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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE, IKWSY LETTERS FKOM OUR SPE? CIAL ^CORRESPONDENTS. Item? of Interest From all Parts of Nmimckt and Adjoining Counties. HOTICE TO CORRESPONDHNTS. Mall your letters so that they will reach this office not later than Mon? day when Intended for Wednesday's paper and not later than Thursday lor Saturday's issue. This, of course. Applies only to regular correspond gsftoa. In case of Items of unusual gtaws value, send In Immediately by gaoil, telephone or telegraph. Sich bows stories are acceptable up to the hour of going to press. Wednesday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon said Saturday's paper Friday ofter MAYESVILLE. Ifayesville Aug. IS.?The county campaign meeting scheduled for 2faye*v!ile on Wednesday will take the form of a t .sket picnic. The meet? ing will probably be held on the school grounds. If present plans are carried out. There should be a large attendance of voters and their fami? lies. As a rule, these meetings have not been very well attended here of recent years, but the picnic feature may draw a crowd. If the candidates cannot do so. Messrs. N. D. Womble and J. E. Anderson have gone to Blue Springs. Mrs. W. B. Chandler and children are visiting In Manning. Mrs. H. F. Walker and Master Maxle Walker, are on a visit to Char? leston Miss Elma Mayes has returned from a visit to Orangeburi. Mr. W. B. Chandler has gone on a trip to Chick Springs. Messrs. R. F. DesChamps and J. M. Shaw have gone to Niagara Falls, Toronto, and other points. Mr. B. C. Chandler Is spending some time at Olenn Springs. REM BERT. Rerbert. Aug. 15.?We are having rain. rain, lots of rain. At this late day of the crop season, we feel sure that all light lands will knock up and shed. Fodder pulling has commenced in our section, but these almost never ceasing rains will put a quiet on things generally. There is some sickness In our com? munity Patrons of rural mall routes are requested to always turn up flags when leaving mall in the box, and to always leave down the flags whea taking the mall out. Mr. Weatherly of Palzell, was In our community yesterday with a view of locating In this section. We frequently notice some new move on the part of the Republican Administration to break up the solid South and set up a Republican majority In the Southern States. How the Republican leaders or President Taft can hope to bring about such a change under the pres? ent mode of so-called Republican government Is more than any intelli? gent, fair thinking, reasonable man ean Imagine. The constitution of the United States provides equal rights to all. and special privileges to none, if these principles set forth In our SOSmltOtlOS were observed with honest Intention by our honor? able President, by Congress, by the Senate, by al. SSSOS holders all over the United States, there would be no need of trvmg to break the solid South, for undgf the hand of Justice and co-equal rights meted out to overy citizen, our would-be great gov? ernment would loom no like a daz sllng light, the guiding star of the world, and Democrat or Republican, friend .?r foot the rich and poor would all with on. accord strive to attain that high -ml ml of morality Which would i??ad the world to bow at the feet of the great ruler of the universe. tlon. never will. The love of power, aot exist, and we venture the asser? tion, never will. The love of power, majestic progress maddened ambit ton, greed tyranny, and oppression Is upon us. and the all-seeing eye of an avenging Oed Is looking with dis? pleasure upon the way man is utilizing his Ood given talents, and the day Is fast approaching when w? as a gov? ernment will h* ?rn mat Jusic awelts ovary human i?Hng on the fa?'e of God* i green earth. and that the oppressors will receive their rewards where neither Ill-gotten unjust riches, ran'*, position or friends can. or will avail. According to new paper reports When It be< mo- known that the figuring t.p of the census taking wmild give the Southern States ? larger numb r of representatives. Why some of the 11? publican leaders Immediately took steps and inn furred with the President to devise some plan to prevent the Imp ISO, which would be Just, legal, lawful and right. Just *o witt? cviTv hill that might be n SODOM to the United States as a whole, and to the labor? ing iti isses ?? hi n i<4 |hs t?a 'kbone of the world, if offered Pv a Domoeml (because powe?) It I* kicked out. while on the other hand such bills as the tariff bill, which Is causing millions Ol the laboring classes to suffer, t-.nd is enriching those who have capital, is permitted (because