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r/\ ' v DYING OF MAD DOG'S BITE. , Dog Sprang Into Face of Matthew Berman, Biting His Underlip Off. Elberton, Ga., Oct. 28.?Mr. Matthew Berman, who was bitten four weeks ago by a mad dog, is now awaiting a most awful end, that of death from hydrophobia. Physicians in charge say that he has all the symptons, and that it is simply a question of time when the end will , come. He is fully aware of his condition, and has accepted the dreadful truth with the calmness of a stoic, lying on his bed very quietly, except when seized with a paroxyism of trembling. At the sight of water, or even the mention of it he immediately makes a noise like that of a dog barking. The physicians say this is really not V > a bark, as is supposed to be the case, i>. but that water is so repugnant to his ? system that the mere thought of it acts upon the muscles in such a manner as to force the air out of the " \ lungs, thus producing the noise so iv> much like the bark of a dog. On the night of October 1st, while returning from his store, a dog sprang into the face of Mr. Berman, biting his underlip entirely off. It ' .was too dark to see the dog, which M-\. Immediately disappeared, and it was <:? impossible to say whether or not it fig* was mad. Mr. Berman went to Atlanta to the Pasteur Institute the following day and took the treatment there for two weeks, at the end of which time he iL- returned to Elbcrton, continuing the treatment at home. The physicians at the institute told him at the time ik that he could not have been bitten &vv in a worse place. He seemed to be BP# <getting along nicely, however, and Safe not until last night did any symptoms of hydrophobia appear. Mr. Berman is a highly respected merchant of Elberton, having been in business here for a number of years. ;>f He hds a wife and several children. ' The entire city is stirred up over k the . calamity and there is some fear 0.-, th'.c the dog, which was never found, J; vv, may have bitten other dogs. To pre"v vent, as far as possible, any danger 1,^ . from this source, the city has passed jfej-an ordinance that all dogs allowed to run at large, must be muzzled, which law has already gone into effe:vfect Dies in Agony. fe&iA. Elberton, Ga., Oct. 29.?Matthew ^ feerman, the merchant who was bitten by a mad dog on the night of October 1st, died last night at 11 o'clock, after an illness of two days from hydrophobia. Iy . Mr. Berman did not become violent t until yesterday afternoon before his m, death. One great fear in his lucid | [moments seemed, to be that he would Injure somebody. About 6 o'clock he i broke loose from his attendants and jumped through the window. He was brought back to the house, but later broke away again, and running to the bath room drank water as if ; be could never get enough. He / seemed to be burning up with thirst. L^ter last night he asked that he be strapped to his bed, and this request p: - ,was complied with. j||g: Just before he died, after one of his paroxisms, he asked that every one leave his room. Though strapped to the bed his fear that he would injure some one was so great that he wanted to be alone. It was soon after this, while alone, that he died. ft " Stray Shot Killed Negro Boy. ; ^Laurens, Oct. 28.?Quite an unfortunate accident, since accident it app'r. pears to have been from present re& , ports, occurred late yesterday afterjfev' noon in the western part of the city, When Abe Shell, a little negro boy, ip aged six was shot through the bowels with either a pistol or rifle, inflict\ ing a wound that proved fatal. The boy was standing in the front yard 4 : r\t hia home near the Dower house ' w^en be was bit. He at once went to #(} ' bed, where his mother coming in a ?P^ little later found him. She communicated with the police seeking medical aid for her" child which was secured. ^ It is reported that two or three young v,. v white hoys of the city were in the Copeland woods nearby shooting and -K the supposition is that a stray shot from their guns or pistois struck the negro boy. 