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; IZI'ZluT"! THE BAMBERQ HERALD. IsPs* j Established 1891 BAMBERQ, S. CM THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1904 One Dollar a Vear || % Cured of a Broken Xeck. James Dunn, a 3eventeen-year-old boy of New York city, has had an unusual expedience, which has made him an obfck jecfc of great interest to the foremost surgeons and doctors in the country. Over six month ago he met with an accident while diving from a pier, and his neck ^ was broken, but owing to the wonderful skill of modern surgery he was saved, and now lives as healthy as any boy. Immediately after the accident he was taken to a hospital, and after the surgeons had ?* Al 12. operated on bis necx, removing uie splintered bone, and dressed the wound the whole upper part of his body, including the neck and head, was placed in a rigid plaster-cast. He was required to remain .this way, with heavy weights attached to his head and feet, and with the understanding that Jhe slightest motion would moan death for him, for five months. Doubtless this taught him a valuable lesson in patience, as well as working a marvelous cure. * A Wonderful Saving. The largest Methodist church in Georgia calculated to use over one hundred gallons of the usual kind of mixed paint in painting their church. ^ They used only 32 gallons of the Longman & Martinet paint mixed with 24 gallons of linseed oil. Actual cost of paint made Was less than $1.20 per gallon. Saved over eighty ($80.00) dollars in paint, and got a big donation besides. ? Every church will be given a liberal *? quantity whenever they paint. Manv houses are well painted with four gallons of L. & M. and three gallons of Unseed oil mixed therewith. Wears and covers like gold. ^ These celebrated paints are sold by Bamberg Pharmacy, Bamberg; J. G. Wanamaker Mfg. Co., Orangeburg. Matrimonial Catechism. When a man marries, has he seen the end of trouble? Yes, but it is usually the wrong end. What is greater than a wife's love? % Her temper. ' Do married women suffer in silence? Yes, they all suffer when they may not talk. When a man says he can manage his wife what does he mean? s He means he can make her do anything she wants to. Is it possible for a married man to be a fool without knowing it? Not if his wife is alive. What is a mother-in-law? See Gen. Sherman's definition of war. How did the western man solve the mother-in-law question? When she came to spend the summer with him, he hired a Christian Scientist to come and give the old lady absent treatment. -? Was it effective? Yes, she went away and never came back. Utter to Prof. N. M. Salley, Bamberg S. C. Dear Sir: You are a teacher: here's one for your boys: If the painting costs two or three times as much as the paint, and one paint goes twice as far as another, how much are these two paints worth ? , If Devoe is worth $1.50 or $1.75 a gallon, how much is the other one worth ? How much is a gallon of paint worth ''anyhow? The answer is: Depends on the paint. The reason is: paint isn't always paint. There are true and false paint and shortmeasure. How much is a short-measure gallon worth? How much is false paint worth? How much is Devoe worth? There are millions a year in the answer to this last one. Yours truly F W Devoe & Co 47 New York. Here is the advertisement of an Atchison store which has "white goods" for sale. Its personal impudence is excused by the originality of the idea: "One of these nights a mouse will gnaw a match on your pantry shelf, dear sister, and the fire will spread until it reaches your room, and you escape with your life, clad only in your night garments. Sueh a spectacular opportunity to create a sensation doesn't occur oftener than once in a lifetime, and how will you meet it? Dear sister, will your night clothes be such that the firemen will want to plunge in the flames and die? Or will you look like the pictures on the billboards?"?Kansas City Journal. 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, Ind., who was entirely cured by One Minute Cough Cure. She says: "The coughing ana 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. "Little boy," inquired the minister, who had called to see the man of the house, "is your father a Christian?" "Yes," replied the boy, "I think he is, but I don't believe he" is working at it these days." "Dad," said little Reginald, "what is a bucket shop?" "A bucket shop, my son," said the father feelingly, "a bucket shop is a modern cooperage establishment to which a man takes a barrel and brings back the bunghole."