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WAIT FOR THE Dalzell, Sumter County, S. C.Thursday, May 11th, 10.30 A. M. The Beautiful 1200 acre Bowman Farm situated on The Northwestern Railway at Dalzell, S. C, will be sub-divided into small tracts, from 30 to 1 so acres each, together with the buildings and 100 choice lots will be sold at auction, Thursday, May IIth, commencing at 10:30 A. M, This grand farm is conceded to be the finest tract of land and garden spot of Sumter Co. Very fertile, abundance of good water, lying at the foot hills of Santee, the climate is unsurpassed, the best possible labor conditions, anM in every particular THE IDFAL FARM AND SUBURBAN HOME FLACK. Good school and churches, an excellent community, and every tract and lot will be sold Thursday, May 1 Ith, for the high dollar =Easy Terms : 1-3 Cash and Balance in 1 and 2 Years_ The greatest opportunity for the small farmer, the large farmer, the home-seeker or the speculator ever presented the good peop'e of South Carolina ?_ t^t^ Transportation refunded to all purchasers of farm lands. One town lot free with every tract. ??? -T XV 11/XL I Silver presents given away, whether buyer or spectator. Band concerts all day. Barbecue at noon. FREE! CAROLINA DEVELOPMENT CO. :: :: Greensboro, N. C. COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. MKWIY LBTTTEltS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. bum of Interest From eil Parts ol ?himtrr and Adjoining Os untie*. JtfOTlCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall yonr Utters to that they will r??oh rhin office not later than Men Amy when Intended for Wednesday's paper and not i?ter than Thursday for Saturday's Issue. This, of course, spplies only to regular correspond ?oca. In c?ae of Items of unusual sews vale a. send in immediately by small, telephone or telegraph. Such news stories are acceptable up to the ? uur of going to press. Wednesday's paper is printed Tuesdsy afternoon and Saturday's paper Friday after ??Oft. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner. April 21.?Cotton planting Is about done and plow? ing corn has commenced. We are still havins" cool, windy weather. We had a very good rain here on last Wsdnesday. Mr. James R. Avin died at his son t, Mr. Horace T. Avins. last Monday evening, aged about 80 years. He was a Confederate soldier, a meber of Company C (Culpepers Battery) of the Palmetto Battalion of Light Artillery. Mr. Avtn leaves six daughter*. Mrs. j. H. McLood. Mrs. A. W. Orlffln. Mrs. F. M. Dawkins. and Miss Lillle Avin, Mrs. Howard Avin, Mrs. j. M. Griffin, also three sons. Mack S.. 'Horace T., and L. E. Avin. and almost, a score of grand and treat grand children. Mr. Avin was marrlel four times. His first wife was Miss Sarah Turner, his second Miss Mary Turner, his third Miss Mary Kolb and his fourth was Mra Mattie Drayton, who was a Miss Sanders before her first tuar r*ag*. There Is considerable sic -ess around. Well. Mr. Editor. I was a ,he Field Day exercises, but 1 cannot find words adequate to express my opinion of it. Should I try to ex? press my oplnhm it would be as the Queen of Slwl>a ?ald about Solomon's glory. "The half was never told." So I will leave it to a wi.*er head and one that has a larger vocabulary th in thN t?M Nlnni*-" has to isaCflbS what was seen and done on that oc? casion, though I will Venture to say that T think It was Just one of the grand* *t things I tv*f attend* d. What wii be the reaaH Of 'a*t Sat urd?t\ - u -rk in Surutor Nrnity alone will Ml. 1 have Just learned that ('apt. S. E. Nesbltt. who lives in the Ramsey neighborhood, is critically III. at his homr. Hi is another "Old Confed? erate at???ut 7f> y?rs ohl. Last Saturday was the first time I had b?M?n to Sumter thU your and 1 was glad to see so many of my old friend* that das "11. T." BASER ALI. O A MKS TH l'RH DAY. TrlnlM CaBaBf horliam, V. <'.. m <?o I p \iralii?it < |em>on College. The 1 .ill fatiM of thi.h city will have a chance of seeing IWQ good gsm??< ?.f baseball item Thursday wh? n UM roll??., loam of Trinity Col? leg?