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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. mt LKTTER? PROM OUR srt - GKAL CORKKHPONDKMs of Interest \ r..iM all Part* of nt?t and Adjoining * ountb s HOTICa TO CORRESPONDENTS. II your letters eo that they will thla office sot later than Mun when intended for Wednesday'* and not later than Thursday for g* turday'a haue. This, of ooeiae, appflee oaly to regular eorrespo.id In ease of Items of unusual ???lue. send In Immediately by telephone or telegraph, fluch st?rte? age acceptable up to tHe of going to preaa, Wednesday's Is printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after EGYPT. ?gypt. Oct. 18.?We are having weather for picking cotton. Tho farmers are b 'ginning to gather their corn and plant oats. The cot tan crop will be very short. Quite g> crowd from this place attended the fttVIri? circus In Camden last Sat? urday. atlas Eva Brltton has gone to Ker ahaw to teach school for this season. The new chureh at 8mithvllle Is aot yet complete but it Is hoped that It will be finished within a few atlas Belle McCutchen spent the week-end In Egypt. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. White have gone to Blsbopvllle today. Mr. Jones Smith of Rldgeway spent a few days of last week with Mr. J. R. McLeod of this place. The school* around Egypt have wot yet opened. The health Is very There will b? a basar given at home of Mr. J. R. Kirk ley Wed .y evening. Oct. 26. Everybody as Invited to attend and bring a well tilled purse. The girls are asked to bring a box with supper for two. Everybody la promised a good time. The proceeds will go to furnish the new plrati h at Smlthvllle. ROCKY BLUFF. iky Bluff, Oct. 18.?Corn gath haa commenced and every? body hi real busy, tr>lng to get the corn. ? .ot>n. psjpj Mai kg) til m% for some think there will be stormy weather now soon. Mrs. J. J. llatfleld went to Sum tee Saturday. Mise Eva llatfleld spent Satur? day night and Sunday at home. Mr Willie McLeod and family spent Sunday with Mr. O. P. Josey. Mrs. J. M. Fogle and little son James, spent Sunday night with Mrs. W. R. Wells. Mrs. W. F. Rarneld and HUM daughter. Ines. spent M.>e.da\ m Sumter with her mother, Mrs. Broadway. Rocky Bluff was SJOtl represent, d In Sumter yesterday. Among those who went to the circus were: Miss Kate MeLood. Mr and Mrs. W. I Baker. Messrs. j. L and j. K. .Me? Lood. w r, BarmeM I j. laiigUr Bonnie Watts. Otis Pttmnn. Kugeno iewy, Master Donald McLeod and Master Jamns llatfleld. LlttK Hoy and Carl Baker spent Monday with their grandmother. Mrs. J J llatfleld. Mrs. Johnson White, and children. ar? spending a few days with her another. Mrs. Benn>? Mitchell. Mrs. W. P. Williams and grand Jaagr* r. Miss Willie Joiner. of ?asnti r. are visiting friends here. There will not be preaching here ow next Sunday night, an was ex? ported. It will be Impossible for llatfleld to act hen- then DARK OORNETt >ark CorniT, ?>ct 19. ? Farmers getting on the home stretch In Oering their sot ton. In? rain night put a stop to cotton pick and hay cutting. Some of the le h*?re have some tine hay cut sew whuh will be lost If this weath? er continues many days. Mrs. T. D. Weeks was fpiite sick toot week but. thanks, to the skill of Dr. It H. Kurman. she In now get Uag better. Mr J L Ardla was quite sick last Fftday and moat of last week with chills *nd ffver but he Is now lm swwvtng. Thers was a funny sight seen at Week*' mill a few days ago. One ssaefce (known as a sting snake) had ht aa eel and there were two r snakes trying to take the eel away from It on* would choke whlls the other would try to II It away. One of Mr Weeks' n.ne and killed them. Mr John Windham .f W. ik, n? i<t. d Mr. W J Ardls hint Sunday r lohn M- i ?ulnlsx, .? tr.iv eling i. Stopp? fl v; ? * i r I i v aOjhl and y with W. J. Ardls Mr. and Mrs. Dog Oedefttga Of ff*1ne\? SjSjd ? IMOSd Mr USO V1r< I I > Weeks hint Sundav. rs It. B Ueddings of Pine and Marry Tlmmons of Pux vtllo visited relatives h?r>- list Sun day Tber#> wera few that attended tlw m thla c.rnrr. on the 17th. Personals I nn? Mux. Max, Oct. 20.?Dr. Carl Neuves, of Tlforvllle. Is visiting hiH sister, Mrs B. K. Truluck. Mr. J C. Truluck carried his little