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The JBa\>iherg Herald. , Thursday. August 10, 1899. Personal Mention. ^-"Mrs. E. R. Walter is visiting relative in the city. ?Mr. J. J. Simmons paid us a pleasant call last Saturday. ?jM r. Paul J. Zeigler, of Allendale, was +he city this week. - 'iss Louise Hooper, of Orangebuig; i; : ne city for a while. ?Capt J. B. Hunter, we regret to learn, is on the sick list. _?Mr. S. S. Karesli has gone to Xew York to purchase his fall stock. ?Mr. F. C. Withers, of the Columbia n-#e in the citv last Friday. ?Mr. C. A. Miihous was an apprecia-1 ted visitor at the sanctum recently. ?Messrs. Funderburk and Sanders, of Orangeburg, spent Tuesday in the city. ?Mrs. Boyd and daughter. Miss Jennie, an&nrned last Friday from Sullivan's Island. ?Mr. Jno. H. Cope and little son, are spending the week in Orangebuxg - -Probate Judge B. W. Miley moved his (office to the court house early in the week.?M 1fs Mary Lou Gill is visiting relatives a id friends in the lower part of the county. ?Mr s- Orren F. Hunter and Miss Lizzie Hui iter, of Hunter's Chapel. were in the city .yesterday. ?Mr. X. N. Bellinger and A. Mclver Bostick, Esq., spent a part of Jast week in Hamp ?U>n county. ?Mes ins. I. G. Jennings and ttoc Kemp, o f 5>enmaru, were vxsxima sliire to>\ *at Monday. ?Mr. ILanon Rice left for New York last Mom lay, to purchase a large stock of fall and v rinter goods. , ?Mr. Sidney Hartzosr was in the city , Tuesday, on his way back to Barnwell, from a tri p to the up-country. ] ?Mr. J , A. Spann left for New York < last Mond t.y, where he goes to buy a sup- < ply of the approaching season's goods. ?Mr. C? R. Brabham left Monday for 1 the North ern markets, to buy a big stock 1 of goods f or his mammoth establishment. J ?Capt. IE. R. Walter spent last Sunday 1 with his father-in-law. Dr. J. F. Baggott. 1 The Captain, reports crops in his section very line. ?Mr. J. A. Bj'rd left last Monday for New York and the Northern markets, to j buy a large stock of goods for the com- i ing season. ( ?Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Edwards and ' family, of Lawtey, Fla., reached here yesterday, on a week's visit to relatives 1 and friends. ?Mr. W. W. Owens, assistant superintendent at the cotton mill, has resigned his position, and left W etlnesday morn- < ing for Selma, Ala. < ? Rev. and Mrs. T. C. O'Dell, and Mrs. C. R Brabham, left last Tuesday for 1 Hendersonville, N. C., where they will ( spend two or three weeks. * ?Mr. J. P. Matheny and Mrs. Boyd j left for Columbia yesterday morning. ! Mre! Boj-(Ts daughter, Miss Jennie, went j to the same place a few days before. j ?Mrs. Walter It. Bailey, has the pleas- , ure of having as her guests his sister Mrs. < *t r>f itamhprir. and Mrs. < nen i \ vuuuio, vi Marius Sanders, of Sumter.?Greenwood < Journal. ?Railroad Commission or C. W. Garris left last Saturday to attend the meeting of the National Convention of Railroad Commissioners, at Denver, Colorado. We * know our friend will have a big time. ?Salesday brought to the city from Den- ( mark Farmers J. G. H. Guess, Sylvester t D. Guess, J. J. Fogle, Asbury Pearson, t J. Frank and Orren Staley; Editor J?. W. x D. Rowcll; Township" Commissioner , Charles M'Giever; Cotton Weigher Aaron | Radcliffe; Lawyer H. C. Hardwick, and Probate Judge B. W. Mi ley. ?One of Charleston's most popular young men, Mr. M. Needle, paid a few days' visit to 31 r. J. L. Karesh this week. 1 Mr. Needle has just returned from Cuba. ; where he went in the interest of the Y. < M. H. S. 0., of Charleston. He has many i interesting stories to tell of what he saw i in Cubn. He visited Santiago, Pina del ' Rio, 3Iantanzas, and many of the interior 1 towns and villages. A carload of wagons to arrive at G, Frank Bamberg's next week. Mr. and 3Trs. J. A. 3Iurdaugh entertained a few of their friends last 3Ionday . .evening. I Owing to Mr. O'Dell's absence, there < will be no preaching at the Methodist ] church next Sunday. \ To Ben*.?One store on Main street, ; Ehrhardt, 8. For terms apply to C. Ehbhabdt, Ehrhardt, S. C. n -" ? *l,io Foil <jr>rl cop fllflt. DOW prnv ^>au, ?*uu ww laud intended for wheat is kept in good fix and sow plenty wheat in November. We return thanks to Mr. G. Move Dickinson, the tire insurance agent, for blotters and note books for our desk. The annual catalogue of Clemson College is. ready for distribution. A copy will lie seut to any address upon application to President Hartzog, Clemson College, S. C, ? Rev, W. E. Johnson will preach in the Baptist ehurch next Sunday, morning ana evening. Rev. T. C. O'Dell being away, all services will be held at the Baptist church until his return. The returning train from the Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island does not leave Charleston until 7 o'clock p. m., affording Sunday visitors to the island seven hours of pleasure. The Southern Railway sells return tickets for $1.50 to either resort. "Jumbo" whips, at G. Frank Bamberg's, only 10 cents. An eighty-pound melon, sent to ('apt. Silas J. MoCauglirin, by his frieud, Major Havelock Eaves, of Bamberg, created somewhat of a sensation Monday while it was on exhibition at the Commercial Bank. A melon of