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jp*' The Bamberg Herald. Tharsday, December 27,1900. i\ J. S. Brooker's Hardware Srore. Personal Mention. ?Mrs. M. E. Hartzog was in the city ! this week. ?Mr. R. M. Hays, of Greenwood, was in the city this week. ?Capt. J. C. McMillan, of Ehrliardt, ' was in town yesterday. ?Mr. B. F. McMillan, of Charleston, was in the city yesterday. ?Mrs. C. F. Rizer, of Olar, who has been quite sick, is much better. ?Mr. Daniel Morris, of Olar, paid us a pleasant call last Saturday. ?Mrs. R. M. Hays, of Greenwood, is visiting relatives in the city. T Onnnniiv ,\f Ehrhardt. ?Lftpi. O. M 1/auuvuj, ... was in the city last Saturday. ?Mr. P. L. Carter, of Ehrhardt. paid us a pleasant call last Monday. ?Miss Agnes Johnson is at home, after a visit to friends in Edgefield. ?Mr. Edgar L. Price is spending the week with his family in the city. ?Mr. Orren F. Hunter, of Florence, is vissiting relatives here this week. ?Mr. Burton Felder, who has been staying in Augusta, is at home again. ?Mr. H. A. Wright, who is now located at Camden, is visiting relatives in the city. ?Messrs. .Steadman and Fletcher Spann, of Florida, arc visiting relatives here. ?Mr. Clyde O'Neal, of Savannah, spent a few days with his parents this week. k v ?Mr. John M, Jennings has returned from Hartsville, where he has been boring wells. ?Miss Leila Black, who has been teaching at Walterboro, is at home for the holidays. ?Mr. J. I. Kinard, of Buckliorn, Fla., was here this week visiting his daughter ana sous. ?Mrs. A. C. Reynolds, of Ehrhardt, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Jennings. ?Misses Addis Rays and Maggie Eaves are at home from the College for Women in Colombia. ?Mrs. Effie Wannamaker and children, of Columbia, arc spending the holidays with relatives. >V ?Mr. Emory Hooton, who has been I- . clerking in Augnsta, is spending a few days at home. ?Messrs. J. J. Jones, E. L. and G. H. Smoak, spent Tuesday in Orangeburg attending the races. ?Mr. E. M. Zeigler, who has been in "Hampton county for sometime past, has returned to Hartzog. ? ?Messrs. F. E. Dibble and N. M. Salley, of the Fitting School, spent Christmas in Orangeburg. ?Mr. John Garris and family spent ? several days this week with his brother, . Hon. C. "W. Garris. ?Mr. Jennings Clcckley, from the Charleston Medical College, is spending the holidays at home. ?Mr. S. Blackwelder, superintendent of the oil mill, spent a few days this week with relatives in Charlotte. ? ?Miss Nellie Murphy, who has been ? teaching in the Marion graded school, is at home for the holidays. ?Mr. John Blame, Che, efficient and oWigingassitant postmaster, spent several days in Aiken this week. ?Dr. O. D. Faust, who has been quite ill for the past week, is a little better His" ; friends hope for his early recovery. ?Mr. G. P. Rice, who has charge of the business department of theJobnston InsticnnnrHnor the holidavs at home. I?U?V, W ?Mr. Robert Black, wlio has been attending the Co-educational Institute at Edgefield, is spending the holidays at home. ' i ?Misses Bertha Wells and Lillier Stev- . ens, teachers in the graded school, left last Saturday to spend the holidays at ' ?Misses Florence and Myra Hooton, who hare been visiting relatives in Augusta for some weeks past, returned home last Wednesday. t. ?Miss Lula Chase, who has been with ! | Mrs. M. L. Counts, as milliner, for the ; | past few months, returned to her home , in Spartanburg last Saturday. j ?Misses Maud and Lillian Murphy, : daughters of the latev Col. W. Perry Murphy, are. spending the Christmas hoHaays with their mother at Mr. J. P. Murphy's. ?Head Master W. E. Willis spent j Christmas m Orangebnrg county. Mrs. , Willis has been over there for some i v time. She has been sick, but is much better now. ?Hon. 8.6. Mavfreld left last Monday for Greenville to visit his mother and to be present at the marriage of his sister, Miss Sate, to Dr. Milton Ponder. He expects to return about the 28th. Dr. A. J. Harter and family, who have lived here for about a year, returned to Ulmer hat week. M e regret to have them leave us. Rev. M. W. Hook preached at the Methodist church last Sunday morning. The church was decorated, as it was a Christmas service. A collection for the Epworth Orphan\ age was taken at the Methodist church last Sunday morning; also at Sundayschool in the afternoon. The Bamberg graded school will resume exercises on Wednesday the second day of January. Let parents take notice and send the children promptly on the . first day. The first quarterly conference for Bamberg charge will be held in the Methodist church here next Monday. Presiding Elder Browne will beiiere and preach Sunday night. The road between here and Denmark is getting in a horrible condition, and should be worked at once. It is well nigh impassable in places, and some 01 the brides are sadly in need of repair. The ease of Eugenia 31. Rice vs. F. 31. Bamberg was beard in the Supreme Court last week. Messrs. H. F. and B. F. Rice appeared for the appellant, Rice, and , Jno. R. Bellinger for the respondent, Bamberg. How about