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MW CORRESPONDENCE. -10BWSY LEITERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPOKDENTS. 'Wena ot Interest From all Parts o? Sumter and Adjoining Counties. - 1033CE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will ?each this office not later than Tues .?2&y morning. When the letters are received Wednesday it is almost an ~ inpossibility to have them appear in -g? papar issued that day. MAX. Max, S. C., March 18.-Mr. Dozier ?tterson, ?f Shiloh, who has been in Cuba, for several weeks past with a sics brother and attending to busi :ness interests, has returned home. Mr. J. T. -Kirby, of Columbia, who -was with Mr. Frierson, will remain - longer, and will go by way of New Torfe to the Jamestown exposition, and from there to his home in Co? lumbia. Mr. Bassil Jones and son Bassil vis? ited relatives here recently. Oats are growing well. Farmers are plowing deep and some of them will plant corn this week. A number of strangers from Flor? ence and elsewhere atended preach? ing at Bethel yesterday afternoon. PRIVATEER. Privateer, S. C., March 19.--The farmers are taking advantage of the spring weather and going ahead planting corn. Mr, ?nd Mrs. Wi'lie Brown, of Wedgefield, spent Sunday at Mr. G. A. Nettles'. Miss Virginia Lenoir, of Sumter, spent the week-end at Mrs. Lu B. Jen? kins'. Messrs. Lucian and Percy Harvin, of Manning, spent Sunday at 2lr. J. A. 33arvin's. Miss Sudie Furman returned to Sumter yesterday afternoon, after spending a few days at Dr. .Fur man's. Dr. Furman and Mrs. L. B. Jenkins are on the sick list. DALZELL. Dalzell, March 19.-All is quiet in our neighborhood at present. We have heard only one young man say he was having more than his share of ill luck in the past few days. Mr. Hazel Boykin went out with a warrant to arrest a negro named ^garrison Jackson Friday night, ac? companied by Mr. M. L. Moore and Oiobert Segars. Hazel went to the negro's house and called him and told him he wanted to- see him, but the :negro did not come out, so he called again, telling him to come out, he j wanted -to see him. This time the negro came to the door with a torch light in one hand and an axe handle in the other, and told Mr. Boykin if lie wanted to see him he would have to come there, as he was not coming out. So Mr. Boykin went up and told 3nm he had a warrant for him and to SETOW up his hands and consider him? self under arrest. But instead he threw the torch light at Mr. Boykin and started to run and Boykin shot to scare him, he said. An old negro woman in the house screamed out that she was shot and just kept hol? lering and ran to a near-by negro house and in a few minutes there were several negroes around and the old negro was right bloody. This brightened Mr. Boykin and Mr. Moore, so they went to Mr. Segars' ?ad 'phoned for a doctor, and when "the doctor came, after examining the ~aiegro, said she was not shot, but bit with a stick, so it supposed as the 3*egro wheeled to run he hit the old -woman with the axe handle on the head. It cost Mr. Boykin a doctor's hfll for her and the negro got away. On Saturday he got his buggy wheel torn up, so he thinks his lot was pretty tough for the two days. There will be a good deal of corn planted during this week, if the -weather continues as favorable as to? day has been. Kevs. D. A. Lewis and S. D. Bailey filled their places at Providence and St. James Sunday, and judging from their sermons, both were feeling con? siderably better physically and spir? itually than they did two weeks ago. For the benefit of those that are not up on the appointments, will say 'they have preaching at Providence ere*y first and third Sunday morning -at ll o'clock, and at St. James first .and third Sunday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. STATEBURG. Stateburg. March 18.-Mr. A. M. Lee, of Charleston, spent Saturday and Sunday at his country home, "Farm Hill." Miss Sarah Nelson is visiting rela? tives in Sumter. Mr. Willie Mazyck, of Charleston, is visiting friends in our midst. Mr. Mark Reynolds and Miss Vir? ginia Reynolds, of Sumter spent Sat? urday and Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Anderson. Mr. F. P. Burgess spent Sunday at home. Mrs. J. M. Dick, of Sumter, spent Saturday and Sunday with friends here. Mr. Robert Read, of Columbia, was the guest of Mr. John Frierson on Sunday. Miss Mayo Rees, who is teaching school near Sumter, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. W. L. Saun? ders. : Miss Sarah Moore spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Mr. Early Mallette spent Sundav at home. Miss Emma Barnwell, of Selma, Ala., who has ben visiting the family of Rev. W. H. Barnwell, will leave on Wednesday for her home. During Miss Barnwell's stay here she has made many friends who hat? to see her go. WISACKY. Wisacky. March 16.