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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. STEWSY LETTERS FHOM OUR SPE? CIAL COHItC.S|M>\ DIM S. Asaoss of Intercut from all Parts ?>f Sumter and Adjoining Counile?. NOTICE TO CORRKSPONDBNTS. Mall your letters so that they will reauh thla office not later than Mun tay when Intended (or Wednesday'! taper and not later than Thursday for Saturday's Issue. This, of course, applies only to regular correspond ?eis Id case of Items of unusual atwi value, send In Immsdlately by aaall. teiephr is or telegraph. Such news stories ure acceptable up to the hour of going to press. Wednesday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon ??d Saturday's paper Friday after STATEBURG. Stateburg. May 10.?Mrs. C. Letter Jpoyte. of Ashevtlle. Is on a visit t> her mother. Mrs. Wm. Flud. Mr. W. H. Barnwell was at home Oh Sunday. He waa en route to Nor? folk. Va. Musi Nannie Moore, of Cane Savan? nah, spent Sunday with Mrs. Jamea Ptnckney. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Plnckney, ot Sumter, spent Tuesday In our midst. Mrs. Ouy Warren and son, of Sum tor, spent a few days last week with Mrs. James Simons.. Rev. W. H. Barnwell visited friends At Hagood on Monday. Mrs. Oihb's. of Cordesvllle, Is visit? ing ber sister. Mm. It. C. Richardson. Mr. Singleton Moore spent Sunday In our midst Cr??p.? In this s.-otl -n are, as a whole, growing very slowly, owing to the Ion* dry spell and until yesterday, to the \??ry cool weather. Rain hi needed fat erops. gardens and or? chards. BINEWOOD. Plnewo-.d. May 10.?On lsat Tues? day evening the largest ciDwd that ever assembled at the school audi? torium were present to witness the exhibition presented by a well train? ed corps of boys and girls. The following programme was ren? dered 1. Instrumental solo?Belle Dance ?Mum Bessie Geddings. I. American Drill?12 boys and 12 fir la t. Anxious?dialogue?Miss Isa? bella Weeka?Master Jackson Brough ton. 4. Instrumental solo?Riverside Lake?Miss Ahaus Ragin. Old Peter's visit to the X Road fchoo)?Three Girls and three Boys. f. Everyday Occurrence?Three hoys. 7. Instrumental sol<>?Holiday Echo?Miss Euni< n. 1 I. Hoop Drill?Twenty-four girls, t. Scenes from a Backwoods genannt gflsht Boys, 10 The Way of Wlndum?Dia? logue? Bos I II. Instrumental solo? "Roguish Eyes..?Mis* Isahelle Weeks. 12. Joslnh's First Courtship?TWO }t. \ s . .ne i Hrl 13. In-'rumental Duet?Silver Belle? Misses Isahelle Weeks and Margie Epperson. 14. Scarf Drill?TwatrS Oirls. Other exercises wll take place on Wednesday evening, and a picnic will he held at Cutters mill on Thursday. Miss Btfesl r.runs ?!?. one of th?' "Osme ('nek" rltv's falre-t daughters, aceomp mo d by th.- | hstfl Bsf arid attrsctlve Miss Mary is ?pending the ersah at Mrs. K. s. Beckham's. Jr. Mrs Walter D BppstSDa hi risttlng at Denmark. Mr. Isaac M. I.orya is 'n town to? day. He la nlways walking, talking and thinking. h>- Is partial 10 the "helb> girls." ROCKY BLTJFF. Rocky Bluff, May in.?Today the sun feels like summertime. This Is the first w.inn neatlor v ?? h;iv?? had In more than a week, We ar<- needing rain badly. Gar? dens ?r- alrn<>?t hk?- an i-di h-d. Cot? ton Is dying fi?r the want of rain and from Um ? Id wind. Mr<. Ih 'adway. of Snmt< r, ipt nt part of hist week with lor daughttr, Mrs. W r. Barth Id. Misses Eva tfatftald ;?nd Rva Flake, of Sum' r. spent Balm day ind Suu day with Mr. ami Mrs. J. J. Hstfleld, Mr. J. IsawraasM and family, ?i Bggsjoar tit Sunday srlth Mr, Watts. Mr w. v. Baher and family spent Sunday with Mr. J. J. 11 itfh Id. Mrs. .1 M. l-'oKle and son, Jam -. are spending ;i fear dayj nith Mra W, R. Weils. They have tomorrow for Fh>ren.,-. er hers they will spend some time with relativ I.tttb ( I m t \\. i hat in is!< ths only anas I hat ? ? he ir.i "f around h< r< . The other p< r i r n I . g !<? |<>k are all Lett rUfBAL Tirol.i' Ma] It, We ari rtry mach In need of rain. Bssns cotton Ig up la a vary go ?d stand. Willi? BOOM ?h not yet up. Most of th.