blank books? You surely will need some at the beginning of the new year, so let us supply you. We have a full line of ledgers, both single and double entry, day books,-etc., and are sure we can &ipply your wants. Come in and look at our stock. The Herald Book Store. Our paper is issued one day late this week. This is not because we took too much Christmas, but from the fact that the cotton mill was shot down yesterday and we could not get the electric power to run onr press. This is the reason why we print on Thursday this week instead of Wednesday. Bev. T. P. Lide has accepted a call to ' Pendleton and Lebanon churches in Anfforann Count v. and will move to the up country early in January. His eon gregntions arc reluctant to part with this good man, for in the seven years that.he has lived and labored in this county he has endeared himself to a host of friends, whoee best wishes accompany him and bis to their future home among the hills. ?Barnwell People. Country corn for sale in any quanity at P. H. Mcfc rae's, Denmark. The next issue of tbfc Denmark Times will be printed at Rnmberg,>Bro. Rowell having so announced in his hist week's paper. He will move his family down and make his home with us. We welcome him and his family to Bamberg, and have nothing but the best wishes for inni. * "While of course we naturally regret that fc '*> .afield already circumscribed is to be inMed by another newspaper, we have mtagonism against Mr Howell, and receive him in the kindest spirit. > -* V* ' ; .* ^ ft A happy new year to all our readers. AW had beautiful weather for Christ I mas. We had a rain and hailstorm last Sun day afternoon. F. H. McCrae pays wish for all kinds ol country product. Remember the fair and carnival at Denmark Friday and Saturday. Lots of money was spent for fireworks here during the past week. A crowd of boys went hunting Christmas morning and caught a fox. Those whose duty it is to do so should repair the Denmark road at once. Lots of rain last week. Maybe the wells will have some water in them now. Notice the Auditor's appointments and be ready to meet him when he make his rounds. Several of our friends came in last on/i in.ijwd iiq to have a merrv iUV",vuV ""Xl ,IV41'V" " - - ? Christmas. Better pay your taxes now. Only a few days more remain until the books will close. The oil mill shut down Monday and Tuesday to allow the employees to take a little holiday. Little Willie Folk, son of Mr. and Mrs. II. 0. Folk, who has been ill for several months, is no better, and his chances of recovery arc small. Bamberg surely sends as many boys and girls to the various State colleges as any town anywhere. Last Sunday being his regular appointment. Rev. Kenneth McCaskill preached at the Presbyterian church. The cotton mill shut down Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and the operatives had three days holiday. F. II. McCrae, Denmark, is offering a cut price 011 every article in his immense stock of general merchandise. Notwithstanding the large crowd in town and the quantity of whiskey consumed there were unarrests by the police on Saturday or Monday. Wanted.?10,000 cortls of good hickory to l>e delivered at Rowesvilie and Denmark, S. C. For particulars address John F. Simmons, Rowesvilie, S. C. A negro named Adam Barnes had his arm broken while working in the oil mill well on Monday. The well caving in was """"n tlin o<viiil/int rPl>f? broken lUV. v/l iiliv MVV&MVIIV* * ?v ? -- ? - ? bone was reset, and he is doing well. We have on exhibition at our office an car of corn with four shoots, all inside the same shuck. In fact, it is practically live cars of corn in one shuck. It was brought to us by Mr. J. F. Jones, Sr., who raised it this year on poor land. Come in and sec it; it is well worth seeing. We want to push The Herald up to 2,000 circulation during 1001, and If the increase is as great during the coming year as it was during 1000 we shall feel very well satisfied. We shall use our best efforts to print the news and to be a Welcome visitor to evary home in Bamberg count)*, and to this end we ask the co-operation of all. Hammond Still, a white boy about fifteen years of age, was shot in the shoulder Monday night. Pistol shooting was promiscuous and he was hit by a bullet that had no doubt struck a brick wall and glanced. He was on Main steet near Vernon's market at the time. The ball was a spent one, and it only entered the flesh a little ways. It was" cut out and he is all right again. W. J. Bryan is to become the editor and publisher of a weekly newspaper to be called The Commoner. It will be published at Lincoln, Nebraska, and the first issue will appear in a few weeks. We have already received clubbing rates for Mr. Bryan's paper, and can furnish The Bamberg Herald and The Commoner for $1.75 per year. Send in your subscription now, and start with the first issue. Mr. Henry Bamberg was accidentally shot and slightly wounded Tuesday, lu getting out of a buggy at the lot at his father's residence, his coat became entangled in some way, throwing a pistol out of the buggy aiid discharging