-We are hav? ing cold weather again, with high winds, after a few days of very warm weather. The rain that came on the 7th was greatly needed and very beneficial to gardens and the small grain crops. The health of this community is very good at present. We hear of much grip and pneumonia elsewhere. Dr. Alford has some very sick pa? tients in Bishopville. Miss Fannie Wiliiams, of Eastover, is visiting in our midst. Mrs. M. L. Williams and Miss Sal? lie Ledingham spent yesterday with Miss Mamie Gibson. The Wisacky school will observe Calhoun's day, Monday, the ISth, with an appropriate programme. The friends and patrons of the school are invited to attend. Your correspondent has been enjoy? ing some luscious oranges the past week, fresh from the orange groves in Florida, shipped here to Miss Dora Williams who is making a stay with relatives. Messrs. Gibson and Stuckey caught ? number of very nice fish in Lynches river a few days since. PISGAH. Pisgah, March 16.-The hot winds this week started the leaves and blos? soms, but the cool spell has checKed their growth a little. We had a fine rain Thursday,' which was needed. Farm work is much advanced and in places very fine preparation has been made. Some parties have plant? ed corn, but' the bulk of it will go in next week. "Old fogies" say plant in the dark nights in March for heavy corn, 'but these are old time notions, and whether they will hold good in this enlightened age, I know not. Considerable difficulty is experi? enced in getting guano delivered by the railroads, judging from the emp? ties of the sidetracks. There don't seem to be much demand for them. Guano is not as extensively used as last year and a lot of it will go under corn, but the commercial world seems to believe that every sack of it is for cotton. The smallpox scare sems to have developed into chicken pox, which has been in several families about here. No one seems to be afraid of it. We had prohibition for two weks and everybody who loves order and decency liked it very much. We though Mr. Ansel's platform and what he advocated , was to abol? ish the State dispensary, then let the people vote for local dispensary or prohibition, but lo! we have the same old thing, and the State is selling whiskey today through the counties just as she did as a sovereign power. ! If it is a disgrace for the State to sell i whi?key it is for the counties, and the State authorizing the counties to sell is as guilty as the counties. The principal in this case is as guilty as the accessory, or vice versa. The public schools are being clos? ed. It would have been better if some of them had never opened. A teacher who does not give his or her best talents and full time to the school, violtes her moral and legal contract as a teacher. But how few fully perform their duties as teach? ers. We are sorry to hear of the death of Mr. John R. Haynsworth. He sur? veyed Salem county some years ago, and while here made many friends, who regret that he has passed away. Mr. Editor, we are at peace among ourselves, not that put-on peace that was witnessed in the closing hours of Congress when that arch enemy to the south, old Joe Cannon (who blocked important legislation for the benefit of the south, like the Appa? lachian forest reserve bill, and was told good of it by Lever, who scored him well), was told what a fair and good speaker he was, by both Demo? crats and Repblicans, and how all .'.ked and loved him. making old Joe feel that ho had done right by all. Good Lord, deliver us from such hy? pocrisy. SALEM. Salem. S. C., March IS.