> redds, 1 oth cotton and corn, ha\t bssn wall worked out. The oat er)p in this section ll prac tically a failure. Some of the fields have boon ploughed up and planted in corn. Mr. ii. \V. CuttlnO and family ha\ B boaa anjoylng a flail by his mother. Mrs. at A. Cuttlno, and sister. Mrs. A. c. Baxter, of Blloroo, They roturn ad inane on Monday nooning. Ml \IOKl\l, PAY exercises. la anal I* Mailars Haid al cemetery Woaasaadaji Aftevnoca*. The annual memorial day exercis? es Wort held at the cemetery Wed? nesday afternoon beginning at five ..clock when a great many of the people of the city assembled to do honor to their Confederate dead. The exercises were appropriate and were very interesting and, de? spite the dust and hot sun, were listened to mo3t attentively by all of those present. Prof. s. H. Ed? munds was the master of ceremonies and everything, under his guidance, moved along nicely and smoothly. A few minutes before five o'clock the line of march was formed and, headed by the Sumter band, slowly approached and gathered around the stand from which the speaker was t > make his address. The band headed the procession and next in order was the Sumter Light Infan ttv, the high school battalion, the gOWar girls from the primary grades of the Washington street school, tin Confederate veterans and the Unit? ed Daughters of the Confederacy. After all had gathered araund the !--strum the Rev. David Klein, of the Jewish synagog, made a most impressive prayer over the graves of the hurled soldiers. Following this prayer was a selection from the band while the flawer girls covered the graves of the soldiers with beautiful Mowers. Prof. Edmunds next, with a few appropriate remarks, intro? duced the speaker of the evening, the Rev. D. M. McLeod. I?r. McLeod started off his speech hy saying that it was only by clo%? observation that one could arrive at the trials and troubles of the s.ddiers In the war. for they them? selves never told of thc9e hardships. He went on to tell incidents that he had been told by verterans, to whom he paid a beautiful tribute. He also praised the women for their bravery In time of the greatest Wat that the world has ever seen. Fdlowing Mr. McLeod's address, the Sumter Light Infantry fired sev? eral volleys over the graves of burled Confederate soldiers and later on tney fired three volleys over the grave of Capt. John Reld, who was at one time captain of the com? pany. The crowd was dismissed in the meantime and returned to the city knowing that they had done a lov? ing duty In paying this tribute to the fallen heroes of the war. The veterans were taken to and from the cemetery by those who had aut3 mohoiles and put them* at the ser? vice of those veterans who did not have any convenience of their own. 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I tried preacrlptlona ami liniments and took several other remedies but did not receive relief, My kidneys were \\'.ik and the kidney secretions con? tained a dark sedluniit and ware Irregular in passage, i could not real wall and If I attempted to hit. -harp pains caught me through my loins, since using Doan'a Kidney 1'tils, procured at china s Drug Store, the backache and lameness hava ail disappeared ami my kldneya are mori normal. I feel Rfty per cent better ami It therefore gives dip p|< USUM to recommend Doan'a Kidney Pills." Par sab hy aii dealers, Price cents Poster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the nam< Doan's and take i.ther. Xu, It is I here anything In - ? 11 thla world that is of mors Importance to you than good digest n? Pood must be eaten to sustain life and must be di dIgested and converted into blood. When fin dlge t|on tail: the whole body Buffers. Chamberlain's Tubleta art a rational and reliable cure for indigestion. Tie . Increase the flow of bib', purify the blood, strengthen tin stomach, and tone up the whole I gl itlva apparatus to a natural and healthy action. Par sals by all deal* of s. MEXICAN WAR RENEWED. . WlooRMN XTION IN INSURREC To RANKS CAUSE ATTACK <>N JUAREZ. tine Hundred and Fifty Daro-Dcv Um Carry Fight Into Heart of Juan'/, lint Lucking Reinforcements, Are Forced to Retreat, El Paso, May 8, - Insubordination n the ranks of Gen. Madero'! army and b lust for the tight of which fed? eral concessions apparently had de prlved thom. caused a fierce attack of Juares, which fulminated tonight in a careful retreat of the Insur reotoi after a day of continuous skir? mishing. The 150 rebel! who early today opened tire on the federals not only captured