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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. LETTERS FKOM OUR SPE ClAL CORRES PON DENTS. mum of Inter?** From all I'arUt of BvmUT ami Adjoining Counties. NOTlf K TO CORRESIM )N DKN'L'S. ?fall your letters so that they will raach this office not later than Mon? day when Intended for Wednesdays paper and not later than Thursday for Saturday's Issue. Thin, of course, appttss only to regular eorreapond In case of Itsms of unusual ?slue, send In Immediately by telephone or tslegraph. Such news stories are acceptable up to the hoar of going to press. Wednesday's paper I? printed Tuesday afternoon said RaMirday'a psper Friday after Ntm 1MS(. All Plasjah. Sept. 12.?A general rain fell here last Friday evening and broke the terrible heat, which has hung over the community for over a week. On the Charleston road con? siderable hall fell. Cotton la opening rapidly, where it Is advanced. It will be sometime be? fore, late cotton will be picked. Every? thing indicates a very medium crop of cotton. The late growth of cotton has very little on It and the season Is too lste to make a full crop aa all Intelligent men know. Chills and fever are quite common through the country. Something un? usual for this aectlon. What causes It this scribe la unable to say. Mr. Haston Freeman haa been quite alck for some days but la better Mra. Jeasie Brown la suffering with a bad caat of sore eyes. t am Informed that a negro woman on Bosaard hill la near death with pellagra. A large crowd of negroes vtaited her yesterday and report her mind gone and her body covered with sores If it Is catching It certainly will apread through this section from the many who mo to Inspect and Revs. Cole and Hatfleld exchanged pulpits yesterday afternoon. Mr.^ Cole preached at N?'\\ Hope and Mr. Hatfleld at Mlipah. Mr. Charley Josey. of Bethany aectlon. Lee county, was here yeater day. We all know what his visit ma. Teh Masonic lodge at Smlthville Is ?wlng to be a big one. I under ind several are going to be lnltia so.,n Rev r L Cole and family return ad home Friday evening. Mr. Cole took In Ashevllle. N. C. and reports crops very good along the railroad. Bald the climate at Ashevllle was yuat fine this hot weather. Tomorrow la election day. and th?? man who will be nominated will be Oavernor for two years If he lives and two more by custom. If he makes a good Governor for hi* first term. It was hoped that the Gubernatorial can? vass which started so pleasantly at Burnt.t arid < onrinu. d .ill the way through with the candidates would have ended ao In the elections, but aot no. Just as aoon as the first prl saary was over a campaign of lies, mud slinging and other things was started to the disgust of decent peo? ple. Several papers Jumped the fence and changed candldatea. and now ad? vocate their election. telling the voters what to do. and how to vote, forgetting that they are talking to free men. and It Is an Insult to a man's Intelligence to tell him how ta vote. Decent communications to same papers were replied to with personalities and mud-sllnglng. for atgn to the subject. Instead of argu? ment, all of which a gentleman wnild not descend ao low as to no Now. what la this all about. Two en are striving to be Governor. each one is supported by a large auml er of goo.I no n Is there any? thing wr .ng in that * Not at all. Both canvassed the State together aad are friends Then whv is all thla hub-bor? about? Simply to elect one and Instead of helping b they have hurt him. Free men. and men of Intclllgenee know what t* do without anybody*! sdvlea and advice voluntarily given Is not very tiighly appreciated. Kdther one of the> aspirants for Governor will OfceeTVS fita oath of office, and the State will move along In a progreslve way as It 4a now doing. No man who has the ?apporf of good men as Rlease and FeatherMtone have, is unfitted to be Oovernor. otherwlae. we are in the ?a a at dangeroua statt of society that the world has ever seen, for we would be retrograding Instead of pro*re sing in this enlightened itgo. <lf we correctly gather what oui Puigah corn- pondent Is driving at, ha objeets to the newspapers print tng the rod and Ii refutable facts relative to Mr. Llei.ie'a political rec? ord If glvi.-ia- pnhMcMy to I man s record Is mud-slinginr. and to be condemned, then practically all the newspapers, tho Journal of the Sen? ate and the Journal ,( the HoUM of Representatives have fallen under condemnation. Mr. Mleave m;tde his re, .rd In the Hons., mil In the S^n - ate ami on the stump as an ofhVe ? kwT, The newspapers have not added to nur taken from this record. It is Of course, unfortunate, it* a man's rt ord operates to defent his amidt ion. i?ut the newspapers are not re iponsltils for this unfortunate rec? ord, When the words out of a man's Own mouth Condemn him. he must I i i rue himself. not the newspapers that maks known those words to th.? people at large. The press of the state have no quarrel with any nan who votes for Mr. Blease, if le? wisites to do so. hut the press would he derelict to its duty were it to rover up this record and not lay be? fore the people the facts that they, having the facts, may vote intel? ligently.?Ed.) The friends of Mr. George R. Rem bert, of Columhia. are pleased to hear of his election