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MARLBORO BOY HONORED. Gets Prize Given by Government ir Corn Growing Contest. Columbia, December 9.?A. Bascomb Usher, the Marlboro county boy who produced 152% bushels of corn on one acre of land, was to-day awarded the first prize for South Carolina in the National Boys' Corn Contest, which is held under the auspices of the Federal farm demonstration office. He will spend next week in Washington as the guest of the Government. The States contest has not as yet been decided, and he Will in an ^luuauiiuj win iliio, <xz - there has been no greater yield reported to the commissioners. Mr. Usher has also won the first prize for Marlboro county. Farm ^ demonstration workers are of the opinion that Mr. Usher will win the first prize in the national contest as no greater yield has been reported for the season. The champion corn producer of the State is only 17 years of age, and the methods he used in producing the phenomenal yield prove very interesting. At the request of United States farm demonstration office, the committee consisting of State Superintendent of Education Swearingen, A. G. Smith, of the bureau of plant industry; D. N. Barrow, of Clemson College; Ira W. Williams, who has charge of the farm demonstration work in this State, and Commissioner Watson to-day examined the records of Mr. Usher and awarded him the-first prize. The committee addressed the following letter to Dr. S. A. Knapp, special agent of the farm demonstration work in Wash ington: "This is to certify that the undersigned, constituting a committee as requested by Mr. O. B. Martin, has met and carefully examined all the records filed by all the contestants in the boys' corn growing contest in this State; that we have found that the contest has been won by A. Bascomb Usher, of Marlboro county, who made 152% bushels on one acre, keeping complete and detailed sworn records as to planting, cultivation, harvesting and marketing. Therefore, we hereby award the first prize in this contest to A. Bascomb Usher." Some time was spent to-day by the committee in going over the records of Mr. Usher, which were very neatly and accuratly kept. All of the papers submitted ^ere characterized by system, and It was a very excellent example of farming on paper. The feat of the young boy also shows just what can be done with land in South Carolina by intelligent application. From the records he had evidently planned every step of the work. The 152%bushels produced by the young farmer will be sold to the Government for seed purposes. The price to be paid is $2 per bushel. The sum of $305 will be received for the seed alone. One and one-half tons of fodder were produced, which sold at $20 per ton, netting $30, bringing the total amount received from the acre to $335. Taft Warns Supervisors. Washington, Dec. 11.?President Taft to-day served notice on ambitious members of congress that the newly ordered machinery for the taking of the coming census is not to be utilized for political ends. He addressed 85 supervisors of the census at the executive offices and told them plainly that if they used their offices, or if they permitted the enumerators directly under them to further political ends he would remove them promptly and without hesitation. The - supervisors were introduced by Census Director Durand. "Many of you?most of you?have been recommended by congressmen," said the president, "and it may be that some of those congressmen will come to you and expect, because they did recommend you, that you owe them something in the way of selecting the men as enumerators who will help them in their congressional elections. "You have got to select the men whom you think will do the work, and if you catch them doing political work I wish you to remove them, just as I will remove you if I catch you doing political work. It is business. I am not quarreling with the congressmen." Prohibition Statute Before Court. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 11.?A test case which involved the constitutionality of a part of the temperance legislation passed by the last legislature in making Tennessee dry, was decided in the supreme court here today. The case came from Hamilton ^ county, styled J. W. Kelley et al., vs. Sheriff Conner et al., and involves the right to manufacture whiskey and beer in Tennessee and sell the same outside of the State. The legislature passed a bill forbidding manufacture after July 1, 1909. Subsequent to that date Sheriff Conner, acting in behalf of the State, levied - on the property of Kelley, a manufacturer and wholesaler, tying up his entire plant and output. The complaintants went into the chancery court, securing an injunction