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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. VEW8Y LBTTTKR? FROM OUR. SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. iSfjsss of Interest From sll Parts of Sumter ami Adjoining Counties. fffffWl TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters so that they wilt reach this office not later than Mon iay when intended for Wednesdays vaper ?nd not later than Thursday 'or Sat jrday's issue. This, of course, applies only to regular correspond? ence. In case of items of unusual sews value, send In Immediately by soall. telephone or telegraph. Such aewe stories are acceptable up to the Soor of going to press. Wednesday's paper is printed Tuesday afternoon and Saturday's paper Friday after? noon. PINEWOOD. Ptuewood. Feb. 16.?What Induce? ments could the city of Sumter and county offer for school district numb? er 1. Clarendon county, to he annexed to Sumter county? ThW district lies In extreme western part of clarendon and embraces $400,000 worth of tax? able property. It was surveyed three years ago, so that districts No. 1 and No. 25 could be combined, and anoth? er survey would not bo necessary. The e~tstern boundary line of this district begins about one-half mile east of Hodge's Corner and this makes an arrow line for the Santee swamp, com? ing into the swamp about one mile east of Rimini and some of the best farming land is in this section. If the city and county officials of Sumter will have the proper petitions drawn up for signatures calling for the election to annex School District No. 1 of Clarendon county to Sumter co'inty. the cltlsens of Plncwood will see that they are circulated and pro parly signed. Who'll make the first step in Sumter to gain this annexa? tion and have $400,000 worth of pro? perty for taxation? Clarendon's chain gang visits Pinewood and vicinity every leap year. Mrs. A. IL Williamson returned to Augusta. Oa., Frida> after a two weeks' visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lawrence. Mrs. R. C. Richardson. Jr., and chil? dren have returned from a visit to her former home at Laurena, S. C. Mrs. C. C. Chapman, of Darlington. Is a visitor here this week. Rev. H. A. Knox. of Mayesvllle. D. D. O. C. of the Fifth District. K. of P. visited the lodge here at a regular convention on Wednesday evening, I February 15th. Mr. Joe Joye. with E. W. Vogel, of shunter, was here for a few days the past week. Mr. R. H. Wilson has started his SBSlngle mill again after a two weeks' ?hut down on account of a burn down. Measles hav? broken out In the tienrby vicinity. Mr. J. Rolin Kolb was a visitor to Use Oame Cock city to Invest In horse flesh this week. Mr. J. R. drittln has several chil? dren confined with measles. Dr. Douglas Weeks, of Newberry, was a visitor here last week. Mr. John S. Richardson spent last Wednesday In Columbia. Mr. Olden I>. Marvin spent the week at Rranchvllle on business. Capt Mlddlebrook an A. C. L. offl ceal was In town last week looking In? to th* h?ng needed increase of Biding to acommodate the Increase in solid car shipments for this point. At a meeting <>f iMn.uood Lodge, No. 124 K. of I\ MM Wednesday ,vhi tasL the following officers were elect? ed to serve for 1U11 and will be In? stalled on March 1st: D. R. Llde. C. c P. II. Kroughton, V. c. B. P. 1troadwa\. IT- late. C. M. Muggins. M. of W. P. II. I'.rouKbt .n. M of Kvi. Walter I?. ?ppstfjo?, M Ol C; K. of R. and 8. F. M. Graham. M. at A. A. G. Stack. L O. J. K. Hronghton, * ?. <;. Trustees ft. V. I(rosdway. 11*11; O. D. Harvln. 1912 and T. H. Mlms. 1913. Delegates Is attend the convention of the Fifth District at Lynchburg, S. C. on Wednesday. February 12nd, at 11a. in. to nie.-t with Magn dia IiQtlgS No. 4* were chosen as follows: PJ. c. Ueddings and C. M. Hugglns to reprenent No. 124. MI'.h IN at I lie, ves of KldK?'Vsay wie. has been visiting at Venteers, S. C. is expected to arrive here Saturday to visit her gtVtSjfflj Misse? Annie and Cardie Reeves. 4 ? EGYPT. Egypt. Feb. 16.?We are now hav? ing tine weather for taim w ?rk. A few snore SfSSjf days a id the soil will be ready for planting. ?