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McMttlh Slam St Co, RochaMf. N Y. EVERY year we try and think of suitable presents for the Men and Boys, The first thing to consider will be something serviceable. If you can stand something nice, we suggest a Suit or Overcoat. We have these for men from $10 to $30?For Boys From $2,50 to $10. If you desire to spend less money, let us do your thinking for you. Pay us a visit. We are better prepared than ever to supply your wants. WE HAVE SERVICE? ABLE PRESENTS FROM 25c Up. NECKWEAR 25 to $1 00 FaNCV SUSTRNDKRS .50 to $1 50 MUFFLERS .f 0 to $3 00 BOCKA 4 TO BOX $1.0 per box UMBRELLAS tlAND BAGS .50 to $ .00 $1 51 to $8.00 :*UIT CASES ? $5 00 to 12.50 BATH ROBES $5 00 to $7 50 rVA LK-0 /ER SHOES $3 50 & $4 00 mmm, THE SUMTER CLOTHING COMPANY, * No. 5 South Main Street. Sumter, South Carolina. COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. VMWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. mm of Interest From ?II Parts of iamtflr and Adjoining Counties. MOT ICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your Isttsrs so that they will ssjsnti this ofllcs not later than Mon Bmj whsn Intsndsd for Wednesdays psjnsr and not later than Thursday far Saturday's Issue. This, of course, applies only to regular correspond sjaee. In cass of Items of unusual mm mm valu<. send In immediately by ?sail, telephone or telegraph. Suoh ?SWs storle? are acceptable up to the tsaor of going to press. Wednesday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon shed Saturday's papsr Friday after DALZFXL. / Dalssll. Dec. 17.?We are having delightful weather now for those who are so fortunate as to have hogs to kill, but unfortunately for us the sup Fly seems to be short and the prices very high. It seems that we will Just have to raise more or do without. The rain this week was very much appreciated and travel Is done with much mors comfort. Well . the Christmas spirit seems to be in the air and from the quantity of whiskey I saw put off st Dalsell this morning, some of the people must aim to cele fcrets it In high spirit If such can be the c^ss from drinking. There Is lots of It being shipped hers now. The Dalsell school closed this af? ternoon for the holidays. The teach era. Miss Sturkey snd Miss Alford mot up quits a nice entertainment and Christmas tree altho' the timo they have been practising for it was short. First. A song by the 8th, 9th and ltth grades?While Sheperds Watch Their Flocks by Night" Second. Recitation?"Christmas Oreetlng" ,'anie Moore. Third. Come Little Lambs?by Primary Qmde. Fourth. Recitation?Addle Rein? sert Fifth. Bong?.' 'Little Pansles? Primary Orads. Simth Recitation?Lee Brown. Seventh. Recitation?Fannie Rein? sert. Kighth mm "Santa Claus". Ninth. Distribution of Presents try Santa Claus?Allien Crelghton. The occasion was honored by the presence of all the trustees and most ef the patrons and was thoroughly enjoyed by sd. Ws think the teachers deserve con? siderable credit for the entertain? ment The girls from here who are away at college will soon be home for the holidays. Miss Edith Moore Is expected home tomorrow and Miss Clara Martin next week. There will not be any preaching at Tlrzah on the fourth Sunday land as the preacher has been changed on the Providence charge there will be no preaching at the Methodist church here on next Sunday. There will be a music recital at the home of Mr. S. F. Moore on Monday night next. Given by Miss Estelle Alford and her music pupils. PISGAH. Ptsgah, Dec. 18.?The evening ser? ies has been resumed by the mall carrier from Rembert, owing to not making railway connections prop? erly, so the dally paper could be de? livered on day of publication. The morning service gave quick transit of j letters, but not of papers, while the : evening service brings the dally pa? pers, but takes letters two days to get off. The difference could not be | adjusted properly. The hot supper at Mr. J. L. Gillis' last night was a very pleasant and enjoyable one. The menu was good and In abundance, and was heartily enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. G?lls did all they could for the comfort and pleas? ure of their friends and they admir? ably succeeded. The net proceeds of the evening were $64.40, which goes to the repair of Swift Creek church. Miss Alma Bradley won the cake as the most popular young lady present. It was a fine one and was presented to her In a pretty, short speech by Hon. John G. Mobley, who in closing paid a high compliment to her ac? tivity In church work. An honor that any young lady should be proud off. Mrs. J. L. Gillis, Mrs. W. R. Gard? ner and Mrs. George Ammons beg to extend their heartiest thanks to all their friends for their generous support In helping them repair their church building.. Hon. John G. Mobley, president of the State Fair and penitentiary