The Watchman and Southron from Sumter, South Carolina • Page 8

ttUITY CORRESPONDENCE, IT LETTERS FROM Ol SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Interest Prom all Parts of tat aad Adjoining Counties. WOTICE TO Mall your letters so that they will this office not later than Mon when intended for Wednesday's aad not later than Thursday Saturday'! Issue. This, of course dies only to regular correspond In case of Items of unusual Talus, ssnd in immediately by telephone or telegraph. Such stories are acceptable up to the of going to press.

Wednesday's SB printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after EGYPT. Antloch. June work la nicely and If the weather Itinuee lair a few days longer the will be conquered. The crops growing fine. W.

T. McLeod spent Saturday ihopvllle. fcr. F. O.

Peebles spent Wednesday Hi Careden. T. L. Cole preached at Mlspah aaapttst church yesterday morning, fir. J.

R. McLeod spent Saturday 4th of July will be spent quiet? ly among the colored people this year, aa It comes on Sunday. Master Thortas Whits is quite sick at this time Crop report: Wo find ths acreage of corn and aotton the same as that of last The oat crop has been harvest aud fully 15 per cent, more was this year than last. There was fshout the same amount of fertiliser Ths corn crop Is some better this season Isst year The site prospects for the cotton Is about same ss last yssr. Ths cotton has from the heavy rslns.

The -awtton has the blight or wilt In this iunlty. No one can explain the BROGDON. Brogdon, June J. T. and R.

J. Davis. Confsdsrate were among those who at? las Reunion at Chester last tl Mrs. Josephine Halle (Nee Buch of Birmingham, and a resident of Sumtsr, visited at Co.ntella White this wsek. Grace Brogdon want to Man this morning to be present this oon at the marrtags of Mr.

Ferry Parrott and Miss Marola Walk Susan Brogdon Gregg, of Ma paid a visit to this section last week. Her many friends were de? lighted to see net after an absence of forty years or more. Mrs. Mshony and Mrs. Edens of Columbia, were also visitors here last mask.

Mr. and Mrs. A D. Blackwell and ehildren of Ashburn. were on a Westt to Mr.

J. A. Blackwell recently. Mrs. W.

M. Bradley and children 4at Mayesvllle spending some time tat Mr. W. T. Brogdon'a Dick Freeland, now of Sum lawrton.

visited relatives here this Mrs. Darby Whits and children are ax Mr. if, I. Brogdon'a. The excesslvs rslns have ceased? being now only a slight sprinkle cropa are materially Injured.

The cotton weed Is small for the tame of year and the ftrtlllsers do not seem to bo producing the desired ef? fect. The root weevil haa also done considerable damage. SMITH VI LLE. ftmlthvllle, June are still small and quite pale, with plenty of fad leaves at bottom that are shed? ding ateadily. There Is a fine pros? pect for a hay crop In this section.

There Is plenty of grass which Is growing rapidly In spite of all that can be done with plow and hoe. Home body must have made a mistake In getting up the general crop report. I do not believe It la so good pro Sen ted to be, but nobody Is being fool od, cotton will be blowed up for the apeotsl benefit of th-? sprcul itors. Nothing is ever done to help out the farmer. The high price of provisions land they are still advancing In prlco avery the abundance of which causes more expense, the html of labor which they have, glvet the farmer a problem whlcn tlrm avione csn solve.

Mr. John Dtxon. of Camden. and Mass Letha McLeod, of Mlspah. visit friends at this place last Sunday.

Mrs, C. T. Evsns and daughter, Miss Rosalie, spent last Thursday and Friday In Camden, attending the Bap? tist missionary rally. Mrs. Joe Wilson wsnt to Edgefleld Thursday to attend the Woman'i dgn Missionary meeting.

She wai by little Mlas Pearl who represented the Juvenile Mr. Folk Weldon and daughter, Mattle, of Herrlots, spent yes I terday afternoon with Mr. anil lira. James Robertson. Mr.

Robertson is qul sick with malarial fever. Mrs. Robertson Is suffering with severe bruises which she sustained by falling down a pair of staps last Sunday morning. Rev. S.

B. Hatfleld and family spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. Shiver.

No watermelons for the fourth in this, section. MAX. Max. July E. M.

Hicks and Mrs. K. A. Hicks visited the former's sister, Mrs. C.

Baker, of lower Clar? endon, who is critically ill. Mr. Dave Floyd is very sick and It charge of a trained nurse. Miss Marie Brocklnton is eonvaleJ lng. Mr.

B. C. Truluck went yesterday to see his grandson, Billie Keels, who has had fever for several weeks and was very low. Mr. F.