\ of Durham. N. (V. Will l?h?y the strong legal of thf Cleagaofl Tlgam OSm fsaat wtH as played in the morn ing und one m iht i?fi. mooa SO tha ev.rsi'.dy nil] hare th*- opnertunltj of seeing at :? out ,,f ih< game* Clem.4on has an unusually stron r team this v.ar tad Durham hai 01 that Is up t?. tlo- Ua lop n?t< h 11 college team* K'? and It Im pi | thnt the game %v||| bi from Rrsl t-? last a battle royal. M.XRFNPON KAUM FR St'ICIPF Charles J. Riefe, Aged I."?. Shoots Himself in Mr.nl With HifU*? Funer- i al Saturday. Manning, April 23.?Charles J. Rieh, a white farmer ahout 45 years old, unmarried and in comforable circumstances, committed suicide Friday afternoon hy shooting himself in the forehead with a rifle. He lived in the Sammy Swamp section, ahout seven miles west of Manning, with the family of his brother, J. A. Rich, who died after a very brief illness last September. It is said that the la3t words uttered by J. A. Rich were: "Charlie, don't take an? other drink, and take care of my lit? tle children." The late deceased obey? ed the Injunction of his brother for a time but went to drinking again and It Is said he stated several times lately that he was going to kill him? self, as he had nothing to live for. When he tlnally decided on the fatal deed he went into his room and stood before a mirror to shoot himself. His body was buried at Home Branch church yesterday. BRICK PLANT RFSVMFS WORK. Capacity of Plant Increased to 50,000 Prick Per Pay. The Sumter Mrick Works resumed work today after having been shut down for four months on account of ;i tire which destrjjed the greater part of the plant at that time. The new plant is equipped with all mod? ern maclnery and ha.* a capacity of 60,000 brick per day. it win be eeai em bared that the Are which put the plant out of business for the time being was exactly four months ago last Saturday and since that Mr. I. A. KyttenbTg, the owner and proprietor of the plaM. has peen busy at work repiaclng the building destroyed and getting in place of the ruined machinery an equipment that is complete in every detail and up-t" date in every way. Mr. Kyttenber? b.is als<? taken in with him as a part? ner in the business Mr. J. P. Maurer. I well known lumber man and ma? chinist of this place. Now that the plant has bean re? placed it will be given a thorough testing oiu today. The former ca? pacity Of the plant was 16,000 brick pat day but with the new -quipment I it is sxpoctcd that the average nor? mal Capacity will fiO.OOO brick per da) with an Increase of 10,000 more brick per day In cans ol rush or? der* Mr. Ryttenberg In order to supply the demand of customers dur l ing the time that his plant was out of business eras obliged to buy a half million Prick with Which to supply the demand, gomethlng <>in of the way timt the ro w plant will put out is a new kind I of i.riek that it is trough! win be an Improvement on the old style of smooth face brick. This new brick has a rough surface of iTOC sides and is supposed to put up ? better appearance and to be more 'easily mortared than tin old style brick. I It ICH 11 NM HI ILFCTED, ream Which Will Compete at lllgli Hrhool McH in < oiumMa. Th tracli team from the Sumter high school which will compete on field Day for the Htata high schools at Columbia In May lias been select? ed and will consist of tin- following boys: Moultrle Del?orme, Norward Du Rant. Loon Letlrand, John Hayns WOHli and Hh pud Nash. These boyi have been selected oul of a number who have been practic? ing for some lime and ai they are in .m i ||. tit condition it |s ? xpected thai they win put up u strong fight for first place al 11r? * meet, FELDER ASKED TO TESTIFY. DISPENSARY BOARD WRITES TO ATLANTA ATTORN KY. Winding-up Coin mission Desires Early Reply as to Whether or Not Attorney Of Former Board will Ap? pear?Express Intention Of Clos? ing Dp Dispensary Affairs as Soon as Possible ? Denies Existence of Second Contract* Columbia. April 22.?The new dis? pensary commission today addressed a letter to the Atlanta tirm of at? torneys, calling upon Col. Thomas li. Feder, who has become conspicuous recently in connection with Governor BleatS'l making public the "T. B." ISttSrs and his own cards to pre3s, to appsar before the commission and testify. The commission asks for an early reply, as to whether or not Mr. Folder will appear. The commission cannot compel Mr. Felder's appear? ance here and so states In the |? tter. The letter is in part a reply to the claim of subsequent contract alleged in the recent letter from Col. Felder to the commission. The commission states that the contract is terminated and there was no other contract than of May 9. 