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f . I PERSONAL MENTION. N People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Dr. F. B. McCrackin left Tuesday for a short stay at Glenn Springs. ?Mr. R. A. Ayer, of Blackville, spent Sunday in the city with relatives. ?Mrs. J. A. Murdaugh has gone +? 'WilliomotATi C P to STYATld thft IU n iiuawoiv/U) kj. v., w ~rv.. ? summer. ?Mr. A. McB. Speaks spent the fourth of July at his old home at Varnville. ?Mr. Otto Arndt, of Charleston, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arndt. * ?Mr. V. J. Hartzog returned Friday from Glenn Springs, where he r spent two weeks. ?Master Will Bradley is visiting relatives in Bamberg and Barnwell.? Orangeburg News. ?Mrs* A. B. Utsey and children left Monday for Walterboro, where they will visit relatives. ?Miss Carrie Bamberg, who has been spending some time in Augusta, has returned to the city. ?Mr. Charles F. Lanier, of Millen, Ga., is spending a few days with his aunt, Mrs. A. McB. Speaks. ?Mr. Sam Bogen, of Denmark, spent Sunday in St. George with friends.?Dorchester Eagle. ?Miss Josie Murphy and Miss Nellie Murphy have returned to the city for the summer from Virginia. ?Mr. R, B. Allison and Mrs. J. M. Austin, of Pelzer, S. C., are visiting Rev. and Mrs. W. R. McMillan. ?Capt. G. M. Morris, of Olar, was the guest of his son, Sheriff J. B. Morris, Monday.?Barnwell People. ?Mrs. Annie Rice, of Denmark, 1 was the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. I Gilmore Simms, this we^k.?Barnwell Sentinel. ?Mrs. M. E. Hartzog, of DenWm mark,'is here the guest of her daugh B ter, Mrs. W. Gilmore Simms.?Barn^BT well Sentinel. ?Mr. J. A. Mitchell left Saturday for a vacation trip North. Mr. Frank * Adams is "subbing" for Mr. Mitchell as carrier on roufb 2. ?Mrs. M. W. Brabham, of Durham, N. C., who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stokes, has returned to her home.. * ?Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Simmons and children, of McColl, spent Tuesday and Wednesday in the city with Mr. x and Mrs. G. O. Simmons. . ?Mr. B. F. Free, carrier on route 4, is now enjoying his annual vacation. Mr. J. J. Smoak is carrier in y hib stead during his vacation. ?Miss Thelma Faust, of Macon, Ga., who has been spending several , weeks in the city with Miss Kate Rentz, has returned to her home. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cudd, of Spartanburg, spent several days in the city last week with Mrs. Cudd's parents, Dr. and Mrs. George F. Hair. s . ?Mrs. F. B. McCrackin paid a flying visit to Newberry last week to bring home her little daughter, who has *been visiting in Newberry several weeks. ?Misses Josephine Adams and \ Ruth Herndon returned to the city Saturday, after a stay on the Isle of Palms. They also visited friends in Charleston while away. ?Mr. G. A. Ducker left last week for a visit to Charleston. He expects to go from there to Hot Springs to ? ? * u;. T, 14.V. spend some nine iur nis ucaxui ucfore returning to Bamberg. ?Messrs. I. B. Felder, of Bamberg, and J. E. Felder, of Cope, left Sunday for a trip through the North. While away, Mr. I. B. Felder will purchase goods for Rentz & Felder. ?-Dr. T. J. Kelley was in the cty v* last week shaking hands with his many friends. Dr. Kelley is now a knight of the grip, with several of the Southern States as his territory. ?Mrs. Julia Brabham and daughter, Miss Hattie Sue, of Bamberg, arrived yesterday to spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Falder.? Cope correspondence Orangeburg ex change. ?Mr. John Tatum, of near Cope, who attended the Citadel last session, left Friday to stand the examination for West Point, to which place he has already received the ap. pointment. ?Mr. W. E. Hanberry, cotton buyer for Norman Mayer & Co., New Orleans, who has been visiting his Afre T. T? T-J onKarrv noor UUUIUC1 ) i'l AO. 1J| u. IXHUUbii;, uvut Denmark, and other relatives, returned to his home at Austin, Texas, Saturday night. ?Mrs. A. C. vonLehe is expected to come to Walterboro Friday from Cottagevilie, where she has been spending some time with her son, Dr. vonLehe. She will visit her | niece, Mrs. W. A. Klauber, at Bamberg, before going on to Richmond, Va., where she will spend the summer with her daughter, Miss Mattie Vance vonLehe.?Walterboro Press and Standard. / / JOSEPHINE'S TRAGIC FATE. Reigned With Napoleon at Zenith of His Power. Empress Josephine is really immortal in the hearts of women for three reasons: For her moral excellence, intense suffering (such agony as only women can appreciate,) and heroic