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I - MONTY CORRESPONDENCE. Jckwmy i.trrrKitM from our si?k ( i \l. ( oui;i:sim)M)K\ts. of Interest From Mil l*nrts of iiI?t and Adjoining < oaantk ??.. kotice to correspondents. Mail your letter* so that they will ranch this office not It ter than Tues tt*iy morning. When the letters arc received Wednesday It is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in paper Issued that day. DURANT. Durant. Nor. S.?Tile marriage of Mr. Hobt. Muldrow and Miss Daisy 'Withers poo n will take place tomorrow afternoon at half past four o'clock at tan home of the brldn. Immediately after receiving congratulations they will leave for Mayeav He. where they ??ill reside. Invitations have been re? ad to a reception, the following at the residence of Mr. Edward I row. given In honor of the pop young couple. Mrs. MeCleary. of Klngatree and Mrs, Perry have been spending the week at Mr. John Duranta. Mrs. Crouch la visiting her slater. Robbie Durant. She will leave a few daya for Washington where \ Crouch has accepted a govern? ing position. ?r. and Mrs. Orler apent Sunday |ht at the hospitable home of Mr. inea Montgomery. Masse MePadden. colored, ^was ac " entally shot through the fooot Sat Mrtlay night by Taylor. She was taken to the Mood-Osteen Infirmary einer? It waa found necessary to am mwtate party of the foot. ikfax. Nov. I.?Some of the farmers through gathering crops and are pla nting oats. Hogs are fattening. Mr. B. C. Truiuck and Mm. Mary Xlrby was married last Thursday p. tarn., at the home of. and by Rev. B. R. Truiuck. Mrs. Melissa Tomllnson was tufljrn In the hospital for the insane In Co ham b la last night. Mr. Daniel Klrby died last Friday and] waa burled, the "ollowlng after moon at the family burial ground a few mllee below his home. Mlaa Beulah White will leave soon to make her home In Tlmmonsvllle. flake has many friends who regret to see her leave. Mian Pearl Truiuck will leave toda> tn attend the W. M. N. convention this W9ck in Charleston as delegate from Bothel. W. M. 8. f - ris(.\n. Plagah. Nov. 9.?The expected Bit happened. The writer stated at ttu beginning of the national campaign that the Republicans would In the last flays off It pour money out like water and literally buy thfl t lection. Just u> they have done bef?> e. this the) hav< flame again. No doubt their national Oonunlttee will publish a list of re oelptn and expenditures which may show upon the surface how It was worked, but the bulk of the money received and expended by out ira through the connivance and un the direction of the national com aalttee and will not figure In the list of the official expenditures. This will be done four years from now. Bryan Incted a clean, honest campaign, ?ndiag uv ??'?'S only for legitimate rpoaes, but all this accomplished ilng when you are fighting an un ipulous foe. Efforts will now be gast forth to create Republican senti? ment* In the south on the Lilly White order. Taft will use all his efforts to up the south politically, and no will succeed to some extent with who love office and money better the principles that their fathers and died for. The future does not bright pilltlcally In many ways may be th? silver lining Is Just be the dark cloud. Let us hope so. ammber of men value their fran ites aao hlghty that they did not go and vote. Comment Is not neces at all but the day Is coming when will see different. Crops are about gathered. Some me being planted. A killing frost foil here last week. The low price of cotton has given farmers the blues. Plagah chureh has called Rev. T. L Cote to preach every Sunday from now on. The hour of services will be at 11 o"clock Mi the 1st. 2nd, und 3rd Sundays and at 3.30 p. m. on the 4th Sunday. The services at Plsgah yesterday were very Impressive. The pastor preached a line sermon, after which -several new numbers were given the hud <?f < hrNtiun fellowship. At the chain b r<>nfri nr. ;ift? r i.tvarhluK. the present otn i I nod f.o- an ather year and Mr s. lt. II,till. Id. Jr., unanimously MaMfljMaJ to pit o It BtaMaml He was born an 1 ra ised and h,h tb" full cull !? n< ?f Ml irch in I tb" <? ?tnmunll m\ lurgi and his many friends wl.-di fag hint flfft .t success In th?