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' mm CORBESPOHBEHCE TOWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPA? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of Interest From Jill Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. ?OTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will Seach this office not later than Tues? day morhing. When the letters are received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in tile pap?r issued that day. LYNCHBURG. Lynchburg, S. C., June 7.-Grass is cutting but a small figure in the crops in this section, and crops are looking lairly well. Nevertheless there are a lew old chronic pessimists who are iteding cause, in their babyish imagi? nation, to speak discouragingly. They help disease, help death, and at last lielp to accelerate their final landing into-. Mrs. E. F. Darby and Miss Annie Keels left here on the 29th ult. for Atlantic City, and are writing back fiaily of the grand times they are having in that city of cities, which can boast of 600 hotels, furnishing every comfort and, accommodation that the most fastidious could ex 3>ecL Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rhame, accom? panied by Miss Mamie McNeil, are still in Richmond, having a most de? lightful time, visiting all the places of note and attraction. Col. Rhame writes back that they witnessed the unveiling of the Jeff Davis monument which was indeed grand and impos? ing, and the ceremonies truly inspir? ing. Prof. Branson left yesterday for Florence. There is some doubts as -to his accepting the school another terni; if he should decide to go else? where his place, in some respects, .will be hard to fill. Mr. Bonaparte McNeil, of Erskine -~ College, came yesterday rnorning to f*5 spend vacation, and several more of ^.the absent boys are expected soon. Friend Dick Wheeler left for Ar "kansas Only a few days before his "'mother^ who was then in usual health, i died, so he- never saw her again. MAYESVILLE. Mayesville, June 7.-Rev. Joseph -'"Eenjamin, a native of Persia, who is student at the Columbia Theological _ Seminary, will lecture in the Presby? terian church here next Sunday. Mr. Benjamin is said to be a most in _ teresting speaker and the occasion is being looked forward to with much . pleasure. .- . The- survey of the school district, ;- preparatory to holding an election for - the 'issuing of bonds, has been made ^\by Surveyor Moise of Sumter and the ?election will be held in the near fu? ture. ? Misses Elma Mayes, Susie May I Burgess and Nita Corbett have re jj turned home from Winthrop College. .i Mr. Carlisle Strauss is at home for g the summer from the University of : South Carolina. Miss S. I. Grant, of the Winthrop I College faculty, has come home for - her vacation. Mrs. J. R. Mayes has returned z nome from Rock Hill where she at-: = tended the commencement of Win ? throp College, at which her daughter, Miss E:ma, graduated. ^_ Mr. A. H. Mayes has gone to Lex 1 ingrton. S. C., to accept a position. Kev. F. W. Gregg, of Pelzer. is vis i iring relatives here. Miss Bertha Pierson, of Sumter, is I visiting Misses Bessie an i Mavis Mc I Kinney. j Rev. John Gray and wife, who I have been visiting at Mr. E. B. Mu?-j ? drow's, have gone to Davidson, N. C. ! Mrs. N. Garber and Mrs. B. B. Mo- 1 j zursky. of Barnwell, visited Mr. and ! Mrs. T. L. Kohn this weekf Mr. and Mrs. Adrain Miller, of Au? gusta, are visiting Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Gardner. Mayesville. J-?re 10.-Warren, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Smith,, died at their home at Wades boro. N. C., early Saturday morning. The interment took place at the cem? etery here yesterday morning, the burial service being conducted by Rev. H. A. Knox of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Smith was formerly "Miss Naomi Mayes, of this place, and Mr. Smith was in the railroad office fcere for many years. They have the deepest sympathy nf their many friends here in time of their bereave? ment over the death of their first? born, who was a remarkably bright little fellow and full of promise. Rev. Joseph Benjamin, a native of Persia, lectured in the Presbyterian church yesterday and preached List .flight. He has been in this country just seven month? and bas n<->t thor? oughly mastered the English language, but his lecture was quite interesting and was i-njoyed by ? large congrega? tion. Mr. Thoma? H Lindsay will give an entertainment on Thursday night under the auspices of the Knight- of Pythias. Rev. J. P. Marion. Jr., of Sumter, wiil preach in the Presbyterian church on Friday night. This service is preparatory to the regular commu? nion service on Sunday. ---n lin nrrm~mmm?iumaaa MAX. j . Max, S. C., June 10.