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THE BAMBERG HERALD. Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. CM THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1905 One Dollar a Year ^ HE HUGGED HER TOO HARD. Bathhouse Superintendent Cracked Miss Hayes's Rib by Too Strenuous a Hug. Boston, July 31.?A too strenuous hug, it is declared, was the cause of breaking one of Miss Bessie Hayes's ribs. The young woman is at Ocean House at Swampssott. He admits that he squeezed the young woman, but says he did not mean it. One evening while strolling on the beach Tirrell caught the young woman about the waist and gave her a hug that was actually bearish in its characteristics. Other couples were near and the action of the young man caused considerable laughter upon their part, but much indig* - a! 4. 1#!^ nation upon me part 01 miss uay c&. Tirrell apologized. Miss Hayes was troubled by a pain in her side after the hug and a physician found that a rib had been snapped. Mr. Tirrell said today: "I met Miss Hayes for the first time last summer. This summer we have seen more of each other and have taken many walks together. It was in a joke that I happened to squeeze her so hard. I understand she is very angry at me now."? New York Sun. G. Frank Bamberg handles the best buggies and wagons, yet the prices are reasonable. Immigration Figures. A statement issued from the department of commerce in Washington a few days ago shows that immigrants to the number of 112,315 arrived at ports of the United States during the month of June, compared with 75,443 in the corresponding month of 1904. Of the total, 106,075 came from Europe, more than 3,000 from Asia, the remainder being scattered. Nearly 20,000 immigrants registered from Russia, a slight increase over the figures for June, 1904. - The new regulations covering the Chinese immigration have had their effect. 311 Chinese applied for admission in June,and 300 were admitted, ' 1 11 being deported. This is the highest percentage of admission of Chinese in a .. long time. Postofflce Bobbed. - Sumter, August 4?The postoffice at Dalzell, this county, was robbed during j| last night. Alonzo McKenzie, colored, secreted himself in the store where the postoffice is situated and when all were gone helped j himself to stamps and money. Postmaster Rembert and Magistrate Williamson captured him to-day and , found $29 on him. He was lodged in the Sumter jail. He has confessed. The postoffice department has been notified and a special agent will come to take charge of the case. Final Inducement. "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 have 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: "Dear 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. Please get me out, if it are the last act of yure life. This is not a nice place. Please do get me out. I think I can pay you sum day. I did not Steele the cowe. Tell the Judge that. And if you get me off free I am willing to do all * ^ * Tf T sii i uan ior you. 11 you uo i win give you the cowe. Yours truly, Bill Smit?.?New Orleans Times-Democrat. The biggest nugget of silver in the world is one of the features of Colorado's mining display at the Lewis and Clark exposition. It weighs 397 pounds, contains ninety per cent of silver, and would, if coined into money, make 6,640 silver dollars. The nugget was taken from the famous Molly Gibson mine, amine which has already produced silver and gold to the value of $13,000,000. e Apostrophe to Lim burger. Owing to the fact that the restaurants went out of business the first of the week, the editor and staff are baching?that and dther reasons?and yesterday a rural sub: scriber brought us in a piece of limburger cheese, saying that if we didn't care to eat it we could use it to drive away ants. Will it drive ants? Will it! Verily, I say unto you, it will drive dogs out of a tanyard; it will drive buzzards away from a carcass; It will drive a herd of buffalo through a burning forest and a mule through a barbed wire fence; it will drive a man crazy if compelled to stay within 20 feet of its polluted presence; indeed, it will drive away ants?and uncles, too,* and mothers and fathers, brothers, sisters and grandmothers, even to the seventh i generation, still there are some who claim to like limburger.?Freewater, Ore., Times. PUBLIC IS AROUSED. The public is aroused to a knowledge of