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UDTTKRfl FROM OVK SP*% ClAL CORRK8PON DENTS. at InaTcex Fro mi all parts of and Adjoining Conn tint, TO CORRESPONDENT* your lottorn ao that they will that office not later than Tues When the letters are Wednesday It la almost an to. have them appear In issued that any. i. Nov. 25 ?With all the help the government and others, the fl situatlon grows worse. The seems to be losing confidence ih other, for the nation h*< * trun? out of the good old paths of right I high-tone living to a money mak r and money worshiping people. So 1 us the farmers are ? concerned, have been so long regarded as rare of wood and drawers of water nur other people, that what they aay an? do, don't count In the business worth a cent, but as long as ''make all their notes due at one and try to live aa rich people on people's money, they are put sticks In the hands of the gam to crack their hands. Catton la about all gathered. It Is abort. No oats planted bare as and not many will bo sown. people whooppone prohibition ao on the ground largely that It won't ?hibH?and they need the money to i the coun leg. Putting people In I and on i he public works don't %> crime, but we have to do ao to our < Irl fixation or we will go a naif barbarous state of society, toy drinking la one of the ggeat of the day and Is destroying people In our country today any thing else. How people can thela^ald to help rid the State <mt this evil In one of the mysteries, nanoclally when all efforts to Improve ?uns situation haa failed. Nou} let it fMrn dike Georgia and Alabama. Money an? no money In retaining it. Mr. T. 8. Dun lap sold his place here asnd left two weeks ago 1% locate some eins.. Since then he has1 not beard from and his wife and ids are anxious about him. ?ev. T. U Cole preached a fine ser at Piece h church yesterday. He )bed on the financial conditions of country. He will move here next and will he a moat valuable a<s Itton to ear neighborhood. The hot suppsr at Mr. C. T. Evans' mt Friday ever ing was a success. The kept mans* away, but a number ided. and they had a nice time, supper was fine aad truly * en being prepared by master Isaa as On many occasions Mr. and Snt Evans have opened their home an their always kind and hospitable annaner to the churches to hold these amtertaln merits and have the thanks ad all for their kindness. Mrs. Evans #j n lady of great energy and broad views and spares herself tpenee and trouble to make these tain men ts a success. In the last she was ably assisted by Mes H. H. KvaV J. Olllls and M. O. Hawhlna^Nellle and An Burket. ? Music was furnished ^ne evening by Mrs. G. T. Mies Rosalie Evans. T . M ti, Harold Bradley snl Clinton LYNCHB?RO. Iqrnchnurg. Nov. 2?.?Thomas fgmrx the seven-months^old child at Mr. and Mrs. Jno.'A. Du Rant of ghia place, died yesterday mornlnK after an lllnesn of about *lx days. He Nturae taken desperately Til fvom the ?mt with bronchitis and suffered greatly. He waa the only child In the family, and hi* parents have lost Heavily. Yet they bear It bravely. They have the sympathy and kind sens of many friends. - DARK CORNER Dark Corner. Nov. SO.?As I have not written In sometime, I will write a line this morning. We have beer havinx a good deal of rain and cloudy 'weather lately, which I? bad on those that are not through gathering their notion. ? Hews Is uncomeatable. Nearly ev? erybody stays at home and eats their awn potatoes. So we hear nothing from anywhere. Some ofNthe sports an> out of nights and bring In nome of ana ring and scaley tailed (coons and *nsMum?> tribe. I have heard of woe young man near Paxville having aaught thirty-three coons this fall al awady. Thanksgiving Day passed off very ajnletly her* I heard a great many gran* firing, but have not heard what back the sportsmen had. Mr. snd Mrs. Ben Ueddings, of Ptoewood, spent Thursday with Mr. gmd Mrs W. J. Ardls. Wash Scott, of Cane Savannah, ?pent last Monday night at his father gu-taw's. It. pink Weeks. Qua ar.d Dud Weeks visited Mr. H. *W. Prttchard last Tuesday evening. John H. Ardls ?h?ssd his c ?usln. W J. Ar II?, last Sunday. Old man ST. J. ArdU hau been on nuny list for two or three weeks. Ol but Is better at this writing. Dud Weeks had a severe chill last Wednesday night, but has not had any more. So far there are no others sick to report. . Some one shot a valuable dog be? longing to Mr. Eddie Avin, of Priva? teer, a few weeks ago. Well, Mr. Editor, I guess I will ring off here as a scribbler for your valu? able papers, as I feel that it costs you more than what my work is wurth. MAX. Max. Dec. 2.?Thanksgiving Day passed off very quietly about here. