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COUNTY COnPF.SPONOENCE. ?KWHY 1JCTTEMS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CX>RRMSPO!CDKWT8. of ltuf?t From mM I'arte of ster and Adjoin tog Couallca. NOTICD TO CORRHPONDINT8. Hall roar letter* so that they will reach Ulla efnee not later than Men aar nhen hatntided for Wednesday's paper and not later than Thuiwda* far do turd ay's kurae. Thin, of ema applies only la regular oorreepontv soon, rn aaao of items of unueua) aawa value, eand la Immediately by aaatl. bsteohooe or telenrepb. Such aew? stories am aocoptablo up to the Boar of rotng %o at am. Wednesday's pa^er hi printed Tuender afternoon 4,w ite*uc*h\y*s rarer Friday after eansa, New? From Plsgah. Plsgah. Uec 22.?Winter has come at lent aad It now looks as if It were going to be a hard one. A cold wln floras; to be a hard one. A cold win tar generally follows a hot summer. Lent night was the coldest so far. Oats have a hard time trying to come up. Very few are to be seen yet llojr killing haa been going on this weak. There are not as many nogn to iUH thai year aa usual. Some will make meat enough and others will not The climate here Is not suitable to them and more are not rained on that account. One may as wall try to raise cotton successfully la the went aa try to raise hogs here. All to the contrary la tommy rot. Christmas la here and it looks like It's going to be a dull one. Notwith? standing many a poor fellow will go to hie final honte from indigestion. From accounts "booae" la coming ta by the wholesale, and It is a sure forerunner of trouble, for when a man gets full ha acta as If he owned She world aad I guess feels so. This often ta the cause of difficulties. Mr. Cnmsgte could better have given his line gift In behalf of peace, to the needy poor of the land. While the spirit that prompted It Is commend? able, he lust as well try to kick the rock of Gibraltar into the oefean as to get nations to agree to universal paare.. The spirit of conquest Is aa strong now aa ever or there would not be such vast preparations al? ways going on for war. A Utter from Rev. J. Walter Ham* any saya ha will return to his home neat year. While ha haa plenty of .C?oraJ work, heairxr haJ given way la the low country and he will leave to return to the sand hills to recuperate. Rar. T. I* Cole will go to Casaall this day to marry a couple. Mies Hattle Husney will spend the holldaya In Florida visiting relatives. Several of the schools around will i have Christmas trees on Friday even? ing. 13rd last Utile Miss Bthel Watson celebrated her tth birthday last week by having her teacher and her classmates spend the evening with her. After SOtttS hour* of social entertainment snd sexjoy nasnt thete were nice refresh moots aet before the little tots and buy one* too went home feeling that they had a very pleasant time j.ist aa children have. Eth >l did he* t,est to make her frtende have a nice time and she admirably succeeded She received many nine presents an I ill washed for her many happy returns of the day. X* mm From l>erk Corner. Cork Corner. Dec. 11.?Well, I will attempt to write a line for the Watch saaa and Southron this cold night. We surely had some cold days and nights since Dessau bor name In. Crops am ali gathered. Some are cutting treed an would ship If they could get ?am, hut It mai as it Is almost Im linsaihle to get any cars here at Broadway's Siding, as they have aoea ordernd ?vor a week ago. I have ao ssck to report and no den the Only we were all shocked at the death, by ttre. at Pine wood of Bfr. K Hassp Wilson's little daughter, which occurnd on the night of the leth last Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have the sympathy of the neighborhood in their snd affliction. Mr. W. T. Kolb moved from here he Charleston about two weeks ago. and Mr John M. Griffin, of Pine wood has moved on Mr. Kolb's place. Mr. Kobert Christmas of Bloom hill and Mise Mollle, daughter of the sate Joha W. Geddings, of this cor ner. were married by Rev. Wm. Hay? nsworth at Bethel church on Sun slay. Decemlnr I Ith. Well. Mr. Editor. I am thinking of discontinuing my scribbling for the Watchman and Southron ss 1 am gnttJng old and fnehle snd there H BS many other* that ran fill the ?, that I occupy In the column* of said paper so much better thit I believe ?t will ue heat