the same weight was shipped here from Augusta twenty years ago this summer.?Newberry Observer. Soda,-5c, lb.; soap, 2c. bar?at Huggins's. Our city fathers are keeping up the much-noeded work on our streets. We are thankful fo* wh: t they have done and are doing, and we would be still more thankful if they would build several good brick crossings on Main street, so we j Would not have .to wade across in wet I wfiatluer. The present wood crossings) ^ n are of not much use. lyet us haye the j crossings, gentlemen. Farmers, have you seen that "new col-' lar" that G. Frank Bamberg lias? It fas- j tens at the "bottom." See? Bamberg was vis'ted by a heayy tliun-j der storm last Tuesday afternoon. The rain fell in torrents, and the wind was 1 f rather high. Out near Mr. V. J. Hart-1 zog's plantation the crops were badly' damaged by the wind, and several small houses were blown down. A tree was, blown across the long distance telepho e line in the western pari of town, which j *roke the wires. On Mr. Ilear\* Adams's place 4 cow was blown over a fence and killed. When you want good flour, go to Ilug?& gins's: it is guaranteed. At the discussion conducted by the Bamberg Debating Society, Monday r * night, at the Fitting School, the query ^ faping: "Resolved, That lite American Indians have bj.cn cruelly treated l>v the white men," Mr. M 5<rle:Ue. of f "nrleston, who aete 1 a- judge, decided thai the * negative side ha I tit- best of the argument. The question for debate next Monday night is: "II solved. That of the two passions, love and hate, low is the greate?t." Dr. I?. D. Bruu-on will lead on the ^ artirnnitiye side of the subject, while Mr Y George Wolsey Symouds will marshal the forces in opposition. Buy groceries from Iluggins, and save money. Mr. C. J. S. Brooker got in a full ear load of stoves this week. Mr. J. P. Matheny and Miss Jennie Boyd will be married in Columbia next Tuesday. >NVI v?Thrr>f> choice bllildiilir lots on Klin and Carlisle streets, near Fitting | School. HAVELOCK EAVES. | Quite a number from here attended the j protracted meeting at Carter's Ford Sunday and Monday. " We are now in our new office on the ! ground tloor, and will be glad to see our friends, particularly those who want to pay their subscription. The prayer meeting at the Methodist church will be in charge of Messrs. Otis j and Vance Brabham until Mr. O'DeH'sl return from Ilendersonyille. The gang of rotten egg throwers were j before the Mayor last Monday morning, and were dismissed, as there was no or- j dinance covering the offense. Married, on the evening of August (5th, by Jelf B. Smith, notary public, Mr. Benjamin Thompson, of Midway, ami j Miss Sturkie. of Orangeburg county. Lots of freight is coming into the depot here now, the building being crowded. From the amount of goods coming in, we should judge our merchants expect a big trade this fall. The first bale of new cotton was brought to town last Tuesday morning by Mr. P. A. Carroll, of the Springtown neighborhood. It weighed .>>*2 pounds, and was bought by Mr. If. C. Folk, who paid six cents a pound for it. 3fr. ^olk immediately shipped the bale to Pope A ; "Piomino- ot \no-nsta. bv exnress. Tiie i staple was very good for new cotton. The passenger business at this point is a big thing for the railroad people. There lias been an increase of over one hundred per cent, over last year, for the same period, in the amount of tickets sold at thjs depot. This seems to show that our people have got money to travel, as most of the tickets sold \vere la* the mountains or the seashore, and the 2sorj.b; No risk in buying groceries from Huggins. Everything guaranteed. We have received the premium list of the thirty-first annual fair of the South Carolina Agricultural aqd Mechanical Society, which will be held in Columbia, November Gth to 10th, inclusive, ft is the intention of the society to make this the best fair ever held, and Mr. Thos. W. Elolloway, secretary, will take pleasure in giving all information desired. His postolfiee address is Pomaria, S. C. A Card. Truth and justice will prevail, f have found my cotton sheet, which was sworn 1 :o be mine in court, under Mr. Neb < Crider's corn house. Therefore, the libel t s 011 the other side. People should be 1 eery careful liow they swear such falsehoods. * M. Smoak. ; Annual Excursion, < The twentieth annual excursion from ' Charleston to the mountains will be run j >ver the Southern Railway, Wednesday, ^ \ugust 16th, under the personal super- ( eision of Conductors S. G. Gilbert and C. A. Speisseger. Tickets are good 0:1 { iny regular train until Thursday, August 1 jist, inclusive. Quite a goodly number f from here will go on the excursion. Any j nformation will be cheerfully furnished yv the ticket agents of the Southern ( Railway, The rates from Bamberg are * is follows: Spartanburg, 55.50; Harris * >?: vr nn- filpnn 1 springs, Springs, S5.50; Hendersonviiie, ?6.50; j ^ Saluda, ?6.39; Aslieville, $7.25. j .Special Meeting. ^ The County Board of Commissioners t leld a special meeting last Monday for 1 ;he purpose of re-electing a cotton weigh- < ?r for Denmark, the former election being ' claimed to be illegal. The board reflected Mr. Aaron RadclilTe, he