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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. BTKWHY LKTTKR? FROM OUK Ifi OlAL CORRESPONDENTS. of Islirsai From all Part? of sad Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters to that they will reach this office not later than Mon? ger whea Intended for Wednesday's paper and not later than Thursday for Saturday's Issue. This, ef courts, applies ealy to regular oorreepond In ease ef items sf unusual value, ssnd Is Irnsiedlately by telephone sr telegraph. Such m?i stories age acceptable up te the ef getag to press. Wednesdays la prtatsd Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday efter DAKK CORNER. Dark Corner. 8ept. 1?.?Every? thing Is quiet In this neck of the Tito second primary election here pstatd off very pleasantly, and I have not seen anyone rejoicing or moaning over the result. Miss Lorena Kolb, of Rldgeway, V>nera?ld county, la spending a few days with Miss Eunice Osteen at the g/CAsnorea. Mrs. Joe M. Ardls hat gone to Manning on a visit to her mother, srtM is quite sick at her son's, Mr. John F. McLeods. Hard Times. ROCKT BIjUFF. Rocky Bluff. Sept. 16.?Everybody 4s picking cotton and cutting hay now, so we have plenty of music, the gtu, the negro and the mowing ma ? chine. Mr. Otis Pitman spent last Friday and Saturday with relatives at Silver. Mr. J. J. Hatfleld and family spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. B. F. Hatfleld. Mr. O. P. Josey spent Sunday In tho Concord section. Mr. Willie McLeod and little son. Cecil, spent Sunday afternoon at his father's. Mr. J. L. Mc I,end's. Mr. Johnson White and family spent Sunday at his father's. Mr. J. K Whlte'a Miss Poplin, of Sumter. spent Mon? day and Tuesday with Mrs. Johnson White Miss Edith Wells, of Privateer, is speeding some time with relatives and frlen is here. Mrs. J. M. Fogle went too Sumter Monday. Mrs. J. L, McLeod snd son. Donal. spent Tuesday afternoon with her sister. Mrs. W. Brown. Mrs. Willie McLeod and children and Mrs. Jerry Sanders spent Tues? day afternoon with Mrs. W. F. Ba? ker. Mrs. W. T. BarAeld and little daughter spent Wednesday and Wed? nesday night In Sumter with her sb other. Mrs. Broadway. Mrs. Mary Davis is spending some time with her niece, Mrs. Brown. Miss Eva Hatfleld went to Sumter Thursday. Mr. Arthurs Hatfleld went to his father's. Mr. B. F. Hatfleld's last Thursday, and his many friends here are sorry to hear of his being very sack, and hope that he will soon be ereil and back with them again. Little Frank McLeod, the youngest Son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie McLeod, stepped on a na'l and hurt his foot very badly last Friday, but owing to tils mother being a good nurse he 's able to be st play again. Marion Ardls has neen sick with SK*m?< kind of throat trouble this week; it was thought at first to be snphtheria. but we are glad to say M was not and that he is much bet WI SACKT. Wlsaekv. Sept 16.?The heated aampalgn Is ever, and many are dis? appointed with the results of the election, while others rejoice. I am SJggff to see the spirit manifested in order t<> defeat any candidate fur of? fice Persecution has help, d te StSOt a \ery undesirable man to office. Hut now that he has been Chosen by the eaajority ef the voters ef Smith Caro? lina as ?.ur chief executive, |,?t us all yield ktmi <f u I ly. and lend him ?ur support \nd I feel assured ..Ir fllease will make us ;i tetter govern ?er than we SI 11 pa Is This .i spell of weather is very acceptable after such a siege of hot weather through whhh we have pas*- I The business season has opened with ??right prospects, and all seem ts be full of I ope and at SI Cotton pb-klng and ginning are In fall blast The boll weevil |a doing Ills work t?tet I rely, and there seems t/> be no wnv to ,irresf him. Hur onlv comfort I* the more he destroys. The sltorter I he ? rnp tad Ihe greater the prl ? nor cent at unity win >?<?>.,n be spars of young r.dks a^ ?|o will all be gone f.. m, hools Bl I hers Ol pu pHi MK? Blanche DeaChapin has left for ir ir i ?