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HUNT, COBBESPOtiDEHCE. rST LBintKU FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of lav From all Parta of and Adjoining; Counties. TO CORRESPONDENTS. I roar letters so that they will thla office not later than Tues mornlng. When the letters are Wednesday It la almost an btnty to have thsm appsar In Issued that day. M A Y ES V11.1 iE. May es vi lie, Deo. It.?The tourna a)st yestsrdsy was attended by a crowd who thoroughly enjoyed event. The successful knight was 8. M. Rhodes, who crowned as queen. Miss Flossie Jenkins, of St. tries. Ths next three successful were Messrs. C. E. Mayes. lea Shaw and Rutherford Ander who chose as malds-of-honor, Ms Edna Sltgreve. of Laurens, le Wilson, of St. Charles, and Battle Mayes, of Mayesville. Miss Fleta Steels, of Yorkvllle, is ?salting Mr?. R. A. Chandler. Misses Annie and Edna Sitgreave. ef Laurens. are visiting Miss Elma Miss Louise MeMurray, of Fort Mill, Is visiting Miss Annie Chaflin. Mr. and Mrs. William Burnstde. of Idrhesland. are on a visit to Mrs. Burn aMe's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Har anon Burgess. htHs S. 1. Grant, of the Winthrop College faculty. Is at home for the awhdays. aliases Fannie Mayes. of Whltevlllo, 3f. C. and Carrie Mayes, of Char I. are visiting their mother, Mrs. L M. Mayes. Mr. J. B. Raffleld, of the Coast Ts auditing force, spent last night an town. atlas Alice Strong, of Walhalla. 4s wnwtlng Miss Alice Coper. Mr. and Mrs. Holley, of Chapln. vis taai Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bland this Mr. R J. Bland and family, of shssnter. are spending today at Capt. J. F. Blend's. r ? ELLIOTT. ' anilott. Dee. if.?Well. Christmas has passsrt without a single shooting pe for Elliott, though we hear of very frequently si: around* Han f pistol < and whiskey are always are on these ooacstooa. We've had Ideal wsather for the . Just cold enough to be picas ar.d bracing. It has been goo*.', fr-r saueege making and curing t for neat summer. In 'riding Sb ths our try ws see a goo I y hogs tinning at large. there will be a lot of them her so. between now and February. Farmers are through with the hvt a work, with ths *x<option of a oats that ire still tc be planted, will new begin preparations toi er year vlth as much or more nrag*ment than any previous >n?v realised r ?od prices for both cot and cotton soed. but with all money seems scarce. I think we nd too much on cotton. Why try poultry, for Instance ? Just k. eggs have been selling for 30 40 cents a dci.eii, and turkeys 16 It cents ?. pound right h:re at doors. Why not plant an acre or of corn, nftsr the Williamson i. Jnat to fesd chlcaers. Ac. and this be sn addition to ths other pe we eaually plant? Then money be coming in after the cotton Is and sll the time until It comes R I* very evident that tbl? Is much neglected. Ws have a few boya and girls home college for the holidays and are several visitors In the neigh od, among them. Mra Odgsr Scott Is on a visit to Mr. MB Mrs. T. D. Du Rant, her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Shaw celebrated silver wedding on the 24th In it. The weather wtu very threat ig all the afternoon, but Just t sunset It cleared off and was a haw* ly svsnlng. There must have been Sst least a hunored guests. The deco Teuton a were pretty, Indeed, (although taw uimst Chrlatmss berries weie aussetng. there being none this winter). After the guests were ali assembled snow. ft. R. Murcblson made an ap? propriate prayer. Then congrstulu tsens and all were Invited In to?not a hand-around affair of the prevent envy, but an old-time wedding supper, esmslstlng of meats. cakcH and fruttH an? all kind. They were the recipients of a nicely assorted collection "of silver presents. Some of the glrN were eyeing ^s** wery closely. Let me whisper in your ?er that there are thrts sous In the family and *ome of these gifts niaj ha headed down some day, you know MAX. Mas, Dsc. 2? ? La?t we. k passed off very pleasantly for gegal folks hers, the time being spent vl?ltlng. hunting and socially. The Christmas tree* >it Ih th- 1 and .N ix reth Her'- pled^ureiihl.. I atons. Mr Zollle Smith and Ml*s Resale Trulurk were married on the gjlef> m*>a jf I??** 2jth Instant, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L, N. S. Truiuek, by Rev. B. K. Tru luck. Mr. DeWitt Tomllnson and Miss Bell wore married Thursday after? noon. The teachers and others of Bculah gave a?