190T. WHISTLER AND MOORE. Two Versions of the Fsmous Caning Incident st Drury Lsne. It was in his capacity as editor of the llawk that the late Augustus Moore, a Journulist and playwright of no little notoriety, enacted an unre j hearsed comedy with Whistler that created no eud of a sensation at the time. It happened in the vestibule of Drury Lane on the tirst night of the production of "A Million of Money." Whistler, it appeared, had been an? noyed at sundry references to himself In the Hawk and. coming up to Gus Moore, who was calmly smoking a cigarette, struck him across the face with a cano. A struggle followed, and, although opinions varied as to the ac? tual course of the conflict, there was no doubt about Whistler having ultV mately to pick himself up from the floor. j Each of the protagonists afterward gave his version of the Incident, "I started out." said Whistler, "to cnne this fellow with as little emotion as I would prepare to kill a rat. I did cane him to the satisfaction of my many friends and his many enemies, and that w"s the end of it." "1 urn sorry." wrote Mr. Moore for his part, "but 1 have had to slap Mr. Whistler. My i Irish blood got the better of me. and ; before I knew it the shriveled up little monkey was knocked over and kick j lng about on the floor." The notion, however, that he was i knocked down was characterized by ; Whistler ns "a barefaced falsehood." ? lie contended that Mr. Moore uever j touched him. "I am sure." he added. : *T don't know why. for he is a much I bigger man than 1. My idea is that he was thoroughly cowed by the moral force of my attack. I had to turn him around In order to get at him. Then I cut him again and again as hard as I could, hissing out 'Hawk!' with each stroke. Oh. you can take my word for It. everything was done In the cleanest and most correct fash Ion possible. I always like to do things cleanly."--New York Tribune. ??CAKHAR'S HEAD" Tl It \ KD. Funioiis Peak of Blur Itidgc Suffers from I art hi|uakc. Ashevllle, X. c. April 24. -Belated i puts from Ihe mountain section <>{ Transylvania County state that "Cue 1 ? Mend," a famous peak of the Blue Ittdge, nboiil twentj miles from B:*< \ ai ?I. had b< en cm ? rl um. d by the earthquake shocks which la said to have been fell In various sections nl Western North Carolina Frldaj night, ' < '.o SMt 's I lead" ii is been one ol the show places ol Western .North Carolina since this country was first i|> \ eloped. A NATURAL WONDER. The Devil's Pace Course In the Blue Ridge Mountains. ?The Bine Ridge mountains abouud In natural vfouders," observed an old resident of Fenmar. "Most wonderful of them ai!. in uiy opinion, Is the Dev? il's Race Course, which Is hut a short walk from Fenmar. i "At first view this strongs natural phenomenon appears like a broad roadway of great stones which ex? tends away up the mountain In a path no human hand could ever build. Many of these great stones weigh tons, while others are only a few hun? dredweight. Lying close together by the thousand, they present an extraor? dinary spectacla "Tradition has it and scientists agree that r. thousand or more years ago this stracge track was the bed of an ancient river. The conclusion Is drawn from the looks cf the stones. They are all well rounded and worn smooth, showing the action of water, which had polished their rough edges no doubt for centuries. "But the mystery is If this tCeory be true to explain how the gr,eat. body of water was confined at the sides, for j the course Is not hemmed in by high banks, nor Is It locates In a ravine. In fact. It stands someWbat higher than the natural side of the mountain The puzzle only Intensities Interest In the queer place and multiplies the ar? guments and theories of its prehistoric origin."