-Consider-j able forest fires have rag^l here in the past week causing much less ol* j young timber, which is the hope of the country, as most of the virgin growth has been used up. As usual, these fires originated from careless? ness, or for pasture land, for cattle whos owner has no land, but de? pends on the destruction of other's , property for their personal interest.. Very little corn has been planted j and farmers are much delayed by not ! getting their fertilizers delivered. It j takes anywhere from two to three weeks to get a car load through from Charleston to Mayesville. The many friends of Mrs. John H. Wilson regret to know that her health is such as to necessitate her going to the Mood-Osteen Infirmary for treat? ment and hope for her a speedy re? covery. Hon. E. W. Dabbs will begin work on his new residence this week. Mr. MU J. Michau is the contractor and when completed will no doubt be a beauty, and model of durability and convenience worthy of imitation. Measles are doing up many in this section and interfering with school attendance. But we stood the small? pox scare and don' mind little things like measles^ Thc announcement in The Item of the death of Mr. John R. Hayns? worth was indeed a sad surprise to his friends here . He had not long since been among us in his usual health. It was this visit that made us know and realize the godliness of our friend and we feel our loss is his gain. Miss Nettie Hane, who has been visiting friends in Charleston for the past ten days, is expected home to? day. . Things have been revolving the wrong way here since the R. F. D. service began. But on the 15th instant the machinery was reversed, and nov?* runs with considerable less friction and ten-fold more satisfaction. We now get our mail in the forenoon, in? stead of afternoon, which service we naturally expected and felt entitled to from the beginning of this syscem. Here is to health of the department and all concerned, '.'Long life and prosperity." IONIA. Ionia, S. C., March 15.-We are having some fine weather now and hope it will continue. The farmers seem to be well up with their work, taking into conside? ration the bad weaher we have had. The old farmer has a lot of grit, he won't be downed. Last year we did not make half of a crop and this spring has been the worst for prepar? ing for a crop I ever saw, yet he tugs on and seems to be happy. The acreage in cotton will be re? duced some, but I think about the same amount of guano will be used as last year. Mr. Willie Josy's barn was bumed at 3 o'clock yesterday morning with all his corn, fodder and hay, also his horse, buggy and wagon, and some hogs he had in a pen. He had his guano all home, which also was burn? ed. There was no insurance. Mrs. Martha Feaster died here last Sunday and was buried at New Hope Presbyterian church Monday. Rev. L. L. Inabinet conducted the funeral services. She was about 80 years old. Her husband, Mr. John Feaster, died several years ago. She leaves no children. We have about two weeks more of school, then the school teachers will leave for their homes to the regret of their many friends here. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The Next Meeting Will be Held at Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy. The next meeting of the Sumter County Teachers* Association for the Improvement of the Rural Schools will be held at the General Sumter Memorial Academy at Stateburg on Saturday, April 6th, at 12 m. The meeting will be ad-dressed by Miss Anna Starke, of Winthrop College, and several other appointed speakers. The county board of education has offered a $10 premium for the best report on improvement since Jan. 1, 1907. The meeting promises to be of unusual interest and a warm wel? come awaits all teachers and friends of education who attend. Miss Thedosia Dargan, President. FIRE AT ALCOLU. Shingle Mill Burned to the Ground Lumber Plant Threatened. Alcolu, March 12.-About 2 o'clock this afternoon fire broke out in a shingle mill belonging to the D. W. Alderman & Sons Company, and completely destroyed it before it could be gotten under control. At one time the entiie immense lumber plant of the Messrs. Alderman was threat? ened, but by the efficiency of the wa? ter works the fire was gotten under control before further damage was done. This is the second fire that Alcolu has had within the last wek. CHICAGO FLYER WRECKED. Twenty Persons Reported Injured Engineer and Fireman Scalded. Detroit. Mich., March 16.