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PMTi CORRESPONDENCE, FRY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPON DE X TS. off Interest Prom all Parts of sad Adjoining Counties. HOT ICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that ts*y will this office not istei than Mon when intendsd for Wednesday's and not later than Thursday ktarday's Issue. Thli, of course, only to regular oorrespond Iu case of items of unusual value, send In Immediately by telephone or teleg-aph. Such stories are acceptable up to the ^smssr of going to press. Wednesday's *%B*psr Is printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after WISACKY. jky. Oct. 10.?We are having wsathsr, Just cool enough to fires feel comfortable. Vmrmers ars busy harresting the There is some little cotton in ?elds yst to be gathered and are encouraging. health of ths community is itely good at present. Mr. J. L Lsdlngham has been qlute sick Uss yesterday. lira. H. J. Williams and duaghter, 8hlrer, of Blshopvllls, havs re to thslr homes after spending pleasont time with Mr. W. C. of Summerton. Eva C. Smith, of Blshopville. a day recently with relatives r. J. 8. Williams, of Cartersvllle, relatives here a few days since, reports crops In his section being tely good, but labor very ?sne few from this neighborhood to Charleston to take *ln gala I suppose quite a number from will attend the Stats Fair in Co next week. BTATKBURG. itsburg, Nov. 1.?Mrs.% C. I* who has been visiting her r, Mrs. W. K. Flud, has return to her home in Charlotte, N. C. Frank B. Harris, of Thomas Oa., is on a visit to her parents, and Mrs. E. F. Holmea R. C. Richardson, of Sumter, been spending some time i relatives In the neighborhood, less returned home. Vr. J. Singleton Moore spent Sun sMr with Mrs. James 8. Plnckney, at Ruins." Minns RIchardiion Is the of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Richard Jr.. at "Farm Hill.' Mr. T. D. Brohun spent Sunday in er midst. Quite a number from the neighbor went to the Wild West Show on tTveduy. and report having enjoyed It much; the riding and shooting particularly fine, ususl. this place will be well tnted at the State Fair, during coming week, and we hope for I Inuance of the beautiful weather, ess It will add so much to the pleas sjes) of the occasion. OUR SUMMERTON LETTER. unerton, Nov. 1.?Many items of as well as local Interest pre theraselves this morning as de of recognition In the news col from Hummerton. In a commu so peculiarly characterised by the ictive spprecatlon of fine and horses, there Is no wonder that ? nally a runaway accident of kind occurs. Two such acci neither or which proved In any serious, befell residents In this iborhood last week. A horse be? ing to Mr. R. J. Coskrey was be driven to school on Thursday ?alng by young Blaney Coskrey In ipany with his little sister, when horse became frightened and ran tl hundred yards. Seeing that ?us consequences might occur bc< for* he could control the horse, youn< I I Coskrey Is said to have cut the truces thus hastening the release of ejhs buggy, which received no Injury. Mr. Coskrey and his sister remained fa the buggy until the horse pulled neither being hurt at all. The other runaway took place in M. I.. Shirer's yard. Mr. J. F. ibourg's sons, both very small, been driving and on entering the the larger of the two got out to It. and before getting in again kher horse ran up behind causing one In the buggy to dash off the yard. With the smaller of boys In the buggy the horse made or two circuits of tho yard before ig stopped, but the little fellow Ml In to the last and was not hurt the slightest. The buKgy was bad iged. and a tenant house In the was somewhat Impaired, being ?k on one corner by the vehicle. Mr. 8. P. Holladay, who bad been m had health for many monthx, died vast Wedneedsy morning In Columbia erh?re he was being treated. Mr. Hol? laday was a resident of this commu f, having large farming Interests around Panola. For several years Mr. Holladay served as county superinten? dent of education, and has in main ways proved himself a useful am. highly esteemed man. For the past week the Rev. G. A. Wright of the Newberry Baptist church has been assisting the Rev. J. N. Tolar in a protracted meeting. The fact that Mr. Wright has been in charge at Newberry for fifteen years is sufficient evidence of hit ability as a preacher and pastor. His last service on Sunday evening was attended by a large crowd, who will appreciate his wise counsel. The Rev. Wallace Carnahan who has recently resigned his rectorship of the Episcopal church here, leaves tomorrow