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The Bamberg Herald. ESTABLISHED MAY 1st, 1891. A. W". KXIG1IT, Editor* Rates?$i.oo per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not l>e published unless paid for. Thursday, October 18, 1900. Two Judges are to be elected by the legislature at the coming session, the terms of the Hons. D. A. Townsend and O. W. Buchanan having expired. Both men will be candidates for re-election,and there are several other gentlemen who would like the positions, so the prospects are for a lively race. It is rather a hard thing to say, but it is nevertheless true that the bench of South Carolina has not been strengthened by the changes made during the last few years, and it is to be hoped that the legislature will lay aside personal feeling and elect good lawyers for these positions. Would Come Anyhow. The Rev. Father Staunton of the well known Church of St. Alban, Holborn, is a humorist in his way and often tells with inimitable effect a droll story in the course of his sermon which sends through the congregation a gentle ripple of merriment. On Sunday he satirized the ambition of certain people to use words of which they did not know the meaning. Many of them were fond of sticking the letters "D. V." in all sorts of places instead of using the. plain, homely English phrase "God willing." He knew one gentleman, rather shaky in his Latin, who in a letter to a friend wrote "I will be with vou 'D. V.' on Monday, but anyway on tSies Jay."?London Telegraph. 4 fntran/?ail hv a Phfttftpranh. ?vv" "J ? ?n--i Richmond, Va., October 12.?For six years Cupid was the guide of Wessau Edward Washington Reagan, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, who lias come one thousand miles to claim as his bride the original of a minature photograph he found in a package of cigarettes made in Riclunond. The owner has been found and will soon be Reagan's bride. She is Miss Ellen S. Crawford, a cigarette maker, who slipped a minature photograph of herself into a box of high-class paper rolls, instead of the regular cigarette card. The card bore her name and address and Reagan, in his far away home, was the purchaser. The beauty of the photograph haunted its possessor as he rode aboutjiis magnificent estate in far away Arkansas and he finally began a correspondence with the original. From this friendship sprung, to be superceded by love, and after six long years the lovers have seen each other for "the first time. Reagan is a cousin of Judge John Reagan, the only surviving member of Jefferson Davis's Cabinet. Begins all Right. Coming in on the train the other day was a family with a little nervous mother and a flock of children. As we neared Boston the mother began to question if everything was all right. "Have you got all the umbrellas, Johnny." "I shouid say I had. I had four when I started and now I've got six." " As to Absalom. y ' ' "Is the young man Absalom safe?" asked the eminent anti-evervtliing orator. m&c- - 44Vaii Hot l'* rmmp n cHrmt frnm tlio rMP I seats. "You bet! He ain't going to let you fellows tree liim again." And even those who were not versed in the Scripture smiled sagely at the sally. Mr. Rouss Hopelessly Blind. New York, Oct. 9.?Charles Broadway Rouss, the blind millionaire merchant, has abandoned all hope of ever . regaininghis eyesight. The numerous experiments made by specialists upon the eyes of James J. Martin, a paid substitute, in hope of securing the $1,000,000 reward offered by Mr. Rouss for a cure, have afforded no relief and now all offers of re ward, have been withdrawn. "I have finally decided that no man can cure me," said Mr. Rouss, "and the only pleasure of life remaining for me is to attend strictly to business. I shall work at my desk, directing the affairs of the store until stricken bj- death." Mr. Rouss' eyesight began to fail in 1892, partly because of the % strain to which he had subjected his eyes during business hours and partly l>ecause of that resulting from the frequent use of a telescope at night in connection with the study of astronomy. Three years later j . he became totally blind. Killing a Man Oat West. Oliver Herford, the artist and versemaker, has a clever brother, who lives out in Montana, where he is prosecuting attorney, relates the Washington Post. There came a young Englisnum to that county one day, and the chief bully of the little town undertook to have some fun with him. The Englishman was unarmed, and at the point of the bad man's revolver he did all sorts of funny stunts, and the performance ended with a threat from the bully to shoot his victim on sight at the next meeting. The Englishman's friends insisted on arming him, aud when the desperado met him and drew a gun it was the Briton who had the drop. The town terror was as dead as a last year's flirtation. The young Englishman prepared at once for flight. He had killed a man in what only by the greatest stretch of the facts could be called self-defense, and he didn't wain to swiug for it, "Jack" Herford was the man in whom he confided his troubles. Mr. Herford advised him to stand trial. "I can't help you now," said he, "but I may lie able to do something for you when the thing come to trial. Your best plan is to give yourself up. That will prejudice the public in your favor. I'll go with you to the justice." So together they, sought the justice. He was engaged in writing an important letter, and it was his busy day. He nodded as they came in. and went on with his work. * The Englishman nerved himself for a confession that might cost him his life. "Mr. Justice," he began. Lk. 4 v. 4.k toll' * * tliA A1I1 I JJt't UIiic w turn, nit answer. "But," said the Englishman, "I've just ' shot a man." The justice did not look up. "Kill him?" he asked absently. "Instantly." The justice's face clouded in mild annoyance. * "Oh, well," said