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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE, ' I1WBY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of Interest From all Parts of and Adjoining Counties. If OTIC K TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letter* to that chey will rwaea thle ofRce not later than Mon? te? when intended for Wednesday's saver end not Inter than Thursday tar Saturday ! Issue This, of course, only to regular correspond In eese of Items of unusual ?nine, send In immediately by telephone or telegraph. Such ?torlos are acceptable up to the of gotag to prose. Wednesday's to printed Tuesday afternoon iturday's paper Friday after WISACKY. Wtaecky. Sept. 2 ? Notwithstanding SO dry. hot weather, business Is active. Everyone has a move wa him and things happen. Cotton cars are plentiful, and are anx to pick. Two ginneries of four r-eaw gins each, are In opera Mr. DeaChamps has been run ever a week. Mr. Cooper who rebuilt, began work today with outfit. Cotton In opening very lly and being sold as fast as g?n We have a fine cotton market, is a great convenience to the ler*. The corn crop, which was promising, at one time, will not as much as was expected on ar it of hot, dry spells In August, eevy crop* of fodder have been sav I In good condition. Peavlne hay very promising. I fear there will I very few peas gathered.. Mr. Willie McCutchen opened his on the let of September with Mr. Thomas In charge. Mr. Robert Cooper and his sisters, Mfteses Mary and Netta returned this nsernlng from Montreal. * A number of Wlsacky folks took advantage of the excursion rates to Washington. All enjoyed their trip aad gave glowing accounts of their visit to our National Capital. Prof. Wilton Scott has gore to ein?, where he will take charge the graded school for the next The Wlsacky school will open on fee lith Inet, with Miss Blanche is as teacher. Through the iful efforts of this earnest and ifntNlttle lady the school bulld sill be f.-reatly improved, in looks comfort. Would we had more her. Lottie DesChamps will teach Hi Tjicknow. MIsr Sadie DesChamps will soon for he ? school. Mum Isabel Durant goes to Ben rllle is a teacher of music r. Oenle Durant has moved back hie old home, much to the delight hie many friends. I am always to see those who have left the form return. '?s Numbers of our young people will leave ue to return to their )?. and I trust, after a long int vacation, will apply them and make good use of their ?rtunltles to Improve their ids. Mm. P. L. Bridges after an ex? tended travel la back with us for a We are glad to have Mr. Charlcp flame is back with us, completely exonerated from the charges brought Unat him. I think there should be redrese for anyone who has to eeffet such Indignities and humllita "tlon without a cause. Our pastor Is on his vacation and ere are without preaching for a erlUle. We have not been favored with vain ax some others have, and the oetton crop la suffering, j There will be a number of hogs to hill thle fell in this section. So we win have an abundance of hog and liney. Very llttte sickness in our com ?nity. and our people are generally iperoue. Best wishes for . the Item. WISACKY. Wlaarky. Sept. 5.?We are having is eeverent spell of dry weather we ise had this season, and cotton If* ling rapidly, and the crop will be distressingly short. The gins are kept rdftd all the while, and the short will eoon be gathered. The pea In failing for want of rain. I*ate will he a complete failure. The girls arid boys are leaving for thn different colleges after spending a happy vacation. Their homes will be lonely without IhSgg Mr. and Mrs. Jam* Kugllsh. < f jitahopviiie. aoooxa peeled by thelf daughter, Mis Wb'lm.'r gmlth, Ol Clinton, spirit a pb.isimt dey this week at the horns or Mi vi, Mrii pgggxfe Messrs Clifton Lodlagham l Dd My gsjgj Smith h?i\e te Camden ;"or a f?* Joys ol plea urs Rev. H. K M Jr? b,-..