? lice of Sumter, who deserve no little credit for the capture. He did not submit tamely to arrest in Sumter and was shot at once before being captured, and even then a high fence interfered, I understand, with his progress. We have five or six cases against him in this State, provided, of course, that the negro in Sumter is the man we want, and I believe he is." The negro is said to be about 35 years of age, though he appears old? er; he refuses to say where he was born, though he claims to be from Kentucky or Mississippi. He is re? markably well posted, it is said, about the pension department of the govern? ment and also about the United States army, and seems to be a man of con? siderable education and wide experi? ence. It is alleged that the negro claimed that he was a surgeon in the United States army, sent out from the pen? sion bureau to examine pensioners, and increase the pensions or change them from the law of 1890 to the gen? eral or old law. It is claimed that this alleged shark would strip and carefully examine pensioners, and that his usual charge was ten dollars, but if that amount was not forthcom? ing it is claimed that he would take all the person being examined had. As the negro was intimately acquaint? ed with the pension office methods, and was evidently of considerable ed? ucation, it was but natural that many of the unsuspecting and ignorant peo? ple examined paid what he demanded, and, if the charges brought against him are true, he must indeed have fared very well. Examiner Jennings is very much gratified at the capture of the ngero, and believes that reports of the ope? rations of a fraud pension examiner will cease to come to the Government officials of this section.-News and Courier. BRIDEGROOM JAILED. A Sensational Ca.se Occurs in New? berry County. Prosperity, Feb. 7.-This place has had quite a sensation for the past few days. About a week ago, so report says, a young couple of the O'Neal section, went to Newberry and tried to be married, but owing to the age of the young lady no one to whom they ap? plied would accommodate them. The bride-elect was fifteen, and sixteen is the age fixed by law when a girl may be married without the consent of her parents. . The young folks decided that they would try again. On Sunday they came to town and tried to be married by a civil officer, but he declined. They afterwards appeared at one of the parsonages and asked the good man to marry them. He inquired as to the young lady's age, and upon being as? sured by her that she was sixteen he proceeded to tie the nuptial knot. On Monday the irate father ap? peared on the scene and threatened everything in sight with prosecution. Sheriff Buford went down yesterday and placed the young man under ar? rest. He is now languishing in jail, pending application for hail, and his young bride is waiting for his return. DEGRADATION OF THE COTTRTS. Is the Traditional Deportment cf Jus? tice Fading Into a Memory. Some self-respecting and indepen? dent judge will sooner or later real? ize the indecency and scandal of che prevailing condition of court proced? ure, and by his own courageous init? iative'put an end to it. Day by day the- law, the court and the processes of the Haw are being brought into contempt in the eyes of the public by the methods of a disreputable press. Trial by jury is visibly breaking down; the dignity of the court itself is in derision and the traditional de? portment of justice is fast fading into a memory. The judges themselves, and not the newspapers, are to blame. The lat? ter have only one purpose to serve, which is to sell their wares? by con? forming to the degraded taste of a morbid public. For them there is no inconvenience of principle, no draw? back of decency; no obligation save that of revenue. To this end ali form and circumstances wherewith custom and the habits of civilization have ever hedged about the law have been broken down. The dignity of our courts partakes more nearly of the lewd relaxation of the stews. The court, its whole appanage and personnel, is handed over, from its opening to its close, to a horde of photographers and draughtsmen. Evr ery development of the case is posed for the press, precisely as if it mark? ed a stage In a prize fight or an epi? sode in a vaudeville show. The un? happy talesmen are pictured in every quality of ridicule and degradation, they are exhibited to the public and to their families in all the merciless exposure of alleged caricature; they are dragged from their privacy and their liberties and pilloried in intol? erable parade as if they were the blackest of criminals instead of de? cent citizens performing a public duty. This, we submit, cannot con? tinue indefinitely if the system of trial by jury is to endure. How any self-respecting judge can sit smiling and indifferent and allow the shameful and insidious farce to demoralize his court and deprave the public conscience is beyond our com? prehension. Eevery judge is consti? tuted the guardian of his own court. There is no act of a judge that so challenges public approval as that by which he asserts and protects the dignity of his court The public never hears of ar> offender being he'd in contempt of the court and being vis? ited with a fine or a day's seclusion that it does not heartily approve the incident and applaud the judge who has shown his jealousy of his own dignity and ft?s sensitiveness as to the honor of his court. A judge who does not respect him? self and who allows the traditions of his court to become degraded can? not hope to hold the confidence and the regard of the people; and public opinion is of the essence of that up? on which the courts are founded and which is indispensable to their con? tinued existence.-New York Sun. Col. Henry P. Farrow, formerly of South Carolina, died in Atlanta, Ga., Sunday night, aged 73 years. Three stores were burned at Grey Court, Laurens county, Saturnday. George Jordan, a Greenwoood ne? gro, has been arrested for attempting to blow up a neighbor's hous? with dynamite. Mr. Thornwell McMaster was in town several days last week trying to have a final settlement with the wa? ter works commission. It seems as if the commission is divided, Messrs. Crosswell and Rogers are willing to accept the concessions made by Mr. McMaster, but Mr. McCutchen and the mayor differ with them and it looks now as if it will end in a law suit. Great pity the matter can't be settled amicably.-Bishopville Vindicator. Higher Railway Rates. Mr. Hill's statement in yesterday's Times to the effect that the railways were considering advancing railway rates may come to some people as a surprise, but it should not. For some years now the price of the service which the railways sell has been de? clining, while everything else was ris? ing. What the railways received would purchase less of everything which they consumed, and other peo? ple's profits would purchase more of what the railways sold. The average price of a horse, for instance, within a few years has risen so chat it will exchange for 72 per c?nt more rail? way freight That is, it would do so when the calculation was made, but lapse of time has both added to the price of the horse and subtracted from what the railway charges. At about the same time the commodity index had advanced 37 per cent,, while freight rates per ton per mile in the same period had decreased nearly 5 per cent With the wage earning class it was a question wheth? er or not the cost of living had ad? vanced commensurately with the ad? vance of wages. There was no such question with the railways. Their cost cf living had advanced propor? tionately with all prices, but their rate of pay had decreased. It is true , that their total income had increased, but the service rendered had also in? creased, so that the above compari? sons are accurate enough to depict the general situation.-New York Times. Did Not Want It Repeated. A young lady was consulting an cc culist "I want a pair of glasses of extra magnifying power," she said. N "Oh, indeed. What makes you think you need very strong glasses '* "Because while I was visiting some friends in the country the other day I made a very painful blunder which I never want to repeat" "I am sorry to hear that Did you mistake a stranger for an acquaint? ance ft* "No, it was not exactly that," said the young lady. "But I mistook a bumble-bee for a blackberry." Nephew of Senator Money, of 313ssis sippo, Acquitted by the Jury. Greenwood, Miss., Feb. ll.-James: N. Money, Jr. who ended a long feud with his neighbor, Lu J. Henderson, near Cruger, by killing the latter sev? eral months ago, was acquitted today of the accusation of murder, the jury holding that the shooting was justi? fied. Money is a nephew of United States Senator Money, and a cousin* of Gov. Vardaman, of Mississippi. A Poor Organ. *Dam(s) the., bile. That's what your liver does if it's torpid. 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