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(DUIH CORRESPONDENCE. Y IJETTKR8 FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of Interest From all Porto of and Adjoining Counties. MOT1CS TO CO RR KS POND BN TS. Mall your lattara ao that they will Ulla office not later than Mon When Intended for Wednesday'* c and not later than Thursday ?ataiday's laaue. This, of course, only to regular correspond In ease of Items of unusual value, sand In Immediately by telephone or telegraph. Such stories are acceptable up to the of going to press. Wednesday's la printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after WI8ACKY. icky, Oct. It.?We are having lovely weather now, and farmers are busy cutting hsy and housing Cotton has bean nearly all gathered Sal this section. The corn crop is turning out better thsn expected, and potatoes are not very plen Ths health of the community la good at present Mr. Willis Olbson has been quite with fever, but la able to be out The little Sabbath school at the tranaoe school house la doing nice? ty, and both parents and children are taking a deep Interest In It. Miss Miller, who teaches the day school, to organist for the Sunday school. Mrs. K.' J. Williams accompanied fey her daughter Mrs. Shfrer, of Biah ejfrvtlle. will visit Mr. W. C. Williams family of Clarendon this week. Mr. Oreen DesChamps la at home after a long absence. SMTTHVILXE. ?salthvllie. Oct. 11?Dr. and Mrs. T. D, Foxfworth spent last Friday In taaaatsr. Mr. D. J. Robertson spent Mayday im Camden. Mrfl Wilson Hawkins and J. W. Mobartson went to Camden yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hatfield and lav. W. J. Hatfield spent Sunday with Mr. D. J. Hatfield, of Rembert. Misere. D. J. and J. W. Robertson gone to Sumter this afternoon to the meeting of the W. O. W. Mr. H. J. Dunlap, of Rembert, Saturday night and Sunday a'1th gsjaallias and friends at this place. Max, Oct. 11.?Mrs. Lula Mays, of Oreenvllle, visited her aunt, Miss Catherine McNeil, recently. Mrs. Adelaide McFaUdln and Miss Marie Pearson, of Sardinia, visited former's nieces and the latter's its, Mrs. M. P. Truluck. Mrs. Henry illason. and Mrs. S. D. Tomllnson, week. Messrs. Henry and Homer Tomlln have engaged a competent nurse will bring their mother home the 8tate Hoeptal. The Ave negroes, who broke In the asjsiusnUle store at Olanta have been ?eaptured and placed in the Florence Jan. There Is still a good deal of cotton 9m the fields. Very few peas have Saasa made In this section. A few have commenced preparing plant oats. Work Is being done repairing the Ing of Lynches river at Hudson s A young English luffragette tells of a funny Incident that happened at a sweating In the Scottish Highlands, **tsji I rhes had been made to a large sjrow-1 Questions had been replied to sr.jd applause. Imbecile young men remarka about minding ba and mending s>cks had been sl? id. Then. Just as there was a tporary lull before the putting of resolution, a great bucolic Scotch at the back of the crowd rasp? ed alowly in with the Inquiry, ob wtoualy the result of prolonged rumi? nation. "Wha made a mess of i?M?Buffalo Commercial. We confsas that we do not under how a body of men. even if khey call themaelv? a scientists, can sit around a cosy fire and decide wheth SJT Cook or Peary went to the pole. Cook and Peary ? vlll both submit motes, alleged to have been made while on the trip. These scientists, sitting In comfort ible chairs around ahe Are, will be nupposed to decide whether the noten arc correct <>r n??t. * looks like a silly proposition. We 4k> not know whether they can do it or not, but we hope, they can.?An? derson Dally Mall. Mrs. Carrie Doherty King, of Cry al Springs, Miss . la the only woman dl carrier In her State. She dellv msll on a ruril route, making a ?Jrcuit of about twenty-five miles a day. In her girlhood she won many Wrophle* for her horsemanship, an ao ) eempltshment that is now of great to her. PEAKY SUBMITS KECOKDS. Gives Proofs to National Geographic Society. Washington. Oct. 20.?Develop? ments came thick and fast today in the Peary-Cook controversy. Com? mander Peary's proof?records aad observations?that he reached the North Pole April ?, 1909. were sub? mitted to the National Geographie So? ciety today. While tho board of man? agers was pondering over the matter, a cablegram arrived from the Univer? sity of Copenhagen declining to fore? go ita privilege to the first examina? tion of the North Pole records