he, "come'round again about 2 o'clock. I can't l>e bothered about it just now." , Cases Dismissed. The cases of the United States against the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana were dismissed Wednesday by the United States Supreme Court in accordance with the decision of congress in these cases during the last session. They involve certain funds due the United States from j the four States named. The claims were ! adjusted in the settlement following the State expenditures on account of the Spanish-American war, and the action of the court was merely formal in clearing the cases from the rkjord. ajk HARD WORK TO BE MARRIED. Western Lieutenant Found it Diflienlt to Gain the Necessary remission to Wed. In the ease of Lieut. Henry C. Smither and Helen Stalil Lytic, Cupid had a new task. It was a good, thick knot of red tape, army red tape of the most aggravating description, that he had to untie. But he accomplished his task, and now the young couple will lie married in Tacoma. Henry C. Smither is a Denver boy, the son of Capt. R. G. Smither, retired, formerly of the 10th cavalry. Miss Lytic is the daughter of an official of the Oregon Short Line. Lieut. Smither was sent into the Wardner District with the first troops under Gen. Merriam, which were employed to quell the riotous miners. Right into the thick of he went, and served so bravely that he was twice recommended by Gen. Merriam for special mention. After the excitement of the disturbance was over Troop L, of the 1st cavalry, with which Lieut. Smither was connected, was sent to Camp Osborne, a little village on the railroad up the lulls ami away iroin me smoke of Wardncr. In Camp Osborne lived Mr. Lytle, representing the Oregon Short Line, and with him his daughter, blonde, pretty and gracious. Presently j her engagement to the young lieutenant, who is now 27 years of age, and but'three i years out of West Point Academy, was announced. Two mouths ago rumors | said that the troop was to be removed to another station, and it seemed necessary to fix the date for the wedding. In army circles marriage means, necessarily, leave of absence, and, having fixed upon July as the happy month, Lieut. Sinither sent Gen. Merriam a request for leave of absence during that month. Camp Osborne is in a little triangle of Idaho, which lies on the east side of the range. It is really in the department of Columbia, but during the Wardner troubles Gen. Merriam was given supervision over it, putting it in the department of the Colorado. After a week or so of anxious waiting the expectant lovers received an answer from Gen. Merriam. "Camp Osborne is no longer in my department," it read. "You must apply to Gen. Shafter, in command of the department of the Columbia." An application was speedily made to Gen. Shafter, who replied briefly : "Apply to Gen. Merriam, of the department of the Colorado." Lieut. Smither seemed to be a soldier without a department. Capt. Smither, in Denver, was appealed to and made application to both Gen. Merriam and Gen. Shafter, with the same success as his son. There was only one recourse left? army headquarters at Washington?and to the adjutant general in Washington r - ?* tu/mt tt'ltK hie omvlipntinit Lill'UV. CIUUIill nriii n itu uio m'j'* ? | and liis explanation. Uncle Sam returnj ed a quick reply by telegraph : "Leave granted," and arrangements for the marI riage were begun at once. After his leave of absence expires Lieut. Smitlier and his bride will come to Fort Logan for a month and then will go to West Point, where he has an appointment as instructor.?Denver Republican. Americans Sustain More Losses. Manila, Oct. 14, via Hong Kong, Oct. 16.?A detachment of 20 men of the Twenty-fourth regiment while engaged in repairing telegraph wires Octol>er 10th, at a point near San Jose, Nuevo Ecija province, Luzon, were set upon by 200 rebels and were overpowered and scatered. Seven of the Americans reached San Jose, but it is probable that the remainder were captured. The enemy surprised a party of scouts of the 43rd infantry at a point three miles from Takloban, Leyte island, killing three of the Americans at the first volley. Two escaped and gave the alarm, but the enemy succeeded in evading their pursuers. The native police of Takloban had conspired to surprise the Americans. The bodies of the dead soldiers were badly mutilated. The Doctrine of Averages. "Speaking of the doctrine of the averages," said a railroad man of this city, "I don't doubt that the risk of evenvocation can be figured out with almost | mathematical accuracy. In doing so, however, a man is liable to lose his i peace of mind. You remember, perhaps, that poor Gen. Lawton was a lirm believer in the theory, and had calculated to a nicety exactly what chance a soldier ran of being killed in action. Each time he came out of battle unscathed he held that the odds against him increased; and shortly before he was killed the general told a* friend that he was then taking risks equivalent to nearly 3 to 1. I used to know an old railroad conductor who got the same thing on the brain. He had been in service ever since '68, and strange to say, hjid never been in an accident of any kind. Of course he had innumerable narrow escapes, some of them so remarkable that they were well calculated to render a man superstitious, and every one heaped up the loads of odds. When I first met him, six or seven years ago, he had figured out the precise number of runs a railroad man would average without being hurt, and had also made a calculation of the average duration of life in the service. As he had long since passed the maximum, each trip that he made in safety increased the chances according to his theory, that he would be either killed or maimed the next time he went out. 