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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. UTCWSY LMTTKRB FROM OUR SVK GtAL CORKF.HPOM D KNTK. of Interest From all Port? oft ?see sad Adjoining {totalities. NOTICE TO CORRBSPONDBNT8, Mail yoer lsttsrv ao that they will tmmoh Uli? otto* sot latsr than Moo dag srhsn Intended for Wednesday'a paper end not faster than Tbureday dir Saturday ? issue. Tht\ mi course, applies eeJy to regular oorreepond bs saso mt Items of unusual value, see4 to Immediately by il totsphsno or telegraph. Sruoh stories ere ooss?table ap to the of getan; ss press. n.'edneeday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon and UeUirday'i paper Friday after P1SGAH Ptsgah. July IS.?This place has fine rains, snd It now looks as It all the dry pieces have been watered. The rains fell in spots. Some places wore flooded whi.e nearby places had ao rain at all. The writer remembers when one cloud would rain over sev? eral counties, but now the rains hardly go out of sight Old corn la cut short. Injured end those who planted on the Williamson plan, as well as the boys who plant? ed pris? acres, are simply not in It. Some -won't make the seed. The host corn 1 have seen this year is where It was planted wide apart. 4x5 fast, plowed up and not manured. It ftp green to ths bottom blades, while other corn planted thick is but half way the stalk. The good old eane way of planting corn is the best. There wss a man here years ago who ?over opened his second barn of eora until August or September, and always had a plenty to sell. How Is it cm pared to modern methods? Cotton has commenced to shed as d after rains. How the United item government csn figure out auch a big crop, when the most crit? ical period of its making is yet to come, and subject to many things that will cut It short, is a mystery. Big weed does not make big cotton erery time, any more thsn big corn stalks make big corn. Potatoes will be scarce next year OS very few persons have thorn. aTisthe* few and watermelons small. ffJasas interest is being taken In the roads movement. Mr. Belser le that an issue last year and won It In his fight for the legislature, nter. I am sorry to ssy. Is far be other counties In It* aystem of Kershaw county haa fine ?Wads, owing to her wide-awake and sneer ge tic supervisor. Any one who Will go from Camden to Swift Creek assureh will see his fine roads. It is wo trouble to travel th??m. To bond ?Jse county $160.000 la a pretty good ssjtn. but that wem? to be the only wsj to get good roads here, end i?y of parenthesis, what Is good for an WlomOMIe to travel on. U good for o vehicle of any kind. Mr. and Mrs. Mood, of Ooistx.ro. M. c. recent!] halted sWr. j. w. Rnmaoy's family. Mrs. Mood is a oSstrr of Mr. Rnmeey and she had not see him In twenty yearn. Mra 8. H. Hatfleld has gone to Columbia to be treated by a special? ist, tier health has not been good for some time. Rev. T. I?. Cole will aid In a meet? ing at Mt. Zlon church. Kershaw county, next week. On the 4th Sunday of ibis month m> protracted meeting will co m m .? r i <* ?? at Plsejah church and It a 111 go M Slurlng the week The pastor will be added by Rev. j. X. Tolar. pastor of Bartlette Street Baptist church. Sum tor. There will be morning and even tag services dally. The public la cor? dially Invited to attend. Mr. Tolar is an eminent minister. During the first of Ausust. liev. T. 1* Cole will go to North Carolina to dedicate a church and conduct a meeting of days. I have n??t heard when the other rhurchea will hold their meetings, hut sometime In the near future, 1 suppose. KEMltERT. Rembert. July 13.?The long pre? vailing drought has at last been broken. Fine rains have fallen In the Rembert and Plsgah sections. The cotton fields In these sections will (we think) sgsssygf from the drought with the exc. tplon of that In the very' sandy places which will never recover. Gardens are ruined snd the pot.it.. . r..p will be very ?hort The corn crop will be \.rs short. There are WmWH\ raff Uns OOt? ton cropj around Itembert w hu h hid fair to mnU an enormons yield, The health of oaf Community u Mr Mir': in.l f nmh are mos Ing back from Cartersvllle to lb m hort. whl< h riegWfl that Ihefe Is n.. place like home. Their m my ft e nd* are very glad to fseehrs them. Mr. Mafien Rsgunan who i* is i is rallrosd service In Osefsjli, M home on a visit to blfl parent* at Kemi.. tt. His many friend* i atwiy?. Kind to see hin manly young face. We are sorry to learn that our friend ' Hagood" has a broken am. We miss his witty pieces. We understand there will be a free barbecue, beer and other refresh? ments will bo served, at Rembert on Tuesday the 25th of July, together with some tine speeches in behalf of ?ood roads. Everybody should come to discuss this all-Important subject, which should be important in the minds of every voter in Sumter Ootnty, The State