with his wife for San An? tonio, Tex. As yet his place has not been filled. The marriage of Miss Margaret Plowden to Dr. Lawrence Keith Howie was solemnised at "Millwood," the home of the bride's parenta near Manning, on Wednesday afternoon. Oct. 27th at 6:10 o'clock. The recep? tion hall and parlor were decorated simply but effectively in slmlax and evergreens, and the ceremony was performed beneath the bay window arch by Rev. Mr. J. N. Tolar. At the appointed hour the wedding march was played by Dr. C. E. Morria and the bride and groom entered preceded by Mies Marlon Satterwhite with Mr. Tim Howie, the only attendants. Only the near friends and relatives of the couple were present; and Immediately after the cermony Dr. and Mrs. Howie drove to Manning, where they took the train for Charleston to attend the music festival. Capt. J. A. Jamea and family at? tended* the circus in Sumter on Fri? day. Mlas Bertha Davis spent Friday in Sumter. About 1 o'clock this morning, it was discovered that the barn and stables belonging to Mr. B. C. F.agin of this place were burning. By quick action Mr. Ragin succeeded in knocking down enough of the rear wall to get his stock out, but sustained a heavy losa of corn and fodder. The cause of the fire is not known, but it is thought to have originated In the loft. Mr. Ragin had about $400.00 insurance. No Right to Waste Land. We believe it is doubtful if any man has a moral right to cwn land on which he does not live or to the man? agement of which he doea not give his personal attention. And by manage? ment we mean the actual planning anl directing of the farming opera? tions. Therefore, we conclude that the system of renting which leaves the largest share of interest in and con? trol of farming operations with the land owner la likely to give the best results, so long as the tenantry or renting class is so much lower in in? telligence and financially unable to furnish the equipment necessary to properly work the land? which they occupy. For the present this will mean better farming, greater im? provement and more financial gain to both tenant and landlord; but if a permanently successful system of agriculture Is ever to be built up and maintained it must be through an in? crease in the Intelligence of the ac? tual tillers of the soil. There Is no escape from this conclusion; the ac? tual and average farm laborer must be raised to a higher standard of in? telligence as the only means of In? creasing his effectiveness. The great problem of the South, yea, the greatest problem of America, is the maintenance and increasing of soil fertility. Hence, the greatest problem for both the landlord and the tenant Is the Improvement of the Hnd. The tenant seems seldom to realize this fact, and if the land own? er has appreciated it fully he has fail? ed In most instances to assert and maintain his rights. WFST POINT TABOOS FOOTBALL. Death of Player Loads to Cancelling Of Schedule. West Point, N. Y., Oct. 31.?Be? cause of the death of Eugene A. Bryne, of Buffalo, N. Y., no more foot ball will be played by the West Point eleven this year. This statement was made by Col. Hugh L. Scott, superin? tendent of the United States Military Academy, late tonight, after a consul? tation with the athletic authorities of the Academy on the death of young Bryne, who expired this morning as a result of Injuries sustained in the Harvard game yesterday. Unhappy Literary Homes. Some one with a passion for gen? uine antique scandals has been pok? ing into the private lives of classical English writers and flndii among them a distressing proportion of celibates and of unhappily mated persons, says a writer In "Success Magazine." For the benefit of book-loving gossips he has prepard a list of the foremost Hrltlsh authors with a short descrip? tion of their domestic relations. The list Is so full of matrimonial wrecks ?hat the compiler is forced to won? der whether cheesemongers, stock icers and the rest of us have as jor a chance at domestic happiness potts and playwrights. No fewer than 25 out of 68 well l ?wn authors never were married at I. A number, including Milton, Bun? in, Southey and Hazlitt, made sev ral matrimonial ventures. Of the est Shakespeare, Dryden, Addison, ? derdlge, Carlyle, Ruskin and Dick as are most notable of a long list of hose who were unhappily married. Why should the production of lit rature be apparently so incompatible vlth a happy domestic life? Are lit ?rary men less capable than lawyers ind plumbers of choosing congenial nates? The truth seems to be that the writer husband is at home so much of the time