?Baltimore American. The Lavish Jenkins. In October, 188C, a religiously mind? ed Buckinghamshire farmer named Jenkins brought his firstborn to the parish church to be christened, and this was to be the name: Abel Benja? min C-'eb Daniel Ezra Felix Gabriel HaggHi Isaac .Jacob Kish Lev! Ma noah Nehemlah Obdiah Feter Quartus Rechab Samuel Toblah Uzziel Vaniah Word Xystus Zechariah. It will be observed that the names are all ar? ranged in alphabetical order and are as far as possible selected from Scrip? ture. It was only with the very great? est difficulty that the clergyman dis? suaded Mr. Jenkins from doing the lasting vrong to his child that he had unwittingly devised, but eventually It was decided to christen the boy simply Abel.?Chambers' Journal. MR. JOE II IN SON BURNED OCT. Residence, Barn and Everything Be? longing t<> Family Burned Mon? day. J .To?' Hlnson, a white farmer living near White's mill and about three miles from town. was burned out ' Monday afternoon in a Are Which , originated In his barn and rapidly spread to his house and staples. The 1 loss was estimated at something over one thousand dollars. The fire was discovered first In one end of the barn and as the wind was blowing from that Bide it quickly i spread over the whole building and from the barn to the stables and then i on to the house. No one had been In the barn for over two bouts previous to the lire and it is unknown how it caught unless it caught from a spark from the kitchen stove. As the loft of the barn was full of hay where the tire aught; and as the wind blew the (lames over the well which was nearby it was Impossible to gel any water to throw on the blase. I The horses and eow ivvre saved and the children weir taken out of the house but nothing al all of the house bold property a .?>? saved. I n t he |>aI Ii was r ?nsiderable corn and fi quantity of rough feed while !!>.? wagon and mosl of ihe farming machinery which ? ? ? i ? under the hed ad (otnlng I he hai n were burn ? ?i up, The lire 1? .i\ < s Mr. Hin smn, w ho is i a young man with a Wife and rhll ! ?I ?< h. m pi ett> bad condition. Ills famlb Is staying with hi- father un ' til he can rent or build a house for i hlms< if. Ttw bulldlnga and place on which tin fire occurred belonged to Mr Willie Wells. SHOOTING IN ORANGEBURG. IV. K. Sabin Seriously Wounded by Robert Chestnut, Special to The Daily Item. Columbia, April 25.?W. R. Sabin, manager of the Dixie Lumber Com? pany, of Orangeburg, is at the Colum? bia hospital suffering from a pistol wound in abdomen, inflicted on him this morning in his office by Robert Chestnut, an Orangeburg contractor for reasons which so far remain un? known. Sabin, who was formerly of Branchville is unmarried. Chestnut has a family. Chestnut has surrend? ered and is in jail at Orangeburg. Clemson College Notes. The College Press Association Of South Carolina, held its annual con? vention here on April 21-22. i'hvre were present about thirty-five dele? gates from the different colleges of the State. The three meetings pre? sided over by President P. H. Jeter, wer?' made intensely interesting by the addresses of members of our faculty and those of the delegates On Thursday evening the annual banquet was served at the college clubs. The dining room was beauti? fully decorated with the colors and pennants of the various colleges. With Prof. w. D. Daniels as tosstmsster, and the appropriate toaste responded to by guests, the pleasure of the oc? casion was complete. On Friday e\ mlng the German club gave a delightful dance in the Agricultural Hall. The hall wa3 b\ autifully decorated with white and tfold crepe paper and Faster lilies. The German was led by Mr. Wilson Arthur with Miss Myra Young. I Forty-five couples were present. A four-course suppsr was served. Clemson won both ball games play? ed on the campus Friday and Satur? day with thf Presbyterian boys from Clinton. Tin1 score was 6 to 0 and 6 to 2. The track meet held by the high schools of the Piedmont section on the campus Saturday morning was a great success. Easley High school carried off the honors of the meet. A large number of visitors from the up? per counties spent the day on the campus witnessing the track meet and 'he game. y.iss Louise Yeadon. of Sumter, I spe.it several days on the campus as representative of the "Winthrop Col? lege Journal" at the College Press Association convention. Miss Emms Baker, of Sumter, was j the representative of the College for - Women at the stu