of power) to become a law. We should not know nor have factions in our government, and if sech faction would honestly support any bill coning from either fact" on which would be for the benefit of* The majority of the people, instead of the present so-called rotten, solflsh, graft? ing, scheming self government, then there would be no cause to try to break the solid South. We believe the intentions of our President toward the South to be good ones, but when such men as Postmaster General Hitchcock is placed in a position where he has so much power and control, whose every action, under the guise of economy, has been a blow at the Souh, marked by unmistakable hatred for the Soefh, is in our Judgment a very poor way indeed to try to make coat tail swing? ers out of Southern boys who are suf? fering under the hand of oppression. Under this motto of economy the committee would not recommend an appropriation for the establishing of new rural mall routes, and Congress was forced to make it in order to sustain a part of the Republican plat? form. Under this motto, a deaf ear was turned against the pleas for bread, from the mail carriers of the rural districts. Under this motto, however, a raise In salary for city carriers was recommended, a raise for a certain line of salaried officers in the Postal service was recommended. This government has never done anything for the farmer and the poorer class of laboring people, which would lift them up, financially, mor? ally or spiritually, other than the few rural mail routes which have been established. Under this motto of econ? omy an infernal and diabolical plan seems to be brewing to abolish ruraJ mall routes and put back Into service the star route system. We trust that President Taft will exercise his better Judgment and not present such a message to Congress, which if recom? mended and put into practice would in the near future (we believe) re? sult In the death (politically) of the Republican party. PISGAH. Pisgah, Aug. 15.?Our section has had tine rains since Friday, some of them very heavy. Cotton looks green and flourishing, but it is getting so late in the season that a great deal of it wont mature. We are having a lot of sickness In this section, and strange to say chills and fever, which have never both? ered us before. Several have the shakes, and are shaken badly, to their discomfort. Mr. John T. Watson has a little boy quite ill with fever. Messrs. J. L. Gillis, T. J. Brown and D. G. Brown went to Columbia and Eastover last week. Rev, T. I,. Cole is aiding the pas? tor at Mt. Olivet church this week In a meeting. He baptized at Mizpah church yesterday afternoon; said the meeting at Mt. Zion church last week was a fine one. Several additions to the church being made. Rev. S. B. Hatfleld will preach at Pine Creek church, Camden, on next Sunday. The annual gathering at the General Sumter Memorial Academy last Saturday was a very pleasant af? fair. Several tine addresses were de? livered during the day. The one by Mr. Watson ras exceptionally prac? tical, and interesting. The good peo? ple around there did all they could to make it pleasant for the visitors, and they admirably succeeded. Din? ner was ample for all. The writer is under many obligations for courtesies shown him. A f* \v candidates were present, and if politics was mention? ed the writer never heard it. The day was givn up for social enjoy? ment. .'r the afternoon the Farmer's Union met and several interesting ad aroeeci wore delivered. If the government agents, or ex? perts, would visit the farms of Park? er Bros., at Dalzell. and Capt. C. L, Emanuel. at Burden's they would so.?n see that these gentlemen don't ?OSS* any advice how to farm. The large farm of the Parker Bros., will make on an average of fifty bushels of corn to the acre, and cotton is eejs iiiv fine Mr. E. W. Parker, Jr.. is the effi? cient manager of this large business, and the fine erOfJS show that he not only understands the business, but is an up-to-date man in agriculture Now tbis crop Is on land that a few yean ago would not grow cotton imger high In places and practically nothing wai made. Mr. B, \v Park sr, Sr. has corn good for 75 bush sli per acre and loot ton that will make o\ sr a bale per acre, Capt Emanuel has made waste pi nes blossom lise the rose. He has eotton that win make 1,096 pounds or more per acre, and some corn equally line, He Is s very eatenslve planter, and bis laru? form show. line management and culture. Mr, 0 w. Hatfleld Ii overseer of tbl; large farm h<- is a very energeth man with fine business Judgment and carefully watches every detail of th< business. The line crops 's the result of tine