'c After being shot the boy lived about -iV fifteen hours. m* ??? ^ V! Minister to Pay Fine. fcv Atlanta, Oct. 27.?Rev. Walt Holcombe, son-in-law of the late Rev. Sam P. Jones, must pay the penalty inflicted by the court in Cartersville after he was convicted of using objectionable language in the presence T: of ladies. For the court of appeals Bald as much to-day in a decision affirming the decision of the lower court and which declared that the - . defendant was clearly guilty. Holcombe was charged with having referred to a woman in the congregation in an indecent and offensive manner, was tried and convicted. The decision is a lengthy one and goes into discuss what sort of language is meant by the law covering m. Action In enootinff nf TTnl CUL^r 4U^OHVU. x IX oyvuuiu^ VTA. AAV* combe's conduct the court says: /- "It was not the ribaldry of some low grade comedian in some second class theatre, it was the indecent jest of a minister of the gospel made in a house devoted to the service of God, in the presence o" some three thousand worshippers, aimed at a female member of the congregation." The case created a big sensation in Cartersville at the time. The offense was committed by Holcombe in the Tabernacie in that city. Mr. RiCe Withdraws. On Tuesday Mr. Hayne F. Rice entered the race for alderman and signed his pledge and paid the fee for entrance. Aftrwards, however, he discovered that ne was not eligible, inasmuch as he now holds an office of trust, being a member of the State Board of Education. The law prescribes that no man can hold two offices of trust and honor. When Mr. Rice saw this he withdrew immediately. As he was the fourteenth man, his withdrawal leaves the unlucky thirteen to do the battle of the ballots.?Aiken Journal and Review. j t STORY OF A NIGHT RIDER. Ted Burton Tells of Part He Played in Putting Captain Quentin Rankin to Death. Tiptonville, Tenn., Oct. 28.?"Ted" Burton, the self-confessed night rider, told a remarkable story to-day of night-rider depredations near Reel Foot lake, concerning the part he played in the outrages which reached a culmination in the putting to death of Captain Quentin Rankin, an attorney of Trenton, Tenn., on the banks of Reel Foot lake a week ago, and implicating men prominent in this part of the State. Of the persons who he declares had a part in the killing of Captain Rankin more than half are now in custody at Camp Nemo, the military base near Samburg. The confession was made at the Tiptonville jail to Sheriff Haines, Judge Harris, owner of a large tract of land in the Reel Foot lake region who has suffered at thA hands of the riders and LUUVU MV v*** ?- ? Mayor Cleveland Donelson of Tiptonville. The confession was made freely voluntarily and apparently without a qualm of conscience he glibly unfolded his story. While Burton denies that he was present when Captain Rankin, was put to death, he admits it was through information given by him that the band congregated and took the attorney while he was staying at the hotel at Walnut Log. According to Burton's confession, Tom and Garret Johnson, under arrest, and William Watson, under bond in connection with another raid, were the leaders of the band. Burtpn declares that the first part he played as a member of the nightrider band was when he aided in the burning of a fish wharf at Samburg. Several weeks later he was one of the several that crossed the county line from the Reel Foot region into the adjoining county of Lake, and whipped Justice of the Peace. Winn, an aged man. Coming to the killing of Capt. Rankin, Burton declared that on the night before the lynching he went to Walnut Log and there met James F. Carpenter, an attorney of Union City, at whose solicitation Rankin and Judge R'. Z. Taylor, associated in the West Tennessee Company, owners nf thp land on which the lake is sit uated, came to the'lake. It was stated that the visit of the two attorneys was to discuss a timber deal with Carpenter. After the conversation Burton says he communicated with the night-rider leaders and told of the intended visit of the representatives of the land company. On the following night he saw the two attorneys at supper at the Walnut Log Hotel, but he declares he left Walnut Log early in the night and went out on the lake to fish. He says that he was fishing when he heard the shots which ended the life of Captain Rankin, hut he did not return to the shore for some time. In his confession Burton gave the names of no fewer than forty alleged members of the night riders. Couldn't Keep House. Worchester Mass., Oct. 29.?When T nilie Uinrtli O erranitfk /Mlttpr. .rft JJUUAO tf&lUVli) U Q&MMAvv vv? , ? ? turned home from work to-night, he found his wife, aged