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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. VKWBY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. dm of Interest From ?11 Part? of Bamier and Adjoining Counties. ffOTICB TO CORRESPONDBNTS. Mall your Utters so that they will reeveh this ofnes not later than Mon? day when Intended for Wednesday's paper and not later than Thursday for Baturday's Issue. This, of course, applies only to regular eorrespond sm In case of Items of unusual sun ralne. send In Immediately by ?kali, telephone or telegraph. Sueh sjows stories are acceptable up to the pBJBJ of going to press. Wednesday's BBBsj Is prlntsd /Tuesday afternoon mm? Baturday's paper Friday after af AX. Max.'Feb. 18.?Mr. Junlus McNeil and family have moved from Lynch burg to their home at Durwood. Mr. Stephen Hancock, who haa outlived hla family and Uvea alone, la very alck. He la attended by kind net gb bora. Mr. James Welsh la seriously 111. There was a family reunion at Mr. B L Floyd's on hla 70th birthday la/it week. A community a few miles above here boasts of having a furniture making establishment, also a canning factory. I sm not aware of the di? mension's of either, or the amount of patronage. Mrs. J. E. Langston and baby of Tlmmonsville spent several days here this week. A considerable rain and wind storm prevailed here last night. TINDAL. Tlndal, Feb. 19.?On Thursday afternoon this section was visited by a heavy wind and rain storm with a considerable amount of thunder and lightning. Mrs. J M. Hodge haa been very ill for aeveral days, but Is considered as being* better now. Miss Isola Rivers who has been spending sometime with relatives in High 8prings. Fla., returned home on Tuesday. Mrs. J. W. Broadway spent Wed? nesday In Sumter. WISACXY. Wlaacky. Feb. 19.?We had quite a storm Thursday evening about 7 o'elock. The wind was fearfully high for a while, accompanied by i vivid lightning, thunder, and rain which continued moat of the night Leaving the ground too wet for the plough for several days. We are wishing for spring weather, we are so tired of these freeslng, biting winds with their colds and lagrippe. The ost crop is badly damaged by the freeses and Is apparently dead In places. Hauling fertilizer Is In progress now. Many of our farmers gre building and Improving their places, which adds to the looks con? siderable Some have begun with the garden work and a lot of cab? bage plants huve been set out. Our eounty Is threatened wltb an epi? demic of small pox. Some cases have been reported In end around Blshop vllle. The relatives here of Mrs. W. C. Williams of Summerton, sympa? thise deeply with him in his great anxiety and uneasiness about his daughter, who is at school at the Red Spring College, N. C, where there are a number of small pox patients among the studlcnts of that sollege. The friends of Mr. William McLeod are glad to krow that he is able to be out again after a long and aevere lllnesn. Borne few from here have been at? tending the Carnival In Bishopvllle this week. Hot Supper. There will be an oyster supper at the home of Mrt W. Singleton Tis da'e on the evening of February 25. There will be also a "bag clipping" and various Rueslng contests. The proceeds for benefit of schools. The public U cordially Invited. It's going to take a lot of white? wash to make that Balllngcr Job look even semt-respectable. President Taft realizes now what It Is to have congress on your hands* and not be able to hurry It up. Philadelphia^ reformers have been given another defeat. Are the honest voters also ssleep? A n?*gro boy has been arrested In Charleston county on the charge of killing snother colored boy. He claims the shooting to have been ac? cidental. In view of the Impressive gather? ing of Republican leaders at New York yesterday it is safe to guess that some apprehension of a Demo? cratic victory In the Empire State isrxt fall la entertained by those on the Inside.?Providence Journal. A CITY AXD ITS MANAGER staunt on's Taxpayer* Arc Getting Their Money's Worth. (From the Hartford Courant.) When the people of Staunton, Va., awoke to the fact that It cost the city more to do certain things than a well managed private corporation WOUld pay for having the same things done, it decided to have a general manager and tell him to run things on busl- j nrss principles. That Nvas two years | ago. Results of the employment of such an official have been most sat? isfactory. The Charleston News and Courier, which has been studying the operation of the Staunton plan, says that the city "is perhaps the best governed city in America.' Some of the things which the Charleston pa? per says have been accomplished, or are being accomplished, are: Staunton now saves each year on coal bills alone almost enough to pay the entire salary of the general man? ager. Staunton within a year or two will be better provided with perma? nently paved streets than any city of Its slse in the world. Staunton has one of the best lighting systems In the country, and the cost is nominal. So. too, it has a very excellent water service. There is practically no de? partment of the city that Is not more efficiently conducted than ever befor* In the history of the town, and moie