of Dr. Cook. Dr. Cook had promised first to sub? mit his records to the faculty of the university, but on October 15 the uni? versity was requested to waive Its claim of priority In favor of the Na? tional Geographic Society, which sought an early determination of the controversy which haa arisen as the result of Commander Peary's charge that Dr. Cook did not discover the North Pole. The board of managers decided not to wait for the University of Copen? hagen to examine Dr. Cook's records, and appointed a subcommittee to ex? amine and report on Commander Peary's data alone. This committee of experts consists of Henry Gannett, chief geographer of the United States geological survey; Rear Adlmral Col? by If. Chester. U. S. N., and O. H. Tlttman, superintendent of the Uni? ted States coast and geodetic survey. The society announced that the only question it now had to decide was whether Commander Peary reached the pole on the date claim? ed. The committee will hold their first meeting within a few days. Enough Sleep for Children. Jean Willlaras, M. D., who is con? ducting a department of advice to mothers for Woman's Home Compan? ion, save In the October issue: "Let me say a few wor^s to the mothers who forget that their grow? ing children need long sleeping hours, in order that healthy growth shall be continued and a well organised ner? vous system become established. It la especially Important that good judgment shall be exercised during puberty. Great physical demands are made at this period, and the wise mother makes every effort to **v0id for her children unnecessary dissipa? tion of energy. "It is not easy to state definitely the number of hours of sleep required, as there are Individual requirements that will materially modify any rules; still we may safely say that In the great majority of cases after early in? fancy, when the normal child sleeps most of the time, at least twelve out of the twenty-four hours should be spent in sleep. Until six years of age the dally nap should be added to this. The twelve hours of sleep should con? tinue until the tenth year, and longer If the child is delicate or of especially sensitive nervous organization. From ten to fourteen years, ten hours of sleep are usually required, and often twelve would be advantageous; from fourteen until full maturity the sleep? ing hours are, as a rule, more Irregu? lar than at any other period of life, and then the effort must be made to compensate for the short hours by longer Indulgence when opportunity offers, remembering that few have the endurance to cope with the com? plexities of modern life and thrive on less sleep than a dally average of eight hours." A Cloak Room Story. A congressman who had returned from Europe, told this story of a scene on the banks of the Serpentine in London, when a lady and gentle? man paused beside a stylishly dressed nurse in bonnet and floating veil, and the lady exclaimed, looking at the children of two and four who accom? panied the girl: "What charming children. Are they not lovely, Edward?" Edward replied that they were all that the heart of man could desire. "Will you kiss me?" said the lady. "They don't usually kiss people, madam," said the nurse. "but of course they will you." The kissing ceremony completed UM woman of fashion asked: "And whose dear children are they?" as she looked admiringly at the rosy cheeks and bright eyes of th.> little ones. "Madam." said the girl In amaze? ment, "they are your own. They know you because they have often watched you *rom the nursery window, as you passed to and from your carriage."? "Affairs at Washington." Joe Mitchell Chappie In tho National Ifagaslne. Already the conviction of Morse In New York is having a moral effect. A man who motored up to a bunk in a suburb of Chicago and looted It com? mitted suicide when captured.? Louisville Courier-Journal. Jim Price was shot and probably fatally wounded by J. S. Padgett in Colleton ocunty The shooting occur ed at an ice cream festival. SENATOR SMITH SPEAKS. Delivers Address Before Mission Conference at Charlotte. Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 20.?With an address from United States Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, "on the industrial development in the South, and the cotton mill as an economic problem," the home mission Confer? ence rounded out a day and night cal? culated to shed light on the question of the relation of the Church to the Industrial situation. Senator Smith's address was. the feature of the day's session.' He made an earnest plea for the cotton mill operatives, whom he characterized as men and women as ripe and as fit for God's Kingdom as the wealthelr classes among which the Church is working. The field, he declared, is ready for the harvesters. The Church should go to them, not with the patronizing hand of chari? ty, but with the broad spirit of states? manship, which recognizes their pos? sibilities and affords opportunity for legitimate expression. "I bring ho railing accusation against the Church, but It seems to me it's time the mul? timillionaires had missionaries sent to them. Tou emphasize the petty vices of the poor and doff your hats to the scarcely veiled crime which j staiks in silk and gold. If the whole ' Church would cry aloud and convict . the thief who steals a railroad as ' quickly as the one who steals a pen? ny, the situation would be remedied. The Gospel as I understand it means good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people, and that doesn't mean theological dissertations either. Christ gave real help to those who needed It, and His gospel means giv? ing every man a fair show." Senator Smith's remarks created a mild sensation. Speakers who follow? ed him urged the need of larger gifts for the prosecution of the work in i mill settlements and more appoint? ments of ministers to these fields. The sessions closed tonight with a masterly address by Dr. J. C. Kilgo, j president of Trinity College, who ex? pressed a lack of sympathy for the man who makes a business of stirring up sympathy for overworked child- | ren. He declared that he felt more concern for the children of the rich ( who are brought up in indolence, j than for the people whose necessities . 'demand that they work their children j overtime. He rasped the church peo? ple who draw class distinctions and who shun the honest toiler. "It Is no more honorable to sit in the United States senate," he declar? ed, "than it is to shovel coal." Her Usual bine of Talk. A certain Louisville social leader, whom we will call Mrs. Fay'ette Coun- i ty, to avoid identifying her, was told by her husband over the telephone j that he would bring a number of guests home to diner. The party was altogether unexpected and in all the house, which has become noted for the generous and sumptuous dinners spread in it, there was not enough food. Mrs. County got .busy at once and instructed her cook to order certain supplies while she planned the rest of the dinner. A little later Mrs. Coun? ty happened In the room where the telephone was and was horrified to hear the cook talking ferociously into the telephone, something as follows: "An' Ah want six dozen sof shell crabs and ef yo' doan get dem up here mighty quick Anil skin every one of yo', ye' low down?'Who is dis?'?Dls is Mrs. Fayette County, flats' who dis is and Ah means ebery word Ah say." "Mandy." cried the mistress, "what do you mean? You must not." "Law'sy," return the cook, "that's ail right. Miss Fay. Ah talks to 'urn like dat for yo' all de time."?Louis? ville Times. It was testified, during the dispen? sary graft trails in Columbia, that whiskey drummers had paid Wylie and Black sums of money to be spent in securing their election on the dis? pensary board of control. The infer? ence is that this money found its wsy into the pockets of members of the legislature. It would be very inter- i estlng to know who got this money, j Mr. Wylie, who started out on the I confession line, might tell how he spent the money to secure his elec? tion, and on whom he spent it.?An? derson Daily Mail. L. It. Livingston, an employe of the Pell Telephone Company, was killed In Greenville Thursday by falling from the top of an electric pole on Main street. It is thought that the man touched a live wire of the trac? tion company and lost his balance, falling 40 feet to the ground below. He was picked up dead, his skull hav? ing been fraetured. Livingston is from Eastover, but has been living In Ashc vllle, N. C, for several years. Otto Schmidt, of New York, claims to have fasted fifty days and to feel much refreshed by the experience. He has tried going without food be? fore, but his best previous record was twenty-three days. PROCEEDINGS OF COURT. Grand Jury Return** Numerous True 14111s, Makes Final Presentment and Is Discharged. The Court of General Sessions is making alow but satisfactory pro? gress in clearing the docket of the