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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. ?TBTW8Y LETT El 18 F1U)M OUH SPE? CIAL COHRESPOXDEXTS. warn of Interest From all Tarts of Bumter and Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your Utters so that they will ffaaeh this office not later than Mon? day when intended for Wednesday's paper and not lat-r than Thursday for S.iiurday'a Issue. This, of course. ? PImIus only to regular correspond? ence. In case of items of unusual ??*? value, send in immediately by ?>?:i. telephone or telegraph. Such a?w? stories are acceptable up to the hour of going to press. Wednesday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon and Saturday's paper Friday after? noon. 1XAGOOD. II igood. Marrh 19.?Our communi? ty waa shocked on yesterday after? noon by the sad intelligence of the death. In another county, where she waa teaching school, of Miss Mi *gue rlte Ellerbe. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Klll >t Kllerbe. Her mother had haafl aallei hy telegraph to her l*edswlc >?tn the vain hope that she would find her darling better. The next news that came was that above noted. calling the grlef-strlcken father to meet the remains at Flor? ence. Just when she .vill he burled we h i. e ""t yet learned. Ood made the flowers, the beautiful flowers, that adorn and cheer our earthly bowers. Qod loves the bcau ttful flowers. He lends to buds and MoMom by our side and same ttrees He takes these beautiful il>verj to hI. in His Ea?ter-tlde. Clip Is putting In some work MMSfl us Just now. These days the v father la more changeable than the m'x>n. and v hether It ocailon i the ma lad? or not. It certainly aggravates a. The hlgi school taught ny Prof. James and Miss Countenav A?km?.on la doing very creditable work. There ta a literary society In connection with the school, doing splendid work, of which the teichers and community are Justly pr >ud. Oio may *>e funny without being witty. Aa instance, a young man in attendance on a seedy old maid no? tices a number of pistols In her bug? gy and Inquires, "are you carrying all these guns to tight mad dogs? Her reply was funny, aa any one could see at a glance. "No." she said, "but to keep you men off." SMITH? ILLE. 8mlthville. March 21.?The beauti? ful spring time Is here with its bright sunny days. Peach and plum trees and the early Mowers are blooming beauti? fully. 1' inti'Ts are going ahead with their work. Many of them will plant corn la the n?r.t few days. Oardens are late owing to tin- cold weather and the < tu k.us who managed to ruin quite a number of gardens in this >. ri- ri No early cabbage for Easter this year. Mrs. Lizzie M l..od. of Rembert, Mrs. I. S. Vlnson aril Miss Mattle James visited Mrs. H. H. Evans last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs Bvans have mo I into their new residence. Mr ml Mrs. T. C. K"b? rtson Bjpant last Saturdav with Mr. and Mrs. Henrv Weldon of Herlots. Miss AUnc H.inter spent l-'ridi\ night and Saturdav with her sister, Mrs. Chun hill, of Sumter. Mr.i Joel K. Davis, of Itrogdon, Is coming Saturdav t.> \ isit her mother, Mrs. Sallle liobertson. Miss Aline Hunter and Miss B< Me McCutt hen \\.-re the guests of Mrs. T. C. Hoberts..n on last Wednesday night. Mrs. Maggie Iirown and daughter, little Miss Pearl were visitors at Mrs H. II i:\ans last Saturday. The friends of Dr. and Mrs. T. D. Foxworth are glad to know they are very mmh pleased with their new * ? ? Dr I'irs"", u ho came here a few weeks ago la making friends rapidly. He Is progressing nicely with his work. New patb nts ar being added almost dally. Mr? W. S. Srnith. who was desper? ately III for several days continues to Improve. , Miami* Dalzell. Mnr-h II,?The farmers hve hei b.i\i?ig tin? weethei to work for se..ral days and they have been trying to make k.I me of It. Several have begun planting corn arid a large per cent will be planted this week 11 the weather <ori*;nucs good. The oat ?Top has Impr <>\, .I since the warm days set in. Dalzell has got an aatoeaoblle fever and we don't know when It will stop . All that have red got one arc want? ing ore . It seems. Let all have one that aaa pay for it. The ladies of the Dalzell Methodist church will have a lot supper at the home of Mr. K. W. Parker. Jr., on Friday night the 25 Inst. for the pur pose of h? Iplng pay for the pews for the church. They have arrived and are nice. The chur< h will soon be completed now as the Inside work has beofl I'ommt'iu t'il and everything in plaot to complete it. The puhlie an all invited to attend the supper. Come and have a good time and help in a good cause. Rev. J. N. Wright preached a fin*1 sermon at Palzell yesterday. He is on i Me preacher and is well liked among the people here. .Mr. and Mrs. Cage IMoyd returned to their home at Fair Bluff, N, C, af? ter a visit of a few days with rela? tives here, this morning. There will be serviee at Tir/ah next Sunday nfternoon at 4:30 o'clock in? st' id of 4 o'clock as heretofore. Renfert. March 21.?We are hav? ing some beautiful weather end every - one seems to he making use of it. C >rn planting is in progress by some while others seem to think ll at th? North Tole Is still lingering where near us. It was Indeed sad to witness the heart-rendering sobs of the loved ones who met the body of Miss Mar? garet Ellerbe, at Rembert's on the 19th Inst. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to them In their grief and sor? row, and may they ever remember that she can't return to them, but that they through trust, faith and obedience can go to her, and may this stroke of the Divine hand be the means of drawing all of her associate** through the strait and narrow gate, which leadeth to life everlasting, where they can clasp the hand of her whom they have laid away to rest, around the great white dazzling throne of our blessed Lord and Mas? ter. Mr. Editor, with the present high prices, the push which we will be in and the enormous crop of lecturing candidates, we tremble to think of our vnanclal condition when the summer is ended, but we say come on boys with your list of fair promises and start the hall to rolling; but I would ad? vise you to come by railroad as all of our public roads leading out from here are almost impassable. In fact, some places on the Providence road and also the road across McLeod's Mill are dangerous. The R. F. D. mail carrier is forced to travel these roads every day; but I suppose the county has a plenty of funds to pay for stock, buggies and harness broke up in these places, and the mall carrier has a government Job and it really makes no difference so far as the public is concerned. Let us hope that we will have a large list of candidates this go-round, and especlaly those who as? pire to the supervisor's office, from which we can fill these important of? fices. Mr. Editor, It Is wonderful indeed the vast number of good, fair minded and fair promising, high and intelli? gent citizens of the county, that we have got, at least every two years. Mr. W. J. Young, one of our county com? missioners living within a few miles of these places has been repeatedly notified of their condition?but we nothing as yet from which we might hope for relief. 1 guess we will have to seek higher authority. ELECTION AT St MMKRTOX. i?r. I), o. ithuine We elected Inten Summerton. March 21.?The muni OtpeJ election was duly concluded on tiie evening of the 15th with the fol? lowing results: Intendant. I >r. I>. < >. Rheine; Werdens. Messrs. i?. B. Davis, 11. a. Rlohbourg, n. R. If I dean, and II. a. Tisdale. It Was thought for some time previous to 0>< of election that no one would op poet Hr. I), o. Rhema who offered fOf re-eletion to the OlUCt of Intell denti but it was found uopn the event? ful morning that another prospective ticket v\as being worked "on the quiet*" which at the poling precinct beCOjne known as "The Insurgents Ticket." This ticket presented Mr i >. ?; Keeks for Intendant and prac? tically the same |uti of wardens; the regular ticket as represented above gained an Overwhelming victory with ?I, out-turn of forty odd votes against some fourten or fifteen. Bummertoti is lnd< bted to the previous govern? ment for good results, and she has every roe eon to hope for a continu? ance thereof during the ensuing year, 'l'h ? immense fertiliser receipts Which the plant' is of this sections are having are gratifying tnaamuch as the indications are encouraging, but an indirect result has been rath, t annoying, The Northwestern train baa been from two to three hours late tvery morning fur the past week, and the rura mail Omrrlert have been obliged to make their trips without tin day's mail. These delays have been attributed to the probable heavy fer? tilizer shipments, together with spring gooda We could not get along with? out ttie.se nor can the business man t ut be Inconvenienced by late mails. Our hopeful clUeena are still peering into the future for a gllmpet of that passenger and mail train conceded to bt something of a necessity to grow? ing Bummerton. Summerton and surrounding com? munity has always bt en considered especially appro* letlv of fine horses. and we shall not dare make accusa? tion that such appreciation is being HEM BERT. diminished, but we fear that there is an instrument of mobility which will ?oon come In to claim its share of attention. Indeed, not a few around town begin to prefer the "honk-honk" to the old-fashioned neigh. Mr. J. \shby Rlohbourg is the second pur heeer Of an automobile in Summer ton, but we make no doubt that ere long they will be quite common. The ladies of the Cemetery Auxiliary Association have recently received llllte a number of plants to be placed l the Evergreen Cemetery. We un? derstand that this association has a good membe rship, and it is very evi? dent that some if not all are working faithfully with an undertaking wnich s unquestionably a most prilae orthy one. A co-operation on the art of the lot owners is