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held on the grounds OF the association
near there on June 18th and Sth and
already active preparations are being
made for the event. PHI Leesburs occupies
a prominent place lin the Virginia cir
y cult Of horse shows, and the exhisftiol.s
there are looked uponIas Important affairs
in that section as they srichy merit, hay
ing been n potent factor In fostering an ing
encouraging the breeding Interests. rhes
officers OF the association are Coonel
Robert n. Harper,s OF Washin ton, II p. ssS,;,
president; William q. tis, OF Garlands'
fyiee-president; II.sII. Russell aecond VICE
PRECEDENT; 8. 7. Hickman, secretary, and and
+ T.. Il, Garrett. treasurer. n 5
The Virginia bred ;lorse, Jimmy Lane,
the big chestnut gelding, by His Grace,
dam Anna Page, by Hayden EDWARDS
who raced and won on the flat last sea-
son. is likely to give a good account of,
limseil this one over the jumps. Hey Is
owned by "Ar. Cotton" Of New York,
and is entered IN some Of the big steeplc-5
8cahse Events, Jimmy Lane Is quite " va
}ycty performer, being nicely broken to
harness and ut home at any place IRON
the shafts Of Il farm wagon to ne lea13
OF park four-in-hand, His Grace the
sire OF Jimmy Lane Is q big, handsome
son Of IIolus, and highly priced by;a ms ms
cwners, MARSHALL and srhompso OF war
5renton. Va, who have him in the stud
there.
G. a, Towcn, Of Winchester, va, has
purchased Of Il, j. s5tubener, l5lalrsbnrs,.
Md, the bay stallion I'll Cnptano, BY VII
ton W., $500. dam Lily, by lofS6to. FREE
500, This horse trottcd 10 " record Of
2.25N over n IaIf3mIle track, driven by
an amateur, While In his work ne has
shown miles rlgi around f2:20.3 18th gopd
brceding IGl captano 5combines nice man
ners. and has no Vices. which entities him
ITO consideration. and the son Of Wilton
w. should prove a. valuable addition to
the breeding interests of Winchester and
vicinity.
w. a. BIggs, Of Franklin, Yn, Is driy-f
ing on the road The richly bred chestnut
mare Flora Nee, by Red Wilkes, dam
Missile. Wilkes, ny william M q
Axtell. 2:12, il great col. ,trot lcr ana
now famous AZ u sire, Flora ~ Nc c'ffu y
Fanny H., dam Of ItynEgGltne, 2llG,
! ana three othera With records letter than
| 900. ,rhe daligi4ter Of Hrd Wi!fcs %as
! bred late last season 70 ttclly, .;sl. ana
| high hopes are conferred ~ me pToApee-
| tive produce. which VIII bc entered ~
\ tho richest colt atakeB, n u I.
0,The bay mare, Miss !fclson. 2'lll3,a ny
Norfolk. dam Miss 4 Ataitcr. who former.
Inv held the record for Virginia bred
1 trolters. ls now II stately lnutrol. ana
] has PRODUCED pegerai fonla lier lat
icing by William penn. s2.glIs ~ lhs sNl-
son was bred ~ Preston ftelyin, OF 'flls
| city, hut is now the property ~ 'Y.sl1,
| Althouse, yThoenixy!lc, ~, I,
Among the Virginia bfeh hofses Wnien
took part IN tho california winttrt'ilsel
ings were Albert Enrlght by Aloha dam
Purse, ny King Eracst; hiidrcw Mar,f, Y
1 by imp. Charnxus, dam Gtnnrlnf, hg
| Ilous and SONG half dnzen others, w
OF whom we're Winners mo showed 1900 ta
! form, XII II y ls!tC,i,lJ 3ItQCk,
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BUY NOW. Il, TUE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY.

at home while
your wants as.
thoughts; turn
!, have them iii.
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The Passion PLAY.