-The Chi? cago Flyer, on the Grand Trunk rail? road, ran into an open switch this morning and was wrecked. Twenty persons are reported injured while the engineer and fireman are report? ed fatally scalded. The accident is at? tributed to an employe in leaving the switch open. A woman always expects you to re? member her birthday, but she also expects you to forget her age. i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES. Items of Interest Condensed and Par? a graphed for Quick Reading. The next annual Sunday school convention will be held in Union. The Southern will build a new freight depot at Greenville. Chester hopes to have free mail delivery soon. .Toe Bowman, colored, was killed in Columbia Friday by Lee Marshall. Camden has voted to issue bonds for the construction of a sewerage sys? tem. The State Medical association will meet at Bennettsville April 16, 17 and 18. They are getting ready to hang Tom Harris at Gaffney on March 29th. The last stone has ben placed in the great dry dock of the Charleston navy yard. Greenville expects to have to bor? row money to erect a new bridge over Reedy river. Work has been begun on the ex? cavations for the new 'Carnegie li? brary in Anderson. William Lee shot and killed Miles Smith in the upper part of Oconee county on Sunday. Grime Stone, white, and Will Wil? liams, colored, have escaped from the Greenville county chaingang. The city council of Laurens has granted a franchise ' for a street railway to N. B. Dial. Wade H. Plummer, of Lamar, S. C., has been awarded one of the Carnegie hero medals. Will Sanders killed Aurelia Mat? thews and her ' 15-year-old daughter in Newberry county Friday. All are negroes. The president and Secretary Taft will be invited to attend the meet? ing of the National Guard association at Columbia March 26. Geo. T. Coleman of Charleston has been appointed to be a colonel on Gov. Ansel's staff in the place of W. W. Ball, who declined the honor. Orangeburg was excited Friday over a rumor that a negro uprising had been planned to take place that night. There was nothing in it. Mr. John A. Bridges, who killed Dr. E. S. McDow at Lancaster several months ago, was on Friday acquitted, on a plea of self-defense. Mr. Esie J. Bouzard, of Fort Motte, was found dead in the road near his home Friday morning. He is pre? sumed to have committed suicide. The Marlboro Cotton Exchange of Bennettsville, conducted by J. J. Mc Carley, Jr., and W. W. Dunn, repre? senting E. P. Randolph, of Philadel? phia, made an assignment Friday. Stark Means shot and seriously injured Ed Russell, John Taylor and Anna Bell Russell at Winnsboro. All parties are negroes. Jealousy was the excuse of the trouble. Claude Stokes, a negro about 18 years old has been arrested at Wal? halla, charged with numerous small hold-ups, in which "he rel eved his victims of small amounts of loose change. Elias Saunders is said to be mani? festing symptom of hydrophobia in Marlboro county, due to being bitten some time ago by a supposed mad cat The railroad commission has de- j cided that it wil not pay for news- j paper subscriptions and that the newspapers taken by its memebrs must, be paid for by them individual? ly. President Roosevelt has stated that it will be impossible for him to acept an invitation to attend the national guard meeting in Columbia It is now said that E. J. Bouzard I who was thought to have committed suicide at St. Matthews, met his death through accident. It is likely that no effort w'll he made to test the Carey-Cohran liquor law in the courts as nobody seems willing to put up the necessary coun? sel fees. The young man Zeigler who had some trouble at Albany, Ga., on ac? count of reports that he had negro blod in his veins, had a difficult} with N. R. Dehon, a bank clerk in Albany, as a result of which he has again returned to his former home in Summerville. OUTRAGE IN GEORGIA. Wife of Mayor of Fairmont, Georgia, Ravished and Her Two-Y. ar-Old Child Killed. Fairmont, Ga., March 19.-A posse is in pursuit of an unknown negro who sometime during last night assaulted Mrs. James Cloven, the wife of a former mayor of the town. The wom? an is in a serious condition and her two-year-old baby is dead, its head having been almost severed by the negro, who was angered by the ba? by's outcries when the attack was made on the mother. The assault is the first in this county since last sum? mer. Xo doubt the negro will be lynch? ed, if caught. Every man has a righc to keep his opinion to himself. INDIAN REPUBLICANS. The Conning Redskins of Indian Ter? ritory Make Monkeys of the Okla? homa Yankees. A special from Oklahoma to the New York Times gives the following illuminating account of the develop? ment of the Indians as politicians: Some fairly reliable reports have finally reached "Washington from Ok? lahoma's constitutional convention, and they chiefly illustrate a new qual? ity in the character of "Lo, the Poor Indian." More