* entertainment in the Knights of Pythias Hall last Friday night. The proceeds will go toward buying a piano for the school. The stork w: a unusually welcome recently in leaving a fine boy (their first son) at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Brocklngton The bevy of lov? able sisters are In danger of being eclipsed. Their host of friends rejoice with them. Mr. A. J. Goodman was pleaded to find his splendid gold watch recent? ly. SWhlch had been lost two or three months. Mr. Bryant Smith will leave for the Johns Hopkins Hospital for treat? ment today. By the accidental discharge cf Mi gun Mr. Julius Coker lost a great toe. In consequence he will be confined to his home for some time. Quite a number of young men and girls came home for tlfe holidays. Miss Elsie Neaves, of Greenville, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. K. Tru? iuek. SALEM. Salem, Dec. SO.?Christmas passed off very quietly here. Many thought it very Sunday-like while others spent the time hunting. \ The fire works seemed to be unusually poor. So there was no spec al racket from this source. Several a -cidentis have occurred, but no lives lost. The most serious acci? dent of the season occurred on Satur? day afternot n, while Allen Titus, col? ored, accidentally shot himself in the left side with a load of No. 6 shot. The boy'* statement of the shooting is that he was playing (pranking) with his gun in the house of Matilda James where he had gone, or stopped In while hunting, and the gun was acci? dentally dlschar?"'' in his own hands. From the nature . the wound, the most natural conclusion one could ar? rive at. Is that he and the other chil? dren, who were in the house, were perhaps trying to take the gun from each other. The wound slants -downard, else there would have been no use of a physician's service. Tho wound is se? rious snd may pr>vs fatal. It can be said of him that he is a very good boy, and worthy of any attention he re? ceives. The new year will be ushered in here by a tourname nt at McBrlde & Warren's mill, In which a dosen or more gallant knights will participate. Aiur the boys ha\e done their best, there will no doubt be a dance given In honor of the queen of love and beauty near the scene of disappoint? ment to the unsuccessful ones. There will be s very large crowd In attendance and some good riding is expected. This is to be a free show and all are invited to be and appear at the scene of action on Wednesday, Jan. 1st, 1908, at 11 o'clock sharp or they will miss the first scene. TLNDAJL. Privateer, Dec. JO.?Christina* pass? ed* off very quietly and the farmers are planning another crop. Oats are doing nicely. Miss Ammle Wells, who is teaching In Bennettsvllle, Is spending the holi? days at her father's, Mr. W. G. Wells. Mr. Henry Brown, of St. George's, spent the week end at Mr. G. A. Net? tles'. Mr. C. H. and Miss Elisabeth Mil? ler, of Richmond, Va., are visiting at Mrs. Anna Jackson's. Miss Ward, of Marlon, is spending some time at Mrs. S. J. Bradford's. Misses Katie and Sudie Furman, of Sumter, spent a few clays the past week at Dr. R. B. Furman's. Mrs E. W. Rivers is visiting rela? tives In Elloree. Mr. S. D. Cain and family are vis? iting relatives" in Wllllston. Glad that there is no sickness to re? port at this time. ANSEL SAYS MO EXTENSION. Thinks That Taxes should Be I'akl By First of Year?Halse In Levy. Gov. Ansel yest .-rday announced positively that he would not extend the time for the payment of State tax? es. A number of officials have re? cently written him on the subject and Inquired as to his intentions and after a conference with Comptroller Gene? ral Jones yesterday the governor de? cided that it would be useless \o ex? tend the time. His #*xcelh-ncy think." that the small penalty of 1 per tent In January and an additional of 1 per cent In February wrs fixed so that no hardships would be .vorked on those who are unable to pi y by the first of the year. He also believe* that if the legislature will make an additional 11 vv of 2 mills State taxes Tor three vears the finances will be on a sound hWtatet basis and it will iv?' be nec i aery to borroii ??'tuen lilt.ooeand ||0tt###( the constitutional limit, ev . f) year. After this b?