direc? tor attended the supper, seeing his old friends and making new ones. He is a very pleasant man. Said the Fair had a fine success this year. Among others present I noticed Dr. and Mrs. Foxworth, of Smithvllle, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Reams, of Rembert, Mr. and Mrs. T. M Bradley and family, Mr. W. B. Gardner, superintendent of the DeSaussure State farm and daughters, Mr and Mrs. J. \V. Wet don, of Mizpah, Mrs. George Am? mons, of Kershaw county. Mr. T. J. Brown and Miss Jessie Brown, of Borden. The last week has been fine for hog killing. Several have killed fine hogs and I will tell you later the weights of some. Mrs. W. R. Gardner, of the DeSaus sure State farm is visiting here and seems to have fully recovered from her sickness. Mr. T. W. Hawkins, Sr., Is improv? ing from his sickness. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, Dec. 20.?It is rain? ing this morning and as I cannot get out to work, I will wrHte a line for the Watchman and Southron. There is nothing of an exciting nature in this Corner at this time. We heard with sorrow last Monday of the death of Dr. P. M. Salley, of Pine wood, for we know that we had lost a good doctor and an exemplary citi? zen. Then again on Tuesday we were saddened to hear of the death of my old friend, Mr. Richard S. Eartlotte, who died in Southwestern Manchester, near Eloomhlll, on Mon? day night, aged about 75 years. He left four sons to mourn his death; i Robert B. and Charlie, of Blooom- j hill, and Henry and Edward S. of i Plnewood. He was funeralized by Rev. Wm. Hoynsworth. The inter? ment was at Bethel church on Wed? nesday, the 15th. Mr. Bartlette was a Confederate soldier who did good service in Virginia. First as a mem? ber of Captain John S. Richardson's (the first company that went out f: ^m Sumter), and later as a mem? ber of Spann's company. It is said that Old Crick, as he was generally known, was always ready for any duty he was called on to perform while in the army; and was one at home who attended strictly to his own business. One by one we old Rehs answers to the last roll call. Soon, ah soon, we will all be gone. I was shown the other day by a friend an engraving of a cotton sam? pler which I think Is a grand thing. It It would save (as is stated) the farmers five dollars on every bale of cotton. For I am sure that we don't get too much for what little cotton we make. Mr. J. B. Richardson of your clt/ made a pleasant call on me last Mon? day, the 13th. Come again Jlmmle, Old Hard Times is always glad to see you. < Corbett Weeks Is still at his bis? ter's, Mrs. Wash Scott, at Cane's Sa? vannah. His brother Charlie went up yesterday to come back with him. but as it rained they have not got back yet. Dud Weeks visited at Joe M. Ar dis' yesterday. Mr. Jim Alvin has been quite sick for the last ten or fifteen days, bu seemed to be better on last Saturday. The Bhoo-fly train killed a mule lam Friday night near Reid's on the M. & A. R. R. At first we could not learn whose mule it was, but since I have learned that it belonged to Mr. Griffin, son-in-law of Judge Jno. F. Ingram, of Privateer. Well, Mr. Editor, it only lack* four more days to Christmas. How many of us intend to spend it as we should? Not with whiskey, frolicing, carous? ing, etc., as is generally the case. I . hope that we will try and spend it i as we should, trying to make some one happy, and that we have peace and good will with and toward ev? erybody. I dont' suppose that old Santa will venture down in this Dark Corner, as he has forgotten all about Old Hard Times. The prospects are for a dull Christmas, but I hope to get something to eat as I have al? ways done. Since writing the above Mrs. Scott and her two brothers have arrived. Mrs. Scott expects to stay with rela j tlves here until after Christmas. ' Well, Mr. Editor, I wish you and every reader a merry Christmas and a happy new year and many returns of the same. HARD TIMES. DR. COOK AT CHRISTIANSAND ? fl Explorer's Friends Think He is With? in Easy Call of Copenhagen. New York, Dec. 19.?Intimate friends ot Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who art on pins and needles, as it were, pending the decision of his data at Copenhagen, said tonight that in their belief Dr. Cook Is at the home of a friend in Christiansand, Norway, within easy call of Copenhagen. It Is thought that Dr. Cook left this coun? try on the steamship United States, which sailed on Thanksgiving Day. Walter Lonsdale, the explorer's sec? retary, is known to have sailed on the vessel. CUTS MAN'S THROAT. Lawrence Brown, White, Killed In Fight With Another White Man Near Greenville. Greenville, Dec. 16.?Lawrence Brown and Clarence Ritchey, two white men living on the Easley road, seven miles from Greenville, in Pick ens county, engaged in a fight Wed? nesday morning, and Ritchey cut Brown* throat with a