University of South Carolina Libraries
: * * ' if - : Vmm : ?lip lamtenj Jfpralii Established 1891 1 BAMBERQ, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1906 One Dollar a Year. ':k , = CHARLOTTE SIMMONS AGAIN. Rumored That Commander Johnson's Brother and John Strickland Fought Over Her. Conway, Nov. 16.?Various wild rumors were afloat last week of a serious cutting scrape near Pleasant Meadow in Bayboro township, between a Mr. Johnson, brother of Commander Johnson, and Mr. John Strickland. The story was in substance that the two men fell out over Charlotte Simmons, the same woman who figured here several times in the trial of Commander Johnson. Johnwm son went to a house where he saw Strickland on the piazza sitting beside Charlotte Simmons. He did not like it and one thing brought on another until the men fought, Johnson Oim/ilrlnn/l eft corinncl v that. CUbUlig OU ItmoilU ou it was rumored he had died. Rumor H\' also had it that Johnson himself was badly used up and unable to be out. \ . On the one hand the report is denied by some people who ought to .) know if such a thing had occurred. Others say the story is substantially correct. No steps in a legal way have been taken in the matter, so far as known. r * i , -f To Succeed firs. Young. The announcement is made that the Fairfax Enterprise, the paper so well known through its late editor, ; . Mrs. Virginia D. Young, will be continued by her husband, Dr. Young, . and that the editor will be Mrs. Sake D. Meehan, who is interested with f ' her husband, Mr. John T. Meehan, in the conduct of the Carolina Citizen of .Taflforsnrt and also the new month Ip-, ly, The Pithfork.^ New Advertisements. , W. A. KLAUBER. 3i,This is the last week of the stapendoas T- reduction sale at Klaaber's. Hundreds of buyers have already attended and been surprised at the prices at which desirable /' sad seasonable goods are going. The sale i*a tremendous snccess, bat this was a Bp;';', foregone conclusion on account of the r ^ reductions made on all goods. This week is the time to supply yoar wants for the winter, so be sure to attend. See the ; special prices quoted in the half page ad. './ this week. Geo. J. Hiers et al?Trespass Notice. T Southern Railway?Haliday Rates. ; Moye's Grceery Store?The Inside of 0 Canned Goods. ' Theodore Kohn?November Specials. h '0 W. H. Patrick?When You Want a [i* Bicycle. G. ?. Hutto, Administrator?Notice to 1 Debtors and Creditors. $ . J.'A. Rentz?Citation for Letters of Administration on Estate of J. I. Rentz. Ifr FAMOUS STRIKE BREAKERS. rrn? ? Ki*aoborQ in the "V.- XUC UiUSk lauiuuo ovtmu vavuuvaw <m wuw land are Dr. King's New Life Pills. When ?> ;' liver and bowels go on strike, they quickly settle the trouble, and the purifying ! v* - work goes right on. Best cure for constipation, headache and dizziness. 25c at Hoover's Ding Store and J. B. Black's. ?MASTER'S SALE. yfe, By virtue of a decree of Hon. Geo. W. Ifcfe'.-- Gage in the case of Elliott V. Steedly vs. Elliott P. Steedly et al., I will sell to the *' . highest bidder for cash, at public auction, - - before the Court House, at Bamberg, be& jV tween the usual hours of sale, on Monday, the third ?ay of December next, all ~ j that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, tying and being in Bamberg, county, in this State, containing two hundred and * nineteen acres, more or less, aud bounded on the North by laud of W. B. Smith, i'V < East by lands of Adam Besinger and Mary England, South by lands of Mary England, and West by lands of John M. Parker. If bid is not complied with within one hour land will be resold at k purchaser's risk. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. FOLK, Master Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., November 13,1906. TAX NOTICE. The county treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and al} other taxes from the 15th . \ day of October, 1906, until the loth day of March, 1907, inclusive. f From the 1st day of January, 1907, until the 21st day of January, 1907, a penalty of 1 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the first day of February, 1907, until the 28th day of February, v 1907,* a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1907, until the 15th day of March, ift/v? a nonaltv of H ner cent, will be IffVI) a J/vuw.J ? ? ? added to all unpaid taxes. The following is the levy: For State purposes, 5 mills. For county purposes, 4 mills. 'Constitutional school tax, 3 mills. f Total, 12 mills. SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. f' Bamberg, No. 14,5 mills. PBinnaker's No. 12, 3 mills. Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills. Colston, No. 18,2 mills. Cuffie Creek, No. 17,2 mills. Denmark, No. 21, 3 mills. Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills. -V v Govan, No. 11, 3 mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 16,1 mill. Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills. Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills. Heyward,No. 24,2 mills. Lees, No. 23, 4 mills. Midway, No. 2,2 mills. Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills, v' ' Olar, No. 8, 4 mills. All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederate soldiers or sailors, who are exempt at fifty years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. Capitation dog tax, fifty cents. , Parties returning property in more than one school district will not forget to ask for receipts for each district. I will receive the road commutation tax ($2.00) from October 15th, 1906, until March 1st, 1907. JNO. F. FOLK, Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., October 2,1906. jB f ri: IN THE PALMETTO STATE. _? ^ INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading J Pungent Paragraphs About Men , and Happenings. ' There was a wreck on the Southern u a few miles above Columbia last Friday. Two white flagmen were killed 11 and several others injured. k The barn and stables of W. S. For- J rest, in Saluda county, were burned v one night last week. A negro named f William Abney has been arrested, 0 charged with the crime. ^ The trustees of Chicora college at ii Greenville have decided to spend t ?? .1 1 n $25,UUU m improvements ana enlarge- a ment of the college. The college is now under control of the Presbyteries J Andrew Carnegie has written to ? Richard Carroll that he would give him $5,000 for his work in maintaining an orphanage and industrial ^ school for negroes near Columbia. j! Two deaths have occurred recently k at the South Carolina University in d Columbia from typhoid fever. Both of the young men were students, h Several others are sick with the same q disease. A negro named Boyd Connor was jj shot in Greenwood last Friday by _ Policeman Turner. He resisted ar- . rest and attacked the officer. It was * thought at first that he was fatally ^ wounded, but he mav eet well. The four-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Haigler was burned to death in Aiken last Friday. The s mother had left the child in a room a and a few moments later its screams g brought her back.to find its clothing t in flames. % t The mattress factory of W.4 C. J Allen, in Spartanburg, was burned 0 last Thursday afternoon. The fire ? was discovered about three o'clock in J a pile of excelsior just outside the ? building. The loss is $3,000, with no J insurance. 1 c Mary E. Singleton, a negro school t teacher, was caught by a backing f freight engine on a trestle near Wal- \ halla last week and run over. She was thrown off the trestle, both legs 1 were cut off and her thigh crushed, c A young negro girl with her was also t struck and dangerously hurt. The \ woman died but the girl may recover, c Frank C. Wrenn, the white man in 1 Greenwood county who shot and s ??? a# o nrtilfoAQnriAK I 3 M11CU U11C VI a DCU1U U1 niuvw?|f^;vxu when they came to his house one night to take him out and whip him, was tried in Greenwood last week and the solicitor consented to have Judge Aldrich direct the foreman of , the jury to write a verdict of "not guilty," and this was done. Cilia Young, a negro woman, was struck by a street car in Spartanburg one day last week and received in- c juries from which she died a few days later. She was standing on the track talking to some negro men, who were on the sidewalk, fend failed 1 to heed the gong of the approaching car. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that she came to her death i through her own negligence./ { BOUGHT LIQUOR IRREGULARLY? * Judge McDonald Submits His Report ! But State Board Keeps It-Close. Columbia, Nov. 14.?Judge J. E. s McDonald, of Winnsboro, employed J several months ago by the present ; State board of dispensary directors * to look into some $800,000 worth of purchases made by the former board { and to give his opinion as to whether \ some of these accounts should not be J refused payment on the ground of J fraud, has made his report, but the " board has not yet given this out for 3 publication. 