- thinks the levy c in be lowered and with the rise in rateee aftd seoneasleel expenditures the State will save a conshb rable imoent In Interest. GOVERNMENT REPLIES TO THE ST\NDAR1VS PROTEST. The Rig Fine is Ju*t Declares Hie Gov? ernment's Rcpresciitntlvvc anil There Wns Discrimination hy Com? pany. Washington, Dec. 29.?The bureau of corporations has Issued a belated reply to James A. Moffalt. president of the Standard Oil company of In? diana, who declared at the time of the fine of $2^,240.000 was imposed against hiS company by Judge Landis that it was not justified, ks there was no discrimination involved in the late paid on the shipment of the oil from Chicago to east Sf. Louis and that the action of the court was based on a mere technical violation of law. j Commissioner Herbert K'nox Smith presents a statement of facts in op? position to this view, not only to show that a discrimination was practiced, but that it was practiced with the knowledge of the Standard Oil com? pany and of the Chicago & Alton ^rail? road. Referring to Mr. Moffatt's statement the commissioner says- j ' Apparently his position is that, be? cause no one else is known to have paid the published 18-cent late from Whiting to east St. Louis while M< company was paying C cents, there? fore there was no discrimination. On the contrary, this very situation proves that not only was there dis? crimination, but that this discrimina? tion had worked out its logical end so that no one could ship nt 18 cents In compentition with the Standard'* ??ccnt rote. Precisely this, and other secret discriminations in shipments from Whiting, produced that com? plete state of monopoly In the vlcln- j Ity of Chicago which the Standard now calmly designates as 'absence of discrimination.' ] "This rate was a 'rebate* in essence if not in form, and both in esssence and in form It was a discrimination of the most severe and successful form." The per cent, rate given In the un flled ' special billing orYlor," he says, I was no notice to any one of the un- I published 6-cent rate, "nor," he ad'is, I "was it Intended to be." In conclusion the commissioner J says: ' This Alton rate, therefore, was substantially a rebate; was the most effective kind of discrimination be cause it killed out all competition; was secret and was concealed by se- j cret methods; Is sought to be justified I only by another like pecret rate which I also was covered by secret methods; J was only one of a great system of J discriminatory rates practically cov- I erlnjj the country, which the rail? roads dare not maintain In the light of publicity, and in its ingenuity, se? crecy and complete effectiveness con? stitutes as extreme a violation of both the letter and spirit of the anti-re? bate laws as could well b? imagined. "The Standard undersold competi? tors in the great South ?ser t by means I of this * cent rate to the St. Louis gateway and having undersold them and driven them out of that territory it then raised prices to a monopoly figure, so that its markeilnt; concern there was making over 600 per cent, on Its capital stock In IVO!, and for a long series of years its profits had been extortionately high. The^e profits were tlus based on this secret discrimination which had been in existence 15 years. The en loyment of this discriminatory rate was worth many million* of dollars to the Standard, and most emphatically justified the Imposition of a great fine when that rate was flnailv discovered and conviction was secure:! thereon." NO MENACE TO JAPAN. Nippon Is Making Desperate Effort to Put Her Forces on \*ar Foot? ing. Army and Naval Journal. It Is an open secret that Japan Is making vigorous efforts to put her army and navy upon a war footing; for what reason the future will dis? close. Japanese expenditures of money for war material certainly go far be? yond the alleged purpose of repairing the ravages of war. One of two theories must be ac? cepted. The first Is that this war preparation in the East threatens our security. That being the case our fleet should be In the Pacific as soon as possible and without delaying a day for more complete preparation. There is a decided disposition shown in some quarters to pick every possible flaw In tne design and work? manship of our existing battleships. This critical disposition would be more open to objection were It not for the fact that the real character of our battleships is well known to the Jupanese and that they have a much | better opportunity than we have to compare them With their own ships. Assuming on the other hand that the loving disposition the Japanese are said to have, by those who know little about It, to he showing to us n cast Of genuine affection or altrustle regard f<>r the security and pro perlt) of the American Republic, there can in* nothing very alarming in vending oui Anest reasels where they can to tl fy to our ability to meet aggression If undertaken. There cannot be the slightest suspicion in Japan or any? where else in the world that we mean any offense to Japan, except it be in the columns of newspapers seeking occasion for offense against the pres? ent administration. There can by no possibility by any motive ascribed to us that would suggest a warlike