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UJ , U .5; ? s 1 I t/-) 0 , 1/1 | m I 8 w ^ K . E Ssgl' ?? t- 5 / * Personal Mention. ?Rev. P. E. Monroe, of Ebrhardt, was in the city Tuesday. ?Mr. F. G. Fickling, of the Blackville section, was in the city Tuesday. ?Miss Barnett, of Denmark, spent Sat; orday and Sunday with Miss May Zeieler. ?Mr. A. W. Hunter, of the Hunter's Chapel section, was in the city Tuesday. ' ?Miss Edith Gale returned Tuesday, ^ ' afternoon from an extended trip to Baltimore. 9 ?Messrs. G. Frank and Henry F. Bamberg are spending a few days m Georgia /..this week. ?Messrs. S. W. and Thos. Clayton, of the Colston section, were in the city last Saturday. ?Mr. F. M. Moye, of Fairfax, spent Sunday and Monday in the city on a .Visitto relatives. ?Mr. H. G. Stokes, of Dadeville, Ala., spent Sunday and' Monday with his brother, Rev. Peter Stokes. ?Misses Lillie Mouzon and Sallie Chapman, of Charleston, are visiting at the home of Mr. C. R. Brabham. >-Mr. C. D. C. Adams, a former Bamberg boy, visited relatives here last week. He is engaged in the mercantile business at Walterboro. EVANGELIZING FROM AUTO Xy\ ; .... Preacher's Car Will Be Bqmipoed For ' Four Months* Tour. v The Rev. Jacob Kurtz, an evangelist of York, Pa., has bought an automolv* . bile and is equipping it for a soul savj v ing tour of the middle western states, says the New York World. Mr. Kurtz, who is known as the house top evangelist first came into prominence by j , preaching from the tops of houses. There will be a small car attached to the automobile. At night the evangelist will sleep in this car. During the daytime he will preach from it the car be v ing so constructed that the sides may be thrown open. He will leave York in the early spring, and. traveling leisurely, stop; ping in villages and towns to preach, f his ultimate destination will be Springfield, I1L He expects to take about four months in which to make his tour. > ''* . His living expenses while en route, r ' he estimates, will not be more than 7 cents a day, as the evangelist lives upon the simplest fare. His outfit of baggage will be small. As he is a practical machinist he will be able to keep bis automobile in repair at little cost . _________ T-,-' . > France's Rooseveltian President. JV .. M. Fallieres, France's president elect, is a great waiaer iu ixie w.unu), a Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall ; Gazette Rain or shine, he accomplishes his six or seven miles a day. He seizes every occasion to absent himself from Paris to bury himself in his estate. He wears the clothes of comfort rather than of fashion?soft hat, loose fitting > jacket and trousers, finishing in leggings and thick boots?when his horizon is bounded by his vines instead of the pedpled benches of the senate. i HIGHEST RAILROAD BRIDGE. Great Structure to be Built Over \ the Arkansas River. % Cakox City, Col., March 6.?Work was begun today on the highest railroad bridge in the world. It is to be built across the top of the famous Royal Gorge, near this city. It will be 2,800 above the hftn<rinff hrid^e of the Denver and Rio ! Grande railroad and will be so high in ; the air that the roaring of the Arkansas river below will not be heard and the powerful stream will look like"a mere CJ^hread of silver. ^^^he structure will be erected in conneciion with the plans of a syndicate of San Jose, Cal., which is about to establish an interurban system of electric railroads in Fremont .county from here to Florence and the top of Royal Gorge. It is expected that the line to the top of Royal Gorge will be completed and in operation some time this summer. Hypnotized Out of $4,000. Syracuse, March 6.?Complaint has been made to the police by) Mrs. Thomas Mprriam. widow of a wealthy box manufacturer, that after placing her under a hypnotic spell Prof. Ross Edwards, a clairvoyant, trance medium and healer, induced her to go to a local bank on Friday and withdraw $4,000. Edwards hastily left town with his wife and little niece. Upon becoming free from the hypnotist's power Mrs. Merriam realized that she had been duped, and called on the police to get her money back. As yet no , clue has been found of Edwards's whereabouts and the police throughout the state have been asked to be on the lookout for him. . Mrs. Merriam was left a large amount of money by her husband, and each day as she drove up in her carriage to the clairvoyant's home neighbors were at tracted by her exquisite dress and her flowers. The victim declines to disclose what information she desired from the clairvoyant, but he advertised to disclose tA lnre tho romnval JTlHLLcXP pUtaiUlUfc VV iv?v, i v* of evil influences and (o be a healer. \ ? >? b ? ? ' c >> C tX O . c8 tas^ ^o. a-a & go 2 ? C ? 