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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. fjnCWBV LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL COR RE8P< ) N I> E N TS. mm of Inters** From all Part? of (Nmitt-r ami Adjoining Counties. tfOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters so that they will tauch this office not later than Mon? day when Intended for Wednesday's paper and not later than Thursday ?or Saturday's Issue. Thin, of course, applies only to regular correspond? ence. In case of Items of unusual news value, send In Immediately by mall, telephone or telegraph. Such news stories are acceptable up to the ?our of going to press. Wednesday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon nod Saturday's paper Friday after sT \1 I lit KO. Stateburg. July 2.r>.?Miss Nannie Moore, who has been visiting in Sum merville, for the past several weeks, has returned to the neighborhood. Dr. Matt I MOSTO, of Charleston. Is on 'i visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Between Moore **r. and Mrs. Lee Coker. id Harts vllb . are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Norrls. Miss Bessie Barnwell has just re? turned from Kutawville, where she has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jas. O. Simons. Mrs. W. I'. Nelson and children, of Montgomery, Ala., are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Andorson. Mr. Wm. Harnwell has been spend? ing a few days at "The Rectory." After a pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs. James O. Simons, of Eutawvih \ Miss Julia Burgess has returned to the neighborhood. Mrs. W. R. Flud ami the Misses Flud, expect to leave the latter part of the week for Hendersonvllle, N. C, where they wdll spend several weeks. Mrs. R. C. Richardson, Jr., enter? tained very pleasantly at cards on Saturday afternoon. Miss Lottie Nelson, who has been spending a few days with Mrs. R. C. Richardson, Jr., at "Farm Hill," has returned home. The many friends of Mrs. Screven Moore are glad to know that she 1s now at home, recuperating after her recent Illness, and wish her a speedy restoration to health. WISACKY. Wlaa< kv, July 26.?The cotton In this section has Improved some dur? ing the last ten days, and shows the affects of the fertll'sers, which has been recently applied. Some few farmers have nice fields ef corn, an! potato patches are promising with a few planters. There Is some sickness in the com? munity It Is reported that glanders Is prevalent among stock in several sections of the county. Some horses and mules ha\e been killed bfl or h r of the State surgeon. The veterinary surgeon of Clemson College has bOOS wired for. and is I a1 eueo. Miss Snllie I.edlngham has return? ed to her home from Conway. Miss Maud Wil'lams Is at home again after I v ry pelasant stay of two weeks In f> lumhu with relatives and fri> f Mr W. c. Williams, of Summerton. returned to bis home this afternoon after a pleasant stay of a few days with relatives here; his family will leave this week for a long stay at Ashevllle and Hendersonvllle. After an SUSSneS of many weeks from sl'kn..< Mr. II. S. Cunningham, the beloved superintendent of Ivan hoe Sundae ?< hool. is able to be at hii. post of d?ity. greatly to the joy Of both pupils and t. ai hers. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner. July 27.?Farmers nre getting on the home stretch at last ami it v . ? ..ntlnu" t<? have fair ?reither as we have bau lor the last two and .> half days it will not !>?? long now before \ns will be done lay Ins by. Cotton has turned green and seems to be srowing nt-eiv since the rain has heM up Bui I "Tii is SUM sorrv IhWunnuuti The Greenland Savannah Sunday school had a ptnejc on last Friday the 22nd at which were present from lee to |M from Snmter. Siateburg. Private?.r. M.mehester and Calvary townships. Mr. I. M. Ni< holes, of Privateer, made an interesting talk on parental training, and was fol? lowed hv old Hard Times, in a verv few words (as the day was so warm and the < hlldren were hoeomlng rest? less), on pnrltv and how to keep nure t?y never committing sin. \W nan make o ir lives sublime ami pass Ing onward have our tracks on UM sands of tlno Cut the dinner?there was enough for ea< h and enough for nil. and that of the best from barbe nnod pig to hot eoffee and bin| ? sM lemonade. Everything passed off just love I v Mr. J. M. Ko|t> Is superintendent of this s- ho-.| And he seems to tie the right man In the right place. As Mr F t ert W. Anils was re turning home from I'lnewood last Saturday night ?ome one hailed him and asked him If he (Ardls) had any The E. M. F. Co. Will Furnish any Style Body Wanted for 1911 Cars ?. ALSO GIVE YOU THE FOLLOWING GUARANTEE: E. M. F. M?$1350.00. Top ami Freight Extra. One year's guarantee with every car. Th i t. M. F. Co. believes that a stage his been reached in the Automobile in? dustry which makes it the duty of every responsible manufacturer to protect dealer and public by an absolute uuar in U-e of this product. They accordingly annouce that begin? ning August Ist, 1910. every car manufac? tured at their plant will be guaranteed for one yeanas absolutely free from de? fects in material or workmanship, and will replace free of charge any part of the car orit-* equipment which proves de? fective in any such respect. FLANDERS 20?