'The odds in favor of my being injured between now and next Tuesday,' he would say, for example, 'are 1? to 5, and the odds that I will be fixed for a wooden overcoat at 8 to 3.' As the years went by and left him alive and unhurt the percentage multiplied so enormously that he regarded each safe run as something no less than a miracle. 'I can't understand it,' he would say, figuring at his table with the stub of a pencil; 'here I was due to be killed last Monday with odds of 30 to 1. Next trip I it will stand 57 to 2.' At last he mashed of one of his fingers in coupling, and was the best pleased man in the State. He had wiped out the averages and could take a fresh start. However, he was still away in arrears on the death percentage^ and, having saved up a little money, he quit the business and went to farming. I saw him at a station not long ago, and lie told me he nevever expected to leave his place unless he went on horseback or in a wagoif. He said he wouldn't take a railroad ride for $10,000. 'As the odds stand now,' he added, 'it would be courting almost certain death."' Negroes Political Boycott. The state department of public instrue lion ai mcnmonu \ a., nas oeen nuimeu of the general boycott of a negro school in Wise county because of the fact that tlie teacher is a democrat?colored, of course. The teacher wrote to the department that the patrons of the school refuse to allow their children to attend, ami that he thinks it will be impossible for him to make the average daily attendance required bylaw. He says the school is not patronized because he votes the democratic ticket. The department will investigate the case and if it is found that the dusky parents of the picauinnies in the school district mentioned are doing the thing charged by the teacher, the school will be closed. Governor Tyler and other state officials say the teacher is a very respectable negro. It Will be Held. The cominitttes of the Orangeburg ; Busiuess League that have in charge the arrangements for the fall festival are 1 hard at work. The festival will be ; held on November 13, 14, and 15. A i circular has been issued by the commit- < tees setting forth that about five hundred i thousand dollars have been expended in I Orangeburg during the present year in < improvements, and stating that "Orange- ; burg opens wide her gates and invites all ; her friends to join her in celebrating her ] wonderful year of prosperity." The plan is to have all kinds of free amusements and everything will be done to make the I occasion a success. Next week we will i publish a full programme. One thing is : certain the festival is going to be held.? 1 Orangeburg Times and Democrat. JOE LEITER WINS $25,000. Fat Sheedy Was His Victim and Foker Was the (?ame. Fakis, Oct. 12.?Joe Leiter, of Chicago, brother of the Vicereine of India, and Fat Slicedv, of New York, brother of nobody of much importance, to-day eoneluded a poker game which will ever remain historic. It was an all-night session. Mr. Leiter is $25,000 to the good; Mr. Sheedy is out just that sum. To-day Mr. Sheedy, who is professionally a gambler, is frank enough to say that young Mr. Leiter is just as good an amateur at the cards as he is a professional. "I am blue, of course," said Sheedy, "but I'm cheerful. It cost me a big pile ?the dude's game. I thought I had a cinch, but I was easy money." The young millionaire son of L. Z. Leiter and the gambler never met over the green cloth till yesterday. It all started most casually. A mutual friend introduced them on the Imulevard. There - -1 r i _ i ~ i . e was some laia 01 earns aim a nriuu m liow Leiter won $S0,0<)0 on a pair of sevens last winter in New York at the Waldorf-Astoria. John W. Gates, L. L. Evans, and John A. Drake were in the inline with him then. "I guess I ran do you!" remarked Sheedv, smelling a chance to win out something extra on his Paris winnings at the European at the exposition. "Not on your life!" retorted young Leiter with a laugh. In a twinkling the pair agreed to meet for blood in the evening. Each rushed to the bank for fear they couldn't draw funds before the day's closing. "Say, Pat," said young Leiter, "I'm going to bring $50,000." "All right," laughed the New York gambler, "I'm only going to draw $25,000. That's enough to bring your $50,000 my way." They met at the Club Capuciues, in a private room. The play lasted for eight hours uninterruptedly. There were but six witnesses. For three hours everything came Sheedy's way. At midnight he was $15,000 ahead. In the small hours luck changed and he lost so steadily that his nerve went all to pieces. Young Leiter, however, remained as cool as a cucumber and bet high on a broken flush or a pair of deuces, till he had Sheedy on the run. Sheedv tried to recoup with several big bluffs, but his evident nervousness betrayed him every time. His biggest winning was a $750 pot, but young Leiter raked in a $2,000 pot with a pair of fours. He quit $25,000 ahead. "I guess I miscalculated that young dude's abilities and luck," said Sheedy after the game was over. Sheedy leaves Paris to-day with his wife. He is going on a tour of the South African cities, which will include Rio ?