pocketknlfe, killing him almost Instantly, the jug? ular vein being severed. Ritchey Is now In the Plckens county Jail. Jim Payne, colored, while blowing up stumps with dynamite near Mc Coll was frightfully injured by an ex? plosion. PARR WILL CJET A MILLION. Loeb Approves Ills Claim?Finds Deputy Collector Due Credit for I'nearthing Sugar Trust Swindling Customs Department. New York, Dec. 19.?Wm. Loeb, Jr., collector of the port of New York has apprpoved the claim to money by Richard Parr, the deputy collector and original informer in the sucr-jr frauds, on the $2,215,486 paid into the United States treasury by the American Sugar Refining Company as restitution for duties evaded by underweighing. This announcement will be made by The Tribune In the morning. According to the statutes regulat? ing such awards, Parr will receive "not exceeding in amount one-half of the net proceeds," which will mean In this case, if the claim is approved by the treasury department, approxi? mately $1,000,000. Mr. Loeb approved the clvm only after a thorough investigation by Harrison Osborne, solicitor of th^ custom. He held that the cla?m was valid in that Parr, on Novemi-er 20. 1907, discovered a steel spring which was used by the company's c necken? to influence the weight of BUga* ad versly. This laid bare the scheme to defraud, and it was due td the evi? dence obtained as the consequence of the events of Novmber 20 that a jury in the civil suit against the compunv last spring gave a verdict of guilty, which was followed by the payng of the penalty, $135,486,32, and the res ttutlon of $2,000,000 following. Mr. Loeb could not be seen today. It was said at his house that he re? tired early and would not be disturb? ed. Parr is not the only claimant for the award. He has had a serious ri? val in Edwin [, Anderson, another customs employe, but the inference is that Parr will win out, for the treas? ury department has ratified practical? ly every move of Mr. Loeb In the vast sugar scandals. There is some conflict of statutes concerning payments of this charac? ter, but it Is said that in any event Parr will receive 30 per cent, of the amount named, or approximately $700,000. Parr was seen at his home tonight and confirmed the report that Mr. Osborne had acted favorably on his claim and that Mr. I^oeb had ratified the decision. "I do not know exactly how much I will receive," said Parr. "In excep? tional cases the government aware s 50 per cent, but more usually 30 er 35. All the other claims were before the solicitor, but the fact that mine was upheld speaks for Itself.'* "Moiety," as used in connection with the claim, denotes a part or por? tion of, as the definition of the word indicates. The statutes prescribe "That whenever any officer of the customs or other person shall detect and seize goods, wares or merchan? dise, in the act of being smuggled, or which have been smuggled, he shall be entitled to such compensation therefor as the secretary of the treas? ury shall award." It wag largely upon Parr's evidence as the discoverer of the steel spring that five former employes of the American Sugar Refining Company were convicted here last week. At j present he has charge of the weigh j ing department of the custom ser? vice here." PUZZLING LAW POINT RAISED. Concerns Credibility of Testimony of Accomplices. Columbia. Dec. 18.?Attorney Gen? eral Lyon, In arguing a minor case before the Supreme Court asked that tribunal to make a ruling as t?* what Circuit Judges should charge as to the law concerning testimony of accomplices. Mr. Lyon's position is that the Judges should not charge that: "It Is not safe to convict upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice." Should the Supreme Court rule up? on this point there would be quite a change in the trial of criminal causes of this kind when a man turns State's evidence. In the dispensary cases, It will be recalled the principal wit? nesses were those who turned State's evidence and the question was raised at the time as to how much weight their evidence should have. A pro? position has ben laid down that the charging of the above phrase is dis? cretionary with the Judge and this is Just what Mr. Lyon v-.shes the Court to construe. He holds that at best the charging in this manner is discretionary, bat does not think that the Judgfe is called upon to make this charge which leans toward the defendant. The State has no appeal if a defendant is acquitted upon such a charge. In a few days Mr. Lyon will file with the Court written arguments up? on the point. Governor Ansel will order an elec? tion to be held on February 3 to de? cide as to the annexation of a part of Berkeley county to Oraugeburg. The voting precincts In Oie territory are Holly Hill and St.tawvllle. A pe? tition was recently filed with Gover? nor Ansel by the voters of the sec? tion desiring annexation.