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Goodman invited a few relatives to djne and turkey and other good things were enjoyed. Miss Annie Truluck and her sister, Mrs. Lena Keels, visited the James? town Exposition recently. The roads are getting in bad con? dition. Some of the bridges are be? ing repaired. Mr. Reuben Carraway and Miss M. J. Dennis were married last Sunday by Rev. Beadenbaugh, all of Pine Grove. A social party was given last Thurs? day night at Mr. Lawrence Tart's. PRIVATEER. Privateer, Dec. 2.?Thanksgiving Day passed oft quietly without any accidents to the numerous bird hunt? ers. There are plenty of birds this season, and but very few were killed Thanksgiving Day. Miss Hennie May Bradford will have an oyster supper at the Mellette school house Friday evening, the 6th Instint, for the benefit of the school. Madam rumor says that we will have some new neighbors and that some of our old ones are going to move away. Miss Mamie Parson spent Thanks? giving at her home in Darlington. J Mr. E. W. Rivers spent several days the past week with relatives In Elloree. ^ Mrs. Legrand, who Is visiting at Mr. S. A. Harvln's, is very ill. 8TATKBURU Stateburg. Dec. 2.?Miss Mary .Brunson. of 8umter, has been the guest of Miss Sarah Moore for the past few days. ' Mr. Early Mellette spent Sunday at home. Mrs. 8. E. Nelson and Miss Lottie Nelson are visiting Mrs. F. II. Mc Leod in Florence. Rev. W. H. Barhwell is visaing friends at Hagood today. Mr. R. M. Anderson, of Richmond, Va,. spent last week with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Anderson, at "HIM Crest/* Mrs. James Plnckney and Misses Nannie and Amy Moore spent several days in Sumter last week. Masters Hall Ramsey and Harrison Saunders, of the Sumter high school, spent their few days holiday at theii homes here. Mrs. R. M. Cantey expects to leave on Wednesday to visit relatives in Camden. Mr. Sidney Burgess, of Sumter, is visiting relatives in our midst. Mr. W. J. Norris and Miss Hattie Xorrls spent today in Sumter. Mrs. M. S. Burgess, of Sumter, spent a" few days here last week with Mrs. Scrlven Moore. Miss Vina Mellette. ?vho is teaching school near Sumter, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Misses Anna Burgess and Lee Moore are to give a hot supper on Friday evening at the home of Mr. IffStell Moo:v. Everybody is invited to come and partake of the many ?ood things provided for the want* of the "inner-man." Supper will be served from 6 until 1J:30 o'clock. The proceed" of the entertainment will go towards im? proving Misses Burgess' and Moore's school house. Everybody come and help out a good cause. / TINDAL. Tlndel. Dec. 3.?Thanksgiving day wss observed as a holiday by most of the people In this neighborhood. Mr. Joseph Pack, who has for some time been In declining health, died at his home In this section on Saturday afternoon. The funeral services wer?' held at Providence church on Suhday. Mr. Hugh Hodge Is spending some time at Woodruff, S. C. Mr. T. H. HSrvln, of Silver, spent several days in the neighborhood last week. Mr. C. M. Wltherspoon spent Satur? day in Sumter. Miss Bessie Hodge spent Thursday In Manhlng. Raymond Ehrhardt was acquitted by a Colleton county Jury of the charge of murdi-r, killing Joe Cook. The county board of Alken has be? fore It a petition for the establish* ment of a county dispensary. Mr. W. P. Calne, of I*iur? ns. died fr >m the effects of a d MM of notltox Irie. The State officials are getting their annual reports\|n shape for presenta? tion to the Stale legislature. ?SYtiN JURY UNABLE TO AGREE. WILLIAMS' CASK MUST BE TRIED AGAIN. Columbia Man Charged With Robbery And Assault in Texas Must Face Another Jury.?Ball Will Probably Be Granted. San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 2.?The Jury in the Williams robbery case re? ported to the 37th