the curative merits of that great medicinal tonic, Electric Bitters, for sick stomach, liver and kidneys. Mary H. Walters, 546 St. Clair Ave., Columbus, O., writes: "For several months, I was given up to die. I had fever and ague, my nerves were wrecked; I could not sleep and my stomach was so weak, from useless doctors' drugs, that I could not eat. Soon after beginning to take Electric Bitters, I obtained relief, and in a short time I was entirely cured," Guaranteed at all druggists in Bamberg; Felder & Matthews, Denmark. Price 50c. IN THE PALMETTO STATE INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CARpLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The city council of Greenvill increased the mayor's salary from $900 to $1,800 a year, and the taxpayers are kicking over the increase. Burglars entered the drug store of Johnston & Johnston in St. George last Friday night and took about $35 or $30 in cash and a few articles of merchandise. There is no clue to the robbers. Aarrm "Williomo a nptrrrt nnrfi Tftn virt LA.tA4.WA* vv iiiiwiuu, v* ed of rape in Camden and sentenced to death, is again free. He was granted a new trial, and the white woman refused to testify him and under the law he was released. At Pelzer, S. C. lasfr Saturday afternoon Luther Woodson shot and killed Wister Pack with a shot gun. Both parties were white and were laborers in the cotton mill there. A woman is said to have caused the killing. The South Carolina Association of Postmasters will meet in Columbia in the postoffice building on Tuesday, August 22nd. Dr. J. F. Ensor, of Columbia, is president, and Ed. E. Poag, of Rock Hill, is secretary and treasurer. P. S. Seay, white, an employee of the American Bridge company, fell from a bridge on the Southern Railway over the Saluda river last Thursday and was instantly killed. His body struck a bed of rocks in the middle of the river. The Walterboro cotton mill is to be sold at public auction on the 14th of September. The sale is made by the trustees in bankruptcy and the trustee under mortgage. ISo bid of less than $45,000 will be received, and bidders must deposit a check for $5,000. Luke P Armstrong, a prominent white man of Fountain Inn, Greenville county, has been arrested on a serious charge. He is charged with having written a letter to a young man reflecting on the character of his own daughter. Armstrong waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to court. The South Carolina Press Association left Tuesday of last week for a trip to the exposition at Portland. The party num bered about twenty-five, and they are traveling in a Pullman private car. They will be gone nearly four weeks, and will visit a number of points of interest in the West while away. Senator Tillman made a speech on the dispensary at Edgefield last Saturday, and he and W. J. Talbert had a warm spat. Mr. Talbert lost his temper and told Tillman if he wanted a personal difficulty he could get it. Tillman stands for the dispensary, but he wants it reformed and the restrictive features carried out rigidly. NEVER LIKED LIQUOR. Some Interesting History of Bennettsville Illustrating Public Sentiment. President D. D. McColl, of the Bank of Marlboro, tells an interesting bit of history which was recalled by the sale of a lot between the public square and the creek, a few days ago. This lot was bought in 1822 by a man whose name was Gilpen to open a barroom but sentiment was so strong against an innovation of that kind that the county commissioners located and built the county jail exactly in front of Gilpen's lot, so as to cut off access to it except through the creek. Gilpen then left. The lot was afterwards sold for taxes and was bid off by Angus Patterson in 1837 for $25. Patterson went to Florida and paid no attention to his lot. A few years ago the old jail was torn down and a new one built on another site. Patterson was still living and sold the lot to Col. C. S. McCall for $900. Col. McCall's estate has now sold it to J. H. Lewis for $1,350 and he is building a sales stable on it. This illustrates the prohibition sentiment that has prevailed here fora century. Liquor was sold in the county during the lawless days of reconstruction, but never , has it been legalized.?Pee Dee Advocate. j G. Frank Bamberg handles the best , buggies and wagons, yet the prices are reasonable. BURGLARY OR WORSE. Residence Near Newberry