-1 A hie (JilUCilU clllll DUVIIU.1 *1 > i to. ^vu^/ivv Uiu losses, Sheedy's exposition gambling venture nets him $05,000. * "There were too many cheap Americans here," he complained to-day. "There were a lot of hawks, but few fat chickens. But I can't kick, even if that young Chicago swell did me." Young Mr. Leiter intends remaining here some time longer. There are whis I>ers of an automobile deal that he is putting through, but he won't say a word about it. Three of the best makes of stoves on the market: Ye Olden Times,Iron King, and Garland, at Brooker's hardware store. Full line of stoves and ranges. A minister had his salary cut down one hundred dollars, a year or so ago (and this was in a Western church), because his wife wore a handsomer gown than some of the prominent women in the congregation. The reason was given openly, and the matter -found its way into public print.. The fact that the wife's wealthy aunt was the donor seemed to l>e of no consequence, and the poor woman herself, irritated and mortified at the publicity given to her private affairs, succeeded in persuading her husband to withdraw from the ministry.?"A Minister's Wife," in the October Ladies' Home Journal. Brooded Over 111 Health. Washington, Oct. 16?Thos. F. Lane, son of ex-Senator Blackburn, committed suicide at his home here last night. Mr. Lane entered the house about 11.00 p. m. and shot himself in the presence of his little daughter while his wife was resting on a couch in an adjoining room. Death was almost instant. Mr. Lane was the American representative of the London ordinance firm of Yickers Sons and Maxim. He was well to do, prominently connected and a familiar figure in Washington society. It is stated that he was driven to the act by brooding over his ill health. He was told some time ago that he had Bright's disease and lie allowed the matter to prey upon his mind. . His wife, who was Lucile Blackburn, had a narrow escape from death by a pistol wound about three years ago', 'rhe Lanes were then living at the Hotel Wellington. Mr. Lane was out of town K ..? *lw. Xf^c. T onu L-nnt o llllll 11 ui tuc imiu aim iuio. uauv nv|>v ?? loaded revolver in her drawer. One night she was found in her room with a bullet wound in her breast and it was explained by the family that in taking some lace from the drawer the pistol had been lifted up and falling on the hammer exploded. She lingered between life and death for some time, but ultimately recovered. The shock of last night's tragedy completely prostrated her and she is now under the constant care of a physician. Senator Blackburn was in Hagerstown, Md., last night when the news of the suicide reached him. He had been in 011 a campaign tour of the State. He left as soon as possible for Washington and it is likely that the occurrence will force him to abandon any further active work in the campaign. The Same Sensatious. "Were you wounded in the late war?" he asked of the man who had been telling about the charge up San Juan hill. "Yes, sir," was the reply. "Hurt much?" "Can you describe the feeling?" "Why, I felt that I was hit, of course. Can't you imagine the feeling produced by a bullet going through your shoulder?" "I thing I can, but I wanted to ask you. Yes, I think when me and the old woman had a little tiff and she hauled me off with the broomstick and whacked me over the head it was just such a feeling as being shot. I saw stars and suns and moons sparkling and whirling; there was a sensation of falling, and when I awoke I thought the house had caved in 011 us, and I began to cry. Much obliged to you. I'll just make a note of it that the sensation is the same, and you l>ct the old woman never got a swipe like that at me again!"?Exchange. A New Jersey Judge, it is noted, has made the point that negroes of foreign birth cannot be naturalized iu the United States. An application was made to him by a negro from Dutch Guiana, who is a student at Princeton and wishes to become a citizen of the nation. The Judge cited the language of the Federal Statute, which permits the naturalization of "white males only" and advised him that it was impossible under the Statute for him to become a citizen of this country. aim 11 'w 111 require an aci m tuugiraiu open the way for him. Crime is our most expensive luxury, according to figures presented by Mr. Eugene Smith, a New York lawyer, before the recent congress of the National Prison association in Cleveland. Mr. Smith makes the startling statement that the criminal classes of the United States cost the people annually more than $600,000,IKX), a sum greater than the value of the entire cotton crop, or of the wheat crop, 1 sum that is far in excess of the total annual expenses of the national government. "Yes," said the old man, "Molly's home from the seashore with a trunk full of shells, live petrified starfish and a bale of seaweed. She didn't bring her board bill with her?that's coming by freight." ?Atlanta Constitution. T . /. ... . . His Amended Complaint. Porter Ashe, a lawyer, of San Francisco, had a client who wanted a divorce from his spouse. By way of cause he complained that his wife made a practice of throwing things at his dog. "You can't get a divorce on that," explained Ashe. "The worst of it is," complained the husband, "every time she throws at the dog she hits me." Stopped Into Live Coals. "When a child I burnt my foot frightfully," writes W. II. Ends, of Jonesville, Ya., "which caused horrible leg sores for oO years, but llucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured me after everything else failed." Infallible for burns, scalds, cuts, sores, bruises, and piles. Sold by Thos. Black, J. B. Black and Bamberg Pharmacy. Why it Left Him Calm. A letter of a young clergyman complainin jf that lie has heen subject to insult when traveling third-class on the railway has evoked the following story from another correspondent: A clergyman was dining in a hotel with some commercial travellers, who made jokes about him. He moved not a muscle of his face and after dinner one of them approached him saying: "How can you sit quietly and hear all that has been said without uttering a rebuke." "My dear sir," said the cleric, "I am chaplain to a lunatic asylum." Deafness Cannot be Cured by local application as they cannot naeli the diseased poition of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out, and this tube restored to its normall condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give On^Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 15c. Hall's ^Family Pills are the best. Sam Jones is Broken Down. Rev. Sam P. Jones, on