many criminal cases of minor impor? tance wich which it is crowded, and there is reason to hope that the dock? et will be cleared this week of all cases that are ready for trial at this term. The grand jury has completed its work for the term and has been dis? charged. The following grand jurors were drawn by lot to serve next year: R. M. Jones, J. B. Britton, C. J. Gail lard, S. W. Stubbs, W. R. DuBose, Jr., W. D. Carson. The following is the record up to recess Wednesday. The State vs. Charlie Caldwell, lar? ceny of bicycle; guilty. Notice of mo tion for new trial. The State vs. T. P. Ward, assault and battery of a high and aggravat- < ed nature; true bill. On trial. This case was given to the Jury about 12 o'clock and at 3:30 o'clock the jury was still in the room, no ver diet having been reached. C. L*. Cut- j tino, Esq., assisted Solicitor Stoll in the prosecution and Officer Ward was j defended by L? D. Jennings, Esq. This is the much discussed Broadway case ! ?Policeman Ward being indicted by J, R. Broadway for clubbing him while having him under arrert and on the way to the guard house. The fail- ' ure of the jury to arrive at a verdict Within a reasonable time indicated a mistrial. The State vs. Arthur Pinckney, forgery; true bill. The State vs. J. T. Howard, obtain? ing goods under false pretenses; true bill. .. i The State vs. Arthur Pinckney, ! forgery; true bill. The State vs. E. A. Jackson, ob? taining goods by false pretence; true bill. The State vs. Arthur Pinckney, j forgery; true bill. The State vs. Charles McNeill, bur? glary and larceny; no bill. The State vr. Harry Truesdale. lar? ceny of live stock; no bill. The State vs. James Shuler, assault and battery with intent to kill, and carrying concealed weapons; tried and verdict of guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated na? ture. Fine of $100 or six months on the chaingang. Fine paid. The State vs. E. Arthur Jackson, disposing of property under lien; true bill. The State vs. Isaac Ballard, obtain- j ing goods under false pretence; true . bill. t j The State vs. Maggie Smith, alias ' Maggie Booker, alias Maggie Tinsley, bigamy; true bill. The State vs. John Mack, entering a house with intent to steal. Guilty. The State vs. Curits Ford, house breaking and larceny; true bill. The State vs. E. M. Glover, obtain? ing goods under false pretence; nol pros. The State vs. May Williams, viola? tion of labor contract; nol pros. The State vs. Arthur Pinckney, forgery; no bill. The State vs. Judson Yates and Willie Brogdon, violation of the fish law; continued. The State vs. Isaac Pringle, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. Plead guilty to assault with intent to kill. Six months on the chaingang. The State vs. Robort Council, order dismissing appeal and a bench war? rant to be issued. The Jury in the Ward case did not arrive at a verdict until 8:30 p. m. Wednesday and as the court had ad? journed a sealed verdict was returned. When court convened on Thursday the verdict was opened and published. Officer Ward was declared not guitly and was discharged. Thursday the trial of R. M. Barwick, former marshall of the Town of Pine wood, for murder, wae taken up. This case was heard at the last term of court and resulted in a mistrial. When the court took a recess for dinner the examination of the witnesses for the defense had not been completed. The following is the record: The State vs. John Mack, entering house with intent to steal; guilty. 15 months on chaingang. The State vs. Maggie Smith, alias Maggie Barker, alias Maggie Tinsley, bigamy; not guilty. The State vs. T. P. Ward, assault and battery of a high and aggravat? ed nature: not guilty. The State vs. M. H. Boy kin, Jr., and W. L. (iregg, Jr., car-breaking and grand larceny; nol pros. The State vs. E. A. Jackson, ob? taining goods under false pretence; continued. The State vs. Sam Wesley Willis, rape; nol pros. The State vs. Isaac Pierce, murder; continued. The State vs. Muldrow Jacobs, alias George Muldrow, house-breaking and larceny; continued. The State vs. R. M. Barwick. mur? der; guilty of manslaughter with rec? ommendation to mercy. Presentment of the Grand Jury?Fall Term 1909. To His Honor T. S. Sease, Presiding Judge: We. the grand jury of Sumter coun? ty beg leave to submit this, our final report for the year J909. We have passed on all bills for in? dictment handed us by the Solicitor. We are glad to report that our rec? ommendations made at the