88 ? ? ' co So 2? 3 <g> t oo 30 = oa g ^ 80 ^ |c ic l/ ^ S? u b? 2 E t ? = ? a -g * .a tfl UJ >^u-i c y u. * fi. <& . | Ashite Mr. Phillips bd c. b. lewis OcpvrighU 1905, by Earner Sprague There was no room to doubt that Mr. James Phillips was astute. He had been told so by his employer, by his fellow clerks in the bank and by two or three detectives with whom he had come in contact In fact be had rooms in the same house with a detective, and thev were on such intimate terms that the sleuth let him in on some of his cases and on several occasions had said to him: "Phillips, you would have made a great detective. You have the natural astuteness of a Vidocq." There were times when the bank clerk really thought of resigning his position and taking up detective work as a profession. He had almost made up his mind in earnest when a brilliant thought came to him. He was a young man of twenty-six, earning a salary of $20 per week. Until further promotion should come he | could not hope for any increase. The | place he aspired to was years away, and there was no way of adding to his income and getting married and living as he wanted to live. The brilliant thought that flashed upon him one evening was to turn his astuteness into criminal channels and reap the profits. He did not intend murder nor highway robbery nor burglary, but simply to beat the public In some easy way. As he was a good penman, and as he was well acquainted with the ways of banks, it was natural that he should decide on forgery as his line. The astute Mr. Phillips did not rush lulu me new uubiucsb lu a uaj vi u. month; it was a whole year before he was ready to move. He first called up all the cases of forgery that he had heard of in connection with banks and went over them one by one in the most methodical manner. Some had succeeded, and he satisfied himself as to why others had sent men to prison. Then he borrowed the detective's scrapbook and purchased the published reminiscences of two or three others and read every line connected with forgery. His deductions when he had finished were that nineteen out of every twenty men arrested for the crime were burglars. They had been careless; they had left loopholes; they had neglected the most ordinary precautions. In some cases they had lacked nerve?a thing he knew he possessed to a wonderful degree; in others they had taken alarm when there was not the slightest cause for it Forgery, he decided after studying every phase of it for a year, was the very safest game in the catalogue. When Mr. Phillips had fully and firmly made .up his mind to enter into "business" he jotted down the following points in his favor: He had always borne a good reputation; he was connected with a responsible house; he could imitate any man's chirography; he knew scores of men who banked at institutions outside his own; he was an adept at disguising face and voice; he was a comrade of a detective who would keep him informed of what was going on, and his friendship with the officer would serve to lull all suspicion. It was plain sailing to success. It is said that there are plenty of men who would beat a bank out of a thousand dollars and yet hesitate to take ten from any other source. Persons of wealth will beat the customs because Uncle Sam is considered fair game. The criminal who gets ahead of a bank or other corporation does not feel that he has broken the law as if he had robbed a private house. Mr. Phillips intended to pay all his attenI tion to banks and none of it to private individuals. Had any one suggested that he beat a corner grocer out of $50 by some gum game he would have been highly indignant The detective had told the bank clerk that more criminals came to grief through confederates than in any other I way. There is honor among thieves only