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THE ONLY WOMAN FREEMASON.
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Why and How the! Daughter of Arthur St. Leger
was Initiated in the First Two Degrees.
Much nonsense has been printed from
\ time to time relative to women who were
reported to have been received into the
Masonic Order?a few with a knowledge
of their sex, but most by means of subterfuge.
There are, however, authentic reports
of the initiation of but one member
of the sex. She was Mrs. Aid worth, the
youngest child and only daughter of
Arthur St. Leger, created first Viscount i
v Doneraile, Ireland, June 23, 1703, and 1
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JSlizabetU, daughter ana neiress ui uuuu
Hayes, of Winchelsea.
She was born about the year 1713, and
was married to Richard Aldworth, of
Newmarket, County Cork, who was the
son of Sir Richard Aldworth, provost
marshal of Munster. 4
The lodge in which she "Was initiated
was No. 44 of Ireland. The warrant of
lodge 44 was issued in 1735. It was a
highly respectable lodge, including all the
elite of the country around Doneraile,
and its meetings were held often uqder
the presidency of Lord Doneraile at his
residence.
It happened that on such occasion the
lodge was held in a room separated from
another by stud and brickwork. The
subject of this sketch, being probably
giddy and thoughtless, determined to
gratify her curiosity. With a pair of
scissors she removed a portion of a brick
from the wall and placed herself so as to
command a full view of everything which
occurred in the next room.
' In this position she witnessed the first
two degrees of Masonry, which was the
extent of the proceedings of the lodge
that night. From what she heard when
the members of the lodge were about to
separate for the first time she felt tremblingly
alive to the awkwardness and
danger of her situation, and began to consider
how she could retire without observation.
She became nervous and agitated, and
stumbled against and overthrew a chair.
The crash was loud and the tyler of the
lodge, who was in the lobby, gave the
alarm, burst open the door, and, with a
light in one hand and a drawn sword in
the other, appeared to the now terrified
young woman. He was immediately
joined by the members of th'e lodge present.
They for the most part were furious
at the transaction. She was placed under
guaiyl of the tyler and a member in the
room in which she had been found. The
members reassembled and deliberated for
two hours as to what was to be done.
At length it was resolved to give the
young woman the option of submitting
to the Masonic ordeal to the extent she
had witnessed it, and if she refused the
members were again to consult. Miss St.
Leger, exhausted and terrified, yielded,
and was accordingly initiated. The other
inmates of the house were in perfect
ignorance of the transaction.?Chicago [
Chronicle.
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The Kangaroo Girl.
Oh, Mommer! The world has turned
over. Patagonia has spilled on us and
the streets are full of Kangaroos! Oh,
no, they're not; they are female women.
They appear to be very Kangarooish?
which is the scarecrow of marsupials and
the remains of that peroid before Eve
was manufactured. The Kangaroo girl
. pulls her belt down in a pintin like and
pulls it up behind; and bulges out in front
above the belt and bulges out behind below
the belt, and waddles with a brokenbacked
effect that makes the onlooker
weep briny wads to see such deformity in
those whom uoa creaieu so syLuuieiritau
and beautiful. If women were really
made that way they should be sent to the
foundry for repairs.?Swainsboro, (Ga.)
Forest-Blade.
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Yisitor?You are?
Convict?Yes'm; ltm sick oi oemg caned
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SUNDAY SENSATION AT FAIRFAX.
Peculiar Conduct of a Young White Man?Supposed
Attempt at Suicide.
Fairfax, December 20.?Something of
a sensation was created here this morning
by what may or may not have been
an attempt to commit suicide.
A young white man, wearing a neat
suit of clothes, black derby hat, clean
shaven, and of good address, and seemingly
not over 22 years old, giving his name
as R. L. Goodwin and who says his home
is in Camden, arrived here early this
morning on train No. 31 from Columbia,
and after daylight went to the home of
Joe Fields, colored, and asked if he could
get breakfast there, telling Fields that he
would pay for it. He was told that breakfast
would be prepared for him if he would
wait awhile, which he consented to do.
After eating breakfast he asked to be allowed
to go in the "parlor," which request
was granted. There was an organ in the
room and he asked a colored woman in
there to "play something," which she
proceeded to do and he sang.
