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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. ?WHY LET IT)HS FKOM Ol'It SP?v CTAL (OHIU.SI'OM?KMS. ?M of Ink-rest From Mil Parts uf SuiUler aud Adjoining Counties. lOTICK TO OORHESPON DENTS. Mall your let era so that thoy will thla office not later than Tues mornlng. When the letters are red Wednesday it is almost an Iblllty to have them appear In pap*o> issued that day. TINDAL. Tin da I. 8. C, Sept 4 ?We are glad ta see thst our people are getting aroused upon the subject of eduea snd better schools. Several pass iff* of our cltlsens have been Issld recently, looking to the estab? lishment of a graded school In our district. The result has been that our hoard of trustees an making prepa? rations to build two graded Sch?lls In the township. Thst the patrons are willing to consolidate the schools and ernd their children further from home ta order to get better schol privileges la lndc? d r >mm?ndablc ami sh?>ws that they appreciate what In being done for them and are willing to as? sist In the establishment of b?tt* r The cotton in this section is opdninic eery rapidly snd the farmers are snaking even* effort to gsther and market It ss earlv as they oan. there being no disposition to hold at pres? ent prices. Misses Blanche Townsend and Her? tha Bailey, two charming young la? dles of Wsdmalaw Island, are vlMt tssj at Mrs Dran* Tlndal's. Miss Bal? lsy Is a sister of Mrs. Tlndal. Ws were plessed to see Messrs Bos sard Britton and Julius Bmgdon. of the Zosr section, and Messrs. W. R. Burgess snd J. P. Glenn, of Sumter, In our little village Sundsy afternoon. We enjoy your visits, boys, come la. EDWARDS. Bdwsrds. Sept. 2.?We are having very hot weither at pr sent, has not been any rain of any iuenc? in about ten days. The farmers have about finished with their fodder and have' begun to pick cotton. we think the cotton crop sjrtll be somewhat short Jn this com inlty. Messrs. Harry McLeod. James Jen? em! Marion Reaves visited here last week. Misses Eva and Louclle Britton are ?hating theln sisters In Csmden. Misses Etta Marshall and Lottie Ooff. of Blshopville. visited in this eectlon last week. Miss Valrle Blackwetl, of Darling? hon, is spending some time, with her sister, Mrs. Bakor, at this place. Mr. J. W. Weldon and daughter. Miss Irene, spent Friday in Camden. Mr. C. T. Robertson, of Smlthville. and wife spent one day of last week an this beat. Mr. J. C. MeLeod has returned from Jamestown Exposition. He re s very pleasant time. Mr. W. \i McCafkill is building a gin house. Also, Mr. C. L. Brit? ten is preparing to build one. Mrs. Johnnie McCsskill Is still crit 111. Ira T. M. Orier and daughter, who re been sick so long, are Improving snewty Mr. T. M. Grler ha* gone to Blsh apvllle todsy. Mr. J. R. McLeod spent Saturday ha Camden. Mr. Hugh Evsns, Jr.. of Rembert. apent yestrrdsy evening in this vlcln Messrs. Marvin Weldon and Olin Munaerlyn attended a game of ball aa Oswego on last Saturday. ? DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, . Sept. 3.?Hot and dry It Is In this corner at this time. Cotton is opening fast, and we are eg to pick It out fast as we can. Te are needing rain on our gardens, is. lice, potatoes and cane, us we have not had any rain to amount to anything in about three weeks. Farm sr? shout through gathering fod on all their corn, except stubble corn. Mr Henry Prlchard has best piece of stubble land corn I ten this season. I have no sick to report. Mr. J. L. Ardls wss able to walk from his bed hsto the dining room last Sunday, for the first time since the Fourth of July Mise Runice E. Osteen has been elected tescher of the Ollgsl or Beid d. I congratulate Eunl on her dntment Mr. J. R. Avln snd Mr. J. w. Osteen veer? at Mr. Joe M. Ardls' on ty before last. Who blame* i? I do not. Mr. A. has had four selves snd Mr. O none; no I say. yes. go where pretty girls are to he seen. Ous Weeks snd little brother. C< r hett. visited at Jim Kolbs, near Harn eey. laut Sundsy. Richard Oeddlngs snd Lee Shular. ef Plnewood, were up to the Green? land Ssvsnnah Sundsy school last Sunday morning. Mr. Wm. S. Ardls. who lived here A few yearn ago. but now of George? town. Ga . visited relatives and friends snd at Plnewood last week, re turning to Georgia on the 2:?th ultimo. He (Mr. Ardis) is speaking of selling out in Pforfjlt and moving back h it Mr. Lon Rollins, of Lancaster 0 >un ty, visited relatives at PtnoWOOOj last Friday and Saturday. His wife WSJ the youngest daughter )f tho la'.e J. D. Weeks. I was in your city for a short time last Saturday. but it was so hot I did not see hut litt!?