some of the important out? posts, hut carried the lighting into Juarez. Falling reinforcements they retired. The casulaties of the insurrectos and federals are not known tonight, hut five people on the American side of the line were killed, and at least 12 wounded. Thousands of people in Rl Paso dotted rooftops or lined the river hanks in direct line Of fire. Col. Steever of the Fourth United States cavalry protested to both armies against the fire into American terri? tory, and it lessened considerably thereatfer. Nearly 1,000 American troops were massed on the border, keeping crowds hack and ready to respond to any orders from Washington. Tonight couriers galloped hack and forth in an effort to arrange an armis? tice so that p ace negotiations might be resumed. Gen, Francisco i. Madero, Jr.. is a sad and downhearted man. Iiis efforts to prevent a general attack were suc? cessful, hut only after he had been bombarded with conflicting stories as to the actual cause of the conflict. G'-n. Madero tonight thought that remarks attributed to Col. Tambourel of the federal garrison in Juar^s, taunting the insurrectos, Incensed them. In a statement Gen. Madero said he genuinely regretted the oc? currence. The fight lasted until dark and fur? nished many a thrilling spectacle, as well as continuous terror, for many Americans living along the river bank. About a dozen Insurrectos were, seen to emerge from the barren hills around Juarez early In the day. They skulked along through the shrubbery towards the federal outposts, firing r ipeatedly at S squad of federals COOped up in an adobe house. The version of the affair given nt the Madero headquarter! tonight was that the fed< rail began the engage? ment. At any rate, the federals soon left their adobe stronghold and fled, pursued by the Insurrectos. At the head of the InsurrectO band was a Ca? nadian. W. H, McKenzie, whose pink shirt was plainly visible as be pressed close to Juarez. At the first few shots two t' tderali toppled over. Soon the federal! abandoned their trenches and the rebel! tired intermittently for a few hours without advancing. About 5 o'clock the federals brought their ar? tillery into action, and heavy cannon? ading began. The federals gauged their tir ! well, and not only fired shrapnel into the Insurrecto ranks, but tired into th" outlying, forcei of the insurrecto ( imp mar "Peacs grove," where the peace commissioner! were to have met today. The insurrectos, however, took adavntage of the river hank and us (l it for protection as the fed < rais had been ordered not to shoot Into Bl Paso. Th. rebels came as far as the At chlson, Topeka A Santa Fe railroad bridge, which joins Jaures and El Paso, driving th ' federals back In town, and taking possession of the eUStOmS house. Carrying the Ugh! Into Juares, tic eheis entered the town, and for hours kept up continuous tiring. In? surrection relnf ?rcement reached the bridge later in the afternoon, but did not tire. They withdrew at night un? der ?uabus from their chiefs. Noi a few Americans were among those who entered Juares. The first person killed on the American side was An tonlo Garcia, w ho was standing bj the side of the Associated Press corre? spondents, about 200 yards from the advancing insurrectos across the river. \ woman sitting on a porch several blocks within the city wus hll In the w r'al and the abdomen bj tw? bul? b-is. A bout fl o'clock I w o \ m< t ic.ms were killed near th< Santa Fe bridge. The ri in.f one | < suppos >d to be 1 'nop. nnd hi*- home is paid to be In Nebraska, w hllo the ol hei had on his person m memorandum reading "P. 11. F< rguson, Ti nop F, Third cavnlrj. I .'an Francisco " The natin ? "t' th< oth ra killed have ? a he< n i. nrn< ?