Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. H1l\\s\ i.Km KS KltO.M (U K Si l - ciai. ? OKKI s| . ?\|?| MS. Item* of Interc*! I nun ill Parts of SSJtntcT ?n?l Adjoining l^uniirs. NOTICK TO C?)KKI-:scuXDKNTS. Mall your letters so that they will reach this office nut later than M<>n Slay when Intended t<>. W. 'nes.lay's paper and not ' SSI (ban Thursday for Saturday's Issue. This, of course, applies only to re?ular correspond aooe. In case of items of unusual mvi value, send In immediately by snail, telephone or Ulegraph. Such ??ws stories are acceptable up to the ?our of going to press. Wednesday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon and Saturday's paper Friday after? noon. SMITimiiLdE. Smith ville. July 11.?There was another heavy ralntall here this af? ternoon, but It is too late for any? thing to do tfjffg any good. The corn crop will he almost a complete failure here. It makes you feel bad? ly to get out and see what a poor prospect we have. Cotton can Improve some, but it can't make much more than half a crop with the fctgfl of seasons from now on; and yet if reports are true, there are many places In a much worse condition. I wonder where the government managed to get such a favorable re? port writer from Texas. If lssissippi. Louisiana. Georgia and South Carolina give a very poor de? scription of crops, and especially cot? ton. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Shiver enter? tained at their home, on July 4th. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Shiver. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dunlap. Mr. and Mrs. B. McMa ?SJt) and Miss Tessie Hatfteld, Mr. and Mrs. J. Durkett. and Misses Nel? lie and Arrle Burkett. Misses Nellie and Gertrude Oillis were the guests of Miss Bessie Shiver. Mr. W. F. Khame, of Sumter, has a special Invitation from Pisgah church to attend the exercises on Children's Day. Mr. Khame was the first clerk Pisgah ever had. He has snany friends who will gladly wel? come him back, if only for a day. Mr. J. M. Hawkins is now conva? lescent after an Illness of several days. Rev. and Mrs. T. L. Cole and children were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Robert? son, on last Friday. Mr. Wilson Josey. of St. Charles, spent Saturday and Sunday with his alster. Mrs. H II. Evans. Misses Rosalie and Abble Evans, of Bishop ville, and Miss Anna Holland, of Mlspah, visited at "Fairview" last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Dunlap were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Dun? lap. of Marshalls, on last Sunday. Miss Tessie Bgtittd spent last week at "Sunnyslde." Mr and Mrs 1? J Robertson spent Thursday and Friday with relatives at Bulah. Rev. T. L. Cole went to Bishop ville Sunday afternoon; he was ac? companied by Mr. C. M. Shiver. concord. Concord, July 11.?Farmers are again getting their faces straight, and the old time smile is on again. Crops are all doing nicely and free of grass. With favorable sea ?ans fro-n now ort, the chances are that we will make an average yield of coCoo yet. The 4th passed off very quietly in this burg, everyone being too husy to take It as a holiday. Each year as the 4tn of July comes. . am remind? ed of an incident of my DO) n??o 1 days During the summer my father promised my brother and myself that if we would be nmart, and get the crops in good shape, we could go on the 4th to spend several days with relatives living about 33 miles dis? tant, so with nil our might we work? ed to *?? I ompllsh it. At that time conveniences for travel wre hard to be had, no buggies nor wagons avslUbb-. a .? de? i b d to hook up Billy, i inr.e bi.t< k mule to an old plantation cart, and make the trip iast way. Karlv ggsj morning we started cov? ering 30 miles through sand beds and bids t.y sund ?s? n. which found us In three miles of our rela? tiv.*s, and a swollen stream with bridges and dams washed away, with no possible way to cross lt. 1 shall never forget the terrible disap? pointment to mv boyish dreams of going In swimming In the springs and nearby river could I have gotten there. Mr. W C. Jones of this place spent ee"*ral days with relatives at Fur gjgfgggj the past week Mr Herbert Newman visited In the k?m k y Btsjsl community Saturday and Sunday last Mr 1?. L Smith has the largest pumpkin for the season of the year that many have ever seen. It has only been ..n the vine about :i0 days ami m?asur?s in circumference B fem ami :i Inches. Will report more anon. Miss l.ula Newman of this place and Mi. Ce,.. W. Stafford, of Smith viile. wer?? married Sumlay. June the 19th, at Concord church by i>r. W. J. McKay. The young couple hav< tin- vary boat wishes of this scribe. DAI/A1 LL. Daizeii. July 14.?Your correspond? ent Is i" a much better Hanie of mind than when he last wrote. We have a good com crop in sight with no back-set from now on. and the .otton crop is Improving very fast. After oPv! of the hardest lights we have over had we have almost con qured the grass and as the negro says, ' we are most cross Jordan now and land In sight." The constable here. Mr. Bateman, has been seizing some of