1 It is understood that the report is of h highly sensational character; that the attorney discovers that some $300,000 worth was purchased in an \ irregular way; that much of it has ( been shipped back, and that still . more should go back. \ Several members of the dispensary . investigating committee voted last ( crrvmnnr hrklrl 11T1 all tllPSP flPOOUTltS . X1I5 WV liV4U ??? WWW ?www*. and let the legislature say which j should be paid, if any, but by a nar- \ row majority the accounts were , turned over to the board to be paid J at the board's discretion. The board has already paid over * $300,000, owing still about $500,000, and it is charged that the new board has been playing favorites before it ; got its own attorney's opinion. - . Harried la Georgia. Miss Sophia Barr and Mr. J. A. Lindsay were married Sunday, Nov- j ember 4th, at the home of the bride's < brother, Mr. H. Spann Barr, near 1 Statesboro, Ga. Miss Barr was a resident of Den- ] mark for a number of years in the home of Capt. J. B. Guess, and has < friends and relatives in Bamberg and Edgefield. Mr. Lindsay is a resident of Bullock county, Ga. He is president of Lindsay, Sons & Co., ginners and saw mill mill operators. To the happy couple we join their many friends in congratulations. KILLING IN LAURENS. foung John Atkinson Shot From Ambush at Goldville Saturday. Laurens, November 18.?News pas received here this morning of he killing at Goldville, this county, ast night of John Atkinson, a young nill operative at the Banna cotton nill, located at Goldville. Particulars of the affair are very neagre, but it is reported that At- 1 :inson was shot. at 11 o'clock last light as he was passing between the ] nill building and the railroad on his : pay home. One report is to the ef- i ' ^ 1 ect max ne was in cuinp<uijc ui tww ther young men and was fired upon : >y someone concealed behind a buildng. On the other hand, it is stated 1 hat Atkinson was alone when the ' ssassin got in his work. Young Atkinson killed his father, < ohn Atkinson, Sr., at Goldville ' bout two years ago while the old 1 nan, who in a. drunken rage was i dripping Mrs. Atkinson, his wife, '> nd mother of young Atkinson. At ' he following term of court the grand ' ury returned "no bill" against At- i :inson. He had a wife and two chilren. ' i Sheriff Duckett and his deputy j lave gone to the scene and the in- I luest will be held this afternoon. ' The killing of Atkinson last night j nakes the fourth murder committed n Hunter township since last spring j -two white and two colored?and j ne unru assassiiiauuu m uauicuo ounty within the last two months? ne white and two colored. Charged With Arson. < Mr. D. Besinger, of the Midway ' ection, is being prosecuted for arson nd the preliminary hearing was be;un here last Friday before Magisrate W. R. Wright. After the tes- : imony was all in, the magistrate eserved his decision until the next 1 [ay, when he announced that there ras not sufficient testimony to hold < dr. Besinger, but he would set an- i ther hearing for Tuesday, at which ime the prosecutors could produce < urther testimony. The hearing was ; oncluded Tuesday, and the magisrate decided to hold Mr. Besinger : or trial in the circuit court, and he vas remanded to jail.1 The prosecutor in the case is Mr. \ W. Richardson, a brother-in-law ?f the accused, and "'the charge is hat Mr. Besinger set fire to^and >urned a dwelling house in order to btain the insurance. The property s insured in the name of Mr. Beinger's wife, the amount being !1,500, so we have heard. Mrs. tichardson, her mother, has a life state in the property, but at her leath it is to go to Mrs. Besinger. Jno. R. Bellinger, Esq., who repesents Besinger, will go to Barnveil tonight (Wednesday) to make a - * i t i : notion tor Dan oeiore juage uage, vho is presiding at court there now. t is said the evidence against Mr. Sesinger is very weak, and no diffi:ulty in obtaining bail is apprehended FOUL MURDER IN HAflPTON. -. B. Padgett Called to His Door and Shot to Death. Brunson, Nov. 16.?Mr. L. B. 5adgett, a prosperous tenant farmer iving alone about two miles from his town, was called to his door ibout nine o'clock last night and hot to death. The murder was bund out early this morning by a lear neighbor. The load from a hotgun was fired into the head of ;he murdered man. The object of ;ho murder was evidently robbery, is Padgett was known to have several hundred dollars in cash. The ilothes of the dead man showed they lad been searched by bloody hands md the money taken. The neighjorhood is . aroused and diligent search is being made. Mr. Padgett vas a Confederate veteran and served n Virginia in Hampton's cavalry. Honor Roll of Denmark School. * First grade?Wieters Califf, Margaret Milhous, Clara Wyman, MilIred Lee, Johnson Rowell. Second grade?Fitz Hugh Cox, 3hristabel Mayfield, Jesse Stone, Virginia Hutto, Maud Creech, Grady jarris. Third grade?Helen Milhous, Maud Ellzey, Walker Hog-, Willie Califf, Marshall Gillam, Elizabeth Brux, Wolsey Kearse, William Hallman, Earl Cain. Fourth grade?Reynolds Wiggins, Josephine Faust, Shuler Owens, Ruth Guess, Mattie Creech, Hubert Driggs, Virginia Faust, Gary Hightower, William Hightower, * Ethel Wicker. Fifth grade?Wildon Cain, George Hallman, Tindal Califf, Stanwix Mayfield, Eugene McNeely, Julia Goolsby. Sixth grade?Jennie Hallman, F. H. McCrae, Martha Ray, Roy Tyler, Claudia Nix, Lois Ray, Annie Lou Collins. Seventh erade?Boyce Steadman, Blonde Barton. Eighth grade?Azile Nix, Sadelle Guess, Ruby Guess, Marion Riley. Ninth grade?Pansy Smoak, Alma Folk. Tenth grade?Lottie Kearse. Governor Heyward has issued his proclamation setting apart Thursday, November 29th, as Thanksgiving Day. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.! SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Aronnd the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, November 19.?Yesterday was a warm day for the time of year. Rev. T. L. Belvin preached last night .to a very large congregation for the town. Weather was favorable and the turn out was as good. Mr. Belvin preached his last sermon for us before going to conference. Mr. Isaiah Rentz, who has been working for C. Ehrhardt & Sons for two months or more, went home last week to_help grind cane. return ed last Thursday afternoon and on Friday morning while at breakfast table at 7 a. m. he took a chill. Was not long before hemorrhage set in and at 7 p. m. he was a corpse. His father and two of his sisters and their brother-in-law were present and witnessed his departure from this life. Mr. Rentz- was a fine young man and was liked by all who knew him. The day he died I am told was his birthday. It was sad indeed to see his father mourning for his favorite son, his sisters for their loved brother. Our sympathy is with them in their bereavement. Isaiah was laid to rest by the Knights at old Bethlehem grave yard near the Clear Ponds. A good young man in every respect is taken from our midst. Our mail will commence today to come in earlier?eleven a. m. in place of 12.20 p. m. as heretofore. Jee. Branchville Brevities. IJranchville, Nov. 16.?Mr. Alfred Utsey, the popular clerk of Mr. Perry C. Dukes, spent Thursday night in Bamberg, visiting friends. Mr. Oscar Smoak will leave for Orangeburg Monday to work in one of the banks there, to become conversant with the position that he will occupy with the Peoples Bank of Branchville, which will commence business the fifteenth of January, next. Mr. J. W. Black, assistant cashier of the Bank of Branchville, is now up, convalescing from an attack of hemorrhagic fever. Capt. J. R. Hamilton and others will go to Columbia next week to be present at the unveiling of the Hampton monument. Mr.- A. H. Bruce, of Bamberg, has accepted a position with Mr'. Hebron Berry, at this place. Mr. W. A. Dukes, special constable here, is still foreclosing mortgages. He brought in two cows yesterday. The contractors of the Southern Railway, are now grading the public road for two side-tracks, regardless of the many kicks that the people are making ip their protest. The railroad people claim that this is on the company's land, and it is impossible for the town council to do anything. ? Dr. L. J. Mann is convalescing from an attack of illness which has kept him confined to his room for one week. Dr. Kivy Pearlstine is assisting in, the Bank" of Branchville during illness of Messrs. J. M. Tucker and J. W. Black, the cashier and assistant cashier of that bank. County Affairs. For the last week or two Mr. D. H. Wise, county auditor of Aiken county, has been in Bamberg, giving a most thorough and exhaustive examination to the books of our county officials. This investigation was J - _J. -Li__ J:?4-1,n rrr?o-nr1 maut: at uie uuctuuu ui ww g.cum jury. The work has taken some time and cost money, but it has been well done, and our county officials have reason to be proud of the showing. In the report filed by Mr. Wise he says the books were the best he has ever examined, and only one or two minor errors were found. County Supervisor Bruce, County Treasurer Folk, and County Auditor Rowell have reason to congratulate themselves over the fine showing made and for the excellent condition of the affairs of theiP respective offices. T1 e report of Mr. Wise not only shows that the books of these officers are finely kept, but it also shows the county to be in excellent financial condition. When the tax books were opened for the collection of taxes, the county had on hand in cash something like $7,000. It begins to look like the county can pay all expenses next year-and levy no taxes at all. Maybe a Lynching. In Newberry county last Saturday - n ttrnff fol/OTI Q <11 It!! I1UUU <X XiC^I \J woo Muibu ^ jl vin V. magistrate's constable by a mob of masked men and it is feared he was lynched. The negro had some trouble with his landlord in reference to gathering some corn for division and he refused to gather it. When two white men went into the field to gather the corn he fired on them. He was arrested, and the constable was on the way to Newberry jail when the white men overpowered him and took the negro away. No trace of the negro dead or alive has been found. BARNWELL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. Interesting Account of the Semi-Centenaial Meeting at Denmark. In its semi-centennial session, the Barnwell association met at Den- s mark on October 25-27, with