account of ill health, has been forced to cancel all of his engagements in South Carolina and Mississippi, where he has been making a lecture tour. Mr. Jones passed through Atlanta yesterday en route to his home at Carturcrillo Hiit u'ill rot urn rinil irn immediately to the residence of Mr. Evan Mays at 419 Piedmont avenue, where he will receive medical treatment. Just the nature of Rev. Mr. Jones' illness is not yet known, but he is seriously indisposed and very much run down. Hi was quite feeble today when seen at the depot waiting for the departure of the train and complained of nervousness and loss of appetite. Mr. Jones has hundreds of personal friends throughout the South who will learn with regret of his illness. He has always been noted for his wonderful endurance and the announcement that he is broken down in health and has been forced to cancel his engagements will come in the nature of a surprise to all whe know him.?Augusta Herald. Banker Routs a Robber. J. R. Garrison, cashier of the bank ol Thornville, Ohio, had been robbed ol health by a serious lung trouble until lit tried Dr. King's New Discovery foi Consumption. Then he wrote: "It is the liest medicine I ever used for a severe cold or a bad case of lung trouble. I always keep a bottle on hand." Don't suffei with coughs, colds, or any throat, chest or lung trouble when you can l?e cured so easily. Onlv 50c. and $100. Trial bottles free at Thos. Black, J. B. Black, and Bamberg Pharmacy. Capt. Shields and Men Rescued. Manila, Oct. 15.?Capt. Devereus Shields who with 51 men of Company F Twenty-ninth regiment, United State? volunteer infantry, was captured by the insurgents last month in the Island ol Marinduque, was recovered yesterday by the American rescue force with all tht members of his party. A Fiendish Attack. An attack was lately made on C. F. Collier, of Cherokee, ioua, that nearly , proved fatal. It came through his kidneys. His back got so lame he could not stoop without great pain, nor sit in > nrnnnpd hv? cushions. Nf " ? f I?I I ~J ? remedy helped him until he tried Elec trie Bitters which affected such a wonderful change that he writes he feels lik'i a new man. This marvelous medicine cures backache and kidney trouble, puri tie9 the blood and builds up your health. Only 50c. at Thos. Black, ij. B. Black and Bamberg Pharmacy. Side-Lights on Life. The widow's veil isn't always a vale ol tears. Widower^, like tumbled-down houses should be repaired. Much of the charity that begins abroad never reaches home. Experience is the pay a man gets foi making a fool of himself. Sometimes it is the cashier who gets the best of the run on the bank. A baby is like a crop of wheat. It is first cradled, then thrashed, and finally it becomes the tlower of the family.?New York World. What's Your Face Worth? Sometimes a fortune, but never, if you have a sallow complexion, a jaundice look, moth patches and blotches on the skin,?all signs of liver trouble. But Dr. King's New Life Pills give clear skin, rosy cheeks, rich complexion. Only 25 cents at Thos. Black, J. B. Black and Bamberg Pharmacy. W. A. Dyehes, Whaley, S. C., writes : Have used I)r. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine 10 years for indigestion, bad colds and tired feelings. One dealer sold me Zeilin's saying it was the same, but I will not be fooled again. .1. 1>. Black. The health-restorer and healih-inaintainer. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, strengthens the nerves, makes you plump and comely, and enriches the complexion with nature's choicest colors. For sale by Dr. J. B. Black. To stimulate a sluggish liver, banish billionsness, disperse dyspepsia, prevent sick and nervous headache, fist- Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. .J. L. Iilack. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine quickens the appetite, aids digestion, gives tone and vigor to all the functions, and fortifies the system against epidemic influences.. For sale by Dr. J. 11. Black. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine has greatly benefitted others and is reasonably certain to do you good. Try it! For sale by Dr. J. B. Black. The New Wolf l?un. The wolf gun was considered such a foolish device that the United States government for a long time refused to issue a patent for it. Now it is in operation and is saving thousands of head of cattle, sheep, ami swine. Dozens of ranchmen in Ooloiftdo and Wyoming are procuring the weapons, and it is said they are "worth their weight in gold." The wolf .gun is an ordinary gun arranged to explode a blank cartridge every hour during the night by a clever little device invented by a Kansas man. The ranchman places it near his herds and goes to sleep knowing that they will be safe from the attack of predatory animals because these animals fear the report of a gun. It is a faithful watch. Every hour its report can be heard and if there are coyotes within a half mile of the machine they will endeavor to get more distance between them and the noise.?Denver Times. NOTICE OFJLECTION For Slate and County Offices, and for Amendments to State C onstitution. State ok South Carolina, ) County of Bamlterg. ) Notice is hereby given that an election will he held at the several precincts established by law in Bamberg county, on Tuesday, November (5th, 11HX), for the following oltices, to-wit: Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney-General, ComptrollerGeneral, Adjutant and Inspector General, State Treasurer, State Superintendent of Education, one Railroad Commissioner, one Circuit Solicitor, one Senator, two Representatives in the General Assembly, Supervisor, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Coroner, County Superintendent of Education, and Probate. Judge. Pursuant, to tlu> constitution of South Carolina, and tlie tonus of joint resolutions No. :U0 