- of your city. Had the pleasure of dining with Mr. ;ind Mrs. Ton? Hancock. May their shad ows nev?if grow le-s. MAX. Max, S. C, Sept. 9.?Mr. and Mrs. Myers Moore, of Frlcrson, La., Mrs. G. W. Matthew*, Mr. Roy and Masters Warren and Garri* Moore, of Wil? mington, N. C, are visiting relatives in Beulah and around here. Mr. Elliott McElveen, of Mayesvllle, passed through here last week. Mrs. S. M. Truluck spent last week with relatives in Florence. Misses Eva and Annie Lou Moore have returned from Wilmington, where they have been visiting for sev? eral weeks. Mr. J. P. Truluck. Sr., had a light stroke of paralysis last week. Mrs. s. M. Truluck. Mtsser Vivian Hroeklnton. Bessie Hicks and Pearle Truluck attended an annual mis i ?lonary meeting at Scranton Saturday SALEM. Salem. Sept. 9.?The baseball sea? son Is over, and the pan out seems to have been poor this season. If those who had to pull the clubs out of the hole, .stand by them another season with prospects of some luck, they could not be considered good business men. But with ball playing it seems the right thing to d ?. Much valuable time has been iost. money spent, bones broken, faces put on a few. and so on. ? One aspirant here for professional honors in the person of Abraham For? tune, colored, while playing ball about a week ago, broke his leg between the knee and hip. It Is claimed that the accident was not the result of a col? lision, but the bon? broke from his weight. 145 pounds, while base run? ning at a high rate of speed. Jack fish jumping has been indulg? ed In lately by some young fishermen who came out a few nights ago with about 30 to their credit. For the past month the waters of Black river which are as black as In? digo and no doubt cause or sug? gested the name for the Streams, have been muddy, and does not clear up. The oldest Inhabitants claim they never saw the water remain muddy so long after washing rains, as those that fell during the month of Augusv. MaJ. W. L. Lee has been SXplOttriS parts of Black river where man has not been recently, and \vh. re fti says he does not care to go ag?ln af? ter following his needle through this time, until he can ride across en the Iron hor?*e that he i< piloting me way for now. Mr. Hu?y? ?n Wprren wears i maim? ed arm caused by a collision With a mower blade that ne encountered in the dark a few nights ago. Mr. G. W. MeDrtdl came 40W*I from North Carolina on Saturday night to spend Sunday and Monday at home. Then on Monday night he will leave ngiln and It will be two long weeks before his smiling face will be seen again. STATED V RG. Stateburg, Sept. 10.?Mi?s Emma M. Fr'.erson is at home after a short visit to Mrs. F. H. MeLeod In Flor? ence. MOSSFO Ransom and Richard Rich? ardson, of Sumler. spent Sunday in our midst. Ml** Julia A. Holmes, of Macon. fla.. Is at home for a few weeks. Mr. Matt. Moore returns today from St. Charles, where he has been visit? ing friends. Misses Julia and Anna Burgess spent Monday In Sumter. . Mr. Frank Harris, of Macon. Ga.. spent a few days last week with the family of Mr. E. F. Holmes. Miss Bettle Frlerson will return to Pelser on Sa'urday to resume her du? ties as tSQShSf In the & indergarten. Mr Henry Moore is vl-ltlng frlendl at Hoyklns. Miss Emma Barnwell returned last areas] from Highlands, N. c. where she had been for the past six weeks. WEDGKFIELD. Wedgefteld, Sept. 11.?The contln-t tied dry and hot spell Is causing cot ton to deteriorate rapidly, and It 1* | opening very fast, and little Is being held for better prices, as |oni as it brings 12 1-2 and 1?, cents. The only public ginnery here, ope? rated by Mr. F. E. Thomas, commenc? ed on last Saturday and Is being kept busy The Wedgefteld school will open on next Monday with Mr. H. W. Scott of Wysacky as principal and Miss Ruth Harrington of Cneraw a?< assistant. ? Mrs. J. H. Aycock. Miss Bottle Ay SOeil am; Mr. E. E Aycock are at James.o\\ n taking In the ? xpositi ?n. Mr. Sam Marflchl. of PrlVSteer, will rim the Trlveton ginnery Of Messrs. J. H. Aycoek ?* Sons. Mrs. A. E. Aycock, Miss Bessie and I Master Albert Aycock are spending some time at Rutherfordton, N. C. Me sari Gerald Ryan and Colin McLaurln wll leave this rhoralng for Clemson College. Mrs. T. B. Barhes has returned home after a pka: ant visit to rela? tive! In Blshopvllle. Mr. t. D, Brohun left for his home 4.11 Ashevllle, x. c, this morning. privateer school MATTERS. A Statement of Tac ts Relative to the Consolidation of the Schools in That Township. privateer, s. C., Sept 9. 