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COUNTY CORRESP?KtibHCE. WBW8Y LhTPTKKS KHOM OVK 8PK IMBM of Intrreat Prom ?II P?rt? of dumi?T and Adjoinlug Counties. rfOTlCki TO CORKESl'ONUKM.s Mail your letters so that they will itsoh this office not later than lion Ik) when Intended tor Wednesday's papar and not later than Thursday for Saturday*!* Issue. This, of courwe. applies only to regular correspond - lo oaae of Items of unusual value, sand In Immediately by ?sail, telephone or telegraph. Such mwi starte? are acceptable up to the aev of gotag to preee. Wednesday's Is printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after ROCKY BLUFF. Rocky Bluff, Oct. 14.?The heavy ralne of the past week stopped work for several days, but this has boon a good week for work, except for the heavy dews early In the morning*. Mr. J. J. Hatfleld and family spent ahsnday at Mr. W F. Baker's. Mr. Willie McLevd and family spent Sunday * fternoon at Mr. W. F. Baker's. Rev. 8. B Hatfleld spent Sunday night with Mr. O. P. Josey. Mr. Henry Huggtns, of Camden, spent Sunday night with Mr. John Anderson. Mr. Johnson White and family ?pent Saturday night and Sunday srlth Mr. J. K. White. Mr. Clinton Jonew and sisters. Ml? as Annie and Leila, of Concord, ?pent Sunday with their uncle, Mr. Johnnie Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Hugglns. of Vir? ginia, are spending s ma time at Mr J. U McLeod's. The health of the community is very good. Rambert. Oct. 17.?We* have had A few days of fair weather and every- j thing la on the rush, although the ?caretty of hands haa prevented the cotton Melds from being cleared. There as only a certain number of day hands to be had and, though the pay be tittle or much, the amount of work to Just the same. The scacrclty ot la? bor and high prices have caused 07 to neglect the saving of hay gathering of corn, however, we Ore all likely to make mistakes. Today is the big show day In Sum tee and a great many from thla sec Men have gone to add their faces to the numbers there and their dimes to the overflowing coffers, a thing which is Impoverishing the State, while many a human being Is suf? fering at our doors. ? After a short tllnees of five days Willie Dees, son of J. W. Dees, died iday morning. He will be burled at Swift Creek church. Mrs. flallie Holland la very 111. We the will of providence, the skill I the physician and the kindness of m people, that she will soon be bet? s'. The schools in our sectlcn are ling good progress and we hope ?such good may be accomplished by ?torn P18GAH. Plagah. Oct. 17.?It now looks as %t fall has come. The rainy spell a short time ago destroyed and severely Injured a lot of hay. Cotton picking Is fast approaching the end Mv November 1st it will bo practically ended. Mr. T. M. Bradley has a fine OOfg crop II.? don t practice the William? son plan of corn culture?plants in April and pushes the corn from the ?tart The big earn show there Is nothing In stunting the corn, Who? ever saw a stunt*.I pi* make a fine hog** He aayn bin Immune Might proof cotton does very well. Indications point to the planting of A targe oat crop and some wheat From reports, the hens have quit taring, and ej.ts are so good to eat and high too. t\'o one about here Is getting any. The Le? County Baptist Cnlon will aneet at Antioch church *he last of thla month. Quit* a number from will go. r l> J. Hatneld !? the moderator Mr. Barney Spann the clerk. Roth of them are efficient officers. The Kershaw Baptist Association met laat Thursday with the Sand Hill church near Kershaw, and finished Friday night A larae number of ministers were present. The speeches were able and instructive on the many subject* discussed. The meet Ing was Interesting all the way through. Plsgah church was re pre oented by itev. T I* Cole and Jas. K. tcii're. Both of these were duly RORSjfOd. Mr <*o|e was elected to the Southern Baptist Convention which meets next vear at Jackson? ville. F|a., and Mr. Du Pre to th? Baptist State Convention ,?t LaoreiM In December Kershaw is ,\ pretty place, hss electric llichts. a large bank, big oil mill and many fine ?tore* and residences and presents the noveltv of being In two counties, SHOOTING AI NEGRO CHURCH. H?H HAMMOND KU I I I' KING II M l LAU Kl N DAY. Captured .m.l Lodged In Klchland County Juli Yesterday Afternoon. Columbia. Oet 17.?in a three cornered shooting bout at Madraw'c church In lower Klchland county Sunday afternoon. Mos.