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THE BAMBERG HERALD. 1 Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1904 One Dollar a Year f|M IN THE PALMETTO STATE INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN*SOUTH CAROLINA. ? State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Mr. W. J. Fleming, a young man from Charleston, was drowned in the surf at Sullivan's Island last Thursday afternoon. He was about 22 years old. Capt. Edgar A. Sirmyer, who has been sw-immonriant nf Pariptfl at ClpmSOn Col- I lege, has rejoined his regiment at Fort Riley, Kansas. It is likely that Maj. Ezra B. Fuller will succeed him as commandant. Charlie Bundrick, a white farmer living near Little Mountain in Newberry county, committed suicide last Sunday by taking enough laudanum to kill three men. No cause i9 assigned for the act, except that he has been despondent and weak-minded for some months. From Mr. Ray. To the voters of Bamberg county:?I wish to express my thanks and gratitude for the handsome vote you gave me in the recent primary, thereby putting me in the " second race for Sheriff. I earnestly solicit your support in greater measure next Tuesday. I ask your suffrage on my merit, feeling that I am fully competent to discharge the duties of the office in a satisfactory manner. You will find me ready when duty calls, at any hour, day or night, aud should you elect me I shall take pleasure in meeting and greeting you at the office, ready and willing to j give you any information and serve you in any way I can. I shall always look * after your interest and confidently expect - *- *? ? ? ?^ mo . your ueany suppun. x/uu,w luijci next Tuesday. Yours truly, S. G. Ray. John G. Mobley for Railroad Commissioner. The railroad commission has become an office of great importance. Recognizor ing this, we nominate John Glover Slobley, of Fairfield county, for railroad commissioner. He is a lawyer by education, and has been admitted tp the bar of our State. For a number of years he has been engaged in farming and dairy husbandry, and has done mnch to improve the breeds . iag of horses and dairy cattle, He is a practical farmer, thoroughly in sympathy with the agricultural interests, manufacturing and the development of our resources along the lines of industry. He Ifts been conspicuous for his public spirit and untiring energy. Although a mere , boy in '76, he rendered most efficient services to the' Democratic party when radical misrule was overthrown and white supremacy established. He has always tak en an active part in politics, and has ever regarded the interest of a friend as his own: He is a member of the military of the State, and has been connected with the service for many years. He is a director of the State Agricultural and Mechanical society, and has held that position for fourteen years. He is also president of the South Carolina Live Stock and Dairyman's Association. In the legislature, his ability and knowledge of the law and his fairness were well displayed; always courteous, but determined in his support of the right. In recognition of his worth, the legisi ? lature made him a director of the State nlmAct nnanimAnclp TTp pCUltClililQl \ CUUIVOK uu?uiu4wuw?j **w was a candidate in the last election for railroad commissioner, and received a most handsome vote, being third in the V race of ten candidates. At its next ses sf sion the legislature re-elected him a director of the State penitentiary for the second time by an almost unanimous vote. Captain Mobley possesses the golden art of making friends. Courteous in manner, and firm in his character, he would make a popular, as well as a most capable official. He would study the problem of transportation, and do justice without fear or favor. The splendid vote he received in the last election for railroad commissioner warrants his friends in again placing his name in nomination and respectfully submitting his qualifications and his pre-eminent fitness for the office to the people of the State. G. W. RAGSDALE, State Senator. W. J. JOHNSTON, Representative. T. W. TRAYLOR, Representative. C. 8. FORD, Representative. J. E. McDONALD, Attorney at Law, Winnsboro, S. C. J AS. Q. DAYIS, Cashier Winnsboro Bank. J. E. WILLIAMS, Foreman News and Herald, Winnsboro, S. C. H. A. GAILLARD, President Mt. Zion Society * SAMUEL