it. The bullet entered his right side, inflicting a slight flesh wound. The#ball was cut out just under the skin. His hurt is not at all serious, and he will be all right in a few days.' As an instance of the way G. Frank Bamberg's business is increasing, it is worthy of note that he has sold more vehicles during the past three months than he did for a year previous. And he did a tremendous business last year, too. This makes the increase thus fall all the more remarkable. He buys right and sells right is the secret of his success. Give him a call when you want horses, mules, buggies or wagons. He will treat you right. We have l>een given some corrections to the roll of the Bamberg Guards as pub^ ^ A ? ..l.? XT* C5 trot? o 11S11CU lasi WtTh.. IV. O. 11 tvao nao tt member of the company before and after the reorganization and died after the war. O. P. Milhous was a memler o.' the company prior to the reorganization and was transferred to Lamar's Artillery. C. P. Milhous was also a member prior to 'G2 and died with typhoid fever at Cole's Island near Charleston. Our informa- ] tion is that all of these went out with the company when it volunteered at the beginning of the war. J. R. Bellinger Esq., was a small loser by the fire in Columbia last week. He with Messrs. H. F. Rice, B. F. Rice, and W. H. Townsend were stopping at the Jerome Hotel. Mr Bellinger was out spendingtlie evening, and when the fire broke out he went to the hotel to remove his belong-; ings. Mr. H. F. Rice, however, had been in the room and brought out Mr. Bell-1 inger's valise^ along with the articles on the bureau, but there was some underclothing in the wardrobe which was removed by other parties befory Mr. Bellinger's arrival, and it was not found. The promiscuous shooting of cannon crackers and pistols on the streets last Saturday and Monday nights resulted in a small hole in the glass of the front door of the Bamberg Pharmacy, another In the large front window of the store occupied by G. A. Ducker, and some one exploded a large cracker against the front winow of the store of D. H. Counts & Co.. breaking out l>oth the large bottom panes of glass. This happened about eight o'clock at night, and was nothing but an act of malicious mischief, as the cracker was thrown right at the window when it exploded. The panes broken are large, heavy ones, and will be expensive to replace. Bamberg Banking Company. The Bamberg Banking Company held it's fourteenth annual meeting of "stockholders Thursday, Dec. 20, 1000, who elected the following as directors of the Bank for the ensuing year: F. M. Bamberg, H. J* Brabham, IS. R. Hays, J.? B. Black and J. I). Copeland. The directors declared the usual annual dividend, which will lie paid to each share-holder on the first day of January. The following officers,"old to the business, hut still fresh, vigorous and reaey for another year's work, were elected; II. J. Brabham, president; E. R. Hays, vice president; \V. A. Rilev, cashier and IV V U,.?t nil iccitt'iiit rafiliinr This is-one of the best managed country banks in the State, and persons having money to deposit need not hesitate about placing their funds here for safe keeping. New Advertisements. M. R. Cooper?Sale of valuable land. A. C. Reynolds?Compliments to All. B. W. Miley, Special Referee?Notice to Creditors. Spending the Holidays at Home. Misses Clio Cope, Elise andLulie Bamberg are at home from Wintlirop for the holidays. Cadets Wilson Riley and Graham Copeland arc at home from the Citadel. Messrs. Joseph and David Kina'rd are here from the Co-Educational Institute at Edgefield. Miss Ethel Bamberg is at home from Winthrop. Miss Von Etta Eaves is at home from Colombia, where she has been taking a coarse in art. . V 'vi' -; .v: . . - ''V. . EHRHARDT ETCHINGS. Shade Trees to be Planted and Arte- . sian Wei I Bored by Council?Other ; Improvements Going On. , Khrhardt's town council has authorized that one hundred and fifty elm trees be ( planted on the main streets. Win. Gar- J 1 vin was awarded the contract, and is ; getting the trees from Salkehatchie 1 swamp. At the regular meeting of the council ( last Wednesday evening an artesian well * was talked of and $200 subscribed by the 1 council. Individual subscriptions are also 1 being offered, and the amount now access- * ible is about $4')0. An infant child of Luther Pricsterdied s Sunday evening. * Ehrhardt is badly in need of a town 1 hall, and, by suggestion of several of its ) leading citizens. Tom L. Pcarlstine has a 1 subscription list going around. Nearly all the citizens are taking stock in the enterprise. It is $10 per share; several parties have taken as high as live shares, l Rev. Samuel McKissick, our new Methodist preacher, is on the war path for subscriptions for a new church to be built f in the town of Ehrhardt. About $500 is , r already subscribed. It will l>e built to i seat live hundred people, and he expects * to have it ready to hold services in by the 1 first of April. We sincerely hope his re- ? alizations may be equal to his anticipa- c tions, and that all will lend a helping c hand to