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- ' : : ?> ' WM 7'v ' " . .. r:.v* "' 01te iamltmj irralii ? I Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C? THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1906 One Dollar a Year . | __ ' ijl - j - 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. V E. D. Smith, president of the South Carolina cotton growers' association, was married in Florence last Wednesday to Miss Annie Branson Farley. J. H. Pope, Jr., who killed Mont D. Ihly, in Hampton connty some time ago, was tried in the criminal court there last week and found guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Notice of appeal was given. W, J. Sowell, a white man living at Langley was struck by an express car on t the Augusta-Aiken electric road last Thursday night. He was walking on the track at a~curve and the car could not be stopped before striking him. He died Friday morning. It is said that Tuesday's election in Richland county may be declared illegal and another held. The tickets are said not to be of the right size and there were other irregularities, all resulting from carelessness. We have no doubt but that the elections were loosely conducted all over the State. Judge Hydrick refused a new trial to < -the negro McCoomer, and the white man, j Spivens, who were convicted in Sumter last week of the murder of J. ?. Gaillard, Jr. They were sentenced to life imprison ment in the penitentiary. The attorney ; for the white man says he will appeal to j the State Supreme court. j Wm. Bennett, the negro who was convicted at the last term of the court of general sessions in Beaufort county of the murder of Mr. Geo. M. Harvey, an i aged white man, at the Blythewood place ' on Lady's Island in that county on the < 26th of last August, was hanged in Beau- < fort last Friday. The execution was quiet 1 withnnt inniHpnt I ( The strike of the machinists in the ! v shone of the Southern Railway has been settled, and the men returned to work 1 Monday. The wages offered by the com- 1 pany prior to the strike are to be accepted, 1 and the difference between this scale and . that demanded by the machinists is to be j arbitpted. The adjustment took place in NewnTork last Friday.' Mrs. Virginia Durant Young, editor of the Fairfax Enterprise, died at her home ' in Fairfax last Friday afternoon at five 1 ' o'clock after a short illness of pneumonia, i She is survived bv her husband, Dr. W. J J. Young. Mrs. Young was well known < N and popular all over the State, especially ! among the members of the Press Associ-" 1 ation, who regret to learn of her death. 1 The German immigrant ship, the Wit- ( tekind. arrived in Charleston last Sun- j day. Most of the immigrants were car- ' ried to the upper part of the State to the ' v %... cotton mill districts. A number of people in the low country who wanted house servants were disappointed. It is said the immigrants showed up well and seemed to be a desirable class of population. Another ship load may be brought oversoon. p FAMOUS STRIKE BREAKERS. The most factious strike breakers in the ; land are Dr. King's New Life Pills. When liver and bowels go on strike, they quick- ] ]y settle the trouble, and the purifying -. ' work goes right on. Best cure for constipation, headache and dizziness. 25c at Hoover's Drug Store and J. B. Black's. ] ; TAX NOTICE. The county treasurer's office will be J open for the collection of State, county, ? ' " ' . m .i if.l i SCllOOl ana &11 omer taxes irurn tue tutu t day of October, 1906, until the 15th day of March, 1907, inclusive. I From the 1st day of January, 1907, un til the 21st day of January, 1907, a penal* i ty of 1 per cent, will be added to all nn- \ paid taxes. From the first day of Febru* ] ary, 1907, until the 28th day of February, ( 1907, h penalty of 2 per cent, will be added ; to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1907, until the 15th day of March, 1907, a penalty of 5 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. i The following is the levy: < For 8tate purposes, 5 mills. i For county purposes, 4 mills. I Constitutional school tax, 3 mills. J Total, 12 mills. < SPECIAL 8CHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg, No. 14,5 mills. , Binnaker's No. 12, 3 mills. Clear Pond, No. 19,2 mills. ' Colston, No. 18, 2 mills. Cuffie Creek, No. 17,2 mills. ? it _ a. a !1i. i UenmarK, no. si, o mum. I Ehrhardt, No 22,2 mills. Govan, No. 11.8 mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 16,1 mill. Hopewell, No. 1,3 mills. Hampton, No. 3,2 mills. Heyward, No. 24,2 mills. Lees, No. 23,4 mills. Midway, No. 2,2 mills. Oak Grove, No. 20,2 mills. Olar, No. 8,4 mills. All male persons between the ages. of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederate soldiers or sailors, who are exempt at fifty years of age, are liable to a poll tax of ohe dollar. Capitation dog tax, fifty cents. Parties returning property in more than one school district will not forget to ask for receipts for each district. I I will receive the road commutation tax ($2.00) from October 15th, 1906, until 1 March 1st, _1907. JNO. F. FOLK, : Treasurer rsamoerg uouniy. Bamberg, S. C., October 2,1906. TRESPASS NOTICE. i All persons are hereby warned not to enter on my lands for any purpose whatever. Hunters, *book agents, peddlers, | and all persons trespassing will be prosecuted. H. A. HUGHES. Ehrhardt, S. C., October 23,1906. 