district court thif= morning that a non-agreement was the result, a deliberation lasting two days and three nights, and were dis? charged by Judge Ed war Dwyer. Failing to make a report in the time allowed by law, the court called the Jury at 9:30 o'clock, at which time Rufus Williams, the defndant, charg? ed with robbing Mrs. Sallie A. Gibson, of Columbia, S. C. of $61,000, assault? ing her with firearms, was brought into court. A canvass of the vote of the Jurors developed that 11 were for acquittal and one for conviction. The situation completely alters the seri? ousness of Williams alleged crime and makes It a bailable offense. McAskill & Sallaway, counsel for Williams, will probably petition/Judgt Dwyer on Wednesday morning to fix Williams' bond. Another trial will now be necessary before Williams will know what hi.? immediate future ha* In store for him. The, defendant wtoile elated ovei the standing of the Jury, Is stilhjdeeply concerned over the result. He says he felt very near freedom and at the same time far from being free. The new trial can not be held before the January term of the 37th district court. It la understood that some in? teresting discussions took place in the Jury room and that during the earlier hours of deliberation debates among the jurors waxed warm. In an argu? ment between two Jurors, one for ac? quittal and one for conviction, while the Jury stood ten to two for acquittal, heated words passed and a fist en? counter was only averted by the in terferance of other jurors. It is said that the testimony of Mrs. Gibson, the prosecuting witness, did not prove as Incriminating as expected. L. A. Harper was foreman of the jury and presided over the discussion,, but no formal report was made by him with the exception of the verbal information that the jury had failed to agree. Williams was taken back to his cell after the report from the jury tras received. It is believed that if a reasonable bond 1* fixed, that Wil? liams will gain temporary freedom Wednesday. / The report of the jdry has created much comment and has changed many opinions relative to the case. THE NEW TRAIN SERVICE. Orangeburg-Lanes Train Goes on to Florence; . ?Sumter-Betmetteevlllc Train to McColl. The following from The State will be of interest to the traveling public In general.: "The railroad commission he.s re? ceived a letter from General Manager Jfrerily of the Atlantic Coast Line, stating that the train extension de? sired on the lines in the Pee Dee sec? tion will bev placed in operation as or? dered, i Mr. Kenly thinks the extension will be a heavy expense to the road, but states, however, thrft he will put the service in operation by December \h. The orders are that the trains run at least six months and If a loss is shown In that time they shall be discon? tinued. The train from Orangeburg to Lanes will be extended to Florence and the pasenger train leaving Sum? ter every evening ' for Kennettsville will be run* on through to McColl. This will permit connections hereto? fore Impossible." Books to Cost $100,000. Announcement is made that Cobden Sanders, the eminent English author? ity on bookbinding and personal friend of William Morris, is now en? gaged in binding a set of John Rus kin's works for Mrs. Harold F. Mc Cormick, of Chicago, the daughter of John D. Rockefeller, which, when completed, will be the finest and most valuable edition of Ruskin in exist? ence. While neither Mrs. MeCormick nor Mr. Sanders would make any state? ment as to the value of the work, It Is estimated by the best authorities on bindings and first editions that When completed the Ruskin set, con? sisting of some thirty volumes, will reach $100,000 in total monetary value. The December term of the federal eourt convened in Charleston Mon? day. The new owners of the Columbia baseball club have applied for a new charter. General Manager Ackert, of the Southern road, will appVar before the railroad commission in Columbia today and explain why new rails fthnve not been laid between Spartan burg and Columbia. soi i n Carolina n t:\vs Hems of Interest Condensed und Par ngi n plied for ()uiek Heading. Hub Evans is in the second race for mayor of Newberry. The Smith Carinval Company lost a valuable bear at Georgetown. The