the j Baptist church there. The Denmark ; Baptists have a handsome new house ? of worship and are making progress z in a gratifying way. The Rev. H. J. ^ Snider is the pastor and he is de- i servedly popular with the church ( and community. I Organization was effected Thursday ( morning by re-electing the officers 1 of last year, R. M. Mixon, modera- c tor; W. D. McMillan, clerk, and J. A. 1 Jenkins, treasurer. The letters from < the churches were read in part, but t /^nt-inrr fV>e> mem-finer +V10 nilos woro \ UUi illg W11V V11V J.W1VW ff v*v so changed that the reading of church 1 letters will hereafter be dispensed i with. In the much-regretted absence of the Rev. C. M. Billings, of Blackville, 1 on account of illness in his home, the Rev. V. I. Masters preached the introductory sermon by request. On Thursday night a very inter- i esting session was held, the chief 1 feature of which was the considera- 1 tion of State miasions. The Rev. i M. M. Benson, of Barnwell, read a t capital report and spoke well for the i cause, after which Assistant Secre- i tary Derieux made an entirely ef- t fective and satisfactory prespntation I of the cause, treating the various i activities of the board in detail, and placing the work on the consciences \ of the brethren. t Friday, morning matters of inter- i est were disposed of, after which 2 semi-centennial exercises of the body c were observed. The venerable W. D. i McMillan, who was to have present- c ed a written historical sketch, instead 1 presented orally interesting facts as ] to the times when John G. Williams, 1 W. D. Rice, Arthur Buist, Fred San- j ders, and others now gone, lived and 1 served as a benediction to the body. The Barnwell association history 1 would embrace some of the most < -1 - ? J. ? L_ _r . SlgTUlIcaill* locts U1 XMUbiSb givnui I in South Carolina. We hope Bro. i McMillan or some one, will yet write 1 it, and we know of no one more con- 1 versant with the facts than W. D. i McMillan. The sermon by the Rev. W. M. Jones was from the text: "Sirs, we i would see Jesus." It was eminently apt and fit, and made a strong im- 1 pression. Dr. C. C. Brown was present, scheduled to speak presently for the 1 aged ministers work; and Bro. J. D. Huggins was there, and was to speak for home missions. Before these and other matters had been attended to I had departed on a southward Seaboard train, seeking Walterboro and the Colleton association. NOTES. The Barnwell association1 takes i root finely in the past, and it is also now taking hold of the present with renewed vigor and efficiency. Jones, Billings, Garner, Foster, Snider, Benonn TTair fJlnvpr arid Raxlev are the fresh blood which have entered the association's pulpits. They have en- ' tered into the labors of noble men, and still at their side are McMillan, ' Britton and Askew, who have for ( many years served in the association J and blessed the lives of many. \ The Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Foster, of j Bamberg, have both been ill. Bro. j Foster, we are glad to say, is up kj again. He is doing a fine work at j Bamberg. Well confirmed rumor has it that the handsome young Denmark pastor is soon to wed. Congratulations j to you, Bro. Snider. Pastor M. M. Benson, of Mt. i Arnon, Friendship, and Long Branch churches, has built up his field ably. This young Mercer graduate -has force in him, and is winning gulden opinions. Colporter-pastor W. G. Britton is highly appreciated and regarded by the brethren in Barnwell, nis nome, association. He merits it. He-has abundant common sense and is a shrewd judge of human nature. In doing the work of the Master Bro., Britton is untiring and true. Anew church, organized by him, was received into the association at Denmark. The hospitality of Denmark was beautiful, and the attendance excellent. Delegates from three of the larger churches were entertained in Senator Mayfield's home alone, and he was asking for more. Where he put them I do not know, for Senator Mayfield built a "temporary" residence on the destruction of the fine old home by fire. He was going to build a larger one soon. But the snug temporary home is yet the home,? so busy has this remarkably energetic and capable gentleman been with affairs. By the . way, a low country Carolina home is the most expansive thing I ever saw. In a cosy little domicile in the country I was once entertained with more than twenty. And we slept comfortably too.?V. I. M. in Baptist Press. B. B. Finucan, of Summerville, has been appointed sheriff of Dorchester county. Coroner Kizer took charge of the office under the law when Sheriff Limehouse was suspended, but the coroner has resigned, saying that he could not attend to the office and his private business. / SA'. 