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Wm CORRESPONDENCE. VKW8Y LETTERS FHOM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. ?as of Interest Prom all Parts of ?sumer and Adjoining; Counties. JtOTICi: TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your l?tters to that they will :h this ofilce not later than Tues j morning. When the letters are ?elved Wednesday it la almost an iposstblllty to have them appear in a papar Issued that day. IUUM.DON Brogdon. Jan. 19.?After several of cloudy weather, without a ray of sunlight, yesterdsy isd clear and bright. The day Ideal throughout. The heavens lovely to behold and nothing have been more beautiful. A few weoks ago. It Is said, two well men driving a very good look turnout passed through this town They claimed to be agents, with them a catalogue con ting almost anything from a car? te a pair of fine shoes. In dIs? af their goods purchasers were ewoulr >d to pay cash a part of the of the article, the remainder to settled for next fall. One gentle m purchased a surry, harness and "-robe, which waa to be placed at door In tea days. Twenty dollars was required on this purchase, tea days has long sines sxplred, ao surrey has arrived. These per s have never since been heard A good many persons both white and black, suffered from these ?windier*. Farmers have gons to work ?*st. Many are hauling cott which they exchange for Some are aawlng lumber, fcttflding tenant houses snd repair Ii thotr placea while others are prei tag the soli for another crop. Mr. J. T. Brogdon has gone Charleston on business. Messrs. Clinton and Allard Broi SSaa and Pringle Brunson attend* Cat and the Fiddle" at the*opej Monday night. STATKBCRG. iteburg. Jan. 21. ? BDhop Oue divine service at the Church Holy Cross on Jan. 19th. The ft ion h< preached was greatly by tue large congregation p During his stay In this neighbor he was ths guest of Mrs. W. R. UL Mrs. Ouy L. Warren, and hsr lit? tle son, sis ths guests of the Misses ai: Wavsrly. T. D. Brohun of Wodgefleld, it Monday in our midst. ?? Mr. Frank P. Burgess of Manning. it Sunday with relatives here. Mrs. W. 8. Burgees who has been ?Setting her brother. Mr. Henry L in >y. has returned to Sumter. Mr. Ouy . Wsrren after visiting rei? here, has gone home. Mrs. W. J. Norrls spent several days wsok With nor brother, Mr. Math , at Roe* Hill. Aftei ths recent rainy spell, ths ssutlf jl weather we are now having west acceptable, particularly to the uerti. who are trying to forge id wMh their work. Irs, Jerry Myers, who has been Hag hor daughter. Mrs. A. F. Meyls. has returned home. MAX Msx. Jsn. IS.?Mrs. Jeru^ha The man, agsd 78, a true and faithful amember of Bethel church for fifty years, was burled at Bethel last Sat ensday. H'T funers I waa preached by hor psfltor. Rev. B. K. Truluck. Mrs. K A. Hicks Is spending some time ?Ith relative? st Hebron. Mr. J. D. Wilder paid his annual wtslt h-Are last week. Mrs. B. II. Truluck Is visiting In SV..' hsrls*. Mrs. Mary Tumllnson has moved hack to her old home. Rsv. and Mrs. B. K. Truluck enter fjalned three families one dsy last week The westher continues wsrm but we haven't heard of any spoiled pork. Ths birds are flitting about and winning as though It was April or f" DARK CORNER. Bark Corner. Jan. 24.?Some few farmers have commenced to plough prepare for ??n?*th*r crop. others still building or repairing. The health of the neighborhood Is sry good, is far as I know, snd rtles seem to be sll the go about time. There wss one st Mr. W. 1*. Burket's, who has Istely moved Crom psisell to Ramsey, last Tuesday aright, ths ltth; another at Mr Thos. A. Ostsen's on Thursdsy night, the list, and last night there was one at Mr. Thos H. Ostsen's the Svcsmoes. mi which Plnswood. Bloomhlll snd SJoevsn wtrs rsprssentc V There was stbout a ecors of young Isdles and a rd of young men. Mr. McLaurtn has got a skldder at la saw mill now and hs Is surely thing logs out of ths big bay and at turning out soms fins rosemary Jambe*, home pieces 1 have assa must have been 60 or 70 feet long. Miss Nan Geddings and Mr. Rich? ard Geddings, of Pinewood, with MIhs Ollle Timmons, of Paxvllle, visited at W. J. Ardis last Sunday, the 17th. Misses Nealle and Mary Lee Ardis, with lit* le brother, Joe, and sister, Al? ler, visited Mrs. W. J. Ardis, last Sat? urday, the 16th. Mrs. \V. T. Kolb visited her sister, Mrs. Pink Weeks, last Wednesday night. Mr. Ben Geddings has gone to Manning today on business. TINDAL. Tindal, Jan. 25.?The Providence Sunday school was reorganized on last Sunday with the same officers as last year with the exception of sec? retary. Mrs. Flora Hodge will act as secretary for this year. The oats in this neighborhood are looking fine, and the acreage Is much larger than It was last year. The farmers are at work preparing for another crop. Most of them say that they are going to reduce their cot? ton crC'P about one third less than it was last year. Mise Fannie Richardson of Colum? bia hi spending a few daye at home. Mrs. Hsttie Pack formerly of this seetlon, but now of Bennettevllle le spending