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HERMIT COMES TO TOWN. Strange Old Man Shows Up in Ban] in Greenville. V ' ???? Greenville, S. C., Dec. 9.?Ove $2,600 in gold and silver coin and i currency, the paper money packe tightly in a metal tube and encase with the coin in an old wooden carl -i ji ? x ? riuge oox, almost roneu hulu uavm 3 , been buried in the earth over a scor of years; deposited in a local ban: by a mysterious old man, who ans wered but few questions and let dro occasionally remarks that arousei the most intense cuuriosity; the sud iden departure of the hermit, giving his address for the next two day % and no more?these are some of th facts of one of the strangest and mos interesting stories that has "turnei up" in these parts in many a daj Worthy of treatment with the pel of Robert Louis Stevenson, the stor; must be pounded out roughly an< i under the high pressure of dail newspaper work. Here is the stor I ~ " in detail: I Would Lend to the Bank. Thursday last the cashier of a lo cal bank returned to his work abou 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. A he entered the door he observed a] ' % old man seated inside the lobby oi an old wooden box. Upon beini asked if any service could be don him, the mysterious man replied tha he "had a little money he would lik to lend the bank." The cashier re plied that he was in that particula business himself, but that the ban] was always glad to receive money fo deposit, and upon which a certain in terest was paid. With that the ol< man explained that he had come fo this purpose. Upon being askei where the money was he wished t< deposit, the stranger arose from hi seat and pointed out the old box h had been sitting on. Treasure Box Opened. With the aid of an assistant, th< cashier bore the box behind th< counter and pried off the lid, whil > the stranger stood by and observe* the proceedings. What met the eye of the cashier as he tore the top oi the box, reads too much like fictioi to. dwell upon. A tangled mass o metal and sand half filled the box and in the midst of it lay a mys > terious-looking metal tube. Th< cashier dug his hands into the bo: and lifted out a pile of coin, yellow < gleaming among the silver, and plac ed it upon the counter. The operatioi , was repeated until the box was emp tied. The metal tube was taken uj and a cap pulled off one end. Insid< was hundreds of dollars in currency The several bills had .been rolle* tightly and crammed into the tub* when the old man wished to make i deposit in his subterranean bank. An Hour to Count It. \ With the contents cr the box plac ed upon the counter, the cashier be gan the task of separating the ooii from the dirt wThich had sifted int< the box from time to time. It. tool S, the cashier over an hour to completi the task, and when he had finishec the skin had been worn off the tips of his fingers by the grit and the rus 7 which had collected on the silve coin. The gold and silver coin anc the currency amounted to something over $2,600. It was when the cashier had fin ished counting the money and wai ready to make the deposit slip tha the real mystery began to show up The old man seemed reticent abou giving his name, but finally yielde< to the solicitation of the cashier Still more trouble the cashier en countered when he asked the stran i ger to give his address. "Oh, haven't any address, I never stay ii any one place long at a time. Jus keep the stuff here, and I will cal for it some day," is, in substance the stranger's reply. Finally, th< cashier was told that he could ad dress the stranger at a little town ii Georgia, but only for the next tw< days, for after that he would b< gone. Buried Twenty Years. * The old man yielded to a few ques tions of the cashier. He stated tha he had had the money buried fo ' over 20 years. He would not sa; where he had it concealed, or fron whence he came; but it was surmise< that the old fellow came from some s where in the State of Georgia. Th< . stranger said that the money ha< been buried in the fields and tha crops had been planted over it fo more than a score of years. H< stated that some eight years ago when alone in his cabin, he grex fearful lest someone might find hi ij treasure. In the dead of night th< |v - old fellow took a wheelbarrow an< rolled it 8 miles to the spot where hi had his money buried. He took ui the box and carried it back to hi cabin. After counting it and satis I > fying himself that it was all there the old man carried it out and buriei it again. No Faith in Banks. For nearly a quarter of a century said the stranger, he had deposite< f every penny he earned, with the ex ception of enough to keep him aliv p and dressed, in the box. He offerei I \ HER PACE HER FORTUNE. k New Jersey School