The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 13, 1905, Image 1
THE BAMBERG HERALD.
Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1905 One Dollar a Year
IN TBE PiiSEITO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Pungent Paragraphs About Men .
and Happenings.
The third regiment of infantry will go
into camp at Columbia on Tuesday, July
18th. The regiment will be in camp
seven days.
Revenue officers destroyed a moonshine
still in Greenville" county last
week. These moonshine distiller > will
be in clover when the dispensary ;.s voted
out of that county.
\ A meeting was held in Saluda last
week to take steps to vote the dispensary
out of that county. Petitions will be circulated
asking that an election on the
question be ordered.
The recent term of court in Aiken cost
nearly $1,000. and yet only five cases
were tried. There are 17 persons in jail
awaiting trial. This is certainly expensive
justice, about $200 for each case.
The 8outh Carolina Press Association
T is in session this week at White Stone
Springs. A trip is being arranged for
the editors to the exposition at Portland,
Oregon. If a sufficient number will go to
o make up the party, they will leave
August 1st
Ben Bennett, white, and Sam Jenkins,
a negro, escaped from the Hampton
county chaingang last Saturday. Bennett
& the white man who killed his wife
;> while on a visit home after having been
pardoned on condition that he stay out
of the State.
A negro tenant house on the plantation
of P. L. Cannon, near Vance, Orangeburg
county, was burned one night last week.
: The house was occupied by a negro
woman and her two children. The woman
and one child escaped, but one perished
in the flames while the other was badly
burned.
i;, W. J. Rollins, a white man, dropped
dead at Lucknow, Kershaw, county, last
Thursday. He had a dispute with Magistrate
L. H. Peebles and went on to a well
- v to get a bucket of water. While at the
well he fell and died instantly. It is supy
posed the excitement caused "by the dis:
pute affected his heart.
C. A. Kelly, a young white man about
22 years old, attempted to commit suicide
at his home in Columbia last Saturday by
r. drinking a bottle of laudanum. He did
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would not allow him to whip one of the
; younger children. A physician was summoned
and his life saved, although he
l fought violently.
PROPOSED IN HIS SLEEP.
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That b the Defense a Young Man Makes to a
Breach of Promise Suit
|p:' If Miss Katherine Rippin, a pretty
young school teacher of Bordeaux, Wyoming,
executes her threat to sue Simon
Brandt for breach of promise Brandt will
go into court and defend the suit ou the
ground that to his knowledge he never
? made a proposal of marriage to MissRipv:
pin, and that if he did propose to her he
- did it when asleep, and therefore is to be
jM. held neither to a moral nor a legal ac
countability for his act.
J The suit promises to be one of the most
singular and interesting ones of its kind
in the history of the jurisprudence in the
5 west.
Brandt is a ranchman, well to do, good
looking, intelligent, and one of the best
horsemen in the region.
I?i86 Rippin has secured legal advice,
and the case will soon come to trial.
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j| a proposal of marriage to her and that j
she promised to marry him one night last
winter when he called on her and sat up
with her until after midnight.
Brandt will admit that he spent the
eyening in question with Miss Rippin and
sat up with her until after midnight.
But he will deny that he ever consciously
made a proposal of marriage to her. He
will seek to show by witnesses that ever
since he was a boy he has been addicted
to the strange habit cf talking, walking
and doing many other strange things in
his sleep, and that what he said and did
in his sleep he never was able to recall
after he awoke,
r They will testify that they have known
him to suddenly fall info a sleep, or a
'.mental state resembling sleep, when
sitting up in his chair, ana in his sleep to
carry on an apparently rational conversation,
and then to wake up wholly unconscious
of and utterly unable to recall a
word that he had said.
Always Liberal to Churches.
Every church will be given a liberal
quantity of L. & M. paint. Call for it.