1 a. . *-y BANK OF BLACKVILLE. To Begin Business With Fifty Thousand Dollars Capital. Aiken, Nov. 16?With a capital itock of $50,000 the Bank of Blackrille was organized on Wednesday, rhe entire capital has been subscribed in equal amounts by Aiken ind Blackville citizens and the bank vill be ready for business on Jan'. 2. Vt the organization the following )fficers were elected: A. H. Neeson, jresident; Mr. Johnson, cashier; Dr: Dhas. F. McGahan, James Powell,' si 3. M. Dibble and C. K. Henderson, )f Aiken, A. H. Neeson, J. M. Far*ell, Herman Brown and Mr. Grim, A Blackville, directors. Those in- ~ :erested report a gratifying outlook :or the new institution, which is jacked by the leading financiers of - % Mken and Barnwell counties. A GREAT MARINE PAGEANT. rha Great Naval Display at the Jamestown |jj Exposition Ter-Centennial Next Year. vr T 7 a 'I'L ? ^.^^4-^4- \ INUIWULA, VA. IXlC^LCitUCSJt CVCUU1 ytt n the naval history of the world will J ake place on the waters'of Hampton ifcoads during the continuance of the ^ lamestown Ter-Centennial Exposi;ion, which will be opened by the ; $jg )resident of the United States at loon on the 26th day of April and vhich will close on- the 30th day of ' ? November at midnight of the comng year, 1907, The maratime powers of the world Ji vill be there represented by the craft -J hat is making and has made them iamous. Every European, Asiatic md American country which boasts 1 )f a navy will send a representation ) t md this will be maintained through- ' mt the six months of the expositions V$j Phus there will be had a constant and panoramic view of the great seaighters, as the ships will be changed from time to time m order that the ' % jest may be shown and seen. This great display will be in the J lature of a homecoming fortheiron- M dad floating fortresses of the pres- i?| sht day, for the site of their anchor- ip age in Hampton roads is the scene of m the first battle that ever took place between ships , of that construction. On April 8-9,1862, the Mom- J| tor under the command of Captain V $g Winslow of the United States Navy* \ , and the Merrimac, under the com-, k ^ mand of Captain Buchanan of the Confederate. States navy met in dead- ^ ly conflict in Hampton Roads. It M - ** n % t , .vIB was the tirst clash oetween ironciaos. is The navies of the world are now made up of ironclads and hence the ^ j appropriateness of a reunion on the "J site of their initial test. This display will, mark an epoch in history. These huge monsters of destruction and death will meet to- M gether in amicable salute. The end of international peace will be largely subserved and strengthened by that assemblage and its instructive value v* to the millions of exposition visitors will be paramount. :% The romance of the sea, its fury, |a its horror, as well as its calm and at- % traction will be exhibited to the '[. mind and impressed on the heart. ? The ever present element of danger ' ; |j will be seen through an environment f of stately and formidable impressiveness. It will be a metaphor of the ocean, vast, expansive, overwhelm- \*' ing, yet cheering, ennobling and up- % lifting. It will be a sight worth seeing. It will hardly ever again occur | in the world's history. Dangerous Business* It has come to our knowledge that some people around town have been foolitig with the arc lamps on the streets?raising and lowering them v'$ by the rope attached. This is a very , v dangerous proceeding, especially in wet weather, for the rope will get charged with electricity and may do considerable hurt to a person handling it. Persons have been killed, by 1 touching the wire cable used to lower * and raise arc lamps, and while rope is not quite so good a conductor of electricity as wire cable, still there is ;'. considerable risk attached to handling it, especially by those who have >; no experience with electric current. This notice is fair warning to everybody to keep their hands off these lamp ropes. If you handle them and get killed; no one will be . > to blame but yourself. Then, too, these lamps are city property -and you have no right to touch or meddle with them in any way. Persons ^ caught tampering with, the lamps on the streets are liable to arrest and fine or imprisonment, and the mayor has assured us that he will impose heavy sentences, on any who are brought before him on this charge. ~ ? ' ? x x- ?X I...U so 11 you aon i warn, to get mu t vi be fined or imprisoned, leave the arc lamps alone. If a lamp is out and it is near your house and you want the light, report the matter at the power house?but keep your h^nds off the ? lamp. Honor Roll of Govan School. ' High school?Miss Lizzie Kennedy. Sixth and seventh grades?Lida Williams, Lottie Fail, Nettie. Nim- * mons. ? Fourth and fifth grades?Jessie ' Zorn, Corrie Kennedy,Lila Lancaster, Milton Fail, Wilbur Williams. Third grade?May Eubanks. Second grade?David Zorn, Gilmore Lancaster, Hattie Sue Williams. ' v| j^f