In the meantime Fields had gone to the
house of a friend nearly a mile away, but
his wife came into the room and asked
the young man to settle for the breakfast.
He told her he would pay her husband
when he came back, and as she left the
room he exclaimed that he wanted to die,
and immediately discharged a Smith &
Wesson 38-calibre pistol which he had
concealed under his left arm. The ball
passed through his left arm above the
elbow, but only made a flesh wound which
is not serious. He said afterward that he
aimed for his heart but"made a poor shot."
He was somewhat under the influence
of whiskey but was not thought to be
drunk. He was arrested upon the charge
of disorderly conduct and after being
taken to Dr. W. J. Young and his wound
hpirxr rlrpccprl hp irns nlapprl in thp <rnard
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house.
He told the town marshal tha't his conduct
was the result f disappointed love.
He is intelligent and must have been well
raised.
The people here will investigate and if
it is found that the young man is laboring
under temporary aberration of the mind
he will be kindly treated.
Letter to Simmons Hardware Co., Bamberg, S. C.
Dear Sirs: Messrs Leachmau. & Edelin
Grafton, W Ya, had been selling a
paint, which they thought well of; and
this had occurred.
They had sold a customer 18 gallons of
it to paint his house. A few years later,
they sold the same man Devoe lead-andzinc
the same number of gallons to paint
the same house. He had 7 gallons left.
The point of the tale is: 11 gallons Devoe
paints an 18-gallon house.
Do you want to sell it ?
Of course, that isn't all.
Why does 11 gallons Devoe go as far
as 18 gallons of other paint ? Because it
is all paint, all true, no sham, and full
measure.
Do you want to sell it ?
But'that isn't all. Devoe lasts longer.
No, no; you haven't got to wait ten years
to find that out. Ten thousand people
know it. We've got their names. Our
agents know them; they think a heap of
Devoe. There's no difficulty iu showing
your townspeople what to expect of Devoe.
$10 will paint a $15 house; and the
paint'll last twice as long.
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Yours truly
F W Devoe & Co
33 New York
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Marriage at Jenny.
Jenny, December 19.?One of the prettiest
home weddings ever witnessed in
Barnwell county took place Thursday
evening at the beautiful country home of
Mr. J. D.Jenny when Miss Bessie Warren
Jenny was united to Mr. Willie Aiken
Rast, of Cameron, the Rev. Mark L. Carlise,
D. D., of Columbia officiating, assisted
by Rev. P. E. Monroe, of Ehrhardt. The
entire house was brilliantly lighted, the
lamps in the drawing, room, where the
ceremony was performed, being beautifully
softened with rose colored shades.
The dining-room was in white and green.
After some delay, due to belated trains, at
8:30 o'clock the signal was given by the
opening chords of Mendelssohn's Wedding
March. Dr. Carlisle and Mr. Monroe
took their places first. Then came the
attendants, Mr. Bob Evans, of Cameron
with Miss Alice Sease; Dr. G. W. I. Loadholdt
with Miss Lizzie Dreher, of Lexington;
Mr. Wade Milev with Miss Jessie
Johns; Mr. W. D. Sease with Miss Salome
Wilson, of Salisbury, N. C. Then followed
from the right the bridegroom
with his best man, Mr. Harvey Taylor,
of Cameron. The bride came from the
left with her sister, Miss Addie Jennj-j as
maid of honor. With soft music accompanying
the two were made one by the
solemn ritual of the Lutheran church.
The bride was simply gowned in white
organdie with long veil and orange blossoms,
which rendered her gentle loveliness
more striking than usual.
Immediately after the ceremony the
party retired to the dining-room where
a most sumptuous repast was served, and
feasting and merriment continued far into
the night. Many useful and beautiful
presents were received from the wide
circle of friends of both bride and groom.
Those from a distance who attended
the marriage were: Dr. and Mrs. M. L.
Carlisle, of Columbia; Mrs. D. W. Haigler,
Messrs. H. E. Rast, G. B. Holman,
T. S. Haigler, -Harvey Taylor, and Bob
Evans, of Cameron. Much dismay was
caused by the delay of train6 on the Seaboard
but at last and not too late, the
groom reached his waiting bride and their
: happiness was complete.