reBtraing the attorney general of Hamilton county from proceeding with the prosecution of the case. The supreme court to-day held that me ease was improperly urougnt in > the chancery court and that the chancery court did not have jurisdiction in the procedure and dismissed the suit. The effect of the decision is to leave the case exactly as it was, and it will of necessity have to be fought again through all the courts of the State. Rich Men's Gifts Are Poor beside this: "I want to go on record as saying that I regard Electric Bitters as one of the greatest gifts that God has made to woman," writes Mrs. O. Rhinevault, of Vestal Center, N. Y., "I can never forget what it has done for me." This glorious medicine gives a woman buoyant spirits, vigor of body and jubilant health. It quickly cures nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells; soon builds up the weak, ailing and sickly. Try them. 50c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. k NEGRO SHOOTS FARMER. i T. J. Kirven Seriously Wounded bj "Share Cropper." Sumter, Dec. 9.?Mr. T. J. Kirv< of Providence, one of the best kn'o i and most progressive farmers ' Sumter county, was shot late yest i day afternon and severely wound . by Wash Williams, a negro shJ cropper on a farm owned by 3 Kirven, four miles east of this ci ; The shooting was done with a sh ' gun loaded with small shot. I ; load took effect in Mr. Kirven's 1 i hand, arm and side, and but for t ; deflection of the shot by a hea overcoat worn by him and a men randum book and papers in his po( et he would probably have been k: ed, as a large part of the load lodg s in the side and muscles of the ch< directly over the heart. As it is, 3 Kirven is quite seriously wound i and will be confined to his bed at t Sumter Hospital, where he is bei treated, for some time. ! The shooting occurred between [ and 5 o'clock yesterday afterno< when Mr. Kirven went to the fa: ; to seize the crop in which he had interest under a warrant of atta< ment. It was alleged that Willia: had been disposing of the crop a had not made proper returns to 3 Kirven, who had a claim on it 1 ; rent and for supplies advanced unc a share crop agreement. When entered the yard he was received a threatening manner by the w and sons of Williams, the worn threatening him with a pitchfork a one of the boys with an axe. Wh his attention was attracted by t woman and boy and their impendi assaults, a gun was fired through crack in the house, near where was standing, the load taking eff< as above described. Mr. Kirven ma his way, with assistance, to the hoi of Mr. Willie Shaw, near the see of the shooting, and physicians we . summoned by telephone and Shei Epperson notified. Mr. Kirve: wounds were dressed and he v brought to the hospital. Sheriff Epperson sent his deputy arrest Williams, but he could not found, although diligent search w made for him last night and ag? ihis morning. Williams's wife a two sons were arrested and comm ted to jail. They have employ counsel and will apply for bail. Mr. Kirven is suffering consid< able pain to-day, but is doing as w as could be expected. Unless the are unforeseen complications he w recover within a few days. Looking One's Best. It's a woman's delight to look b best but pimples, skin eruptioi sores and boils rob life of joy. L ten! Bucklen's Arnica Salve cui them: makes the skin soft and v vety. It glorifies the face. Cui pimples, sore eyes, cold sores, crac ed lips, chapped hands. Try it. 1 fallible for piles. 25c at Peop! Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Carolina Case Begun. Washington, Dec. 9.?The validi of the South Carolina statute provi ing a penalty of $50 in case a common carrier shall refuse to p for loss of, or damage to, goods trai ported by it within forty days if t shipment was entirely within t State, and ninety days if without t State, came before the Supreme Cot of the United States for argument 1 day. This law was passed in 1904, a: was enacted principally to make t railroads pay within a reasonat time claims amounting to small sun The penalty attaches only when t full amount sued for is recovered. The five cases that are now befo the Court originated before the Ma istrates' Courts, where verdicts we given for the plaintiffs. The Atlantic Coast Line* and t Southern Express Company, whi were the defendants, appealed to t Supreme Court of South Carolir where the lower Courts were si tained, and from the State Suprer Court appeals were brought to t United States Supreme Court. The railroad and express coi pany claim that the Supreme Court South Carolina in its final judgme rendered in each of the five cas prrpH in hnlriinp' fhp Ant nf fhp Op eral Assembly of South Carolir above