daughter. Mabel, to an eye Up* ialtlst m Sumb r last week. Norwood academy school opened Monday with M i-N Spears. Ol l< W vllle. as teacher. Mr. J. T. Mi Noll attended the Piosbrlori at Bench Mi|go. Mr. II K Tomlinson lost a h MTSC by staggers last mm k Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Truluck an 1 little granddaughter started on a visit to a son at Lake City a few di.s ago. but when a few miles from home the mule became fright? ened and turning suddenly, over? turned their buggy Into a ditch. Fortunately, the occupants were not hurt, but the buggy was broken In several places. Mrs. W. D. McClam Is spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Moore. Mrs. Newton Dlckerson is slightly improved after a serious illness. Mrs. Mellissa Tomllnson was bur? led at Bethel last Thursday. MAN CHARGED WITH ARSON. John Ware. Well-known Resident of Warrenvlllc. Accused of Burning Mill Company's Store. Alken. Oct. 20.?John Ware, n well-known white man of Warren vilb. has been placed In the Alken Jail, on the charge of arson, the of? ficer's charging him with burning of the company's store at Warren vllle some months ago. The arre.-t of Ware has created quite a sensa? tion, and the outcome of the case will be watched with Interest. Ware was committed to jail by Magistrat? E. J. Craig. The store, which is run by the Warren Manufacturing company, was burned at night some time ago, and the Indications were that the ?lore bail been burned by an Incen? diary. The officers have been dili? gently working on the case since, but nothing definite could be pla- d against any of thOSI suspect. I Wednesday Ware was charged with the crime. It is said that he some time previous to the burning had a ite at the Store about en a< ?ount. in which he Is said to ha\e alleged that |1,M too much Wx%* charged against him. He Is married, and Is about :50 years old. At the time of the burning he was an em p!oye*of the Wan. nville mill. INTEREST IN WORLD SERIES. Columbia I nns for Athletics III < luunpion?diip GfUSSBe, Columbia, net. 19.?More than SeUSl interest is being taken by Co? lumbia baseball fans in the games between the 1 Mi i la de l ph ia Americans and the <'h eago Nationals for ti. championship of the world. From the expression that come over the telephone, it Is evident that the Ath? letics have more supporters In Co tumbiu than the rubs. At least one crank, and possibly more, Journey? ed to Philadelphia to see the first two games. The b ams will not play today, but will meet In Chicago on Thursday and Friday, will return to Philadelphia Saturday and If anoth? er game Is required will journey back t<? Chicago, when they will pay Sun? day. In The I*ollce Court. Tuaodaj for the first time in ? ere< ? there were several Oases, heard in the Recorder's court. Most of them wa r the resell Of tOO much "big time" 01 c!fSUS day. The first case up was that of Ed Skinner on the charge of public drunkenness. As Skinner was not present to plead to the charge hit bond of $4.00 was forfeited. Lemuel Arthur pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness, and was let off with a fine of $2.00 James Edwards. alias Jarnos Sharpe. Wallace Duglas. John Gary. Albertus Elliott, and Washington James were all up on the charge of gambling with playing cards and dice. James Edwards was not pres? ent, having won enough money in the game to get out on bond, which he forfeited, the same being $25.00 Wallace Duglas was tried and found guilty and given a sentence of $25.00 I or 30 days. The other members of j the gang were not present. The wife of Henrv Sumter was up on the charge of disorderly conduct on the circus grounds, pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $5.00. Jerry White was up for several of fOSJSes <"mmlttcd on Friday night and Saturday morning, the various ? mints being assault and battery against bis wife and cursing, on Fri? day night and drunkenness. firing pistol ,n fin- streets and carrying concealed weapon larger than the tan allows. The first ?b?rge he pleaded "not guilty," hut the evidence showed that he was guilt,- of the rharge; le the other offenses he pleaded guilty; the IttSI total Of b I tiros amounting to $41 or 7*> days. The tines