|||a, v.. . re the Will |? h h la the aradi g m ).I. Mr. Wilson Scott has gone to Hopkins, where he has charge of the graded school* Miss Mamie Williams, a recent graduate of Winthrop College, has I Bas m rhOOl in one of the upper cour tns. This school is fortunate in se? curing this young lady as a teach ?r. Miss Mary Cooper, after a loni absence in the mountains, has re? turned to make her home cheerful fur her father and brother. The Wisacky school opened last Monday with Miss Colman as teach? er. Capt. II. W. Lucius will move his family to Sumter in the near future, so that his children can enjoy the advantages of Its excellent schools. Our loss will be your gain. I hop* his home here will be occupied by some good family. Mr. Marvin DuBose. is visiting his | mother. Mrs. W. W DesChamps. Hi is now In business in Charleston. | Cotton Is being sold as fast as ] glnnned. and with three ginneries In | apple pie order there Is no trouble It get It ginned. We have the finest crop of pea vine hay and the most of it we have ever had in this section. It will soon be ready for the mower. Corn, pears and potatoes are prom ? ising. The new church at Mt Zion I? progressing rapidly and will, when completed, be an Imposing building. Their prcaent pastor is a very prom? ising young man, and popular with all his people. The health of our community is very good at present. Dr. N. Y. Alford has treated him? self to an automobile with which to cover his extensive practice. STATEIBURG. Stateburg, Sept. 19.?Miss Bessie Barnwoll left on Wednesday for Raleigh, N. C, where she will at? tend St. Mary's College. Master Sam Ramsey, who has been the guest of his sister, Mrs. S. R. Cain, in Laurens, has returned home, after a stay of several weeks. Rev. W. 11. Barnwell spent several days in Columbia during the past week. Mrs. David Alexander, who hsi been the guest of Mr and Mrs. Dc Saussure Bull, has returnee home. Mrs. John R. Sumter Is the guest of relatives in the neighborhood. Mr. Julien Barnwell leaves to? morrow for Charleston, where he will attend Porter Military Academy. The Statehurg High School, which will he taught this session by Miss Lee Moore, opens on Sept. 19th. Mrs. C. L. Boyte, of Henderson vllle, N. Oh Is spending some time with her mother. Mrs. W. R. Flud. Miss Ida Dwlght will leave very soon for Charleston, where she will attend the Confederate Home Col? lege. Divine sen 'ice will he held by Bishop William Alexander Guerrv at the Church of the Holy Cro|? on Sunday morning. Sept. 25th. at 11.SO o'clock. REMBERT. Remhert. Sept. IS,?We are hav? ing cool and fair weather at last which is highly appreciated l?> everybody, Coton picking is in full blast, though hands are vary scarce, ami should we have a September storm there would he a great deal of dam aged cotton. Mr. W. C. Harllee, of Cartersvill. . Is home, threatened with fever, bill we are glad to know that he is im? proving. The health of our community is improvirig. Mr. W. R. Brown Is quite sick it his home on Ratting Creek. Mr. Bill Hollan. who has been se? riously sick for some time, is slowly improving. The audience at McLeod's ehapel on yesterday was sadly disappointed When their esteemed and beloved pastor, Mr. Wright, failed to put In an appearance. Mr. Cole preached a very Interest ing sermon at Pisgah on yesterday. We always enjoy Bro. Cole's ser? mons, for through the power of God he always gives us something new and Interesting. We heard Tredell Meares make I ringing Democratic speech a few yean SsTOI now he Is spouting hot air on the other side.?Rowland, (N. ('.) Sun. The Rockefeller Association of the cnited states is a genealogical organ? isation, and. strange to relate, John i?. doesn t belong to it. Purtheromre he refuses to Rive the name Ol Iiis ?father to the compiler of a Rockefell? er genealogy. The required date eon t?e furnished by Ida Tarbel' if .i<?im i?. refuses in give the Information.? I :..stf,n I?:?11 v 1 Hobe They raised sand sure enoughl at that Democratic resurrection In Malm Atlanta t 'onstll ntlon. \v<- ;ir?- patiently waiting f>>\- Moose* reit t<> mi thai i--i? of adviser to China by following Ihe Texas hint nf telling lor In fir it tuck her skirt int.. h< i pants Plttsburg 3un. She Is Really a Wonderful Woman In Her Own Way. A GREAT HAND WITH YARBS. She Can Brew Them Into a Medicine That Hits the Spot Every Time and It Batter Than a Doctor's Visit. How She Made Old Pulaiftr Jump. "My Aunt .lulls Is really a wonder ful woman," exclaimed the low browed mau? placing his feet on the manager's desk. "Sho hasn't any diplomas from medical colleges, but when It comes to curing a sick man she can give the ordinary doctor a start of ten years and beat him around a block. Aunt Julia haa firm faith In yarns" "Ton mean herbs." Interrupted the profesaor. 