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RURAL PLUTOCRATS. Western Farmers Have Succumbed to the Oriental Rug Fever. The increasing importance of the western farmer as a financial factor is shown by the fact that eastern bond houses have for sometime been endeavoring to place securities in his hands. At several points enterprising men have made up from the personalproperty tax record lists of farmers who have money and sold the names to bond houses. A number of banks have lists of farmers with surplus cash who are in the market to buy 3 ? in/lnctriQl T\Cin<ir ?OUQ UI^i UdUlHC ailU IUUUOU mi A year of two ago the fact that the farmer was entering the automobile market was looked upon as astonishing. This year, says The Square Deal there isn't a town of more than a thousand persons in Nebraska that does not have from one to three garages where the machines are sold. Down in Seward county, in a town of 200, one man has sold 14 autos since April 1, and every one of them went in ttio npi^hhorhood. I IV ov/uic iai mvi am vuv Practically every dealer in agricultural implements, and these are numerous in the west, handles automobiles. This year, however, the farmer is reaching out for a more distinctive hallmark of fortune?he is buying oriental rugs. The rug man in one of Lincoln's department stores has sold 12 consignments of oriental rugs to actual farmers?that is, men out on the farm?not a rug or two, but enough to fit out the parlor and sitting-room. One order was for $2,' 400, and the farmer's check was forthcoming when the delivery was made. The farmer, wife and daughter went into the store one morning and asked to look at rugs. The old gentleman explained that his daughter had been at the State university for four years ana naa got tne mea iuai I I the old home didn't look right with carpets, and as they had the money i they were inclined to accept her advice. They didn't just know how the *ugs would look on the floors. The obliging salesman dumped them into several trunks, shipped them to the i r nearest station, and when he came back he had disposed of $2,400 ? ' worth. The Civic League. Just now, when the new officers of the league need to be encouraged If" in their work for the coming year ? by the enrollment of a great number of new members, a large attendance - at each meeting and by a willingness (?&" " in all to help in any work which the ' league may undertake, these exHvv tracts taken from an editorial in the Delineator seem especially written ;; for the citizens of Bamberg. Let everyone read these extracts and they will surely see their duty tojk-'V; wards their town and be enthused to new.efforts in its behalf thereby, v "Isn't there some small thing that needs doing in your community, for the good of the public in general, Ep?>' for the good of civilization, which you might do or get others to help ?./ you do? Because to most of us "our country" means the community in which we live. Our influence may scarcely extend to Washington, hardly to our State capital. But there is |P" - no one of brains and character who may not have influence in her own ??," -community. "There are hundreds of thousands of women who have maids in the kitchen, whose children are no longer pi small, who have leisure. They may not think so, but they have. They ^nave leisure asiae irom uie evcumg W- hours when all are at leisure. There are thousands of such women who could give a few hours every week to work for the public good, with no y . trouble to' themselves. Leisure is a _ thing which millions can never have; a thing which driven and hurried toilers gasp for throughout their w- lives. Does a leisure class owe nothing to a community which has given it this rich gift? "Isn't there something in your brV.i community that needs doing? Something which will render it more civile-:' lized? Somthing which will increase gP " the general health, intelligence and well-being? Is there a library in your town? If so, has it a children's room? Aare your teachers decently |f.' paid? In some parts of the country bk.a teacher's wages are those of a " kitchen girl. That surely is not suitf: " able. Is there a public bath in your j?f- - town? Cleanliness is next to godliness, you know, and it is really very * hard to keep clean without a bath tub. Have you a child-labor law, and is it enforced? Or are the chilli dren being put to work before they have got their growth or the pitiful modicum of education afforded by the elementary schools? Are there any children's playgrounds in your town? Boys are arrested, you know, and sent tn inil and started on a criminal career, just because they had no E* place but a crowded street to play in. Are the saloon laws in your town