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AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER.
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ANDREW BENNETT SHOT AND SERIOUSLY
WOUNDED LAST MONDAY NIGHT.
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Was Walking the Streets of Midway?Shooting j
Occurred About Eight O'clock?Dave ,
Johnson Arrested for the Crime. {
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Monday night a Httle after eight o'clock, |
Andrew Bennett, a negro, was shot and ]
seriously wounded while walking the 1
streets of Midway. The weapon used was |
a shot-gun loaded with buck shot and a ]
smaller shot known as duck shot or bb's. <
V*A/1 1\aam f Vi A A n o Am A 1
JJCULLClb JUllU UCCU up lUCOUCCIiUUCUUlb
errand, and was returning home in com- !
pany with his son, a short while after the
up-train had passed. When near the
residence of Mrs. Walker his attention :
was called by some exclamation from his |
son, "Look out, Pa," or something to that
effect. He immediately turned round and
just as he did, the man in his rear fired
at him. The load struck in his left side,
just at his vest and coat pockets, and
ranged in front of his body, the force of
the bullets being broken by a lot of papers
and a large book which he carried in his
inside coat pocket. These papers and
book undoubtedly saved his life, for if
the load had not struck them it would
have entered straight into his body.
Bennett immediately snatched a pistol
from the hands of his son and commenced
firing at his would-be-murderer, who
turned and ran as soon as he had fired
one more shot. Bennett fired three or
four times at the fleeing man, none of
which took effect. The man missed Bennett
completely with* the second barrel,
his first shot doing all the damage.
Andrew said his first intention was to
run the man down, and he took a few
steps but found he was weak from his
wounds and gave up the attempt. He
and his son say they fully recognized the
assassin, as he was only about twelve or
fifteen feet away when he emptied his
gun at Bennett. They claim that Dave
Johnson, another negro, did the shooting.
Immediately after the shooting Bennett's
son came to town for a physician,
and Dr. Bronson went down and dressed
the wounds. The doctor says he cut out
five shot which had lodged in the side
and front part of the stomach, but that
none penetrated the wall of the stomach,
therefore he does not consider Bennett's
injuries necessarily serious unless unlooked
for complications arise. Bennett was
struck by seventeen shot in all, some of
which only entered the skin. Bennett's
son made an affidavit before Magistrate
Lightsey and a warrant was at once issued
for Dave Johnson, charging him with the
shooting. Constable Padgett and Mr. E.
L. Price went down Tuesday rhorning
and arrested him and he is now in jail.
He does not say much about the shooting,
but denies it, so we understand. Johnson
and Bennettt have had trouble before.
Our readers will remember the cases in
court last April, where Johnson and
others were indicted, charged with burn- J
ing Bennett's barn and shooting at him, J
while Bennett was indicted for assault i
! and battery with intent to kill on John- j
| son's wife. The cftse against the John- 1
i sons was tried in April and they were ]
found not guilty. The case against Ben- ]
nett was postponed until the recent term ]
of court, and he was also found not guilty, j
There has been bad blood between the '
parties for some time, and it is thought
by some that Johnson took this way of
getting even.
Others are of the opinion that Bennett '<
and his son are mistaken in regard to 1
identifying Johnson, and that the attempted
assassination grew out of an
entirely different matter. But both Bennett
and his son are positive that they
recognized Johnson as the man who did
the shooting.
Magistrate Lightsey will hold a preliminary
in the case just as soon as the
extent of Bennett's injuries develop.
When this hearing is held we may have
some additional facts to report, as we
understand there are other suspicious
circumstances which connect Johnson
with the shooting.
"Were you at Miss Newgirl's coming
out party?"
"Yes, for a little while. But she hadn't
got more than a third of the way out
when I left, judging from her dress."
Jones?Wonder what would happen if :
politicians always told the truth.
Brown?There wouldn't be any politicians.
The maiden pensively milked the goat
And paused a while to mutter:
"I wish, you brute, you'd turn to milk." !
And the animal turned to "butter."
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RECTOR OF ST. LUKE'S,
Ashburnham, Ontario, Testifies to the ;
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WITHOUT A PARALLEL
\ Wonderful Operation Performed in Iowa on
a Broken Neck.