'T don't mean anything of the kind. 1 mean yarbe. You go over to Aunt Julia and mention yarbe, and her eyes will brighten up and shell aak you to alt down and eat a piece of pie, but If yon began talking about herbs she'd paste yon one with her trusty sauce? pan and knock off a corner of your scalp. Aunt Julia is pretty touchy about some things. "One dsy old Mrs. Doollttle blew Into the house to spend the afternoon, and Aunt Julia happened to say that something happened In Aprlle. Mrs. Doollttle thinks she knows more than Webster's unadulterated dictionary be? cause she taught school about 150 years ago, when she was a young wo? man, and she called my aunt down and said that there was no such word as Aprlle. M 'Ton mean April, my dear,' says she. **'! don't mean any such doggone thing,' says my aunt 'I mean Aprlle, and If you don't like It, Mrs. Doollttle, you can lump It and be blamed to you.' "Well, they fanned away for live minutes or so. and their language be? gan to make the shingles fall off the roof, and 1 was thinking of sending In a hurry call for the cops, when Mrs. Doollttle left the bouse by way of the window and Jumped three fences with? out touching them In her haste to get home. A lot of saucepans and other household utensils whizzed past her ears and seemed to stimulate her. "That's the sort of woman Aunt Julia la Now. if you want to go over and talk to her about herbs 1 won't interfere. "if there's anything my aunt delights In It is doctoring people. She hasn't a bit of use for drug store medicines. She brews her own remedies, and she doesn't think anything will help a sick person unless It tastes like the royal palace of Abyssinia. A dose of her colic medicine will make a man's Ins id es fee1 as though he had swai lowed a porcupine. "1 bad the colic last summer, and the medicine she made for me had smoke on lt. I can taste It yet Sometimes I dream that Aunt Julia Is handing me a spoonful of ber colic medicine, and then I always wake with a yell. She is au old fashioned woman. She gath? ers her yarbs at certain stages of the moon, and when she Is brewing her medicines she mutters Incantations and makes msses with her hands and does a lot ?f tricks that make your blood run cold. But her remedies hit the spot "Old man Pulsifer, you know, was a hopeless Invalid for a year. He sat In s wheeled chair, and bis wife fed him with tte fire shovel, and all the members of the family were kept so busy waiting on him that they hadn't time to wind the clock or prime the pump. He said he had paralysis of the worst kind, and everybody believed him. Aunt Julia went over there one day and looked at the old man's tongue und poked hitu lu the ribs And tapped him with a tuning fork and said she could cure him up so quick It would make his head swim. " Tf you can cure that man so he'll be of some use to the world,' said Mrs. Puslfer. Til give you the silk crazy quilt my grandmother gave me when she was dying.' "Aunt Julia gathered a lot of yarbs at the dark of the moon In the south? east corner of a graveyard and stewed them over u slow fire. * ml the broth she made from them would have warp? ed the armor plate of a battleship. 1 knew by the smell of It that It was the real stingo, and you can't Imagine how glad 1 was that 1 didn't have to take It When she went over to dope old Pulsifer she insisted on my going along to help hold him down. "Th old man didn't want to take It. Anybody could see that He got a smell of the stuff when Aunt Julia took the cork from the bottle, and a pale green sweat broke out on bis brow. But 1 seized him by the top of his head and pulled bis mouth open, and my aunt poured down about forty kilometers of her redbot dope, and when It had sizzled Into his stomach he let out oue warwboop and streaked out of doors like a professional Mara? thon runner. When we found him a couple of hours later be was standing In the creek, which was full of Ice wa? ter, trying to get his vitals cooled off. "I defy any regular practitioner to make a quicker cure tban that"?Walt Mason In Chicago News. Easily Said. "Some of theae tongue twisters are really very hard to enunciate?for In? stance, "the sea censeth and It suf? fice! h us.' " "Tinit 'th eatblly thald," llthptnglr thmiied Mlth Bllthabeth. "Yon ihlin ply thay ll tho: The then t heat bet h and it thufntheth nth!' "- Life. The march of the human mind Is ilow.? Burke, KGlD gutton for fair