economically. There Is no waste in Staunton. All Improvements are per? manent and are corelated. S aunton did not do away with lt| city council. That body is still su? preme, having full authority over the general manager. It has, however, given him a rather free hand. He does the work formerly performed by the several standing committeese, ex? cept that of the finance, ordinance, school and auditing committees. He makes all contracts for labor and supplies. Apparently, he does his work very much as he would do it if he were working for a private cor? poration, Instead of for the city. What was formerly done by many men Is done by one man, who Is all the time gaining valuable experience. He, Is responsible to the city council for results, just as he would be re? sponsible to a board of directors it' his employment was private, instead j of being public. He has made good, | and Staunton's taxpayers are getting their money's worth. Of Course. (From the New York Times.) We should advise our friends ths protectionists not to "get gay" over the statistics that show that more goods have come in free under the Aldrlch tariff than under any other, and rather more than the total of duti? able goods. The usual division, since the extra protection of the Dinghy tariff, has been about 5 per cent, dutiable und 4 6 per cent. free. Sine? the new tariff went into effect on August 1 the proportion has been about 48.5 per cent, dutiable an 1 51.5 per cent. free. On its face this may be made t ? seem as If the new tariff were more favorable to Imports than the o!d one. In reality the fear of the changes toward higher and more vexatious requirements Induced im? porters to bring in as many duiloblc goods as possible under the old 'ariff. with a resulting check to subsequent Imporatlons In that class. Th'i simple fact explains the differvnc? which it is now possible to report, and its significance is obvlousiy the reverse of favorable to the new tariff. Moreover, the worst effects of the new tariff are not In the duties that are levied on goods that come in, but on the heavy duties that shut otit or nearly shut out, goods. The duties on food and food .products, for in? stance, make a small showiug In the customs statlctics, but they have an immense Importance in enhancing the cost of living by fostering the monopolies of the home market. The same thing is true of the shameful duties on wool and woolens in their effect on the clothing, bedding and carpets of the people of m nlerate means. John T. Pellotteo is dead at his home In Greenville. W. T. Fowler, a well known far? mer of Darlington, is dead. The remains .of S. T. Blaskey, of Georgetown were found to have pet? rified after three years. fl?>w many persons of your Intimate acquaintance know the difference be tueen boll weevil, pognnlp and pcl lagrii I -N?W York Mall. The livery stable of Nlcholls. Rop ff & Roper and 10 brad of stock, food stuff and harness and buggies. VOfi burned at I^aunns Thursday night. In Opposing the Postal Savings Pank Mill lonotot Burton, of Ohtoi o|.poses the policy of an Ohio Presl <b nt. The evidence that Ohio Re? publicans are demoralized seems complete. Springfield Republican. RU1IM.K TENDER KILLED. Thomas Jefferson, for Quarter of Ceti? tury Faithful Watchman at Conga ree River, Mo<*tH Death. Fort Motto. Fob. it.?Sacrificing hla life to sav_ the lives of others, Thomaa Jofferaon, for 30 years night watchman for the Southern Railway at Congaree river bridge, met with a norrlbla death at his post at an early our this morning, being caught in the machinery of the draw bridge and rushed to death. Only the silent stars witnessed the ragedy. but enough can be safely onjectured to relate how this faith? ful servitor met his death. The steamer City of Columbia arrived at the bridge at 5:50 o'clock and the watchman opened the draw for it to pass, but as train No. 15 was due at o'clock he hastened up the track to place a signal to save the passenger rain from dashing headlong Into the urbld waters of the Congaree. Com ng back to close the draw the faith? ful watchman fell Into the aperture used for oiling the machinery of the bridge and when the crew of the train reached the bridge and could find no trace of him. they closed the draw and crushed the life out of the unconscious man. Later when a freight train from Columbia arrived the watchman was found lying on the foundation under the draw with one arm pinioned un? der the ponderous machinery. He was yet alive but consciousness had long since left and death came in a short while to put an end to his faithful ser? vices which had extended through a period of more than a quarter of a century. The Habit of Cheerfulness. Cheerfulness will attract more cus? tomers, sell more goods, do more bus? iness with less wear and tear than al? most any other quality, says Orison Swett Marden in Success .Magazine. Optimism is the greatest business-get? ter, bigg'st trader, the greatest achie ver in the world. Pessimism has nev? er done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up. In the business office, as in society, everywhere, the favorite is always the cheerful person. Good-natured, cheer? ful people do not waste their vital en? ergy as rapidly as the grumbler ?