being 1 he same man elected at the previous < neeting. Xo other business was trans- ] jcted at this meeting, it being called for 1 :Uis purpose only. 1 County Pension Hoard, In accordance with section 951 of the { Pension Act, the township chairmen met it the court house last Monday, and elected the following members to constitute die County Buard: W. F. Stokes, chairman; C. R. Clayton, secretary; R. C. Kirkland, J. F. Baggott, M. D., D. \V. Barton, M. D. C. R. Clayton, ; Secretary. ( . Xotice to Melon Growers. The melon growers of Bamberg county are requested to meet the tirst Monday in September, at the court house in this ' city, to perfect an organization for the purpose of securing cheaper freight rates tor next season. A full attendance is requested, and a hearty co-operation so?licited. J. R." McCormack, Chairman. In Memoriam. At a meeting of Camp Rivers Bridge, C. C. V., Bamberg county, S. C., July Stli, 1S99, the following was adopted: Whereas, Comrade At. l,. crease, who was a veteran of the war of thirty-live years ago, lias been removed from us by death; Resolved? ist. That we bow with humble submission to the rule of the Master. 2nd. That we record our testimony to his bravery as a soldier. 3rd. That we mourn the loss of a friend and neighbor. 4th. That we tender our deepest sympathy to his bereaved family. 5th. That these resolutions be sent to his family, and furnished the local press for publication. He was born October 27th, 1840, and died June 6th, 1899. J. C. McMnj.vx, J. D. Kixard, J. A. Chasskrkau, Committee. City Council Meeting. 4 / City Council held its regular monthly meeting last week. Those present were Mayor Iuglis, and Aldermen Brooker, Hays, Rhoad, Brabham, and Dickinson. The quarantine committee reported j that it had carried out the instructions of ; council, and was discharged. Committee to purchase mule and wag- j on for street work, reported team bought and driver hired, and was discharged. The clerk was instructed to furnish each member of the board of health with j a copy of the ordinance relating to their j duties. Aldermen Hays and Brooker were appointed as a committee to see the owners of the small wooden shops on Main street, and request that they be moved, Mr. H. C. Folk asked for a nominal I rent for the land used as a street on the j side of his store. ?, Council unanimously declined to pay any rent. The matter of increase in the salary of i lamp lighter was left with the Mayor for action. It was decided to dispense with the . services of anight watchman. Several bills were approved, and Coun: cil then adjourned. House Struck by Lightning. During the thunder storm last Tuesday i ; afternoon, the house of Lewis 1 tell ling, a colored man, who lives on Maj. K. R. I Hays's place, about two miles from town, i was struck by lightning and badly dam: aged. A bureau near the wall was wrecked, but none of the occupants of the house were injured. A dog was killed under the house, antl Itehling says i is ; marvelous that all his family, who were sitting in the rcnmi at the time, were not killed. i Hamilton Clark, of(,'hauncey. (la.. says j he suffered wish itch big piles I welitv years j be lore I vying DcWitl's 'A ilcli Ha/.el Salve, ; two lioxes of which completely cured him. j beware uf worthless and dangerous couu1 terleitb.?.Bamberg Tliariuacy, r New Advertisements. M. A. HOOYKR. This i^entleinau is a first-class coach painter, and he guarantees his work, at reasonable prices. Give him a trial; he is sure to please you. ?*m T'MRIA COIXKGK. Attention is asked to the advertisement j of Columbia College, of which Rev. J. A. j Rice, I). I)., is president. The expenses I have been very much reduced, and the ! efficiency of the college has been increased. Write for a catalogue, if you have a daughter to educate. K. c. ha vs. Your attention is asked to the furniture advertisement of this up-to-date and en-! terprising dealer. His store is one of the institutions of which Bamberg may well | be proud. The stock is complete, embracing furniture of every kind and price, , mattings, carpets, rugs, baby carriages, trunks, stoves and ranges, shades, poles, and in fact everything to furnish a house complete. If you want office or house furniture, he has it. and at prices that successfully compete with Charleston and Augusta. Mr. Hays deserves a liberal i support, and he intends to have it if goods, prices, and courteous treatment will get it. G. FRANK BAMRKRO. Note the change in the ad. of G. Frank Bamberg. His experience will be worth something to you, if you will call on him when you need something in his line. j. B. Hunter?Sheriff's Sale, ''PeWitt's Little Early Risers did inc more good than all blood medicines and -< TT I ??H?er pills." writes ueo. n. ^ihmi.s ut , Thoiuj/but;. Conn. Prompt. pleasant, never gripe.?Ho.i en re constipation, arouse the torpid liver io acu<?;i, ;;nd give you clean blood, steady nerves, a eleai brain and a healthy appetite.?Bamberg I'll a rmaey. The Bamberg GuardsThe military company has received the uniforms foi its members, and the guns will be here before long. T.hp supplies received consist of forty each of laggings, blouses, caps, and trousers, tpid forty sets uf accoutrements. The company will have a meeting to-morrow night, whve.h Quartermaster Sergeant H. A. Wright will tribnte the uniforms ?nd equipments, and C/.tjier important business will be attendee! to. Sunday-school Convention. The Barnwell Baptist Sunday-school Convention will meet at Blackville Friday, September ist, at 11 a. m., when the following program of proceedings will be presented j From ii to 12, service of song by j.lje Blackville Sunday-school choir, and com c<irmnii hv Rev T. D. Winchester. V CIIL1WH ox. i - j }f Orangebury. 