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V A g?4' I I . : I THE BAMBERG HEBiLD Thursday, Feb. 11. 1904. P^' Short Locals. The new subscribers continue to come in. Incessant rains have been falling the ?&\ last few days. tMrs. "W. M. McCure won the silk skirl ?~ ? ? ?? ? Vvm "\T?* TT1 A??V\/M? ^nnontlr* t given aws) uy iut. mouuci ivwuu;. Guano is being hauled away in greal quantities. Everything seems to be pointing to a big crop. For Sale?Jersey heifer; will drop calf March 1st. Or will sell Jersey cow with heifer calf, now milking. A party of Converse college students will start on a European trip in June under the chaperonage of Miss Mary Wilson Gee, professor of Latin. For Sale.?My saw mill, planer and tram road. J. A. Spann. Mr. Robert Ervin, second hand in the card room at the cotton mills, and Miss Eula Carter were married Wednesday night of last week, by Notary Public W. P. Kiley. For Rent?Two desirable houses in town of Bamberg. Jxo. F. Folk. The garden seed promised us by Senator A. C. Latimer, arrived last Thursday, and our subscribers can call at our office and get them free as long as they last. First come, first served. Strayed Pig.?Berkshire male pig, 2 months old, well marked, white face and feet, strayed from my lot Tuesday night of last week, will appreciate any information rnncerninff' him. I J. C. Shipes. J. A. Nimraons, our popular colored barber, is making quite a reputation for himself as a breeder of fine bird dogs having sold one recently to a wealthy hunting club in Hampton county, for the sum of $75. For Sale.?1,000 pounds Eden and Blue Gem watermelon seed, price 50cts the pound. Guaranteed pure and 1903 seed. W. D. Rice, Denmark, S. C. ~^The appropriation made by the members bf the general assembly for wood for county offices in Bamberg, was not used last year, as supervisor- Bruce furnishes the wood with the chain-gang off rightsof-way of new roads. While making good roads he saves the county its wood bills. v "We trust that the friends and subscribers generally of the "Herald" will not view us with a critic's eye this week, for not only has the editor been laid up the entire week, but even the "devil" has had to desert his post. If the paper is not up to the usual standard, illness in the force is the cause. Wanted.?'Two salesmen in each State; $50 and expenses; permanent position. Penicks Tobacco Works Co., Penicks,Va. Owing to the exceedingly inclement weather, the Epworth League did not I hold its regular devotional meeting Tuesday night. If the weather permits, a meeting will be held Thursday night at H8g|& 7.30 o'clock, and if the weather does not v - permit, a meeting will be held Friday / night under the same condition. This is a very important meeting and every member who has the good of the League 5; ; at heart is very earnestly requested to be present. w. C. Owen, President Trinity League. Tke Ithaca Concert Co. BpC; The entertainment presented by one of [i||0v the concert companies of the Ithaca Con. servatory of Music, at the Carlisle Fitting i? School Chapel, in this city, last ThureBrcv day evening, was a distinct disappointW^ ' ment to many of the very large audience. True, the soprano was sick, and unable Bp to render any of her single numbers, it being stated that she had got out of bed . to come to the hall but the listless distil#;" piriting manner of the other members of the company, threw a damper upon the fe|--Y whole program. This attraction had been widely advertised as something unusually good, and it is exceeding unfortunate in the face of Spl?^ > this, that so many of those present should p!|v criticise the entertainment. A,RirpnAe.Soi:o> I Cards have reached the city announcing the marriage of Miss Jenia Seag to Mr. Frank O'Byrnes, of Okolon, Miss. This will be read with much pleasure, as the groom is well remembered as having visited his sister, Mrs. H. W. Beard. The marriage took place at the first Methodist church in Okolon last Sunday morning in the presence of a large circle of friends. A brilliant reception was given st the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. 0'Byrnes are expected in Bambei*. They will be the guests of Mr. ana Mrs. H. W. Beard while here. Deaths. 