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BOUNTY OORRESPONDENGE. 3CSWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SP^ CI?L CORRESPONDENTS. IfcBM of Interest From all Parts of Sunter and Adjoining Counties. JTOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will reach thu, office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are ^received Wednesday it is almost an tapossibilitj' to have them appear in tte paper issued that day; SALEM. lier home on Friday after a. stay of several weeks at the infirmary in Sumter. Mr. Weeks, of the Item, spent a few hours in Mayesville on Saturday "between trains. Miss McDonald;, a graduate of the Jehus Hopkins Training School, of Baltimore, came down from Winns "boro, where she had been doing pri? vate nursing, on Friday morning to spend a few days with friends. Too soon she will take her departure via Washington for Baltimore, to resume lifer duties, but not before she had taken in the city of Sumter on today, j Mr. Hudson Warren left on Wednesday for Asheville, N. C.. on ? business and will, in all probability, he absent for some time. Mr. Walter Raffield, of Sumter, was seen to pass through this section twice in one week, going to see his "best girl, it is presumed. Salem, April 15.-The weather has been fine of tate for hog killing, and those who carried over porkers for late eating, have enjoyed them, Much corn when last seen was just as on the day it was planted. Still we keep looking for it to come into sight, while others, less patient, have planted a second time. Those who planted cotton early, ie~l that if seed can be procured, it,, "too, will have to be planted again. Jack frost was in evidence on Sun? day morning, biting like a rabid deg. There was a neighborhood fish ?ry at Shaw's lake on Friday, and the ? ferny tribe was in abundance. The fourth Sunday in April is ap .pointed for the installation of Rev. "W. H. Workman as pastor of Brick ^ Church. Sev. Mr. Grier will deliver the charge to the congregation, while Ttev. H. A. Knox will charge the pas? ter. Mrs. John H. Wilson returned to When Supervisor Seale's 49 get Qirough with Turkey creek canal, we will be pleased to see his stripes over fins side. We feel that he has kinder ?given this section the go-around. There is an old colored ex-Confed? erate soldier here who" claims to be ninety-two years of age and who was wounded by the explo -sion of a shell on Morris Island, he claims. Now at this ripe old age, and being crippled for life and inca? pacitated for making his living, asks tfor a pension, and very \|ustiy so it seems. But some one will have to interview the pension board in his be? half, if he gets any help from that source. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, April, 13, 1907. One of the scarcest things is news, And the farmers ail have the blues As they think the fruit crop is lost, And most every morning we have a frost, And the wind has blown for fifteen days. Don't know how many more before it lays. There is very little news' in this corner. No cotton planted here yet. as I know o;\ Some still complaining that they cannot get their guano, which they oruered in January. They say that if they cannot get it this week they will not have it when i: comes, for they intend to commence *o make their cotton beds Monday; say that if they cannot get -it this but from the weather we have be< n having. I am in no hurry to plant my little patch. I think the prospect for a fruit crop is very slim after s-, much cold weather. ' We have had several heavy frosts this week and the wind is blowing cold now. Misses Mabel Meilett and Mary Leo Ardis visited at W. J. Ardis' last Sunday evening. W. J. Ardis dined last Sunday with Mr. Joe M. Ardis. Miss Nealie Ardis visited Mrs. W. J. Ardis yesterday. Mrs W. J. Ardi.-? and Douglas Weeks visited the latter's sister, Mrs. Ben. Geddings, near Pinewood, yes? terday. Mrs. Geddngs has been quite sick, but is some better. Augustus Weeks and Ben'. Ged? dings went to Cane savanna yester? day to try their luck with the finny I triba which was poor indeed, one sucker and one poor little silver fish. Stubbs Turner and Mack Avin tried their luck at Weeks' mill here last night with pretty fair success. Mr. Joe M. Ardis has been quite sick this week, but was some better yesterday. Blanding Ardis goes from here to your city next Monday, the 15th, to serve as a juryman. A negro woman died rather sud denly in Pinewood one day this week. She said that morning to her hus? band, "Press, I want you to telegraph fer my sister." Press asked her for what. "I want her to come so I can give her our baby, for I am going to die." He (her husband) said. "On, no, I will go and get something for vs to have a good dinner," which he did do, and when he brought in the things he had bought for dinner, his wife told him she could cook them, but she would not want any. as she was going to die. And she did die before she could eat any of the din? ner. She complained of a pain under her left arm. her husband called in Dr. P. M. Salley, but she did not live five minutes after the doctor got to her. Augustus "Weeks killed some large fowl at his father's mil; one day this week, which all who saw it said th es did not know what it was, as they had never seen anything like it be? fore. It as white and blue spotted. MAX. Max, S. C., April 15.