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THE BAMBERG HERALD. Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1905 One Dollar a Year KENNETH KEARSE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. 1 ; Member of the Bamberg Company Shot in the Breast?A Somewhat Mysterious Affair. I 4 .Kenneth Kearse, a young soldier who is in camp with the Bamberg Guards, was , seriously shot in the left side by an un known negro about 11 o'clok last night. The affair occurred at the corner of lower Main and Divine streets. The bullet penetrated the chest cavity but the physicians state that there is nothing to indicate that it entered the 1 lungs. The wounded man was taken to the Columbia hospital soon after the shooting. . ?. 1'- I*" V?ll ^ J&e&rse &qq L/Dsni^ iJDimiftxi) a ui^iu wi of the Richland Volunteers, were coming up Main street from the union station and when they reached the corner of Main and Divine a negro, who it is said was being chased by persons in civilian clothes, ran past them and had not gone far when he turned and fired. The negro : was not known to the soldiers, and after the shooting disappeared mysteriously. * Kearse's friend, Marshall, took him immediately to the office of Dr. Rice, which is only a few blocks away from the scene A of the shooting. When they reached the office of the physician the wounded man > was suffering considerably and an anodine was administered to alleviate his A pain. Both Kearse and Marshall were unarmed when they reached Dr. Rice's v office. At the hospital the physicians !T probed for the bullet but could not find it. Later the patient was said to be resting very well, although suffering from the shock. No definite opinion as to the ?v result of the wound can be given at this A/ time. The ball entered the cavity but there is no trace of hemorrhage nor do the - lungs appear to be affected. ; . r . Patrolman Ford was on that beat at the time*the shooting occurred. He stated that he heard one shot and after an inter?: val of about a minute three others. He : was then near the corner of Main and College streets and hurried on down in SI-' the direction from which the shots were coming. At the corner of Main and f <Jreen streets he passed a street car condoctor named Martin who told the officer in answer to his inquiry that it was some " soldiers shooting at a negro. The policeman ran on to the corner of Main and Divine one block farther down.. Here he | met several negroes who told him that. b some soldiers had been shooting at a b negro and that they had gone on down -' Divine street. Ford then ran down Divine for three blocks to Lincoln and did ; not see anybody but one man who was ?' coming toward Main street. He was dressed in civilian clothes and said he P- had not seen any soldiers or anybody on v that street. When Officer Ford returned to the r; corner of Main and Divine the negroes ^ irere still there and told him that the ^ .aoldiers were coming along Main street ^ and met a negro who was on the inside ? of the pavement next to the fence and that they began to abuse him and he ran v ont in the middle of the street and opened ' Are on the militiamen. These two accounts are totally differ> eat and neither of them explains the series of shots heard by the policeman. Kenneth Kearse is a son of Mr. Andrew Kearse, a respected farmer who lives on ? the Atlantic Coast Line about seven miles from Denmark. A telephone message fronkDenm&rk last night states that KenIJ neth Kearse has always been regarded as a quiet and orderly young man in that community. During a part of the last I three years he has lived in Columbia, , being employed at first one thing and then f another. For a while he worked at the glass factory and subsequently in a drug store. Kearse has an uncle at Denmark f who was apprised of the shooting so that he could inform the parents at once The State, Friday July 28. ^ If you want a higher grade buggy than you can find elsewhere, call at G. Prank Bamberg's. Life in Allendale. Allendale, July 29.?Good rains have U- fallen in the past two days and crops have improved very much. Old corn is fully matured and the little young com planted is doing nicely. Cotton is doing well. Melon shipping continues. In some cases prices are very fair, but some i cars bring very poor prices. A few cantaloupes were planted in this section. The yield was good and the prices received were fairly good. The new artesian well recently bored ' hv the town authorities continues to flow -v about ten gallons per minute of pure, tasteless water, cool enough to drink pleasantly without ice. It is hoped that the authorities will continue the good work and pipe the water through the 'principal streets of the town. Invitations are out for the approaching marriage of Mr. Jas. L. Oswald and Miss Bessie Bryan, which takes place on the 4 2d of August. FLENDISH SUFFERING. . is often caused by sores, ulcers and can cere, that eat away your skin. Wm. Be~v dell, of Flat Rock, Mich., says: "I have used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, for ulcers sores and cancers. It is the best healing dressing I ever found." Soothes and heals cuts, bums and scalds. 