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CtUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. Y LaTTTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of DM hi em From all Parts of ami Adjoining Counties. KOTICK TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters so that they will this office no Ister than Mori when Intended for Wednesday's s? aad oot later than Thursday Saturday's Issue This, of course, only to regular correspond In case of Items of unusual value, send la Immediately by telephone or telegraph. Such stories are acceptable up to the of going to press. Wednesday's la printed T esday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after SMITH V ILLR, ilthvtlle. May 21.?The dry has been broken by delight fat rains today. Nc cloud burst but aamtle aad frequent showers have falling. Settli g out potatoes been delayed because of lack of A few farms *s set out plants little rain, but the majority putting them out today. Some re good gardens, while others have none. Some failed for lack of assttlietlon at the right time. Seme think Its not n?ceseary to cultb only after each -sin fall or when green forces them to do so. aanallow stirring of the soil every essjsjfc will keep plants growing stoad ?y - M the while. John C Edgar, cf Austin. Texas, sees* sue com growing slowly but ami sly during the rtcent drought by cultivation oach week. His la nearly waist high, while that his neighbors Is only 10 Inches and si of It dead. Tie farmer that a straight shovel deep as a mule poll It. has little corn stadlng. an meet of It has s ilted and fallen. Some folks from Camden came la an automobile. The machine have teen In bud shape since It several darkles to help push up these hills. Guess they'll what It takes to move upward they come again. S. B. RopertMon spent Satur aas Sunday with her parents, Mr. Mm , Frank Math)?, of 8u . and Mrs. Rolsrd Hair, of Qree t Seturoay and Sunday relatives at this place. John Dtxoa. of Camden. paid a visit to frtsnds on last Sunday Tom Hat nek and daughter, Birdie, of Burnt er, came up to the funeral of the former's Mr. 8. R. Hi tfleld. Sr. white boy by ths name of bitten by a moccasin one this week. His hi nd and arm are swollen. Hs Is In for *a bad as blood poison Is Uksiy to set PI8G41L May 20 ? Soldier 8. B. Hat hae crossed the river. After a sickness and In spite of all that hands end good medical atten eould do. Mr. Hstfield died at his here on Tuesda y morning and burled at Plsgah church on Wed mornlng. acco'dlng to solemn of the Mason U Order, In the nee of a large c nigregatlon, ?f? ft sermon by his putor, Rev. T. L. At the beginning of the war ho vob steered in the company of that gnl soldier, Col. Stephen M. Boyklr. fought to the end. At the latter wert of his life, from 111 health, his ?sind to some extent became Impaired, he lived in the past especially In scenes of the war, and of the soldiers he foustht under, Lee, Jackson and others. Fof ten years he was womhlpfu) -ler of the 8mlth\ llle Lodge and retired from the office when the In swwtltle* of old ago ctept on him. 1 am told that hf made a fine presiding ?ftcer. He was one of the charter members mf ptasah ehurch snd died a member of It. always tcJbk an active part In the ohurch work, and especially In the Sunday school. He was known as an honest man. Several Maaotu and others spoke at the close of the sermon, of his worth as a man. He ?rved here ell his life and had many friends who deeply re* ret that he ha* gassed away. He leaves a .vldow. several children, brothers and rela? tive* to mourn his departure. Peace to his ashes. DU RANT. Dursnt. South Carolina. May 21.? Persian preacher gave a very In tlng talk at New Harmony la*t gain (I ay afternoon. His discourse, though In broken English, waa enjoy ssi and will arouse a greater Interest fa those that are trying to Christian ate that country. Miss Julia Keller la visiting her uls? ter. Mrs. Robbln Durant. Mr. James Reaves left yesterdav f'?r Savannah. Oa.. as a delegate to lien \\ Asaembly. Mrs. Robert Muldrow spent a part r last week with her parents. A fish fry will be given at Rrewlng ton Lake n ?xt wjek complimentary to the youni; ladles. Very heavy rains have passed through thla section and Monday af? ternoon a little hail, but the crops were uninjured. An eagle vas killed two weeks ago on the plantation of Mr. Heaves. It was a curiosity to the children and many grown people who had never seen one. May 22. Amid sot rowing relatives and friends the body of Mrs. Perry was Interred in the family burying ground near Durant this morning. Mrs. Per? ry was the second daughter of Mr. J. C. Durant, and her sudden death has cast, a gloom over the communi? ty. ST ATI IBURG. Stateburg, May 23.?Miss Bettle Frlerson, who has been teaching at Pelzer, Is at horns for the summer va? cation. Mr. Prank P. Burgess spent last Sunday with relatives here. Mr. Robert Barn we 11. of Boston, Mass., Is visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Barnwell. Mr. Hall Ramsey visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Ramsey. Saturday and Sunday, returning on Monday. Mrs. Markley Lee, Miss Sue Lee and Mr. Ben Lee are spending a few weeks at their lovely home, "Farm Hill." Mrs. R. C. Richardson, of