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tODsTf CORRESPONDENCE. MMII LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. ans of Interest From nil Parts of ?amter and Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Msll your Isttsrs so that they will sh this oftk'j not later than Mon whsn Intended for Wednesday's paper and not later than Thursday #sr Saturday's issue. This, of course, applies only to regular correspond In case of items of unusual value, send In immediately by telephone or telegraph. Such mvi stories are acceptable up to the of going to press, Wednesday's Is printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after WISACKT. Wlsacky. Aug. 7.?The crops are like they have been reported from time to time. Sand lands, no grope, only on the stiff and day Ban da is there any crops, and the outlook Is gloomy. Farmers have garnished laying by and many will be gda palling fodder In a few days, al? though ths rains continue. The health of the community is lerately good at this time. The festival at the Ivanhoe school i quite a success, and every eajcyed the evening. Misses Maud Williams and Fannie entertained in honor of Miss Pitts, Tuesday evening, at the of Mr. Melvln Williams and one reported a happy time. Miss Marie Williams, of Clarendon, visiting relatives here, having Just ed from a stay at Henderson Marguerite Scott gave a lern party in honor of her friend, Miss of Oreeleyvllle, on the 27th. evening was spent very pleasant Ina Shlrer. of St. Stephens, has been in our midst for sev oral weeks under the treatment of Hr. N. T. Afford for rheumatism. wsH leave soon for the Hot Springs, If. C. The relatives here of Miss Kath reae Shlrer. of Blshopville, are glad to know that she horn* again, look? ing mach Improved, after a very it visit to friends in Summer GEN Sl'MTEK'S BIRTHDAY. at the Gen. Sumter Mo Academy?Everybody Invlt ,0*1 to Participate. >r Watchman and Southron: Will you kindly allow me to give that Sumter's birthday. August lith, will be celebrated by Sumter Oaanty people and their friends in year 19Oy, as It has been In the two years and the annual gather? ing, on the grounds of The Uen. Sumter Memorial Academy, will be as interesting this year as on pre? vious occasions. There will be fine speaking, fine snunJe. fine sport of several kinds and the organisation of a Sumter Agrl iral Society that Is to be a per? il source of pride and help to County as the years go by. people of all ages are Invited attsnd and to bring a contribution the food supply for the occasion, will be a basket picnic, where one si take his meal ahm.*, or, those ?Ufering, in groups of families and sags, large or small; about In the ?loua groves and long lsnes sur idlng the Academy, or In the and wldspreadlng forest shades it the springs and brooks of re ilag waters. If the weather Is Inclement ftts large Academy building will be Opened and all Its roomi, from base aaent to garret, may be used for afjolter If those who neck to attend to the graver matters which have ewought them together, or for those em fun and frolic bent and all thin without disturbance of one by the sr. Let every one come resolved that gay shall take Its place worthily the lint of those that have puss and those that are to come in celebration of the birth of the tamaaortat "Gamecock of the Revolu JOHN J. DARGAN. Pres. G. S. M. A. Brief Items of Interest. ? battleship Maine was In dan from her boilers and the fleet d for Hampton Roads without Rev. Alfred H. Burroughs, th ring parson" of Bristol, Term.. In wedlock his three thou th couple yesterday, iboard Air Line stockholders at >tlng In Petersburg approved reorganisation plan and also the ttlng of two Li* mortSSSM Both houses of the Oeorxla leiOx have sustained ex-( Jovernor le Smith's sctlon In removing office Railroad Commissioner Mefjendon McLendon will now take IHe matter Into the courts. WHAT THE DRINK EVIL DID IN FORMER YEARS. A Plea for Prohibition By One Who Knows What Sorrow and Ruin Liquor Has Wrought in Sumter During Hie Own Life Time. Sumter. S. C Aug. 5. 