After an interval OF four years tho
Passion Play. at Sclrach, In Swltzer-
land, VIII be produced this summer. The
ago. the actors being villagers. Each
performance occupies four or FIVE days
About 400 people lake part in It.
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Richmond in the Swim.

Richmond IS coming along all right
en9ugn; y has had y ridiculous ''pu-
llty crusade on. for a month or two and
Monday niaht n six-day bicycle race wna
MISUNDERSTANDING observer.
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A Man if Not a Great Soldier.

General Kuropatkin may he n poor
s,ratcglst, but he is a flill-szed man and
u real patriot. Grlpenberg, ordered 10
retire from q position. duarrels with his
turns 10 Russia In rage kuropatkin,
defeated In the greatest battle OF tho
Wai' and losing all hut honor, turns over
The command 10 his ancient enemy Line
NJ the front, There have been few finer
| things in the annals Of war than The
! Generals sinking Of self and facing tile
| Survivors, Of the army he had led Ia
| disaster. to fight for Russia again nj
| the front in n subordinate command :
| New York sun f,5
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par.
agraphed for Quick Reading.

The man in Jail at Swainsboro, Ca,
turns out not to be Dan Murphy, the
murderer of Treasurer Capes Of
Orangeburg, who escaped from the
penitentiary
Mr.. Charles s. ion will run as
an independent candidate for mayor
of Georgetown in opposition to Mr..
Hugh S. Fraser
Little Tom Sudduth and Tom
Chastine Of the Dark Corner section
of Greenville county have been bound
over to the court and placed in jail on
the charge Of making murderous
assault on James Christine said to
be an inofensive youth, at Lebana1
church on Thanksgiving Day.
At meeting of the stockholders of
the American Traction Go, it was de-
cided 10 increase the capital stock Of
the company from 100000 to $3.50
900 to build an electric railway to
Belton.
A Newberry jury has warded Mrs.
Louise A. McCauley $4,000 damages
against the Glenn-Lowry Manufacture
ing Company. of Whitmire. Her
husband was killed in the ginnery Of
that company in 1904.
The residence of J. c. Neel. one
mile from Newberry, was destroyed
by fire Wednesday morning about
o'clock The fire originated from 9
defective fue Mr.. Neel had no in
surance Loss, about $1,000.
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Notes on the Above.

Ny visit to The Item sancturl has
possibly involved me in trouble. The
genial editor aaunted the manuscript
of the above article in MY face, and
asked suggestively, What do you
Think" Ny head machinery got into
motion at once, and I proceeded to
think. The writer of the above is my
friend. I call him "Jeems' familiarly.
I know him well. 1 have met him Oh
the huskings when sparks were flying,
but we always managed to separate
and say a smiling goodbye
The article ''Jeems' sends is cu-
rious. 1t is peculiar to him. 1t is, as
the Latins would say, sui seneris. #
"Jeems' had not written it. it would
have forever remained among the lat
ent possibilities of human thought.
There is not one man in thousand
who could combine so many truths
and untruths in a dozen paragraphs
The feat is monumental.
The matter which troubles my
friend "Jeenls' is the hanging Of q
woman by the neck until she Wa
dead. The arrow has pierced his soul
and he exclaims that woman cannot
be mans equal before the law. He
says nothing of her being
his superior while all who
have set at the table Of my
friend "Jeems' would testify that his
wife is the saving clause in his civil
and domestic history Having taken
all the dear women in his arms for
shelter and protection. he declares
that they are not amenable To law Of
any kind-not to human law and not
to divine. His idea seems to be that
we shall turn the women loose to fly
as free bullets through the woods, and
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STATEBURG.