bear died of too much fat around the heart. Union will vote on the dispensary question on Dec. 27. Judge Aldrloh has resigned on ac? count of ill health. The citizens of Summerville have voted in favor of establishing a high school. The Presbyterian congregation of Bishopville will erect a handsome newj church. The chamber of commerce at Co? lumbia has apropriated $5,000 for ad? vertising Columbia and entertaining visitors. The chamber of commerce of Co? lumbia has passed resolutions asking the government to build a larger post office in Columbia. State Superintendent of Education Martin in his annual report to the legislature will urge higher salaries for the county superintendents of edu? cation. Wilf Burton, aged eight years, was jadly burned In a cotton gin In Xew berry county. Lint cotton caught Are tnd before the blaze was extinguished young Burton received burns that may cause his death. a Greenville county jury in the case of James Hughey vs. the Pied? mont Manufacturing Co., returned a verdict for the defendant. Hughey brought suit for damages in the sum of $16.000. Gov. Ansel attended a meeting of the trustees of Winthrop College held In Rock Hill Wednesday. D. W. Alderman, a wealthy lumber dealer of Clarendon county, has brought suit against the treasurer of Clarendon to recover the amount of money paid as Income tax. J. G. Talley, storekeeper and gaug er In the United States revenue ser? vice, died in Columbia. Mr. W. F. Hughes, of Union, died suddenly on Sunday. The citizens of Benhettsville are stirred up by a bold bad man who j delights In peeping through shutters at women. ? J. C. McLemore, of Charleston, while handling a pistol, was acci? dentally shot in the head. The wound may prove fatal. % Joseph McCullough, of Greenville, may be appointed special judge to try the famous Southern Railway merger case. A. G. Kollock, of pafliugton, has been elected treasurer of the Chciuw Cotton Mill, recently organized with a capital stock of 5i .0,000. Jas. Dilllngham, of New Y<rk, is presi? dent. 1 Ed Burgess and Moses McCain, two Lake City negroes, quarreled over a load of wood, which resulted In Bur? gess striking McCain in the head with a board, killing him almost in? stantly. E. D. Smith president of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association, hn.s been sick for six weeks in a hospital at Florence. It is feared th~t he wil never be a well man again. J. H. McDaniel has been elected Judge of the probate court of Chester county. According to a report of State Superintendent of Education Martin the total enrollment of pupils in the schools of the State last year war 222,189. There are 6,000 teachers in the State, 3,186 school buildings, the total value of which is more than $1, 000.000. A report from Barnwell says thot Col. Robert Aldrlch and Senator Geo. 1 H. Bates will be candidates to suc? ceed Judge James Aldrich, resigned. The Edisto Rifles of Orangeburg will ask to be mustered out of service because the company has changed from th-i second to the third regi? ment. Mayor Rhett, of Charleston, was in Washington and had a conference with Secretary Cortelyou In regard to the placing of government deposits in the n .tior.al banks In Charleston. Senator Latlmer said In Washing? ton thai the first matter he would take up would be a new federal cir? cuit in the western part of the State. Luke Chlsolm, a negro, was hang? ed at St. George for the murder of Uobert Graham at Sumemrville. This Is the first hanging in Dorchester county. Tiger river was thoroughly dragged near Chester for the body of young Albert%G. Ferguson, but his body can? not be found. The missing man was fireman on a Seaboard Air Line train and he mysteriously disappeared from the engin? before reaching th rive". A verdict for $18,000 has hern given tho Allison estate against the South ern Hallway for th?' death of J. W. Al lipon, who was an employe of thi road. The suit was for $W)00. TILLMAX SWORN IN. AU South Carolinian Members Proscnt At Opening of Congress. Washington. D. C, Dec. 2.?The first day's session of the sixtieth con? gress passed off without incident so tar. as the South Carolina delegation is concerned, and when the roll was called in the house and senate all members answered to