The Watchman and Southron from Sumter, South Carolina • Page 9

mm CORRESPONDENCE. LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of Interest From all Parts of Sumter and Adjoining' Counties. BOnCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will this office not later than Tues 4flay morning.

When the letters are Teceived Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in the paper issued that day. HAGOOD. and her beau were walking in the moonlight marnong and was the sound of osculation, a dispute that; seems to be unending," arose among a little people living among the boughs, as to who did ft Some such condition of affiairs obtains among the farmers about thc tremendous yields of corn promised them this year. Some of them are -wining to attach ali the blame to Mr. J3.

Mciver Certain it is that all those who followed his plan i liave very fine corn crops. I have seen thirteen-acre field of E. E. Rem bert and it is certainly fine: his neigh? bors tell me his other corn is pretty good, too, but I would have you know aat they too have fine corn. Capt J.

McLeod, deceased, had not sim? ply a local reputation as a corn far? mer. His sons and grandsons are fol? lowing in his seeps. Henry C. Mc Xeod has one large field finer than one r- is accustomed to see. Hard by are James Reams and the Young boys and acres of corn any one "irould be proud of.

Jim is the smartest fat man I know, William" not excepted. Three years ago he came to the Team place'badly run down and cut up hy and began farming. The first year he fell behind, but since then he "he has cleared much money. Speak? lng of corn, competent judges give the palm to W. S.

Thompson, for the corn in this section, with Rem and C. A. Mitchel, next. I am told Charlie Jackson has very fine corn, and Qr. Algie Alston Isas, for I have seen it.

The best cot ton I have seen, as good if not the best in the county, is that of our Mr. J. L. Hartness, next "to which is the widow's, Barfield, then shoulder to shoulder, stand W. S.

Tompson, J. M. Reams and Chas. Jackson. All the cotton in this sec? tion has seen great improvement late? ly, and that in spite of rains and hail.

Grass continues to grow and people lo hoe. A tenant house on'Mr. G. M. San? ders plape, in which were sixteen ne was struck by lightning yester? day bufnot'a soul was hurt-beyond a small shock.

The Rev. J. CV Chandler will dedi new Methodist Church, Be? thesda, next Sunday, July 29th, the to begin at 4 p. m. The pub? lic are cordially invited to attend.

WEDGEFIELD. 4 Wedgefield, S. July hail storm that passed through the lower part of OUT township on Wednesday "wrought destruction in its path. The following most from the effects of the, hail: Messrs J. Aycock Sons had 122 acres of their plantation beat down that con? servative estimates say will not make more than one-third of what it would made with favorable seasons.

R. Cv Burroughs, E. W. Net? tles and the Coulter brothers also had the most of their crop beat up badly. Mr.

R. B. Cain, of Privateer, passed through town on his way to Paducah. Ky. to be present at the marriage of Col.

F. N. K. Bailey, of Edgefield, to one of Kentucky's belles. Mr.

W. H. Ramsey made a flying trip to Atlanta, Ga. this week. Mrs.

Leila Melle? had the misfor? tune to have a part of her household effects burned on Tuesday night, when the house she was occupying at Tiver? ton, was burned. Miss Bessie Aycock has returned home after a peasant visit to relatives -at Marion. Messrs. M. E.

Rivers and George Nettles, of Privateer, spent today in these parts. Messrs. Marion Mellett and W. J. Nunnery, stooa the examination R.

F. D. last Saturday tor the new route to be established on August 15th. from here to Bloomhill and back. Guess one of them will likely come out first and second re? spectively.

Troutman, our efficient postmistress, is taking a needed va? cation. She is spending the time in the mountains of North Carolina. The Wedgefield boys got up fresh courage and went up and backed the Hagood aggregation again yesterday, but Host again in a hard contested game. Score: Hagood Wedgefield 0. have been noticing for some time to if some of my fellow scribes would not venture to express their views on the coming election, bat none hav done so so far.