>-.?h are look? ing tine. Miss Irene Weldori has accepted a position In the postottlee at Hlsh opvllle. She began w< at that place last week. Mr. J. K. M l 'd w as in i 'amdt n last Saturday. Several from this place attend I valentine party a? the home of Mr. nod Mrs. J. P. Wilson at lb riot f D | day evening. Among those to go from this place were. Misses Dot Na? pier, Pearl Napier, Sadie White and Mit McCutchao; Messrs. Charlea PV i ides, Lawrence White, Reggie M< Cutchen and OltO White. All ? joyed thsmselvei to the fullest extent Miss Dot Napier spent the week-end with her sister, M ..->. Pearl Napier, i tmtthvtlls. Mr. Bd Rohln and sister, Miss Sal lie, of Lugoff, spent the week-end of thi SUSI WOtk with friends In Egypt. Mr. j. t. Munnerlyn, oounty su? perintendent ol Education of Le< county, is making his round of vi - us to the schools in this section of the eounty. Hi visited the Egypt school Tuesday a. in. He said it was one of UM (im st country .schools of Lee coun? ty. Especially did he praise the work of Miss Napier. Mrs. F. G. Posbrea spent Monday in Camden. Mr. John McCutchen has gone to Charlotte to learn the automobile trade. Master Frank White, who has been \ itv sick for several weeks, is able to be out again. The health of this community is unusually good. CAR TURNS DOUBLE soMEH S At LT. One Occupant llruiscd ? Down Eni luiiikiiient Near Wateree Itlver. ('finden, Feh. 18.?What came near being a serious m clde.it this afternoon .. ,^ the overturning of a touring car, belonging to the Etheridge Motor Car Company, of Columbia, on the steep ? m??ankment leading to the Wateree Klver. The negro chauffeur attempt? ed to get out of the way of a scared DM?e and miscalculated his distance. The car turned over twice before It landed In a ditch, at the foot of the embankment. The negro was unhurt, but another occupant of the car was cut and badly bruised. The car, a new one, was bat ? i d, but was ab'.e to continue under its own power, after being gotten out of the ditch with the aid of several mules. END OF WASH IIFNTF.R CASE. ( omletcd Man Expected to Enter Penitentiary In Few Days. Columbia, Feb. 19.?George Wash? ington Hunter, of Laurens County, will be brought to the State Penitentiary within the next several days, to com? mence serving his sentence of eight years, for the killing of Eldred Cope land. Attorney General Lyon has obtained the mandate dismissing the case from the United States Supreme Court for lack of jurisdiction. The Attorney General turnd the mandate over to the clerk of the Supreme Court. The case has already been affirmed by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Hunter has lost his last appeal and will have to serve his sentence. He was tried and convicted In Greenwood county several years ago. He com? mitted the crime In Laursnt county. MOTHER OF OUTLAW DEAD. Died of llioken Heart Over Lewis West's Misdeeds. Fayettcvllle, n. c.. Fob, is. Faunt* West, mother Of Lewis West, the no? troious outlaw and desperado, who is t<. be tried ?t a special term of court March Kith, for the murd'T of Deputy Sheriff Mnnmord, Wilson, is dead at her home In the outskirts of this City, of ? broken h? art and the aho< k of her son's mlsdSSdS She was an es? timable negro, highly regarded by her w hlte friends * NECKLACE IN cow s STOMACH. Diamonds ltcmo\c<| from One and In? struments from Another, KnOXVtlle, Term., IVb. 18.?A dis? patch from Bristol says: A diamond necklace was found in the paunch of eon butchered in ? Bristol abattoir this morning. in the stomach of another cow was found a set of architect's drawing In .-1 rnments. The e-ow with the nSCklSCS earn*' In a shipment of cattle from Kentucky. Handwriting on the Wall. A whirlwind struck the house yes? terday afternoon and swept all of the bills from the calendar and brought about a determination to udjourn at n "fi ;trid the speaker gave notice thai the hands of the clock would not be turned back, but when the hour came the gavel would fall It Is charged fii it this Wai I move o.i the part of the supporters of Judge Watts and memmlnger to prevent further bal? lots, because they saw some band writing on the wail that looked Hkc Fi a as I. For some time the sug gestlog has been working, us has been looted in this correspondence, to the effect that It would not Injure the State t-. svait another year before electing the fifth Justice,?Columbia: Cor, Flor? I Times, Fob, 18. THE HOYS' CORN CLUB MEETS. Club Formed and Resolutions Passed. ?Officers to Be Elected March Uth. From the Dally Item. Feb, 18. The Initial meeting of the Boys' (Virn Club for Sumter county was held in the grand jury room Bt the county court houi ? today with a .small attendance, who showed much enthu? siasm In tii?