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PINEWOOD.

Pinewood, June 6.-Mr. r.. A Law
renee and Mr.. Alva Graham have
been attending court in Manning, s.
c.. this week.
Miss Maysie Brailsford has return
ed home from Greenville, s. c., where
she has been student at Chicora Col
lege the past session. Miss Maysie won
the medal I'm the vocal class offered
to the one who made the greatest adj
vancement.
Mr.. David r. Lide has freak in
the shape Of a four legged chicken
that was Matched in an incubator
about a week ago.
Miss Henri Reynolds has returned
home from theh Greenville Female
College.
Senator Appeit. Mr.. McSwain
Woods and the county supervisor
were guests at the 40. # p. smoker
given last Wednesday ght.
Mr.. o. ID. Harvin spent Wednesday
at Ferguson. s. c.. but returned that
afternoon to participate In the smoker
given by X. OF p. Lodge, No. 124, on
that evening I'm Its Castle Hall.
Miss Susan Richardson has return
ed here to spend June and July at
her former home.
Mrs. X. NJ. Brailsford has re-
turned home after a visit to friends in
Greenville, s. G.
Miss Midge Weeks has returned
home from Columbia. S. c., where
she has been attending one Of the
colleges.
Mis Abba Ragin Is visiting in Dar-
lington, s. c.,
The Pinewood ball team cleaned
up the Jordan. team (from up about
wedgefield) yesterday afternoon. to
the air OF II to s.
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burg. is up here on account of her
brothers illness.
Mrs. Stackhouse, of Clio, S. c., and
daughter have been visiting the for
mer's brother, Mr.. Dunbar. and Mrs.
Jim woodley for the past few days.
Miss Pauline woodley spent Sum
day In Sumter.
Mr.. j. M. Woodley. Mrs. Woodley
and Mrs. stackhouse attended the
quarterly conference at Bethesda on
Saturday.
Mrs. T. M. Crosswell has been at
Eastover for several days on account
Of the illness Of one Of her sisters
children. I
Rev. Mr.. .Whitlock will take charge
of the st. James Methodist church
and will preach there on the third
Sunday at 4.30 o'clock, and on the
first Sunday at the same hour. hope
that all who can will attend and give
Mr.. Whitlock q cordial welcome.
Messrs. w. 8. and H. b. Boykin re-
turned home from a visit to st. ste
phen's yesterday.
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Privateer. June s.--Crops are small
hut generally are well worked and
Es"wing r'ceiy. Some OF the farmers
htve begun to lay by their corn.
Misses Annie and Inez Wells have
gene on visit to Georgetown. Paw: ey
ISiard and other places on the coast.
Mise Daisy Lide Is visiting relatives
I'm Rartsviile.
Miss Eunice Osteen will have her
school picnic on Friday. the 12th, at
Gsnd Hill school house.
Mr.. and Mrs. =. A. Harvin spent
sunday at Pinewood.
Mr.. 8. Il. Nesbit and daughter. Miss
Due. are visiting relatives In Maycs-
VILE.
We are informed that Mr.. G.. A.
osetties has entered the race for mag.
tssrste OF this district. and that he
says he In In the race TO win.
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Baseball Resolutions.

AT a meeting of the board of d.
rectors of the Sumter Baseball AS
sociation on the evening of June 9.
the following. resolutions were Offer
ed and unanimously adopted:
Whereas. our country has gone
through a trying period and it be-
hoOves us all to make every edge
cut, the action of our merchants in
coming to the relief Of the association
by closing their stores at 5 O'Clock is
most commendable and is another
link in the chain of evidence which
bears out our claim that Sumter is
never to be found wanting when the
good Of our community is at stake;
now therefore be it
Resolved, That our most grateful
thanks are hereby rendered y these
firms for their most patrio ,, sup
port thus given to this our .o,t pop-
ular national sport; and in -.us suf-
fering this inconvenience and sacri-
nee they nave placed the management
under lasting obligations.
Be it further resolved, That our
thanks are hereby rendered to the
fans who have so loyalty attended the
games and we urge a more patriotic
support by all our people.
These resolutions were not only
unanimously passed, but were much
strengthened by the many grateful
remarks made in the meeting. It
was the concensus of all present that
the fans should be looked after and
urged to give us larger audiences, and
we feel that when the people realize
fully the struggle the association is
making in their behalf that they will
then rally to our support and give us
the means to keep Sumter where she
rightly belongs in everything-that is,
at the front. P. G. Bowman,
Secretary.
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URGES HOLDING COTTON.
President Harris Of Farmers Union,
Appeals to Farmers.