>r the too sober, too sad prople. They work with much less friction. Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life's machinery. Shake? speare says: "A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile?a." There is no other life habit which can give such a prolific return in hap? piness and satisfaction as that of be? ing che<rful under all circumstances. If the resolution to cultivate cheer? fulness Is strongly made at the very outset, it will not be difficult to form the cheerful habit, and it will be the best protection against suffering and dlsappoinment. Cheerfulness Is also a great produ? cer. It adds wonderfully to one's ac? tive ability, and Increases mental and physical power. It makes hosts of friends, and helps us to be Interesting and agreeable. Tugsten Steel Lathe Tools. Up to the present time, says Mr. F. L. Hess, the' most important use of tugsten is as an alloy for steel tools. It enables the steel to hold temper at a much higher temperature than ordinary carbon steel. A lathe may be speeded up until the chips flying from the tools are so hot that they turn blue. It is estimated that abou five times as much work can be done with such a tool as with one made of ordinary steel. Who are a little wise the best fools be.?John Donne. Conversation is a good form of ex? ercise for those afflicted with heart disease. Hagel Rose, a negro train hand was shot and seriously wounded at Orangeburg by Telegraph Operator Ray. Miss Margie Calhoun, granddaugh? ter of South Carolina's famous states? man. John C. Calhoun, died in At? lanta at the age of 63 year? Speaking of civic research, has any? one found just what has become of Tammany under the daynor admin? istration ?? Louisville Courier Jour? nal. Republicans have won in Phila? delphia by a sweeping majority. Are you surprised, or are you merely shocked, as usual??Indlanopolls News. In the Balllnger-PlnChot contro? versy it is evidently a mistake In tact? ics to attempt to bully the young accuser 1 Louis A. C.lavls.--Philadel? phia Record. Well, at the present rate of "pro? gress" the great dancers will soon have nothing more to reveal to us!?Boston Transcript. SENATOR TllljUH M ILL. LITTi.i: HOPE ENTERTAINED FOR IIIS RECOVERY. _iL The Crisis NaM at Hand?Paralysi? And Cerebral Hemorrhage the Cans'* <-f His nines*. Wathington, F '?. 18.? -Eenjomln Ryan Tillman, for . air yean Gover? nor of South Carolina, and for lh? l.T*?t fifteen year. I'; ite I States -< tu? tor from that Btai . lies In c dying condition at his apartments at the alfour, in this city, suffering from iralysis and hardening of the ar? teries leading to the heart. Ho may survive several days, if the paraiysln can be checked and kept away from the brain, or he may succumb at any hour. Physicians hold out no hope. Less than a week ago Senator Till? man was apparently in hi! usual health and attended to his every-day duties in the senate. Almost his last official act was to introduce a resolu? tion calling upon the Secretary of the Navy for information as to the pur? chase of oil, which would probably have led to interesting developments connected with the operations of the Standard OH Company. A slight attack of dizziness three or four days ago was at first treated lightly, and little was thought of it until yesterday afternoon, when he became suddenly ill. During the night it was apparent that he was a dang? erously sick man, and at once ?'de grams were send out to all members of the family, summoning them at once to Washington. Mrs. Tillman and all but two children reached here this morning, and the two mentioned will get here tonight. Dr. Pickford, who was called in when Senator Tillman became ill, had a consultation late this afternoon with Dr. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, this city. Dr. White being one of the best known nerve specialists in the country. Dr. Eabcock, of Columbia, will come to? morrow, unless developments in the meantime are such as to make it un? necessary. It is recognized that the Senator is a dangerously ill man and absolutely no hope is held out to the members of his family. Throughout the entire day members of both houses of con? gress have been seeking information as to the Senator's condition, and so frequent were the telephone calls that very early in the morning communi? cation was cut off. Close friends of the family are giving out information to those who call tonight, and at the Balfour many South Carolinians have left cards of sympathy during the day. , Early this morning when the news of Senator Tillman's serious illness began to be scattered about the cap Itol. a pall settled everywhere. Knots of Senators gathered in different parts of the senate chamber and discussed the case, while on the house side much the same thing was done. House members who did not even have a speaking acquaintance with Senator Tillman. expressed the greatest sym? pathy for the stricken Senator and for the members of his family, as fre? quent Inquiries as to his condition in? dicated. Mrs. Tillman, who was the first to reach the Senator after he became 111. had just delivered the two little grand' children to Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr.. In Columbia, and hurried on to Wash? ington. She