of South Carolina <e. rns to bo away behind in this great movement for good roads. Let us n ?t forget that when the no-fence law proposition was before us many thought we would be forever ruined if it passed, but now we see where we were mistaken, for it was one of the best laws ever passed. Just so with the good roads proposition, if pass? ed (and pass it we must) it will prove to be a great blessing. We are indeed sorry to learn that Rev. S. R. Hatfield has been forced to place his wife in tbe hospital at Co? lumbia under the ?reatment of Dr. Watson. We trust she will soon be able to come home and that the methods employed for her recovery may prove to be successful and ef fet t i permanent cure. "Seldom." IU RIED IN COLUMBIA. Friend* ami Relative* Attend Ser? vice* Conducted by Rev. E. O. Watxou at Elmwood ? Cemetery. Columbia, July 15.?Attended by a large number of friends and relatives, the funeral of Miss Lemie Bowman, who was killed In an automobile ac? cident near Hendersonvllle early Thursday n.c>rnlng, was held yester? day at Elmwoou cemetery. The body arrived In Columbia yesterday after? noon at 2:30 o'clock from Henderson? vllle, and the interment followed im? mediately afterwards at Elmwood. The sen-ices were conducted by Rev. E. O. Watson, the pastor of the Washington Street Methodist church. The cause of death was suffocation from gas. Miss Bowman was pinned under the automobile when it went over an embankment near Hender? sonvllle. TURNS DOWN FISHER'S PLEA. "Dick to Dick" Letters "Taken Up In Due Time." t - Washington. July 13.?Appearing voluntarily beore the House commit? tee on expenditures in the interior department today. Secretary of the interior Walter L. Fisher made an unsuccessful plea for an Immediate investigation of the story of Miss M. F. Abbott, a writer, relating to th> mysteriously "Dick to Dick" letter from Kb hard S. Ryan, of New York, to former Secretary of the Interior Uallinger, concerning the Controller I i v lands in Alaska. Secretary Fisher, offering to co? op,.rale with the committee in every uay. but Insisting that the public In? terests had not been jeopardized, turn? ed that the letter be taken up, so as to determne whether snob a letter ex? ists. He was Informed bv the commit? tee that the matter "would be taken up In due time." It has been said that Charles P, Taft had been aent to the President in behalf of Ryan and the Controller Bay claims, and that the President withdrew his objections. The hear? ing resumed Friday. < ItARLESTON HOXRD M \KES RE? PLY. DtspaaMKer? Board Btates They Will Comply With Governor's ltoqticst if Possible. Columbia. July 15. ? Following up a b-tigthy communication by mall, the Charleston county dispensary board today sent to Governor meant the *oi lowlag telegram in reply to the Gov? ernor*! iBQUlry as to whether they traf? buying liquor from houses that admitted defrauding the s?ate dls panai > "Your excellency's telegram re carved, Thti board makes no further purchases until August fifteenth. We not?, your request and deotra i<> com? ply with it. provided art ean, as we agree with >'OH III the object BOUghl to bi accomplished. We Will Coin mvnleate with you further." BAILEY MAY REHCiN PROM COM MITTEE. Hatd to i**' Considering Retirement PVoan Committee on finance Bc? eases ol His Views, Washington, July 14. Because of variance between his views and the views of name of his Democratic col? leagues on tariff leglalatlon, Senator Bailey of Texas Is said to be thinking of asking to be relieved from duty on tb.t finance committee f(,r a time nl bast. ii,. declined to say whether he a on Id resign from the committee, lb- had been suffering from an In named eye, which he fears might pre. venl h\n being able to gi\e suffl< lenl attention to tariff legislation, \i:\V PUBLIC HIGHWAY TO ELIM? INATE 2? MI LI is. Plan to improve Road Across Water ec Swamp, ami Citizens Offer Hearty Cooperation, Columbia, July 16,?An air line public highway Is t<? be constructed between Bumter and Columbia, thus saving 19 miles between tbe two eitles. From Columbia to the Water ee river the road Is in good condi? tion now, and after getting out of the Watsres swamp there is a good road to Bumter, The connecting link that is to be built is the crossing of the river. This will be completed within three months, the weather permitting, Work was begun yesterday. This act? ual taking hold of the situation has developed within the last few days and has been handled in a business? like manner. In other words, to state the matter concretely, the old Garner Ferry road with ferry will he made a thoroughfare between tho two cities. For live years there has been more or Ises talk of this opening of a high? way through the Watsrss swamp. Since the automobile has come into general use the need of such a con? nection has been felt more and more. There Is not a day that a Columbia car can not