submission to her fate, says the Philadelphia Press. She had hardly entered her teens when a young nobleman, the Marquis de Beauharnais, sought and won her hand. They had a charming home in Paris, and were living the gay and brilliant life of the capital when the awful revolution of 1789 loomed upon tho horizon. They were both ar rested and held as prisoners, with the idea that both should be led to the guillotine, as all the nobles should, according to the law of the Girondists. The Marquis paid the penalty, but Josephine escaped. A few years later the great Napoleon lost his heart to her. The marriage was a fortunate one for him, as his own words testify. "The circumstances of my mar^ riage with Mme. de Beauharnais," he says, "placed me on a proper footing with the party necessary to my plan of fusion, one of the first principles of my administration; without my wife, I should never have established any natural relation with that class." Another declaration of his agrees perfectly with this idea: "I win only battles?Josephine wins me all hearts." Josephine, at the time of her first acquaintance with Bonaparte, then only a young lieutenant, was in the flower of her beauty and grace. All historians agree that she possessed rare personal attractions and especially in those of speech and grace of movement she was inimitable. Aside from this, she possessed a wonderfullv cultivated singing voice, and she played the harp with much skill. No woman in all France, 60 the artists of the day agreed, could rival the consummate beauty and grace of the Empress Josephine at any time, whatever she might be doing or saying, but the fair Josephine seated at her harp was so ideal that her hearers often used to/say that only gods and heroes should be allowed the privilege of being present at these select musical soirees. From the time that Napoleon became emperor he lavished the greatest honors upon the children of Josephine by her former marriage, loving them and treating them as if they were his own. The coronation took place at Notre Dame with all the show and pomp of which the French are so fond. When the papal benediction was pronounced Napoleon did the unique act of crowning himself by placing the crown on his head with his own' hands. He then turned to Josephine, who knelt before him, and performed the same ceremony for her by placing a crown upon her head. And France acknowledged them both as their emperor and empress. So much for France. The following year the magnificent coronation at Milan took place, surpassing, according to all accc/unts, the one in France. It was a gorgeous epectacle, one never to be forgotten ? * 1 J X _ it xl x. Dy tne people, ana yet amiast an mat brilliant blaze of beauty and of jewels, the glittering uniforms of his splendid soldiers and the martial strains of music by which Napoleon was surrounded, what were his feelings as he held the iron crown of Milan in his grasp, the greatest ambition of his life? And Josephine, who knelt at his feet, to receive the highest honor that mortal hands can confer, did the glory of that crown satisfy her heart? No. For even as Josephine knelt as this second crown was being placed upon her head, she felt or divined that the supreme tragedy of her life was yet to be, for she had not given birth to an heir, and as they had ' ? - J 1 ii oeen married several years, mere was no further hope of one. Josephine knew that her failure to give France a Napoleonic emperor was her death knell. At last the fatal day came. Napoleon tried to get the agony over as soon as possible by going straight to the point by saying: "Josephine, it is to you alone that I owe the few moments of happiness I have known in the world. Josephine, my destiny is more powerful than my will; my dearest affection must yield - to the interests of France." In these words the blow had fallen. What she feared had come upon her. t? " on i f lm rvm v A/?c* oaj iiu rnuic, saiu mo( "I expected this; I understand and feel for you, but the stroke is not the less mortal." Little did Napoleon think when he was making a sacrifice of all the happiness he had known in the world that the ambitious views for which it was given up would fade away before five years had passed. Then came Josephine's hour of supreme sacrifice. When it was her turn to speak, though tears were in her eyes and though her voice falter PIONEERING IN ALASKA. What the Government is Doing to Develop Its Resources. "For a long time it was thought that Alaska was valuable only for its furs and mines and fisheries, writes Dr. S. E. Forman, in the