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S3 THE BAMBERG HERALD. EXgl Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1904 One Dollar a Year fll| fc LODGE OFFICERS INSTALLED. j Interesting Event in Pythianism in Denmark? Building Improvements, { % Denmark, March 15.?At the last meeting of the Graham lodge, K. of P., officers for the ensuing year were installed and ] the page rank conferred on two candidates. The installation of officers had been postponed for some time owing to the illness of the chancellor commander- t elect, Dr. Wyman, who had not been able since his election to assume the duties of ( the office. The following are the new officers: C. C., J. W. Wyman; V. C., J. S. j . Matthews; P., S. P. J. Garris; M. A., J. A. < Wiggins; M. of E. and M. of F., J. B. Guess; K. of R. and S., t\ v. James; jl.\x., < H. B. Rice; O. G., W. D. Rice; D. D. G. C., ( J. B. Guess. , - Graham lodge is in a very healthy con- { dition. A few weeks ago the members enjoyed an oyster supper, and the mem- i bership is growing. At the last meeting a committee was appointed to invite some ] > minister of note to deliver a sermon be- 1 fore the lodge. This service will be held within a few weeks. ? Mr. H. H. Crum is having built a resi- ] dence on north Main street which will be ^ a credit to Denmark and add a great deal to that particular part of the town. . The i lot is almost an ideal one for a home, and the plans for the house provide for a 1 I modern building of nine large rooms, I . fitted with the best conveniences possible. Other building going on in the town , gives evidence of the continued steady growth of Denmark. -v John Temple Graves, who will lecture ! here the first week in April, will be the next and last attraction provided by the lyceum. Through the splendid management of Mr. Riley the.people of Denmark j have enjoyed five first-class entertain- ] ments this season. COLDS CAUSE PNEUMONIA. One of the most remarkable cases of a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenner, Marion, lnd., who was entirely cured by One Minute Cough Cure. She says: "The coughing and straining so weakened me that I ran down in weight from 148 to 92 pounds. I tried a number * of remedies to no avail until I used One . Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles of this remedy cured me of the cough, strengthened my lungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength." Sold by Dr. H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C. J. 0. Patterson. J. 0. Patterson, born June 25th, 1858, at Barnwell, S. C., was educated in the schools at Barnwell, S. C., and Augusta, Ga., was engaged in farming up to his 28th year, reading law at night and on spare days, until prepared for the admission to the bar in the year 1886, when he J X Ulr. (n.rvv trt RomTfill- hfi 1 H1QY6U ifUUl Hid laiiu tu UMiunvu) mv continued planting until 1900, when the j demands of his law practice made it neces- , . , sary that he should give all his time to the service of his clients, having been engaged in the practice of law since 1S86. Served two terms as Probate Judge of 1 , Barnwell county, and served three terms i " v in the legislature from Barnwell, S. C. DO YOU WANT STRENGTH? ?' If you want to increase your strength { you must add to and not take from tbe " physical. In other words, the food you ( eat must be digested, assimilated and "appropriated by the nerves, blood and tis- j sues before "being expelled from the in- , , testines. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure adds to the physical. It gives strength to and 1 builds up strength in the human system. It is pleasant to the taste and palatable, ] v and the only combination of digestants that will digest the food and enable the ' system to appropriate all of its health J and strength-giving qualities. Sold bv i Dr. H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C. I < Woman's Home Companion. * H The April number of the Woman's j Home Companion opens with a remark- , nn Cnrznn. ''The I HUIO ailitlilb vu , Chicago Girl Who "Rules India," by ; Arthur Hoyt. Martha Sanford writes of i "The Chafing-Dish auu the College Girl." There is a thrilling description of the adventures of "Kate Shelley, the Iowa Hero- ' ine." Of interest to all religious people is the description of the philanthropies of ( "The Disciples of Christ," and the great * pictorial feature on the "Louisiana Tur- ' chase Exposition" is unique in its way. * As proper to a spring number, there are { n many diverting short stories, such as i "The