-Mr. Benj. . I Tapscot, of California, spent last week ; ! with his niece. Mrs. M. S. Chandler. ? ... i ? Mr. Tapscot will leave tms morning ; > for Norfolk, Ta. Mrs. L. Q. S. Truiuck has returned home after spending some time with j her daughter, Mrs. Wash. Brown, who has been very sick. Children's day will be observed at Nazareth next Sunday. We are having refeshing showers, j Bennie, a small son of Mr. John .: Brown, is very ill. BARK CORNER. Dark Corner, June S.-Nothing of an exciting nature in this corner;-ev? erybody hard at work. Crops are very small for the time of year. Bob Ardis has the largest corn, and old man Joe the largest cotton and' sweet potatoes I have seen. Cotton chopping is about finished, and we have General Green on the retreat. If Commodore Main? water don't reinforce him pretty soon I think we will have him about con? quered. I did not write iast week, as I was one of the men with the hoe. Allow me, Mr. Editor, to say to those who have said by their actions that I was a nonentity, that I find that I can do something else besides writing pieces to the newspapers for their amusement and voting. I can wield a plow or a hoe a little yet. while their city man is taking in the sights in a cooler clime. I have no sick to report. Mr. T. Whitefield Turner, of Ram? sey, and one of Mr. Oscar Hodge's daughters, of Northeast Privateer, were married a short time ago. Mr. Robert B. Bartlette and Miss Fannie, daughter of Mr. Jas. B. Mc? Intosh, Jr., were married last Sunday, the 2d, all of Southwest Manchester. Rev. Mr. Tolar, of Summerton, was here last Wednesday evening, looking up and calling on the members of Calvan,' church. On last Wednesday, day and night, wo had a man here who gave his name as Rev. Marion T. Cook, from your cii - so he aid, who said he was hunting "or Joe Ardis, who he found at home, as usual. (But there are two of the Joes.) To the first Joe he met, who is a member of the Methodist church, he (Cook) said he was a Holiness preacher, and when be (Cook) met Joe No. 2. v. ho is a Baptist, he told him he was a mis? sionary Baptist preacher. If he changes that fast and often, what is ht today? Perhaps he is a Univer salist by this time-who knows? Mr. Geo. P. Ardis, of Central Pri? vateer, visited at his brother Joe's last Sunday. He says that cabbages, &c, have come in now. and that he I thinks he will soon reach the 100 pbuhd notch. Mr. John Wm. Osteen visited at Mr. Joe M. Ardis' last .Sunday night. ; I heard that a certain young man < said I scorched him sometime ago. Well, brother, if you can't stand steam and hot grease, keep out o: the riitchen. DI'BOSE CROSS ROADS. DuBcsse X Roads, June 7.-In my communication last week, there was a mistake in facts, which I desire to correct. In writing about the sickness of Dr. Fraser, Dr. DuEose tells me that I was mistaken. That Dr. Holman had the care and management of the case, also that Dr. Baker made several vis? it? as conulting physician. It was Dr. Holman's case. I would not willingly make a misstatement about anyone, especially about a young physician who is rising so rapidly in his profes? sion. Fine weather for gathering oats and farmers are making things move in that direction. Four automobiles passed yesterday going from Bishopville to Sumter railroad next. The cold spell is keeping back cot ten and corn, but the crops look healthy and ready to move when the sun gets hot. < The sick are improving. Fair Play. ! WISACKY. Wisacky, June 10.-We wore visit? ed by a very heavy hail storm last evening at S o'clock. The stones were as large as a common fowl egg. It lasted about ten minutes, but little ? damage vas done to the crops. Th- rain was very heavy indeed, j and plowing xs now at a standstill. j The oat crop is rapidly being har- j j vested. The sick of this community are im- j I proving. j Master Myron Smith, of Timm-'ns-' ; ville,, was called to Bishopville last I week on account of the extreme ill I ness of his mother, Mrs. Eva Smith. , j who relapsed from a severe spell of j erysipelas, and has bee i critically ill. j ! Her friends rejoice tr- know she is j better, but she is not yet out of dan? ger. Mr. J. S. Williams, of Timmonsville. was in our midst yesterday. He says ; the crop prospects are very poor in his- secti"m He and Master Myron Smith returned to Timmonsville this morning. Miss Maud Williams is at home for th- summer vacation, having spent nine months at Winthrop College; al??, Miss Lidia DesChamps is al j home from the Columbia Female Col? lege. The friends here of Rev. Charles 1 Smith, pastor of Bishopville Method : isl church, sympathize with him most deeply in his great affliction, the I death of his wife, which occurred [ Friday morning at the parsonage. BORDEN. Borden, S. C.. June 10.