had only been here a short time when the Senator became unconscious. During the day Senator Tillman has be?n able at times to ar? ticulate a little, but most of the day he has been lying in a stupor, taking no notice of those around him. Now and then, however, as different friends and members of the family pressed his hand he would give a slight pressure in answer, indicating that he understood, but could not re Ply. His Condition Improve*. Washington, D. C, Feb. 19.?At midnight Dr. White concluded his diagnosis of Senator Tillman's case with Dr. Pickford. After a thorough examination it is now stated that the trouble besides the paralysis of the right side is cerebral hemorrhage. The blood vessel which allowed blood to spill and form a clot on the brain, has. it is now thought, been tempor? arily stopped, and the Senator is somewhat improved over his condi? tion earlier in the night, though he is still in a very precarious condition. The latest bulletin Issued states that for four or five days perhaps it cannot be said what the result will be, should he survive that long. The doctors have been successful to the extent of restoring partial con? sciousness and Senator Tillman is now able to articulate and has just taken nourishment. Can Not Recover. At noon Dr. Pickford says that there is no Immediate danger of fa? tality In Senator Tillman's condition, The Senator however remains in ftcom* atOOO state, unablfl to speak or to recognize anybody. If he recovers he will be dumb permanently. THE LEGISLATURE A NUMBER OF SENATE HILLS PASSED. Aslieley ami Hooker Enliven <io-in session?iMUenge Book BUI Final'y Killed. Columbia, Feb. is.?x<? third r af. ing bills have pasted the house, t ?d*y being set for final adjournment. The resolution will be '-hanged as it is lm poHrtble to adjourn finally until u inorrcw. Ths important tenets bllla passed to third reading in the hOUSS included ths following: !;.". Mr. Csrlisle Requiring fir- ee < a|i> H in hotels. By Mr. Carllsls Regulating adjud? ging persons InsaiiSi ! v Mr. Sullivan To Incorporate Hydro electric ilompany. By Mr. u/sston Incorporating Mu? tual construction corporations. Ry Mr. Bummers?Requiring ferti? liser package* i<e stamped with weight. By Mr. Carlisle?Removing limit on municipal debt for sewerage, water or light purposes. By Mr. Clifton?Requiring mutual insurance companies claiming lien on insured property to prove they gavc proteetion. By Mr. Irby?Calling on Clemson authorities to investigate phosphate deposits. Columbia, Feb. 19.?Ashley and Rucker had a lively tilt over the res? olution for the purchase of new desks for the house, spat being over Ash? ley's amendment forbidding the use of the hall for the State ball. The amendment was lost 54 to 32. Ashley was the only one who spoke for it. The resolution was passed. The general assembly will adjourn sine die late tonight. The mileage book bill is dead by disagreement. The house was In a dramatic situ? ation at 2:30 o'clock. The bill to fix r>-mile base for intra-State freight rates was reported by substitute from free conference rcommending 5-mile base with competitive points exempt? ed. A former railroad commissioner refused to sign the report and after a sharp debate the report was rejected by one vote. Mr. Dlson raised the point of no quorum and the sergeant at-arms w.as sent out to arrest mem? bers. As many had left the city there is no saying how long the house will be locked up. The mileage book bill is dead by disagreement in free conference. The public utilities bill, prohibiting State commission regulating light gas and water rates is safe. Charles? ton, Spartanburg, Union, Conway, Sumter and Marion being exempted. Finally an agreement was reached in the free conference committee on the mileage book proposition. The committee recommendation is "a legis? lative joke: the railroads are allowed to make any contract they want after being required to sell books good on trains, and then permission is given them, if they want it, to sell books good on their own lines at any legal rate up to three cents a mile. Fim-lly en Mit.h member-prisoners were brought in to make a quorum. The report was rejecte 1 by a vote of 35 to 34 and the bill was killed. Columbia, Feb. 21.?The general assembly of South Carolina adjourn? ed sine die at 8:30 yesterday morn? ing. T. B. Fraser, of Sumter, was permitted to make the motion in the house because of his rank as chair? man of the judiciary committee. The closing hours of the general assembly were wearisome indeed. Many of the heavier bills had not been acted upon until the very last day and this meant a deluge of work for the engrossing department. As a consequence, while no bills were acted upon Saturday night ex? cept in full conference committee re? ports, yet the clerical department was worked almost beyond the point of endurance. When the appropriation bills had been signed by Gov. Ansel, it was 8.30 in the morning, and it was a worn out dozen representatives and eight senators who were present in the respectiv houses when the gravel fell. There was some Important legisla? tion in the last hours, among other things be'ng the free conference committee substitute for the asylum bills. This seems to be generally ac C< ptable to all who have followed the matter. The "drummers' mileage lull'' was killed in free conference, the senate yesterday rejected the matter. Some of the champions of the bill wer.