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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. LETTKIIS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRE8PON DENTS. of Interest From nil Parts of HumttT and Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your Utters so that they will Tench this office not later than Mon? day when Intended for Wedr esday's paper and not later than Thursday Saturday's Issue. This, of course, ?piles only to regular correspond In case of Items of unusual value, send In Immediately by 11. telephone or telegraph. Such re stories are acceptable up to the of going to press. Wednesday's ir la printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after SARDIMA. Sardinia. Aug lt.?The death of Mrs. W. H. Dlsher, nee Miss SaDle Jnrvey. Monday afternoon the 23 -d a gloom over the Salem section ire she was so greatly admired for the noble, charitable, womanly traits sme possessed. She was 60 years of asje and was born in Christ Church Parish. Charleston, and Is survived by Isar sorrowing husband, and brothers. Messrs. Lewis and J. E. Jervey, the popular and greatly admired proprie? tor of the Jervey House, Sumter, sis Miss Grace Jervey of Taft, and John W. Flemmlng, New Zlon had many relatives in Charle* M< She was a consistent member of the ethodlst church and her heart was open for the suffering and dis Is REM BERT. Remborts. Aug. SO.?Mr. Editor: hot dry wave has at last been ten. We hud a nice rain lust it but the crop has been Injured least twenty-five per cent, of it It would have made. The cotton ip In this and other aectlons will t exceed ?0 per cent. Young corn, and potatoes wlll*be a failure, to the continued drought of the Man f||y weeks. Old cotton Is still gjsjlsg plowed by some, while the cot Mm pickers are following behind. As Mas Irishman said when told that his nrtfe was dying, that hi had his eye em her, nothing she brought and ilng she should carry off?so we watching this late cultivation with rt Mrs. W. C. Harlee and children, W. J. Toung and Mrs. T. D I. spent some days last week Mi Columbia. The Sunday school at McLeod'e CMagel will observe mother's day on Mm third Sunds y in September. Rev. T, I* Cole ha* been invited by the assureh to lecture on that day on the ssjfcject of motner. The church and ?endsy school has extended a world %td? Invitation to all who will come, to Join In the exercise. May the another* of thin and other communi? ties be made glad on that occasion. Rev. Whit lock, pastor at McLeod'e JCMepel. preached an Interesting Kor? anen on yesterday. Hia text was, "It M appointed unto man once to die." Mr. Editor, we hope to see the day ashen the entire membership of every ?JSmrch will sustain, uphold, encour? age and co-operate with their pastor to the Master's cause. This is a duty sstUeh we owe to our Master, to our paster, to ourselves, to our communi? ty, to the rising generation, putting em the whole armor of the Lord Jesus Christ, going forth with sharp etas Into the harvest fields, by ways id hedges seeking the lost. > - OTPID FOUND THE NURSE. Luray Va.. Aug. 2?.?The honey >n of a marriage about which there an Interesting bit of romance is br? ig spent at Strasburg, Shenandoah inty. Va. About six years ago Mr. Howard Mit?, of Grafton. W. Va., courted Miss rl Jones, also of Orafton. This faded away until the removal of Jones to Elklns. W. Va., where married Joseph Orsl, who died Some time after Mr. Orsl's ith Mr. Hlte became a victim of ty? phoid fever, and was taken to th< hoHpit.il In Orafton, which chanced ta hw the one where Mrs. Orsl had be? come a nurse. Also by chance, Mra. Orsri was assigned as Mr. Hlte's nurse. ?either at the time knowing the other 1 era* an Inmate or employe of the in sSJtutlon. They soon, however, recog? nised psch other, and upon leaving the hospital a few days ago the wed? ding took place. Last Tuesday morning Mr. J. A. Jone* who lv. I ahout eight miles from Rranch\llle. lost one of his best farm mule*. Mr. Jones drove the male to his field, where he was ic ith er lax some fodder, and. a* usual, h? tied a rope around the mule's neck and then tied the rope to a small tree, Then he went on to his work and did not think that the mule could get hurt. Some time after Mr. Jones re? turned and found that the mule had pawed a deep hole Into which he fell ?od broke his neck. BIBLE NOT ORIGINAL. Chicago Professor of Divinity Declares Story of Creation and Deluge Ap? peared Long Before Bible Was Written. Chicago. Aug. 26.?The Bible is not original with its supposed compilers, according to the opinions expressed yesterday by Prof. Gerald B. Smith, of the faculty of the divinity depart? ment of the University of Chicago. "The story of creation and the deluge appeared long before the Bible was written,1' the speaker declared. Both of these stories were traditional in the early literature of the Babylon? ians. 