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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. ST LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. mm of Interne From all Parts of ??unter and Adjoining counties. MOT1CS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters so that they will this office not later than Mon when Intended for Wedneaday'a * and not later than Thursday Saturday's Issue. This, of course, fat only to regular correspond la case of Itema of unusual value, send In Immediately by n, telephone or telegraph. 8uch atorlea are acceptable up to the of going to preaa. Wednesday's * la printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after BROODON. Br>gdon. April 17.?The long look ad f??r rain has come?not a heavy Sown pour, but a gentle and steady haa bean falling all this after It haa been very dry 'or sev aral weeks and thoae who were a lit tee late In planting were becoming un saasy aa to getting a stand of cotton, ?avers 1 farmers have their cropa up and under cultivation; some are ?hopping cotton. Qardeus are looking well. Peas, potatoes and cabbage are coming In. The lad lee of this community are de? bating much attention to poultry rala tag; nearly every one has some new variety of flne chickens. Mrs. J. C. Btukee. Mra. J. I. Brogdon and Mrs. Joel Davis are considered the rioat awcceaaful In their efforts Since the rlae In cotton market n good many persons have sold their holdings at ten cents, while otiers Oav still siting and hoping for high ?r prices. Mr. Clinton Brogdon, one erf our young cot' n holders, becom? ing weary of waiting and fully exper? iencing that all thing* do not one to thoae who wait, decided to dispose at? his entire crop, amounting to tliree carloads. Mr. Olenn of Sumter b?lpg tne purchaser. ? The dance which too t place la?t Friday evening In the hall above Mr. W. T. Brogdon's ?t >re was much en >>Y?d by the young folks. The ladlea In nttendance were: Mlasea Dou rlae, of Union. Smith, of Virginia, Jonen, of berry. McFaddln. of Harvln. Hrlt of Sumter, Blackwell, of F<?Jk> Davis, of Manning. Handel son, at Privateer. Bulah Richardson, t usle Brogdon. The gentleman present warn: Meeara. fercy Harvln. Li Clus ^Harrln. Durban.. White, Brltton. Ju Bna. Clinton. Allard and William Brcgdon. Pringle Brunson. Warren and John DuRait and Robert Jones. M*etea Smith mil Jones have cl >aed 4netr school and returned to their \omea. Mlas Suale Brogdon, is at home af %mt a stay of aejvera: weeks In Char* toaton. Dr. Chat. B. Oelger. of Manning. In the neighborhood on profes I bualneaa recently. Mr. Warren.DuRant la spending to OT with relatlvea here. SMITIIVILLE. Smithvl)!e. April 2a.?We are need tag rain badly. Qarelena and oata will na a failure unlaat rain cornea soon. Faimere ace anxtout to get their cot nan up to a stand, while the tobacco planters are wishing for rain ao they ana act out tobacco. We had a lit? tle rain yeeterday but not enough to ego any material gcod. It la still do idy this mornlni; with Indications of fair weather. We have a little fruit on trees. Peach treea are nearly dead. The San Jona acale la responsible for their con? dition. It la almost useless for one saan to spray his trees when his neigh? bor Just serosa the way don't believe In spraying and allowa his orchard to die out. The birds carry the lice from ??ne orchard t> another. Unless aomethlnf la done peaches will soon no a thing of the past In this section. Mr. J. M. Foxwoith, of Sumter, and Mra. T. D. Foxworth, of this place ap'nt Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. H. If. Evans Mra. C. T. Evans and daughter, Miss Rosa Lee, visited friends In Svmter. Isst week. Rev. J. E. Strickland has been tjulte til. but le now convalescent. Mr. J W. Robertaon spent Wednes? day In Camden. Mra. J. W. Weldon of Egypt, spent Thursday with Mr. Calvin Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shiver were in Camden Thursday. Mr. D. J. Robertaon spent Friday In Camden. Mm. I). D. Robertaon haa been 111 for aeveral days. Mr. and Mrs. W. N\ Dunlap spent yesterday with Mr. and Mra. T ft Dunlap, of Marshall's. PlSEWOOD. Plnewood. April 18.?Maaara. C. O. Rowland. R. I. Manning, Capt. Tom Wilson and Mr. Heyna*orth came down on Tueaday's local freight and gave the town a look ovei. It was ru? mored that they are looking for good location for cottor seed oil mill. This nlaee would be it good location as there la shipped from here and Rimi? ni. Pixville and Silver over two nun dred and fifty cars each season. The closing exercises of the graded