1907. Editor Watchman and Southron, Bum* ter. s. C. Dear Sir: In your letter from Priva? teer last week, we notice the following In reference to the school meetings which have been held lately "Tuesday afternoon a self-appoint? ed Commltte! recommended to the school trustees that they establish two graded schools in Western Privateer. Hut It Is hoped that the trustees real? ize that the committee had no author? ity and were n't representing the sen? timents of the majority of the people concerned." As I was the secretary of the three mass meetings held, I deem It my du? ty to correct this statement and gjv< the facts in the ease. At the tirst mats meeting, in which every school In the township was re; - resented the matter ? f 0 ?nsolidatl m waa freely discussed an 1 a motlor unanimously passed to submit tin question of consolidation t the patron of each school at b m et ng at their respective school hou co, and for them to decide If they tri bed to con? solidate or continue 1 1 heretofore, All of the schools held their meet? ings and at the second mass meeting Of all the schools in the district a re? port was n ude from each school as to Its decision. At this meeting the chairman ap? pointed a committee of two from each of the schools which voted to consolidate to meet the following Tuesday afternoon and decide upon a suitable location. This committee de? cided for tho Bethel and Ingram schools to go together and the Mel lett and lied Oak schools to also unite. The matter was left to the trustees as to locations. Respectfully, R. B. Cain. FARMERS DIFFER. -T~ QWOeHflSl Hudson's Farmim* Meth? ods. To the Editor of the State: I feel it my duty to protect my Community against such absurd state? ments as Mr. Hudson sent you recent? ly ::nd was published in the State. I have had yean of experience in farm? ing and 1 ha\e never been able to prove conclusively that stunting cot ton doei any good. We want Mr, Hud on to state publicly how many pounds of lint Cotton did he put to a bale. II ? uses from 40 to r>0 bushels of cotton seed to the acre, and then does not make as much to the plow as some of our two-horse farmer renters. His experience SS an overseer for the last II years has been very fllmsical ami some of his Ideas have been too foolish to mention. Now, Mr. BdltoTi will you please publish this? I felt It my. duty to re? ply. J. W. Cassldy. Camden. S.'C. Sept. 9, 1907. Ilishopvllle News Notes. The contractor has hands cleaning off the court house lot getting ready to break dirt. We need badly a long distance tele? phone here. Can't the business men and Dr. McLurs combine their efforts and secure a connection? Mr. W. M. Heid has commenced the survey of the proposed railroad line from here to Tiller's Ferry and from there he will survey two routes, one to Bethune and the other to McBee. Last week we reported only one bale of new cotton. This week it Is rolling in from 40 to fiO bales a day. The farmers arc on the right track to run the market down, .rust glut the market and you Will soon see where the prices will go The market Is steady at 12 3-4.?Blshopvllle Vindl cator. Mr. Jennings Recovering. Orangeburg, Sept. 9.?The latest re? ports from the home of Mr. R. H. Jennings state that he is getting along as nicely as could be expected under the circumstances. His physicians say that he will probbaly be able to come out and attend to his usual du tles very soon, it will be renumbered that Mr. Jennings losf his left hand and a portion of that arm below the elbow in a Kin accident several days ago. The police department of Union has commenced ? crusade against blind tigers and gambling. John Hlllis. a young negro of Marl? boro county, was burned to death on a saw dust pile that was on fire. DISPENSARY AFFAIRS. Mr. Ii. M. [ves, the new dispenser ;: t Mayesvilie took charge Saturday and opened the dispensary at that place. It had been noised abroad that the dispensary would be re-opened this morning and there was a congrega? tion of thirst-tortured individuals ready and -waiting when the door was opened. Dispenser Ives got busy at once and handed over the boose with both hands for the first half hour. Two members of the dispensary board of Willlamsburg County spent a day in the city last week inspecting the county bottling works and inves? tigating the methods of managnient followed by the .Sumter County dis? pensary board. They ware Induced to come to Sumter for information by the statement made in his official re? port bv Auditor West, that the aver? age net profit on the dispensary busi? ness was greater in Sumter county than in any other dispensary county, notwithstanding the fact that the gross sales in seVeral other counties were much greater .than in this coun? ty. The Willlamsburg visitors were given every facility In making a thor? ough Investigation and all possible Information was placed at their dis po .