Matrimonial Adventures of Bertie," 1 - "While Breakfast Waited" and "Tony, 1 ?;a ? \frc Will FT Law con- 1 U1G X CXiJ uiaiu. MAtw, _ tinues her delectable cooking articles, 1 c * Hiss Gould devotes several pages to sim- 1 , pie and charming spring fashions, and J Mrs. Saint-Maur has some excellent "hints J to girls who want to travel. Articles on 1 gardening and the making of pin-money close a splendid spring number. Published by the Crowell Publishing Company, Springfield, Ohio; one dollar a year; ten cents a copy. ' ] ' A well known artist overheard a country- j man and his wife ridiculing his picture, ( v which represented a farm scene He was so indignant that he at last inter- J posed with the'remark: "That painting is 1 worth 100 pounds. Allow me to ask if < you are familiar /with works of art?" , "Not very familiar with art," replied the farmer, "but I know something J about nature, young man. When you i make a cow that gets up from the 1 ground by putting her fore feet first, you 1 b ? do something nature never did." 1 ? ] i, BEST REMEDY FOR CONSTIPATION < "The finest remedy for constipation I 1 ever used is Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, says Eli Butler, Frankville, N. Y. "They act gently and without any unpleasant effect, and leave the bow- . els in a natural condition." Sold by Bam- < % berg Pharmacy; H. C. Rice, Denmark. < I > r ar COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. * SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Colston News. COlston, March 22?The farmers are ibout through planting corn. "We are having very fine weather these lays. Miss Katherine Chisolm, of Charleston, s on a visit to her father, Rev. S. P. Uhisolm. Mr. Wilbur Clayton and sister, Miss Sorrie, visited Mr. C. J. Hiers last Saturlay and Sunday. The time for huding will expire the list. The hunters are looking very sad. 1 - - -1 -1v ine pinaar siieiangs aie awuiuiw with. Miss Florrie McMillan has returned aome from Orangeburg, where she has been visiting friends and relatives. Misses Lucia and Pauline Clayton spent Sunday with relatives near Ehrbardt. April 3rd will be Easter. General Green will soon appear and the farmers will have to get on a hump. The Colston boys will soon organize a baseball team, which will be hard to beat. A charming widow living in Council Bluffs took advantage of Leap Year the other day, and after much persuasion won a husband in spite of her fifty years. Her dowry was one thousand bushels of corn and the man accepted because he was a moonshiner. An Example for Bamberg. Brajtchville, March 17.?The buildine committee of the Methodist church here met a few days ago and gave out the contract for the erection of a new brick church here. The contract was given to Contractor W. M. Warren, of this place, ind the church, when completed, will cost in the neighborhood of eight thousand dollars. The building of a brick Methodist church here has been contemplated for several years, but the undertaking has just now gotten in shape. About oneaalf of the money has already been subscribed, and the building committee with :be assistance of Rev. S. A. Nettles, pastor if the church, who is a hard worker, and svho usually succeeds in his undertakings, iope to have the balance of the money in hand soon. The work will be pushed icrward as rapidly as possible, and the contractor hopes to be ready for the corler stone to be laid within the next few veeks. I have a big lot of horses and mules on land, and to keep from feeding them iver have decided to reduce the price on hem. Will save anv one money who vants to buy. . G. Frank Bamberg. Telephone Company Changes Managers. Denmark, March 17.?Quite a surprise las been sprung on the people of Dennark by the American Telegraph and Telephone company, in their tnaking a sudden change in the management of the ifflce at this place. Mr. J. T. Fuller is succeeded by Mr. Reaves, who took charge yesterday. Now, Mr. Fuller is an all-round clever nan, and has made a great many friends aere. He has the reputation of being atsentive and business-like at all times. . The auditor of the company came here last Saturday and checked the office up. Everything .was found in first class shape. Mr. Fuller, it is said, was given to understand that no change would be made at Dnce. Yesterday the new manager came tnd took charge. A petition is being circulated, asking for the reinstatement of Mr. Fuller, rhis will be forwarded at once. The removal of Mr. Fuller will be rery much regretted here, for he and his idmirable wife have made a great many friends socially. SITES HEALTH, VIGOR AND TONE. Herbine is a boon for sufferers from ineamia. By its use the blood is regenerited and color becomes normal. The irooping strength is revived. The lan ?uor is diminished. Health, vigor ana tone predominate. New life and activityresults. Mrs. Belle H. Shirel, Middlesborough, Ills., writes: "I've been troubled with liver complaint and poor blood, and found nothing to benefit me like Herbine. [ hope never to be without it. I wish that [ had known of it in my husband's lifetime." 