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AVANT CASE IX STATU QUO. He is a Prisoner Under Strange Circumstances. The authorities at the penitentiary have received no further instructions as to what disposition to make of W. B. Avant. He was brought to the prison over a week ago to begin a sentence of three and one-half years ( on the charge of killing Mrs. Ruth Crisp Bigham at Murrel's Inlet, near Georgetown, several months ago. Avant is not being held as a convict but is being detained until further advices from the sheriff of Georgetown county. Dr. G. C. Bigham, the husband of the woman who j was killed and who was also con- , victed and sentenced to serve three , and one-bait years m tne penitentiary, is out on bond, and no reports have been received as to his whereabouts. No papers of appeal have been filed with the supreme court and the ' time is out for the filing. After the ' trial at Georgetown, at which time 1 both men were convicted, a new trial ( was asked for, which was refused by Judge Watts, and the attorneys then * stated that they would appeal to the * supreme court. On Saturday one 1 . week ago Avant was brought to the penitentiary. Just as he was about ' to be mustered in as a convict, the < officers received a message asking ' that the prisoner be held until fur- '< ther notice. j Since Avant was brought to the < penitentiary nothing definite has * Yvtvrvn Vioor/1 oe tha whprPflhniltS of UVV/U uvai U uu VV vi*v ? ??. ? Dr. Bigham, and it is rumored that he has fled. His bond was only $1,500. ?Columbia State. 1 SW. ? Hurting the Land. ^ A correspondent wants to know if 1 nitrate of soda will injure land that 1 has been in cotton for twenty years. 1 Here we have the same old notion, 1 the same old gambling on the chan- * ces with some fertilizer to get a sale 1 crop, the same old practice which has 1 kept the land poor and the farmer, ? too. ( Land that has been in cotton for 1 twenty years has been hurt about as 1 badly as it can be. The nitrate of * soda applied last summer made the plants grow a little larger, but whether it increased the crop profitably is doubtful. The nitrate will, < as I have said, increase the growth , of the plant, and in this way will enable it to di. w more heavily on ] what plant food is in the soil in the shape of phosphoric acid and potash, ] and to that extent it may work in- i jury to the' long-suffering soil which < has been used for twenty years as a 1 place to gamble on with fertilizers. 1 This, as I have said, is not farming, 1 but gambling with fertilizers on a dead soil instead of restoring the life 1 to the soil by restoring the humus 1 through a good rotation of crops, i There is no profit in growing cotton ( in this way, while there is no crop in this,country which can be made more ! profitable than cotton if the farmer c |tM- farms right. All over the South we find the ! same state of affairs. One man writes < to me that he does not grow cotton t on his land every year, but rests it t each alternate year. But does the 1 land rest when let grow up in weeds j and grass? Is it not working as ' hard to grow this crop as it would be i to grow something better? Land 1 may get tired of growing the same g crop every year, for no plant likes f long to live on its own decay, and will s inevitably get diseased. c The one-crop man may get a crop t through the aid of the fertilizer, but I a large part of it belongs to the merchant and the fertilizer man. who I own the one-crop man, and he will i never be a free man till he goes to a farming, and uses the cheaper forms 1 I of fertilizer to increase his pea and 1 clover crop and feeds these to stock c so as to have money coming in more i frequently and get ona cash basis, s Land that has been in cotton for t twenty years cannot be hurt any more r by any fertilizer that you may use. i But depending on fertilizers to a make sale crops year after year is v lottery purely, and like all lotteries, s the chances are against the gambler, t Resting lands in weeds and grass, o while better than clean culture every f year, is making a fine chance for t grassy cotton the next year, and is a p season lost that might have made a o fine crop of peas and clover. The i: best way to rest land is to keep it t busy growing something of value to' t it, and this growing crop is needed winter and summer. Rye is about c ?..