-I by the county board. They ware \vr ii pleased with what they saw and learned, and it is possible that they will establish a bottling plant in Wil llamsburg. The local dispensary Is doing a rushing business and the average daily sales show the effect of the opening of the cotton season?the cotton picking season especially. It is a noticable fact that the larger part of the liquor handled by the dis? pensary Is sold to negroes, while the patrons of the beer dispensary are largely white. The county board Will place orders for the ensuing quarter's supply on the 10th instant. Few samples are sent by liquor houses now. THE COTTON MARKET. Advance Due to Steady Cables and Cooler Weather?Hut Market Broke Later. New" York. Sept. 10.?The cotton market was nervous and unsettled again today, and after moderate ear? ly advance sold off sharply. In the late trading, with the exception of Sep? tember, which closed 28 points net higher, while the other months were 11 to 13 points net lower. Sales for the day were estimated at 350,000 bales. The closing tone was steady. The mark? t opened steady at un? changed prices to an advance of 5 points, and during the middle of the morning worked up to a net gain of 6 to 8 points on the active months and of 33 points on September, which felt the effect of support from parties who stopped notices earlier In the lay and absence of fresh business. The advance was due to fairly st> ady cables, rep\>rte of low temperatures In the western bei*., buying by y< ster day's sellers and lupoprt from the bulls in the nearby months. But of? ferings iie i ease*l in the afternoon and the mark? t broke under a renewal of liquidation and bear pressure promot? ed by a more favorable weekly bu? reau report than expected, the fore? cast for warmer weather in the west? ern belt, rumors of an easier spot sit? uation, the weakness of Wall slreet and uncertainty regarding the action of the revision committee which meets tomorrow. The close was about 3 to 5 points up from the lowest on cover? ing. Receipts at the ports today 17.616 bales against 5,769 last week and L'8,737 last year. For the week 100. 000 against 4 4.573 last week ?tnd 139.161 last year. Today's receipts at XewVhhans 615 against 3.113 last year, and at Houston 9,506 against 16,738 last year. Spot cotton closed quiet, 20 points lower; middling uplands 13.05; mid? dling gulf 13.30; sales 100. Futures opened and closed steady. 1 RUSSIANS FORM NEW LEAGUE TO KILL JEWS. LengUC Charges Jews With Attacks on Czar and Other Russian Otliclals and Accuse Them of Causing All of Russia's Troubles?Many Jews Kill? ed In Odessa Already. Berlin, Sept. 10.?Vengeance on the Jews for attempts on the lives of Czar Nicholas, Premier Stolypln and other high dignitaries Is the ob? ject of a new anti Semitic organiza? tion which is just making its appear? ance here. Prominent Hebrews be? lieve the formation of the league pres? ages a general massacre of their peo? ple. The league asserts that the Jews are responsible for nil of their country's misfortunes and declare that Its purpose Is to save the empire from the Jews' conspiracies. It is es? timated that g hundred Jews have been killed In Odessa within the past week, and the police are* preventing them from leaving the city. Placards have been posted In Klsheneff and other towns calling on the populace to attack the Jews. The city council of Anderson Is spending $97.000 on street Improve? ments. Weekly Weather Bulletin. COTTON CHOI' RILLIOTN. For the areek ending 3 a. m. ?. 