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Wlsacky. April 22.?We are having
very, cool weather after the long look
ad for and much needed rains. The
farm work is going on very nicely,
but cotton Is getting up slowly, and
some planters are fearful they will
have to replant. Oats suffered very
much during the long dry spell, but
are looking better since the rain and
will yet make a good crop we hope.
The gardens are flourishing and
there is a prospect of some fruit in
this section.
The health of the community la
moderately good. Miss Lottie Des?
Cham ps of Wlsacky. has been ex?
tremely 111 for several weeks. Her
many friends are very anxious about
her.
Mr. Oreen DesCham ps, whose
health has given way has gone to the
Hot Springs in Arkansas for treat?
ment.
Mr. Willi? itcheon is erecting
a saw mill at his home, and expects
to begin work soon, there being many
logs hauled there already for the pur?
pose
There will be an Ice cream enter?
tainment at the Ivanhoe school house
this evening, for the purpose of rais?
ing money for a library for the
school. The public are cordially ln
\lted. The school will close next
week with a picnic at James' Mill,
and Miss Miller, the teacher, will re?
turn t?> her home in North Carolina
the ne*( day.
Mrs. Shiver and family, of Blshop
vllle. will visit relatives here today.
Mr. J. S. Williams, of Cartersvllle.
was In our midst a few days since.
Wlsacky, April 25.?The candi?
dates are beginning to show them
aelvea by a pleasant smile, and a
warm grasp of the hand. I hear
that our present senator will not be
In the race, but there are a number
of aspirants for his place?a farmer,
a doctor and a lawyer among the
number, also a banker. According
to t rv. "that money wins," the
latter will get the plum, as he Is sup?
posed to have the most money.
Our Democratic Club met this af?
ternoon, re-organi/. 1. and elected
delegates to the county convention.
There Is very little Interest taken In
polities about here.
The reeent rains have Improved
the oat arapa and given the farmers
an opportunity to put soda on oats,
though. It is late In the season. Oats
are beginning to hoad. Very little
cotton Is up. and I fear much of the
first planting will have to be planted
over. If thev can get seecb to plant.
The Slajais of corn are very good.
Wheat looks well, and shows no signs
of smut, so far.
Mr. Willie McCutchen's saw mill
Is In operation, and performs beau?
tifully. This will be a groat conven?
ience t<? our community, as It was
difficult to g??t lumber to keep up our
premises.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the marriage of Miss Uosle
Cooper. \Nhhh will be the event '>f
the season. Dots of beautiful pres?
ents ar?? arriving every day. going to
prow lor wide popularity. Sumter
can well congratulate herself that she
will fall h* ir to one of Wisacky's fav?
ored Jewels.
Miss Dottle DesChamps Is still very
III. which tt\\*-* Kre.tt anxiety to many
of h?>r friends, as she is a great fav?
orite In our little town, and worthily
en. HverythtaSj Is being done for her
relief and comfort. < >n this account
Miss Ulanche DesChamps closed her
School so she could assist In nursing
her sist. r
The patr-ns of the P. an hoc school
held an KM ?Team n< eptlon last
night, from whl< h they realized $P.s.
which amount will be used to buy a
llbntry for the school.
There are a number of cases of
smallpox In and around Klliotts. all
colored, except one. There were sev?
en chso-s In one family and none
prowd fatal. Have not heard of any
deaths from this disease.
Most of the cotton which was be?
ing held by the farmers has been
sol I at fnlr prices. Those still hold
Ins ar? very anxious as to tho out?
come of the villainous movement on
foot to relieve the speculators.
Our old friend J. E. Jervey Is
among us today and looks like he
might be a candidate for office or
matrimony, or both.
Mr. Charlton DuRant, representing
the Laymen's Movement, delivered a
most excellent address at old St.
Luke's church Sunday afternoon t<>
an attentive audience. Mr. Du Kant la
an impressive speaker and seems to
be an earnest worker in the cause he
represents.
i) ALZ ELL
Dalzell. April 25.?We are having
some cool weather for this season
Just now and we fear the stand of
? (>tt<>n is going to be bad. Very few
of the farmers have a stand of corn
Most of them planted with corn
planters pnd the corn was covered too
shallow to come up during the
drouth, consequently the stand is
bud. With most of us the oat crop
has improved some since the rains,
but they don't look like we will make
anything like a full crop.