25c. At all druggists in Bamberg; Felder & Matthews, Denmark; guaranteed. i A 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. A big meeting of farmers was held at Hyatt Park near Columbia on Tuesday. Addresses were made by prominent speakers. The State farmers' institute is to be held at Clemson college next week. Addresses are to be delivered on agricultural subjects by prominent gentlemen. The county supervisor of Union county has called an election on the dispensary question, to be held on Tuesday, August 15th. The anti-dispensary people say the dispensary will be voted out of that countv. -J A mass meeting is to be held in the town of Edgefield next Saturday, at which the dispensary is to be discussed. Senator B. R. Tillman, Hons. W. J. Talbert, Jno. C. Sheppard, and the members of the legislature from that county will address the meeting for and against the dispensary. Mr. J. J. Hull, editor of the Rock Hill Herald, died at his residence in that city last Monday night, after a long illness. He was fifty-four years old. He was mayor of his town, having been re-elected some time ago for a second term. Tom Ross, white, was tried in Greenville last week for killing Tom Austin, also white, and found guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The two men got into a fight and Ross struck Austin in the head with a rake and fractured his skull. The case has been appealed. Ross is a son of an alderman of the city of Greenville. A meeting of the creditors of the Independent Oil Company was held at Darlington last week,and the statement of the condition of the company made by the receiver shows that the liabilities greatly exceed the assets. It is certain that the stock is wiped out, and the creditors of the company will not be paid more than 33 or 40 per cent. No doubt the plants of the concern will soon be sold and the company reorganized by the largest creditors. Judge Brawley last week made public his decision in the Laurens cotton mill case. He dismisses the injuuction granted by Judge Klugh, which prevented the Millikens from voting their stock, and he enjoins them from disposing of their stock until the further order of the court. His decision is a victory for Milliken so far. but what the final outcome of the case will be is hard to say. There is a long, hard fight ahead, for neither side will give in. BranchYille's Electric Plant. Branchville, July 29.?The electric light plant and telephone exchange erected here by the Piedmont Electric Company of Anderson is pow in full operation. This plant, the erection of which has been in charge of Mr. L. M. Felton, is up-to-date in every particular and a more up-to-date plant could hardly be found in the State. It is expected that the erection of the electric light plant and telephone exchange will be the means of other and equally as valuable enterprises being erected here. Mr. Henry F. Walker, of Charleston, who is manager of the Edisto Lumber Company and Mr. Limehouse of Summerville have moved their families here and will make this place their home for the present. Capt. J. R. Hamilton, who has been visiting relatives near Chester, returned home a few days ago. Miss Wieine Jfietcner, or Monroe, n. C., is here visiting Mrs. W. A. Bass. Mrs. Alsbrook, of Columbia is here visiting her brother, Rev. S. A. Nettles. Rev. S. A. Nettles and family will leave here Monday for an extended trip west; they will probably visit the Lewis and Clark exposition before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Reed, of Union are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bass. Misses Ruth and Ray Garfunkle, of Savannah, are here spending time with Mrs. R. Pearlstine and family. Mr. Harry L. Schlosburg, of Camden, spent several days in town this week. The junior baseball team of Charleston will play a series of games with the team here next week, commencing Wednesday afternoon. Yery Suggestive. The mother was expecting guests for the evening, and at 8 o'clock the youngest son was told that it was bedtime. The little fellow persisted in sitting up for the occasion, pleading fear of the darkness. His mother assured him there was nothing to fear, saying he would not be alone, as the angels would be in the room to guard him. Finally the youngster reluc' Kod An Vinnr lflfpr a UHICIJT ? CUU CV/ UVU. MV%?4 4MVV4 W little figure appeared in the dining room doorway, much to the amusement of the entire company,, saying: "Mamma!" "Well, dear?" his mother said. "May I speak, mamma?" "Certainly, dear. What do you want?" "Mamma, are^ the angels in my room now?" "Yes, dear." "Are they in my bed, too?" "Oh, yes, yes, dear," answered the mother impatiently. "Well, then, mamma, the angels are biting me." To start the day with a wine glass of Shaw's Pure Malt gives vigor to carry on your work; to end it with the same is to help nature recuperate. For sale at the dispensary. WORKMAN