W. Truluck and bride are at home in Olanta. Mr. Zeke Truluck lost his dwelling and all It contained by flre last Wed? nesday 1 a. while he and family were spending the night off.

A mad dog was killed near here Tuesday morning a house and fighting a dog. Redding McGee, oi Lake City, at? tempted suicide last Saturday while in an Insane condtlon from continu? ed drunkenness. A number of farmers are curing to? bacco this week. Crops are doing well. The seasons have been excellent lor the last week.

Miss Rhea Truluck Is spending sev eral days with her cousins, Misses Leila and Mary Bee Burgess, at Mr. A. J. Goodman's, Farmer folks enjoy ice cream now a-days. TAFT WARN8 CONGRESS.

New Haven. June ident Taft paused In the course of an after-dinner speech to 1,800 graduates of Tale, gathered at the annual alumni feast todsy, to issue a serious note of warning to Congress and to the lead? ers of the Republican party. The president declared that If the party whlch placed him In power and so long had controlled the government failed to live up to its promises and the expectations of the people, it would be relegated to the position of a minority opposition. Mr. Taft had been speaking humor? ously of recollections of his own col? lege days, which made hjs sudden change to a serious tone of the Im? portant utterance upon national at farls all the more Impressive.

The president spoke extemporaneously, and his utterances as to the duty of the party of which he is nominally the head seemed the result of a sudden impulse rather than of studied in? tent The Yale men caught his meaning and cheered for several mintr.es. He had been speaking of Secretary of War Dickinson, a Democrat, upon whom Tale today conlerrcd an hon? orary degree. He taunted the Demo? cracy with the best of good humor to its preaent-day condition, and tab led him Into the declaration an to hit own party. "Just to show," the president con? cluded, amid laughter, "that we have troubles of our own." SPARTAN BURG A GREEK TOWN Spartanburg Journal. A letter was recently mailed in Sparta, Oreece, addresed to a Greek, giving only his name and ur der it the letters S.

no city or town or even state being given. The letter was delivered to a Spartanburg Greek by Carrier Jerome Gaffney. The United States Post Office department flrtt sent the leter to the largest Greek colony In this country, and. when the man was not there, to the next largest and then on down to Spartanburg, which was the fifth largest In the United States, where the Greek to whom the letter vas ad dieased was located. The Spartanburg colony embraces got only the Greeks who live here, but those who live in all the surrounding t.wns.

Nick Trakao Is the head of th? colony and his word is law. Every tn upper South Carolina look! to him for orders and obeys him. Any Greek In the bunch would pick Up and return to Greece at a word from Nick Trakas. It Is a pretty safe slat. i to say that no Greek could make living In the territory occupied by this cf.lony If the organization headed by Trakas objected to his remaining here However, there Is no knowledge it such authority has ever been used in an arbitrary manner and Mr.

Trakas has made himself a wise and useful leader to his fellow countrymen, being himself a man of unusual business ability. These- Greeks are most polite in dealing with the public, and even those with a very limited knowledge of the English language have a way of understanding enough of their cus? tomer's wishes to supply what Is wanted. And there Is never any doubt that they know enough of Eng? lish and values to avoid letting any? body get the best of them In a trade. HOW TICKS SPREAD EE VEIL Ry Exterminating the Ticks Texas an be Stamped Out und the Ouaruntlno Removed. The mlcroseoplc parasite which DgUfUf the disease known as Texas fOVOf or tick fever of cattle is found in the blood of affected animals and is transferred from one to another by means of the fever tick.

A remark? able feature of the transaction is 11 at the disease-producing parasites are transmitted through the eggs of the tick that draws the blood, and not directly by the old tick, as an engorged tick after dropping from the host (cow) dies without ever attaching itself to another animal. But its offspring produced by the eggs laid after It drops off and be? fore it dies, carry the infection and inoculate the first cow they get on. The length of time elapsing be? tween the exposure of susceptible cattle to infection by ticks and the appearance of Texas fever among them is dependent upon the climate and the development of the ticks. Thus, If northern cattle are placed on pastures, highways, or In pens, cars, in summer Immediate? ly after the premises have teen In? fested with ticks from southern cattle, Texas fever may occur In from thirty to sixty days, as the female ticks which drop from southern cattle must lay eggs and these must hatch before the northern animal becomes infested with ticks and thereby Inoculated with the disease. After the seed ticks become attached to the animal the disease will appear in about ten days In summer or a somewhat longer period in winter.