management. Cap, Rmanuel Is not only i larg< [planter and estenslve land holder FARMERS MEETING AT GEN. SUMTER ACADEMY. Addresses Delivered by Prof. Ira W. Williams, Mr. II. P. Smith and Col. E. J. Watson?Col. Dargun Pro poaea Disarmament of Battleship South Carolina. The semi-annual meeting of the Sumter County Agricultural Society was held at Gen. Sumter Academy Saturday with about 250 persons pre? sent. The meeting was interesting and profitable, practical and timely addresses being delivered by Prof. Ira W. Williams, Mr. A. G. Smith and Col. E. J. Watson. E. W. Dabbs, vice president of the State Farmers' union and president of the County Farmers' union, presided and introduced the speakers with a few appropriate remarks. Prof. Ira W. Williams was the first speaker and spoke upon the subject of "Industrial Education." said In substance: "We all honor and revere the heroes of the past who fought, bled and died for their homes and for what they conceived to be the right. We have heroes today of a different type but they have to fight for their homes just as did the heroes of old. They have to battle for their homes to maintain them in a fitting way. They have been the creators of wealth and it is necessary to in? crease the creation of wealth to meet the requiremnts of an advanced civilization. This may be done by raising horses. We have just as good grazing lands as there are in the country and we have a considearble advantage over the farmer north of us, for we can have them all the year round. Pea vine hay, which Is as good as any and better in some respects, can be grown at less cost per ton that the hay which is shipped into this State. There are more than $12,000,000 worth of bacon shipped Into South Carolina each year and it has been demonstrated right here in Sumter county that hog meat can be grown cheaper here than in the hog raising States. These are some of the ways of creating wealth to send boys and girls to college. Corn can be produced as cheaply in Sumter county as in any part of the country and it is time the farmer was waken? ing up to a realization of the profits there would be in growing enough corn to supplyy the local markets. The school boys* clubs are helping in this work and I am looking for some phenominal yields in this coun? ty this year. The one-crop system that has been so persistently followed here in the past must necessarily be a failure. "We have had the wrong idea of education, We have always thought that boys and girls were making no progress unless they could write poems, translate Latin and make big speeches. There is just as much edu? cation in studying a corn root, a potato root or a tomato root as there is in studying a Latin or Greek root. "The ideal school for the country is somewhat like the one being con? ducted here and this school should solve the problem for a model school throughout the State. The school should be a model home in the midst of i model farm surrounded by a model grove, model flower yard, model garden, model dairy, and model orchard. Here the boys and girls should learn to do the right thing in the right way from observation and n<>t through poring over books. Tile Drainage. The next speaker was A. G. Smith. His subject was "Drainage and Cover Crops." Mr. Smith said in .substance: "About the hardest proposition the farmer has to contend with is to try to cultivate a piece of wet land. The common way here is to cut a ditch two or three feet deep and let the water run off. I came from the 'corn belt1 of i'llnols. Our lands were once wet and we had mosquitoes and malaria. These people began to underdraln their land first with poles and finding these unsatisfactory be? cause they lasted such a short while, they finally adopted the tile system, marly all of these lands have been drained for some time and now they are probably the highest priced farm? ing lands In the United States. The land was changed from piddling patches to large fields and there is no longer any such thing as malarial fever. "To dig these drains it is eneonom Ical to buy suitable tools, a tile spade, a tile book and a drain cleaver. As to the distance apart for laying these but does a large merchanttle busi? ness. He Is a very pleasant man with a great big kind hearl In him and full of push and energj. I cite these two large farms to show what can be doli" here Horace Grceley used to say "Go West young man." if the old fellow was alive iow. be no doubl would say "Qo South young man." Mr. .7. B. Walker died recently :>t tbe home of bis daughter, Mrs J, F, Bed ton in Marlboro county, .???rod about p3 years. He was the father of the late lira. F, R. Du Pre. ? drains, the coarser the land the