'The theologian of today Is ac? quainted as the theologians of former days were not, with the reality and vitality of non-Christian religion a^.d in the investigation of the Old Testa ment religion, it has been found that many of Its elements were drived from Israel's contact with Babylon. The his? tory of Christianity reveals the fact that Christian beliefs have grown and changed aa Christianity has met with the secular forces of its history. There are elements in every pagan religion which every Christian is compelled to recognize as truth." SUICIDE IN AUGUSTA. L. A. Blckle, Mall Clerk on Looted Train, Ends His Life. Augusta, Qa., Aug. 29.?L. A. Blckle. white, aged 43, an ex-mail clerk on the Southern railway almost severed his head from his body with a razor at his home here this morn? ing. Bicklc hal been In 111 health and It Is said that his mind was unbal? anced because of this and recent be? reavements In his family. He happened to be mall clerk on Southern train from Charleston on the night of May 18 last when the express car was rifled and when the train reached Augusta the messenger was found In a chest. The messenger claimed that he had been knocked down by masked men and placed in the cheat. G. P. Humphreys, baggage master on the train on the night of the robhery, cut hla throat two months ago, dying almost Instantly, because he was suspected of the rob? bery. However, the expres officials do not connect Blckle with the robbery, hut it la a fact that the detective, a few days ago, questioned him regard | Ing the case. HOPES FOR REPEAL OP 15TH AMENDMENT. Senator Tlllnamn Says He Receive* Much Encouragement After He Ad? dresses Northerners on Negro. Anderson, Aug. 27.?In the course of hla address before the Red Shirt crowd here yesterday Senator Tillman aald that the chief object of his mak? ing addresses before Northern au? diences was to convert enough Repub? lican congressmen and senators to as? sist him in repealing the 15th amend? ment. He aald that frequetly after he concludes his addresses prominent persons from his audiences come to him to say that the conditions in the South have been grossly misrepresent ed, and that the Northern people ha ?% not a correct idea of the true condi? tion in the South. He said further that many of his hoarer> iiave said to him that if more Southerners like him would make addresses In the North the peo? ple of the North would get a clearer conception of the conditions as they exist. HIS COWS WEAR COATS. Financier Also Has Their Teeth Brushed Thrice Dally. Cincinnati, Aug. 26.?W. Kelcey Schoepf, who is heavily interested in the Metropolitan Street Railway of New York and who owns a 150-acre farm in Glendale, a subsurb of this city, has received 24 coats for his $75.000 herd of Jersey cows. The gar? ments are of one piece, which is the style now, and are of cream color. The two attendants whose sole duties are to look after the cattle, place these coverings on them every morn? ing to protect them from flies. Each blooded Jersey's teeth arc brushed three times daily. This de parture in dairy farming is said to result In better health and better milk. In exchange for the tooth treatment and coats each cow has dally pro? duced over two gallons of milk, with a large amount of cream. Mr. Schoepf, when he Is not busy nttendlng to his railroad interests, is at his country place. Harb Week the Schoepf farm sellH about 1)0 pounds Di butter. Thirty cents a pound is the price quoted, but Mr. Behoepf declares that the butter business is carried on, not for profit, but to gel rid of the surplus milk from the $76,000 herd of Jerseys. 10 C. Griffin, recently engaged to bead tlo* chemistry department of tin Kansas Stale Agricultural College, is spending bis vacation in Brighton, Cal., as a hod carrier. He Is not try? ing to solve the labor problem, but likes hard work. AMERICAN WINS PRIZE. curtiss BREAK! ALL records AT rheims. Aviation Week at Rheim*, Franco. Closes After a Remarkable Series of Contests, in Which All Previous Records for Ilcavicr-Thaii-Air Mu? ch! nes Were Broken. Betheny. Aviation Field, Rheims. August 29.?A twilight vision of Paul han's graceful monoplane, like a great white bird soaring above the plain, so high that it seemed to rise above the yellAw harvest moon just rising above the distant hills, and