The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 10, 1905, Image 1
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* -
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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