- Hammond, a negro, killed Sing Hall, another ne? gro. As Hammond was running away. J. S. Jacobs, also a negro, shot him In the leg. Hammond returned Jacob's fire, but his shot went wild. W. O. Lucius held an inquest ov? er Sing Hall Monday afternoon. Hammond was captured at his house on the plantation of A. B. Campbell, known aa "L.eesburg." which is about ten miles from Eastover. He was lodged In Jail Monday night by Char? lie Kelly, a constable, and Is held for murder. Wanted a Drink. The quarrel between Hall and Hammond began when Hammond asked for a drink. Sing Hall replied that he did not "tote" liquor to church. Hammond got so mad that two negroes had to hold him. Hall walked away and Hammond was re? leased. As soon as he was free, he whipped out his pistol and shot Hall. Then he ran for the woods. The bullet entered Just below Hall's right eye. Spectator Takes Hand. The Jacobs negro drew his gun and opened fire. One of the shots struck Hammond in the leg. H.> paused only long enough to shoot at Jacobs and then kept going. He waa found at his house In bed. His wounded leg lasted barely long enough to carry him home. A great many negro shooting and cutting affrays have occurred ar Madraw's church. Several years ago a killing took p.ace. The church is notorloua for the number of rows which have their origin there. FCNKRAI? OF MISS BURGFSK. Friends of Miss Burgess at Her Old Homo Hear With Sorrow of Her Death. 1 ? Special to the Dally Item: Simirnerton. Oct. 17.?News of the death of Miss Annie Burgess in Sum ter on Saturday morning was re? ceived at this, her old home, with much sorrow. Miss Burgess ' had been in 111 health for months past, but it was only within the past ten | days that tidings from her bedside gave so little hope of her recovery. She was the youngest daughter of the late Dr. T. L. Burgess, members of whose family have long been res? idents of this community. The Misses Burgess moved to Clinton, S. On where Miss Annie was employed as music teached In the faculty of the Thornwell Orphanage. The re? main were brought to this place on Saturday afternoon, and the funeral services conducted In the Presbyter Ian church at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. The Interment took place at Evergreen Cemetery where others of the family have been laid to rest. A highly bevloved member of a great? ly respected family, Miss Burgess will be sincerely mourned In our town. Lancaster and Kershaw. The divid Ing line runs through the streets, on the pavement and through the homes. It Is marked by stone posts. It was long a dispute between the two counties which owned the town but It has been settled. The town was ineorporated hy Lancaster ?un ty and the municipality holds hi both counties. The people around Kershaw are well to do so far as this world - good, are concerned. They are ver\ practical In business matters and hospitable. 1 saw at one place n hundred grown turkeys and on an? other fifty. The roads are line, an 1 the miles are marked by some posts Great holes are dug by the road-side to get clay which is hauled on the roads. Mr. West, the supervisor of Kershaw county, has no superior, and very few equals. In this State as a road builder, and does It with very little money as compared with others He is a fine man. How Is it if we I are so prosperous In Sumter county. 1 as a community, there Is such a large ' county tax levied? What Is that money for? The Torrens system of land regls- 1 tratlon seems to be rapidly gaining ground in this State. People are tired of paying lawyers hi* fees to examine their land titles every time they want to use them as collateral. : Two years from now the dry bones will rattle In this State In many a ays. A ladv of Conanen has a gotird 200 years old it is perfectly sound and Is an heir-loom, so she Informed me. ROT. W. S. Walters showed me the "widow's mite." it Is small. Will ? Dees, a young son of Mr W .'. Dees of this place died vc-ter lav morning, and will be burled at swift Creek chorea tins day at n a. m. He was sick only a few days. 1 Rev, ride will oAelnts at the fun- ? eral. Robbed of Her Happiness. ,rYou are not looking well. Mrs. Wil Hngtou." "No; I haven't slept well lately." "What's I In- trouble? Has the weather Affected you?" "Oh. no. It isn't that." 