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'4NNTY CORRESPONDENCE. W17WHY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE CIAL CORRES PON DENTS. ass of Interest From all Part* of BsuntsT ami Adjoining Count lea. KOT1CE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters so thst they win gsnoh thle office not later than Mon? day when Intended for Wednesday's geipir and not iater than Thursday ?or Saturday's Issue. This, of course, applies only to regular oorrespond fme: In case of Items of unusual ?in value, send In Immediately by small, tslephone or telegraph. Such atvi stories are acceptable up to the hjoor of going to press. Wednesday's psvper Is printed Tuesdsy afternoon Sgael Saturday's paper Friday after WETHi EFI ELD. Wedgefleld. May 27.?Wedgefleld school will close tomorrow. The pat? rons snd public generally are de? lighted to learn Prof. O. H. McMillan, of Mulllns. Miss Ruth Harrington, of Cheraw. and Miss K. M. Plckens, of Mt. Pleasant, have been reelected nave accepted the school for an rr session. Miss Nan Mellett who is numbered among the faculty of the S. C. C. I. gjt Kdgefleld returned this week, ac? companied by her friend. Mi*s Luln Ttedale. of N. C. elocution und mu? ses teacher In the same Institution. Mr. Blrney Thomas has returned 10 from Davidson for the summer itlon. Mr. T. D. Brohun has returned to home at Ashevllle. N. C. Mrs. T. L Strange. Misses Kate and Leeste Strangs and Mr. John Jtyan went over to Sumte* this af? ternoon to attend ti e commencement jggrnlsin of the Sumte * graded Oohoob Oat harvesting Is occupying the at itlon of the planters now. the cro > not as goOa1 as we have seen In >r years. J. H. Aycock St dons dis of (tielr last cotton of the 190 i on yesterday, which amounted four hundred balsa WI8ACKY. Wlsoeky. May 29.?We liave been having fine rslnu without the de :tlve hall. Formers are In good spirits ove - M fine prospect of oats. Some few ar? cutting oali now. Cotton haa been flopped out and have good stand* of corn. Oar are vary flourn shlng and veg ataVrs are at undent. Berries are rt? nilng. The health of the community Is no wary good at this time aa measlea u fgsvalent. Mostly among the colored ?hople. Louise 8hlrer of Bishopvtll? >ped here for a few days on hei Hum from St. Stephen?, where sb# It to visit h?r sTand mother. Mrs. Shlrer She was accompanied by aunt. Miss Ina Shlrer. DARK CORNKIL Dark Corner. May 1?.?Nice weath? er prevails here at this time. We ive had some nice showers here this but no general rains since the i, and then they were not exes Crops are still small for the sea but seem to be In \ healthy state. I spent the 20th In your city giving tlmony in the A. F. Lever and R. wL Richardson contest case. Will the never come when this sort of thing will stop? Let's hope so. at any goto. James R. Kolr and family, of Ram ga>, spent Friday, the 21st, with Mr. gead Mrs. W. J. Ardls. which was old W J ? 45th blrthdsy. Mr. Kolb made hfcsn a present of a nice coat and Mr. Douglas Weeks of a nice shirt. Many. aaany thanks for the same. We were sll made ssd the other Slay to hear of the death of Rev. Manning W. Connors. Another good man has gone to his reward. Our hearts were saddened a day or two ago to hear of the death of Miss Lila Orlffln, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. BenJ. D. Orlffln, of Ptnewood. Mr. and Mrs. Orlffln have the sympathy of the whole community In their sad affliction, as this is the third grown daughter they have lost In the last few years, vis.. Miss Eva. Miss Mamie and Miss Llla. But whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. That should be Brother and Sister OrlfTin's consola? tion. The health of this corner Is as good as usual at this time. There was a picnic st W. D. Osteen's mill today. Old Bldra was Invited, but he could not attend as he had St go to Ptnewood this morning with Mr. Wen Geddings, who wanted to let a dector see his leg which took a pain In It very suddenly last night so much that he could hardly walk He Is bet? ter at this writing. "Em?. ? flnK to g?