* the only crop that can safely be sown t now, but better rye than nothing.? c Progressive Farmer. C Laurens Woman Accidentally Shot.. y Laurens, November 20.?Mrs. Sue t Milam, wife of Mr. Gus Milam, of the b . county, was accidentally shot last a night and was taken to the Columbia h hospital this morning, accompanied t by Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, of Clinton, y PThe accident occurred at Mrs. Milam's g home, about six miles southeast of n the city, at 6.30 o'clock while the t fnmiiv were seated around the fire- t side. ' v Little Dorothy Milam, the 9-yearold daughter of the home, in going j out into the hall, knocked over a 22 a calibre parlor rifle; picking up the rifle and in the act of replacing it in ^ the corner, in some way it was discharged, the ball striking Mrs. j' Milam, seated before the fire. The c door to the room had been left open. t The ball entered the side, just a little j above the hip. Dr. Bailey probed for v it but failed to locate it and it was j deemed wise to take the patient to the j Columbia hospital. While the wound a ' "-i'""' ? + io nnt nnnciH^rpH lilrpl V . Ifi> dCUUUO, It 10 UVV .... W-.^ y 'S^r to prove fatal. * Mrs. Milam is a sister of Mr. B. W. ^ Davenport of this city. e Mrs. Milam was brought to the Columbia hospital yesterday and was operated on. The ball was not lo cated. At an early hour to-day the patient was resting well and although ^ her condition is serious, hope is entertained for her recovery.?The J State. J J. - The Herald Book Store has a quan- I tity of fountain pen fillers which 1 we will give away to our customers t for the next thirty days. Call and t get one. They cost you nothing. g fe.'. n BOY BANDIT ARRAIGNED. Jcksonville Lad on Trial in Kansas Juvenile Court. ^ Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 17.?Willie .McKay, the 15 year old Jacksonville, Fla., bandit, was arraigned before *1V Judge Means of the juvenile court im here to-day, charged with robbing the Eudora State bank last week in b? company with Earl Bullock. in Frederick Starr, the bank cashier, whom Bullock shot in the jaw, appealed to the court for leniency for as' McKay. Judge Means continued the . investigation until he could hear in* whether or not Jacksonville has a juvenile court. If the Florida city has such an institution, the court intimated McKay would be turned over . to it. In the meantime McKay was returned to jail. pe Lawyers Get Big Fees. The lawyers representing the State in the dispensary cases are all paid ?ood fat fees. Messrs. Stevenson md Abney were allowd the amount ^ ' charged the whiskey houses for the Federal Court litigation, which "" amounted to about eleven thousand lollars each, they to pay for the printing and their own expenses. . * Mr. Felder and his Atlanta associates will get twenty-five thousand th( aut of the present recoveries, and' lalf of two hundred thousand more alleged over charges. In other words :hey have fifty thousand certain ,. and chances of one hundred thousand more. ' Accidental Killing in Aiken. . an Aiken, Nov. 20.?Late this afteraoon Pervis Gunter, aged 19 years, was instantly killed by the acci- q* lental discharge of a shotgun. As roung Gunter and another young man were hauling a load of wood this F after noon, Gunter was thrown from :he wagon. He had a gun in his land and as the gun struck the ground it was discharged, the full oad striking him in the abdomen, . -anging upward. Part of the load r1 struck the face, literally tearing it - : * 4. OP ju. ueaiii was mstauiaacuus. nc _j vas the son of John C. Gunter, and esided seven miles from Aiken in 5* ;he Clearwater section. hu A Visit to Bamberg. ^ We take the following from the Southern Christian Advocate of last th< Reek, written by Rev. M. M. BrabPi ham, of Lancaster: t, Fr Twenty-seven years ago, while pe pastor at Allendale, I performed the S0] carriage ceremony for Miss Nettie wj Dgilvie and Mr. William R. Meri- ga R-ether, the latter of Edgefield coun- tji: ;v, and the former a daughter of the gn ate Dr. J. W. Ogilvie and his wife, jn Mrs. Sallie Move Ogilvie, the last j0 lamed having been from the old Bu'ord's bridge neighborhood of what s now Bamberg county, and a cousin )f the mother of this writer. lig On last Wednesday evening, the I Oth instant, in the First Methodist gr( :hurch of Bamberg, I performed the eV( narriage service for Miss Willie R. m( VIeriwether and Dr. Furman B. Mc- jer Drackin. This