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mm OOBBESPOHDEMCE STOWST LETTERS FROM OUR SP*> CI?L CORRESPONDENTS. ns of Interest From ali Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. JPOnCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will ?each this office not later than Tues Aay morning. When the letters are .received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in paper issued that day. fl DARK CORNER, Dark Corner, April 1, 1907. ^Behold, today is blustery and cold, Just as by the Item we were told, And the sun doth fail to shine, Wlhich will cause those to whine "Who have planted their cotton, And find that their seed are rotten. But, say, bid them not to squirm, For tis the early bird that gets the worm; And the mills would not make any grist gi If it was not for the millers' risks. All last week was warm and dry until Saturday night, when the wind arose and it began to turn colder, -winch continued until about midday yesterday, when it was real cold, or seemed so, when it commenced to "rain and continued to rain off and on all the evening and the best part ol the night, and the wind is still blowing cold. The Black River Union came off as estated in my last, and I had the pleasure of attending it on Saturday. T beard some good talks by Revs C. C. Brown, Wm. Haynsworth and Xawson, also Dr. A. J. White. Dr. Brown preached Saturday morning j and Rev. Mitchell at night. I had j the pleasure of stopping with Bro. -Jacob Geddings while at the Uuion, "who knows how to treat, an old clod ?kopper like me. On Friday, the 29th ult, I went to ^Bloomhill to meet the Board of As? sessors of Manchester township. Af? ter the meeting I went home with my ?riend, Mr. J. H. Christmas, who ?nrely treated me white. Hope bis ?shadow may never grow less. While ?t Mr. Christmas* I had the pleasure of meeting Mr R. N. Owen, formerly ?f Bloomhill, but now of Orangeburg. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Scott, of Cane .Savannah, visited relatives here yes? terday. Miss Eunice E. Osteen, who is at act borne for the Easter tide, visited 3?TS. W. J. Ardis this evening. 2?o' cotton planted in this corner yet, but that guano has come. We ?ave also been able to ship three snore cars of wood from Broadway Siding. Ko sickness or mad dogs to report dCroxn this corner this week. The Hessian fly or something else seems to be in the oats again as I have seen several patches in my travels that are rather rei as if some? thing was preying upon them. Wednesday, 3rd.-I understand that Mr. Thos. J. Geddings, of Priva? teer, was badly bitten by a cat a day or so ago which is feared was mad. STATEBURG. Stateburg, S. C., April 2.-Miss Vir? ginia Sanders, who is attending col? lege in Columbia, spent Easter at home. Mr. Frank P. Burgess is at home for a few days. Mrs. James Pinckney and Miss A. 3?. Moore returned today from Sum? ter, where they have been the guests .o? Mrs. A. P. Manning. Mr. Early Mellette spent Sunday at borne. Miss Anna P. Burgess returned to? oday from a pleasant visit to friends In Charleston and at Ferguson. Miss Amelia Holmes, after a stay of z. month at home, left last evening for Marion. Mr. Willie Mazyck returned to Charleston last week, after a pleasant visit to friends here. Miss Sarah Moore, who has been .enjoying a few days at home, return? ed to Sumter ?oday to resume her studies at the Graded School. Miss A mie Stuart, of Baltimore, Md,, is expected on Thursday to visit ber cousins, the Misses Bu.tress, at "Waverley." Miss Emma Frierson paid a short visit to her family, while en route from Texas to Charleston. Mrs. A. M. Lee, Miss Sue Lee and i Master Agustine Lee returned to their home in Cl arlesron last week, i after a stay of several weeks at ? "Farm Hill." Rev. W. H. Barnwell spent yester- 1 -day at Hagood visiting friends. MAYESVILLE. Mayesville, April 3.-The (lection held Monday caused quire a surprise "">when W. X. McElveen tied Dr. W. W. Gardner for the office of intendant. This election was heul at the store of R. J. Mayes. Sr., and the following gentlemen were the , managers of election, viz: R. A. j Chandler, Jr., Robt. Muldrow, R. J. ; 3?ayes, S". J At a meeting1 of the council held on Tuesday afternoon it was decided to call an election for Monday, April 15th, to decide th? tie. It appears that a mistake was made in the min? utes of the meeting when the citizens were in convention to nominate a ticket W. N. McElveen, the inde? pendent candidate for mayor, was supposed to have been nominated for a member of the board of health. Mr. McElveen says that he knew nothing about his name being mentioned as a member on said board as he came out later for the office of mayor. Therefore at the election held on Monday, April 15th, one member of the board cf health will have to be elected also. The election to he held on said date will take place at the office of Cooper & Muldrow, with the following^gentle men as managers: C. X. Sprott, W. B. Cooper, F. J. Bass. As the last election was a tie, there is a great deal of interest manifested in, the election. Messrs. S. W. Raffield and E. M. McElveen, of Salem, were in town today. Mr. Jud. Witherspoon anticipates another Sunday at Pinewood at an early date. Mr. R. J. Mayes, Sr., has gone to visit Mr. Heyward McFadden, of Sar? dinia. Bob is an expert fisherman and went down with plenty of tackle and a brave heart. Dr. Breeden, member of the dis? pensary board, and Clerk Moore spent Monday here checking up the local institution. The new building being erected un? der the supervision of Contractor Mc? Kinney will soon be completed, when Messrs. King & Gardner will occupy the same. The local planters have dropped the subject of planting cotton. The recent cold snap caused those who have planted to look around for more seed. Any one having planting seed for sale would do well to let the same be known in the local papers. LYNCHBURG. Lynchburg, April 5.