>t som htln*: th? \ know they won't get." Is the way Oovornor Johnson characterises pub? lic attitude toward the tariff discus? sion. There will be no disappoint? ment, he might have added.?Louis? ville Courier-Journal. VIKI'.N BANK VICTIMIZED. Clever Forgery Worked on Furniers* And .Merchant** I wink?Mr. Q, L. Toole's Name V'sed. Aiken, May 27.?A clever forgery has JtJst been detected In Aiken. A party whose indorsement Is "Hen**y Williams." carried a :heck to the Farmers' and Mercharts* bank, cash ed It, and make good his escape, ami up to this time no trace of the man ha* been found. The check was drawn upon ?. L. Toole, Esq., and the amount on the face of it was $40. The forgery was one of the cleverest places of work of the kind ever seen in Aiken. The check was drawn upon one of Mr. Toole's checks, torn from his check? book. The writing on the front of the check Is a splendid imitation of Mr. Toole's writing anc the signature, purported to be Mr. Toole's, is al? most perfect. On the back the name of Henry Williams, wr'tten in an en? tirely different hand, hardly more than a scrawl, is given as indorse? ment. The check was presented ut the Farmers* and Merchants' bank, on which bank it was drawn, on last Saturday, ami was cashed. It wa? not discovered, however, until some time later, when Mr. Toole had OCCa* Vtqi to call for his check*, and found this forged one among them. The police are now on the outlook for "Hemy William?," but Inquiry fails tO locate such a person In thi* city, or hereabouts. The bank offi? cials state that the man who had the check cashed was a nejjro. DROWNING MARS PICNIC. Columbia Boy, Te*n Years Old, Per? ishes In Hampton Creek. Columbia., May 29.?William K. Shannon, the little ter-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Shannon, met a tragic death thia afternoon by drowning In Hampton Creek, before the eyes of his mother, who made an effort to rescue her boy from the wa? ter, and in the presence of a number of picnickers, who had gone to the creek to spend the day. One ot the little fellow's playpma.tes, William Weaton, eleven years oM, also was in danger of being drowned when res? cued. Mr. Arthur Mettz, a college stu? dent, took William out of the water after swimming against, the current for about 100 yards, bat it was too late to save the child's life. STRIKE SETTLERS IN QUANDARY Atlanta, Ga.. May 80?Officials of the Georgia allroad and of the Broth? erhood of Firemen sfkeit nearly the entire day in conference over those points in the strike agreement which temaln^fo be settled. Commissioner Xeill. Chairman Knapp and second Assistant Postmaster General Stuart were present. It seems very likely that the disputed questions will haw to go to a board of arbitration final? ly, under the Erdman Act. The big stumbling block In the path of settlement Is the retentlan of tin negro firemen In any capacity. The \n no doubt that all other pobm wir be adjusted by the contending purtu without arbitration. There are several seatons why tht race question Is so Important. Th<* Qeorgla Railroad la considered ? home Institution. It employes Geor? gia men only. Its fireman, engineer. and conductors, and even its brake men are all natives of towns and vil? lages through which its trains run. These men have Intermarried until nearly whole communities are relat? ed. One engineer told Commissioner Nelll that there was not a town on his run between Atlanta and Augusta In which he did not have blood relatives. Many of the men come from old and respected families, and tie idea of working with a negTO Is abhorrent to them. It Is repulsive to their rela? tives, too, and to this feeling is attri? buted the strong stand taken by en? tire communities against the railroad. Should the negroes win in the final settlement of the dispute, many be? lieve that there will be ntrong senti? ment created against pe-mlttlng the negroes to continue at work. This feeling does not exist so strongly In the larger cities, such as Atlanta and Augusta, and it is possible that, if the railroad insists upon keeping some of Its older black employees and will consent to work them only In the I yards of the cities named, the pro? blem will be solved. The conference will be resumed to? morrow, and will be continued until sn agreement Is reached, or it is left to arbitration. Meantime, train ser? vice on the Georgln Rillroad has reached normal condition**, except in the freight department, and the offi? cials say that ??y Monday noon all I freight trains will be moving on the J old schedule. Greenville, May 29.?A mad dot) j this* afternoon attacked litAd bit the son of Mr. M. A. Gallo ?vay several times about the face. The boy was hadly bitten on the ionsue. Physi? cians were called in nnd the boy Is now being treated. A posse pursued the dog and It was killed on Hampton avenue by a