* work and drew up >ev eral resolution! which were passed. it was decided to hold the next neetlng of the club on March 11, at which the annual election of officers k/ouI i take place and wht n the names of those boys to enter the club dur? ing the year who had not already done |o were to be enrolled. The main resolution passed at to? day's sessi<>a was to limit the mem? bership In the club to boys between the ages of 12 and IS, and should any one under this age desire to enter, to require of hin an affidavit stating ex? actly what work he had done on the a<re and what he had paid for it. The boys of the proper age to enter the club were not required to sign this affidavit. The names of those present were enrolled as members of the club, and others desiring to join the club were to communicate with Superintendent of Education Haynsworth at once. The rules of the National Corn Club IV >re adopted as part of the club rules. The older people present spoke of forming a five-aero prize corn con ; st In order to bring up the Interest of the farmers in the county i.i the coin growing while at the same time to show what could be done and what was impossible in corn raising in this county. It was decided to talk up the next meeting in order to get a larger num? ber of boys to it and to increase thtj interest of the hoys in the club. FOR A GREATER CORN CROP. The Season When King Corn Must be Planted is Rapidly Approaching. The season for preparing ground and planting Is almost upon us, but as yet we have not learned what prepara? tions are being made to induce con? tests In cotton or corn. In conversa? tion with one gf the country's fore? most farmers yesterday, he suggested that same plan should he immediately adopted along this line; that what had been accomplished in the last two years, through competitive tests, in the corn growing industry in this country, had instilled our farmers to greater efforts to beat the yield pel acre of any year in the history of corn growing in the country. To promoto a greater incentive, every man doing business in this city should contribute something toward establishing a fund for offering prizes both in money and farm utensils.? Georgetown Item. MARRIAGE AT WEDGEFIELD. Miss Dora Dew and Mr. E, M. Maibls United in Bondg of Matrimony. Wedgetield, Feb 1?.?The Presby? terian church here was the scene of an unusually pretty marriage on yes? terday < vening, when Miss Dora, the only single daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dew, and Mr. Evans M. Mathls of Boykln were made one. The church had been tastefully decorated for the occasion, the color sein me being gr en and white. With Miss Bettle AycOCk presiding it the organ the bridal thorns from Lohengrin announced the arrival of the bridal party. The ushers. Messrs Harold Chandler und Julian Ryan en? tert d opposite isles, followed bj the bridesmaids, Misses Hertha House and Jeanette Tallon, passed under rbe arch, crossed and took positions On each side of the altar. The groomsmen, the bride's brother, Mr. W. L. Dew, and Mr. Rlchburg fol? lowing next, did likewise forming a ?eml-clrcle around the altar. Then came the dame of honor, Mrs. Ed. Boyett, The bride entered with her brother. Mr. John li. Dew, being met at the altar by the groom and his best man. Mr. Gasktns. Standing under the pretty arch from the apex of which hung a lovely white bell caught up with white satin ribbon. They faced the pastor. Rev. S. H. Hay, who in a very Impressive ceremony united them in the holy and lasting onds of matrimony. Jessie James' Mother Dead. Oklahoma City, Feb. 10.?Mrs. Zeralda Samuel, St", years old, moth? er of Frank and Jesse James, tin former bandits, died this afternoon on a St. Louis ami San Francisco train near here. In view of Ihe recent activity of Un? ion, we suggest thai it be allowed to replace tin- eagle as our national bird. Milwaukee Sentinel. Why tolerate Ijorlmer longer li? the Senate when a compartlvely useful and honorable vacancy