?Town Topics. THE BEST COUGH SYRUP. S. L. Apple, ex-Probate Judge, Ottawa Co., Kansas, writes: "This is to say that I have used Ballard's Horehcund Syrup for years, and that I do not hesitate to recommend it as the best cough svrup I have ever used." 25c, 50c, $1. Dr. Hoover. 4 New Advertisements. E. C. Bruce. County Supervisor.?No tice to Road Overseers. R. Pearlstine?Shoes. W. G. Hoffman?Marshall's Saratogj Chips. A. H. Strong?Notice. Theodore Kohn?Spring Waists. M. MOTE. See Moye's new ad. With character istic energy he has opened for businesi again in the store next to this office where he can be found until his store is rebuilt. He has received a full line o ffesh groceries, no old goods, and want: to serve you. Telephone connection. J. W. PEARLSTINE CO. See Pearlstine's new ad. Many good: were moved and thereby damaged cLprinj the recent fire, and they are being closec out regardless of cost. Come early anc get first choice. New Church. The building committee of the nev Methodist church held a meeting las Wednesday afternoon at the bank, an< decided to build a church to cost $9,00* approximately. Of this amount $8,200 i in sight, but the committee thought bes not to give out the contract for the erec tion of the church until the full amoun of $9,000 has been subscribed. We trus that those who have not yet contributed will do so at once, as the project no^ depends on the raising of $800 more. If the matter fall9 through now it wil be years before it can ever be resurrected Surely we intend to build a new house o worship, and now is the time to do it The growth of the town and the churc] demands it, and we can do no lesf Branchville, with a much smaller am poorer congregation than Bamberg, wl; soon commence work on an $8,500 bricl church, and will Bamberg people confes that we are poorer than Branchville? Honor Roll for March. We issued subscription receipts to th following persons during the month o March: Dr. B. D. Bronson, J. Wilson Riley, W. B. Moore, W. I. Carter, J. A. J. Rice, Jacob Rentz, Jr. H. J. Brabham, L. ?. M. Smoak, W. B. Clayton, - J. H. Smith, Rosa Breland, Willie Salley, W. H. Collins, M. F. Gue, M. E. Folk, W. A. Riley, Jno. F. Folk, Mrs. Emma Marsh, Thos. Black, John W. Smith, Jno. H.Cope, W. M. McCue, F. M. Bamberg, W. H. Adams, Geo. A. Jennings, D. P. Smith, F. F. Hough, M. A. Moye, A. C Reynolds, J.W.Stewart, W. B. Garrett, J. Eelder Hunter, A. M. Kinard, H. El. Linder, Miss Carrie Bamberg, In Reference to the Picnic. Editor Bamberg Herald:?In las week'3 paper there appeared an iteu stating that the annual picnic would b held at the school house instead of th Clear Pond, on account of the dance. I wish to say the statement is absolute ly false, as no one questipned seems l:< ?now who the "Citizens" are or anythirij about the removal of the picnic from th Pond. The picnic will, of course be: a I the Pond as usual, and the "Citizens1 are cordially invited to attend. H. F. Priester, Owner of the picnic grounds. Clear Pond, March 26,1904. Endorsed by Labor Tote. The Mirror, a labor paper published h Augusta and edited by John Allen Mettt formerly of Edgefield, has the followin: to say in reference to Senator S. G. May field's candidacy for congress: "Hon. S. G. Mayficld, who is a candi date for congress from the second con [ gressional district of South Carolins publishes a very able and manly card i] this issue of The Mirror. It is well wort] reading. Colonel Mayfield appears to b in the lead. His views concerning th production, manufacture and znarketin, of cotton and cotton goods will mee with the hearty approval of the textil workers of the Horse Creek Valley." Go to Frank Bamberg's if you wan the best buggy on earth for the money. The clipping of horses and mule3 ha become quite a fashion in this section. Bran and ship stuff at Rhoad's. Our correspondents are neglecting u sadly these days. We would De glad t< hear from them. That. handsomft fitationerr at, fJ- "F Bamberg's will suit any taste. It mus be seen to be appreciated. A protracted meeting will begin at tfr Baptist church here in a short time. Fur ther announcement will be made later. Work has commenced, on