push the good cause along. I Several new street lamps came to the j depot one day last week, and are being erected on Jackson street to light up the I new row of houses now being built. This I street will be cut through to the Ehrhardt High School in the near future. r Prof. II. W. Fulincr has gone to Hilton, S. C., to spend the Christmas holidays, ? that being his former home. Prof. C. F. c ? c Wertzwill spend his vacation at Ehr- r hardt. The school closed last Friday to r resume again January 8rd. r Messrs. John M. Jennings and son, < ' Hampton, spent a few days with Mr. and 8 Mrs. A. C. Reynolds this week. Dr. J. II. Roberts has fifty acres of land * near Ehrhardt High School, and is offer- j( ing building lots very reasonable up on the hill. a Messrs. Clifton and Patrick Quattlc- J baurn, of Clito, Ga., spent a few days with e their brother, J. D. Quattlebaum, this T week. Jj Edward Cliassereau, from Osborne's ^ Business College, Augusta, is spending ^ the holidays at home. h Raymond Ehrhardt is at home from the h Welsh Neck High School at Hartsville. h Miss Lillian Furman lias returned to g Ehrliardt from Riverside Infirmary, to recuperate, after an attack of typhoid fever. 1 Misses Laura Tennant and Edith Evans, g of Branchville, spent Sunday with friends in town. Mr. R. H. Lockhart, of St. George, has been added to the force of clerks at Pearl- t stine's. A. C. R. Ehrliardt, S. C., December 24,1000. T" d Pretty Honie Wedding. h Although the weather was dark and 8 threatening last Thursday afternoon, ^ within the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. 0 Copeland in this city all was joy and p brightness, for it was the occasion of the jf marriage of their daughter, Kathleen, to j< Mr. W. Paul Riley. At 5:30 o'clock, the hour for the ceremony, a large gathering h of the relatives and friends of this popular young couple were present to witness this 1,1 the most important social event of the sea- ? son. The residence was beautifully dec- ^ orated for the occasion. The ceremony n was performed by Rev. T. C. O'Dell, who tl came down from Columbia for this purpose. After' the ceremony the guests si present were handsomely entertained at a 81 reception and supper. The attendants 11 j were as follows: ^ **? TV Onir.llno n-itlv Mic? Ppftfl F Dir. L/tX'ilUlU i/umiiig niui jj Counts. a Mr. F. M. Riley with Miss Lina Dowl- ? ing. ' p Mr. Heury H. Copcland with Miss Eula 11 Lee Izlar. Mr. H. W. Johnson with Miss Augusta Adams. g Mr. Donald M. Eaves with Miss Clara Riley. Mr. J. D. Copcland, Jr., with Miss Elo- c ise Izlar. h Miss Florrie Black, an accomplished c young lady pianist, played Mendelsohn's d march, to which the couples with the ^ bride and groom marched to the parlor 8 and under a beautiful canopy of bride's ^ roses and ivy they plighted their troth. Miss Copeland has always been one of Bamberg's most popular and beautiful young ladies. S Mr. Rile)*, the groom, is bookkeeper p and cashier of the Bamberg Cotton Mills, d and is also the proprietor of a large in- a surance agency. ,c After the ceremony and wedding dinner Mr. and Mrs. Riley left on the 8 ^ o'clock train for St. Augustine, Fla., where E they will spend the honeymoon. s Among the visitors were Col. and Mrs. J. B. Bates, of Barnwell, Capt, and Mrs. f G. O. Riley, the Misses Izlar, Mrs. J. A. ^ Williams and others. 1 1 Agnew Feltler Killed. 8 St. George's, Dec. 21.?Startling, in- * deed, was the report that came to the a parent and loved ones of young Mr. Ag- | new Felder about 1 o'clock this morning ^ that he had been killed in the early portion of last night at Pregnalls, an adjacent village, where he had gone to attend c some social affair. c It seems from what can be learned, that 1 some of the young men of the town hearing that there was to Ik; a dance, at least, 3 some social occasion at Pregnalls, made * up a party of some six or seven to attend. J Leaving this place at 7 o'clock, p. m., they arrived there safely about fifteen or j twenty minutes later. And upon their t arrival there they made an inquiry as to j the occasion they had gone to be inatten- 1 dance upon; and learning that there was to be nothing of the kind that they anticipated?that it was postponed?they loitered around the town until time to go 1 to the depot in order to catch the train, which passed at one o'clock a. in., for their return home. On moving toward * the depot several of the crowd fired pis- ? tols, at which time reports of a gun were ' heard coming from the direction of a Mr. Langford's residence near by. Shortly after the gun reports some member of the party, as Mr. Felder was not to be seen, called for him, to which no response J came, then they commenced to look around in search "of the missing one and in so doing Mr. Felder was found?some i one stumbling over him?with life extinct, prostrate on the ground with a wound in the neck from a gun or pistol shot. I Young Mr. Felder was of high family, C well thought of and liked bv those who 1 knew him. He was about id years of age. a A jury of inquest has been empanneled, 2 but the Verdict is not obtainable. 