some time at Mr. B. J. Pack's near Tindal. Messrs. T. E. Hodge. C. M. Wither spoon and J. H. Broadway spent Sat? urday in Sumter. The people In this section are very much Intereeted with the prospect of getting a rural mall route going out from the Tindal office. Mr. John stcDanlel spent Sunday of the State guessing as to what legis? lation concerning liquor selling is going to be enacted this session. I feel sure If the State authorities could keep whiskey from being shipped into the state that a State-wide prohibi? tion bill would be passed. Then the tremendous profit feature causes some to overlook the bad moral effect. We don't want any high licence though, for if the thing has to be sold in spite of law, public sentiment, etc.. why let the whole county receive c share of the profits and not only the cities. If prohibition is best though for all the States around us, why then it looks as if it should be the best thing for ue. Mr. F. F. Covlngton of Marion h visiting relations here. The present weather is fine on oats, but not so on folks who have porl. to kill. The writer never remembers of roses blooming In the open yar this late In the winter. Prof. O. H. McMillan, Miss Resse Ayeock and Messrs. F. E. Thomas, Jr. L. T. Billups, F. F. Covlngton and 1! B. Allen went over to town last nl?rhi to witness the play "A Knight for i Day." After a pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs. J. R. Ramsey. Miss Laura Whll den has returned to Sumter. Miss K. M. Pickens spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Sumter. DALZKLL. Dalsell. Jan. 26.?We ire havlnj. summer weather almost now. We have hardly-had any freeze this win? ter so far. I heard some one say they saw a dorton stalk sprouting, out from the root a day Of so ago. Some of us can't kill our hoKs, and corn i? scarce, and besides we hear of several dying from cholera or something else. I have lost several small ones myself, but thought eating cotton seed had killed them. Bacon high, and the hogs all dylnK; what Is a poor fellow to do any way. Farmers are going ahead preparing for another crop, and If the weather continues as It now Is will soon be ready to plant again. Well, the cotton seed market has reached the $20 per ton mark, but nlas, all Is about sold now, and there Im but very few It will now do any good. Oh. for fore Bight as good as the past and we will all soon |0| rich. Well, I suppose our representatives 1 and senators will again vote for the lien law to stand as It Is. It eeefej that h Is hard for them to see wbat Is best for our country's good, or me one, for I think to repeal the Hen law would be one of the Krentest blessinKs we could have. Last spring the negroes around here were calling one of the Sumter merchants Ood | father; this fall they say he is hell. (He 1st any of them have what they . wanted, and they bought lots they could have gotten on without, and some of them have had to run awry Owing; me and others honest money, ail on acccount of thoso men avowing them to give false mortgages, and some of them told me, I have no: got on my plantation whit one of the Sumter merchants had on the paper lie had given. So I hope our lqgl la ture will wake up and let us have a ?top to tho lien business. Mr. J. II, Woodley and family have moved to Sumter. We are very sorry to give Mr. Woodley md family up. and wish them well, but hope they may decide to come back. We are al? ways glad to get rid of a bad man, but hate to give the good ones up; they are so few. Several from here a .tended the un? veiling at Smithville yesterday. Rev. Mr. Hay preached a fine ser? mon at Tlrzah yesterday afternoon. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. In the Senate. Columbia, Jan. 23.?After spending parts of three days in debating it, the senate today gave to the Carlisle bill, removing the forty-day limit for re? cording papers, its third reading. Un? der thla bill the law w ill be amended to allow 16 days for chattel mort? gagee. Wharton'a bill prov ding that con vlcta will work on chilngangs up to twenty year term prisoners was kill? ed. Senator Sullivan's bill providing for county attorneya was killed In the sen? ate, j Senator Wharton's bill making at? tempt at rape.a capital offense was given its third reading. Jenator Sullivan's gambling bill Ued. In the House, 'he house got Into a slaughtering ior today. It killed the dog tax by a vote of 74 to 22, and put the Iowing out of business by adoption unavorable reports: 'othranV. bill amending the law rernlng election of presidential elec I. lerg's bill providing for the regls tion of births. lawyer's bill giving solicitors extra during the sitting of the legisla re. Basque's bill requiring the registra |n of notaries public. "right's bill providing pay for ln lest jurors. There was -a feeling debate on Rucker'a bill to regulate and require a license of secret soclties. This bill was aimed at negro secret soclties. It was killed 64 to 48. Columbia, Jan. 25.? The house kill? ed Josh Ashley's bill to gave Confed? erate widows $4 a month instead of $21 a year. Mr. League