Mr. Coke. SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Citfjen ??f Sally Wounded by Person In Woman's (,arl). Sally. May 29.?Last night at 10 o'clock Mr. Walter Brady, while re? turning to his home from town was shot by some one hidden behind a small tool house owned by the rail? road. The would-be assassin conceal? ed his identity under the guise of a woman's robe, and this probably saved his life, for Brady refrained from firing, believing his assailant to KM a woman. Mr. Brady was hit in the right hip by two bullets from a 32-calibre pistol. An automobile was sent to Barnwell for the county blood? hounds, and they were brought and put on the track of the would-be assassin. The dogs trailed for four hours but finally lost the track in the public road. Bloodhounds from Co? lumbia were brought down to Sally on Southern train No. 29, but were not turned loose, as there was no pos? sible chance of their getting the right track, which had been trampled by hundreds of determined men, who were up all night searching for the guilty party. The Siiinmcrton C;w\ A case which we think will be witched with unusual Interest, Dot only because the accused Is | prominent citizen, and a man of ex* emplnry character, but because there is Involved a fine legal question which when finally decided will have a po? tt nt effect upon our prohibition laws, Or destroy them until further legis? lation is had, this is the case of the State against Dr. D. O. Rhame of Summerton, charging him with hav? ing sold Jamaica ginger, a compound or, mixture containing alcohol, in violation of law. A preliminary was held here Thursday before Magis? trate Dlckson who sent the case up to the court of general sessions. Captain W. C. Davis represents Doc? tor Rhame, and J. M. Woods, Esq. the State. It is always unfortunate for a gen? tleman of standing to be forced into the unpleasant notoriety, a charge of this nature would create, but now the case is in the courts, we hope it will go to the limit in order to obtain a final judical expression, as to wheth? er or not a standard household remedy is contemplated by the laws of the State seeking to prohibit the j consumption of intoxicating beve? rages, and also to let the people know once and for all to what ex? tent this law reaches. There are many merchants, drug? gists and others handling compounds of mixtures containing alcohol who would not do so, did they think they were violating the law, because they want to be law-abiding citizens, but mixtures, extracts and essences that the United States government has not recognized as an intoxicant, and did not require a tax therefor, is subject? ing citizens to prosecution because of the wording of a State law, the soon? er a Judicial construction which is Anal is given to the people the better it w "1 be, In the interest of good government. Should the court determine that the sale of Jamaica ginger, ex? tracts and essences containing ?alco? hol are not contemplated by the Acts of the legislature, and therefore not in violation of law, then we look for the people all over the country to become gingered through little stores md shoos that will spring up, and thereby make it impossible to cur? tail or prevent drunkenness.?Man? ning Times. Death of Mrs. Yauglmn. Mrs. Oliver Tracy Vaughan, whose declining health has been noted In these columns, died Wednesday at the home of Mr. S. M. Clark, on Ashe street, where she had been staying for the past month. The end came peacefully about 1 o'clock. She had not been a great sufferer, but had been gradually declining for several months, and was fully aware of her condition. He mind was wandering for several days prior to her death, yet there were times when she seem? ed to recognize the kind and atten? tive friends who attended and minis? tered to her. The body was shipped to Milwau? kee, Wisconsin, her old home, Thurs? day for Interment. Mrs . Vaughan had been in the South a number of years and made many acquaintances and friends. She was much devoted to the Episcopal Church, of which she was a member and was remarkable for her varied ind extensive reading. Mrs. Vaugh J ail had no living relatives except a sister-in-law In Helena, Montana. Mrs. George L. Tracy, who has been in communication with friends here and arranged for the disposition of the body* A short service was held by Rev. Ira ErwlQ, of the Methodist church. a? the h??me of Mr. Clarke, before the body was shipped.?Lenolr, N. C.i