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MMESPOK?tlCE. URTEHi FROM OUR 8l??e OOK IUC8PON DKNTJk Statobe all Pu?te of Quantise. ?> TO CORRESPONDENTS Vail year t?4tara so that they will U tnm effiee not later than Tuee When tha letters art Wedneiday It I* almost an MF to hare them appear In that day. STATKBTJRtJ iteburg. Jan 7.?Mrs. Sam Cain. I PtnopoHs, Is spending some time Ml her father. Mr. 9. R. Ramsey. Mr. Kerry Mellette spent Sunday at Anna P. Hurgeee returned on from Baltimore, where she spending the Chi Istmas holl RaJl Ramsey and Musi Sarah Of the Suroter High School re te Burnt er on last Wedneeday hare? resumed their stud lea g* Ina Mellette has returned to I near Sumter. after spend holidays at home. Frierson, now* of 8a epeat a few days here during week. K. Barn well spent Monday netting friends. Aamle N. Burgess visited rela? te Camdea darin? the Yuletlde. A see Ha Holmes wae at home days during Christmas la tale vicinity resumed OS Monday end the teachers P*p4le have gone cheerfully to ?tier their vacations of two DTJRANT. ttarant. Jan. a.?Mr. Arthur Plow Hi and wife returned to Albany, Oa.. sftrr a pleasant rfcut to his Mra W. B. Dtcaeon and children sf Reeky Monat. N. C. are spending here. Robbte Du rent who hae beer to hie bed for two weeks, has eufnesently to be out again. sellege boys -nd girls after a Christmas have returned to tbei. aehoola Macbeth and Mise Ellen Oall are at the bedside of the Mr. W. P. Oalllerd. who was with paralysis during the and te, still quite etck. Mach Wltberepoon and family !n the neighborhood for few days. school teacher. Mini taken up her work after a delightful vlatt home, moving spirit among the col been greater this year usual. It gives the farmer an la feeling until February when is content to settle down i In until fall. *1 DVTBOAE CROSS ROADS. Cross Roads Tan. 11.?Mr. <JL R. Brakeford and family have mov ejS te the J. Barton L?e place. Cite Pounlt (not 'Pounds" a* aad It in my last* has retjrned ?Sa her sc ho 1. aft*r e pbueant Christ? aaaa with her family and friends In Charleston. P. C Mr. L. M King is moving to Sum 'See. aa w? understand, to enter into -She mercantile business. Dr. W W. Fr?ser ard his wlf ? are teck?neuralgia and grippe. Mr. B. W. tterr.hert and Pcoti Du aee Fraser will go to Columbia Busi? est College >n Monday or Tuesday Mhm Janle Frsser and Miss Nettle ten I? ft on tb? cth for Clifford lie Svmlrnry. CnW n. S. C. Mass name Trsser has not fully re smssri 1 from her recent attsck of ty gdtoftd pneumonia and is at her home. Not many formers have, as yt, their plans f??r the year, 1j are still heckwknrd In entering contracts, ??r are reallv scarce. I thin sing thst Judge Brawley's im" has disr-rgunlsod them and farmers el?o. Mr. Oraydcn. of Abbeville* ?.ees Ith lu the pot" about the lien law same thing was predicted when m "fence ' law was enacted. I think your views on the "U*n law' w correct. Mra L. U Fraser. Sr., has not. as returned to her home from her protracted Christmas visit to her daughter, MY? J. P. Booth. She hau heea quite sick while there but her BMd.lth Is Improving. Mr. W. D. Fraser is still ginning Stoat* of cotton for the farmers. I a little curious to know where It some] from. Labor is trfllng and It could not be gathered out of th? Seid. I guess. Mr. Bradley (Tom I think) has taken the Keutedy house In place of Mr Drak*ord. Rev. dfcmpel Hay Is now in full nuasssslnn of the Prettrytcrlan par? sonage, near the Manning place, and everything looks nice and neat about there. I don't hear much of litigation rat crops, failure to pay, etc. Th* remind me very much of that animal, the "o'possum"?the moment the creditor puts his hand upon him he turns on his back, grins and fives up. Well, go ahead; you are right about the lien law and the Citizens' League, too. It's a "delusion and a snare." DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, Jan. 11.?Nothing of an interesting nature in these dig? gings. No marriages, no hirths or deaths. Not even a'shin-dig to keep up the life of the folks in this corner. Farmers have not commenced to prepared for another crop yet. . I believe most of the moving of the people Is through with. R'chard Brewer has moved from Plnewood to Bob Ardis' place. Mr. Rollins Kolb ha.? moved from Central Privateer to Pinowood, on D. W. Bowen's place. W. B. Kolb* has moved from the Dr. Fur man old place to the Dr. Beckham 'place In Central Privateer. L. N. Bar wick, Jr.. has moved from near your city to Plnewood. Isaac B. Bagne.l has moved from Plnewood to Paxvllle, J. B. Mclntosh, Jr., has moved from Southwest Manchester to Fulton. J. B. Mclntosh, Sr., has moved from near Plnewood to his wife's place here. Miss Mary Let Ardis returned from her visit to Manning on last Saturday, the 4th. j Mrs. Henry Rtdglll and son, Frank, spent last Sunday night with Mrs. Ridgill's sister. Mrs. Joe M. Ardis. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geddings, of Paxvllle. visited at Joe M. Ardis* one day last week. J. H. Ardis and T. D. Weeks visited relatives at Bacon Hill, near Plne? wood, last Sunday night. Minset Nenlle and Mary Lee Ardis and brother, John, visited at W. J. Ardis' last night / Well, I am glad to see that the Pro? hibition League is to meet on next Thursday, the 16th Instant. Would be glad to attend If I was able, but 1 bid them God-speed in their under taxing, for I think wt church mem? bers have held up the whiskey trade long enoifgh. I know It la said that the salt of whiskey Is what keeps up our schools It also keeps our jails fall and our graveyards growing. Which would be best, to give the mon? ey direct to the schools or to give It to the whiskey shops and cause so many of the youth of our country, both white and colored, to be ruined for time and eternity? I think now is a good time to call a halt at the begin? ning of the new year. What any your brethren ofMhe pencil pushers? I forgot, John Griffin has moved from Northeast Privateer to near Plnewood. AXTIOCH. Antioch. Jan. 13.?We are having some very bad weather at present. On yesterday morning we had a very hard hall storm, and I have heard several old people say that they never saw It hall In the winter before. Farmers are quite bu*y now hauling their cotton seed to the market and bringing guano back in their place. Some have begun ploughing, but it is rather early for thai. Miss Irene Weldon spent last week with relatives at Rembert and ?ays she hnd a very nice time. Messrs J. K. and Harry McLeod, of Rembert, were here on lost Saturday. Also, Mr. Tommie Jenkins wan here Sunday. Mrs. Etta Marshall, of Blshopville. is visiting In this community. Mr. Elwell Rollins, of Blshopvllle. vlsted *n this community on Sunday. Th<" ?tle baby of Mr. and Mrs J. W. Wc.o ?n has been quite sick, but i."> much better now. TINDAL. i Tindal, Jan. 14.?On account of bad weather, the farmers in this section have made but little progress on their work for the new year. The health of the community Is good. Very little, If any, sickness could be reported. Miss Eva Stone, of McCnll, has been visiting relatives in the neigh? borhood. t Mm. J. W. Broadway is spendbi? some time with relatives at Silver. Mr. T. E. Hodge spent Sunday in Sumter. PI: ist in Fl is WERK RKI.KASFD. Five Suspects Held for Walter Ilia ml Ing's Murder Clven n Preliminary 11 rar in? Thursday Afternoon. The five prisoners who have been In Jail Oer'? on the charge of being im? plicated with the murder of Walter Hlanding, colored, at Plnckney't* Cross Roods, on the nlKht of Dec. 23, were given a preliminary hearing Thursday afternoon In the court house before Magistrate Reese, of Statehurg. Ma? rlon Molse, Esq.. represented the State and L. D. Jennings, Esq., the defendants. A largo number of wit? nesses were examined, but UM evidence produced was not sulllelent to hold the attendants In the opinion of tht court and they were released. The court room was crowded, most ?v with nssjrnen, showing the yr. at In terest taken In th?? case In the section In v.hlch the crime was committed. Christie Be'iet will coach Carolina's football team for 1908. COL. BARK*ft'S PROPOSITION. Wishes All Pcopl? of South Carolina to Hold (.rout Peace Conference on Cnlhouit's Birthday, March 18. Editor Sumtor Item: March is a notable month In South Carolina history. 