Teacher Wants ] $5,000 for Loss of Good Looks. ,r Camden, N. J., Dec. 6.?Claiming n that her beauty had been spoiled end tirely in an accident and her chance d of marrying advantageously, ruined, _ Miss Annette Myers, an Atlantic ] g City school teacher, entered suit here e to-day for $5,000 damages against k Robert Cain, a member of the Cam den board of free holders, whom she p alleges is responsible, d Recently the school teacher and a . [_ party of friends while walking along ( g a country road on their way to a s fair were run into by Cain, who was , e driving a fast horse attached to a , t light carriage. Several of the party a were knocked down but all escaped ] serious injury except Miss Myers . Q who sustained a broken nose and a , y crushed cheek bone. a Miss Myers's counsel claims mat y she was so disfigured that "she hates ? y to appear in public." A Living on One Acre. With the whole world, embarrasst ed by the high cost of living prob_ lem, the declaration coming from people at San Diego that they can live in comfort and raise a family q on one acre of land is attracting z wide attention. Near the exposition city is a small colony known as the Little Landers of San Ysidro g (pronounced Isidro,) where all of the agricultural holdings are small, many of them as small as one acre. Among the colonists are teachers, college professors, retired business men, lit^ erary people?a class of people of intelligence if not of means. Hav^ ing solved the question of contentment with little, these people have proposed to the exposition management that they be allowed to demon- j g I strata tho manner of making a liv ing on one acre. They purpose establishing three one-acre farms at once, in order that the fruit trees, e grape vines, berry bushes, asparagus J and other things requiring time to develop, may be ready by the time y the exposition opens. The exposition management adopted the idea, j The little farms will be laid out and improved and in 1915 visitors will " be shown the produce for each year since work started, and they will be B able to see what is being done then. ? In this way strangers will not need to accept the statements of real estate dealers as to the productivity and profits of California lands. They will be able to see. * Girl Faces Mnrder Charge. * Owensboro, Ky., Dec. 7.?A new record for the age of an alleged murderer in this State was established last night when Nellie Dowell, 11 years old, was arrested at McHenry, Ky., charged with the murder of Ethel Kirby, a 12-year-old girl ^ friend. The alleged murder took place last Sunday at the home of ^ Meredith Dowell, father of the accused girl. ~ The body of Ethel Kirby was found in a room at the Dowell home Sunday 5 J afternoon. A load of shot had torn a hole entirely through the body. On ' j the floor a few feet from the body a ( shotgun was found. It is alleged that 1 T 1 9 Nellie Dowell was the only person in the house at the time of the tragedy. When arrested last night the accus- * t ed gairl maintained her innocence and said she was in another part of ( t the house when her attention was atj tracted by hearing a shot fired. The father of the dead girl swore out the warrant for the arrest of the Dowell ^ girl. j i no explanation of why he chose this < 1 method of keeping his money in- ] t stead of depositing it in the' bank, I where it could draw interest. The old i > fellow said that once upon a time he 3 deposited some money with a bank " in Columbia, but that he drew it out 1 1 the following morning. > As the stranger was about to go 1 3 he reached in his pocket and ex- i tracted some $15, remarking that he 1 supposed he had better deposit it all. 1 On second thought, he kept back $6, * t I saying it would take this much to ^ l* i Vmiv hie cnr>npr anfl r>av his railroad ^ I ? fare to where he was going. Taking 5 1 the old wooden cartridge box under ] ij his arm, the mysterious man depart- * - ed. * e Xo Reason for Deposit. ( i Thursday night the cashier came t down the street, and in passing the 1 r bank observed the old man who had 1 e made the deposit sitting upon the J s steps. The mysterious and ill-clad ^ v stranger, who had that afternoon des posited more than $2,600 in the e bank, was devouring a half-rotted 1 banana for his supper. He recoge nized the cashier and spoke to him 1 P and stated that he would be seeing ? s him the following morning. Asked 4 oc tn t?