News. Mrs. Vaughan was wall known in this city, having spent the winter here for a number of years, and her many friends here will learn of her death with sincere regret. MU. TAFT PUZZLES THEM. Practical Polltlclane" Find Tliev Are Not Consulted About Judges And Party Workers Are Hungry. Washington, May 28.?President Taft has made it painfully apparent to the "practical politicians" of hi* party that he cares'nothing whatever about building up a machine for hi4; renomlnation. As a result the poll* ticians are all at sixes and sevens. Postmaster General Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee and patronage dispenser, Is finding difficulty in filling the hun? gry maws of some party men who did hard work when delegates and votes for TV ft were needed. In the South, where President Taft appointed a Democrat and a newly converted "Taft Republican'* to suc? ceed men whom President Roosevelt had appointed Federal judges with the endorsement of the Republican organization, there is despair. Mr. Taft la told that he has disrupted the organization. He is not moved, fo he regards the Republican organiza t on in North Carolina, where he ap? pointed a Democrat as JudgCi ai largely given to "office-rhaslng." On the other hand, he took pains in his ipeaoh at Charlotte last week to fire at the Democratic organisation's ei% otvt to create the Impression that there are no Southern Republicans fit for public office. Friends of air. Taft attribute the warmth of hi? re caption south of Mason and Dixon's ?lue to the fact that he scored the professional politicians of both par ttcs and promised to appoint only able, respected men to office. One after another the plums of ;he public service are being awarded to persons who have rendered no par? ticular political services to Mr. Tnft. The judiciary has oeen taken out of polities by the present amid wailing :iiid gnashing of teeih, for a judge ship has long been rtgarded the fat? test kind of patronage. Another pium, a bank examinership at New York, merely slipped into the fingers of Elmer Dover, win was seer atar;. of the Republican advisory commit? tee curing the campaign, who was e >t iriendly to Taft before the Chica? go convention and whose relations with Mr. Hitchcock have been of the 'arm's-length" character. Wnen the president learned that the post car rlfd 512,000 salary he decided it was too good for Mr. Dover, especially a? Mr. Hitchcock's friends felt that such conspicuous reward would be regard? ed in the nature of a slight to the na? tional chairman. President Taft is spending much ??f. his time in looking for well-qualifie I men for government posts where real work is to be done. He has plenty of applicants with strong political backing, but these he does not hold in high regard. He Is disposed to look over the legal profession in various parts of the country, with the result that desirable posts are being prof? fered every now and then to abb: men who have never secured any backing from Senators or Represen? tatives or national committeemen.' The "practical" party men are free In declaring that Mr. Taft could not hive been elected save by the aid of political workers and that he should recognize the obligations incurred. When a prominent man was asked nls opinion of the situation today he ?aid: "Why should Tatt try to build up a machine? He lias the finest machine ever developed for any man In this country?the eonfide.i^e of the >USll ess men of the nation." CRIME IN COLLETON Young Mr. Smoak Killed at His Store At Snioak's. Branchville, May 29.?Word has just reached here from Smoak's, a small town about twelve miles from here in Colleton county, that J. Ben Smoak, a young man about 24 years of age, was foully assassinated and robbed while closing his store about 9 o'clock tonigt. It is supposed that a tramp committed the crime for rob? bery. As he did not come home at his regular time, his cousin, Jeff Smoak, went after him and found him lying In front of his store, shot in the breast. ^ Mr. Smoak has only been in busirVaf^ about two months, and was recently married. He was also agent for the Hampton and Branchville Railroad. Everything possible is being done to apprehend the guilty party. Mr. Smoak lived only about an hour af? ter being discovered. There's no gain without pain. r E. J. I W. K. DUNNE, ARCHITECTS. Plans and Specifications for all Classes* of Buildings. Personal attention given the Supervision of all Work. Law