Stateburg, December 11.-Mr. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Lee, of Charleston. came
up on Friday to spend a few days.
Mrs. R. NJ Cantey and Miss A. \.
Burgess returned on Wednesday after
a very pleasant visit TO relatives in
the City by the Sea.
Rev. w. H. Barnwell spent today
in Clarendon.
Mrs. James Pinckney and Miss A.
n Moore returned on Saturday from
Charleston. where they have been Wis
iting Mr.. ana Mrs. n. DeVeaux Moore.
Mr.. r. f. Barnwell, who for the
past two years has been staying in
Boston, is at home for a months stay.
Mr.. Gus FLUID and Misses Matte
and Sadie FLUID spent Friday in Co
lumbia. They were Joined there by
Miss Tnlie FLUID who was en- route
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WISACKY.

Nssacky, December live have
had long spell of severe cold wealth
er. very high winds and much rain
IT is calm today, with bright sun
shine, but still very cold.
The farm work is about ended and
Farmers are planning for another
year. laborers are very scarce.
Mr.. J. S. Williams, Of Timmonsville'
has bought a tract Of land here from
Mr. Joseph Scott and is building ten
ant houses on it.
Mrs. DR.. voght and daughter, Miss
Dora May, of Oeala, Fla, accompa-
MED by Miss Bertie Williams, have
been visiting their aunt, Mrs. K. j.
Williams, also the family Of Mr.. Mel
win Williams. They viii leave for
their Florida home in a few days.
Miss Salie Ledingham has gone to
visit her sister, Mrs. DR.. Shirer, at St.
stephens. She will return to her
home Saturday.
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if they chance to kill any one. so
much the worse for the poor fool that
is killed. This is a lofty conception of
female prerogatives commingled With
a wild spirit Of anarchism. He says
all women go to heaven when they
die-that is Ito the best place pro-
vided for the spirits Of mortals." We
infer from this that Lady Jane Grey
and Madam Ge Maintenon-the one a
saint and the other a h.l:iot-are sit
ting side by side in the mansions OF
glory. and the social order in the king
dom to come is very much mixed.
.Jeems' is surely crippled in the
place of his thought, or ne is trying
to curry favor With some woman
whose wrath he has provoked. If this
is not true. then "Jeems'' is just out
in the woods squawling for the
fun ne gets out of tlH squawl. There
are people Of this kind. Father than
have "Jeems' perpetrate further in
iquities along the line of correspond
ence, want to beg all the women to
think we'll of him. He is worthy Of
all possible admiration and affection.
The only trouble now is that he has
plunged his plow too deeply into the
furrow of thought. and is turning up
all manner Of reptiles and creeping
things horrible to look upon.
But It geos Without saying. chat one
who has his conception of woman
must have an ideal home, presided
over by a veritable queen, to whom
it is her daily ,.elight to yield un-
questioning obedience. c. C. 3.
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COTTON MUST RISE.

New Orleans, December S.-Frank
B. Hayne, leader of the New Orleans
bulls in at interview in the Times
Democrat is caustic in his comments
on Secretary Wilson of the United
States Department of Agriculture
due to the fact that the departments
estimate of 10, l67, Sl6 bales was based
On 500 pound per bale gross, whereas
p pounds have been deducted for bag
ging and ties, makinfg the bale ATS
pounds net Said Mr.. Hayne: ''If
this years estimate bad been made on
the same basis as last years estimate.
the figures that would have been read
out On the Cotton Exchange today
would have been 972o. 434 bales, in
stead of 10, 167, SlS bales. and it seems
most extraordinary that the Depart
mant of Agriculture III spite Of the
protest Of the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change should have thus willfully
created a wrong impression in the
public mind by making the estimate
on al entirely different basis to what
they had hitherto done. The spin
ners' taking last year was L, 43o,0 ,0C0
bales. So far this year they are Is, GEO
!,ales more than to the same date last
year, which shows that if the supply
we're there the spinners' takinss Tor
two years would certainly be %, Co.,
600 bales. As tie supply. however,
is less tran "a, 900. COO bales, it is sim
plv an impossible propos' tion for the
supply to meet the demand. There is
but one answer and that is, cotton
must aovancs TO price that will
check consumption. The mills have
already bought fully 60 per cent. of
this crop at an aveage price probably
lowerstban their purchases to this date
last wear. therefore with far better
trade and materially higher prices for
goods thy can aEerd to ray very
muct more than tcda;'s prices before
ccnsu!uptioN will be checked. feel
confident, therefore, that every famer
who viii sign the pledge of the
Southern Cotton Growers Association
to hold for fifteen cents will undoubt-
edly have all opportunity OF realizing
that price. -
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LEE COUNTY NEWS.
,,-illa Nindinatnr