diet position. Not only have we every motive to maintain the peace, but be? hind the administration are the peo? ple who would not tolerate any ag? gressive act or aggressive disposition on the part of cur strenuous presi? dent. Let us hope that this is squally true of Japan. If so, the advent of the fleet in Pacific waters will only strengthen the bond of peace between us. Whether they favor or oppose the present cruise of Admiral Evans* fleet, every officer and man of that fleet will do with loyal zeal whatever he can to make that cruise a success. We believe that apart from the disturb? ance in domestic and other conditions, which means discomfort, the youngest men of the fleet look forward to it with pleasure, if not with enthusiasm. Annual Clearance Sale. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. advertise the annual clearance sale of winter clothing. As the patrons of this company know from experience this sale is a bona fide clearance sale to <dose out winter goods to make room for the spring stock. All goods are marked in plain figures and every customer can see the saving on ever> article purchased during the sale. NEW STATE LEAGLE. Sumter, Florence, Orangeburjr, Cam den, Rock Hill, Chester to be In? cluded. There is going to be a South Caro- I Una State League during the season of 1908. The information comes from I Sumter, one of the towns in the league J that will be formed and a member of j the former State Leagues for the past J two seasons. The towns that will most probabl> I be in the new league are as follows: I Sumter, Orangeburg, Camdcn, Flor- I ence, Chester and Rock Hill. The first named two towns have been in the State league since its formation and last year came In one and two or- J der in the pennant race. Camden was In the league the first years of it-J existence and came out in the lead with Guy Gunter at the helm of the J club's affairs. Guy also got a bunch I together for the Sumter club last yea: j that came second to none In the rush I after the pennant. | Florence Joined the State league las season after Darlington gave up her I franchise and remained to the end o* the season. The people In Florence J have been very anxious for a long time I to have the national game in theiv city In organized form . As to the j other towns both of them wished to I have league teams last year and It I was thought that Rock T lilt would! even then be a member of the league, j The Sumter aggregation, It Is stated j will be ready when the time for the 1 opening of the season is at hand. Sec- j reary Farrell, It was further stated, j had written to the Sumter club that I all players on the list last year could j be reserved for the coming season, j There were 14 players with the Sum- I ter team at the close of the season and I these are retained by the management I for the season of 1908. The same I would be true of the other three towns I that were In the State league at the I close of the season of 1907. The State league, composed of the I towns mentioned above, is practicallj j an assured fact. According to In? formation obtained direct from one of I the officials of the league all but two j of these towns had put up the neces- I sary forfeit money and have pl2dge?i to be members of the reorganized I State league. The people of the State are very I much Interested In the State league and all the fans are anxious for it to j be going again next year. Last season I the race for the pennant in the South J Carolina league was closely followed I by the lovers of the great national j game. The class of baseball put up 1 in the games was of a high order and many of the State league players I could land In higher company. Th< four managers of the teams j ?.hat were in th?t league when the sea- J son wound up were: Guy Gunter, of the Sumter club. Frank Moffett. Flor? ence; John McMakln, Spartanburg. and Carbon Buesse, of Orangeburg. Gunter is now In Sumter, where he Is engaged In business, but the opening of the season will no c]oubt find him With the Came Cocks of the State league. Moffett, who brought tin Chattanooga team to this State for the Florence club last year, is at his home in Knoxvllle. Beusse is down In Georgia, where he has | farm near Athens and McMakin is n Spartan? burg. which town is now a m< mber of the new North and South Carolina league. The towns that will probably make up the circuit are so placed on the map ?hat the Jumps will he ?hon and therefore expenses will be cut down considerably. The league should be a success from every standpoint.