4 gallons Longman and Martinez L. & M.
print mixed with 3 gallons linseed oil,
will paint a house. W. B. Barr, Charleston,
W. Ya. writes, "Painted Frankenburg
block with L. & M. ' .ands out as
though varnished." Wears and covers
like gold. Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for
linseed oil, which you doinready-for-use
paint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel at
?? ??- onH miV it. with T. &
OU C6UU> pCl gaiivu uuu * l(
M. paint It makes paint cost about $1.20
per gallon. Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy.
* "Now," said the magistrate, "you must
testify only to what you know; no hearsay
evidence."
; "Yes, sir," replied the female witness.
"Now, then! what's your age?"
"I?er?won't tell you. I have only
hearsay evidence on that point."
A SURPRISE PARTY.
A pleasant surprise party may be given
to your stomach and liver, by taking a
medicine which will relieve their pain
and discomfort, viz: Dr. King's New
Life Pills. They are a most wonderful
remedy, affording sure relief and cure, for
headache, dizziness and constipation.
At all druggists in Bamberg; Felder and
Matthews, Denmark. Price 25c.
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$1,600.00 MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS.
Dispensary Inspector Clarence L. Brown Finds
large Sum Missing.
A very peculiar story became known
yesterday when it was discovered that a
few days ago Dispensary Inspector Clarence
L. Brown mysteriously lost over
$1,600, which he received from a county
dispenser to make up a shortage in the
man's accounts.
Inspector Brown went to Charleston a
few days ago, according to his statement,
and in the course of his duties went to the
general dispensary of S. S. Matthews and
checked up the books. He found the dispenser
$1,648 short in his accounts and
asked for payment of that amount. He
was given a check, and one of Matthews'
clerks went with him to the bank to get
it cashed. The money was obtained at 2
o'clock in the afternoon and Inspector
Brown came to UoiumDia on tne aiiernoon
train. Dispenser Matthews accompanied
him. Mr. Brown would make no statement
concerning the reason why the dispenser
came, but it is probable from what
can be learned that he held that the shortage
did not exist, and so came to consult
with Commissioner Tatum.
Mr. Brown says that he parted with
Matthews at Branchville, the dispenser
going to Columbia and Mr. Brown to
Barnwell, his home. Arriving there he
found that his bankbook, in which were
the greenbacks, had disappeared. Not
alone had the money which he had collected
disappeared, but also abo^ut $500,
some of which belonged to the dispensary.
He came to Columbia the next morning
and reported the loss. Inspector Brown
is a bonded officer and when his friends
learned of his predicament they made up
the amount lacking and it was paid in to
the dispensary's funds, pending further
investigation.
When the facts in this case were heard
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Charleston correspondent and instructed
him to investigate the matter. Late last
night the following dispatch was re.
ceived:
Dispenser Matthews was seen by The
State's representative this afternoon and
asked for a statement about the shortage.
He stated at first that he knew nothing
about the matter, coupling the remark
with an inquiry whether Inspector Brown
had charged him with being short in his
accounts. Showing no disposition to dis*
cuss the matter, Dispenser Matthews was
asked if he had ever been robbed?which
might account for the shortage?to which
he replied: "I know nothing at all about
the matter." He later said that he preferred
to say nothing, but when told that
he would be quoted in this way, he added,
"I think it best."
A member of the county board of control
was seen about the story and he said
that while he had heard the rumor of a
shortage, he could say that the board knew
nothing about it officially. "The stock is
regularly taken and the reports sent to
Columbia," he said, "and any shortage
which might occur would be discovered
through the inspector's examination.
If such a discovery has been made, no report
of it has been received by our board."
Mr. Brown could not be found until
late last night and would make no statement
regarding Dispenser Matthews' visit
to Columbia. Commissioner Tatum was
likewise taciturn. It is almost certain>
however, that the dispenser came to the
city to deny the shortage. He had a receipt
from Mr. Brown.