C. CATHCART, Farmer. J. D. McCARLEY. Merchant. ' JOSIAQ J. OBEAR, Druggist. ROBERT W. MATTHEWS, Machinist. THOMAS H. KETCHIN, Mayor of Winnsboro, and member of the State Democratic Executive Committee. JNO. C. BUCHANAN, M. D. J. W. BEAUCHAMP, Granite Cutter. W. M. DAMPIER, Mill Operator. Unanimously Endorsed by the Fairfield County * Democratic Convention. May 2, 1904. Whereas, the Hon. John G. Mobley has r?r?vailed uDon bv his numerous friends throughout the State to enter the t race for .railroad commissioner; and whereas, he enjoys the entire confidence and esteem of all the people of this county, who take pleasure in bearing testimony to his worth as a man and as a citizen ; and whereas, it is believed that if elected to the office he will stand for the rights of the people and for a firm administration of the law; therefore be it resolved: That this convention does hereby en: dorse the candidacy of the Hon. John G. Mobley, and recommend him to the most favorable consideration of the voters of the State. he sold a pile of chamberlain's cough remedy. I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for more than twenty years and it has given entire satisfaction. I have sold a . pile of it and can recommend it highly.? Joseph McElhiney, Linton, Iowa. You will find this remedy a good friend when troubled with a cough or cold. It always affords relief and is pleasant to take. Sold by Bamberg Phar; H. C. Rice, Denmark. F. S. SNIDER KI^TD\ | Fell From a Train Near Fi^ftteville, N. C., Last Saturday Night ! Last Saturday morning Frank S. Snider, a young white man of this place, left Bamberg with the military company to go ^ to Manassas for the encampment trip. He was not a regular enlisted man in the company, but he was carried along as one of the cooks. *? < Nothing was heard in Bamberg about < his death until Monday night, when the ? editor of this newspaper was called up by i ?" 1_: j ?1?J 1 ine State in v_oiumoia anu aaitcu. iw m- formation in regard to F. S. Snider and 1 his death, saying that a press dispatch 1 had been received by that newspaper that s an unidentified man had been killed near i Fayetteville, N. C., and the body was i supposed to be that of Snider As we * had heard absolutely nothing of his death, ' of course we could not give any information. j There was an item in Monday's daily papers telling of the killing of an unknown man near Fayetteville, but no one here had any idea it was Snider. Tuesday a telegram was received here saying that the body had been positively identified as that of F. S. Snider and asking for instructions ss to shipping the ! body. A reply was sent asking that the body be shipped here, which was done, it arriving yesterday morning on the nine 1 o'clock-train. The remains were carried to the home of his parents on Carlisle street, where Rev. M. W. Hook conduct- ; ed the funeral. The interment then took place at the new cemetery. Full particulars in regard to his death cannot De obtained here, but it is suppos- I ed that he fell from a baggage car while the train was moving. One man who ( was in the car reports that he saw a man . lose his hold on the door and fall out near Fayetteville. Snider was in the baggage J squad. The company was in camp in ] Virginia when the news came through a , telegram to Col. Herbert from General , Passenger Agent Craig. He was missing from camp, but it was supposed that he had gotten left at Richmond, and others said Siat they positively saw him at Rocky Mount, beyond the point where the body < was found. There was nothing on the body to identify it, a id all these things ' account for the delay in getting his body home. The best identification was the 1 laundry mark "F. S." on the back of the collar he wore. It is not known here who took charge . of the remains and sent them home, but J it is supposed this was done by the rail- < road authorities. The body was nicely i prepared for burial, and evidently had ; been enbalmed, for it was in a fine state of preservation and the features entirely life like. Every one who saw the body at 1 once identified it as Snider. There was a ] bad bruise on the side of his face and the left hand was wrapped up, it evidently having been hurt. The body was not ex- 1 amined, but all supposed that his neck had been broken by the fall. The train ] had not run over him. He was about thirty years old, and leaves a mother and father and three sisters. ! The Cotton Market. 