July Nicholas. But recently our government has been making experiments through the department of agriculture, and we find that Alaska is a J -1- 1 o o gUUU iui uic iai iiici as wen ao for the fisherman and miner. Surveys have been made and it is estimated that in the whole territory there are about 100,000 square miles which can be made valuable for tilli ing and grazing. The farming area of Alaska, therefore, is as large as the combined area of the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware. New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire; and, in the opinion of an officer of the department of agriculture, this area should be capable of supporting, a population nearly equal to that supported by the farm products of those States. Almost all kinds of crops can be grown in Alaska. "The government at Washington is encouraging the - development of these agricultural resources. Through the valley of the Matanuska river it is building a railroad at a cost of $35,000,000. When this road is completed the farmers of the valley will have an outlet for their products and will be able to sell them in the markets of the world. Uncle Sam is aso selling land to settlers at a reasonable rate. For four hundred dollars a homesteader can secure a farm of 320 acres. Pioneers in considerable numbers are taking advantage of this opportunity to become inde yenueiit laiiuuwueio. ociucio qi ^ pushing out into the wilderness of Alaska just as a'hundred years ago they were pushing out into the wilderness beyond the Mississippi. Log cabins are springing up in the centre of clearings, and settlers are hard at work hewing down trees and planting and building." Nantucket Island is being washed away at the rate of six feet a year on its southern side. ed, what she said and her manner of saying it impressed everyone who was present. "I respond to all the sentiments of the emperor," she said, "in consenting to the dissolution of a marriage which henceforth is an obstacle to the happiness of France, by depriving it of the blessing of being one day governed by the descendants of that great man raised up by providence to^efface the evils of a terrible revolution, and restore the altar, the throne and social order. I know," she went on to say, "what this act commanded by policy'and exalted interest has cost his heart. But?we both glory in the sacrifice which we make to the good of our country. I feel elevated by giving the greatest proof of attachment an$ devotion that ever was given upon earth." Imagine the feelings with which TAcanhlna tin hop roaiHonoo at V IfUVIX uy AAV* * V*/*V*V**W Malmaison?Malmaison, where the happiest days of her life (and his) had been spent. The only indulgence she allowed herself was when she shut herself alone in Napoleon's office, that room where so many happy confidences had been exchanged and which she continued to hold so sacred that not a soul was allowed to enter it but herself. The marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise, a daughter of the House of Austria, took place a very short time after the divorce was secured. . Whatever the bitter feelings of Josephine might have been, they were not mingled with one ungenerous or unjust sentiment. When the announcement was made that a son had been born to Napoleon, Josephine, far from feeling any resentment over the momentous event, participated in the gratifica11 T 1 11.A A C!Vl? HULL SL1U KLLtJW LUC eJLUpciUl iciu Olio was happy because he was happy, although he ha^d gained the crowning ambition of his life, through the willing sacrifice of her own. Napoleon's star was on the wane the moment he divorced Josephine. His abdication soon followed. Marie Louise deserted him the moment events did not end for him as glorious as of yore. It was in the year 1814 that Napoleon left France for Elba, and also that Josephine died. The bells to which they had loved to listen together tolled her funeral knell. Her body was followed to its last resting place by a great number of illustrious persons?their final token of respect to one so much loved and honored. More than 10,000 of the neighboring peasants joined the funeral procession to pay their tribute of affection to her, who was justly called "the mother of the poor and distressed." Josephine's memory remains as imperishable in France as Na poleon's; but, great as were the glory and fame of Napoleon, the greater glory falls upon the blessed head of Josephine, empress of the French! Only Thing to I>o. "Christopher! Did I see you raising your hat to our parlor maid?" ^ "Yes, my dear." "Christopher!" "Well, my dear, if I ignored her ' she'd give notice. She's too smart to be nooded to, and if I winked at her you'd be annoyed."