referred to, in passing the A imposing the penalty of $50, in far as it is made to apply to Inte State carriers doing business South Carolina, is "illegal regulatii and burden upon Inter-State coi merce, in violation of Article 1, Sc tion 8, Clause 3, of the Constitutb of the United States" The plaintiffs in the cases are M zusky, of Barnwell county; McTe< of Hampton; Keith, of Florence, ai VoaLehe, of Colleton, the latter ha ing two cases. P. A. Wilcox, Florence, appears for the railro; and express company, and J. P. : Bryan for the original plaintiffs. Bigham Still at Liberty. Georgetown, Dec. 11.?The sei ence of Dr. G. C. Bigham to thr and a half years at hard work in ti Penitentiary for complicity in t killing of his wife at Murrells In! last September, which was imposed Judge Watts, has not yet gone in effect. Avant, who actually did t' shooting, that brought to her dea this young wife, i woman of unusu attainments ana oeauty, is at t Penitentiary and supposedly servii his sentence while the man who word caused him to fire the fal shot, remains at liberty. The seems to be some technical obstru , tion in the working of the law som where. Judge Watts let the co victed men go out on bonds of $: 500, pending the result of an appe by the defendants' lawyer. The a peal was not filed within the allot time of ten days, and Avant prompt surrendered himself and was sent Columbia. Bigham was not to be found Florence county, but was reported being in Greenville, where it is sa he is now. Sheriff Scurry, of this county, a serts that he is under orders of S licitor Wells, and cannot act whi it seems that the solicitor is awa ing the action of Judge Watts callii in the bond and issuing a bench wa rant for Bigham's apprehension. $25,000 FIRE AT COLUMBIA. j a Destructive Blaze at Southern Rail* way Shops. 5n, Columbia, December 9.?Fire rewn suiting in damages that will amount of to $25,000 occurred this evening at er- 6.30 o'clock in the Southern Railway led shops here. The car shop was deire stroyed, together with four passdr. enger coaches that it contained. Anty. other coach in the yard caught durot ing the blaze, but this was saved, 'he although considerably damaged. No eft clue as to the origin of the fire has v ~ i- J : ,IAC Utrtfll U15CUVC1CU. ivy It was stated tonight that insur10 ance was carried, but no estimate ik- could be made of its apportionment ill- to this special building that was deed stroyed. It was also stated that no est theory of the fire could be formulatIr. ed by those at the shops, led It was probably only because the he wind that briskly blew in the early ng afternoon had died down that the gigantic plant of the Southern was 4 saved. The firemen, too, worked Dn, hard and prevented the spread of the rm flames to other portions of the shops, an The news spread rapidly that the ;h- Southern's shops were on fire and in ms a half hour many hundreds of people nd gathered and watched the fight Ir. against the flames in the cold night for air. ler The men had not long been away he from the shops, so that the coaches in in the building could not be pulled ife out by the engines, an , n H jje Taft Settles Differences. he Washington, Dec. 11.?President ng Taft to-day took a hand in straighta ening out factional troubles in the he Republican party in Tennessee, set Postmaster General Hitchcock esde corted the warring factions to the me White House and assisted in the adne justment of affairs, ire For some time the party in Ten iff nessee has been divided into two faca's tions, one headed by Representatives as Brownlow and Austin, the two Republican congressmen from the State, to and the other headed by H. Clay be Evans, Newell Sanders, the State ras chairman, and others. iin The president decided to-day that nd in all matters of minor federal patit ronage in the State he would recoged nize the State organization or EvansSanders faction, in all districts except er- in the First and Second, represented ell by Brownlow and Austin. In those ire districts the congressmen will dictate ill the appointments. The president plainly told both sides, however, that in the matter of aDDointine marshals and district attorneys he himself ier would pass upon the fitness of the QS) candidates and would be responsible is.! for their appointment. es m el" Not Yet. *6S A Missouri clergyman had in his [n- pastoral flock a member who was re[es luctant about meeting the contribution basket. The pastor had thrown out many broad hints, but all to no avail. One day the member fell ill and was taken to the Ensworth hopital. When the clergyman arrived the man ay was delirious. While the pastor was 1S_ sitting beside his bed a wild yell of h~ "Fire! Fire!" came from across the he street be The sick man drew himself upon irt his elbows. "Where?where am I?" :o- he asked excitedly. "Calm yourself, brother," soothed ad the pastor, with just the faintest he twinkle in his eye. "You are still >le at the Ensworth hospital!"