The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 27, 1911, Image 4
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
NKWbV LETTUH8 FKOM OUR M'r
ClAL rOHKKSJ'DMilNTS.
I*mua of iMlrmu Hm ?" Pirlit ol
aftamtfr aad Ad)ohiiug iountle?.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mall your letters so that they will
?each this office not later than Mon?
de? srheii Intended for Wednesday's
paper and not later than Thursday
for Saturday's Issue. This, of course,
applies only to regular correspond
swes. In case of items of unusual
aewe value, send In Immediately by
saaJl. telephone or telegraph. Such
aewt stories are acceptable up to the
hour of going to prees. Wednesday's
??per Is printed Tuesday afternoon
sued Saturday's paper Friday after
statkbcrgl
fitsteburg. May 23.?Miss Emma
Frierson returned ta Columbia today,
after a stay of ten days at home.
Mr. Young 8tuckey, of Eastover.
apent last week with his parents at
?^Churchill."
Mrs. Jamee Simons spent the week?
end with her sisters in Manning;.
Mrs. H. S. Cantey is spending some
time In Sumter.
Mr. Alex Norris spent Sunday in
Florence.
Miss Mule Richardson, of Sumter,
Is visiting her sisters at "Farm Hill."
Mrs. Jsmes Pagan spent Monday In
Columbia.
The long drought remains unbrok?
en In this section. Crops are in fair?
ly good condition and farmers have
managed to kill quantities of grass,
flee gags* places cotton has never
been able to get up. but this Is only
a few acres here end there. The oat
crop Is being gathered and Is small.
?be grain having suffered from lack
aaT moisture.
private>:p.
Prtvatcer. M-'iy J 3.--Crops are do
lag nicely, most oi the planters about
tntre have very good stands of cot?
ton whb h r.re chopped over and
worked up In good shape.
Mr. H. D. Tlndal has the finest
corn I've .\?en.
The oat ?rop Is poor and ripening
rapidly. Some farmers have begun
?Arresting their oats.
t*?ero ?* some sickness In the
neighborhood.
Mies Anna Troutman Is critically
III with pellagra.
Mr. W. O. Wells, with Misses Callie.
Annie and Edith Wells, attended the
Southern Baptist convention at Jack
aamvllh . Fla. Miss Ciine and Miss
Annie on their return will stop in Sa?
vannah and spend some time there
fjrtth relatives.
Mr. R. L. Geddings and Miss Dong
fas Geddings, of Plnewood. visited
Mr. J. R. Kolb. the past week.
Mr. Charlie Medllng ond family
have moved to Orange urg.
For sorenes of the musch I
'Whether Induced by violent exercise
or Injury, Chamberlain's Liniment Is
excellent. This liniment Is also high?
ly esteemed for the relief It affords
4a cases of rheumatism. Sold by all
druggists.
2MEVI CP TO CHI Ali STANDARD.
F?t4 b. d i IVeautiful (iamo against the
Citadel on Saturday.
IsfVl the star twlrler of the College
eaf Charleston, who halls from S ...iter
was again equal to all emergencies
geuurdav in the third game Of the se?
ttee between the College and the Cita?
del, and it was due to Levis fine
patching that the Belegs boys were
able to win the game. The News and
Courier praises I^evi in the following
terms:
l*?vi. the College twlrler, was the
individual etat of the game, if It can
truthfully hi said that there was any
*>no stellar performer. The plucky
College pitcher was all over the Held,
fcavlng to hi.' credit two put outs and
?ve assists. He was also there with
the stick, drawing two pretty singles.
It Is true that the summary shows
tail h>- allowed eight hits, but any?
one aWJerviag ?M ?am?- would have
Seen that Horn.- of these did hOl do
sssrve to hi Id's, slow w -rk <-n the part
of the gslders allawlsg the men t<?
be.tt balls.
Hick head.oh"- results froin g
disorder* | rendition of th*> BtOSBaeh,
snd can he cured by the use of
Chamo, rlaln's Stomach and Liver
Tablets Try || Pot salo by all drug
giats.
The gag Island cotton planters no t
in Charleston Tuesday for the pur?
pose of organizing and affiliating with
the Farmers' t'nion.
_
Is there mythlng In all this world
that b? of ni'ire Importaace to you
than gOOd tlgSQtloal Food must he
eaten to sustain life and must be d.
dlg^ated and I DWeOfHC' Into blood.
when Um algeetloa falls the whole
body suffers. Chamberlain a Tablets
are a ratb-nal ? I i e|| ibh ourt
iadig?'stb>n. They laereaat the f >a
of bile, purify the hlaod Strengthen
the stomach, and tone gg the whole
digestive apparatus to a natural and
healthy action. For sale by all deal
\
MG SNAKES, TOO.
Kaillrr Six i'(rt, One Inch jfflf
killed \<nr SumUT.
To lh? B4ltor:
I hop.- y??u will find spart' in your
\ doable paper to publtob the fol?
io* tag:
South Carolina is nd only famous
for growing largo corn crops, but Ii
als ? famous for mowing some of tin
largest ratt!?snakos in the eountr>.
Tins irai claarly provad last Th?r?
day, May LS, when B. B. Griffin, ?
farmer living about l- mllei from1
: umti i', kiii?-ti tne meaauring nix v
cat, two Inchei In length and rooaa- j
urlng II Inchei around the largest
i>art of the body, it was im penible
to tell just how many rattlei it had
on, because it was shot with a shot- i
?un ami some of tin- rattles wereshoi ?
off, Eleven rattlei were left.
This isme gentleman Kin* <\ on" <
two years ag3, five foot, on,- inch i
long. This ouo wai killed p.bout ten
im lei oast of Bumter. 8. B. <J.
Msyeivllle, May r:. i
on???ti?mmm1 iwi MW ??? ay*?.jm
HEARST LIKES CHAMP CLARK, j
toys Harmon and Wilson are C?ootl
!
Men, Inn Speaker Im Most Conspic?
uous tor 1912.
N'ew Vork, May 24.?William Kan-'
I iph Hearst nailed for Europe today
viih his wife, Asked at the steam- |
ihip pier who he thought the Demo?
cratic candidate for president would
>e, Mr. Hearst said:
? I think ? !hamp Clark has done
mch good work in the house of rep
'esentatlven and Is s<> largely r.'spdn
ible for the Democratic success that
a- is very conspicuous for 1912."
Mr. Hearst said that Qov. Wilson j i
iov, Harmon were both good thl
nen. J W?
"Would y >u run. yourself?" ISoi
? >:.." replied Mr. Hearst, and then I no
ti'!. ;? "Well, you never can toil, 't j
don't think that is a legitimate QUeS- .<'<>
Ion." tin
"President Taft is tin logical n l >l<
lidate of the Republicans," sa i \y;
?\v. Hearst. m;
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Send us your Job work. Lo
Pytliiang Go to Columbia.
v number of the Knights ?>f Py
ai went to Columbia Tuesday and
'dne^day to attend ? meeting of the
nth Carotins Grand Lodge which is
w in session at that place.
Km 'n? those to x<> from here to
lumbla were: Messrs. B. i>. Cut
>. I?r. Walter Cheyne, l?r. tleo. w.
k. w. C. Towles and Barlow
iish. I>r. ?Je?. \V. I ?i( k is < hair
.!! <?i the ways and means corn
it*' of the South Caroline Grand
dge.
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SUMTER DAILY ITEM AND WATCHMAN
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