that he becomes as familiar an object there as the old cane-bottomed chair. Two persons who can survive 24 hours of each oth? er's society per day without jars are happily married indeed. "I have only one thing to ask you," said the wise young bride-to-be to the prospective husband, "and that is that you will promise not to be in to lunch." A CONFIDING COWSTAfLE. The Way He Helped the HeuesesaW Repel the Burgle**. ? good story la told at the szpense of a constable Is rural Bngland, saga s writer la the London Telegraph. Not long ago a youag and pretty housemaid arrived at the big house of the neighborhood, and It was observed that our friend's beat often took him la that dlrectloB. At first she seemed to resent his advances, but suddenly ?he changed altogether, and the course of true lore appeared tp run saaoeth for a time. One night he called rather later than usual. It was dark, and his fair one greeted him somewhat coolly, he thought. His doubts, however, disappeared when sht suddenly declared that she would take him Into ber confidence She had overheard the particulars of a plot to break Into the house and steal the plate. "Now, Jim." she said, "here's s chance for promotion. The burglars knew where the plate was kept, so we're shifted It What I want you to do Is to get Into the plate cupboard and wait till they cerae and open the door. Then you'll have ?em." Jim jumped at the chance and half an hour Inter was concealed in the cupboard. The burglars came, as ex pected, and promptly got to work. The constable chuckled to himself as he heard the muffled whir of a tool on the outside of the cupboard door, and he grasped his staff and waited. After some minutes' waiting ha re? solved to take a cautious peep. But the door was fast, securely screwed on the outside by the burglars. When Jim eventually roused the house and was released from bis pris? on the burglars and plate, together with the pretty housemaid (a confeder? ate), had disappeared. Moreover, the constable's position took a good deal sf explaining away. Bigger Tban the Sun. A minute parallax oi about one-six tleth of a second of arc found foi Arcturus by Dr. Elkin gave a most astounding result. This small parul lax implies a distance from the earth equal to about 12,000,000 times the sun's distance. This vast distance would produce a diminution of light of about thirty-fire and one-fourth mag nitudes, so that the sun placed at the distance of Arcturus would be reduced to a star of only nine and three-fourths magnitude. It would not be visible with an opera glass. Arcturus is therefore in round numbers nine and ?ne-half magnitudes, or over 6,000 limes brighter than the sun would be at the same distance. Assuming the same density and brightness of sur? face as the sun. the diameter of Arc? turus would therefore be about sev enty-nine times the sun's diameter, oi over 08,000,000 miles, aud its mass about 500,000 times the mast* of the son?figures well calculated to "stag ger the imagination." Ths Mittras? of the House. "She spends all her time In the library." "Ah, she is literary?" ??Not especially. But the cook won't allow her in the kitchen, and the maids don't want her about the halls or par? lors."?IMttsburg Post. Deduction. "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." boasted an amateur sage. "Well. I ate a welsh rabbit and a lemon pie last night." "You're a fool."?Kansas City Jour? nal. Richard Rembert, Ollie Clark and Rlch'd Flamming, all negroes, were be fore Recorder Hurst Monday charged with stealing liquor from the South? ern Express Company. Rembert was convicted on two counts and was sentenced to pay a fine of $4 0 or serve 60 days on the gang. Clark was convicted on one count and his sentence was $20 or 30 days; Flem mlng was found guilty of receiving stolen goods and his sentence was $10 or 20 days. These negroes were employed by the express company and they made use of their opportuni? ties to steM liquor. It is not known how much they have stolen, but the trial proved that they had taken a gallon at one time and two quarts at another. MILL CRISIS FORECASTED. Con era! shut-Down Possible;?Short? age of" the Present Crop, the Dis? parity in Prince of Raw Material ami Manufactured Goods and the Prob? able Unequal Distribution May All Unite to Force the Greater Number Of American Mills to Close Down at Some Distant Date. Charlotte Observer. Wtee men who are accustomed to watch events and glimpse the future are already beginning to speculate as to what the harvest will be for Amer can spinners before another crop is thrown upon the market. Are not the