Has the the time come or is near at hand when the voters of the Gamecock county are going to bow to the corn maad of the G. M. I. Chief, Benjamin R. Tillman, who poses as the political dictator of South Carolina, and whose command is, don't elect any man to the legislature who is opposed to the dispensary, as the means of encourag? ing the youth of our land to form the habit that will eventually cause their ruin from a business, social and most of all religious standpoint.

How foolish it is to hear men say just as much whiskey will be con? sumed if the dispensary is abolished as before. There is about as much logic in it as to say the law is not enforced we had just as well strike from our statute books capital pun? ishment, it dosen't always pre? vent murder, it lessens it to a great degree, and to remove the temptation would lesson the amount of consumed in our county or State. Are the majority of voters in Sumter coun? ty going to vote as they think for the promotion of Christ's or Satin's king? dom? Can church members conscien? tiously vote for a man that says I am in favor of keeping a place open in our county seat, where the drunkard can go and get his liquor when he chooses, thereby many a time he is de? priving his wife and children of the comforts of life? Or will he say, I am going to vote for three men wtio openly declare on the stump, I am going to vote for the closing up of th3 dispensaries from one end of this State to the other, making no proviso for the sale of it, and truly going on record as one who voted to rid our prould old Palmetto State of the most iniqudtus law ever placed on its statute books? Won't your conscience feel clear if you vote for the latter. There is no use in advising against making it an issue, Boss Ben has said it must be, and if he never returned to the State, would not the present status of offairs of the warranted the respectable people of the State making it an issue. What a predicament for a member of the most august aria dignified body in the world, the U.

S. Senate, to be in. Instead of traveling around with the campaign party, discussing nat? ional political graft and R. R. Rate Legislation, instead he is conducting a personal campaign for two reasons if no other, to prevenCif possible, the election of the man who in bringing some of our grafters to justice when he is elected Attorney General, the other to defeat the man who voted against the dispensary, which if it is done will shut off the revenue his friends are getting, and hope to get.

TINDAL. Tindal, S. July last Wednesday morning about ll o'clock this section was visited by the most severe storm of wind and rain that has been for many years. Sev? eral houses and many trees and fences were blown down. Corn was also se? riously damaged.

Mr. Haskell Broadway spent Wednesday and Thursday in Manning. Mr. H. D.

Tindal is on a trip of several days to the seashore. Mr. S. F. Osteen spent last Wednes? day on his farm here.

Mr. T. H. Harvin, of Silver, spent Wednesday at Mr. J.

W. Broadway's. One of Mr. W. L.

Ostten's los: cart mu'es was killed by iv fail en tree in his woods on last Tues? day. E. E. Hodge was in Sumter Wednesday. WISACKY.

Wisacky, July haye bein having heavy rains for the past week, and the cotton crop is very much in? jured. There is a good deal of sickness in this community, and Dr. X. Y. Al? ford is kept very busy.

The friends and relatives here of Mrs. Eva C. Smith, of Bishopville, rejoice to know is improving slowly after a long and severe spell of fever. Mr. J.

H. Ledingham is quite sick with a severe cold'and cough. Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth McCaskil, of Ivanhoe, X.

after a pleasant stay with their father and friends, will return to their home tomorrow. Mr. George Weldon begun building on his -place. Miss Mamie Gibson has returned home from a pleasant visit to rela? tives in Xewberry, accompanied 6y her usin. Miss Bertie Williams.

Dr. X. Y. Alford is having an ar? tesian well bored, also Mr. Robert Cooper.

Mr. AV. Player has succeeded at after many failures, in having a pump put down at his new home. LYNCHBURG. Lynchubrg, July work in this svcrion is almost wholly sus? pended and numbers nf farmers are compelled to lay-by their cotton with covered middles in the rows.