8atjnders: Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Saunders, of Florence, have the sympathy of their many friends in the loss of their baby girl, Lara. The little one died after a short illness, and was brought here for burial Tuesday morning. There was a short service at the home of Col. and Mrs. T. J. Counts, the parents of Mrs. Saunders, conducted by Rev. M. L. Lawson, and the little body was intered in the old cemetery. Lee: Died Sunday morning, at her ...home between Denmark and Qovan, Mrs. Lee, wife of Mr. Frank Lee, in the 70th year of her age. She was buried at my . George's Creek Baptist cnurcn monaay %, afternoon at 3 o'clock. Hunter: Robbie Hunter, son of Mr. |. H. R. Hunter, and nephew of Sheriff J. B. Hunter died Saturday, February 6th vv y at the home of his father, in Summerville L. in the 26th year of his life. - Appendicitis was the cause of his early r > ' death, he was ill but a few days. The body, accompanied by his rel*. atives and a few friends, was brought IpV' here Sunday morning and laid to rest in |p;v South End Cemetery at 12 o'clock, Rev. M. L. Lawson conducting the burial services. v: He leaves father, mother, two sisters k; and two brothers to mourn his untimely y end. -' ;v ' ' .... .. Card from Supervisor Bruce. Editor The Bamberg Herald:?In regard to the card of Treasurer Folk in your last week's paper, in which he gives . the financial condition of the county, I fail to understand how the statement of county expenses published by you recently could have created a wrong im; pression. This statement of each year's expenses has always been made up by the ; clerk of our board every January in order that our representatives could see what < each department of the county cost and know how to make appropriations for the j ( coming year. This statement has been published every year, so, why could it create a wrong impression as stated by i Mr. Folk, I cannot see. s The expenses are correct, for in it are included the unpaid salaries and all ^ claims against the county. Therefore, after paying the county expenses for 1903 > we should have about $2,000 to apply to > back indebtedness. In other words, the county will be that much nearer out of debt than it was one year ago. The $2,073.35 paid out of county funds last year to replace that amount of school . funds used by the county was not men, tioned in the statement of expenses, and ! had no right to be there. That was no part of county expenses, but was school money used several years ago for county purposes by my predecessor in office, and in order for it to be paid back to the schools, a special act had to be passed by the legislature. This was done last January, and consequently the money could not be returned until last year. E. C. Bruce, County Supervisor. Bamberg, S. C., February 3,1904. .[This card was received last week, but was crowded out of that issue.?Ed. tt^n . , ? atiAAtiK. Miss Georgia Bay MacMillan, Elocoutionist, under auspices Epworth League. On next Monday night, 15th, there is to be an intertainment in town which promises to excell anything of its kind ever held here. Miss Georgia Ray MacMillan, the well known eloctuionist, whose reputation is highly endorsed, is to give an entertainment under the management of tike Epworth League. The endorsements of her work are excellent, and she promises to give an entertainment which will be quite a treat to the literary people of our town. As an unusual inducement, let every one go in order to help the Epworth League in its laudable work of raising $50.00 extra, which has been pledged to missions this year, as they will receive 40 per cent, of the receipts fron the entertainment. Every one who is interested in the League work will certainly go when they have every assurance of receiving their full moneys worth at the entertainment. Below are a few endorsements of Miss MacMillan's work which deserve special j notice: , "She excels any I have ever heard."? Bill Arp. "An impressive and attractive Elocutionist."?Ex-Governor McCreary of Eentucky. "Her readings are natural, graceful and irresistable."?Rev. Fay Walker, D.D.,of Philadelphia, Pa. "Most artistic elocutionary recital ever ? " Vf TTqt^M given in mis cuy. ? Lexington, Ky. "In the foremost rank of Elocutionists in the country."?W. W. Turner, Y. M. C. A., Chattanooga, Tenn. "Her brilliant rendition captured everyone."?Richmond, Ky., Dispatch. "The recital by Miss Georgia Ray MacMillan was one of the best entertainments that we have ever attended."