Range epiione 390. Sumter, S. C. W, S. MANNING. A CAROLINIAN, ATTACKED BY TEXAS SEN? ATOR \s a Representative of the New York Times MT. Maiming, a Son of the Hon. R. L Maiming, of Siimter. Denie<l Authoivdilp Of an Article in Tiie Times, on Wbidl Senator Bail? ey Had Made a Bitter Attack on Tiie Senate Floor, and lie l ight Follows. Washington, D. C, May 2 7.?Th spectacle of a United States senator, weighing 220 pounds, about 45 years of age, attacking a young man weighing just 150 pounds and leaf than half his age?was the scene en? acted in the main lobby of the sen ite late this afternoon, when Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey, of Texas, made a vicious attack on William Smkler Manning, of the Washington stau of the New York Times. Becoming angered by a put Ic&tlon in the paper referred to concerning his connection with the income tag amendment Senator Bailey today otared tns writer to be a lair. Later On Manning met Senator Bailey in the lobby near the senate, and assum? ed him that he was not the author of the article referred to. 2r.ile^ be? came angry and made a longa at Manning, catching him by the throat and attempting to choke Itlxn. Manning, however, was game and broke the hold of the Texas senator, who is powerfuly built and Is also very strong. After breaking the grip that Bailey had on hin), Manning got in some good ones, and though at close range, did most of the hitting. He bears no marks of violence on his person tonight, except that his neck is somewhat red and swollen from Bailey's grasp upon him. After the combatants had been sep ated, and Manning, who had an um? brella in his hand at the time Bailey attacked him, had picked it up off the floor, he said to Bailey, showing him how the umbrella had been bent: "This is the way you attack a gentle? man and ruin a good umbrella.' With that BaileY made another fran? tic effort to knock Manning down' Several senators then rushed in, and the trouble came to an end. Washington is discussing the affair tonight as it has talked of nothing else in a long time. The shame of It is on Bailey, that a United States sen? ator should so lose control of himself and become so angered as to make an assault of this kind. Regardless of the merits of the ar? ticle in the New York paper, it is said everywhere tonight that ther? was not the slightest provocation for the attack on Bailey's part, after Manning had assured him that he was not its author. Mr. Manning is a son of R. I. Man? ning, of Sumter. He came to W ash? ington about a year ago from New York, and became attached to the Washington office of the New York Times. He is one of the most gen? tlemanly young men ei ?ployed In newspaper work in Washington, and is probably the last person In the world to provoke an assault without cause. However, once in the fight, it was only to be expected that he would give a good account of him? self. He could not do otherwise with such an ancestry as he possesses. Senator Bailey, it is understood, has been endeavoring tonight to have the matter suppressed.?News and Courier. Associated Press Account. Washington, May 27.?Senator Bailey, of Texas, and W. S. Manning, representative of the New York Times, in the senate press gallery exchanged blows just as the senate adjourned today as a result of a con? versation they had In reference to an article printed by the New York newspaper questioning the sincerity of the senator in his course on the Income tax. Neither of the participants was in? jured, as they were separated by Sen? ator Clapp, Porto Rican Commission? er Larrianaga with a number of sen? ate employees and several newspaper correspondents. A bitter attack upon the author of an article In the New York Times, charging that Senator Bailey had played into the hands of Senator Aid lich by his course In demanding an immediate vote on the income amendment and had thus caused a split of the forces supporting such an amendment, was made by Mr. Bailey on the floor today. Mr. Manning ac? costed Mr. Bailey after the adjourn? ment to inform him that he was in? accurate in suggesting Republican senators as a possible source of in? spiration for the article. According to both Mr. Manning and Senator Bailey, the former disclaimed au? thorship of the story, and at the same time stated that the Inspiration for it had been Mr. Bailey's demand for an immediate vote, and his "bas? ing" of Republican senators who fa? x-red the income tax proposition, but