-Oats are be? ing badly injured by insects. High winds have prevailed for sev? eral days, and it will be almost a miracle if any frut matures this year, after so much cold, except strawber? ries, which are being enjoyed by those who have the plants. Pea seed is very scarce. Rev. B. K. Truiuck is having a res? idence built near by and on the southwest of Bethel church, a much more desirable location than his pr?sent home. Mrs. Bessie Hicks is spending some time with her uncle, Mr. G. M. Hicks, of New Zion. Miss Effie Trucluck, of Darlington, is visiting relatives near here. Mr. Isaiah Chandler, an aged verer an of the late war, died last rvght. Alfred Chandler, an industrious colored man, died Saturday. Mr. George Brockington and Mrs. Minney Chandler were married Sun? day afternoon by Rev. B. K. Truiuck. John Miles, while fishing, had the end of one finger bitten off by a cooter. PISGAH. Pasgah, April 13.-This is winter with a rush. Old folks say they have never seen such a long cold spell in April before. Those who planted cotton early look rather sick, especially those who have no seed to plant over. Most of th** iarmers saved only enough to plant one time. Cotton planting has been going on rapidly this week. Corn looks badly. Poor stands, and some to pla.it over The oats look like the\ are in a spell of fever. May and June will tell the story of the peach crop. If the ker? nel is damaged or dead it is gone The cool weather has brought on r lot of sickness, and the decors art j kept busy attending to their pa? tients. Lucy Hutcherson, who died from hydrophobia in Atlanta, was buried at Pisgah church on Thursday after j noon last, after divine services, by Rev. Mr. Inabinet. A 'arge congre? gation was present who testified their deep sorrow at the death of the little girl. an*d especially for the parente in this their great trouble. The country is fuil of dogs and what good they are doing I car.'t see. Xearly every negro has from one to five, half starved all the time. There is no game to hunt, and as yard dogs they are no good. The people ought to do as the folks about Smithville do-shoot them- and our country i would be rid of a number of pests that are not worth the bread they - eat. j STATEBURG. Stateburg, .-?pril 15.-Amid all the rural attractions of the institution, the Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy has again been the scene of a most te?ghtful ocasi?n. In order to en? large the school library, an entertain? ment was "billed" for Friday even? ing, the 12th, and with the usual dis? play of talent and training, the fol? lowing programme was presented by the teachers and students of the school, with the aid of the young peo? ple of the neighborhood: Chorus, "Hunting Song"-By stn dents of G. S. M. A. K-citation, "School Days." by Whittier-Miss Wilhelmina Dargan. Recitation, "The Reason Why." by Paul Hamilton Hayne-Miss Harriet Sanders. Play. "Six to One." in one act. Characters: "Mrs. Dodge Pomeroy"Mi.-.s Eu? genia Dargan. Nieces of Mrs. Pomeroy: "Gladys Quincy"-Miss Julien Fri erson. "Maud Lawton"-Miss Janie Nel? son. "Nina Crosby"-Miss Sarah Nel? son. . "Ethel Davis"-Miss Theodosia Dargan, "Alene de Valence"-Miss Georgia Dargan. ..Elliott Champney," nephew of Mrs. Pomeroy-Mr. John Fricrson. "Rose McCary." negro servant Miss Lottie Nelson. Chorus, "Moonlight on the Lake" By students of G. S. M. A. After the closing selection, delici? ous refreshments were served, the menu being of a most puzzling and unique form, and in choosing a dish, the visitor might have expected to have been served with anything from a toothpick to a most delicious plate of ice cream. "The Art Gallery." arranged by the students of the school, was a place of great amusement; the "paintings" be? ing constructed of anything ridicu? lous in apearance, or absurd in selec? tion, r The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing and merry-making by the young people present. F. E. T., Jr. DALZELL. Dalzell, April 15.