What have been heretofore known
as the Providence and Scarborough
Democratic clubs met at Dalzell Sat?
urday afternoon and unanimously de?
cided to unite the two clubs in one
and also change the name to the Dal?
zell Democratic Club. After so doing
Mr. M. L. Moore was elected presi?
dent, and Mr. A. F. Smith, secretary.
After which the delegates to the
county convention were elected We
hear we are to have at least three
candidates for the magistrate's office
in this district and we don't know
how many more may yet come out.
Miss Estelle Alford. assistant teach?
er of the Dalzell school, was called
home about two weeks ago on ac?
count of the illness of her father in
Camden and has not been able to
return as he is still very sick, so Miss
Annette Jones, of Camden, has been
filling her place and will continue
until Miss Alford cati return.
Our people here had the pleasure
of hearing two fine sermons Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Huggins, at the Horeb Bap?
tist church on Sunday morning when
he filled Rev. Mr. Wilders' appoint?
ment there, and Rev. Mr. Hay, who
filled his appointment at Tlrzah.
On account of the district confer
encc in Sumter on next Sunday, there
will be no preaching at the Methodist
church here. Sunday school will be
at 4 o'clock at the Dalzell Methodist
church, the public is invited to at?
tend. The church is now completed
to the painting and is very nice and
we can accommodate a large congre?
gation with comfort. We are glad
to say the Sunday school Is moving
on nicely and are very glad to see the
Interest manifested In It. We need
more of our young men In it.
Our railroad agent says he don't
know how it looks out here on Sun?
day, as he goes to Sumter every Sun?
day. We hope that young lady will
soon tell him yes, so he can stay at
home. We need his assistance and
his contributions out here.
EGYPT.
Egypt April 21.?The dry spell
was broken last Saturday night by a
?hower, Wc have had several show?
er alnce. Tin- young crops ere look?
ing well. Ontl are doing well sin? e
the reins. Cotton planting is about
o\ ? r.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. White were in
! '.ishopvllle yesterday.
ReV, K. E. Sharp preached a very
tine sermon at 'The Hill."
Mrs. F. Q. Peeblei ?pen! Wednes?
day and Thursday In Camden.
Mis.-, s Irene Weldon and Dot
Xapier ?pent the week-end with Mlss
m Helta MeCutchen and Aline Hunter
M Smithvllle.
Little Alma Peeblei is -:ulte sick.
we hope to i,ear of h< r recovery verj
a. ion.
Politic! are not being talked of
mm h in Kgy pt as yet.
The Ionia school will close o*i Fri
Isy, April 17, A basket picnic will
be given at fcfatthow'i saw mill on
Ihe following Saturday.
Messrs. F. Q, Peebles, and A. B.
White were in I 'ishopvllle yesterday.
Misses Lm lle and Eva Britton? Who
bai been leaching near 'Bothunc
have returned home for the summer.
Mr. John MeCutchen spent Friday
nltfht in "Egypt."
Mr. .f. II. McLeod spent last Satur?
day in Camden.
Dr Carson, of Bmlthvllle, was a
pleasant caller In Egypt Monday eve?
ning. Ol course, the Dr. must have
some attraction.
Mr. L. H. White apent Monday and
Tuesday In Caaadea,
Mr W, T. Me Leod Is very busv,
putting down his saw mill. He will
have it ready for running in about a
Week.
Mr. J, K Filch boiirg spent Tuesday
with relatives at Lucknow.
i?r. C. s. Britton spent last Friday
in Camden.
The health is very good?only one
Off two eases of sickness in Egypt.
DARK CORNER.
I?ark Corner, April IS.?-We have
had line rains froat, cool winds and
all sorts of weather this week. There
was a pretty heavy hail here and just
below here on last Monday evening,
but i have not heard of any damage
being done.
barriers a ie getting along slowly
with their work. Some have not
commenced to plant their oottonyet,
while some are through planting and
have commenced to plough their
corn. Some few have let out sweet
potato sprouts.