school will take place on Friday night, May 7th. beginning at S o'clock In the school auditorium. Hon. Mendel L. Smith of Camden, will deliver an address here In the auditorium on Friday morning. May 7th, at 11 o'clock. The public is cor? dially Invited. Mrs. Emory W. Clark and family have returned to their home In De? troit, Mich., after a three months stay at "Mlllford." Col. R. C. Richardson, of Sumter, was In town for a few hours on Mon? day afternoon. Judfre R. O. Purdy and Mr. C. G. Rowland were In town last week, In the Interest of the new bank. Miss Carrie (?riffln of the Game Cock city was a Sunday visitor at the home of Misses May and Bertha Grif? fin. Mr. Bancroft Lesesne has accepted a position with Broadway Bros., as bookkeeper. The new bank will be open for busi? ness by August 15th. Mr. R. M. Brallsford went over to Kim stree on Tuesday to attend a fish fry "Tim Teaser," a rural comedy in three acts, will be produced by local amateurs In the Pinewod graded school auditorium Thursday night, May 4 th. The following is the cast of characters: Elllce Flemylng... .Mayale Brallsford Arnold Haye . . Manning Richardson Mrs Flemylng.. .. Bessie Geddings 'Dr. Thorpe .. ..H. B. Richardson, Jr. Druillla Todd.Annie Reeves Uraliah Hlgglns . . Brooks Patterson Eben Randal .. .. E. C. Geddings Sreelalty. Scott & Grlffln Soloists. .Misses Bessie Geddings, Mny ste Brallsford and Mr. H. B. Richard? son. Jr., . The curtain rises 8:30 o'clock promptly. Admission: Adults 25; Children 15. PISGAH. Plsgah. April 27.?A fine rain Is falling here this afternoon. Just the i kind that Is needed to bring up the cotton and help the oats. Those who planted cotton In March have fine stands. Gardens are backward and not much account owing to the dry weather. Some peach trees have a few peaches on them, but the maj? ority of the trees have none, being nearly dead. Mr. T. S. Ross has some sick child ren with fever. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McManus are quite tick. Some of my neighbors have suc? ceeded well this year with chickens, others have poor luck and will raise but few. The public school at Plsgah Is re? sumed after an Interruption of some* weeks, owing to difficulties between the trustees of Rafton Creek and Spring Hill. Lee county. I am inform? ed that all Is lovely and sweet again. Uncle "Jim" Jervey, of Sumter, has been here on business. He has many friends all through this section who are always glad to see him. One of the rural carriers of Rem bert and the Government could not agree, so he Is out of the Job, and the way the boys are hustling for the Job la a alght. The prime object in view la Uncle Sam'a wheels. J. D. McLeod. who carries the mall on Route No. 1 from Rembert, gives satisfaction to the patrons. He la palnataklng and accomodatlng and followa the law aa all officials ahould do. The terrible massacres In Turkey and precincts Is an additional and strong argument that the Christian nations of the earth, in the cause of humanity should wipe such govern? ments off the face of the earth, and by intervention establish a govern? ment that property and lives will be safe. A person traveling In a for? eign country should hnve the assur? ance that he will be safe In person, and not live In dread of bodily harm. Watch the tariff bill In Congress and see If It won't be formed In the Interest of the North and West and against the South. Rev. J. W. Truluck, of Scranton, La aiding In a meeting at Mt. Olivet church this week, near Camden. Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of the First Baptist church of Camden, Is pastor. Virtue that has never been put to the teat la a poor asset. All that are lovers of virtue, be quiet and go angling.?Izaak Walton. The remembrance of past labor is sweet.?Irish. When a man grow* angry his rea? son rides out.?Spanish. When lovers elope it's also a get? away for common sense. An art requires a whole man. French. The cartoonist who goes on the vaudeville stage doean't always draw. SULTAN GOES 10 PRISON. ABDUL HAMID, DEPOSED, WILL BE CONFIXED IN LARGE HOUSE NEAR SALONIKI Gen. Shefkct Says Ho Will Tolerate No Half Measures in Punishment of Mutinous Troops?State of Seige Continued. Constantinople, April 28.?The for? mer sultan, Abdul Hamid II, is to be kept a prisoner in a large house with walled grounds on a height overlook? ing Saloniki, which has lately been occupied by the Italian commander of the international gendarmerie. He Is not to be put on trial, as has been widely reported in Constantinople, for lie is considered to