-i. oi K.shop vllle. preached at the Ivanhoe sei.I house last 0**0*9 iftem iv Which was greatly enjoyed by the congrega? tion. There are a few cases of fever In this community. SUvy Davis, an old family servant, died Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. K. J. Williams, after a severe illness of several months with dropsy, having the second stroke of paralysis, which ended a long and useful life Of 7? years, and being faithful to every trust, she won the love and respect of all who knew her, and no doijbt, has received the welcome plaudit "Well done good and faithful ser? vant." A Good Man Gone. Smlthvllle, 8ept. 6.?This entire community was Inexpressibly sadden? ed by the death of our friend and Brother, Mr. J. M, Wilson. The de? ceased died at the Sumter Hospital, where he had been an inmate for several weeks. All that medical aid and loving hands could do, was done, but It was of no avail. The remains were brought back yesterday and in? terred at St John's cemetery, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Through his death the church has sustained a great loss. He was an able and effi? cient officer, ever ready to perform his duties. He leaves a wife and sev? eral children, an aged mother and two sisters to mourn his loss. Truly It can be said of htm, "it is well with my soul." Orphanage Day. Attention is called to the concert of action among the orphan institu? tions of South Carolina with regard to a special work day effort Saturday. September 25, next. Thornwell Or? phanage, Connie Maxwell Orphanage and Epworth Orphanage have defi? nitely planned for the success of the day and are circulating literature upon the subject. We presume that every orphan Institution, of whatever size or under whatsoever auspices, will be glad to have its friends re? member it -on this day. The plan Is simple enough. Let ev? ery boy and girl, every man and wo? man, young and old, devote the In t come of the day to the Orphanage of his choice. Some of the children may pick cotton, others may gather up old iron and sell It, some will do odd Jobs, others will devote their salary or wages of that day to the care of the orphans. Coming down to the plain truth, if there any cause that warms the cock? les of the heart like the plea for the fatherless? Let all the people Join In the work day effort Sept. 25, and roll up a big amount for the orphans, and forward the same to such Institu? tion as each may select. PAPER LIKELY TO ADVANCE. Canada Will Probably prohibit Ex? portation of Pulp Wood. Quebec* Sept. 3.?A deputation rep? resenting all of the pulp and paper manufacturers and all of the Cana? dian owners of rights to cut timber on Crown lands in the Province of Quebee have called upon Sir' Lomer Gouln, the premier, and asked the government to prohibit the export r' pulp wood to the United States. T1k Americans having the right to cut timber on Crown lands did not Join. The matter Is to be submitted to the Cabinet, and the indications arc that the exportation of pulp wood will be prohibited throughout the Dominion. The Inevitable conse? quences will be a sharp advance in print paper throughout the United States. "GRAFT CASES" FOR TRIAL. Attorney General and Associates Will Announce Ready Soon. Columbia, Sept. 5.?Active prepar? ations are being made by Attorney General Lyon and his associate attor? neys for a trial of the dispensary "graft" cases at the coming term of court, which convenes Tuesday, with Judge Memmlnger presiding. The attorneys have been at work for some time gathering up the loose ends of the evidence obtained at in? tervals, and the cases brought up are expected to be of Interest throughout the entire country. It is not known yet when the cas^s will be called, although it Is thought that some of them will be taken up during the second week of court. All may not be brought up at the present term as each of the trials may con? sume several days and it is custom? ary to c lear the jail of prisoners Ik fore th?' other sates art started. Those now under Indictment In? clude Jaa. s. Parnum, Jno, Black, Jos. k Wylle, Jno. Bell Towlll, L \v. Boy kin, w. <?. Tamm, m , A. Ij.Imnn, Jodie If, Rawllnson, w. a. Byars and ot hers. Rights of srsj hav< been secured I foi the proposed railroad from Green? vllh lo Augusta. Bxp . ?-s elevators in Nee* fork's I tali ofnee buildings frequently run ai I ? t as five hundred feet In a mio ?U. i, J jffj BELIEVES DU. COOK HONEST. Capt. Fridtjof Nansen Says He Has Perfect Confidence in Explorer's Trustworthiness. Christiana, Sept. 5.?Capt. Fridtjof Nansen returned here last evening from Bergen. Telegrams from all parts requesting an opinion on Dr. Cook's achievement awaited him, but Capt. Nansen said that he did not wish to answer them before the par? ticulars were made public. To a cor? respondent he said that errors in the newspaper report were apparent and that certain points of the published statement required elucidation and scientific examination. Personally, however, Capt