their names. In the. senate all members whose terms had expired and who had beea re elected since the fifty-ninth congress began were sworn in. Among these were Senator Tillman, who walked up "the senate aisle on the arm of his col? league, Senator Latimer, and took the oath of office for another term of six years. The ceremony was without special incident. All the members of the delegation ?;ay they are here for a hard winer's work, and will plunge into business as ^oon as they can get straightened out. A full list of bills which they propose to introduce will be given soon. Rep? resentatives Patterson and Lever have made arrangements to appear before the rivers and harbors board of the war department in a few days, and will urge that work proceed Imme? 'diately in developing the rivers in the 2nd and 7th congressional district.? News and Courier. BIG TRIAL IS PUT OFF. Harry Thaw Must Wait Until Januar 6.?Jurors at Home For Christmas. New York, Dec. 2.?On "motion of District Attorney Jerome, the second trial of Harry K. Thaw for the kill? ing of Stanford White in Madison Square Roof Garden in June, 1906, today was postponed until Monday, January 6. A special venire of tales? men will report that day for Jury duty. Thaw was not brought Into the court room, but was allowed to stand in the corridor leading from the prisoner's room at the rear, and had an unobs^yed view of the pro? ceedings. His wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, was the only member of the prisoner's family present. She looked much better than she did a year ago. Her face fs plump now, and there is t touch of healthly color in her cheeks. She seemed in high spirits today. The proceedings came up before Tustice Dowllng, of the Supreme Court. ' 0 Defendant was represented by his new leading counsel, Martin W. Lit? tleton and by Daniel O'Reilly and A. Russell Peabody, who served throughout the first trial. Mr. Little? ton opposed the delay, and on behalf of the defendant demanded the right of a speedy trial. Mr. Jerorre requested the dela\ on account of the great difficulty that would be encountered in securing, a Jury with the prospect of being lock? ed up over the holidays staring each taksman in the face. It was neces? sary, he said, for the protection of the Interests of the public and of the de? fendant's counsel that the Jury should be kept in custody throughout the trial. Justice Dowling said that while he favored a speedy trial he believed time and expense would be saved by putting the case over to the fii^t Mon? day in January. THE LAND OF OPI1IR. Wlicre^Was It? In Mashonaluiitl. South Arabia or India? . One of the most interesting Biblical -ites perpetually r.ivites research and persistent 1*/ evades solution. "Where >s the land of Ophir?" Dr. Karl Pet eia at the recnt public meeting In Ber? lin declared emphatically that the famous Biblical region is locat d be? tween the Zambesi and Limpopo riv rs. He told his German audience how he has discovered nany shafts of ancient gold mines, 500 temples, fortifications and other ruins of Phoenician origin. Dr. Peters affirms Ii.it the cokis recently unearthed in Mashonaland belong undoubtedly to the time of King >'oloman. His opin? ion is that no other part of Africa could have exported the ivory, silver ?ind precious stones which are record? ed in the Bible as coming from Ophir. Against this theory, founded as it undoubtedly is on very plausible evi? dence, Bible students are still likely to maintain, on the testimony of Gen. x., 29, that Ophir was a section of South Arabia. Here down to the time of Ezekiel the Phoenicians still landed to procure gold and gems with which those famous sailors and mer? chants of the ancient wocld traded In many countries distant Lorn their Syrian shores. Many erudite Writers have attempt? ed to identify Sofala, on the east coast'of Africa, with ophir. while yet others have learned esssay* written on the subject Is from the pen Of Prof? essor Hommel. who argued that the ancient land of gold was Arabia Felix. Dr. H. T. Orcer and J. B. Mc LnughUn. of St. Matthews, engaged in a flistieuff on" the streets of St. Matthews. They 1 ought and scratch? ed for several miriutes. CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. CHANGES