1909. It will soon be sixty years since I Ars? saw the" light in the then little village of Sumterville. I have seen it grow step by step in the face of four years of bloody war, which swept many of her choicest sons Into un? timely graves; eight years of Carpet Bag and Scalawag Misrule, which almost crushed the spirits of the peo? ple, and drove thousands of the sons of our State to other more favored sections. I have seen ten bar rooms on her streets, like some slimy, foul smelling monster, destroy many of her brightest and most generous hearted men, young and old, and bring sorrow, disappointment, want snd anguish to many happy homes, until at last endurance ceased to be a virtue, and the State arose and took the first step to drive this monster from our land, and whiskey and strong drink got their death wound, and the bar rooms were driven out, and now the State has closed the last open door that has led countl*** thousands to eternal ruin. Oh, my fellow citizens of this grand old State, which now stands second in this Union as to cotton manufacture, and Is making wonder? ful progress In all her lines of ..in? dustry, before you vote to open these doors again, stop and count the coat, come, stand by my side and ,sec through my eyes, what I have seen, and hear through my ears, what I have heard, and feel through my heart, the agony and disappointment which I have felt, while I draw aside the curtain which hides the past years from the younger generation, and show the awful harvest reaped by whiskey and strong drink, right here In this beautiful City of Sumter, and as in Sumter, so in every other county of the State and Nation where whiskey rules?I shall call the roll of the dead?of the broken and wreck? ed homes, of fathers and mother: gone with gray hairs and broken hearts to the grave mourning fallen sons, once their bright and happy boys?of children robbed of a tender father's loving care,.?of widows, with their brightest hopes blasted by the breath of whiskey.?and all this came by men who sold whiskey for the money that was in it. Most of them have gone to their reward? "An orphan's .curse would drag to Hell A spirit from on high, Eut, oh, more horrible than this Is the curse In a dead man's eye." Many years ago there gathered just beyond the city limits, on the road to Manning, a large crowd of people, and for what? To see a white man die on the gallows for killing bis wife while he was drunk. 1 heard ? minister, who is still living, say, thin poor man said to him in the jai! whiskey had been his ruin. A few years after this sad scenr on the same road, a little way on. another auch scene was witnessed. 1 was a small boy. and saw this man come from the jail dressed in a nice black suit, enter a carriage with th< sheriff, and guarded by troopers, he went to an awful death and ended the sad tale?killed his wife whib drunk? and now I 'all the roll of the dead, many of them my boyhood companions. Just as fine, manly boys as now walk your streets, gone to wreck and ruin from drink. B. had a loving wife and children, a good home, property, and an hon? ored name. When In drink he said he wanted a short life and a merry one. He got It; broke his wife's heart, and fills a drunkard's grave. T. served with gallantry four years In defence of hlH country, never was a better hearted man than he?a true friend?died without a moment'." warning while drunk. M., of a fine family. Had a beau? tiful wife and child?a fine plantation and property; buried his wife broken hearted and went to a drunkards grave. f J. Ah. who did not love him? 1 first saw him a bright many little fel? low; he was all any one could wish ?a fine boy to be. was a favorite with all the girls who knew him? whiskey was his ruin. O. A friend and school mate of my youth, grew up to be a fine bus? iness man; went to Charleston, where I visited him once; he was getting 11.200 a year, and had charge Of his employer's business; commen? ed to drink, lost all worth living for. died a pauper and an Imbecile. It. drank all his life; kept his fam? ily In poverty, and tills a drunkard's grave. D?, the son of a bar room keeper. I do not remember ever seeing him ?ober?gone to a drunkard's reward. S. Brother to D.?gone the same road. H! SUMTER SAVINGS BANK, Payable to_._._t_ Certificate Properly Endorsed Interest at Per Cent. Per Annum. Sumter, S. C,_19 $ _ m Has Deposited in This Bank _._ _ Dollars, Order in Current Funds on the Return of This y ^Months After Date With V Cashier. "The above is a facsimile Certificate of Deposit which we are issuing to long time depositors and are paying a special rate of interest. Call on us and we will be glad to explain the advantages of these Certificates. The Sumter Savings Bank. B. died in a bar room in Sumter. His father was one of the best men I ever knew. God alone knew his sorrow. I. He was a true soldier, sober through four years of war, a fine workman, got to drinking, said be was a curse to his fiiends and his family, and died by his own hand. M. I never had a betetr friend, aan never knew a man try harder to throw off the shackles of whiskey. It finally got him. He left his or? phan