The story is a very peculiar one and1
will be investigated to the bottom. There
have been rumors of a shortage in Charleston
for some time, but it was learned last
night that they could not be confirmed.?
The State, Thursday, July 6th.
Tom Reed in Search of a Collar.
Among the prominent men of New
England there was none, perhaps, who
wore a larger collar than Tom Reed.
One hot day in the summer of 1901, Reed
was in Portsmouth, and, having to wait
over for a train, he decided to make an
impromptu toilet, changing his collar, etc.
So he hied himself to the nearest haberdasher's
and began a general survey of
the collars displayed in the store.
"Waited on, sir?" queried one of the
clerks.
"Not yet," responded Reed, and then
added, "I would like a collar."
"What size?" piped the clerk.
"Size 20," answered Reed.
"We don't keep collars so large, but I
think you may be accommodated at the
store just around the corner."
Reed found the store around the corner
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LU UC a iiaiUCdd Oliver?i/vovvu
If you want a higher grade buggy
than you can find elsewhere, call at u.
Frank Bamberg's.
THE DIAMOND CURE.
The latest news from Paris, is, that they
have discovered a diamond cure for con-,
sumption. If you fear consumption or
pneumonia, it will, however, be best for
you to take that great remedy mentioned
by W. T. McGee, of Vanleer, Tenn. "I
had a cough for fourteen years. Nothing
helped me, until I took Dr. King's New
Discovery for consumption, coughs and
colds, which gave instant relief and
effected a permanent cure." Unequalled
quick cure for throat and lung troubles.
At all druggists in Bamberg; Felder &
Matthews,Denmark. Price 50c and$1.00,
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
COIINIRy NEWS LETTERS.
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the Coanty and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, July 10.?Mr. \V. P. Pate's
mother, sister and brother have come to
live with him.
Mrs. Franklin, Mr. B. B. Hutson's
sister, moved to her home Saturday.
About two hundred bales of cotton
changed hands on our market last week
at from 10 to 10?.
Mr. H. A. Hughes and his brother, Mr.
E. E. Hughes and wife, have gone on a
visit to their brother, Marion, who lives in
Georgia.
The darkies in this section have organized
a K. of P. Lodge at this place. They
were out all night. Consequently work
was shut down several days. We don't
have any objection to the darkies having
lodges, etc., provided they don't let it
interfere with their work, but can't shut
down works for such institutions; the expense
is too great.
Mr. H. K. Moore, wife and son, of
Charleston, S. C., are spending sometime
with their uncle, F. T. Moore.
Mrs. J. C. Westerlund has gone for a
rest and to visit relatives and friends in
Charleston for a while.
Mr. L. W. Ritter was in town last week
and reported a bug of some kind with
plenty of get up about it killing his cotton
by the acre. Says the bug cuts the roots
under the ground and in this way it is
hard to get at. Says he has sent some of
them to Atlanta, Ga., to find out what
they are, as he can't name them, but, like
Uncle Josh says, they are '"purty things."
Had several small showers lately but
not enough to lay the dust a day at the
time.
Mr. Jones W. Lane, of Fairfax, S. C.,
and Miss Lizzie Padgett, of Ehrhardt, S.
C., were married at the Lutheran parsonage
by Rev. P. E. Monroe. The marriage
was rather unexpected.
Watermellons are getting plentiful,
chills and fever next.
There is a new store to go up in town
soon. Plans are under preparation now
for same. Jee.
If you want a higher grade buggy
than you can find elsewhere, call at G.
Frank Bamberg's.
Denmark Doings.
Denmark, July 11?Mrs. Berta Sturgein
is spending some time in Sumter
with friends.
Miss Inez Zorn left several days ago to
enter Osborne's college for a business
course.
Mrs. Ida Hand and children, of Bamberg;
spent several days in town last week
with friends.
Mrs. Edwin Connor, of Eutawville, and
Miss Maud Williams, of Pineopolis, are
visiting Mrs. J. Arthur Wiggins.