12 m., organization; ' ilection of officers. 12:30, address of -ye)come by J. H. E. Mlllious; response dv A. Howard Patterson. "Are we doing 1 .fie best wofk of v-binli we are capable in j )ur Sunday-schools?"^: W, D. I/cMillan, f. I. Ayres* of Tennessee; Julian Strong'. > p. m., service of song by St. John's 1 Sunday-school choir; sermon by Rev. hansing Burrows, D. I)., of Augusta; busness. i Saturday, Sept. 2?10 to 10:30 a. 111., service of song by Oak Grove Sundayschool choir. 10-39 to 11:30, verbal re- : xirts of all schools; T. P. J,ide, inquisi- . :or. 11:30 to 12:30, "The opportunity of < :he schools to emphasize missions," \Vm. HIaynsworth. Aduresses 011 some sublect by A. P. Turner, \V. D. Rice, J. D, Peacock. 12:30 to 1:30, "3Ietliotls of :eaching," by J. I. Ayres. 8 p. 111., service of song by Barnwell Sunday-school ' :hoir. 8:30, sermon by W. E. Johnson; msiness. Sunday, September 3?10:30 a. 111., service of song by Blackville Sunday-school dioir. 11, sermon by Rev. Thomas H. Edwards. 5 p. m., Sunday-school mass neeting: service of song by choirs of Blackville, Oak Grove, St. John's and Barnwell Sundav-scliools; addresses bv Mack Brabham," Dr. J. B. Black, G. X. \skew, Prof. J. E. Sanders, J. I. Ayres. ip. 111., sennon by T. P. Lide. W. D. Rice, * \V. E. Johnson, \V. G. Britton, |Wm. Havnsworth, Committee. Buford's Bridge Breezes. The picnic on the fifth instant, at Cedar Ba>*, near the home of my clever friend, Mr. Xorthrop Bellinger, was enjoyed by every one who attended. Mr. Bellinger had enlarged the dancing stand for the day, and the voting folks certainly made use of it. Music was fur nished by the Colston band. When the usual hour came for dinner, it was spread out 011 a table about fortv fret lono. Our neighborhood was largely represeiueu, auu vmu auuuc was one of the gang. I take pleasure in t batik nig the good people of that section for the kindness shown me. Dr. R. C. Brabham and son, Guv, of Hawthorne, S. C., are visiting at tiie home of 31 r. Joe J. Brabham. Miss Alice Williams, of Allendale, is visiting relatives in the Kearse section. Messrs. A. L. Gooelhe and Roy Murdaugh visited Bamberg this week. Rev. W. C. Kirklaiul, of Scotia, visited his father, Dr. N. F. Kirkland, this week. Mr. G. A. Best, formerly of this section, but for the past few years of Eiirhardt, where he has been merchandising, lias moved his establishment to Ulmer. Success to you, Andrew. - * B. G. J. J * Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, hut Skin Eruptions rob life of joy. Buckleirs Arnica ' Salve, cures them; also Old, Run i ning and Fever Sores, Ulcers. Boils, j Felons, Corns, Warts, Bruises, I Burns, Chapped Hands, Scalds, i Chilblains. Best Pile cure on earth. | Drives out Pains and Aches. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Thos. Black and Bamberg Pharmacy. A Sad Death. Mjss Annie Elizabeth Sease, eldest daughter of Capt. and Mrs. W. K. j Sease, died last Saturday morning at j eleven o'clock, at, the home of her j parents, near Colston, aged thirty i years. The deceased had been sick j for ten weeks with typhoid fever, i The funeral services were held at! Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church at: Elirhardt .Sunday morning, Lev. J. 11. Wilson conducting the services | The body was buried at tlie same I place. ller death was an especially sad one. For weeks Miss Annie had I made a brave light lor life, and it i was thought that she had passed the ! critical stage of her illness, but the long period of suffering she had undergone had sapped her eoi.stituj tion and reduced the bjdy to such a I weak conditjon that she no longer I had tlie strength to withstand the , ravages m the disease. ('apt. and Mrs. Seasc have the sinj cere sympathy <f their large circle | of frieuds in this sad atliiction. THE BAR AROUSED. Charges Against Walterboro Attorney Discussed. [Colleton Press and Standard.] The article last week reproduced in The Press and Standard from the : Gaffney Ledger, charging a Walter- i boro attorney with having collected i a claim entrusted to him for collection by the editor of that paper and , ..