Columbia, June 7.-President B.
Harris, Of the Farmers Union, has
made another call to the farmers to
hold their cotton for Is cents, the
minimum Of 1907, and declares again
that the acreage of 1908 has been re-
duced, both by natural causes and by
the cooperation Of the planters. The
Union officials assert that not only
does these conditions exist, but that
the mills need the raw material. If
they are correct in their diagnosis the
former who is holding his 1907 crop
undoubtedly has the situation in his
own hands.
President Harris's latest call is as
follows:
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WEDGEFTELD.


Wedgefeld- 8. c. June s.-The
election on last Tuesday passed of
II seems very quiet. and I hope the
county court has received its death
sentence In this county.
The wedgeneld baseball club and
Jordan have played two games and
the former won both. but when they
faced their old time rivals, "Hagood,"
on last Friday they went down in de-
feat to the tune Of 8 to 2. both
teams played good ball at times and
at other times a very poor article.
Well. our horses will have to make
up their minds to endure the automo-
bile. for she has come to stay this
time. DR.. n. L. Parler has bought a
Ford machine.
Rev. VIM. Haynsworth preached a
very instructive and interesting SER
mon to the children at the Baptist
church on last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. @. Troutman, of
Rocky Mount. N. c., are visiting their
mother. Mrs. Cleo. Troutman.
Miss sudie Wright who was num-
bered among the graduates of the
Rocky Mount. N. c.. graded school.
has returned home.
Mrs f. 8. Barnes after a pleasant
visit to relatives In Bishopville. has
re1Rrned home.
The friends Of Mr.. Bert Moore were
sorry to hear Of his death in Florida
some days ago. He sold his property
here some years ago and located near
Walterboro. but moved to Florida
two years ago, where ne was engag-
ed In the truck business.
Miss Halle Covington. Of Marion,
Is visiting her gradmother, Mrs. j. H.
Aycock.
The farmers are all up with their
work now and all would be glad to
see good rain.
The A. c. L. Is doing some much
needed repairs on the depot platform
here. The platforms were in a dan
gerous condition and were not repair
ed any too soon.
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DALzELL

DaiseiI. 8. c.. juno s.-we are hav-
me weather and the crops are grow
1ng accordingly. Cotton and corn are
1pfne nne and with no backset from
now on there will be fine crop
made.
Mr. Ed. Boykin is very sick at his
s~c'her's. Mr.. II L. Boykin. with
heart trouble brought on from ex.
censive smoking Of cigarettes. II
seems strange that people will in
auige In habit that they know will
h1I1 them: though we see young men
-svsry day doing the same thing.
nrA Thos. Phiiiipss Of Williams
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Max. June 9.--Seasons are excellent
Tor growing crops and farm work.
Mr.. Alison Deffee is very sick.
DIR. Willy Whitehead lost a valuable
horse on the evening OF his marriag ge.
Mr.. Thos. Cole had a young horse
injured by running while hitched to
plow.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Truluck are ad-
miring a fine boy baby who has come
to their home to stay.
Mrs. H. T. Kirby Is spending this
week at Mr.. J. M. Carraway's.
Miss X. Ellen Burgess Is visiting
relatives here this week
Mrs. I. ~. Truluck II improving af-
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COTTON BLOOMS.
First Of the Season Brought I'm By
Charlie Reames.

Charlie Reames, colored, who runs
a small farm within the city limits
not far from the cotton oil mill.
brought two fully developed cotton
blooms to this office today. One
bloom. which he says opened on June
1st, was red and shriveled, and the
other. which opened this morning,
was white and full blown. June 1st
is early for cotton blooms-the ear
Hest in this section in many years.
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that he had about rounded too now
and that he would like hook on
with the locals. He will hardly be
taken on as the local staff is full up
now."-Greenville News, June 6.
Sumter fans will be glad to hear
that Ham is at last in condition to
pitch ball.
A meeting Of the baseball fans has
resulted in the appointment of a COM
mittee, consisting of three Of Ander.
sons best business men, to solicit SUBJ
scriptions to raise $1,000 with which
Anderson's team can be materially
strengthened. The meeting was large
ly attended and much enthusiasm
was shown. Anderson wants a win
ming team and expects to go for one.
Anderson Cor. News and Courier.
Sumter's percentage is 7OS and
still climbing.
The team is playing to win every
game. Careless and loose playing
don't go any more.
Sumter is carrying only eleven men
on the team at present, but eleven
good ones are better than a score of
halfway ball players
Lindsay, Sumter's last years short
stop, is now with Winston Salem,
having been sold to that team by Nor.
folk to whom he was traded for
Dingle by Sumter.
From the Chester Reporter.
Newman seems to have played the
game Of his life at Sumter. There is
no doubt about his being the fastest
and surest fielder in the league.
The race in the State league is get
ting interesting. Sumter has a good
lead, but it is by no means a big one.
little fast ball on the part of the
locals will easily close up the gap.
The league seems to be on good fl
nancial footing now, the determine
ton Of the Orangeburg fans to stay
In the league having inspired the en-
tire organization with new life All
four towns represented are amply
able to support team, and there is
no reason why there should not be a
full season Of first class sport.
The locals are almost powerlees
against left handed pitchers. The
only antidote is to get a left-handed
twirler ourselves, and let the other
fellows bite too.
O'Mara has been sold to Chester Of
the State league. He has not yet
reported, however. = Spartarburg
Journal.
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ACREAGE REDUCED, HOLD FOF
FIFTEEN CENTS.