the booze that has been shipped In here of late, and the jug trade Is getting a little scare here of late. For a while It came in kegs, jugs and bottles by the wholesale, but somebody must be get? ting scared for its getting slim now. The quarterly conference was held here last Saturday and was well at? tended, considering the large amount of grass in the country. The dedica? tory sermon was preached on Sunday by Rev. W. T. Duncan, of Sumter, 'to a large congregation and was a very line sermon. Among those who at? tended from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. J. M. and Miss Jewell Woodley, of Summerton, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Folsom and sons and Mies liughson, of Sumter, Mrs. W. T. Duncan and children, of Sumter, and a number of others. The protracted meeting will begin at Dalzell at the Methodist church on Monday night the 25th inst. and con? tinue through the week. Mrs. W. S. Boykln, who has been down so long has been having some very bad spells of late and has been thought to be dying once or twice, but is some better now. Two of the Misses Cook, of Rock Hill, are visiting Miss Edith Moore at present. Miss Lula Garner who has been visiting Miss Clara Martin will re turn to h? home at Keton on Sat? urday next. Mrs. W. D. Scarborough is on an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs. I McColl, of Florence, S. C. Suit to Hatnblish Rights of Church. VANDFRRII/T DISPUTE Will. GO INTO COURT. Methodist Rlshops Decide to Rrlng Naehvllle, Tenn.. July 12.?The dif? ferences between the board of trus? tees of Vanderbilt University and the college of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, over the control of the university, will be threshed out In the courts. Such is the meaning of the action of the bishops in session here today. With Bishops Kilgo, Lambuth and Hendrix absent the college of bishops rejected the idea of any compromise and named a committee, with Rishop Col? lins Denny as chairman to carry out an agreed programme of a law suit. Rishop Hendrix, who is president of the board of trusteees of Vanderbilt University, attended the morning ses? sion of the bishops and opposed the plan, which was adopted ut the after? noon session, at which he was nut present. Details of the planned litigation a ere not made public. TRI KD TO S AW OUT. mo AH. Tricky Physician Failed in Trying to Fscape From Gaffney Jail. Gaffney, July It,?Last Saturday afternoon while Sheriff Thomas was making his afternoon rounds of th ? county jail he discovered, Dr. L, M. Harrison, a prisoner, working indus? triously pa the iron bars of his cell and was on the point of getting out. U hen the sheriff made his appear? ance Harrison had already sawed through two of the thick steel bars. If he had been left undisturbed for I sh,,rt while longer he would have b? in out of his cell and into the ante? room with only One barred window between him and escape. The sheriff remained in the cell with the doctor to see that he made no further prog? ram until help cams when he eras taken to the upper floor and lodged with the other prisoners. It is hard |y likely that he will make his escape from his present quarters. The hOt weather that shrivels the Spring wheat tields makes tin- corn grow. And com is the main thing. And this is i great country.- Phila? delphia Ro< ord. A friend that you have to buv I won t be worth what you pi(v f..r j him. no matter what that may be, I Qeorge I?. Prent!? a They that govern most make least noise. John Seiden. The hammer and the anvil are the two hemisphere a ol every Irue re? former's character?Timothy Tit - comb. ABOUT good roads. Mr, Heiser Tells of Roods Keen On Iii?- Decent Trip. . I Mr, K. B. Belser, who has recently returned from Minneapolis, where he j wen! t?? attend the annual convention | of the National Association of Real Batate Ext hangea, was seen by an item reporter,, and asked to give soms Idea of the good roads condi? tions as seen by him on his trip While en rout*- to Mlnniapolis, Mr. Belser spent a day each at Columbia and Charlotte, where he was able to examine two representative classes : of roads; Micklonburg County, N. C, having the best macadamized roads ; in the Carolinas, and Riehland County. S. C, having the best sand clay roads. What Mr. Reiser said about both the conditions out west and near home, follows: "While the conditions out West are entirely different from ours, and the roads seen out there by me were principally boulevardes, running out from the cities which I visited, yet 1 saw enough to show that the West? erners greatly favor good roads. "I went over many miles of roads about St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Duluth, and find that all of these roads are either macadamized or oiled, and they are well kept up. "The real estate men of these cities say that property along the boulevardes, since having good roods, has increased in value about 300 per cent. "As is well known, Richland coun? ty has the best sand-clay roads of any county in the State, and the day I stopped In Columbia, Mr. Owens, the Supervisor of Richland county, was