IN METHODIST CHURCH VOR NEXT YEAR. 1 Rev. J. W. Daniel a Presiding Eider? Rev. \Y. B. Duncan Comes to First Church Here, and Rev. J. B. Will son to Magnolia Street. The following are the appointments for Sumter District of the Methodist ^ church for 1908. as read Monday night at the annual conference in Gaffney: Presiding Elder, Waddy T. Duncan; Bethany, T. W. Munnerlyn; Bishop ville, P. A. Murray; Carnden, C. C. Herbert; Heath Springs, E. E. Sharps; Jordan, S. H. Booth; Kershaw, O. A, Jeff coat; Lynchburg, S. O. Cantey^ Manning, D. A. Phillips; New Zlon, E. P. JIutson; Oswego, D. Hucks; Pine wood, J. H. Xoland; Providence, W. B. Gibson; Richland, C. S. Felder; St John and Rembert, L L Inabinet; Sumter, First church, W. B. Duncan; Magnolia Street, J; B. Willson; Sum merton and St. Paul's Station, E. S. Jones; Wateree, W. R. Barnes. Rev. J. W. Daniel, formerly of the First Church of Sumter, has* been made a presiding elder and is located A in Columbia District! Rev. H. W. Bays, formerly presiding elder of Sumter District, has been appointed pastor of Washington Street church, Columbia. Rev. R. D. Bailey, of the Magnolia Street church, this city, will move to Hickory Grove, Rock Hill District. The following are the locations of the presiding elders for 1908: Anderson District?A. J. Cauthen. Charleston District?W. L Herbert. Cokesbury District?J. *C. Roper. Columbia District?J. W. Daniel. I Florence District?P. F. Kllgo. Greenville District?W. W. Dun? can. Marion District?E. O. Watson. Orangeburg District?C. B. Smith. Rock Hill District?R. C. Stock-***; house. Spartanburg District?M, L. Car? lisle. *\] Klngstree District?J. E. CarlUl Sumter District?W. T. Duncan. 1 MEAN BOOSE BEING SOLD. ? _ Officers Say it is Made of Fusel Oil, Potatoes, Acetic Acid and Tobacco. > is 1 Fusel oil, potato mash, acetic acid and tobacco?that* s the "Pittsburg formula," by -which much of the al? leged whiskey vended by the vhlp pocket tigers among the negroes made, according to the police. If this be true, there is no need for alienists, to trace to its cause the homicidal mania and other forms ot emotional insanity which now and then develop among comparatively in? offensive darkies. The constables say that this brand of home-made booze, which is being turned out without the aid of the winding worm or the cop? per ketth? will make a guinea pig spit In a m^3tiff's face any old day. It takes about 48 hours to make the liquor; the stuff Is naturally a dull white, but the addition of an ounce of tobacco to five gallons gives it a beautiful amber tint, resembling that of a fair grade of rye. The fusel oil is generated in the fermentation of the potatoes, which develops ethylic and amylic alcohol. The .staff is most disastrous in its effects, being a subtle, though some? times ilow poison. The taste is any? thing but pleasant to the discriminat? ing palate gnd It requires only a small draught to put seasoned drinks to the turf. The Greenville police have gotten bold of a quart sample, and will send it to Clen son college for analysis. The san e old "Pittsburg Formula" is said* to be in use then*.?Columbia Record. John Coleman has been convicted in Barnwell on the charge of man? slaughter. Gov. Ansel will attend the Xatlonal Rivers and Harbors congress In Wash? ington this week. H. B. Witmore, a Confederate vet eranof Co#garee, is dead at his home at the age of 66 years. \ TO CATARRH SUFFERERS. Good Advice and Liberal Offer Front a Well Known Sumter Druggist. J. F. W. DeLorme is advising all who suffer from-any symptom of ca? tarrh, such as offensive breath, dry ness of the nese, pain across the eyes, stoppage of the nose, discharge and droppings In the throat, coughing spasms and general weakness aad debility, to use Hyomel. He goes so far as to offer to refund the money to any user of Hyomel who ig not perfectly satisffod with the resents. Quick relief follows the use of ihe Hyomel treatment; the stoppage of the nose is removed, the dropping erases, the breath becomes pure and sweet, and the catarrhal germs are (teatroyud and their growth prevent**!. Go to J. F. W. DeLorme today and buy a complete Hyomel outfit for $1 with the understanding that if it does not give satisfaction, your money will jbe refunded. 12-3&6&W