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CORRESPONDENCE. W% LETTKKS FROM Ol H SP'^ ClAL CORRESPONDENTS. cff Ina<rest From all Part? of ?lev and Adjoin Inn Count lew. ?OTICK TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your Utters so that they will this office not later than Tuea Burning. When the letters are il Wednesday it la almost an Iblhty to have them appear In pai er Issued that day. BROT.DON. Broglon. Nov. 12.?We are In the of a rainy apell. which Is quite a hack ?et to farmers In gathering In the last of their crops and in putting an email grain. Very Ittle cotton is fcelng marketed Just now. some are storing In the warehouses. v%hlle ch? are are holding at home. Several farmers, as yjt, have not sold a baU> ac cotton, while one gentleman has swt even ginned any portion of this p*s crop. Now that Thanksgiving day Is near the year drawing to a close, we tve realry and truly a great deal to i thankful for. Ther? has been no ? destroy what has been made Instead there never was a prattler irmi snd the gathering time was ono could wish for. Indeed an rat nd good crop has been har Ths colored people especial Mi pleased with their year's rhu A good many of them hive* iccounta and are quite happy. While the train from Charleston aaa ptjedng here a few mornings ago. -a aaaa waa seen to leap from a coach herein* his hands tied with a rope. He asm rapidly toward* the woods and good his escspe. It is not whsther he was some one be ftngj taten to the penitentiary or some tauest I r being eent to the asylum. jn?thlif has since been heard of him. |t Wi Indeed gratifying to the com aaanlt" In general to know that the Ore ham congregation have at last ?i to build a manse snd have a Isr of thslr own. Work oea, ths nsge hi eoen to begin. WH lam Brogdon and Marlon Da a of the Snmter graded school are at to spend Saturday and Sunday is has the honor of having, made se hast report this month out of a aea of thirty boys. Clinton and Allard Brogdon at ?de<l Paul Ol I m ore's comedy, "The il of Love." at the Opera Houae week. ? MAYESVILUE. Mayesvllle. Nov. 15.?Ths Floyd isrston company, the second aessaher pf ths lyceum course, appear aal here on Saturday night aad the aantertalnment was enjoyed by all who ' amended, although the audience was an large on account of the weath? er sued the fact that It was Saturday adajbt. too. The performance was a ajsiatcal one mostly, taterspersed with >w asunologues and songs. The lyc?um lass famished good entertainment so Sar and It Is hoped that the next r um nasr a 111 be still more largely patron ? TStm Ladles' Aid Society of the Pret %yt*ri an C hurch will serve an oyster sapper on tomorrow (Tuesday) even? ing for the benefit of funds being rais? es! to put In an artesian well at the parsonage. A good crowd should st? and help '.n thle worthy cause the ladles are striving to acoom ?? I a PRIVATEER. Privateer, Nov 21.?We are having 4 rainy weather now, hut hope it t continue font, a* everything aeems so dull d?rlng had weather. Meter* Willie Nesbltt and Wallace Atkinson Visited at Mr. S. E. Nea 1 last wsek. i Mr. C. T. Neebltt. of Columbls. vls hls parents at Privateer last. Sat? urday and Sunday. Mr. Aahton White Is spending some ttme at Mr. 8. K. Nesbttt'a Mr. B. T. Nesbltt visited st At last week. Mrs. H. W. Prltchard visited near ?(tat s last Sunday. Thanksgiving day la not far oft* now, how many of ua will apend that In thanksgiving? I *m afraid of as will apend It In sp MfJhMJ d of thanksgiving, as such Is al the case. BETJLAH. Beoiah, Nov. 21.?Rev. Woodson. f Manning, left Beulah Saturday ?rnlng, after preaching several In? aaar? sting and Inspiring sermons. Rev. ?nholm continued the meeting till anday. Seven members were add I to the church. Misses) M. Smith. Alice Williams id HUen Carraway. who teach here, aght on Saturday Instead of on Frl after Thanksgiving. Th?t Methodists and Presbyterian* re handsome new church buildings Th? Baptists have a lot on which . hulld in the near future. Wf SACKT. wiaacky. Nov. 2ft.?Th" farmers, who have not finished plantinK oats, regret to see these continued rains we leave been having for the past week. All farm work Is over now, except some scattering cotton. The health of the community Is very good at present. Mr. Clifton Leddlngham has gone