1 Cotton is coming to Bamberg these days J with a rush, as our buyers are paying the < very highest prices. The receipts last , week were more than two hundred bales, and the price last Wednesday was eleven cents. The market is going down, how- ( ever. This week the receipts were 750 bales, and the price at the time of going 1 to press is 10 7-16 cents the pound. Mr. C. S. McCall, Jr., representing , Sprunt & Co., of Wilmington, N. C., has j returned to this market as cotton buyer. . Our farmers can obtain as high prices here for their cotton as on any market, and ] our receipts should go away ahead of last ( year. FROM 148 TO 92 POUNDS. 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 cured by use of One Minute Cough Cure. She says: , "The coughing and straining so weakened ] me 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 01 tne cougn, strenginenea my. lungs . and restored me to my normal weight, i health and strength.". Sold by H. F. i Hoover. < From Senator Mayfleld. i Words fail to express my gratitude to . the good people of Bamberg county for the very large vote-given me in the recent primary. I carried my home county by a ' large majority, and received a greater proportion of my home vote than either of my opponents did of theirs. I am 1 deeply grateful for this expression of con' fidence from my home people, and I shall try in every way to represent them worthily. t The second primary takes place next j Tuesday, and I ask each man in Bamberg county who takes pride in seeing our county brought to the front to turn out ? and cast a solid vote for Bamberg's candidate. The matter is not one of person- j al feeling, and I lay aside my personality J in asking that this county furnish the congressman. My chances for success next Tuesday * are bright, and with the support and earn- { est efforts of my friends I trust to be victorious. Again thanking you for the handsome vote and confidence shown, I assure you that I shall never forget it while I live, and I ask your most earnest 1 efforts in my behalf next Tuesday. Your obedient servant, S. G. Mayfield. \ WHAT'S IN A NAME? 1 Everything is in the name when it c comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. De- i Witt & Co., of Chicago, discovered some 1 yea:rs ago how to make salve from witch ? hazel that is a specific for piles. For blind i bleeding, itching and protruding piles, f eczema, cuts, bums, bruises and skin t diseases, DeWitt's salve has no equal. 3 Thi3 has given rise to numerous worth- t less counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt's, the 1 genuine. Sold by H. F. Hoover. c COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. 1 SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. c News Items Gathered All Around a the County and Elsewhere. e Colston Echoes. ^ It seems to me that we are having all 1 )f the rain at present. Most of the farm- s jrs down this side are very blue over the i sudden drop in cotton and so much incle- s nent weather, and the present out-look, 1 iccording to the government report, is ? t v...? t rery gloomy ior tne price 10 oe any ucuw > for some time, but we have one great con- (. >olation down here. We, or the most of < us, will have plenty of home-made hog ind hominy for our own use and some for i sale, and with a few old hens and chick- 1 sns we can go on for a while longer. J Mr. J. P. Matheny, of your town, was i in our midst last week, pleading for more 1 eotes this time than he received before. < Mr. Joe Beard has gone to Virginia 1 with the Bamberg Guards to take part in 1 the battle of Manassas. J Mr. W. H. Yarn and mother were at 1 Bamberg on last Thursday. i Mr. W. G. Kirkland^f your town, was ' among his home folks on Sunday last. Mrs. D. B. Black and children, of Wal- i terboro, are spending time with her par- ] ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Ayer, of 1 Clear Pond. ] Miss Rosalie Yarn, of WeimePs, is visiting relatives at Colston and Clear Pond. Mr. J. B. Yarn, formerly of Colston, but now of the town of Bamberg, spent last Sunday at home, or 8*least part of it. Mr. J. M. S'eedly, our efficient mail carrier, and Miss Delia Folk, of Clear Pond, were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony on Sunday afternoon at the borne of Rev. S. P. Chisolm, who performed the ceremony. We extend to them our hearty congratulations. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, September 5.?Harry M. Graham, of Greenwood, was in town one Jay last week. He is as jovial as ever. The Knights had a memorial service in their hall last Thursday night. The hall was tastefully decorated in an appropriate manner for the occasion. Rev. E. M. McKissick made a short talk to the audience and the young ladies and gentlemen assisted in the services by singing the songs selected for the evening. The hall was crowded and all were well pleased with the evening. They were disappointed however, by Mr. Harry Graham's nonappearance. He had consented to make the address for the Knights. C. Ehrhardt & Sons started their gins last Saturday morning and were busy aearly the whole day putting cotton in rv>arlr suapc iui tuv uiaiavb. About one hundred and twenty-five bales of new cotton has been marketed < here in the last three weeks. The staple ! 3f the cotton is as a general thing of poor quality; it is too green to make a good ] staple.. i The Ehrhardt graded school was to commence this morning. i Several of our town's-folks attended the meeting at St Johr.s' church Sunday. < Sunday morning Mr. J. D. Padgett ] alarmed the town shooting at a dog he thought was mad. Shot twice but hit one. How is that for a crack shot? Mr. j J. H. Fender came up Sunday afternoon ] to doctor the same dog. Seems to become disease in the head and not hydrophobia. Had a fine rain Snnday night; some wind. Mr. Joe W. Weimer will return to Feriiandina, Fla., his home, to-day. ?. * < Colston Dots. j Colston, Sept. 6.?We are having | plenty of rain these days. Miss Estella Adams, of Bamberg, is , spending a few days with Miss Lucia ] Clayton. M Mr. J. M. Steedly, of Bamberg, and Miss J Davies Folk, of Clear Pond, were happily ] united in marriage last Sunday afternoon ] it the home of Rev. S. P. Chisolm. We ;xtend them our good wishes, , Mr. B. D. Bishop and sister, Miss Leti- j da, spent Sunday at Mr. Thos. Clayton's. t Mr. Joe Beard left last Saturday for } Manassas, Va., with the Bamberg Guards, j Mr. G. P. Harmon, of Bamberg, was in ( ;his section last Monday. ; We are sorry to note that Mr. G. W. ( 3eard is very ill. We hope he will soon be up again. 1 t A Card. ( To the voters of Bamberg county:? I s ;ake this method to thank my many J 'riends throughout the county for the rery liberal vote I got in the recent pri- 1 nary election. I assure you I appreciate J t. Also to warn you not to notice the lamaging reports that are being circu- * ated against me for the purpose of de- 1 'eating me in the next primaiy. They . ire absolutely false, and I can prove any i md all of them to be false, and if I don't jrove them to any fair-minded man to be ? intrue I will auree to quit the office even ifter being re-elected. Respectfully, , * J. B. Hunter. n praise of chamberlain's cftlic, chol- o era and diarrhoea remedy. s "Allow me to give a few words in r jraise of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera md Diarrhoea Remedy," says, John Ham- p ett, of Eagle Pass, Texas. "I suffered s me week with bowel trouble and took " -1*_f .4. ^44*^^ 1. ill Kinds 01 medicine wimuut geiwug ic- r ief, when my friend, Mr. C. Johnson, a i merchant here, advised me to take this c emedy. After taking one dose I felt g greatly relieved and when I had taken the hird dose was entirely cured. I thank a rou from the bottom of my heart for put- i ing this great remedy in the hands of 1< nankind." For sale by Bamberg Pharmajy; H. C. Rice, Denmark. 6 SOCIAL DOINGS IN DENMARK. rhe Danish Club Entertained by Mr. Neely? Personals and Dance. Denmark, Sept. 3.?Mr. Edward Neely sntertained the Danish club in a novel md most delightful manner Thursday ivening. In the early evening wagons vere sent through the town gathering the lappy couples, and it was three well-filled md merry wagonsful that were driven nto the open country, through woods ind fields, to the beautiful home of Mr. tfeeley. The grove and yard were lighted with Chinese lanterns, and their kaleidoscopic :olors added a peculiar charm to the othjrwise pale moonlight. Mrs. U. G. Milhous assisted in receiving md entertaining the guests, and, though veil entertained, there was an occasional