interesting even than the expected color-line legislation, temperance legislation, and the effort to restrict corporations, is the fash? ion in which L. P. I. has put it all over the white brother in the game of politics. To Indian Territory was allotted 55 delegates in this constitutional con? vention, to Oklahoma 55 delegates, and to the Osage Nation 2 delegates. The whites of Oklahoma were set? tlers who had been educated from their youth in primaries and nomi? nating conventions, and territorial elections had kept them in. training, while Lo had none of these advan? tages. It, therefore, was natural that the Oklahoma delegates should have begun to caucus weeks before the convention, planning the distribution of the offices committees and the good things generally that are passed around in constitutional conventions 3s well as legislatures. They gather? ed in Oklahoma City and glibly dis? cussed the task of "organizing" the untutored red man for his good and their profit. Shock to the Whites. The untutored Red Man was a shock when he arrived, for he had been educated at Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Michigan, or Chicago, and he wore tailor-made clothes and smart linen and the latest thing in scarfs that had reached St. Louis. For the "Indians" of the territory are rich be? yond average avarice, because a pater? nal government has protected them in their property until has reached boom values. The "Farmers," as the Oklahoma delegates called them, were heads of banks, directors of railroads, promoters of gas and electric compa? nies and owners of farm mortgages. The untutored Indian had put for? ward his best man. Oklahoma, on the other hand, se? lecting delegates according tot he best traditions of American politics, had picked chin whiskers for honesty, windy little lawyers for ori^ory, and a few bartenders here and there to lead in such manipulation as might be necessary. The two neutral delegates from the Osage Nation looked over the two crowds and threw their deciding votes with their fellow-Indians. Some of the Oklahoma delegates liked the company in which they found them? selves so little, or were so upset ai: being overlooked in the planned dis? tribution of the pie that they sided with the enemy. The White Brother had planned to give Indian Territory a few janitor ships. That is precisely what he got. The untutored Red Man hogged the whole business-presiding officer, clerk, sergeant at arms, and the chairmanships of all the important committees. Seized the Legislature. But the end was not yet. The constitutional convention was to cut up the new State into counties. The Oklahoma delegates had made some plans about that. But they sat aghast and watched Lc carve up Indian Ter? ritory to give him the greater num? ber of counties and consequently a majority of the legislature, and then turn about and rearrange the counties of Oklahoma for his own purposes. The white man who represented Beaver county in Oklahoma roared and kicked most loudly over these things. Four towns in his county were contesting for the honor of be? ing made the county seat. The po? litically ignorant Indian established Beaver county's seat on a farm in the middle of the county and named it Buffalo, because, as one Indian grave? ly said, the only public improvement visible in this new metropolis was a buffalo wallow. Worst Yet to Come. Even then there was more and worse to come, for the haugty poli? ticians of Oklahoma. Congress had forbidden the liquor traffic in the Indian Territory part of the new State. The Indians said they wanted no monopoly of a good thing and they voted to take prohibition into the new constitution. Both the man? ufacture and sale of liquor are for? bidden. And there are several fran? tic breweries in Oklahoma still strug? gling desperately to have that cause modified. But the Indian is unrelent? ing. Curiously enough, despite his ap? petite for firewater when it is thrust before him, Lo is a rabid prohibition? ist when it comes to voting. He re? cognizes the desirability of keeping the stuff at a safe distance. . nd he thinks that some sort of absent treat? ment ought to do the white man good. The constitutional convention has twice clashed with President Roose? velt. The first time it had about de? cided to include a clause forbidding any individual, concern or corpora? tion bringing armed guards into the State without the governor's consent. The president declared