to the House. He is a Sumter county hoy, the young? est son of the late Dr. E. J. Rein? sert. ,ind was born and raised at Remhert. He ran for solicitor of the Eighth Dlstriet several years ago and while not elected, made many friends and got a good vote. He is a verv pleasant young man. PATTERSON RESIGNS NOMINA? TION. Withdraws From Tennessee Demo? cratic Ticket. Nashville. Tenn., Sept. 10.?Gov nor M. R. Patterson tonight withdrew from the race to succeed himself as Governor of Tennessee. Governor Patterson was the nominee of the "regular" faction of the Democratie party and has been bitterly opposed by the Independent State-wide Pro? hibition Democrats, who, in coalition with the Republicans, elected a State judiciary last month, defeating a ticket for which Governor Patter? son made a strenuous campaign of the State. On Wednesday next the Independents meet here in State Con? vention, a majority of the delegate* coming Instructed to vote for the en? dorsement of B. W. Hooper, the Re? publican nominee for Governor. Gov? ernor Patterson in his address, an? nouncing his withdrawal, declares he will not be an obstacle in the way of his party's success at the polls, nor will he willingly contribute in any way to the possibility of success of the Republicans in Tennessee. He withdraws in the Interest of har? mony and that Democratic factions may get together to prevent the loss of the State in November. He makes reference to interference of a Republican President In Ten? nessee politics. In an Interview fol? lowing the issuance of the statement Governor Patterson declares that he had no personal preference in the matter of a Democratic nominee, sr. ! that he will take the stump for him who ever he may be. Patterson's political career has been a stormy one, including his defeat of form? r Senator E. W. Carmack for the Gu? bernatorial nomination, in a sensa? tional campaign, followed by the killing of Carmack here by the Coopers, their trial, which attracted nation-wide attention, and Patter? son's pardon of D. R. Cooper within a few minutes after his conviction was sustained by the Supreme Court. KANT INVENTED "REST Ct'RE.* Philosopher Adopted Rules Ena? bling Him To Do Much Work. Kant, the great philosopher, cul? tivated certain peculiar habits that enabled him to accomplish a certain work in the world. From the day ho began to write until his death, CO years later, we were assured that he kept the first two hours of the morn? ing free from interruption, even eat? ing his breakfast alone. No matter what the emergency, his family or servants dared not disturb him in these two hours of meditation, dur? ing which he prepared his mind for the day's work, says the New York Press. The rest of the morning until 1 o'clock was given to this work. No one was allowed to Introduce anoth? er subject to his attention. At 2 o'clock ho dined, always with Invited guests, usually those who were In? terested In different pursuits from his own. Philosophy was never mention? ed during the meal. Kant's effort was to rest and amuse his mind by contact with as many diverse intel? lects and characters as possible. At night, when ready to retire, he re? mained for half an hour perfectly quiet, alone and without a book?as far as possible, he said, without a thought?in order to calm his brain for sleep. l ew of the thinking men of the prevent day WOnM subject tlielr brnlni to any auch steady, unchang? ing discipline for !*>0 years. Indeed. Only Kant did so In his own day. Bvei our deepest students are too busy, too hurried, for the most thorough mental discipline. There beajtna lo appear a fearful suspicion in the breast of Bellinger that so much whitewash win be need? ed in the Indian land scandal that his quota will be cut down. -Indian apolll Sun. STARTLING STATEMENT. says CATHOLICS WILL CONTROL THE COUNTRY . Father Vaughn Creates sensation in Address Before Eucharistie Con? gress in Montreal. Montreal. Sept. 12.?Father Bern? ard Vaughan, one of the famous preachers 111 England, who is at? tending the eucharistlc congress here has caused b sensation by his utterancei that bids fair to create a furore in the church circles of Can? ada and the United States. He pre dlcts the ruling of the United States by Catholics; maintains that the Ro? man Catholic church is the only one that lives up to the law of God, and says Protestantism is disappearing. In an interview given out today he said: "The empty cradle and the empty church?these are the greatest prob? lems of modern life. Racial suicide and religious suicide act and react upon the other. The Roman Cath Ue church stands alone in its en? forcement of the laws of God con? cerning marriage, and the Roman church has no complaint to make of empty pews. "From what I hear of conditions in the United States, the Catholics will soon control that country through force of numbers. Christian fecun? dity is fighting sterile paganism, and the battle for the possession of the world will soon be narrowed to the Catholic church and the destructive forces of agnosticism. Protestantism is disappearing. "Men and women who hestltate to bring children into the world be? cause of not being able to support them are but offering a weak ex? cuse for their sins. To me nothing is more contemptible than these mar? ried women who shake their little