We had a lightwood knot floater Satur? day, a repetition Sunday and today the rain canit down for over an hour in torrents, but veiw little wind and no hail so far. Cotton in places beginning to take a yellowish cast which means no more rallying for it. Mr. fl. McIntosh, who married Miss Fannie Stokes about two weeks ago, is a resident of Clio.

Marl? boro county, where he is about to gage in Rev. S. O. Cantey and family are spending some time among relatives in Summerton. Mrs.

Tarrant, mother of Dr. J. W. Tarrant, after spending several days with him, has returned io her home in Oringeburg county. Mrs.

John A. Durant is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. R. Sanders, in Tim monsville.

Timrionsville nine, pursuant to appointment came over here Fri? day afternoon and played the Magno? lia nine. The game was fierce and full of interest, spiked with consid? erable excitement, from start to fin? ish. Score 5 to 4 in favor of the home team. We had a drizzling rain duriag the whole game, which, while it players comparatively cool was quite disagreeable to the lookers on. Leland Wilson, fine pitch? ing, won considerable applause.

The two Hawkins and Truluck, catchers for the home team, got their share of applause. This was the best game ever played on the Magnolia diamond. Be it said to the credit of the visiting team, they were a gen- i tlemanly rine, and played excellent The two teams were evenly classed, which added much to the in? terest of the game. Lynchburg is to play Like City next on their grounds. REMBERTS.

Rembert, July section ap to this tine has escaped the Soods of rain I see reported in other sections of the country and the crops a lound here have great Jy improved. Corn is fine and I can safely say about made. Cotton is doing nicely and if we do not get too much rain there will be a fair crop made-dn fact some of our neighbors have al? ready much better crops than: they had at this time last year. Protracted meeting will commence here at- McLeod's Church tomorrow and will te continued throughout the week. Rev.

J. W. Ariall of Johnston will assist Rev. E. F.

Scoggins and a cordial welcome is extended to the entire community to attend the meet? ing. The Democratic club of Rafting Creek will meet at St. Mat? thews school house here on the 2nd Saturday afternoon in August for the purpose (vf electing a president and to hear the report from the commit? tee for revising the club roll and look? ing after registration certificates and it is earnestly desired that every voter in the township will be present. Messrs. E.

E. Rembert and T. P. Sanders spending a few days on the Isle cf Palms. BORDEN.

Borden, July Ruth Cato a daughter of Mr. B. Cato, returned yesterday from Columbia where she had been on a visit -to her sister, Mrs. Johnson. Miss Jess Brown and Lettie Cato returned home after a pleasant visit to Dr.

M. S. Kirk of Hagood has opened an office here on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. He seems' to -do a good business. Emanuel Co.

commenced to build a livery stable 100x40. When completed it will add much to that part of -town. Mrs. Carrie Turrentine returned to her home in Xew York after a week's visit to her father, Mr. B.

Cato. Mr. Hatfield has a position in Sumter. Mr. Yarbro of Manning visit? ed Mr.

G. W. Hatfield: Mr. II. Cato returned from Flor? ida after a short visit.

Mr. T. Brown of Pisgah, spent Sunday with W. H. Freemam Mrs.

H. Boykin and Miss Jen? nie Jackson of Dalzell, are visiting in town. Mr. W. 11.

Brown was with us Sun? day. Protracted meeting will begin at Xew Hope Church Sunday, August 5. HAGOOD. Hago xl. July flying trip around our community reveals the fact that after all things are not in such bad shape.

As has been said by some of the Darlington papers those who followed the Williamson plan in corn cultivation are considerably in the lead. I never in all my life liave seen as fine corn on upland. S. Thompson's corn, according to ihe judgment of competent not tlie dictum of your scribe, is the finest corn in tho upper part of the county, then comes A. Mitch ell.

E. E. Rembert, H. C. Bethea, Dr.

Algie Alston. H. C. McLeod, J. M.

Reams, the Youngs, and others. Thc host cotton up herc- is that of J. S. Hartness, railroad agent at Ha good, with the widow Barfield next. All cotton has shown great im in th'- last twenty days.