of Greenville pointed out from the pension report that this bill would increase the pen? sion appropriation to about a half million. The house passed an important bill by K. P. Smith of Anderson, requir? ing all corporations of a capital ex? ceeding twenty-five thousand dollars to make an annual sworn financial statement to every stockholder. Mr. Patterson put !n a resolution, ?vhlch went over under the rules pro? viding for a Joint commission to in estlgate the feasibility of the State .olng Into the fertilizer making, and also calling for an Investigation of the Clemson methods of analyzing ferti? lizers. The Senate. Tho senate passed Senator Mauldin's bill for a joint commission to investi? gate the proposition to erect a Su? preme Court building. It also passed Senator Kelly's bill re enacting the Cooper pistol bill which has been declared jnconstltutlonal. It killed Senator Earle't, bill requiring the county to reimburse a victim of larceny. Senator Kelly Introduced a bill to? day making the publication of the name of the victim of rape, or at? tempted, or rumored rape punishable by a thousand dollar fine. Columbia, Jan. 26.?There was no opposition to third reading t ilia in the house today and all passed. Without debate the house killed the senate bill raising the salaries of State officers. The house passed Scarborough's bill making attempted rape a capital ritenge, and fixing the penalty at live to forty years, In case of recommen? dation to mercy. Both houses have acted on this subject with some dif? ferences as to details. The house kill? ed the Ayers resolution providing for a commission to codify the education? al laws and to make recommenda? tions. It passed Mr. Hrowning's bill to prevent the fraudulent use of the credit of a corporation, and passed without debate Mr. Price's bill for? bidding over 11 hours for any day's work in cotton mills, except to make up lost time. You can help a lot sometimes by not giving advice. Many an 111 of the heart would be cured if the hands were kept clean. SENATE SU BOO MMITTEE MUST ??GO IT ALONE." Attorney Genet*! Declines Request to Give Information Concerning Ab? sorption of the Company. Washington. Jan. 21.?A highly de? veloped order of unctuous courtesy Is being maintained between the senate committee on judiciary and Attorney General Bonaparte over the question of whether the attorney general will or will not appear before the commit? tee to explain the merger of the Ten? nessee Coal and Iron Company and the United States Steel corporation. When the subcommittee having this in? vestigation in charge met today Sen? ator Clark of Wyoming, the chairman, submitted a letter which he received yesterday from Mr. Bonaparte, declin? ing the committee's invitation to ap? pear today, for the reason that he had an engagement in the Supreme Court. The committee considered the letter and solemnly agreed not to make the letter or its substance public. While members of the subcommit? tee unanimously say that Mr. Bona? parte's replay was the embodiment of courtesy, it is evident that it contain? ed some expression or Ignored some suggestion from the committee that has not tended to increase the cordial relations between the committee and the department of justice. The fact that the committee has seen fit to make a mystery of the correspond? ence possibly has exaggerated its im? portance, but at the same time it has made it manifest that the committee will not receive any aid from the White House or the department of justice in pursuing its inquiries. AID FOR GOMPERS. United Mine Workers to Help Furnish Money in Appeal From Wright De? cision. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 22.?This was John Mitchell day in the conven? tion of the United Mine Workers of America. When the former president of the miners appeared on the stage of Tolin8on Hall 1,300 delegates went wild with enthusiasm. Mr. Mitchell said: "I feel keenly sensitive to the re? ception you have given me this day. It would seem that at least in a min ers' convention a former leader of la? boring people losds none of his lustre because he Is sentenced to Jail." Mr. Mitchell pictured what he con? sidered the injustice cf a system by which the "constitutional rights of free speech and a free press were de? nied," and by which men would he deprived of their liberty without ? trial by a jury. He repudiated noth? ing that he had said or written in his book In the past concerning the duty }f resistance of any order by justlv depriving people of these constitu? tional rights. The iniunctlon, Mr. Mitchell de? clared, was not all bad, bt he said it had been used as an instrument of oppression. P. J. McLester, a delegate moved that a petition be prepared and ad? dressed to President Roosevelt pro? testing against Judge Wright's de? cision. It is to be signed by every delegate and officer in the conven i ton. Samuel Gompers sent the follow? ing message to the convention: "Please convey to the delegates fra? ternal greetings and best wishes for a most successful convention. Now h> the time that tries men's souls Now I., the time to mora thoroughly or? ganize and solidify the ranks of labor. Stand true for the cause of justice and human freedom.