-At a meeting of the citizens of this place on the afternoon of the 3d instant, Mr. John M. Miller and Messrs. T. N. Griffin, S. W. Frierson, G. W. Stokes and R. M. McIntosh were unanimously nom? inated, respectively, for intendent and wardens. The town is to be con? gratulated for selecting such a body of men for the management of the town affairs. Messrs Griffin and Stokes are members of the present council. Intendent M. L. McIntosh declined accepting for another term, he having served without opposition two terms. The town is free from debt, and has moaey to its credit, which speaks well for its, soon to be, retiring officials. The election for our municipal officers takes place on the 9th instant. Intendent-elect Miller is an expe? rienced man in official matters and, with an able set of wardens, we look for good results in the future. The three days of cold weather struck our faremrs and gardeners hard. The damage to fruit is, as yet, a matter of conjecture. During last Sunday's electric storm the lightning struck Mr. W. H. Hin son's dwelling, ran down the chim? ney, played grandly, but distressingly, around the room, shot through a win? dow, striking a wire clothes line, which it completely a'.e up. then lighted on a Sowing well, and ran down the piping far into the earth, causing the water which flowed therefrom to turn almost inky black. Black water flowed from the pump for ten or fifteen minutes. Miss Hig? son, who was in the room in which the lightning was leaping seemingly from one side to another, was badly stunned for awhile, but finally fully recovered. Our graded school, under che man? agement of Prof. Harry Brimson with bis efficient assistants, Misses Annie Keels. Joanna Clark and Cora Cole? man, is in a flourishing condition, with a steadily increasing attendance. The number of pupils in attendance is 132, I _ PISGAH. Pisgah, April C.-From summer to winter in twelve hours occurred this night Frost was right heavy here and corn was cut dou n to the ground, j 1 am afraid the fruit is seriously in I jured. It looks lik: we will never have j a good fruit year again. This year the peach trees were a month late blooming and the prospect for a fine ! fruit never better but th^ cold has come and that ends the prospect for this year. Oats look badly in places. Th^ Hes- j : ian or some insect is sucking thc j plants. I Corn planting was finished about a ? v.V'k ago. Cotton planting is going I on, but the long heads have not ' started yet. That class that pays 100 ? cents on the dollar, and they are j right thick around here. The people here are not afraid of i work, and do lots Of it, even at the j expense of having had hands. One of j the most contemptible sights is to see people act rich, owing lots and not trying to pay anybody. If ever our State is to come to the front in all that makes a people great that old relic from away back that it is a dis? grace to work will have to be laid aside finally and forever. I observe a number of improve? ments going on over the country. New homes being put up and land.s nicely prepared for planting, which pays so well in the long run. Several j of my neighbors have not got all th- ir guano yet, and the delay is causing some inconvenience. The I railroads are not delivering as well j as they did last ye?r. Instead of im { proving their service they seem to ' be getting worse. Hard to get freight delivered on time now, and this is very bothersome to the pub? lic. Those who are buying corn have a time in getting sound corn, so much damaged during the hot weather. The solution of the whole matter is to raise it here, and I think that will be done this year. I am hard up tor news. Could fill up- with gossip, but that won't suit this paper or pen either. The Pisgah Sunday school has started with Mr. S: B. Hatfield, Jr., i as the superintendent. The health of our section is very good. : Mr. Hutchinson writes me from At? lanta that he hopes his little girl will pull through all right. Ho says hers is considered one of the most danger? ous cases ever treated, the bite being so near the eye and brain nerve. She has 21 treatments to take. DALZELL. Dalzell, April 8.-The cross tie bus? iness here is still very lively. There are about four or five buyers in ope? ration here now, and when anything like a load of cross ties comes in sight you sometimes see all of them having a race with each other to see which one can get to the load fim some on foot and others on bicycles or in buggies. Since the cross tie business has opened up here things are much more lively in every way. The merchants here report splendid cash sales and on some days it seems hard to realize that the fall of the year has passed. The Dalzell Dancing Club will give a l?rge dance at the pavilion on April 26th, after which sandwiches and cold drinks will be served. ' They will have the price for admission fight. "We suppose there will be a large crowd from Sumter in automobiles. The chaperones will be: Dr. and Mrs. Archie China, Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. H. Eennett, Sumter. Mrs. M. B. Nelson, Stateburg. Mrs. E. X. Frierson, Stateburg. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Carson, State burg. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. DuBose, Dal? zell. Zvir. and Mrs. E. P. Scharborough, Dalzell. Mr. ar.d Mrs. n. L. Burrkett, Dal? zell! There will be an ice cream festival at Dalzell, at the school house, on Friday night, the 12th instant. The proceeds will be used for the purpose of buying new books for the library. The public is cordially invited. Mrs. J. C. Bailey is spending a few days with her parents at Summerton, until Mr. Bailey gets settled in his new charge. It is with deep regret we give them up. While our loss is some one else's gain, they have our best wishes wherever their loi may be. Mrs. K. J. and Miss Grace Carson are spending a few days in Columbia with Prof. A. C. Carson. The hour for service at St. James Church will be 4 o'clock in the after? noon, first and third Sundays, for the next few months. AG1UCULTUJKAL ASSOCIATION. Sumter County Farmers Organize for thc Parp?se of Practical Experi? mentation. For several months past a number OL local farmers have been agitating j an agricultural organization in Sum? ter county for experimental purposes and otherwise improving the methods of agriculture. On Saturday a mass, meeting of a number of representa? tivo farmers was held in the court house at which a permanent organi? zation was effected under the name of the Sumter Agricultural Associa Lion. After the meeting was called to order Mr. Bennett, who is now conducting a soil survey of this coun? ty, made the introductory address. His talk was exceedingly instructive as well as entertaining, showing CM arly the ?r'-n.-ral benefits to be do rived from this survey. He said thal j specimens of soil from every section of the county would be sent to 111<? <!. partment at Washington to be an- i alyzed and that this analysis would j show the excesses and deficiencies o? I j plant food in the various soils <>f dif? ferent sections, which would enable the farmer to plant the crop most adapted to the soil cf the section in which he farmed and would enabl him to fertilize with more accurac and with better results. He exhibit ed a map of the soil survey of Oi angeburg county and said that fror the progress thus far made Sumte county's soil was similar. Mr. Gardner, of the agriculture department, was next introduced. H .said that he came to Sumter for th ? purpose of discussing plans for or i ganizing the farmers in this sectio I for the purpose of making fertiliza tion experiments, the benefits o which he discussed at length. H said that if a sufficient number o farmers would come together tha it was ver:.- probable that the govern ment would place a resident exper here for the purpose of assisting th farmers in making these experiment of fertilization, who would impar fully the knowledge gained by th? experiments of the government ii every branch of agriculture. It i; understood that the government wil not in the future depend solely upo: information given from State agri cultural stations in issuing their bul? letins, but that data will be largel: gathered from these individual ex? periments. Mr. Gardner furher stat? ed that these experiments could b< much more easily prosecuted aftei the soil survey than under the pres? ent conditions. That it was rathei late in the season to experiment with fertilization to any great extent, but that the organization could be per? fected and the methods systematized for prosecuting the work for another year, by which time it was probable that a government expert would be stationed here. Both speakers aroused considerable enthusiasm, and fo.:owing along the line of plans already agitated the or? ganization of the Sumter Agricultural Association was completed. Mr. R. L Manning was elected president; Mr. Peter M. Pitts, secretary and Mr. L. I. Parrott, chairman of the execu? tive committee. After considerable discussion it was decided to introduce into the as? sociation social features and from time to time there will be given bar? becues, fish fries and other social events, at which the farmers will have an opportunity of exchanging views and experience. Mr. L. I. Par? rott will have charge of this feature of the association, and he has already entered enthusiastically into the work. That this organization will result in permanent good to the agricultu? ral interests of the county is too evi dent for discussion and the move should meet with the hearty co-ope? ration and support of every farmer within the county. The raiiorad commission will order the Southern Railway to lay heavier rails on State. several of its lines in this In the effort to evade a very high license chattel mortgage money lend? ers in Charleston Are incorporating as banks. mm FIRST AND LAST Mean $ $ made to all who buy or wear them. In style,! ease and durability, " Shield Brand Shoes99 toe the mark of perfection. SOLD BY RELIABLE MERCHANTS ONLY M. C. KISER CO.. Manufacturers. ATLANTA, CA. SMELL other's Bread (5 CENTS PER LOAF ) mn i ? MIMI-i? ? .m.ilium ncifirn i m-iinnjnji and you will understand its great popularity DELIGHTFUL, REFRESHING, INVITING. AGENTS WANTED. -WEITE Be Marie: 9 JaD. 23, 1907-313 CHARLESTON, S. 0. F?t 'M M SN ?fft ywnere 1 G-eed by Serial No. 137. ol fi* office o, fi? 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