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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. IIWIT LETTERS PROM O?K 8PK CLAli C(>RKKHI">M)KNm nas of Interest Prora all Parte of Hw>I?t ami Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORKESI'ONUHNTti. Hall your letters so that they will ?wach this ofncs not later than Mon tlay when intended for Wednesday's temper and not later than Thursday far Saturday* Issus. Thin, of courae, applies only to regular oorreapond esjea. Ia oaae of Items of unusual sjwi value, sand In Immediately by snail, telephone or telegraph. Such mwi stories ere acceptable up to the ?lour eg going to press. Wsdneaday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon Ml Saturday's paper Friday after RKMUERT. Rembert. Sept. 3.?Miss Courtenay Atkinson and her mother, who have been away at Glenn's have returned. Mrs. Atkinson becoming ill. We are glad to say her condition is not critical. Mr. Jeese B. Jackson, one of our best young men. a very capable fel? low, has gone to South Oeorgia to teach. We believe he will make a Use record, and therefore congratu? late the school that secured him. Young Bust Jackson goes next week to Clemson. Miss Ethel Allen leaves next week for Chester where ahe will be engag? ed In teaching. Word comes to us that Mr. Thomas Moody, hts wife and child with his stepdaughter, Miss Edna Davis, are prostrated with a strange malady. They have extensive connections In the upper part of this county. We hope to hear of their Improvement and recovery. Richard McLeod. a half demented negro, who lived In the big woods on the Dlnklns plantation, (he would not stay In a house) was found help? less at his shack on last Tuesday. Mr. Robert Atkins had him brought to a house on the place where he died Wednesday. August 30. Dick was about as honest as negroes get to be. Ha had quite a smattering of history, the Bible, etc.. could write quite ersll and at times talked very Intel? ligently Work on the Dlnklns mill and gin? nery Is n?'arlng completion. When Pnlshed It will be the best plant of Its kind in the county. It continues to rain. Some farm? ers are a bit embarrassed thereby, for cotton will open steadily under euch conditions, and must make an ugly staple. An alarm, seemingly without real foundation, is abroad In some com? munities over what is thought to be the boll worm. Some people do not seem to know that wi have always had a kind of boll worm among us that never did any aerdous damage. Its prevalence In any community Just now I* thought by observing ones to be due to the continued wet spell. Some are reporting black rot In cotton This Is undoubtedly occas? ioned feg the wet weather, the rank growth of the tatlOI and the bu k of sunshine. Do n<?t aysjsj the bridge before you get to it l> XI /I I I Dalxell. Sept. 5.?We have had seine very heavy rains during the past week, which are having a bad eeTect <m the cropa. cotton on some places has shed all the leaven. FoJ dsr that was pulled last week Is al snoat lost, not much good. Very lit? tle cotton has been picked up to the preaent. but several will begin pick? ing? this week and the hum el the gins will soon be board <?n all sides, for there are plenty of them around hogO. Parker BfOP (aft gutting up a new one; Mr II. T. F.dens. has one; Mr. w a ? .id \tr. j. a. Boy kin, also ha\e them i:. Martin h is rebuilt an.1 has a new outfit In place sf the on.- fesjfmed last year and Mr W. I?. Caraon la alao putting up one. If It keep* or, ... v. Ill ha ., more kih> tn the neighborhood than cotton to gin. The i uttori s.I market bids fair to be a llvelv one here, as usual, or er^n m<>n ?*... Some are offering $3e per ton with the advantage sf all the rise above $.:<> Mr II Ii. Murkett bought the first new bale of row *.I for the season. paying ore- iollaf and forty cents i> r ite for them if it keens the seed will aoon be among the most Im? portant parts of the cr??p. The high prtc? of need la bringing a g . I \. , i sf dlaaHtlafaetlon among the share ernpp^ra. I heard one man sav before mm will run another ahare crop and give the landlord all tho seed he will walk the i iaother ye 11 New dorne r.r >a have sold out their huslne?* at Ihilxell on account of Mr. Wiide NeWpeigeO*f Ill health Wade \*aa a fine voting re kg uid well though* of around here, and we are all aorrv hla health waa am h that he had to leave ua. We hop.- h- mav . ?