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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905 ' One Dollar a Year rri|
SHE STOLE A HUSBAND.
f Miss Laura Percer, 22 Years Old, Elopes With
17 Year Old Boy.
The usual order of things was reversed
1 last Sunday as Miss Laura Percer, the 22
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Percer, who live on North Caldwell street
extension, stole away with young Ernest
Tomberlin and married the youth. The
youthful husband is the son of Mr. and
| Mrs. W. James Tomberlin, who are very
wrathy over the matrimonial episode.
( It is an interesting story. It seems
that Miss Percer and Tomberlin had been
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spoony for some time, but owing to the
difference in their ages, their friends'did
i ; aot regard the spell seriously. However,
Sunday morning Miss Percer, who is the
undisputed head of the family, took mat*
flho BAT.nrAd A ttlmOUt.
pC WW 1U UCi UOUUOt wuv f
f- v; drove by for him who was to become her
younger half, and hied away to the South
Carolina line. In the natural course of
(i,v events 'Squire Bailes received his fee and
pronounced his blessings upon the couple.
& " Upon their return the bride naturally
took her husband to her parents' home,
where they reside. It is understood that
. the parents of the husband have not yet
^ K let their wrath cool and the young man
Ihas not yet dared visit his people.?CharI
lotte Observer.
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All Want to Bald the Treasnry.
Washington, December 14.?Reprei
sentative Lever today introduced, a bill to
k appropriate $100,000 to build a federal
^ building at Sumter. Tomorrow Repre
sentative Patterson will introduce a bill
H to build a postofSce and custom house
H at Beaufort and another providing for
Wf the holding of federal court at Aiken.
P V These are about all the new district and
federal building developments for today, 1
( except mat solicitor v. n.. ucU>;
f to Represent the claims of Chester as one"
; of the places for holding court.
Rock Hill has been practically decided
npon finally and it seems that Chester
; ' will have to content itself with that
< $75,000 jostoffice, which both Messrs.
Latimer and Finley have proposed and
introduced bills for. Mr. Henry saw several
members of the delegation today. ]
Mr. Lever also introduced today a bill
to pay $900 to the German Lutheran j
church of Orangeburg. The Yankees
^ burned it down. This same bill was int
troduced in last congress and got a favorable
report. Mr. Patterson will introduce
several other bills tomorrow, one to
increase the salaries of rural free delivery
carriers to $1,000; another to clean out
; the Salkahatchie river up as far as Barnwell;
another to establish an agricultural ,
experiment station in the Second district
; . . - and another to establish a fish hatchery
in South Carolina.
Promotions on the Staff.
K35?-.1 Avr'mntTi December 15.?Col. Alta
moot Moses was a member of Governor
Hey ward's personal staff. In view of bis
Jlpl death Governor Heyward has asked Col. ,
W. G. Smith, of Orangeburg, to accept
the position made vacant by the death of
^:~ .CoL Moses, of commissary general. Col.
Kg?* Smith, of Orangeburg, has already been
on Governor Hey ward's staff.
W To fill the vacancy on the staff Governor
Heyward has appointed Mr. William
Banks of Columbia. This is a fine
tribute to one of the best and ablest
yonng newspaper men in the State. Mr. <
|||p; Banks is uState House man," among 1
other things, and during his term of office
the governor has been thrown into intik*
: mate relations with Mr. Banks. Mr.
Banks has been on the staff of The State '
for many years, 4nd has done a great deal
^ of superb work as a newspaper writer.
A PERILOUS AERIAL FLIGHT.
| Chicago Electrician Has an Exciting Experience
In Airship.
y Chicago, Dec. 16.?With the daring of i
Kv..<:^im#n who faces death for the mere exft.,
citement of it, Horace B. Wilde, an elecr
trician of Chicago, yesterday, for the
r f -; first time in his life, made a flight in an
| airship. He soared to a height of 2,600
' feet above the ground. After a series
gf' of thrilling experiences he returned to
^ ' the earth safely three miles from where
^; he started on his trip in a machine which
f v never had been tested before. x
r *. The trip through the air at the heighth
v of half a mile was made under difficulties.