and :t41, approved February l'dtli, A. I). UHK), [Acts of South Carolina, pp. 570 and 571), an election will also be held at the same time and place for amendments to the constitution of South Carolina, as follows: t Amend Section 7, of Article VIII, of the constitution of South Carolina, as follows: Add at the end thereof the fol. lowing words: "Provided, That the I limitation imposed by this Section and by Section 5, Article IV, of this constitution shall not apply to bonded indebtedness incurred by the cities of Columbia, Rock Hill, Charleston and Florence, where the , proceeds of said bonds are applied solely . for the purchase, establishment, mainte| nance or increase of waterworks plant, . sewerage system, gas and electric light plants, where the entire revenue arising i from the operation c>f such plants or systems shall be devoted solely and exclu . sively to the maintenance and operation of the same, and where the question of ! incurring such indebtedness is submitted ; to the freeholders and qualified voters of such municipality, as provided in the , constitution, upon the question of other bonded indebtedness." ! Amend the constitution of South Carolina by adding thereto the following . to be known as "Article I of Amendl ments to the Constitution": "The General Assembly shall provide by law for the condemnation, through proper official channels, of all lands necessary for the proper drainage of the swamp and low lands of this State; and shall also provide for the equitable assessment of all lands so drained, for the purpose of paying the expenses of such condem 1 nation and drainage." The said Amendments shall be submitted in such manner that the electors qualified to vote for members of the house of representatives shall vote for or 1 against each of such amendments separately. 1 Amendments should be on separate 1 tickets. Ballots in favor of the adoption of an amendment should contain the amendment voted upon in full, followed ; by the word "Yes"; ballots opposed to the adoption of an amendment should 1 contain the amendment voted upon, fol1 lowed by the word "No." Polls at each voting place will be opened at 7 o'clock A. M. and closed at 4 o'clock P. M. The following named persons have | been appointed managers of election for 1 State and county oftlces, and for amendments to State constitution, to-wit: 1 Bamberg?H. W. Adams, W. S. Bam| l>erg, W. M. Brabham. . 1 Denmark?S. D. Guess, E. B. Guess, J. 1 C. Walker. Olar?II. B. Breland, J. U. Morris, W. T. Cave. Midway?B. F. Folk, P. C. Baxley, W. ' F. Smoak. f Ehrhardt?G. B. Ciaj'ton, D. M. Smith, ! J. E. McMillan. Kearse's Mill?H. W. Chitty, J. F. ! Kearse, Sr., J. J. Kearse. ! Farrell's Store?A. E. Stokes, G. W. Hunter, G. W. Mi ley.Govan?L. J. Hartzog, J. A. Kennedy, , T. A. Hutto. I On day of election the managers must I organize by the election of a chairman , and a clerk. The constitutional oath must be taken by each manager before he can act, and also by the clerk. The chairman elected is empowered to adniin, ister oaths. The managers have the power to fill a ; vacancy, and if none of the managers at| tend, the citizens can appoint from among . the qualified voters the managers, who, , after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the managers and clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, r and make a statement of the result for each office and sign the same. I Within three days thereafter the chairi man of the board, or some one designated by the board, must deliver to the commissioners of election the poll lists, the boxes containing the ballots and written state; mcnts of the result of the election. J One of the above named managers at each precinct must call upon the board of . commissioners at Bamberg, S. C., on or , before Saturday, November 3d, to receive ballot boxes, poll lists and instructions, and to be qualified. John F. Folk, W. B. ClIITTY, D. O. Hunter, Commissioners of State Election. > mmm??? ' NOTICE OF FEDERAL ELECTION For Presidential Electors and , Representatives it the 57th Con * j gress o' nr udiicv tidies. State of South Carolina, f ' Bamberg Count}*. )' Notice is hereby given that an election will be held at the several precincts established by law in Bamberg county, on Tuesday, November 0, IthM), for nine presidential electors, and for a representative in the fifty-seventh Cougress of the United States, First Congressional District. Polls at each voting place will be opened at 7 o'clock A. M. and closed at 4 o'clock P. M. The following named persons have been appointed managers of election, to-wit: Bamberg?H. A. Ray, B. F. Free, J. T. O'Neal. Denmark?G. J. Fogle, U. G. Milhous, P. R. Barton. Olar?R. M. Kearse, W. C. Best, A. L. Kirkland. Midway?H. W. Walker, H. F. Priester, G. E. Hutto. Ehrhardt?L. A. Bikle, Geo. J. Hiers, Geo. H. Kearse. Kearse's Mill?J. F. Brelaud, Sr., J. S. Breland, J. D. Platts. Farrell's Store?W. M. Steedlv, P. K. Rlioad, J. H. Fender. Go van?J. H. Lancaster, W. L. Kennedv, .T. R. MeCorniack. On day of election the managers must organize by the election of a chairman and a clerk. The constitutional oath must be taken by each manager before he can act, and also by the clerk. The chairman elected is empowered to admin ister oaths. The managers have the power to till a vacancy, and if none of the managers attend the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters the managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the man agers and clerk must proceed publicly to open*the ballot l?oxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the chairman of the board, or some one designated by the board, must deliver to the com mis* i sioners of election the poll lists, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the result of the election. One of the above named managers at each precinct must call ujmhi the hoard of commissioners at Bamberg, S. C., on or < before Saturday, November 3rd, It 100, to < receive boxes, poll lists and instructions, ( and to be qualified. A. W. Knight, Jeff B. Smith, 1 D. F. Hutto, Commissioners of Federal Election. BUGGIES AND WAGONS We have in charge for sale at about Factory Cost, a big lot of :::::::: WAGONS: , PHAETONS | BUGGIES : 5 Bought from D. H. Counts & Co., by C. F. Rizer. It will pay you to see us before buying JONES BROS RAMRERG. S. V. II ^ d 1 I a ^ i si - ? m S) -2 p I = o "g | i e z - i I |E? s 1 II ^5 in i il F? -S 1 "1 i ^ y O M ffl "S JS -i J w ]m > ^ _i O M 1 ? * u g I > b ?