< Important p b. b taken. The occasion brought '?rth some fine remarks by the pastor ami reral of the mt tnl.i t . Mrs. (\ T. Evans, who h m b. ? n sick for tome time Is Improving. A little negro child wua killed near here in Lee county by a negro Who shot at Its mother to kill her. The lit? tle thing's head was nearly blown ' away. The negro Is now in Blthop vllle jail. _ REM BERTS. Rembert, Nov. 10.?The election 's over, and those of us who hud hoped for Bryan's election are sadly disap? pointed, and the result of same may possibly have a demoralizing effect, but true Democrats who were raised and rocked in the cradle of Democracy can never sacrifice their principles to support Roosevelt in 1912, and our Southland will nover consent to Join the Republican party. Of course we have men from the best families in our state who for the sake of ohice will desert their party, families and friends, but no power can break the old solid south. Let us stand firm together, and work the harder for the principles of Democracy, for many changes will take place by 1912. I must congratulate the Item for the success achlved in furnishing their patrons with the full account of elec? tion returns. It shows the progressive spirit of Its managers, and would do credit to large city dallies and was read with as much Interest. The Improvement League of Rafting Creek High school at Rembert's Sta? tion will give an entertainment Friday evening, 20th lnst., at the new resi? dence of Mr. E. E. Rembert, for the benefit of raising some money to help pay for the new piano in the school building. The entertainment will con? sist of a box supper, and the League will welcome any one who can attend, and request those attending to pro? vide a box of eatables sufficient for two. These boxes will be sold, and those attending can depend on a good supper, besides a delightful social evening. 8o come and enjoy your? selves. Oat planting Is the order of the day and the only farm work at this time. Some of our neighbors have finished, while others have not as yet com? menced. The weather Is fine and the land Is in fine fix for turning. ANTIOCH. Antloch, Nov. 10.?We are having Ideal weather for the work that is be? ing done now. such as oat planting, housing corn, picking peas and dig? ging potatoes. There was a box supper at Mrs. M.C. Brown's on last Friday night for the benefit of the parsonage. There was u large crowd present and every body seemed to have a good time. Mr. Charley McCasklll Is sick with measles. Mr. J. W. Weldon and Rev. T T White are visiting Rev. J. B. Weldon at McBee, S. C. Miss Bvt Hritton has gone to West ..11? where she will tea* h school. Mr. Lawrence White spent Saturday and Sunday at Rembert's. M \ J. K. Richbourg of this pla pSJII Friday In Blshopville. also Mr. Tom Hugglns. WEDGEFIF.LD. Weogefleld, Nov. 10.?Unfortunately the Wedgefield school fet! short by tsv-. of the required fifteen pupils in tie high grades In order to be admitted as i high school, thereby as a conse? quence failed to get the three b'indred dollars allowed such. The OlbcfcTI i f the Wedgefield Rural Sch -ol Tmprov ment Association had am.cipaied t improvements they expected to mal with the surplus funds; falling In th I though did not for a moment dis? courage them. The enthusiasm arouseu here by the visits of Miss Mary Nanc*? for a better school and for general Im? provement around the school bu"ding has been steadily but surely growing. During the summer months ice cream was served once a week which netted quite a nice sum. Not satisfied with these small ef? forts they have been planning for sev? eral weeks to have something' which was never undertaken before here?a one day or night carnival. So all the friends of education and those In sym? pathy with the objects of the Rural School Improvement Association of Wedgefield are urged to attend "The Carnival of the Seasons at the Wedge? field school building on next Friday night week, the 27th. There will be lots of things pleasing to the eye to look upon for sale, and those that have a fondness for Norfolk oysters can have their wants satisfied also. The following composes the commit SMI for the evening. The following committees have been appointed: Executive Committee?Miss Bettle Ay? o. k. Miss Both Harrington, MlM ki'/.ie Bickens. Spring Mrs. M. L. Parier, Mrs. lam Wtlfiborg, Htm a. B, Ayoock, Mrs. \i. I), fain. Summ. r Mm. .1 \\ CTOUOtli Mrs. J. Scott Dwlght, Mrs. George Gedding?, Mrs. j ii Aycock. Ahimn Mrs, J, Russell Ramseyi Mm k. m. Dwlght. Mm John Roger*, x ? I W l ie I'l iee. Wlnfttf Mrs. i\ B, Tli .n.as. Mrs. Walkt* eVtos\ Mm J B. Ryan, Mr* II. C. Strungr. I l ig i'.md Mrs. w. B, Rg| mv}. Mm yoo, Troutman. 