all that is needed to achieve at least \ small measure of success. We regret to learn of the probabil? ity of the removal of Mr. S. M. Mc 'OlclOUgh and family to another part of the State. Mr. Colelough, having sold out his hardware business here, expects to open a similar establish? ment in some other Carolina town, .et the prompting motive be what it may, It i*? a source of deep regret to seo good citizens going away. Just here, however, we might on the other hand note with satisfatcion and pleasure the return of Mr. W. H. Vnderson and family, not for their usual visit but for permanent resi? dence. Mr. Anderson has for the past eight years been in Mississippi repre sc nting the J. B. Hoist Co. as cotton buyer. He will do a similar business in this territory. Mr. Anderson is a good business man. and Mrs. Ander? son will be remembered as being one of Summerton o naost popular young ladies, their reside/tee here is very welcome. The Matrons Book Club met on last Friday afternoon with Mrs. Jno. W. Lesesne. The feature of amuse? ment enjoyed was an advertisement contest which consisted of represen? tations minus any apparent clue as to the product advertised. We are told that all of the ladies seemed fa? miliar with the pictures advertising hair fixtures, etc. Mrs. Lesesne, as? sisted by Mrs. H. A. Rlchbourg serve! a delightful salad course. The ciub meets next with Mrs. J. M. Plowd *n Miss Marie Fewell, of Rock 1111), S. C, spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. Carlisle Ragin. Mr. C. M. Davis made his first trip of any length in his autombile on Friday, having driven to Manning ac c .mpanled by his daughter, M' *s Ber fha Davis. First Week Jurors. The Jury Commissioners met Satur? day and drew a jury for the first week of court, which convenes on Monday, April 4th, Judge Klugh, presiding. The following were those drawn: S. F. Stoudemire. W. M. Graham. W. J. Lawrence. W. A. Player. B. R. White. M. E. Rivers. W. R. DuBose, Sr. J. T. Hodge. J. T. Tallon. E. T. Windham. C. S. Curtis. Ford Levl, J. A. Lock lair. W. C. Towles. Walter Ballard. W. M. Broadway. A. W. Weldon. P. B. Emanuel. T. B. McManus. Randolph Plummer. C. W. Kingman. E. II. Moses. Robert Muldrow, R, w. Muldrow. I.. G. Gibson. IS. I< (wens. B. F Keels. .1. K. White rom Cox, , j j. E. White. B. F, Haynaworth. T E. Jones. S. P, Moore w. B. Bhelor. E. w. McCallum. J, II. Burgess. (?land Jury List. The following are the grand jury for this >ear. The first six are those who bold over from last year. B. M. Jones. .1. B. Brltton. <\ J. Qalllard, b. W. Stubbs. w. B. DuBose, Jr., W. I), ( arson. J. I>. Mellett. .1. B. Brunson, Jr. W. 1>. Bate. w m. w. Ramsey. G. G. Tweed. H. V. Redd. W. E. Qlbbea. it. A, Mellett. M. Brogdon. A. B. Flowers. ES. I'. McNeill. F. Miller. Harmon) Presbytery is called to me t in the Presbyterian church of tins city Friday morning at 11 o'clock lor the purpose of dismissing Bev. J. B. Wallace to the presbytery of Man gun. FIRE IN BISHOPVTLIjE. Cohn Bros, and E. W. Tisdale Buffer Loss?Live Satocb Burned. Biehopvllle, March IS.?A serious fire occurred in town last night which destroyed the livery, feed and sales stalde of Cahn Bros., a small two story frame store and garage of E. W. Tisdale, together with mules, horses, harness, buggies, wagons and feed. The tire was not discovered until it was to late to get all the stock out. Five mules which were secured came out scorched and otherwise burned. Six horses and two mules were des? troyed In the tlames together v. ith a number of buggies and wagons The fcnrage, near the stables, owned by B. W. Tisdale, was burned. His new cai was saved without considerable damage. Cohn Bros, had $1,500 on the build? ing and $1.000 insurance on the stock; will sustain a loss above the insurance, of about $1,000. Mr. Tis dale's loss Is about $1,000, insurance unknown. These buildings were situated on the corner of Main and DuRant streets and were of wood structure. The new stables of E. W. Tisdale, near by, caught fire several times* but were saved. D. W. Kennedy, one of the Aiken county dispensers has been removed, as the results of a shortage of $67." 65 in his accounts. Governor Ansel has offered a re? ward of $200 for the person or per-, sons who burned Harbinson college^ Abbeville. The Abbeville city coun? eil has offered a reward of $300. WHEN you come here for your Easter clothes and other good things to wear, we'll show you some of the best things lyou've ever looked at. Ih clothes; in hats; in bright Spring neckwear; in shirts of beautiful pattern and weave; gloves, hosiery and all the rest; a great variety of good things. Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes in a great array of attractive colorings?grays, blues, browns, in all patterns ; all-wool weaves, domestic and imported ; perfect tailoring and style. And all the other things in the same quality class. | Suits $20 to $30 This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes The D. J. Phone 166. Sumter, S. G?