be found in Camden and Camden car3 in Columbia. But there has not been such marked exchange of visits with the Sumter friends. The reason Is plain. While an air line will place Columbia and Sumter as near together as Columbia and Cam? den are now, yet the road of commu? nication from Sumter is t>8 miles, for it is necessary to go by way of Camden to get across the Wateree river. A road through the swamp, cutting off 29 miles between Sumter and Columbia, would stimulate com? munication between the two cities to a marked extent. Thi3 road will be In use by October 1, unless all signs fail. There was once a good road from Sumter to the river at Garner's fer? ry, built something like 100 years ago. when Columbia was in Its in aney. The road was built in order to make more comfortable the travel between the Pee Dee country and the mountains, as many wealthy residents of the eastern section of the State went every summer to the mountains by "private conveyance." Up to the time of the War Between the Sec? tions this highway, known as a State road, was well kept up and the mud? sills or piers upon which rested the trestle work of the bridges across the swamps are In good condition now. It is upon theas that the frame work of the new bridge work is to be built. The ohlef promoter of this work .s Harry G, Bates, who successfully led the movement to establish Bates' ferry over the Congaree river, about .,-ht miles distant from the Old Gar? ner ferry on the Wateree, Ms has rone over the route of the causeway through the swamp on the Sumter side and has declared that he can put the road through successfully this summer If th< re sre no freshets. For the last three years there have been no heavy rains and it was possible to make a thorough examination oi* con? ditions in the swamp. Mr. Bates was much pleased with the condition of the old parts of the State road, and he made th>- announcement that if he should he guaranteed $ioo for live weeks be would get the road through from the river to connect with a good road leading to , un? ter. T. H. Auld of Kastover, John M. Bates, A. Mason Glbbej and s. 13, Mc Master have assured Mr. Bates that they would raise the money, and he has gone ahead with the plans. He has employed 20 laborers and the start Will be made Monday morn? ing. This will he a considerable un? dertaking. Mr, Hates will give bis time and labor, and $600 w ill n >t meet the necessary expenses, but it ll proposed to organise a regularly ? bartered company and to spend about $1,200 or $1,600 In making this 11 good road. The owners of the com? pany would depend upon ferry fees to be reimbursed, If this should pr.. ts successful as the Bales' ferry undertaking, the promoters would soon gel their money back, it will coal little to install a ferry, for House's ferry will be moved to the site of the old earner's ferry, the owner of House's ferry having given bis consent, Itoberi M. Cooper of Wlsacky end \. K. Sanders of Stateburg are Sumter county citizens who have de? clared their intention to push this movement, and Mayor L, I?. Jennings of Sumter has been ;? !<ed to cooper? ate, The opening of this road would really mean more for Bumter than for Columbia for It is 2." mles from Co? lumbia to the river and bul I i from Sumter In the ri\ er, Rates' ferry Is capitalised nl $1,200, in one year it has paid semi-annual dividends of 6 per cent., after all of the ferry bonl and appurtenances we're t? ? i?i for. snd In another year the entire principal will be returned to the stockholders. It is predict* ?1 thai tlio darner's ferry corporation .vi.i be eojualy as successful. Mr. Bates has engaged as super visor of the construction work a prac? tical man who has had plenty of ex? perience? Joi n Williams, formerly a road construct ?r for Bichland county. The Columbia good roues enthusiasts who are Interested declare that this will within six months be one of the most hipular interurhan highways in the State. It is at present Os miks to Sunder, via Camden. It is 89 miles, on an air lim , via Garner's ferry. It is miles to Camden. via the Two-Notch road. There is at present no way for a farmer at Eastover to get across the river into Bumter county except by rail. Garner's ferry is near the mouth of Colonel's creek, which shows on most of the railroa 1 maps. An air line via Garner's ferry would pass along through the town of Claremont on the Camden branch of the Southern railway. Garner's ferry Is within live miles of the State farm and would make communication therewith much easier. The connecting link will mean much more for automoblllsts; it will stimualte trace in a number of ways. PREDICTS FAME FOR TAFT. If President's Universal Peace Plans Prevail, Says Fairbanks. Atlantic City, X. J.. July 11.?"If Taft succeeds In winning his cam? paign for universal peace he will win with it a place among the foremost statesmen of the world. It will be the crowning glory of his achieve? ments," declared former Vice Presi? dent C. W. Fairbanks, before the Christian Endeavorers tonight. Among the several resolutions in? troduced in the Convention tonight and adopted, was one which provided for a country-wide an i-saloon cam? paign, the slogan of which will be "A saloonless nation by the Fourth of July. 1920." The other resolution;: endorsed the absolute stand taken by President Taft in his adovcacy of peace and especially of the peace treaty be? tween Great Britan and the United States, endorsed Champ Clark's sug? gestions looking toward international organization of the Christian Endeav orers. The Convention this afternoon se? cured pledges for $10.000 of the $25. 