Nansen declared he had confidence in Dr. Cooks trustworthiness. He consider? ed It possible to reach the North Pole by the aid of dogs, but he pointed out that the placing of a sealed report and the planting of the Stars and Stripes in the ice were unless as the drift would take them away from the spot where they had been put down. TO BUILD THE DREADNOUGHTS. Cramps and New York Shipbuilding Company will Get the Contracts. Washington, Sept 3.?The award of the contracts for the two new "Amer? ican dreadnoughts" of 26,000 tons each, the Wyoming and the Arkansas, which are expected to be announced next week, will be made to William Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, Pa., and the New York Shipbuilding Com? pany, of Camden, N. J. The Maryland Steel Company, of Sparrow's Point, Md., which submit? ted the lowest bid for the new fleet collier to be constructed for the navy, will get the contract for that vessel. DIRECTORS TO MAKE GOOD. Held Liable For Losses On Loans To Shipbuilding Company. Saratoga, N. Y., Sept., 3.?Thirteen former directors of the Trust Company of the Republic are held responsible in a decision made public today by Justice Van Kirk, for losses sustained by the trust company through loans authorized in 1902 by its president Daniel Leroy Dresser. These loans were made from the company's funds on securities of the United States Shipbuilding Company, and restitution to the trust company was asked in a suit brought by Char? les H. Kavanaugh, a stockholder, against the directors. The action was tried before Justice Van Kirk Tn this village during the greater part of Tune and July. Justice Van Kirk holds that the de? fendant directors?Perry Belmont, ?harles D. Marvin, James McMahon, Thomas Crimmins, Charles W. Wet more, William D. Baldwin, Ballard McCall, Charles F. Brooker, George J. Gould, Eldridge G. Snow, Herbert L. Satterlee, George C. Boldt and Stuy vesant Fish?failed to perform proper? ly their duties as directors;that losae^ sustained by the trust company were due to negligence, and that the indi? vidual directors are liable for the loss? es suffered by the company luring their terms of office after August 19, 1902. when. Justice Van Kirk decides, had they performed then duties they would have learned of im? proper and reckless loans being made to Lewis Nixon, president of the United States Shipbuilding Company, and others. Up to this date, he says, nothing had occurred of sufficient im ;ortance to put the directors on their guard. Justice Van Kirk excepts George C. Boldt from liability for transactions made after July 1 and prior to Oc? tober 10, 1902, because he was nec? essarily absent from New York. The Justice also permits the defendant directors, after paying the judgment ordered in this action, to purchase back from the trust company, at a price of 7 for the common and 4 2 for preferred, stock of the Bethlehem Stock Coroporatlon, which was real? ized by the trust company in connect? ion with the items held by the court to be losses. He allows credit pro rata to the directors for 181.000, received by the trust company in its action" against the .Sheldon syndicate. In his Undings the Justice gives n<? total of the losses for which he holds the directors accountable. The action was brought to recover about $700, 00C. The Judgment awarded will, With Interest, reach about $350,000. accor? ding to the attorney for the plaintiffs J, YY. Trott, a bridgeman. was in? jured by a piece of iron falling on him While Si work on the Southern railway bridge across tin- Baluda t Ivor, The pine reachei a maximum age J ol 700 years; tb< silver dr. 426; the i larch, -T.'<; the red beech, 246; the j nrpen, 210; the birch, j<?"; the ash I i7"; the elder, 146, and the elm, 130. The Koh-l-noor diamond originally w? Ighed nearly B00 envats. but by ?uccesslve cuttings has been reduced I to 1 (Mi carats. DANES HONOR COOK. DISCOVKKF.R OF NORTH POLK GIVEN OVATION IN COPEN? HAGEN. Thousands Cheer HIni When He I www Is aiHl EntliusluHtle Welcome Extender! by King an<l DaniHli (iov eminent Ofllcials?Reception and Dinner Given by Crown Prince. Copenhagen, Sept. 4.?Dr. Fred? erick A. Cook stepped from the steamer Hans Egede in Copenhagen on the arm of the crown prince of Denmark at 10 o'clock this morning unshorn and looking like a sailor be fore the mast. He sat down to din? ner at 8 o'clock tonight In the city hall, the guest of a brilliant company of the capital's most