& Wilde's greatest peril was the danger of
> losing his hold on the machine on acP
- count of the cold. Twice his numb fing:r;
ers slipped from their grasp of the frame
|; of the ship, and twice he caught himself
by hooking his heels into a beam.
The trip was made after several attempts
covering a period of three weeks.
I- When the big airship sailed away the
crowds cheered and Wilde waved his
hand gleefully. For a time all went well,
the dirigible machine moving to the
f. south smoothly. Then the engine operating
the propeller stopped because the
pjci, supply of gasoline was exhausted. With
fx ; that came to the airship man the realization
that he was going higher and higher
.and had no means of propelling the ship
U V in direction of the earth. Wilde, in
a frantic endeavor to escape destruction,
I v climbed into the network of the gas filled
bag above him and holding on with the
- fingers of one hand almost frozen, with
teeth unfastened the cord that held the
escape valve, permitting the gas to escape
? and the balloon to settle.
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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.
Salada has joined the ranks of antidispensary
counties. The dispensary was
voted out of that county Tuesday by a
good majority.
President Benjamin Sloan, of the South
Carolina college, has tendered his resignation,
he having reached the age limit,
but the board of trustees will not accept
it.
Mr. L. J. Jones, postmaster at Lodge,
Uolieton county, was ineu in me ?j uncu
States coart in Charleston last week on
the charge of fraudulently cancelling
stamps, and was acquitted.
Pomaria, one of the most prosperous
towns in Newberry county, was almost destroyed
by fire last Thursday morning.
The loss is $50,000 or more, most of the
business houses being burned.
The business men's league of Orangeburg
has contributed $500 to the Orangeburg
Collegiate Institute, a Baptist boarding
school in that city. It is proposed to
raise $10,000 as an endowment fund for
the school.
The monument erected to the late N. G.
Gonzales was unveiled in Columbia last
week with appropriate exercises. The
address was delivered by Dr. S. M. Smith,
pastor of the first Presbyterian church of
Columbia.
Judge D. A. Town sen d's term as Circuit
Judge having expired he has resumed
the practice of law at Union. D. E.
Hydrick, of Spartanburg, has been sworn
in as Judge, he being elected by the legislature
at the last session.
The celebrated Farnum papers were
turned over to the State Supreme Court
last Monday. They fill a large trunk,
and the judges of the court will examine
them privately. Then they will decide
whether any or all of them are to be
turned over to the dispensary investigatine
committee.
An election was held on the dispensary
question in Fairfield county last week,
and the county decided to keep the dispensary
by a small majority. Fairfield
is the second connty to retain the dispen- 1
pensary, Florence being the first. In all i
other counties where elections have been (
held the people voted out the dispensary. ,
The bill providing for a new Federal ,
judicial district in this State has been
again introduced in congress. Senator 1
Latimer has introduced a bill in the Senate
providing for appropriations for the ,
erection of public buildings at Anderson,
Chester, ana Greenwood, also to enlarge
an<H improve the postoffice building in
Greenville.
One of the ledgers of the Union cotton <
mills, which mysteriously disappeared
from the offices of the company, ana for the
return of which unmutilated a reward
was offered, was found last week upstairs
in the store of the mill company at Union.
But a number of pages had been cut out
of the ledger, and these pages contained
accounts which were important.
Last Friday morning at Gaffney, Milan
Bennqtt and Abbott Davison were shot
and killed by George Hasty. Bennett
was instantly killed and Davison died
the next dav. Hastv was one of the
proprietors of a hotel at Gaffney, and
the two dead men were members of a
theatrical company. They claimed Hasty
had insulted two lady members of the
company, and while discussing the matter
he palled his pistol and commenced
firing. Hasty claims self-defense, saying
one man had a knife. The sympathy of
the people of Gaffney is with the dead
men, and the killing is condemned.