the fleet? ing "golden flier," as the CurtiS3 ma? chine has been dubbed, smashing an? other world's record In the Prix de La Vitesse, were the closing glories of aviation week. The victory of Glenn H. Curtiss, the sole American representative in the contests, coming on the heels of his great victory in the international cup yesterday, gives the United States the lion's share of the honors of the meet? ing. The Prix de La Vitesse, of twen? ty thousanw francs, ($4.000.) divided into four prizes, was distributed to the four machines making three rounds of the course, 30 kilometres, at the greatest speed, the first prize being won by Curtiss quite handily, not? withstanding his penalization. Curtiss only missed winning the lap speed contest from Blerlot by a small margin. He captured second place In that event, which was over the? full circuit of ten kilometres, or 6.21 miles, raising his total money winnings for the meeting to 38,000 francs, besides, the International cup, which goes to the Aero Club, of America, Inscribed with his name. As In yesterday's cup contest an ac? cident?the only "serious one of the meeting?removed Blerlot, the Amer? ican's most dangerous competitor, from today's three-lap speed contest. Blerlot'8 escape from death was a narrow one. He had passed the first turn in the Prix de La Vitesse when the rudder suddenly failed to respond. The machine turned completely over three times, landing with such force that the petrol tank burst and catch? ing fire from the motor enveloped the machine and pilot in flames. Before Blerolt could extricate himself, he was burned about the face and hands, but fortunately not seriously. With Blerlot out of the contest, La? tham remained Curtiss' only serious rival. Tre race was Intensely excit? ing. Latham with "No. 13" started only four mintues ahead of the Amer? ican who gave% chase. Curtiss over? hauled him in every kilometre, finish? ing less than 400 metres behind the Frenchman. Latham's time was 26. 32 2-5. and Curtiss' 24.15 1-5. The committee first posted La? tham's time with one-twentieih pen? alization as 27.51 2-5, giving Curtiss the victory. Latham, however, re? fused to accept defeat and brought out "No. 20." With this he flew con? siderably faster, his time being rec? orded 25.18 1-5. The time, but not the amount of penalization, was post? ed. Curtiss declared his confidence to do better in another attempt, and decid? ed to try again. Within two minutes his machine was out and speeding across the line. He flew higher than he had ever gone before, keeping the throttle wide open and making each round a swifter speed than in any of his previous efforts. The time was 23. 29. With his penalization! Curtiss' time stood at 25.45, 49 2-5 and this eave him the race by almost a minute margin. Bnt when he learned that the second round had been traversed in 7.48 2-5. less than one second from Bleriot's lap record, he made another effort but failed to equal the French? man's time by four seconds. Aeroplane Flight in Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., August 29.?Athens claims the first areoplane flight in the State of Georgia. Ben Epps and Zump Huff, in a monoplane of their own construction, yesterday at Athens, made a trial flight of fifty yards. The machine, however, rose but one foot above the ground and was wrecked, when it bumped into a terrace. The machine was repaired today, and another flight will be attempted tomorrow. Mrs. .1. R. Ramsey, Mrs. M. R. Powell, Mrs. Atwood, and Miss Jones, of Hackensack, N. J. recently reached Sacramento, Cal., In an automobile. having crossed the continent from Now York without escort. Mrs. Ram say drove her automobile over 5,000 miles of all sorts of road, and Is the first woman to achieve this trip. The Southern Bell Telephone Co. has decided to cut in another long distance line for Sumter and within a few weeks the long distance ser? vice of this city win be materially Improved. The additional wire has been needed for sotne time on .ac? count of the rapidly growing pa fron - age of the long distance lines, and It has frequently happened that im? portant business has been delayed on account of the lines being too busy to handle the messages promptly. THE STATE BOARD OF CANVAS KEKS STILL DELIBERATING ON TOE DISPENSARY ELECTION. Dispute Over Right of Body to Re? view Act of Legislature May be Ended Today. Columbia, Aug. 28.?The deadlock at the meeting <>f the state Board of Canvassers, in session on the dispen? sary election, was broken yesterday when an order signed by Associate Justice Hydrick was served on Comp? troller