'Til tell you what It Is. You ought to give up the practice of drinking eoflfee nt night. I know n lot of people who toss awake All night after Ihey have been out to n late dinner and tin Ished with coffee. 1 had to quit it myself." "I'm sure thai i*n't the cause of tny trouble." "Have yon seen a doctor?" "No. A doctor couldn't help me any." "But how can you tell until you go to one and let him examine you?" "Well. If you must know, I'm worry log about my husband. Fie hasn't kicked at the size of the bills lately, and he's been so kind and ovbu tem? pered right along for a month or two that 1 feel almost sure he must be leading a double life. Ah. if be would only get to grumbling and making It disagreeable around the house again!" ?Chicago Record-Herald. The Waiter With Two Cars. A Cleveland party recently sojourn? ing In n Toronto hotel decided to take an automobile ride about the city. They approached the extremely self conscious clerk and asked him where thry could wecuww car. "Our head waited has two. dou't f* know," he replied. It took some little time to recover from this shock, but presently one of the party ventured to ask the price. "Three an hour," was the answer. That was voted satisfactory, and at luncheon one of the Clevelanders turned to the nearest waiter. "Who is the chap that owns two automobiles?" he asked. 4,I am the chap." the waiter replied, and he threw such a freezing empha? sis Into the word "chap" that it was fairly frost cracked. They finished their luncheon before they had enough courage to ask the price. "Four dollars an hour." the waiter replied with haughty indifference. Then they went uptown and hired a very ~ood car for $3 an hour.?Cleve? land Plain Dealer. The Qaelie ABC. Every letter In the Gaelic alphabet Is represented by a tree. The alphabet of today consists of eighteen letters? In ancient Gaelic seventeen?and now, as of old. all the letters with the ex? ception of g, t and u. which stand for Ivy. furze and heather, are called after trees. The Gaelic A B O of today runs: Allm. beite, coll, dur, eagh, fearn. gath. huath. iogh, luls, muin, nuin. olv, pelth, nils, sull, telne, nr. which is equivalent to saying elm, birch, hazel, oak, aspen, alder, ivy, whitethorn, lew, rowan or quicken, vine, ash, spindle tree, pine, elder, willow, furze, heath. In the ancient Gaelic alphabet the letter h (the heath or whitethorn) does not exist The alphabet is called the beth-luls-nuln. because b 1 n and not a b c are its first three letters. How the Natives Treat Gorillas. Natives in the countries Inhabited by great apes regard them always as hu? man beings of inferior types, and It is for this reason that for a long time it was found Impossible to get hold of an entire gorilla skin, because the sav? ages considered it religiously necessary to cut off the hands and feet of the animals when they killed them, just as they do with their enemies, possibly for the purpose of rendering them harmless In case they should by any chance come to life again. Perhaps. Mr. Clubman?I see by the papers that a poor young man who lost both his legs while snvlng the life of a beautiful heiress at a railway crossing is to marry the girl. She dismissed all suitors and offered herself to him. Mrs. C. (meaningly)?Very sensible girl. She'll know where her husband is nights anyway Badly Balanced. A witty Frenchman wrote at the commencement of this century a very interesting and amusing book bearing the title. "I,es Agremens et les Chagrins des Marlages." In this work the first four pages are devoted to the "agre? mens" (Joys) and the remaining .150 to the "chagrins" (sorrows). A Comparison. Several times had little Mary looked wonderlngly out of the window, watch? ing the full moon rise. Then a thought seemed to strike her. "Mamma.1 she remarked Ingenuous? ly, "doesn't it look Just like dad's head when you nee it over the top of his easy chair back?" Aiding the Mind. First Tourist?What are you writing down? Second Tourist?I'm making a note of a few things that have made an in? delible impression on my memory, so that I shan't forget them.?London Idea. Promptness Unappreciated. George What's de matter, kid? Willie It's dls way (boohoo). De boss told me to be prompt about every? thing, an' now he's fired mo because I was too prompt about golu' home.? Chicago News. All the Worse. Willis?So Skinner's mining scheme broke you? I thought you got In on the ground floor? Qlllla I did. That'i the reason I was buried BO deep when it fell in Puck. A man's argument is nearly always ?elf convincing, ?Exchange. THE jS?ZP^i 1 SSSjjS N ' If// .MeLE/ WILT THOU THAT WE COIViMAND FIRE? Luke 9:51-56?October 23 "And it came to pa**, when the day* irere wll-nifjh come, that he, should b< received up, he attadjaxtly ?ci his fwe. 