Bishopville Vindicator.
Mr.. A. K. Sanders, one Of the di-
rectors of the penitentiary, brought
over three horse and entered them in
the races last Friday. Each of his
horses won first prize.
There was not a single accident dur
ing the week of the carnival EXCEPT
little Willie Bradley, the deaf and
dumb son Of Mr.. w. w. Bradley, was
run over by a wagon and painfully but
not seriously hurt
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage Of Miss Mabel Crosswell to Rev
George Howerton at the Presbyte-
rian church on December "A at 8
o'clock p. m.
Miss Ruth Dixon is attending the
Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy at
Statesburg.
Mrs. Matte Smith. wife OF the late
LeGace Smith. died Wednesday morn
ing about a. m. She took a cold dur
ing her husbands illness, but was get
ting on very we'll until she suddenly
took a relapse She will be buried at
old Bethlehem church today at Il
o'clock. The infant died three days
after Mr.. Smiths death. Truly sad
stricken family and the five orphans
have the sympathy OF the community.
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NEDGEFIELD.

Wedgefeld, December 1y.-Christ-
mas is most here anG if you don't be-
lieve it just look out the car windows
these mornings and evenings at the
stations where one Of the agencies
of the Great Moral Institution" is
not located and you will see the ex-
press messenger putting off lots Of
packages, not doll babies, either, but
little jugs and big jugs and I'll bet
that they are not filed with ''sody wa
ter nor Coca-Cola, but with some
thing hot, as they say, to go with you
around the corners and in cold places.
By the way, what has become Of the
petitions that were circulated to order
an election on dispensary or no dis
pensary?
Two of the main holiday necessities
eggs and turkeys-are very scarce
and consequently high priced.
The few gobblers that escaped
Thanksgiving look droopy as if they
are expecting something to happen.
A part Of the chain gang force is
doing some needed and very much ap-
preciated work on the roads around
our town and Judge Rees is on the
lookout constantly for a relief force
to take the place Of any that leave by
expiration of their sentence.
Joe Green, colored, was up a few
days ago for non-payment Of taxes
and after being sentenced for this
something was said about the proba-
ability of his being the incendiary that
burned William Murray's barn the
night before; this was too much for
Joe, he forthwith relieved himself Of
his coat and overcoat, and as the say
ing, goes, '.Single-footed'' down the
railroad track, but he was caught
later.
Mr.. L. L. Thomas, Of North Carroll
ma, arrived last week on his annual
visit to his son, Mr.. Frank E. Thomas.
He seems hale and hearty and holds
his own remarkably we'll for man
of his age.
Mrs. E. W. Nettles, of Sumter, is
spending the week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Meilett.
Mr.. Thad Troutman is at home for
the holidays from the South Carolina
Co-educational Institute
Wedgefeld had several representa-
tives over to attend the funeral ser
vices Of the late Hon. Altamont NJ oses.
He was known and held in high es-
TEEN by many in our midst. To ex-
:press it briefly he was a good man,
true friend and wise legislator.
Mrs. Carrie Brohun and Mrs. Elise
Lathrop are visiting in Camden.
Mr.. Willie Aycock, Of Columbia,
spent Sunday at home.
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Mr.. Eugene Hearon, Of Bisnopville,
has been visiting in our midst recent
ly.
Mrs. K. ]. Williams and family vis-
tied relatives in Bishopville the past
week.
Mrs. Matte Smith, of wisacAy
died few days since. Her husband
Mr.. Legare Smith, died three weeks
previous and five little children are
left alone in this cold heartless world.
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DUHANT.