General Jones ordering him to either attend the meetings of the board or to appear before the asso? ciate justice this morning at 10 o'clock to show cause why he does not attend. This ended one of the most excit? ing sessions of the board held in yea- s and while at times the actions of thr various members in refusing to give on either side appeared to be amus? ing, still there were moments when it seemed that somebody might lose temper and precipitate a quarrel. The real feature of the meeting was the constant attendance and constant absence of the comptroller general. For several minutes between attempts made to take votes he would pace the corridor outside of the office of secre? tary of state and then suddenly re? appear to state his position again and offer once more to go with the hear? ings provided the board did not take up the question of its right to pass upon the constitutionality of the act ordering the election. The situation as briefly summed up was about as follows: At the hearing Thursday the board, while awaiting the arrival of Mr. Wal? ter Hazard, representing the prohibi? tionists of Georgetown, who wish to contest the election, took up the Charleston case, which is contested by Mr. J. P. Grace, who holds that the act is unconstitutional. The board in executive session late Thursday af ternoon decided to go on with the Charleston case, although this meant that the other cases might ?? Ut until the constitutionality of th ..ct and the right of the board to pass upon this act had been decided. There are only four members of the board present. Messrs. Lyon and Mc Cown stood pat on the proposition that the board had the right to con? sider the constitutionality of the act. Messrs. Jennings and Jones were equally positive that the board did not have this right and a dozen or so ballots were cast strictly along the lines. Mr. Jones stated most positively that he would break the quorum by leaving the room if the board took up the case with a view to deciding the constitutionality of the act. And he did. At intervals he left the room and then came back with the same old proposition, while the attorneys wrangled and the other members of the board talked pro and con. Mr. Grace still thought that as the constitution was involved the Charleston case should be settled first. Mr. Wlllcox, who represents the dis? pensary side in Georgetown, begged the board to lake up his case. It had been set for 11:30 o'clock. Mr. Haz? ard, who had arrived, was inclined to side with Mr. Grace. The board kept on deadlocking, because Messrs. Mc Cown and Lyon agreed with Mr. Grace. Mr. Jennings, who acted as chairman, at times seemed to wrant the matter settled, but on the prop? osition as to the authority of the board he sided with the comptroller general. When the board was ready to meet early yesterday morning it was found that Comptroller General Jones was absent, thus there was no quorum. About 11:30 he came in and at once stated his position. He had voted the day before to go on with the Charles? ton case, he said, but had been wrong. He did not think the board had the right to consider it. Just here it WSJ brought out that the board had de? cided to throw out the contest so far as Richland was concerned and de clare the result, but this action was not Announced officially because the Charleston case loomed up large and strong with the divided board. The Richland dispensaries may open Mon? day. The situation remained unchanged until 2 o'clock when the comptrollo" general left the room, apparently for good. A telegram had been received from Anderson that Mr. K. P. Smith was net in the city and the board then discussed tin Advisability of summon? ing Lieut, (luv. McLeod. The law pro? vides that In the absence of a quorum the lieutenant governor shall act. But the P?>int was raised that the comp? troller general was known to be in the city. It was then suggested that sn official communication be sent Mr. Jon s asking him if he intended com? ing to the meeting. Should the reply be in the negative the other members would have the right to summon th< lieutenant governor. The letter and the reply is embod ied in the following letter from Mr Joins addressed to the board: "I have received the following let ter from you of this date: "Tine members of Board of State Canvas sers, Hon. R. M. McCown, Hon. J. Fr?ser Lyon and I, are ready to pro < < ed with hearing the contests ano declaring the results of the elections in the various counties upon the question of dispensary or no dispen? sary. The law provides that a quo? rum of the board shall consist