frige. ADVICE OF SENATOR E. I). SMITH TO SOUTHERN FARMERS. So'lttl Carolina Senator Says He ports Indicate Present Crop Will not Grantly Exceed that of Lnst Year?Believes Twenty Cent? the Pound not too Much hi View of Conditions ? Pleads for Cotton Fannera Florence, Sept. 18.?Senator E. D. Smith, in an interview, today gave out the following statement with ref? erence to the South's cotton crop, as compared with a like period a year ago. "Reports from every cotton State of importance indi te that the pre? sent crop will not very greatly ex? ceed last year's crop. "In view of the fact that last year was an unprecedented short crop, the demand for the staple increases year by year, the outlook for an adequate supply to meet the demands of the world Is poor indeed. "The farmers of the South, and the business men whose prosperity depends upon the farmers, have the situation fully in hand. Everything depends upon whether they will mar? ket the crop judiciously. The South is not a section in which the doctrine of protection finds many honest ad? herents. We do not ask laws enacted to protect us from competition; we simply ask an open field and a free fight?and that there shall not be national legislation which will dis? criminate against us. We are con? tent to let the law of supply and de? mand?honestly enforced ? deter? mine the price of our commodity. "I wish the cotton growers of the South to remember that last year the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was en? acted to give a profit to the manu? facturer. This year, during the lat? ter half of the session, the Attorney General of the United States, through information given him by certain parties who seem to have been short on cotton, Indicated cer? tain ones who were attempting to get an approximate^ legitimate price for cotton. "Now to state the case clearly: The wole machinery of the Govern? ment was set in motion to pass such law? as would guarantee the man? ufacturer a profit, and then to in? voke the law to prohibit the produc? er of the raw material from getting the price that the simple law of na? ture?the law of supply and demand ?entitled him to. "The so-called bull clique were to 1w- hauled Into court to answer to the charge of an Illegal combination in the restraint of trade, while the same body that passed the Sherman Act were busy passing the Payne-Aldrich bill to legalize the artificial profit to the manufacturers of America. No Exceptions. "I asked the question of a leading Republican Protectionist if he would not vote to exempt labor and Indus? trial organizations from the opera? tions of the Sherman Act. His reply was that he believed that all should stand on the same footing before the law. He knew then that the dis? crimination, under the law, was op? pressing those who labor for wages, and who produce the raw material, in favor of those who clip coupons and own the manufacturing inter? ests of America. "I shall not attempt to dictate to the farmers of the South what they shall do. But, under the circum? stances, 1 would be delighted to see them combine and hold their cotton from the market, wherever it is pos? sible for them to do so, lrtil it shall bring such price as shall measure the artificial price placed upon man? ufactured articles by virtue of the tariff. "My honest conviction is that 20 cents a pound for the present crop is none too high, in view of the sup? ply, the cost of production, the com? parative value of cotton with other textiles and the artificial price that now obtains on manufactured goods. "Last year, when the Attorney General of the United States was set? ting the machinery of the law in motion to Investigate the bulls, I introduced a resolution in the Sen? ate, which was unanimously passed, that he should, in common decency, Investigate the bears also. Pledges Cooperation. "I shall do all In my power, whilst a member of the United States Senate, to see to it that those who produce the raw material shall get a square deal. "it seems that the tide Is turning our way; and If the people will only be faithful to their own interests and demand what is legitimately theirs, there is no power under Heaven to keep us from getting it. "I shall from now on, as occasion demands and the press will permit, give such advice and such Informa I tlon as seem to me th<> circumstances I riotnfltel. "The decline In price at present, In I tnv opinion, is hut an attempt