-I., Poiliurr (/ ? onn.iiint ! , UJCII auu iiniiwii iv?vw?iu | for rhe money, created somewhat of; ( a sensation. If was the subject of , much discussion. The name of the attorney against whom the severe iu dictment was brought having been ^ withheld, the entire bar was under , thp shadow of the reckless editor's!' damaging charges. In the circumstances the members of the bar deemed it their duty to take coguiz- ; ance of the matter and called a v meeting of the legal fraternity. All jJ present at the meeting, it is under- ( stood, joined in requesting the president to address a letter to Editor * DeUnmp, demanding the name of c the attorney and the particulars of * the transaction referred to in hisar- 1 rangment. A full account of the action of the ( bar, however, has been submitted for t publication and is as follows: \ A clipping from the Gaffney Ledger J having appeared in the Colleton Press and Standard of the 2(itli of July, ISM. 5 headed, ''hjame the Lawyer"?"Member f of the Waltcrboro Bar roasted"?"Grave j charges"?'"Accused of collecting a claim ? ami appropriating the money," which ar? tide reflected on the Bar as a whole, at ? a meeting of the Colleton Bar, held on ^ the 26th day of July, 1-S00, the following , resolution WaS adopted; ^ "That the chairman, John D, Edwards, c do write E, J[. DeCamp and ascertain all facts from E.II. DeCamp necessary to a proper disposition of the matter." ( Accordingly, the chairman on the 28th ofJulywrotetoE.il. DeCamp, editor J of Tlie Ledger, at Gaffney, requesting ] him (1-f giye {lie name of the attorney to [ whom the claim was sent for collpotfon , (2) the name of the person against the ac: r count was, and who held the receipt for ] same; (J) copies of any letters, papers, |Y etc, pertaining to the matter. y To above letter of the chairman the f following letter was received from E. II. ReCaipp: Gaffney, ,8. C,, July 'JO, Mr. John I). Edwards, TValterboro, 8. (J ? ' Dear Sir; Replying to your favor of 11 yesterday. I beg to say that the claim was a one of H. P. Griffith, who is employed by ? myself, and was sent to C. C. Tracy. The account was on B. G. O Bryan and the latter holds Tracy's receipt for the t money, ' yours truly, ( ??V.V lj , On August 1 the Bar Association again met, the following members being ^ present: Col. John D. Edwards, chair* ^ man; Col C. G. Henderson, Mr. W. J. j Fishburne, M. P. Howell, \V. B. Gruber, Q, C. J racy, J. C. DeTrevill >, J. S. Griffin, Jas. t. ?eufo;y and Charles II. Farmer, secretary pro tem. After reading the letter from Mr. DeCamp to the Bar, Mr, C. C. T'racy .V made a short statement and requested * the members thereof to suspend further action thereupon until he could be heard, C etc. After which Mr. Tracy retired from the further proceedings of the meeting. * Whereupon the Bar generally discussed ^ the matter pro and con. c Upon a resolution unanimously adopt- 5 ed by the members present? Resoved, That all the proceedings and 6 statements of the previous meeting, as t well as this matter, be published in the g Colleton Press and Standard and the Gaffuey Ledger in their next issue. Alter some discussion the following f resolution was adopted by the Bar As- ^ sociation; ( Tr is further resolved that Mr. E. If. 1 DeCamp and Mr. C. C. Tracy be invited J to appear at a meeting of the Bar to be r held 011 the eighth day of August, 1899, j at 12 o'clock M. to make such statements as in their judgment they may deem 1 proper to make." After the adoption of the above reso- < lution Mr. Tracy was requested to return | to the meeting, whereupon the above | resolution was read to Mr. Tracy by the ' secretary, at the request of its members, who, after hearing ' the same, asseqt eel j and made a request of the Bar to hear I the matter at its future meeting, in reso- I lution referred to. ] Adjourned to meet on 8th day of August. 1890. John* D. Edwards, < Charles II. Farmer, Chairman. < Acting Secretary. i Kodol Dispepsia Cure cures dispepsia ^ because its ingredients arc such that it can't help doing so. "The public can re- 1 ly upon it as a master remedy for all | disorders arising from imperfect diges- ] tjon." James M. Thomas, M. D,, in American Journal of Health, X. V.?Bamberg . I'haniiaey. Fire Precedes the Storm. Just- before the bursting of the ( rain and wind storm last Tuesday . afternoon, the house of Moze Johnson. a well-known negro fanner and , wood dealer, living 011 the other side 1 of Lemon Swamp, caught lire. Its ( owner was barely able to save his , household effects The building, j upon which" there was no insurance, I < was totaliy destroyed. Just as the!, blazing frame of the house fell in, j the downpour of rain came, and the i hoi embers were quenched, leaving! only a pile, of black and sodden ! coals. Every one syinnathizes with j . j I Moze, who takes his loss very philo-l. sophicall v, declaring that "lie hed i been studyin' 'bout Tec-tin' a new house foh er right smaht while, an' now, suh, Ise jist piutedly 'bleeged toll build." ICodol Pispepsja Cure thoroughly digests ts fond without aid of tin- stomach, and at the same tinij heals ai d restores the dis- J eased digestive organs. It is the only re- j nic-tlv that dgis hotli ol these mines ami | con lie relied upon t?