000 fund they expect to raise before the ( lose of the meeting here to add to a fund of $17r,.000 already secured for the international headquarters at Boston. TWO WATER SPOUTS IN ASHLEY. swaying Whirling Columns Been Near The Btono Works. Two big waterspouts were observed this morning in Ashley river, opposite the Btono phosphate works, and there was considerable excitement among the people al >ng the shores ?f the river, as they caught Sight of the huge whirling' columns of water. ESvery now md then a waterspout forms in this harbor, but It is not a Usual sight to see two moving through the air at once.?-Charleston Post. BETHUNE WTLL BE HANGED. Governor Buys He Will Be Hanged Unless the Courts Take Hand. Columbia. July If.. -William Be thune, who was to have been hanged at Manning Friday, for the murder of a Clarendon planter. G. B. Mima, two years ago, and who was granted Thursday a respite until July 28, will certainly hang, according to Governor Blease, unless the courts Intervene. Governor Blease sent Friday to the penitentiary, where Bethune is held for .safekeeping, a message directing Captain Roberts of t ... prison guard to inform Bethune he need not ex pert any further Interference from the governor. "I Interfered In the lirst place," the governor said, "only in order that Senator Clifton and former Senator Kelly might look Into the question whether after-discovered evidence could not be secured strong enough to indue,. ;, court to interfere. I told them positively that 1 myself could not Interfere any further. 1 believe Bethune is guilty, if h<* ( ourts do not interfere he will be ha nged." COST OF EXPOSITIONS. Senator Rool Calls Halt on Govern-1 incut Expenditures. Washington, July 13.?Seeking t<> prevent indiscriminate and h '?> hazard participation by the United* states Government In American and foreign expositions, Senator Root to? day Introduced In the Senate a reso? lution which was adopted, calling ? n the state department for detailed in formation of what Buch expositions have cosl the Government, andMn what expositions 11 Is now taking pari i r cotemplating a representation. COTTON BOLLS ACTIVE. DETERMINED ON EFFORT FOR HIGHER COTTON PRICES. Markel this Week will no Longer be One-sided Affair?Reports ??f Spivad Of Boll Weevil Relied on for As? sistance by Element Seeking t<> \d vancc .Market. New Orleans. July 16.?This week in the cotton market promises to he Interesting chiefly because the ring1 promises to lose Its one-sided aspect. Opinion Is again well divided, even among professionals, and there is a strong element seeking to put prices up, jusrt .is there Is an extensive inter? est looking for a lower market. There is no secret about the fact that the bulls will rely on the boll weevil talk to help them put the mar? ke up. In the central belt, that is, im\. Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and parts of Alabama, the depredations of the boll wevll are being constantly extended, and it looks as if some very bad reports were due to come in from important sections of this por? tion of the belt this week. It Is reported that the Weevil has infested twenty-two counties in Ar? kansas that did not suffer from the pest last year. It Is now generally admitted that the entire belt has received enough rain for the time being and more rain this week, except in Georgia, the Carolinas and Oklahoma, will be re? garded as a bullish Instead of a bearish feature. The week promises to open with a wet weather map. if the forecast of the week end Is wortn anything, and this ought to help the market. , Trade buying will be eagerly watch- i ed for this week. The long side has claimed that much buying of hedges j by spinners and spot houses would be done around 12.75 for October, but purchases from this source have been disappointing in volume. Any sudden rise probably will bring this class of buyers in until their wants are satisfied. If such buying is seen, it ought to be a factor of no small importance. The movement of the new crop In Texas promises to increase, and if it grows much larger it ought to help ibe bears. The prediction was freely mad i on the week end that daily re ( elptfl of new cotton at Houston would average 100 bales. Such re oepitS would chiefly affect July and August. PREPARE FOR "COOL WAVE. Rather Unseasonable Weather this Washington, July 16.?Following the hot wave that recently brought death and suffering to the whole country, this week's weather promises to furnish surprises in the other dl rectlon, with the result that unusual? ly low summer temperatures proba? bly will prevail. The weather bureau sec.