the new build ing for the Yoorhees Industrial School near Denmark, to replace the one des troyed by fire a few months ago. Shoes, made to wear as well as t o sell at W. D. Rhoad's. H. C. Folk is having the walls of hi: burnt store taken down, preparatory t< the erection of a new building. Work 01 it will soon commence, some of the ma terial being already on the ground. I have a big lot of horses and mules 01 hand, and to keep from feeding then over have decided to reduce the price 01 them. Will save any one money win wants to buy. G. Frank Bamberg. The recent heavy rains washed up thi public roads in this county considerably and Supervisor Bruce, in another column gives notice to the road overseers to wan out the hands and put the highways ii condition. | For fine stationery, watches, jewelr and eye glasses, see G. E. Bamberg. Hi" stock is the prettiest ever shown here and the prices are surely right. . A KILLING AT DENMARK. Ot WILLIE LUCAS, A WHITE MAN, FOUND DEAD i IN THE ROAD. th He Had Been Shot to Death, and His Brother-in- Fi law is Held for the Coroner's Inquest? bt The Men Were Together a Short While m Before the Fatal Shot. th Denmark?, Mar. 29.?Mr. I. G. Jennings, er ? who has been with the Bell Telephone St J Company in Alabama since June, return- A: 3 ed home on Friday last for a short stay, accompanied by his wife. Mr. Jennings be . will leave on Wednesday for Savannah, ot t Fitzsrerald, and other points in Georgia, of D w . I in the interest of his company. . in ' Hon. Jas. E. Davis spent several hours eE in the city one day last week. tr The "Western Uunion Telegraph Com- is 7 pany is doing some long and much need- ar t ed work on their line at this place. 01 j The oil mill at this place closed down d? 5 last Saturday for this season, and will cc 3 be generally overhauled, preparatory for in t the fall season. The company will put in a new engine for the ginnery, which will ^ t be a great improvement, as the one they t now have is a second-hand one and in tl very bad condition. Three more new ^ r gins will also be installed, thus increasing ei their ginning plant up to the require- m 1 ments of their trade. di If Candidates are beginning to get pretty V f thick up this way, as it is rumored that r there will be four candidates for magis- al 2 trate, one for sheriff, one for congress, F , one for the house, one for the senate, and ?! 2 perhaps one for solicitor. The more the ^ I merrier. 1C ' Mr. J. T. Fuller, former wire chief of the American Teleohone & TelecrraDh P.1 Company at this place, left for Rich* ^ mond, Va., on yesterday, at which place oi he has accepted a position with the West- ? e em Union. Telegraph Company. Mr. ? and Mrs. Fuller made many friends while Yi here, and we are sorry to lose them. M MURDER OR ACCIDENT? ^ V Last night two negroes coming into town, between the Peterson cottage and G water tank, on the Seaboard Air Line, rs discovered, some one lying in the road, apparently drunk or dead, and reported the matter to Mr. C. H. Hutto, who, upon investigation, found it to be the dead d body of Mr. Willie Lucas, who lived on d< Mr. J. D. Turner's place, just out of ^ town. Upon' further investigation it g( was learned that Mr. Lucas had been 0J murdered by some person unknown. He w was shot in the right breast, the ball go- ^ ing through the body and lodging in the g skin on the opposite side. The coat tb which he wore was burned with powder. Pj ' Lucas wa3 last seen a short while be- ^ 2 fore the killing with Mr. John Love, his r e brother-in-law, recently of this section, e but now of the Blackville section, where SI he lives on Mr. Simon Brown's place. " The negroes who heard the shot saw a w ^ * - * i 'ii _ /I " large man standing oy tne Doay wun a y * mule an i buggy, and it is reported that ^ 8 there is another party v;ho saw Messrs. ^ J Love and Lucas in a buggy just after they ai crossed the railroad track, in about two a hundred yards of where Lucas was killed. r< The evidence against Mr. Love is very strong, and his statements as to his whereabouts are very conflicting. Magistrate S. G, Ray has empannelled a jury and will hold an inquest at five o'clock 1 this afternoon, as Coroner Bessinger is ^ !