Sumter, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Richardson, Jr., on Wednesday. Rev. W. H. Barnwell held vlvlne services In Clarendon today. The heavy rains the latter part of the week have Interferred with farm work to a certain extent, but so far, we have escaped the hall storms, which In some parts of the State, seem to have done such serious dam _ HUMBERT. Rembert, May 24.?There will be no commencement at the closing of Rafting Creek High School here next Friday, but Prof. Henry C. Davis, demonstrator of English, South C ro lina University, will deliver an ad? dress on education at the High School building here Monday, 81st Inst., at 11: SO a. m , and the patrons of the school snd others who are In? terested in the advancement of edu? cation In this township are requested to be present and hear this eloquent speaker, and your correspondent feels sure that every one will be repaid to turn out and fill the auditorium room at the school building that day. My old friend, Capt. Jim Jervey. more familiarly known at present throughout this section as "Doctor Jervey," gave your correspondent a pleasant call a few days ago. The "Doctor" has done a crack-a-jack business up here selling medicine for the Star Medicine Co. I have never seen such energy and courtesy as the "Doctor" possesses, and the Star Medicine Company got the right man in the right place this time, and I only wish the "Doctor" much succes?. Farm work Is resumed again afte excessive rains here last week. an. our farmers feel themselves fortu? nate at not being Injured more than we are, and with good weather the crops will soon be looking all right. Miss Hattle Hussey has consented, together with Miss Annie Alford, to remain over in the neighborhood af? ter the closing of their schools this week and assist in training the Sun? day School children for "Children*? Dsy" at McLeod's church July 12th. for which the entire school extends to them many thanks and high ap? preciations. Oats have ripened earlier this year than usual and arc finer than we have had In many years and are be? ing harvested this week. OUH 8UMMKIITON LETTER. Summerton. May 24.?For the nexl few weeks we doubt whether our newspapers will be able to accom? modate much more than the most Important and startling Items of in? terest from their correspondents, so wel. supplied will they be with school and college commencement exercises. For u time, at least, minor even v munt give place to the "sweet girl graduate" and her brother contem? poraries, and what they have to snv Ir their valedictories and saluta torles. One by one the schools around Sum? me rton and the neighboring com? munity are closing for the summ? '? vacation. The Summtrton Ora<l< I Sn4 High School, as was mention" I Iii. t ut . :.. will have Its closing ? x< r SSSSS on Friday evening. May 2Sth. No invitations arc being issued, hut \v?? h<?pc that all friends and those Interested In the school's prog res- will he able to attend. Miss \da Tennant has returned from Providence, S. C. where she tai.Kht -<h< o| the past session. Miss Madge Coskr.y Is at home from Columbia College; having; com* pleted her examinations, she will spend a few days here befoie return? ing to take part in the graduating exercises of the college. The Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Bannister of this place, who had been ill for some time, died here on Thursday night. The funeral ser? vices were held at their residence on Friday and the body taken on to Dar? lington on Saturday, where the inter? ment took place. Little Mary Ban? nister is now at the Infirmary in Sum ter, having been taken there last week for treatment. "We are glad to hear that she is gettln? on nicely. Borings for the proposed artesian well at the home of ex-Senator C. M. Davis, are still going on; the many rocks encountered have been success? fully paused, but as yet no overflow stream has been obtained. A disposal sale of the stock of the Chewnlng Bros. Co. is now being car? ried on. This sale is under the man? agement of The Brennecke Comnany, which travels from place to place for this purpose. Whether it be with in? tent to purchase or the hope of ob? taining one of the handsome prem? iums offered, the shoppers are many, and it would seem that quite a large business is being done. Since Mr. Bannister'* absence Capt. Charlie Curtis has served as operator and agent at the depot here, and was himself relieved by Capt. Richard? son. Mr. aid Mrs. W. H. Anderson and little daughter, of West Point, Miss., arrived Tuesday night, and will spend the summer with Mrs. E. C. Tln dal. We are glad to note the return of Mrs. W. A. Avant from the Mood In? firmary in Sumter, where she has been for some weeks past. Mrs. W. C. Hane and little son, of Fort Motte, S. C, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Hune's mother, Mrs. J. E. Tennant Rev. Mr, Wallace Carnahan went to Manning on Saturday where he held services Sunday in the Knights of Pythias hall. Mr. and Mrs. Carna? han leave shortly for Hot Springs, Ark., where they expect to spend sev? eral weeks. Dr. Ben Harvin, the rising young dentist of Elloree. has been on a visit to his father, Capt. T. H. Harvin. Miss Louise Plowden, of Sumter, Is visiting her sister, Miss Mageret Plowden. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brunson, of Sumter, ere lpending a few days with relatives here. Dr. Joe Burgess, of Seneca, S. C, is visiting i elatives here. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Resolutions Adopted by Faculty of Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy. First: Resolved, That we learn with pro? found sorrow of the death of Maj. H. F. Wilson, whose friendly and gen? erous aid of the school will ever be gratefully remembered and singularly al predated, as his was the first speech ever made for the school and his gift of books the first that our school library received and these acts of so much helpfulness were follow? ed by other services and other gifts of marked assistance to our strug? gling enterprise. Second: Resolved, That a page in our rec? ord book be dedicated to his memory and a portrait of him be placed on the walls of our assembly room. Third: That these resolutions be published In the newspapers of our County and State. Stateburg, S. C, May 22, 1909. And It is a good plan to cultivate the habit of getting your money's worth. If you would be popular keep your troubles to yourself; that will help some. Policeman A. L. Knight stood on the tiack of the Atlantic Coast Line in Columbia and a shifting engine back? ed up <>n him and cut off three toes of his left foot. Mrs. Ellen Sabin, president of the Milwaukee Dower College, was among the first voters to cast a ballot at the recent election for State superintend? ent of education. She went to the polls early with a number of women connected With the college, who on casting their ballots returned to their duties. Active preparations are being made for the meeting of the South Carolina Bankers' Association at Wrlghtvllle Beaeht near Wilmington, x. c, on .Tune 16, it and 11, Secretary cues '.. Wilson, the State bank examiner, is sending out to ail bankers In the State the copies of the invitations re? st IVed from tho people of Wilmington to meet there. So Intereated and enthusiastic has Miss Mary L Thomas, g prominent society girl of Trenton, X. J., and a ?laughtcr of Dr. J. R. Thomas, a lead? ing physician, become In women's work that she has accepted the posi? tion of secretary of the Young wo? man's Christian Association at Busnoi Aires. Argentina, and will leave her luxurious surroundings here soon to begin her new duties. TAKES MILLIONAIRE MEASURE. Ferrero, Italian Historian, Writes of America's Rich Men. Paris, May 20.?Guglielmo Ferrero, the Italian historian, who recently visited the United States, is continu? ing in the Figaro his analysis of the position offered by American million? aires. Today he lays emphasis on the the? ory that these men feel themselves surrounded by public hostility and that, consequently, they are bpund, like their prototypes in ancient Greece, to assume public responsibili? ties and vindicate themselves before the people. Signor Ferrero attributes much of the former hostility to John D. Rockefeller to his disregard to public curiosity and to the mystery With which he surrounded himself, and he points out that latterly Mr. Rockefel? ler changed his tactics by publishing his memoirs and freely granting in? terviews. The writer considers that Andrew Carnegie, on the contrary, has play? ed to perfection the role of a Croesus in a democracy. He has given lavish? ly and maintained good relations with the public through the press and his books, and by fathering the theory, now generally accepted in America, that millionaries are only the deposi? taries of their fortunes and have well defined obligations. In Europe, he says, the belief ex? ists that American millionaires arc modern satraps, who exercise their power ruthlessly and with the great? est audacity and courage. This is true, perhaps, so far as business is concerned, he thinks, but in politics they are timid and vacillating. They feel themselves enveloped by animos? ity and menaced by growing opposi? tion, which makes them conceal rath? er than display their power. AX ENORMOUS SPIDER. The Carolina Tarantula. Very Rare in Tliis Section?Its Bite Deadly. Anderson Daily Mail. A. W. Pickens of Garvin township brought to this office Saturday an enormous spider which he called a Carolina tarantula. He said he had read of those things, but it was the first one he had ever seen. It was captured by some boys on his plan? tation. The spider was an inch and a half long and a half Inch broad before having been killed and drawn to its smallest compass. Before being kill ed it was much larger. The animal was equipped with ten legs, four at the prow and six at the stern, and a particularly wicked looking mouth The bite of this spider, Mr. Picken? says, is as deadly as that of a rattle? snake. Some boys on Mr. Pickens' planta? tion found a peculiar looking hole in the ground and decided to investigate. After digging for a while they came upon an odd looking nest. Prizing it open they found the spider inside. The nest was provided with a trap? door, which the spider could close af? ter himself as he went into the nest, and would be safe from Intruders. Mr. Pickens brought the nest to the city with him. It was a very ingen? iously contrived affair, and was of al? most as much interest as the spider Itself. Will