?Pee Dee Advocate, Bennettsville, S. C. The entertainment is to at the Fitting School Chapel. The Chapel will be well peopled if the weather is good. Let every body come. Don't forget the date, February 15th, Monday night. Death of Mrs. M. 0. Lanier Augusta friends of Mrs. M. O. Lanier, of Millen, nee Miss Minnie Lee Ogilvie of Allendale, will be deeply grieved to learn of he * death which occurred at 8 o'clock Sunday morning from pneumonia. Mrs. Lanier was a sister of Mrs. Merriweather, of Edgefield, and Mrs. A McBride Speaks, of Varnville, S. C. Of her immediate family she is survived by her husband, Prof. Lanier, and her three children. The remains werejinterred yesterday in the family burial ground at Allendale.? Augusta Herald. Fire. The dwelling and smoke-hou3e of Perry Jones,colored,who lives on a place belonging to Gen. F. M. Bamberg, several miles below town was burned January 26. The fire originated from the stove in the kitchen, and everything was destroyed. The loss is estimated at about $160. The neighbors are rendering some assistance to the unfortunate. He will thankfully receive assistance from any of his friends, being a poor man, and the loss falls heavily on him. Deatli of Mrs. Zeigler. After a long illness Mrs. Addie Zeigler died on the 5th of February, in her 63rd year at her home near Ehrhardt. Mrs. Zeigler was a member of the Lutheran church 45 years, and was buried at Mt. Pleasant Saturday afternoon, 3 o'clock) the funeral services being conducted by the Rev. P. E. Munroe. She was the daughter of William Hughes,-and she leaves a devoted husband, four sons, and three grand children to deplore her sad death. . s ' v- ' * > i ' ; ' *v'-' . ? ' Vi Crushed by Python Dreadful Death of a Gypsy Gtrl In a T^Tus si an Menagerie. Mile. Foxxgere. Who J*early Met the, Same Fate. TelU Hotv It FeeU to He In CoiU of a Huge SriaKe. La Pantella, a beautiful gypsy girl, was crushed to death by an immense python in a menagerie at Voelklingen, Prussia, a few days ago. A crowd applauded what it believed to be simply the intense realism of the scene. When the curtain fell the members of the audience dispersed, still not dreaming that they had looked upon a tragedy. "For a time I thought the woman was In torture," said one spectator as he walked away. "Yes; she Is a wonderful actor. Such a look of horror I never saw upon a human face," remarked another. "But how she smiled as the big snake seemed to tighten his coils!" So they chatted. Could they have neered behind the canvas of the men F " 1 XES PTTBOK OFBfZD ITS JAWS. agetie tent their impressions of the thrilling spectacle would have undergone a quick and startling change. Half a dozen showmen were busy cutting the sinuous folds of the python from the poor little body of the gypsy girl, who was twisted and bruised. "See how sweetly she smiles," whispered one of the showmen. The next day the newspapers were told bow La Pantella was squeezed to death by a python In sight of a thousand persons so stupid that they cried "Bravo!" as the reptile closed about his victim. Stupid? Perhaps not Every one is not expected to know what It means to be crushed in the coils of a python. Had the woman rolled her eyes in pain or terror or had she screamed or even raised a hand In call for help those who watched her open mouthed and alert would have known. But the python Is a stealthy executioner. Possessed of no tongue of venom, he must depend upon his great muscles to slowly overcome his prey. Mile. Anita Fougere, who is admitted by the members of her particular avocation to be one of the most notable of its exponents, has been giving exhibitions in this country. She has been squeezed by a python and thus describes the sensations: "My preference always ran towaid the larger snakes. I loved the big boas, the cobras and the pythons. Let the men fool with silly little copperheads and rattler*! "But to get down to the story of how I was squeezed to death.' "We were In Canada, and It was winter. The weather was so cold that my snakes were almost good for nothing. The cobras were just so many logs the moment I took them out of their warm blankets In a heated room, "The performance was In the evening, and, a s I remember, I was very fared. The day's work had been trying. .There was just one more act, the exhibition of Monarch, my big python. "He had been in a strange humor lor several dajre. I was not quite sure of him. The night before as be bad wound himself about my body I noticed that he twitched, and I was frightened just a little. "The professional snake charmer has **a hndnoou tn hp nprvnns op nrmreheil sive, but sometimes we just can't help it I was so the moment I reached into the box and drew ont the cold head of Monarch that evening. "I reasoned, however, that the weather would soon take out of him any wickednesu he might have, so I proceeded with the final act ' VfrtTKitv"?r> had hocn tn lUV/Uttii va UUV4 l/WU WAU.4UVV* ?v ?? w.??r out of his bos. I would take out enough of bis body to wind once around my waist and then I would stand still while he dragged along the rest of Ma eleven feet and encircled me. "This be would do most gently. * -i ' ' ' ' "V'-V 3 vyr-W-'-i.?!* *.