be above the law. It was thought wise to kep the de posed sultan in European Turkey, re? mote from the capital. His house? hold will be administered for him upon a generous scale and his life will be safeguarded, as he earnestly be? sought when notified Of his dethrone? ment. Abdul Hamid, with four wives, five daughters and two of his younger sons, two eunuchs and a comparative? ly large number of female servants, was taken from the Yildiz palace last night and started under an escort to Saloniki. The party proceeded by steam launches to the landing near the railway and a special train, on which they were to be placed, left at 3 o'clock in the morning. The con? stitutionalists would like to get back part of the great sums of money that the former sultan is supposed to have abroad, not only because the govern? ment is in need of the money, 1- .it because It is desirable that he should be deprived of the resources for an? other coup d'etat. Speculation places Abdul Hamid's wealth at anything be ?ween $25,000.000 and $200,000,000. Tt was mentioned with pleasure to? day at the palace of Mehemmed V that the American ambassado* was the first of the foreign representatives to corney his good wishes to iho new? ly proclaimed sultan. The sultan sent his compliments and thanks to Mr. L< isehm.m, expressing pleasure that the epresentatlve of the United States was the first to cuosratulate him. The city is illuminated tonight and general rejoicing continues. Although this was a holiday court martials were held and several of the principals In the mutiny of the troops were condemned to death. Later they were taken outside the walls of the city and shot. Prince Sabah Eddine, the nephew of the sultan, who was arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the rising, has beeen liberated and his release has caused a good Impres sicn. The streets of the capital are fill? ed with Macedonian volunteers. They are being feted by the citizens at the coffee houses and restaurants, which are all full to overflowing. The huge square inside the railings of the war office presented an unusual scene this afternoon. Thousands of soldiers of the late garrison were seated, cross-legged, In companies In a great semicircle, while officers made the rounds and picked out those sus? pected of active complicity In the mu? tiny. The men, however, were cheer? ful. They chatted and smoked and appeared to hear their disgrace light? ly. Mahmoud Schefket Pasha, com? manding the forces, in an interview today, intimated his intention to puri? fy the capital of all subvershe ele? ments and to establish a salutary ex? ample of the army. He said that he WOttld have no half measures, but would thoroughly clear up the situa? tion. For this purpose the state of seige would be continued probably for a month, although it would be relax? ed somewhat In the European quarter very soon. Referring to the deport? ation of Abdul Hamid, Gen. Schefket expressed the opinion that the meas? ure was absolutely necessary in the Interest of the future peace of the em? pire. Alluding to the report that the Albanians might attempt to rescue the former sultan, the general said he was convinced that the Albanians would remain quiet. On the comple? tion of his mission, he concluded, he would return to Saloniki. . Mehemmed V was attending to his Ofttrt duties today, receiving various otlleials at Dolmabagtsche palace. Ac? cess to the palace is easy, and the ?ultiin'l conversation is familiar, the Whole being In striking contrast to the eruditions that prevailed at the Yildiz. The absence of troops at the palaoa is marked and only a few po? licemen are on duty at the entrance. Must of the volunteers Will leave for their homes tomorrow, after being entertained at a farewell banquet out? side the city walls. The prohibitionists are active In Lexington county, and it begins to look as if they are going to have the light all to themselves. So far the dispensary advocates have made no effort to resist the strong prohibition wave which Is said to exist in most sections of the county. OIL AND SAND HIGHWAY. How They Do Things In Massachu? setts. Boston, April 25.?An automobile trip of 200 miles over the roads of Massachusetts was part of the day's work yesterday of the Maryland State Good Roads Commission, which has comp North hoping to profit by the road-building experiences of Massa? chusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and other States. The party of Marylanders, consist? ing of Chairman John M. Tucker. Chief Engineer W. W. Crosby and