far? ther apart they should be placed. An average for the different kinds of soils would be something like 100 feet apart. The deeper the tile is placed the more land it will drain but it should not be placed too deep as it will take too long for the water to sink down to the drain. The main outlet should have plenty of fall. "The tile should be laid every even? ing after the day's work is finished, digging the ditches so not as to bo bothered with caves. It is not neces? sary to dig a canal for these tile. The top of the ditch is not necessary to be more than 12 or 16 inches wide, while the bottom should be narrowed down until it will just fit the tile. The tops of the tile should be placed even and level and then primed, that Is enough dirt placed on the tile to hold it in position. Then the ditch should be filled with a turn plow. If there is water in the ditch it is best to begin at the lower end. The Cost. The cost of the drainage for this county would probabl> average from $15 to $25 per acre but then it is permanent and there is no longer any trouble with ditch banks. Then farm? ers, a wet year like this, could do 20 per cent, more work on drained land with the same force than they could on the ordinary wet land. Capitalists will loan a great deal more money on the drained land and at a cheaper rate of Interest because they know the value of the land and they have confidence in the farmers' ability to make good crops on these lands. The element of uncertainty to a great extent is eliminated. "The next thing after draining the land is to build it up. This can most easily be done with cover crops. That is crops which grow during the win? ter between the regular crops. The vetches and clovers are best for this, because they not only add humu3 but they also add nitrogen, a very expensive element of plant food. It is best to start growing the vetches and clovers on a small scale. First make, the soil moderately rich with barnyard manure and then scatter some soil where the vetch or clover has grown, over the land so as to thoroughly inoculate It. Watson Speaks. Col. E. J. WTatson was the last speaker. Col. Watson said in sub? stance: "Standing here on this his? toric spot and having come here from the hlatrolc county of Marion, here in the presence of the portrait of Gen. Sumter, the wielder of the lW?rd and scythe, of Dr. Knapp, that grand old man of Hampton and Calhoun, men from whom I have imbibed so much inspiration, I can truly say that I am glad to be here. Agriculture is the bed-rock foundation upon which rests J everything. This foundation cannot rest upon a one-crop system as It j has in the past. Our people have been willing to sit down and content themselves as if they had a rock wall built around them and they have taken no notice of the things hap? pening around them, or of the prog? ress of the world until recently, since the reconstruction period. The time has come when the farmer Is awken ing. Through the farmer's union and other agencies he Is going to get what he deserves. Only 25 per cent of our land system is improved. We let our average yields run down to the lowest in the union when we have a record for the highest yields. We turned our farms over to Ignorant negroes and what was the result? Soon they were making no return and our boys and girls were going to town to get employment that was more at? tractive to them. Until recently the State has done very little for agricul? ture. The development of agriculture was not established until four years ago. Clemson college Is doing a great work, but it Is off in one cor? ner of the State and less than one in a thousand can ever hope to go there. More Corn. "The first step taken in the great agricultural campaign was to produce I more corn, because the people knew [ something about it. Everything was brought to bear upon the important department of farm demonstration and all Joined In the campaign, and what was the result? In three years the yield was increased from a little over seventeen million bushels to a little over thirty-seven million bushels, and I believe we shall reach the fifty million mark this year. Then the matter of growing legumes and cover crops was taken up so as to avoid spending so much money for expensive nitrogen. The next and most important step is the growing of live stock. 