*Vio+ time bo wmilri lonvp tbp * f> city, the old man replied about G ' 3 o'clock, probably not knowing that banks do not open so early as that. The story is told as it happened, r> without any attempt at coloring. The 3 cashier of the bank knows as little - about the stranger, or where he came e from, or why he chose to deposit his 2 money here, as anybody else. ' c A. CITY WITHOUT GOVERNMENT. Flat River, One of the Wealthiest and I Busiest Places in Missouri. "The door of the city caboose is wide open and silent. Like a faith- d ful sentinel it stands, keeping guard t when all things else have fled. Its g hinges are rusted in idleness because g no criminal has been detained there t for many moons. The city hall has E long since been vacated and locked t up. The mayor and other munici- h pal officials kave retired to business and private life and the former chief f 3f police has become a deputy sheriff. z Every vestige of the once strong and f assertive city government is now only j a pleasant memory of bygone days." t The preceding paragraph, taken v from the St. Louis Republic, might t well be an epitaph for Juarez or q 3ome ill-fated city that had been E wiped from the map by fire; flood or t - - 1 X 1. f- X pestilence, Dut such is uul luc case, i Those conditions are true, it is as- n serted, in every detail of a growing, d thriving Missouri town and it is one f of the wealthiest, busiest places in c the State. t Plat River, Mo., with a population, s of from 8,000 to 10,000 people, rep- v resenting almost every nationality, q political conviction and religious be- p lief, yet without the slightest pre- a tence of municipal government, is the t centre of the most unique economic \ situation of the present decade. It Is another link in the chain of eviience proving that truth is stranger than fiction. Flat River is a typical mining town; and, so far as being selected because of the conspicuous ^ congeniality of disposition, its population is more cosmopolitan than perhaps any city of its size in Ameri- t -a- J Another remarkable feature, says j the St. Louis paper, is that though a ^ mining camp is usually looked upon is the embodiment in a pre-eminent iegree of lawlessness and a low order ^ 3f citizenship, Flat River is the very ^ tieart of the greatest lead mining district in the world and 60 per cent, of ts male population makes its living inderground. Twenty years ago the t town was not even on the map of St. Francois county. As recently as 10 rears ago it was practically unknown except to those living in that im- t mediate vicinity, and a few Wall t street operators, who were interestid in the lead market and hence familiar. with centres where the metal cvas mined. Though there are no saloons in Flat River, which fact in itself is remarkable considering the number of foreigners, men occasionally tank up n neighboring towns and stray into Flat River, where they are arraigned on various charges before the justice court, and petty crimes and family disputes are not less frequent than in manv other towns. The thing that has made possible the development and crystallization )f such a powerful moral sentiment n this mining community is the fact :hat from its very beginning the most prominent men of the neighborlood were stalwurt church members md representative citizens, who used every means in their power to build lp such a sentiment and even underwent personal sacrifice to discourage md prevent any conduct or institu:ions which tend to impair it. In speaking of this large mining community at Flat River, it is well :o explain that Flat River is only the argest of a group, and though St. Francois, River Mines, Disloge and Esther are geographically a continuition of the city of Flat River, they lave separate postoffices and are generally spoken of as distinct towns.? Kansas City Star. I Bishop Candler on Negro Problem. . A 1_ T\ O A nnAnigl IMUUlie, Alet., JJCU. O. n. special from Meridian, Miss., says: = "At the second day's session of , :he Mississippi Methodist conference, J Bishop Warren A. Candler, of Geor- I ?ia, spoke in favor of giving assist- I ince to the negro college at Augusta, 3a. He said: 'Some folks can be bigger fools in their mouths than :hey are in their heads and the sooner the talk of getting rid of the negro is stopped and white folks :ake up the task of uplifting them, :he sooner the South will be better 3ff.\ "He said also: 'I have no earthly respect for the missionary enthusiism that blazes oyer the workers sent to Africa and can't help John C>. Hammond, of Georgia.' " Kay Supreme Court Librarian, Columbia. Dec. 6.?Mr. Duncan C. / Ray, member of the Columbia bar, ^ md for a short time Attorney Generil of South Carolina, was this afterloon elected by the Supreme Court is librarian for a term of four years, :o succeed the late Rev. H. A. Whit- f nan. Mr. Ray was Attorney General appointment after the death of At:orney General Youmans, and until ;he qualification of Attorney General 1 Lyon in 1906. An ad. in The Herald will bring remits. Try one and see. SELLS LIQUOR; IS REJECTED. federal Judge Smith Says Violator of Law Can't be