T?te, colored, was run over and killed by a Southern Railway train near Yorkville. The stockholders of the Reedy It ? er Manufacturing Company have ask ed for a receiver. Six cottages in the suburbs of Greenville were destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Father Vaughan, actor, priest and dramatist, died at a private sanator? ium in Janesville, Wls. He came In? to prominence a year ago because of his writing a play, "A Woman of the West." He was at one time leading man for Modjeska, and it was the de? voted Catholic actress who urged him to give his talent to the church. The first case of interfenence with the enforcement of the new labor in? spection laws was brought to commis? sioner Watson's attention last week. Ha mill In Yorkville warning cards posted to protect children from ma? chinery were torn down by unknown employes. The Commissioner sent new cards with notice that on the next occurrence he would send two Inspect* crs to camp on the scene until the guilty upartles are arrested. He says he is trying to enforce the law for the protection If both the management and employes. Perfidy often recoils upon Its au? thor.?LB Fontaine. Fly Guard. \vh> 1st the tiles torment your horse? We have a liniment which will keep files. mosqultOS and all bit? ing Insects from biting your stock. Price only 26 cents for a pint bottle. O'DON'NELL & CO. 5-25-4t. JIM CROW CARS NOT ILLEGAL. But Colored Passengers Must Have Equal Accommodations. Washington, May 20.?While hold? ing that unjust discrimination between white and colored passengers paying the same fare is not legally permis? sible by a railway, the Interstate Commerce Cajnmission in a decision announced today virtually upholds the "Jim crow" car law. In the case of Winfield F. Cozart against the Southern Railway, the decision states, the testimony does not show that the complainant had been discri? minated against or that he had less accommodations than white passen? gers. The complaint, therefore, was dismissed. In accordance with a decision an? nounced today, railways may trans? port free the men and material of express companies employed in the business of the express company on the line of railway, but not when they are employed at points not on the line of the railway. Express companies may transport also packages of a rail? way company between points on that line without reference to tariff rates. MAD WOMAN RUNS AMUCK. Wife of Lexington Farmer Becomes Insane and Tries to Kill Family. Lexington, May 21.?Yesterday morning, while raging in a fit of in? sanity, Mrs. Charles Barfield, wife of a farmer residing in the upper Hollow Creek section of the county, attempt? ed to kill her five-year-old child and other members of her family. The un? fortunate woman was brought to Lex? ington and placed In jail and will be carried to the State Hospital today. This is a very sad case, the woman If-.'.ving a husband and six children behind. Mrs. Barfield is said to have been suffering from a complication of diseases, which affected her mind. ALCOHOL: BRAIN DESTROYER. Experiments Show the Breaking Down of Intellectual Efficiency bj Continued Drinking. Two great German investigators. Kraepelln and Kurz, published, in 1900, the results of a series of care? ful experiments in illustration of the persisting influence of slight chronic alcoholic intoxication. The daily dose of alcohol decided on was eight grams (equivalent to two liters of beer), and this was taken before go? ing to bed. The subjects of the ex? periment were two medical men, one of whom had been a teetotaler for years, while the other seldom took alcohol. The tests were the learning of figures, the adding up of sums, etc. The influence of these moderate doses i of alcohol was found to be decidedly unfavorable. Mental aptitude slowly and then, after some days, more markedly decreased, the loss being in one case equal to 25 per cent of the normal ability. Moreover, in one case at least, the unfavorable Influence did not cease with the discontinuance of the alcohol. It was proved that even a very moderate dose of alcohol ex? erts its effects for more than 24 hours. Even those physiologists who main? tain that alcohol has food qualities, yire agreed that it is a very* expensive lood, and that the same quantity of nutrition can be obtained In much safer and less costly ways. But, Indeed, the question Is largely academic, for men do not take alco? hol for the sake of its power to build up tissue, but for the sake of its ef? fect on the emotional tone of the m'nd. Alcoholic drinks are seldom taken for their taste alone. Alcohol I? at once a kind of pseudo-stimulant and a depressant. Hence some men, when In a merry mood, drink in order to check their shyness and other wor? ries and thus raise their sense ol happiness to a higher pitch; but the majority drink because of the narcot? izing influences of the drug. The troubled business man, the woman left alone to face the petty details of domestic drudgery, the overdriven professional man, the individual on whom some terrible calamity has fal? len and who can see no way of escape from ruin?all these betake them? selves to drink in order to drown their sorrows, to lose their personality for a brief period in oblivion. Alcohol is taken at first