?Lippinis. cott's. he |W re Alone in Saw Mill at Midnight g- unmindful of dampness, drafts, ire storms or cold, W. J. Atkins worked as night watchman, at Banner he SnrinfrR Tpnn. Snoh exnosurfi eave ch" him a severe cold that settled on his he lungs. At last he had to give up work. ia, He tried many remedies but all failis ed til he used Dr. King's New Disne covery. "After using one bottle," he he wries, "I went back to work as well as ever." Severe colds, stuben born coughs, inflamed throats and of sore lungs, hemorrhages, croup and nt whooping cough get quick relief and es prompt cure from this glorious medin cine. 50c and $1. Trial bottle free, ia, guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., .ct Bamberg, S. C. so ? irFire at Anderson. on Anderson, December 9.?Only good m- work by the local fire deparment -c- checked a disastrous fire loss here on tonight. The entire stock of E. H. Ackert, consisting of porcelain ind a- tin ware, was destroyed, valued at Jr, $7,500. The right wing of the nd People's building was damaged to v- the extent of about $10,000, as nearof ly as can be estimated at present, jtr The cause of the fire is not known. K- The People's is directly adjacent to the Citizen's Bank and contains two [other store rooms in addition to that destroyed, out damage was practi1t_ cally confined to the right wing. oe Tate Burley Company's hardware store and Mrs. Holleman's millinery be store in the same building were et slightly damaged. At one time the by entire right wing was in flames. The to fire is now entirely under control, be (12.30 a. m.) The loss is covered in th part by insurance. al he There is more catarrh in this secQg tion of the country than all other >se diseases put together, and until the :al last few years was supposed to be inxe curable. For a great many years ic- doctors pronounced it a local disease e- and prescribed local remedies, and by m- constantly failing to cure with local L,- treatment, pronounced it incurable, sal Science has proven catarrh to be a p- constitutional disease and therefore ed requires constitutional treatment. ;ly Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured to by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the in market. It is taken internally in as doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. id It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They is- offer one hundred dollars for any lo- case it fails to cure. Send for circuile lars and testimonials. Address: it- F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. tig Sold by druggists, 75c. ir- Take Hall's family pills for constipation. REPORT ON ASYLUM. 1 Special Committee of Legislature to Have Session Next Week. Columbia, Dec. 11.?The special legislative committee appointed to investigate the conditions at the State hospital for the insane will hold its final meeting next week, when the committee hopes to formulate its report to- the legislature which meets on the eieventh of next month. The committee is divided on several important phases of the investigation, and it is thought likely that majority and minority reports will be submitted. The position of the board of regents of the institution is set forth in a paper summarizing what the board thinks the Legislature should do to remedv conditions at the in stitution. The paper was submitted to the investigating committee after it had about concluded its investigations in July, but is made public today for the first time. This report which will be the basis of the board's report and recommendation to the Legislature, covers five typewritten pages, but is "meaty" and full of important suggestions and recommendations. There are so many things the board wants done that it suggests that in order to lighten the financial burden that the changes be made gradually in order of their importance. This summary is divided into seven sections. Section one asks for revision of the law governing the institution so as to make other provisions of the criminal insane than having them committed by judges of probate. Section two asks for an annual . conference of charities and corrections to consider these problems, section three suggests separation of the races in cottage plan of housing, the future policy including a colony of the chronic insane, a village for epileptics, a school for the feebleminded and a hospital for inebriates poor houses, improvement of the medical staff, and a consulting board, State