Messrs. Francis C. Hutton, Samuel M. Shoemaker and Dr. William Bullock Clerk, reached Boston at 7 o'clock this morning and had breakfast at the I Hotel Touralne, where they were met I by Secretary A. B. Fletcher, of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, who Is chief engineer of the road work, and Mr. W. R. Farrington, one of the five division engineers of the State. At ? o'clock, accompanied by Mr. I Farrington, the party started on its long day s ride in a big touring car. A clear sky and a beautiful spring day added to the Interest of the trip. Peo? ple at the hotel predicted that the party would never reach Boston to? night, but at 9 o'clock they sped in, almost as fresh as when they started, having inspected 11 different types of oil road construction. | "All types of road that we inspected I showed good wear at places and poor wear at others." said Chairman Tuck? er. "Of the 11 there was one road which seemed to be a much greater success than all others. The treat? ment of this road was an oil contain? ing a high percentage of asphalt. This I v as a success in some sections and a failure in others, owing, we were told, to the different character of the I soils at the different places. This shows that oil road building is still in an experimental stage, and it will take time and much experimenting to establish the kind of treatment need? ed for each soil. We not only inspect? ed oil and sand roads, but also the stone roads." The commission figures that by spending about $200 on this trip of inspection it will be able to save the State many thousands of dollars. The chief purpose of the trip is the find? ing of a durable road that can be J built at a cost of $4,000 a mile or less. The roads that the State has built In the last six years under the Shoemak- j ei law have cost an average of $7,000 a mile, which many contend is much too high if the commission hopes to construct out of the $5,000,000 loan the roads it has planned. Chief Engineer W. W. Crosby, who had charge of the roads built by the Geological Survey under the Shoe? maker law, contends that a durable hard road cannot be constructed for j lest than $7,000 a mile, and the ex- j perience of Massachusetts has been a I partial substantiation and a partial refutation of his stand. The average cost of Massachusetts roads has been I $8.831 a mile, yet the Marylanders in? spected a road yesterday that was J built for $2.400 a mile. This particular road is called a sand j and oil road, for oil with a high per- I centage of asphalt Is used as a binder of the sand. While this type of road has proved more or less satisfactory thus far, it has been built only four years, and consequently has not had j the test of time. It has stood up fair- j ly well under the strain of automo- I bile travel, which is more than can be I said of the old-style roads. A particular stretch of oil and sand read Inspected by the Maryla.iders is j a: Eastham, which is in the toe of I Cape Cod. This stretch is four miles long, and the land in this section Is almost Identical with the Eastern I shore of Maryland. Both are sandy and both about equally distant from a source of stone. In Frederick county and the other j western counties of Maryland stone I roads can be built at a cost of $4,000 or less a mile. On the Eastern Shore j the cost of stone roads, owing to the J cost of transportation, would reach $10,000 a mile. Facing this condition, I the commission set out to find, if po3- I sible, a method of road construction that can be applied to the Eastern I Shore and similar sections of the Western Shore at a cost that is not prohibitive. At Eastham two different sections of road were inspected. One was a macadam which had been treated with an oil and sand mixture, and the other a section of sand road which was oiled, the oil being heated and allowed to soak Into the road and then thoroughly harrowed and the road shaped and rolled. The oil used was like fluxing oil, a heavy residuum asphalt all, which was claimed to contain 65 per cent, of as? phalt. The oil was heated to 180 de? crees or 200 degrees Fahr., and ap? plied from a watering cart with a special sprinkling attachment. After the oil had stood two or three days sand was put upon it. The work was done late In the fall and was not satisfactory; in fact, it was considered a failure, and it was not until the next year that the oil began to appear upon the surface and to be ocme compact under travel. In 1907 this road was rolled with a steam roller and patched. Though it ruts under travel and is