as a means of relief. The reason why this hap? pens is that, In common with oilier agencies, stich as morphia, cocaine and other kindred drugs, it can ban? ish fear, worry, care; it can create B world peopled with the illusions of happlneas, Hut at what a dread pen? alty: For alcohol awakens a morbid appetite, a pathological desire. Af ter a time this desire becomes domi? nant, the forces of the will go down la for,, it, and the drinker is then the victim of a disease." Rev. Samuel ' McComb In the April Everybody's All of the agents of the Important stations on the Columbia division of the Southern met in Columbia Sunday on the call of Bupt H. a. Williams. Matters of interest were discussed and the meeting Is sure to result in good for the service. HE TAKES A NEW TACK. Aldrich Annoyed by Strength of The Income-Tax Combination. Washington, May 20.?Recogniz? ing the formidable character of the proposed coalition of Democrats and "progressive" Republicans in favor of an Income tax; Senator Aldrich and the "elder statesmen" have now taken another tack in their effort to dis? sipate the strength of the income-tax advocates. Senator Aldrich is telling Western Republicans that there Is no reason why the income-tax should be mixed with the tariff. He is promising them that if they will not urge its attach? ment to the tariff bill, it may be dis? cussed as a separate'propostion by the senate while the tariff bill Is In conference. He says that It can then be handled on Its merits without in? terference with the tariff. Some of the prominent Income-tax advocates, when they heard of the new move, said that it means nothing more nor less than that if Mr. Ald? rich succeeds in divorcing the Income tax from the tariff, there will be noth? ing but talk during the conference days. If the income tax is then taken up they believe the result would be the postponement of the whole ques? tion until the next session of Congress, when Senator Aldrich would ask for a legal opinion from the Judiciary Committee as to the constitutionality of the income tax, hoping that com? mittee would render an opinion that it is unconstitutional. The old line Republicans are try? ing to scare the Western Senators by charging that they have actually gone into the Democratic party in the hope of passing an income-tax amendment to the Aldrich bill. They point out that there is nothing in the Reputli can platform favoring an income tax. But this does not bother the "insur? gents." Failing to get recognition for the Cummins income-tax amend? ment, the Western Republicans led this time, It is believed, by Senators LaFollette, Cummins, Borah and Bris tow, opened negotiations with Senator Bailey, the author of the income tax amendment placing a tax of two or three per cent, on net incomes In excess of $5,000. The result is an al? liance of Republican "insurgents" with Democrats, which looks like a hard combination to beat, but the dif? ficulty seems to be to hold enough Democrats and "insurgents"' together to make a majority. COMMENCEMENT AT STATEBURG Closing Exercises of the Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy. The commencement exercises of the Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy will begin on Friday evening the 28th inst, a 8:30 o'clock In the assembly hail of the Academy, with the grad? uating recital of Miss Bessie Dargan, assisted by the pupils of the Music Department and the elocution class. On Sunday morning at the "High Hills' Baptist church at 11:30 o'clock the commencement sermon will be preached by Rev. Waddy T. Duncan, of Sumter. There will be especially prepared music by the school. On Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock, the school will give an operetta, "The Isle of Jewels." This will be followed by the ora? tion by Hon. Mendel L. Smith, of Camden. The public is cordially invited to attend these eexrcises. MISS GEORGI \ DARGAN. Secretary of Faculty. HANGED MAN'S INSURANCE. Wife Murderer's Heirs Are to Divide $20,000 Says Court. Richmond. May 20.?After the case had been stubbornly fought in the courts, the heirs of J. Samuel McGue, former mayor of Charlottesville. who was hanged there several years ago for the murder of his wife, will re? ceive $20.000 insurance carried cn his life. This is due to a decision of the Uni? ted States Court of Appeals, refusing to grant a rehearing in the case. Depot at Clieraw Burned. Cheraw, May 21.?About 2 o'clock this morning the large freight depot of the Seaboard Air Line was found to be on fire. The origin of the fire is unknown, but the building caught on the inside and was too far gone^ when discovered to be controlled. Fortunately there was not as much freight Stored there as was usually the case. It Is not known what the loss will be, but it is probably cover? ed by insurance. Only one box car was burned and no other adjoining property was injured. The Clemson College extension de? partment has just issued a very val? uable pamphlet on "Powers on the Farm" which gives detailed descrip ti< n of various types of engines in gi neral use. and by the careful read? ing of which the farmer will be better able to understand and care for his engine. Every farmer who has an engine ought to send an get a copy of that pamphlet. J c kJ??*M