jjlance towards a bright fire glowing in mother part of the yard betraying among ;hem unmistakable signs of expectation* Curiosity was soon gratified, for the guests being invited to cross the yard, found a auge kettle of boiled peanuts?boiled peaauts such as only low-country people know the taste of. After lingering long in merry chatter over the dainty trays in which the peanuts were served, the guests were forced by the approach of the witching hours to bid the host good night. But pleasure's silken net was not snapped ' - ? ? rrrif li until tut iun?, biuw XIUC Jiuuiowaiu, nmu its laughter aud song, was at an end. Those present were: Miss Mary Perry with Mr. Alfred Stcadman; Miss Ethel Rice with Mr. Wade Faust; Miss Kate LaFitte with Mr. Will Rice; Miss Nettie May Rice with Mr. Tom Reed; Miss Dora Turner with Dr. H. R. Tison; Miss Hat* Hie Lee Guess with Mr. Hubert Matthews; Miss Lillian Goolsby with Mr. Jud Mat;hews; Miss Bessie Reed with Mr. Harry Felder; Miss Maude Metz with Mr. Charlie Rice; Miss Edna Steadman with Mr. WagnerGyles; Miss Dorris Goolsby with Mr. Rupert Felder;Miss Christine Riley with Mr. Attacus Neeley; Miss Myrtle McNeeley With Mr. Algernon Guess; Miss Nellie Rice with Mr. Herman Walker; Miss Livy Ray with Mr. Ruby Gillam; Miss HattieNewsom with Mr. JohnBooz?r; Miss Mattie Newsom with Mr. RanJal Gillam; Miss Sarah Odom with Mr. R'alker Sojourner; Miss Emma Belle Metz with Mr. Ralph Goolsby; Miss Edith Rice with Mr. Kennerlv Mayfield; Miss Mice Sojourner with Mr. Chester Matihews; Miss Maggie Steadman with Mr. Ed. Neely; Miss Johnella Inabinett with Mr. Charles Spann; Miss Coline Inabilett with Mr. Cecil Crum; Miss Sarah Riley with Mr. Cannady; Miss Carrie Riley with Mr. A. J. Crews; Miss Sallie Williams with Mr. Fred Turner; Miss Mozel.leKearse with Mr. Wesley Crum; Mr. and Mrs. George Turner, Mr. and Mrs. ,T. D. Milhous, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Wyman, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sturgeon, Mr. a ad Mrs.Brux. Miss Edith Rice was at home to a number of her friends of the younger set Wednesday evening. An enjoyable dance was given Tues3ay evening in the town hall by the gen;lemen of the town in honor of the visiting young ladies. Mr. Fred Turner left Thursday for New York, v/here he goes to accept a portion with a telephone company. Miss Sallie Inabinett is spending the month in New York. Mr. Harry Felder left Monday for a few week 3' trip to Washington and Philadelphia. Miss Mary 6. Inabinett is in St. Louis. Miss Mary Perry, who has been the guest of Miss Dora Turner, returned to her home in Columbia Friday. Mhises Mattie and Hattie Newsom, of Williston,are guests of Mrs. Matthews. A Friend in Behalf of Mr. Bay. Editor The Bamberg HeraldI was extremely gratified at the hearty support given S. G. Ray for Sheriff in the recent primary. He is worthy of the office, and the people of Bamberg county will make no mistake to elect him. He is a man, every inch of him, and will fearlessly do his duty, no matter what the emergency, pet lie will exercise judgment and not be unnecessarily harsh. No better man can he found for the place, and I hope to see him elected. Shannon Ray comes of good stock, is entirely competent, and his administration will reflect credit upon himself and the county. He is energetic and faithful, ind even the smallest details will be carefully looked after. There will be no jriminals eticaping from him, for he will >e at his post of duty when a crime is committed. There are many reasons for his election, 3Ut I will not discuss them at this late lay. But I do want to say that the pressnt incumbent has held the office ever lince the county was created (eight years) tnd if you elect him this time it means hat he will hold one omce twelve years, vhich is, in my opinion, entirely too long md is not Democratic doctrine or cusom. He himself recognized this, I sup>ose, for four years ago he said he would lot run again. Vote for Ray and you will not regret t. He is the man for the place, and I >elieve onr people realize this and that he rill be elected by a large majority next ruesday. Friend. Letter to N. B. Felder, Bamberg, S. C. Dear Sir: The way to buy paint is to jo by tbe name. There is a name never een on sham paint or weak paint or shortueasured paint: Devoe. There are a hundred different names