Thus far we have escaped the floods of rain, tie- hail and wind so destructive in other Mir farmers have had to hustle and are it still to keep grass under, pad consequence their crops have cost them considerable. Rev J. Chandler, one of Sum? ter's boys, conducted a successful meeting Providence church last week, and on afternoon ded-, icated the new Methodist church Bethesda. John has a great many friends and admirers here who were very glad to see and hear him again. Hagood.

PISGAH. Pisgah, July still rains. This week making the ninth consec? utive one of continuous rain, some? thing unprecedented in the history of this section. It makes one sick to see crops that wont scarcely make anything, when last year bountiful ones were made. The farmers gen? erally will be in worse fix next year than they have in years.

No corn in the country, not enough cotton at a low price to pay their debts. This is not very encouraging to this hard worked class, whose lives to' say the least are ones of drudgery and toil. Rev. Mr. Cole will start protracted meeting at Pisgali church next Mon? day and 'continue probably during the week.

There will be two services daily. Mr. T. H. Smoot, of Sparta, is visiting at Mr.

J. D. Evans'. He taught school here a few years and his many friends are glad to see him. He is principal of the high school at Sparta.

Miss Nita McLeod gave a birthday party last Friday evening to a num? ber of her young friends. Among those present were: Misses Marie DuPre, Margaret Mattie and Xan Team, of Sumter, Pearl and Alene Rogers, Mary Harley, Eliza? beth Reams, Cecil Young, Gilbert Young, Annie and Crawford Jenkins, Sarah Miller, Rosa McLeod, Benja? min Sanders, Fannie McLeod, Hazel McLeod, Douglas Jenkins, Irene Young. Light refreshments were served. Miss Marie DuPre of Sumter, who been visiting her father, retupi home Saturday. STATEBURG.

Mark Reynolds, Master Mark Reynolds and little Miss Julia Reynolds, of Sumter, are visiting Dr. and Mrs. W. W. An? derson at "Hill Crest." Mr.

Hallie Bull of has been visiting his brother, Mr. D. Bull. Misses Annie and Mayo Rees are visiting friends in Summerville. Mr.

Cain Mellette spent several days last week with the family of Mr. Frean Mellette. Miss Daisy Burgess of Sumter is the guest of her cousins, Misses Sa? rah and Frances Moore. jMiss Sarah Xelson is to leave, for Charleston on Wednesday, -vfhere she is to spend several weeks with Mrs. J.

Temple Frierson. Mr. Guy Warren, of Sumter, spent Sunday at the hospitable home of Mr. Charlie Pinckney. Misses Janie and Lottie Xelson have returned from Florence, they spent several days with Dr.

and Mrs. F. H. McLeod. Miss Mary Burgess of Sumter spent Sunday in our midst.

Mrs. W. B. Xelson of Charleston, who is spending the summer here, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W.

L. Saun? ders, this week. Mr. W. B.

Xelson spent Sunday and Monday here with his family. Messrs. Frank and Sidney Burgess are spending today in Sumter. Mr. Early Mellette spent Sunday at home.

Miss Julia Burgess has rethurried from a very pleasant visit to Mrs. R. M. Cantey. Miss Mattie Murray and her Miss Mary E.

Kirk, of Trial, are vis? iting relatives in Sumter this week. Miss May Pinckney of Summerville who has been visiting relatives has returned home. Picnic at Dalzell. There will be a basket picnic at Dalzell on August 21st (campaign day). There will also be a game of ball in the afternoon.

All are in? vited to attend and bring baskets. The campaign meeting will be held at Wedgefield Friday, and in the af? ternoon there will be a ball game. RUSSIAN TRAIN ROBBERS Revolutionists Attack Train, Kill Of? ficers and Make Big Haul of Cash. Warsaw, Poland, July noon a party of revolutionists attacked train near Czenstochowa, killed Count commanding a brigade of guards and General Westernising, chief cashier of customs, and wounded five soldiers. The revolutionists escaped with 16,000 roubles.