nineteen, and their year-old baby dead in bed with their throats cut. A medical examiner decided the woman killed the child and then suicided with the same weapon, her husband's razor. The woman left a letter to her husband, in which she declared she loved him, but was going to end her life because she did not know how to be a housekeeper. I New Pastorate Formed. " Lodge, Oct. 17.?St. John's in Bamberg County,' Carter's Ford and Smoaks churched in Colleton have united into a pastorate for the next associational.year and have called the Rev. George A. Martin to be pastor. Rev. Martin comes from Williamston, in Anderson county, and is a young , man of splendid ability. He brings with him the best wishes of a host of friends in his former home. .The The Association meeting is near at hand and wfe hope to have one of the best ever held. The Origin of Woman. According to a Hindoo legend this is the proper origin of. woman: Twashtri, the god Valcan of the HinTYiTrfhAl/Mrxr fVio nnrlH UUV UL1/ WUV1V5 J y V4 VMVVV& VUV but on his commencing to create woman, he discovered that for man he had exhausted all his creative materials, and that not one solid element had been left. This, of course, greatly perplexed Twashtri, and caused him to fall into a profound meditation. When he aroused from it he proceeded as follows. He took: The roundness of the moon. The undulating curve of the serpent. The graceful twist of the creeping plant. The light shivering of the grassblade and the slenderness of the willow. The velvet of the flowers. The gentle gaze of the doe. The frolicsomeness of the dancing sunbeam. The tears of the cloud. The inconsistency of the'wihd. The vanity of the peacock. i. UU llllliuilj Ui (,11V lldl V? The hardness of the diamond. The cruelty of the tiger. The chill of the snow. The cackling of the parrot. The cooing of the turtle dove. All these he mixed together and formed a woman. And he presented her to man. ?Philippine^ Gossip. Train Hits Log Cart. Florence, Oct. 29.?Train No. 32 from Augusta was derailed near Pinewood this evening. The engine of the fast train struck a log cart as it was passing across the track, tearing away the pilot and derailing the engine. Engineer J. L. Wysong was at the throttle, but neither he nor any one on the train was injured. An engine was sent to the disabled train and it came on into Florence, reaching here about Iwo hours later.' i "N COTTOX AS A SURPLUS. State Farmers* Union Adopts Resolution. Columbia, Oct. 29.?At a joint mass meeting last night in the court house of Farmers' Union men and cotton growers of this State a resolution offered by United States Senatorelect Smith memorializingthecoming Memphis and New Orleans conventions to join this state in a movement to pledge every individual farmer in the South to raise his own home provisions and plant cotton as a surplus crop next season and work for assistance of banks to carry over the fertilizer note3 and use less fertilizers and hold all the cotton possible, was adopted by a unanimous vote. A resolution offered by Executive Committeeman Perritt of the Farmers' Union to cut out commercial fertilizers entirely next year was voted down by a narrow majority. | 1 TV ? um ?7 I IV. J.DCUI CARRIAGE WORKS ANYTHING ON WHEELS Delivery wagons, one and two horse farm wagons, ice wagons, log carts, sewing machine wagons, or any kind of special work built to order on short notice. First-class repair and paint shop, does pipe work and carries piping and fixtures, brass fittings, engine supplies, injectors, steam gauges, engine oils, large stock of buggies, harness, lap robes and whips for sale cheap. All work will be appreciated and satisfaction guaranteed \ D. J. DELK BAMBERG, S. C. J. H. DIXON I Aacbioist and Engineer I General Repair Shop. I We repair all kinds of machinery a and carry a full line of Pipe, Pipe Fit tings, Valves, Injectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. Bring your engine and have the cylinder bored. Make It rim like new and give you more power. Bring your cotton gins and press parts and have them repaired before the busy season. A stitch tn time saves nine. We repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mills; In fact we run a hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring It In and have it cured. Lias engines and automobile engine cylinders bored, and new pistons and rings made that won't leak. Gives you more power and better efficiency. We reSair and charge storage batteries, all when In trouble and see what we can do.