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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