children and fills a drunkard's grave. i F. Drank all his life, tried to give up drink, time and again, said to me one day, "Jim, I would willingly lay my right arm on a stump and have it chopped oft* if it would stop me from taking another drink." He went to a drunkard's death. B. Poor fellow, they picked him up In baskets on the railroad track, with a broken bottle of whiskey. J. One of the best hearted men Sumter County ever had. If he had an enemy, it was a very poor one? whiskey was his ruin. D. Poor boy, followed his father's example?gone to a drunkard's? grave. M. A friend of all, generous and kind, whiskey was his end. J. A fine business man, with a happy home, whiskey dyed h!s hand.5' in blood?Alls a drunkard's fiavt. B. My school-mate, a true friend, served his country when a boy of 16 n the war. drank himself to death, CJ. Generous hearted, and a "fine man. Had all heart could wi3h in this world; died from drink in his prime. L. was loved by all who knew him, * fire physician, gone before hl3 time. W. Died in the bloom of man? hood, sold' whiskey for a house in Charleston, a moderate drinker, he said. It carried him to death. R. "v?hen I first saw him, was a lovely, curly-headed, bright eyed boy: his mother, a widow, and ht.r only child. I heard a gentleman who taught him when a young man say, he had the brightest mind he ever saw?commenced to drink, broke his mother's heart, ajad fills a Irunkard's grave. T. Was a brilliant orator, fins orospects at the bar, as an attorney, i beautiful young wife, with every Prospect pleasing; the bar rooms of 'umter were his ruin, and he died In the gutter. Wi A fine young physician, with a loving wife a*nd child, a man of .\ealth. and fills i drunkard's grave. J. My school-mate, and friend. Had the finest managed farm in this .??_ctlon. went to the dogs, and died a drunkard. I could go on with this fearful roll eall, but Is It not enough to melt the hardest hearted shylock, who for the love of money, is willing to de? stroy his weak brother, and send him to a dreadful doom? And now I ask, can any man of reason say he be? lieves a Just God will not require the blood of these men at the hands of those who sold them the whiskey, or Induced them to drink and become drunkards, and those who encour? aged and upheld the whiskey traffic ? What does our final Judge say? "Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood and establisheth a city by 'in? iquity.' " "Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that putteth thy boi tle to him and maketh him drunk " I ask in all reason. If It is no: enough, shall this thing go on for? ever, and we continue to pile up the awful record, and see our best ami brightest go down to a drunkard's death, and not do all we can to stop it. The State has done her part and closed the doors, ami now, the re? sponsibility rests on each voter to say If they shall be opened again. W? have come to that point wh r? there is no escaping the responsibility - no one can stand aside, and hands off. "They that are not for me n?e against me." Therefore 1 charge ??%? ? ry voter In South Carolina, who fa? vors the sale of whiskey, that he must be prepared to stand with those who did so in the past, ami be re? sponsible for the wreck and ruin' which he knows will surely come, and perhaps on his own dear boy. If you Intend to vote for the sale of I whiskey, come with me Into the bright and happy homes in our city and State, and with your finger dip ped in the blood of the poor vlctimc of this accursed traffic, set a mark on each bright eyed boy in its mother's arms?who you would be willing to help destroy, both soul and body, and all for the money that it brings. Yes, come with me to your own home and set the mark on your own son. i and tell your loving wife that you want the dispensary run, and some one must raise the boys to run it, and why not you? Would to God that this were only a fancy dream! But it is only too true, and every man knows that if the sale of whiskey goes on, it must claim its victims from these bright and happy homes, j and that the record of the past Is as certain to be the record of the fu? ture as that men will be born and live and die in this country. All men must admit that any one who know? ingly and wilfully assist-, or in nry manner aids another to commit p crime, is held to be as guilty as th< man who does the deed. Now I ha\t never yet seen any man. even the ha* keeper, but admits a man does wrong to himself and family when he gets drunk, and under the law of our lam! it is a crime. These are hard facts and this being true, I can see no way