Store paid. HTKAMKR PICKS UP CREW OFF NORTH CAROLINA COAST. Blown From Ills Cour*?' by St roilV Winds, Aviator and Crew Decide to Glee Up the ship. New York, Oct. is. ? Man's first at tempt to crou any ocoan In an air? ship has failed, but Walter Well man, live companions and a kitten, who eeeayed the voyage, are sale. The airship?the Qlant America?is a battered aerial derelict, abandoned at sea, perhaps still In the air, per? haps beneath the waves with her OOetly equipment. When deserted she had been in the air probably 72 hours, a new world's record for dir? igibles and, driven by the wind, had tavelled doubtless SCO miles. Wheth? er the distance recorded for dirigibles ?870 miles?also will be broken, re? mains to be computed. Picked up by the steamship Trent early this morning off the North Carolina coast, Wellman and his fel? low air navigators are due in New York at noon tomorow. They loft their craft because she was in dis? tress and Idown so far from the course of the steamer's travel that a continuation of the voyage to the British Isles was hopeless. So, sum? moning aid by wireless, the difficult and dramatic transfer to the Trent was accomplished and the America left to Its fate. For an incident without parallel in history?the transfer of passengers from an airship to a steamer?mea? gre were the details obtainable by wireless during the day. Wireless, at all times more or less uncertain, was rendered more so by the tropi? cal wireless station in the vicinity of New York picked up from the Trent a word here .and a word there am pllfying on the earlier dispatches. It was learned that Wellman had found It necessary to rid the airship of the burden of most of its gasoline, retaining only enough to reach land In the event the Trent had not come to the rescue. When the steamship heeded the call of distress and drew near Its aerial sister, Wellman shout? ed hts predicament through a mega? phone and decided that he would lower his life boat, which swung from the dirigible's belly. As a pre? caution the Trent lowered her life boats, which stood by until the trans? fer was effected and Wellman and his companions, even down t?? the frightened squirming kitten wer. safe on board the line, surrounded by the excited passengers. The rescue was accomplished at a time when two continents awaited breathlessly the fate of the dirigible and her crew. Having been spoken by wireless, presumably in the vicinity of Nan tucket, at 12:45 P. Iff. on Sunday, it was a surprise then when the news came that the America had encoun? tered the Trent. homeward bound from Bermuda, in a longitude and latitude nearly 400 miles southward and 250 miles northwest of P.ermuda. Thrilling must have been the ex? perience of the America's command? er and crew as they were thus swept out ?f their course. Capt. Down, of the Trent, flashed first news of the rescue in a mes? sage to the New York Times, which, with the Chicago Record-Herald and the London Dally Telegraph, con? tributed $35.000 for the purpose of the expedition. Capt. Down also advised Sanderson Ar Son. New- York. for the Royal Mail Steamship Packet Dine. Subsequently more details came in a dispatch to the Associated Press. Further wireless messages reach? ing New York tonight say that one of the motors had broken In the America, which had made more se? rious the predicament created when Sil the gasoline that could l>e spared was cast Into'tho sea. The America Is, or was, 228 feet long and 52 feet in diameter, with a lifting capacity of 23,050 pounds. The envelope alone weighed two tons. There were thre? gasoline en? gines aboard, two of from 80 to 90 horsc power for the propeller and the smaller for the operation of a donkey engine. Taken as a whole the craft was practically the same In which Wellman made his two starts for tho North Polo in 1907 and 1909, respectively. Neither of attempts were successful, both were made from Spitzbergen and one from B group of Islands In the Artie Ocean, between Kranz Josef Island and Greenland, t>n Board Stetner Trent. Oct. 18.? (By United Wireless to New York, October 18.)