Citizen. The precedent was established to- j ay in the United States circuit court hat papers of citizenship will not be ;iven to any applicant who is en;aged in the sale of liquor in violaion of the State statute, Judge Smith aaking the ruling after having obained the petitioner's statement that ie was engaged in the sale of liquor. A number of petitioners came beore the court to-day to be made citiens, this being the regular rule day or citizenship proceedings, and udge Smith personally examined he applicants. Among the number ras James Patrick O'Connor, a naive of Mayo, Ireland, and subject of rreat Britain. In questioning O'Con- | ior it was established on the petiioner's own admission, under oath, hat he was engaged in the sale of, Iquor, and Judge Smith immediately leclared that he would admit no oreign resident of this district to itizenship who engaged in the violaion of the law and he refused O'Conlor's petition. The refusal was made rithout prejudice, however, and later J'Connor may secure citizenship pa ers, by quitting the illegal business nd again presenting himself before he federal court?Charleston Evenng Post. Girl and Lover Shot by Father? Franklin, N. C., Dec. 9.?A serious hooting affair occurred at West's lill, near Franklin, last night. The parties involved were W. J. West,i ormer State Senator from this disWoof'o rlan ord "PpiTV 1 A Vx C 9 IT k? UU> U Q U bv X V* ^ Morrison, a merchant at West's Mill, t appears that West objected to Morrison's attention to his daughter nd a quarrel arose over the affair. West's version of the affair is that ie shot Morrison in defense of his aughter. Morrison says that West hot him and that West also shot he girl. Morrison and the girl each eceived two bullet wounds. Both he injured persons are seriously, it lot fatally hurt, but both are still live this morning. It is impossible to get a satisfacory account of the matter at this ime, owing to the conflicting stateaents of the parties. Ipll??IOE3C [The Mom o m That is exactly wr Usave you money on i line, and during the dollar that you can able. When you s A those presents for | and visit our plac have some of the n for gifts ever exhibi the prices on them the present price of ) our motto is "Live , Bamberg Furniture i H BAMBERG, hi logo lireet You A Merry Ct a Happy Ne WIT Hand Painte THE LATEST PRODU )ther Holiday Noveltie. D<%w/V4ine in PvorvfJ LJCXI ^CllAlO AAA U V v? J w Hie Millin (Formerly K. I. BAMBERi J t J. J. JONES CASE DOCKETED. Supreme Court Soon to Hear Appeal of Pearlstine's Slayer. Columbia, Dec. 8.?The appeal in the case of John J. Jones, who shot and killed Abe Pearlstine in the postoffice at Branchville, and who was tried at Orangeburg, in January of this year, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years and one month in the penitentiary, was docketed late this afternoon in the supreme court and will be called when the first circuit is called on December 18. Since his conviction | Jones has been in the penitentiary, but not as a convict, simply awaiting action on his appeal. The grounds of appeal allege that one of the jurors, S. E. Rutland, was over 65 years of age and therefore incompetent, and also allege certain errors in the judge's charge to the jury Which convicted Jones. The case was tried before Judge Memminger. On the letter head of "John J. Jones, attorney at law, South Carolina penitentiary, Columbia, S. C.," Jones addressed the following letter to Col. U. R. Brooks, clerk of the supreme court to-day: "By request of my attorneys, Messrs. Wolfe and Berry, of the Orangeburg bar, I am sending you copy of the testimony in my case, this day by registered mail. Please file same as portion of the record in said case, xrhir>h is to ho are-ued on call of the 1st circuit. I will thank you to acknowledge receipt of the testimony." Breaking the Monotony. It was a small town in Central Indiana. The village storekeeper was ticket agent, baggage master and telegrapher of the little flag station, past which two fast trains thundered each day. At last, growing tired of the monotony of life, he went out'and pulled up the flag. The train slid in and came to a stop in front of the tiny station. "Where's your passenger?" demanded the bustling conductor. "Well," drawled the agent, "I dunno as thar is any one wantin' to git on, but I kind.er thought mebbe some one might want to git off."? Success Magazine. >0E30E==3Ej| jy Savers m o 10 we. are. We can 2 most anything in our 11 ;se nara times every save is doubly valu- I tart out purchasing J Christmas be sure , 5 e of business. We | icest goods suitable ted in Bamberg, and are in keeping with ' cotton. Bemember and Let Live." / i Hardware Company [ S. C. H >pgom=icsl ir Friends iristmas and w Year.WV ? HA id Calendar CTIOX OP ART s Also on Hand. Also ring in Our Line at t ery Store) SHUCK & CO.) a, s. c. \ , ' . ' . . - r SHE COULD SHOUT, SAYS Mrs. John W. Pitchford, of Aspen* North Carolina. I will always use Hunt's Cure for itching trouble, and tell all I see about it. I could shout now to know that we are all well of that dreadful trouble. 