$750.00. Top and Freight Extra. W & DRAKE, 10-12=14 Sumter Street. Agents for E. M. F. "30" and Flanders "20" Sumter, South Carolina. ^itrmolons. And he answered no, when they told him to go to H-. with other vile language. Ardis savs no I will not go to H-, but if you will come to me. I can give you all the H- you need. At which the parties replied alright, met me hail way. At which Ardis started to them but before he got to them, one of the party shot at Mr. Ardis, and then ran oft and would not let him see who they were. One of the party later on told Mr. Ardis who all was in the party and who It was did the shoot? ing. Don't know whether Mr. Ardis has sued them or not. Well It was my privilege and pleas? ure to attend the Baptist assembly at Hethel church yesterday. There was a fine crowd out. Had nice singing, a good dinner and two good talks. One by Dr. C. C. Drown, of your city, on Home. And one on Abram, the father of the faithful, by Dr. Sam pey, of Atlanta, Oa. Ilav, J. I>. Iluggins was to talk last night on the Epistle of Jude. The Assembly expects to remain in ses? sion until Saturday night. T have no sick to report. Mrs. W. J. Ardis and Mrs. Doug? las Weeks spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Ardis, the lat r*l parents. Sorry to see that Mr. S. D, Cain Is not going to stand for re-election for smperintt ndent of education. He has a fear friends la the Dark Corner thai would like to set- him in the magis trate'f onion. But will not advise an) one to be a candidate. I see that sandMate seed may have been ?low la germinate, but they are getting up to a pretty good stand, anyway. Hal Hal EGYPT. Egypt, July 2?>.?We are having fine weather at present. Farm won< will soon be over. The Egypt base ball team b>st the gral game of th season Saturday aftornou oa the Camdan diamond. The store was '.i to 2. Batteries?Camdan: Raddle an 1 Jordon; Bgypl ? Eiabon, Qladdeu an I ftf< Ltod. The Camdan team will he on the looal diamond. Aug. 6. Mr. Harold Bradley spent Bundaj in F.gypt. Miss Irene Waldon has returned home after several months in Atlan? ta. The Children's Day at Mi/pah Sun day was unite a success. Mrs. j. c. |fel?aod deserves much credit for training the children, credit for training the children. Several from this place attended the funeral of Mrs. Dwight Stuckey. in I'dshopvllle Friday. Miss F.mma McCoy, of Lucknow, spent last week with Miss Elva Hol? land, of his phi Mr. J. U. Mcl.eod was in Camden \ e*terday. Uatog services will he held at Mlz pak next Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, July 30, an lee ream i IVal will be given at the grove of Mr. F. O. Decides. Come boys and bring your girls. Everybody Is promised a good time. Besides tho ice-cream there will be a game of t ill on the F.gypt grounds. F?hlte Is cordially Invited. The health of the community Is very good. SMITH VI liLK. ?mtlhvllla, July If. ?We are hav? ing dry. sunny Weather. The farm? ers are on the ferne, and don't know Which side to Jump for the bast. Baaaaaa of the Incssaant rains the cultivation of Cotton bad ceased lor at l*"< I ? labt days; now they are i i i legtn plowing again In or der to kill the bountiful supply of crass, not knowing what the . result will be. But the remedy can't be much worse than the disease. Mr, Bditor, I was once fool enough to be an advocate of prohibition, biU I'm not one any more. You talk about a farce and a thing that don't exist, and that is prohibition. I despise the very name, for its a word that oxpresses nothing prohibi? tive in regard to whiskey, in this lo? cality. There is a thousand, and noi a hundred per cent more whiskey be? ing ordered and sold in these sand hills than ever before. This black element is a curse to the country. They order their whiskey so it will come In Saturday morning, or even? ing, at least. Then such drinking, yelling and cutting up you never saw. Saturday and Sunday are davs to be dreaded for you can't see anv peaac for their drunken revelry. You can't hardly get a postofflce money order from our rural carrier for the ne? groes ordering whiskey. We didn't have such a condition of affairs un? der the ^dispensary system. I want to beg the voters of Lee county to abolish this miserable farce, prohibition, and give us back the dispensary. Let the cuffs go there and get their whiskey, and de? posit their money where it will do us some good, and not he sending it out of the State to enrich others, and Impoverish their own State, for whis? key they will have even, if it hringi death. 