Durant, December 12.-The school
here will close. for the holidays on the
22d OF December with a Christmas
tree for the children.
Mr.. Mae McElveen spent Sunday
aight with relatives here.
Miss Colclough is spending some
tine with Miss Low Gilliard.
MI. w. P. and Mr.. James Mont
gomery were in Sumter on last Fri
aay.
Mr.. Keller is visiting his daughter,
Mrs. Robbie Durant.
The oat crop which was put in the
ground rather late in this neighbor-
hood was not injured by the recent
cold.
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HERIOTS.

Heriot, S. C. December live are
having some cold weather now.
We are having a good deal Of sick
ness in our neighborhood at present.
Mrs. r. l. Heriot has been very i'll,
but we are glad to say She is improv-
ing
Mr.. Johnnie Mccathern IS now very
sick
Miss sallie Belvin, of Ionia is spend
ing some time with Mrs. w. H. Nc
Cathern.
Mr. Earnest Benson, of Marion and
sister, Miss Matte, visited relatives
here last week.
Miss Madge Weldon is spending the
Gay with Mrs Willie McCathern.
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MANNING NEWS ITEMS.

VI "
Married by Rev. S. A. Nettles
last Thursday evening at Foreston
Mr.. VIII Nettles to Miss Lula Cantey,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. B. O. Can
tey.
Married at the Baptist parsonage.
summerton, November %, by the
Rev. Nc. A. Connors, Mr.. Harris c.
Chewing and Mrs. Fannie Dingle,
both of Clarendon county.
Last Monday morning Mrs r. J.
Aycock, of Davis, widow, approach
ed us on the street and handed US
dollar as her contribution to the Cot
ton association fund This lady said
she was benefited and felt it a duty
to subscribe.
A letter received from Hon. J. 81.
Lesesne Monenelier, Oklahoma, says
he has been put on a committee to
attend to the affairs Of the land COM
pany, and will probably be out there
for ten days longer, possibly two
weeks. He says the sale of lots is a
grab game and the purchases were
made in different locations.
Girls, did you notice the number of
stags at the minstrels last Saturday
night? If it had been a free show, the
last one of them would have borrowed
a sheet of paper and an envelope to
make an engagement to take you but
their laundry bills come due on Sat-
urday nights.
A fire fend is about in the land, and
every effort should be made to cap
ture him. Last Sunday night the
barn and stables of Major A. c. Da-
v;s, about four miles southwest OF
Manning, were destroyed by fire, and
there is every evidence Of its being
the work of an incendiary. The night
before Major Davis discovered his mill
house on fire in time to save it before
it had made much neadway. An ex-
amfnation showed marks Of kerosene
having been used. Sunday night about
9 o'clock Mrs. Davis hearing noise,
told her husband, and he thinking it
was at the mill went there but found
everything all right, and as he was
about to go back to the house he
looked up in time to see the flames
bursting through his barn, and it was
only after the hardest kind of work
that he succeeded in saving his stock.
The corn and forage and other things
were consumed. We understand that
Major Davis is partially insured, and
sincerely hope it is true, for to have
a total loss would be very severe upon
him. We also hope that immediate
action will be taken to bring the cul-
prit before the law.-Manning Times.
Mrs. FLUID, who runs a restaurant
just beyond the postofhce, was rob-
bed of $50 last Sunday afternoon, by
two white men. The men on a pTete.t
to get cup Of coffee went to Mrs.
Fluids and when she went out into
the yard after wood they left with her
money which she hid on top Of the
safe. They were strangers in town
and she supposes they were following
the carnival ompany.-Manning
Farmer.
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Y u :. = =
PRIVATEER..