'Twaa lr. March that Calhoun was born and in March he died and in March Hampton came into life. Othgr notable things have happened In and for South Carolina in March; but of those (save one) I need not speak here. I write now only to call attention to the fact that Calhoun delivered his great peace speech in the senate of the United States on March 16th, 1864. It is ?tauen in all its connections and re? sults) protab'y the most interesting peace speech ever delivered. Yet the peace makers of the world today ap? pear to be almost entirely oblivious of It. It seems to bo a plain duty of South Carolina to the memory of hor greatest statesman, to ask the atten? tion of the world to that speech while the peace movement Is so much before the eyes of men, as It now is. It is a duty we owe Calhoun, we owe the State historically viewed and a fctill higher and more imperative duty to the State of toduy and in all its fu? ture career, to place It right in this most widespread, energetic and hu? mane effort of mankind to escape from the horrors a no disasters of war. Therefore, I propose that we have a great uprising of the people of South Caroline on the next anniversary of Calhoun'* birthday--March 18th?to testify our sympathy for and co-opora* tion in the peace movement ?to show how Calhoun labored in the long ago for the coming of the conditions which today '? make possible the ad? vancement of the movement. Wo >hou!d invite all the Christian church? es to prepare the people for participa? tion In the day'j exercises, as only those can do who are devoted follow? ers of the Prinod of Peace. To the lawyers we may confidently appeal as that profession has done so much to displace "'trial by battle," for trial in the forum of reason. To the teachers, who have four times sent a delegate to poacc congresses, we look with as? surance of support of the most thor? ough-going kind. It Is they who are leading the young people Into path) of peace aa none others can, because it is their dally task to elevate the mind, refine the taste and form the habits that make the coarse brutal? ities of war abhorrent. To industrial workers who wish to reap the profits of thoir labors, it Is apparent that-the energies of war destroy faster than theirs can produce articles useful to man and leave only markets for the supply of the destroyers' needs. S > to nil classes and professlions we car. \ppeal without fear of a vain cry for help, for the State to do itself honor and do the race of mankind every? where, and for all time, an Inestima? ble service. 8eeing the names of our junior United States senator and three c<f our congressmen among the ? members of the American Peace Society, we doubt not that they would be glad to act as a committee to wait upen Pr rident Roosevelt and ask him to join in the great meeting at ?ur State Capitol oiv that day and wh > doubts but that "our peace-making ruler" will be ex? ceedingly happy to give South Carol! na a hand of recognition as she moves into her rightful position In the grand ?nward march, she was long ago so well Identified with; and would it not be an easy task for Gen. Wiile Jones, the chairman of the Democratic exo entire committee, to bring Bryan here, whose favorite lecture is "The Prince of Peice." Should all this come about, and eome about it certainly will, If we go at it in ihe right way, will not those who have been assorting in London and other parts .if Europe and in many parts Of America, that South ?iro11nfl is a State where rioters and peace-breakers are favorites of th<* people, have a scene to reflect on which will lend to remove such an Impression and substitute therefor the happier and more corerct view that we are peace lovers and the ardent supporters of the movement looking to the substitution of courts of law for fields of battle In the settlement of international differences? We trust G'?v. Ansel will lead, while all pea OS *t? etna; Carolinians join in this undertaking. John J. Dnrgan. Jan. 6, 190S. WILLIAM B. LUCAS DI'AD. Prominent 31 111 Man Expire* lit Phil? adelphia?funeral In SpiirtUMhiir;;. Laurens, Jan 14.?William B. Lucas, president of the Watts cotton mills and for 12 years one of the foremost cotton manufacturers in the State, lied this morning at 2 o'clock in Phil? adelphia, where he went two weeks ago for special treatment. The news of his death came as a great shock, as only n few of his friends knew the serinnanees of his condition. The body will be taken to Kpartan hurg tomorrow for Interment, the ser? vices to be conducted by the Rev. W. S. Heimos of Orangeburg. The pall? bearers will be members of the Watts mill* directorate and a large party will go from Laurens for the burial. WILT RESISTANT COTTON. Improved Cotton Seed Ready foe Dis? tribution in Seventh District. Washington, D. C, Jan. 8, 1908. Hon. Asbury F. Lever, Seventh South Carolina District, House of Repre? sentatives. Dear Sir: We have on hand a small supply of seed of wilt-resistant cotton, which we desire to disseminate among the farmers of your district. These new varieties have been bred by thio department for the resistance to the disease known as "wilt" or "black-rot," and have net been sent out heretofore except in a small way for experimental purposes. They have proved very successful on land in? fected with this disease, yielding abundant crops where the ordinary kinds die. They are good varieties for any soil, but the small amount of seed available makes it necessary to restrict distribution to farmers having infected land. We are, therefore, placing thl* seed on a different basis from any other varieties of cotton, and propose send? ing it only to farmers who have need of it and express a desire to procure the seed. The quantity of seed sent each farmer is set at one-half bushel ?this Increased amount being sent In the hope that each recipient will raise a bale and have seed saved. The department will also follow up each case to stimulate seed improvement by farmers. The, quota for your district is 20 packages. We will be obliged if you will provide us with the names of 20 good farmers with whom we can cor? respond regarding this matter. In case you have no application for wilt resistant cotton on file, we shall ap? preciate if if you will place us in communication with farmers in dif? ferent portions of your district who could furnish us the desired informa? tion. In sending out the seed we shall state that It was done through you, or at your request. The cotton "wilt," as you know, rather widely distributed in your dis? trict, particularly in the eastern and southern counties. Very respectfully, B. T. Galloway, Chief of Bureau. Any farmer who has hail trouble with cotton wilt who will write me wlil receive a package of these seed so long as the supply lasts. Very truly, A. F. Lever, M. C. GOOD ROAD BUILDING. United States Office of Public Roads Is Doing Good Work To Help In Maintenance of Public Roads. U. S. Department of Agriculture Office of Public Roads. Washington, D. C. The U. S. Office of Public Roads will supply this paper with practical articl? es on. various features of road build in and maintenance, which will be published from time to lime. Our sub? scribers are urged to give this matter careful consideration, and are request? ed to forward to this Office for trans? mission to the Office of Public Roads any practical question which they de? sire answered relating to road constr? uction and maintenance. Questions and answers will be published by this pa? per at stlltr.ble intervals. No. 1, Series A. The Maintenance of Earth Roads. We may recognise the value of hard and durable road3 in all parts of the country, but still the fact remains that for a long time to come the majority of the roads will be composed of earth. Furthermore, in about nine months out of the year, the earth road, if pro? perly cared for, la reasonably satisfac? tory. For many agricultural districts. It is the only road at present available. Hence, the communities should set themselves seriously to work to learn the best methods of maintaining earth rouds and of getting the maximum ser \ice from them. Prosperity comes to the country t?? a great extent through the prosperity of the farmers. This fact strongly suggests the impoitancj of giving the earth road every possi? ble enre and attention in its location, drainage, construction and maintenan? ce. An earth road composed if water holding soil should be exposed to the 4UI1 and air .is fr?**!) as possible, as comparison between the shaded and sunny portions <?f such a road will easily Indicate. This should be accomp? lished by clearing s sufficient amount of trees und undergrowth awny from the road, it must be remembered, how? ever, that sonny and gravelly roads require moisture, and in these case some Shads should be retained. Furth? ermore, trees are beneficial along river banks and on steep grades subject to washing. Drainag ? Is one of the most Impor? tant points to consider in connection with an earth road. The majority of earth roads In all mountainous and nll |y districts have too much drainage, Occasionally a road will be found with (lv?* ditches, three in the middle made by the horse's hoofs and by wheels of I the vehicles, and two on the Bid .:. All well-constructed earth roads are sup 4 posed to have no more than two ditch? es, one on each side of the traveled roadway. Keep the water out of the middle of the road by giving it a crown or elevation in the center of 7 1-2 in? ches above the top of the inner slope of the ditch for a 20?foot road, and where the hills are a little steep r.