A hearing was had before Jndge Watts
at Cheraw last Saturday in the matter of
a new inqnest over the body of R. K.
Dargan, of Darlington. The Fidelity
Mutual Insurance Co., of Philadelphia,
which had a policy of $25,000 on the life
of Dargan, has declined to pay the ,
claim, and brought the action to require
the coroner of Darlington county to hold
a new inquest, claiming that the inquest
held over the body of Dargan was irregular
and insufficient. Judge Watts declined
to grant the order, but gave the
right to renew the motion at any time. It
is stated that the insurance company will 1
resist the payment of the policy unless
another inquest is held.
Dan Murphy is back in the South Carolina
penitentiary again. Last week Su- ,
perintendent Griffith, of the penitentiary,
Mr. G. B. Kittrell, of Orangeburg, and
Corporal W. E. Hardy, of the penitentiary 1
guard, went to Swainsbom, Ga., and positively
identified the man in jail there as
n?n Mnmhv. At first he denied his iden-1
tity, bat later he confessed that he was
Murphr and told the story of his escape
from the penitentiary and what he had
been doing since. He seemed to be glad
to get back to Sooth Carolina, for he says
he Is tired roaming aroand and expects
sooner or later that his innocence will be
established. He still denies that he
mardered Treasurer Copes.
Too Far From the Market.
Soon after the Civil War, Gen. Rafus
Ingalls, United States Army, visited a
friend in the South. Taking a walk one
morning, he met a boy coming up the river
with a fine string of fish.
"What will you take for your fish?"
asked the general.
"Thirty cents," was the reply.
"Thirty cents!" repeated the general in
astonishment. "Why, if you were in
New York you could get $3 for them."
The boy looked critically at the officer
for a moment and then said scornfully:
"Yas, suh; en I reckon if I had a bucket
of water in hell I could get a million for
it."
IN MAD CHASE.
Millions rush in mad chase after health
when one extreme of faddism to another,
from, if they would only eat good food,
and keep their bowels regular with Dr.
King's New Life Pills, their troubles
would all pass away. Prompt relief and
Uttah f K/Ntl Vwl o
qui^a. V/Uic lui ouu onuuiavu uuuuig.
25c at all druggists in Bamberg; Felder
& Matthews, Denmark; guaranteed
MURDERER OF TREASURER CORES. ?
A Man Now Under Arrest in Swainsboro, Ga.,
Supposed to be Murphy. S
Columbia, December 14.?After thereport
to Governor Heyward that the man ^
under arrest at Swainsboro, Ga., who is
wanted to serve the balance of his life sentence
for killing Treasurer Copes, a guard
was sent to identify the man. Mr. Roberts,
who was the guard detailed, reported
that the man in Swainsboro was not ?
Murphy From what some of the people
in Orangeburg heard and read they were
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not sausnea, air. i*. n. jvuireu, wuu was
a friend of Mr. Copes, sent a photograph
of Murphy to the sheriff at Swainsboro,
and the sheriff advised Mr. Eittrell that
the photo and the prisoner are identical. ^
This fact was reported to Governor ^
Heyward, and at his request Mr. Kittrell ?
will go to Swainsboro with Capt. Griffith,
Superintendent of the State penitentiary,
and another guard, who is familiar with t(
Murphy. It is thought that this guard, *
Capt. Griffith and Mr. Kittrell ought to t(
be able to tell whether the man under ar- ?