'o au to Jntmaletu and sent W4e$$cnget? he ore hi* face." ^?"?'HIS week's study relates an in cident which occurred on the occasion of our Lord's Jour? ney from Galilee to Jerusalem just before his crucifixion. lie kuew that his hour was come; that his sacri? ficial life of three and a half years should be accomplished. The Great Teacher was full of courage. "But of the people there were none with him" in the sense of sympathetic apprecia? tion of the conditions. True, he had informed the twelve Apostles respect? ing the consummation of his work and its nearness, but they had been slow to believe all the things written in the Law and the prophecies concerning him. Their minds naturally grasped the glorious things spoken of the Mes? siah. They were so busy thinking of his glorious Kingdom, and of t heir glo? rious association with him in that Kingdom, that they failed to note the other prophecies which, with equal dis? tinctness, foretold his sufferings and ignominy. Similarly, they overlooked the Master's own words concerning his death. They thought of him as speak? ing In some figurative, hyperbolic man? ner. And Peter even attempted to re? buke him, saying, "Be this far from thee, Lord; it shall not happen unto thee." Refused by the Samaritans Another account intimates that James and John visited the Samaritan city for the purchase of bread and supplies for the party. The Samaritans recog? nized them and inquired, would the Great Teacher recognize the Samari? tans and heal their sickness or would he treat them as Jews in general treat? ed them?unkindly? They believed the latter. The Aj)ostles frankly told them that the Great Teacher was sent only to the Jewish nation and would not stop to heal their sick ones, because he was "not sent save to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Naturally enough the Samaritans re? sented this and were angry. They said. Very well. Buy br*ad from the people whom you instruct and whose sick you heal. St John and St. James wore greatly incensed at this. Was not Jesus the greatest Teacher? Was he not the Messiah? Had he not, as such, the right to determine the will of God re? specting who should and who should not receive his benefactions? With this answer they came to Jesus and. relating the circumstances, asked, "Wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven to destroy these men and their city?* Whst Spirit Are Ye Off We listen with keen interest for the Master's response. As we once view? ed the matter of the Divine program it would have seemed right for the Great Teacher to say to the Apostles, Never mind, my dear IMsciples; wait just a little while and ail those Samar? itans will die and my Heavenly Fa? ther will deliver them over to the dev? ils for an eternity of torture. In com a CXSD/ArO 7X>HCAJU> TWAT C/T7* A7K?V/f#9 TMAT Mt3 ATOM* HAt> COST*. st/s ?H-jv ttfscsatrs cqyji&Tfor-s. CX>AfA?>?VJFMO> TMJTLOMD3 ufp*"^ MT*. - ? ^ ^-4-7^ parison with eternal torture that which you purpose In the way of burning up their city and Incidentally burning them for a few minutes would be as nothing. I appreciate, my dear disci? ples, your spirit, that it is God-like; that you desire to do all the roasting and burning within your pover, and I commend you for it. Continue to thus copy your God and to cause suffering to as many as possible of your f '^w creatures who do not think exact! as you do. Was this the answer of the Great Teacher? Thank God. No! His teach? ing was the very reverse?sympathet? ic, loving, kind. And he had the Fa? ther's Spirit and understood it and followed it perfectly. In answer to their query, we read. "Jesus turned and rebuked them" and said, "Ye know not what spirit ye are of! The Son of man is not cotne to destroy men's lives, but to save them!" "A Savior and a 3reat One" The language spoken In Palestine in Jesus' dny was the Syriac. One of the Great Teacher's titles is The Savior. And this, In the Syrbn language, ^tg