manufacturers North, East and South, who are curtailing, manifesting too little concern as to the direction of the movement of the present crop, ask some while others are shaking their heads, declaring that American spinners will be caught short unless tney corral some of the spot cotton be fore all of it goes abroad for export. At best, declare others, the signs of the times presage unequal distribution, the effect of which is always deleter? ious to trade. Incident to the general talk, a few j remarks on fundamental facts may not he amiss. j The present crop is admittedly short. There can be no question as to this for the reports of all authorities agree. After a long period of a hand to-mouth policy on the part of the mills in buying, which in the light of past events must complicate mat? ters considerably, there has come on a short crop, the effect of which has hardly yet begun to manifest itself. Heretofore this season the Southern farmers have marketed their cotton almost as fast as they ginned it. This was done for three reasons, to satisfy pressing obligations and to make needed purchases; to get the good prices current of 13 cents and to save the loss in weight incident to holding and storage. This accounts for the relatively strong movement so far. The greater part of this crop has gone abroad, the firms doing an export busi? ness uniting in saying that the Eng? lish and continental demand has nev? er been brisker. The effect is that the great bulk of the surplus cotton of the world today, as has been the case more or less in the past, is in Lan? cashire whither the majority of the export business has been directed. The American mills are now and have been for some time, save in a few ex? ceptions, pursuing the same policy of a hand-to-mouth existence, hoping against hope for something to turn up that would indicate an abundant yield. These hopes have been blasted with each succeeding government report, so much so that now it is very generally admitted that the yield is to be limit? ed and that the level of prices will be maintained for fully a year to come, In fact until another banner crop is marketed. The Southern farmer is a strange citizen. For years he planted his cot ion, mortgaged his crop and when the harvest was gathered, took it almost in a lump to market and sold it for what his merchant-creditor was will? ing to give him for it. He then exe? cuted another mortgage, if he didn't have enough money left to carry him through the winter, for the next year's crop, etc. And those farmers who did not mortgage their cotton, rushed it to market usually within a few months of the opening of the season and then the price soared later. However, this practice has changed in the past few years. As the result of a campaign of education and experience, the far? mers are commencing to diversify their crops, to market them more in? telligently, to raise corn, wheat and stock at home, and in general to exer? cise Judgment and discretion in the conduct of their affairs. By reason of the extension of the use of the rura. telephone and the rural free delivery service, the farmer now keeps in inti? mate touch with the market and can tell just when to sell o best advanage. New markets tlT latm products have been opened up at home by Virtue of the extension of the manufacturing interests and there has been a steady growing Increase in demand for things other 11.an cotton. Land wuich pre? viously had Isen used for the cultuie of cotton was put in wheat, corn and truck, to the great profit of the far? mer. The most independent man In the country today is the farmer. He is in? deed king In the South. Of l?H<b this realization has come to him?that he is really somebody after all and it will be hard for him to surrender the idea There 13 talk n iv/ of a very short crop, of 15 and 16 cents cotton, and there are many farmers who after paying up their debts, will hold their cotton for this price and not part with it un? til it brings it. And the farmers are now independent enough to hold their surplus cotton for months and months and even years. One was heard to ex? press himself to this effect yesterday. He spoke of what he had done?paid up all his bills, bought new dresses and clothes for himself and his fami? ly and laid in whs supplies he need? ed and quoth he: "I will get 15 cents for my cotton or wait until the cows come before I sell the rest my crop." This seems to be a general sentiment. A little analysis will show wherein there is danger. The English spinners art urging American mills to curtail. Of course they are. No one has yet advanced