fl
rest in Swainsboro is D. C. Murphy or
not. Mr. Roberts reported that the prisoner
was not Murphy, and until Mr. Kit- f1
trell took it op by photograph, that seem- 0
ed to be the end of the matter.?A. K. in
News and courier. di
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Law Obeyed in Orangeburg. o'
Branchville, December 13.?Last ai
night William Livingstone, a negro about tt
eighteen years of age attempted to crimi- ai
nally assault Mrs. J, F. Myers, a respect- K
able white woman living in the lower part ^
of this county near Reevesville. The M
negro would probably have accomplished B
bis purpose, had it not been for the inter- K
ference of Mrs. Myers' husband who hap- G
pened to be on the place at the time. Mr. er
Myers got his gun and fired at the fleeing Jc
negro, but only hit him with one shot, m
which did very little or no damage. As K
3oon as the report was circulated dozens m
of the neighbors gathered and made a th
search for the negro, who was found in
sometime during the night. It is said ar
there was considerable talk of lynching,
but Mr. Myers requested that the law be te:
allowed to take its course, and the negro
was brought here and turned over to the C<
town authorities. At the preliminary H
this morning the negro pleaded guilty m
and was taken to the Orangeburg jail this
afternoon by Constable Byrd. Much
credit is due Magistrate J. S. Dukes and
Constable C. D. Reeves for the safe deliv- P*
ery of the prisoner.
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Belieyes in Col. T. C. Duncan. w
Capt. J. T.Douglass, senator from Union,
is in the city on legislative committee Si
work. Sitiing in one of the offices in the
State capitol yesterday he stated his sin- et
cere belief in the unflinching nerve of
Col. T. C. Duncan. "The only way you fii
can keep him down is to break his neck," bi
said Senator Douglass, "and his neck is
not broken yet. I am reliably informed sc
i? 1.k? fanr rloiro ho ho? mnnnpH
ILI&C 111 tUC lOOV itn uojfg wv mmw * ww .v
bis fortune to the extent of half a million fr
dollars in cotton, and it is my belief that dj
he will yet come out on top."?Columbia m
State.
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Called to Save Postage.
She had a quarrel with her best young re
man and in winding up the affair wrote 1ft
him a letter which called for a reply.
After he had abashed himself on paper, H
she intended to forgive him, but as the 1ft
reply had not come at once she retired Bi
to her room for the usual feminine cry. 1ft
Presently the bell rang, and as the maid G
was enjoying her night out she dried her D
tears hurriedly, scrambled her hair into
shape and opened the door. There stood pi
the young man. to
"Come in," she said, rather ungracious- er
ly, thinking that she could not be very gi
dignified under the circumstances. "I
wasn't looking for you," with the accent C;
on the "you." M
"Oh, I thought Fd come instead of fi<
writing and save a stamp. You're always ?
telling me to practice economy."
As this was true she had to forgive him. h
Masonic Election.
At a regular meeting of Union Lodge, "
No. 247, A. F. M., held on Saturday, the g
9th instant, the following officers were q
elected and installed to serve for the en- g
suing year:
J. C. Kinard?W. M.
J. C. McMillan?S. W.
G. J. Hiers?J. W.
G. L. Kinard?Treasurer.
C. R. Clayton?Secretary. ^
J. A. Chassereau?S. D.
M. A. Kinard?J. D. ? gj
J. C. Harvey and J. F. Copeland,
Stewards. J
C. F. Carter?Tiler.
Ehrhardt, S. C., December 15,1905. M
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A jury in Seattle has decided that a dog R
has a right to bite a man in self defense, K
relates the Portland, (Ore.) Telegram.
This is an interesting verdict. It appears
that a dog bit a piece out of a man's leg,
and the victim sued the owner of the dog H
for $10,000. The defense was that the te
dog would never have bitten the man if tr
he had not been provoked to do so, and di
that as he was provoked to do so the dog re
was standing quite within his rights in in
biting the man. The defense was upheld h<
and aog and owner alike ought to be hap- m
py. Many other cases of a similar nature as
have been brought before, but this case is tt
said to be the first time that the jury has bf
taken this point of view. 5(
0UNTRY NEWS LETTERS
OME INTERESTING HAPPENING*!