R. C. Hardwick, Esq., went to Augusta
several days since to take in the picnic at
Lake View.
Miss Azuba Darby, of Charleston, is
Tricitin or Mr? RDM ftnpss
Several car loads of mellons have been
shipped from here in the last few days. It
is said that the prices are low.
R. C. Hardwick, Esq., went down to
South Hampton some days since on professional
business.
Mrs. Georgie Izlar and little Laura, who
have been spending some time with relatives
in the city, returned to their home
in Ocala, Fla., last week.
Mr. W. H. Faust's new brick store
building on Palmetto Avenue is nearing
completion.
Miss Mozile Humphrey,of Waynesboro,
Ga., is spending some time with relatives
in the city.
The Fourth passed off very quiet here,
some went to picnics and some to barbecues
and report a pleasant time.
Mr. Alzie Guess, of the Citadel, Misses
Bessie and Annie Mell Reed, of Columbia
Female College, and Miss Hattie Lee
Guess, of Converse College,have returned
home for their vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hardwick, Mrs. G.
H. Hope and children, spent the fourth in
Blackville, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. Carroll, where a family barbecue
was given, and the good things for the
innerman were numerous and plentiful,
and it was the good fortune of your correspondent
to be present and what he
did for barbecued pork is hard to tell. It
was the best that I have ever had the
pleasure of eating, and am longing for the
day to come for another such.
Mrs. D. S. Hartzog and daughter, Miss
Laura, have been spending some time
with friends and relatives at Hilda.
Miss Owens, of Allendale, is spending
some time with relatives at Rice's Hotel.
We are having some fine rains now and
hope that there will be big improvement?
in the corn crop.
R. C. Hardwick, Esq., returned several
days since from Virginia and North Carolina
where he has been on professional
business.
Mrs. D. S. Hartzog returned from
Augusta last week where she has been <
spending some time with her daughter,
Mrs. Charley Panknin.
Alleudales 2nd nine has arrived in the '
city for a game of ball with Denmark's (
2nd.
Chaplain E A.Horton, of the Massachusetts
legislature, told a story about a long- '
winded member of that body. The legis- ;
lator was delivering a political address in
a town not far from Boston, and the
village.folks gathered in the town hall to :
hear it. i
"He had been speaking quite a whilo,"
said Dr. Horton, "when finally an old
Scotchman arose and walked out of the
hall. At the door one of his countrymen (
was waiting with his hack to drive the 1
| orator to the station. j
" Is he done yet, Sandy?' asked the
Scot on the box.
"The old man turned about. i
" 'Aye,' said he, he's done lang ago,but i
he will na stop.'" s
TEN CENTURIES IN A PRISONNegro
Sentenced to a Thousand Year Term in
Texas for Attempted Assault
A sentence of ten centuries, or 1,000
years, in state's prison, has been pronounced
upon Lee Robertson, a negro
laborer of "Waco, Texas, who attempted
to assault Mrs. Alonzo Robinson, wife of
his employer.
Mrs. Robinson's husband was absent at
the time and resisting the attack her scalp
was badly torn and one hand was bitten
to the bone. The jury could not assess
the death Density, as the deed was not
accomplished, but, there being no limit as
to the time he might be given in the
penitentiary, the court made it ten centuries
and one day over.
The negro asked the court to pass
sentence in order that the term might
begin at once.
The staff of a certain Brooklyn hospital,
according to the New York Sun,
has a story too good to keep.
The other evening a voung man rushed
in asking excitedly "for'Mrs. Brown.
"Mrs. Brown? Mrs. Brown?" replied
the puzzled official. "We haven't any
Mrs. Brown here."
"Why, you must have, for I just got
home and found this note from my wife
on the table."
The physician took it and read:
"Dear Jack: I'm so sorry not to be here
when vol get home. I have gone around
the comer to have my Kimono cut
out. Come around when you get home.
