Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CO RR ES POND H N C E mr ltttkh? from our spe? cial lX>HREMPi)NPENTS. From all Part* oi Adjoining Coantie*. NOTICE TO C<?KkESI'l?NUENTS. Mall your lett?*re so tfcat they will molt thl? office not later than Men aar whtn Intended for Wednesday's paper and not later than Thumday for aaturOay's lawi. Than, of course, eepUee eely to regular aorr??pond la gtM of tseaae of unusual ndu?, toad hi Immediately by anal), tet .plMHM or teJeewaph-* *uok ?aar* st?rten ara acoaavtaala ap to thn hear of txHng te pi ? Wednesday's paper le printed Tassiay afternoon .may's aaaer Friday after WISACkY. Wltacky. Aua. 1.?We are still having very dry weather, and every? thing is suffering for lack of rain. There have been some ghOffOTS around, hut no real good rains. Peaa and ether small crops are dying, even fae large fruit trees are wilted and eeem to be dying. Cotton Is falling and fanners are gloomy over the failure of their hard tabor during the past several months. The health of the community Is moderately good. I hear of no new aaaee of fever. Miss Maud Williams has returned to her home, after a very ploasant ata> of several weeks with relatives and friends In Columbia and Chester. Master Copeland Seay returned to hts home in Columbia today, having apent several weeks wlt'u relatives here. Mrs K. J. Wllllami spent last Weeks In Bfehopvtlte with her daughter Mrs. Bhlrer. Mum Sallle Ledinghsr.* will leave rn the morning for Cor.way to visit her sister, kirn. Oatlln. Mies Mary Biers has been elected la teach the Ivanhoe school. She Is from Rock Hill. The Sabbath achool at that place Is progressing nicely with Mr. Cunningham as su? perintendent. Mr. Oee (Irren and son are quite elck at this time. Wtaacky. Aug. 1.?When ?e com? pare ourselves with others, of whom Ore hear in other sections, we are greatly favored, as to seasons. Though We are needing rain badly, our crops sure not suffering. Cotton is still green, and growing and holding its fruit, corn has been seriously injur #d by previous drought and will not ike more than half what It prom f > make four weeks ago. >> ? will make sorn.rn. There tl b bright prospect for rain, as I writ**, and 1 trust we will get some tonight. We have Just closed a very pleas ant and profitable meeting of rn e day* at ?t. Luke's eh uro h. The pastor. Mm*. J. S. Reasly. was assisted by r.mr. M. M. Mradham, pastor of Lea? rlater church, an earnest. Godly, man. Who lah?>red faithfully and won the confidence and affection of all our people. We were fa\ored with de? lightful s r. had good and order? ly congregations, and evidently much Sjeod waa one. Mr*. W. W. McCutchen and children will leave tomorrow for points In North Carolina, to be gone ggf the remainder of the summer. Mr. Mc? Cutchen will Join them Inter. A good many from here will at? tend the Farmers' institute at Clem aon College nest \wek. I am satis fled that many of eur farrm-rs are convinced that thl k planting of sjotl Will not work In dry weather. Foi three years we have had v. rv tine era*on? for corn and have succeeded In making good crop*, hut corn that four weeks ago promised to mako 50 brthels per gcre, ? annot make more than one-third of that amount, ttome have hegun to gather fodder, aad if; this weather continues, otie-hvlf of the fodder will dry up on the ?talks. as the corn N not r. o|\ for the f 1 ?der to be taken off. The fruit crop, though not ai-und ant. h.is i.ii very fine. esp? - telly icheo snd melons. Those who had iches have canned lots for fu? ture ust?. The potato crop Is very backward Mr and Mi? II. P. Scott, af. r nn ided through the Northern returned laut week ind spent m few days with bis parents. They gav? a glowing description of their trip Mr. J. C, ihmi-r. of Ornngoburg ? ? venerable ..i \ \. t rm. \ Islt' d the borne of Mr. II. W. gent I thi WOOl and was < h irm.-.j with our bOSof | ftil farming OSJaW] The machinery of the thr. tee Is belnif overhauled mil ?: i ? n In readiness for the f.t|| sei sol Mr. PesChnmi < h,s old* d ? shingle tin cMn?? to his r?w rn.ii and i*. to ? One shingles. White Iwan? 11 ??'"toll, who was committed to the \?