IN YARIOUS SECTIONS.
ews Items Gathered All Aronn<
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhabdt, December 18.?Contracto
[oore, of Walterboro, was up one da;
ist week, measuring out the ground fo
le bank building.
A few bales of cotton coming to towi
no?w nnolr nnthinf. Tcnrth montinnini
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owever. Prices range from 11 cents t<
I 3-8 cents the pound.
Dr. J. H. Roberts will leave us nex
ear. He has a fine position with a com
any near Rock Hill. We all regret t
art with him, but wish him success ii
is new field of labor.
There is to be a show of some kind ii
)wn this week. Haven't seen any o
le show bills, so can't say any thing a
) the nature of same.
The children are all talking abou
anta Glaus, and what he will bring them
hey all say they hope he will not ge
ck, so he will be able to come am
ring their presents.
Invitations are out for the fifth annua
ance in Dannelly's hall on Tuesda;
rening, December twenty-sixth, at nim
clock. The young men of this placi
:e doing all they can to make it the bes
tat this town has ever bad. Committee
e as follows: On invitations: H. A
earse, G. ?. Ritter, ?. A. Brabham, an(
r. M. Walker. On arrangement: G. L
icMillan, J. 0. Ritter, W. D. Sease anc
ert Dannelly. On reception: 0. E
earse and J. Smith. Senior committee
. L. Kinard and G. B. Kearse. Chapones:
Mrs. G. L. Kinard, Mrs. G. W
snny, and Mrs. J. F. Chasserean. Flooi
anagers: W. H. Ritter and B. V
earse. They have procured the Metz
ilitaryband of Charleston tQ furnish
e music for the occasion. All are sparg
no efforts to make the dance pleasant
id enjoyable by all who attend.
Rev. T. L. Belvin went last week to atnd
conference.
The directors of the Ehrhardt Banking
jmpany have selected Mr. Conrad
artz as their cashier. His assistant hai
>t been selected yet. Jee.
Country Correspondence.
Tough weather we are having to pre
ire ror oia aania uiaus.
We are sorry to report Mrs. J. W. Hi!
t bed with chills and fever. Hope sh<
ill soon be better.
Miss Alma Sandifer spent Satorday anc
an day with her parents in onr midst
Dr. W. A. Hanberry, and son,' Everte,
spent Sunday at Mr. 0. P, Jordan's
Master Winfred Bishop mashed hit
ngerreal badly last Monday with hi
cycle.
Mrs. L. E. Hiil, of Bamberg, is at he:
>n's, Mr. J. W. Hill.
Miss Minnye Lee Ayer came hom<
om the 8. C. C. I. Friday, for the bolilys.
We hope each and every reader i
erry Christmas and happy New Tear.
onor Boll Denmark Graded School
First grade?Virginia Hutto, Eva Kash,
Annie Tant, Mand Creech, Kistle:
rarren, Grady Garris, Bernard Faost.
Second grade?Nell Beckham, Walke:
artzog, Homer McNeely, Earl Cain
rillie Califf, Helen Millhonse, Elizabetl
rnz, Abram Hallman, Charlie Arledge
rolsey Kearse, Agnes Goza, Marshal
illam.Fred^Hooker, Jessie Folk, Elizt
arnell. Gary Kearse, Counts Smoak.
Third grade?Bettie Beckham, Jose
line Fanst, Mattie Creech, Gary High
wer, Virginia Faust, William Hightow
, Lillie Hallman, Herbert Driggs, Mag
e Seymour, Roy Hartzog.
Fourth grade?Hardy Tant, Wildoi
ain, Ira Garris, Tindal Califf, Von Etti
ilhouse, George Hallman, Stanwiz May
jld, Heyward Goza, Emory Hooker
ulee Ellzey.
Fifth grade?Martha Ray, Roy Tyler
ouis Clark, Claudia Nix, Elmo Stead
an, Annie Collins, Ernest Seymour
ois Ray.