summer term of court in reference to the sew? erage at the jail and furrtiture for the stenographer's and sheriff's offices s have been carried out. We again call the supervisor's at? tention to our public highways and the plowing into the same by the far? mers along said roads. We insist that this be stopped by some means. We note that the supervisor has posted no? tices in many places along the road, warning people not to plow into the road. We ?ubmit that if th? notices will not abate the nuisance that other and more strenuous means be adopt? ed. Complaints has been made to us of 1 the unsanitary and unhealthy condi? tions of the Boyle butcher pen and slaughter house on the Mayesvllle road just beyond the city limits. We ; recommend that the proper officers j look after Said butcher pen and slaughter ho?ise a$id see that same be ' placed and kept in a more sanitary condition. It has been reported to us j I that the stinks that arise from same 1b very offensive to travelers along the road as well as those per 1 sons living in the neighborhood; it being in our opinion a menace to the health of the community. I Our attention has been called to I the custom or carelessness of some of I the magistrates in not binding over j witnesses for court. In some in? stances the local magistrate has to issue warrants for witnesses, the sher? iff being called to serve them, all because the Magistrates have not performed their duty. We make no specific presentiment of any Magis? trate, our purpose ^eing to warn those Magistrates in the county who are negligent in these matters that if they do not look more closely into j their duties and perform them they may expect the formal presentiment ? for neglect of duty. At the summer term of this Court Honorable George W. Gage, Presid? ing Judge, passed an order directing the Grand Jury to investigate cer? tain conditions alleged to exist at the County Jail. Tour Grand Jury through your foreman and a commit? tee investigated said charge and found that the same was not borne out by the facts. We are informed that there has been a change in the keep? er of the Jail and the conditions there no<v are as they should be. At this time we do not deem it nec? essary to go into an extended examin? ation* of the County officers, Jail, Chamgang, Alms House, etc. Your foreman has checked over the vouch? er of the treasurer and supervisor and witnessed the settlement between said officers and the comptroller gen? eral. Thanking your honor and the offi? cers of the court for courtesies ex? tended. Respectfully submitted, R. F. HAYNS WORTH, Foreman. Now Cotton Variety. About two years ago, Mr. S. A. Burns, a successful farmer of the county noticed in one of his fields an unusually large and well fruited stalk of cotton. He watched it all the year, and in the fall when the bolls began to open he saw that they were very large and that the staple seemed to be of better quality than the rest of the cotton in the field. He carefully picked and seeded all the lint, and sent a sample of it to Clemson Col? lege. The college authorities report? ed that the staple was a new variety to them; that it was equally as good as nhe sea island staple, and urged Mr. Burns to plant all the seed of the new variety separate from all other cotton, and to send them another sample at the end of the year. Mr. Burns did so, and secured enough seed to furnish the Clemson people some to experiment with, and to plant some himself. At Clemson this year there is a tenth of an acre plant? ed in the new variety, and Mr. Burns has a somewhat larger tract. The cotton at both places is showing up beautifully. The yield is large; the bolls being unusually full, and there has apparently been no falling off In the staple. The Clemson peopls say the cotton is worth at least -?"