lists in the face of God, saying, 'we ignore you and despise your laws.' "The feverish rush for pleasure is leading them to the paganism and destruction of Carthage, of Phoen? icia, of Greece and of Rome. Wo? men no longer want the trouble of rearing children. Children interfere too much with their pleasures and their figures." He then touched upon woman's fight for equality of men, and did not hesitate to say women would be the loser. "The new demand for woman's equality with men will necessarily lessen her power in the triple role for which she is most fitted, that of mistress of the home, the darling mother of her children and the queen of her husband's heart. Today women seek to be aggressive abroad instead of remaining on the defen? sive at home. When she opposes man, she must go to the wall, be cause man is stronger. Tn any strug? gle between them the survival of the fittest an consequently the strong? est will come about. In the arena of public life women have not got p chance with 4 men. Men are stronger mentally and physically, and women cannot compete with them. "I think it is a grand thing to see a woman taking in washing, and she Is far better off that her richer sisters who spend their time taking Iii men. It Is an unfortunate thing that women have to work for their living today, but It seems to be a necessary economic condition of to? day. That Fath< r Vaughan's statement ? ill cause a huge sensation through? out the United States and Canada, is evidenced by the many warm dis' ussions already started. Men are respectable only as they respect.?Emerson. Ml true manliness grows around a cor? ?d' dlvlneness.?Parkhuist. Mcny a man is so stingy that he won't even tell a j??ke at his own ex? pense. To educate the Intelligence Is to ?mlarge the horizon of its desires and wants.?Lowell. It Isn't difficult to convince same married men that it is better to have loved and lost than to have loved and won. ((wing to the non-delivery of a telegram, Lord Roberts was unable to acquaint the Kaiser wdth the in? formation that Edward is dead and George reigns. This suspense is t?Trihie.?Indianapolis Star. A genius whose ingenuity appears to have gon?> astray has invented false teeth that produce musical sounds. Just fancy a m.an drawing In macaro? ni wdth the Intermesso from "Ca vallerla" as an accompaniment.? Cleevland Plain Dealer. Tin- statement that a woman who was tripped by her hobble skirt lias suffered concussion of the brain seems somewhat contradictory, it is dtffl < tilt to understand how a woman who will wear one of the sartorial cari? catures could have any brain; i 'hlladclphla I nulqrer. BEEF BARONS INDICTED. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SECURE mi,LS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS. Judge Landis Urges Jury to Track Malefactors Through Mazes of Corporation Law. Chicago, Sept. 12.?The federal grand jury which has been investiga? ting Chicago packers Late today re? turned Indictments against ten high officials of Swift, Armour and Mor? ris concerns. There are three Indict? ments against each, charging combi? nation, conspiracy and illegal monop? oly. The men indicted are: L. B. Swift, president of Swift & Co.; Edward Swift, vice president of Swift & Co.; Charles H. Swift, director of Swift & Co.; Francis A. Fowler, director of Swift & Co.; Edward Tilden, president of the National Packing Company; J. Ogdon Armour, president of Armour & Co.; Arthur Meeker, general man? ager of Armour & Co.; Thomas J. Conners, superintendent of Armour & Co.; Edward Morris, president of Moris & Co.; and Louis Heyman manager of Morris & Co. The first indictment charges all de? fendants with engaging in a combi? nation in restraint of interstate trade in fresh meats. The second charges conspiracy. The third charges the defendants with monopolizing the trade In fresh meats" by unlawful means. After Individuals. That the purpose of the grand jury inquiry was the indictment of Indi? viduals rather than the packing cor? porations was shown when Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, famous for the $29,000,000 Standard Oil fine, launched the investigation. "It sometimes happens that a per? son about to violate the law takes a name other than his own," said Judge Landis in his charge to the grand jury. "John Jones, undertaking to coun terfit gold dollars, changes his name to John Smith or the Metals Fabri? cating company, and under that name does the thing forbidden by law. "If your investigation discloses such a case do not indict a mere alias, but follow the trail wherever it may lead until you have located, identified and pointed out the real offenders." Second Within Year. The investigation which has just ended was the second started by Judge Landis within a year. On Jan? uary 20 he ordered a grand jury which, on March 20 indicted the Nat lonal Packing company and ten sub? sidiary concerns. Attorneys for the packers filed a demurrer to the indictments. On June 23, Judge Landis sustained the demurrer, killing the government's case against the packing companies. At the same time he issued an order for a special grand jury venire of 75 men for July 14. A. T. Fuller, vice president of the National Packing company; C. S. Snow, secretary and treasurer, and Arthur Colby, assistant treasurer, were among the