for the man, who by his vote puts whiskey in the reach of his poor weak brother and thus helps him to be a criminal In the sight of God and man, can with a clear conscience say he stands in a different place from the man who helps another to commit any other crime. Wrong is wrong, and no excuse can make it right. I warn you to be pre? pared in a few short years at most, to stand before the awful Judge and hear him say, "where is thy broth? er?" "Thy brother's blood cries to me from the ground." Are you willing to take this fearful risk for the sake of the money it brings, for there is nothing else that j would induce any man to run a bar room, a blind tiger, or a dispensary, except the money that Is In it. We are living In an age of prog? ress, men and women are opening their hearts to help brighten the homes in our. land, and the dark places of the earth. They are doing a grand work in alleviating the pain and suffering of humanity, and shall we who are free from this fearful curse stop our eara, to the cry of dis? tress, coming from the drunkard's homes in our city and State?from our own loved ones and boyhood friends, now bound hand and foot by this destroying monster? It is worse than mockery to turn from their I bloated faces and palsied steps and say, "If the poor, weak minded wom? en can escape the grasp of the "ac? cursed stuff ' by the exercise of self control, why can't the men and boys escape by the same means?" The sad fact is, they don't. Better that the owls and bats should roost in yovt school buildings, and that the ch. dren should go to a log cabin school, than to train them with v/hi's key money, and finally bring many to drunkards' graves. "Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." Hie Song Of W ine. "I can tell of banquet and revel and mirth, Where I was king, for I ruled in might. For the proudest and grandest souls on earth Fall under my touch as tho* struck with blight. Frcm the hoods of kings, I have torn the crown. From the heights of fame, I have hurled men down, 1 have blasted many an honored name, I have taken virtue and given shame. I have tempted youth with a sip, a taste That has made his future a barren waste. I have made the arm of the driver fall And sent the train from the Iron rail. have made good ships go down at sea, And the shrieks of the lost were sweet to me, And my might and power are over all. T^ame, strength, wealth and genius before me fall." D. James Winn. DISPENSARY ELECTION MATTER. Commission Served With Order of Chief Justice Jones. The rule to show cause, issued by Chief Justice Jones against the com? missioners of election for Charleston County, why they should not be en? joined from holding an election of August 17, together with the petition of Thomas M. Jellico against the commissioners, was filed in the sher? iff's office yesterday morning, and la? ter in the day both papers were serv? ed on Commissioners Henry W. Con? ner, J. H. Conlon and William D. Clarke The substance of the peti? tion has already been published in a statement made by Attorneys W. A. Holman and John P. Grace, rnd set* forth fully the grounds for the alle? gation that the Act under which it is 1 proposed to hold an election for dis? pensary or prohibition, is unconstitu? tional, null and void. Mr. Conner, the chairman of the board of election commissioners, was unable to sav yesterday what action the board would tak'e in the matter, but he stated that he would call a meeting of the board immediately to consider what should be done. The rule is as follows: "Upon reading the verified peti? tion of W. A. Holman. Esq., and Messrs. Logan & Grace, attorneys for petition, it is ordered: First. that the respondents, Henry W. Conner. John st, Conlon and William D. Clarke, commissioners of election in and for the county of Charleston, show cause, if any they have, before the Supreme Court at Columbia, S. C. on Thursday, the 12th day of August. 