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CORRESPONDENCE. FROM ??CR SP? OlAL CORRESPONDENTS. Ina/eeel From ?11 Parts of aad Adjoining Coon ties. TO CORRESPONDENTS Mall your letters so that they will this office not later than Tues lornlng. Whan the Utters are Wednesday It Ij almost an to have them appear In Issued that day. Ii ARK CORNER. Dark Corner. Oet. It.?Today is s sautlful day. so I will try snd write IIa? for the Watchman snd Bouth Ns. Nothing doing In these diggings Is exciting. Everybody seems to %a In peace with themselves snd ev arybody else. We have had a good of oolds and coughs lately, but one is real sick at this writing, had several cool mornings this and frost was seen foi two or mornings, but farmers are still ejsjailsg hay. There will be a good Seal of hay saved hereabouts, but not Sja aaoch as would or should be. If we %ad more mowers In the community. I though, that there will be riore rhage saved here than for several a passed. I sea, Mr. Editor, that you and the of the Manning Times are hav your says about the annexation of and Fulton townships to county. Will you allow me to a few words on the subject, as I horn In Calvary township my oa the 11st of May. 1844. Mr. r, this Is ao new subject to me. Tea or fifteen years ago I eterking for the leading merchant las wood at that Urne, and I heard aad some gentlemen discussing vary same thing, aad the mer t said he would like co see all of i same territory annexed to Bumter aty. Aad I heard, a merchant say PIaewood today that It took him days longer to receive goods or through the Manning Dank when ordered through the Farm end Trust Company of] This gentleman said that one reason that he wanted lato Bumter county. Bo I say, or. that everybody ought to1 the privilege t? live where they in a free country. And I will farther that all that I have heard the annexation of those two Saps has been from Clarendon sand not Bumter me Dut anv way It Us Saed will suit me. Ptagah. Oct. 1?.?The contribution Oe your columns last week on manu Sastuiies eras a most most Interesting esse. The writer certainly studied his ?hjoct well. Small manufactures well. A canning one at Wlnns some years ago. managed by la daaa, could always find ready aale for their products. In fact, the demand eras greater than the supply, and if In aesce now no doubt the sairfo de id tor their products exist. A factory would pay hand*ome Both of these would be a success Bumter If properly msnaged. and it Is where the trouble exists In cases. A home made article Is prefsble then a foreign one of Ukfi nature, but there seems to be an attraction to send off for things that oaa be procured here. A lot bf nice peavine hsy has been here this year. A dry fall in ,bty follows a wet summer, and one haa been a blessing to the le. enabling them to gather their In line order. The crop Is short ire so than waa expected Mr. Hugh H. Evans, Jr.. resigned s wchoo' l i Lexington county to st tn hK late father's business The public schools are now open Ha May Evans teaches the Pix school. She graduated last June the Bt. Joseph'? Academy In Basntrr and Is very much sdmlred for her Bne traits of character. She will All the high position of teacher with honor to ell concerned Miss Maud Gardner teaches the HUllard school. She was educated at the Csmden graded schools and at Wtthrop College. She Is a very pleas? ant young lady and her friends pre? dict for her a high stand In her rhesea profession. S The exercises at Plsgah Church last ay were deeply Interesting. The hers were all on hand and each spoke instructively on the sub? ject assigned to him. Mr. Davis spoke of the greet im? portance of educating the children aad tralnLng them sright and espe? cially the Mttle orphan ones In ord?-r to make useful cltls^ns of them. He several lllvatratlons along thin Mr. Rhame showed how the rellg denomlnatlons were taking care of the sged ministers and our duty te> continue to provide for these aged aad worn out men who have given their lives for the public good. His address throughout wan s fine pro eentatlon of the claims of these men em the benevolence of the Christisn people. Col. Dsrgan's address took a wide range of thought. He showed th? dlftVultln of being a Christian In the earlier day* of the world; how , they wer? persecuted and killed for their Christianity, and spoke in eloquent word . of the heroic bravery of those who died for Christ. He then spoke of the spread of Christianity through the middle ages to the present. He closed amid the deep Interest of his hearers. "Only too soon," said many present The solo by Mrs. F. H. Rhame was very touching and pretty. Mr. Tom Walsh also sang a very fine one. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Rhame were ac? companied by Mr. Tom Walsh and wife. Murr Hall and Louie Rhame. Col. Dargan was accompanied by his daughters. Misses Theodore and Qeorgie. Miss Oeorgle presided at the organ by request and rendered sweet music during the service. They add? ed much to the Interest of the occa? sion by their fine singing. Col. Dargan was a stranger to most of our people, but made many friends, who will be delighted to have him and all our visitors return at an early day. We certainly enjoyed their presence with us. Pisgah Church hai ordered new pews and this will complete for the presene the Improvement of the build? ing. Rev. T. L. Cole has been called again to the pastorate. He Is very much liked here, and has done a good work. Miss Marie DuPre. of Humter. came up Saturday to visit her father and take in the Pisgah meeting. She re? turned Monday to resume her studies. IC/UL Max. Oct. 21.?Rev. B. K. Truluck will go to Charleston today. Mr. J. C. Truluck went to Florence Saturday as delegate to the Farmers' Union Mr. Roy Burgess is In Atlanta, Oa.. visiting snd attending the State fair. Miss Lena Thomac and brother, Mr. Boyd Thomas, of Lake City, vis? ited relatives around Bethel last week. Misses Ellen Carraway* and Lilly Bertie Trulutek visited and attended preaching at New Zlon, WilUamaburg county, last week. Farmers are making speed gather lac crops while the weather Is good. SALEM. 8alern, Oct. 12.?On the ISth of October. Sarah McRea, an old color? ed woman who had been In declining health, died very suddenly. Then on the following day, the ever faithful Mlnto Peterson, who has lived In the same house for upwards of 40 years, was found dead about 40 yards from his house. When last seen, about 10 o'clock, he was walking around In his yard in his usual health. His wife being away picking cotton and at? tending the burial of Sarah, on going home, made inquiry of their two lit? tle grand children for the old man, and on being told the direction he went, made search and found him Just outside the yard. dead. The sup position Is, the morning being chilly, he went for wood and collapsed from heart failure. v Mlnto was one of the few of his race who thought his "mosser" and family superior to any others and never left them. He possessed won derful imaginary powers and could draw on his Imagination for hours If he could get a listener. He claimed he was born a Democrat and expected to die one. This characteristic he thought not pleasing to his color, but he would not go against his principle Whatever faults he had. he wa* al? ways faithful to his duties and found at his post. He was about 78 years of age and says he never took but one chew of tobacco and could not bear whiskey. He has been too feeble to earn his support for several years, but his wants were always supplied by his former mistress until her death, and since then until his death, by his young mistress. Mlnto was the trust? ed keeper of his mistress' summer house, and that position he filled to the satisfaction of all. and with credit to himself, dying It might be said in harness. At this ripe age he could see to thread a needle, and \vn? some? what of an expert with his needle, as with his carpenter tools. Messrs. Pringle and McElveen bag? ged a Hlack river rattler about a week ago and secured thirteen rattles to amuse themselves with until ihelr titles arrive. Mr. J P. Wurren spent two days In Ratesburg last we? k. Mr. O. W. McPrlde. who is off on one of his recreation trips, (putting up machinery) up In Lancaster, paid his home folks a little visit Saturday and Sunday, returning to the up-coun? try Monday. We can hear the train blow across Hlack river swamp but it has not ven? tured over this side yet. Saturday was one of the btst days for business that the merchants have enjoyed this fall. People were here from all the surrounding counties. A very old lady Wgl grandma Jon? s. Sh hg I passed lm four score und three. And had no Befetl >r pains In he hones. For Hh?> drank Minister's Rock! Mountain Tea. ?filbert's Drug Store. PROCEEDINGS OF COURT. JUDGE PRINCE ADMONISHES THE GRAND JURY TO PERFORM THEIR DUTY. Tin* Iittw Against Adultery and All Forms of Immorality Should be Rgidly Enforced?White Criminals Should Rc Singled Out Fur Pun? ishment. When the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions convened at 9.30 on Tuesday with His Honor, Judge Geo. E. Prince on the bench and Har? mon D. Molse, acting solicitor, at his place of duty, the Grand Jury was promptly empanelled and the bills of indictment to be acted upon, were presented. Judge Prince, in his charge, stated that, on Monday, he had charged the Grand Jury at length in respect to the general duties devolving upon them, and that today he would refer only to the special matters contained In the indictments upon which they were to act. He reviewed the law bearing upon each of the indictments handed up by the Solicitor and the Grand Jury as to their duty in the premises. In commenting upon one of the in? dictments which related to a case of adultery he Instructed the Grand Jury that It was their duty not only to set upon the bills of Indictment placed in their hands but to present all