witnesses and were said thus to have obtained immunity. Described Methods. Moses H. Joseph, secretary of the New York Butcher's Dressed Beef association, was a most important witness early in the investigation. He told under protest how the Chicago packers got control of an indepen? dent concern founded by the butch? ers for the purpose of fighting the so-called trust. The grand jury continued its work for about a month when, on August 11 the first sensation was sprung. Thomas G. Lee, manager of the dressed beef department of Armour & Co., was Indicted for perjury. The grand jury also returned a sensational report charging Alfred R. Urin, chief counsel for the company and president of the Chicago board of ed? ucation, and three Armour office em? ployees with having destroyed sten? ographic "note books" demanded by the inquisitorial body. The men appeared in court and af? ter a hearing lasting several days, Judge Landis dismissed the charge against Urin. Final disposition of the perjury case was set for Septem? ber 19. Before The Reeorder. Lou Boyd, an old negro "aunty," was before the Recorder charged with disturbance of the peace. Her "chile" and another little negro girl got into a fight and "auntie" proceed? ed to gently separate them, the re? sult being that she was arrested on a warrant sworn out by the mother of the girl with whom her child was lighting. The case was dismissed. Bstelle Johnson was also charged with disturbing the peace, hut was dismissed, no witnesses appearing lor the plaintiff. Jeff Graham, charged with va grarcy, was dismissed. Mr. Taft appears to some observ? ers to be in a perspiration of doubt whether he ought to throw BalUnger to tho whale or wait for the whale to come and got him.?Dallas News. HE DOES NOT LOOK FOR LOWER PRICES SOON. Mr. J. l). flammet! Discuaaes The Cotton Manufacturing Situation in a Trade Journal. The current issue of the Textile Manufacturers' Journal lias the fol? lowing interesting article from Mr. J. D. Eiatnmett, a well known cotton manufacturer <>t Anderson. Making cotton cloths for the las,, two years has keen very unsatis? factory from the manufacturer's standpoint, in that buyers of dry goods have not been willing to fol? low the advance in raw cotton, claiming that this-, adavnee was un? reasonable. Whether such advance is unreasonable or not the manufac? turers have bad to pay the price; consequently the mills have made no money and many of them have s,,f fered a decided loss. The point made that cotton has ad? vanced to an unjustifiable height is. in our judgment, an unreasonable position to take, in that the product of the farms in every other section of the country has advanced to a price that allows the farmers a rea? sonable profit for their crops, and we see no reason why the southern farmer should not be allowed the same reasonable profit for his crop. Harsh words are often used to? wards the southern farmer because he s?5ks 15 cents per pound for his cotton, but the people In other parts of this country and for foreign coun? tries forget that but a short time ago the southern farmer was paid for his crop less than it cost him to produce it, and we who are In touch with the southern farmer know posi? tively that the suffering on the farms during the period of low prices was intense. Though we are manufac? turer? of cotton but feel a sympathy for the man who suffered in times past, and we now feel it is nothing but his due to obtain high prices for his commodity as an offset or the low prices obtained only a few years ago. We feel that the buyers of dry goods at the moment are making a very serious mistake in staying out of the market, because the South made a very poor crop last year, and the indications at present are that a large crop will not be made this year, and unless there is a large crop made the price is bound to be high, and possibly much higher than .we have experienced during the last twelve months. As American citizens it should be the wish of every one of us to see high priced cotton the year round, because wdth high-priced cot? ton we get more money from abroad, and the balance of trade is in our favor, which certainly must be in the interest of all. If all the Amer? ican cotton was consumed in Amer? ica there might be some excuse for American citizens in some portions of the country to wdsh for low-pric? ed cotton, but as the larger part of the American crop is sold to for? eigners it is in the interest of Amer? ica as a whole to have cotton at a high price. I do not wish to be understood as favoring extreme prices, but I feel that buyers of dry goods should ac? custom themselves to a price of from 12 cents to 14 cents per pound for cotton, and if goods can be sold on that basis the mills in America will be just as prosperous as they would be on a lower basis, and the farmers in America who raise cotton would be on a profitable basis, and be able to buy many more goods than would be the case If the price were low. The drastic curtailment that has been going on and Is now going on throughout the country, and particu? larly in the south, wdll take a great many pieces of goods out of the market which cannot possibly be replaced, and this curtailment is bound to be felt by the buyers of dry goods, sooner or later when the shortage of goods is brought home I to the