* r->4: /- - - >.>:- vr;--* ?? 7*1 -y, - $y: * ? "Bui: this night there Teas a new rigor in his clasp. As one length after another coiled around me I felt the whole frame of the serpent tighten. 1 knew that I was at Monarch's mercy. I wanted to scream, but I was afraid. "The least sign of fear or surrender on my part would quickly have resulted in my death. "I held Monarch's head in one hand and, instead of watching my audience, beat my gaze into his eyes, speaking to him all the while in a low, purring tone to "which ue was ustu, uui ue simply spread -wider his great mouth. "At this I signaled the attendants to go farther away, for an angry snake must see no one but his master. The pain which filled me was now exquisite. I felt I must totter and fall, but I was held upright as though I stood in a metal pipe. My feet seemed no longer to touch the floor. I was floating through space, with my beacon the great head of the python, whose bead:* eyes glowed like twin coals. "Into my vitals seemingly ran a thousand needles. It was a paroxysm of agony so intense that it became a great Joy. "Finally I found myself engaged in strange calculations, harboring weird hope. How long until I should feel a rib snap? Which one would break first? 1 "Upon my ears broke the sound of music. Yes, it was the old grind organ of Iderre Lecardi, whom I used to know when I was a girl. "The python must have disturbed my line of vision by a hug more intense, for I was lifted twenty years ahead and laid in the arms of a great, strong man. Some danger lurked near?when the protecting arms of my husband closed about me. "So happy was I at this stage that my first words upon recovering my senses framed a protest ** *wny nave you cut away tne arms of niy husband?* I cried. "'Poor girl; pool AnitaI' I heard some one say. 'It wasn't Prestino who hugged you; It was Monarch. We had l.o cut him to pieces to save your life.'" Gi*RL STWEJVTS FIGHT 2)1/EL. Heto CTbeo Hussion Maidens Settled a Dispute With Pistols. Recent cable dispatches brought an account of a tragic affair that occurred recently in the students' quarters of ; St Petersburg, the principals being \ two girl students. The story is most dramatic. One of the girls made the i acquaintance of a young man of good < family and became secretly engaged to | him. Shortly afterward she introduced to her fiance another young girt an Intimate friend of her own. At this J point the tragedy began, for the fickle , lover immediately fell deeply in love i with his fiancee's friend, and, what was still worse, the attachment was < mutual. The girts, however, true to their , friendship, had no secrets from one another, and the newcomer confided to the betrothed girl the fact that she and the young man were in love. The two i girls were in despair, and at length determined that the death of one of them offered the only solution of the difficulty. They accordingly resolved upon flirhting what the Russians call an "ijnerican duel." . thpmRplTPfl In a room with a revolver, they drew lots, and it fell ont TES OZSL rUB2TEI> THE PISTOL AQAX2TST HXSSELF. that the betrothed girl had to shoot her friend. The latter stood calmly awaiting her death* locking straight Into the eyes of the girl who held the revolver, bat the latter, yielding to a sudden impulse, turned the weapon against her own breast and llred. The shot was a fatal one, and, bleeding from a terrible wound, the poor girl fell dead on the floor. At this sight the girl whose life had been spared snatched the revolver and attempted to commit suicide, but her trembling hand was incapable of properly directing the shot, and she only wounded herself slightly. Her courage giving way, she knelt In despair by the corpse of her friend, crying bitterly, and in this position she was found by neighbors, who, on hearing the shots, broke into the room. "'-.'vv- " '-V. r-.v ': " .; ' .',' -. - , '. .-.-V ' '/* STRAYED OR STOLEN. 1 Black setter dog 8 months old, named J "Jack." Hair silky and glossy inclined to curl, tip end of tail white, white breast, end of toes white, a little grey on nose and white hairs just back of head. $5.00 reward for return of dog or positive knowledge of his whereabouts. e. l. price, Bamberg Dispensary. | BIDS WASTED, * Bids wanted for building Springtown church. Apply to the undersigned, the building committee. d. h. rice, 13 p. w. sandifer, a j. c. McMillan, f. M. ray, c. r. carroll. NOTICE TO OVERSEERS. | You are hereby notified to warn out all road hands on your respective roads and work the roads two (2) days on or before the 20th of February. By order of the i board of county commissioners. I T r> "DT3T JU. V/. JL>UL VJU) County Supervisor. Bamberg, S. C., February 1,1904. 