distinguished men and women. He was arrayed In evening dress provided by the king's tailor. The hours between these events were the busiest of Dr. Cook's life. They were hours of speech-making, hand-shaking; bowing to clamoring crowds,' and then after addressing the people* wh^Almost tore him to pieces in their eagerness to see the discov? erer of the pole, Dr. Cook was the re? cipient of formal welcomes at the ho? tel, where he is the government guest. Later he lunched with ? Dr. Maurice F. Egan, the American min? ister, being plied incessantly for an hour with questions. He went through hundreds of telegrams, including con? gratulations from geographical so cities of several nations, explorers and friends, offers of exploitation, rang? ing from books to music hall engage? ments, and then hurried to the palace and gave the king and other members of the royal family a long account of his adventures. Returning to his hotel he received a battalion of correspondents, who subjected him for another hour to a merciless cross-examination, demand? ing explanations of all the criticisms that have been leveled against his claims. These questions Dr. Cook answered with the best temper, frankly and fully. Whatever may be said of Dr. Cook elsewhere, he is regarded here as a modest, frank man. The banquet was held in the mag niflcent municipal building, 400 per? sons, many of them ladles, attended. There was a preliminary reception in the lofty and spacious entrance I hall. The company marched upstairs to the air of the "Star Spangled Ban? ner." The speeches teemed with compli? ments to Dr. Cook The mayor of Copenhagen said that the name was once more enrolled among the great explorers. Minister Egan brietly pro? posed a toast to the king of Den? mark, and the corporation president, in proposing a toast to the president of the United States, spoke of the pride that mu.it be felt by the nation which could boast that it was her son who first planted the flag where no human being had ever before set foot. Dr. Cook replied in a few words to tiie compliments, modestly saying: "I thank you very much for the warm and eloquent words but I an; unable to express myself properly. It was a rather hard day for me. but 1 . ever enjoyed a day better. The Da::'/ s.aV? taken no active part in polar ex? plorations but they have been ol much importance as silent partners in almost every Arctic expedition in re? cent years. The most important fac? tor in my expedition was the Eski? mo dog world and T can not be too thankful to the Danes for the care ol the Eskimo, and now they also have instituted a mission at Cape York. Had I not met with the right Eski? mos and the right dogs and the right provisions, I could never have reach? ed the pole. I owe much to the Dan? ish nation for my success." A telegram was read conveying the congratulations of the king of Swed? en for "a brilliant deed, of which the American people may rightly be proud." Toasts to Mrs. Cook and to the Eskimos of the party were drunk. Two hundred students in Ui m marched in when the compan., re? turned to the grand hall and gave Dr. Cook a rousing cheer. They In? sisted upon a speech and sang songs. A noteworthy feature of the banquet after Dr. Cook's acceptance in the morning was that the applications for seats reached into the thousands. The most detailed account of his polar journey as yet given by Dr. Cook was gained from him by a large body of newspaper correspondent* whom he met this evening. Dr. Cook m t he ? request of the correspondent! consent? d to answer all Questions, First, he was asked whether or not the first account of his discovery of the pole could i>?' accepted as entirely his own work. He replied in the af? firmative except i'or the obvious er? tors in transmission, lb- then explain ed tin- doubl about the 30,000 square miles discovered, saying that lie meant they were able to gee i"> mtlci on euch side during their Journey t<> tic pole and" that, therefore, a hlthert > unknown territory of 30,000 square miles was now dlacovered. Dr, Cook proceeded to show that he was fully competent to take all I observations, saying that on previous expeditions he did very little observa? tion work, which usually was divided among the members of the party. "This time,*' he continued, "we had started out to reach the pole and ev? erything else was of secondary con? sideration. It was not possible to carry certain apparatus and it was impos? sible also