ACREAGE REDUCED, HOLD FOR
FIFTEEN CENTS.
On June 1 the State presidents of
the Farmers Union met in Memphis,
Tenn. A full delegation was in at
tendance.
The principal object Of the meeting
was to estimate the acreage and crop
conditions
After close investigation we find
2S.ss2.000 acres planted for 1908
crop. May 81 crop condition "A, which
Is the lowest average for the last ten
years. The flooded districts were
not counted. as 1t will be thirty days
before the results be known. If we
had considered the flooded districts
the acreage would have been lower.
and also condition, as we could not
figure on something we did not know
what the outcome would be.
Hold spots. Remember futures can
not be spun, and both European and
American mills are about out of cot
ton Boys. hold, hold hold, and the
minimum price will 200
bales short in 1907 crop. The broker
has sold your cotton to the manufac-
lures and they cannot spin futures, so
spots he must have to deliver. Hold
and get your price.
From the reports Of all the State
presidents arrangements have been
made to carry the remainder Of the
crop for an indefinite time.
The farmers are making the 1908
crop with the least expense that
they have in several years, and will
be In better shape to hold their cot
ton this year than any year. There
has been more food crops planted
this year than any.
/ was asked while in Memphis by a
cotton man IL we had any cotton in
South Carolina. The reason he asked
this question was because South
Carolina manufacturer was trying to
buy cotton over there. / told him
we had 1t, but it is Is cents cotton.
He replied: II have it, but it is Is
cents, too"
The mills will need all the cotton
i'm sight before any more comes in
You may rest assured the crop is Is
days late. The crop remnant is vir-
tually cornered naturally.
If the present holders, who are
the farmers, will only be brave and
have the manhood to stand for the
minimum price they will get IT.
The Eastern exchange leaders say
cotton cannot go up as long as the
farmers hold it. They sold futures
down, down, to try to scare you out
OF your spot cotton and force you t.
sell, when they would put up the
price to your figure to show how pow
erful they are and what a fool you
are.
We are glad to know some Of our
farmers have backbone made of iron
rods and held to their spots.
Mill stocks are short all over the
world. American exports are short
1.OS1,946 bales compared with 1907
SO you see cotton they must have.
Boys. hold spots;' the manufactur.
ers are hunting them. They are
scarcer than they have been in 25
years. Goods are getting scarcer ev.
cry day and will in short time be
high. The question is where will the
world supply its actual needs fol-
spot cotton unless it calls on the hold
ing farmer for his Is certa cotton.
:. E&:r!.,
President South Caroi:,.a Siatc .'a:'r.,-
ers' Union.
Pendleton, S. c.
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j. H. Hammond. Of Cha: ,eston, a
graduate Of the South Carolina Mill
tary Academy has been designated
as the successful applicant to stand
the examination for appointment as
second lieutenant in the regular
army.
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Revenue officers raided an Illicit
still in Oconee county and captured
stiles Cobb. Shortly after the arrest
was made rife shot rang out and
the horse ridden by Deputy Officer
Merrick fell dead from a bullet wound
in the head.
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A horse belonging to Wade Hamp-
ton Sellers. the blind tiger king OF
Columbia. ran away. knocking down
and painfully bruising g. M. Berry,
cashier OF the National Loan and Ex-
change bank.
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I'M CORRESPONDENCE.
-Dnsns os lnsesess From An Parts of
o; ounter and Adjoining Counties.