kind enough to carry me over many of the important roads in this county. "They have 400 miles of sand-clay roads, which cost from five to ten dollars a mile, per year, to maintain. The original cost per mile for mak? ing the roads was from three to eight hundred dollars, with an average of less than $500. To maintain the 400 miles cost about $400 per year. Two carts are kept busy tilling In the holes. "On my way home I stopped for a day at Charlotte, where Mr. Long, the Supervisor of Mccklenberg coun? ty showed me over a number of the principal roads of that county. They use macadam, principally. "The roads are about 30 feet wide, 20 feet being clayed and the other 10, macadamized. This is a very good method, as the clayed portion is used In dry weather, and the ma cadamlzed part, in rainy weather. "To grade these roads cost from three to four thousand dollars per mile. "All of the bridges in this counts are Constructed of steel and concrete, so that including the bridges, the roads averaged in cost about $4,000 per mile. "On some roads, I went out from Charlotte, as far as 16 miles, and found them well built and well kept." When asked what sort of roads he preferred for Sumter county, Mr Belser, said: "I prefer sand-clay roads and think macadam roads impossible for Sum? ter county. One hundred miles of macadam roads cost more than four hundred miles of sand-clay roads, so that if macadam roads were built In this county, unless an enormous amount of money should be spent, only a few of the principal roads could l?e fixed, and the tax-payers on the other roads would, of course. i>e dissatisfied. "In North Carolina, along many | of the roads there are rocks in the farmers' fields, and all that Is neces? sary Is to reite them Into the roads and crush them. "Hers no such conditions exlet, and we would have to have the stone shipped In, and transported along the roads. "Sumter county spends $12,000 a year on roads now and if we were to follow Rlchland'a example, we could maintain 400 miles of good sand-clay roads, and have $8.000 left over per year to expend on more good roads. ' In a recent talk which T had with Mr. I). II. Wlnslow, of the U. B. road department, who is in charge of the construction work in Marlon county, Where $100,000 have been voted for good roads, he said that sand-clay roads were unquestionably the best method for Bumter county, for they could be built for about $400 per mile as there was very little grading to be done." The United States senate has pass? ed Senator Depew's bin regulating the use of the wireless telegraph, it requires all persons operating wire? less stations to obtain licenses from the Department of Commerce and Labor. The purpose is to prevent in terfenee with government and other important messages. The bill Is said to be directed against the 50,000 amateur wireless stations in the country, many of them conducted by boys, the claim being that in many instances they have prevented the de? livery of business messages. The bill has md been passed by the house. MI ST Sil I N THE FAIR SEX. (Jen. K. <i. Dyrenforth Pinns Grand? son- Life in Ills Will?Keeps II Im Busy Until 2S. Washington. July 10.?Planning the whole life of his grandson and adopted son. Robert St. Qeorge Dy? renforth, from his present age of 1 untll his twenty-eighth year, along lines that suggest Chesterfield lan ideals practiced by an austere Sir Austin Feverel?such is the feature of the Will just tiled for probate, by which the late Gen. Robert G. Dyren forth. a wealthy patent attorney of Washington, who died July 4 at his temporary home in New York, leaves his large estate to the grandson. Numerous conditions are named. One is that the boy, whose mother died when he was a baby, must ab? jure the society of his grandmother, Mrs. Jennie Dyrenforth, wife of the General, and of an aunt, Mrs. Rose Marie Nolton, both of whom live in Washington. The other aunt the lad has is ar invalid in a sanatorium. The boy's executors are also directed to keep him away from all members of "the unfortunate sex," to whom are ascribed shrewd and guileful arts. Young Dyrenforth, who is now in the keeping of kinsmen in Chicago, Is expected to be ready when he is 14 to graduate from the high school into Harvard University, from which in turn he must graduate at 18. He is then to go to Oxford University, England, for a short time, then enter and graduate from the Military Aacdemy at West Point and serve for a time in the army. Then he must again go abroad and prepare himself for the law. In the meantime, he must have visited the principal coun? tries of Europe and learned their languages; like the 12 Miss Pellicoes, he must have learned dancing and the globes, and he must have become proficient In athletics and all manly sports. And at 28, fully prepared to do life's battle, he is to commence his career with a large fortune, tended by careful stewards at his commond. In every way the boy's mode of life is anticipated in theory, and despite the hardness of some conditions, it makes for a successful and enjoyable existence. General Dyrenforth was 65 years old when he died. He