1 TRESPASS NOTICE. | JA11 persons are hereby warned not to enter on my lands for the purpose of hunting, hauling straw, or for any other , purpose whatsoever. Trespassers will be prosecuted. J. B. ELKINS. Bamberg, S. C., October 15, 1906. Did as He Was Told. An amusing instance of "literalmindedness" was afforded not long ago by ^ bell-boy in a hotel in Washington. One of the guests, a congressman from the west, had hurried to the hotel clerk's counter. He had just ten minutes in which to pay his bill, reach the railway station and board his train. When he hastily had transacted his business with the clerk and had turned to dash out of doors, it suddenly occurred to him that he had forgotten something. "Here, boy!" shouted he to a diminutive negro on the bench, "run to room No. 18 just as quick as you can and see whether I have left a box on the bureau, But hurry as I have only five minutes." The boy rushed up the stairs. In two or three minutes he returned out of breath. "Yes, sah," he panted, "you left it, sah!" What is a Gentleman? The question always comes up: What is a gentleman ? Some say he is a man with a silk hat, and others a man with a smooth tohgue. But men connected with the newspaper trade have a canon of their own. "Mr. Editor," said a patron one day, "how is it you never call on me to pay for your paper? " "Oh," said the man of types, "we never ask a gentleman for money." "Indeed," the patron replied. "How do you manage to get along if they don't pay." "Why," said Mr. Editor, "after a certain time we conclude he is not a gentleman, and then we ask him for it." A YEAR OF BLOOD. The year 1903 will long be rembered in the home of F. N. Tacket, of Alliance, Ky., as a year of blood; which flowed so copiously from Mr. Tacket's lungs that death seemed near. He writes: "Severe bleeding from the lungs and a frightful cough had brought me at death's door, when I began taking Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, with the result that after taking 4 bottles I was completely restored and as time has proven permanently cured." Guaranteed for sore lungs, coughs and/colds, Hoover's Drug Store, J. B. Black. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Millinery, Dry Goods, Notions, Etc. I have bought out Mrs. M. L. Counts's millinery, and have moved same over to my store. I am daily receiving new goods. Have just received a lovely line !)f ready-to-wear, also hats of every description and have others to come. Also have a complete line of dress goods and trimmings, laces, embroideries, linen, irawn work, muslin, underwear, in fact everything that you need. Will be pleased to have you call and inspect my goods, ind will appreciate your patronage. Respectfully, J. A. 8PANN. Bamberg, 8. C., October 31,1906. New Advertisements. Ga.-Ala. Business College?Help. F. E. Copeland et al?Trespass Notice. E. T. LaFitte?For Sale. Sam Harrison?Wanted. G E. Hutto?Citation for Letters of Administration on Estate of Mrs. E. A. Folk. W. A. KLAUBER. Klauber has had special sales in time past, but the great sale he will have from November 14th to 24th will be the most stupendous affair ever attempted in this part of the oountry. Read the big ad. in this issue, and be sure to be on hand dur^ ing the sale. DR. W. M. BAKER. Dr. W.M. Baker, air eye specialist, will be at the Mayflower Inn next Monday, November 12th, and if you suffer with ?? - /Mtrohim o aq 11 Uo la o irvroHrt. JTUUr CJ CO, glfcuiiu a vau, uv 417 ? gtuuu ite of a celebrated college in Berlin, Germany, and also from a college in Philadelphia. Give him a call next Monday. He will only be here for the one day. J. A. 8PANN. J. A. Spann has a new advertisement in this issue, which will be of great interest to bargain seekers. He has a tremendous stock of goods and they must be turned into money, no matter what the loss may be. He inaugurates bargain days Monday and Tuesday of each week, and special prices will prevail on these days. The first bargain sale is on for next Monday and Tuesday. See the ad. Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy a Guaranteed Cure. If you suffer from dyspepsia or indigestion in any form of gas, belching, bitter taste, offensive bad breath, dizzy spells, sour stomach, heart flutter, nausea, gastritis, loathing of food, pains or swelling in the stomach, back or side, deepseated kidney or liver trouble, they will disappear after taking Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy, made especially to cure dyspepsia, indigestion and stomach troubles, even the worst cases. Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy expels the gases and sweetens the breath, cures sick headache, colic ind constipation. Druggists or by express 50c bottle. Money refunded if it fails to sure. Medical advice and circular free by writing Tyner Remedy Co., Augusta, Ga. Negro Conference in Colombia. Columbia, October 30.?A call signed t>y leading negroes throughout the State has been issued for a conference on the race issue, to be held here on January 23 and 24. The speakers advertised as likely to address the gathering include Governor Heyward, Mayor Gibbes, Booker T. Washington and Bishops Coppin and Baiters. The time for the conference was arranged so as to have the members of the legislature hear the speeches. Richard Carroll, Thos. Miller and others are back of the scheme. Your stomach churns and digests food you eat and if foul, torpid, or out of order your system suffers from blood poison. Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea keeps you well. 35c, tea or tablets. H. F. Hoover. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Itemg Gathered Ail Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, November 5.?The farmers of this section are somewhat put out about the sudden decline in cotton. The crop has been about sold from this section, not more than 10 per cent, of it remains in the farmers' hands yet. Some - - * ?. reports Dave it tDat oo per cent., ui iuo crop for 1906 remains to be gathered yet. Any one traveling about in this section would report other than the 65 per cent, report. The situation is tough with our merchants, who bought quantities of fertilizer for the farmers from the various companies. Now these notes are maturing and they have nothing to pay with. The bank notes have taken three-fourths of the crop made and about 25 per cent, is about the amount the merchants have collected or will when they get all they can. The situation is serious. Evangelist Leitch commenced his aeries of sermons in the Methodist church at this place on last Thursday night. He has been giving sister bosh, sister flyspeck, sister run-down stocking at the heel, and whiskey drinkers, bricks so far. Mr. Marshall does the singing, which is enjoyed by all that hear him. Well, all these sisters are needed to make our world complete and without them we could not see their actions and avoid being similar characters. Gala week, is all that one can hear talked on our streets these days. What - - - ? * . .-I - i . _ kind of a dress ana wnai siym um, cw., will be appropriate for the occasion. Well, I hope that all who go to see the sights will enjoy themselves as much as they anticipate. All of oar sick folks are getting better and we hope soon to see them out on oar streets again. Mr. George H. Folk lost his horse last week. Mr. Folk carries mail on roral route No. 2 from here and boards with Mr. Jacob Ehrhardt. He was watering the horses in the lot; his horse made an effort to kick the other horses away from the trough. Mr. Ehrhardt had recently gotten a young horse, and when he approached the trough he took a hand in the kicking frolic and resulted in kicking Mr. Folk's horse so hard until it died the next day. Mr. Joe I. Copeland and wife are visiting his son, Dr. J. L. Copeland. Mrs. Bettie Kinard and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt went to' Bamberg last week on business. Mr. Chas. Ehrhardt went to Bamberg Sunday on a visit. Mr. John F. Chassereau has the painter at work on his dwelling. There is some talk of our having the freight train to stay over night here and carry an accommodation coach attached to it so passengers can go and come on it This is a cood move if the railroad people will only move it in that direction, and will be taken advantage of by the traveling pnblic. Mr. G. Calvin Fender, a prosperous farmer of our section, brought me as a sample a hen's egg just twiee as large as the largest eggs we get from our yards. The egg measures three inches long, one and three-quarter inches in diameter, six inches in circumference, and weighs three and three-quarter ounces. # Jee. Ehrhardt News. Mr. R. Miller has discontinued his branch store at Lodge, having moved his goods back to his store here, Mils. T. W. Dannelly and little- grand daughter are visiting Mrs. I. D. Copeland, of the Midway section. Miss Carrie Walker, of Colston, was in town last Wednesday. Mr. John Frank Chassereau is treating his house to a new coat of paint. Mr. C. R. Clayton went to Olar last Wednesday on business. Mr. G. L. Kinard paid Bamberg a flying visit last Monday. Mr. W. W. Warren and his family went to Orangeburg last Friday. Mrs. Pate is still kept from school, on account of the continued illness of her little daughter. Ot.nnrro itIia Vina hppn inN rmr mm ILL A UhlUUgV) f* Mw ?WW WW w? ... WW (WWW, munity for the last six months in the clock business, went to Augusta last week and brought back his bride, It is hoped that Mr. and Mrs. Strange will continue to make Ehrhardt their home. Mr. Dexter Platts, of Ritters, was in town last Thursday. Rev. Tom Leitch and Mr. Marshall are conducting a revival meeting here in the Methodist church now. The meeting will likely continue all of next week. The school has been running for more than