1iaih your letters so that they will
uSesh this ONCE not later than Tues
~ morning. When the letters are
1oeekved wednesday II 10 almost an
oUessibility to have them appear in
- pADsr Issued that day.
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1nSiag beautiful weather today. We
- . nice rain last Thursday night,
- another Friday evening. But
- land n In fins condition for work
-osenv. Crops seem to be doing iinely.
Dsoo9h they are small. I have seen
- iittis nns corn as yet. but 1t
- srowins nicely.
4 Old man Jim Mcintosh left home
- Sunday morning. the slst. and no
80 here knew where he was until
1Dard Of him In Sumter last Thurs
SGoy; but some how no got back home
- last Friday night. Where all he
na}l BEEN no one knows. He was seen
- Privatssr station by the writer on
ursday night when the shoe ny
3o1n passcd there. His stsp-son. Joe
Johnston has taken him to Sumter
1oeoy TO have him examined to see
= ~ b Grassy enough to be sent to
- asylnm I'm Columbia.
Ars- 9. c. Koib got . fan last
4Aarsday. the <th instant. from
Uoseh she suffered q good deal until
0ulsoay morning. when she and her
0>>ghtsr. Mrs. Thos. H. Osteen was
WoIAins In the garden when she took
y 1siating spsil and would have fall
- - tho sround had not Mrs. Ostesn
s1o9oht her. Thsy had to call In DR..
,. Furman and at last accounts
- was quite sick. Her daughter.
IN Prank ,. Graham OF Paxville,
uDsnt The day with her yesterday.
1Uss SaIlie Johnston 10 quite sick.
9gvA. Joe ~. Ards has improved .
UNls. but hes health 10 still bad.
Ous and Dud Weeks. with John
1DonA visitsd at MIS-. Laurs A. Ards.
0enr paxvilIe. yesterday evening.
uins Mary Lee Ards returned yes
oDraay from Paxville. where she has
gDsut two weeks Visiting relatives.
- was accompanied by her uncle.
-. Henry 0sddings. and little daugh-
-.
well. managed the county court
! iuopotson at Bloom Hin on the I'd. i
1Dok In two votes. both nos So you
! - We vote solid down here-no
! r@oDnxtsring allowed.
Ar. Editor. was asked a question
<hss other 0ay. while In your city, I
ssuld not answer: so will ask yoa;
why did the commissioners appoint
-sns Democrat and two Republicans
- manage the election at Bloom Hill.
~ one Of them not registered.
W,sile at Bloom Hill I saw hores be-
1onging to Wesley Wilson, colorsd
shat n was supposed to have been
e1eefsn by q snake on.the night Of the
.frN Of June while In the stable. I
ozs sorry for Wilson az he Is hard
vtrking negro. honest and upright. I
eolieve. also saw that the colored
~Dsople's school house Is about, to fall
oewu. n the the foudation Is rotten.
10 r. unsafe for any one to 60 into It
tAs way u now stands.
Miss Eunice Osteen, teacher of the
Snssd school. expects to give her
nhool a picnic at the sand Hin or
= 0fssnland savannah school house.
% next Friday. the 18th instant.
Wish for her pleasant time. II 10 ex-
Dscted that some OF the candidates
yin be present VIII try and send
yoa . dot or two about II for your
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One solid car load of the best or
gans in the world just received at
M. B. Randle's. Sold on easy terms.
5-20-tf.
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ter a several weeks illness
Miss Caro- Truluck has returned
home from Greenville Female Col
lege.
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If Charleston had Cowell on her
pitching staff, it would cause some
CONSERVATION in the Sallie. This
young conner has pitched five games
and won them all. While he was
performing, he famed sixty men.
yielded only two bases on balls and
fifteen hits. Meany, you had better
take notice.
Springs is another Game Cock des-
tined for higher company. The crack
center fielder has been the sensation
Of nearly every game this sc son. His
batting is over the 800 mark, and he
has stolen over 80 bases.
Anderson should take out an insur-
ance policy against injury by Calling
gun Jackson, Of Greenville, who
slaughters opposing teams at the or
der OF Manager Stouch.
Manager Stouch has received a
letter from Lamar Ham, the twirler
recently released by Sumter, asking
for a tryout. Ham stated in his
letter that his arm had been in very
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-27
Could See Too Much,

A fine, robust soldier, after serving
his country faithfully for some time,
became greatly reduced in weight,
owing to exposure and scanty rations,
until he was so weak he could hardly
stand. Consequently he got leave OF
absence to 90 home and recuperate.
He arrived at his home station looking
very badly. Just as he stepped off the
boat one of his old friends rushed up
to him and said, "Well, well, Pat, |
see you're back from the front"
Pat looked worried and replied, BE
CORA, l knew was getting thin, but
l nivver thought you could see that
muchw-London Tit-Bits.
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alexandria 6azettt.
MONDAY EVENING. APR. q, 1903.
SINGING and oarsIine.

