The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 18, 1900, Image 2
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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.
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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friendship sprung, to be superceded by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.
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"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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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' 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
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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