buyers, as it surely will be, there will be a demand for goods which will probably carry the price j much beyond any price that cotton goods have reached in the last two years. Mills cannot possibly make a pro? fit wdth goods at present prices, and as we have been going through this period of loss for some months, a change is due, and we feel that with? in the next few months a decided change will take place and the mills will be obtaining prices for their goods which will make the present quotations appear abnormal? ly low. Jas. D. Hammett. From Cape Smyth. The Textile Journal also contains the following from ("apt. E. A. Smyth, president of the Pelser Mills: The curtailment in production among South Carolina mills has been drastic, particularly during July and August; a conservative estimate WOUld be that the curtailment i i pro? duction amounts to two and a-half million pieces Of Cloth. The result of this curtailment has been b\icii cial and prices have responded to a considerable extent, but not yet to a parity with raw cotton. The out? look for cheap cotton next year li not flattering, as the crop will not. T iv-ar, be a large one. and at pres? ent the cotton plant is in a critical condition. Either the price of cotton goods must adavnee so as to ghe a margin of profit to the manufacturer, or a further curtailment during the next few months will be Inevitable. Ellison A. Smyth, President McKETTHAX FOR FEATHER? STONE. Darlington Senator Unqualifiedly Endorses Gnntiiinlotlnl Candidate. Darlington, Sept. 9.?The Hon. D. T. McKeithan, SU'e Senator from Darlington county and formerly an enthusiastic and outspoken advocate and supporter of the local option candidate, the Hon. T. G. McLeod, for Governor, today, when interviewed by t * News and Courier correspondent, declared himself strongly and em? phatically for C. C. Featherstone. "Did you not support McLeod in the first race?" was the direct question put to Senator McKeithan. "I certainly did, and did all I could to elect him, but now I am for Feather stone tooth and toe-nail, and ex? pect to vote for him next Tuesday; to he really candid with you, in my opinion, the whole of this Pee-Dee section is going to do the same thing. This was McLeod's stronghold and if you will study the returns you will find that he got the bulk of his vote in this part of the State surrounding Iiis home county of Lee; practically all of this vote will not go to Feather? stone." "And so you think a McLeod voter in the first primary will have no trouble in reconciling himself to vote for Featherstone?" was asked. "Not a bit. The liquor question was settled last week, and every? body knows it. There is no possible chance for a prohihit'on measure to pass the Legislature at the next ses? sion, and Mr. Ftatherstone is too sensible a man u> bring the execu? tive department in conflict with the will of the people, as expressed through the Legislature. It is now a choice of men The people in Dar? lington and all the McLeod counties throughout this entire section of South Carolina regard Featherstone as a high, clean man, who will give to the State an honest, just and con? servative administration of public af? fairs and they will vote for him, both because they take him to be a man of ability and character, and look upon his election now as a ne? cessity." Senator McKeithan. while person? ally a Prohibitionist and believes in prohibition for his county, voted for the county option measure in the Senate. His views on this question accord with those held by Lieut Gov. McLeod. He has been a member of the Senate from Darlington during the last four years, and was one of the most influential and popular members of that body. He is a man of affairs and has a large political following in his county and section. He is an indomitable and enthusi? astic worker, and has the courage of his convictions. In parting he add? ed: "You are at perfect liberty to> quote me, and say I am going to use all my influence to elect Feather? stone." HELD BRIEF SESSION. Board of Health Held Regular Meet ing Last Night. The Board of Health held their regular meeting last night with only three members, Messrs. R. D. Epps. James Cuttino and Dr. C. P. Osteen present, the other members of the board, Messrs. Geo. D. Levy and J. R. Ligon being out of the city. There were no matters before the board for discussion, and after hear? ing the monthly report of the Health Officer, they adjourned. Confederate Infirmary. Columbia. Sept. 12.?The State of South Carolina has provided a most comfortable home for veterans, who have no home of their own. It Is beautifully located. P. is well kept, and its rules are easy and the inmates have perfect freedom to come and go as they please. They forfeit no rights as citizens and no pension as soldiers. Food, clothes, and shelter, is given. Medical attention and nursing for the sick of the very best. If you have a man who needs this home, let the chairman know, and he will send you a blank form to fill up which is very simple. Write soon before the vacancies are filled. Yours very truly, David Cardwell. Chairman The front of Dr. Archie C'uni's automobile, driven by Mr. Charlie Kavanaugh, was badly damaged by being run into by a wagon belonging to the county, the accident happening while the automobile was turning a i orner.