Sioux City, Ia., December 21.?An
operation having no parallel in the surgical
world was performed at St. Joseeph's
hospital today by Dr. William Jepson,
svho has the chair of surgery at at the
State university. John Norstrum, of
Danbury, Conn., fell from a load of hay,
striking"on his head and breaking his neck.
He has been almost paralyzed for several
weeks, and Dr. Jepson decided to operate
on his broken neck. Accordingly a portion
of the third cervical vertebrae was removed,
the false growth of tissue was
cleaned out and the bone replaced. The
patient is doing well, with every prospect
of recovery. Operations have been performed
for the relief of a dislocation of
the lumbar vertebrae, but no other case
is known in which the cervical situated
so near the medulla oblongata, the seat
of the vital bodily functions, has been
successfully removed and replaced.
My Childhood Home.
The sun sinks slowly in the West,
The day is nearly past,
The tiny stars peep softly out, .
And darkness is coming fast;
I sit and dream of youthful days
Of years of an earlier date,
When my life was spent in careless glee,
In my home in the "Lone Star State."
I think of the old home left so long,
Of the yard where I used to play,
Of the old trees where I used to swing,
In the cool of a Summer's day,
Of the little^ brook with its rippling
waves,
Of the prairies I used to roam,
And the broad green fields that stretch
ed around
My childhood's happy home.
I think of my school days and the friends
Who studied and played with me,
They are dear to me now after many
years
As in childhood they used to be;
But many changes have come since
then,
We have all gone separate ways,
And some I shall never see again
Whom I loved in my childhood days.
We have blder grown and the future dim
Into which we longed to see
As we wondered what lot to each would
fall
Has been opened to them and to me.
To many it brought sorrow, care, and
grief,
io otners a aesire 10 roam.
To some it has brought in its open hand
' True love and a happy home.
And some of my loved ones wait above
Where the trials of life come not,
They are done with%earth, its cares and
joys,
And theirs is a happier lot,
They have won rewards for duties done,
They have passed through Heaven's
gate.
And their flower strewn graves are
growing green
In my home in the "Lone Star State."
So memory weaves its chain o'er me,
And my thoughts are far away,
While the night-dews fall and silently
Fades the last gleaming of day,
And the tear drops fall as I sighfor home,
And my heart in longing great
Calls for one more sight of my dear old
friends
And my home in the "Lone Star State."
A. D. J.
Marriage at Colston.
Mr. David P. Smith, of the Ehrhardt
section, and Miss Tossie Rentz, a daughter
Df Mr. Calvin Rentz, were happily married
Tuesday afternoon at the home of the
bride's father in the Colston section. Rev.
E. W. Peeples was the officiating minister.
A splendid reception was tendered
the young couple the same evening, which
was largely attended by their many
friends. Wednesday they went to their
borne near Ehrhardt. Both bride and
groom are exceedingly popular among a
large circle of friends, who extend sincere
congratulations and good wishes.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Fewer gallons; takes less of Devoe lead
and zinc than mixed paints. Wears longer:
twice as long as lead and oil.
A Frontier View of Heaven.
Samuel W. Moore, a prominent lawyer
of Kansas City, on returning to his home
from Arkansas a few days ago, told a good
story concerning a distinguished attorney
in Western Arkansas, Judge James F.
Read, who was born and lived in Kentucky
before moving to this State. It runs
this way:
UA man living near Fort Smith died.
This man was comfortably well off in
worldly possessions, but he had been
neglectful of his spiritual welfare. He
had never joined any church and had
little to do with religious advisers. The
time for his funeral arrived, and, although
a Baptist preacher had agreed to be on
hand, an unavoidable accident had delayed
him. The house was out of town, and
as the friends of the departed brother
were all assembled Judge Read was asked
to make a few remarks over the body of
his friend, who had also once lived in
Kentuckv. The Judge consented.
" 'My friends,' he said, 'we are gathered
here to-day to pay a final tribute to our
friend who has already solved the mysteries
of the great hereafter. He did not
bave the reputation of a religious man,
onrl hp livpJ the life of a noble Ken
tucky gentleman. He had good horses
and he ran 'em. He had good seegars
and he smoked 'em. He had good -whiskey
and he drank it. He had good game
cocks and he fit 'em, for such is the Kingdom
of Heaven.' '?Arkansas Gazette.