Entered and Inmates Struck With Club. Newberry, Aug. 7?One or more burglars entered the residence of Mr. Jno. C. , Neel, near this place, on Sunday morning at about 3 o'clock, and escaped after striking Mrs. Neel and her daughter with a club. Nothing was stolen and the injuries to Mrs. Neel and her daughter were slight. Mr. Neel was the last one to awaken, being aroused by his. wife's screams. The intruder or intruders had then escaped through the back door. Mrs. Neel, who was first aroused by a sound like a pistol shot and a blow on the hand, saw one man, but was unable on account of the darkness to tell whether ho woe hlonlr nr whito A nlnh whirh had been cut from a pine sapling was found in the house, and a door standing close to one of the beds was badly shat- ; tered by a blow which Mr. Neel thinks was aimed at some one on the bed. i An attempt was made by Sheriff Buford to procure bloodhounds, but it was un- ] successful, and up to this time no clue has been obtained. One million dollars in one month is the profit Theodore H. Price has made on i the cotton market, according to unanimous opinion. Price has been carrying i from 200,000 to 400,000 bales of cotton and on Wednesday sold about 750,000 < bales. Price followed the sale by a ! statement that he is not a bear and believes that the cotton world is facing a i comparative crop disaster. i DUMMY TRAIN MET ROBBERS. Railroad Man's Story of How W. C. Brown Broke Up Gang of Bad Men. "Did you ever hear," asked the railroad veteran, "how "William C. Brown, of the Central broke up a gang of train robbers? When he was a good deal younger than he is now, in years and experience, he was manager of the Missouri lines of the Burlington system. He had headquarters in St. Joseph, Mo., and there was a sort of combine to stop railroad trains and rob the express Gar. The leaders of these train robbers had their rendezvous in and about the town where Mr. Brown lived. "One night, I believe it was back in '59, when Mr. Brown was at his home he got a tip from one of the gang who had grown up in the town that a certain train of Mr. Rrnirn's lino Trns tn hp atonnpd f.hat. vprv v ~~j night not far from St. Joseph. A man who knows the story told me about it. He said Mr. Brown was reading in his library when he got the tip. He looked at his watch and saw that the leaving schedule of the train was about two hours away. "He went to the telephone and called up the sheriff of the county and then the chief of police. He told them to meet him at a certain place in town. Then he called up one of the officials of the road and told him to be at the same place. He hung up the receiver of his 'phone, put on his overcoat, placed a revolver in a handy pocket, and told his wife he might not be back until late. With that he passed out of the house and soon met the three men I have mentioned. "When he got to the yards of his company he issued an order to hold the train that was marked for robbery at the Union station. He then ordered that the railroad men cause a dummy to be made up. It consisted of the same number of coaches as the regular. It carried no passengers?just the engineer and fireman, Mr. Brown, the sheriff, and chief of police, and the division superintendent. Every man was armed. The express car was transformed into a sort of fort. A lot of piano boxes fixed so as to let down in front were stored in the car, as breastworks. "At the exact spot indicated in the tip a red lantern was swung across the track. The engineer brought his engine to a full stop. The bandits covered the engineer ana fireman with revolvers and shotguns, marched them to the door of the express car, and compelled them to order the express messenger to open the door, threat cningto blow it open with dynamite if the order was not promptly complied with. The robbers were admitted and the express messenger told to open his safe. While doing so a slight noise made by one of the concealed officers alarmed the bandits, who started toward the end of the car. Hearing a second noise one of them opened fire. Fortunately the bullet missed its mark. This shot was followed by a volley from six or eight concealed deputies. "Mr. Brown was in the smoking earWhen he heard the fusillade he stepped out on the platform. A man in the brush called to him to get back in a hurry, and Mr. Brown obeyed. "Within twenty minutes after the opening of the