* On motion of President T. T. Lewis th' convention voted $2,500 as a pre? liminary aid for th* defeuee of Gom? pers, Mitchell and Morrison in their contempt cases against them. The resolution also instructed the miners' international exeruU.vc board to ap? propriate in the future as much more as necessary to gi\ve IhOfO men proper recompense. The lesolutiori was adopted unanimously. Liquor Wasted at Pinewood. Pinewood, Jan. 22.?This morning In the presence of quite a number of citizens, Intendent D. R. Lide poured out on the streets and burned 11 gal ions of "blind tiger booze." This is the first time the people of Pinewood have witnessed a scene like this on the streets of this town. By this act a precedent has been established which the intendent ex? pects to follow, hence the "blind ti? gers" had better take warning. The citizens think this is a step in the right direction, so It behooves each and every individual to back up the officers In the discharge of their duty, then the "tigers" will soon be put out of business. Henry Hanes, colored , has been lodged in the Orangeburg Jail charg? ed with attempt to ravish a white wo? man near Norway. The more you nurse a grievance the faster it grows. .CELEBRATED CASE GOES INTO THE FEDERAL COURTS. Receivers for the Seminulc Ask That The Southern Life Insurance Com? pany be Required to Return to the Seuiijiole tlie Amount Paid to lie? hen in the Purchase of Slock and The Contract Cancelled?Fraud Freely Alleged. Columbia, Jan. 21.?The Seminole case has now gone into the Federal Courts. Judge Pritchard has given his consent to the receivers suing the Southern Life Insurance Company. The petition in the Federal case, giv i:itf the status of the case and reciting the history of it, goes on to say: 9. That the value of the said stock of the Southern Life Insurance Com? pany at the time of the said sale and prior thereto was worth less than par (and the par value thereof per share was> fifty dollars,) and your orator it, informed and believes that its value was $40, or less, and some of its stock had sold in the markets for $35 per share, Just prior to the contract with the Securities company aforesaid, all of which was well known to the offi? cers and agents of the said the South* ern Life Insurance Company and to the officers and agents of the said Seminole Securties Company prior to the said sale and at the time thereof. 10. That C. J. Hebert was agent in the employ of the said life insurance company srd represented it in nego? tiating the said sale of the stock to the Seminole Securties Company, and also at the same time was in the em? ploy of the Seminole Securties Com? pany and represented it in the pur? chase thereof, and the officers and di? rectors of both of the said companies knew that he was acting for both companies in this matter. 11. That the Southern Life Insur? ance Company employed the said He? bert to act in connection with Its gen? eral manager, C. J. Cooper, to Induce the officers and agents of the Semi? nole Securities Company to enter into and carry out the said purchase and sale, and therefor agreed to pay to the said Hebert and allow him to re? tain from the funds received, for him? self and associates (to wit: the officers of the Seminole Securities Company), a. large proportion of the purchase price of the said stock, to wit: about $110,000, designated as commissions. 12. That the conduct and actions of the officers and directors of the said Seminole Securities Company and the agent, Hebert, as hereinabove al? leged, was without authority of the stockholders of the said Securities Company and without any notice to the said stockholders thereof, aad was never authorized nor ratified by the said stockholders, and was a fraud on their rights and a fraud upon the said Securities Company, and well known to the said Life Insurance Company so to be, and was Induced and brought about by the officers of the said Life Insurance Company and their agent, the said Hebert, and par? ticipated in by the officers of the said Life Insurance Company, who com? bined and conspired, together wit:h the said officers and agents of the said Securties Company, to consum? mate the said fraudulent transaction as herein alleged. 13. That the said transaction was conceived and consummated In fraud of the rights of the stockholders arid creditors of the Securties Company and the Southern Life Insurance Com? pany, its officers and agents, had knowledge of the fraud and partici? pated therein and profited thereby, and conspired and colluded with the officers and agents of the Seminole Securities to defraud the said Securi? ties Company by means of the said contract, and did thereby fraud the said Securities Company and damage it to Its great and irreparable hurt and Injury. 