An Engaging Man.
"There was a drummer who took sick
and died here three weeks ago," said the
landlord of the tavern at Polkville, Ark.
'He was a thick-set, guitar-playin' sort of
feller, and the girl he was engaged to
narry came over from Torpidville to attend
the funeral; also from Waupsey; also
from Peapack; also from Tonganoxie;
also from som'ers in Kansas, and some
place up in Missouri. Seein' how many
;here was of 'em, they put away their engagement
rings, and, figgeratively speakin',
organized a new society, and inventgd
a yell. And it was a pretty durned
axpressive one, too, lemme tell you!"?
January Smart Set.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Aronnd 1
the County and Elsewhere. i
Denmark Doings. I
Denmark, December 22.?Mr. C. H. '
Hutto has moved his family in the house ^
formerly occupied by E. D. Raney, on 1
Palmetto Avenue.
Mr. W. B. Rast, of Swansea, was in ?
town on Saturday last. !
Jno. R. Bellinger, Esq., of Bamberg, 1
was in town a short while on Saturday '
afternoon last. Our
merchants did a fine business last 1
" ^1* 0/\*v?A T f r\ rrfAOO Vvl TT on r_ '
nccn. uuiuc x iiutua nctc agi?auij ouiprised,
as busines was better than their *
expectations. ]
Cotton brought a fancy price here last
week?from 12-J- to 12? cents.
Chief Hand and our city fathers are *
doing some long and much needed work 1
in our city. They seem to be working for '
all and slighting no one, which is being [
appreciated by the people. 1
It is rumored that our little city is to (
have a wholesale grocery in the near 1
future. j
0. R. Faust & Co. have sold their stock s
of merchandise to Mr. F. H. McCrae. j
Faust & Co. will discontinue business. i
Mr. R. B. Eaves has moved in town and 1
is occupying the Center cottage on Rail- j
road Avenue, formerly occupied by Mr. 1
Koon. 1
Mr. J. B. Gillam, Jr., is having the |
Kearse dwelling, which he purchased j
sometime since, remodelled, and when 3
completed will be quite an addition to
that part of town.
Mr. C. T. Bamberg, who purchased the
McCrae cottage, has made a great deal
of improvements around same, which
makes things look quite different in that
part of town, and especially so since our
council hastened up a nice street by his
front door. Nice kept streets always add
to one's premises, and especially so in a
town to the eyes of strangers. If you
want to giye a black eye to a town among
strangers, let them see dirty, filthy, halfkept
streets and you will hear of it nearly
everywhere you go.
The alley opened up from J. B. Gillam's
store to the law office of R. C. Hardwick, p
Esq., has certainly added to the looks of a
that part of town, and our city fathers j
deserve much credit for the work they are I
doing. They have an eye to business, and t
believe in keeping things decent and in 1
order. h
Mr. R. L. Highto wer, of the Hightower's n
mill section, has moved into the Peterson 1
cottage at West End.
The girls' dormitory at the Voorhees In- J
dustrial School was destroyed by fire on
Sunday afternoon last, about four o'clock.
The origin of the fire is unknown, as therev
was no one in the building at the time, t
but supposed to have caught in the j
kitchen from a defective flue. The loss is f
covered by insurance. 1
The stables and barn belonging to a
John Crawford (colored) at West End t
was destroyed by fire with its contents, a ^
milch cow and horse, on Sunday night e
last. 1
Prof. Jones Faust, of Columbia, is
spending the holidays with relatives in
the city. R. t
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The Masons and Pythians. :
Branchville, December 19.?At a i
regular meeting of the Branchville Lodge, <
No. 62, Knights of Pythias, held on the 1
17th inst., the following officers were i
elected to serve during the coming year: |
J. B. Henderson, C. C.; J. S. Wimberly, j
M. D.,Y. C.; W. P. Etchinson, prelate; J. i
Karesh, M. of W.; C. C. Patterson, M. of
"F Ti FT Fairev. M. of E.: D. L. Rhoad.