to study the deep sea or to take soundings. We carried all neces? sary sunpb- instruments for astrono? mical observations and we were very lucky to obtain observations virtually every day. The positions noted must have been nearly correct. "We had three chronometers, one watch, compasses and pedometers. All were carefully controlled by each oth? er from time to time. The watch, however, got out of order. "We had ail the modern Instru? ment? which other explorers have had, including thermometers, barom? eter* and eextanta of the latest mod? els. It is possible that our observa? tions were better than thoee of ear? lier days, but I do not assert that I am perfectly familiar with making astronomical observations, especially In the polar regions. I think that all explorers -vflfiL-be '."aitlMied with my data. "Why should I sit down and invent observations?" he exclaimed. "I did not do this thing for anything save sport, and because I take a real in? terest in the problem. It would not do me any good to invent these things. The only witnesses I had were t\4o Eskimos, certainly, but In all polar expeditions observations have been made by one man. I re? gard the Eskimos as much more In? telligent in finding positions than the white man in the Arctic. These peo? ple, as a rule, are not absolutely ig? norant. They know that the earth Is round. They have a name for the pole, which they call the 'Big Nail.' They appreciate the work of explor? ers when participating therein. "I think Rasmussen has obtained some Information regarding my ex? peditions from the Eskimos who have learned it from the two with me. Rasmussen was there much later and his information will be published shortly, possibly tomorrow. "Concerning the ice around the pole, so far as I could see. it was slightly more active there than at one or two degrees south. It drifted some? what more to the south and east. Its general character is not very differ? ent from that at other places. We stayed around the pole for two days, making many observations. I do not claim to have put my ringer on the exact spot; I do not claim to have put my foot on it, but personally I think we have been at the spot. When the observations have been figured out again it is possible that there will be found slight errors and differences, but I am certain that a gunshot fired from where we were would have pass? ed over the pole. "We planted the Stars and Stripes at what we believed to be the pole, but did not leave the flag with a staff. Instead I placed a small silk flag in a cylinder with my card and the re? cord of the journey with the date. "The drift ice may carry the flag away, but to me that is a matter of indifference. I should have been very glad to have found land there. "I am quite prepared to place my observations before any geographical society in the world. I think there is no doubt about my obtaining authori? tative recognition. I have already re? ceived telegrams from the geographl al societies of Sweden, Norway, Den? mark, Belgium and other countries, while Amundsen, Nordenskjold, Cagni and Lecointe have acknowledged my work. I offer my observations to science the same as other men have done and I accept the responsibility. "As to the temperature at the pole it was minus 83. I took about 400 photographs, one of which shows the American flag flying. These as yet have not been developed." Questioned regarding his great speed, Dr. Cook said: "The daily distance covered on the northward trip was slightly less than 15 miles; on the southward trip it was 10 miles. This is not an abnormal distance for Eskimos on the Ice. They often travel 50 or 60 miles with dogs. One of the greatest advantages of our trip was that I did not take a famine route. We had game for a long time, perhaps for 100 miles. We fed otir dogs well throughout the winter In Greenland and ran them 400 miles, giving them fresh meat ev? ery day. Thus we brought them to the Polar sea fat and well. We had he I oat men and the best dogs. ? w lived entirely on dried meat and beef tallow, reducing the food problem to :> science. The bist trace of animals we saw was a bear track at 83 degrees, afterwards we did not even see life in the water except algae. The drift of the Ice during the entire southern trip was slightly south ? I east; tin direction of the Wind a*as generally south of weat. We found several of Sverdruh's old camps. The reason we utilised silk tents on some occasions was that we