-I don't know if I can collect my thoughts long enough to write. The writer has one of those awful colds that makes a man feel more like committing sui? cide or fighting than writing. We have started planting cotton, but the weather favors hog killing time more than cotton planting. There are some of the early birds we feel sure will have to plant over. Some have already planted their corn over. Seed corn and cotton seed are scarce in this neck, and planting one time was about all some can do, so a second planting will be doubly hard. Mr. H. D. Boykin's mules ran away one day last week as they were com? ing from his house to Dalzell and as they got in front of Messrs. Bowman & Moore's store one ran on one side of a telegraph pole and the other on the other side of the pole, the wagon tongue striking the pole right cen? trally, breaking the pole square in' two about three feet above the ground. As they. struck the pole it knocked both mules down, and as the end of the pole dropped down it struck one of the mules on the hind I leg and broke it, so the mule had to be killed. The pole was nine inches through and perfectly solid where it broke, and no one who has not seen it would believe it possible for such a thing to be done. All the damage done to the wagon was the breaking of the double-tree and a foot or so of the tongue being broken off. It is a heavy blow on Mr. Boykin. The mule was worth about $200. j The ice cream festival was a sue- j cess, notwithstanding the cold weath? er. About $20 was added to the li? brary fund. Miss Barnett deserves credit for the efforts" she put forth in making it as good as it was. Mrs. K. J. and Miss Grace Carson ?re at home again after a stay of several days in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stafford, of | Bishopville, visted the former's pa- i rent~ Sunday. Rev. J. C. Bailey is spending this j week in Summerton. The hours foi* service at Tirzah will ce il o'clock on the second Sun cays, and 4.30 on the fourth Sundays fer th;- next few months. WISACKY. Wis-icky, April 15.-We have been having cold, stormy winds for the past few d.w.-, and frost am! ice. the ! past night, and ali vegetation seems i to be hilled. Today is calm, with \ bright sunshine, but still very cold. ! Many farmers in this section had fin? ished planting corn and had good stands; some few had planted cotton, but I suppose it will ail have to be done over again. The oat crop has been greatly injured, and the fruit crop is entirely gone. The health of the community is moderately good at this time. Mrs. Robt. McCutchen and daugh? ter. Miss Bertha, of Bishopville, have been visiting in our midst recently. Mrs. Eva Smith, of Bishopville, and her brother. M. L. Williams, of Wisacky, visited relatives near Tim monsville on Saturday, returning the next day. They drove through the country, and suffered greatly from the cold, stormy winds. Miss Dora Williams is visiting rel? atives and friends in Bishopville this week. ELLIOTT. Elliott. Apil 15.-Elliott was the victim of a destructive fire last Fri? day night. Five of lier store houses wore burned, and at one time it looked as if three others would sure? ly go. In fact, if friends, among them lots of colored men, had not worked so hard they surely would have boon destroyed. The wind was fearfully high*at the time. Messrs. Carter & Harris are occu? pying the Everett House now, and will accommodate all travelers with both meals and lodging. This house is conveniently located at the junction of the two railroads-a few yards from the depot. Farmers are surely having back sets by the wholesale. Lots of them around here have plowed up and planted their corn over, and I am afraid some cotton will have to be treated likewise. Some planted in March. We have not been having March, but January, weather for the last three weeks, and to finish up with this morning, everything in the way of tender vegetation was fozen to death-ice everywhere. Our pump had to be thawed with warm water. Some fifty odd years ago, I can't recall the year, but it was the 15th day of April,, there was a heavy snow , storm. Vegetation was much further advanced than now. I guess folks made a fresh start. This will be the plan for us to adapt, so let us be up and doing. Maybe the cold is over now. MAYESVTLLE. Mayesville, April 16.-In the sec? ond election held yesterday for an in? tendenta Dr. W. W. Gardner was elected over W. M. McElveen by seven votes. This election has excit? ed more interest than any held here in yea~s, as in the first election the two candidates received an even number of votes. Dr. W. W. Gardner was the regular nominee of the mass meeting held several weeks ago, and Mr. McElveen was brought out as an independent candidate. Dr. Gardner has held the office for two terms and has given general satisfaction in his administration of the town's affairs. Many improve merits have been made during his incumbency and better things are ex? pected of him in the future. The al? dermen elected on the council for the coming term are: M. C. Mayes, clerk and treasurer; J. F. Bland, Jr., R. J. Mayes, Jr., an- H. L. 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