\lum te/0 month ago h aiidh ienrl. restored to p. r i <? d itel return? I to hi* I > in Kot RT iimff. Rocky bluff. Aug. 1.?The drought s still continues. Vegetables and MTU at.' almost dead and In some places the cotton does not get out of the wilt. Mr. Winburn Well* of Columbia spent Thursday and Friday with his brother. Mr. W. It Well?. Mrs. Leo Dutton went to Ptnewood Friday to see her sister, Mrs. Graham, who is quite sick. Mis. E. C. Haynswjrth and son, Ale\, of Svinitt r. spent Friday with Mrs \Y. K. Well? Mrs. W. l\ Barneld .and children, spent Friday and Saturday In Sum |?Ji with relatives. Mr. J. J. llattleld and family Bpent Sunday at Mr. W. F. Baker's. Mrs. Dan Fogle and children, of Orangeburg are spending some time with Mrs. W. R. Wells. DARK CORNER, Park Corner. August 2.?Still hot and dry in this comer, though it is thundering now at'noon. Hope we may have a shower. Cotton has com? menced to fail for the last few days. Fodder gathering is on hereabouts. Have not seen any open cotton as yet. K? v Wm. llaynsworth Is carrying on a protracted meeting at the Held school house In this corner this week. Hev. M. F. Kizer of Paxvllle was to assist Rev. Haynsworth, but he has ?MM trouble with this throat, so Is Ml able to be here, to the regret of a great many of us. The writ r and Mr. C. P. Wee'rs at? tended the election at Bloo,.i Hill yeaterday; everything passed off \? ry iisantly. Mr. J. II. Christmas and his kind daughter. Miss Dora, put the man ?Mfl under many obligat!" ? for kindness shown th?m In furnishing us with water, etc. Mr. J. M. Kolb has the measles at his home. Mr. Horace Avln was considered better at last accounts. Mi. Joe E. Johnston and family visited at Elm Hill last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Weeks and Jack Ardla visited at Elm HUM last Sun? day evening. Somewhere about twenty who Join? ed at the Bethel meeting last week will be baptized at Pocalla Spring* \ext Sunday, the 5th at 9 0 clock A. M.. as Mr. Beck kindly consented for Rfjf? Wm. Haynsworth to use the springs f??r that purpose on that oc? casion. "H. T." STATEBURG. Stateburg. Aug. 2.?Mrs. E. W. Dueneing of Midway Is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Stuekcy. Mrs. J. J. Harlan and little daugh ? r. Henrietta, returned from Dar? lington on Tuesday, where they have n visiting Mrs. T. H. Hogers. Mr-. tejPMI MM with them and will Spaed sometime with her parents at ... arston." Mrs. T. H. M< I.. . d. ol Florenee. IMR4 MtWdft] and Sunday with her rioihcr. Mrs. Charlotte Nelson. Mi- I '? ? ? -1 ? I ' ' rira n lias tfon<- to Bulge Springs to be one of the Kuests at the house-party given by Miss Maidelle I'.oatwrlghl Mrs. J. T. Parlor BOB Of Charleston upent Several da\s last week at "ftprt&f Beek?" the home el the Kol? e <i\4, Messrs. S. < >. Plowdcn and Eduar und Whiteford Nelson of Clarendon MM! Sunday In our midst. Missis Koberta and Henrietta Dar gan are giving a house-party this week. The voting girls as their guests ire Misses Florida and Ilene Plow iev of Clarendon, Bessie and Chrls inea m< Nair, of Bertevillai Edith Williamson of Providern-??. Clara Nel MRi of Ctereadoe aad Bthel Fiud ol stateburg. There have been several entertaln H . nts given for these visiting girls. There was a card party at "Mars ton" on Wednesday afternoon In their Maor and one Thursday evening. Mr. end Mrs. John L. Frierson gave them a straw ride and moonlight pic? nic. Mr. \v. I?. PrteTMa spent Sunday ?it "Cherry Vela" and Miss Fmma l ri.?rson of Columbia was at home on Sunday also. Mr. It. M. J, nklns. Jr.. of St. CherlM mmI Tnaaday e( "eferston." TRe Mopie of our community are looklni forererd lo iha annMl picnic and farmers' BIMttaff, which will be held on the grounds of the Gen. Sum b r Memorial Academy on Ausjuat 1 1 WM Iii <o\Vi:VIH>\ AT G. H M. A. baaei nib. it t\ lor Celebrating %n? alseraer) of Urn. Btimtor** Birth atateburg, Aua. I. The ums for the isssai picnic en the ennlrareery Of Gen. aemter'l birth, August I Ith. -? drei Ii i Mar? The day has been observed BOW, with merited eoceeaa, sine.- irof, when Iha unveiling ?>f the no.num. nl took pis a and it should Mver be dtaeon* tinned, TliwMti Iha eeedamy build* in* si 11 deatroyi d by fin on Iha M h daj of I igt March, iha school did ?? f pot Iah In ih< Roma i end the prin ? U> n..H in i?. the i" ople te eg* Iramhla na tin - ??,,. hlatoHc grounds I ol tie- academ;. on that r ,m? picnic day. this >? ;ir. The speaker's stand is still there and the great oak and hick? ory trees and the finely shaded lanes and the glorious spring <?f health giving witter, etc. are still there, The out-houses will afford some shelter in case of rain. I propose that the principal ??f the Academy be allowed to prealde and conduct the meeting this Mine, as it is desired that local speakers be call? ed out?the President of the Sumter Agricultural Society, lion. A. 1C Sanders and IhS secretary. Mr. K. E. Ilemberl and others whom the peo? ple wish to hear; hut Very especially the recently elected President of the State