- Th< State. MOTTOES OX MONEY. France Ahead of 1 loose wit m Erasing Words of Pletjr.?Maxime Uaed on Papal Coins. (From the New York Tribune.) President Rooaevelt is not the only head of a government who in recent years has caused the removal of the motto on the coin of his country. The men who are ruling France in ihe earlier part of this year decreed that the exhortation "Dieu protege la France!" (God protect France) shall not appear on the coins of the French Republic to be minted henceforth, as It does on the present coins. The ex? planation for France's action m the matter may be found in the fact that the European republic is at present under the absolute regime of radicals and anti-religionists, who have rele? gated everything pertaining to the Bible or religion to the backgrourd. President Roosevelt's actiDn, accord? ing to a statement given out at the White House was inspired by feelings of reverence for the words "In God We Trust" and his opinion that the placing of the same on coins tends to cheapen it. In this connection it may be of in? terest to know that for conturies the Popes expressed in Eiblical phrases or moral sentences*, lessons of charltj or kindness in the legends stamped on their coins. These coins have been out of circulation for a long time, but the Popes evidently believed that the Instruments of charity should be re? garded as preaching a sermon on charity. It would be impossible to relate here more than a few of these brief ser? mons which the Popes preached to the people over whom they ruled and which undoubtedly contributed to the exercise of the virtue of charity which was thus so universally inculcated. The inscriptions are all in Latin, and each almost fills the reverse side of the pieces, whether gold or silver. "There is no one wickeder than the miser," is the pronouncement made by a gold scudo (or crowrn) of Pope In? nocent XI, who filled the Papal chair from 1676 to 1689. Another coin of the same Pontiff ,a half scudo in value, says, "The miser will not be filled," and still another bears the phrase, "The things pre? served perish." And of how little use money will be when the curtain falls on life is brought home to the minds of most men by the warning that speaks from coins of Innocent XI: "They will not profit thee In the day of Judgment." The pontificate of Innocent XI, thougn only 13 years in duration, seems to have been rich in the variety and beauty of the sayings on the coins is? sued. "He that loves gold will not be saved" is the motto cn a golden crown and another reads, "He who trusts in riches will fail." The same Pontiff .'.sks: "What doth it avail a man? What doth it avail a fool?" and the question, meeting you on a coin, has a vpedal directness that one cannot avoid. Innocent XII speaks touchingly to those whose hearts are fixed on the accumulation of wealth when, on a coin of about two francs nominal value he says, "Let it not be to thy perdition." And the effect of avarice on the mind is admirably suggested by the words of another coin of the same Pope. "Money has no color for the avaricious." The money grabber Is universally denounced. "Who is poor? The miser," is the question and answer which another coin gives. "What I have I give to thee," is the phrase on another coin on which is represented St. Peter healing the lame man. The bearer of the coin may not be able to heal otherwise than by giv? ing what he has. Another pertinent question Is asked on one of these pieces of money, "But these things which thou ha*-t gathered, whose will they be?" Such a question must raise serious considerations in the minds of thoughtful men. But the owners of money are rec? ommended to bestow it well. Clem? ent XI on a golden Julius says, "Let it abound to the glory of God." When rightly employed money may do much good, and this Is declared by Clement X on the coin which bears this pro? nouncement, "It diminishes evil and increases gOv>d." And on another coin a generous giver is described. "He hath opened his hand to the needy." "Do not for? get the poor" is the recommendation on the coins of two Pontiffs. A piece of the value of 6 cents bears this in? scription, "A little to the just." and on a much smaller coin is the truism. "It hurts less." "Forbid that I should glory save In Thee" was the motto on the coin or medal of Pius V which was made a memorial of the battle of Lep anta. "He who gives to the poor will not wait" is a consoling reflection, as it suggests that the reward of the just will be bestowed soon on the charitable man. "Use moderately like a man" is a saying that awakens uni? versal response, That it may be given," tells the purpose for which tin coin was struck that is to say, to be passed >n to those In want. "He buds to ihr Lord who has mercy on the poor" is the in? scription on a silver piece of about 10 ? ' cents nominal value. The motto, "E Pluribus Unum," 4 never authorized by law to be placed on the coins of the United States, first appeared on an American coin in 17S6. There was no United States mint then, and, in fact, no United states, the constitution forming the Union not having as yet been adopted. There was? a private mint at Xewburg, X. Y., and "E Pluribus Unum" was first placed on a copper coin struck at that mint. Few collections have speci? mens of this coin, and it is k ? luable. In 1787 a New York goldsmith coined a piece of money which wa?