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1 Tiai ' H | A ?f H that we stand ' 3j| ' must sell at r *?| you want to ii I sl: horses, we ha I | any dealer in ?1 I its Yn /|[G PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City an at Other Points. ?Mr. W. N. Jones, of Lodge, wa i in the city Monday. ?Mr. F. P. Sease, of Islandtoi was in the city Monday. ?Mr. W. C. Cooper, of Denmari was in the city last Saturday. ?Mr. J. Laz.Copeland, of the Ehi hardt section, was in town last Satui * day. ?Mr. A. McB. Speaks is spendin this week at his old home in Van ville. ?Mr. Geo. J. Hires, of the Ehi hardt section, was in the city las Friday. ?Mr. S. W. Clayton, of the Cols * ton section, was in the city las Sautrday. ?Mr. C. R. Clayton, of the Ehi hardt section, was in the city las Saturday. ?Mrs. W. M. Brabham is visitin her daughter, Mrs. C. F. Gilchrist, i ^ Florence. ?Messrs. J. 0. and P. M. Kears* 'v of the Kearse section, were in th city last Thursday. ?Mr. W. P. Etchison, travellin representative of The State, was i the city last Thursday. ?Miss Sadie Meriwether, of A * lendale, is the guest of her aun Mrs. A. McB. Speaks. ?Mrs. R. M. Hays has gone on m visit to Asheville, N. C., to visit M ^ and Mrs. J. Norman Walker, a ?Mrs. M. A. Adams has gor J to Walterboro to visit the family c f her son, Mr. C. D. C. Adams. ?Mr. W. O. Tatum, of the Cop section of Orangeburg county, we in the city last Saturday. .? ?Mr. J. J. Smoak left for Win: ton-Salem, N. C., Monday to purchas another car load of horses and mule: ?Mr. W. P. Jones has been i East St. Louis this week buyin horses and mules for his firm, Jon* Bros. ?Mr. Jno. H. Cope returne Tuesday from a trip to Spartanbur and the layman's meeting in Colun bia. ?Dr. C. E. Kinsey, of Wiliam was in the city Monday and Tuesda; His many Bamberg friends were gla 4 to see him again. ?Mr. William Carrere, of ti News and Courier, spent Sunda and Monday in the city on a vis to his sister, Mrs. J. W. McCue. i I - \ o Carl behind every transacti ight prices and treat o ncrease your fanning ( vp thpm. All good o this section, all from I UR LOSS AN! r?R BAMBER ?Mr. A. M. Braham, who 1 been sick for several months, has d covered sufficiently to ride out. ?Mr. C. D. Felder left Tuest morning for Charleston. From th he will probably go to Kingstree Lake City, S. C., to take the pc L tion of depot agent for the Atlar Coast Line Railroad. ?Mr. J. E. Felder was in the c this week, packing up his furniti and moving to Ehrhardt. He ] rented his house to Mr. Couch, Jacksonville, who will move at or Mr. Felder and wife will board g Mr. Chas. Ehrhardt's in Ehrhardt LRECOMMENDS INCOME TAX ;t Legislature of Virginia Urged to i prove Proposed Amendment. Jit Richmond, Va., January 17.?G ernor Swanson to-day sent to .. legislature of Virginia a special m 5t sage on the proposed income amendment to the Federal Consti tion recommending its prompt g proval. "No substantial reason exists," stated, "why our Government sho be deprived of the power of impos Le a tax so just and so fair. It is an warranted fright to imagine t S Congress would permit any legh n tion which would be destructive either the rights or best interests 1- the States. The proposed ame t, ment will remove the Supreme Co of the United States on this subj a from the arena of political content r and strife. The expenditures of Federal Government are rapidly e creasing each year. At present m ^ of its vast revenue is collected b; tax upon consumption?thus people are taxed on what they ne >e not on what they possess. A J ls system of taxation should be ba on the abundance of the people t 3" not on their necessities." ie s. Marriage at Branchville. n < g Branchville, Jan. 17.?Last ni )s at about 7 o'clock, at the home of bride's mother, Miss Cissye Bruce 1 ^ married to Mr. John Morgan. 1 [g marriage was unexpected and no i ^ knew anything of it until about < hour before the ceremony was i formed. Mr. Morgan is a prosper hncinoaa mon nf The C( mony was performed by Rev. A1 ^ McFarlen. The couple left on the afterm ie train for a short bridal trip to W land of flowers, after which t it will be at home to their friends Fechtig. loads II ~~ We received a car er arrived yesterd< = more will arrive loads arriving shov ? We guarantee wha on. We are leaders in ur customers right or 01 operations this year and nes. We also have the the hest makers. :: ) OURS TOO II ANK n aas HE1KE ARRAIGNED FOR FRAUJ re Officer of Sugar Trust, Indicted Lai lay Week, Appears in Court. ere or New York, January 17.?Charl< jsi- R. Heike, secretary of the America itic Sugar Refining Company, whom Co lector Loeb declared to be the ma ;ity ' higher up" in the sugar frauds, w? are to-day arraigned in the criminj bag branch of the United States Circu of Court, and held in $5,000 bail 1 LCe ffoead next Monday on indictmen at charging him with making false ei tries of sugar cargoes and conspirin to defraud the Government. Henry W. Walker, assistant to 01 ver Spitzer, the convicted dock supe ip- intedent, was held in $3,000 bail c similar charges, to which to-day t entered a plea of not guilty, as dj ov- James F. Bendernagel, and Voelk( the and Halligan, the other sugar en ies- ployees indicted with Heike la, tax week. The sixth man, Ernest "V tu- Gerbracht, former superintendent < ap- the Williamsburg refinery, wj granted one week in which to pleai he The four former checkers of tt uld company?Boyle, Coyle, Kehoe ar ing Hennessy?now prisoners in Blacl un- well's Island penitentiary, to whic hat they were sent to serve a years' ten jia. each, to-day made application for a< of mission to bail pending appeal, of The Court took briefs in the ma nd- ter and reserved decision, urt ect Criticises Pension System, ion Washington, Jan. 17.?Represei the tative Martin Dies, of Texas, resigne jn_ from the pension committee of tt ost house to-day because he is oppose y a to the pension system as now admii the istered. ied, In his letter of resignation 1 lair Speaker Cannon, Mr. Dies declare Sed he was in favor of general laws bi md opposed to private pension bills. "Every man on the pay roll of tt government from the president dow -* J xl to tne porters arouuu me wpaui anxious to have his pay increased, ght declared Mr. Dies in a statemen the "Within the past few days the pres vas dent has announced himself in fav< The of pensioning government employe one in the meantime congress is spendir one nearly $100,000,000 a month ar >er- the people are groaning under hig ous living expenses. If this thing coi ire- tinues, it will soon be worse than tt len militiarism of Europe. There evei laborer must work to support a sol< oon ier. In our case every laborer wi the be compelled to work to support hey pensioner. I am heartily opposed I at the system and I am glad to be off tt committee." Inv*eac 1U1 oto load stock last week, a ly. We are selling then in time to supply yoi v that we are doing the it we sell, and the puh the live stock and vel mm or business would not need more mules, com ! buggies, wagons, 4c., YOU PONT BAP :: SOUTH X NO DAMAGE AWARDED, st Suit Against Railroad for Ten Thoi and Dollars Results in Mistrial. js Walterboro, Jan. 16.?The 1 ,n three days of court this week w< 1- taken up in the trial of the celebrat ,n case of Emily Taylor vs. the Atlan is Coast Line Railroad company, a al the result was a mistrial, it This case was tried first at 1 :o spring term of court, 1906, at whi ts time a verdict of $10,000 v l- awarded plaintiff. From this dec tg ion the railroad company appeaJ and a new trial was granted. T i- case was originally brought by Em r- W. Taylor, but since that time ? in has been married to C. E. Lysag le so the new trial was brought id Emily W. Lysaght and E. C. Lysag ir plaintiffs. a- On June 12, 1904, Miss Tay st purchased a ticket at Charleston V. Oreen Pond. She was on her "w Df to visit her sister, Mrs. Welch, thi is miles from Green Pond, who was d. The complaint alleges that her ticl le was taken up by conductor I id Symes and that she asked that s i- be put off at Green Pond. The co :h plaint further alleges that the c( m ductor did not call the name of t i- station and that she was carried 1 yond her destination; that the c< t- ductor proposed that she go on Yemmassee, a station 14 miles d i tant, and return on the next trai that although she preferred going a- to Savannah, where she had'relativ id the train returning brought her te Green Pond late at night, where th< id was a crowd of boisterous and drur l- en negroes;, that Miss Taylor v put off in care of the stati ;o agent; that the crowd of negn :d pushed and jostled the paintiff in it rude and boisterous manner; that t agent finally left her for a pistol t le did not return, and that after bei n pushed about considerably more, t is plaintiff employed a negro worn to conduct her to a boarding hou t. which she did. The complaint I i- leges that the defendant suffered >r dignities and nervous shock to 1 s. damage $10,000. ig The defendant denied the mater id allegations of the complaint and c( ;h tended that the station had be a- properly called, and that the cai te of the plaintiff's being carried by 1 y destination was her own carelessm I- in not alighting at the destinati< 11 It also denied that she had been < a serted by the operator and that s to received any indignities or any inju ie whatever. The testimony was conflicting. . : Z ... . .. - ?i m.. and Mi lie knows **A!A LIIAINAAA (AV 1AI1TAV P * 11UC UUdillCdd 1UI lUTTCi U be continually growing all e to see me. If you wa , to match. More vehicle ? ? DO BUSINESS V l/TRFR fliJUll CAROLINA / WOMAN'S SLAYER CONFESSES. flS" Murderer of Governess Near Poughkeepsie Owns Up. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., January 17. ire ?jn the presence of his mother, ? ;ed prank Schermerhorn, lying on his tic cot at Vassar Hospital to-night, conn(l fessed to under sheriff Fred Horn- ] beck that he alone was responsible for ] ;he the death of Sarah Brymlar, the gov- j teb erness who was found strangled to ] ras death at the Compton home at Mill- < !is_ brook last Thursday morning. Schermerhorn says he was drunk at the be time and did not know what he was tty doing. (tie Just as Schermerhorn finished his ht, confession, his mother fainted. Scher- J by merhorn says he was very drunk the J bt, Eight of the crime; remembers being j in the room with Sarah Brymer, but l?r does not remember what he did. t0 "I did not intend to commit mur- , ay der," said Schermerhorn, according "ee to the officials, "but I only intended , HI- 'it' for a scare. I alone am respon cet sible and no one else is concerned in ,ee it ? ihe m- SPECIAL NOTICES. )n ;he Advertisements Under This Head 25c. t5e~ For 25 Words or Less, jn- ~ ; to Stolen.?From my barn in Denis mark one top buggy, square box, In; elliptic springs, slight tear in top, on body painted black, running gear es, green. One new shaft and new single ] to tree. Reward of $10 for return to 1 >re J. R. OWENS, Denmark, S. C. i For Sale.?My residence in the 1 ras town of Bamberg. Will sell worth j on the money. See me quick. A. W. ( )es KNIGHT. ] t a , he House for Rent.?If you want to j )Ut rent a house, see me quick. J. A. ng WYMAN, Bamberg, S. C. : :he For Sale.?A nice new fout-room an cottage on lot 105x210 feet. Also se, five building lots 105x210 feet. All al- in suburbs of town of Bamberg. J. in- M. JENNINGS, Bamberg, S. C. ier Wanted.?Applicants for the posij j tion of night policeman for the city 1 of Bamberg. Election will be held ' t '~n February 1st. Send application stat- ' ing age and experience and salary | for which you will work, to the un- ' IPf dersigned. M. W. BRABHAM, Clerk City of Bamberg. )n. ?____________ le- Salesmen Wanted to look after our she interest in Bamberg and adjacent try counties. Salary or commission. Address THE VICTOR OIL COMPANY, Cleveland, O. * 1 irolina, and we |p the time If i int nice driving is on hand than ^ ?-%sj yiTH US | 8 | f 1 u | FRANCIS F. CARROLL Attorney-at-Law Offices Over Bamberg Banking Co. ' j GENERAL PRACTICE. TRESPASS NOTICE. I All of my friends are respectfully requested not to hunt or trespass on my lands in any manner whatever. Others, including book agents, picture agents, sewing machine agents, patent medicine agents, and peddlers . 3f every kind must not, as they Will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. W. S. BAMBERG. Bamberg, S. C., November 1, 1909. ASSESSMENT NOTICE. The Auditor or his deputy will be at the following places on the days and dates named below for the purpose of taking tax returns of real and personal property: Farrell's Store, Tuesday, January i, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Hunter's Chapel, Wednesday, Jan- -v iiary 5, 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Denmark, Monday and Tuesday, January 10th and 11th. Lees, Wednesday, January 12th. Ehrhardt, Thursday and Friday, January 13 th and 14 th. Govan, Monday, January 17th. Olar, Tuesday and Wednesday/ January 18th and 19th. Colston, Monday, January 24th. St. John's, Tuesday, January 25th, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Camp Hill, Wednesday, January 26th, 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Kearse's Store, Thursday, January ' :; 27th, 9 a. m. to 2.30 p. m. Each piece,- parcel or tract of land must be returned separately. I will appreciate it if each tax ; novor Ttrill moot TT1A and mftkft his or tier own return. On the days and dates not mentioned above, I will be at the court bouse, until the 20th day of Februiry, for the purpose of receiving returns. 50 per cent penalty will be idded to all personal property not returned on or before the 20th day ' 3f February. I do not wish to add this penalty, therefore, I ask all tax payers to meet me promptly and make their returns. R. W. D. ROWELL, Auditor Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1909. MEAT MARKET If you want the best meats obtainable, call on the market in rear of ./ / v S " V-'e* J. D. Copeland's store, second door x> his warehouse, opposite the arte- C . dan well, Broad street, or 'phone No. 78 and tell us your wants, which will va fliioii at iwtLsnnahlA nrices. x A /. trial order will convince yon that this is the place to get yora* fresh meats. Prompt delivery. I also buy >eef cattle, pork, hogs, hides, chickens and eggs. A. W. BRONSON i N ' ' "xi /.; ,V>1