1'ancy Work ami Hon.. -Made Can dies?Airs. M. M. Melle?, Mlsss Pick-1 ens. j Refreshments appropriate to the K UK)111 will be served. With the above committees in charge we can only ex t?t < ; success, and a good time for all who altem1. Mis. E. M. Mellett has bought Mrs. C. M. Platte's house and moved in. She expects to take boarders as Mrs. Platte has been doing. Mrs. D. M. Parier Is representing the Women's Missionary Society of the Wedgefield Baptist church at the Wo? men's Missionary Union In Charleston this week. The cotton crop is about gathered in these parts. Mr. F. E. Thomas is only running his gin on half time now. Mr. E. E. Aycock has been drawn as a Juror in the United States court which convenes In Charleston the first week In December. Well since Taft is elected we will all look for the prosperous times promised. AN EiiOQUKNT JUDGE. Tfie Grand Jnry Charge In the Reel foot Outrage. Union City. Tenn.. Nov. 4.?Judge Joseph B. Jones, in his charge to the grand jnry concerning the murder *i Rankt? and the ostrage of the night risers said: '^Tfce hi sod of Captain Rankin, which was shod upon the banks of Reelfoot Lake, at midnight's holy hour, by a band of men, alleged to have their faces covered to avoid de? tection, cries out for legal vindication and the punishment of the horrible act which has astonished the world. Our own Tennessee and the beautiful southland, where the purest and best strain of the Anglo-Saxon blood flows through the veins of her people, Is mortified and humiliated by the aw? ful crime. The law is above and over us all, to it our adoration must first be paid. With uplifted hands you, as a grand' Jury, and I. as Judge and the attorney general and all the peace officers have sworn by the eternal God that it should be enforced. We owe it as a duty to those who have confided in us to let the people here and elsewhere know that God still reigns and the law of the land survives. May we so act our part today, and through this term of the court that , when we hav term of the court that, when we have finished life's battles end played our part upon the stage of action, we can feel that we have contributed our mite to the glory of our country, the preservation of our free Institutions mil the holding aloft the pure, white, spotless banner of the law. When the lllfldoli Emperor Julian, In the early rjayi of our blessed Christianity, was Igntlng the army of the lowly Naz arene and seeking to demolish the Christian religion, he received, it is ?aid. a fatal wound in the side from .he shafts ?f the Christian forces, and is his t . |y iwaytd and was falling to the ground, we are told that he caught a handful of blood from his own bleeding side and threw it In the sun? light toward heaven, and with his ex? piring breath cried out, 'O! Nazarene, thou hast cc nqered at last.' "In the name of the law and Chris tlanlty and our great civilization, may we by strict adherence to duty, call any an erring man back to the shln . S :<ath of obedience, to the better etat?! nf the human heart, and hear the cr> f ? ru the ba tiling bosom of ui peo^itj th*t t.. law has conquered ?\t la*:. "Ti.cse s.' Mmes &at try men's souls. None b t lite just, faithful and true need m it to take front rank In the great a. ral struggle for the su? premacy of the law. lr ths fight be? tween gcod and evil, right and wrong, law ar.d anarchy; between those who battle la the open and those who hide their faces, to do their devilish work, laggards, cowards, shrinking, timid, timers ervers, are not wanted, and will not rise to the occasion. "Let duty and patriotism be the ob? jects of the clarion call to Juries, of? ficers and people. If there be those anywhere in the Jury box. or in the official family, from Judge, attorney general, sheriff, Justice or ronstnble who are unwilling to mat! the highest obligation of duty, let him htie and now resign, and take o-* '.he j ob? s of office and hide his f ??? in sh: me. The spirit of Jackson itrgss officials every? where in there i ritica! days to utter and net upon the sentiment that law and order must and shall be pre? served." COTTON FIRE AT CHESTER. Two Hundred Bales oil PtlbtlO Weigh? er's Platform Partially Burned. Chester, Nov. S,?Fire on the public weigher's platform at the Southern do tot this afternoon partially burnt d 200 bales or cotton. The damage is about 13,600, which is fully offset by Insur? lie. A trUOk hand is said to hav ? ?in >ver a match with hi: truck thus starting the tire, which would have been a very serious fire, indeed, but for tht prompt arrival ami timdy work of the city lire department! TARIFF REVISION OUTLOOK. REPUBLICANS WILL SIDE STEP THEIR ANTI-ELECTION PLED? GES. Outlook Is That If Change* Are Mach" In Tariff Schedule the Change will Be Upward and Not Downward? Tin* Lumbermen Are the only Ones Likely to Be lima Hit as the North? ern States Have No Timber ami Need Cheap Lumber From Canada ?Roosevelt's Political Future. Washington, Nov. 9.? Tie election over, public interest is direc^d to the