Farmers' Union, Hon. B, w. Dabba, in whose election Sumter County was honored. Mr. Dabbt*I merit has been proven by long, ar? dent, arduous and devoted service in the cause of agricultural advance? ment and has now been recognized and marked with distinction. i The 'tops, in this dry set of all yearn should afford ample themes for instructive talks, private and pub? lic, and the adoption of to w honks for country school children, by the Governor and his ' friends*' on the State Hoard of Kducati'on, with the state Superintendent of Education strongly protesting! should certainly I Dt Considered by such a gathering on the grounds of a rural school that is struggling to keep life in Its work, Then, there are numbers Of inter? esting experiments made by the school) on its farming side, this year, that it Is important to have the farm? ers see and discuss. All are earnest? ly invited. JOHN" J. I) AUG AX. Principal G. S. If. A. N. B. And above all, and far above all. we shall enter tho movement on that day to erect a monument a Washington to the late Dr. Seaman A. Knapp. OIIANGI'IU KG HOY MTJRDERKD? Hobcrt c. Bhlrer, with Heek Broken, Found in Savannah Itlvcr. Augusta, Aug. I,? Robert C, Shirer. Kaggage master on Southern Railway Trains II anil 17. was found dead In the Savannah River, just below the Southern's bridge at Washington street, this morning at 7 o'clock. The pOliOi are at work on the case. The Coroner's jary returned a verdict this afternoon that "deceased came to his death from a broken neck, produced by causes unknown." A train crew parsing over the bridge on a switching engin?'. saw what was BUppOSOd to be th?- head Of a man in tin water below. The attention of the foreman was called to the fact. and he. With several others, paddled OUt in a boat and pulled the body aahore. The body ras floating, face downwards, Tin state of the flesh showed that it had n i been in the water longer than ten or twelve hours, notwithstanding which the body was covered with mud, On the rlg*ht temple was s bruise. The nook was broken. Whether or not Bhlrer was murder ? ?1 ami his body thrown in the river Is a question which Is being discuss ed on all sides. There Is ons theory to the effect that he accidentally fell ?ff the trestle and was drowned, but he would hardly have suffered a broken neck and s severe blow <>n the skull. Then, too, the Indications are that he had been dead for mote ban twelve bourse, and that his body hnd been In the water for pro? bably ten hours ??r more. T. I). Bhlrer, of Orangeburg, a brother arrived lore tonight and shortly after it was reported that suspicion pointed to two negroes, but the local poltoe have since concluded that the death was accidental. Late Monday night Bhlrer left his boarding house, having his watch, ring and scarf pin. telling his room mate he was going to the tenderloin district. That district has been worked out by local detectives and Shirer did not go there, though it was suspected that he was killed in a house and his body carried to the river ufter nightfall and thrown in. it may have been placed In the river uptown and floated down until it stopp, 'i in an eddy near the Southern Railway trestle, Shirer was din- at the union de l?..t Tuesday afternoon, to go to Kranchvllle, but did not show up and i substitute had to be procured Shirer was always prompt In his business and rarely missed s day In hia work. He was a young man ?>f ? i id orate habits, it Is said, and did i oi drink to excess, Bhlrer was years old and was a native ??f Orange b?rg? B, C, He w e unmarried, The remains will !>?? sent to Orangeburg tomorrow morning. Th-- drain pipes front th? roofs of \ irious buildings In the city empty the water from the i iof on the ? I vnlks and pedestrians, after each Fain have to wade I brough little etr< uns of water In passing along the dowalks In front of such buildings in every case the pipe could very ? isiij be run under the Idewalk a hlch would be s gre U convenient e to persons on the street. THE SPLIT LOG DRUG USB AND LIMITATIONS OF THI8 D6VICE IN CARING FOR ROADS. USE FOR CONVICT LABOR dragging Should Afwaye Be Done Just After a Rain?Good Road la' One That la Good and Osabto 685 De ye ta Year. By HOWARD N, GROSS. There Is no road Implement that win do more to make bad roads better than the split log drag, and none that la so Inexpensive. A handy man can usually get up one at a cost of 18 or $4. Better ones can be bought of road machinery companies tor $8 to 115. There la no patent on H, bo tbere to I I rarrv Just t rvough weight so tt will smooth the i urf ace and ?11 the rut* without