engagement the train robbers were out of business. Most of them were dead in the brush. One had escaped, but he left blood marks on the trail he traveled. The dummy train returned with two dead train robbers, two under arrest and evidence which made almost certain the arrest of another who had been wounded. The regular, after a delay of less than an hour and a half, went its way in safety.?New York Sun. If you want a higher grade buggy than you can find elsewhere, call at Q. Pr*nk Rflmhprcr's AULL EXECUTES A WINK. Wliat the Editor of the Newberry Herald and News Says. "Am I for a fact to be in the race next year for Secretary of State?" The query propounded by a reporter was repeated thoughtfully by Col. E. H. > Aull, president of the State Press Association, and editor of the Newberry Herald and News. Col. Aull was comfortably established on a settee in the Pullman of the State Press Association party, happy on the way to Portland, Oregon. After some tentative talk around the subject of his candidacy, Col. Aull looked quizzically at the reporter over the end of his fat black cigar and said: "Young man, you think I am going to run, don't you? res? Well I wouldn't be at all surprised if your judgment isn't pretty correct." And a long, solemn wink instantly confirmed the reporter's expectation of his candidacy. He continued: "You see, something might turn up that might make me want to sav I didn't want the old job anyway, so Pm chary of talking too much With my mouth at this stage of the game." Ana the reporter was perforce content with that.?Anderson Mail. Couatry Dots. Ehrhardt, August 6.?Mr. P. M. Kinard spent Saturday night with his uncle, Mr. E. M. Kinard. Fodder pulling is the order of the day with the farmers. Some welcome showers fell yesterday. Rev. E. W. Peeples preached a fine sermon at Carter's Ford Sunday, it being a protracted meeting. About two thousand people were on the grounds. Mrs. Henrietta Bessinger and children have returned home, after spending a week with her aunt, Mrs. E. M. Kinard. Mr. Enoch Bishop and sisters, of Hampton, are visiting relatives in this community. Miss Ellen Kinard and niece, Miss Hattie Warren, spent a few days at Spring Branch with relatives and friends. Mrs. Mary Ann MCMinan, or rsamoerg, is visiting relatives in this section. Mrs. J. C. Kinard, of Hampton, is visiting her father, Mr. Joe Carter. Miss Alice Rentz, of Varnville, is visiting Miss Jennie Cummings at Lodge. Sir. John Morris and family, of Pine Grove, are visiting his aunt, Mrs. Ellen Morris. Miss Flossie Kinard, of Islandton, is spending some time with her grand parsnts, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Kinard. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, August 7.?Mrs. Nettie Copeland has been spending several days with her brother, Dr. J. L. Copeland. Mrs. Maud Farrell and Fannie Copeland spent a few days with their father, Mr. Joe I. Copeland. Mr. J. D. Dannelley and his mother-inlaw, Mrs. H. C. Copeland, went down to Charleston Saturday to see the wife of the former, who has been there for several days for medical aid. Capt. J. M. Dannelley and wife went to Walterboro SaturdayThe cotton crop through this section has failed in the last ferw days. The crop will be far short of last year?at least one third off. Rev. Peeler, from Hendersonville, S.C., has been assisting Rev. Belvin to carry on a several days meeting at this place. Mrs. McTeer and two children, of Hendersonville, S. C., are on a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. B. Moore. Farmers havef commenced to pick cotton, and the hum of the gins through this section will soon be heard. Quite a crowd of our town folks went to Carter's Ford Sunday to attend church. About twice as many as could get in the church were there. In the Carter's Ford section Sunday there fell a fine shower of rain, which cooled the atmosphere and made the air feel more pleasant up here. Mrs. Sue Bailey, of Greenville, S. C., has been visiting her old home and relatives. Miss Nellie Kinsey, of Bamberg, is on a visit to her brother and family. Jee. Spring Branch News. Rain is very much needed in our community. Mrs. Etta Bessinger and children, who have been spending some time with relatives and friends near Folk's Store, returned home Saturday. Messrs. Quillie Sandifer and Julian Rentz visited near Carter's Ford Saturday and Sunday. Misses Shellie Smoak and Bessie Crider visited near Hydiger Saturday and Sunday. Little Misses Iris and Bessie Strong are spending some time with their cousin, Miss Birtie Bessinger. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Zeigler were guests at the home of Mr. Henry Pearson Sunday. A great many of the folks of this community had the pleasure of attending a fish fry at Crooked Pond last Fridav. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Padgett visited relatives near Springtown Saturday and Sunday. T.ittlo f.lintnn Uomdnn Vioil (ho mio. JUAIIV1V A^WiUUVU UUU VUV AAAAk? fortune of getting his foot very badly mashed by a timber cart last week. We are sorry to say that there is a great deal of sickness in our community, but glad to say the sick are improving. Mr. and'Mrs. Porter Okain, of Orangeburg, are spending some time with relatives in our community. Mr. Laurie Sandifer and sister, Miss Birtie, were guests at the home of Mr. Henry Herndon Sunday. Miss Kate Padgett spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. r. O'Quinn. Affairs in Allendale. Allendale, Angust 4.?Mr. James L. Oswald and Miss Bessie Bryan were married at "Gravel Hill" plantation Wednesday at high noon by the Rev. J. W. Bishop. The 'attendants were: Mr. J. C. Oswald, the best man, with Miss Leila Bryan, maid of honor, Mr. 0. H. Ellis and Miss Dicks, of Augusta, Mr. W. Z. Bryan and Miss Breeland, Mr. Henry Bryan and Miss Keel. The wedding march was rendered by Miss Lawton, of Rose Town. A reception was given the bridal party immediately after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Oswald took the north-bound train at Allendale. They will visit Washington, New York city and other northern cities. Mr. Oswald is a prominent business man of Allendale, and his bride is a young lady of sterling character and has many friends in this vicinity. Another marriage was solemnized here Wednesday evening. Mr. Alfred R. Dunbar and Miss Inez Williams are the parties. Only a few friends were present. Rev. John P. Morrall was the officiating minister. Both parties have many friends here and the best wishes of the entire community attend them. Prof. A. B. Bryan, of Clemson college, is visiting at "Gravel Hill." Prof. Jno. C. Daniel, of the Manning High school, is in Allendale. Miaa .Tania Sams r?f Npwhnm fta ia spending a few weeks with Mrs. R. H. Sams. Mr. George E. Cope, of Savannah, was here Wednesday. The Seaboard cotton oil mill will be under the management of Col. W. R. Darlington this fall, with Mr. H. W. Montague as assistant. Mr. Porter, of the C. & W. C. Railway company, was in town Wednesday arranging'for general improvements in the depot and railroad yard. The present town council is doing splendid work on the sidewalks and roads leading into town. The new Baptist church is almost ready for dedication. The prospect for a good cotton crop is not as fair as it was 10 days ago, but the farmers generally are in a good humor. They have made a good corn crop and the seasons for gathering fodder have been fine. 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. . FIRST BALE OF NEW CROP. Mr. H. C. Folk, of Bamberg, Sends in His First Bale, Nine Days Earlier Than last Year. Mr. H. C. Folk, who is well known as one of the most progressive and enter- 1 prising farmers of Bamberg, yesterday afternoon wired to Charleston as follows: ! UF. W. Wagner & Co., Charleston, S. ! C.?I am shipping you today by express ; my first bale of new cotton. H. C. Folk." : The cotton no doubt reached the city : last night and will be taken to the store < of Wagener & Co. early this morning for classification, weight and sale. As is usually the case the bale will no doubt be sold at auction. The shipment this time is nine days earlier than last year and nearly a month ahead of the first bale sent in for 1903. Mr. Folk sent the first bale to Charleston last year, August 13, and in 1903 it came to Charleston August 31.?News and Courier. Classed "Good Middling." The first bale of South Carolina cotton for the season 1905-1906 was received at F. W. Wagener & Co's stores, East Bay street, yesterday morning, having, been sent down from Bamberg by express Friday night from the farm of H. C. Folk. Mr. Folk has for several years sent the first bale of new cotton to Charleston. This season he has broken the record by about nine days. The cotton was classed as good middling