M. at A.; W. F. McKewn, K. R. S.; G. W.
Reeves, I. G.; M. V. Witherspoon, 0. G.
At a regular communication of Branchville
Lodge, No. 110, A. F. M., held this
day,the following officers were elected and
installed: E. G. Dukes, W. M.; J. B. Williams,
S. W.; Dr. J. S. Wimberly, J. W.;
L. M. Kinsey, treasurer; 0. F. Mott, secretary;
W. M. Warren, 8. D.; W. W. Connelly,
J. D.; Joseph Tobish, 8. 8.; L. H.
Fairey, J. 8.; Jacob Karesh, tyler.
A Popular Club.
Dr. Edward Bedloe, citizen of Philadelphia
and the world at large, is soon to
apply for a dispensation changing the
name of the celebrated "Seventy-Six Mill- t
ion Club," to the "Eighty Million Club" 1
says the Philadelphia Post. '
The Seventy-Six Million Club is an 1
organization formed by Dr. Bedloe when t
he lived in China. It has a simple code 1
of by-laws, as follows: ^
"First. Any American citizen sojourn. I
ing in the Far East is a member of the s
Seventy-Six Million Club. I
"Second. It is always in order to take "*
a drink when a quorum of tthe club is t
present. I
"Third. Two members of the club t
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snail UUUMlluic a 4UWUU.
"Fourth. No mirrors or other me- c
chanical devices shall be used in establish- t
ing a quorum." c
COUGHING SPELL CAUSED DEATH, c
"Harry Duckwell, aged 25 years, choked t
to death yesterday morning at his home, t
in presence of his wife and child. He con- t
tracted cold a few days ago and paid d
little attention to it. Yesterday morninghe
was seized with a fit of coughing which D
continued some time. His wife sent for '
a physician but before he arrived another
coughing spell came on and Duckwell died
from suffocation."-St. Louis Globe-Demo- 1
crat. Ballard's Horehound Syrup would p
have saved him. 2oc, 50c, and $1.00. Dr. s
H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C. | f
LOCAL DOTS OUT WEST.
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Clippings from the Columns of a pomical Cuss
Who Never Chews His Chat
Up in a little town in Wyoming a fel- *5
ow by the name of Britt publishes a paper. i;
le is an outspoken cuss, and is over six .
eet tall, and under the heading of his >aper
prints this motto, "Hew to the line, } j
et the chips fall where they may." Below ; j
ve print a few items clipped from his '': *<?
japer.
"Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bloomberg*
i son weighing ten pounds. This is the.; ^
;enth one now living, if none of theo^|||
lave starved to death since onr last issue.
Foe hasn't done a day's work for threeZ&3
rears, unless forced to by the neighbored J?
who are now taking care of his wife. He '-M
)wes every man in town and is univer-&?|
sally detested. Mother and child are do-^J|
ing as well as could be expected."
"Died, Thomas P. Howell, aged 29 yeatt,vj?
5 months and 13 days. Deceased was *-:M
red-headed son of a-gun who stole chicksns
and has a whiskey nose on him. He;^
Dwed Lewis for the clothes he was buriedU^a
in and Tregenza had to get the cost oftbe^^
casket out of the county. Deceased was
nild-mannered pirate, with a mouth for^J
whiskey and an eye for boodle. He cam^9
aere in the night with another man's wife
ind joined the church at first chance.^'
Be owed us several dollars for the paper/^j
6 large meat bill and you could hear
pray six blocks. He died sinking, 'Jesus' ^?
Paid It All' and we think he is right,
tie never paid anything himselfc He waffijl
buried in anasbestos-lined casket, and
many friends threw palm-leaf fans into *||
she grave, as he may need theii.
sombstone will be a favorite roosting place*^
for hell divers and hoot owls. Let him &??