to Timmonsvllle on a business trip. Miss Dora Williams, of Ocala Fla., after spending a year with relatives and friends in this State, will leave on the 25th for her home In Fla., to the gnat regret of her many friends and relatives. She will be accompanied by her cousin. Miss Berta Williams, of Eastover. They will stop In Char? leston for a few days. Mrs. Perclval Stuckey, of Bishop vllle, visited relatives here a few days since. Master Myron Smith has gone to Camden to visit relatives there and in the country. The teachers of the Wlsacky school taught the pupils on Saturday in or? der to give them a longer vacation to attend the carnival In Bishopville. MAX. Max. Nov. 25.?I failed last week to say Miss Annie Truluck atended the W. M. Union as a delegate from Bethel's W. M. S.. which convened in Columbia. She reports a pleasant and inspiring meeting. A fine mule belonging to Mr. B. F. Brocklngton was missing from his stall Sunday morning. It. is supposed that the mule wa? stolen. Mr. J. D. Moore is home from Ookesbury College to recuperate af? ter a severe attack of measles. Mrs. Eunice Tomllnson spent Sat? urday and Sun'day at Mr. J. L. Moore's. ANTIOCH. Antloch, Nov. 25.?The weather has at last faired off. We have had sev? eral days of very had weather and ve are glad to see the sun shine once more. Gathering Is at a standstill at pres? ent but there will be a little more cotton to pick a little later on. There was a hot supper at the home of Mr. C. 8. Evans on last Friday night for the benefit of Pisgah Bap? tist church. It was a very rainy night and so consequently t?ere was not a very large crowd, but they seemed to have plenty of money, Judging from the profits. . A box supper and hot supper com? bined will be given at the home of Mrs. M. C. Brown for the benefit of the parsonage at Smlthvllle on next Thursday night (Thanksgiving night.) The public Is cordially invited. This is carnlvsl week In Bishopville and some of the folks around here in? tend going and taking it in. Messrs. Marvin Weldon and Law? rence White spent last Friday in Cam? den. Mr. Olln Munnerlyn Is spending some time with his brother, Rev. 8. W. Munnerlyn, at Bethune, 8. C. Mr. Howard Davis is spending this week in Bishopville. Rev. T. T. Inablnet passed through our beat this morning on his way to conference. He seemed very cheeri'ul and said that he would report a clear sheet at conference. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weldon have gone to Sumter today. Mr. Walter White visited at Luck now last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Marvin Weldon, our greatest sportsman, visits lots of late. He visited at Mr. T. M. Grlers on yester? day and wants people to think that he lust wonted to see Mr. Grler's new house, but we all know that those 'blue eyes there" have more attrac? tions than any kind of a new house. The Poor Editor. A little boy in town Was given the task by his father bf wilting an essay on editors the einer day, and the fol? lowing was the result of his effort: "I doat know how newspaper* come la fee in the world. I think the editor is one of the missing links you read of and stayed in the bushes until after the flood; and then came out and wrote the thing up and has been here ever since. I don't think he ever dies. I never saw a dead one and never heard of one getting licked. Our paper Is a mighty poor un: the editor goes without underclothes all winter, don't wear no socks, and paw hain't paid his subscription In more than five years. If the editor makes a mlrtake he has to apologise for It, but If the doc? tor make a mistake he buries It. If the editor makes one there Is a la* suit, swearin' and the smell of sulphur, but If the doctor makes one there Is a funeral, cut flowers and the smell of varnish. "A doctor cap use a word a yard long 'thout knowing what It meuns. but If the editor uses It he has to .??pell It. "If a doctor goes to see another man's wife he chsrges for the visit; but if the editor goes he gets a charge of buckshot. "When a doctor gets drunk, it's a csse oaf 'overcome by heut,' and If he dies, It's 'h?