14. That as a result of the collusive p,nd fraudulent transactions herein above alleged the Seminole Securties Company has been entirely wrecked and ruined, its credit destroyed, its assets wasted and dissipated, and it has thereby suffered loss and Injury Of not less than three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars (tS26, (00.) 15. That your orator has no ade? quate remedy In a Court of law, be? cause It is necessary that the fraudu? lent transactions hereinabove describ? ed be rescinded and set aside and status quo restored as far as may be, and an accounting had as to the loss and injury suffered and sustained by your orator on account thereof, and unless the aid of this honorable court is given, your orator is without any adequate remedy. Wherefore your orator prays: 1. That due process of law be Is? sued against the respondent, and that It be summoned to appear In this court and answer this bill of com* plaint, but without oath?all answers under oath being expressly waived? End to stand and abide by such orders and decrees as the court may from time to time adjudge. 2. That all the contracts and agreements between the Southern life Securities Company be delivered up PREPARE FOR PROHIBITION L'it'AL-OPTIOX GOVERNOR WILL NOT VETO STATE-WIDE RILL. Prohibition Measure Seems Sure to Pass This Session of the Legisla? ture and Gov. Ansel Who Was Elected on a Loe-al Option Plat? form Will GO With the Majority. Special to The Daily Item: Columbia, Jan. 26.?Gov. Ansel will not veto a State-wide prohibition bill, which appears certain to pgss the present session of the legislature, al? though the prohibitionists are not strong enough to pass it over his veto, and although he was elected on a lo? cal option platform, he would not say positively when the direct ques? tion was asked, what he would do, but the prohibitionists have been lead to feel sure that he will not oppose them. SMITH ELECTED SENATOR. Nominee of Democratic Primary Re reived 1'nanimous Vote of House and Senate. Special to The Daily Item: Columbia, Jan. 26.?E. D. Smith of Florence today received the unani? mous vote of the senate and he use for United States senator. The joint as? sembly will tomorrow tabulate vote and formally declare Smith elected. KILLS HIMSELF IN CHURCH. Otto Schneitzcr of Philadelphia Com? mits Suicide in Savannah House of Worship. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 22.?In a pos? ture of prayer in St. Patricks church here and with a bullet hole through the temple, the dead body of Otto Schueitzer of Philadelphia wa? found today several hours after the fatal shot was fired. Two notes were found, one be? queathing $1 for "St. Anthony's bread" and another expressing; regret vaguely that he "had permitted him? self to have any ill feeling." Schueit? zer had been here but a day, reaching the city aboard a steamer frorr. Phila? delphia early this morning. The shot that killed him was not heard by any one- in the .'.cinlty. When found the pistol t.ie man had used was lying beside his knees as he knelt In a pew. THE AMERICAN PRESS. Senator Tillman Sounds Warning Note On Importance of Liberty !For the Newspapers. Washington, Jan. 22.?Senator Till? man of South Carolina, in a statement tonight, sounded a strong note of warning an the question of the free? dom of the American press. The state? ment is as folows: "The issue is a momentous one. Jefferson declared that as between a government without newspapers and newspapers without a government he would choose the latter, because when properly informed the people would protect themselves even without a government through the instrumen? tality of public opinion. A free press can alone preserve free institutions. Our great danger now lies in the con? trol of the press and its consequent subserviency to those who use it to deceive the people and perpetuate their grasp upon power. The Ameri? can people can not guard too jealous? ly the right of freedom of speech and freedom to print whatever is in tho public interest. The news ipers now under fire for their effor to expose corruption in high places should have the act've support of every true Amer? ican, for their cause is the cause of us all." 1 GREENVILLE CRIMINAL CASES. Greenville, Jan. 22.?Posey Barton, a white man about 30 years of age, was convicted in the court of general sessions today of murder and recom? mended to mercy. Barton killed Abe Dill, .a well known citizen of this county, lart fall. He will be sentenced to life Imprisonment Eugene Foster, a negro, was con? victed of manslaughter. William Pritton, white, is now be? ing tried for murder, the case having been called this afternoon. and cancelled. 3. That an accounting be had to the end that the amount due your or? ator by reason of the transactions and dealings aforesaid may be ascertained and that said Southern Life insurance Company may be required to pay to your orator the amount so ascertained to be due. not less than the sum of three hundred and twenty-five thou? sand dollars ($325,000.) 4. For such other and further re? lief as may be just and conformable to equity and good conscience. Grier & Park, Nelson A Nelson, Frank Carter, Attorneys for Complainants. Numerous affidavits and exhibits are attached.