1909, at 11 o'clock a. m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why Act No. 42 of the "act? and joint resolutions - of the State of South Carolina, passed at the regular session of 1909," in so far as the same relates to the holding of elec? tions, should not be declared uncon? stitutional, null and void on the grounda set out in the petition here? in; and why the said respondents, their agents, servants and appointees, shall not be enjoined from holding, attempting to hold, or causing to be held, an election in Charleston Coun? ty on August 17, 1909, under and b> virtue of said Act, or from doing or suffering anything to be done, or In? curring any expense in connection therewith. "Let a copy of this rule and the petition herein be forthwith served upon each of the respondents here? in. "Ira B. Jones, "Chief Justice." Vugust 6, 1909. As the decision of the Supreme Court affects twenty-one counties in the State, it is possible that the appli? cation for an injunction will be oppo? sed by Attorney General Lyon. The board of commissioners has no reg? ular counsel nor has it any funds with which to employ counsel, and the county attorney, Mr. W. Turner Logan, Is not in the city at present, being on a tour through Europe. In case it is necessary for the commissioners to em? ploy counsel, they would have to bor? row the money, which would not be paid back until after the Legislature meets in case the I 'fflslature should approve the bill. Money will have to be borrowed in case the applicat? ion for an injunction is dismissed l?y the Supreme Court, as no provision was made in the bill for the payment of the coat of the election, and the commissioners will have to put a note in bank to defray the expenses of the election. As it is neccessary that some action be taken at one*-, the commissioners may meet today. The work of the board in preparation for the election is well In hand, and as it certain that the Supreme Court will make a decis ion at once, the board will not be em? barrassed in any way and will be ready to go on with the election in case the application is dismissed. The managers and location of polling places will all be selected in antici? pation of the election on August 17.? News and Courier. Fish Pry the Order. Manning, Aug. 7.?Tuesday even? ing a very delightful fish fry took place at the romantic and picturesque Brewington Lake. While there waa not a very big catch, there was a splendidly served lunch, which was heartily enjoyed by all present, and ( with games, singing and gay conver? sation, the evening passed all too swiftly. The following participated: Misses i Valley, Minnie and Edna Blanchard, Lucy Johnson, Isabelle and Caro Bradham, of Manning, and Misses Martha and Mazelle Alderman, of Al colu. J Messrs. Paul and David / lderman, , Rex Rice, Erwin Shaw, of Alcolu, and Ingram f?radham, Arthur and Wyngate Blanchard, Edwin Johnson, Edwin Howie, of Manning. Chap 1 erons: Rev. C. W. blanchard, Mr. I and Mrs. D. M. Bradham, Mrs. T. M. Howie, of Manning SOMMER SMASHES AEROPLANE. Roger Sommer, After Eclipsing Wil? bur Wright's Record, Smashes Aeroplane Attempted Flight. Chalons, sur Marne, Aug. 8.?Rog? er Sommer, the aviator, who yester? day flew two hours, 20 minutes and 57 seconds in his aeroplane, breaking the world's record, held by Wilbur Wright, essayed another flight today. He stopped his engine too abruptly, however, and the machine struck the ground with such violence that It was smashed. Sommer was unin? jured. Since the dispensary closed in Charleston the brewery at that place is making a su?4titute for beer. ALABAMA SALOON MEN DESPAIR. Montgomery Ala., Aug. 7.?There are now five prohibition aiea. ures he fore the extra session of the Alabama Legislature. The Carmichael or ba? sis bill of the prohibition scheme will be signed Monday. The constitution? al prohibition bill passed in the House should reach the Senate by Tuesday. The prohibition of locker clubs bill, and the twelve thousand word Fuller bill, providing for raid? ing, confiscation and destruction of contraband liqi ors, will be taken up in the House no later than Tuesday or Wednesday. The fifth bill is one to control soft drink stands which has not yet been reported out of committee. Evidencing the belief that the Car? michael bill will be effective when it is signed next Monday by the Gov? ernor, saloor men today kept up a caravan of moving liquors. The of? ficers of the law let it be known that officers will have no leniency. THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. F. EL Hyatt, Mannger f<?r S. C. Fig area Never Lie ami Here are the Figures of the Mutual Life Insur awe Co.. of New York. For the month of May, 1909. the South Carolina Agency received ap? plications amounting to $194.037.00. Cash Dividends declared to South Carolina polleyholdera for July settle? ment, $10,100.32. ? Since April 20. 1909. the following death claims have been paid to South Carolina poUcyholders $33.760.no. Proofs of death are being prepared by claimants for $SS,S00.OO. These figures are so plain and con? vincing that "He who runs may read.'' ISAAC M. LORYKA, Special Agent Clarendon and Sumtcr. Ofliccs at Manning and Sumtcr. Jas. D. Grahasn, Agent. Sumtcr. 9. F. McFaddln. Agent. Sardinia. M. B. Lesosiie, Agent, Pincwood.