aid of the pellegra and tuberculosis problems. Section four recommends immediate special care of tuberculosis patients in separate wards, separate wards for excited negro men and women, apathological department, amusement features, a nurses' home, better bathing facilities, completion of the textile buildings and all departments refurnished, repainted and recovered. Section five asks for a battery of boilers, enlargement of the dining room facilities, renewal of the plumbing and heating plant, establishment of an icb plant, remodeling of the fire protection equipment r Sections six and seven call for remodeling of the dairy department and improvement of the farm. A school teacher having instructed a pupil to purchase a grammar, the next day received a note thus worded from the child's mother: "I do not A ??/\ fru* T it 1 n cV?o1l Qn fro era in arom UCOli O 1UX UU1 U OUUU iU QAMW mar, as I prefer her ingage in yuseful studies and can learn her how to spoke and write properly myself. I have went through two grammars and I can't say as they did me no good. I prefer her ingage in german and drawing and vocal music on the peano." TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1909, until the 15th day of March, 1910, inclusive. From the first day of January, 1910, until the 31st day of January, 1910, a- penalty of 1 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From = the 1st day of February, 1910, until the 28th day of February, 1910, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1910, until the 15th day of March, 1910, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. THE LEVY. For State purposes 5% mills For county purposes, 3% mills Constitutional school tax,..3 mills Total 11% mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg, No. 14 7 mills Binnakers, No. 12, 3 mills Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills Colston, No. 18, 2 mills Cuffie Creek, No. 17 2 mills Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills Ehrhardt, No. 22, 4 mills Govan, No. 11, 4 mills Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills Heyward, No. 24, 2 mills Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill Lees, No. 23, 4 mills Midway, No. 2 2 mills Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills Olar, No. 8, 4 mills St. Johns, No. 10, 2 mills All persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederat soldiers and sailors, who are exempt at fifty years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. capitation aog tax, t>u cents. All persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st day of Janary, 1909, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar, and all who have not made returns to the Auditor are requested to do so on or before 1st of January, 1910, and thereby save the penalty and costs. I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from the 15th day of October, 1909, until the 1st day of March, 1910. JOHN F. FOLK. Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 30, 1909. OPENING BIDS. ( Bids will be received by the board * of county commissioners for Bamberg county for the painting of the roofs of the court house and jail, calcamining court house and jail, and other repairs. Specifications can be seen at Supervisor's office. Bids will be closed on Monday, December 20th, 1909. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. J. B. KEARSE, H. D. FREE, Supervisor. Clerk. fi Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 1, 1909. O IT Tkof Poi*1aqrl rkt 1 11UV VUl AVUVt VI Horses & Mules! J Has arrived. They came in Mon- | day. Come and get them. We sure have some good ones in the lot, both horses and mules. We can suit you, and the prices will be ] right. : : . : : fl Jones Bros. | H Bamberg, South Carolina M S ' = -I -I- -I -I; I--I? ! a? -Ii <! a;-I il; il? -Ti | ,;'is I Let us have your next order for groceries h | ft We know we can please you in both quality and price, S ?#? for we keep right up with the best markets and when * ft* there is anything good in eatables to be had, we get it. * ; ji Our stock is always new and fresh, for we are constant ?? ly getting in new goods. No stale groceries are sent * J T out of this store. * * g OUR TOOTHSOME DELICACIES ft? will make you a regular patron of ours if you will try us ft? ft once. Let us have your next order. You will find us i X prompt and reliable, and if anything we send you does in Kc ovortlv riffht. let. ns know. We will be ft? f* "??' ^ J "o * - - v,. ? ji glad to adjust anything to your satisfaction. Won't you g i|. let us have a chance at serving you? ^ , '-J | J. W. McCUE ? 1 W "THE QUAIilTY SHOP." * J Ji 'Phone No. 32. 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