A negro, Ransom Cummings, who
llvefl on Mr. Thomas 11. Osteen's
plj? ;e was helping Mr. Osteen with
guano last Thursday morning when
he fell and had to he taken up and
carried to his house where he died
that night about 9 o'clock. It is not
known whether he hurt himself or
not, that caused his death. He ?Va?
some fifty years old.
Mr, Avln still keeps sick. I know
of no other sickness.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Weeks with
tht ir grand daughter Miss Nell Phil?
lips of your c-lty. spent the 15th (Fri?
day), at Kim Hill with Mr. W. J. Ar
dig.
Mrs. Wash Scott and brother, Cor
bett Weeks, spent last Thursday night
at Mr. John Windham's near Wedge
held, returning home yesterday.
Mr. A. S. Weeks was thrown out
of his buggy last Thursday morning
and a guano distributor on him
which bruised him up pretty badly,
but I am thankful to record that he
Was not seriously hurt. His left el?
bow was hurt the worse, but he is
getting so he can use it. Some
fa Sain.
Well I must stop here, the bees are
"swarming" and I want to send this
off to the postofflce. HARD TIMKS.
Dark Corner, April 26.?Every?
thing is quit hereabouts. Mrs. W. J.
Ardls is quite sick and Mr. Jim Mc
Deod has had several cases of chills
and fever in his family and C. P.
Weeks is sick so 1 hear, also Mrs.
Douglas Weeks is sick. I made a
mistake in reporting the death of
Ransom Cummings. He was work?
ing for himself at his house when he
fell and had to be assisted to his
house by hi:; wife.
Your Ph.gah P. P. said something
about asking me about the band
shaking. 1 think he should rise and
talk out in meeting, as he has had
more experience along that line than
old Hard Times, as he has been there
and got there while I (thank God for
it) stumbled and fell before T reached
the goal. Rut prehaps Riother J. E
D. is like me. he knows.
There is so much bad in the worst
of us,
And so little good in the best of us
Until we have no right to talk about
the rest of us.
Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Rartlette, of
PlneWood, spent yesterday here with
Mr. and Mrs. Ren D. Geddings. I
have heard that the Reid (Miss Kun
Ics B. Osteen's) school will close next
Thursday, the 28th.
We all was somewhat surprised to
hear that the Hon. R. I. Manning
had withdrawn from the race for
governor. He sure would have got
Some votes In this corner or so I
think.
HARD TIMKS.
MUCH COTTON KILLED.
MUD Appealed to Not to Crush More
Cotton Beed In Order That Re?
planting May be Done.
Atlanta. Ga.. April 25.?With mil-.
li< ns of acres of young cotton de?
stroyed by the cold weather which to?
day overspread the entire cotton belt,
with the unusual April accompani?
ment in many sections of snow and
sleet, the South has suffered its most
disastrous financial set back perhapa
since the Civil war. Besides cotton,
young vegetation of every description
suffered from the freezing tempera?
tures and fruit was more or b ss dam?
aged In every Southern State, except
Pl?rlda.
Reports received tonight indicate
thai the COld snap has not abated in
Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee,
northern Alabama, Louisiana, Missis?
sippi and even further west and for
much of this territory a heavy frost
and freezing temepraturea are pre
dl ted for Tuesday morning, in At
lanta and throughout the northern
half Of Georgia, except near the At?
lantic, the thermometer has been be?
low jo degreea above zero all day.
Atlanta woke this morning to And
snow bail covered houses and the
thermoiw ter down to 31, an exeprl
ence never before recorded after the
first few days of April. Snow fell as
far south as Selma. Ala., Columbus,
Miss., and Columbus, Ga., and in
north Georgia, Tennessee and in
parts of north Alabama and Missis?
sippi, the fall ranged from one to
four Inches.
Cottonseed oil mills In this State
and Alabama today were appealed to
for seed for replanting purposes, and
State officials implored the mills to
crush no more seid until the farm?
ers have been supplied, it Is doubt?
ful, however, If sufficient seed can be
I secured, even at then.rd prlcea be?
ing offered, to n piant one-half of the
ares of young cotton destroyed by the
cold,
\t Columbus, Ga., tonight one cot?
tonseed oil mill announced that their
entiie supply was at the command of
the planters and would be sold for $1
per bushel. Today a carload of seed
was shipped from that point to the
Mississippi lelta, and many tele?
grams were received from all sec?
tions of the South asking for an al
lotment of seed supplies.