?The crew of the air? ship America, in abandoning their craft, lowered themselves into tho life boat which swung beneath it. They then cast the life boat off and Were afloat on the sea. The airship. r< |ie\ed of the life host, shot up Into the .lit- and was rapidly blown away. The transfer of the Wellman party ttom the life boat to the Trent was effected with much difficulty. At I.SO a. m. today the steamer Trent Sighted the airship America und wireless communication was Im mcdintely established. Irwin, the operator on Hie < rshlp, informed Ginsburg, the operator on the Trent, to.!* the airship America's, crew wished to andon the ballon. Wire? less communication was kept up from this time on between the air? ship and the steamer. Day Ugh I was rapidly approaching and the Trenl was requeated to follow the America, which was then drifting at the rate of \'> miles an hour. After a consultation held on the airship it was decided that the only means of rescue was the life i><.at. This was such a hazardous undertaking that much time elapsed before the manoeuverintf was exe? cuted, as the tail of the airship, con? sisting of tanks of gasoline and wooden blocks, threatened to capsize the life boat as it dropped Into the water. This danger was at last overcome and the operation was car? ried out with success. In the opera? tion the trailer struck Wireless Ope? rator Jack Irwin and Louis Ijoud, the engineer, and also knocked a small hole in the side of the life boat. The airship, immediately on being released of its weight of the crew and boat, shot skyward as the boat shot downward. A moderate sea was running at the time, and after some slight difficulty the crew were taken on board, to? gether with the life boat, at 7.30 a. m. All the members of the crew are well, after a thrilling experience Wireless telegraphy has distinguish? ed itself by showing the great as? sistance in accomplishing the work of rescue. The Morse lamp signalling also took a great part in the communica? tion between Jack Irwin and the op? erator on the Trent, who gave the signals leading to the rescue. The crew was picked up in latitude 35.42 north, logltude 6-.IS west. where the America was abandoned. Wellman said that the airship had been blown far out of her course so that it was inadvisable to proceed. The foregoing is the first story of the thrilling rescue and was sent by wireless direct from the steamer Trent to the Associated Prt.~?. 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As this part of the ordinance ha.s not been strictly enforced hereto? fore, and as it w.-us shown that It wii? a hard thing to keep tbx fcigr: posted in conspicuous place?, the Recorder, much to their delight, let off the offenders for this time with the warning that they muirt sin against tho ordinance no more or he would be hard on them. Ali hackmen were notified that they must have tho placards pooled in their hacks and that they ooold get them at any time from Chief Brae ford. Albertus Blliott was up for gam? bling with cards on Jftonday and pleaded not guilty, when hia oase wan heard he was lined $1? or 34 days. No purer, daintier candies than Nunnally's could be made. Every box is generously assorted. Name and quality the standard 25 years. IfVe receive ex? press shipments almost daily. \\ W. si BERT. THE PEOPLE'S BANK, A The New Bank Capital $50,000.00 Makes Its bow to the business public soliciting their furors, Offering it's facilities to assist them in business or handle their crop;.. We are located at No. 12 \V. Liberty Street, call and sie us. open an account with us and see how easily we can do business together. UE?r* Money Loaned on Cotton at Six (6) Per Cent. The Prosperity Jlr Bank Increases with the prosperity of the surround? ing country. The interest of the people is our interest. We are working for you and re? spectfully solicit a share of your business. ?Our organization is up-to-date and we have the facilities for giving you the service that you want. The Bank of Sumter The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Established 1905. Capital Stock and Surplus.$ 165,000.00 Protection to Depositors. 285,000.00 Its Board of Directors have a combined wealth of more than. 2,000,000.00 Centrally Located, Conservatively Managed, it invites Your Business. 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