-The crop of oats is about harvested. Some ! farmers made fine ero os. j The cotton crop is small for this ] time of the year, but a good crop can j b? made yet with the right seasons, j Emanuel & Co. have about 500 I acres of cotton chopped over the sec- j ond time. Mr. Henry Harby, of Sumter, and Mr. L. R. Williamson, of Providence, honored us with a call on Monday. Mr. R. B. Joye and family visted the former's father, near Camden, on Sunday. Mr. Sam Folk and his friend, Mr. Dick Philips, were circulating among friends around Borden on last Sun? day. Mr. D. V. Keels has located his saw mill on Miss Emma Sanders' place and is sawing some fine timeber. Mr. die Thompson and Mr. L. S. Vinson spent several days on the river fishing, but made no report. Miss Alma Bradley, of St Jo? seph's Academy, paid her father a visit on Saturday night. The Sunday school at New Hope is in a flourishing condition. Mr. R. S. Erown and Capt. George Moseley returned from the reunion at Richmon, Va., and report Richmond as being wet. Miss Lettie Cato returned from Camden, where she has been attend? ing schooL SALEM. Salem. June 10.-The first hail? storm of the season visited this sec? tion this afternoon about 4.15 o'clock and lasted for ten minutes. Ice fell in lumps varying in size from that of a partridge egg to a turkey eg. The ground would have been covered with ice had the rain not melted it so rap- ; id Iv. Strange to say, the hail preced ed the rain, for the first water that iel', was frozen and came down with much force. Crops of all kinds are badly beaten up. but the full extent of damage has not been ascertained as these lines are being writ? ten while Tce rain is falling. A woman looking through sash ad? miring the hailstorm. was sur? prised by a large pellet crash? ing through the glass win dov.-. Aside from a little scare, she was unhurt, and changed her base forthwith. The earth is covered with broken branches and leaves beaten from the trees. The path nf the storm was I :r~>m Southwest to Northeast. Width of hail streak not known, but it is thought those East of this place fared wers? than did this immediate vicin ?ty. ! It is claimed by some to be the largest hail stones they had ever seen cv care to see again. ' Farmers have not been troubled much by the uprising of "Gen. Green" this season, but a few more showers like the or.e that fell today, will put a stop to this complaint. .Stands of cotton that were perfect up to the second hoeing, are badly broken by the plants dying down from some cause. This is generally the case where " cotton fol? lowed peavine hay or corn. Some few have replanted even as late as the 1st of June. This dis? ease or pest, some claim it to be one, while others say it is the other, is j g ::i::g to be a very serious problem that is confronting the cotton pro? ducers nf these parts, and is more dis? astrous than the boll weevil, from the tact that the entire plant is destroyed. Summer season " has begun here, j Some few have moved into the pines j to spend their nights and others will i soon do likewise. Several fish frys have been in- 1 duiged in on Black river lately. On ! each occasion fish were in abundance, j Oat harvesting is over with, but j the crop '.vas not up to the average, j except in a few fields. I Hailstorm at Camden. I i Camden. June 10.-One nf the heaviest hailstorms ever seen in this ! section passed over Camden this af? ternoon, beginning abr.iu 3.30 o'clock. At first there was scattered falling of stones, each about the size of a mar- I b?e. The^e gradually increased in size an. frequency until the ground was j littered with lumps nf joe as large as . h^ns* eggs. Lumps were picked up. ! each measuring from three to four j inches in diameter, and as large as ; turkey eggs. A heavy rainfall fol- ; lowed this remarkable storm and this in tum changed to a perfect down? pour <>f pigeon egg hail which quick? ly covered the streets with a carpet nf ice. Horses were made to run away and dogs and cows were run to cover how? ling and bellowing. Many windows and skylights were ruined and the roof of the Cherokee greenhouse ?s a wreck. It is hard to get reports from out nf town, but it is said that very little damage was done to cotton. KERSHAW COUNTY NEWS. Camden. June 10.