L P. (rest in peace") #
"Married at the home of the bride's
jnts, John Hogan 'tb Miss Matilda
tleson. The bride was beautifully attired^
in a green basque with skirt to matc&rag
:aught up over a blue denim petticoat,jj|j?
red jacket to correspond with her eyC^I-lr
ind hair, a blue hat with a red feathe^Bv
svhite shoes and black stockings.
jroom wore the conventional, duckimg^:^
iveralls with wamus to match, a straw hat
md kid gloves. - They were married in
titchen of the palatial home, which is 14 |
)yl8. The firemen played an overture on
he horse-cart bell as they passed ihtorigfii^B
mdera bridle arch of sunflowers and.
lollyhocks. John had not money enoogh
o hire a minister, so had a justice to come {-M ?
u and marry them and worked his road :|??
ax for pay. The groom is a knock-kne?3||
ligeon-toed fellow, who drifted in'.hew: ,t
the hobo convention. One legislong- .-../ j.r
than the other and eves don't matcn^vj
le chews, smokes and fiddles for dances. ;<
le is well liked in society. The happy |j
ride was born of honest but well-meanug
parents. She could walk alone at six-! f. 2
aonths: at ten she could run real fast, and '
las never slackened her gait: She *
aany friends?most of .them dead oneft^
["he happy couple took a bridal trip toj w
Lesley, and will then be at home with.^ljl
he old- man until kicked out. The Tiib- ;^
me wishes them long life and happiness."
A Noted Concert Company Comtnf,||l
Arrangements have been perfected to^H
iring the Students' Concert Company, 'M
ent out bv the Ithaca Conservatory o?j^;
dusic, of Ithaca, N. Y., on February 4th,
or a concert at Carlisle Fitting School/
These Students' Concert Companies have
ittained a great reputation throughout
he East for the excellence of their recitals./
They gave 175 concerts last season, i0
risiting nearly every State in the East ^
ind including' a short tour through Caa-difflj
ida. Tneir press notices and personu^K
indorsements show them to be great fmfl
jrites wherever they appear.
As Bamberg is a music loving tovra|||
;here will no doubt be a large crow^t bu&i
;hat night. The four young ladies that ; j
ire to appear are artists ana not noristaf/j
Everybody is tired of poor non-attraction*
DUt everybody will be delighted to come. J| ^
Dut to an entertainment that entertain*-^^
;o something that is both pleasant an<$fcj|l
instructive. Let the people of Bamberg^
50 to this entertainment for their owu^H
pleasure and benefit and not because they |f
ire asked to go.
GOOD FOR* HILDREN. MfM
Pleasant to take and harmless OneMin- -rM,
ite Cough Cure gives immediate relief
3ases of cough, croup and lagrippe be- </
:ause it does not pass immediately into, j
:he stomach, but takes effect right at the* . A
seat of the trouble, it draws out tne
lammation, heals, soothes and cures per- ?
nanently by enabling the lungs to coa-'^j
;ribute pure life-giving and life-sustaining V.
)xygen to the blood and tissues. Dr. Annstrong,
of Delia, Tex., prescribes it daily / ;
ind says there is no better cough remedy. isj
Sold by Dr. H. F. Hoover, Bamberg* 8. C.
A "Stranger Than Fiction" Story. ,- fThis
storv is stranger than fiction, say*">J8
;he New York Tribune. A fanner\ of
FFabash county, Illinois, owned a drove of c,
iO fine blooded hogs. He turned them. V
oose last spring in a pasture to shift for ^
hemselves. They had to be called back
'or meals, and as the farmer was a weak
roiced man, he hit upon the plan of.fM
jounding with his stick on a board. The
;ound this produced meant "corn" to the
lorcine intelligence. In the autumn they : mJ?
vere turned into a grove full of dead
rees in which the wood-peckers found a
tappy hunting ground. No sooner were'
he hogs left to themselves than a "rapap-tap"
sounded from the further side
>f the inclosure. Off they scampered to - {
he promised banquet. "Tap-tap-tap"
allea them back to the starting goint be- .%
ore tney were nan across. xwiap .--3E
ame from an industrious redhead in.
hird quarter. To make a long story short,''
he hogs chased the woodpeckers about
he lot from morn to noon, from noon to
:ewy eve,and with the setting sun dropped
q their tracks from sheer exhaustion,
tever to rise again. \
You Know What You Are Taking
When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
i'onic because the formula is plainly . ^
irinted on every bottle showing that it? --JiM
imply iron and quinine in a tasteless
onn. No cure, no pay. Price Wc. V/VJI