next national event ot importance, which will be the assembling o? con? gress, the president's mersage and the attendants of the ending of a remark? able administration. In political Cir? cles, there is much talk about tariff legislation, with the generally express? ed opinion, however, that the circum? stances do not favor radical tariff changes. It is thought probable that with Speaker Cannon returning with the vindication of a large popular ma? jority from his district and Mr. Dal zell of Pennsylvania and Mr. Payne of New York, all reelected and all standpatters, tariff reform will have, as usual, a hard road to travel. In the senate the conditions will not be more favorable. As usual, Aldrlch, Hale, Burrows and other standpatters will remain firm against any impor? tant change in the various schedules. The demand for revision, of course, comes chiefly from the west and the south, but the demand is not unani? mous from any locality. General Han? cock was much derided years ago for his remark that the tariff was a local question, though his charaterization is now known to have hit the mark. Tennesse and Alabama will join hands with Pennsylvania in opposing a re? duction of the tariff on iron. Texas and Montana and many states lying between them will oppose reduction of the tariff on hides, although Massa? chusetts has long insisted on such re? duction. And so it is throughout the various schedules. Local and special Interests will be able to carry the day against universal necessity. In many cases the revision it is thought will oe upward Instead of downward. This will be the case with certain products of the farm and dairy of which small quantities only are exported. These tariff rates will be increased for the purpose of impressing the farmer with the belief that he is "in it" 10 share the benefits of the high tariff. It is thought that the duty on lumber will be wiped out or considerably lowered for the lumber sjpply in northern states is greatly diminished and the necessity of a foreign supply and espe? cially from Canada I* too urgent to b? ignored. It is thought by some that there will be an attempt made at the regular session to put a tariff revision bill through. Certain leaders would like to do this, for the first place they \\<?uld prefer to avoid the calling of }in extra session to which the Repub? lican party is committed. They would avoid, if possible, spending time in Washington after the fourth of March. It Ii also realized that the sooner the manufacturing, mining and commer? cial Interests of the country are ap? prized of tariff changes and the soon? er they setttle down to business, the sooner the country will return to a healthy business basis. President Roosevelt, who has so long occupied the forefront of the stage, Is for the moment and perhaps will be for a long time, eclipsed by the president-elect, and It is just probable that he enjoys the eclipse if it may bs so called, for surely he has brought it on himself in his own approved way. Those who have talked to him recent? ly relative to the New York senator ship are impressed that he would like very much to see the present secre tray of state succeed Senator Platt and It is rumored that the president him? self hopes to succeed Senator Depew in a year or two after his hunting holi? day in Africa and his editorial experi? ment on The Outlook Magazine are ended. Secretary Root would be able to uphold the prestige of New York and would do much to redeem It from Its present low level on the senate floor. Mr. Root Is silent on the sub? ject but there has been extensive use of his name recently in connection with the New York senatorshlp. It is said that President-elect Taft very much desired to have Secretary Root remain as the premier of the new cab? inet. He could no doubt be appointed to the chief Justiceship of the United States supreme court If Justice Fuller should retre within the next four years. There are. however, a number of New York candidates for Senator Platt's place, among them ex-Gover? nor Frank B. Black and Timothy Woodruff. There has been a revival of talk about President Rooaevelt'i iucceeed Ing to the presidency <>f Harvard uni? versity, but it is not believed that restle i and strenuous a personage as the prelsdent could be held don n to (be proprieties and traditions of bis very respectable Alma Mater, it Ii said that Mr. Roosevelt would certain? ly hud the gown and ha! of the unl v? rslty president a NessUH shirt. He would far ratber take off Iiis coat and work In bis shirt sleeves than I don the university uniform. HIGHER PRICES SAYS JORDAN. "resident of Grewers* Association Bnjm Crop Will be Tar Short of Record Yield. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 8.?Harvte Jor lan, president of the Southern Cotton (rowers' Association, speaking to tight of the outlook for marketing he present cotton crop, said: "The National election is past and million! Of dollars of orders for manu? factured goods have been placed In the past few weeks. Raw cotton will feel the impetus given to other lines )f industry. While the ginners* re? ports indicate a larger amount of cot? ton ginned to date than at any pre? vious period In the history of the cen? sus bureau, the ginnings for Novem? ber and the succeeding months of the year will indicate a heavy and con? tinuous falling off. The total yiild of this year will, In my opiifion, fall far short of the two big crops years of 1904 and 1908. Mr. Jordan emphasized the belief that the price of cotton will rise speed? ily. BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW. New York, Nov. 6.?Bradstreet's to? morrow will say: "Election results and the advent of mor? seasonable weather in some sec? tions of the Country were helpful to trade this week and except in parts of the South, where the holding nf cotton interfered, collections also have shown improvement. In wholesale and manufacturing lines the tone of busi? ness shows most marked improve? ment. Orders which were conditioned on election returns have been confirm? ed and many new ones placed, the net results being an enlargement of the volume of business at first hand over recently preceding weeks. Many industrial concerns have announced an increase of capacity and of run? ning time and cotton goods for spring and re-orders for fall and spring wear WOOlent, shoes and other lines have been enlarged. "Business failures in the United States for the week ending Nover.iber 5, number 2<>5, against 241 last week and 266 in the like week of 1907/' LAUREN'S COUNTY HOMICIDE. Laurent, Nov. 8.-^The testimony of Miss Mary Brown, the companion of Thornwell Boyce and Wade Cothran Pinson on the ride during which young Royce was fatally shot by Pin son near Cross Hill, seems to reveal another side of the affair, her evi? dence going to show that the shooting was at leiast due to criminal careless? ness on the part of Pinson. Miss Brown was the only eye-witness of the affair. The following was the im? port of Mi.-s Rrown's statement: "The young people had been to a party and young Boyce asked Miss Brown to allow him to accompany her home, going In ihe buggy in which Pinson and i yce had gone to the party. When . out to leave for home Pinson came up to the buggy and declared his intention of going along in the same buggy; Miss Brown objected then, because it appeared that Pinson was under the influence of whiskey. However, the arrange? ment was satisfactorily made and the three left together. All along the road Pinson, Miss Brown declares in her testimony, behaved in a very un? seemly manner and was extremely rough, against which she and Boyce continually remonstrated. Finally Pinson pulled out his pistol and said: "I am going to shoot like hell." Both Miss Brown and Boyce tried to deter him, even after he had shot twice. Then, after shooting twice out into the wods, Pinson held the pistol up against his breast, pointed toward the head of young Boyce, who was sitting on his lap, and fired. The shot blind? ed Miss Brown, she declares, and for a time she did not know what had happened, but in a moment she saw Boyce drop the lines, fall forward and out of the buggy. Immediately she jumped out of the buggy and ran to some others who were a little ahead, and later went on to the residence of Mrs. Denney, where Boyce was later carried and where ho died yesterday at noon. Further in the testimony Miss Brown declares that Pinson came on to Mrs. Denney's and called for her; she went out to speak to him. He ad? dressed her thus: "Miss Mary, you know I did not shoot Boyce. He shot himself." To which she replied that such was not the case, that Pinson bad shot Royce. Miss Brown stated that young Boyce was not under the influence of whiskey; it* so she could not detect it. but that Pinson was drunk. Her tes? timony was taken yesterday by Dr. Peake, she being in bed. almost pros* trated. V? ster lay. the 7th. was young Thornwell Rover's birthday, he being S3 years <<f age. Young Pinson, with bis father. came to Laurens yesterday afternoon to arrange bail, which was granted last night in the sum of $1,000 by Judge llemmlnger, N>ho is here hold? ing civil court. The law linn of Can? non AY Black Well have been retained for the defense. TOLLMAN'S VIEWS UNCHANGED. The Senior Senator Says Prohibition