> ( Hen < 'Im . Hinan of Shre^ ? port, La., Mrs, Joseph Morehead, Edmund I lenlon und Lul i Vlllalobas of Kl Paso were among those wounded, but not fatally. FEDERALS AND INSURRECTOS FIGHT ALL DAY LONG IN BORDER TOWN. Rebels Claim City, and Control Larger Part of Territory.?Americana Hurt bj s ra> Bullets?Many Dead or Woiiiuled. El Paso, May l<>.?The fire in Juares broke out anew at 12:15 this .morning. The entire tov,*n seems to be abl?se. The Mexican Central sta? tion and the city market place are burning. El Paso, Texas, May 9.?What was perhaps the fiercest battle of the Mexican revolution was fought at Juarez, across the Rio Grard?, today, but without result. Tonight both fed ? mis and insurrectos are resting on their arms ready t I resume the battle at daybreak. At least live persons have been kill? ed on the American side of th" border since the Bktrm shing began yester? day, and about 15 have been wounded, while the loss on the battlefield is va? riously estimated at from 30 to 60 dead on both sides, and about 75 to 100 wounded. Fifteen wounded insurrectos have been brought to th > American side, hut more are believed to be lying far within the town. (ion. Navarro at I o'clock tonight agreed to stop the tiring w,h'.le the InsurrectO wounded I were removed. Tin- federals have adequate medical facilities <? ml are caring for their wound'd within the town. All day the battle raged, the in? surrectos swarming through th? streets of Juarez and meeting the heavy tire of the federals with an equally vigorous ' alley of musketry. The reb is claim the town tonight. While it is true that they actually control more city territory than do th ? federals, the position of the govern? ment forces is si well fortified that it is well-nigh Impregnable. . The strength of the f dera! position is largely due to the fact that th" rebels are scattered. If the rebels wrre lined up in bat? tle formation they probably could storm thr> federal strongholds which apparently consist of six* places, name? ly, the barracks, the church, the theatre, the school house, a hotel and the customs house. Hut the insurrectos suspect that a detachment of nearly 300 feo'-rals with a machine gun is concealed in some unknown place in town and they are hesitating to move in close forma? tion for fear of an attack. The rebels forced the lighting today in the face of the deadly fire of the federal machine guns. They dared not gather in too great number for an attack on the federals because the artillerymen "f Gen. Xavarro many tim.s demonstrated the accuracy of their range, when they shelled adobe houses, behind whic h insurrectos had sought protrctlon a half mile from Juarez. Gen. Nava.ro is said to have minxl most of the houses in Juarez and when he gets word of an insurrecto gather? ing, it is believed he will b? able to intlict a terrible slaughter. Many acts :>f bravery on the part of the insurrectos were Witnessed from the American side today. An acual view ??f the fighting in the Streets of Juarez showed the insur? rectos as more than holding th?lr own. Th" sun heal finely on the battle? field and hit ! today a Are, started by the Insurrectos, till ?1 the streets with clouds of suffocating smoke. The fire Is still smouldering tonight, the postofTice ami several adjoining build? ings being in ruins. The light from the Are tonight gives the rebels an occasional glimpse of the church where the f >derala are cooped up. The crac king of rifles is Intermit! ait. Juares |o des as if a hurricane had .-?truck it. Wires are suspended from jagged telegraph poles and the stre< ts arc tilled with plaster, adobe debris window glass and splinters. Signs and awnings are punctured and torn. Many a brick building has a hole in it ami ma a few of the characteris? tic adobe bouses of the town are without r >ofs, Tin \ 'rrorized Inhabitants were un d -r cover all day and man) were In? jured by the hail oi bull. ts. The town is quiet tonight ex< ept for occasional rille shots. Mullets continued to s across the Ulo <;rand to the American side, ' nt th.- easualti a were fewer than yesterda) owing to the efforts of tie Cnited States troops, who have kept sights-era svvcrul hundred ' ai ds from i h > river. There were man; sorth todaj dur? ing tii" battle, ili rebels manoeu \ erln -? i o drun : governnn nt (roops k< pi up i deafening lii o for se\ era! hou : but w Ithoul au\ from swooping d< from the fo ?thill The in turret to little value and west of luan . artillery proved o the r< > olutlontst wrought more destruction while with- j in Juarez by tossing dynamite bombs| about, wherever they thought feder? als were concealed than with their| cannon. ?