-ako the crown 10 inches. With a crown of about 1 inch to the foot from the eon* ter of the sides, the ditches which art often built across the road on steep gra? des to deflect the water will not be needed. Instead of carrying water ic ross the road in open ditches, tile or concrete drains should, if possible, be provided. They should have sufficient capacity and fall to carry the maxi? mum amount of water that is expected to How through them at any time. The capacity Is increased in proportion to the fall or grade; for instance, 12 inch pipe laid on one per cent, grade will carry 1,800 gallons per minute, while the same pipe laid on a 2 per cent grade will carry 2,500 gallons per minute. 1 Puthermore, a culvert laid flat will soon fill up, while one having a good incline will keep itself clear. In the maintenance of an earth road, avoid the mistake of changing the natural order of things. Natu? rally the soil Is found on top and the clay on the bottom. If this is revers? ed in constructing a road, f.he result will be less satisfactory than if the soil is left at the top of the road, for soil makes a better surface to a road than clay. If the road bed is largelj clay to start with. It will be well to place sandy soil or clean sar d on top. A covering of 6 to 10 Inches of sand upon clay that persists in breaking up Into deep mudholes will usually be satisfactory, and if sand en ujgh be added, this clay will cease to make mud. If the roadbed is composed ol sand it can be improved by an appli? cation of clay. The rule for a serviceable earth road, then, is as follows: Make ditche* on each side and keep them open; haul sand and gravel upon sections needing this treatment; use a road machine and a split log drag judi? ciously (a full description of which will be contained in a later article); follow the ?'stitch In time" rule and give an earth road the same careful persistent attention you would your prize acre, factory or store, and il will pay a3 large a profit in proportion to your individual outlay. SPECIAL SESSION OF CITY FATH? ERS TUESDAY NIGHT. Many Matters Discussed and Acted Upon?-Fire Department Matters Appropriation for'Second Regiment Band?Sewerage Claims Approved ?Other Business. City council held a special meeting on Tueeday night, Jan. 14. Present?Mayor W. B. Eoyle, Alder? men H. D. Barnett, J. H. Chandler, P. P. Finn, R. F. Haynsworth, H. C. Haynswerth, E. H. Rhamc, R. K. Wilder and R. L. Wright Minutes of Dec. 11th and lfith were read and approved. Mr. Barnett, for the finance com? mittee, reported that the clerk tnd treasurer's report for Decembei had been examined and found correct; und that all claims referred to them had been ordered paid. . Mr. Chandler, for the committee of public works, reported that they had been unable tc secure the sen-ices of a surveyor to have an estimate made of the proposed drain over the Edwards property; and were granted further time. The committee called atten? tion to the bad condition of Liberty and Calhoun streets, oast, and were authorized to have the same improved with assistance offered by citizens. Mr It. F. Haynsworth, for the po? lice committee, reported purchase- of blankets for the guar.l house, which was approved. Mr. Wilder, for the fire department committee, reported that :he sale of property of Hose Co. No. 3 di not. ac? cording to his understanding, include bed room and oath room furniture, which the company now offers for t6i'?. The offer was accepted. The fire department committee re? ported that they dud considerable . p o-e ition from property owm rs to urn proposed change in location of the Standard Oil Co.'s stables <nd tank and ree>mmcndcd that council refuee permission to make the charge. The recommendation was adopted. Mr. Finn, of the Opera House com? mittee, reported that the Peck Ham? mond Co. off'M* to install additional furnace and rearrange heating pipes to the Operj House for about f 1,000. Acti'-n was deferred in view of tho fact that the work could not be done in time lor the present seas-on. An invitation was received from Mr. S. H. Edmunds, for council to visit and Inspect ?hc new hlch --chool building. License was granted Wm. 8ce>tt for a vaudeville show one week for %io. Demand was ma le by Mr. A. D. Kar by for return of dog license ta\ paid by him, on the ground that th? law if not being enforced. The mat tor was dlacusaed and action deferred. A letter wa? received from O'Don nell & Co. and other merchants ask? ing council to take steps for removal of a restaurant near their