and was sold to the Goldsmith Mercantile Company at 13 cents per pound. The bale weighed 425 pounds.?Sunday News. _ The Delineator for September. The earliest creations of Autumn are attractively set forth in the September Delineator, along with the fashion comment and prophecies of Helen BerkeleyLoyd, Edouard La Fontaine and other authorities in the world of styles, and there is much in the number of interest other than than the standpoint of fashion. Mrs. Mary Hinman Abel contributes an article on the pure food question. It is me nrsi 01 a series ana opens tne aiscussion by outlining the part of the consumer, the housewife, in procuring safe foods. N. Hudson Moore writes interestingly on English pottery and porcelain in "The Collector's Manual," and Dr. Grace P. Murray has a paper on the child in the nursery which will be read profitably by mothers. The hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee" is the subject of a paper by Allen Sutherland. Weymer J. Mills concludes his "Romances of Summer Resorts," and there is an enjoyable travel sketch, describing and picturing the beautiful Lake District in England, in the way of fiction the number contains the continuation of AlbertBigelow Paine's serial "The LuckyPiece," and of Helen M. Winslow's New England story, "At Spinster Farm," and two short stories by Cornelia Atwood Pratt, and Elizabeth McCracken. There are also entertaining pastimes for children, including an animal fairy tale by L. Frank Baum. As usual, many pages are devoted to domestic interests and the particular needs of women within and without the home. If you want a higher grade buggy than you can find elsewhere, call at tf. Frank Bamberg's. Jndse and Jury. In 1883 a man was charged in Victoria with having killed another man with a sandbag, and in the face of the judge's summing up, the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty.' This annoyed the chief justice, j3ir Matthew Begbie, who at once said: "Gentlemen of the jury, mind, that is your verdict, not mine. On your conscience will rest the stigma of returning such a disgraceful verdict. Many repeti- : tions or such conduct as yours will make trial by jury a horrible farce and the City < of Victoria a city of immorality and crime. Go, I have nothing more to say to you." And then, turning to the prisoner, the chief justice added: "You are discharged. Go and sandbag some of those jurymen. They deserve it!" A Squeeze in Traetion. With a cargo of 230 passengers, the car was as full as a goat. "There are too many of us," gasped a pale man. "When I count three let everybody draw a full breath. One, two, three., breathe!" Everybody breathed, and sixteen passengers were instantly crowded off the back platform. "What a relief." sighed the remaining passengers, gratefully. The Horse's Failing. Hans, the ruralist, was in search of a horse. "I've got the very thing you want," said Bill Lennox, the stableman, "a thorough-going road horse. Five years old, sound as a quail, $175 cash down, and he goes ten miles without stopping." Hans threw his hands skyward. "Not for me," he said, "not for me. I ] vouldn't gif you o cents for him. I live 8 j miles out in de country, and I'd haf to ( walk back two miles." i t A TOUCHING STORY. 3 is the saving from death of the baby girl < of Geo. A. Eyler, Cumberland, Ma. He i writes: "At the age of 11 months our lit- i tie girl was in declining health with seri- i ous throat trouble, and two physicians t gave her up. We were almost in despair, when we resolved to try Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. The first bottle gave relief; after t taking four bottles she was cured, and is s now in perfect health." Never fails to t relieve and cure a cough or cold. At all 4 druggists in Bamberg; Felder & Matthews, ? Denmark; 50c and $1.00 guaranteed. Trial < bottle free. , 1 SOCIETY IN DENMARK. Mrs. C. A. Brux Entertains in Honor of Miss Leslie Harold. Denmark, August 6.?Mrs. C. A. Brux entertained delightfully at her home in West End Thursday evening in honor of Miss Leslie Harold, of Bainbridge, Ga? Miss Harold and Miss Livy Ray presided gracefully at the punch bowl. Progressive hearts was played with much interest and amusement the greater part of the evening, Miss Livy Ray winning the first prize, a delightful box of chocolates. Refreshments of cakes and cream were en* joyed and the lateness of the hour of