50c. Sold by Dr. F. Hoover. Negro PaiHioned. Governor Heyward has pardoned Anierson Nix, a negro, who was given a life sentence in Barnvroll in 1897 for the murder on the public square of Barnwell, nf Jennings Green a white man. The pardon was the result of a death-bed confession of the killing by Town Marshal Dwens. It is said that several responsiDle white men saw Owens fire the fatal shot, but they did not say anything about it until Owen confessed. Former Solid;or G. Duncan Bellinger recommended the pardon, saying that at the time of the trial he had no doubt of the guilt of the negro, who at the time of tLe killing was certainly engaged in reckless firing on the street. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cu:*e. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. THE USING OF FERTILIZERS. An Interesting Article on the Subject From the Southern Cultivator. We wish to discuss briefly fertilizing, not fertilizers. We wish to call attention to the using of fertilizers themselves. We gather, from our numerous inquiries upon this subject, that very many do not fully understand this important part of farming. There seems to be an impression that we use fertilizers for the benefit of the soil- This is a great mistake. They are intended to help the crop and not the soilCertain elements of plant food are made soluble and therefore quickly available to growing plants. We call these fertilizers. We use them to help make the crops grow more rapidly and mature earlier. We use them because they are not soil food, but p>]ant food. Now we see at once that a fertilizer to be good must be such that the first plant will take it up. Hence we use them, so as to get the quickest returns. WHY DO WE FERTILIZE? Mainly cn account of our ignorance and laziness. We don't know that the same ingredient of plant food which we are buying, is already existing in the soil in abundant supply. Or if we know this weare not willing to do the work necessary to gel; these from the soil. We find that by scratching the soil three or four inches and using these bought helps, we can force a fair crop. Hence we prefer "o sit about idle all the fall and winter, and then rely upon the fertilizer to make the crop. If we break-the soil deep and pulverize it very finely, it will supply the same things we buy. But that means work, and most of us arc: lazy. By continuous bad preparation and bad cultivation, and the stimulus of fertilizers, we greatly injure the soil. That is we decrease its productive power. SHALL WE CONTINUE TO USE THEM? It will pay us to do so, if we use them right. Do all we can to get our soil in productive shape, and then help it out by judicious use of fertilizers. We should buy as cheaply as possible. To do this we must i?et the incredients and do onr mix o-- ?o ? ing, as far as possible. Buy the phosphorus and potash and ammonia each in the cheapest shape. Then mix with reference to the crop we are expecting to use it upon. Plants all use much the same food and in very much the same proportion. Phosphoric acid, potash, and ammonia are the ingredients the crops need. Some need more of one, and some more of another of these. As the Southern fanners raise all the cotton seed, they do not need to buy more nitrogen. If properly handled, the cotton seed will supply this element, at least as much of it as is needed after we have taken care of all the animal man ires and rotting vegetation. The phosphoric acid and potash we can not raise. We must work this out of the w..? if SUli Ul UUJ ICj Deep plowing, rolitiug of crops;, growing grasses and clovers and peas and cattle will soo 1 supply all the elements of fertility. But until this is done, we must buy acid and kainit or muriate of potash. If we are fertilizing the grain ciops, and a large number of truck crops, such as cabbage and tomatoes, then we need some ammonia. For all the legumenous crops we need only acid and potash. For cotton, we need a very small quantity of ammonia. If the previous crop was peas or clover