FROST AND SNOW KILL YOUNG
CROP.
As a Result of the Gloomy Outlook
For This Year's Crop, Prices Go up
With a Hush and Rulls Have Their
Inning.
New York, April 25.?Not sinee
the big break of January last has the
New York cotton exchange experi?
enced so much activity and excite?
ment as today.
It was a time of triumph for the
bulls, whose already strengthened
position as regards the old crop was
sensationally stimulated by reports
of disastrous weather in the South,
affecting the coming crop. This led
to rumors that the bull campaign was
to be carried on through to the end
of the current season and, possibly,
into early new crop deliveries, as it
was in the season of 1902-'03, when,
after Sully's successful deal in May
contracts, Messrs. Brown and Hayne,
who are prominently mentioned in
connection with the present bull
movement, carried the bull campaign
through into July, August and Sep?
tember.
It is urged in this connection that
even If the South finds sufficient seed
to replant the entire area reported
damaged, the cold snap has made It
look like a lat* crop and that mills
consequently will be dependent upon
old crop supplies for a correspond?
ingly longer period.
Meanwhile preparations for mak?
ing enormous deliveries in May con?
tracts are steadily going forward.
It Is said that the inspection bureau
of the New York cotton exhange had
a larger force of men engaged in pre?
paring cotton for delivery yesterday
than ever before and according to the
official figures the stock of certificat?
ed cotton at New York which was re?
ported at 87,000 bales toward the
end of March, had mounted up to
1 Gl,000 bales by the close of business
at Saturday with predictions that be?
tween 180,000 and 200,000 bales
would be ready for delivery by May
1. Moreover, the May shorts have
until the end of May to secure cotton
for delivery on contract.
So far as the market learned, noth?
ing further devolped during the day
In respect to the Federal grand jury
proceedings against the bull clique
nor were there any further disclos?
ures with reference to the affairs of
Knight. Yancey & Co., the Southern
spot firm whose failure caused such
widespread enstornation last week.
According to latest estimates New
York firms are creditors to the extent
of ov? r ?f.O0.000. It Is rumored that
those fi .'mn Which hald sold May
against shipments expected here
from the failed Southern house are
finding little difficulty in adjusting
their contracts around present prices
and that they will be out little more
than their actual advances, if the cot?
ton does not materialise. It is re?
ported that the three Knglish spot
cotton men who arrived here today
from Liverpool sailed before the
Knight-Yancey failure was announc?
ed, with a view to investigating the
Firm's condition. They declined to
be interviewed today.
Seldom has su< h a flood of crop
damage report.-, poured into the local
trade from so wide an area as today
and for the time being it seemed that
the excitement In new crop months
was over-shadowing the old crop Sit
uutn n, possible legislation at Wash?
ington, the government Inevstlgatton
and even the Knight-Yancey failure.
While the inference was that the
reports of damage were more or less
i \aggerah 1, they were effective In
the market on the theory that the
sleet, snow and freezing temperatures
found an unusually large amount of
cotton up for the last week In April,
while ultimate damage from a new
crop standing was predicted by re?
ports of an Insufficient supply of seed
for replanting.
it was believed around the local
l ing that the bull leaders were selling
the near postlons at times during the
day In order to prevent too rapid an
advance, or to reduce their holdings,
and it was the new crop which chief?
ly reflected the broadening of bullish
sentiment.
October cotton sold at 12.94 or 57
points above the closing price of last
Saturday while at the best point of
today May touched 14.92 or a gain
of only -l points from the closing
price of last week. The market clos?
ed at practically the best point of
the day s<> far as the new crop was
i oneerned and trading during the last
half hour was probably the most ac?
tive of the entire season. The open?
ing advance in the New York mar?
ket w:is greatly encouraged by the
strength of Liverpool, which had the
bad weather reports before the trail?
ing here started.
invitations to tho wedding of Miss
Rthel Gertrude Rabb and Mr.
Clarence Clifton Medltn, at Dupont,
Fla., on Tuesday, April 26, have been
reeclved in Sumter where Miss Rabb
has a number of friends.
How harsh it sounds to hear a
man criticlas your pet hobby!