# ? i a u- ? * ? |l ,/ -J O HI w ^ j n i ?-a < r i i ^ i: 1 ?s o ?: ? ! tan IS) ' m Jm ^ . m : ?2 ^ B? ?? ^ li ' I2 0) ^ Q .1. Q C.i.' I OFFER FOR SALE My two acre lot known as mv old resident lot with barn and stables, $6QP.OO My corner house and lot, four rooms, facing street between Mrs. Julia Brabham and Clarence Moye, $300.00 Four room house and lot in the x rear of my old dwelling lot, - $400.00 Servants' house and lot, J? rooms, $200.00 Building lot, one acre, joining J. P. Matbeny, $100.00 Fifteen acres pasture land, well drained and fenced, - - - - $300.00 The Saunders dwelling house and two acre lot is also offered, including all the above property, for - $4,000.00 Or the dwelling and lot separately, for $2,500.00 ' Time is 110 object. T. J. COUNTS. REAL ESTATE/OR SALE. I offer for sale, at reasonable prices, ' the following real estate in town of Bamberg: One two story house, four rooms, ' dining and stove 100m attached. On 1 Carlisle street. One four room house, dining and stove | room ' attached, with outbuildings. On ' Railroad Avenue. One four room house and outbuildings on Main street. One four room house and outbuildings on Church street. J. T. O'NEAL. Real Estate Agent. practice... ...economy; Don't buy and pay more for an article than it is worth. Economy has been studied, and a fashionably trimmed piece of Millin- . ery can be procured here for a small figure. Have you seen our display of pattern : Hats and Bonnets Come iu and look; it costs nothing, ; and we might save you some money. The stock of all other goods, including No- 1 tions and Novelties is complete. We , have just received a large, cheap and i beautiful line of embroideries from 5c to 50c per yard. , To have a beautiful and up-to-date, fig- ] ure the ladies should wear one of our "End Euro" Corsets. 1 They are the very latest things, and giye the exact Parisenne effect in figure. We also have a pretty assortment of Dressing Sacques, which will save you s money and time in making. This list of articles-will interest all; | Kid Curlers, Rats for the hair,- Pompa- J dour Cuilers, all kinds of Fancjr Pins to wear in the back of the hair. The most beautiful line of DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS. Handkerchiefs. Kid Gloves, Fancy Collars, Embroidered Flannels for infants, Skirts in red and white, etc., etc. rirs. M. L. Counts,; BAMBERG, S. C. ( DIXON IRON WORKS' BAMBERG, S. (. We sell Belting, Pulleys, Shafting, Engine and Boiler Supplies, Pipe. Fittings, \ alves, lujeetors and Ejectors, Pumps, Oils, etc. Our prices are reason- able. WE REPAIR Engines, Boilers, Gins, Saw Mill Machinery, and in fact anything in the machinery line. Will attend calls in the ^ country when desired. Repair work is nir specialty, and we guarantee satisfac- fc ion. Give us a trial. DIXON IRON WODKS. STANDARD "MAINTAINED." My business is now just about | one year old. I promised yon I at the beginning promt, liberal ! and reliable service. I have | been faithful, and you have re; warded my efforts by giving me your business. I appreciate it, friends, and wish to thank you right here for your patronage, so liberally bestowed. I am much better prepared to handle your business than I was a year ago, having gatheml about me the l)est wood and 1 I . , t j | iron workers, painters anu irini- i ! mers this country affords. You ; j don't luive to wait till they conn-, J | they are here, and to be found at my works every working day | of the year. Don't hesitate to send nie your carriage work. I can serve you bettei and with j more promptness than any similar establishment within fifty miles of Bamberg. I also repair, upholster and renew all kinds of furniture in the latest style, shoe horses and guarantee satisfaction and prices along all lines. Call ou me at the same old place, opposite Bamberg Cotton Mills, Bamberg, S. C.,and be treated right. Yours to satisfy, DANIEL' J. DELK. southern railway. <HV Ooadaaaed Schedule in Bffaci Juna 14k Ml lro.ll No. I [Xo. ifSol Daily Daily TUCL Daily DaU; 690p T 00a Lt.. . Charleston ... Ar U 15a 815) 568p 7 41a " .. SummenriUa.. " 10 32a 7? T25p 856a " ...Branchville... " 610a 000| 768p 928a " ... Orangeburg... "' 8fla 583) 846pjlQlea ? .... KinyviUe.... " 755a 443) 1119a Ar .. ..Sumter Lt 846a 1140a 77 Camden Lt 250) 990p 1100a Ar?Columbia.....Lt T 10a 403 630p 7a0eL7 ..CWte?toa,..Arlll6a fllfi 7 25p 916a " ...BranchTille... - 8 Ma 600 74Qp 940a ....Bambarg .... M 8 27a 683 800p 9Sua "... Denmark. .." 818a 619 BB2Up lovrai " ?jaiaonvtue - ?? o? 922p 11 OUaJ " Aiken " 7(J6a<856 030plll61alAr.Aufnfltaui>.d.Lv 44 6SI lw NOTE: In addition ta*th^~aboVe serrto trafaw Noe. 15 aid II nm daUybelweee Oluul* ton and Aahevllle, carrying elegant Pullm* deeping ears. No. 15 leave Uhaneeton 11.-06 i m.; arrive Columbia 5:55 a. as.; arrive Ash< ville 9:06 a. m. No. lOlsave Aahsville i 06 p. m. leave Colombia 1:88 a. m.; arrive Oharasto 7 .-00 a. m. Sleeping care ready for oeenpaao; at Charleston at 9.-60 p. m. These train make oloae coaneoiione at Colombia wit] through trains between Florida points an< Washington *ni< ?h> ewf. No. 15 No. 8 GREENVILLE. |No.12 No.l Daily Daily Double Daily Service. (DiOy Dail i i. 1100p 7 00a Lv .. Charleston .. Ar 815p 7 00 156a 850a 44 .. Branch ville .. & 60on 420 8 50a 928a 44 ..Orangeburg .. " 5l6p 8 45 700a 1105a 44 ... Colombia ... Lv 4(*v 186 950a 155p 44 ..Greenwood.. 