might be had Instead ??Indianapolis Star. JUDGE CARRIES' A GUN. Made Application for Permit to Him? self, and Promptly Granted it. [Jtlca, Feb. 10.?City Judge O'Con? nor went to the office of his court and aaked himself for a permit to carry a loaded revolver. Then Judge O'Connor Issued to Cltlsen O'Connor the permit after satisfying himself that the applicant was a citizen of good charac ter and had a proper rea? son ft r wanting t'? carry the gun. This is the reason Cltlsen O'Connor! gave to Judge O'Connor In filling out the permit for the gun: "i have been annoyed by dogs, dock rats and skunks, and believe that public policy would be conserved by winging one or two of them." There wer " better reason for the permit however, in a hunch almost the else of an egg on the right side of Judge O'Connor's head in an undue expansion on the t ack of the same head, in a bad y bruised elbow and a svvolb-n hand, afflictions that were heaixd upon Judge O'Connor by four ncn who assaulted him while he was en route to deliver a lecture before a local fraternal organisation. One of the men had recently been arraigned before Judge O'Connor, and believing the court had not given him a square deal h- led the assault. Judge O'Connor laid out two of his rssail ants with his lists, but believing he can do quicker and more effective work with a gun should occasion rise in the future, he issued a permit to himself to carry a weapon. Judge O'Connor intends to prosecute his as? sailants to the limit of the law. To Save Children Prom Haul Places, Senator w. L. Mauidin. of Green? ville, in speaking for the Rescue Orphanage bill, which he fought through the Senate, remarked: "Many proposed laws are In the form of a 'pound of cure,' while this bill is in the form of the 'ounce of prevention,' which will make itself felt more and more as time goes on." The State of South Carolina sends its bad hoys to a reformatory estab? lished two years ago at Florence. There are at present sixty-one of these in corrigibles in this institution, and the records Indicate the underlying cause of their badness. Of these sixty-one boys, nine have Stepfathers, twe've have stepmothers, four both father and mother dead, eighteen mother dead, while two never had any home or father or mother that they remember. If the lack of a mother's love and a father's correction lands all these boys In this youth's prison at the av? erage e.ge of thirteen, Is It not pos? sible that had these same boys bPei. reared under favorable conditions, they would now he on the high road to good citizenship, instead of being a charge upon the State and breeders of crime and vice? This idea and others prompted the passage of the new law by the present Legislature. It provides that if a child is abandoned or being brought up in immortal or vicious surroundings, or without any ade? quate care or support, then it shall be the duty of the judge of probate to commit the child to the care and rearing of the rescue orphanage. This orphanage was recently started under a charter from the State, and now under the new law, the Institution meets the approval of the Legislature. It Is interdenomi? national and supported solely by charity. All good citizens are urg? ed to assist in its work, At present waifs to the number of twenty-two from nine counties are being cared for.?Greenville News. Possibly So. Alter staring at the minister straight through the lish course, Ade? line Inquired: "Mamma, why is that man's hair so black when his beard is white? She was hushed by the stricken family, and stayed bushed until the salad was brought in. , Then she saw her chance. "1 know sin- said, "it's 'cause he uses his jaw more'n he does his head."?Success Magazine. l-aliication VS. Instinct. Jacob Wendell, Jr., who plays the part of the dog in Materllnck's drama, was dining in a restaurant recently when a man, recognizing him as the actor, approached and said: "Pardon me, but you take the part of the dog In 'The Blue Bird,' do you not? Of course, you don't know it, but 1 can really bark lots more like B ibig than you." "Well, you see," answered Wendell, "I bad to learn." Success Magazine. Some members of the legislature go to growling every time it is pro? posed to put 1 tox on dogs. Anders ?n Mail. An honest man goea through the world without getting any more than . . . I is coming to him. (LEASE is OPPOSED TO A COM? MISSION FORM OF GOVERN - Ml NT. SO VETOES ACT. distribution of IMspcnsarj Fund For biddcn?Preachers and Other* ; s cuscd from Jury Duty?