to I take advantage of tho necessity of the case and gel as much cotton as poslble during Ihe time, when the unfortunate ones have got to meet their guano bills, sipply bills and notes in bank. "1 plead with every Southerner, regardless of his profession, vocation or avoeatlon to stand by and lend all possible aid to that long-suffering, much-abused, but glorious producer of all the South s currency?the cot? ton farmer!" OUR POOR LITTLE EARTH. A Mere Speck Compared With Some of the Monster Sunt. The main facts of astronoui) tire highly Interesting. It is only dry text books that have made us turn away from them. Read a good popular as? tronomy and you will gain a dim. re mote idea of iutinlty and eternity Sometimes you think yov wee a big star, but you do not. You merely see the light from It which has been gJMaJ years in reaching us. Almost everybody knows that our earth is a third rate planet in our solar system. Jupiter would scarcely condescend to uottee us. But they do not know that our sun Itself sits be low the salt. It would not be admit ted to a congregation of Important heavenly bodies can opus, the lar? gest star that we see. Is 10.000 times the size of our sun. aud our solar ceu ter is hopelessly outclassed by Alde baran, Rigel. Sirius. Betelguese and countless others. Mark Twain put this fact very well In one of his stories. "Captain Storm field's Visit to Heaven." When the captain arrived and announced that be was from the earth the recording an? gels could not remember ever having heard of su< Ii a place before. One finally recalled that it was a poor lit? tle planet belonging to a poor little solar system away down In a dark cor? ner of the heavens.?New York World. A BRIGHT IDEA. Unusual Sagacity That Was Lauded by the Professor. That the proverbial absentmiuded professor is sometimes ably abetted by his wife is illustrated by a story tol* of Professor Bunseu. One evening about the usual hour for retiring he took it into his head to run over to the club just as be and madam were returning from an evening call. "But," said the lady. "1 must hive the front door locked before 1 retire." This emergency staggered the pro? fessor, and as he looked bewildered at his wife the lady, seized with an in? spiration, continued: "I'll go in and lock the door and throw you the key from the window." This program was carried out and when he reached the club the profess? or related the Incident to a friend as evidence of his wife's unusual sagac? ity. The friend greeted the story with a roar of laughter. "And why, my dear professor." he said, "did you not simply admit your wife, lock the door from the outside and come away?" "True," ejaculated the learned man of science, "we never thought of that" The climax of the incident was reached an hour later when, returning home, the professor discovered that the lady in her excitement bad thrown out the wrong key. x It Cost Money to Be Smart. A sprightly young matron hopped on a car at Eighth and Chestnut streets, handed a half dollar to the conductor and hurried to a seat without getting the change. The conductor, grinning broadly at the outcome which he ex? pected, awaited developments. When the car reached Sixth street the wo? man turned to the conductor and re? marked. "Did I get my change?" The conductor laughingly handed her the change. Then the scene changed. "My good man.1' icily spoke the young woman, "1 gave you a dollar." Protestations on the part of the con? ductor availed him nothing. He fished about his clothes and found another four bit piece and handed it up, with a sigh. "The next time 1 try to be funny," said the conductor, "1 hope some one catches me before it costs me so much money ."?Philadelphia Times. Pessimistic. "What is an antiquarian, pa?" "A man who. not satisfied with his present troubles, is looking for some in the past"?New York Press. The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.?Macaulay. Hope. "Say, pop, I've got to write a compo? sition on 'Hope.' What is 'hope,' any? way?" "Hope, my boy. Is the joyous expec? tation of being able to dodge our just deserts."-Life. A Short Fall. "Golly. Mike, are you alive after falling two stories?" "Why, that's not far; this is a flfty one story building."