-t regain his health. Me went t?? AshovHlo, N. 0 and we tr'Mt that ike r ha age may Im? henefb lal t<? him. Itev. C T Curnmlnga of the TsXal eofiference baa l"-on on a vlalt here ??ng r? lathes and friend*; ho preached a fle sermon at Providence Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and another fine one at Dalzell In the af? ternoon at 3:30, and left after bid? ding friends and r?datives good-bye. for Oswego to preach at Bethel at night. He leaves for his home In is todav. Ho has belonged to th" T>\ as conference for about 20 year. . W ell, our maglstraterial candidates here are both hopeful, btit the one] v. ho is to win will feel better after the next tltCtlon than he now dOOi, Rembert Jottings. ROfllbort lept ">.?The rain still continue! and I think this is about the end of ninety days rain with a rtfff few days of sunshine. The heavy rains of a few days ago com? plete y ruined the cotton crop. Only stiff lands have stood the continued down pour of ram,* while all the sandy lands have completely failed, which will cut the cotton crop with the majority of the farmers v< ry short. There is a good deal of fever in our section, and the doctors are kept busy although we are alredy overbur? dened with debts. This Is September and there art no cotton gins runlng In our section This Is unusual for we generally gath? er about one-fifth of our cotton in August. The merchants are wide awake and are filling up their stores with everything that they think will in? duce or entice trade. These stores are so numerous until we would not be far wrong to say that every body isin the business and there are none left except the laborers to buy. We understand that In the near future the lands around Remben station will be cut up In lots and sohl at auction by Mr. Edward E. Rem bert, with a view to establishing a town here. Lots for churches and school buildings will be given free by Mr. Rembert. We hope to live to see this come to pass, for Rembert Is a beautiful place for a town, being elghteea miles from Sumter, twelve miles from Camden and twenty-three miles from Blshopville. Rembert is a beautiful place for the erection of B cotton oil mill, the establishing ol a bank, the marketing of our Tops, and merchandising generally. We hope Mr. Rembert will soon throw open the doors at Rembert to the world, which would (with the many advantages offered here) soon become a beautiful and thriving town to the benefit of the business men. and to our energetic farmers. Tin: FORD IS FAST. M<mIo1 T Car Won Hundred Mile Hare in Columbia. Columbia, Sept. 5.?Russel Lawsnn drove the Model "T" today in th 100 mile Labor Day races, defeating Chalmers-Detroit. Warren-Detroit Pullman and Humpmoldle. Leadin the second car six miles. Time, tw hours, four minutes and 20 second BOTH WANTED TO KNOW. But the Beautiful Daughter Qot th Better of the Contest. "Msria." said the choleric father < a beautiful daughter, "who was th: young fool who called on you la: night and stayed OXlcU midnight? . want to know at once." "You shall know In due time," so! Maria, "but first I want to know sonv thing. Was he a young fool ttmpl' because he < ailed on me?" "What" "Or was he a young fool because 1 thought ine attractive enough to tat to until mtdni-ht?" "Why" "I suppose you think that any JTOUll J man v. ki couiea t<> this house at all i a young fool, but v\ hy r "Now. see here"? "Is it bo vu.e then are so mm girls wh ? hate sensible fathers tfc.i any .\eung BUH Who calls on tl dann liter of an ill natu red old CUrUV ' geon Is i young fool7" "For v.ooduess' sake"? "But I sUppoSr-^olo I ought t. (gurvlei- be grateful (sob) ? becau you didn't call blin a fool to his fa< for eomi.tg to see ine. I know y?M At Bp let me (bOO-boO-bOO), but"? But Maria w as talking to spat e. T!i choleric father had tied to the cyclom cellar.?Plttsburg Dispatch. - In Old Bohemia. "I would like to meet some of tin picturesque long hatred knights of the peu and palette." said the unsophisti cated stranger. "It is worth a dollar to meet a real bohemlan." "Don't worry about Its being worth It." hastened the guide. "Just as soon ss you meet a real bohemlan he'll ask you to loan hltn one."-Chicago New? Hie Pockete Were Empty. Datnorettu, an actor, fought u duel In IK'H with an orator named Manuel. The orator proved tho better swords? man and would have run Damoreau through the body had not Ills sword strurk a live frane pleeo which hap? pened to be In the actor's pocket. This drew from a notoriously impecunious Journalist tin* exclamation, "Alas, If 1 had been in Datttoreau's place it would have turn all over with melM? New York Poet Opportunity makes us known t? others, but more to ourselves.?La RoU< hefoucauld. Some Amusing Peculiarities of the Eccentric Artist. BARRING OUT BILL BEARERS, He Knew the Knock of Each Collector and the Am ount It Represented. London Cabbies Had Good Reason to Fight Shy of the Erratic Genius. There was a steady stream of credi? tors at the King street studio In those j days, says a writer in the Century Whistler made no effort to conceal the fact that he was deeply in debt. One uay as we were busily and silently working there came a loud business? like rap at the door. Whistler listened attentively. "Psst!" said he. "That's one and ten/' Within half an hour there was an? other rap, not quite so loud. "Two and aix." said Whistler. "Psst!" "What on earth do you mean?