or Bermuda grass we do not need any ammonia for cotton or com. But if the land has been badly handled or planted in ordinary crops we will need some. In writing to inquire to fertilize it is T-i?w->occoi-tr tn Hparrihp **Aiir anil Tho soil is the work-shop, and varies too much to enable any one to prescribe for it. FORMULAS. Of course these are merely guid es. You can vary them to suit your circumstances. But they will fit most cases. For cotton: Acid phosphate 1200 pounds C. S. Meal 500 44 Kainit 300 11 If you use muriate, 100 lbs. will do. For corn: * J L .4^ 4 AAA S . ACia piiuspuaie iuw pounds C. S. Meal 600 Kainit 400 44 For grasses, sorghum and all that class of truck crop: Acid phosphate 1200 pounds C. S. Meal 400 44 Kainit 500 * * For melons and fruit: Acid phosphate 1000 44 C.S. Meal 500 44 Kainit 500 4 4 If the previous culture has been good and the soil is filled with humus, then use less C. S. Meal and more kainit. If the soil is worn and washed and thin, and lacks vegetable matter and humus, then use more C. S. Meal. If you wish to use live cotton se 3d then use 2 pounds in place of one o! C. S. Meal. The quantity of any of these to be used depends upon how much crop yo l wish to make and how much money you are willing to invest in the crop. If troubled with weak digestion belching or sour stomach, use Chamberlain's Stomach and Li ver Tablets and you will get relief. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy ; H. C. Rice, Denmark, S. C. ANOTHER COSTLY BLAZE. i: BAMBERG AGAIN SUFFERS LARGE LOSS OF < PROPERTY FROM THE FIRE FIEND. o Four Stores 3urned Last Friday Night?The Cot- b ton Mill Fire Apparatus Prevents Further I Destruction?Total Loss of $10,000. ^ Last Friday night about 11.30 o'clock " our citizens were awakened by the firing * of pistols and shouts of fife. Hurrying out it was found that some parties had ? gathered together a lot of empty boxes, 8 barrels, etc., and made a huge bonfire on * the Fitting School campus. As soon as those who came out saw that it was a false alarm they returned home. About half past one o'clock another alarm was i sounded and this time the people did not 1 turn out promptly, thinking that it was j another false alarm. J We want to say right here that we i trust there will be nothing more of this f kind i& the future, for it does harm. In * this town where we have no fire company * or apparatus for fighting nre, 11 is impor- j tant that citizens reach a fire as quickly 1 as possible in order to save everything possible. They will not turn out promptly if false alarms are indulged in, for they will not know whether it is a real fire or \ not, and mast people hate to leave their ' beds in th<j early hours of the morning. * In some towns giving a false alarm of J fire is punishable by a heavy fine and we t hope no one will make it necessary for i our council to take similar action. In s another column will be found a card ' from Head Master Sheridan in inference to the matter. < The fire was located in the store of 1 Mr. Henry F. Bamberg on Main street, and it must have been burning some < time, for when discovered the adjoining i stores were full of smoke. Nothing in ^ the way of goods was saved from Mr. } Bamberg's store, as well as from the others. Mr. M. Moye's stock was not to- * tally burned, but it is a total loss. He is J a young man just starting in business and < his loss is indeed a heavy one. j Th#> i!?rA ranirilv snread to the other ' * ?~ ~ ?r?v ~x buildings, and those stores several doors J away <iommenced to move out goods. ] The store of Mr. Bamberg is situated in a solid block of seven brick stores, all of * them being one-story buildings, and it j was feared at first that the entire block j would go. After a time, however, the cot- < ton mill fire apparatus was put to work, i and by the hardest sort of work the fire 1 was confined to four stores, being those ( owned by H. F. Bamberg, G. A. Ducker. M. Moye, and D. H. Counts & Co. The mill has recently purchased a quantity of new hose and now has enough i to reach a part of the business section, i and with their powerful steam pump a strong stream was thrown. The using of this hose undoubtedly saved the store of the J. W. Pearlstine Co. on one side and the grocery and meat market of D. W. j Shealy and the barber shop of J. A. Nim- < raons on the other, these being the re- J maining tin ee stores in the block. Between :he barber shop and the store i of A. Rice there is only a small driveway ' and this; small space might have resulted in a further spread of the