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t Y. J. POPE RESIGNS. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Will Retire from Office. Columbia, Jan. 6.?Chief Justice Pope has resigned, on account of his health, the resignation to take effect April 15 next. His successor will be elected by the legislature which assembles next week. The letter of resignation transmitted to Governor Ansel to-day is perhaps the most eloquent utterance of Chief Justice Pope's long, useful and distinguished career. The letter follows: Columbia. S. C., Jan. 6, 1909. To His Excellency, Martin F. Ansel, Governor of the State of South Carolina: Realizing that my time of active service is drawing to a close, arid conceiving it to be my duty to retire froln office, I hereby tender my resig' * -* * J -4.x -J 0?_ nation as cmei justice ui mc supreme Court of South Carolina, to take effect April 15, 1909. With love for all the people of our State, i Yours truly, Y. J. POPE. As soon as he received the letter, Governor Ansel called in person on % the chief justice at the Supreme Court consultation room and expressed his personal regret that the chief justice felt compelled to give up his duties, and assured him in the name of the people of the State of the appreciation felt ior his services to South Carolina. The term which Chief Justice Pope is now filling expires in January, 19J4, the chief justice having been reelected in 1906 for a term of eight years. The legislature will fill the unexpired term. The remaining members of the Supreme Court, in the order of seniority, are: Eugene B. Gary, reelected in 1908; Ira B. Jones, reelected in 1902; C. A. Woods, reelected in 1904. The legislature may promote one of the associate justices to be chief justice, as has been frequently done, as for instance in the case of Judge Pope, or a new man may be made chief justice. Chief Justice Pope has been in i wretched health for about two years, v and last year for a while was absent from the bench, but during that period he has most of the time stuck faithfully to his post with characteristic fidelity to duty. That he has worked under physical disadvantages has, however, been very evident, and his decision to retire is no doubt wise ' irom his personal standpoint. Liquor Fight in Nashville, Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 10.? i More than four carloads of anti-prohibitionists, bearing a petition to the legislature protesting against the proposed State-wide prohibition law, to-night left for Nashville. The petition is signed by more than 9,000 persons, including every banker and all the manufacturers of ChattaSooga. Nearly two carloads of proibitionists left for Nashville on the same train to present their side of i the question to the committee on liquor traffic in Nashville Monday I \ light. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 10.?A special train bearing about 150 business men, almost an equal number of opponents t& and advocates of Statewide prohibition, left here to-night for Nashville to aid in the further { ance of their cause before the State legislature. Those who favor prohibition were appointed at a mass meeting held this afternoon, while those of the party opposed to the * proposed measure are a committee named at a joint meeting of the different commercial organizations of Memphis held Friday. Killed at North. ^ A fatal accident occurred at North on Thursday night about seven o'clock, by which Sam Stroman, a colored braVeman on the Seaboard Air Line Railway was run over and instantly killed by a freight train as it was leaving the station, siromaa worked on the train that ran over him, but how the fatal accident occurred no one seems to know. It is said the unfortunate man was seen standing at the depot just before the train pulled out from the f station, but just how he came to get in the way of the moving cars and was killed cannot be found out, as no one seems to have witnessed the t terrible accident. He may have attempted to get aboard of the train and fell under the wheels. Conductor B. O. Gibson, who was in charge of the train, says that when his trains/was about one hundred yards from the station he got a signal to come back to the depot -?" and he was then" told of the accident. He says no one on the train knew , how it had happened and there were only two persons who saw anything at all about the killing. These two stated at Norths that they saw Gibson only after he was pinned under the train. Stroman, who lived at North, was badly mangled. In fact, he was hard? " ly recognizable. His body wras completely cut in two by the large number of cars that passed over it. The unfortunate man was about twentytwo years of age, and leaves a wife. The accident caused some little excitement, and a crowd soon gathered y to view the remains of the unfortuv nate man, who was generally known in and ahniit North. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County. Prank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, county and State f aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (Seal.) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. C Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surface of the svstem. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. LINKING CUBA WITH FLORIDA.! j What Flagler's East Coast Railroad Means. I In linking the mainland of Florida with Key West, H. H. Flagler is at his own, expense attempting an unselfish and patriotic public work. When completed, its benefit to the United States and to our government will become more and more appreciated every year. Few realize what Mr. Flagler's enterprise in all its magnitude really means to the commerce of Cuba and the United States. Within a year the Florida East Coast Railway will be completed to Key West, and passengers in Pullmans can go from New York to Key West, there be loaded on the huge car floats of Mr. Flagler's railroad, and in a few hours find themselves in Havana, ninety miles distance. Vice Fresident T. R. Parrott, who is in personal charge of the completion of the work, has just announced that trains are now running eighty-four miles southward from Miami, that a total of one hundred and twenty-four miles of extension has been completed, leaving only thirty-two miles more of road to bring the line into Key West, and make connection with the ferry to Havana Within a year, with the completion of this great enterprise, the Cuban sugar planter will be able to load his product on a freight car at his plantation, have the car hauled by rail to Havana, floated to Key West, and then rail-hauled to New York or any other point, without the expense or trouble of a second handling. Already Mr. Flagler has expended $15,000,000 on the work, and it will cost $30,000,000 before it can be completed. Two thousand workmen are now busy at Knight's Key and vicinity, and others are being sent daily to the field of operation, and all ?at Mr. Flagler's personal expense. It iB safe to say that no other enterprise of its character, except the Panama canal, compares in its importance to our commercial interests with Mr. Flagler's plan to link the markets of Cuba with those of the United States.?Hamilton Houston in Leslie's Weekly. Alcohol From Sawdust. A distilling plant has been installed, which is turning out several barrels of alcohol daily, though no figures are available as to the actual cost of manufacture compared with wood alcohol of that grain. The interesting point about the sawdust alcohol is that it is not a wood alcohol, having none of the properties of that fluid, but is an ethyl alcohol that can not be told from that made from - TKa di'ffupanoD ic that th P greuu. i uc umtnuw v^w v? sawdust alcohol is treated with an acid, transforming it into dextrose, and is then distilled in the regular way. If the work can be done at a profit, and the indications from the work of the company point to this being a fact, it wili not only make a valuable by-product out of the sawdust that has heretofore been an intolerable nuisance to the sawmills, but it will open up a way to make alcohol profitable from straw, cane, cornstalks and almost any other vegetable refuse?Paint, Oil and Drug Review. What Will Make You Glad? When the years have slipped by and memory runs back over the path you have come, says an exchange, you will be glad you stopped to speak to every friend you met, and left them all with a warmer feeling in their hearts because you did so. And you will be glad tnat you were happy when doing* the small, everyday thing of life, that yotf served the best you could in earth's lowly round. You will be glad that men have said all along your way: "I know I can trust him; he is as true as steel." You will be glad there have been some rainy days in your life. Clouds and storms are not the worst things in life. If there were no storms the fountains would dry up, the sky would be filled with poisonous vapors, and life would cease. You will be glad you stopped long enough every day to read carefully, and with a prayer in your heart, some part of God's message to those he loves. You will be glad that you shut your eyes tight against all the evil things men said about one another, and tried the best you could to stay the words winged with poison. You will be glad that you brought smiles to men. and not sorrow. You will be glad that you have met all the hard things which have come to you with a hearty handshake, never dodging one of them, but turning them all to the best possible account. Gas Explosion in Leiter Mine. DuQuoin, 111., Jan. 10.?A disastrous gas explosion, in which 25 men lost their lives, occurred to-aay in Jos. Leiter's famous colliery at Zeigler. A spark from a trolley pole of an electric motor, coming in contact with a pocket of gas, is assigned as the cause of the explosion. Americans killed by the explosion include Foreman Willis Warner and Albert Kerr. Eight bodies yet remain in the mine, but they will be recovered before morning, it is thought. Joseph Leiter personally conducted the first relief party that descended into the mine to recover the bodies. The lone survivor of the explosion was an Italian youth, who escaped unarmed. An expert who had been experimenting with the gas in the mines at Zeigler left on Wednesday, confident that he had placed the mine in safe condition to be operated. The men entombed were engaged in clearing away the debris caused by the recent fires in the mines, and it was expected that operations would be resumed this week after two months' suspension. Judge Hair auctioned off two squirrels on the public square on .Monday; th'ev were sold under mortgage. The bidding was quite lively, and they were finally knocked down for one dollar, including the cage. The successful bidder afterwards sold them at a profit.?Newberry Herald and News. | Genui Negro Dwellings "Shot Up." Jonesboro, Ga., Jan. 9.?An out of the way section of Flint river was invaded last night by so-called night riders, the dwellings of several negroes being literally shot to pieces. For several nights lately such lawlessness has pervailed to a large extent in that section of Clayton county. The supposed night riders would approach