Privateer, December 11.-Mr. Louie
Tzsdale has accepted a position with
the Southern railroad and leaves for
Columbia today.
ser. ]. R, Kolb is attending United
states court in Charleston this week
as uryman-
Mr.. Lawrence Griffin, of Pamela,
spent Sunday at NJ. E. W. Rivers.
Mr.. Leroy Wells, of ~Wedgefeld,
spent Sunday at his fathers, Mr.. w.
G. Wells
Miss Laura whilden, of Sumter, is
spending sometime at Mr.. J. R.
Kolb's.
Mrs LeGrand, of Manning, is
spending ecme time at Mr.. S. A. Har-
sins.
bliss Inez Wells is at home again to
the delight of her friends.
1t seems that we are surely going
10 have the tournament, for the young
naen have the posts up and are work
ing hard to make a success Of it.
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LYNcHBuRG PRESENT AND Pss1
zEagood Writes OF gis Visit to Flour
ishing Community. <

Il was with pleasure I turned my
face toward Lynchburg the other day,
round which clustered by-gone mem.
ories. Magnolia, the town at the rail-
road, and Lynchnurg have console
dated or done something; anyway. (:
Magnolia is a thing Of the past, and
ell is Lynchhurg now, which in length
makes a pretentious town, being over
a ,..;le long. This is a fine community,
whence have gone men South Caro-
lima may well be proud Of Here once
lived such men as w. ]. Mcleod,
father Of Hon. T. G. and Rev. D. NJ
Mcleod, W. H. and Jesse Smith, the
former father of Bishop A. Coke
Chas. g, D. D. and E. D. Smith, Esq,
the father Of the Cotton Growers as
sociation; j. A. Budden and others
Mr.. Frank Mcleod, brother Of w
]. and father Of Frank Mcleod, Jr.,
still lives in the community with his.
son, Bill Tom,'' fat, jolly fellow.
Much of the property Of this COM
munity has passed into the hands Of
strangers, as the old DR.. Miller place,
now owned and occupied by mine
host, NJ. McClam. All this country
has improved agriculturally, the peo-
pie laboring under difficulties many
of us are strangers to, the land being
fat and difficult to drain. But "Om-
mia. vincit perseverentia." If I don't,
get my Latin right, fix it. You see
these scholarly (?) articles I send TO
The Item must have little Latin oc-.
casionally to make the peopieS think
I know thing or two, you see the
point, don't you?
Lynchburg is growing though not
so fast as many other places, but Il
lacks a lot Of being a dead, or finAs
ished town. Labor is scarce and, as
everywhere else, quite inferior. We
need competent and reliable service
and until then the farmer will pro-
duce eleven cent cotton under diff
culties.
Cuffie is not to be depended on;
good wages but serve to make him
arrogant, if I may use SO big a word
on so trif1ing a subject. Said one:
He can be happy on the smallest
capital Of anyone. A full stomach and
big fire will satisfy him. Yes, an in
cubus that has added more hates than
a few. A subject that will not down,
against which many shaft of wit and
ridicule has been hurled to no effect.
1t is an old saying that the man who
works mules and free niggers" can't
keep his religion. I affirm that if he
does it will be amid difficulties.
It has been a fine fall for gather
ing crops and planting small grain,
yet some have not.
Let's have done with the carnival,
the show people and the rascals that
go with them take a lot of money
with them, leaving nothing behind to-
show for it unless it be some peoples
experience.
While the manufacturer of cotton is
| made to pay for it the oil mills are
having picnic. Can't we make them
line up?
Sumter county, first in the associa-
ton movement, got along fine as long
as the gas lasted, but when the shekles
were called for to defray its expenses
she was left in the lurch..
"Hagood.'
Hasood. s. c. Dec. u 1905.
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Walter Smith. co!ored youth,
about Is years or age, was killed
Wednesday on the tram road Of the
Tilghman Lumber Company, near
Sellers. He uncoupled the rear cars
while the train was in motion, and
when the engine shot forward he lost
his balance and fell on the track, and
twelve loaded cars ran over his body,
killing him instantly.