persons whom they knew to be guilty of this offence against law and decency. He said that Is passing upon such cases the Grand Jury should take into con? sideration the fact that the negro ele? ment of our population cannot he held to the same strict accountability as the whites, since they have not at? tained to the same degree of civiliza? tion and morality as the whites, and their offences should be treated with a greater degree of leniency. But In the case of white adulterers, the law should be rigidly enforced regardless of the financial or ostensible social position of the guilty persons. He urged the Grand Jury to do its duty In presenting all persons who are known to be guilty of this crime against the law, morals and race in tegrity In Sumter county. He also admonished the Grand Jury to see that the County Superintendent of Education and district trustees are performing their duties as they should.' The first case called on Tuesday was that of the State vs. Joe Green, colored. Indicted for arson; L. D. Jennings, Esq., represented the de? fendant and H. D. Molse*the State, In the absence of the solicitor. This case was not concluded when court ad? journed for the dinner recess at 1.S0. The following true bills were hand? ed In by the grand Jury: Frank Howell, house-breaking and larceny, f Jonas Williams, larceny. - Pressly Wltherspoon, larcery of a bicycle. Moses Crowson, larc?ny of a bicycle. The case against Allen Ballard, charged with house-breaking and lar? ceny, was nol-prossed. The cases against Lev! Henderson, charged with assault and Intent to ravish, and of Warren Nelson, charg? ed with larceny of live stock, were continued. Court resumed Tuesday afternoon the case of Joe Green, after the din? ner rece?8. In all of the above mentioned cases, the de fendants were colored. There was little business transact? ed In the court of general sessions .yesterday afternoon. The case of the State vs. Joo Green, colored, charged with ar>on, was concluded and the Jury brought in a verdict of not guil? ty. Thus the. first defendant tried In the new court room received an ac? quittal. This ;vas the only case called yesterday. After the conclunslon of the above case. Judge Prince adjourned the court for the day, and heard a case from Clarendon county at chambers. The grand Jury returned a true bill In the case of the State vs. Charlie Jenkins, colore d, charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. In the case against Joseph Portea and Beatrice Anderson, color? ed, charged with adultery, the grand Jury returned "no bill." When court convened this morning, the case of the State vs. Jos Col clough, colored, charged with assault and buttery- with Intent to kill, was taken up. L?. D. Jennings, Esq., rep? resented the defendant. This case consumed the entire morning session of the court. The grand Jury returned a "true bin" In the case of Chas D. Donald? son, colored, charged with forgery. "No bill" was returned against M. O'Neill Hurkett, charged with obtain? ing fOOdl under false pretenses. The following cases were contin? ued: Willie McKnlght, charged with murder, who has never been arrested. Mary Council, attempt to break Jail. Qeo, w. Murray, who was not pres? ent. All of these defendants are colored. In the case against Harrison Nixon. Colored, charged with housebreaklng and larceny, a number of witnesses were absent. Bench warrants were issued for them by Judg?* Prince. One witness, Dave Newman, colored, was brought before the court and fined $10. Other witnesses captured will probably be similarly fined. Judge Prince made it known very plainly that all persons having busi? ness with the court must be on- hand when called or they will be fined. Court adjourned at 1.30 for dinner recess. WOODMEN ATE CHICKEN. The members of Hollywood Camp, No. 19, W. O. W., had a very pleasant time In their carnp last V cdnesday night. About two hundred choppers were on hand and the occasion was a great success socially and otherwise. After the regular business meeting was over, a bounteous chicken stew, "a la McKagen," was laid before the "boys," and from the way it was eaten there could be no doubt but that it was "all to the good." Good cigars were passed after this repast and the Woodmen all went home feel? ing that it was good to be a chopper. Many strangers in the city go ev? ery day to the new Court House and express themselves in highest terms of praise at its beauty and general ar? rangement. The condition on Main street when? ever it has been sprinkled by the water wagon is being commented on quite freely. It resembles a street In some country town after a heavy rain. However, when the sewerage has been put in, the street will be improved, it is said. There is much complaint of the scarcity of cotton pickers in this sec? tion which probably accounts for the small receipts of cotton on the local market. Much cotton Is being stored, also, which tends to make the re? ceipts light. Florodora Cotton Market. The following are the quotations for Florodora cotton on the Savannah market for last week: The market for Florodora cotton wa3 dull, with only light sales. There Is some Inquiry, but for the most part at lower prices than factoric| are willing to accept. So far a.