In fact, the disease may occur before the ticks are large enough to be seen without a very careful search. One objection that has been ad? vanced against the fact that the cat? tle tick is a carrier of Texas fever Is that cattle are sometimes found lo be suffering with the disease without showing the presence of ticks on their bodies. This condition in the case of southern cattle may be ex? plained by the fact that the anima' already had its blood infected with the parasites and under normal con? ditions was resistant to Texas fever; however, as a result of lowered vi? tality caused by some other disease or by exposure, privation, injury, rough handling, this resistance has been reduced and finally over? come, and the parasites at last suc? ceed in producing the disease. On the other hand, when this disease is observed In northern animals, the young reed ticks may be so small and so few In number as to be unob? served. Under certain conditions, as when living on horses, mules, the ticks lose their Infectiousness, and when southern cattle not previously infest? ed with any but these non-lnfectlous ticks come In contact wdth Infectious ticks they are Just as susceptible as cattle raised on tick-free pastures.

Many cattle appear perfectly healthy and yet are Infested with tk ks and have the fever parasite In their blood. Sometimes the owners can net understand why such ani? mals should be regarded as danger c'is to others, and consider It unjust that they should be subjected to quarantine restrictions. The fact Is that such cattle have usually con? tracted the disease in a very mild form at an early age and have be- come Immune to further attacks, al-1 though still carrying the parasites In their blood. They are dangeroua be? cause the fever parasites in their blood may be transmitted st any time to susceptible cattle by ticks. While the disease may be produced artificially by inoculating a suscep? tible animal with the blood of an in? fected one.

it spread naturally only by the ticks. By exterminating the ticks, therefore, the disease can he stamped out, and the quarantine can then he removed. The discovery of the port played by the tick in the spread of Texas fever was mide by Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Depart? ment of Agriculture in IS91, and the same principle lias since been found to apply to the transmission of ma? laria and yellow fc.cr from man to man 1 mosquitoes, and to the Spread of certain other diseases. Publications containing full In? formation about the ticks and giving direction! for getting rid of them may be obtained free, on application the BUItatl of Animal Industry. Department of Agriculture, Washing tun.

D. C. The stockholders of the Clreenvilk textile Industries received more than a quarter of a million dollars In divi? dends. Additions are being made to several of the mills. Tuesday night the safe In the office of J.

W. McCain, of Greenville, was opened and robbed. Six dollars and thirty cents, and a thirty-eight dollar watch were taken out of it. The robbery culminated in the arrest of W. Davenport, a well known young man of that city.

He denies the charge, and says he will fight the case If it is pursued against him. PROCEEDINGS OF COURT. The Docket is Being Rapidly hared Or Jury Makes Pre? sentment. The trial of the case of the State Robert M. Harwick for murder con? sumed practically the entire time of the court Monday and the case was given to the jury late in the afternoon.

The jury found difficulty in arriving at a verdict and at 2 o'clock a. m. Tuesday Judge Gage was notified that an agreement had not been reached and that the wife of one of the jur? ors was very ill and that the presence of her husband was urgently needed at her bedside. "With the consent of counsel for the defendant and the So? licitor the jury was discharged and a mistrial ordered. Tuesday the case of the State vs.

Frank Ross, John Wesley and Wil? lie Jewel, who are charged with high? way robbery, was on trial. The grand jury has reported on the following bills of indictment: The State vs. Arthur Burroughs, Jotsephine Burroughs, Sena Burroughs and Willie Mack, house breaking and larceny; true bill. The State vs. Wesley Jenkins, rape; true bill.

The State vs. Sam Gardner, assault and battery with intent to kill; true bill. The State vs. John Washington, as? sault and battery with intent to kill; true bill. The State vs.

James McLean, mur? der; no bill and order of discharged granted. The State vs. John Floyd, larceny of live stock; true bill. The State vs. W.

F. Flake, murder; true bill. Arraignment waived and trial set for Wednesday. The State vs. Willie Howell, grand larcency; true bill.

The State vs. L. A. Welch, dispos? ing of peoperty under lien; true bill. The State vs.

James Shuler, assault end battery with Intent to kill; true bill. The State vs. Willie Howell, house breaking and larceny; true bill. The business of the Court of Gen? eral Sessions is being dispatched with unusual rapidity and the docket Is be? ing cleared of an accumulation of cases that have been brought over from term to term as well as those that have been docketed since the laEt sitting of Court. The case of the State vs.

W. F. Flake, charged with murder, was tak? en up Wednesday and It was dis? posed of in a short time. After the State had examined the most impor? tant witnesses for the prosecution, Mr D. Jennings, who appeared for the defense, moved that a verdict of not guilty be ordered, as no case had been made out by the State and on the further ground that It was useless for time of the Court to be consumed In the presentation of the defense.