Killed By Divorced Wife. Shreveport, July Attaway was shot and instantly kill? ed today at Banchard, netar this city by his divorced wife, "Mrs. Will Kent. Jr. Attaway.

who was insane, went Kent's home and demanded his children. Kent appeared cn the scene and while he was wrestling with At? taway. Kent secured a rifle and her former husband through the heart. "Mrs. Etta Hancock, called on Gov.

Heyward Thursday t-? request the par? don of her husband, E. I). Hancock, whose three year sentence for man? slaughter expires next mor-th. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of Interest Condensed and Par agrapUicd for Quick Solicitor J.

E. Davis has declined to recommend a special term of court in Aiken county to try Isaac Knight, the negro charged with criminal as? sault on a white woman. William. A Marcus, who was con? victed of the murder of his wife at Sullivan's Island, has but three days to live. He will be hanged on Friday next.

Anderson will hold a county fair in October. Much interest is being shown in the event and the indica? tions are for a more successful fair than ever held before. A farmer in St. Matthews, Mr. Al bert Hane, is reported as having made $157 off of one acre of melons.

shipped none of the melons out of St. Matthews. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN. For the Week Ending 8 a. July 30.

1906. Like r.h-e preceding one, the cur? rent week had an excess of cloudi? ness and a marked deficiency in sun? shine, although in parts of the State there wer-e one or two clear days. Th day temperatures were unsea? sonably low during most of the week. The daily maximum tempera? tures ranged from 82 to. 88 degrees except ore day, and in places of two days, when they rose to 90 degrees, or above, over practically the entire State.

The highest maximum tem? perature was .98 degrees ar; Black? ville on the 27th and lowest minimum temperature was 60 degrees at Bow? man on the 26th. The average tem? perature for the week was about four- degrees below normal. There were frequent and some very heavy showers during the week. The rainfall was quite evenly dis? tributed; and was generally in of the normal amount in; all parts of the. State.

A localities only had less -than the normal rain? fall. The soil everywhere is satu? rated. Low lands and'swamps have much surface water on them. Ex? cept over small areas in the western and central and northeastera coun ties where the week's rainfall was less than an inch, the weekly amounts ranged from one inch to over five inches, with a maximum amount of 5.46" inches at Clemson College. Destructive hailstorms occurred in a few western and? centrai counties, and high winds, accompanying thunderstorms, did much damage" 1 locally in the central counties.

SAN FRANCISCO FIRE LOSSES. Sworn Statements of Insurance Com? panies Made Public. Albany, Ni July Su- 1 perintendent of Insurance Kelsey to? night made public the results of his investigation as to the losses of fires insurance companies in the San Fran- cisco disaster. All joint fire and inland, marine insurance companies transacting busi? ness in the State were called on for a sworn statement as to their losses in California. The companies were asked for the gross amount of insurance in? volved in.

risks destroyed or damaged, the deduction for amount to be recov- ered from, re-insurance, th? deduction for estimated salvage, the total de? duction and the net amount of loss as shown by the records June 30, gross amount of insurance in volved by all 163 companies was the re-insurance $65, salvage and act? ual loss $132,823,067. The company with the largest net loss is the Hartford Fire of Connecti? cut, according to the report. Its loss is $6,176,701. GEN. MILLS RETIRES.

Chief or Artillery Corps Asked to Be Retired on Account or III Health. Washington July is an? nounced at the War Department that Brigadier General Samuel Mills, chief oc artillery, U. S. will be placed on the retired list, on his own ap plication, because of iii her.lth, on October 1st r.ext. He will be suc? ceeded Col.

Arthur Murray of the Artillery Corps. Several other chan- ges in the artillery corps are schedu? led to take place in the fall. A MILLION IMMIGRANTS. I The Tide of Foreigners Wits On the Height Last Year. Washington, July was of- ficially announced at th Bureau of Immigration and naturalization this morning that the immigration to the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30.