of four members, and knowing that you are in the State house at this time, desire1 to be informed whether you will at? tend the meeting of the board in or der that the quorum may be com? pleted and the duties of the board dis? charged in accordance with law. " 'Will you please give us an answer in order that those members of the board who are present and ready to serve may be advised whether it is necessary to call upon the lieutenant governor to attend under the pro? vision of section 225, code of 1902, volume 1?" "Replying to your letter in inquiry of today, in which you desire to be informed whether I will attend meet ! ing if the Board of State Canvassers in order that the quorum may be completed and the duties of the board be discharged in accordance with law, I beg to say: "That I was present during the present session of the board and re? mained until the board by a divided vote declined to refuse to hear argu? ment as to the constitutionality of the act under which the board convened. My position is that the board con? venes enly by virtue of the a??t 'or? dering the election and that we have no jurisdiction to consider the consti? tutionality of any act of the legisla? ture, and especially am I of the opin? ion that we can not declare uncon? stitutional, null and void the act by virtue of which alone we convened for the purpose of passing upon its con? stitutionality. "If the act under which the board now convenes is unconstitutional, then the meeting is unorficial and you have no righi to be sittig in that capacity or to demand my presence. "Whether the act is constitutional or not, it is not within the jurisdiction i of the Board of Canvassers to consid? er, and any conslderattion of it will be purely speculative, academic and unofficial. "Under the statute law of the State, section 223, code of laws 1902, vol? ume 1, it is our duty, 'upon the cer? tified copies of the statements made by the boards of county canvassers, to proceed to make a statement of the whole number of votes given at such election for the various officers, and for each of them voted for, disting? uishing the several counties in which they were given. They shall 'certify ?;uch statements to be correct, and fubscribe the same with their proper names.' "Section 228 says: 'Upon such state? ments hey shall then proceed to de? termine and declare what persons have been, by the greatest number of votes, duly elected to such offices, or either of them. They shall have pow? er, and it is made their duty, as ju? dicial officers to decide all cases un? der protest or contest that may come before them on appeal from the de? cisions of the county board of can vassers.' "Under my construction of thi 'aw, and of my sense of duty, I declln-i to participate in any discussion as to the constitutionality of the act by which we are required to meet and merely declare the result of an election or? dered by said act. "I am present in my constitutional capacity to canvass the votes and de? clare the result of the election, but I am not present in an unconstitutional capacity to question and pass upon the constitutionality of a act of the general assembly as a member of the State Board of Canvassers." All during the wrangle the mem? bers of board had acted pleasantly towards each other although at times there were some serious moments. Mr. Jones read his formal reply given above and just a few minutes later as served with the order of man? damus by the sheriff. There was some laughter and Mr. Jones took the pa? per. Then Capt. Jennings, who had been restive for some time and wanted to get down to business, resigned the chair. He said he was tired of pre? siding over a body that did not ac? complish anything in a session of a Whole day. Mr. Lyon was then voted t< the chair and put the motion that the board take up Mr. Grace's protest. Mr. Jones then left the room again and the meeting adjourned until this morning. He said last night that he would at? tend the meeting this morning and as Mr. K. P. Smith also wired that he would be present there will be a majority for or against the proposi? tion and a decision is expected on all cases tomorrow. The mandamus is signed by Judgl l>. IS. Hydrlck, associate Justice and the healing is to be in the Justices' consultation loom at 10 o'clock this morning. The petition for mandamus is sign? ed by j. i\ Grace of Che leston, Wal? ter Hazard, who is here to represent the prohibition protect from George? town, and Hunter A. Gihbes of this city, signing themselves attorneys for the State. The petition sets out in part: "That