this to be a violation of liberty, and persecution. If it went in he would not accept the constitution. "He'll have to," shouted one of the whiskered lawyers from Okla? homa. "He has no authority under the enabling act to reject our consti? tution as long as it is republican in j form and conforms to the enabling act." All of Oklahoma's cornfield lawyers talked likewise. Then Lo, the untutored red man, stood up and had his say. "That is all right about the presi? dent not having authority," he agreed mildly. "That is also my view. But che point is that if he will reject our constitution he'll do it any way, authority or no authority. You ought to know Roosevelt by this time." It went out. Both Against thc Negro. Likewise on the race question, which is a funny one in tho new State. F<>r there are the copper-col? ored citizens who are proud of their color. The Indians are the big land owners and the aristocrats. They call themselves Indians when they have but the rainiest trace of Indian blood. Indeed, it is hard for a stranger to pick out the "Indians." The white* and the Indians associate as equals and inter-marry. But neither want? to have anything- to do with the ne? gro? The Five Tribes were slaveholders themselves. But the Creeks compli? cated the thing, in those days, by in? termarrying with their negro slaves. They are not proud of this now, and Creeks with a trace of negro blood insist on being considered as pure Indians. In this troublesome situa? tion there could be no "color" line and the definition of what constituted a "negro" was considered imperative. For Indians and whites are determin? ed to have the Jim Crow laws. The present constitutional convention is almost unanimously Democratic, be? cause that party called itself the "White Man's Party," and its lead? ers openly advised the negroes tx> support the Republicans and to de? mand places on their tickets. Conse? quently the Republican tickets, withe many negro candidates and stamped with the name "Black Man's Party/" was knifed in scandalous fashion by white Republicans. But Roosevelt interfered again with the proposition to put a Jim Crow clause in the constitution. The Indian constitution framers were clever enough to get around that, how? ever. They have decided to adopt a resolution, which will not go into the constitution, advising the first legis? lature to enact as statutes the Jim Crow clause they had intended to put in the constitution. And no one in Oklahoma doubts ? for a minute that this will be done. ^ CATARRH GROWING LESS. Due to the Use of Hyoiuei-Cures: Without Stomach Dosing. There has been a marked falling off of sales of catarrh cures in the local stor.es the past year. Medicines which were formerly purchased in gross lots are now seldom called for, and the druggist rarely buys more than, a dozen at a time. Hyomei is a notable exception to this decrease in sales. It is, in fact^. largely responsible for the lessened sales of catarrh medicines, as it has cured so many people of catarrhal troubles that naturally there is less call for remedies for that disease. There is no disagreeable stomach dosing with Hyomei. It is breathed through a neat pocket enhaler that comes with every Hyomei outfit. J. F. W. De Lor me gives his personal guarantee that the money will be re? funded unless the treatment cures, so that you run no risk at all in buying this reliable remedy. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but $1, extra bottles, if needed, 50c. The dispensary winding up com? mission has orders for $250,000 wortbi of goods to be shipped to the county dispensaries. The shipments will be? gin at once. ; _________ \ A Poor Organ. *Dam(.?) the bile. That's what your liver does if it's torpid. Then the bile overflows into the blood-poisons your system, causing sick-headache^ bilousness, 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 Drag Store. Prevent Headache. ?Force them? No-aids them. Ra? mon's treatment of Liver Pills and 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, writes under date of 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 of Nosena If I could not get another." Buy Nosena form Durant Drug? store and get your money back if not. satisfied. Sample tube and booklet by mail ten cents. Brown Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, Mo., and Greenville Tenn I1?K^*0IL I CUTS, saitss, BURMSI & RHEUMATISM ? Z5$> J BPBttBBBSsaasaaaaasasaaaBBBaaaMisy DURANT'S DRUG STORE.