Alice."
Didn't Get the Chance.
A quack doctor whose treatment had
evidently led to the death of his patient
was examined sternly by the coroner.
"What did you give the poor fellow?"
asked the coroner.
"Ipecacuanha, sir."
"You might just as well have given bim
the aurora borealis," said the coroner.
"Well, sir that's just what I was going
to give him when he died."
Orangeburg Man Killed by Live Wire.
Orangeburg, July 8.?The body of
Mr. Steve DeMars, who was killed by a
live wire in Atlanta yesterday, was
brought home this morning, and the
funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon.
Mr. DeMars was in the employ of the
Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph company,
and while at work on a pole accidentally
touched a heavily charged electric
wire, which caused his death instantaneously.
After climbing the pole, he
buckled himself to the pole to prevent
falling, so that his body hung across the
live wire until arrangements could be
made to take it down. Mr'. DeMars was
about 24 years of age and very popular in
this, his home town. He was the son of
the late Frank DeMars, who died last
September, and is survived by his mother
and the following brothers and sisters:
Mr. Frank M. DeMars, Mr. J. E. DeMars,
Mr. Fred L. DeMars and Miss Carrie De
Mars, all of Orangeburg. Mrs. Rudolph
Seigling and Mrs. H. M. Sanders, of
Charleston.
A Bad Break.
During the annual convention of a
certain religious body, not so very long
ago, an incident occurred which was not
on the program, and which completely
upset the gravity of the ministers and
brethren assembled. It was at the closing
session, and the chairman stated that they
were about one hundred dollars short of
an amount desired to be raised for a
given purpose, and hoped that the sum
could be made up before final adjournment.
One of the laymen jumped up with
the remark:
"I'll start the good work with $25."
"I don't know your name, brother,"
said the chairman, "but may God bless
you, and may your business be doubled
during the year."
Much to his astonishment, a burst of
laughter followed from many in the hall,
which was explained when a brother up
in front stepped to the platform and
whispered:
"Why, that's Mr. Blank, a prominent
undertaker of the town."
G. Frank Bamberg handles the best
buggies and wagons, yet the prices
are reasonable.
Willing to Pay for Hl8 Contempt.
The following anecdote is told of Gen.
Gilman Marston, a once famous New
Hampshire lawyer:
Gen. Marston was attending court at
Dover, when a young attorney made a
motion that was denied by the court.
The young man remonstrated against
\yhat he thought was the wrong ruling of
the judge. So vehemently did he remonstrate
that he was fined $10 for contempt
of court. An older attorney took the matter
up, and he was fined a similar sum.
Still another, who thought he stood a
little better with the judge, endeavered to
straighten the matter out, but he too enriched
the coffers of the State by paying
a "ten spot" for contempt.
Gen. Marston was then seen to rise in
bis seat and advance tj-ward the clerk's
desk. Taking his long r>ocketbook reom
bis pocket he took out iwo ten dollar bills
and laid them on the desk.
"What is that for?" said the court.
"I want you to distinctly understand,"
said the general, "that I have just twice
as much contempt for this d court as
anv man here, and I am ravine for it."
DARLINGTON BANK FAILS
INDEPENDENT COTTON Oil COMPANY PUT
INTO HANDS OF A RECEIVER
Bank Made Large loan?Difficulties of the Independent
Cotton Oil Company Followed
by Cosing of the Darlington
Trust Company.
Darlesgton, July 7.?Two unexpected
occurrences startled Darlingtonians this
morning and this will extend to a much
wider circle when the facts are known.
The first was the announcement that
the doors of the Darlington Trust company
were temporarily closed; the second
was the statement that the affairs of the
Independent Cotton Oil company had
been placed in the hands of a receiver.
the notice.