Sixth grade?Boyce Steadman, Blanch
art on, Olive Pearson, Ruth Seymour
ecil Ellzey, Gladys Milhouse, Henrj
ay, John Smith.
Seventh grade?David Felder, Leoi
etz, Marion Riley, Walter Rice, Willian
[ayfield, Emmett Gillam, Christian Folk
!ary Hightower.
Eighth grade?Alma Folk, Ed Baxter
arry Wroton, Ruth Ray, Mclver Ray.
Ninth grade?Alma Pearson, Elber
;eadman, Randal Gillam, Alvin Riley.
Tenth grade?Lillian Nix, Gertrud<
iley, Lynn Goolsby, Julia Zorn, Edni
teadman.
Distinguished?Fitz Hugh Cox, Johr
artin, Frank Creech, Floride Garris
uth Guess, Azile jnix, aaaeiie uuess
uby Guess, Alma McNeely, Lotti<
earse.
FURIOUS FIGHTING
"For seven years," writes Geo. W,
off man, of Harper, Wash., "I had a bit
r battle, with chronic stomach and live]
ouble, but at last I won, and cured mj
seases, by the use of Electric Bitters. J
commend them to all, and don't intenc
i the future to be without them in the
Duse. They are certainly a wonderful
edicine, to have cured such a bad case
i mine." Sold, under guarantee to dc
te same for you, by all druggists in Bamjrg;
Felder & Matthews, Denmark; al
)c a bottle. Try them today.
NEW YEAR'S WISHES.
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, Ideas of a Prominent South Carolinian Best M
* for the State.
Columbia, Dec. 19.?Several days ago 1
a prominent South Carolinian said if he in
had any special New Year's wishes that aj
he would like to see transpire for the la
r good of the State they were: b<
y First?Life tenure of all judges, with a la
r salary of $5,000 each. ti
Second?Absolutely no exemption o
fwr\TT* T"TT Antrr avAant 1 oTrrrflrfl and hot? rr
1 11U1U J Ui J UUVJ J ACinjWB, vtuv* UJ
ter juries. ai
3 Third?Punishment, absolutely no fay- T
oritism towards anyone defrauding an si
t estate or issuing false statements on X
i- which money is received. This is for h
0 the industrial health and prosperity of a
Q the State. t<
Fourth?Fairness in taxation; no dis- n
Q crimination between corporations and n
>f citizens, cities and country. c<
a Fifth?Fewer elections. b
This is a brief enough list of New fa
t Year's wishes.
i. There is a great deal of meat and meanit
ing in what this New Year wisher has to
1 say. to
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Preacher Called. it
At a meeting of the Baptist congrega- d
Y tion held last Sunday for the purpose of r,
0 calling a pastor, Rev. A. J. Foster, of &
B Louisville, Ky., was tendered the position p,
1 and has accepted. Mr. Foster came here tj
3 and preached for the congregation last d<
" Sunday, and the result of his visit is that tb
I
1 he will be pastor of the church for the re
coming year. He will come here in a
I few weeks to take up the work, and will
- probably assume the-pastorate about the
: second Sunday in January. His family St
' only consists of himself and wife, and
they will board at Mr. G. W. Garland's, so
next door to the church. all
Mr. Foster is a native of Kentucky, and an
: has had charge of a church in Louisville
1 for several years. He conducted a meet- gli
' ing at Blackville and Healing Springs a dii
' few years ago, and was known to some tu
people in the community before the oc'
casion of his visit last Sunday. co
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; Death of Mrs. Ogilvie. m,
L Allendale, Dec. 16.?Died at her home ca
J near Allendale on Thursday evening last,
Mrs. Sallie M. Ogilvie, widow of. the late dc
Dr. John W. Ogilvie. Mrs. Ogilvie died
of heart failure. She leaves two daugh- lo
ters and a host of relatives and friends to bi
mourn her loss. y<
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' A Phenomenon.
