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PERSONAL MENTION. ' People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ? T A Wvman "Rsn. snent Mon day in Barnwell. ?Dr. J. S. Matthews, of Denmark, was in the city yesterday. ?Mr. T. S. Rice, of Davisboro, Ga., spent a few days in the city last week. ?Mr. Otis Brabham, of Allendale, spent a few days in the city this week. ?Mrs. W. P. Appleby and daughter are visiting relatives at Ehrhardt. Pronnhvillo .Trmrnal ?Mr. H. H. Hill, of Sanford, Fla., spent Tuesday and Wednesday in the city with relatives and friends. ?Mr. E. V. Camp left last Friday night for Savannah, but Mrs. Camp will be here for a week or more yet. ?Mr. and Mrs. Wilton E. McGee, of New York, spent the holidays here with Mr. and Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg. ?Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Wyman and Miss Lallah Wyman, of Aiken, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wyman. ?t p \fathonv nf Oranee burg, spent Wednesday in the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Matheny. ?Mr. J. J. Smoak left Sunday night for Winston, N. C., where he goes to buy a car load of horses and mules. ?Mrs. W. H. Zeigler and children, of Cope, spent last week in the city on a visit to Mrs. Zeigler's sister, Mrs. E. V. Camp. ?Senator J. B. Black and Representative J. A. Hunter left Monday for Columbia to attend the session of the general assembly. ?Mrs. C. F. Smoak and daughters, Misses Marie and Anine, and Mr. McAlhany, of Branchville, were the guests of Misses Alice'and Estelle Smoak last Thursday. ?Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Smoak and Mr. Augustus Kennerly, of the Cordova section of Orangeburg county, spent last Sunday in the city with ?- J T T Omnob MI', ctua iUlO. O . J. urnuan. ?B. W. Miley, Esq., went to Columbia Tuesday night. As he is a candidate for judge of the second circuit, he will no doubt keep in touch with the race while there. ?Misses Lucy and Lizzie Hiers, who are attending the Bamberg Fitting School, have been spending the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hiers, at Crocketville. . ?Hampton Review. ?Miss Mallie Patrick, of Bamberg, spent the week-end here with- friends and relatives. Miss Patrick formerly resided here and her friends are always glad to welcome her back home. ?Branchville Journal. ?Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bruce, of Bamberg, spent the holidays with relatives here. Mr. Bruce is a capable young newspaper worker and has a good {position with The Bamberg Herald.?Branchville Journal. ?Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Free left Monday for Summerton, Clarendon county, where they will make their home in future, Mr. Free having accepted a position there as manager of a large mercantile concern. Mr. Free has been head salesman at W. D. Rhoad's for a number of years, and the many friends of himself and wife regret their departure. The best wishes of a large circle of friends . attend them. Lakeland Man Takes South Carolina Bride. v Col. L. J. Roquemore officiated at a pretty home wedding which occurred at the residence of Mr. Rhode at Fort Green Springs, on December 31st, when Mr. Daniel Preston Rentz, of Lakeland, was married to Miss Carrie Love Walker, of Bamberg, South Carolina. Mr Rentz is foreman of the car repairing department of the A. C. L. at Lakeland, and a valued employee. Miss Walker is the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Mrs. Sue A. R. Walker, of Bamberg, South Carolina. Their many friends wish for them a long life full of sunshine and happiness. They will make this city their home.?Lakeland, Fla., Evening Telegram. Denies He Has Confessed. Macon, Jan. 9.?Paul H. Smith, the ticket agent of the Central of Georgia Railway, who was arrested last night on the charge of robbing the safe at the union depot of $2,000, after he claimed that he had been held up, bound and gagged by two unknown men. denied this morning that he had any part in the crime. Sheriff Hicks and Detective Poole, however, claim that the young man confessed to them, and that they found a large portion of the stolen money on him. He says that every statement made by the sheriff and the detective are untrue. He has employed counsel and says he will fight the case to the bitf ter end. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Proud Old State as Seen b Thos. F. McDow, Esq. Mr. Thomas F. McDow, of York ville, was one of the speakers at th banquet of the St. Andrew's societ: in Charleston, Thanksgiving night He responded to the toast "Th State of South Carolina" and his ad dress was one that should set th< people of this commonwealth ti thinking. Recalling the great stat of our forefathers, he compared i with conditions that are prevailin; in it now. The comparison is pa thetic. After recounting some history an< achievements of old South Carolina Mr. McDow exclaimed: "Measured by this standard, th< past of South Carolina is secure The opinions of the judges have beei quoted with approval in Westminste hall; she has given to the medica profession Marion Simms, to