bride is a daughter of ^h :he first mentioned bride, who twen- an ;y-seven years ago became Mrs. W. an it. Meriwether, and who is now Mrs. ^ k. McB. Speaks, of Bamberg. an rhrough all these years I had not tin net the "Nettie Ogilvie" whom I had cnown as a stately and handsome gu jirl, and whom I had married to her no irst husband, and it is needless to ipg ;av that I aDDreciated greatly the :ompliment tendered in having me ^ ;o perform the same office for her >retty daughter. on| In addition to this special pleasure an found it quite agreeable, after an mc nterval of ten years to mftigle ho igain with the good people of Bam>erg?the place I speak of as my tome town. Here I found many hanges; changes that indicated busiless prosperity, and in some respects uggestive of the transition from own to city appearances. Good busi- < less houses, imposing school build- rur ngs, handsome churches, and many erc ittractive homes, together with da. ^ater works, electric lights, etc., all ing how Bamberg to be abreast with the anc >usiness spirit of the times. An- 1 ither thing specially noted by an in- 0f ( requent visitor is the growth of the an rees. What ten years ago were com?aratively small trees are now, many f them, handsome and widespread- p|e. Dg shade trees. I saw also a num- disl >er of tall and well-fruited pecan j rees. _ sou However the most interesting stri hanges observed are those found in wjj he people. Many of these have rossed the flood to the eternal shore. )thers bear the marks of time, and how infallibly that we do indeed ] fade as a leaf." However, the enc ounger generation?those who were out ots when I left Bamberg (then my c|t. :ome) twenty-eight years ago?these ton re now in the prime of young man- cer lood and womanhood. As I look in- fra 0 their faces, and those of others p~( ounger still, and saw the stamp of erg ;ood breeding and indications of ers toble purposes, I could but feel that he older generation were commit- strj ing their town into safe and trustworthy hands. ^ui From Bamberg I went to Buford's ] Iridge, the home of my childhood, uni ,nd now called Olar, from the flour- nal shing little nearby town on the Sea- cut ioard railroad. This old community res s almost entirely changed from what is t was. Most of the farms are oc- thr upied by negroes who either rent reg he lands or farm them on shares, mu visited the only two very old suriving members of the KirklandJrabham family, that flourished here n ante-bellum days. These vener- < ble men are Dr. N. F. Kirkland and por Ir. R. C. Kirkland. They are first tha ousins, and both are first cousins to era he father of this writer. Since my sid' arliest recollection the one has been Xe1 1 leader in the Methodist church, to i vhile the other has been, all along, con ? T f ah r> f Vi Am \T7Z L prominent JDct p 11 1. x ivuuu tiicm >V i )Oth bright and trustful, patiently ph; iwaiting the summons to the home Spe vhere changes never come. In all to >robability 1 bade them good-bye for sta he last time; and yet as I said fare- Mr veil I was inspired with the holy nat hought that in the not-distant years ma should meet them and the long the ine of others already gone before to thr he home of God's people. "Thanks age >e unto God for His unspeakable anc fift!" sid TO PREVENT HOG CHOLERA. ith Good Hogs Properly Fed and ?ared for There is Little Danger. . Here are some of the best prevents of hog cholera, in order as their portance is valued by me: 1. Salt and ashes kept in a dry x. This should be three feet high front, two feet high in rear and out five feet long, with the floor iking the trough to hold salt and ies. Supply this the year through. 2. Keep hogs clear of lice by us; ever two or three weeks *4 kero ie, % lard, % machine oil; mix Droughly and apply with a sprinir. 