- an abnormally high barometric pressure over the interior of Canada and Alaska and low pressure on the Atlantic Ocean, the conditions that will usher in the cool wave. "This pressure distribution is in? dicative <?f temperatures below the seasonable average the coming week/' says the weather bureau re? port, 'in practically all parts of the OOUntT) from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast. "The week will open with general? ly fair weather east of 'he Rocky Mountains; showers are probable Monday in the middle Atlantic and New England States, and during the in s' several day- In the South At? lantic and Gulf States. An area of showers will develop over the mid? dle West about Thursday, and thence spread eastward to the Atlantic States by tlie latter part of the week." Week, Bureau Predicts. BLEASE HITS AT BOARD. t'ito?, Presen! Hosiery Mill Cootro vers) as Status of Affaire at Pen? itentiary. Columbia, July it.?Replying to an Inquiry from Governor Carroil of Iowa as to penological affairs In this Stace, Governor Bleaae took a side shot today at the penitentiary situ? ation. He said In part: "Our pris? on labor la employed in part, 1 regret to Bay, in a hosiery mill inside the walls of the penitentiary, which mill is a common nuisance and a death trap of tuberculosis, this fact having been reported by the State Board of Health and condemned, by my hav? ing called atlenion to it at the last session of our general assembly. I am doing my best to get rid of the hosiery mill, but it seems there is too much money behind it, and 1 am having a hard fight. However, I have not lost hope, and have appealed to the Solicitor of this Circuit and asked him to bring suit, to abate the nui? sance. Why the board of directors are fighting me on this matter I am unable to say, unless it is personal political prejudices. I would not care to state, if this is not the reason, what I and a good many of the peo? ple believe is the reason, anyway their action is certainly peculiar, know? ing as they do that it is a death trap and a menace to our people. ' TWEXTY-OXE MIXERS KILLED. Explosion in Pennsylvania Mino Imprisons Victim* Mile and a Half from Opening. Dubois. Pa., July 16.?Twenty-one miners were killed in an explosion in the shaft of the Cascade Coal and Coke Company's mine, at Sykesville, nine miles from here at 9:30 o'clock, but it was after midnight before ex? tent of the disaster was known. All of the dead but three are foreigners. The explosion was slight, as shown by the small damage done the mine, but the deadly after-damp is respon? sible for most of the deaths. LETTER TO DISPENSARY BOARD. Must Not Buy From Houses Which Defrauded State Says Blease Columbia, July 14.?Gov. Blease today sent to the county dispensary boards of all the "wet" counties, Riehland. Charleston, Beaufort, Flor? ence, Aiken, and Georgetown the fol? lowing message. 'In my opinion you should not purchase goods from any house that admitted that they de? frauded the State under the State dispensary system and I request that you do not. A word to the wise should be sufficient." This follows up a letter written July 10th to the same boards. In which the. governor said he understood purchases were being made from houses proven guilty of robbing the State and declared: "If you make purchases from these houses, knowing the facts, I feel that it is my duty to remove you from of ii<v unless you can give satisfactory explanation therefor." The letter concluded: "Please give me such Information as you have along this line and I hope that it will be satisfactory to the public. If you think it will not be satisfactory your resignation will save your removal." The Riehland county board re? ported in person, disclaiming any spe cial connection with houses shown to have defrauded the State and saying that contracts were let strictly ac? cording to law to the lowest bidders. The Charleston board also claims to be conscientiously obeying the law. Gov. Blease said today be had called on 1 dispensary Auditor Mobley to furnish htm the names of the members of the county boards, with a list of their purchases and a list of the bouses that defrauded the State. Large Assortment of FRUIT JARS When in need of these goods come to Sibert's 1 )rug Stoic. We have the K. /. Seal and Mason Jars in all size?, :ilso extra tops. Would appreciate your calling on us when in need ot these goods. Sibert's Drug Store, 8 South Main St Fhr.no No. 2M