- out of the senate chamber When the committee report td. Yesterday aboul noon a visitor heard a frantic no se in the hall of the house of representatives, it was found thai one of the members had been asleep on a lounge in a corner of the ball ami had not been Observ? ed when the other members quit the hall. He woke up several hours lat? er to find himself locke I in. One of the officials of the house was found and he WSS released. who arb TO be enumerated. The Census Bureau's Instructions to Kn(initiators on This Point. Waohlngton, Feh, 1<j.?The explicit ? and lengthy printed instructions to the census enumerators, which have been prepared by the United States Census Bureau, give a clear ida of the character of the answers expected from the people of the United States with regard to the questions in the population schedule to be carried la f Lhe Decennial Census April 15 next. All answers are to have reference sdtly to the "Census Day," which is April 15. Persons living on the day, numerators call, are to be counted, but who died after it and before the enumerators call, are to be counted, but persons born after April 15 are not to be included in the count. Per- 4 sons who were single on April 15 are to be reported as single, even though thty have married subsequently and before the canvasser has called. This in true, similarly, of persons who be? came widowed or divorced after April 15. i The census law provides that all persons shall be enumerated at their "usual plac*i of abode" on April 15. This meant the place where they may be said to live or belong or the place which is their home. As a rule, the usual place of abode Is not the pface | where a person works or where he eats, but where he regularly sleeps. The enumerators are cautioned, how? ever, that where a man happens to sleep at a time of the enumeration may not be the place where he reg? ularly sleeps I There will be a number of persons having their usual places of abode in enumerator districts who will be absent April 15. These are to be includ? ed and enumerated after the facts re? garding them have been obtained from tieir families, relatives, acquaintance^ ^ or other persons able to give the In? formation. For instance, If a mem? ber of any family In an enumeration district is temporarily away from home on a visit, or on business, or traveling for pleasure, or attending school or college, or sick in a hospi- ^ tal. such absent person is to be enum? erated and included with other members of the family. But a son or daughter regularly living in another locality should not be counted with the family at home. Servants, laborers, or other em- M plovees, who live with tin- family, and sleep in the same house or on the premises..should be enumerated with the family. The Census Bureau states that there will be, on the other hand, a certain number of persons present and perhaps lodging and sleeping in districts at the tirrre of the enumerat? ion who do not have their usual places of abode there. These are not to be enumerated. It must be assum? ed that they will be enumerated else? where. The canvasser should not.-^ therefore unless it is practically cer? tain that they will not be enumerat? ed anywhere else, enumerate or Include with the membrs of a 'amily they are enumerating any of the following classes: Persons visiting a family: 1 Transient boarders or lodgers who have some other usual or permanent place of abode; Students or children living or boarding with a family in order to at? tend some school, college, or other educational Institution in the locality but not regarding the place as their home; Persons who take their meals with a family but lodge or sleep elsewhere; persons employed by a family and working in the house or on the premi? ses, but not sleeping there; or Any person who was formerly In a family, but who has since become a permanent inmate of an asylum, alms house, home for the aged, reforma? tory, prison of any other institution in which the inmates may remain for long periods of time. Trenchantly obserives the Easley Progress: "A marrii ge license bill has passed the senate. It provides that marriage license shall hereafter be required in 'south Carolina. The fee for same is one dollar. The county clerk will is? sue diem. For not procuring a li? cense the penalty will be from twenty-fire to one hundred dollars. Owing, we suppose, to whom you marry." once a man insulted a woman of the stage, and he died in the street ?because the girl's husband was not far away. . There died a In ?und." were the only words be spoke, as the fellow fell. Afterwards, a jury nod? ded assent to these words, and the girl's protector ^<>t his freedom. In pulling his gun this man simply re? sponded to that creed that is better than all laws true and as 1 xacting as Justice. The American section of the Fed? eration of Mast, r Cotton Spinners aas decided by a unaniomous vote to continue the short time running un? til April 21. It is reported that the owners of 4,000,000 spindles ontftdO the federation win co^peiate in this i agreement.