up to a certain point They stand | ready to sell each other out at any I hour when it seems that they can personally benefit by it Mr. Phillips' natural astuteness warned him to go it alone and trust to no man, and therefore when he got ready to put his programme in motion no living man shared his secret There had been certain preparations to make. He was allowed an hour for lunch. He had been In the habit of going to a certain place patronized by other bank clerks. He purposely raised a row with the proprietor that he might have some excuse for going elsewhere. He would need to be disguised, and he had to rent a room in a convenient location to make the changes. There must be a safe place for his money, and he found it by renting a second room half a mile from the other. To both landlords and to account for his brief stops be claimed to be a detective. - . . . & o af ^ u ^ . Ssf g am o ? H u ? E ? I S Si *<3 =j 1 ? 5 ? u^r. P is ? Co s. <, > > Mr. Phillips was in no hurry, and he I did not propose to leave any loose ends. He went over his plans time after time and finally satisfied himself that they were without a flaw. He had provided for every contingency likely to arise, and it only remained to rake in the plunder. After going over his list of "available*" he finally selected a business house which had formerly banked with his people. Their signature was at his disposal, and he knew the size of their account at the new bank. He could get $5,000 from them easily, and the chances were that the crime would remain undiscovered for at least a fortnight . iht* nc+Trtp hflntr clerk was I quite ready to start out He was not | a bit flurried or excited. He left bis | desk at the usual moment, donned his coat and hat 'in the usual way and passed out upon the street to seek his lodgings and disguise himself. He did not overdo this. He simply donned a j false wig and mustache, slipped on a hat and coat unlike his usual garments and then sauntered carelessly along into the Fourth National bank. The substitute teller was at the pay window, as he had figured he would be after 12 o'clock. This man did not know him. There were three or four persons with checks to be cashed, and Phillips took his place in line. He had a forged check for $5,650 in his hand, and he was certain that it wduld be I paid without question. The merchants would have sworn that the signature was their own. The check was passed in, glanced at, and the teller swiftly counted out the money. He was* about to pass it through the window, and Mr. Phillips was feeling a sort of contempt for his easy ways when he paused, laid down the bills and took another look at the check on file. There were ten seconds of puzzled hesitation, and then he said: "There is a bit of irregularity here. This check is dated for tomorrow. See?" The astute Mr. Phillips saw. For a year ne naa Deea siowiy ana careiuny preparing for this day. Fcfr a year he had been telling himself that there could be no failure. He had written out the check with the utmost care and had scanned it over and over again, and yet he had dated it a day ahead and made a most egregrious blunder! The thing came upon him with sledge hammer force, and in spite of his assurance , he exhibited some confusion. This might have passed with the teller as a natural result had not a man with a check to be cashed exhibited undue curiosity and had not Mr. Phillips' com: rade detective come strolling in. He was known to the officers of the bank and at once became interested in the incident "It was an oversight that I will have corrected In twenty minutes," remarked Mr. Phillips as he took the check and started out But the detective would not have it that way, and five minutes later he had penetrated the disguise of his friend. Perhaps their Marulehln rr?<?h+ Hono +V?o O+rfl^n AiA^UUOUiy Ult^UV UU? V D WW WW WV* -! ?