3 Guards Prize Drill. Tuesday afternoon the Bamberg Guards assembled at the armory and marched up Railroad Avenue to the Fitting School campus, where the prize drill took place. J The company, under the command of L'apt. W. R. Wright and Lieutenants Decania Dowling and C. I. Barton, made i good showing. Maj. Havelock Eaves ind H. S. Dowling Esq., acted as judges. \fter a long contest the prize was a wardHi to Corporal W. C. Patrick. Sergeant A. 3. Barton was the last man to be thrown j nit. The prize, a handsome silver cup. ,vas presented to Mr. Patrick by Jno. K.! Bellinger, Esq.. in a fitting speech. The company also presented the spun- J or, Miss Cornelia Barton, with a beautiul cut glass inkstand, which was also >resented by Mr. Bellinger after the drill. Tlie company will give a banquet tonorrow evening at Johnson's Hotel. ODD INSURANCE SCHEMES. Vovel Rinks Granted by Cp to Date Entflisli Companies. It was stated recently as a fact of lovel and material interest tuat it was | low possible to Insure for the contingency of being the father of twins. Ynd so it is. You can also insure protective triplets. But that is a small natter compared to the queer risks inlurauee companies are taking every lay. Anything, from the vicissitudes >f playing a fast bowler on a kicking vicket to the chance of an heir chnngug his religious tenets, is now a subect for an insurance policy. "We Insure people against the possllillty of any calamity, whatever it may >e," said Mr. Armstrong of the Ocean Occident Insurance company to a Mail epresentative. "Frequently we are asked to insure tgainst a man changing his name. Say omebody leaves a property to John Jmith on condition that he takes the latne and style of Howard Montmoeney Vandeleur. He wants to borrow Qoney on his property. The lender delines to advance the money on the ;round that he has no guarantee that randeleur won't return to beiug calld Smith. We insure the lender gainst that contingency, and Vandeeur (nee Smith) gets his money. "Another type of case is an insurance gainst the discovery of a missing man. L prodigal son leaves home for his ountry's good, and nobody knows rhere he is. His father, years later, eaves his property to be divided equalY among his children. The trustee of he will finds himself in a difficulty, "he prodigal may return from his iusks. and then ,the other heirs will ave had more than their share. We isure the trustee against the prodial's return. "Not long ago we insured a mortagee against the mortgageor's marryrig outside the faith, because such a aarriage would have cost the mortageor his property."?London Mail. A BITE IN THE DARK. he Todbr Man Lilted Jelly, and He Filled Ills Month. A young man whose work keeps him own town until the early morning ours usually reaches home- with a harp appetite. His mother, an Inulgent mother, too. puts a little lunch ut where he can get it. but this freuently fails to satisfy him. His wise arent knows this, and she saves the irder from a wholesale onslaught by >cking things up. Now, if there is one thing in partlcuir that this youth dotes upon it is slly. But jelly is an article of food hat takes time and skill in its prepration. and if the lady left her jelly irs at his disposal?well, there would e none to dispose of after a few i lornings. So the Jelly is locked up tie tightest of all. The other morning the youth let hlmelf into the house just as the gray treaks of dawn were crossbarring lie eastern sky. There was milk and read awaiting him*, but his soul raved for Jelly. He determined to unt for some. Takiug a slice of bread nd a knife, he stole down cellar and ?arched the fruit shelves. What hapiness! He dimly made out the outnes of a jelly Jar. Was there any ! illy in it? He dipped In his knife and ?lt the soft and quivering mass. What Joke on his usually c-.eful motherl , he had actually forgotten to turn the ey on this treasure. He drew out a generous quantity and arefully spread it on the breadL He ad to do it largely by guesswork, beause the cellar was almost totally ark. When the spreading was done, e smacked his Hps lightly and took a enerous bite. No, it wasn't jelly; it was soft soap.? Ileveland Plain Dealer. The Lark's Song. A writer on "The Wonders of the Ipring" says that the volume of sound irodueed by the skylark is most wonlerful. "The lark ascends until it ppears no larger than a midge and an with difficulty be seen by the untried eve. and yet every note of its ong will be clearly audible to persons vho are fully half a mile from the lest over which the bird utters Its ong. "Moreover, It never ceases to sing or a moment, a feat which seems wonlerful to us human beings, who find hat a song of six or seven minutes in ength, though Interspersed with rests md pauses, is more than trying. Yet his bird will pour out a continuous ong of nearly 20 minutes in length md all the time has to support itself u the air by the constant use of Its vlngs.'