theolog; the great Thornwell, to literatun Simms, Legare and Timrod. The rob of her distinguished statesmen is to< long to recall. Suffice it to say tha the heart of every true South Caro linian thrills with pride as he remem bers the conspicuous part played b: his people upon the battlefields o America, and by the representative: of South Carolina in the golden day: of the Rutledges and the Pinckneys Lowndes and McDuffiie." Then, after thesitating for a mo ment, the speaker proceeded: . ""ine oia oraer nas given piace u the new; what was Goose Creek onc< is Tiber now. The tidal wave of frat ricidal strife broke upon our belovei State. The men wTho had made Soutl Carolin the admiration of the world were retired to the seclusion of pri vate life, and every little hungr: manikin began a mad struggle fo the seats of the mighty. The strong man of character and ability has no found the field of politics in Soutl Carolina of late years an invitinj one. The captains of industry, fa tally bent upon heaping up riches where moth and dust doth corrupt have devoted their great abilitiei with marvellous success to the indus trial development of the State, an( the demagogue has devoted himsel with equal, if not greater, activity t< the task of fooling a majority of th< people all the time. "Mr. President, I am not a pessi mist, nor am I a Bourbon, who look! backward to the glory of an ag< which has departed, rather than t< the pride of achievements in the re turn, but when I think of what w< are and read the comments of th< press of the country upon what w< are, I think of the old darky wh< had buried his fourth wife.' His pas tor asked him how he felt. He said 'Mr. Johnsing, I feels like I am in th< hands of an- all-wise and unscrupu lous Providence.' "Politically, South Carolina ii sick. Whether she has pellagra o rabies I am unable to say, but I dc know that she needs the service of s physician and surgeon, and not s quack. Her citizens have so long devoted their thought to the befct solution of the whisky question that the moral vision of our people has become somewhat obscured. It is true that the old State has had a fev lucid intervals, but the places of distinction are not regarded as high and honorable as they once were. The man who offers for a position of honor and trust in these days must be what ts known as a good mixer which, being translated, means thai he must be a hail-fellow-well-mel with any sort of a rascal, and drink corn whisky and branch water, and be the proud possessor of an elastic conscience. He must possess the further qualifications of being higt up in the noble Order of Striped Zebras and Worthy Past Moguul of the Wild Wolves of the Canebrakes and kindred orders. "Mr. President, I would not be understood as underestimating the importance of developing the resources of the State and making Uy) grains of corn grow where one grew before but what I do wish to emphasize is that it is more important and necessary for us to grow men than grain.' Next came a breath of optimism: "But, sir, I do not despair of Soutl Carolina's future. She holds the world's record for the largest yield ol corn and oats on a single acre ol ground; , she is the greatest cottor manufacturing State in the union; she has within a period of thirtyfive years, restored her credit in the markets of the world. She has, 01 is founding, a splendid system ol public schools in every nook anc corner of the State; she has provided liberally for the poor and afflicted within her borders, and builded splendid colleges which are tc train her youth and be the nursery of her future leaders. The development of great men has only beer arrested for a short time, but the need for a lion-like leader to guide and direct the destinies of our beloved State was never greater thai now."?Greenville Piedmont. DANGEROUS FISHING. y A Night On an Ice Floe With a Famished Wolf. Lake fishermen who maintain that e fishing huts are in no danger of bey ing carried away in the id, and northern hunters who .assert with e equal wisdom that the gray wolf is - never seen in Michigan save in the e farthest recesses of the north, are | o nature fakers, all of them. Two 9 years ago, in the dead of winter, Dr. t M. A. Leach was out on Lake Michig gan in a friend's hut, fishing through - the ice. Everything was proceeding merrily when?says the doctor: 3 "Then came a sudden report, , sounding like thunder. The ice was going! p, "I rushed outside, but the snow was blinding, and I could, of course, j not even see the shore line. I stood r perplexed for a moment, but as I I Had 110 compass, mere was iiuuimg for it but to keep warm and trust ? to luck. All around the thunderous I reports were sounding and the ice 5 was quivering strangely. I was frightj. ened, but as there was no help for it, I weth back to the hut and kept on fishing. ,T "This was about noon. I noticed, f to my relief, that there were no 5 cracks coming beneath the hut, so s that if the ice did go out I should at least be on a big cake?for a time. The big cakes do not last very long in Lake Michigan. I could not tell what was happening outside, for the wind was shrieking and howling hor5 ribly, and every few seconds the ice 3 would split with a resounding crash. So, for lack of something better to * do, I arrangecl>a frying pan I had over 1 the little stove and to keep up my ^ food supply, I started frying some " of the fish, after cleaning them out r side the hut. In a few minutes the r place was filled with a most appetiz? ing odor, which, I presume, had something to do with what followed. 