1906, was 1,100,073. During the preceding year there were admitted 1,026,499. The number a debarred the year just closed, was 112.43S, compared with 11,480 in the preceding year. EACH TOOK ONE. SUMTER AND MANXIXG BREAK EVES IX SATURDAY'S DOU? BLEHEADER.

First Game "Will Me Protested by Gets Three Bag? ger-Second Game Fast and Close. Sitton Brothers Pitch for Locals. Manning and Sumter split even in the double-header on Saturday, the score being 2 to 0 in each game. The first game which was called at the end of five innings will be protested by the Sumter club. Tedder Sitton was in the box for the locals in the opening game.

But one hit was yielded by him, a three bagger by Odiorne. Yancey, who had gone to first on an error after striking out, scored on hit. Although Odiorne scored soon after on an error the single run would have won the game. Mercer, in the meantime, was pitch? ing good bail for the visitors. He yielded but two hits in as many in nnings, and worked out of a bad place in the third.

Sumter had three men on bases with one down but Coles, forced Brennan out at the plate and Eskridge went do wa on a ground An unfortunate curciumstonce marred the pleasure of the afternoon and brought forth a prolonged dis? cussion. Clouds of a threatening character had been hovering in the skies and about trie fourth inning it looked as if rain were about to de- scend. When the Manning team went to bat in the fifth, two of the batters deliberately struck out and the third, having tapped the ball to our pitcher purposely ran the wrong way It had now started to rain good andf hard, but the umpire held out his watch, forcing the Sumter team to finish the five innings, thus complet- ing the game. The reason for this was based on the allaged of the. game by the Game Cocks.

At the ex? piration of rain the umpire -declared the game as belonging to Manning- The rule book states that if it should rain thirty, continuously a game has stopped the game shall be called. It is stated that rain on Saturday did hot continue for minutes, but: Mr. Umps declined to allow the game to proceed. Thus Manning won the first game, which will be protested by Manager Huger. The second game opened at the end of the discussion with Phil Sitton in the box for Sumter and Spencer the visitors.

For seven innings it was three up and three down on save in the seventh when a visitor reached first on an error. eighth Eskridge hit safely and McGfl- sacrificed. Hollarid flew out-to King but Thompson-got his base and Brennan hit to left On the? 'A towards the home, plate Eskridge and. Thompson and the game was won. 1 Sitton-struck, out ii men and ad three hits.

In fa'et, the game was a. pitcher's being the contest of the season rn full nmepg inning battle. SOUTH CAROLINA LEAGUE. kt Sumter July 25, Tw? Games-r Camden 3, Sumter 2, Camden 2, Sumter 4. kt Darlington July 24, Two Games Darlington 4, Manning 2.

I Darlington 13, Manning 2. kt Georgetown July 24- Georgetown 5, Orangeburg" 4. Vi kt Sumter July 25- Sumter 2, Camden 2. i kt Darlington July 23- m. Darlington Manning 2.

kt Sumter July Sumter ll, Manning 0. "vt Camden July 26 Camden 2, Georgetown 0. kt Orangeburg Jury 26 Orangeburg 0. Darlington 2. Orangeburg July 27 Orangeburg 7, Darlington 2.

Sumter July 2S, Two Games Sumter 0, "Manning 2. Sumter 2, Manning 0. Manning July 30 Manning 0, Orangeburg 1. STATE LEAGUE. Won Lost P.

CJ binden.29 ..25 14 641 )rangeburg. 21 15 16 Georgetown.15 21 41' lanning.3 3S 07( Rev. Jas. L. Yass, a baptist minister of Greenville, die? Jonday morning at Travelers' Rest Aiken is to have a new bank wi capitalization ol" $00.000.

Some he town's mest prominent nen will be connected with the ii titution..