departure attested well the guests' enjoy ment of the evening. Those who had the pleasure of Mrs. Brux's hospitality were: Miss Maggie Turner, of Columbia, with Mr. John Boozer, Miss Edna Steadmas with Mr. Cecil Cram, Miss Dorce Turner with Mr. Burns, of Columbia, Miss Mabel Welch with Mr. Charlie Rice, Miss Livy Ray with Mr. Algie Guess, and Miss Bessie Goza with Mr. Ruby Gillam. Wednesday evening a merry party of young folks, all on pleasure bent, gave Miss Edna Steadman one of the most enjoyable surprise parties ever given in Denmark. The evening was spent in music, laughter and conversation and the hours sped only too quickly for those fortunate . h enough to be present. Friday a" small party of young people had a delightful outing on the Edisto river at Binniker's bridge, Mrs. J. D. Millions being the popular and capable chap- . erone. Miss Mabel Welch, of Sumter, is the, guest of Miss Edith Rice. ? <k Miss Leslie Harold, of Bainbridge, Ga., is with her mother, visiting Mrs. C. A. > Brux. Miss Maggie Turner, of Columbia, is the guest of Miss Dofa Turner. Mr. Frank Burns, of Columbia, is the " guest of Mr. John Boozer. Mrs. Cleckley and Mrs. Quattlebaum, of Orangeburg, visited Mrs. J. D. La Fitte \ last week. : -- .3 ESCAPED FROM SAGHAL1EN. A Convict, Serving for Terrible Crimes, is Freed by War. * St. Petersburg, August 7.?It is reported from Saghalien that in the course of events, accompanying the recent invasion of the Japanese, there occurred the mysterious disappearance from the island of a convict named Putilin, formerly a priest of Marrinsk, who a year ago, was sentenced at Tomsk, to penal servitude for life for a series of bloodcurdling murders. A man of immense strength, Putilin \ vwas very popular among his fellow prisoners, and was a favorite with the convict guards. He played an Important part in the preparation of a convict regiment to repel the Japanese, but it is suspected that he took advantage of the disorders accompanying the invasion to make good his escape. The news of his escape has caused a ' wave of terror throughout Eastern Siberia. Many believe that that the convict priest will throw himself on the mercy of the Japanese, if he has not already done so but some with terror aver that Putilin " will undoubtedly return to the scene of his former crimes. In the heyday of his prosperity, Father Putilin was one of the most honored and respected men in the neighborhood of Marrinsk. But, with his three brothers [all priests and wealthy house owners,) Father Putilin in reality lived for years a iouble life. At night time the criminal quartet, masking their faces, sallied out md waylaid wealthy travelers on the Czar's highway. On one occasion they even held up and robbed a Siberian emigrant train. Finally the four brothers were brought * to justice by an anonymous letter, which idvised the police that a brass bound ihest under the altar of Father Putilin's ihurcb, if searched, might be found to contain stolen property. Concealing themselves in the church at midnight, police and detectives, to their amazement, witnessed their honored priest, Father Putilin, holding a benedic- ,< tion service in which he blessed three masked brothers, and sprinkled their murderous revolvers with holy water. During the trial no fewer than seventeen murders were brought home to this quartet of robber clergymen. Borroughs?Hello, old man! They say pqu lost a lot of money on the races. Gayman (displaying his roll, gleefully) ?Ha! ha! That doesn't look it, does it? Borroughs?No. Say, lend me ten, will pou? Two men were disputing over their respective churches. Finally one called i neighbor who was passing and asked lis opinion as to which was the only ;hurch in which to be saved. "Well," said he, "my son and I have hauled wheat ;o the same mill nigh on to forty years, tfow, there are two roads that lead from >ur place to the mill?one's the valley oad, t'other takes over the hill. Ana lever yet, friends, has the miller asked ne, which road I took, but he always isfcs: "is your wneat gooa?" PECULIAR DISAPPEARANCE. J. D. Runvan, of Butlerville, 0., laid he peculiar disappearance of his painful lymptoms, of indigestion and biliousness, o Dr. King's New Life Pills. He says; 'They are a perfect remedy, for dizziness, tour stomach, headache, constipation, jtc." Guaranteed at all druggists in Bam* >erg; Pelder k Matthews, Denmark. 35c. t 0 .