?Judge. a $1 o.oon,(no shoe corporation has been formed in Massachusetts N >w watch the cow hide.?TVtrlot Free Tress. The tipless hotel in London has proved a great financial success in the first year of management. Here is a foreign Idea Americans could adopt with both pleasure and profit. st. Louis Globe-Democrat The Chinese prince will be welcome to Ban Francisco, but it won't take him long to study ail this coast can show him of tin navy, s.m Francisco < 'hr< ?nh b . Submerging of tho Kgo. Back In his home eitv, in the blue grass empire, says Brooklyn Life, they love to tell some good stories Of their much honored John G, Car? lisle and those pleasant nights at the banquet board illuminated with the s< intillant wit. Oc casionally, toe, the aftecmath of the banquet board comes in for a share of reminiscence. Two men of the bright coterie i Lathered about Senator Carlisle in i I those rare times will not soon be for? gotten in their section?one the aris? tocratic and big-brained Hamilton, the other the witty and irresistible Irish counselor and orator, Hallam. With Carlisle, they made a trio ef cronies seldom matched. All lived on Garrard avenue, and to this day the older residents along that street recall with tender reminiscent grins how gallantly the three would oft escort one another home in the hours 'ayant the twal." But one night (or morning?) there was a strange perplexity. The bell of the Carlisle residence kept ringing distractedly. Neighbors peeped out. seeing only the three familiars on tho top step. Wouldn't the latch? key work? , Finally an upper window opened and the madam, never overpatieat with this state of things, asked, ia exasperated tones: "What Is the matter down there?** "Mrs. Carlisle.'* answered Hallam. with a tongue rather less glib than was its wont, "we have brought home the senator." , "Oh, well," she returned, impa? tiently, "just stand him up in the doorway and go on. I'll come aad get him." "We would gladly do it, madam.'* rejoined the Irishman, debonalrely. "Only?you will have to come down and pick him out" To Save Trouble. Rafferty was about to be operated upon for the fourth time for appen? dicitis. The surgeons were all ready to begin as soon as the anaesthetic was administered and stood about with their knives, needles and other paraphernalia in readiness. The pa? tient, with the memory of other op? erations fresh in his mind, asked If he could make a suggestion. "Certainly," said the doctor ha charge. "Thin, doctor," said Rafferty, "don't ye think yez had better put me together wld hooks and eyes thia toime?"?Notional Monthly. A Truthful Assertion. The worst habit that boys can fall into is that of loafing around on the streets at night. It is then they cast their lot in slippery places when at any moment they are likely to fall from grace. All good and no? ble lesson taught them by their mothers are there counteracted and nullified. They learn nothing that la good?but everything bad. The boys who spend their evenings In the sa? cred precincts of home, with good books for their companions are the future hope of this republic; they will fill our legislative and congress? ional halls and sit in judgment upon men and measures, which the boys who run the streets will fill our penitentiaries, almshouses and lunatic asylums. Parents who are responsi? ble for the broken laws of decency will have broken hearts and bowed down heads In the awakening years that will Inevtlably follow.?Dorches? ter Eagle. Two Cases, The clerk of arraigns on assize was swearing the jury when a juryman said: "Speak up! I cannot her. what you say." The presiding judge asked if he was deaf. "Yes. my lord, of one ear." "Well." responded the judge, "you may go, for it Is necessary that jury? men should hear both sides." Another judge, however, on a like objection, said: "Oh, let him be sworn. We only hear one side of a case at a time.**? Exchange. While Mary was enjoying her first experience in the surf at the seashore we prudently remained rear the beach. Some boys were Malrloualy sporting in the whltecapped break? ers, which, expending vheir fury, gradually overtook us. "Auntie." cried Mary, "I ca."?'t stand this any longer unless you make those boys quit splashing the waves this way."?Delineator. The doll at China's Drug Store was swarded to Miss Doris McCollum. who guessed its correct name. "<; n'endolyne." Thomas R, Watson again shakes the dust of Democracy off his sand sis and departs from us with the warning that "the wohle nation seems to be plunging hellward." If that be true. Thomas, we shall met I again.? Houston Chorntcle.