'The first of last fall my little boy broke out with some kind of itching trouble. Thinking his blood was bad I gave him a blood tonic, but he got worse, and could not sleep at night. Some said he had itch, and told me what was good for it. I used what people said would cure it but nothing did any good. My other two children and myself took the disc ie from him in January. 1911. I saw Hunt's Cure advertised and I purchased a 50c. box. It helped my little boy so much I got a box for each of the family, and now we are all well of that awful trouble. Hunt's Cure will cure itch in a short time if you will go by directions. We had it in its worse form, and used Hunt's Cure, and we are now all well. Thanks to A. B. Richards Medicine. Co. of Sherman, Texas, manufacturers of such healing medicine. MRS. JOHN W. PITCHFORD, Aspen, N. C. | Sold by:. Peoples Drug CoM Bam* ^ berg, S. C. TAX NOTICE. * . : |1 The treasurer's office will be open ' ? ^ for the collection of State, county, . school and all other taxes from the & 15th day of October, 1911 until the '% 15th day of March, 1912, inclusive. From the first day of January, 1912, until the 31st day of January, " J-i 1912, a penalty of one per cent wUl be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1912, until the 28th day of February, 1912, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st > ^ day of March, 1912, until the 15th ; | day of March, 1912, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid % THE LEVY. For State purposes .'5% mill# For County purposes 5% mills Constitutional school tax...:3 mills Total 14% mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES* j Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills' Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills , Clear Pond, No. 19 ,....2 mills r -ijM Colston, No. 18 2 mills . Cuffie Creels, No. 17 2 mills' Denmark, No. 21 , 6% mills '.V-4# Ehrhardt, No. 22 : 9 mMscf?|f| Govan, No. 11 4 mills Hutto, No. 6 2 mills*' . Hampton, No. 3 2 mills ; Heyward, No. 24 2 mills : Hopewell, No. l : ....3 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill gi Lees, No. 23 4 mills Midway, No. 2 2 mills ^88 Oak Grove, No. 20 .....2 mills Olar, No. 8 .4 mills St. Johns, No. 10. 2mttlH^ ^ Salem, No. 9 3 mills . 1 Three Mile, No. 4 ......2 mills ;>&B All persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years of age,. r except Confederate soldiers and sail- ^ ors, who are exempt at 50 years of ^ age, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. < ! Capitation dog tax 50 cents. All persons who were 21 years of . . age on or before the 1st day of January, 1911, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar, and all who have not * made returns to the Auditor, are re-r ^ /|| nnoatpH tn so on or before the ' 1st of January, 1912. /V^gS I will receive the commutation 'V road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from the 15th day of October, 1911, until the 1st day of March, 1912. JOHN F. FOLKJ, S ??? Treasurer Bamberg County- ||||| FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS. ' || The local Bamberg Farmers' Union meets at the court house in Bamberg : ^ on the first and third Friday morn- ^ ings in every month. Meeting at ? 11 o'clock. Applications for membership received at every meeting. Let all membere be present. J; W. STEWART, J. P. O'QUINN, President. .SSH Secretary. ID. J. DELKI CARRIAGE WORKS kwB When in need of anything in - K ; my line, don't forget the place. No. 24 Main street, Bamberg, S. O., in front of the cotton mill. > ;\ V:-'i We run a first-class repair and wheel wright shop, build .one and two-horse wagons, sewing machine and delivery wag- > ons, log carts, and any special wagon; paint baggies and automobiles in factory style. We are agent for the Deering harvesting machinery, disc harrows, compost spreaders, gasoline engines, etc. We carry a stock of the best grain drills on the market. Call and see us before you buy. ; , Anything sent us will hate the same attention as if you were to bring it yourself. v,::* * D. J. DELK J BAMBERG S. C. M 1 4 G. MOTE DICKINSON INSURANCE AGENT WILL WRITE ANYTHING Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most re- i liable companies. 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C. j Before disposing of your cotton seed, see me. Will buy or exchange. W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store. iM V WS v -; $?! ' - . ', s; . i