for nil ? one nod, so I think I will Qu'? some' RS in th? first of the r> w enr Mlns fcunU* fXr->r% r- M have a Christmas ?: h*e ani ol fRefde) on Saturday ? has Invited Obi '?t 1 i mm*. (Old Hard Time? ought to know that one never gets too old to do good, and ahould not think of dis? continuing his Dark Corner letters now or any time soon. Ed.) HUGH VACCINATION. Special Health Officer Reardon and Dr. Kirk Working to Prevent Spread of Smallpox. Mr. E. I. Reardon, who was ap? pointed Special Healtn Officer for Sumter County by County Supervisor P. M. Pitta, to take in hand and see what could be one to prevent the ?prer.d of the epidemic of small pox at Hagood. has reported to Supervisor Pitta that there are only seven cases of the dlseaee at Hagood but that these cases are of a most virulent type. There are only three negro families which have the disease and these families live about a mile from Hagood. Everything possible is being done to prevent the spread of the disease, and much vaccination is being done n carrying out this idea. Mr. Reardon reported that he had already vaccinated several hundred negroee and it was probable that about 1.200 or 1,500 persons would have to be vaccinated in the commu? nity. Dr. Kirk is also vaccinating the white and colored people, and as he and Mr. Reardon are working togeth? er to prevent the spread of the dls? eaee It la probable that it will be stopped before Mother persons are at? tacked by It ? Better it la to be envied: than pitied.?Herodotus. . . HUNT'S . . . LIGH1NING la tlte one unfailing ecientifc dressing which Instantly relieves and permanently cures all harts, cote, burns, bruises, sprains and wounds of every kind. Pain leaves at once because the air la excluded, and the oil covering acte as artificial akin. The quick? est, fastest healing oil known? HINTS LIGHT NINO OIL. 95 cents and 50 cents bottles. All Druggists Always A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO.. SferiMi. Texas Sold By SIBKRTS DRUG STORE. The number of cotton bales Is grad? ually diminishing. Last week there was less cotton sold than any other week this year since the season be? gan and this week 970 bales were sold. ONE LYNSHED DURING YEAR. South Carolina's Reputation for Mob Law Improves. Columbia, Dec. 23.?In the list of lyrichings for the year 1910 South Carolina Is given one. .That is cor? rect Heretofore this State has usual? ly been given a few extra ones for good measure. The lynching this year was over In Newberry Counnty, only a short while ago. A record of such matters Is kept in the Governor's office. SERMON UPON NEGRO'S WRONG? DOING. Rev. M. G. Johnson, Colored, Advises of Minus Hightowcr to Tell of Boy's Fall. Special to The Daily Item. Columbia, Dec. 24.?I^ev. M. Q. Johnson, colored who ministered up? on Minus Hightower, has announced that he will preach a sermon in his church, Ladson Presbyterian, Sunday embodying the confession of the ne? gro hanged yesterday, with appro? priate comments on the whole af? fair. Rev. Johnson was in attend? ance upon the boy many times since the crime was committed, and to him was poured out the story that was not told by the condemned just before the execution. Tho preacher has been pastor of Ladso churcn 32 years, is a good man and ho will give advice helpful to his race. KILLS FATHER AND SON. George and Bunyan James Slain by Farqnhar Stroud. Chesterfield, Dec. 2v.?George James and his son, Bunyan, were kill? ed by Farquhar Straoud late this af? ternoon, at Chesterfield. None of the particulars are known at this time, but the trouble probably grew out of an old quarrel. Bunyan James and Faquhar Stroud are brothers-in-law. ?"I had been troubled with con? stipation for two years and tried All of the beat physicians in Bristol, Tenn., and they could do nothing for me," writes Thos. E. Williams. Mld dleboro, Ky. "Two packages of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cured me." For sale by all ?lealers. LiOST?One black fur muff between Sumter and Dingle's mill. Finder please notify Miss K. McFadden, Alcolu, S. C. and receive reward. 12-20-2t.