*art trouble.' When the editor get-< drunk It's a case of too much b )OXe. and if he dies It's a cas.? of dellrlm tremens. "Any old college can make a doctor. "You can t make an editor, he has to be born." MANY PERISH IN FLAMES. I - anew vork tbnkmknt hol sk a death trap, Thirteen People Wore Hurried to Death.?Fire Is Thought to He Work of du*? mlltii'y. New York. Nov. 25.?Thirteen per? sons lost their lives and several other! writ" Injured early today In a ten? ement house tin' at One Hundred and Ninth street, and Second avenue. All the dead wit** Italians. Seven of the 13 were children. The bodies were found huddled together in rooms on the top floor of the four-story build? ing, where the terror-stricken people had been driven by the flames, whie.ii rushed up from the lower floors. They had succumbed before they could reach windows which led to thu flro escapes. Some had been enveloped In the flames and burned alive. Oth? ers, overcome by smoke, were spared the agonies of death in the flames. That the fire was the work of in? cendiaries who sought revenge If tin opinion of the police and firemen, who made the first hasty examination. Three weeks ago three Italians were caught in the act of attempting to rob a safe in the saloon of Gulseppe Cudano, on the ground floor. Ihe safe contained over $2,000. which the sa? loon keeper's friends had withdrawn from banks during the money panic. The would-be robbers were arrested and are now awaiting trial. The fire of today started la Cunado's saloon and the police believe that it may have been the work of friend? of the prisoners, who took this means of squaring the account with the saloon keeper. Fitness for the Farm. Farming was once an almost univer? sal occupation, but ft is now a special? ized calling, like any other, and a cer? tain fitness for it is as necessary as it Is for business, law or medicine. Peo yplc, farms and the modes of fitting the people for the farms vary so widely that one finds It difficult to adjust mat? ters properly. There are some people who could not be fitted for any farm; and there are some farms for which no one could be fitted; and there is a certain kind of fitting that would ruin any person for any farm. If a person is properly fitted for farm life the fitting of the farm to himself will follow. The improvement of the farm follows If the farmer has been educated for his work. The farm cannot be attractive unless one has been educated for it; one cannot be? come attached to any pursuit unless he feels that he understands it and can make of it a success. To make a success of farming one must know it as a trade; he should be as good a business man as the merchant; he should be practical in his methods of thinking and reasoning. If one has fitted himself for farm life, he will understand the methods ot making the farm attractive and pro? ductive. It will be his place of busi? ness and his home. He will study Its weak and strong points, its capacities and its peculiarities, and he will come to know by experience and good Judg? ment how to manage the different parts Of it to the beut advantage, each will keep a detailed account each year, as any other business man will do. He will study probabilities, the markets, the demands and sources of supply, and he will keep his mind open for all new ideas. One properly fitted for the farm will lead in all that tends to the im? provement social, political and educa? tional, thus helping to develop a rural life of wholesome and satisfying sur? rounding*, A large quantity of liquor has re? cently been seised in various parts of Orangeburg county. Tom L Johnson may now take his ear from the ground and smile. The St. Louis Democratls club, "represent? ing 10,000 voters," nas adopted a res? olution proposing the mayor of Cleve? land for president of the United States.?New York Sun? Man never Is but always is to be? gin saving. Women would eat health food if it was labeled beauty restorer. A girl can't help looking coquettish even at a man's picture In a news? paper. Boston Globe: The porous shirt? waist Is going out of business for a while. The porous plaster is fash? ionable now. It is a wonder babies don't learn to swear before they can speak as a re? action against the kind of language that Is talked to them. Phlladelphlt Telegraph: Bven a turkey doesn't OUt much lee unless It is well dressed. Washington Herald: Somehow, we don't seem to hear anybody criticis? ing Ihe looks of Uncle Sam's money from an artistic point of view these days. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWb. Items Of Interest Condensed und Par? agraphed for Quick Heading. An incendiary fire in Clinton de? stroyed the dwelling of Mr. lt. J. Bur? gen. Two men and 1100 gallons of "moonshine" were captured in the "Dark Corner" of Greenville county. The trustees of the South Carolina Industrial School at Florence held a meeting on Wednesday in Columbia. Saul Witherspoon, colored, was kill? ed at Georgetown by Thomas Farrelly. He was shot through the ankle and bled to death. A warehouse at Pelzer Cotton Mills was partially destroyed by fire. Very little cotton was in tht warehouse and the loss is not heavy. J. C. Young, of QreenvUle, was awarded a verdict of $1.000 against the Southern Road for injuries re? ceived about one year ago. A negro child was burned to death at Johnston by being left alone in the house. It is reported that county treasurers are refusing clearing house certificates for the payment of taxes. It is said that such certificates cannot be re? ceived acocrding to the law of the State. Two bear cubs were captured in the Santee swamps and are being exhibited in Manning. Examinations for civil service po? sitions will be held in Columbia on December 11 and 12. Only six R. F. D. routes in this State handled over 25,000 pieces of mall for the quarter ending June 30, 1907. W. O. Bradley, an Abhtovile man, died of paralysis in Washington. He was employed in the 3cae> Depart? ment. A young white man of Gaffney has confessed to rdbbing a railroad car of the Southern and has implicated several others. The handsome school building at Bamberg was destroyed by fire Tues? day morning. The building was val? ued at $15,000. Mr. Wm. A. French, of Wilmington, died in Florence county on Tuesday while hunting on his son's plantation. Lee Dc rn and George Banks, col? ored, were shot and killed by Mill edge Silas, also colored, at a hot sup? per at Ridge Springs. Mr. Furman Moody of Darlington, was shot and wounded by an unknown party in a corn field while out hunt? ing. Capt. Robert W. Frick, aged 71 years, is dead at his home at Chapin. He was one of the first promoters of that town. Lewis Conner and Barkley Rush, of Orangeburg county, had a shooting affair at Melicans station on Thursday and renewed it later in the evening, when Conner was killed by Rush. The National Loan and Exchange Bank of Columbia has negotiated a loan to the Anderson Traction Co., for the purpose of completing the line between ftelton, Anderson and Green? ville. Rev. Howard L. Jones, D. D., of the First Baptist Church of Chatta? nooga, has accepted a call to the pul? pit of the Citadel Square Baptist Church in Charleston. The number of letter carriers in Spartanburg* have been increased ow? ing to the large amount of mall being handled. The city of Torkville has decided to issue bonds in the sum of $25,000 for the purpose of installing a water? works plant. Lewis B?rt?n* A Xewberry county negro, convicted of burning barns, has been sentenced to be hanged. Decem? ber 21, The Farmers' Bank and Trust Com? pany has been organized in Lancaster with a capital stock of $25,000. , Sam Porcher colored, was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line train near Charleston and killed. The Klrven case, a suit against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, in Darlington, was non-suited by the court. Luther Durham, who was arrested In Greenville on the charge of op? erating an illicit still, has been re? leased on bond. State Superintendent of Education Martin would have all examination papers for teachers' certificates pass? ed upon by the State board of educa? tion. Preseley Bros.' grocery store and the general merchandise store of Young & McDIll, at Due West were destroyed by fire. The total lose Is estimated at $15,000. A commission was issued the Bank of Swansea Friday, the capital stock to be $20.000. The truck farmers around Charles? ton have lost heavily by frost, the splendid bean crop being a total loss Governor Ansel was asked to par don Peter Brewer, convicted of homl clde hi Kershaw County, five days af ter the death of the prisoner. EH Beck, of Darlington, lost hi. house by tire Saturday ni^ht. Hi made a fire in the heater and went to j editorial charge