in >aint. Some are sham; some weak: ome short-measure; and some all three. If there is another such paint as Devoe ead-and-ziuc, we don't know it. There ,re a few fsirlv good paints; a few; only ine Devoe. A gallon Devoe is worth a ;allon-and-a-half of those few. Mr. Aaron Higgins, of Plainfield, N J, Iways used 15 gallons of mixed paint for lis house. Last spring he bought 15 galons of Devoe and had four gallons left. Yours truly 0 F. W. Devoe & Co THE CARLISLE FITTING SCHOOL The Work it is Doing and the Many Advantages < Offered Students. Parents of Bamberg, have you a son or daughter old enoueh for school? Do you ! wish that child educated? Is he worth * educating? Do you want to see him enter 1 life prepared for the highest and best? If ' so, let us talk honestly and seriously to- < gether for one moment. < You wish for your child the very best i intellectural development. But that is not all. You wish your child to receive < the very best moral and spiritual training as well as the best intellectual training, i Every true parent should desire this. Now where can you send your child to receive < this training? The Carlisle Fitting School located in nnr midst, a. school nnHpr the control of Wofford college and bearing 1 the name of that pare, noble, school teacher, Dr. James H. Carlisle, can furnish this sort of education for your boy or girl. Every professor in this school is an active christian, the moral influence is all that consecrated, scholarly men and quiet, gentlemanly, christian students can make it. Do you know that this school prepares for the sophomore class of Wofford College? Do you know that you can keep your child under your own influence, have him near you, and at the same time have him receive the best Freshman class training? Do you know that the Postsenior class of this school almost teaches evervthing taught in the sophomore class of Winthrop college? If not, examine the catalogues of each institution as we have done, and you will see that in English, History, Mathematics, and Latin, the same text books, (almost in every instance) or their equivalent, used in the Freshman and Sophomore classes of Winthrop college are used in the Senior and Post-senior classes of the Carlisle Fitting School? We merely mention this fact to show the work done by this institution in our midst, and not because we have one word to say against the great work Winthrop College is doing. Before sending your child away from home examine into these facts. All things being equal, every loyal citi zen of our section of country should support our own institution. A certificate from our school enters a student into col- ' lege without examination. This school is the pride of our town, and we must support it loyally. Examine carefully every claim of this school, write to Headmaster Hugo G. Sheridan for further information, and we feel sure that no one who decides to support this school will ever regret having done so. Note these advantages: Admits young men and young ladies. Best instruction at lowest possible cost. Home life of boarding students?teachers and matron live in the boys' and girls' home. Headmaster lives on the campus. Thorough work in the class room and supervision by teachers during study periods. Music department in charge of a competent teacher. Literary societies in handsome halls for boys and for girls. An excellent library of 800 volumes well selected. A flowing well of pure artesian water on the campus?no other water allowed our students. Excellent health?fine church facilities. Bearding departments newly painted and furnished. Fine buildings and ample play ground. Certificates of graduation given to all students completing successfully the PostSenior class. Our certificates give entrance into the Freschman Class or Sophomore Class of our colleges without examination. Our course of study provides for those young people who cannot hope to get a college diploma. Our graduates find qo difficulty in obtaining good positions as teachers. They are always in demand. School session begins September 21st, 1904. Cards of Thanks. I am very grateful to the voters of Bamberg county for the magnificent vote given me in the recent primary, thereby electing me to the House of Representatives at the head of the ticket. I shall always appreciate this token of esteem, ancl shall