-W. FOR SALE?Sheep and goats, in pairs or two's. Great for cleaning out under brush. Prices as to size and quality. Sold out of sheep skins. E. W. Dabbs, Mayesvllle, 8. C. ll-.9-I-2taw-tf-W-tf FOR SALE?A 600 acre farm in Wateree Township, Kershaw county, three miles from railroad station? Blaney, S. C, and one mile from Automobile Highway between Camden and Columbia, one of ihe I finest sand-clay roads In the State, and on R. F. D. route. The land is sand gravel, with a clay subsoil, and also bottom lands, capable of producing a bale to two bales per acre, properly cultivated. Three hundred acres under cultivation, with one 9-room house and six ten Ant houses In fair condition. For particulars, Write, Jno D. Bailey, Blaney, B. C. ,21 I, 9. 1?,?W & S 9-17-24-28. SEED CORN?The committee for the Boys' Corn Club has remaining on hand about fifteen bushels of the selected corn entered for seed corn prize. Each bushel was selected with care and is the best seed corn to be had in Sumter County. It will be sold for $2 per bushel. Ap? ply to S. D. Cain, County Superin- j tendent of Education. FOR SALE?Seed corn from \ prize acre. None but choice ears, 70 pounds in ear for |3.00. Without extra selection. rated third by Judges In seed contest. Jas. j McBride Dabbs. Mayesvllle. S. C. ll-19-I-2taw-tf?W-ltaw-tf. - I MONEYMAKER?We can supply a! limited quantity of selected and Im- I proved pure "Moneymaker" cotton seed, raised on our farm where I there has never been any blight. ; Small lots, $1.25 per bushel; better price on large lots. Booth-Osteen Co., Sumter. S. C. 12-18-tfW1 FOR SALE?Several sows and gilts, some with pigs and some due to have pigs soon. Several pure bred Berkshire pigs, both sexes. Some? thing choice in both lots. E. W. Dabbs. Mayesvllle, 8. C. i ll-lt-I-2t aw-tf.?W-ltaw-tf. ?When your feet are wet and cold ( and your body chilled through and through from exposure, take a big ? ose of Chamberlain's Cowgh Remedy, bathe your feet in hot water before < going to bed, and you are almost cer- , tain to ward off a severe cold. For ?ale by all dealers. 1 She Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne tha signature of and has been made under his per* ffl^jfiA/ BOnal 8UP?rvision since its infancy. ^t^^/vZ Allow no one to deceive yon in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good 99 are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment? What is CASTORIA Castorla is a harmless substitute for Ca*.or Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant* It contains neither Opium* Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and aHays Fcverishness. It eures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought in Use For Over 30 Years. tms ???trau? 00MMN?. rr Murray tratrr, new voaa orrr. MANY FARMERS TO USE DYNA? MITE. One Farmer Finds Use of Explosive Successful and Others Follow His Example . 3pecLal to The Daily Item. Columbia, Dec. 24.?Following the successful application of dynamite ?is a means of breaking land by a jpartanburg farmer, other Carolina planters have experimented with ex? plosive?. Capt. A. H. Foster of Union bounty is the last, a demonstration Dy {he Dupont Powder people having lust been given. However successful his dynamite plowing might be, it will 3e a long time before powder takes :he place of the mule. Capt. Chas. Petty of Spartanburg, who has watched results, wrote some time ago that plowing by dynamite was by no means superior to the right sort of old-style plowing. Municipal Election at Plnewood/ Pinewood, Dec. 23.?The annual election of town officers took place Wednesday, resulting in the election to office of the following sterling citi? zens who have done so much for the advancement of this progressive town: Mr. A. P. Toomer, Intendant: War? dens, Messrs. B. D. Griffin, R. F. Ep? person, E. C. Geddings and F. F. Bush. 5 Days Only AT COST BEGINNING TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27th?ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 31st. Every article in our store will be sold you at cost?our cost, you all know what that means. Cloaks and Tailor Made Suits will be sold at ONE-HALF PRICE. -1? $17.50 15.00 13.75 11.25 9.25 $35.00 Suits at 30.00 Suits at 27.50 Suits at 22.50 Suits at 18.50 Suits at $32.50 Suits at 28.50 Suits at 25.00 Suits at 20.00 Suits at 15.00 Suits at $16.25 14.25 12.50 10.00 7.50 Please note that during the Sale that no goods will be Charged, Exchanged or sent out on Approval. Alterations, if made on Suits, will be charged for. Remember the Dates, ai?d share in the good things this opportunity affords. COST SCHWARTZ BROS v.