-IT or an explanation been possible, but the teller would not have It so. An attempt had been made to "do" and ruin him, and he proposed to see It through. The result came two months later, when the careful and deliberate and painstaking as well as extraordinarily astute Mr. Phillips was sentenced to state prison for seven years. "Sorry for you, my boy?very sorry," said the detective as he left him at the prison, "but you see there is a difference. Astuteness in business brings a sure reward, but astuteness in crime leads most of 'em here." W. P. RILEY, FIRE LIFE ACCIDENT INSURANCE. BAMBERG. S. C. FOR SALE. One brick store, 25 feet front and 100 feet deep, with open lot adjoining, 36x110 feet deep. Also six room dwelling witn I bath room, closets, out buildings, garden, 1 barn and stables, and sheds, conveniently j arranged for wood, etc., in first-class con- J dition, all fronting Main street. This ! property will go at a low figure to a quick buyer. J. T. O'NEAL. ENGINES, BOILERS i GINS and PRESSES. ' i Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and . i Fertilizer Mill Outfits: also Gin Press Cane, Mill and Shingle, Outfits. Build ing, Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Rail , | road Castings; Railroad, Mill, Factory | and Machinists' Supplies. Belting, Pack 1 ing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files 1 Oilers, Etc, cast every day. Work 150 < hands. J Lombard Iron V'ts Saggly Go' I AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Foundry, Machine, Boiler and win ' Works.ReDairing Promptly Done. t O 2^ CO c c ?. I ?. g. E ?? E ? C !5 S C O u ? MU fcO st C ^ ? S C o O ^CO g 9 2 s so be ^ be 5 5 * % ? ? 5 ^ > o ? ? 3 ? c> ^ tt ? ^ ^ ? ' E O </) E A SLIDE ISf S/fOW TO QUICK DEATH An A.d*)*ntttr* of /(Hit Ejtplorers In th# Anlartic ion. In Captain Robert F. Seotfs Toy age of the Discovery" the story Is told of nine men of the . exploring party in the antarctic who retained from a sledge expedition in a blinding snowstorm. The narrative says: -An unusually vioiem equaii prevented us from seeing even one another. I immediately ordered a chain to be formed at right angles and extending across our track, each man keeping in touch with the rest, with the idea of intercepting Hare, who was missing, when he came on. We shouted and blew whistles, and while this was going on . Evans stepped back on a patch of bare, smooth Ice and shot out of sight immediately. Thinking the slope to be one of the short ones so common In the folds of the hills, Barne sat down and deliberately started to slide in Evans' track. In a moment or two the slope grew steeper, and soon he was going at a pace which left him no power to control his movements. He whipped out his clasp knife and dug it into the ice, but the blade snapped off short or1 failed to check his wild career. In a flash the Ice changed to snow, which grew softer, until in a smother of flying particles his rapid flight was arrested, and he stood up to find Evans within a few feet of him." A third man joined them in similar fashion: "Realizing the impossibility of ascending again by the way they Ko/l AAmfl thnit fr\ HDCPOnH hilt A-C1U Ui^J ObUi kWU fcv V4WW4AV, w* within four paces of the-place at which they had been brought to rest they found that the slope ended suddenly in a steep precipice, beyond which they could see nothing but the clouds of whirling snow. Even as they recoiled from this new danger and dimly realized the merciful patch of soft snow which had saved them from it a yelping dog flew past them, clawing madly at the icy slope, and disappeared for HE FLASHED PAST THE LEADER AND DISAPPEARED. ever into the gloom beyond. The six others eventually moved on until they, too, found themselves on an awkward slope. Their leader suddenly saw the precipice beneath his feet and far below, through the wreathing snow, the sea. "Another step would have taken him over the edge. He sprang back with a cry of warning, and those behind him, hearing it, dug their heels instinctively into the surface, and with one exception all succeeded In stopping. What followed was over in an instant Before his horror stricken companions bad time to think poor Vince, unable to check hlc^self with his soft fur boots, had shot from among them, flashed past the leader and disappeared." Vince was never seen again, but Hare, the first missing man, staggered back to the ship two days after the others, remembering nothing between struggling to a patch of rock for shelter and waking thirty-six hours later covered with snow. Pauline Webster Home. . Spartanburg/ February 27.?Pauline tc Webster, a young South Carolina woman, w vho created a sensation by marrying a voman in Kansas City and being arrested )n a charge of bigamy, but who was re eased, passed through Spartanburg this | ifternoon on her way to her old home at Cowpens, in this county. A large crowd of people was at the station to get a glimpse of the young woman. She was joined in Spartanburg by her brother, j. E. Webster, of Gaffney. C ? 