1 know some folks Will hold up their hands in horror for me to ex press myself so forcibly, but if they had to live wherj I do, and sec and he;ii- what 1 !c :.r, and put up With 90 many things, they too, would want r change Of affairs. If they will only >me and stay awhile at this place, they won't censure me for wanting the dispensary back, so 1 can live in peace once more. But if they want to criticise, they can do so. but they'll find me on the defensive to the last. I say. away with stu b a nuisance, ;. thing that exists in name only. I want to beg the counties that still have the dispensary to ?? keep it, for they'll rue the day they change it for prohibition. Its much better than having whiskey coming in on every train, and scattered broadcast, over the land. But very little if anv attempt is be? ing made to enforce the law, and the longer we have it the more lax the officials will be. Just wait till next fall and this country will be a perfect whiskey den. The so-called dry counties are de? cidedly wetter than the wet counties. State-wide prohibition would be no better. Georgia has tried It, and what is their verdict? ibre it is, "Prohibition has raised hell and taxes in Georgia." Conditions are no better here, and the wet counties are not responsible either. Just ask our mail carriers. They can tell yon that they can't keep money orders. Miss Colsey Robertson spent a few dayi recently with her sister, Mrs. Joel I?:. Davis, of Drogdon. Miss Hernie e Wcldon was the guest Ol her grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Rob? ertson, last week. SALIOM. Salem, Black River, July 27.?Thos. Ik Brunsen met with a very serious SCCldent Monday. The belt of his gasoline thrasher came off, and In trying to replace It, his left nrm was broken; both hones were broken about half way between elbow and wrist. It was 1 o'clock that night before Dr. McCutchen could be se? cured, and the arm set. He was comfortable this morning. R. A. Keels is quite unwell, but bis doctor does not think seriously ill. Mr. Brunsoil has threshed a lot of winat In this section. Every one horse farmer has from 5 to 6 to 30 bushels of wheat for the Trinity Hour mill to grind. Some have a two i years' supply of w heat, but of course will sell to those who did not grow any. Yesterday a very successful farm , ers' institute was held at Shiloh by ? Drs. Harper, Goodrich and Barrett, j The meeting was presided over by J. ( K. McElveen of fhe Farmers' Union j executive committee, in the absence ! of the county president who was de I tained by his neighbor's accident and ! illness. J. K. McElveen. Hugh Witherspoon j and E. W. Dabbs went to Columbia I today to attend the State Farmers' i union. ; J. A. Warren and Miss Evie Fraser j of Sumter are visiting here, i The rains have held up for several j days and a great many have gotten I somewhat out of the grass. The oot | ton crop Is improving, but can hardly j be over 65 per cent, of a crop. The corn crop is very spotted. I - ROCKY BLUFF 1 Rocky Bluff, July 28.?We are hav? ing some fine weather for killing grass, and most of the farmers are ; killing every bunch they can. Some are about through laying by, while 1 others Intend working some time yet. I Cotton has come out considerably, ! but with fair seasons, nothing like a full crop can be made. Watermelons are not very fine, tome have plenty ol* them, but all, or the most (d* them, are small. Mrs. Graham and children, of Sum? ter, spent Saturday night and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Lee Button. Mr. ami Mrs. J. M. Fogle and son, who went to Florence, last Friday, returned home yesterday. Mr. Johnson White and family spent Saturday night and Sunday at Mr. Mitchell's and Mr. J. K. White's. Mr. J. J. fiatfteld and daughter, Miss Eva, si>eut Sunday at Mrs. W. F. j Baker's. j Mrs. J. J. Hatfteld and children are j spending this week with relatives at ; Borden. j Mr Wi.lie Brown and Miss Kitty I Ives, both of this place, were married Wednesday. May they have a long, happy and prosperous life. Nancy Wilson, an old colored wo? man, of this place, died suddenly at her home. Tuesday night. Heart fail? ure was said to be the cause of her death. PISGAH. Plsgah, July 28.?The farmers are putting the finishing touches to their crops this week. On some farms a little fertilizer is being used, with the hope that it will be beneficial to the late cotton. On many places the crops will be laid by in fair shape, while on others, they will be aban? doned In grass. This section is above Other places In average crops but on many places there will not be enough cotton raised to half pay for the guano used. The fruit crop is poor, peac hes de? fective, watermelons scarcer than I have ever seen, and what few are made, are small, owing to the wet weather. There is some fever about, mostly malarial. Several arc down and oth? ers complaining, Mrs. Anna [, Allen, of Columbia, is visiting her daughters, Mesdames Rogers and McLood. The rural carriers from Remhert are now taking their vacation. The. certainly deserve a good rest, for they have been faithful in the discharge of their duties. Arthur McLeod is sub? stitute on route 1, and James Reames on route 2. The m? t ting at Pisgah church Is developing much interest. Rev. J. W. Truluck, who was to assist, took sick and could not come, so the pas? tor is going it alone. Mr. W. R. Gardner, of the State farm, and daughters, were at Pisgah last night, at church. Miss iiattie Hussey is visiting friends here, and attending the meet? ing. Mr. Bert