44 1840p 815 1055a 245p Ar . ..Abbeville .. Lv 1180a 610] 1140a 895p Ar . ...Anderson... Lv 104Sa 446] $ 20p 415pAr ...Greenville.^. Lv 1016a 680] Ex Sua. Eg." Son. only Sou Lv. Aogosta 700a 980a 580 Ar.Sandersville 100pl846p 888] " Tennille 180pl369p 840] Lv. Tennille 640a 850p 8M] 44 Sandersville 6 50a 400p| 8IB] Ar. Augusta. 9 06a] * 10p| 8 80| rkdWTViw i*1*- Daily] Mix DaUy DaU7DaUy KxsuKxu Lv. Savannah.... 12 20s 1220p 44 Allendale. 680a 485 44 Barnwell.... 418a 40lp 7ft* 6 90 44 Blackville./: 428a 421p 1015a 7 45 Ar.Columbia.... 610a 606$ U45 Daily Lv. Colombia 1125a 120a 6 10a ...... Ar. Blackville.... I07p 8 00* 10 15* 460p 44 Barnwell.... 121$ 815a 1180a 840p 44 Allendale. lQOp ?15p " Bavannah.....| 8 ispi 5 ran I AtUsU mad B?rond. * Lv. Charleston- 7 00a 680p At. Augusta 11 61a 1020p 44 Atlanta 82Qp 500a Lr. Atlanta. 11 OOp 680a 400) At. Chattanooga ' 6 46A 94fiaj 840) Lv. Atlanta 640a 416) Ar. Birmingham 1186a 1000] H Memphis, (via Birmingham)... 8Q6p 71St Ar. Lexington. 5 OOp 6 OOl 44 Cincinnati 7 OOp 7 4k 44 Chicago 7 16a 680] Ar. Louisville ?80p 7 40* " St.Lonia 704a 600) Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga). TlOp 740 To Aihwilli-OlatimU'IiiiiwUli lAMBVina Daily Dail; j? H Lv. Charleston.....I ! 7 Mi) li 0ft Lv. Columbia (Union Depot) 7.1140a Tm Ar. Spartanburg 8Wp fiOt M Ashevilie Tlfo 110] 44 Enoxville. 4lS Tm - Ctneinnnati 780p T4S 44 Louisville (via Jelijco) jy- Lis To WuUagtoa sal tka East. Lv. Augusta. 2Sk> 890j 44 Batesburg. 4?0ptt07i 44 Columbia (Union Depot) I66p 8 111 Ar.Charlotte .TTT 9Wp 94k Ar.Danville '.1261a laft Ar. Richmond T^Tw Ar. Washington. TSa 8 fiOf 44 Baltimore Pa. B. B 012a 1126, 44 Philadelphia. U8fe 266i 44 Now York .. " l08p 81H Sleeping Car Line between Charleston am Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections m Atlanta for all points North and West. Solid Trains between Ch-.Ieston and Ashe rille. Pullman Parlor Oars and Drawing Boon ileeping cars betwesn Charleston ana Ash* rille. Connections at Columbia with through train* For Washington and the East; also for Jackson rille and alf Florida Points. FRANK 8. GANNON. J, M. COLP, Third V-P. A Gen. Mgr., Traffic Manager, Washington, XX C. Washington^ 0 GBOBGE B. ALLBN, Dir. Pasa. Agt., Charleston, 8. O. W. A. TUBE, 8. H. HARD WW*. Gen. Pass. Agta Asst. Gen. Pass Agt, Washington, D. G Atlanta. On. 1 r HOWELL A M'lVKK BOSTICK W B GRUBKl mm, 888, i mux Attorneys ana counselors, BAMBERG C. H., S. C. General practice; special attention l>eng given to corporation law and the elimination of titles. ?TG. mayfield, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DENMARK, S. C. DENTIST. Will be pleased to serve the teople. Office op stairs in the mildlng next to bank. F. F. JOHNSON. TBS FIRST | CARLOAD OF THE SEASON arrived last week. Jj The lot consisted of HORSES anil MULES | and there are some nice '4,1 ones in the lot: They ^ are going fast; come in and see t hem before they are sold out. AV e can suit you in a horse or mule. JONES BROTHEBS. I DID YOU KNOW that C. P. RIZER at Olar did as large a business as any merchant in Bamberg Counly? The reason of it is that he keep9 everything in - ^ the line of . JEM HIKE.. I and sel's at cb se prices. His large store is full of bran-new and seasonable goods, ' and he is prepared to supply yoor wants _ in any line. He carries Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Dress Goods, lotisai. Cm* fcetionery, Groceries, Hard- ware, Harness, Sewing Machines, Crockery, Tinware, V J Drugs, etc. Also a Tall line | offoffinM iind CaskHi. He - ^ f also handle* 1 - - J \ Horses, Mules, Buggies, Wagons, "1 _ and anything in this line. It will [> pay you to see him before you buy.p He buys in car lots, and will quote p c'ose prices. I Minn aii Dims GMs. 4 = I *roakc this a special department,, ? which is in charge of Miss Bettie " 0 Mathews, a first class Milliner, who will . qa > take pleasure in serving the ladies. K appreciate the liberal patronage I here n j b received, and ask a continuance. ;c. f. rizer, i * OLAR, S. C. [ L. C. INGLIS, B.W. MILEY, ~ Referee in Bankruptcy. Probate Judge. Z ! INGLIS $ MILEYy 1 Attorneys at Law, I BAMBERG, a C. Will practice in the Courts of the Stat*. <; l Prompt attention given to collections. v 'v|l| jj Money to Loan. I APPLY TO Izlar Bros, fy , | Mfrnw and Co?nstlors at Law, j BAMBERG C. H., S. C. Jj|| TheFul^est f is afforded by a policy of -- ^ [ msxjxi^xcii f in any of the companies we represent * i They are solvent, reliable, prompt, and | settle all claims on a liberal basis. Par* ? tics who have had claims express entire -4^ k satisfaction with treatment. The cost of * : insurance against loss through S*X3rLZl | is so trifling that no one should be unpro- * , tec ted. Let us furnish full information. I JOSS F. POLE, ! The Fire Insurance Agent ! ENGINES, BOILERS GINS and PRESSES. i Complete Cotton, Saw, Giist, Oil and p Fertilizer Mill Outfits: also Gin Presa .. i Cane, Mill and Shingle Outfits. Build* ing, Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Bailroad Castings; Railroad, Mill, Factory, -%* and Machinists' Supplies. Belling, Pick M . ing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files ij-ffij Oilers, Etc., cast every day. Work 150 "vSE hands. LoiMIroiV'tsMCi AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. ' 1 Foundry, Machine, Boiler and Gin Works. Renairine Promptly Done. ^ lift umin lo iuuk... SIGHT DEFECTIVE? If so, you should have your eyes examined by a competent Oj>Dr. B. D. Branson Is fully prepared to fit your.eye9 / properly and scientifically. None "rig but tbe best Crystal Lenses used .--jrl in correcting errors of refraction. NO CHARGE FOR EXAMINATION^. J Yours for a "Good Eye M ?? B. D. BRONSON. *vSs?s