> sick and unable to attend to the matter. = Mr. Love is in the guard house, awaiting ^ the investigation and verdict of the jury q of inquest. J. Denmark has a council and marshal ^ who deserve credit for the long and much ^ L> needed work they are doing, and it is safe j a to say that if they remain in office one or A k two more terms Denmark will be one of E e the cleanest and neatest towns in the e lower part of the State. The street com- G 5 mittee and Chief Hand keep their eyes on j ;t things, and believe in having everything g e in good shape. There is one thing being J, overlooked, however, that should be en- Jj t forced with a heavy hand, and that is the g vagrant law. These loafing negro men J. s and women should be made to go to work ^ for a living or go on the chain gang, that J they might be of some benefit somewhere ^ s instead of lying up in their houses, steal* M 0 ing chickens, and being fed from* the C , white man's table by those that do work. J J Send them to the chain gang, city fathers, j and stop so much chicken stealing. Hon. Jno. W. Crum, of Orangeburg, is B in town, shaking hands with his many Jfriends. We are always glad to see "Uncle J John." ^ Mr. S. G. Mayfield shipped a car load ? of fine beef cattle to Charleston to-daj. g ? F. G. E. Bamberg's line of jewelry suitable H ' for wedding presents or for personal G adornment is the swellest that ever hit S. s the town. He will be pleased to show J. 3 you the many pretty and useful things he W 1 has. J. ?^ John Lore in Jail. YC 1 John Love, the white man charged 0. 1 with the killing of his brother-in-law, N 1 Lucas, at Denmark Monday night, was J. 3 brought here about, eleven o'clock Tuesday night and lodged in jail. The jury F. e of inquest over the dead body of Lucas placed the crime of the killing on Love, ht We have not heard what testimony was a i offered at the inquest. di I Vf G. Frank Bamberg sells everything se Y under a positive guarantee. He has a cr I very large stock of buggies, carriages, and ci , wagons on hand, and is going to sell them at ' at prices to suit the buyer. C . . :v.... TOO MANY "RAILROAD CASES." | her Business Almost Completely Shutnted Off at the Recent Term of Court in Barnwell. I Barnwell, March 25.?News comes at Mr. S. S. Furse, Jr., son of Mr. S. S. irse, a former citizen of this county, ] it more recently of Savannah, will be a'rried to Miss Mima Clarke Hatch, of at city, on April 5. Mr. Furse is a brothof Lieut. John H. Furse, of the United ? ates navy, serving in the Pacific Ocean, siatic squadron. t Nearly all of this term of the court has sen monopolized by railroad cases; all i her business is so completely shunted f on a switch, so to speak, that lawyers j terested in ether business had but little 3 icouragement to prepare their cases for ial. The roster prepared for the Court ( entirely unjust, and it is a sore griev- j ice that Judges should not try cases in 3 der in which they appear on the calen- } ir, but consider a roster prepared by a ] iterie of interested lawyers, as controllg in the order of trial notwithstanding 3 iat cases may be transposed from the der in which they appear on the calenir. 1 Such administration of the business of ie Courts works hardship on the less :rogant and obtrusive members of the or wim invnriflhlr come in at the tail id of the roster,"although their cases 1 ay, by virtue of their place on the calen- < ir, be entitled to the head of the roster. ( Judges, regular and special, would con- . der, such abuse would cease; for the J imedy could be easily applied, without together doing away with the roster, or instance, the calendar mumbers of ises as they appear on roster are: 34, 94, i, 93,103, 87, 8,106,11, 60,101, 59, 58,90, . \ 89,107,101, 104,15,14, 5,102,53,37,7, ] >9. i The Court of Common Pleas winds up : i Saturday, 26th instant. The last case ied was Eva Williamson, administratrix, ' > Seaboard Air Line Railway, for death ! 