1 knew that he couldn't succeed in growing bve stock with our corn cribs and hay out in the West. We can raise a hog, cow or horse for much less money than we can out West. Another step that lias been taken, we have been the dumping ground for rotten food from nearly ail the other states. Last winter the State gave us a law affording pro tectlon along that line. Dr. Knapp and the government have been try? ing to make this a model State in agriculture. "We have been wasting oar brtth rlght raising cotton and nothing else; ?ending out Of the State every year for bacon over $13,000,000, for dairy products over $12,000,000, for flour over $20,000,000 and most of it bleached at that, for corn $6,000,000, for hay $2,000,000 and for oats $1, 000.000, making a total of $68,350,- 1 000. All of this was taken out of j our pockets to make other farmers prosperous. Most of this money has gone, to the middle West to build up fine cities, beautiful country houses and roads that enable the farmers to speed over the country in their i automobiles. Adding to the above over $17,000,000 for fertilizer, we have a grand total of $85,000,000 expendi? tures. The cotton crop which was a record-breaker last year in the way i of profits, was only sold for $89, 000,000. We had a balance of nearly $4,000,000 in our favor, but had it not been for the large corn crop, the balance would probably have been on the other side. Corn has saved the j day. Our crop last year was worth I $33,300,000. We are on the right road. Experience with corn shows it. The 3,500 boys enrolled in the "Boy's Corn clubs" are helping. Edu? cation is playing an important part. This has been the pioneer school along the right lines and we must have many more like it. Although the influence which Gen. Sumter exerted was very great indeed, I believe it is possible for this school to exert a greater influence. "I am not opposed to raising cotton. T want the acreage in cotton decreased but the yield per acre increased, so that we shall be able to supply the demand. There is no commodity sent to market with so high a degree of ignorance hovering around it. The manufacturer is anxious to deal with the farmer, but not with gamblers. The foreign manufacturer has been so dealt with that he wouldn't buy . a pound from an individual, but thfey would buy it through the union. It cost us the enormous sum of $60,000, 000 to market our crop. Good roads would cut this sum in half, and by following up the first law of civil? ization, co-operation, the major por? tion of this sum could be saved." The next thing on the programme was dinner. After everybody had sat j isfied their appetites, the Sumter Ag | ricultural society was called to order by its president, A. K. Sanders. After the roll call, the first work taken up was r? port of the committee on con? stitution and by-laws. The report af? ter being read and discussed was adopted as a whole. Then solicitations for new members resulted in a most gratifying increase of members. There was marked evidence of increased in? terest and widening influence of the society, and that this organization has come to stay. There was one unlooked for fea? ture of the meeting. At the conclu? sion of the addresses Col. J. J. Dar gan, introduced a resolution memo? rializing the legislature to memo? rialize congress to disarm at once the battleship South Carolina and con? vert her into a merchant man and to use the funds now used In maintain? ing the battleship on the rural agri? cultural schools in South Carolina. The resolution caused some discus? sion, which was more or less heated. Col. Dargan resented any opposition, and when Mr. L. I. Parrott, clerk of court, said that he opposed the resolutions, that the farmers had not come there for any such purpose and he was opposed to any such propo? sition going out, Col. Dargan became irritated and threatened the officer with political death, telling him that when the next election for clerk of court comes off that the incumbent will be blown up. Mr. Parrott re? plied that he would be at the blow? ing up. A vote was taken and two votes were recorded in favor of the resolution. That put an end to it for the present. The One Way Out. She?Why did he marry her at all II he Intended getting a divorce so speed? ily? He?Because he didn't think It would be honorable to break their en? gagement?Kansas City Journal. Let no man presume to give advice to others who has not first given good counsel to himself.?Seneca. Popular Jokes. The most popular joke which has been published in any language In the history of the world is stated to be that which appeared in an obscure cor? ner of the Punch almanac for 1845. It read, "Advice to persons about to mar? ry?Don't!" It would be interesting to know who was its author. Another, founded on a similar subject, was the "Advice to persons who have 'fallen in love'?Fall out!" One of the most bril? liant things that ever appeared in our contemporary was the brief dialogue between an Inquiring child and his im? patient parent: "What