?Pittsburgh Post. CANDIDATES' CARDS 1 The rates for cards inserted under this head are as follows: For magistrate, coroner, cotton weigher and county commissioner, $3.00; for all other county offices, $5.00; for congress and all State offices, $10.00. Checks must accompany card. Please do not ask that we insert your card unless you send check or cash along with same. All cards will be published until the primaries. 1 CONGRESS. l desire to announce to the people of the Second Congressional district that I am a candidate for the national House of Representatives. I will give my best services if elected and will at all times be faithful to the interests of my people. I respectfully ask your support. , ALVIN ETHEREDGE. I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection as Representative in Congress from the Second District of South Carolina, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the primary and to support the nominees thereof. JAMES F. BYRNES., SOLICITOR. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of SolicitorJbf the Second Judicial Circuit, and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party and to support the nominees thereof. R. L. GUNTER. _ C CLERK OP COURT. I hereby announce myself a candi- 1 date for the office of Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the * rules of the Democratic party. R. L. ZEIGLER. ~ I hereby announce myself a candidate for clerk of court of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the party. H. D. FREE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. D. COPELAND, JR. I herehv announce mvself a can didate for Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic pri- . mary. A. L. KIRKLAND. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Clerk of Court of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. J. Z. BROOKER. I have decided to become a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court for Bamberg county, and will appreciate the support of my friends throughout the counfy for that position. H. C. -FOLK. _ I hereby announce myself a candi- Pr date for the office of Clerk of Court Pa of Bamberg county, subject to the nc rules of the Democratic primary, pledging my support to the nominees of the party. J. S. J. FAUST. da _ be PROBATE JUDGE. re I nereby announce myself a candi- ? date for the office of Probate Judge of Bamberg county, and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. a* R. S. SIMMONS. at I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Judge of Pro- - " bate of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules ^ of the party. . Ke T71T? A \rrtTO T1 m T?T?/~1T T rxvAi>v>io r. oaxvxvv-F.UJ-J. j.g I hereby announce myself a can- ? didate for the office of Probate Judge I of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to support the nominees thereof. R. P. BELLINGER. ^ je th I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Probate Judge _ of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party. ALBERT M. DENBOW. da I hereby announce myself a candi- gi< date for reelection to the office of ^ Probate Judge of Bamberg county, ru subject to the rules of the Democratic party. G. P. HARMON. I hereby announce myself a can- CQ didate for the office of Judge of Probate of Bamberg county, subject to rnloa nf flia Damnprci Hr> nortv _ VUV A UiVO VI tlAV JUVU4VVA WbAV ^r%?* f pledging, my support to the nominees thereof. J. J. BRABHAM, JR. AUDITOR AND SUPT. EDUCATION. I hereby announce myself a can- d.a didate for the office of Auditor and s*c Superintendent of Education of .?* Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. EDGAR PRICE. C( I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Auditor and Su- da perintendent of Education of Bam- at berg county, subject to the rules and re regulations of the Democratic primary. G. W. FOLK, Clear Pond. SHERIFF. of ? no I hereby announce myself a candi- tic date tor snerifl: of tfamoerg uountv in in the Democratic primary, subject th to the rules of the party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. D. J. DELK. ?? da I hereby announce my candidacy at for reelection to the office of Sheriff re of Bamberg county in the Democratic ty. "Jhese^/fe <Tro^ ./orMqji^k | A HnWIsr M<fti r^m7 1 \ ? * j,e, *W **41 ?Gllt- Xm 4c 3 * *#2> sfr*st p . /T^ X. i>iu?hoi liiiierale. uuls ui i Greek and Differential Calculu: things and yet they invest in wi and real estate that is