FIRES UPON EMPLOYER. E. G. Biljingsley, Vice President of a Construction Company, Shot in Darlington by an Employe. Darlington, July 27.?A shooting oc- ( curred here today about 12 o'clock which came near being a very serious and ugly affair. The difficulty arose between E. G. Billingsley, of St. Louis, and Joe Brock, of Kentucky, and the result is that Billingsley has a serious and painful, but not dangerous, wound, while Brock has been lodged in jail. The warrant issued today was to the ~ - - . -r% t ^ J T>:1 enect mat isrooas assauneu auu suui johlingsley inflicting a dangerous and severe wound and that Brock had disturbed the peace of the town. Billingsley is the vice president of the West Construction company, of Chattanooga, which has the contract for constructing pavements in Darlington. Brock is a finishing smith who has been working for the company. Billingsley is not the local superintendent of this job but seems to be a kind of general supervisor and director of many like this at Darlington. Billingsley was here today, was inspecting the work and had occasion to reprimand Brock as to the character of his work. At this Brock became infuriated and warm words passed between the two men. The superintendent of the work states that Brock cursed Billingsley and Billingsley threatened to discharge Brock because of inferior work. Brock took offense and quit and armed himself, after which he sought to renew the trouble. Billingsley asked him to be quiet and go to the hotel to talk it over and thereupon proceeded to go to the hotel. Brock began firing and Billingsley ran through the hotel and on into Floyd's restaurant in the rear. Brock followed and fired three times. Only one ball took effect but this inflicted an ugly wound in Billingsley's face. The doctors probed for the ball but have not found it. The wounded man is resting well and his condition is not considered dangerous. After the shooting Brock walked delib erately and bravely up the street, all the while looking to either side and flourishing his pistol in his hand. He stopped m front of the court house and defied the crowd which, was gathered around. Policeman Langston came up and tactfully approached the enraged man by assuring him of his protection. Mr. Langston was very cool and brave in the way he acted and he has been highly praised for the skillful management of this case. He arrested the man without any difficulty but a less brave and composed officer would have caused much bloodshed. Brock is in jail awaiting his trial. It is said that Billingsley was unarmed. A Shocking Confession. Benedict is a New Haven man who has been eight times the father of a bouncing bounder. In the outskirts of the university city is a little town among the hills named Prospect, and last year four of the children were sent there for the summer. One day Benedict and his wife entertained at dinner a new acquaintance, Professor B. The Professor is a bachelor, and like many scholarly men, rather ill at ease in society. 'What a fine little family of children you have," he began with an admiring glance at the four stay-at-homes. "Yes, indeed," replied Benedict proudly, "and we have four more in Prospect." The Professor blushed his astonishment. ?August Lippincott's. The Old Time Game. An Oklahoma paper says it was a baseball editor with religious convictions who originated the following: "The devil was the first coacher; he coached Eve when she stole first. Adam stole second. When Isaac met Rebecca at the well she was walking with a pitcher. Sampson struck out a good many times when he beat the Philistines. Moees made the first run when he slew the Egyptians. Cane made a base hit when he slew Abel. The prodigal son made a home run. David was a long distance thrower, and Moses shut out the Egyptians at the Red sea. The game was called when a flood came, on account of wet grounds." Colston News. Colston, August 1.?We are having some fine weather now, and the farmers have begun to pull fodder. Misses Rebbecca and Bertha All are spending a few days with their friends and relatives at Williston. Messrs. T. D. and J. W. Beard and J. B. All went to Jennys last Friday night to attend a K. of P. banquet. Mrs. T. A. Peeples, of Savannah, returned to her home last Saturday, after spending several days with her father, Rev. S. P. Chisolm. Dr. E. Kirkland and Mr. T. D. Beard have the finest cotton we have seen. Mr. Lonnie Birt and sister, Miss Myrtie, returned to their home at Elko today, after spending a few days here with relatives and friends. Messrs. J. B. All and R. L. Beard spent last Saturday at Eamberg. "My proudest boast," said the lecturer who expected his statement to be greeted with cheers, "is that I was one of the men behind the guns." "How many miles behind?" piped a voice in the gallery. BANK WINS BY ROBBERY, i 1 THE CASHIER TURNED THIEF AND MADE S A GOOD INVESTMENT. Lacked Sand to Save Himself?Got Away with j $70,000.00 But Lost His Nerve and Got < Seven Years in the Penitentiary. 