* SHOP AT COTTON MILL TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1908, until the 15th day of March, 1909. From the 1st da^of January, 1909, until the 31st day of January, 1909, a penalty of 1 per cent, will be added to all- unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1909, until the 28th day of February, 1909, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1909, until the loth day of March, 1909, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. Following is the levy: For State purposes, 5% mills. For county purposes, 3 mills. Constitutional school tax, 3 mills. Total, 11 Vz mills. Special school levies: Bamberg, No. 14, 7 mills. 'Binnaker's, No. 12, 4 mills. Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills. Colston, No. 18, 2 mills. Cuffie Creek, No. 21, 6 mills. Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills. EhThardt, No. 22, 2 mills. Govan, No. 11, 4 mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 16> 1 mill. Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills. Hey ward, No. 24, 2 mills. Hampton, No.' 3, 2 mills. Lees, No. 23, 4 mills. Midway, No. 2, 2 mills. Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills. ' XT* b A uiar, rsu. o, t Lumo. All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederate soldiers and sailors, who are extempt at fifty years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. Capitation dog tax, 50 cents. All male persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st of January, 1908, and have not made returns to the Auditor, will do so on or before the 1st of January, 1909. I will receive the road commutation tax ($2.00) from October 15th, 1908, until March 1st, 1909. JOHN F. FOLK, Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 15, 1908. fw. P. RILEY* : i FIRE, LIFE | ACCIDENT | INSURANCE 1 BAMBERG, ... - S. C. J SENSATION AT WEDDING. Veiled Woman Presents Child to Groom at Altar. A most sensational event took place at a wedding at Fall River, Mass., Tuesday. The marriage of Charles J. Regan, banker, and Miss Mary B. Chadwick was the social event of the season. The church was filled with friends. After the ceremony the bride and members of the wedding party started down the aisle as the wedding march was played. A closely veiled woman, clad in black, rose, picked up a four-year-old boy and held out to Mr. Regan. "Stop, Charles Regan!" she cried. Miss?Miss Sullivan!" gasped Reagan. "Yes, it's I," answered the woman. "Here he is; here is your child; I've taken care of him for four years. Now you must take him?you or your wife." The woman turned and walked out. The bride fainted and friends were horror-stricken. Regan stood alone in the church aisle, holding in nis arms iue uau>, wuu waa for his mother. When the bride revived she returned to her home alone. Mr. Reagan left town, refusing to make known his destination. He took the child with him. Haveners Man Disappears. Ravenel's, October 28.?Mr. E. J. Baker left home on the 10th instant under circumstances that led to the conclusion that his mind was unbalanced. The family have opposed all publication, believing they would succeed in tracing him. They now invoke the aid of the newspapers. Mr. Baker was a general favorite, possessing, in addition to his capacity as a mechanic, a genial disposition an# being kind and obligihg to all. He is 61 years of age. About a year and a half ago he married a daughter of Mr. Rozier Miller, with whom he lived happily up to the day of his disappearance. On that day his wife went to her father's on an errand for him, and while she was gone he wrote a letter to her, couched in the most endearing terms, telling her that he was going away and that she must not grieve for him. He then packed his grip and left. The letter stated that he was going to the sea 4 to take his last bath and that he did not want any one to see him after he was dead. But he went towards Adams Run and was tracked nearly to that place. Nothing has been heard of him since he left. It is said that he was raised some 1 T\/\a ITA koa Knnr> , W I16r6 OH LIIO JT uu*"l/cu* jlic uao wv u j a great traveller and has been nearly . "all over the United States. There is a report that he has a daughter in 1 Louisiana; but he denied having been married before. There was no domestic trouble, and 1 he was making money and doing 1 j well. Mrs. Baker is very much distressed over the matter. 