store, on account of damage to goods by smoke, disagreeable odor and adnger of Are. The letter was referred to the police committee. Report of commissioners t*f public works fcr December was read and re? ceived as information. Report of the sewerage conimi:.s;oii, showing expenditures during Decem? ber, amounting to $9,620.57, was read and approved. The following claims against ihe commission were ordered paid: II. L Scarborough, $86.92. Consumers' Lumber Co., $12.07. h-umter Lumber Co., $6 7C. C. W. Smith & Co., |1.50. Sumter Railway & Mill Supply Co.. $6.08. Bultrran Bros.. $69.SO. Booth Live Stock Co., $11.2;. Burns Hardware Co., $307.20. Carolina Hardware Co., $2.10. Sumter Machinery Co., $286.55. Sumtei Brick Works. $238.60. Kennedy building & Supply Co., $27.70. Skinner Iron Works, $25.26 Von Ohsen .4 Shira, $24.Ig. Stubbs Bros., $30.00. Sumter Iron Works, $45.00. Durant Hardware Co., $2 5j60. Penn Lumber Co., $4 2.16. The mayor and chairman of the sewerage commission were authorized to execute and deliver to H. Stevens Sons* Co. a note for $3,243.f7 *n set? tlement of the balance due on sewer pipe contract to date, that amount in? cluding interest at 7 per cent, to De? cember 3 5th, 1908 On request of Mr. Finn the clerk aws directed to ascertain prices of steam fire engines. The request of the Second Regi? ment Band for an annual appropria? tion of ? T50 was discussed and grant? ed. Messrs. Chandler and Bamett vot? ing against the appropriation on the ground that they do not think council has legal authority to malte the ap prcprlatlon, while they would be will? ing to aid the band by personal do? nations. Messrs. Wright and R. F. Haynsworth doubled the propriety oZ the aprpopriation, but did not oppose it, as they thought the band a great advertisement for the city and an or- '} ganizaticn in which the citizens gen? erally have great pride and inte.rc?t. Other aldermen felt that the aprpo priatlon was legitimate and not un? usual in other cities. The following claims were referred t-? the finance committee: ^ Sumter Brick Works. $4.TO; W. B. Boyle, $37.35 and $32.10; T. B. Fr?ser. $25; Gco. D. Shore & Bro.. $46.88 and $71.80; Stubbs Bros., $299; T. B. Jen? kins, $6; Booth Live Stock Co., $8.45; DeLorme's Pharmacy, $6.20; E. L. Vogel, $12.25; Durant Hardware Co., I $11.25 and $9.55; Schwartz Bros., $6; Von Ohsen & Shira, $2.50; Electrical Shop, $1.10. Council then adjourned. HUNDREDS TRYING MIXTURE. Local Drcsrgist Tells of Tremendous Popularity of the * Vegetable Pre? scription.'* That the readers of the paper ap? preciate. idvtCC when given In good faith is plainly demonstrated by the fact that one well known local phar? macy supplied the ingredient* for the "vegetable proscription" many times within the past two weeks. The an nouncemsnt of this simple, harmless mi.cture has certainly accomplished much in reducing the great many cases of kidney complaint and rheu? matism here, relieving pain and mis? ery, especially among the older popu? lation, who are always suffering more or "ess with bladder and urinary trou? bles, backache and particularly rheu? matism Another well known druggist asks us to continue the announcement of the prescription. It is doing so much real good here, he continues, that it would be crime not ?o do so. It cannot be repeated too often, and further states many cases of remark- ? able cures wrought. The following is the prescription, of simple ingredients, making a harm? less, inexpensive compound, which any person can prepare by shaking well in a bottle: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one oui.ee; Compound Syrup Sarsa parillla, three ounces. Any first close ( drug store will sell this small amount of each ingredient, and the dose for adults one teaapoonful to be taken after each meal and again at bed? time. There is enough here to last for one week, if taken according to direc? tions. Goog results will be apparent from the rir^t few doses. Couldn't Discharge Him. When the jury* had filed in for at least the fourth time, with no sign of coming to an agreement in the brib? ery case, the disgusted judge rose up and said. "1 discharge this jury!" At this one sensitive talesman, stung to the quick by this abrupt and ill sounding decision, obstinately fac? ed the judge. "You can't discharge me, judge'." he retorted. "Why not?" asked the astonished judge. "Because." announced the talesman, pointing to the defendant's lawyer, "I'm being paid by that man there."? Llpplncott's.