fire. Several of the stores; on the opposite side of the street had the glass in the large show windows cracked by the excessive heat. The loss in this instance is fully covered by insurance. The Josses are about as follows, al- , though it is impossible to obtain anything like an exact estimate: H. F. Bamberg, i stock; loss $6,000; insurance $3,500. Geo. A. Ducker, stock; loss $1,800, insurance 1 $800.; M Moye, stock of groceries; loss , $3,000; Insurance $1,500. D. H. Counts & Co., stock; loss $5,000; insurance $2,00. , The buildings were owned by Mrs. S. H. Coun ts, Mrs. J. C. Saunders and D. H. < Counts Co. The loss on these is heavy, as there was only $2,600 insurance on the four stores, which were large ones. The stock of the J. W. Pearlstine Co. was badly damaged by moving, and his store was also damaged on the roof. His loss is covered by insurance. The stock of W. D. Shealy was practi- < cally ruined bv water, but he thinks his ] insurance will nearly if not quite cover his loss. His handsome refrigerator was not damaged to any extent. The ] damacre to the baroer shop fixtures ] amounted to something like $100 on ac- ] count of moving, this is also protected by 3 insurance. Taken all together the losses < must be something like $10,000 outside of < the insurance carried. i This is a terrible blow to the business interests of the town, but it is hoped that y the great loss sustained by our citizens t from fire in the last few years will result < in the town establishing a system of water s works. Mr. Ducker with his family occupied < the rear of his store and he also lost most ( of his household goods, the fire being so ( far advanced when discovered that his i family had only time to get out before j the flames came too near. y The fire caught in the rear of Bamberg's i store and from what cause is not known, f The store was closed at about 10.30 t o'clock and there had been no fire in f there all day. Mr. Bamberg's safe door i burst open from the heat ana he lost his y invoices and about $100 in money, but he y saved his books and accounts. Mr. Ducker is crippled from rheumatism and he had nothing in the world but his stock of goods and household stuff. His t loss falls heavily on him, and tjje chari- ] tabic citizens of the town started a sub- i scription list in his behalf early the same ] morning. Most people contributed and s a nice sum was realized which will relieve i his present necessities at least. 1 One on Hoke Smith. "When Hoke Smith was secretary of the Qterior he was especially generous to I Georgians in the matter of department lerkships. It was generally conceded hat around the patent, pension and land >ffice one could not throw a stick without titting a Georgian. Senator Voorhees of ndiana had been trying to place one or wo hoosier constitutents, but failed. One lay the senator came along, whistling t Marching Through Georgia" and keep- 1 ng step to the tune. "What are you < loing that for?" asked Hoke Smith. "Just . :an't help it," said Senator Voorhees. This is just like marching through Geor- 1 da to come through your department." < ie got the appointments that aay.?Kan- ] as City Star. Mr. Garlington Sells Spartan. 1 Spartanburg, Mar. 19.?Mr. J. C. Garl- ' ngton has sold his interests in TheCaro- < ina Spartan and in the Spartan job i irinting business to Mr. Evans J. Lide, lis partner, and will hereafter devote lis time aud energies to perfecting the novement of printing rolls of the Conederate veterans who enlisted and served n the war from this county. Capt. Chas. Petty will resume editorial charge of the japer under Mr. Lide's ownership. Mr. [iiae is a popular young gentleman and vill doubtless succeed in his venture. Abont the Philiunines. The Philippine Islands form a great jroup a thousand miles long, lying be. ;ween the Japanese Islands and Borneo, rhe group is said to contain 2,000 Islands. Of these Luzon in the North and Minianao in the South are much the largest. Like the other Islands of the East Inaies, ;he Philippines are mountainous with nany volcanoes, and are frequently shaken by earthquakes. Along the coast ;he land Is low, flat and often marshy, ivith a wonderfully fertile soil. The year in the Philippines may be iivided into three seasons; the cool, the jot, and the rainy. The winter months, effected by the Northeast monsoon, are tto1 and pleasant. In spring and early summer the Southeast monsoon prevails ind the weather is excessively hot. The late summer and autumn are both hot and rery rainy. In the rainy season typhoons ire frequent. The