4p . Gone to North Augusta. The correspondents of Rev. E. M. . Lightfoot will hereafter address him North Augusta, S. C., instead of Orangeburg. He closed his pastorate = at the latter place last Sunday and has moved to North Augusta and will enter upon his work as pastor of our church in that growing town. During his pastorate of the Orangeburg church 203 members were received into the membership of the church. His ministry there has been greatly blessed and Bro. Lightfoot has a very strong hold on the affections and confidence of the people. We wish, for him continued usefulness and happiness in his work at North Augusta.?Baptist Courier. Youth Killed by Brother. Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 29.?News was received here to-day of the shooting of Alfred Boon by his brother, Babe Boon, in Echols county late yesterday afternoon, inflicting wounds from jvhich the former is not expected to recover. The men are both under "" "p n TOftll VnftTOTI zi years uiu,mc auug ui a v. .. ~ farmer in that county. It is said the trouble grew out of the fact that Babe Boon had chastis = ed a younger sister, which was resented by his brothers, Arthur and Alfred. A fisticuff followed, after which Babe Boon secured a pistol and shot )his brother Alfred as the latter, attempted to catch the weapon. The ball entered Alfred Boon's face just under the eye, tearing out his teeth on that side and probably lodging at the base of the skull. * Branson Hotel Burned. Bfunson, October 28.?The Branson Hotel, occupied by Mr. C. W. Cone, was completely destroyed by fire this morning at 3 o'clock. The Origin of the fire is unknown, as the building was almQst completely destroyed before it was discovered, the occupants barely escaping with their lives. All who occupied the second . floor were compelled to use the porch " columns as a means of escape. Miss Kate Rice, who occupied one of the rooms, had the misfortune of breaking her arm in jumping from her window. 'Mr. Cone carried no insur-i L1- on/1 Vi i a Inoa IB I , aIlCe Oil Ills iuiunmc, auu uw >u?? . estimated at $2,500. The building ' was insured for $2,500. ? i Evangelist Victimized Girls. ' Baltimore, Md., Oct. 27.?Frederick O'Donnell, known as the "blind evangelist," wanted in Baltimore on the charge of larceny and false pretenses, has been arrested in Seattle. ( O'Donnell came to Baltimore last j" April and started an evangelistic J campaign. At one of the revival meetings he became acquainted with a Miss Ella Owens, of St. Paul's street, and after a brief courtship, became engaged to her. During this courtship, he learned j that she had a sister living in New | York, and he also visited the latter,1, and engaged himself to her. 1< While engaged to the sisters, it is.< alleged, O'Donnell inveigled them in-;< to advancing him several hundred dol- j < lars, with which, he said, he was go- i j ing to purchase a moving picture i machine, with which to illustrate his i lectures. A Baltimore detective will J go to Seattle to bring O'Donnell back. < 0 TEN DC Why should your home you can have a really j easy payments? You the choice of selecting 5 world's best makes, on ] ffirmo art rtactr +Via+ on' UV VUOJ l/UUV Ulla own a piano. Think oft] grade pianos being fo Weber, Everett, Mel Packard, Stultz & Bai Sterling, Harvard, W Dayton, Rudolph, Sto and other well known We are quite positive tl purchase a thoroughly money, or upon such h can of us. We would b ferent styles and quote y like strict comparison oi THOMAS & Also Acknowledged Leadei k Broadway, > Saint Angel Aiken, Sou Select Day and For Young La This well known institution affords excellent opportunities for a horough, practical, and refined education. The courses are Primary, Gramnar, Commercial, and Academic, vith additional facilities for perfec The Location is Ideal in Academy Opens Sept 14, H REV. DIRECTREi I DON'T THR( < ? ? m ig That broken gun i fj it's a bicycle tha order. Don't thr g me repair it so th? ? much service as t ? I am fully prepari g work promptly jg and solicit your ] |j. B. B A The Repair Man - tiitiifiiflifiif ?< WHEN YOUR f Do you dream of the comfor "when your ship comes In?' waited? Still waiting? H< have to wait? 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