1 "First of all I heart a scries of low * whines outside; then something " scratched at the door. I opened it in ? amazement thinking some dog had, - perhaps, been lost on the ice and had 3 found my hut. To my surprise, how" ever, a great unkempt animal en* tered and fawned about my feet, lickf ing my boots; and although I had 5 never seen ODe I knew, that it was - a gray wolf. The animal seemed terrified beyond measure by the split* ting ice and the stoirm, for he kept 3 casting fearful glances at the door, s and showed no sign whatever of i wildness." As the doctor had no other weapon 3 than his knife and a frozen fishing 3 line, he was in a quandary. But the 3 wolf seemed lonely and showed a 3 strong desire to make himself at - home, so they naturally decided to : let it go at that, and spent the night 3 quite charmingly together. The next - morning?hear what the dodtor says: "I awoke to find the sun up, the 3 day bright and clear, and the landr four or five miles west of us. All ^ around floated cakes of ice, going L the same way as ourselves in the L grip of some current. My fears . passed away with the bright sunlight and I used up my last wood in , cooking some fish for the wolf, while I finished the basket of provisions. > "So the wolf and I went out in the r sunshine, and now the animal grew surly and no longer welcomed m,y ^ approaches. I believe that so long > as the danger lasted he was cowed, [ but thet with the approach of day, , and when rescue was at hand for me, all his savage nature returned upon ' him with redoubled force. However' ' that may be, two hours later I saw . a dot moving among the ice, and as it neared saw that It was a fish boat, , doubtless with a rescue party on board. And now came the most sur' prising part of my adventure. "The boat was about half a mile , distant and the occupants having I seen me and waved to me, started to make their way through the floating ice. I saw the wolf watching them with bristling hair, and suddenly he turned to me with a low growl. I offered him a bit of fish, but he took no notice, and I began to fear that he realized that my rescue would not include his. At any rate, he drew back a few steps, his eyes fixed on mine. Then, with a quick movement, he sprang at me. 1 "I had no weapon, except a short ; knife, which was closed. All I could ' do was to jump aside, hitting him - with my fist as he missed me?an old 1 boxing trick. But I had not counted : on that savage side slash of the great teeth, and when the animal gained i his feet and turned to fly at me again * my hand was streaming with blood - from a small gash. I heard shouts I from the approaching fish boat, but * as the party was unarmed, they could - not help me. "Immediately upon getting his bal> ance on the snow the wolf came to' ward me slowly and sprang again. This time I was really frightened, i and, with a wild idea of holding him s away until my friends could assist me, J I met him half way, grasped his throat in both hands, and we both i fell to the snow together, for the impact of his leap was tremendous. I FIRE IN COLUMBIA. Between $325,000 and $450,000 Damage in Wholesale District. Columbia, Jan. 5.?Fire which cleaned out a block in West Gervais street, the wholesale district of Columbia to-day, inflicted damage varioulsy estimated at between $325,000 and $450,000. It was the most disastrous blaze in this city since the town was laid in ashes during the last year of the war between the sections. Starting in the repair department of the Gibbes Machinery Company, probably from an overheated boiler, the flames were driven by an easterly breeze to adjacent structures, wiping out entirely the premises of the Gibbes Machinery Company, the Columbia Machine and Iron Works, the Southern States Supp'ly Company and Armour & Co.; destroying the warehouse of the Moffat B. Dupre Company, together with three frame residences and several stables and damaging more or less seriously the wholesale firms of E. A. Beall Company, H. G. Werts & Co., J. D. Miot ard T. B. Roach & Co. The drug stock of F. S. Earle was taken out in time, but suffered considerable damage from removal and water. Automobiles to the number of 18 or 20 were burned in the motor department of the Gibbes establishment; several other cars being saved. All the concerns affected are planning to continue in business and several will rebuild as soon as possible. The fire will result in the erection of several creditable fireproof structures in the wholesale district. MERGER OF WATERPOWERS. Half Dozen Sites in Georgia and Carolinas Concerned. Atlanta/ Jan. 7.?Announcement was made here to-day that a bonus of $125 in stock in the New Georgia Railway