trifles, "The LifoGlvet." The whole world was damned enough before Purpose directs energy and pur? pose makes energy.?Parkhourst. Jesus came. TTp came not to damn (condemn) them more, but that they through him might have life (John x. 10; iii. ]?;. Life! Did they not have lifo? No. All human life was forfeited through father Adam's disobedience. All man? kind are dying as a result. A IJfe tfiver, a Savior from death (and not from eternal torment), was what was needed The first work <>f the Savior is the redemptive work of Calvary. His sec end work is the selection of bis Church to he his joint-heirs in the Kingdom. His third work will be the saving of Adam and all his race from sin and death ?from all the mental, moral and physical degradation which came through father Adam's diso ?edienee and through his children being born in sin and shapon in iniquity and in sin conceived by the mothers. The saving of the Church is a great work! How faithful we should be if we have heard, if our eyes have seen. If our hearts have tasted of the grace of God in this wonderf ul privilege of be? coming members of the Bride of Christ. However, we cannot suppose that the saving of merely a handful of select ones is the purpose of God in the crea? tion of the world and in the redeeming of the world. On the contrary, this elect "Little Flock" is spoken of as a "first-fruits unto God of his creatures" (James i, 18; Revelation xiv, 4.) This implies an after-fruitage much more numerous. While God does not propose to save anyone out of death and to life eternal contrary to the individual will, he does propose that every creature lost in Adam and redeemed by Jesus shall be brought to a clear knowledge of the Truth, that they may be saved. He does propose that only the willing? ly obdurate shall be lost; and their loss will be the loss of life?as the Apostle declares, "everlasting destruction." Hair Monstrosities. French theater managers in the eighteenth century had worse evils than picture hats to contend against Marie Antoinette, who was short, even according to French standards, set the fashion of high coiffures and ultra fashionable women prided themselves on measuring four feet from their chins to the tops of their heads. These structures took about six hours to erect, the hairdresser mounting a lad? der in the process. Some coiffures were almost as broad as they were long, with wings sticking out about eight inches on each side of the head. For the "frigate" coiffure the hair was rippled In a huge pile to represent the waves of an angry sea and sur? mounted by a fully rigged ship. As a consequence of these monstrosities, disturbances in theaters occurred al? most dally until an ordinance was is? sued against the admission of women with high coiffures to the floor of the house. Three Curious Bell*. There is a curious legend connected with the bells of Messlngham church. It is said that a long, long time ago a traveler was passing through Messlng? ham when he noticed three men sitting on a stile in the churchyard and say? ing, "Come to church. Thompson; come to church. Brown," and so on. Beiug very much surprised, he asked what It meant and was told that, having no bells, they called folks to church in this way. The traveler remarked that it was a pity so fine n church should be without liells and at the same time asked the men if they could make three for the church, promising to pay for them himself. They undertook to do this. They were respectively a tinker, a carpenter and a shoemaker. When next the traveler passed that way he found the three men ringing three bells which said, "Ting, tong, pluff," being made respectively of tin. wood and leather!?London Tit-Bita. Calling on Tennyeon. A young American girl, who with her mother had called at Farringford to see the famous poet Tennyson, but was not received, shortly after ex? pressed her regret to Mrs. Cameron. Tennyson's neighbor, who was also his Intimate friend and a lady at once charming and masterful. "Oh. so be wouldn't see you!" cried Mrs. Cameron indignantly. "Come with me!" She took the reluctant American straight back to Tennyson's house nnd, without knocking or ringing, went Into the room where he sat with his wife. "Alfred," said she as the two looked up. startled, "these strangers came from a far country to see the lion of Freshwater, and behold?a bear!" Tennyson burst out laughing and be? came amiable at once. Mr. E. C. Dennis is a candidate for Mayor of Darlington. PCGILIST KETCHELL KILLKD. Champion Fighter shot by Angry Ranch Hand. Springfield, Mo., Oct. 15.?Stanley Ketchel, champion middl^-w? ight pugilist of the world. ?1 i<-?i here to? night at 7:05 o'clock, as a result of i??ing shot early today by Walter A. Hurts, a ranchman. The shooting took place on lh?