had retired from the United States army about 25 years previously and become a patent attorney. He was very suc? cessful, and two years ago placed H. E. Stonebraker in charge of his Washington office and removed to New Y'ork, where he opened another office. It was while in New York that he died July 4. General Dyrenforth was a native of Chicago and was educated in Prus? sia, graduating at Heidelberg. He served in the United States army from 1861 to 1865. He married Miss Jane DeLacey in Chicago in 1866. General Dyrenforth was war corre? spondent in the Franco-Prussian war. He was Commissioner of Patents for many years. His sending up of "rain ballons" in 1891-92 to determine if concussion of air effects production of rainfall, for which congress made an appropriation, attracted the world's attention. Dyrenforth was B commonder in chief of the Union Vet? erans' Union for five terms and was a Free Mason of high rank. Mr. H. D. Moise who has been in Xew Y'ork for the past six weeks on business connected with the Intro ductlon of his Improved device for Hushing sewer tanks Is at home for a short stay. The flush tank device is being manufactured and introduced by Merritt & Co., of Camden, N. J., one of the leading firms in the coun? try handling in sewerage supplies and they are pushing it in all parts of the country. Merritt ftCo. are man? ufacturing the device as licensees un? der the patent on a royalty basis and Mr. Moise has been employed by them to install and demonstrate the devii e in the cities where it Is to be introduced. As Is well known locally Mr. Moise was the inventor of the coaster brake for bicycles, but failed to reap the full profit on his inven? tion as he sold his patent outright. But In the tlush-tank device he has something better than the coaster brake and he and other citizens of Bumter who are associated with him in the ownership of the patents should make a big thing out of it. -o-? WILL OP JUSTICE FULLER. Equal Shares of Large Estate for Surviving Children. Chicago, July 11.?-Under the terms of the will of the late Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of tin- United States, which was died today in the Probate Court, the children ol the jurist and their direct heirs will share "equally In the division of his estate, which is esti? mated to amount to nearly $1,000, ooo. \ FITTING SIGHT. The horse is Interested in the kind of harness put <?n him. lie shows fat by the better work he does when th<? harness is right and comfortable. We sell harness adapted both to the phy? sique of the horse and the kind of work he Is expected to do. A set purchased here means better work and more of it than your horse ever did before. The harness fits the horse; the price fits the pocket?the most fitting tit you ever beheld. THE S. M. PIERSON CO. MILL SUPPLIES !&2^;2?BiS23BUH BSBsVsBsnssssssssss^ Roofing Galvanized and Painted Corrugated, Galvanized, Crimp, Rubber and Paper. Belts Leather, Rubber and Gandy. Try Revere Rubber Co's. Giant Stitched aud Shawmut Belt. Every Foot Guaranteed. Packings Sheet and Piston. All Kinds and Grades. Circular Saws in Stock Simonds, Hoes. Ohlens and Disstons. Shaf ing, Wood and Iron Pulleys, Wire Ropes and Manilla Ropes, Rubber Hose, Pumps, Babbitt Metal, Lace Leather, Bar Iren, Pipe, Pipe Fltiieft, Valves, ttc, Saw '.nils. Shingle and Lath Machines. If needing anything in the SUPPLY Line, write or call on us. Prompt shipments a specialty. Sumter Railway & Mill Supply Co. Phone 368. Sumter, S, C. \VartsvuW,S.C A Highly Endowed Institution Offering two (2) years preparatory and four (4) years Collegiate. Annual interest income over $10,000 assures fjperior advantages at a miui mumcost fl.j.ao covers board and tuition. Free scholarship. For Particulars address Dean, S. W. CARRETT, Hartsville, S. C. TU Bank of Sumter Sumter, S. C. Capital Stock, - Surplus and Undivided Profits, The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Established 1905. Capital Stock paid in. $120,000.00 Stockholders Guaranteed to Depositors.. 120,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits. 46,00000 Deposits. 295,000.00 You can open an Account with Is with One Dollar or more. We guarantee careful attention, Cfrteous treatment, and we want vour business. DEPOSIT With First National Blank THAT'S ALL. Busch's Golden Seal Stock and Poultry Medicine contains no poisonous substances?no food fillers. It is medicine pure and sim? ple, acting directly on the liver and eliminating that alugglah, torpid' Hate that causes the sickness. A valuable remedy tor Cows, Horses. (Sheep. Hogs and Poultry. Try It. tsowt under a guarantee or money n funded, fculd by all druggists and dealers. Price 2Ck\, 00c, and tl a can. GOLDEN CHAIN REMEDY COMPANY, Evansvtlle, Ind. Busch's Disinfectant and Hip is guaranteed to destroy MITKS and LICK on chickens. Price &0c. RELIABLE REMEDY We teel safe about our stock and poultry as long as we have a can ot Busch's Golden Seal Stock and Poultry Medicine lathe house. For a sick horse, cow or chir?cen Ilia lust the thing ami we always depend on it lor results. John F. Mayn**rd SIBERT'8 DRUG STORE.