endeavor to uphold the honor and dignity of my county in the legislative hails. I thank you most sincerely and duly appreciate the honor and trust reposed. J. S. J. Faust. I wish to express my thanks to the voters of Ehrhardt and Kearse for my re-election as magistrate. I am especially proud of your confidence and esteem, and no honor that is ever conferred upon me will be more highly appreciated. You have endorsed my administration, and I shall endeavor to merit your well-done. Again I thank you. Yours truly, * J. C. Copelasd. The people of my native county have honored me by giving me the only office I ever asked for. I am proud of your confidence, and I shall endeavor to make a good magistrate. My vote was a highly flattering one, and I shall try to repay in part the debt I owe my people by a faithful discharge of the duties of the office. I thank you for your votes and will give you my best service. Sincerely, W. R. Weight. To my many friends who gave me such hearty support at the recent primary, I 1 desire to express mv many thanks for the [ kind courtesies; ana to those who opposed ' me I entertain the" kindest feeling, believ- j ing that in so doing they sought to serve their country to its best interest. I accept ! the verdict and bow in humble submission to the sovereign will of my people, B. w. Miley. Only a few words to thank the voters for their support and confidence. The 1 fact that I had no opponent is sufficient ] proof that I have conducted the office of Clerk of Court in such manner as to win t the approval of the people. I am there ready as alwaysgo do anything I can to ( accommodate you, and my people will always find a hearty welcome awaiting s them at my office. C. B. Free. Have your photographs made while W. A. Reckling, Columbia's finest photogra- 1 pher, is in Bamberg. He will be here ] Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur- , day, September 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th. He guarantees satisfaction and does first- class work. I \ , .. v . - ' ' - - - - r - . l--t Vr SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 3 Centennial Celebration, January 10, 1905.?History Before the War. The centennial of the opening of the South Carolina college will be celebrated 'i-ijjSjg on the 10th of January, 1905. The cen- 3pfll tennial of the chartering of the College was celebrated December 19, 1901, In Charleston, during the Exposition. The chief object of this celebration, as empha3ized at the time, was to lead up to a .' worthy celebration of the true centennial y of the life of the college in January, 1905, when it is expected that hundreds of - pIBfa alumni from all parts of the country will be present in Columbia to signalize one of the most notable events in the histoiy "^H The establishment of a State College, conceived by John Rutledge, was recom- ' mended to the legislature by Gov. John Drayton, in November, 1801, and waa H. W. DeSaussure^ afterwards Chaifce^ ldr, and until his death, in 1830, a bulwark- -jjafffl of strength to the South Carolina college. The Governor, in his message, referredV>;f^^^ the advantage of an institution supported by public funds: "the means could not wanting of inviting and providing learned and respectable professors in the various branches of science," and the^3$|g need of a common center of education in -3 the State: "The friendships of young men would thence be promoted ana strength\3|?^i^ ened throughout the State, and our poUtv^'^|n ical union be much advanced therebv.n ^S[vS| The "character" of the college, ratified December 19, 1801, bears the pie title, "An act to establish a college at, ;J|..jf|S Columbia," and is signed, "John Watdj^-^M f(resident of the Senate," "Theodore Gail-^Kj^S ard, speaker of the House of Representa-lsghjM tives." The object was thus set forth the preamble: "Whereas, the proper edn>^ cation of youth contributes to the perity of society, and ought always to bei|K|9[ an object of legislative attention; and:|nl? whereas, the establishment of a college i the central part of the State, where ml its~^^H youth may be educated, will highly prcK<3?ySB mote the instruction, the good order and ^K^M the harmony of the whole community.