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* ' Ir.D i |l A Bag 8 AM , jg Aiu fit ^ ^ PenHy -I PERSONAL MENTION. t People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. D. G. Felder spent Sunday - At, in iNonn. ?Miss Pearl Delk spent Saturday and Sunday at Smoaks. ?Mrs. J. C. Lewis spentvseveral days in Augusta last week. ?Mr. Jas. E. Salley, of Orangeburg, was in the city Sunday and Monday visiting friends. ?Mrs. Jno. R. Bellinger has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. W. J. Faulkner, in Augusta. ?J. D. Platts, of Bamberg county, father of Mrs. J. B. Harter, was a * last Saturday visitor to Brunson.? Brunson News. ?Mrs. J. A. Williams, who is in the hospital in Augusta, is rapidly improving, and will return home in a A week or ten days. ?Miss Esma Delk, who has been teaching at Smoaks for the past few months, returned home Sunday, her school having closed. ?Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Pearlstin, of Olar, spent last week in the city on a visit to the family of his father, v Mr. S. W. Pearlstin. ?Mr. and Mrs. Jno. H. Cope spent a few days in Charleston last week. ?Mrs. M. A. Bamberg is spending some time in Augusta. ?Mrs. J. B. Harter and children have returned home from Bamberg county after a week's pleasant visit I among relatives and friends.?Brunson News. ?Clerk of Court W. Gilmore Simips, of Barnwell, spent last Wed* nesday night in the city. His many Bamberg friends were delighted to see him again. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. A. meters ana m Mr. G. J. Herndon and daughter, Miss Zelma, were in the city last i Thursday. They called at The Herald office and were much interested in our linotype and other up-to-date printing machinery. Miss Herndon entered The Herald popularity con-! test. Georgia Girl a Heroine. \ Atlanta, May 17.?Gov. Smith today received a letter detailing an unusual instance of heroism. During the recent tornado which swept portions of the South, Ada Price, 14 years old, living near Boden, Ga., found her mother dead under the ruins of her home, and her father K alive, but pinned beneath wreckage. With an axe the girl worked till her I strength seemed spent, only to uncovII era large rock, too heavy for her to ^ lift, which held her father's arms im movable. The father ordered the girl r to chop off his arm as the only hope w of saving his life. She refused and with torn hands continued to pry and tug at the rock until her father was liberated. ? The letter to Gov. Smith asks for K directions as to how to apply for a I Carnegie hero medal for the girl. i > AND CI V T O I A I B/ May, - * J c OT UOIU C 9 ER1CAN I) c Pres. J. C. Pei i. I WOULDN'T EAT WITH VERNON. Congressmen Left Restaurant When ] Negro Appeared With Guest. Washington, May 14.?Five Southern congressmen to-day walked out of the house office building restaurant 1 room, without waiting for the serving i of their order, because W. L. Vernon, j the negro registrar of the treasury, with a negro guest, entered the place, j The congressmen had ordered , luncheon when the negroes were . ushered to a table next to them and seated. "Cancel our orders at once," j said the congressmen, rising and put- , ting on their hats. "We will never j come here again." ] The congressmen then complained j to Speaker Cannon, threatening that j all Southerners would boycett the res- . taurant if this were repeated. The | speaker will hear the complaint this . evening. The congressmen were: j Sims (Tenn.), Candler (Miss.), Stan- \ ley (Ky.), Garner (Tex.), and Dies , (Tex.). V 1 Vernon succeeded an Augusta ne- s gro, Judson Lyons, in the office of registrar?a post which has uniform- < ly been given to negroes for some years past. Vernon is well known in Columbia?indeed, he was to have de livered a lecture here this week, but the engagement was cancelled by telegraph. His autograph may be seen upon any treasury certificate of recent issue.?Columbia Record. Receivership for Mills. Greenville, May 17.?At a meeting this afternoon of the stockholders of Reedy River Manufacturing Company a resolution was passed declaring that a temporary receivership for the purpose of enlargement of the plant was expedient. In pursuance of this reso- ( lution proceedings will be commenced ' at once looking to the appointment of the affairs of the corporation. This, however, will not involve the shutting down of the plant or any stoppage, as arrangements have been made to continue the operation of the plant without Interruption. The mill has been very much embarrassed since the August flood, when two floors of the mill building were submerged, involving considerable physical damage to the property. 1 ^ BEGGAR LEAVES FORTUNE. C - r Searchers Find Dead Nonagenerian ^ Had $12,800 in the Banks. ^ New York, May 14.?Searchers in t the home of Mrs. Mary Cleary, ninety i years old, who'has died after living t for many years on the charity of her I neighbors, found bank books secreted t about her Brooklyn home represent- 1 ing bank deposits of $12,800. F For the last quarter of a century t j Mrs. Cleary's only companions in her s l little hovel were four cats. e When well enough she solicited aid from residents of the neighborhood T who were almost as poor as she, and s when ill they brought food and min- g istered to her. If she has any heirs S they are not known to the police. ii / AU( Q Y C H ( A VMBEF SATU AT 1: 3 < i Silver & mm iREENSBC tinv and J. C. The W R. THOMAS, Lc FATAL FIGHT OVER FENCE. Father and Son Killed Following Controversy with Another Family. Richmond, Ind., May 17.?A controversy over a line fence between two farms resulted today in the killing