3. Feed charcoal once a week, st what can be kept cleaned up. igs eat it as we eat fruit; their aptite seems to demand it. 4. Do not feed on corn alone, ke your choice of mill feed with <ps or milk. 5. Quit raising razorbacks and inst in your choice of hardy prolific Beds and attend to their feed and ,ter twice a day. 6. Keep your hog trough clean ough for you to take a drink out If the farmers of the South will this, cholera can be stopped; but long as they let cheap hogs raise Bmselves in their own iyth and r.min, the run-down condition of } hog makes him a subject for >st any disease, just as chickens are ble to disease from neglect. I forgot to mention their sleeping arters. They should be floored d some litter in them. If the uthern farmer would invest' in * * ? *? - * i??j a re Diooa maies ui auj oreeu a,uu ;end them like I do my herd of iroc-Jerseys, he would have to ike less money crop to keep even. W. A. THIGPEN in Progressive rmer. 1 Albino Buck Killed. One of the greatest prizes ever capred by a Vermont hunter was ought down on the first day of the en deer season in this State by >ward A. Johnson, of 339 Western enue, when he killed an albino ck deer, the goal of many a local nter. Naturalists throughout the ate have been expressing great inrest in the reports of the albino er which have been circulated in e State during the past three :>nths, and a short time ago County sh and Game Warden Roswell I. ost attempted to obtain a special rmit to hunt the buck out of seaa in the interest of science as he shed to procure the specimen and ve it mounted. The feasibility of is plan was questioned, and it was ally dropped, the albino remaining the woods to be brought down by hnson's skill as a marksman. Had \ Frost obtained the consent of the ite authorities, it was his intention present the specimen to the Brooks rary in Brattleboro. The deer is undoubtedly one of the eatest freaks of nature which has er been captured in Vermont. It ?asures a little over six feet in lgth and weighs about 150 pounds, e animal is about three years old d carries a well developed pair of tiers. With the exception of a few vny spots, the deer is pure white d its pvps hflvp n npenlinr rpddish ige. It is a beautiful specimen of 5 American deer, with long fur and ffy, bushy tail. Johnson has made disposition of the skin of the deer. ie albino was killed about four les from the center of the village Brattleboro. So far as is known, there is but e other white deer in existence, d that is a pure white doe now >unted and placed in the state- , use at Montpelier. This is the first lite buck ever killed in this State. Brattleboro correspondent Boston anscript. To Double Track Line. Jreenville, Nov. 19.?A persistent nor is current here that the Southl railway has within the last few rs let contracts for double trackits main line between Charlotte I Atlanta. According to the rumor the work double tracking is to be started at early date from the Atlanta end. is proposed that by the summer 1910 work Will have been comted as far north as Gainesville, a tance of 55 miles. t is given out from this same rce that the total cost of coniiction from Atlanta to Charlotte 1 reach $27,000*000. Unions 3Iay Call Strike. 3hiladelphia, Nov. 21?A confer- ' e as to the advisability of calling 60,000 union workmen of this r on a general strike will be held " lorrow between William J. Spen, secretary of of the building des department of the American leration of Labor, and labor leadhere. It is said the union wofkof the city are in sympathy with 600 union men who went on ke because of dissatisfaction with ditions in a big department store lding.. lockouts on other operations of on men by the bosses and interdifferences between the granite ters and their employers as the ult of the strike have combined, it | said, to arouse the union men oughout the city and tomorrow is ] arded as a crucial day in the com- j nity. Refused to Serve as Witness. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 21. ?Postled from yesterday it is probable t Judge Emory Speer of the fed1 district court tomorrow will con er cue reiusai 01 n. i. wnson. jr., 5v York millionaire and club man, iccept a subpoena to appear in that irt as a witness in a civil suit. Mr. lson has sent a message, with a t'sician's certificate, to Judge ;er, the certificate being in regard Mr. Wilson's health. Judge Speer ted when a writ of attachment for . Wilson was presented for his sig;ure that he would not take sumry action. The officers who served subpoena state that Mr. Wilson ew the money offered him as mile> and witness fees on the ground 1 stampd on it. This will be conered by the court. V * J '' P! ' CAE TEE*' 'I Attorney-at-Law ] 1 BAMBERG, S. C. 2 Special attention given to set- 4 f tlement of estates and investi- J 2 gation of land titles. 