1 03 ^ I 2 cL = > = B *3 1 ? * s ' ? *h * O > v ^ ) "3 "3 J O - W g ^ e | is *? <3 * s & fee- *3 3 ? fft I TV C c* : a ?i a. ? Si . > * o > Yloney Saved i: Consult your interest. Open umbrella, for |50.00; or top t member I sell goods lower tha Chase's fine plush robes from sold at a sacrifice of 40 per cei sold in the city. I am also s cases, etc., to make room for famous Babcock vehicles and H. H. C The Carriage and Ha '49 and 751 Broad Street [Souther! THROUGt Every Day High-Back Co Room Sleepei Railway Dinii FINEST CARS, ' CONVENIENT SCHEDULE J For Full Inforu I Southern Rail* I R. W. HUNT I Division Passenger Agent I Charleston, S. C. r . ?^ Crescent Bicycles are the best, lightest and cheapest wheels on the market to-day at thejprice. If you are thinking of buying a wheel see me before doso. 1 can and will save you money. Remember I also repair :::::: Bicycles, Guns, Pistols, Rifles, on short notice. I also have in stock a well selected line of:: Bicycle Parts w which I sell at the most reasonprices. When In need of anything in my line, give me a call. J.B.BRICKLE Try Us Next Time If you will give us your next order for groceries, we guarantee to please you. Full stock in all lines constantly on hand, and only reasonable prices charged. Fresh Meats of all kinds on hand all the time. Beef, Pork, Sausage, etc. Only best meats handled. I also sell the .... I WHEELER & WILSON AND I SINGES SEWING MACHINES I the best machines on the market. I Sold for cash or on easy terms. I if went Q mflollino K OCC UJC 11 JV/U II UUb U uaM-wu.uw. Goods delivered free In city limits. 'Phone 27. Located at Jennings' old stand. A. C. Griffin. LABORERS WANTED. Wanted from forty to fifty men at once ) work about saw-mill, railroad and oods. Good wages to good workers. THE 3IILLER LUMBER CO., Ulmers, S. C. 1. M. GRAHAM, ATTORNEY-AT.LAW BAMBERG, 5. C. )fflce in Folk: Building. ' U4" I = aas i ^3 ^ i I .*^s 1 s Money Gained 1 bnggy, including harness and >uggy complete for $49.00. Rett any other honse in the Sonth. $1.00 up. These are now being it., the most beautiful line ever * iacrificing trunks, satchels, suit other lines. Sole agent for the best farm wagons on the market. OSKERY | rdwar? Man of Qeorgla Augusta, Georgia . JjH i Railway I I 1 SERVICE All the Way! % aches, Drawing- J s and Southern | ? /* r*J J Llg vai FASTEST TIME | S ON LOCAL TRAINS jtjt jt ' $ nation Consult any ray Agent, or I . ^j5? BROOKS MORGAN "M | Asst. Gen'l Passenger Agt. . R Atlanta, Ga. Money to Loan' |||j I am prepared to loan money on real estate on easy terms ' (>S|j? at reasonable interest rates. Will take up old mortgages or make new loans. If you want . :$* to borrow money don't fail to consult, : J. Aldrich Wyman ? f||l| " Attornev-at-Law Bamberg, 3. C. - *al ' |Tf!'carter| Jlgf it Attorney-at>Law JI iiflf! J[ BAMBERG, S. C. < Investigation of Titles a Specialty . -< Q ? Jz Office at the Court House. x i money i? loan 1 On farming lands. Long time. < No commission charged. Bor- ' rower pays actual cost of per' fecting loan. For farther information address John B. Palmer 6k Son* ' Box 282, Columbia, S. C. frig 'insurance] m ....I WRITE.... FIRE IXSURAXCE . LIFE IKS FRANCE. SURETY BONDS In good, strong Companies. HIE? J. BRABHAM, Jr., 1 Office at Bank. Phone Connection. ^ . .. ...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA |j. ALDRICfl WYMANI I j; ATTORNEY-AT-LAW <[ 'WM 11 Loans Negotiated. Collections a Specialty * \ ][ BAMBERO, S. G. <[ ! > Office Upstairs, Next to Bank < > DR. G. F. HAIR, if DESTAL SURGEON, Bamberg, 8. C? In office every day in the week. Gradn- . * ate of Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, class 1892. Member of S. C. Dental Association. Office next to bank. COTTON SEED. Has your cotton seed out? Do you want to increase your yield another year? Then write for prices and circular^ of the Original Phillips Improved Seed. > J. L. PHILLIPS, m 1-18.3m Orangeburg, S. C. - 0 ' -Jb