'William Way. The other cases tried i ere: F. H. Creech vs Southern Railway < ompanv. Verdict for th6 railroad. Geo. ft. Kirkland vs Charleston and 1 "estern Carolina Railway Company. J istrial. I Wright vs Southern Railway Company. , erdict for the railroad. B. M. Roberts vs Southern Railway ompany. Verdict for the railroad. The cases of Wilson and Duncan against i ilroads were compromised. < A Good Woman Gone. Mrs. Urbanna Rice, widow of the late r. W. B. Rice, died at the family resijnce in the Buford's Bridge section last 1 Monday night. Mrs. Rice had been an tvalid for more than two years, but her , jneral condition was good until Friday : last week, when she became rapidly orse. ( She leaves two sons, Messrs. H. F. and !. N. Rice, and one daughter, Mrs. W. Miley, all of whom were with her at ie time of her death. The burial took lace at Springtown Baptist church this ' Wednesday) morning at eleven o'clock. ie funeral services being conducted by i ev. M. L. Lawson. Mrs. Rice was a remarkable woman, lie was possessed of a strong and vigoras intellect and energy, and was for jars the leader in church and charitable ork in her community. She was a true hristian and bore her long and painful Iness with the fortitude to be expected I such an exalted Christian character, ruly her deeds will live after her, and id many hearts will be saddened beiuse* of her death. To the grief-stricken datives we extend sincere sympathy. April Term of Court. The April term of court will convene ere on Monday, the 11th of next month, adge James Aldrich, of Aiken, presiding, he grand and petit juries were drawn [onday and Tuesday, and are as follows: GRAND JURY. J. B. Gillam, E. P. Chassereau, . O. Simmons, David Barr, . D. Padgett, S. E. Zorn, William George, Henry Planer, . W. Bessinger, L. W. Fender, T, H. Bamberg, L. P. Kinsey, . G. Rhoad, R. M. Sutton, .. J. Sanders, J. H. Kinard, . A. Collins, E. L. Smith. PETIT JURY, FIRST WEEK. . P. Sease, J. F. Brabham, . J. Still, J. C. Folk, Jr. , E. Stokes, J. B. Smoak, en Jones, Isaac Fail, . E. Byrd, I. B. Felder, :>hnH.Barr, J. B. Kearse, !. A. Wright, H. L. Kinard, . A. Ayer, Geo. F. Lightsey, D. Carter, Jr. G. M. Dickinson, r. D. Dyches, W. S. Bamberg, J. Carroll, E. M. Cox, 3hn M. Bessinger, R. W. Kearse, . J. Walker, B. T. Zeigler, J. Ray, R. L Risner, . F. Rentz, J. A. Vernon, C. Gibson, W. B. Moore, . Kirsch, G. J. Hiers, ^ T \AT W i 1 OAn i A. i}S3SSlt, it . TI . 11 uairu, PETIT JURY, SECOND WEEK. A. Bessinger, W. H.Mitchum, E. Felder, C. H. Brabham, ! r. W. Connelly, U. C. Carroll, . C. Free, A. G. W. Hill, . D. Bishop, J. A. Peters, Jr., . Z. Felder, B. F. Free, i , C. Pooser, W. M. Brabham, 1 . E. Gibson, J. F. Rhoad, i eo. W. Goolsby, C. A. Walker, i M. Goodwin, R. W. Warren, s M. Grimes, S. C. Williams, j \ R. Copeland, H. H. Crum, j A. Gillam, R. C. Johns, obert Jones, J. A. Sandifer, < \ J. Kemp, C. P. Free, { . G. Rhode, J. P. Gibson, . W. Sojourner, W. H. Holman, i P. O'Quinn, A. W. Brabham. iVORITE REMEDY FOR BABIES, j Its pleasant taste and prompt cures tve made Chamberlain's Cough Remedy < favorite with the mothers of small chil en. It cures coughs and colds and pre- J ;nts any danger of pneumonia or other rious consequences. It'not only cures 1 oup, but when given as soon as the oupy cough appears will prevent the 1 tack. Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy; H. 1 . Rice, Denmark, S. C. < V COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. ?? i SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. i News Items Gathered All Around . the County and Elsewhere. Colston News. ] Colston, March 29.?We have had ;ome rainy weather in the past week. 1 The farmers around here are replanting 1 heir corn. 1 Mr. Calvin Folk spent Sunday with Mr. ind Mrs. J. H. Smith, Jr. Mr. Charlie Fender's little boys cap- 1 ;ured a beautiful flying squirrel some time igo which they are trying to tame. Mr. J. C. Bishop was out hunting Saturlay afternoon in a little branch near his 1 lome, and some how he lost his balance ind fell in the branch, getting pretty wet intf badly muddied, but not seriously -mrfr Oar school is doing extremely well ?t present. I am glad to note the interest :aken in education by the people of Cols;on. Mrs. J. C. Bishop spent Sunday with Mrs. C. W. Folk. Just as soon as our boys organize their baseball team we want to get a game with the C. F. S. boys, as we think we lan play well enough to amuse them a little. Easter will soon be here. Spelling Being Studied. Denmark, March 27.i?While so much Is being said and written on the subject af spelling in the schools, it is worthy of note that the Denmark schools seem to be giving due attention to this important subject. The regular monthly teachers' mootinfffrtr Hip mnnth. which was held yesterday evening, "was devoted to the question of spelling. The programme as given to your correspondent by Superintendent Owens, is a suggestive one, and proved