Is mind?" "No matter." "What is matter?" "Never mind "?Westminster Gazette. To nest nis fcyts. Tho people who quit reading "just to rest their eyes" might take a hint by inference from tho reply made by an old illiterate. A passing man found him apparently deeply interested iu a paper. Ou looking close it became apparent that his paper was upside down, and he was naked forthwith why be held It 1 thus. His reply almost knocked the ques? tioner out. it v as: "Just to rest my eyes!" | REVENUES ON INCREASE. Internal Revenue Receipts are $4$, 515,296 Larger Than in Previous Year. Washington, Aug. 14.?The govern? ment derived $289,728,015 from collections of internal revenue. Includ? ing the corporation tax, during the fiscal year ended June 30 last, accord? ing to the preliminary report of Com? missioner of Internal Revenue Cabell, made public tonight. This is an in? crease of $43,515,296 over the pre? vious fiscal year. The receipts for the fiscal year, with increases or decreases over the previous year, include the following: Spirits, $148,029,212; increase $18. 161,177. Cigars, cigarettes, snuff and tobac? co, $57,889,352; increase $6,902,174. Fermented liquors, $60,572,285; In? crease $3,115,877. Oleomargarine, $1,099,503; Increase $197,307. Miscellaneous, including corpora? tion tax, opium, playing cards, etc.. $21,972,681; increase $21,038,899. Illinois led the States in the aggre? gate amounts of collections with $49. 165,213, the next nearest being New York, $36,157,224; Kentucky, $32, 260,278; Indiana, $28,885,240; Penn? sylvania, $25,961,970; Ohio, $20,982. 845. THIEF GRABS DIAMONDS. Also Purse With Railroad Tickets He Probably Will Not Ride On. Asheville, N. C, Aug. 14.?A clever thief succeeded in getting away with a silver purse containing $500 worth of diamonds, three railroad tickets to New Orleans and about $15 in currency, the property of Mrs. J. Nu ma Jordy, wife of a prominent lum? berman of New Orleans, last night and has not yet been captured. The cou? ple v/ere stopping at a local hotel. Mrs. Jordon left her purse on a table r.nd while on the porch the thief grab? bed It. Sensational developments may be expected, according to the detec? ts, es. FALLING OF WALLS KILLS MAY? OR. Was Warning Firemen of Danger When Collapse Came Wliich Killed Him and Another. El Paso, Aug. 14.?W. E. Robinson, mayor of El Paso lost his life at 9 o'clock this morning while endeav? oring to warn a number of firemen of imminent danger from a tottering wall. At the same time, Todd Ware, a fireman, was instantly killed and William Robinson and Dave Sullivan, also firemen were injured, the latter perhaps fatally. The casualties followed a fire which broke out in the store of Calisho Dry Goods company, and ruined it. As the mayor approached the build? ing a large portion of brick wall fell, crushing Robinson and Ware and knocking the other men down. Mr. Robinson witnessed the accident. Conservative estmates place the loss at $225,000. - HATTIE RICHARDSON ACQUIT? TED. Alleged Blind Tiger Found Not Guilty. The case of the city vs. Hattie Richardson, charged with storing liquor for unlawful purposes, was tried in the Recorder's court Monday. The evidence put up by the city was long drawn, but interesting, the defense putting up no witnesses at all. Hattie Richardson lives in the "pen" on N. Sumter street, and ac? cording to the evidence, she ordered a keg of liquor in the name of anoth? er negress, Lula Mahoney, Lula giv? ing her consent to this. Hattie sent Rozier Dozier to the ex? press office for the booze, and the officers learning that he had receiv? ed liquor, searched his house but found nothing. However, they found out later that Hat... really had the liquor and so instituted a search, and found the keg of booze hid under some trash in her yard, where she had placed it upon learning that the officers were out hunting for booze. It was also brought out at the trial that William Richardson, who it is alleged lives with Hattie, had receiv? ed several shipments of liquor lately, the attorney for the city attempting to show that the two negroes were evidently conducting a blind tiger to? gether, and it was proved that Hat? tie had made a practice of ordering liquor in the name of others at sev? eral different times. The defendant was represented by C. Capers Smith. Esq., and the city by John H. Clifton, Esq. Tiie Jury. Messrs. W. B. Boyle, P.. S. Cherry. Walter Ballard, J. D. .buns ami E. T. Crailsford foud for the defendant s verdict of "not guilty." a horse, attached to a delivery wagon, belonging to the Mu? tual Ice Co., ran away on North Main Street Saturday. The wagon o is badly lv >ken U| . but the driver was uninjured.