who di?l not support him In his de? mands for a vote at the present time. Mr. Bailey asked who did write the CENTRAL UNIVERSITY PIGHT HAS ANOTHER INNING. GcnCMl AseeeaMg at Savannah Ad? journs After Adopting a Reply to The Communication of the Ken? tucky Synod to the Effect tlutt the Control of Central University Has Passed From the Assembly. Savannah. May 28.?Even in the final hours of the meeting of the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church the Central Uni? versity of Kentucky matter had its inning in the formulation and adop? tion of the Assembly's reply to the communication of the Synod of Ken? tucky. Within a short time after? wards the Assembly adjourned. The reply, which includes the text of the Kentucky Synod's note, con? cludes: "To this communication the Assembly responds that, having not ?Uttatned the complaint of Bennett H. Young and others, we recognize that the administration of the affairs of Central University of Kentucky hag passed beyond the General As? sembly of the Presbyterian Church Of the United States. "In the natter cf review and con? trol we call the attention of the Syn? od to the language in the Book of of Church Order, paragraph 62: though each Cou^t exercises exclusive original jurisdiction over all matters - eciadly belonging to it, the lower Courts are subject to the review of control of the higher Couns, in regu? lar graduation. "The Assembly assures the Synod or Kentucky of the deepest interest in its educational work, and expresses the hope that Central University may continue a source of great blessing to the Church." This resolution also was adopted: "The Assembly instructs all our low? er Courts to take no action that will tend to lessen the churches' direct control and ownership of any of the educational institutions." INVESTIGATING WHISKY HOUSE. Florence Board Turns Down Ship? ment on Sample?Mistake by the Chemist. Dispensary Auditor West has com? pleted the investigation of a case re? ported to him from Florence County, where it had been charged that a whiskey firm had sent in a shipment of goods inferior to the sample fur? nished and had afterwards, in the settlement on deduction on the ac? count, had mailed $50 additional to the board. The case was rather un? usual and is still under investigation. The Florence board, after the ex? amination of a sample submitted by the whiskey house, ordered a quan? tity of goods, which on examination were reported to be below the stand? ard sample. This report was made by the chemist. The report was sub? mitted to the whiskey house and a settlement was offered and accepted and with the check seit was an ad? ditional $50. This was returned and the matter reported to Dispensary Auditor West. Later the chemist re? ported that he had made a mistake. The rnatter is now being followed up and there may be further develop? ments.?The State. Richard Carroll lias announced that the negro State Fair will beheld this year at Batesburg, beginning November 1. Carroll says the State Tair Association wished to charge the negroes more than they felt able to pay and they have decided to move their fair to Batesburg this year. Car? roll says that they were asked to pay $1,000 rent In Columbia In addition to other cost. Eaten bread is soon forgotten.? Irish. article, and at the same time declar? ed, it is said, that the man who had written i. was a "liar." According to both men the sen? ator's lanuguage was very emphatic, and Mr. Manning responded that he "had not had the honor to write the story." Bailey gays that the word "honor" was empasized in a manner Intended to be offensive. The two men were directly front of the door leading to the finance committee. St veral persons heard the word "liar" exvdaimec in a loud voice, and then saw Mr. Bailey and Mr. Manning Clinch. The latter claims Mr. Bailey hit him first. In the mix-up Mr. Manning struck the senator with hi* umbrella, knocking off the senator's hat, and the senator grabbed Mr. Manning by the throat. Mr. Clapp hastened up and threw his arms around Senator Bailey, who at that time seemed to be In a position to do serious injury to th? newspaper cor? respondent, g youna man rf very slight build. The Texas senator struggled des? perately to break f?om this restraint, but Senator Clapp ?ightened his hold and newspaper men took Mr. Man? ning away and Insisted upon his leav? ing the corridor. Mr. Manning Is a ' Southerner, a native of South Caro ' Una.