* could b< learned the business done was on about the basis of last week's prices. Quotations as follows: Fully good middling, 1 3-8 to 1 1-2 inches, 18 (ft 19. Good middling, 1 1-4 to 1 3-S Inch? es, 16? 17. Fully middling, 1 1-4 to 1 3-8 Inch cs. 14 1-2? 16 1-2. Middling. 1 1-4 to 1 3-8 Inches, 14. Poorer, gin cuts, etc, 1 1-4 Inches nominal. Boyne City, Mich., Oct. 22.?After falling to bring about a reconciliation between himself and his divorced wife, Eldred McKee, a carpenter, of Cadil? lac, shot and killed Gertrude McKee# tonight and then sent a bullet through his brain. WORSE THAN ONIONS. Had Breath From Indigestion Cannot be Cvercome With Perfumes. All of us suffer from ba.l br.-ath? omet'r? es our own, but often^r that of our friends. Nine-tenths of this bad breath comes from some stomach trouble, and cannot be overcome by breach perfumes or any other . palliative measures. If you occasionally have a bad breath; if there Is heart-burn, flatu? lence and acid gulpings of undigested food; if the stomach burns or smarts if there is ?lcsplessaes?, nervousness, headaches or any oiher of the many symptoms of indigestion, us^ Mi-o-na stomach tablets and get well. Mi-o-na is not a mere digestive nor a physic, but a tonic remedy thai strengthens the muscles of the stom? ach and bowels ^o that the flow" of gastric juices is increased, and th? food Is digested naturally and does not stay In the stomach to fermenc and poison the breath. J. F. W. DeLorme has seen so many cures made by Ml-o-na stomach tab? lets that he gives a guarantee with every 50-cent box that the money will be refunded if the remedy falls to give satisfaction. He takes the whole risk, and a box of Mi-o-na will not cost you a penny unless it cures you. 10-23&25&W THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I COHN TT 07 SUMTEE. By Thos. ?. Richardson, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, R. E. M'EWeen has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Mrs. Eu nice Ol via King deceased. These are therefore to cite snd admon? ish all and singular vhe kindred and credit? ors of the said Mrs. Eunice Olivia King, late of Humter County, deceased that they be and appear before me, in the Coort of Probate, to be held at Humter C. H. on Ih osdaj. Oct. 31st, next, after publi? cation thereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore? noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given ander my hand, thin 16th day of October A. D. UK).. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Co 16? lG-^:i Judge of Probate. MARTIN KICKS SOME MORE. ly. I feel the satisfaction Of having done some good for my people. I shall not ask for reelection. I men IE8ENT8 APPOINTMENT OF MR. tion this in order that you may in RICE ON BOARD. Says He Will Not stand for Reelec? tion on Account of Gov. Ansel's Policy in Appointing Members of the Board. Columbia, Oct. 16.?State Superin? tendent of Education Martin, on re? ceipt of official notification that Gov. Ansel had appointed Mr. Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, as member of the board of education from the 2d dis? trict, today wrote the governor a very caustic letter, resenting the appoint? ment of the Aiken lawyer, and inci? dentally announcing that he would not stand for reelection. Gov. Ansel was out of the city to? day and nothing could be learned from him in regard to the letter of Supt. Martin, but he probably would have said nothing anyway. The letter from Mr. Martin to the governor is as follows: Department of Education, dulge and cherish the fond hope of getting a satellite of your own ilk. . I am somewhat in the position of the el old ne^gro woman who went to a dry goods store and asked for three yard* of red ribbon. The clerk was very bow-legged. He started across the store and said: "Walk this way." The old woman said: "No, sir; I'll do without the ribbon before I'll walk dat way." And I'll do without my ribbon before I'll walk your way. * Sincerely yours, % O. B. Martin, State Superintendent of Education. This letter is In reply to the follow? ing: "State of South Carolina. "Executive Chamber, ? "Columbia, Oct. 15, 1907. "Hon. O. B. Martin, State Superin? tendent of Education, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I have appointed the Hon. Hayne F. Rice, Aiken, S. C, as a member of the State board of educa? tion to fill the unexpired term of I Prof. J. E. Boland, resigned. Mr. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 16, 1907. Hon. M. F. Ansel, Governor, Co- Rice has taken great interest in lumbia, S. C?Dear Sir: Your letter school matters for years, and I feel notifying me of the appointment of sure that he will male a very useful Mr. H. F. Rice, of the Aiken Bar, as member of the board of education, a member of the State board of edu- "Yours very truly, cation was promptly received. So you j ??M. F. Ansel. Governor." jgV have succeeded in appointing a law- The breach between the governor yer and also in not consulting the of- ^nd the superintendent of education fleer who is responsible to the p?ople js much regretted for more reasons for the conduct of the educational than one, and as it is of some practi affairs of the State. 1 wish that it cal and political importance, the sit were possible for me to think of your uatlon may be reviewed to some ad action in this whole matter other .vantage. 1 than as small-minded, officious and pernicious. I prefer to think of the Blackheads, blotches and pimples governor of my State SS liberal-mind- are caused by the improper action of ed, potential and statesmanly. I note that you say that Mr. Rice has taken an Interest in school mat the bowels. Hollister's Rocky Moun? tain Tea regulates the bowels, makes your complexion clear and beautiful, ters. Likewise many of our school jgives you that healthy look. 35 cents, J men have taken an interest In law, (tea or tablets. Sibert's Drug Store. but it does not follow that they should be put upon the supreme bench. They are hardly competent to ex? amine applicants for admission to the bar and to discharge the numer? ous complicated, but technical, duties of the supreme court. To take a charitable view of the sit Palnt Exhibit Saturday. The DuRant Hardware Co., of our city, together with the Southern Gi? braltar Paint & Rooflng Co., of Char- ^ leston, S. C, will give a uniq?e and interesting exhibit here next Satur uatlon. I believe you utterly fail to|da>*? ?ct- 26th, at 3 p. m. Nothing like it was ever seen here before. A miniature house has been built in rear of the DuRant Hardware Co.'s store, and painted with a paint known as | Gibraltar. It is said to be fire-resist? ing (almost to fire-proof). The house, I built of our fatwood, with door, win? dows, wooden chimney. Is painted from the stock carried by the DuRant Hardware Co., and at half-past 6 o'clock a Are will be built inside and M outside and on a big shingle roof, the W combustible being broken boxes, ex celsion and kerosine oil. If it stands this test (as there is no doubt it will) for similar tests have been given In many cities and towns, as set forth by the press, then there A is no doubt of its sale, as surely there is a great market for it in our beau? tiful city. Many prominent men and capital? ists of Charleston are interested in grasp the duties of a member of the State board of education. Some time ago, when you made your second ap? pointment of a lawyer on this board I characterized your action with such language as seemed, at that time, appropriate. I applied the mus? tard plaster which afterwards seemed rather pungent. The conclusion is now bearing down upon me that you are furnishing a concrete exemplifica? tion of the characterization above re? ferred to. The appointee, whom I shall designate as Lawyer No. 2. happened to be too broadminded a man to accept an appointment in a department whose head had been ig? nored. Appointee Lawyer No. 3. "Prof." Rice, of the Aiken Bar, may be of similar calibre, but if I am to believe the report given to the press concerning his apointment I should say that he is at least ambiguous, amphibious, ambidextrous, ubiquitous' the company and a wholesale house and indeterminate. These character-1 and factory for making the materials istics may appeal to you. has already been made. Everyone As you perhaps know, you have should come and see it tested at at 3 next year the appointment of the re- p. m. Saturday next, maining members of the State board 10-23-w?24-1 of education with the exception of - the secretary', who holds the position The following comparative cotton ex-offlcio as State superintendent of receipts on this market are furnished education, and I have the supreme by the public cotton weighers: Oct. satisfaction of knowing that I do not 20, 1906. 9,782 bales: Oct. 19, 1907, have to sit with them nor be bound j 13,757 boles. This shows an increase by their actions. I wish to give you in this season's receipts over last sea the pleasure of knowing here and now son's of 3,975 bales. that I shall not be a member of that board any longer than is necessary | Specialists are going back *o na for me to discharge my duty an 1 ob- ture's remedies as b'dng the oest. IIol llgations to the people of South Caro- lister's Rocky Mountain Tea has been Una. For two terms T have been elect- nature's best remedy for thirty years, ed State superintendent of education Recommended and usid by specialists, without oppositidn. I have discharg- 35 cents, tea or tablets. Sibert's Drug ed my duties fearlessly and vigorous- Store. Arrived NEW CARLOAD BETTER BUY NOW. Booth Live Stock Co Sumter, S. C, Oct. 8,1907. 9-4, '07 -3m