the belief that the English spinners arc not looking after their own interests. The significant fact in? cident to curtailment is the bri.jk ex? port trade, as great and even greater than previously, new orders as well as old, even at the high prices, which goes to show that the English spinners have no substantial hope for any great reduction in the price for some time to come. The English spinners are advising American spinners to curtail and at the same time taking as much cotton as they can get. This in the opinion of well posted observers is very likely to result in unequal dis? tribution of the raw product so much so that the prices for spots is going to soar next spring. I* has happened before that unequal distribution has caused mills to pay as much as 100 to 2?0 points above the future marks for spots which in view of the quotations of manufac? tured goods is on the basis of future quotations the pinch is evident. A general closing down of American mills is not improbable at no very dis? tant date. AVOIDING INSECT PESTS. How the l?srmers May Circumvent Destructive Weevils and Flies. Clemson Colege, Oct. 29.?Mr. A. F. Conradi, entomolgist of the South Carolina experiment station, has given out the following timely and import? ant information for farmers on stored grain insects. This is the season when the barns are being filled to over? flowing with abundant crops. How shall they be cared for to keep insects from doing untold damage? That is the question discussed by Mr. Con? radi. The insects most injurious to corn and other stored grain in this State are the rice weevil, the grain fly, and the granary weevil. The granary wee? vil has practically lost the use of its wings through long years of domesti cation, and can therefore, be a nut- 1 sance only in neglected cribs and, barns. All three species of insects breed in similar farsion. They lay their eggs in and among the grain, and the worms hatched therefrom eat into the seed and thus do damage. When the grub is full grown it changes to the resting, or pupa stage, and then emerges into the adult wee? vil. The life cycle from egg to full grown insect is about six weeks. The rice weevil may be distinguish? ed from the granary weevil and all other corn infesting insects by the four orange-colored spots on its wings. It is black, while the granary is brown. These insects begin to infest the corn when it begins to harden, and they must naturally come from the bin where the grain is stored. It is absolutely necessary, therefore, that every bin be thoroughly cleaned every season before any new corn is stored. It should be fumigated well so as to kill as many of the different stages of the insect as possible. Ater being brought to the crib corn should be well fumigated to kill any Insects thus brought in. Various methods are recommended. Among the common ones are salt, salt water and air-slacked lime. Each has dis? advantages. Air-slacked lime makes the husks unpalatable to stock. When stored in open cribs it is al? most impossible to do good extermin ative work. Hence corn should be put in a specially constructed building, made weevil proof with gauze over the ventilators so as to prevent infes? tation in that way. This will reduce to a mlnimlum the chance of infesta? tion from outside, and will make ideal conditions for fumigation of stored corn. In such a crib use carbon bisulp? hide, 2 pounds to 100 bushels. Sat? ter over the surface of corn like wa? ter. Little danger of injuring the ger? minating power of corn this way; but seed corn may be separated and fumi? gated in coal oil or kerosene barrels. Barrels holding three bushels, use 4 ounces bisulhide, cover tightly, and keep closed for 24 hours. Experiments with sulphur at the North Carolina station have given good results, and often it is more ef? fective than the bisulphide, but the flame from the sulphur objectionable. To clean up empty bins before stor? ing corn, use 2 1-2 pounds sulphur to 1,000 cubic feet of space, place in metal dishes, saturate one side with alcohol, ignit-, and let burn for 24 hours. This injures germination pow? er of seed, but seed corn can be done as above. We do not recommend this because of danger from fire. Bisulphide is volatile, inllammable, and explosive, but there is no danger if fire is kept away. It should not be handled by people having heart trouble. If overcome by the gas, re? sulting In dry feeling of skin, head? ache and dizziness, exposure to fresh air will give relief. The Court of Common Pleas recon? vened Monday and there Is a civil docket heavy enough to provide work for the