mostly ui low tide. Want your Executor funds of your Estate? If you m utor you know that this Corpora vestments. That is part of its I chance with your money. BAMBEBG BANKIN< Bamberg, S. imary, subject to the rules of the EHR1 vrty, pledging my support to the >minees thereof. S. G. RAY. I he ? date fc I hereby announce myself a candi- at Ehr ite for the office 01 Sheriff of Bam- the De *g county, subject to the rules and gulations of the Democratic party. J. P. O'QUINN. I he: date fc STATE SENATE. at Ehr __ the De I hereby announce myself a candate for reelection to the State een? 1 T Via e, subject to the rules ana reguia- * ^ ms cf the Democratic party. date fo J. B. BLACK. subject i of the I hereby announce myself as a can- pledge date to the State Senate from Bam>rg county, subject to the rules and ? gulations of the Democratic party. MAX B. W. MILEY. I he IOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, date f< _ Ehrhai I hereby announce my candidacy Democ r reelection to the House of Repre- t0 sup. ntatives from Bamberg county, subct to the rules and regulations of e Democratic party. ? 1 he B. D. CARTER. didate __ _ Ehrhai COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Democ ____ to sup] I hereby announce myself a candiXe-for the office of County Commis- T . Dner of Bamberg county in the . * n? smocratic primary, subject to the Sr1? les of the party. Lnrnai OTIS L. COPELAND. suoject ____ pledgir Thanking the voters of Bamberg thereQi unty for their past support, I here- . ' announce myself a candidate for election to the office of County , , immissioner, subject to the rules ..f.ne d regulations of the Democratic ? X? imary. W. D. BESSINGER. reg^lal I hereby announce myself a candi- '^ , ,te for the office of County Commis- p r gj )ner of Bamberg county, subject to e rules of the.Democratic party. T , W.jW. STEEDLEY. date f( >TTOX WEIGHER AT BAMBERG. ?a be, _____ subject I hereby announce myself a candi,te for the office of Cotton Weigher ere Bamberg, subject to the rules and y gulations of the Democratic party. NEB CRIDER. x he ' for ree Deeply appreciating the confidence trate a the voters in the past, I hereby an- mary, < unce myself a candidate for reelee>n as Cotton veigher at Bamberg ne'es ^ thp nrimarv election, subject to ?? e rules of the party. COT F. E. STEEDLY. I hei I hereby announce myself a candi- da*e te for the office of Cotton Weigher C. I 1 Bamberg, subject to the rules and my ^ gulations of the Democratic par- the De JOHN H. PEARSON. - an * oepostt slip nl pfcfr I ;^Vj/ fl j=E?:e 9m F F ismess ana ' srsonal ing Accounts curateltj Savings Deposits., - - - $100,000.00 J ikingCo. 1 a. ^ . E IGNORANT nen know Latin and s and a lot of other ild cat mining stocks ider water except at to do that with the ime us as your Execition knows about inmsiness. It takes no V . > M ' -4 J COMPANY (J . -4 -.M 3ARDT COTTON WEIGHER. reby announce myself a candi>r the office of Cotton Weigher hardt, subject to the rules of mocratic primary. BRADLEY C. HIERS. reby announce myself a candi >r the office of Cotton Weigher hardt, subject to the rules of , mocratic party. GEO. F. MCMILLAN, JR. reby announce myself a candit Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt, : to the rules and regulations Democratic primary, and ! myself to support the nomi-' BOYCE W. BISHOP. rISTRATE AT EHRHARDT. reby announce myself a candi3r reelection as Magistrate at *dt, subject to the rules of the ratic primary, pledging myself port the nominees thereof. J. H. KINARD. ireby announce myself a canfor the office of Magistrate at dt, subject to the rules of the ratic primary, pledging myself port the nominees thereof. J. A. JOHNS. *\ reby announce myself a candijt the office of Magistrate at -dt in the Democratic primary, ; to the rules of the party, and ig my support to the nominees ?. J. C. COPELAND. 3ISTRATE AT BAMBERG. ireby announce myself a canfor the office of Magistrate at rg, subject to the rules and tions of the Democratic priand will appreciate any sup[ven me by the voters. E. C. BRUCE. reby announce myself a candiDr the office of Magistrate at rg in the Democratic primary, ; to the rules of the party, ig my supDort to the nominees E. DICKINSON. [AGISTRATE AT OLAR. ~~ reby announce my candidacy ilection to the office of Magist Olar in the Democratic prisubject to the rules of the par>mising to support the nomilereof. O. J. C. LAIN. TON WEIGHER AT OLAR. reby announce myself a candi>r Cotton Weigher at Olar, S. Rill appreciate the support of ends and abide the result of mocratic primary. D. J. TEMPLETON.