** I asked after a time. "One pound ten shillings; two pounds six shillings. Vulgar trades? men with their bills, colonel. They want payment Ah, well!" he sighed with an exaggerated air of sadness and returned to his canvas. Then came another knock, a most gentle, insinuating rap. "Dear me," said Whistler, "that must be all of twenty! Poor fellow, I really must do something for him! So sorry I'm not in." I could not take the situation so placidly and seized eagerly the first opportunity of financial aid that pre? sented Itself. A rich American, so? journing in London, asked me what he could purchase and take back with him in the way of art. "By all means get a set of Whistler's etchings. Unquestionably he will make for yon a selection. I'll speak to him." I told him, and hurried back with the good news. Whistler was delighted, and for a day worked busily, overhauling and sorting his proofs. The selection was a splendid one and called for a sub? stantial payment. It was arranged that Whistler should meet the pur? chaser at a bank in Queen street the following morning and receive his check. Most men under the circumstances would have thought of little else, but by the next morning Whistler had wholly forgotten his engagement. He had begun a new canvas, and was completely absorbed in It. For a while I expostulated In vain. "Come, Whistler," I said finally, '?yon have been away from America so long tbat you don't appreciate the value of time to the traveler, particularly the American traveler. You must Lot keep the man waiting." "Very well," said he, laying d >wn his brush, with a sigh. "Now we'll go." "Why we?" I replied. "I don't want to go," 1 protested firmly. To tell the truth, I was looking forward with a great deal of comfort to a morning all to myself. "Oh, but you must," he said calmly, bringing my coat and hat, and present? ly we stood iu front of the bouse sig nallug a cab. One came up readily enough, but, after oue scrutinizing look upon the cabby's part, drove swiftly by; an? other went through the same strange proceedings. I looked questioningly at Whistler?this odd circumstance had happened before we were together? but Whistler was calmly signr'ing. At length a cabby took us in. Whistler always carried as a walk? ing stick a long, slender wand, a sort of a mahlstlck, nearly three-quarters of his own height. We were no sooner reated than he began poking his stick at the horse. The animal reared, plunged wildly and started down the street at a breakneck gallop, while the astonished cabby swore freely and tugged desperately at the reins. Whistler looked calmly ala^d and kept poking. Butcher boys und grocer boys made wild leaps for safety; outraged cabbies wnipped their horses out of the way last in time; burly draymen bawled curses after us, uud still we went merrily on. Little wonder, thought I, in the midst of my amazement and , reaeutmeut, that Whistler never gets the same cab twice. Suddenly he began waving his cane and shouting "Whoa!" He took the astonished cabby severely to task for driving so fast upon* the public high? way und ordered him back to a corner we had Just passed. Here u greengrocer's shop, wFh its orderly and colorful array of fruits and vegetables, had caught Whis'Jer's eye as we whirled by. Ha surveyed it critically now from two dlffe"ent po? sitions, the cabby merely obeying his orders, under the belief, 1 presume, that It was policy to humor a lunutlc. "Isn't It beautiful!" exclaimed Whis? tler. He pointed his ?ong cane at one corner "I believe I'll have that crate of oranges moved over there?against that background <>f green. Yes. that's better." he added contei todly. We drove on to the b*;\k, where we found the American pacing up and down In ii<> pleasant frame of mind; but Whistler noon had him pacified, and we left him waving and smiling adieus at us. The incident at I ie greengrocer's shop reads like an a -ant affectation it was not, bowevi . Whistler, as usual, was merely most natural. The following morning he posted his easel at tbe corner and pal'.ted the shop that pleased Mm. Talk things over with the hired roan, It will help hot) you and him. A CITADEL CADETS MEMORIES OF THE WAR. While "Planner" Banted Soldier ltob bed Turkey Roost?Long Mart h Ne? cessitated Foraging?An Enooutcr will? Sheridan's Cavalry, Magnifi cant Cliarge?Surrounded by Cav? alry. Company, Though Separat? pd, is Captured, (By the Rev. John Kershaw.) We bivoaucked