>ne of these bombs is be-1 lleved to have set tin' postofAce on Are. Various reports were current during! the day that rebel chiefs as well as federals had been kill'd or wound- | ed. For a long time it was bellev d| that Col. Garibaldi, grands ?n of the Italian liberator, and command" P tin* American legion of insurrectos, j had been injured, but tonight ho was seen among his nfen apparently un- j hurt. Gen. Pascual Ozrozco and Col Villa, j two rebel chiefs are commanding the movements of the rebels who are gathered about the church and the bull pen, while Col. Blanco with about 300 men has taken up a position in the shrubbery near the foothills, ready to meet Hank movements. Gen. Francisco I. Madero, Jr., leader of the rebels, observed the progress of the battle from a distance. lie used powerful held glasses and not in? frequently gave shouts of exultation at the advance of the insurrectos. When a detachment of insurrectos ran across the plain in the direct fire of the federals to effect a sortie which might draw the federals from the house which they occupied, Gen. Ma? dero became visibly excited. He wa?s eager to get to the front and thrust himself into the battle, hut his staff otlie, rs restrained him. The insurrectos tonight control the river bank and are aiding refugees, especially women and children, In reaching places of safety. They have taken possession of many stores and arc procuring food in the house where they have quartered themselves. While Gen. Xavarro is said to have sufficient ammunition and provisions to hold out at least a week against the kind of attack the rebels made today, the rebels, it is said, will be aide to harass Xavarro for that length of time. The rebels made considerable progress today, however, and it will cause no surprise if they capture the town in another day's fighting. Some of the rebel political leader. in Fl Paso, who thought that Juarei had been taken sent communications to Gen. Xavarro suggesting that he surrender the town in the interest of humanity. The old general smilxl when he received these requests and continued to give orders to his staff. Xavarro was reportel to be seen walk? ing about the streets directing the fighting, but insurrectos deny this. The insurrectos are known to have orders to watch for the federal leader and capture him alive. Ciudad Juarez, MexiC >, May 10.? This little bullet-riddled city tonight is the provisional capital of Mexico, and Francisco 1. Madero, Jr., provis? ional president, and his staff have taken possession, after winning the bit uliest battle of the Mexican revo? lution. in a corner room ?f the barracks, in which for two days he held out against the tire of the rebels, sits G n. Juan J. Navarro, the federal com? mander ,a captive, having surrender? ed today with almost his entire gar? rison of 700 men. His face is sunken, his head bowed and he does not talk, for the bitter sting of defeat has dis? heartened him. In contrast, in another part of the town, is Francisco I. Madero. Jr., the conqueror, surrounded by members of his family and his staff, joyous, exultant and Hushed with victory, yet ready, he says, to make peace with the Mexican government if it is dis? posed to deal frankly and sincerely with the revolutionists, and without such vague promises as "President Disk's manifeste? contains." In hotel lobbies, store fronts and hallways the Improvised hospitals of the battlefield, are scores of wounded, attended by a host of physicians and nurses from El Paso, who have vol? unteered aid. The Honrs of PorArlo hotel, where 30 wounded lay tonight, arc covered with blood-soaked cloth? ing. ?.The fortunes of war.'* mumbled an insurrecto soldier in Spanish to? night, as he stood with tears In his eyes over the body of a federal sol? dier whom he had known for years. All the dead are being burled t > night. A ( ons< rv at v c ? stimate places the fed* ral dead at nealv 50 and the rebel h>.