interesting and valuable to the teachers. Papers, carefully prepared by the several teachers, were read and discussed. The following was the programme: "Spelling?Relative Value of Written and Oral Lessons," by Miss Patillo. "Relative Importance of Sound and 3ight," by Miss Koger. "How a Written Lesson Should be Conducted," by Miss Tew. "How an Oral Lesson Should be Conducted," by Miss Gambrill. Sapper for the Chnrch. The ladies of the Ehrhardt Lutheran church will have a supper on the evening of April 8th, 1904. The proceeds of same to go towards the inner furnishings of the church. All are cordially invited, and any donations towards that end will be thankfully received and appreciated. PftVfVTTfTP Ehrhardt, S. C., March 29, 1904. CURED CONSUMPTION. Mrs. B. W. Evans, Charwater, Kan., writes; "My husband lay sick for three months. Doctors said he had quick consumption. We procured a bottle of Ballard's Horehound Syrup, and it cured him. That was' six years ago and since then we have kept a bottle in the house. We cannot do without it. For coughs and colds it has no equal." 25c, 50c, and $1. Sold by Dr. H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C. Keg was not Deliyered. The other day a drayman stopped at the Cottage Studio in broad daylight with a ten gallon keg and started to unload it, Mr. Alvord chased out and asked the drayman what was in the keg. The drayman looked foolish and said, "I ain't supposed to know. I guess it is the real thing, though. It's got a Government seal on it." "Well, you take it back to the depot hnd tell them they've barked up the wrong tree. Neosho River hydrant water is good enough for Methodists. ,1 refuse to accept it as a gift." The drayman started back to the depot. An investigation revealed the fact that a ruse, much used by some brewery firms is to forward, without order, a keg of liquor, and there is a technicality of the law which compels a man to pay for goods if he permits the goods to be unpacked at his place. The'company takes it for granted that rather than fight the case at the risk of his reputation the consignee will pay for it. It is said this has been tried on several Emporia men who have good names and no more use for whiskey than they have for icicles down the backs of their shirts. The same plan is used by some oil companies. When a barrel of oil is ordered they will duplicate that order, running the chance that the consignee will permit it to be unloaded at his place of. business.?Emporia Gazette. Applicant in the Wrong Room. During the excitement of a pnysicai examination of candidates for places on '< the police force yesterday in city hall, a mild-mannered man wandered into the ' room and somehow got mixed with the ispirants for places on the force. He was ' instructed to remove his clothes partly, < ind in a few minutes he was hard at work with the other men in the room, raising iumb-bells, inflating his chest and under- 1 joing a general physical examination. "Run around the room," he was com- < manded, and, on a trot, he made the circuit of the room a dozen times. Almost out of breath, he stopped then, ind inquired: "Look a' here, what else have I got to 3o to get my license?" J "What license?" queried the surgeon, in 1 surprise. ) "Why, my marriage license. That's 1 what I came in for," was the reply. < "Say," said the surgeon, "you're in the ! wrong room. I thought you wanted to < se a policeman. The license bureau is J lown stairs."?Philadelphia Record. WANTS DOWIE TO LEAV?. ? M \iutralian Premier Fears for "Elijah's" Safety if He Tarries Longer. New York, March 28.?A special from Sydney says that the remarks of John ^ Alexander Dowie, which led to the issu- ^ ance of orders forbidding him to use public buildings, were that "King Ed- '-3 ward will only get to heaven by the skin . of his teeth" and that "nobody imagines that Edward VII has any religion to ^IS spare." The premier followed the action of \M Adelaide's Mayor by ordering that Dowie be kept out of the government buildings. ygl The American consul has been requested ; to persuade Dowie to leave Australia before public irritations culminate in pet- M 3onal violence. Best Yet. The old gentleman was down in the big furniture store. "By the way," he said, just before lear 'f ing, "my daughter has just started to ; have a young man calling, and I suppose I should buy them a