2 Loans negotiated on farm lands 4 J in Bamberg County. i ^ Office over Bamberg Banking Co. | H. M. GRAHAM Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. Practices in all Courts of this State. Offices in The Herald Building. W. E. FREE Attorney-at-Law All business entrusted to me will receive prompt attention. Investigation of land titles a specialty Office for present at court house. FRANCIS F. CARROLL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Offices Over Bamberg Banking Co. GENERAL PRACTICE. J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Hendersor Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated !l W P PTT.Ti'V J A WW ? ? w mm m mmmm m ^ I Fire, Life j | Accident j J INSURANCE J BAMBERG, S. C. 4 I Vg! Mora''dickdJsiON I INSURANCE AGENT * f WILL WRITE ANYTHING ] 4 Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lia- 4 Y bility, Casualty, in the 1 + strongest and most re- 4 liable companies. ? ? 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C. j | DR. GEO. F. HAIR j Dental Surgeon...Bamberg, S. C. { X 4 4 In office every day in the week. 4 Graduate of Baltimore College 4 of Dental Surgery, class 1892. 3 Member S. C. Dental Associa- 4 f tion. Office in old bank build- 1 f.fr. MM 1 I DE. 0. D. FAUST DENTIST BAMBERG, S. C. Office in Telephone Building. II 1 If you need a safe that is a safe see me before buying J. D. FELDES BAMBERG, S. C. Agent Victor Safe & Lock Co. Anything in Safes Cincinnati, O. MEAT MARKET. Same men at a different place. When you want the best meats obtainable call at our market opposite the artesian well on Broad street. Our prices are right. We also buy* beef cattle, pork, hogs, hides, chickens and eggs. BRONSON& GRANT BAMBERG, S. C. I PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Cottt T ?nm/9 OViln nrln Willo oow, uatu auu kjuiugxc xuiiiu, *ujwtosr, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines AROESTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store. AUGUSTA, GA. Improved Saw Mills. VARIABLE FRICTION FEED- ^ mnd^Reliable. I Best material and workmanship, light running, requires little power; simpie,i easy to ;.nndle. Are made in several sizes aud are good, substantial moneymaking machines down to the smallest size. Write for catalog showing Engines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies. Lombard Iron Works & Supply Co., L * *ucu?": cA- 1 _ i Horses and Mules 9 i * 1 4 : THE MM CAR UF THE SEASON. $ j A ? I \ < i* ( . t; J We received Thursday night, October 28th, one of i J i it? the best car loads of horses and mules ever shipped i J ifi to South Carolina. They were carefully bought if f I and will be sold right. Be sure and see us before i i $ you buy. We have also just received a complete i i v. .J $ line of W is. ' | I BUGGIES AND WAGONS | 1 $ if jjj that we are selling very cheap. 11 ; j J. M. and E. D. Dannelly J - J 1 IIEHRHARDT, S. Q. |j |j ? Merit wins, Beauty attracts, Style l r^S @ fascinates, and our prices convince. @ 1 THE PRETTIEST HATS, THE BEST SELECT- 1 ^ nn t titti ati nntiaa itatttit rtiT-nri mr?nr m m rijj ijinri \jc vftboo nuviiiiiiiio, ijvuh- m v' ' j ? MINGS, LACES, EMBROIDERIES, ? @ SILKS, CORSETS, GLOVES, TIES, $ 1 MRS. K. I. SHUCK & CO. If ;?? ?.?? ; I Buying Cotton Seed.......... || W. Q. Hutto, at J. D. Cop eland's store, is buying II cotton seed this fall, and wfll pay the very high- g , II est prices. Qive me a call before you sell. I will ? appreciate it, and will do my best for you In the 9 i| matter of price. Don't fail to see me before you j 9 f II sell your seed. ::::::::: : : : I 11 At J. D. Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. | ' f AVAfiF VATAVIL price 1400 y-m It is "Savage Qnality" all through ?f|jj ?/?\ WMle the Savage ''Junior'' is, B U?| m a bolt action rifle, it is radical ly different than any other 1 , rifle of this type on the marIket. Like all other Savage Rifles ,it is i distinctly ingenious and workmanship the best. Shoots short, long and long rifle cartridges. Perfect accuracy guar- * ' anteed. If your jobber cannot supply / > ^ - ?? l you, write us and we wrn teu you wnere * you can get this gun for sto. Il Savage Arms Co. | Catalog No. 509, Free Utica, N. Y., U. S. A. 1 gr ' ,-W: pi II local in | Bargains in Real Estate, etc. Sj (Farms in small j,nd large tracts, town lots I > j\ and residences, mercantile businesses, I mill sites, sale stables, and pole and tie | propositions, at low figures and on easy 1 j| terms. Descriptive list sent on applica- ' tion. Call on or write, \ i nr A I II N , J, 1 W 1 1 ? ||^eal Estate Agent Bamberg, S. M Bfl - 9 -