- ranch <>1 H. P. Dickerson, ? friend of Ketchel near Conway, forty miles east of h<-.*e. SLAYER OF KETCHEL CAPTUR? ED. 1 Whilt Fugitive Slept Host - <uuiils Guard. ( Springfield, Mo., Oct. 16.?Walter A. Hurts, who shot and killed Stan? ley Ketchel, the world's m tdle weight champion, yesterday, waa captured at the home of Taomas Haggard. one mile from Niangua. Mo., today. Hurtz was taken to the Webster County jail at afarshMotd, where he is being closely guarded. After being placed in hit- ceil the prisoner made a statement in .vhich he declared he shot Ketcb '1 ir, self defense. He says he oroereJ the prize fighter to throw up his hands, and when he did not obe> him he 7 fired. Late last night, overcome with hunger and fatigue, Hurt;', readied the home of Thomas Haggard, where he applied for a place to sleep and something to eat. He was given food and a bed. At that time Haggard had not heard of the shooting, but a short time later leaned of the affair. He also received a descrip? tion of the slayer and for several hours, while Hurtz was sleeping, he stood guard with a shotgun. Shortly after 4 o'clock this morn? ing Haggard secured the services of three neighbors and they aw.kened Hurtz. At the point of t gun they forced the man to roll up his ?ileeves. and, finding a tatoo mark there, ac? cused him of having killed Ketchel. Hurtz then broke down and admitted the shooting. He was turned over to the officers and taken to Marsh field. THOMAS DIXON ACTS IN PLAY. Ho Takes Part of Leading Man Who Was Drowned. Fayetteville, N. C. Oct. 17.?"The Sins of the Father" company gave two performances here today with Thos. Dixon, the author of tlu- play, appearing in the leading role, sud~ denly made vacant by the death of I one of the members of the company. Robert Barton Pahr by drown.ng at Wrightsville beach, Wilmington. If. Ci Sunday. A large crowd attended the mati? nee and an enormous house packed to standing room greeted the com? pany tonight. Mr. Dixon was evi? dently nervous during the first act j but soon found himself arid played the part successfully without n.issing a cue In the climax of th*? bi* sec? ond act. He swept the house with a storm of applause, the audience be? ing delighted at the opportunity to witness the unique performance of an author suddenly stepping; into one of his own leading roles without a day's rehearsal. The new actor, Mr. Jerome Storm, called to the company by telephone from New York yesterday, arrived this afternoon and watched Mr. Dix on's performance tonight. Mr. Dix? on will continue to play t'. j p;.rt for several days until the new member has memorized the part and is broken in. After the performance Mr. Dixon declared that he appre? ciated the difficulties of thr actor as he never did before. The entire company gave him their heartiest congratulations on his first appear? ance as an actor. TO RAISE MAIM;. The Wreck Will Probably U-i Re? moved by February 15. Beverly? Mass., Oct. 13.?-President Taft today finally approved plans for raising the wreck of the ba'.tleship* Maine from Habana harbor which call for the completion of the worV on or before the 13th anr .v r?ary of the destruction of the war vessel, February 15, next. The work la to be done according to plans made by army engineers and is to be under the direction of an engineer officer. President Taft this evening said that the paramount question in the raising of the Maine is the determin? ing for all time the ca\ise of the explosion, and whether the source of destruction was from the outride or inside the vessel. For this reason he desires that the work shall be retain? ed in the hands of the army engi neers and not let out by ontract. By direction of the pretddettt Spain has been invited to send a represent? ative to Habana to be present during the work of exposing and removing the wreck. President Taft will sail from Char? leston for Panama on November irt He will spend ah mt a w eck In Pa na ma.