-s ai a'oout 15, with a total of nearly 250 wounded on l-oih sides. Tic actual number losl probably never will Ik* Known, at desert ts wer. many and ihe dead ha v e I eon buried nub My. \11i.? iithe fa deral ?I? ad seen In the barracks were Col. Tamborcl and ? . iwards. \ been kill d and about ma ny >f (In m being hj Gen, Navarro took plac< a! Mword t ? Col. Oai lb ildi of the r< eto arm) afb r th< rebel Ii id pletel) Btirpunded the bat ick threatened t<? annihilate the garrison within. His eyes dimrm d as he surrender ed, but Col. Garibaldi, with a hand- - shake that bespoke his admtrnti m for the brave lighting the federal leader had made, assured him of the desire of the rebels to afford him every courtesy. A score of reb. 1 of? ficers rode up and extended to the federal commander their sympathy as Mexicans for him and his men. There is the same fraternal senti? ment tonight in the hearts of the en? tire inaurrecto army for their coun? trymen who have been defeated, but everywhere are heard words of oppro hrium for President Diaz whom they hold responsible far the loss of life and the suffering of the wound? ed. Gen. Madero, when he arrived this afternoon at the corral where the federal prisoners are quartered, made an address full of sympathy and en? couragement, lauding them for their bravery and assuring them that in his heart, as well as in those of his men, there is no feeling of enmity, hut of uniform friendliness. "You fought for Gen. Diaz," he said, "because you had to, but you were a part of that system which we are trying to dissolve. In a few days. 1 perhaps peace will be restored. Tou soon will be free. If the war :s to be continued, you can have your choice of being paroled or Joining the army of liberation. In the mean? time we shall treat you as brothers, < not as foes." With shauts of "Viva Madero!" the vast throng of prisoners and insur rectos, who listened to him, threw their hats skyward and shouted in deafening? applause. A few moments later down the main thoroughfare ^ was heard the galloping of horse3, and soon the insurrecto standards, ihe Mexican national colors, flashed in the sunlight. Behind it rode Mr3. Francisco 1. Madero, Jr., and an es? cort of calvary. Her face was beam? ing with joy, her black dress covered* with dust as she spurred her horsefl to the scene of her husband's tri? umph. The shouting increased as the two embraced and entered the mu? nicipal building, now the Madero headquarters. orders wfjre issued by Gen. Pasqual Orozco to his men to guard stores - and houses to prevent looting. Gen. Orozco himself shot at two of his men wham he caught trying to make away with some booty. The town the federal thought im pregnable to attack fell after a com-g pa atively easy effort. Tha house to house advance, the same deadly fire which had driven the federals from their trenches and outposts early Monday when the skirmishing began, gave the rebels an entrance to the town hardly molested by the artillery"" of the federals. % At the close of yesterday's figthlng the rebels had extensive control of the town. During the next they dis? covered the federal strongholds and by the use of dynamite bombs and shells, a raging conflagaration and | lierce musketry, fought their way to the famous old Spanish church, whose high brick fence formed a barricade for the federals. The in surrectos took the church at mid? night. The federals retired futrher into the city to the roof of the muni? cipal huilding, the edges of which were piled with sandhags for a bar? ricade. After the attack was renewed early today and the rebels had brought their machine guns within deadly range, the federals retired to the bar? racks, and insurrcctas by the hun? dreds occupied the houses within 100 yards on every side. Their fire was rapidly demolishing the building. Then was no other alternative for Gen. Navarro but to yield. Shrapnel was heing poured into the hollow square of the barracks. Many federal cavalry horses were killed. The soldiers crowded the place to its capacity. Only a few loopholes from which they shot at the insurrect03 pierced its sides. finally at noon Gen. Navarro hoisted a white Raff. He first at? tempted to send a niesseng, r to Se nor Orbegon, one >f the go-between3 in the rec? nt peace negotiations, ask? ing him to arrange for a cessations "f hostilities, or for an armistice, but the rebels would accept n 'things except immediate surrender. , The gray-haired general stood in the doorway of the ''arracks and re? ceived Col. Garibaldi. Raoul Mader'?, a brother of the rebel leader, dashed forward with his gun pointed at Na? varro. ready to shoot if Garibaldi w?-re l it. Federals and insureetos i ike, however, withheld their tire nd itteti ad ami their hu cans and ported thi 10 ?ath ? i and v In hta