1 This is the true story of a bank cashier 1 whose speculations with the money of the < bank that employed him were to the < profits of the institution, although the ] cahier himself gained nothing through j his deals. The story is acccurate in eve- ] ry particular, and the man who figures in ] it under the name of "Brown" is a multi- , millionaire well known in Chicago and \ New York. He is called Brown for the i reason that his name is something else. ' When he was fourteen years of age and attending a winter school in a backwoods district in New York State, he fractured some rule of the school and the strongarmed pedagogue beat the boy nearly to death. Brown, however, was not the boy to suffer for nothing when there was a profit in sight. His father was dead, and he was his own champion. He visited a lawyer in the town, to whom he told his story and showed his bruises. The attorney brought suit for him against the schoolmaster and recovered a verdict of $1,000, which was compromised by the teacher for $600. Having obtained this sum, Brown deemed his education complete, gave up the school, and launched into business for himself. He made money steadily, and within ten years was the proprietor of a shoe jobbing establishment in a small town, near Boston, working eighteen hours a day, saving about all that he made and climbing rapidly toward the goal of wealth he had marked out for himself. ROBBED THE BANK OF $70,000. One of his closest friends was the cashier of the bank in which he kept his account. They were both young men, both widely ambitious to make money and to make it quickly. They had many traits in common, hut when it came to nerve, Brown, as between the two, had the market cornered. It was in the days before the stenographer and typewriter, and < Brown was one night scratching away at his correspondence when the cashier rattled the latch on his office door. He was admitted, and lost no time in de- i claring his mission. "I'm in trouble, Brown, and I want , your help." ? "Money or advice?" queried the cautious Brown. "Both." "I've plenty of the latter," said Brown, "but I haven't so much of the first; but I'll do what I can. "What's the trouble?" "It's trouble enough, I can tell you. I have been speculating with the bank's money and I'm $70,000 short. The bank examiner is coming the day after tomorrow; there will be a meeting of the directors the same day, anfl there is no way I can stand off the exposure unless I have the money to replace what I have taken. I don't know where to get the money, and I don't know what to do." Brown did not answer for a minute. All his available cash was in that bank, and there was a chance that it would fail. The first thing in his mind was to gain time to save his own money; so he evaded a direct reply, and asked: "Where's the money?" "In stocks." "What stocks? What shapes are your deals in?" SCHEME TO SAVE HIS OWN MONET. i ne casnier weni luiua lungsiaiemeni, the gist of which was that by closing out some of the deals at once he would have about $20,000, which could be turned into the bank, leaving him loser and a default* er to the amount of $50,000. If given time there were excellent chances that the other deals also would show a profit, but timb was the one thing he could not have. While the cashier was going through his story, Brown thought hard and fast, and when the cashier had finished he had made up his mind. His own money in the bank was the first consideration, however, and he determined to say nothing until he had secured that. So he said: "I haven't any $50,000 to give you. I am not worth that much, but we have one day in which to raise it. You come over here at lunch time tomorrow and I guess we can fix it up so that you will not have any trouble. The bank may have a little, but you won't. You come here tomorrow noon, and in the meantime for heaven's sake keep your mouth shut." As soon as the bank opened in the morning Brown presented a check for the full amount of his balance, and carried off the money, to his own intense satisfaction and the indignation of the cashier. At noon the cashier strode into Brown's nfflpo whitp with wrath and fpar "What made you pull out all that money, Brown?" he demanded. "You'll expose everything and start a run on the bank. Do vou want to ruin me?" "If I have no trouble of my own to bother me," said Brown, grimly, "I can give all the more time to yours. Now sit down there and we'll fix this thing up. How much is there in that bank now? I mean money that you can get?" ADVISED A BOLD, CLEAN SWEEP. "I can't take any more," said the cashier, "I " "Never mind that," rejoined Brown. "How much is there in the bank?" "About $100,000." "How much in securities that you can carry away?" "I don't know?maybe $50,000." "Well, now, you do what I tell you, and you will get out of this thing without be ing arrested?let alone going to the peni- / tentiary. When that bank closes tonight \ pou take everything in it?all the money, ill the securities?everything. Steal s sverything in the way of'money or seen- k