of the Pee Dee Ad si. ep and when he awoke he had to vocate. hustle to get out of the Hanns. George P. Holler, a well known bus? iness man, died at his home in Rock Hill. An injunction has been secured against Vincent Chlcco of Charleston, restraining him from selling liquor or allowing his place to be used for drinking liquor. A warrant has be~n issued in Co? lumbia for the arrest of F. \V. Bent ley, who is wanted in that city on the charge of manipulating several crooked deals with banks and busi? ness men. W. M. Maddox, a farmer living near Donald's, lost nine bales of cot? ton, 400 bundles of fodder, buggy, harness and cotton seed hull.s and meal In a fire that destroyed his narn. A disastrous fire at Due West on Saturday morning was fought valiant? ly by Erskine College students. The preliminary work on the Geor? gia-Carolina road which is to connect Anderson with Athens was com? menced Monday. 4 A delegation of business men of Charleston are attending the national drainage conference in Baltimore. A case has bfen made out in the police court in Charleston against Mayor Rhett's automobile on the charge of exceeding the speed limit. The South Carolina branch of th National Red Cross Society met in Charleston Monday. Dr. R. Williams, Sr., one of the oldest citizens of Kershaw county, is dead at his home in Camden. Robert Connelly, a Bamberg coun ty negro has been lodged in jail charged with killing his wife. He claims the shooting was accidental. W. F. Caldwell has resigned as sec retary and treasurer of the chamber of commerce at Chester to assume It is reported that the R. and W. road will use the C. and VY. <\ iragk from Spartan burg to Charleston. An unknown negro man was man gted by a freight train on the Charles? ton & Western Carolina road near Fairfax. Commissioner Watson Is receiving many letters from people in the North who are thinking about set? tling in this State. REMOVE THE CAUSE. i How to Keine*Iy Much of the Suffer? ing in siimter. tel'j rre There is hardly a family in Sumt< where there are not one or man members who suffer at times from the effects of a weak stomach. It may be that this occurs only af? ter eating some food that does not agree, or because of a supper late at night; or it may be that the stomach! s so we? k that scarcely any food can be eaten without pain and distress. The only way to treat a condition of this Mnd successfully is with Mi o-na. It removes the cause of indi? gestion, weakness of the muscles of the stomach and bowels, and restore the whole digestive system to healti and strength so that it .takes care df all the food that is eaten. Get w<ill and strong by using Mi-o na tables. Take the remedy at the first symptom of indigestion, when you can be cured easily with a few>| doses. However, no case of stomach trouble is too severe or chronic for Mi-o-na to overcome. J. F. W. DeLorme sells it under an absolute guarantee to refund the money unless it cures. A 50-cent box lasts for a couple of weeks, and wills do more real good than a dozen' boxes of the ordinary digestive tab? lets. 11-27&29&W PUBLIC SALE, i While in Kentucky I arranged witb^an expert of THOROUGHBRED HORSES to boy 28 colts, yearlings and 2-year olds. The Colts will arrive here on Saturday, Nov. 80tb, and will be sold at Public Auction Wednesday, Dec. 4th, 1907. \ Make your arrangements to be'at sale as Colts will positively be sold. Catalogue and full description will be furnished on application to W. M. GRAHAM. " $S*Sale Commences at 10 O'clock Sharp. 3 NOTICE OF SALE *-AT-* THE YELLOW STORE Cor. Council St. & Oakland Ave. .Commencing. 9 A. M. Monday, DECEMBER, 2nd. This stock of Merchandise consisting of, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Caps, includ? ing, Groceries and too many things to mention now will be sold at ACTUAL COST until stock is sold out, ?:- -?- -> Strictly cash, nothing charged or sent out^ on approval. -:- ??- m> This stock is all New and Up-to-date. Iam going in other business and need the cash, and will exchange goods for cash. Call and be con? vinced that it'a no fake. The entire stock was bought for cash and all bills were discounted, therefore, you get the entire benefit of same I will sell all the stock to one person, also rent them the store, if desired. R. H. B1GHAM, Prop.