entire week. GAME IN AUSTRALIA. Establishment of Sanctuaries For Birds And Animals. (From Daily Consular and Trade Re? ports.) The estoblishment on both private and public lands of reserves for the preservation of birds and animals that are in danger of extinction is com? manding much attention in the State of Victoria, and since October last no fewer than eight new sanctuaries ia j various parts of the country have been proclaimed by the government. This movement is distinct from the ordi? nary protection extended throughout I the whole State to kangaroos, platy I pus, magpies, laug hing jackasses and I certain other native animals and birds, the killing of which entails a I heavy penalty, as a private owner dr I municipality may set apart a prescrib I ed tract of land upon which all anl I mal or bird life may be secure from I molestation. The department of lands j of the State encourages the formation I of these sanctuaries particularly in the j vicinity of towns, and it is sufficient I for a private owner or town clerk in I the case of municipal land to apply I to that department in order to have a I reserve proclaimed as a sanctuary ia I the government Gaxette, and in order I to avoid confusion or doubt and to I make prosecutions for a breach of the j law more practicable the proclama I tlon not only defines the legal boun I daries of the area but gives a precise I description of the natural ones. In addition to the proclamation of I many public reserves private land j owners in increasing numbers are set I ting apart portions of their properties j as harbors for bids and animals which I would otherwise become extinct in the I localities. The sanctuaries so far pro I claimed are mostly for the protection I of birds, and many fine lakes and I large swamps frequented by those of I aquatic habits have been prescribed at I the wish of the owners. The move I ment, though comparatively new in I Victoria, began some years ago at I Holmforth, South Australia, where an I enthusiast established the first sanc I tuary on private land without asking I the aid of a government proclamation I and the domesticity and trustfulness I of the birds within its boundaries ex I cite the wonder and admiration of ev I ery lover of nature visiting it. Mr. Rockefeller's Gift. Once more the South is called on to give thanks for the aims of the rich. Mr. John D. Rockefeller has given a million dollars which is to be used in fighting the hookworm disease in the South. The newspapers are full of praise for him. The hookworm disease may be a serious matter, and it ought to be combatted, of course. But it ought to be done by ihe people of the South themselves. We are sorry to see this section so pauperized before the world by Mr. Rockefeller's gift. This gift will make the South ap? pear before the rest of the country, and before the world, as a poverty stricken country, the land of diseased people who are too poor to doctor their own ills. A rich man of the North will be praised to the skies for having given of his wealth to alleviate the distress and suffering in the South. The South will suffer through the deification of Dives, and we doubt if any real, substantial good will be done. The physicians employed by the federal and State governments are qualified to cope with any situation that exists or may exist in the South. There is in Mr. Rockefeller's city of New York more disease and more suf? fering than there is in all the South. It is a pity he does not give more at? tention to the people who need it most. We are getting tired of these gifts I of the rich people to the South. The intention may be good, but we do not admire it. The only effect in the South, if any, is to take away the in? dependence and initiative of the Southern people, and make them not only willing to accept these gifts, but actually expect them and ask for them. We wish Mr. Rockefeller had used his money to some other purpose. H*? is attempting, at besi, to do a work that is now being done by the people themselves, and which ought to be done by them and by nobody else. And we confess to a feeling of sur? prise and disgust when an official of j this State slops over in his praise of Mr. Rockefeller for his gift of money to fight the hookworm and actually suggests another gift from him for the purpose of fighting other diseases! Indeed the demoralizing effects of the gifts of Dives are beginnning to be apparent. Having accepted chari? ty, we naturally ask for more.?An? derson Mail. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. 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