not in any .sense as smooth as a macadam road, it has proved satisfactory in that it has held up travel and only rutted to a slight depth, and is still in reason? ably good condition after three yoarv Of wear. The cost of 1905 when something more than a mile of road 16 feet wide was treated, was about 17 cents a square yard, using a lttle less than one and one-half gallons of oil to the square yard. The road was ticat ed a second time in 1906, using seven tenths of a gallon to a square yard, at a cost of 10.8 cents a square yard. This made something more than two gallons of oil to the square yar of road. It was patched somewhat in the last year. During the hot weather the oil comes up to the surface, and it will be necessary next pear to fill ruts and depressions In the road to put in good condition. The cost of the road up to the present time has been about $2,400 a mile. It was the experience of the com? mission with this road that decided to try other experiments to see if sand roads could not be built, using oil, asphalt or tar as a binder, without the use of stone. It is evident that if satisfactory roads, which will withtstand ordinary travel, can be built with sand and these materials the first cost of the same will be only about one-fourth to one-half of the cost of the macadam road. The oiled roads will probably cost from $1,500 to $2,000 a mile, using a heavy residum asphat oil, which costs about 5 1-2 to 6 cents a gallon and using about two gallons to the souare yard. Undoubtedly, after sev? eral years, such roads will have to be treated with a second coat of oil and all ruts and depressions will have to be filled every year. Last season there was built south of Eastham, a State road of oil and sand in Harwich, Brewster and Or? leans, w here a section of about three miles in length Is i:eing constructed. The method was, in general, the same as that used in Eastham. Up to the present time, though the jiled road seems to be much better than the sand road, it has heretofore had many defects. It has been impossible to secure an even layer of oil and an even thickness of the oil and sand, mixture throughout the width of the road, and this defect can undoub? tedly be cured In some way. It is due to the fact that during construction the horses feet made holes in the I sand and the grade was rutted deep- j ly by the wheels of the carts. The oil, I no matter how evenly it was spread. J tends to settle into the depressions. The big problem which highways j commissions, engineers, park boards j and ail others interested, directly or indirectly, in the cause of good roads I have set as a task for themselves j If the finding of a remedy to eounter act the effect on improved roads of I automobile travel. The old-style I road is a success when used as a I highway for horse-drawn vehicles. The action of wagon wheels is entire- I ly different from the action of a I vehicle propelled by the friction of its I rear wheels on the road. In one case it is that of a roller packing the road- j way; the other it is an excavator! scraping and digging it up. To de- j velop at a reasonable cost a type of I road that will withstand this scrap- j Ing and digging is the task to which I all States, with Massachusetts lead- J ing in experimentation, have applied I themselves. The experiments of the engineers have shown that it is absolutely nec- I essary to know the exact character ot the materials used to be able to procure good results and account for failures. With this end I in view the Highways Commission em? ployed the State Chemist to make M analysis and physical tests of the ma- I terlals. | The engineers say that so far as j their experience goes it seems evident I that to produce good results by th<* j use of oil?which means to accom-1 plish more than the temporary laying I of dust?it is necessary to use oils I that have an asphalt base. The larg? er the percentage of asphalt, the bet- j ter the results. The experiments have j demonstrated that the heaviest oils, j which must be heated to be applied. 