The Solicitor agreed and Judge Gage ordered that a verdict of not guilty be entered, and the prisoner discharged. The grand jury made the final pre? sentment for the term and was dis? charged Tuesday afternoon, all busi? ness having been disposed of. The following Is the record: The State vs. Frank Ross, John Wesley and Willie Jewell, highway robbery; not guilty. The State vs.

Sam Samuels, big? amy; nol pros. The State vs. Henry Thomas, as salt with intent to ravish; nol pros. The State vs. R.

S. Brown, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; nol pros. The State vs. Lottie Pope, violation dispensary law; nol pros. The State vs.

Daniel Robinson, as sault and battery of a high and aggra? vated nature; nol pros. The State vs. Allen Robinson, ob? taining goods under false pretense; nol pros. The State vs. John Wesberry, as? sault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons.

I'ead guilty and sentenced to nine months on the chaingang. The State vs. John Floyd, larceny of live stock. Plead guilty. Sentenced to nine months on ehainglng.

The State vs. Allen Hodge, larceny of live stock. Plead guilty. Sentenced 1R months on chaingang. The State vs.

Joseph Brooks, per? jury; nol pros. The State Vtl Joe Gary, grand lar? ceny; nol pros. The State vs. Allen Robinson, ob? taining goods under false pretense; nol pros. The State vs.

Sam Wesley Williams, rape; continued. The State vs. Ceo. W. Murray, per? jury; continued.

The State vs. E. M. Clover, obtain? ing goods under false pretense; con? tinued. The State vs.

Willie Howell, house breaking and larceny. Plead guilty; sentenced two years on chaingang. The State vs. Charlie McNeill, housebreaklng and larceny; true bill. The State vs.

Sam Robinson and Jim Robinson, car-breaking. Guilty as to Sam Robinson, not guilty as to Jim Robinson. Motion for new trial. The State vs. Jackson Blanding, dis? posing of property under Hen; nol pros.

The State vs. E. If. Glover, obtain? ing goods under false pretense; nol pres. The State re, Samuel James, poslng Of property under lien; nol pros.

The State vs. Cash Epps, breach of trust; nol pros. The State vs. W. F.

Flake, murder: guilty. The State vs. Wesley Jenkins, rape; OQ trial. of Grand Jury. To His Honor, George W.

Gage, Pre? siding Judge: We the grand jury for Sumter coun? ty, beg leave to submit this our second presentment for the year, 1909. We have examined into and returned all bills of indictment given us by the So? licitor. In our last presentment we recom? mended that necessary sewerage con? nection be made at the County Jail. Same has been installed, but is not working satisfactorily; and we rec? ommend that the matter be looked after at once. We also recommended the purchase of necessary furniture for the sheriff's office, and note that same has not been complied with.

We also recommend that necessary provision be made in the Court sten grapher's office for the safe-keping of said stenographer records, which we find in a very confused condtion, papers being scattered on the floor for lack of proper place for keeping. Numerous reports have reached us ai to the public highways being tres? passed upon by being plowed into, and we call the attention of the Coun? ty Supervisor to this matter, and we instruct him to give same immediate attention. Having investigated the various Conuty offices, chaingang. alms house, jail and dispensaries, at the last term, we deem It unnecessary to do so at this time. Thanking your honor and the of? ficers of the Court for courtesies ex? tended.

Respectfully submitted, R. F. HAYNS WORTH. Foreman. The trial of Wesley Jenkins, who was charged with rape by a negro woman, which was commenced Wed? nesday was not completed until Thursday.

The jury was out only a short time and returned a ver? dict of not guilty. The other cases considered on Thursday were: The State vs. James Sheler, assault and battery with Intent to kill. Con? tinued on motion of Thos. F.

Brant ley, Esq. S. L. RICHARDSON ARRESTED. Will Return to South Carolina With? out Extradition Papers.

Walhalla, June Wm M. Kay received a telegram this af? ternoon from the authorities at Al? liance, Ohio, saying that S. L. Rich? ardson was there under arrest and would return without requisition pa? pers. Sheriff Kay holds a warrant, sworn out by J.

J. Rankin, charging Richardson with obtaining money un? der false pretenses. After Richardson's discharge from Lexington Jail he was never publicly seen here but It is rumored that he came to the neighborhood of Walhal? la. It Is said that he had agreed to give his two girls, children of his first wife, to his father, but these girls dis? appeared some days ago. When ar? rested the girls were with him.