Monday night and moved on the next day, sorely retard? ed by the enormous wagon train, which was said to have been thirty miles long, including the artillery and the ambulances. This may seem an exaggerated estimate, but allow? ing each piece or caisson fifty feet of space at the rate of a hundred and fifty to the mile, the artillery of Lee's army alone, with the necessary com? pany wagons and the ammunition wagons, would have covered not less than eight miles, probably ten. It would have required not more than ten thousand wagons, or one to each two hundred men, to have stretched over the remaining twenty miles. At any rate, the train ex? tended indefinitely and we were trudg? ed along behind, halting every few minutes as a wagon or piece of artil? lery would stall, and stop the entire train. All night long we followed, the men often sleeping as they walked or rode on, but we were not molested by the enemy, who had not yet "caught up." I remember that one place we were obliged to cross a river hy means of the railway track, over a high trestle, probably ninety to a hundred feet above the water. Heavy planking was laid on the cross-ties and over it the men marched, while those who were mounted rode or led their horses. On the other side was an abandoned earthwork. The men took fuses that they found In this fort and shot short pieces out of their rifles by exploding caps, which Ig? nited the fuses and threw them out of the muzles of the guns to a con? siderable height. Getting Turkeys. Some of us stopped at a home for supper. While waiting our turn 1 heard a fellow say to his comrade: "Bill, did you see them turkeys and chickens roosting In the cedar tree by the gate of this yard?" Bill said he did. The other fellow said: "Can't you play the pianner and sing some? thing?" Bill said he could. "Well," was the rejoinder, "you go in there and bang the pianner and sing as loud as you can and I'll go and git us a couple of them birds." Bill went in, raised the piano lid and began "When This Cruel War Is Over," a popular song and chorus of the day. Many others who were waiting their turn for supper joined with stentorian voices in the chorus, effectually drowning all other sounds in the vicinity. Presently Bill stopped and walked out into the piazza, looking for his comrade. This worthy son appeared?he was a cavalry man? and loudly whispered: "Bill, I've got 'em. come on." Bill went. When our party rode out of the gate I noticed that others had fol-1 lowed the example of Bill's comrade, for there was not a single fowl left, in the tree. J When Wednesday night cpme and still no halt and no rations issued, ! the men were not to be restrained. Parties foraged as far from the line of march as they dared go, and many were thus captured. Sheridan's cav? alry began to strike our long wagon train at intervals, destroying or set? ting fire to them, while the teams? ters and stragglers cut the mules out of harness and rode them oft as the cavalry attacked. Great gaps were made in the train in this manner, and although we often halted to re? pel a threatened attack we made fair progress. Attack at Night. That night at some point where the dirt road crossed the railroad, there was a nipht attack. In a mo? ment everybody was awake and alert. A line of battle was quickly formed ami couriers sent forward to ascertain tin- rause, the attack being at a ? ?pint in advance of our division. I was sleeping soundly when the firing occurred. This, with the hiss of the bullets dose to my head, effectually awakened me, and I rode ahead to see what l could, the division having halted and formed line facing the railroad, Presently a tremendous volley was fired by the troops in ad? vance of ours, but /here- was no re? sponse. The first firing, however, had resulted in the killing ol an offi? cer and the wounding of several men of the naval battalion. The surgeon* were doing what they could for these p..or feiiows as l passed. The march w as soon resumed. After goin^: a mile or more we came to a large field, where fires were burning. Fits Lee's cavalry was 'ii picket there. 