(ioi : nor Thinks Newspapers Have Too Much Liberty. Columbia, Feb. 20.?Gov. Blease wit Ided his meat ax< vigorously today, j He stated that hi- was opposed to the commission form of government, and on this ground vetoed two a< t.- re? lating to this form of government. These bills arc the ones providing for the commission form of government in cities of more than 9,000 inhabi? tants, and in towns of not less than 4,000 Inhabitants. The Stevenson a< t providing for the distribution of the dispensary fund has been vetoed by Governor Blease. This hill is of great significance to i.he common schools, since under it, ?hey arc to receive $140,000 to be distributed under the supervision of the State officers and county hoards. As his reason for vetoing this bill Governor Blease stated that it was because of the fraudulent enrollment now in vogue in the negro schools of the State, which fact, he said, had been duly called to the attention of the general assembly. In vet ?ing the act of the assembly in regard to exemptions from jury duty, QuVt rnor Blease stated that he did not believe it right that ministers should serve on juries, and that he did not believe in taking the tit. of bankers and men in public institutions. The act eliminated ministers, bankers and newspaper men from the former exemptions of jury duty. In vetoing the act relating to an as? sistant sui erintendent of education in certain counties, Governor Blease gave as his reason that this was a useless and unnecessary position. The act In regard to libel, and civil proceedings in reference thereto has been vetoed on the ground that it would cause more killings than ever lief ore. "The newspapers have too much liberty now, said Governor Blease. Governor Blease is still con? sidering the act providing for an in? vestigation vjf dispensary commission. The act in reference to the commis? sion on the State hospital for the In? sane is still under consideration. This act continues present mem? bers of the commissicr, and recom? mends their re-appointment by the Governor. On the act v)f the general assem? bly to prevent the formation of ill shaped counties, Governor Blease has set a hearing for 12 o'clock Saturday. At this hearing R. H. Welch, repre? senting advocates of Heyward and other counties, will endeavor to prove to Governor Blease that the act is un? constitutional. On the other side of the question, D. S. Henderson, repre? senting Aiken county, will be heard. The bill was pushed through by Aiken county delegation. DEATH OF FLYING FOXES! Only Two Specimens in This Country Likely to Bo Executed. Kansas <'ity. Feb. IS.?If the war? fare on dying foxes started here yes? terday by Federal authorities is suc? cessful, it is probable that the only two species of this animal in the Uni? ted States will be killed. One of the foxes was owned by a salesman. The Other belonged to Jos? eph Edwards, who was arrested charged with importing the animal Into the United States and exhibiting it. He plead not guilty to the lirst charge and guilty to the second. He was released on s cash bond. Ed? wards Is als?) charged with having 'n his possession a mongoose, an animal barred from this country. AFTER FORTY DAYS' HARD LA? BOR. What General Assembly Did and Didn't Do. Columbia, Feb. 19.?Avoided the tax question. Refused to revise the school laws. Did not adopt the Tor rens land system of registration. Pass? ed b marriage license law. Ignored compulsory education. Ignored the whiskey question. Killed the "mile? age" bin. Failed to elect an Associate j ustlce, Titlmnn to Vote r<>r Lorlmer. Senator Bath y s speech d< fending the right of Senator Lorlmer, of Illi? nois, to his seat In the Senate, turned at least one vote. Senator Tilltn. n, of South Carolina, who has been ill for several months, and whose emotions overcame htm during Senator Bailey's peroration, announced today that he had changed bis mind and would vote against unseating Senator Lorlmer. The escort of police at the Gould wedding cost the city of \> w York over $^o(?, but think of the advertising New York got out of it:?Atlanta Journal. WAYLAID AND BOBBED. Sam Hopkins, Young White Man, Knocked Unconscious and Then Robbed. From The Daily item. Feb. 20. On Saturday night Sam Ji ?pkins, a young white mad who works at Jhe New York shoe repair shop, wa? . knocked down in the lower part <;f^ thi- railr< ad yard by an unknown ne? gro and was robbed ?