-Mr. Lee West, one of Camden's most popular young men, and Miss Allie Drum, one of our best young ladies, were married in West Wateree last Wednesday even? ing. We are betting on the Sumter ball Karn this year. We came down a week ago to see them play, but rain stopped the game. While Orange burg has won more games. Sumter has the best team, and the close of the season will show them at the top. Success to our friend: of the Camden team. Mayor Carrison has returned from a trip to New York. It is reported that Mr. Henry Barnes, who lives seven miles east of Camden, has smallpox. The whiskey crowd, headed by Sen? ator Hough and Editor Schr?ck, of the People, are making a desperate ef? fort to save their pet, the dispensary, which will be voted on on the 20th, but as they would say in baseball, the prohibitionists have ' them "skinned." We even have one minister, Rev. Gordon of the Episcopal church, who is working for the dispensary. He had better work to save souls. How a church member, to say nothing of a preacher, can stand for whiskey is more than we can understand. A Tremendous Fall of Hail Stones at Pisgah. Daily Item. June J 3. Mr. T. M. Braley. of Braun, 'phoned today that a terrific hail storm occur? red in the vicinity of Pisgah church (Springhill; Monday afternoon. He visited the scene more than an hour after the storm and saw the hail ly? ing in places a foot deep and said that ! it could be shoveled up to fill wagons. Considerable hail fell on his place, some stones being as large- as guinea eggs, and his family gathered up enough to make ice cream, but, com? pared with what fell about the church, the hail on his farm was very light. Mr. T. W. Hawkins. Mr. L S. Vinson and others in that vi? cinity were the worst sufferers. HEAVY HAILSTORMS GENERAL. Crops Are Badly Damaged and Prop? erty Destroyed-Heavy Winds and Rains. Harvin. June 10.-For more than rme-haif hour this afternoon, com? mencing something after 4 o'clock, the largest hailstorm known to thc 'lest inhabitants visited this eetion. totally destroying crops in its path. Accompanying this hailstorm was ? >nsiderable wind and heaviest rain since the big rain of l.y06. The sun has been shining fof' nearly an hour since the hail ceased falling and there -ire hailstones on the ground two Inches in diameter. Your correspond? it r-aw hailstones that would weigh over a ?hird of a pound. This section was visited on July 26, I&?6, by a severe wind and destruc? tive hailstorm, which caused th"* planters to lose heavily, from which i they have never recovered, and now ; tr. be visited :.g";in so soon after by a ! similar catastrophe makes it all the j worse for the farmers. Many farmers had some hail insurance, but so ! many of them, the poorer and more neely, are without hail insurance or anything else. Poultry passing from one building io another, a distance of only 20 feet, was instanly killed. The corn crop is in a worse fix than the cotton crop. The farmers are indeed gloomy and the outlook is deperate. There is not enough cotton seed in the country to p-ant over one-twenty-fifth of the area destroyed. In Orangeburg; County. Orangeburg, June 10,-For the firs: time in manv years Orangeburg I county was visited by a genuine cy clone late yesterday afternoon. The j damage so far reported was on the | Limestone road, about three miie> ! north of the city, where damage was J done by hail as well as wind. Jennings & Smoak of this city, who j own a large plantation in this section, had just about completed a large gin? nery consisting of three buildings and also a six-room dwelling for their overseer and a store building, all of which were razed to the ground or j blown for long distances. Parts ot j the roofing were found more than j half a mile distant. Fortunately none | of the buildings were occupied and j there was no loss of life. Jennings & Smoak estimate damage to buildings j at $1.500. Just above Jennings & Smoak the i barns of Mr. D. J. Holladay were j blown down and in one instance part j of one building was blown into the j rear of the dwelling. breaking through the walls. On the plantations j ?".i" Messrs. Julien W. and Hampton j Culler barns were blown down and f considerable damage done. In addition to these, several ne- j groes iost their dwellings or out- j buildings, the area reported covering j a strip about a half mile wide and ? about two miles long. Of course, as j