A handy word much misused is "phe- so
1 nomenon." The London Globe once to
* heard a man explaining its meaning to a tt
friend. He did it as follows: "Now, if
* yon see a cow in a meadow," he said, did- T
3 actically, "that's not a phinomeena*!lt'sa
3 pretty animal and what not, bat it ain't a g
phinomeena. And if you see a thistle in p
r a medler that ain't a phinomeena.
"Nor,if you see a lark in a meadow, that
3 ain't a phinomeena. It's a pretty bird
and what not, but it ain't a phinomeena. ci
1 But if you was to see that cow sitting 'on o!
that thistle and singing like that iark, sc
that would be a phinomeeda." His friend1 pi
said, yes, he saw now. d<
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r Season For Making Contracts.
r All crops have been housed or market- Bi
ed and the year's work is being rounded
* up, which suggests the fact that labor "1
contracts for 1905 are about to expire,
| and very soon farmers must lay plans and
^ employ hands for the new year. With cc
each succeeding year the vexatious labor cc
question has become more and more se- m
rious?especially true for farm labor.
This is due probably to two causes; the tb
exodus of colored people to the various
towns?thus creating a dearth of labor in "1
certain localities?and the increasing de- aI
* sire of negroes to farm on their own account.
p:
As long as the laborer can bny a "plug" w
mule or horse, guano and supplies?all 88
, on credit?and farm on his own account
he will be loath to bind himself in a con,
tract for a crop or wages. In this way
' the socalled lien law has been a potent
e factor in demoralizing labor. 1
Under existing conditions?consider!
ing the worthless character and the unreliability
of labor?the wisest and safest .
1 course to pursue is to farm upon the in1
tensive plan; fertilize heavily and use all ^
the labor saving machinery possible. In
' other words strive to secure a maximum ^
, yield with a minimum of labor. p
t The Job Makes the Man. ^
President McKinley onoe had an ap- g
9 plicant for the post of minister to Brazil, ^
1 who brought with him a petition signed y]i
by 7,000 Chicagoans. It seems that he
> was a picture framer, and as he went
I about canvassing for orders he was in the
habit of collecting signatures to his peti?
' J . "VT A W inlftff .n ^
nun. rrcsiucui iuwuiuicj luicucu ?v
spectfully to the applicant, questioned
' him as to his qualifications, and finally "]
r explained that before he could give the ei
r matter serious consideration he would ^
I have to confer with the senators and g
representatives from Illinois. cc
I "You know that we have to select big ai
! men for these places," said the president ^
J kindly, as he bade his caller good-bye. gj
j "Won't I be just as big as any of 'em pi
if I get the job?" was the retort. be
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A SUICIDE IN ROCK HILL .
1
r. Erwin Robinson Swallowed Carbolic Add
and Turpentine.
Rock Hill, Dec. 18.?Mr. Erwin Robison,
a respected citizen of Bock Hill,
;ed about 50 years, committed suicide
at night at his home here. He had
een greatly depressed for some time and - . ':Jl
,te yesterday evening swallowed a mix*
ire of one ounce of carbolic acid and one
nnce of turpentine. It was about 80
tinutes before a physician reached him
nd death followed ten minutes laterhe
poison had been left On the premises
ince last summer, when it was used by
[r. Robinson in treating an injured *
orse. It is supposed that he was hardly : : ^
ware of what he was doing when .he ,J>ok
it. The deceased had lived here
lany years, until recently conducting >
leat market. He had been without occupation
for the last four months. He
een married twice and leaves a large . / ^|9j
imily.
Oljmpia Hill Will Pay Dividend.
Chaeleston, Dec. 18.?At a meeting of
le executive committee of the Olympie
Dtton mill of Richland, held here today,
was decided to resume the payment of /
ividendsnext July. The mill has bees
inning successfully for some time and
s financial condition will pehnit of the
lyment of dividends now, but it was
lought best to defer the payment of divirnds
until next July, after which time
e stockholders will get their money
gularly.