> permanently cure ilispepsia.?Bam Berg Pharmacy. Cotton Mill Changes. lie retirement ot' Mr. W. W, Owens from the dual position of assistant superintendent and boss j carder at the cotton factory, has brought about the following changes | in Superintendent Smith's staff: i Mr. (diaries B Carr, formerly boss spinner, has been made assistant : superintendent; his former position iis taken by Mr. Charles it. Day, late ; with the Kilgefielil Manufacturing j Company, of Edgefield, while Mr. I J. E. Yon, late of the same mill, j take? the place or Mr. Owens, as i boss carder. Five lbs. jelly for 25c. at The Now I Store. f LATEST COTTON 31 ILL NEWS Items of Interest to Textile Workers. Opera live Personals. [From the Textile Excelsior ] W. A. Wofford, cloth room overseer at Whitney, 8. (J., Cotton Mills , took his vacation by going with his family on a visit to raeolet. ! R. A. Wilson, who resigned last L ivock as night superintendent at |) Jdell Manufacturing Company,] Joncord, X. C., is now on loose'; nil ley. I All the picking machinery of the L lew Orr Cotton Mill, Anderson, S. j ] A, and of the new Smyth Cotton !( Mills, Belton, 8. C., has been order- L] ^ t Geo. K. Pearce, at one time night 1 vatchman at the Edno Mills, Reids.:n v u..,-.,f 1 i IL'j '"3 tiui? ituniiiuiaii at lie Warren Mills, Warreusville, 8. g I). W. Andrews, overseer carding it Whitney, 8. C., Cotton Mills, was ailed to the bedside of his father vho was quite ill at Relsser, 8. C., ast week. . Tlios. H. Battle, formerly presi * lent of the Rock}- Mt., N. C., Cot- ' on Milis is now secretary and treasurer of the company, while Robt. H. Ricks is president. j B. F. Tompkins, assistant boss s ;pinner at Granbv Mi]{?, Colombia", ^ % 0., js again a Trappy father, lie !ecdved a twelve pouiid baby boy s m July 20. I A. 13. Brannon will resign his po- g ;ition as overseer of weaving at the a jaffney, S. C., Cotton Mills on or tbout August 12 to take charge of reaving at the Florence Mills, For- jj . st, City, K, 0. J. F. Turner has fihanged hom jreeiiville, S. C., to JVrterdale, Ca., f. S. Terry, from Gaffney, 8. C., to irookside Mills, Knoxville, Tenn.; I. 0. Settlerayre from Spartanuivcr t.(-> Chester; 8. C. ,...n J - ,, Thos. J. Uigby has, after three f ijoiiths seryioe as boss weaver at \ Jeni'ietta, N, C., Cotton MiiJs, esigned to go to ' Gaffney, S. C., c dr. Cannon, of Greenville. S. C., 1 akes his place at Henrietta. J The braiders and other machinery 'f the idle cordage mill at Che raw, < i. 0., has been sold and shipped to v . party in Athens, Ga. The manger died a couple years ago and T he factory has since been for sale. J. C. Mathes, superintendent of e< he Durham, X. 0., Manufacturing h Company, last week visited JR. C bn'niuird'tj Cop cord, X- C., assistant jJ nanager of the Cannon Mills. Mr. tl Jftthes is slowly recovering from he terrible scalding he received ast spring. C( Claude, the ten year old son of S. ( ?. Iiush, master mechanic in the ^ nachiue shop at Enoree, S. C. Cot- G on Mills, last week, in some earless & rav happened to let his hand come tl n contact with a little circular saw 11 hat was running, and his hand was ? flit off. f( E. L. McLeod, while hurrying to vork at the Victoria Mills, Kock _ Jill, S. C., last Monday morning, ;rossed a freight train, and in doing ;n his rio-lit foot was crushed be- f' ,w * ? ? ween the bumpers. The railroad ' airgeon attended him. He n vill not be able to resume work for several weeks. Work is progressing rapidly oil die new addition of the Victor Cot- 7 ;on Mills, Greers, S. C. When j2 completed the capacity of the mill '! will be doubled. There will be J 25,000 spindles and 600 looms. The njill is now working a double force of operatives, to meet the demand for their print cloths. G. R. Spencer, Master Mechanic, )f McColl, S. 0., Cotton Mills has been engaged as superintendent for the new Scotland Cotton Mills, Laurinburg, N. C. Mr. Spencer was off 011 a vacation this week, vis iting his old home at Gastonia, Er. 0., but has now gone to Laurinburg to start building the factory which lie will run. The Electric and Power Company, >f Abbeville, S. C , has leased and will develop a 75 horse Water power near there for transmission to the town for lighting purposes at nighty while they expect to sell the power there-from in day time to new factories which citizens hope to establish in Abbeville. A small cotton J yarn mill is one of the industries proposed. Tinv.p siv vnnm onera fives' houses ? - -I - - I were burned down and four houses damaged by fFe at L-mgly, S. 0., 3ii Friday of last week. The ilaines were finally extinguished by the men not in rhe mill, and the yard hands, j The occupants lost a good deal of , their posessions, but the loss of the owners of the houses was thoroughly covered by insurance. The destroyed houses will be rebuilt at an Kiriv date. The change in overseers in Fairfield Cotton Mills, Winnsboro, ?S. C., . has resulted in the following arrangnient: A. If. Tioodman, carder day and night, who was formerly night carder, and returned to the mill from Columbia; his day assis 1 .... .. o V liVt- vmiMtr Willi i^vJ, . . i j, u> v? .p,.. v , 0 man promoted from card grinder. W. F. Henderson is day spinner, who lias been there for over a month, while .las. F. Dixon is night spinner, who came from Cordele, (Ja., four months ago. A charter has been granted to the 1 Champin Manufacturing Company, Champin, S. 0., capital stock j. ?50,<>00. This place is in Lexington i county, eighteen miles northwest of ( Columbia, and on the Atlantic Coast Line branch to Clinton. The incorporators are II. P. Mreze, P. M. Lorick,If. S. Wessinger, M. IF Wiliiams and J. II. Friek. They propose establishing a steam cotton mill at