4 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (complaint served.) The State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?Court of Common Pleas. Matthew Hampton, S. W. Hampton and Henrietta Montgomery, Plaintiffs, against George Hampton, Carey Hampton and Alice Walker, Defendants. To the defendants, George Hampton, Carey Hampton and Alice Walker: You are hereby summoned and required to | answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon t you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at b his office in Bamberg, S.C., at court house, / within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such ser- % vice; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the 0 plaintiffs in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the com- & plaint B. W. MILEY, ^ Plaintiffs' Attorney. Dated January 14, A D. 1904. ( A.ttest: C. B. Free, C. C. P. To the absent d efendants, George Hamp- 'l ton and Carey Hampton: / Take notice that the complaint in this action, together with the 'summons, of ^ which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk ofMhe Court, for Bamberg couDtv, at Bamberg, in the State of South Carolina, on the 1st day of February A. D. 1904. B. W. MILEY, Plaintiffs' Attorney. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?By B. W. Miley, Esq., Pro- i bate Judge. 1 Whereas, C. B. Free, C. C. P., hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate of and effects J of W. H. Simmons. ^ These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said W. H. Simmons, de- | ceased, that they be and appbar before me J '? ? /"I a ? a f/\ k<i ViolH of 1X1 U16 V^UUi t Ul i luuatc bu wv uuw U? Bamberg, 8. C., on the 29th day of Febru- / ary, next, after publication thereof, at 11 V o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administra-i tion should not be granted. -i Given under my hand this the 18th day I of January, Anno Domini, 1904. J B. W. MILEY, Judge of Probate. -j REWARD. 7 J A reward of $10.00 is offered for the apprehension and conviction of the person ' or persons who have been breaking and removing the street lamps, and a like re- i ward is offered for any future acts of the , kind. h TOWN COUNCIL BAMBERG. V iSS A /vv WzzBDm^ ' ' < ? g?x i?,-'ik i 5 '& sEfe' yr.l NW < ' ;. KODAKS! Picture Makine with a Kodak is easy. Results are ..PERFECT PICTURES... Anyone can do good work with an iastman Cartridge Machine LOADS.IX DA YLIGHT. "With the aid of the new developing lachine better negatives can be made, nd all of the work done in daylight. Kodaks and Kodak Supplies in Stock \ ..? *atrick Photo Supply Co., \ BAMBERG, S. C. SPECIAL SALE! We iind that at this seasonof < 7 7 ? . he year we have too many innd a /m Jinn A ofsx/* Z? no I wvvv VIV Iiwivwt ^ (IV U C/U Vft W go large, arid we must reduce % I. The goods must go, that's M ill there is to it. In order to $ let rid of our surplus stock ind make way for Spring 7oods, we have 4 decided to ^$ lold a Special Sale during I his month. Remember we , lave anything you can need in Dress Goods, Dry Goods, Groceries, Dlothing, VT i r. L> U LIUIIO, Shoes, Sats, Etc., The goods are all new, and ve are going to give great argains to' all who patronize -1 is during this great'sale. ^ Special Values in Clothing 3e sure to come to see us, for ve are going to save lots of : ^ myers money, so why not you f j. w. Pearlstine Company, | BAMBERG, S. C. DR. G. F. HAIR DENTAL SURGEON, 'HJ Bamberg, & C. Ib office every day in the week. Gradate of Baltimore College of Dental Sur- 1x ery, class 1892. Member of 8. C. Dental V association. Office next to bank. . a 1ABBAGE PLANTS Now ready for delivery, ten million iabbage Plants of the following varieties: / .c-1 Henderson, Succession, Flat Dutch, elected Extra Early Jersey Wakefield,v nd Charleston large type Wakefield, ilso, Alexander Seed Company's Angus- . i Early Trucker. . N PRICE: $1.50 PER 1,000 3,000 to 10,000 at $L25 per thousand ' 4 10,000 to 50,000 at $L00 per thousand . TermsCash with order or plants sent j L O. D. These plants are grown in the open air -: n the Sea Coast of South Carolina. They - i re stocky and hardy, and when,"replanted dll stand severe cold without injury. I * ave a special low rate with,the Southern Ixpress Company and plants can be devered at any point on their line at a rate ' f 20 to 40 cents per thousand; minimum /y aarge on single pacaage, ao cents. . I am distributing agent for 6LENN PRINttS MINERAL WATER. Prices ad circulars sent on application. Vm. C. QERATY Young's Island, S? C. TELEG3APH AKD P. O. ' 'y