VHU Not Work. The Columbia correspondent of the Charlotte Observer writer as follows. Senator Tillman. who is here spend? ing several days with his friend. Dr. J. W. Babcock. with whom he took the trip abroad this summer, doe* not endorse the movement headed by Rep? resentative M. [* Smith, Representa? tive C. W. Garris, John G. Richards Jr., State Senator Earie and others J of the old State dispensary leadeis co j join forces with the prohibitonists and push a state-wide prohibition bill through the coming legislature, as was attempted without success in the last legislature, when the county op? tion scheme took the place of the state dispensary system. "I can't see that prohibition stands any chanc? of success in the coming legislature," said the senator in an* swer to a question from The Observer correspondent, "with a majority of the counties in the state holding on. to the county dispensaries. Isn t V. natural to suppose that the delega? tions from those counties will stand by the present system?" The senator added that so far as he was concerned it was a matter of in? difference whether a prohibition bill was enacted or the present system * was continued. 1 "Two hundred years from now folks will be wrangling over this same liquor question," said he, "and it is idle to talk of settling the problem. I have been seeing the same old coun? tries that have been longest at it have reached a solution that seems most satisfactory to them ;n the adoption of beers and light wines. During all my travels through Italy, France and Germany I never saw a drunken man, but plenty of drinking men. Over in London, where a big fight is on over the matter, I saw many drunks. When I was governor I recommended this same substitution of light alcoholic drinks. I wanted to see beer given a chance. If we could give the beer privilege to a big. responsible concern that would be under a heavy bond, say something like a half million dollars, to sell beer throughout the state under certain definitely stipulated conditions, we would do much for the cause of temperance, and get a big revenue for the state beside." Senator Tillman occupies a unique position in the present situation re- * garding whiskey In this state. He !s not with the state dispensary leaders in their efforts to join forces with the. prohibitionists, and he is not an un? qualified endorser of the county op? tion scheme. He thinks every county in the state would be better off hav? ing dispensaries. "I venture to say.'' said he in an? swer to a question, "that counties like Orangeburg . Sumter and Florence, which are retaining the dispensaries, are in a much better state morally than such counties as Greenville, Spartanburg and others which have voted out their dispensaries, and where blind tigers are doing the busi? ness." When he was reminded that it appeared to have been proven thot the police records of the "dry" coun? ties had materially improved, the sen? ator said that this was only tem? porary; that it would only be a short* time in a county going "dry" before' It was in a worse stat* morally from blind tigerlsm and other forms of^ lawlessness than it had been on vct-t\ ing out Its dispensaries. On the whole the senator did not appear to much interested in the situation and answered questions guardedly. FIFTEEN YEARS SENTENCE. Finance* Morse Will do Time in At? lant?, Federal Prison. New York, Nov. ?.?From a cell In . the Tombs prison Charles W. Morse now directs ths efforts of his counsel to secure his freedom, he having to? day been sentenced to serve 15 year* In the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., for misapplication of the funds of the National aBnk of North America and making false entries in the books of the bank. Alfred H. Curtis, president of the defunct bank, who was Jointly tried and convicted with Morse, wat given his liberty today on a suspended sentence. While Morse's lawyers immediate? ly applied for and secured a stay ?f execution for ten days after sentence had been Imposed, still it is probable that Morse will remain i prisoner in the Tombs until Monday, as Judge llouRh lias refused to a Imlt the fln aneer to bail. Whether a new trial will be granted Morse is problematical. Judge Lacomb granted a writ of error to the Morse lawyers today. The writ is rcturnabl' December 3. and is based on the usual grounds exceptions taken by the de? fense during the trial and exception." to the Indictment Itself. This step had to be taken before application for baP COUid be made, and it also leads to the argument for ? new trial. The Morse lawyers say their client has instructs*! them to fight "to the !ast ditch."