1907: The weather was unusually warm during the week, the mean t< mpera . ? pt. Falling on- Attributejd to Latrnraa of i run?The Production b> States. Washington, Sept. 9.?The c< nauj ture having been from three to fourI bureau today iwued its Brat bulletin degrees above the normal. The dail; on the cotton report for the season maximum {.emperautres were In the j as shown by returns from the ginnera, nineties, and the dally minimum tern-1 showing a total of 111,411 hales up to peratures were In the seventies In thelsept i, as compared with ItT.SSl southern portion of the State; in the j bales up to the same period last year, central, northern and western por-J In this statement round bales are tions they were from 4 to l" degrees j counted as half hale-. The great fall lower. The temperature extremes wert j \ng 0j| a attributed to the lateness ef the crop. "1 he report shows that there were only 1,0*7 ginneries in operation Sept. 1. this year, as compared with 6,628 in 1906. The product by States for the present year follows: Alabama 7,345; Arkansas 85; Flor? ida 54; Georgia 1,207; Indian Terri? tory 3; Louisiana 112; Mtsstestppl l. 128; North Carolina 43; Okrahoma 5; South Carolina 1,040; Texas 141,101. Last year Texas had ginned 328.586 bales bt fore Sept. 1. The bureau of statistics of the de? partment of agriculture finds from I the reports of the correspondents and agents of the bureau that the aver? age condition Of cotton on Aug. 25 - was 72 7, as compared with 75.0 on Catarrh la an entirely unnecessary July 25. 1907; 77.3 on Aug 2s, It0?; disease and should not be tolerated 7-j.i on Aug. 25, 100$, and ? 10-year 99 at Saluda on'the 3d. rand 57 at Greenville on the 6th. There were generally light Bhowers on two days in pratlcally all portions of the State, though a few places re? ceived no rain. The rainfall was un? evenly distributed. Widely separated places received amounts In excess of the normal, but the average precipi? tation for the State was below tin normal. The sunshine was slightly above the n or mal. CATARRH IS CURABLE. Successful Experiments In Abating ami Curlhg Tills Disease. for a single ?lay now that Hyomei is I average of 74. The following table s? generally known and has made so ihowfl th< condition-on Aug. 25 of many cures In Bumter and otherjthh year and of the preceding year, towns. with the respective 10-year averages: Until comparatively rec n\ times, Aug. 26 Aug. 25. 10-yr. catarrh was thought to b a blood ?Iis- states. 1007. ?ase and stomach losing the only Virginia.77 treatment. Modern science finally North Carolina. ..70 disproved this idea of the cause Of gouth Carolina. . .83 catarrh, and found that it was a germ rjeorgia.81 disease and. after many experiments, Florida.so the remedy was decided to be Hyo- Alabama.73 mel. Mississippi. .. *_72 Hyomei medicates the air you Louisiana.69 breath"; it kills the catarrhal germs; Texas.67 it heals the smarting and raw mem- Arkansas.18 branes of the passages in the nose Tennessee 7< and throat; it cures all catirrhal trou- Missouri.75 bles. Oklahoma.72 As there is life e.nd health in the Territory. .. .70 air In the mountain-tops where th United States pin" forests give off their fragrant 72. 1906 71 71 71 72 70 76 82 76 78 84 88 94 88 SO 77.3 Ave. 82 79 76 76 78 74 78 76 69 75 82 82 81 79 74.5 and healing balsams, so there is life wife of Naval Olluvr Murdered in and health in breathing Hyomei. There is no n ed of suffering from ca? tarrh ii' the simple and natural treat? ment of Hyomei is used. So sure is this prescription to cure even the worst ? ases of catarrh, that J. F. \Y. DeLorme ex 11s it under an ihsolute guarantee to refund the money if it does not do all that is claimed for it. 9-11&12 Her Home at Norfolk. A. w. Besslnger, aged 75 years, was rescued from a burning house in Bamberg county by an old negro who broke Into the burning building and lift* d the aged man out of the window. Mr. Bessingens back and lead were severely burned. Portsmouth, Va.. Sept. 10.?Mrs. Mary L. Rorscharch, aged ihtrty-six, the wife of Lieut. Rorscharch of the United States navy, who is now on the Tennessee, was shot and killed in hey home here today by an unknown burglar. Corporal G. E. Hardy of the State penitentiary guard, was assaulted by Jailer W. C. Dowie of the Richland county jail. Hardy was badJy beaten In the face. The police department of Columbia in being investigated by the police commissioners. It is rumored that a big shake-up will take place. SPECIAL Matting Values. Our buyers, always alert, picked up an importers line of Matting Samples at 1-3 OFF. THERE ARE ABOUT 50 ROLLS IN THE LOT. No two pieces alike, all fresh new goods, representing this season's importation, and no better goods can be had any? where than will be found among them. A discount of 1-3 Per Cent, on Mattings 33 is like buying Gold Dollars at 66 2=3 Cents. The prices range from 15 cents up, and they will be sold by the roll only. O'DONNELL & COMPANY. -1- ~~