were so ex? hausted thai we had not strength to build a enow sin d. We bad careful . |y figured and planned everything so that there was no surplus weight to carry. Wit did not run short except when we went astray. "During the expedition we ate all kinds of meat. I like musk ox best, but we would eat bear or fox if the other was not obtainable. Everything tastes good when one is starving. We brought ten dogs back with us, the others having been eaten by their companions. We used the laso. traps and bows and arrows to catch game. It took two months to learn how to trap a moose. One of the men shot an elder duck with arrows." SEMINOMS PROSECUTION. Special Attorney Employed to Assist In the Prooecutlon. Columbia, Sept. 5.?-The prosecu? tion in the indictments brought and afterwards jto be presented to the grand jury in the case against those Involved in the organization of the Seminole Securities Company, will be pushed by J. V. Thurmond, an attor? ney of Edgefteld. and former solicitor of this circuit when Rich land was in? cluded in the Lexington-Edgefield ter? ritory. The cases will come up at the coming term of court if possible and It is very probable that other indict? ments will be brought then. The prosecution as planned by the receiv? ers was not pushed according to Mr. W. F. Stevenson, who was In the city yesterday, because of the difficulty in securing th* service of some of the lawyers interested in the receivership hearing, to continue in the criminal work. Mr. Stevenson is busy in the dispensary litigation and could not serve. It is thought, however, as a result of recent investigations that a number of additional warrants will be sworn out. AUGUST BAD MONTH FOR COTON. Serimis Deterioration Reported Al? most Everywhere. New Orleans, La., Sept. 5.?In sum? marizing the reports of its corres? pondents on the cotton crop for the month of August, the Times-Demo? crat will tomorrow say: Sharp deterioration has been the rule, and the loss has, in many dis? tricts amounted to a disaster. Excessively high temperatures and parching winds h&Ve forced the bolls to open prematurely and caused the plant to shed. There are complaints of damage by boll weevils in some sections, but the abnormal heat has. of course, mini? mized the ravages of all insects. Picking will soon be general. Most farmers seem inclined to sell at cur? rent prices, though there is a desire to hold at least a part of the crop for an advance. RAILROADS MUST EXPLAIN. Why Rave Separate Management for Some Short Lines?Controlled by Trunk Linos. Columbia, Sept. 4.?An important conference will be held here on Sep? tember 21, between the railroad com misssion and the presidents of the Atlantic Coast Line and Conway Coast and Western railroads. According to the sworn annual repor*s of these two roads they are one and the ? same thing, the Atlantic Oop?-t Line owning by direct purchase of 10 per cent of the stock, the conway Coast and Western, although they are operated under separate managements and offi? cers. The point the railroad commission wants to determine about this and other similar situations ovtr the State is by what rights these roads operate separately so as to charge three cent mileage for passenger service on the short line and a combination freight rate of double the locals less 20 per cent and it is a fact that it is said can not be avoided or denied, that the local rates are in some instances much higher on this short line than prevails on the main trunk lines ope? rating in the State. Ttu railroad commission's informa? tion gleaned from these annual re? ports and elsewhere, is that many of the alleges independent short lines which are allowed by law to charge higher passenger rates and whose so called independence caut'? higher freight rates under the custom and law of double the local less 20 per cent in cases of shipments over two or more sparate roads, are owned by the Atlantic Coast Line, Southern or Seaboard. Some of the smaller roads are own? ed jointly by these three principal ! oada. Many s fellow with no desire for great wealth would like to be rich enough to tel his boss .hist what he thinks of him. W. B. Westlake, formerly of Ashe n ill*- but now of r.reenville, is making srrangements to establish an after? noon paper In the latter city. \\. T. Saxon, of Greenwood, owns a violin supposed to be 23? years old. I The ginnery of J. D. Crossland in , Darlington county was destroyed by ' lire. Loss $7.000.