> A Bnalneii Proposition. Now, here Is a poet who Is practical nough. He hails from Dooly county, md it will be seen from bis letter that ie means business. He writes: "I have wrote a poem about 100 rards long, as nigh as I kin guess. It ook me six months an two hours to vrite IL 1 ain't no Judge of these hings, an what I want to know is vhere I kin hire a good man to read t for me an tell me what it is. To ;!cb a man 1 will pay $1 a day till he ;its through, only he mustn't take too ong!"?Atlanta Constitution. lfp to Date "Specialist." Doctor?1 put mirrors in my waiting ooms instead of magazines. Friend?How does It work? Doctor?Fine. Feople are so fond of ooklng at themselves that they come >arly so as to have a chance to wait.? fown Topics. The uoy ana cue x ruic??u? "1 was mimicking Professor Bore resterdaj, and he caught me." "What did he say?" "Told mefto stop making a fool of nyself."?Chicago Chronicle. If jrou would have an appetite like a >ear and a relish for your meals take Chamberlain's Stomach Liver Tablets, riiey correct disorders of the stomach ind regulate the liver and bowels. Price 15 cents. Samples free, at Bamberg lutrmacy. .1 Mr. Warren's Christmas. Waltkkkoko, Doc. l!t.?The now I county board of commissioners metyestcr[ day and elected Senator Gruber as elicit I attorney and F. F. Herndon. Esq.. clerk. Sunday morn in g about daylight some one placed on the pia/./.a of Mr.-Gus. Warren's house a little white baby only a few hours old. Upon hearing the noise on the piazza Mr. Warren went out to see who it was, but the parties ran and he could not recognize them. It is said there were two persons, a man and a woman, but no clue can be found to lead to the identification of the parties. The child was wrapped in an old piece of quilt. The little one is living and getting on well. Mr. Warren lives about four miles from town. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Howell lost their son of about <> months old this morning from pneumonia. The little fellow made a hard struggle for life but succumbed to the ravages onetlie disease at last. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in this sad hour of sorrow. To Cure a Colli in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Giove's signature is on each box. 25c. Pi#ne Grove Dots. Our school is small, only sixteen scholars; ProfessorHolTman ever at his post. Quite cold down here. Mr. L. T. Clever is up again after a prolonged sickness. Mrs. Annie Strong was stricken down with hemorrhage last Friday. Mr. Charles Aver is visiting his daughter, Mrs. L. T. Clever. Mr. Iliers, dentist, is visiting Mr. B. F. Folk. Third Lord's day in December being regular appointment at Spring Brancli, Rev. S. P. Chisholm preached a forcible sermon from Matthew, lltli chapter, 25th and 20th verses. After a severe attack of pneumonia, Mrs. Lizzie Padgett passed away early Sunday morning into the hands of the allwise Creator. Rev. S. P. Chisholm i preached the funeral services Monday at one o'clock. The t>ody was then laid* to its resting place at the ohl family burying ground. A large host of friends mourn her loss. \V. F. C. Yon Know What You Are Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. Price 50c. The outlook is for a 30 day session of the general assembly this year. A number of the members think that there is no reason why the body cannot get through and go home within 30 days. It is likely that all the annual reports w;ll be on the desks of the members before the session is half through, notwithstanding that the body meets this year at the earliest possible date at which it can meet. Valuable Land to be Sold. By virtue of power vested in me by law, ] and by action of the sinking fund commission on December 18tli, 1900, I will SELL at the court house in Bamberg on Saturdaj', flie 29th day of December, at i twelve o'clock M., for cash, to the highest bidder, a certain tract of land containing GOo acres, more or less, the same having been recovered for the State in a suit against E. TI. Dowling and others. Said tract adjoins lands of Dowling, the Bank of Charleston and others. M. 11 COOPER, Secretary of State and Agent of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund/ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Pursuant to a decretal order in the case of Mary E. Smith and Margaret Smith, infants, by A. W. Summers, their guardian ad litem, vs. M. Ellen Smith et al, the undersigned. Special Referee, will hold a reference in his office in Bamltcrg, C., on Monday, January 7th," 1901, at the hour of ten o'clock a. m. for the purpose of hearing and determining proof of all claims against the estate of Mrs. Margaret A. Smith, deceased; and notice is hereby given to all creditors of said estate and oil persons interested therein to appear at the time and place named for the purpose of presenting and contesting claims. B. W. MI LEY, Special Referee. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 2G, 1900. TAX RETURNS FOR 1901. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, t Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 18,1900. )' On January 2d, 1901, the Auditor of Bamberg county will begin taking tax returns of personal property for the fiscal year commencing January 1st, 1901. The law requires all persons to return all personal property in their possession on ' - - * - 1 C A.