The first intelligence was gained from
the following notice, which was posted
on the closed doors of the Darlington
Trust company:
"Owing to the financial troubles of the
Independent Cotton Oil company, the
directors deem it to the interests of the
depositors and the stockholders of the
Darlington Trust company to close the
doors temporarily. The directors have
examined the books of the company and
assure all stockholders that they will be
paid in full.
"By order of the board of directors.
"E. C. Lide, Cashier."
the oil company.
It will be seen by this notice that the
Independent Oil company was involved
and the news of a receiver having been
appointed for this company followed
soon. Your correspondent wanted only
the most accurate information concerning
the situation and what follows is
official:
Going first to Mr. Bright Williamson,
president of the Independent Cotton Oil
company, and one of the largest stockholders,
the following statement was
secured from President Williamson:
mr. Williamson's statement.
"Ten days ago, because of the solicitation
of my friends, I accepted the posi
tion of president of the Independent Oil
company at a special meeting. I at once
began investigations and a few days ago
I found some inaccuracies which I had
verified yesterday. I feared these were
serious enough to place the company in
the hands of a receiver, so called a director's
meeting by telegraph. Seven out of
nine members were present, Mr. Nachman
being in Paris and Mr. Israel not
! being able to attend. After hearing my
! report these gentlemen were of the unanj
imous opinion that a receiver should be
appointed and today an order from Judge
! Watts appoints me to that position to
take charge at once."
It is impossible to get any definite statement
regarding the assets and liabilities
of the company.
The capital stock of the Independent
company was nominally $1,000,000 and
the stock sold last week as high as 75 per
cent, of the par value. The liabilities will
approximate $500,000, so it is believed.
The Independent Cotton Oil company,
under the management of President R.K.
Dargan, haspiad a record and reputation
seldom equalled. When he took charge
of the one mill upon which the organization
was afterwards founded, the stock
was selling at 50 cents on the dollar.
Latterly the company has operated plants
at Charleston, Darlington, Mullins,
Kingstree, Timmonsville, Syracuse,
Effingham, Wadesboro, N. C., Cheraw,
Lamar, Homer, Lydia, Swift Creek,
Mechanicsville,Marion,Manning,Auburn,
Montclare, Davis Station, Summerton,
and Packsville. These 21 plants are
still under the direct control of the Independent
Cotton Oil company, constituting
its various branches.
Mr. R. K. Dargan is president of the
Darlington Trust company, which was
organized April 1,1905, with authorized
capital of $200,000. The Independent
Cotton Oil company borrowed $80,000, so
it is correctly stated, from the Trust company
on demand loan. These loans were
called for yesterday and could not be
met, but it is authoritatively stated that
depositors and stockholders of the Trust
company will be paid in full and will be
paid at once.
Mr. Bright Williamson, receiver, has at
once gone to work and says he will make
an official statement in a few days, just
as soon as all the necessary facts can be
ascertained. He has been receiving telegrams
and messages over the long distance
'phone all day from various sections
sending substantial evidences of
Affirl
sympatuy auu
The circumstances are deeply regretted
by all and were freely discussed today.
For several years under the management
of President R. K. Dargan, the Independent
grew, prospered and paid good dividends.
Now stockholders ana business
men unite in regretting the combination
of events that has forced such an unfortunate
situation and all hope for a satisfactory
adjustment very soon.
will pay out. )
It is confidently believed that the trust I
company will at an early date pay back |
dollar for dollar. Nothing definite, of
course, can be learned, regarding the
exact details of the oil company's affairs.
Mr. Bright Williamson, receiver, has at
once gone to work and with so experienced,
conservative and successful a business
man in charge, it is hoped that a
more satisfactory statement will soon be
made concerning the present business
situation of this organization.
A POLITE SALESMAN.
How He Struck it Rich With a Shabby Looking
Customer.
A friend of the late- Charles Lockhart,
Standard Oil magnate, relating some of
the deceased millionaire's eccentricities,
told the following story:
Something happened to him in New
York which would make a plot for a Sunday
school book if the same plot hadn't
happened so often in Sunday school books '
that it is getting trite.