lent Press Asaoscla tlon convention. Miss Baker Is re? cording secretary of the association. Mr. .1. If. Workman of Mayesville. i represented the ''Clemson College Chronicle" at the convention. Mr. Workman Is editor-in-chief <.f the "Clemson Chronicle" for ltll?12. Miss Mary Pitts. of Sumter. is spending a few days on the campus. Miss riits eat.ie up fo: the German club dance. M. w. In the Police Court. The f..li..wine eases were heard by Recorder I*ee In the Folie.? Court thi< morning. j. i. Martin, public drunkenness j rid cursing. $6 or 10 days. Jas. Murray, riding bicycle through depot > ai d. % 2 or I dass. Snm Brown and Da> Btrothers, creating a disturbance and discharg i:.. lirearms, discharged. Five rroni Same Scaffold. Oklahoma City, April 24.?Five n? groes toda) were sentenced to hang from the same scaffold hen on June 21, f.?r tin- murder of w. H. Archie, who was robbed and killed March I, DR. JONES DECLINES IN VITATION. Prevented from Making Memorial Day Address Because of Other Plans. i Dr. Howard Lee Jones of the Cita? del Square Baptist church of Char? leston, who was invited to com2 to Sumt? r to give the Memorial Day ad? dress has sent word that he will be^jg unable to accept the invitation owing to previous plans mapped out for him by his brother at that date. Mr. Jones stated that he had ex? pected to accept the invitation of the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy but was unexpectedly prevented because of the plans madfjf by his brother. Dr. Jones is a splen? did speaker and it is with much re? gret that his letter declining the in? vitation to make the addres3 is r? ceived. g?O.non 1\\II> FOR ONE BOOK. ^ "Guttenberg Bible" Brings Record Price at Hoe Library Sale. New York, April 24.?The first book ever printed from movable type tonight brought the highest price evesjp paid for any book. The prize was the "Guttenberg Bible," the purch? aser Henry E. Huntington, of Los Angeles, and the price was $50,000. The purchase was made at the opening session tonight of the sale of the library of the late Robert Hoe^ the largest public auction sale o* books ever attempted. Experts have estimated the collection to be worth more than a million dollars, and wealthy amateurs and dealers from Europe have come to vie with the American collectors in tne biddinjsa. It was evident, however, that the* American bidders were taking the cream of the offerings at prices av? eraging higher than ever offered at a public book auction. The highest price previously paid for the Guttenberg Bible was $20, 000. at which Bernard Quaritch pur? chased it in England fourteen years , ago. At a private sale he disposed of it shortly afterwards to Mr. Hoe, at a profit of $2,500, and it has remained in the Hoe collection ever since. The, copy was printed some time between* 1450 and 14 55. Bidding for the treasured book was spirited, with Bernard Quaritch, son of the former owner, participating until the bids pass.d the $21.000 mark. From there it jumped by thousands until the lads passed $1"'.-0 000. At .Ml?.(opt. P. a. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, who had been the most determined of the runners-up, dropped out of the lace, and the ewn 150,000 was bid by Mr. Huntington. The winner is S son of the late ColM P. Huntington. i Xegro Beat and Robbed. Sunday night a negro who has P en working with the force on the saw* frage system was best and robbed by two negroes who had l>een dismiss aW from the force s^N-r.ti days piv\i ?pf ly because of their Inefficiency. it seems that the negro, who i.< a good workman, was sent by his em? ployer to see the two negroes who had be. !) discharged. He found th< in in a game of craps and one oj th? m a.-k.-d him to lend him ? quar t r. The negro stated that he would i: I? had It In change, whereupon the other negro jumped up and told him he bad better five it to him Whether In had it in change or not He made some reply to this and the other n gro kn ?< k? d bun. v ftghi ? ??n,k% m. to ed and the working negro was getting the best of it when a brother of the other negro aho was discharge ? d ran up and hit him in the head with n stick and laid him out. The two negroes then beat him up some more and took something over $l? from bis pocketa