rities that you can steal." "I can't," gasped the cashier. "I've ;aken too much now. I'll go to prison j sure. There isn't time enough for me to jet away. They'll follow me and bring ne back." "It isn't a question of getting away," said Brown. "It's a question of getting . iff. Now, you listen to me, do just what 1 [ say, and you're all right. You have t stolen $70,000 from that bank, and you've jot $70,000 now. You can get $150,000 c more. Get it. Then when the directors meet tomorrow you walk in and say: 1 Gentlemen, I have robbed this bank of i ?OAA AAA on/? if io wiinn/? T Kotto hcpH . JJ-WWjVWj OUU AU AO AU1UVU* A UUf V vtwvv* j the money in speculation, but my deals are in fine shape and I can pay it all back in a short time." ( CASHIER LACKED THE "SAND." 1 " 'If you will agree to give me time, * and not prosecute me, I can save the < bank?otherwise it goes under. I can give you $150,000 now.' That's the mon- ( ey you have to take tonight, you understand. Then say: 1 " T can give you $20,000 in two days, : and the balance in a short time after \ that., "That is all you have to say to them," added Brown,""and they will be tickled 1 to get that $150,000 and that $20,000 that i they will break their necks to take your offer." "I can't do it," moaned the whitefaced 1 cashier. "It won't do. They'll never let me off." "It's the best thing to do," said Brown, 'and what's more, irs the only thing. It is your one chance. Play it through, and you win. If you don't get the rest of that money they'll send you up sure. You've got to do it, man." "And do you know," said Brown, in telling the story, "that I couldn't make that fellow see that thing? I argued with him for hours, but he just hadn't the sand. He said he would confess everything and throw himself on the mercy of the directors, and in spite of all I could say, that is what he went and did. And ! the funny thing about it was the bank held onto his $50,000 deals, and the stock | went up, and the bank cleared about <?innnn w(vvu? "That cashier? What happened to him? ! Oh, he got seven years. He ought to j have got fourteen. A cowardly cuss like that."?Chicago Record-Herald. ASSAILANT OF STEWART GETS TEN YEARS. Savannah Negro Who Assaulted Young Columbian Given the Limit of the Law. Savannah, Ga., July 27.?William M. Robinson, the negro who struck Archibald M. Stewart with a shovel and beat him into insensibility at the new city hall here June 28, was convicted in superior court today of assault with intent to murder, and sentenced by Judge Cann to serve ten years in the penitentiary, the limit allowed by law. When Judge Cann asked the prisoner, after the verdict of guilty had been read,if he had anything to say, he answered: "Nothing, only I didn't strike him while he was on the ground." In sentencing the prisoner the court said: "The evidence shows that it was an absolutely unneccessary assault. It i shows, further, that you did strike him ' after he was upon the ground, and it is a mecciful thing that the boy was not ' killed by you. The court cannot see anything to mitigate this offence in any way. He feels it is his duty to the community to impose a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary." The evidence showed the negro struck voune Stewart from behind and hit him several blows after knocking him down. Stewart had told him not to curse a little white boy employed as water carrier. It was some time after this that the negro assaulted him. Lexington Depot Plundered. Lexington, July 27.?At about 2 o'clock this morning robbers broke into the depot here and plundered the express packages, opened drawers and desks and broke into the freight room. Boozer Strother, colored, a hackdriver, happened to be passing, and seeing the light under a door and being near train time, went to the door and swung it open. Two pistol shots were fired into him at close range and close together. He is badly wounded and in a serious condition. One ball entered the chest, ranging downward and has not yet been located. The other entered the right hip and ranged down the leg, but has not been removed as yet. It is supposed that the robbers were three white men who were seen around the station the day before, but no trace of them can be found. Always Liberal to Churches. Vvptv rhnrrh will hp ?nvpn a lihpral quantity of L. & M. paint. Call for it. ; 4 gallons Longman and Martinez L.&M. paint mixed with 3 gallons linseed oil, i will paint a house. W. B. Barr, Charles- ] ton, W. Va. writes, "Painted Frankenburg block with L. & M. stands out as ' though varnished." Wears and covers like gold. Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for. 1 linseed oil, which you do in read^-for-use ( paint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel at 60 cents per gallon and mix it with L. & 1 If. paint. It makes paint cost about $1.20 1 per gallon. Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy. ; State Farmers' Institute. Southern Railway announces rate of 1 one first class fare plus 35 cents, for the i round trip, (minimum rate 50 cents) to < Calhoun and Cherrys Crossing, S. C., on account of the State Farmers' Institute, 1 Clemson College, S. C., August 8-11,1905. ] Tickets to be sold August 6, 7, 8, with 1 final limit August 13th, 1905, from all J points in South Carolina, including Augusta, Ga. For full information consult ticket agent or R. W. Hunt, Division 1 Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. i COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. JOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. *ews Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Country Correspondence. The farmers have begun pulling their odder, and already the fleecy staple is >eginning to unfold its little pods. The protracted services at Springtown dosed last Wednesday. No members vere added, but much interest was made nanifest by the large crowds at each service. Mr. and Mrs. Turner Houser and little laughter, Erminia, have returned to their lome in Jacksonville, Fla., after a pleasant visit to relatives and friends in this wintv. V * The many friends of Miss Kathleen Chisolm will be surprised to learn that she has pat on the sacred mantle of mat* rimony. She has been on a lengthy visit to her sister, Mrs, Wertz, in Georgia, and bas fallen in love with oar sister State and its folks to the extent of deciding to , stay there. Mr. Watson, is exceedingly lacky (thoagh we do not know him) in gaining so fair a prize as Miss Chisolm, and her many friends here extend their best wishes for a centary of analloyed bliss and happiness to the happy yoong conple. They were married last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. H. H. Hill and daughters, of Sanford, Fla., are visiting friends and relatives here. The union meeting at Springtown was largely attended. Little Miss Bessie Sandifer, of oar midst, is visiting her sister at Spring Branch. Mr. Editor, if there is another marriage to chronicle next week, will write agaan. Mr. W. M. Hughes killed a rattlesnake 3unday that weighed nearly five pounds ind had twelve rattles. Death of Mr. J. T. Hutto. . Govah, July 28.?Mr. J. T. Hutto, one )f the best men in this community, died ast Friday, after an illness of two weeks# Hemorrhagic fever caused his death. The funeral services were conducted Saturday morning from tteorge s ureex church, Rev. Beckham, of Denmark, officiating. Mr. Hntto was a good, true man md leaves a host of relatives and friend* ,o mourn his loss. Springtown, the lovely and unique new Baptist church, about five miles from lere, was dedicated Sunday. A large crowd attended the pleasant occasion and ;rere highly entertained by an excellent sermon by Rev. J. K. Hair, of Blackville, Mrs. Lucy H. Lancaster is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. H. Walker, of Beech Island. Mrs. Murray Seabrook of Johns' Island is the guest of her father, Mr. H. M. Kennedy. Misses Jennie Herron and Rosa Hay hre visiting friends at Dunbarton. Mrs. Mary E. Glover and her interest- ing family are at the home of her father, Mr. U. M. Eaves. 1 Mildred and Lizzie Walker, two little girls from Beech Island, are the charming ' guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hutto. A Loss to Allendale. Allendale, July 29.?The many friends of Dr. Walter S. Hay will regret to hear that he died this morning at Aiken, S. C., where he went about two weeks ago hoping to benefit his health by a change of climate and skilled medical j attention. In the death of Dr. Hay our town and county have met with a distinct loss. He was chairman of the board of health of Allendale and prominent in all public enterprise for the upbuilding of the town. He served his country faithfully in the war between the Qtoiao oltVi/iTKrh a mora lad at tVio Hma mvuvugu ? *MV?V w? ?MV T He had a very large practice in town and the surrounding country. He leaves a wife, three sons and two daughters. The residence of Mrs. Lila Williams was destroyed by fire about 2 P. M. yesterday. The fire originated in the kitchen from a defective stove flue. Mr. Beckwlth Accepts. Florence, July 29.?The Rev. John G. Beckwith, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city, has been offered the position of financial agent of the Columbia College, formerly the Columbia Female College, vice the Rev. J. A. Duncan having resigned to go to Montgomery, Ala. Mr. Beckwith has signified his intention of accepting the position upon the condition that he be allowed to retain the pastorate of the First Chuith at this place until the ena 01 me present. uyniereutc pear and that he be allowed an assistant in his work at Florence. If the board has agreed to this request Mr. Beckwith will give one Sunday in each month until the end of his term to the Florence Church. The work contemplated for Mr. Beck* with is to canvass the Stdte for the pur* pose of raising the $100,000 to be used in ;he erection of the new college buildings aear Hyatt Park at Columbia. Q. Frank Bamberg handles the best buggies and wagons, yet the prices ire reasonable. * 'C. St