enforced?the laws for Sunday closing, for midnight closing, against selling to minors? Such laws exist iif most places. Are they enforced? Half of all the trouble comes because they are open from midnight to morning. "Do you know anything about any " of these things? They are very much more important than Shakespeare or Browning or the Pre-Raphaelites, not to speak of chenille embroidery or bridge. Do you take any interest at all in this great, strggling, boiling melting-pot of the races, this America of ours, which was to mean so much to the world? If you do, crystalize that interest into action in some way. Don't let it remain merely sentiment. "Good citizenshiD. like charity, ought to begin at home. But is x there any reason why it should end |V there?" ii MB ? Merchant Shot from Ambush. Monticello. Dec. 3.?Mr. Launey Blair was shot near his store on his way home last night by unknown parties. Mr. Blair is a member of the Blair-Frazier Company, a large firm doing business at Blair, S. C. He is a very popular gentlman, and no doubt the miscreant had robbing in view. He was taken to the Columbia hospital last night He is thought to be seriously wounded, and was shot with a shotgun. | BIG CHECKS ISSUED. Dispensary Commission Paid Ont ] $147,874 to Whiskey Houses. Chairman Murray, of the dispensary commission, last Thursday sup- i ervised the paying out of the last of c the liquor claims allowed by the c commission's recent judgments. The I amount paid out was $147,874.74, ? the largest amount being $65,000 to c Clark Bros., $45,000 to Fleischmann and $18,000 to the Schlitz beer peo- i pie. ^ The only claim allowed remaining i unpaid is that to the Big Springs Dis- ^ tilling company, which is suspended a pending appeal. This was the only ^ concern allowed anything which has r appealed. The commission has left i about $450,000, which includes about a $50,000 "conscience money," half of t which goes to the lawyers. Chairman a Murray said that after all attorneys' fees are paid and all other expenses I met, the commission would turn in c to the State about $320,000. a Most of the firms paid off were \ represented by the Hon. A. J. Car- a roll, formerly speaker of the Ken- s tucky house of representatives, whose r fees will be large and juicy. Mr. j Carroli gave the commission much t valuable assistance in the way of evi- C dence. t List of Payments. ^ Other claims paid recently amount to $71,633.69, bringing the total paid ^ [ out up to $219,508.16. Following is the list of claims paid this week: _ t Fleischmann Co $ 4o,t>4t>.3u r Schlitz Co 829.05 _ Rosenegk Co 829.05 Darley Park Brew Co. .. 235.00 Moyse Bros 8,176.00 G. A. Dickie & Co 2,700.00 Clark Bros. & Co 65,785.57 * Green River Dist. Co 3,153.42 v Richards & Co 1,112.45 J Belair Dist. Co 1,423.96 ^ Est. of C. P. Fishburne .. 79.50 11 John McSmyrle 33,881.91 0 E. A. Saunders Sons Co. .. 662.13 J A. M. & C. Co 645.05 f: E. LaMontague & Sons .. 457.50 * Total $219,508.16 e Fat Fees for Counsel. } The firms represented by Mr. Car- ii roll alone were: Shlitz, Roseneck, fi Moyse Bros., Clark Bros., Green a River Distilling company, Richards p & Co. Messrs. Graham and Carroll n represented Fleischmann, Mr. Dun- 1 bar represented Saunders & Sons t company, the Hendersons, of Aiken, 1 represented S. S. Pearce & Co., and h Mitchell & Smith, of Charleston, rep- p resented Dickie & Co. None of the t! others were represented. t< On the $219,508.16 Mr. Felder's t! law firm in Atlanta gets 10 per cent., h which, with commissions on claims v previously paid out, will bring the 1 firm's straight commissions up to t! _1 * OOT i h A A T? nsJsl.' + lsST, frt O dUUUL fO (gVVV. x 11 auuiuuu iv iuio u. the firm gets half of the conscience t: money and half of whatever can be o recovered on the overjudgments 1 amounting to over $200,000. Attor- p ney General Lyon, who has pursued a the grafters, several times at the per- t! il of his own life, since the appoint- v ment of the first invesigating com- c mission created under the resolution n offered by Cole L. Blease, now a candidate for governor, gets his salary of $1,900 a year and boards himself. n Has Fasted Nearly a Month. tl Rome, Ga., Dec. 4.?Vowing that * he will not allow food to pass his lips ? until Almighty God speaks to him and commands him to eat, William g Tippen, a confectioner, and interested in several enterprises here, has fasted for 28 days. He has suffered g from tuberculosis for several years, a but believes that through faith and q fasting he will be cured. His theory is that food simply furnishes fuel v for the disease. Although his wife a and friends beg him to eat he declares he will not do so until the voices of God commands him. He says he is