forests yield valuable woods, fruits md medical plants. On the fertile low ands, rice, sugarcane, manila hem, tobacco, coffee ana many fruits are grown. Hopper and iron ore are abundant in Luton, gold, lead and coal also being found, rhe chief exports are sugar to China and rapan, hemp to the United States and Ureat Britain, and tobacco and cigars to Europe. The native inhabitants are principally Vlalays. Many Chinese have settled here ind control most of the business and in* iustries. There are some Europeans, the arger part of whom are of Spanish descent. The Malays are intelligent but generally unreliable. They work only ivnen they see fit, and in consequence xiuch of the labor is done by the Chinese joolies. These Islands now belong to the United States. Manila, the capitol, is situated on ;he Island of Luzon, and is the largest city and most important commercial cen;re. Iloilo, on the Ii'and of Panay, is an important town. Babnie Habbipon. Manila, P. I., February 4,1904. A Card. Having been asked by several people in regard to the fire on the Fitting School campus last Friday night, I wish to say through the medium of The Herald that no boarding student in our school had anything to do with the fire. It had not been but a few minutes since I inspected, and every student in the hall had retired. I make this statement in behalf of the boys and the school. W. C. Owen, . First Assistant Headmaster. Letter to Bamberg Nurseries, Bamberg, S. C. Dear Sirs: There are these five ways of badness in paint: (1) stuffed-out with chalk, or something like that; (2) bhrytes, better than chalk, but no covering to it; nobody know it's there; (3) benzine in the oil, or water, or other such stuffing, (4) too thin?too much liquid, whatever it is, for the solid; (o) short measure; Now will you buy by the price per "gallon?" We furnish our agents with a state chemist's certificate of analysis that tells what's in Devoe. Yours truly F W Devoe & Co 46 New York. Barnwell Court in Session. Barnwell. March 19.?Monday mark ?d the opening of our March term of :ourt where, as a rule, more causes are beard and disposed of than at any other :ourt of the year. Judge Aldrich, the regular judge, being too unwell to attend, Eon. Geo. E. Prince of Anderson was appointed to fill his place and, already, he las quite won the hearts of the members if the bar as well as the laymen Dy nis jourteousness, prompt rulings, clear and full charges. By Wednesday the criminal causes vere concluded. Two negroes were sent the penitentiary?one for life and the )ther for a term of years. A number were tent to the chatngang. Civil causes are now being heard. ,The )ne that attracted most interest was Creech against Charleston and Western Carolina Railway company. The plaintiff s the sheriff of this county. He boarded i train of defendant company while it vas in motion at a railroad crossing and ,vas thrown to the ground, losing two ingers, suffering several cuts and susaining other bodily injuries. He asked !or #20,000 damages and after a trial of ilrnost three days the jury returned a rerdict for the defendant company. Court vill continue one more week. WORKING OVERTIME. Eight hour laws are ignored by those ireless, little workers?Dr. King's New Life Pills. Millions are always at work, light and day, curing indigestion, biliousless, constipation, sick headache and all jtomach, liver and bowel troubles. Easy, ileasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at J. J3. Black's, Bamberg; H, C. Rice's, Denmark. STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. Heeting Held in Columbia Last Night?State Convention Called to Meet in Columbia on \ ; May 18?Primary for Second Congressional District Ordered to be Held on April 23. Columbia, March 21?The State Dem* jcratic committee met to-night and called ;he State Convention and fixed the date for the primary for the unexpired term of ' | | Congress froni the 2nd Congressional disirict, on April 23. The invitation to hold ;he State Convention in Spartanburg waf ieclined, and the Convention ordered tip , - gal be held in Columbia on May 18. There was a good attendance of members of the committee?twenty-five of the forty-: one members being present. Col Wilie | Jones, chairman of the committee, pte* On motion of Mr. Crews, of Laurens, fwSBM the invitation of the Chamber of Ooni^ifflKj merce, of Spartanburg, that the next State'*' Convention be held there, was declined, i| with assurance of the deeDest annreda* The invitation was declined because of.'