clogging the drag with an ac cumulation c f mud before it It should Iron out an i smooth the road with? out disturbing more than surtaae pro [ jectiona. It 3 main use Is to fill the ruts and ke?? p the center of the road to the proper crown so the water will readily find ts way Into the ditchea. The atterr pt to have the farmers voi tintarlly dra? the road by their farma. or Dy co-op ration have all tue roa/!a dragged, wi 1 never work out satisfac? torily. Som ? will respond and do their duty, but the human hog must be reckoned w tb?the one who is su? premely sei lab, and takes pleasure in overturning the good work of another sometimes J ist to be mean?pure cuse ednees, Tl e writer was told of an in cident that illustrated this pervers a neea. A c< arse grained mldd>* aged man wae b?ard to say: 'T'other dar I was coming back from town and I seen old maa Jox es out with a road drag in the rain?yDu'd a thought he owned the road. St y, you ought to a-eeea that road when ne and Jake drnv over it Road Atter Belog Draped One Year -Helena, Ark. TT? above road for many yeans was tmpessaWe a Va sre part of tb* Oma. A few years a*x> It was graded as shown?not very well done however. The surface has been dragged at short Intervals for a year. This has rept the road comparatively smooth. While It cannot be called a good road. It Is a rood example of how a very bad road may be made better with grading and draggini . This road la In Arkansas, no reason why they should not eome Into general use, The problem of supplying prisoners with work that shall not compete un? fairly with free labor Is not yet solved. Here, however, is an article that can be readily made to advantage in the penitentiary and It woukl be well to have a few thousand turned out The writer desires In the outset to correct a misconception that seems quite general, and that Is, that the split log drag Is a solution of the good roads problem. It Is nothing of the You wouldn'. s'posed It bad over seen a drag. Joi es was bot when be seen us coming. Be tore around like a crazy man. We wouldn't row with an old man, bo we give him the ha' ha! and went ot.M It is do use to drag a road and then cut It up B| aln. Let all such work as dragging be done and paid for and make it a leavy fine for any one tc drive over i dragged road until it it dry enough to It WtU not cut up. Gravel ro, while new and com? pacting und? r the traffic show deer. I Road Before Dragging at Column, , Mo. TMs trroirtrntlon shows a newly made macadam rwi ann. rt,^,,^ ,w period. This road apparently wa.'not tho^hlj ro^ bS^^^.7"' tratlon .hows the same road with the .urtac/ironS out wUh ab road 5rw T? 21 E kind. It has its uses and Its limita? tions. Unfortunately, the man who made It, and for ?which the country Is under obligations, overshoots the mark In his slogan: "Good Roads Without Money." The drag is doing good work I ?it is a pity the Inventor is not satis fled to put it and leave it where it belongs. The drag is not only useful for earth roada, but serves an excellent purpose in keeping grovel roads in condition, and It may be used at times on macad? am roads to advantage. Dragging should always be done rn j or Just following a rain. The surface shouM be quite wet. The drag should ruts along tie wbeel track and lesi oneb made b.' the feet of the horses, j When In this condition one or twc rouTd trips ^ 1th the drag will fill tb* ruts and refoim the surface and in do lng so will ir. ove very little material The forward movement of the drag *bould be al an angle so that when the material ll pr.shed forward It is also carried b tte center of the road The offlce (f public roads will fur nish bulletins upon the use of the road drag fr* upon application. Road off.cials and (thers would do well to send for them A good road Is one that is good and usable ?C5 da .*s In the year; a road I Result of u Minutes' Use of D ig Hi Mo. Macndran road n-'t < . , lated being put In NV/ drag baa filled tbe rutH an l movi d the loose way. The drr?? go*?* forward at an and 1 I ' lould '?? u*?