There was a new silverware and jewelry
establishment struggling along in
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new turn, nui, a suuui suup, you understand,
but a big concern which was
not yet recognized as a leader in fashionable
trade. One very hot summer afternoon
a tall, sad and rather ill dressed
old man entered tire shop and said he .
wanted to buy a wedding present.
Now, it was a hot day, and the clerks
were tired and irritated and the stranger
looked like a visitor from the remote
fanning district with about $1.49 to spend.
He passed from counter to counter pricing
things.
The clerks were not at all cordial. -At
last, down at the end of the silverware
department, he bumped into a young fellow,
a new man in the shop. This clerk
was trying to make good; also, to do the
situation justice, he hadn't been there
long enough to know the difference be
tween a promising customer and an unpromising
one.
The old man went higher and higher
in the examination of silverware. He
got to pricing full sets of silver plate.
After the young clerk had run through
the list he said: '
"Is that the best you've got?"
The young clerk remembered then that
the firm had begun the manufacture of a
specially designed, extra heavy set ofv
plate for a rich New York family. The
order had been canceled, but some of the
pieces had been finished for show. He
trotted out the set.
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i ne oia man ngurea out on me DacK 01
an envelope every frill which could be
added to a set of silver plate, shoved his
list at the clerk snd asked how much it
would cost. The clerk consulted the
manager and answered that it would be
fifty thousand and some odd dollars and
cents. *
"All right, have it made for me," said
the old man.
"How much do you want to deposit?"
asked the clerk.
"Oh," said the customer, "I'll pay the
whole amount and get it off my mind."
So he drew a check for the amount.
The clerk didn't recognize the signature?he'd
never heard of Charles Lockhart?so
he took it to the manager and
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"Good for a thousand times $50,000,'"
said the manager.
Lockhart came back to that store during
the Christmas season that year. The
clerks knew him that time, for the $50,000
purchase had become a tradition of the
store. He went past them all, though,
and asked for the clerk who had sold him
the silver plate. When he found his man,
Lockhart bought $80,000 worth of Christmas
presents.
This story ends the way it ought to end
for the 8unday school library. The
clerk with an $80,000 customer on his
string attracted the attention of the firm,
and now he's a big man in the silverware
business.
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Final Indneement.
"Speaking of that law suit of which
you told us the other day, I have a story
of that kind which will beat it," said the
lawyer. "I had a case in a nearby parish
in which a man was arrested for stealing
a cow. He was held over for the grand
jury on preliminary hearing and he sent
for me. His letter ran something like
this:
"Dere Sir: I am in Jale and the man
sayes I am likely to goe to the pen. I
did not steel the cowe and I am purfuctly
innercent. Pleese gete me out, if it
are the last act of yure life. This is not
a nice place. Pleese do get me out. I
think I can pay you sum day. I did not
Steele thes cowe. Tell the Judge that.
And if you get me off free I am willing
to do all I can for you. If you do I will
Give you the cowe. Yours truly, Bill
Smith."
G. Frank Bamberg handles the best
buggies and wagons, yet the prices
are reasonable.
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Orangeburg, July 8.?Major Julian
W. Culler,commanding the Second battalion,
Second regiment, has announced his
staff appointments, which are as follows:
Henri H. Copeland, Bamberg, adjutant
and lieutenant; John W. Fairey, Orangeburg,
quartermaster and lieutenant,-Lewis
C. Wannamaker, Orangeburg, sergeant
major.
Adjutant Copeland served with Major
Culler in the same capacity prior to the
reorganization. Sergeant Major Wannamaker
is a new man for his position, but
served in the same capacity with the provisional
regiment which went to Manassas,
and Quartermaster Fairey served on
the staff of Col. Herbert as a quartermaster,
so that all of the appointees are
experienced men and will reflect credit
on their commanding officer.
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