the above point for the manufacture of sateens, dress lawns, j etc. The ententiou is to erect a I factory with 0,000 spindle capacity j with weaving. Mr. Frick is the! main piomoter of the enterprise. He is worth some ?50,000 and all! his associates in the prospected | null are wealthy. Eat, drink, and be merry at the New . Store, Story of a Slave. To be bound hand and foot foi years by the chains of disease i: the worst form of slaver;. Gqov^k I). Williams, of .Manchester, Mich tells how such a siave was made free, I Ie says: My wife has been so helpless for five years that she never turned over in 1ml alone. "After usng two bottles of Klectric Bitters, <he is wonderfully improved and is iblc to d<> her own work. This surrenie remedy for female diseases liiieklv cures nervousness, sleepless ie-s, melancholy, headache, backiche, fainting and dizzy spells. Ldiis miracle working medicine is a iod-'Ciid to weak, sickly, and run Icwn people. Every bottle guaraneed. Sold by Thomas Black and kimberg Pharmacy. Do you know that bran is a "good liing" to feed your cow on? The New tore sells it. fyspepsia' Cure Digests what you eat. Itartificially digests the food and aids flature in strengthening and reconducting *he exhausted digestive or aiis. it is t lie latest discovered digestnfc and tonic. No other preparation an approach it in efficiency. It in* tantly relieves and permanently cures )yspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, dck Headache, Gastralgia,Cramps,and .11 other results of imperfect digestion. Prepared by E. C DeWitt ft Co.. Chicago. Syld at Bamberg Pharmacy. L1,otlier Grand Forward Movement at COLUfABlfl COLLEGE,; COLUMBIA, S. C. JOIIX A. RICK, President. ; Prices reduced nearly :i"\ pe?. c:eiu. for ext year, Modern appointments, comorts and equipments. New infirmary, ligh standard in thirteen Departments, ible Faculty of specialists. Best homeike, social and religious influences. Closst personal attention to every student, 'hose having daughters to educate can't tibial to miss seeing the new catalogue. >ent on application. 3 HE RIF F'SSALE. HE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BamBerg County. By virtue of an execution to me directd, I will sell at public auction to the igliest bidder, for cash, or, Monday, the tli day of .^eptentbcE 1B99, (the same) em*. salesoav\ in front of the ronrt ouse at Bamberg, at eleven o'clock in le forenoon, the following property: AH that piece, parcel, or tract of land tuate in Buford's Bridge Township, aniberg County, State of South Carolina, antainiug two hundred and eighty-one 2S1) acres, more or less, and bounded as dlows: On the Xorth by the Buford's ridge road, 011 the Kast by lands of W. r. Kearse, on the South by lands of the state of I>. H. Riue, and on the West by le Buford's Bridge road. The same liavlg been levied upon and to be sold as the roperty of the estate of W. B. Ray, at :ie suit of the State of South Carolina, )r taxes due and owing. J. B. HUNTER, Sheriff Bamberg County. (iOODS AT COST. In order to make room for my fall stock. i>r the next thirty days 1 will sell my enire stock of goods nt cost for s^ot cuslt. 'ome in and examine before you buy. I lean exactly what I sav. Try me. * J. A.' SPAXX. Tross ties wasted. To persons who want to cut cross tics, xDxS1., feet long, pine or cypress, I will ;ive *2">e. for all good ties in trade tid :20c. in cash. Delivered at Southern tail way track, inspected by inc. Will take hem in any quantity. J. A. SPAXX, Manager. aailv everyone doivs, and if so y Ji. 1 Ithytii .'iOiV i?f iS 'thsr baking soda or bailing pov/de; 1 'Tk 1 F?lfI s the latest advance in baking prc-paraions, and if you don't use it you should. Ti Iti Better Than Soda bccau < it will make biscuit just right every time. No more yellow spots or soda taste. it Is Belter Than Baking Powdei b.cau^e it i: half as strong again anc one heaping teaspooni'u1 will do the work of two rounded teaspoonfuis o the b.st baking powder ever made. It Don't Spoil but is so prepared that with ordinary care it will retain its full stienglh for years. We do not have to pack it in tin c.ms Tike baking powder, and this saving enables us to give you better va'uc for your money than you evet ha-1 b fore. . / . * * * ? * f . M YOU NEED IXYTHIIVCJ LIKE THIS? 01X0N IRON WORKS las Sell! Bill!! Bills!!! A\ e don't krep I c-15 i11it to hum, i hut it you nave any maem nerv run liv belting, we arc the people to serve vott. L'ij?o. Pipe Fittings, Engine and listil* er Supplies. Shafting and Pulleys, Valves, Injectors, Ejectors, rumps, Oils. &c.. always in stock. > Our special! v is REPAIR , isd tlicre'is nothing that our skilled workmen can't lix, from an engine of the largest liorse power to a monkey wrench. Our old customers need no reminder of our skill ind ability Those who have never tried its, and find occasion to do so, will at unci enroll themselves in the former class. DIXON IRON WORK*. iioiiiiaw, s. c. I have purchased Hcrnsteiirs phntn.tfrapi gallery, and am prepared to turn <?m tIs same artistic work that lias given tlii studio ;sii enviable reputation. All tin latest styles in photography, at lowes pi ices, l'hotographs fr.no $i.5o a oozi;\ ui\ . Only first-class work done. Don't form, the place: up-stairs in Graham building. ,B F. MCMILLAN A BIG FIRE! ' These accidents often happen, and some times a great deal of valuable I .