^ known as "the 16-dollar gold piece, and upon it the motto was stamped in this form: "Unum E. Pluribu .'* Only four of these coins are known to be In existence. They are valued at more than $2,000 each. New Jer? sey Issued various copper coins inl 1787 with the motto stamped upon 1 them. A great many of the early^ coins, before there was any legal au? thority for national coinage, were made in England. Most of these were . copper and were coined for different states, and all bore tie words "Hi Pluribus Unum." The United States mint was estab? lished in 1792. but the use of the na? tional motto cn any of the gold, silver or copper coins was not authorized or directed by any of the provisions of the act establishing It. The motto re-/l mained on the early gold and silver* coins until 1834, when it was omitted from the gold coins. In 1836 it was omitted from the 25-cent pieces and in 1837 from all silver coins. It was not stamped on any coin again until It appeared on the nickel and the ^ standard silver dollar. <f The words "In God We Trust" were first placed on the 2-cent piece, which came into the subsidiary coin? age in 1866. The motto was placed there by direction of James Pollock, then Director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia, and not by any1 legislation of congress authorizing the minting of the 2-cent piece. The mot? to was subsequently stamped on the silver half and quarter dollars. i MRS. EDDY TO GIVE ONE MITi-Jj LION DOLLARS. Charitable Institution to b * Founded by Head of Christian ScIctk-o Church?Healing to b?? Taught There. Boston, Dec. 27.?Details of th^ plans of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, head of the Christian Science church, in relation to the charitatle institu? tion which she is to found, are con? tained In an editorial by Archibald 'jj McLellam In the current Issue of the^ Christian Science Sentinel. V The editorial says In part: "Mrs. Eddy has consented that the Institution which she purposes to found shall bear her name, therefore it yvill be known as Mary Baker G. Eddy's charitable fund.' The board / of directors will be located In Boston, % the recognized headquarters of the church, and in plan and scope this fund will be an educational opportu? nity by which indigent persons will be taught gratuitously the science of the Christ healing as practiced by Je? sus and as made known through the ^ writings of Mrs. Eddy. The sum of $1,000,000 will be devoted to this solo purpose. "Mrs. Eddy's benevolence will b*; open to all those Individuais who are genuinely interesred In Christian Science lor Its truth's sake and who j shall present to the ooard or directors of the fund satisfactory certificates of the indigence, their religious views and their moral character. The stu? dents of Christian Science will be maintained by this fund until such time a-5 the board of directors shall have pronounced them good heaWs * of the sick, and deliver to them certif? icates to this effect. The beneficiaries of this lund and the families of those who have families are to be supported trom the Income of the fund and the number of students and their farpf?e* to be supported depend upon the amount of this income. ^ "Mrs. Eddy has turned th'.s matter over to i prospective board of di rev-tors for them to work out the de? tails of the charity. In the mean? time no further Information on this subject can be given out and no let? ters of Inquiry should be addressed to Mrs. Eddy." r m Mr. George Gallety, a prominent lawyer of Florence, is dead. William Graham, aged 4 years, of Rock Hill, was burned to death by t Roman candle. William C. Brown was arrested in Florence for stealing $00 from R- V. Fer.nell on the Charleston train. James Humphreys, of Alken, was accidentally killed by Ben Tyler while hunting. NOTICE. Notice Is her? by given that the Farmers' <iin Co. will close the gin nlng season on Jan. 10th. We will gin cotton on Tuesday, 7th. and Fri day, 10th. FARMERS' GIN CO. 1-1 ItW? 2tl