pretty sofa to make J| love on." "Yes, sir," responded the suave clerk, "and here is the very kind you need. It is called 'Cupid's Retreat.'" "H'm! What are the good points?" J "Why, in just one year the cover wears ^ off, displaying a card: 'It's Time to Married.' Hard Lack. A Nebraska man mortgaged his fiarm;^^ to buy his wife a pair of diamond ear-^ rings. The wife took in washing to pay<;^M the interest on the mortgage. On the first >*|g job she lost one of the "sparklers" in the^Si suds, whereupon she tried to hang her* self in the barn, but the rope broke'|g 4 and she fell on a Jersey cow worth $160, and broke its back. Her husband theft/?;! ^ undertook to shoot the cow to end its |aBh misery, but the gun burst and destroyed his eyes, and his wife ran away with ?'||j lightning rod peddler. r. Onr BillTille Correspondent , JaV/V Mr. Sam Jinkins happened to the miS-^JS; fortune of cutting his head off Tuesday. Our genial councilman, Mr. "Wither- t field, had two of his legs cut off by a railroad Wednesday. "j The supper for the benefit of the new church steeple was a great success. onlv came out ?40 in debt. - -toIB One of oar leading citizens is spending*||ji? some time in jail, on the the charge of^'4 having thrte or four wives too many. A|| ,4 jury of married men has decided that the '34! man is crazy.?Atlanta Constitution. 4' THE NAME WITCH HAZEL. 'Jm The name witch hazel is much abused. E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago, are inventor* J| .,'1 of the original and genuine witch hazel gaBfe salve. Ceriain cure for cuts, burns, broisea^M ^ eczema, tetter, piles, etc. There are ^ counterfeits of this salve, some of which are dangerous, while they are all worth- ^. less. In buying witch hazel salve see that E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago, is on^^S the box and cure is certain. Sola by Df.li^ H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C. ' . ^ A Remarkable Parent. Lynchburg, Va., March 22.?News has^^B has been received here of the death afrhia4||fl;home, in Campbell county, of WilliaB^B ' Sublett, one of the oldest residents of tM*;^?* section of the State. Mr. Sublett was He was married three times, and was | over 80 years old when he marriedhis las4: j|| wife. There were six or seven children^S; by the last marriage and the youngest them was born after Air. Sublett kiS&sB;? reached the age of 90. This child ia^aS younger than several of Mr. Subletfs ' ^ j great-grandchildren. Mr. Sublett's oldest>&g 'I child is 75 years old. He has tweofcrgig^ children and a host of rrandchildren ana VcsaS great-grandchildren. ^ HAPPY, HEALTHY CfflLDBEN. IS t Any child can take Little Early Risers "i .? with perfect safety. They are harmless, ^ never gripe or sicken, and so certain in results that robust constitutions requiring " drastic means are never disappointed. , They cannot fail to perform their mission and every one who uses DeWilt's Little JfcM Early Risers prefer them to all other)|j Eills. They cure biliousness. Sold by ^ >r. H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. 0, An Effective Defense. JS, A fat old gentleman was bitten in the calf of the leg by a dog,says Tit-Bits. at once rushed to the police and laid a complaint against a man in the neighbor* : hood whom he supposed to be the owner ^|| of the offending cur. The following was; the defense offered at the trial: "First. By testimony in favor of the general good character of my dog I shall ^ prove that nothing could make him so forgetful of his canine dignity as to bite a calf. "Second. He is blind and cannot see to "Third. Even if he could see to bite; -fe-'fiH would be utterly impossible for him to go 1J| out of his way to do so on account of his severe lameness. "Fourth. Granting his eyes and legs to be good, he has no teeth. "Fifth. My dog is always muzzled and chained in the yard. "Sixth. My dog died six weeks ago. "Seventh. I never had a dog." V RHEUMATISM CURED. ' ' William Shaffer, a brakeman, of Denni- ::||j son, Ohio, was confined to bed for weeks with inflammatory rheumatism. "I used manv remedies," he says. "Finally I sent 'i&S to McCaw's'drug store for a bottle of ; Chamberlain's Pain Balm, at which time : [ was unable to use hand or foot, and in ;Vv|j one week's time was able to go to work as happy as a clam." Sold oy Bamberg : Pharmacy; H. C. Rice, Denmark.