1 got down to lljrht m> pipe and warm myself* -the night being unite cold?but l fell asleep, and would sonn have been incapable of moving had not a cavalryman shaken nie roughly ami said: 'Son? ne, your command Is moving on. You'd better gel up and go along with them." I thanked him and jumped up to find my corse gone. Running along I found a big fellow In the act of mounting him, but I quickly cut this short and mounted myself, de? lighted to have the incident end so pleasantly for me. Had I not told told him the horse belonged to Gen. Kershaw, the old soldier would have paid no attention to my demand, and I could not have enforced it but, for? tunately for me he recognised the animal and surrendered him to me without a word. T need not add that 1 stin k cloaely to my horse after that. Sheridan Intercepts. The next morning. Thursday, as we halted near a beautiful farm house, with its tine old grove of oaks and chestnuts about it, a man bareheaded and muc excited, rode up to father and said, pointing to a high plateau about a mile away. "General, look yonder!" We all looked and there was a long line of Sheridan's cavalry winding on like a great snake, evi? dently intending to intersect our line of march and burn more wagons. We soon heard the clash of the col? lision, and then the tell-tale smoke that meant the successful carrying out of their intention. But this time they meant more serious work, and dismounting formed line of battle, ad? vancing against our infantry, already worn out by incessant marching and not having drawn a ration sice we left Richmond. I saw men eagerly gather up the corn left by the cavalry horses near Amelia Springs and eat it uncooked. I did it myself with no small appetite, and wanted more. We marched on to a point probably a half mile beyond the farm house, where we were placed in position to meet the impending attack. It was the first time I had been close to con? tending lines of battle. It was a most confusing experience. Our people were in a thick piece of woods and advanced with alacrity when the order was given. Infantry always have a more or less undis? guised contempt for cavalry, and they anticipated an easy job in driv- ] ing off their opponents. But they, Rushed with the certainty that the prey was at bay, if not already in their grasp and greatly outnumbering us, fought with immense stubborn? ness. We had no artillery?it had all gone ahead. Sheridan had all he wanted, but afttr a very sharp struggle of several hours we drove them off, and prepared to re? sume our march. We had gone about a mile and reached a point where the road fork? ed, when our command was ordered to take the road to the left and go to the support of Gen. R. H. Anderson. Gen. John B. Gordon's corps passed us here, going on after the main army, while we proceeded in the di? rection of Sailor's Creek, across which we should find Anderson. As soon as Gordon's men passed the fork. Sheridan's troopers were right at our heels, and we marched on, skirmishing as we went. Leaving a small brigade at a group of farm houses, we crossed the creek and formed line of battle on the crest of the hill beyond, facing the creek. An? derson was faced the other way. He sent word to Gen. Ewell that if he would hold the enemy in check for a half hour, he would clear the road of the cavalry in his front and his command and ours could go on. Gen. Ewell replied that he would do so. and await information from him when to take up his line of march. Anderson's attack failed entirely and in a very short while he and one of his staff rode up to report the failure, adding that he intended, now that he had no command, to escape while he could. The two rode off down the creek and succeeeded in effecting their escape, after a sharp chase by some cf Sheridan's men. A Magnificent Charge. Just after this occurred 1 saw the most imposing spectacle. The whole of Merritt's division of cavalry In column of squadrons, debouched from the woods into the immense old field on the far side of Bailor's ('reek, and amid the Masts of the bugle, the waxing of flags, and the hoarse cheers ?>f the men. charged upon the devoted brigade left at the group of farm houses, as I have related. Many were the saddles emptied, but the pressure from behind forbade a halt, and on they swept, carrying everything before them, capturing, as it seemed to me. the entire brigade with the exception of a fen who escape! across the creek and joined us. Very soon an entire bat? talion of artillery was placed In po? sition -it the farm houses, not more than six hundred yards from our line, und they incessnnti) poured In a point blank tire of shell and shrap? nel, under cover of which the Fed? erals sent in a division of infantry. These men bodily forded the swol? len waters of Sailor's ('reek and ad? vanced to the assault. Alter a brief and tierce contest the attack in our fron I was repulsed, but on <uir right 11 \\a< mole successful. The troops thai had defeated Anderson .joined forces wiih those in our front and once more the attack became general and determined. When the artlllers lire became so pevere, father and hit staff bad dismounted and l was sent with the horses to a ravine in the rear ol the line for their better pro? tection, .lust before the second us ault, while there was a pause in the firing. 