^JRI^gH The chief provisions of the act were "tne-^R^aB following: "That his excellency the G^-^h ernor, his honor the Lieutenant-GoveraordS ^H the honorable the president of the SenateS^aMM and the speaker of the House of Representatives, the honorable the Associatetr4MSWi Judges of the Court of Equity, shall bei-'W^jffl ex-officio, together with Gen. Charles C. Pinckuey, .H. W. DeSaussure, Thomas Taylor, the Rev. D. E. Dunlap, the Rer.^at^H Mr. John Brown of Lancaster, WadejlwialB Hampton, John Chestnut, James B. Rich-'i '<ga| ardson, Dr. Isaac Alexander. Henry Dans?5M2iH Ward, the Rev. Samuel W. Yongue, WU-JgfjgS liam Falconer, and Bartlee Smyth." "The trustees of the South Carolina CoUe^*ttj9||H| and shall draw "out of the treasury this State the sum of fifty thousand doL^B^W lars, to be appropriated to the purpose of erecting a building of brick or stone, andJ^xlgS covered with tile or slate, suitable to theH accommodation of the students of the saidk'^ .^H College, and suitable for fully carryingon the education of the said students, anafor the erection of such other buildings as may be necessary for the use of the said'^^H college." The comptroller is authorized ? "to pay over to said trustees the sum of six thousand dollars, yearly and everv-^ar^^ year, to be appropriated to the purpose of ^ paving the salaries of the faculty of said college, and for the further support^! of the same." "That the said .trustees, with the concurrence of the commidttonrlJmjiW ers of Columbia, shall be empowered to/jfafjH make choice of any square or squares,syet "iffBal unsold, in the town of Columbia, for purpose of erecting said-college, and the ;3jPfH buildings attached thereto, having strict 3 1^9 reference to every advantage of conveni- ^l f^H ence necessary for such institution." With these small beginnings but exalted aims the college was opened uary 10,1805, with the President and one . ^ other professor (two more professors be? ing secured during the session), and with a few students, numbering in six months twenty-nine. The first student enrolled 7m was William Harper, afterwards the dis?^|9gfl tinguished Chancellor, and the first grad-^^^pl uated (in 1806) was Anderson CrenshaWrS|^^ of Newberry county, afterwards the dis-'^^a^ tinguished Chancellor of Alabama. Thejan^jra President, from 1804 to his death, in 1820, was Jonathan Maxcy, a native of Massa-' -^ vJaj chusetts, who, at 24, was President of,.;*Js>|s?| Brown University, and later succeeded Jonathan Edwards as President of Unio$-j|?9|| college, filling each presidency with liant success, and still ranked by each in- 3?||J stitution as one of its greatest presidents, -rag He was a Baptist preacher, and already uat the North he was recrarded as unriv aled iu the pulpit." His students, Petti- >JSJS gru and O'Neal, in after years,pronouno- Bag ed him the greatest of orators. Themonument standing in the center of the college campus was erected to his memory ;||H| by the Clariosophic society. Up to the war the histoiy of the college ;V;|S?g and the history of the State were one; during that brilliant half-century almost -wl all the distinguished,men of the State and raylll many of the leaders of the Southwest ? -sjg were graduates of the South Carolina Col- ; ^ <-'j lege, Congressmen, Senators, ^dges, ; '^^ Governors. When the war came, students ^ - M and alumni rushed to the defense of their M -\o State, and whether from South Carolina or from other States, eighteen of her al- ^^'?5 ni rose to the rank of general. All know; Jjj Hampton and Butler and Mart Gary and John Bratton. T. M. Logan and A. C. j?S'|? Haskell divided the honors of the class of I 1860, and in less than four years commanded regiments or brigades. The academies whicn then flourished in the State were founded by alumni of the college, md one of the youngest of these before ^ the war is to-day the revered nestor of ' rgjjtM the profession, Dr. James H. Carlisle, of The Candidates. In the second congressional district the race is between S. G. Mayfield and J. 0. In the race for railroad commissioner ;he candidates are Jno. H. Earle and Jno. ll8^ In the sixth congressional district a fJjjP second race is on between J. E. Ellerbe . md J. W. Ragsdale. ^ In county politics the race for Sheriff is -4^8 jet ween J. B. Hunter and S. G. Ray. For Probate Judge G. P. Harmon and J. P. T^|S ttatheny are contesting, and J. D. Milions and J. A. Walker are the candidates for magistrate at Denmark. - ^