\ the first day ol January, isfui, ueiore miexpiration of the time allowed by law. which is February 20th, 1901, after*which time the fifty per cent, penalty attaches to delinquents. All transfers of real estate since last returns must be noted, as indicated on the blank returns. All improvements by new buildings or otherwise must be given. For the convenience of taxpayers the Auditor will make the followihg "appointments to take returns: Bamberg, January 2 to 12. St. John's, Monday, January 14. J. S. Breeland's Store, Tuesday, January 15. Olar, Wednesday, January 10. Govan, Thursday, January 17. Milhous's Mill, Friday, January 18. Ehrhardt's Monday and Tuesday, January, 21 and 22. Colston, Wednesday, January 23. Hunter's Chapel,Thursday, January 24. Farrcll's Store, Friday, January 25. Midway, Saturday, January 26. Lees, Tuesday, January 29. Denmark, Wednesday and Thursday, January 30 and 31. And at the office in Bamberg until the1 20th day of February, 1901. All males between the ages of 21 and ! 60 years, except ex-Confederate soldiers above the age of 50 years, arc liable to $1 poll tax. * As personal property is to be returned annually, no returns will be taken saying "same as last year," but must be itemized and sworn to. Real estate being assessed only every four years, can be returned "same as last year," unless changes have been made since last returns, such as buying, selling or improvements. Such changes are to be reported to the Auditor. Come and make your returns in person. Don't send another. Find out in what school district you live and make vour returns in that district. W. E. SEASE, Auditor Bamberg County. Referee's Sale. State of South Carolina, Bamberg County?In Common Pleas. Mary E. Smith and Margaret Smith, infants, by A. W. Summers, their guardian ad litem. Plaintiffs, against M. Ellen Smith, i t al., Defendants, Bv virtue of a judgment of the said Circuit Court in tiie above case, I will sell at Bamberg Court House, S. C., on the first Monday in January, 1901, during the legal hours of sale, the following de scribed real estate: All that certain lot of land situate, lying and being within the corporate limits of the town of Bamber?r, in said county of Bamberg, in said State, containing about one acre, and bounded on the north by Church street; on the east by lands now or formerly of E. M. Cox: south by lands now or formerly of J. T. rk'Voni ..rwl T'lmer and on the V/ llttli ?ll*t west by lands now or formerly of Rebecca Ulmer. TERMS: Casit, and purchaser to pay for all papers and revenue stamps and all taxes falling due after date of sale, and if the purchaser does not comply that the said premises will be resold on the same or subsequent salesday on the same terms and at the risk of the former purchaser. B. W. M1LEY, Special Referee. December 4th, 1900. j ; Horses ^ flules jjjl class horses and mules. If you sell must l>e as represented. BUGGIES and WAGONS. I The largest stock of vehicles in this section is now in 1111 y repository. I handle the very best makes of buggies and wagons in all the latest styles, and you can get anything in this line from me. HARNESS, WHIPS, LAPROBES, eto Afv stock in these lines is the prettiest to be found a 113*when*, and you can surely he suited from my stock, b'ull line of all parts of harness. No matter what you need, come to see me. I can and will save mou monev. / V G. FRANK BAMBERG, Bamberg, 5. C. Tliej are Going! Going! uuinu i IF YOU WOULD DRIVE A Single Team, a Double Team, a nice Horse, a plug Horse, a fine Mule, a cheap Mule, with a cheap Harness, .a medium Harness, a good Harness, an extra good Harness; ?to A? Tory Light Buggy, a light Buggy, a medium Buggy, a good Buggy, an open Buggy, a top Buggy, a single Buggy, a double Buggy, a Surrey, a Carriage, a Phaeton, a Phactonette. nw to a V/lfc JL V/ A.X. r Shaft Wagon, a Jersey Wagon, a big Wagon, a small Wagon, a Wide-Tire Wagon, a Narrow-Tire Wagon, a Two-Horse Wagon, or a Fonr-IIorse Wagon, Tnimble Skein or Steel Axle, call on or write to , . J Quattlebaum & Dannelly. EIIRHARDT, ft. C. JJ^gFThey can and will please you. FIRE INSURANCE G. MO YE DICKINSON, AGENT. Representing as Strong Companies as any in existence. Office at the Cotton Oil Mill. : : Applications for Insurance left at J. A. BYRD'S STORE, wil receive prompt attention. 1 also empower him to receive monies for me, and receipt for same, including People's Building and Loan* Dues G. MOYE DICKINSON. i Davison $ Targo, . Cotton factors, Augusta, : : : Georgia. Correspondence Invited. 