A. W. Jones. comptroller general, is ex-officio member of the State Board of Canvassers, whose duty it is to meet in t .e office of th\J secretary of state and determine the result of the election. "That on the 26th of August the board met and adjourned until the 27th. "That three members of the board, the attorney general, the State treaseSj urcr and thte secretary of State, meV and expressed a willingness to pro? ceed with their duties but the said A. \V. Jones appeared at intervals upon said day and only for the purpose of thwarting thte proceedings find ca? priciously and arbitrarily absenting himself without just excuse an whenever it became apparent that quorum would be necessary to pro? ceed with the business before the board, absented himself, and still ab? sents himself and fails to attend the meeting of the said board and take part in the transactions of its busi? ness and keeps effectively broken t quorum so the said board was an still is unable to proceed with the dis? charge of its duties. "Also that the respondent is physi? cally able to comply with any man? date of this court." The order of Judge Hydrick is the effect that Mr. .Tones shall "forth-" with appear and attend with other members of said voard and proceed to the deliberations upon and deter? mination of all matters before said board; and that failing to do so" is required to appear as above set out. * I?S ? md WOULD LIMIT WATER RIGHTS. Conservation Congress Declares For Regulations. Th?4 9dajr Seattle. Wash.. August 28.?I National Conservation Congress todi adopted a resolution declaring that the Federal government should limit grants of water r ghts to a reasonable definite time, and should exact an an? nual tax upon them. The resolution was drawn by Dr. W^ J. McGee, the sod-water expert. ^ Judge Hanfort. of Colorado, intro? duced a substitute resolution, setting forth that it was the promise of land and water rights which drew the first settlers to the West, and that it was the same attraction which is now veloping it. Pi Other resolutions adopted endorse the forestry and reclamation bureaus; recommend the creation of a national, bureau of mines; endorse the national conservation commission; urge a Fed? eral appropriation for the work of the commission, and favor Statehood fo^j Arizona and New Mexico. The congress formed a permanent organization and elected officers. ^ Bernard N. Baker, of Baltimore, was chosen president. - I A Good Farmer and a Poor Scribe. '* Privateer, Aug. 28?Knowing how hard it is to decipher some hand writ? ing, I seldom ask a correction, but in justice to Mr. Joe B. Osteen I will ask you to change the report on the amount of fertilizers that he used tool his cotton, to 380 pounds of fertili? zers and "fifteen bushels'* of cotton seed per acre, instead of "fifteen tons of seed" also his corn was "lightly" instead of "highly" fertilized. The fact is, it is hard to realize that he has such a crop with such a lghej| application of fertilizers, but when you talk with him, and find, that he rotates every year and makes a heavy . growth of peavines which he turns under instead of mowing, also that he is farming for the profit instead of the name, and that he loves his busi? ness and profession, coupled with en^fl ergy, judgment and perseverance, you have the secret of the whole thing. To divert. One of my tenants has just brought me a "rattler" five feet long, eight inches in circumference, and has thirteen rattles. One wasl|| killed near here last week with ele? ven rattles. I have the two rattles, and the hide of the last ene killed, which I expect to have dressed. We hear a welcome sound of thun? der, and hope it will rain. Attorney Sonera] Lyon has given lis opinion that the act under which the Carolina, Cltnchtteld & Ohio railroad wishes to obtain a charter is uncon? stitutional. In a letter to Secretary ot State McCown Gen. Lyon states that the act is in violation of section 8. Ar> > tide I, of the constitution. The opin? ion does not go into any detailed ex? planation of the matter but simply declares that the act is unconstitu? tional. When Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor,! gets home from bis trip around the world?he Is expected by October 15 ?the Central Labor Union of Wash? ington proposes to have a big torch? light parade in his honor. Mr W. Scott Marvin, ot Manning, I has complained to the commission that the Atlantic Coast Line Company has put In a vary i<>\\ rate on saw mill Iocs for the saw mills at Sumter and declines to give similar rate under like conditions for the mills at Manning, Silver and other points.