Rich? ardson was traveling as Jas. L. By num. Sheriff Kay will leave as soon as he can secure proper papers. Upon his return here, other sensations are like? ly to follow.

GREENWOOD MAN KILLED. William Rudd Meets Trag'c Death at Sulak. Greenwood, June Rudd, a prominent young business, man of this place, was fatally injured about noon today at Salak, three miles west of here, as a result of having his auto? mobile struck by ths west-bound ves? tibule of the Seaboard. From one re it appears that Mr. Rudd was not In the automobile at the time, hav? ing Jumped out.

He was on the wrong side, however, the atomobiie i ing between him an i the approach? ing train, and when the automobile was struck by the engine it in turo was hurled forward on Mr. Ruddt in? dicting a fatal injury. Mr. E. H.

Harrlman Is a sick man and lias gone to Europe to place him? self under the treatment of some of the most noted specialists on that side. A dispatch to the Now York World from Vienna says that he is afflicted with a constant stiffening of the mus? cles around and near the spinal col? umn. This is a new disease and if it is catching it would be a good thing if it could be communicated in some way to the Democrats in Congress. Anything that would stiffen their backs would promote the welfare of the country, or, at least, save the and Courier. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

Defeats Pull Valuation Resolution? in IU Hoard of Equalization Would Nol Declare Itself for Present Provision. Columbia, July a vote of 28 to 8 the State board of equalization yesterday defeated the resolution of? fered by Mr. Jeremiah Smith, of Horry, which would have required all property listed to be placed at Ita true valuation instead of on the pres? ent basis of 60 per cent. The resolu? tion was not tabled, however, until Mr. Smith made a few remarks In favor of its provisions and pointing out the section of the constitution on the.

subject. Mr. Smith said that it way to the interest of all classes to have property listed at its true valua? tion and he believed that the present system was not only unjust but de? prived the schools of a large amount of money and affected the credit of the counties and towns. On the vote, however, the resolution was defeated. The resolution read as follows: "Whereas, the present system of lifting property for taxation at 60 per cent, of its true value is In viola? tion of the constitution of the State of South Carolina, and "Whereas, the said system deprives the counties and towns of this State of 40 per cent, public credit, which Is authorized and provided for by the constitution, and Whereas, the said system repre? sents our citizenship as being non progressive and thriftless, and at the same time increases the rate of tax levied for the support of the govern? ment, and "Whereas, our oath of office re? quires our respect for and obedience to the constitution, therefore be it re? solved: "First.

That it is the sense of this Slate board of equalization that the interests of the State, her institutions and her citizenship, requires that all classes of property be hereafter list? ed for taxation at its actual value as required by the constitution. "Second. That we use our ut? most influence with our respective county boards of assessors to have ell property in our counties listed at its actual value as required by the con? stitution. 1 1 i "Third. That gen? eral Is hereby requeued to c.

all data possible, showing the probable Increase in values in the State and to present same to the general assem? bly at its next meeting." The board heard complaints from a number of cotton mills and oil and fertilizer concerns and after making some reductions, adjourned. The fig? ures will be made public by the comp? troller general within the next few days. Greenville, June W. Daven? port, 2 3 years of age and a well known young man who came here to work for a credit concern some six months ago, was arrested this afternoon on the charge of forging the names of ne? groes to notes that he deposited with the company. He is al'eged to have taken sums aggregating the notes from the cash drawer.

He was lock? ed up for a time at the county jail but later was admitted to bail. At the commencement of the South Carolina Military Academy, twenty five diplomas were awarded to cadets. A large crowd attended the commence? ment exercises. Address was made by Col. Coward.

Some of the young men acquittec themselves well as speakers. nie Mutual Life liisuraiKC Company of York: BT. Hyatt, Manager For South Carolina. The following letter speaks for It? self: Manning, S. C.

June 15, 1909. Mr. Isaac M. Loryea, Special Agent Clarendon and Sumter. the Mutual Life Ins.

of N. Manning, S. C. Dear Sir: In receiving through your hands your Company's cluck in set? tlement of Policy No. 361,027 issued May 24.

1889 at age of 46 for 00, 20-payment. ST dividend plan which matured May 2tth, 1909, it af? fords me pleasure say that the set? tlement has been perfectly satisfac? tory to me in every way. and your at? tention in tlu premises duly appre? ciated. Yours very truly, (Signed) EVAN L. WILKINS.

ISAAC M. IX) RYE Special Agent, Clarendon and Sumter. P. O. Box 112, MANNING.

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S. E. J. 1K. DUNNE, ARCHITECTS.

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