of Alexander Meek and Raymond Meek, father and son, by Joel Rails back. Frank Railsback, Sr., and his son, Frank Railsback, Jr., were wounded by the Meeks. The Railsbacks to-day began chopping away the posts. The Meeks went 3ut to th'e fence where the Railsbacks were at work. The elder Meek bad a revolver and the son a shotgun. Both fired on the Railsbacks and Frank Railsback, Jr., fell with a wound in his knee. The elder Railsback was wounded in the abdomen by i shot from one barrel of the younger .Week's gun. The Railsbacks retreated, and Joel Railsback, another son, went to the house and returned with i double-barreled shotgun, fired point blank at the Meeks, killing both, shooting each of them in the head. Joel Railsback surrendered to the sheriff. ^ Incendiaries at Work. Laurens, May 13.?As Dr. C. B. Sarle, of Greenville, and his party were coming here in automobile, Dr. 3arle having been called to at;end the actor who was accidentally shot to-night, they passed through Jray Court and found the stores of SVillis & Curry and R. L. Gray in lames. The buildings were destroy- , id. and the loss will amount to sev >ral thousand dollars. It is believed hat the fire was caused by an incenliary. Mayor Babb, who had gone to neet Dr. Earle in an automobile, was ired on near Gray Court, presumably >y the same party who fired the mildings. As Mr. Babb and his :hauffeur passed through Gray Court hey noticed a light in the store of iVillis & Curry, which indicated that he torch was applied just before the >ther party reached Gray Court. Negro Killed by Train. Yorkville, May 17.?A negro lamed Will Tate was killed by the larly morning train going west on the Charleston division of the Southern ailway, near Tirzah, six miles from LUIKVllie, UU OUllUd) UiUlUJUg. Coroner Louthian went down that lay, empaneled a jury and viewed the >ody and waited until Monday mornng to hold the inquest, as the two ritaesses, the engineer and fireman, lad gone on up to Marion, N. C., with heir train. The evidence was that ^ate was sitting or lying on the track, >robably in a drunken sleep, as a botle of whiskey was found on his peron, and he had been drinking the light before. The verdict of the jury was "that Vill Tate came to his death by being truck by the engine of train No. 35, ;oing west, Charleston division, louthern railway, while sitting or ly g on the track of said road." f . i ~ * K\ ;tio r DICE I T in c LU, o. RDAY, 3 P. M . One Lot i t AUCTIO 3RO, N. C >mas, Vice=Pres. >cal Representativ PAUL MORTON SAVES $250. Agrees to Serve as Petty Juror and Court Remits the Fine. New York, May 14.?Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, has saved $250 by promising to serve on the October jury in the city court. Just before he sailed for Europe recently a subpoena was made out for him, and one of his secretaries ignored the notice. The court assessed a fine of $250 against Mr. Morton, and just after his return from abroad, Mr. Morton hastened to the court and explained matters. By promising to serve for two weeks at $1.50 a day as a petty juror, the fine against the president of the great life insurance corporation was remitted. Death Reported Before it Occurred. Salinas, Cal., May 15.?Twelve hours before he was crushed to death beneath his overturned automobile, the rumor spread through this city that Percy Morse, well-known young seed grower, had been killed on the road between here and Watsonville. Late Friday, just twelve hours after the rumor was circulated, Morse was found fatally crushed beneath his wrecked machine. But in the meantime he had driven into town in his machine to disprove the rumor. After circulating about for some time to show friends that he was really alive he departed alone in the car for Watsonville. # fc <D 01 L '?* 0 &? % ? Q +? ' 1 -l h f/| !'B e Sg * ~ si a S 00 m 3 g fa w c w o ofii si? 1?? jo 3 2 >? 6 5 5? aS Z. s si a s << \ QaS5=o|? | Q . Ls '?sS . ? fa ^5 MM CJ ? v? ? Itlsiii i ? * ? ^ -n .3 fa ^ f. ? ?i I?S s5 fefv -. O ** rN ^ IS"51Mi? > ft ?si1?5-s ^ U S-si lis^o 8 0 0 o E E "> . ' " ' . " ? - ' /. - '.- ?? . .-- : /' N^SALEI; -0TS If sPl May 29th il Given Away Free |B N COMPANY 1 J. R. Thomas, Sec'y & Treas. f||H IWdqUu Arriuololi i vvucimj fti i S OF THE LATEST IN? iMiUinery, ? 1 Dress Novelties. ?ta | Laces, Embroideries tfl | SPECIAL LOW CASH SALE i I FOR BALANCE OF THIS MONTH | 1 MRS. K. I. SHUCK & CO J 1 | MILLINERY HEADQUARTERS BAMBERG, S. C. jj mi ;il ??? . J 2 Excursion Rates to Memphis and Return ? V; 2 Via Southern Railway Account United Confederate Veteran's Reunion, j* S?2 J Account Annual Reunion, Confederate Veterans at Memphis, Z~ J* the Southern Railway announces very low rate of one cent per t *1 _ ! i X 1-3 A -11 _ A _ A _ tr 1-1^ * A - 2 tickets to be sold June 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th, limited for return t 5 until June 14th, 1909. By depositing tickets at Memphis and t >|| J payment of fifty cents, extension of final limit can be had until y- . J 2, Round trip rates from principal points as follows: 2 Greenville 11.90 Greenwood $11.90 2 Columbia 13.60 Lancaster 13.80 w Chester 13.20 Newberry 12.75 2, Charleston 14.83 Orangeburg 13.73 2f Camden 14.25 Prosperity . 12.90 ' y$f|S w Blacksburg 13.10 Rock Hill 13.60 2 Anderson 11.45 Spartanburg. .... 12.50 jL 2 Abbeville $11.45 Sumter 14.45 y 2 Proportionately low rates from all other points. V J For further information, tickets, etc., apply to Southern Rail- y 2* ^ay ticket agents or address, y 2 J. L. MEEK, J. C. LUSK, 2 Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Division Pass. Agt., 2 Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. g