Bradley, who has been quite sick, is better. The blind tigers are doing a flour? ishing business these days. They ran under the State dispensary, local op? tion and prohibition and there seems no way to stop them. From reports, one from the Rembert section sold whiskey last Sunday in the woods near Union church and filled several up with red eye. One of his patrons got so happy that he thought he would have a little fun by shooting near the church and scaring the peo? ple during a funeral service. For this he got in a little trouble with the church, but 1 guess it will all soon be lovely again, for most of them love j whiskey so well they don't want to be i hard on a fellow who sells it. TLVDAL. Tindal, July 28.?Some of our best farmers here think, that with favor? able seasons from now on, their crops of cotton will make about 75 per cent 1 of an average crop. I Miss Fannie Seabrook, of Edisto Is : land and Miss Ida Lee Parier, of Kl loree. are visiting Mrs. H. W. Cut ' tino. Misses Camilla Wells and Leila Fulliton, of Columbus, Ga., arc visit? ing Mrs. J. M. Tindal. Mrs. If. Drane Tindal has been sick, but is now able to be up aagin. Mr. Charley Richardson, of Mon? roe, X. C, is spending some time with relatives in this section. Mrs. Olga Wltherspoon, of Mayes ville, Is spending some time at Mr. T. E. Hodge's. Those who have attended the San tee Assembly at Bethel church report having a tine time. Rood-Thomas. A very pretty wedding took place on Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, at the home of Mr. W. M. Reed, at St. Charles, when his daughter, Miss I Jane, became the bride of Mr. Au gustus Thomas, of Mayesville. The house was beautifully decorat? ed, about two hundred guests being assembled, when promptly at 7 o'clock, the bride entered, on the arm of her sister, Miss Rebecca Reed, the groom entering with his brother, Mr. John Thomas. The following acted as bridesmaids and groomsmen, respectively, Misses Louise Reed and Marion Gillis, and Messrs. Geo. Reed and Jim Shaw. The ceremony was impressively performed by Rev. Mr. Knox, of Mayesville. A large number of wedding pres? ents, which show in what high esteem Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are held, wer?? I received by the happy young couple. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Thomas took the 9 o'clock train at Mayesville, to spend their honeymoon at Northern points. Mr. Thomas is a rising young phar? macist at Mayesville. while his bride is a popular member of the young* r set at St. Charles. Joy is more divine than sorrow; for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine ?Bescher. STANDARD COTTON SAMPLES. Agricultural Department Sending Out Boxes of Fibre in (.Masses Approved By Exchanges. Washington, July 28.?Boxes of the : standard cotton samples, which com | prise nine grades, are being sent out ! by the department of agriculture. The standards have been adopted by the ' Memphis cottcn eychange and have I been approved and probably will be I ! adopted by the New York and New Orleans exchanges. The trade recognizes a grade be? tween each of those adopted by the government and three grades above and three below the government grades. The original standard sam? ples have been placed by the depart | ment of agriculture in vacuum tubes, so that they will neither deteriorate ' nor change color. ! W. J. Reilley, a lineman in tb<s em? ploy of the Bell Telephone Co. fell from a pole in Charleston Wednesday afternoon and was Instantly killed. 8 Candidates' Cards. | Announcements of candidates will j be printed in this column until the 'close of the campaign for $5. No j cards accepted on credit. FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce myself as a can? didate for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Seventh Con? gressional District of South Carolina and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Demo? cratic primary. A. F. LEVER. FOR THE SENATE. I hereby announce my candidacy for re-eleV'tion to the State Senat j from Sumtar County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo? cratic party. JOHN H. CILFTON I beg to announce to the voters of Sumter County that I am a Candidate for the State Senate, subject to the rules governing the Primary election. A. K. SANDERS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the House of Representatives subject to the rules of the Democra? tic party. J. E. DuPRE I am a Candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the rule*, of the Democratic Primary. R. B. BELSER FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. I am a candidate for the office of Supervisor of Sumter County. I wilt abide by the rules of the Democratic party. P. M. PITTS FOR SVPT. OF EDUCATION. At the solicitation of friends. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of County Superintend? ent of Education, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary'. J. EDWIN REMBERT FOR MAGISTRATE. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for Magistrate for the Third* District, Sumer County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary HORACE HARBY.