Singers do not give away their Sc
erets Of the voice. know. however,
that some of the tenors and primS
donnas use an astringent gargle when
ever their vocal cords become so re-
laxed that very high notes are difficult
70 emit One famous little tenor used
cold tea that had drawn a long time.
Such q gargle. though, does not I'M
prove the quality Of the voice, even II
It does raise the pitch temporarily.
The popular gargle among opera art
lists Is the solvent 1t loosens crusts
which form in the throat and nasal
cavities and removes mucous which
cannot be got rid Of by coughing and
hawking. A common wash is twelve
grains of chlorate Of potash to a wine
glassful of warm water. Many singers
and orators in order to render their
voices clear and mellow use a gargle
containing one teaspoonful Of common
salt and one of baking soda in tum-
blerful of water These gargles are i'm
proved by further adding some arc
matte substances to stimulate the mu-
cous membrane with which they come
in contact.-New York Press.
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He Emptied His Pockets.

The Comte de Corbieres, minister OF
the interior to Louis XVIII, while
working in the kings cabinet one day
became absorbed in his work and so
far forgot himself as to place his
snuffbox on the kings desk after tax
ing snuff. The king observed this un-
heard Of familiarity from the corner
of his eye, but said nothing. Present
" the minister whipped out his pocket
handkerchief and placed 1t beside the
snuffboX.
an. de Corbleres," remarked the
king at last, you appear to be empty
ing your pockets"
"Perhaps so, sire" was the calm re-
Spouse. "but that is much better than
filling them"
The king smiled at the clever hit at
the corruption of some of the minis
ter's predecessors. Corbieres was noted
for his scrupulous integrity.
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Needles and Pins,

The Lancet tells Of peculiar case in
London hospital. The patient, a
healthy Scotch girl, aged twenty years,
was in the habit Of putting pins In her
mouth and sometimes had been known
to fail asleep without removing them.
She was admitted to the hospital hav-
ing swallowed five pins accidentally
while fixing clothes, and by the help
of emetics she was relieved of them.
Returning home. she began regularly
to vomit pins and got rid OF twenty
three in the course Of a month. She
then began to produce needles, and III
a fortnight thirteen came out from the
following situations: The left nostril.
the origin of the sternomastoid behind
the left ear and a spot on the front OF
the right forearm. At the same time
she continued vomiting pins until sew
enty-fve had appeared. The needles
were blackened and slightly eroded'
and two Of them were threaded with
about three inches of thread.
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Rx 4. p. Knox. Auetloneer.
''ET''''E""s
A UCTION SALE OF A DESIRABLE
~ HnUSE AND lot

A UCTION SALE OF A DESIRABLE
~ HOUSE AND LOT.
Pursuant /, the terms OF a deed OF trust
given by Catherine A. Triplett 10 Thomas j.
Fsnnon and J. X. NJ. Norton, Trustees Of the
Mercantile Railway Building and Loan As
ISOLATION Of Alexandria, Virginia, on Novem-
Der 20, 1905, and duly recorded among the
land records Of the City Of Alexandria, Viz
ginis, in deed book No. SO, page 2O2, said
deed Of trust having been given to secure the
payment of a sum Of money therein set forth,
and default having been made In the pay
ment Of ksid sum, and at the request and by
the direction OF the board ri dir ctors OF the
said association, the undersigned trustees Will
offer for sale at public auction, at the Royal
street entrance to the Market building, in
this city. st ~ o'clock noon. on
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1908.
ell that lot OF ground with The buildings
and Improvements thereon, in the city OF AL
exandris, Virginia, bounded and described as
follows. tO-wit: Beginning on the west side
Of st. Asaph street ISL feet south OF Giobon
street, and running thence south on 1t.
Asaph street 20 feet: thence west l23 feet
inches: thence north 20 feet; thence east in 8
straighs line TO the beginning, with ell appur.
teusnces. Subject, however, TO one-half OF
the width Of 20.foot alley which runs north
and south, parallel to st. Asaph street, equi
distant between said street and Washington
street.
Terms ofSsle: Cash. Conyeyancing at the
cost OF the purchaser.
THOMAS J. FANNON,
J. X. NJ. NORTON,
Trustees.