>f a package which he carried. The contents of his pocket, which contained some money that he had just received in payment Of htl week's work, was also i' sslng a hen h< recovered ? mw sclousness under the ministration of railroad employees who found him lying on the ground in an unconscious conditi >n. Hopkins was aide to be out again today hut had not so far recovered as to be able to go back to work. The statement as made by Mr. D. W: Hopkins, the lather of the young man, this morning was that his son had been returning home by his usual route through the railroad freight yard. iie was walking along by a freiptfj train when some one came up behind him and hit him in the head with an i iron pin or some heavy piece of wood, knocking him unconscious. When he recovered consciousness the conductor of the train was bathing his head and trying to bring him back to consciousfpf I ness. Th-- conductor wanted to take him to the hospital but he protested and went on home. It was stated that the conductor found Hopkins lying unconscious on. the ground and immediately tried t> y revive him. his efforts being finallv^S. successful. The engineer on the train stated that he had seen a negro pass? ing him while he was on his cab and he called to him, hut instead of stop? ping, the negro had commenced to run. This leads Mr. Hopkins to think that it was a negro who hit his so? and then robbed him. Mr. Hopkins stated that the wound was a short and deep one and had been caused by a sharp iron instru? ment or pin of some sort. The rob? bery occurred in the lower end of the freight yard just north of the old cot?^ ton factory. _ HKYBIRNS OBJECTION EFFEC TIVE. ^0 9wW Idaho Senator Prevents Vote on Di? rect Election of Senators. f Washington, Feb. 17.?Enmeshed in an apparently hopeless tangle over tre joint resolution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote, and in the face of positive opposition from the champions of tl measure, the Senate adjourned a fe^ minutes before 6 o'clock today. It had been the hope of friends of the measure that a night session might be held and that a vote would be taken on the Sutherland amend? ment, relating to the control of Sena^egj torial elections. As a matter of fact, however, no progress was made save that three speeches on the subject were made. These were by Senator Kayner, in opposition to the provision, and by Senators Carter and Heyburn in support of it. WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S AX DID. I So Factor) Inspectors, Pure Food l>aw Ineffective. Commissioner Wsjteoa Loses Clerk. Columbia, Feb. 20.?Governor Blease's little operations with a meat axe on the appropriations bill have nullified the factory inspection act by cutting off the inspectors, McDougal and Gaincs. He has also made the pure food and drugs act ineffective by i C1 i ting off inspector C. A. Doyle, and h:;s devolved on commissioner Watson himself the work of the statistical clerk. Miss E. C. Killian. Mr. Watson says he will do the beat he can in the cireumtanees. bowing to the will of the legislators. He believes that he^f who pays the tiddler has the right to call the tune. The statistics of crime in this Sta'e. according to the report of Attorney General Lyon, arc not calculated make South Carolinians feel proud. The whole number of crimes charged last year was S,4M, out of which there were several hundred against which no true bills were found; and of the rest who were tried, 4 70 were found not guilty. ??f the two hundred tried for murder, half were acquitted. A 1 pretty heavy record Of crime in the state, with a minimum showing of guilt against the law-breakers.?Far? mers' Union Sun. Isn't it strange how a hobble skirt will make a bow-limbed person took | knock-kneed? Anderson Mall. And many a woman seems able to love B man most when he is the least deserving of her love. lonesville. Union county, had a big f tu?* Friday, the lose exceeding $70. ooo.