1 B ma* n nil r\J mr. r. niLCf FTcSent INSURANCE zB^nvmBZEiRa-, s.. o. WHEN YOU NEED . y Furniture nient store, but sell furniture and f'sii^PLE^^^^ uur line oi Bel Room ail Parlor Soils, j?I|yPy|L Sihris, Bsftr Carriaios, Is the prettiest ever seen in this section, and it is our pleasure to show you our stock. We handle the light-running Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine, and sell them for cash or on easy terms. . COFFINS and CASKETS. All styles and prices carried in stock, and can furnish Hearse when desired. We also carry Stoves and Ranges, and can please you in style and price. Mattings, Baby Carriages, Otlice Chairs, and Desks. We also Frame Pictures at reasonable prices, and carry a beautiful stock of Mouldings. Come in and see us. It costs nothing to look, and Ave will be glad to sIioav you our stock, whether you buy or not. Pull supply of Lime always on hand. * t 'PRACTICE... ... ECONOMY Don't buy anil pay more for an article than it is worth. Economy has been studied, and a fashionably trimmed piece of Millinery can be procured here for a small figure- Have yon seeif our display of pattern Hats and Bonnets Come in and look; it costs nothing, and we might save you some money. The stock of all other goods, including Notions and Novelties is complete. We have just received a large, cheap and beautiful line of embroideries from 5c to 50c per yard. To have a beautiful and up-to-date figure the ladies should wear .one of onr "M Fori" (M. They are the very latest things, and give the exact Parisenne effect in figure. We also have a pretty assortment of Dressing Sacques, which will save you " money and time in making. This list of articles will interest all: Kid Curlers, Rats for the hair, Pompadour Curlers, all kinds of Fancy Pins to wear in the back of the hair. The most beautiful line of DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS, Handkerchieto, % Kid Gloves, Fancy Collars, Embroidered Flannels for infants, Skirts in red and white, etc., etc. rirs. M. L. Counts, BAMBERG, S. C. TAX NOTICE. Office of County Treasurer, i ; * a Bamberg County, > I Bamberg, 8. C., Oct. 8,1900. ) Pursuant to an Act of the General Aa-. sembly, approved February 7th, 1090,6ntitled "an Act to regulate the attendance of County Treasurers at convenient places in their respective counties,'* notice is hereby given that the Treasurer's office of Bamberg Connty will be open, com- I mencing the 15th day of October, 1900, to the 31st day of December, 1900, inclusive, for the collection of State and ? County taxes. After this date a penalty of fifteen per cent, will be added. i - J,,..., i ue iuuu levy iwr uir* WUJIC* is cieira mills, divided as follows: State parposes, live mills; constitutional school tax, three mills; countv tax, three mills. V3jg The following school districts also hay# a special levy for school purposes, as fob Denmark, No. 21. three mills. , Oak Grove, No. 30, one mill. Clear Pond, No. 25, two milte, Barbary Branch, No. 46, two and onehalf mills. Cuffie Creek. No. 55, two mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 50, one mill, Govan, No. 36, three mills. Olar, No, 43, two mills. Lees, No. 47, two mills. Binn&kePs, No. 45, three mills. Hopewell, No. 1, three mills. Bamberg, No. 14, one and one-half mills. Also i of one mill for bock indebtedness in Bamberg school district. In Denmark school district, No. 21, there is also a special road tax of two Persons owning property in these districts will have to pay this extra levy, in addition to the eleven mills tax.' Tax payers will please be prompt as the books -close December Slat, and lean- / not'receive mor^ey after that date. Don't wait until the last week, for at that time there is liable to be a rush. ZZ ?* J.DICKINSON, Treasurer BwntMfc Coanty. FCCorsets MAKE American Beauties We here then Id all styks tad tlAtpo to fit every figure, and every corset is told irn4ff this meet fftbctal weeks' trial If corset Is not satlsfactfcy? ^ Look for tikis Trade ,Mafk on inside of 4^1 corset and on boau KALAMAZOO CORSET Co. Sole Makers. yiA FOR SALE BY g.PEAffl5nNE&[SW$l^^ The Largest and Most Complete ;% Establishment South. GEO. 5. MM I M. ?Manufacturers of? Doors, Sash, Blinds Mecldiig, %'M BilMii* Material. Sash Weights and 8ash Cord. Office and Ware Rooms Kins: St., op* posite Cannon 8t. Charleston, S- C. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty ENGINES, BOILERS GINS and PRESSES. * } M Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and ;H; Iff III Hntfllaa eloA Aln rMSIIO ' .! Cdfcill/jCl iUlU VUtUfcO. ?UA/ M1M * IVW, Cane, Mill and Shingle Outfits. Building, Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Railroad Castings; Railroad, MQ1, Factory, ' and Machinists' Supplies. Belting, Pac& H ing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, 8awa, Files Oilers, Etc., cast every day. Work 150 hands. LiMImYtsMCi % AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Foundry, Machine, Boiler and Gin Works. Renairine Promptly Done. * DIXON IRON WORKS BAMBERG, S. We sell Belting, Pulleys, Shafting, Engine and Boiler Supplies, Pipe, Fittlolrw Iniivtnra Mu) TCiprtftT*. 1U?C, ' ? ? ' j J w Pumps, Oils, etc. Our prices are reasonable. WE REPAIR Engines, Boilers, Gins, Saw Hill Me* chinery, and in fact anything in the ma- chinery line. Will attend calls hi the country when desired. Repair work is our specialty/and we guarantee satisfaction. Give us a trial. HOTHOT WHS. DR. O. D. FAUST X>entist. Office temporarily at Reefclepce, Carlisle a... .. siraew.'y'*?':,,/". .