not hungry and has no de- g( sire to eat for food and will await ^ such time as God sees fit to restore y his appetite. Tippen is very weak a and unable to leave his bed and his Q death is daily expected. s] c Shoots White Partridge. ti Aiken, Dee, ?What is believed p to be the only white partridge ever 0 seen anywhere hereabouts was killed a this week by Louis Mills, near Mont- * morenci. Xo one here has ever heard of a white partridge anywhere, . but that this is a genuine specimen ^ there is no doubt whatever. The pe- ^ culiar bird was killed from a covey ? of some 20 ordinary partridges. It has but one feather that re- v sembles partridge feathers?this is a one wing. Otherwise, excepting two a or three black feathers, it is snow J white. The white partridge had been seen i several times by hunters around Montmorenci, but none could get a shot at it. One day this week Mr. Mills saw the white one in the large covey of t] partridges, and chancing to have his ^ gun, he kept his eye on the white one. Mr. Mills got a shot and killed it. -Reg Courtney now owns the bird, ,c and he states that he intends having * it mounted by a taxidermist. The white partridge is perhaps a hybrid, although in every respect, except color, it is just like an ordinary partridge. e ^ ii Shot While Duck Hunting. ^ Georgetown, Dec. 1.?A very de- c plorable accident occurred near here r this afternoon about 4 o'clock, re- v suiting in a dangerous wound to Ar- v thur F. Ward, son of Col. S. M. s Ward. A Mr. Ward, in company with sev- F eral other young men, was on the C Santee river duck shooting. It ap- A pears from the statements of those who were with him J;hat he was try- t ing to draw a small "canoe across the G marshes. In some way the gun in a the boat was discharged, the load ^ penetrating the side of the boat, 1< striking Mr. Ward in his leg just a b few inches below the hip joint. Mr. t Ward was brought back immediately 1< by his companions and he is now resting very well at his home. Noth- c ing can be learned tonight as to the i condition of the wound, as the phy- i! sicians have made no statements yet. I It is thought, however, that the I wound is very serious ( MOTLEY BACK HOME. defaulting Bank Cashier of Lake City Bank Returns. Sheriff George J. Graham, of Williamsburg, passed through the :ity Thursday morning, having in :harge young Daniel E. Motley, the ^ake City bank defaulter, who was irrested in Camden, X. J., a few lays ago. The prisoner expressed his desire lot to get off the train here, so he vas not disturbed. The sheriff car ied him on through to Kingstree. vhere he will be placed in jail to iwait further proceedings. Motley vas arrested by a detective by the ] lame of Smith who saw his picture n some of the detective magazines, md as soon as he was placed in cusodv in Camden, the Williamsburg luthorities were notified. It is stated that if young Motley lad not run off and tried to keep out >f the way of the authorities, probbly some of his friends and relatives vould have tried to fix up his shortige and keep him from having to uffer the consequences, but he did tot seem to realize this when he ' umped the game. It is said that here was not a young man in Lake Mty that bore the confidence and eseem of all the people of that town ,ny more than he did. He was a right, industrious young fellow, ;ood-natured and kind, and as clever a fellow as you ever met. He < ?as very popular in social circles , ,nd was connected with nearly all of he secret orders in the community, le is about 25 years old and unmaried.?Florence Times. An Unusual Case. McAlester, Okla., Nov. 27.?A case hat is believed to be absolutely without parallel in medical or legal < mnals in this country has arisen iere involving rival physicians in a < ittle town in this county. The child * f one of the physicians was danger- | usly ill of diphtheria, when the < ather telephoned to a physician in < bis city to rush a supply of antitoxin \ o him. The McAlester physician < ngaged a boy at a livery barn to < rive the twenty-five miles with it. J le reached the town about 1 o'clock < a the morning and inquired at the J rst house he came to. The man who , nswered said he was going to the < hysician's home to set up the re- ? minder of the night and would take < he medicine. The boy gave the man J he antitoxin and returned home, i 'he doctor's child died in a few * ours. Later the father advised the ] hysician who had sent the antitoxin i hat it never reached him. Coming < a McAlester to investigate he found \ he boy, heard his story and took him < ome with him to point out the bouse < rhere he gave the man the antitoxin. < 'he boy led him to the house of < he rival physician who was treating < case