and Power Company will be given to each shareholder in the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, a local corporation, for the lease of that company. It is stated that ten million of the new company will be necessary for this purpose. The Georgia Railway tand Power Company is capitalized at $27,000,000, and plans to merge a half dozen valuable water power sites in Georgia and the Carolinas. The manner in which the huge stock issue will be added is announced as follows: Two million dollars (irst preferred 6 per cent, stock to buy and cancel the $1,500,000 stock of the Atlanta Water and Electric Power Company, owners of "Bull Sluice;"$10,000,000 second preferred 4 per cent, stock as bonus to shareholders of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company; $10,000,000 common stock to acquire title in the new Georgia Power Company and $5,000,000 common stock to acquire additional water power, organization, fdes, and other expenses. ' The State railroad commission authorized the full stock issue and the work of organization, it is stated, will proceed as rapidly as possible. One Dead; Six Hurt. . Statesboro, Ga., Jan. 6.?W. H. Fail is dead and Frank Morris, white, and six negroes are hurt, one seriously, as a result of an accident on the Savannah and Statesboro Railway last night near Stilson, when a light engine backed into the motor car carrying the section gang, of which Mr. Fail was foreman. There were 15 men on the car and seven of them escaped unhurt. Mr. Fail had been in the employ of the road for a long time. He was returning last night when the accident occurred. Morris's leg was broken. A special train was rushed to the scene with medical aid. Mr. Fail leaves a wife and children. hung on to his throat, but, although I kept the gleaming teeth off I could * * ?- - * A TT- r> 4 not noia nis ieet. ne sui uua. <h, mo savagely with his hind paws, the sharp claws tearing through my coat like knives, and I realized my danger just in time to cast myself backward. Instantly the wolf returned to the attack, and this time the look in his face frightened me so that I did not wait for him. I whipped my coat away and threw it in his face; then turned and, running to the side of the icecake, leaped into the water. "I am a good swimmer, and the boat was only 100 feet distant, so in no time I was on board and getting into warm clothes. The engine was stopped, and we lay there watching the wolf. He seemed puzzled at my disappearance, running backward and forward on the ice; then he looked at the boat and howled dismally. None of the men liked to attack him with knives for their only weapons, r.^ nT.nc/vn*1v + Vin Vino V filmed auu su jji tocunj luv uvu>, < >.? .? about and we threaded our way out from the ice to the free water. Behind us the lonely wolf sat watching us disappear, and slowly, hopelessly floated onward to his doom."?Wide World Magazine. Woman Injured by Train. Greenville, Jan. 6.?Mrs. J. H. Smith, a prominent and wealthy woman of Central, was seriously injured this afternoon when a buggy in which she and two of her children were driving collided with a freight train of the Southern Railway. It is stated that her ankle was broken, her left foot and left hand badly wionVm/1 CVia TITQC KrAn crV\ + t A Aroon. iiiaonuu. uut nao x/a vsu.?) axi* tu ville to-night for treatment at a local hospital. The children were not badly injured. m ft III DIALOGUE Wife?Hello John, where did you get all these nice goods? T/vl,*. UVr?nr? Sr FdI. UV/llli -* A ViU J.VVU VU W A %?* I der. Wife?Who are they? and where are they? John?Why that's Ike and C. W. and they're at Mr. "Jay" Byrd's old stand. Wife?You -jot these shoes there? John?Yes. Wife?And this suit and hat? / John7?Yes. Wife?What all do they sell? John?Everything. Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Fertilizers?anything you want? and will buy your grain and cotton too. Wife?And what's the style of the firm? tionn? RENTZ &FELDER I BAMBERG, S C. V?. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina? County of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Harmon, Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas W. H. Mitchum hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate of and effects of Sarah Mitchum, deceased: These are therefore to cit? and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Sarah Mitchum, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held^t Bamberg, on Saturday, January 27th, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 9th day of January, A. D., 1912. GEO. P. HARMON, Judge of Probate. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the estate of Mrs. Hennie I. Knight, deceased, will file same, duly itemized and sworn to, with the undersigned administrator, at Bamberg, S. C., on or before Monday, the the 29th day of January, 1912, and failing so to do will be barred. A. W. KNIGHT, Administrator. Bamberg, S. C., January 6th, 1912. t\ \r n l o tc noes lour auner From Skin Disease? He would be a heartless father indeed, who did not allay baby's suffering as did Mr. E. M. Bogan, of Enterprise, Miss. He says: "My baby was troubled with breaking out, something like seven-year itch. We nsed all ordinary remedies, but nothing seemed to do any good until I tried HUNT'S CURE and in a few days all symptoms disappeared and now baby is enjoying the best of health." Price 50c per box. Manufactured and Guaranteed by * D PrruiRTIC TlfF!TVrrTVF! Hft Sherman, Texas. Sold by:? PEOPLES DRUG CO., Bamberg, S. C. - - . -v. - -> - JS& SPECIAL NOTICES. ??????? Advertisements Under This Head 25c, For 25 Words or Less. For Sale.?Full blood Shepherd pups for sale. Males, $4.00; females, $3.00. W. H. ZEIGLER, COPE, S. C.# J For Rent.?About forty acres of land on Cedar Springs place, for rent, either in whole or in part. W. A. RILEY. . t ????? ???????? For Sale:?Five Berkshire pigs, three sows and two boars. See me quick if you want to secure a good stock hog. HENRY H. STOKES. ] For Sale.?Pine and cypress timber on the stump. A good proposition for a saw mill man. G. W. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C., R. F. D. No. 1. Lost.?Savings bank book No. 269 of Bamberg Banking Company, issued in name of A. W. Murdaugh. Finder will please leave at The Herald office. A. W. MURDAUGH. ??mm?mm????____ For Rent.?A two or three-horse farm, known as the Dr. E. Kirkland' place, for rent. It'is located in the Buford's Bridge community. Apply, to J. HAM KIRKLAND, Esq., Olar, S. C. For Rent.?A five-horse farm, in half mile of postoffice; land will make a bale of cotton per acre. Also two farms on the river.- For further information apply to H. J. FAUST, Denmark, S. C. T7!_ TIT ..J T rami vv?iiu^i.?- a uvbiib a guuu farm of large acreage with good improvements, well located as to town and railroad; must he good value for price asked. Give full particulars In first letter. R. COSBY NEWTON, > . v; Lock Box 121, Bennettsville, S. C. TAX NOTICE. f |r Town taxes for the year 1911 are now due and payable to the Town Treasurer at his office over the Bamberg Banking Co. TREASURER. FOR COTTON WEIGHER 'H To the Democratic Voters of Bamberg County: S The undersigned hereby announces himself as a candidate for cotton weigher at Bamberg, S. C., subject to the rules and regulations governing the Democratic party of South Carolina. N. Z. FELDER, JR. ASSESSMENT NOTICE. The Auditor or his deputy will be at the following places on the days and dates named below for the Dur pose of receiving tax returns of personal property: Farrell's Store, Tuesday, January 2nd, 11 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. Lees, Wednesday, January 3rd. Midway, Thursday, January 4th. ' Ehrhardt, Monday and Tuesday, January 8th and 9th. . . Xt St. John's, Wednesday, January 10th. . Camphill, Thursday, January 11th, 8:30 a. m. to 10:30 a. m. Kearse's Store, Thursday January. 11th, 12 m. to 2 p. m. Olar, Monday and Tuesday, Jan- % y uary 15th and 16th. Govan, Wednesday, January 17th. Denmark, Thursday and Friday, January 18th and 19th. All other days to February 20th ? at Bamberg. * :; Fifty per cent, will be added after ' ,'Jm 20th of February. R, W, D, ROWELL, , .-jy Auditor- ' * CITATION NOTICE. , The State of South Carolina? County of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Harmon, Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas, L. E. Wiggins hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the setate of and effects of Leila Wiggins, deceased: These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Leila v. ?? J 11..1 .V. V. n?<4 Wiggins, deceased, uxai tuej ue emu. appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on _ Wednesday* January 7th, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this V 2nd day of January, A. D., 1912. ? - * GEO. P. HARMON, Judge of Probate. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina? County of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Harmon, Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas, W. C. Black, hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate of and effects of Francis Black, deceased. ' These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Francis Black, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on Saturday, January 13th, next, after pub lication tL ?reof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 9Q+h /?qv r?f TVr?emher. A. D.. 1911. GEO. P. HARMON, Judge of Probate. ? NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the estate of W. L. Mitchum, deceased, are hereby noti&ed to file the same, properly proven, with the undersigned, or his attorneys, Graham & Askins, Bamberg, S. C., and all persons owing said estate will make payment to the undersigned. WADE HAMPTON MITCHUM, Administrator of the estate of W. L. Mitchum. deceased, Ehrhardt, S. CDec. 27th, 1911. SPECIAL NOTICE. All persons wishing to be exempted from paying the commutation road tax of $2.00 on account of j-*vii rHeahiiitv are herebv noti VU.'OIVU. fied to meet the county physician at the Supervisor's office in Bamberg, S. C., on Monday, February 4th, 1912. Bv order of the board of county commisisoners. J. B. KEARSE, H. D. FREE, Supervisor. Clerk. Bamberg, S. C., Jan. 3rd, 1912. i - /. .5^ ;:4 v ^ . .. -