a dwelling in the dead hours of night, masked and heavily armed, it is reported, and without any definite aim pour a volley of lead into the building, then quickly disappear. As far as is known no one has been injured. Solicitor William Howard of the Stone Mountain Circuit has been advised of the latest outbreak and will take active steps at once to stop the lawlessness. Her Last Name. A Philadelphia woman,whose given name is Mary, as is also the name of her daughter, had recently engaged a domestic, when, to her embarrassment, she discovered that the servant's name too. was Mary, says Harper's Weekly. HTkAvminnn tVnpo ancnoH o QtrilCCrlo I U UClOU^Uil tavi ^ VUOUVU u. Mb* to induce the applicant to relinquish her idea that she must be addressed by her Christian name. For some time she was rigidly uncompromising. "Under the circumstances," said the lady of the house, "there is nothing to do but follow the English custom and call you by your last name. What is it?'" "Well, mum," answered the girl, dubiously, it's "Darling." PrHEBEAUTYl i OF 80ME PIMOS | ? is only in the case. It is much ? f easier to make a handsome case f r than it is to put music into it. An k I ' ordinary mechanic can do the one? # I the other requires the best skill of 4 I i an artist. ? 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We now have the largest and ? ? h(?st lot of stock in Bamberg County, anl w I can suit anybody in a Horse or Mule, no matter what their wants may be gj? We also have on hand a good assortment a of Buggies, Wagons, Harness, and other A horse accessories. Come to see us. The ? prices and terms will be made right ? Jones Brotbersj Bamberg, South Carolina ? @@??@?@@@@@?@@?@@@?@?@@@@? nwMnmmfflimmmmroif 5 juanol ? Manufacturer |j RUCK I | i.j. ? ;> 'i? -i.v < -33^ '^janl orporation 1 i ASSESSMENT NOTICE. ; 5 I or my deputy will be at tbe . Joilowing places on the days, and 4atd? v 1 named below for the purpose <?( eei? ' ceivlng returns of personal property , ? and notice of real estate bought or sold since last return: Lees?Tuesday, January 5th, ^ ;r Denmark?Wednesday and ThuraJanuary 6th and 7th, 1909. . Olar?Monday and Tuesday, Jan-??lSa iiary 11th and 12th, 1909. Govan?Wednesday, January Midway?Thursday, January Farrell's Store?Monday, January. 9 Hunter's Chaoel?Tuesday. Jcfe^ni uary 19th, 1909.~ Colston?Wednesday, January Wtfga Ehrhardt?Monday and Tuesday* $? January 25th and 26th, 1909. '=p St. Johns?Wednesday, January *^ Camp Hill?Thursday, January 28, ^ f;J until 11 a. m., 1909. Kearse?Thursday, January 28th^ ^ All maie pei^ons between the age of 21 and 60 years are liable to a poll i tax of $1.00 (except Confederate I soldiers who are exempt at fifty All dogs whether owned by head W1 of family or children must be return- ; "M I will appreciate it if every tan ; ^ payer will meet me in person end make their returns. After the 20 th of February a pen- . ^ alty of fifty per cent, will be added jlW to all personal property not returned. R. W. D. ROWELI* Qsmhofv r/mnihfj ' auuivui vuuwv>a ^ iwran Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 10, 190$. j3$jjggi : TAX'NOTICE. - ^ i The county treasurer's .office will ^ be open for the collection of Stated J county, school, and all other taxet .;-:M from the 15th day of October, lS0fi*3| until the 15th day of March, 1900From the 1st day of January* ' ~M 1909, until the 31st day of January* ;v 1909, a penalty of 1 per cent, will b* added to all unpaid taxes. From 1st day of February, 1909, until th* - ?S| 28th day of February, 1909, a. $18 alty of 2 per cent, will be added ta T-. all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1909, until the 15th day of March, 1909, a penalty of 7. W:/ ^ cent, will be added to all unpaid - ' s taxes. Following is the levy: For State purposes, 5% mills. "Q For county purposes, 3 mills.' '^&Sm Constitutional school tax, 3 mills, \ Total 11% mills. > Special school levies: Bamberg, No. 14, 7 mills. Binnaker's, No. 12, 4 mills. Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills. J Jg Colston, No. 18, 2 mills. Cuffie Creek, No. 21, 6 mills. Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills.\ Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills. Govan, No. 11, 4 mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 16, 1 milL ''-^S Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills. Hey ward, No. 24, 2 mills. Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills. ?pj Lees, No. 23, 4 mills. Midway, No. 2, 2 mills. , Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills. Olar, No. 8, 4 mills. k .-.y^sf All male persons between the aget of twenty-one and sixty years, except/ ^ Confederate soldiers and sailors, who are exempt at fifty years of age, are \ i liable to a poll tax of one dollar. % Capitation dog tax, 50 cents. All male persons who were 21 . 5 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 commuta- ;vJ tion tax ($2.00) from October 15th, 1908, until March 1st, 1909. JOHN F. FOLK/ Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 15, 1908. Shoe & Harness Repairing | I have- moved Into the store lately oo* cupled by The Bamberg Herald, where I am better prepared to serve you than ever. All sorts of harness and shoes repaired and satisfaction guaranteed. I manufacture harness of all kinds, bridles halters, etc. Give me a trial. B. V. Johnson. Bamberg, S. C. I d*MOVE DICKINSON | I f INSURANCE AGENT J f WILL WRITE ANYTHING Or , Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lia- < X bility, Casualty, in the J J strongest and most re- < ; M I liable companies. ^TELEPHONE No.^o ^ S.C^'