.tM. the more central location of Ck>lambia? i||g The claim of Spartanbnrg was not press-| ed, but the invitation was formally pre- 31 : & sented through the secretary of the ChankJ^. J| ber of Commerce of Spartanburg. . | .yMmi Mr. Magill offered the following resolu* tionasto the State Convention, which was unanimously adopted: >11 "A Convention of the Democratic of the State of South Carolina is hereby- ^S^ called to meet in the city of Columbia, at; 12 o'clock on May 18,1904, for the purpose of electing delegates to the National^?|p Democratic Convention and to transact* such other business as the Conventions^ |B| may deem proper. "The county chairmen throughout the>|?\>^ State are hereby instructed to calltogethf-^ 'J?| er their executive committees and ordn^J '4s meetings of the clubs in their respective-.^a:: counties on Saturday, April 23, for purpose of electing delegates to thecoua?^tt? ty conventions to be held on -Mondayj^ ;^ May 2,1904, for the purpose of electfaiy'^yJ delegates to tne state convention, ana State executive committeemen. county is entitled to twice the number efpBJB delegates in this Convention as it bas members of the Legislature." M Upon motion a special committee con* J sistingof the members from the SecondCongressional District was appointed arrange the dates and fix for the prinu^^|9||| in the Second District, to fill the place || made vacant by the death of CoL Croft. M This committee was at work for a long time and finally reported the followii^j^E-^ programme fo$ the primary in the Sec* ^ ond Congressional District: "The com* mittee composed of members represent* -- ppjjp ing the counties in the Second Congresional District respectfully recommend that the first primary for the nomination TjHg of a Congressman to fill the vacancy ex* isting in the 2nd Congressional District, be held on Saturday, April 23, and * second primary, if the same be necessary, ^ ^ be held on Saturday, May 7th; that tfie>qgK| executive committees of the various fl counties composing the 2nd Congression* al District meet at their respective Court .^* Houses on the Tuesday following the J ! primaries to tabulate the votes of the-^fl^ county; that the committee of the State $ executive committe. shall meet on the :isljRs Fridays following the primaries to tabu- ,/;?B laie me vuie auu uwuuo tuo icguiu ui u jggm said primaries. That the county chair' ; men of the counties composing this diSr '4W trict are hereby instructed to assemble their respective executive committees and ' - % make all necessary arrangements for these primaries. The committee farther '0 recommends that the campaign meeting! be held at the Court House county seats i of the various counties on the dates here* ; inafter named: j Saluda, April 5; Edgefield, April, 7} Aiken, April 9; Barnwell, April 12; Bam- fVjjM berg, April 14; Hampton, April 16; Bead!fort, April 19. A sub-committee of eleven, including '/ &?& all the members from the 2nd District and Chairman Wilie Jones, D. J. Griffith, ^ n IT TWo trill anA W JnnM will tftHtl late the vote and declare the result. THE BE8T COUGH SYRUP. S. L. Apple, ex-Probate Judge,Ottawa y?8 Co., Kansas, writes : "This is to say that I have used Ballard's Horehound Syrup "i for years, and that I do not hesitate to recommend it as the best congh syrup I have ever used." 25c, 50c, fl. Dr. Hoover. ^ Cornerstone Laid. The cornerstone of the new graded school building was laid Tuesday after- :?|g noon at four o'clock by Grand Master Jno. R. Bellinger the members of Oman lodge, acting as grand officers. The Masons met in their lodge room and from \ there marched in procession to the build- '^?1 Alter ine masonic ceremonies, urranu ^ Master Bellinger delivered a short address, explaining the custom of laying corner-stones of buildings by Masons. * yM The school children were out in force, and there was a large crowd of ladies and -1p gentlemen present. The present roll of f&gl pupils of the school, along with other articles, was placed in the wall alongside of the stone. The stone is a white marble slab, having on it "1904, Bamberg graded school building. Building committee: C. R. Brabham, chairman, H. C. Folk, E. C. ::Jj Bruce, D. J. Delk, C.B. Free, secretary." "t|| INVALUABLE FOR RHEUMATISM. I have been suffering for the past few years with a severe attack of rheumatism '3 and found that Ballard's Snow Liniment was the only thing that gave me satisfac- y tion and tended to alleviate my pains. J. '/& C. Degnan, Kinsman, Ills. 25c, 50c, $1. Sold by Dr. H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, 8. C.