No Deception,
R. M. Ham, room clerk of the BeQevue^ ?-\4' %
ratford, in Philadelphia, has an excel*'
at collection of autographs. These he
licited orally from his desk?they are
I autographs of the hotel's patrons, saya
exchange.
"Yon can tell a distinguished man at * ^
ance," said Mr. Ham the other day. "A
atinguisheded man has a look of dis- 'A
lction. Appearance is never deceitful., ' ;
"A friend of mine has a house in the
untry. There came to his gate one day
tramp of most dtrsepntable appearance A
atted hair, dusty beard, red nose, mudked
trousers and so on.
" 'Well,' said my friend sternly, "what
> yon wantf
" 'Please, iir,' whined the tramp, Tni
okin' for work. Have you any scrub*
n,' washin1 or cleanin' of any kind that
>u wish done?'
"My friend smiled.
"'How deceitful appearances are,' he
id. 'Now no one would ever suspect
>look at you that you would choose
tat particular sort of work to do.'
u 'Oh, I wouldn't sir,' said the tramp,
t's my wife that Fm hozrtin' work foe."*
11 you want a higher grade baggy
tan yon can find elsewhere,call at a.
rank Bamberg's. .
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Too Long For Bma.
At a political convention in a Western
ty, says the Saturday Evening Post, two |
? the delegates were disco wing, in ade- '
iltory way, the religions affiliations of
-ominent statesmen, when one of the
legates, himself a Baptist, observed to
e other delegate, who was a Methodist: /
"I understand that William Jennings
ryan has turned Baptist."
"What!" exclaimed the Methodist,
Yhy, that can't be!" ' 2 J
"Nevertheless, it is true.
"No, sir," continued the Methodist, revering
himself, "it isn't true. To borne
a Baptist one most be entirely imersed."
"Yes; but what has that fact to do with
e matter?"
"Simply this/' returned the Methodist;
If r. Bryan would never consent to dis>pear
from pdbiic view so long as that!"
Its value in sickness has been tried and ' S'%
roves. In the home it is not safe to be *
ithont it-SHAW'S PURE MALT. For
de at the Dispensary.
Conference Appointments.
The Methodist conference of Sooth
arollna has grown so that it takes en- -
rely too much space to publish all the
ppointments, so we can only publish
lose of the Orangeburg District:
Marion Dargan, presiding elder ; BamBrg,
R.L. Holroyd; Branch ville, E. H. ' ^
eckham; Cameron, A. C. Walker;
enm&rk, J. B. Traywkk; Edisto, 6. W,
avis; Elloree, J. T. Macfarlane; Fort
totte, W. L. Gault; Lapgley, C. M.
eeler; Norway, J. A. Graham; Orange-*
irg, St. Paul's, L. P. McGhee; Orangeirg
mills, to be supplied by J. Hv
nowles; Orangeburg circuit, A~B.'
ratson ; Orange, M. F. Dukes; Boweslie,
W. C. Owen; Springfield, J. L.
yler; St. Matthews, J. E. Mahaffey;
tvansea, G. W. Dukes.
TORTURE OF A PREACHER. ? \
?-?t in?a n if ?
L'iie story 01 tonure 01 nev.v. u. iuootc,
istor of the Baptist chtrtch, of Har- *
>rsville,N. Y.,will interest yon. Hesays:
! suffered agonies, because of a persist- < r
it cough, resulting from grip, i hat to .
eep sitting up in bed. I tried many rem-' ;
lies, without relief, until I took Dr. > i
tog's New Discovery for consumption, ?
mghs and colds, which cured my cough ; (
id saved me from consumption." A s
and cure for diseased conditions of
xoat and lungs. At all druggists in :
imberg; Felder & Matthews,Denmark:
ice 50c and $1.00, guaranteed. Trial >
ittle free.
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