THE COMET'S TAIL.
The A. B. C. Man is Still in a Btae
Funk About the Wagging of the
Tail of tho Comet.
To Editor of The Daily Item:
When science is unable to give -
reasonable explanation of any spe?
cific natural phenomenon, instead
of admitting that such fact is inex?
plicable, it prefers often to advance
a preposterous theory to account for
the unknowable.
At the present time the comet and
its tail are subjects of general inter- ,
est and it may be of especial interest
at this time to demonstrate the fact
that a comet's tail is not composed j
of gas (either poisonous or other- i
wise) as is claimed by the astronom-!
ers and the spectrum analysers.
The tails of all comets are on the
side of the nucleus opposite the sun
so that in approa hing the sun the
tail extends back on the path of the
comet and in this postion It Is con?
ceivable that the tail Is a gas given
off by the comet's head and follows
the head through space. When how?
ever, the comet swings around the
sun the tail is not behind but to the
side of the comet and when the corns '
et has passed around the sun and
is receding from it, the tail is pro- j
jected in front of the comet. It has
been observed that the tail will ai
times increase in length 60 or more
million miles in a few hours and of j
course, it is not reasonable to pre?
sume that an almost intangible gas
1 should be shot out to this distance
ahead of the comet in so short a
space of time. Hence it would seem
to be clear that a comet's tail is not
a gaseous appendage.
It was a disappointment to some
of the nervous people to note your |
ominous silence in the matter of the
question as to whether a comet does
or does not wag its tail. An editor
is presumed to know everything and
your silence is taken to indicate that
you believe that the tail wags the
comet and is liable to slew the head j
around in such a way as to make the
head butt in and hit the earth next
month. We are still hoping that the
question will be answered affirma?
tively and even if the tail of this Hal
ley's comet has never been observed
to wag while approaching the earth
it is possible that we will learn !
through the newspapers shortly that
other heavenly bodies have tails and
occasionally wag them. You know,
and we all know that Sirius, the dog
star, has a tail and what we must
lind out is whether or not this dog
star wags its tail. In ancient times
the color of Sirius was red and it
was suposed to exercise a baneful in?
fluence <>n human affairs. Such su?
perstition no longer obtains, not be?
cause the color of this star has
changed as they say it has, but prob?
ably because the powerful telescopes
of modern times have revealed the
fact that the dog star has a stumpy,
or perchance a bushy tail and occa?
sionally wags it. We firmly believe
that if comets and dog stars wag
their tails they will not fall upon us.
You had better repent though and
quite sending boys to collect 10 cents
i" r week for the Item.
Yours falsely.
A. B. C. D.
Sumter, S. C, April 25, 1910.
Arithmetic Spoiled the Milk.
A milkman whose route is in West
Philadelphia, was surprised early one
morning last week at seeing his best
customer sitting on the front porch
in the neighborhood of Forty-sev?
enth street and Cedar avenue appar?
ently thinking deeply on some sub?
ject, says the Philadelphia Times.
"Good morning, Mr. Martin," said
the milkman.
"Good morning," replied Mr. Mar?
tin.
The milkman deposited the milk
on the doorstep and was about to
J"mp In the wagon when the man on
the porch called him back.
"You must have a good deal of
trade by this time," said Mr. Martin.
"Yes, sir, I serve ninety-three
quarts to customers every morningf."
"That's quite a good deal," com?
mented Mr. Martin. "But, by the
way, how many cows have you?"
John unsuspectingly replied,
"Eight sir."
"And how many quarts of milk
does each cow average a day?"
"Nine."
"Well, then, suppose yju don'v
serve me with milk hercaf?er," quiet?
ly said Mr. Martin, as he opened
the door and walked into the house.
The man stood as if petrified, then
it suddenly dawned upon him.
"Eight times nine are seventy-two. I
said ninety-three quarts," he figured.
Kicking himself for having made
r.uch a blunder, the milkman jump?
ed into his wagon and drove off.
The fire alarm was sent in from
box 35 on Monday. The depart?
ment turned out to find that a small
blaze had started In the kitchen flue
of Andrew H. Dibble's on South
Harvin street. The blaze was exting?
uished before the department reach?
ed the scene.
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