of diptheria at the same time . he other physician's child was dying , f the disease. He saved his case. < 'he physician who lost his child is < reparing to bring a suit for dam- \ ges against his rival. Learning of < his the accused physician obtained < warrants for the messenger boy, J harging him with criminal careless- < ess and perjury. Murray Case More Tangled. Governor Ansel almost daily gets in lore of a curious predicament about tie petition for pardon of George W. lurray, the Sumter negro ex-conressman and former extensive landwner of that county. Petitions and ounter petitions have come in from umter, both numerously signed, folowing complaint from that section hat the governor hesitated about isuing requisition for Murray, who is nd has been for several years in ' Ihicago. The petition sets forth that Murray ras wrongfully convicted and then sks that he be pardoned on condiion that he remain away from Sum3r and the State. Attorney Mason, of Chicago, the on of Former United States Senator lason, of Illinois, who represents lurray and who came here some time go and settled up Murray's estate, pposes requisition, regardless of the howing that Murray was wrongfully onvicted, and asks that the requisiion be revoked or that Murray be ardoned either without conditions r with the condition that he remain way from the State, claiming that 1 array does not wish to come back 3 South Carolina. And now comes also Attorney loise. of Sumter, who represented Iurray at Sumter, asking that the overnor revoke the requisition. A umber of Sumter people who have isited Columbia recently, when sked about the Murray case, all i greed that it would not be desirable J 3r Murray to come back to Sumter, lat he is a disturbing element among tie negroes. And on top of all this, is bondsmen refuse to stand for the xpense of bringing Murray back to be State. They have paid the for;it to the State, but it is understood bat they were reimbursed out of lurray's estate and are satisfied. Whether he can force the county gainst the will to meet this expense ? another side problem the goveror has to consider in the case. ? Contests in Congress. Washington, Dec. 4.?A half dozen lection districts in five States figure | i the contests which will be treshd out early in the next session of ] be house of representatives. These g ontests notices of which have been eceived by the clerk of the house. rill be laid before the committee, of r'hich there are three in charge of Kohlv WpdncRdflv I 111ci o9 x v/ uu ?? . imong those in the South that is the Mrst district of Louisiana, where H. >. Warmoth is contesting the seat of ilbert Estopinal. Two South Carolina members are laving their elections contested, leorge S. Legare in the First district nd Asbury F. Lever in the Seventh. Ir. Legare's contestant is A. P. Prioeau, and Mr. Lever is being fought iy R. H. Richardson. All three of hese contests are based largely on egp.l technicalities. Claiming that the shifting of a :ounty from the Fifth district of Virginia into another district was llegal and deprived him of sufficient (allots to change the result, J. M. 'arsons is fighting for the seat of Congressman F. W. Sanders. r' J.'' P.' CAB TEE' ' 'I o Attorney-at-Law ! I BAMBERG, S. C. $ Special attention given to set f tlement of estates and investi- t o gation of land titles. X < Loans negotiated on farm lands J* in Bamberg County. f < 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-Jbaw All business entrusted to me will receive prompt attention. Investigation of land titles a specialty Office for present at court house. FRANCIS F. CAKROLL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Offices Over Bamberg Banking Co. GENERAL PRACTICE. J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated I W. P. RILEY I ? I Fire, Life | I Accident . % J INSURANCE | | BAMBERG, 8. C. f G. MOTE'DICKINSON ! INSURANCE AGENT. J ( WILL WRITE ANYTHING $ Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lia J bility, Casualty, in the T 4 strongest and most re- 4 P liable companies. f 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C. J [ DR. GEO. F. 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If your jobber cannot supply I you, write us and we will tell you where I you can get this gun for stock. I Savage Arms* Co. I | Catalog No. 509, Free Utica, N. Y., U. S. A. 1 ? ' . =? '=on=^ ?^Bargains in Real Estate, etc. j I Farms in small and large tracts, town lots I i and residences, mercantile businesses, I II mill sites, sale stables, and pole and tie I n propositions, at low figures and on easy H t,firms. Descriptive list sent on applica- 11 I j tion. Call oil or write, j I Jj J. T. O'NEAL jj M Real Estate Agent Bamberg, S. C. M