i< usual with cyclones and tornadoes, the whole of this area was not de- j vastated. the storm dipping in spots and skipping others. ! THE SUMTER MONUMENT. Col. Dargan Holds Conference With the Chamber of Commerce in Re? gard to Arrangements. Col. J. J. Dargan, of Stateburg, met with the joint meeting of City Coun? cil and the officers and committee? men of the Chamber of Commerce, which was held in the council cham? ber last night. Col. Dargan explained his plans for the ceremonies incident to the unveil? ing of the monument to be erected at the grave of Gen. Sumter at length and in detail. The views of the committee of the Chamber of Commerce were commu? nicated to him in writing, and after a general discussion a tentative plan for handling the the crowd and for pro? viding transportation for them from the railroad station to Stateburg was agreed upon. The details were left largely in the hands of a committee, a portion of which was named by the Chamber of Comerce and the others to be named by Col. Dargan. As soon as arrangements have been perfected the publicity committee of the Cham? ber of Commerce will see that the event is properly advertisec.. Hagood*s Letter. Darlington. June 6.-Small grain is peor everywhere I have been. The i best I have seen is near Hagood, in vcur county, and at Effingham, in Florence County. I think people j make a mistake sometimes in with? holding soda from unpromising oats. T have thought that soda applied to oats troubled with the Hessian fly, j hindered, if it did not drive the pest I away. Some of our people still cra? dle, others do a worse thing, mow their oats, when they can harvest them. In open shocks of five bun? dles, not more, oats are fairly safe in bad weather. j E. D. Smith and the cot? ton association, and Mciver Wil? liamson and corn culcure. In the agricultural world that is honor enough at one time for South Caroli I na. Do I hear some one asking 'Why isn't the cotton association dead yet?" [ think it was not born to die. There ire leading men in our southland who think for themselves, who are a suc? cess, that are supporting this great movement, and today. I venture the issertion it is stronger ir. finances, -tronger every way than ever before. ix might surprise some clod hoppers :< learn that there are few commer? cial centers of any importance in the cotton belt that are not helping to finance the association. And the as? sociation today composes that class :f citizenship who make history, mer? chant, farmer, lawyer, men of all professions, but men, not mere drift? wood. And the motives of action are ? not so much mercenary as patriotic, supporting a movement because it means the fostering and protection of a southern industry. A better, n brighter day is ahead of us, because we are blessed with a class of men. as ' a rule, in easy circumstances, brainy, cultured, who see in the prosperity of the masses the wealth of the classe^ They live, not in the narrow con? nues of self-agrandisement, but in the broader, higher, nobler sphere of true republicanism, worthy sons of worthy sires. I might say more, but let it suffice to say the association is not dead, but more alive today than ever before, is organized, progressing, growing. The men who are back of it are not blowing trumpets and making noise, but are quietly, steadily working, Planning with certain purposes in view, and while they have taken bold ground they are holding it. The association has succeeded, will succeed in spite of the Judases who sell cotton on contract. Please let ns have done with that in proud old Sumter. Hagood. The linnie in Nashville, Tenn., of William Walker, filibuster, has been imposed of by his relatives just when in Central America the scenes of his adventurous exploits have again be c -me storm centres. At a meeting of the Calhoun mon? ument commission to be held in Columbia next Friday, the contract i for the erection of a monument to Calhoun in Statuary Hall in Washing? ton will be awarded. Auditor West is checking up the county dispensaries throughout the State. He is now checking up the liquor shops in Charleston. Christon and Bertha Harmon, who killed J. E. Willis in Abbeville coun? ty, were convicted on the charge of manslaughter. More than $8.000 have been collect? ed in Colleton county for road tax. Sumter. S. C.. May 14. 1907. I Citizens' Insurance Agencv, Sumter, S. C. Gentlemen: Last spring I took a ! policy on my cotton crop, insuring i with the Carolina Hail Insurance Co., j against loss by hail. On July 25th crop was badly damaged, and it af? fords me pleasure to testify to the prompt and satisfactory settlement of my claim. Yours truly, l-16-?t W. O. Cain. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES. Items of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Reading. A syndicate of Charleston business men has purchased the St. John Ho? tel. Mr. Throop Crosland, a leading business man of Bennettsville, died suddenly on Wednesday. The Central National Bank and the Spartanburg Savings Bank will be consolidated in the near future. Marlin & Emory, proprietors of the Parsifal Company, have entered suit against the Atlantic Coast Line for $1,000 for causing them to miss an engagement in Charleston by a delayed train. The Richland county grand jury has failed to find a true bill against W. H. Wolfe, the former county dis? perser who was found short in his ac? counts a few weeks ago. A hail storm passed through the Seloc section of this county last Sun? day and did a vast amount of damage to the tobacco crops. In some places the weed was totally destroyed. Manning Times. Henry Smith, a white boy 19 years old, has been arrested in Columbia for passing a forged check. There is an effort being made to disarrange the schedule of the morn? ing train to Charleston, which we hope will not succeed, as the present arrangement is convenient all along the line.-Manning Times. The grand jury cf Charleston coun? ty has returned a true bill against W. S. Schiffaur, who several ' months ago shot and killed John Rivers in the tenderloin district of Charleston, j W. H. Smith, of Marion, a graduate [ in pharmacy from the South Caro? lina Medical College, prays a writ of mandamus from the supreme court ; against the State board of pharma? ceutical examiners who refused to issue him a license. Trim Martin, colored, who is want? ed on the charge of killing Joseph Dennison at Gadsden, March 19th, this year, is said to be under arrest in Jacksonville. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad will install the block signal system on its line of road from Columbia to Florence and from Florence to Charleston. Gus Lee. a Chester county negro, convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged June 7, has been granted a respite until the case can be ar? gued on an appeal. John Spires, an Edgefield county farmer, charged with peonage, was tried in the district court at Charles? ton and acquitted. At a recent meeting of the city council of Columbia it was decided to proceed with the work of collecting $30.000 back taxes from the fire and life insurance companies doing busi? ness m that city. The Blyther Rifles of Greenville '.-.ave decided to take the trip tb the Jamestown exposition. Trolley ears will commence run? ning on the electric line between An? derson and Belton July l. The railroad commission met in Columbia Tuesday and discussed the question of rates on cross ties. There is ? great daughter of dogs going on in York county on account of a mad dog scare. The new administration building of '< the Presbyterian college at Clinton was dedicated Wednesday. A serious fire threatened the large jewelry establishment of James Al? ien & Co., in Charleston. Wednesday morning. The fire originated in the work shop of the jewelry firm. Bishop E. R. Hendrix, of Kansas City, Mo., one of the best known bish? ops of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, visited Lander Female ' college at Greenwood during com? mencement. J. C. Gladden, a beer dispenser :n Columbia, and his clerk. W. H. Har? den, have been dismissed by the county board of control because of alleged misrepresentations of the amount of stock on hand. There was a severe hail storm in Lancaster county Wednesday after? noon which did great damage to crops. Lancaster has had three hail storm during the last thirty days. Marsh?li Elgin, aged 75 years, a well known citizen of Honea Path, died a few days ago after a long ill? ness. The new union passenger station in Charleston will be conmpleted withni the next three weeks. A party of Philadelphia capitalists are making arrangements to erect a refrigerating plant in Aiken. C. M. Trott, superintendent of the Ashepoo fertilizer works in Charles? ton, died at his home in that city. The Southern road has contributed $1,500 for the purpose of beautifying the grounds at the passenger station in Greenville. The magistrates at Eastover, Gads? den, Hopkins, Garner's and Lakes? land have been presented before Judge Dantzler by the grand jury of Riehland county charged with not having done their duty. - i