1 Will last longer without being retreat- I ed; and the indications thus far are I that these heavier oils, enriched with I the right quality of asphalt, will I make a permanent roadbed when mixed in proper proportion! With I sand and will likely prove effective in resurfacing old macadam roads if a layer is put on two inches thick in the centre and one Inch on the side The ordinary repair of Massachu? setts roads, such as cleaning gutters and catch basins, filling in ruts and holes, sanding the roads occasloally. caring for the road-sides and little or no resurfacing, has cost in the pool about $100 a mile a year, which hoi grown to be inadequate, largely on account of the damage done by auto? mobiles. In 1908 the cost was about $12 a mile, which, the highways com? mission points out, will have to be considerably Increased next year. The average age of the State highways is about seven years and many of them need resurfacing. The division engineers have esti? mated that it will require $684,800 to resurface the State highways end nut them in reasonably good condtion. They declare that $366,400 of the ?ar is due to automobile travel. The highway! commission comments aa follows: "This only shows how expensive it is to allow our high wave to go with oui the repairs which are necessary." She is noblest being good.?Habing ton. Sloth is the key to poverty.?Ger? man. Set your sail according to your wind.?Greek. A windstorm passed over Florence and the grandstand at the ra^e track was blown down. Castro returns to discover that Abdul has stolen his spot-light.? Louisville Courier-Journal. The barns and stables of L. A. Ste? vens in Edgefield County were de? stroyed by fire. Loss $1,000. A pessimist is a man who ?an't be happy even when he is having his own way.?Chicago Record-Herald. Just how will Senator Fryc's ton? nage tax on all foreign shippings from American ports help the trade of this country??New York World. Who Is so much to be envied as * President of the United States who owns a Jersey cow in the strawberry season??Charleston News and Cour? ier. A new remedy for tuberculosis Is reported from England. Consumption cures are now rather more numerous than consumptives.?Xew York Trib? une. While attempting to board a north? bound freight train, third section of Xo. 8 of the Seaboard Air Line Mon? day morning Trainmaster Clem Lane fell under the ? e*r?i and his right leg was no badly c. usicd that amputation was performed at the Co? lumbia Hospital, where the injured trainman was taken as soon as pos? sible after the accident. The accident occurred at Cassels, near Columbia. Mr. James F. Jenkins has about five hundred acres in cultivation In Cero kee County, preparing his land for cultivation by the use of the steam plow. He has a 22-horse-power en? gine, with which he pulls two large ploughs, which cut seven feet and in this way he can break abou ten acres of land per day. Mr. Jenkins says that quite a lot of his land is rought and hilly, hut that this fact did not prevent his using the steam plow he having broken nearly all of his land both this year and last with this plow. Aa a labor saving device this plow is the greatest invention now in use on the farm. While Auctioneer Hoyt was holding a sale in the Town Hall today, says a monticello, M. Y.. dispatch to The Philadelphia Record, he held up a large rug, and soon he and everybo else in the room began to sneeze vi lently. The auctioneer, believi somebody was playing a Joke on hi offered $10 to learn who had sprink led pepper on the rug. Mrs. Juniman, who had sent the mg for sale said: "Hand over your $10; 1 did it to kee the moths out of the rug." Jeers an hisses from the crowd soon compell Hoyt to go down Into his pcket an hand over the money to Mrs. Juniman. A few days ago a negro boy by the name of George Washington, was ar-^ rested in Summerville, charged wtth mule stealing. The mule in question had been stolen the day before Wash** ington was arrested from a Mr. Guy ton, of Monck'8 Corner. A neighbor j of Mr. Guyton, knowing of the theffc * recognized the mule, which he saw within a short distance of Summer* vllle, and on reaching town had Washington arrested. George was im? mediately landed in Jail. About 15 o'clock that night the jail was dl?- , covered on fire and it was with d'.ftt culty .hat Washington was rescued. It seems that Washington was an oli offender and tried tho oftiimes suc? cessful trick of burning h!s way out of a v.ooden Jail by setting fire to the side and keeping the fire within safe M limits by somethering it with the blan? kets ii his cell until a hole had binn? ed of sufficient size to permit of his escape. Unfortunately for Washing? ton the jail in Summt rville was fur? nished with cotton comforts, instead of the best wool blankets an.l r..?suit- ^ ed In his being very nearly suffocated before rescued. He was resusitated shortly"' after being taken out, how? ever, and is now comfortably quarter? ed in the brick Jail at St. Georges whero he awaits trial at the next term of court in Dorchester County. |j