> cents per pound. They think Mr. Burns has discovered a new variety of up? land long staple cotton, and they are expecting great things of it. Mr. Burns say-; he does not know where the seed came from originally. He had bought seed from several differ? ent sources that yaer, and he noticed only one stalk of this particular kind. He Will know definitely by next fall if his discovery is of as great value aw the experts at Clemson College think It Is.?Anderson Mall. Chalmers Barber, a negro wanted in Chester for murder was captured in New York city Wednesday. PBOF. LOMBROSO DF.AD. Made Many Important Omtributions To Criminology?Famous Student Of Insanity. Turin, Oct.. 19.?Cesar Lombroso,. the noted Italian criminologist i.nd alienist, died at his home here today. Professor Lombroso was known all over the world for his investigations of the abnormal human being and the theories he deduced from the obser? vations. Many of these theories have encountered opposition, and some of them are not yet wholly accepted; nevertheless many of them form Oto basis, in great part, for the present system of criminal science. Lombroso was the author of two score of books upon the subject that formed his life study. Nearly all of these works were translated into other laiiguage8, many into English. Pro? fessor Lombroso had also written many reviews and pamphlets on the same subjects. Born at Verona in 183<>, Cesar Lom? broso married when he was 34 years old. His family consisted of one eon and two daughters. On his graduation from the University of Turin he at once embarked in the studies to which he devoted his life. Soon he was made professor of psychiatry at the Univer? sity of Pavia. After holding this chair for several years he became head of the department of medical Jurisprud? ence and psychiatry at the University of Turin, where he remained until his death. Only one recreation was permitted to take time from his researches in? to the minds of his fellow beings. This was bicycling. Professor Lom? broso was an expert wheelman, and the sight of his small, white-haired and white-bearded figure astride of I his wheel in the streets of Turin was a familiar one. In the latter years of Professor Lombroso's life he was made the subject of many studies by scientists and magazine writers, attracted by the profundity of his knowledge of m the mental workings of human beings. Only last spring Professor Lombroso declared his belief in the existence of intelligent forces on the other side of the grave, adding that, in his opinion these forces found means for communication with the living. ^ He cited many interesting cases he W had encountered in his researches that had given birth to, and strength? ened, this belief. Professor Lombroso's best-known books published in English are: "The Man of Genius," "The Criminal and Anthropological and Medico-Legal 1 Study," "Epileptic Insanity," "Politi? cal Crime and Revolution," "The Female Offender," "The Anarchists" and "Causes of and Combat Against Crime." His most recent books was one ^ treating of psychic researches and strongly upholding the existence of what others have called ghosts. President left's Father Won Fame As A Diplomat. In "The Recollections of An Amer- , lean Diplomat's Wife," which form an i entertaining feature of The Delineator for November, the writer pays the following tribute to the father of President Taft: American ambassadors in Europe have come and have gone, some of them so rich that the sovereign him- ^ self has felt comparatively poor be? side them, but the fame and stand? ards of James Russell Lowell, John Hay and Andrew D. White have en? dured above all others and will do so for many years to come, as represent? ing the simplicity and genuine worth which Europe, in its thoughtful minds, seeks with longing eyes in America, says the writer. And in this list I would include Alphonso Taft, the president's father, who was our envoy in Russia during the cor? onation of Alexander III, and left an Impression upon the country which no succeeding American has been able to efface. I learned this when I was there years before the son had risen to a place where be could shed any ster upon his father's name. He Won at Monte Carlo. Johnny Baker's marvflous marks? manship will be an especially inter? esting feature with the Wild West and Far East when Buffalo Bill and Paw? nee Bill bring their united exhibition to town. He is one of the most skill? ful fancy shots in this or any other country, and when the Wild West was abroad he measured guns with some of the Monte Carlo experts ;?nd won an easy victory. His trap shooting, executed while posed in the most diffi? cult postures and with lightning rap? idity, is truly remarkable, while the fashion ir which he shatters composi? tion balls, shooting ricochet shots at them directly or by reflection, or while sta nding upon his head, seems almost magical. Doubtless that belief of the Ohio brewers that the temperance wave is on the wane is founded on their net receipts.?Indianapolis News. Mr. Dalton Kennedy, Jr., of Cam? den, and Miss Lucy Bush were mar? ried in Wickford, R. I., Wednesday.