*l upon gruv or maca lam rot 1 w\ en it la ?e airabl? to till up nits Hin? up No. 30?That's the Daily Item'i Telephone mimt* i when you want to place an advertisement that w ill brin? result* whereon one may ride of drive wKh pleasure or have a full load wltbput strain upon the- horse, vehicle or ha> ness. To do this the road must have a hard, smooth surface and offer the minimum of resistance This requires the surface to be "metaled,'* as the English say, L e*. covered with gravel, broken stone or an equivalent An earth road may be an excellent one today and tomorrow a very bad one. It. may be a delight In June and a fright In March. Such roads have the virtues of a balky horse?they are Irable to fall when most wanted. With a stone or gravel road, loading from the farm, should a heavy ram occur in the busy reason, when for a day or so It Is too wet to go into the field, the errands to town may be done, see* era! loads of grain or hogs taken to market, and the time well employed. With the average earth roads, when the fields are too wet to work, the roads are too muddy to travel. Hence,1 the writer holds to the opinion above expressed, that no earth road Is en? titled to be called a good road, because so much of the time It Is positively bad. The extravagant claims that have been made for the road drag are really holding back the building of good roads. Many have believed that all that was required to have good roads was to go up and down a streak of mud once or twice, say "Presto," and behold, a good highway. This is sheer nonsense The loud acclaim of a "River to River Road," mode good In an hour or so is a myth. This famous road was greatly improved by the drag? ging, but it is not a good road, and never will be until it is thoroughly drained, properly graded and has a hard, durable wearing surface placed upon It It Is human nature to hurt for some oasy. cheap and speedy way to do things, and usually no sooner has one discovered how to make some progress toward a solution, than he an trounces a complete revolutionary discovery that sets aside all experience and prece? dent, and gains something for nothing. The spilt log drag la directly In point The people may as well make up their minds now, as to find out later, that gooj roads cost money and lots of It, but they are worth many times their cost and they wiU pay for them? selves over and over again every dec? ade. A well drained and well built macadam road with a good binder may cost anywhere from $4,000 to $6.000 per mile, but such a road with mod? erate repairs will last for generations. Hence the future should bear part of the burden. There Is only one sensi? ble, businesslike way to build good roads, and that Is, by state aid, where by the state, preferably from a long time low rate bond Issue, pays rart of the expense, and the township issues bonds, running from 20 to 20 years, for its part In this way all the roads needed In a township?the main roads -?can be Improved at once, and the payments spread over the present and the coming generations. By building all at once from ten to twenty per cent can be saved in the cost of the work, and the community has the roads to use from the start Of course interest must be paid on the boDds, but against this goes the use of the roads. If this Is not worth more than the interest It Is better not to build the roads. The road question is a big one and must be handled In a big way. ALMOST CAPTURED BIG PRIZE McCurdy W*s Within Ten Miles of Havana When the Lubricating Oil Gave Out Aboard the Pauidlng a seaman, haw tug no glasses at all, shouted: There he is!** There he was, two streaks of black against the sky. He had come over the alow boats, passed all the destroy* era except the Pauidlng, and was sail* lng surely toward a waiting Havana, with only one destroyer?a mere ten minutes or so?between. McCurdy's two'mechanicians aboard the Paul ding began to grin. Make it? Of course he would! Everything was evi? dently working well; and ten mlnutea ?only ten mlnutea?would see the man landed safely In Havana, with the big prize to his credit McCurdy was coming strong. Every moment be was growing blacker and bigger against the sky. The Cuban coast?the smoke of the " city was within sight And then? **My God!*" somebody said, "he's fallen" This was true. The man had fallen. There **as no birddlke speck in the sky. The man had fallen. The Pauidlng was already turning, at 29 knots, to pick him up; and the Terry was steaming straight on for the same purpose. There had been an ac? cident; the lubricating oil had slipped away and the engine was burning to pieces. There was nothing for It but to descend; ar.d this McCurdy did de? liberately, waiting patiently, as he -uv.hj on the seat of the airship, for r?s?n>*. When a boat from the Terry picked him up?the Pauidlng was only .i moment later -ha 6aid: "Dashed bard luck: Why, I could see Havana! " lb- was onl] ton miles oft. ?*t)asb <\ Hani luck!" ho repeated. He hadn't wet his feet.?Norman [hincan, In Harper*! Weekly. Qi its Literal. Rrnantly)-?Look at this \ I just con:e out . w could the n>an . tell ma the colors he knew bow Send us you: job work.