| property is destroyed. Hut 110 mutter how many fires we may have in H . Bamberg, prices will not be increased at Our prices arc always low. so low in fact that yoji wonder how we can j sell so cheap. The reason is plain, however. We buy in large quantities 1 for cash, talcing advantage of all discounts, and this enables us to sue- 1 | cessfuilv compete with the largest dealers in our line. When you want J Fufflite, Carpets, Mattings, Hugs, Skies, Curtail Poles, I etc., our store is the placeTo come. We want your trade, and if low | \ prices and fair dealing count for anything, w?- will surely get it. 1 j Hammocks and Easy Chairs. H We have a beautiful line of these goods, and now is the time to bay. ] The prices were never lower, the selection neverTetter. * 1 Bed Room Suits and Ward) obes. 1 We have some beautiful pieces of furniture in th^se, and they are sure to suit your taste and pocket-book. Baby Carriages, Enameled Beds, [Springs, Lounges. In fact, anything and everything to furnish a home aj ; complete, including a first-class iine of STOVES ATVD RANGES, We can save you money, and it will pay you to see our stock. We also carry Trunks, and Liine in any quantity. _ , COFFINS AND CASKETS. - .1 All styles and prices. No trouble to show goods. You are always welcome, whether you buy or not. Yours truly, ZED. R._HAYS.: ;M "DENTIST. L, tu*L ? PJpw Qtnrp Hill be pleased to serye the J gj WS |j| I |J| R-. . jgm people. Office up stairs iu the -ilS 1 1 has become one of SO IX/AYFIFl D ^e ":*?Surated air unique and * ?VIM I blLLU, original system of doing business,. and it has proved a success. Weill H for cash and sell for cask* This J ATTORNEY AT LAWj N enables us to benefit ourselves and help yon, If you want anything oik ' v those terms in - - <. . Cr>|?9| *"' -? FitJ am IMF EMMS a Ji Puichiey jitUtlwiiy, gjve us a ca]]? an(j we will guarantee jsatisfaction and a saving of money. ATTORNEY LAWy .1 ^ ^ ^ BAMBERG", S? C. Bamberg, & (7., ityf JASFJZLAR LAOUB T IZLAR HAVXR F KICK ^ ^ Mar Bros. ?* Bice, Onilorc! OV/uvi Vf Attorneys and Counselors at Law, .. .. , ,.m GINS and PRESSES. BAMBERG C. II., S. C. Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and Fertilizer Mill Outfits: also Gin Press, . Cane, Mill and Shingle Outfits. BuildOffice in H. C. Folk building. All pro- ;ncrT I3ridge, Factory, Furnace and Rail- ' , fessional business entrusted to us will roa(j Castings; Railroad, Mill, Factory, ' ? receive prompt attention. and Machinists'_Supplies. Belting, Paca ?; ?; ; " ing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files. xi r uowell a m'ivku uostick w b ouube oilers, Etc., cast every day. Work 150 j 1, ES, i EH, LilariMiff'tsSoiIjCi' I 7 7 AUGCSTA, GEORGIA. Foundrv, Machine, Boiler and^^in Attorneys"and Counselors, works, Repairing Promptly Don* ^ BAMBEKG C. H., S. C. SMITH & RILEY, , General practice; special attention beuiir'"" "* thc cx~ p||{[ iNSORANCtlfi Infflis & Graham, ? Attorneys at law, . Wg jjjj BAMBERG, S. C. V.'ill practice in the Courtsof the State. I in the business 4' Prompt attention given to collections. Lands for Sale. and we intend to j Thousands of acres in Aiken, Barnwell, __ * _1 j Bamberg Colleton, Kdgc'ield. Hampton, ill XLf? ' and Orangeburg counties. V I IJ1' ^ j| || Vi>u are he-.ehv summoned and requited li /iit/\?i Km/\ J ? to answer the complaint in this action. of 1 UOl OUgllDreCt -|? which a enov is herewith served upon von. rB? ^ ,__ ? __ __, _ ? f.'-.~ and ,mV a cnKv "i yonr ?i?*er ..."IW T R ATT R D.;- --"S said complaint <u the snl>seril?er> at their M- J. MmJ -Ky-.- > idlice in fir- city <>t Oranjrebur;;, S. C.. Ti7"*ll J , within twenty days after the service here- '* StilUf|{4 '.11T Stat)10S ?d*, exclusive of the day of such service, (llis SOJlSOll. Mark 26J. A and it you tail to answer the complaint ^ ~-lj within the time aforesaid, the plaint ills in *11Kthis action will apply to the Court for the Soillli HMO llOIW?T ini* ' relief demanded in the coin} hunt. v-UHK. iiict, llOlt-eS ?"*?>. VJ? Dated June r.'ith, miller at prices to suit hai^ ^-?&2 " ' ?i D h^P' V To ShclllO 31 ay r>niliu, imam unniu,..,., lime?, ami M. iv!l?*ii Smith, her mother. with * , ' if _ f.?... inyco DDflTUCBC procure the appointment o| a guardian nil Jy|^? cj 11 jl 1J I |irj||Ja litem t<> represent said infant in thi> ae- " < tion within t veilt v days after the service hereof. exclusive of the day of such scr- TffF vice, we will apply for the appointment ol such guardian. r " " '<1 ^OH-TOH FOllW : ' o!c C. 1\ and G. S. QnH hinc ! I I t* Oil WI 1 \JI 111 ba : m. a. hoo ver, (ins Hit i HIII MB, i' COACH POINTER, P(ire goda >Vater-refrcshb|g and .-jL BAMBEKU, ?. C. vig.?rat''?? U?coa Cola.* Delightful B^u- ^ Bun- ami uliiK >Ji:ike.-. , i? Solicits the patronage of the pub- Everything done in aypie-ajj H t iic. Old buggies and carriages re- an expert at the busi~es8.j|| I painted in first class style. Charges .. . . If vuii would K-ep cooLlI reasonable, and satisfaction guarau * teed, At E. L. Smoak's shop. BAMEtRS PHJI1 I j / t iirrtfmmmialm