1 chanced to look in my rear nd there saw a line of cavalry skir? mishers coming through the woods in our direction about an eighth of a mile distant. I at once c arried all the horses bac k to ..heir owners and re? turned for my own, having reported to father what 1 had sc-, n. When I got back to my horse he- had twist? ed himself round and round the bush to which he was fastened, so that the bridle was in a bunch under his chin, and I found myself in a very close place. The cavalry had come within a hundred yards or less by that time, and they called to me to surrender. My horse continued his gyrations and I could neither loose the bridle nor mount him, as any one will realize who has ever tried to mount a horse during such a performance. I got out my knife at last and cut off the branch to which the bridle was fast ened, when it unraveled at once. I threw it over the horse's head and turning him in the right direction, caught his mane in one had, and af? ter running alongside a short dis? tance, succeeded in swinging my? self into the saddle, thanks to hav? ing practiced similar athletics ear? lier in life. Before I reached father, the second assault had been made and our men, attacked in front and on both flanks and in the rear also, broke and fled in confusion. I tried to ride through the broken ranks, but I could not. I next tried to ride around them to the right and in doing so was joined by a Capt. Ran? dolph, of Curtis Liee's staff and a col? onel and lieutenant colonel, both as? tride of the same horse, the other's having been killed, during the fight. I was in the lead. XII. Just as I turned a bend in the cow path we were following, I heard * voice say "Halt"' and looking ahead saw a cavalryman with his carbine levelled on me not ten paces away. Randolph and I halted. The other two turned aside among the bushes and rode away. Captured by Yanks. The man who had halted us said, "Are you Confederates?" We said we were. "Come in, then," he said, and we went up to him. He asked, "Have you any arms?" Randolph gave him his sword and pistol. I had nothing but a field glass! He took us a short distance to the rear, where was a squadron posted to in? cept just such estrays as we were. There we were made to dismount and our horses taken. The man tc whom I was given in charge rode a large and powerful animal. He was evidently looking for more prisoners. After a while I got very tired walking: and said to him, "Say, Billy. I'm awfully tired. Take me up behind you. I'm very light." "All right, lit? tle Johnnie," said he, and I mounted up behind. He carried me to the centre of an old field, where prisoners were being brought in from every quarter. As I got up to them a voice said. "Hello, Kershaw, you see we dldnf get away." I looked and saw the colonel and his friend, who had been riding double at the time of my capture. I was very anxious about father as he was about me, for I had not seen him since I had carried his horse to him, nor did I see around me anyone that I knew to ask about him. When the line broke, he and his staff tried to rally the men, but fail? ing in this, he had bidden the staff farewell, telling them he thought it best that they should separate in or? der to facilitate their escape, and thanking them for their devotion dur? ing all the trying scenes through which they had passed together. They did not wish to leave him, but he insisted, and they rode off in sev? eral directions, seeking to escape, while he went on towards an opening in front, attended only by Major Costin. who positively refused to leave him. While riding thus they overtook a cavalryman, a corporal of . an Ohio regiment, who had in tow quite a number of prisoners, taking them to the rear. "What does this mean?" asked father, as he rode up. The corporal replied, "General, these men have all surrendered to me " "Seize him." ordered father, and the men pulled the corporal from hi? horse. He very coolly remarked. "That's all right; that will do you no good nor me any harm? my whole command is just outside these woods in that clearing," pointing to the field. They went on thus to the edge of the woods, when the corporal's words were verified. There, as far as the eye could reac h, in the blood-red rays of the setting sun, stretehed away on every side an apparently endless line of cavalry, and father. see? ing the case was hopeless, said "Cor? poral, w ho is your commanding of? ficer?" "Gen. Ouster." was the re ply. "Take me to his headquarters." said father < To l e < 'ontinued. > Revival Services. Revival services will begin at the It road Rtreel Methodist church to? morrow, Wednesday, evening at I o'clock and will continue throughout the week. All Christians are request? ed to pray tor the success of the- meet ! lug. Rev. P. II. Bhulor, of Manning J w ill assist the paster.