a month, and our local book dealer hasn't all the school books yet, and it isn't his fault either, as the books have been ordered for a month. The fault appears to be with the State depository. This unexplainable delay is very annoying to both teacher and pupil, and much valuable time is being lost. Marvin BisHor. Ehrhardt Graded School, Nov. 3,1906. G. Frank Bamberg has a lot of horses and mules on hand, and they will be sold at attractive prices. Be sure to see what be will do for you before you buy. WHITE MAN BEATS HIS STEPCHILD. W. E. Cookson Fined for Cruel Treatment ol Child That Cannot Walk or Talk. Columbia, November2.?Charged with cruelty, mistreating his threeyear-old stepchild, W. Edward Cookson, of 62 Taylor street, faced Recorder Stanley this morning and was sentenced to pay a fine of $40, or to serve thirty days on the chaingang. Cookson was arrested yesterday by Patrolman Barton and Detective Broom. He had been informed that he was going to be locked up, and was preparing to leave the city when the officers caught him. The child is deformed and cannot either walk or talk, and Cookson evidently disliked it for this reason. He beat the child unmercifully and knocked several teeth from its mouth. He admitted his guilt this morning, and seemed sorry of his deed, while the recorder seemed sorry that he could not punish him more than he did. The child has been turned over to the Salvation Army, and that organization will see that it is carefully nurtured into useful maturity. Branchville Brevities. Branchville, Nov. 1.?Miss Lillian Reeves, who was mysteriously killed in Charleston Tuesday night, will be buried here. She was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. B. Reeves. Mr. Reeves and son left yesterday for Charleston to bring the body to Branchville for interment. Some years ago Miss Reeves marri^ Mr. Lewis Selke, who at that tin was operator for the Postal Compu-v here and later moved to Bamberg, but owing to some family dissensions they separated and she left soon after for Charleston to live. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Limehouse will soon move to Rowesville to re side. Mr. Limehouse until recently was connected with the Edisto Lumber Company, but now occupies a position with a saw mill at Rowesville. It is understood that the Edisto Lumber Company, at Edisto, will shut down this week. The condition of things there is quite vague, but anyway Branchville will regret this unfortunate affair and soon hopes for the mill to recommence active business. This mill meant a great deal to the interests here on account of the labor required for its maintenance. It is capitalized at $50,000 and the majority, of the directors are residents of Charleston. Mr. W. P. Appleby is erecting a commodious residence on upper Edwards street. Mr. Lawrence Gressett has the contract. Mr. J. E. Byrd and family, of Farrell's, Bamberg county, have moved to town and are occupying a house lately bought of Mr. J. D. D. Fairey. Mr. R. F. Risher, of Colleton county, has also bought a house in Branchville and will shortly move thereto. It is understood as a fact that Mr. Rufus Reeves, of Dorchester county, will build a residence next to Mr. Eugene Hunter's, on Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Black will 4.1 1 I? SOOn occupy tiitr nuuac vataicu kjj Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Limehouse. Mrs. Rachel Smoak is critically ill at the home of Mrs. D. E. L. Westberry.?Orangeburg Evening News. A Widow's Gratitude. A woman living in the village of Milford, N. Y., who recently lost her husband by death, sent the following communication to an Otsego county newspaper: "Mr. Editor: I desire to thank the friends and neighbors most heartily, in this manner, for the united aid and co-operation during the illness and death of my late husband, who escaped from me by the hand of death on Friday last while at breakfast. To the friends and all who contributed so willingly toward making the last moments and funeral of my husband a success, I desire to remember most kindly, hoping these few words will find them enjoying the same blessing. I have also a good milch cow and roan gelding horse, eight years old, which I will sell cheap. 'God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps on the sea and rides upon the storm;' also a blackand-white shote very low." Harmons Admitted to Ball. Clinton and Bertha Harmon, white, who shot and killed R. E. Wells at McCormick recently, have been admitted to bail by Associate Justice Gary in the sum of $3,000 each. The two men killed Wells because he was too intimate with Clinton Harmon's wife. Harmon went off to work at Asheville and left his wife at his father's where Wells was boarding. He was seen going into her room at night and admitted that he had been there before. When the husband returned he was informed of the state of affairs, and Wells was. advised by the father to leave the country. He did not do so, and a day or so later the two Harmons went to his saw mill where he was at work and shot him, both emptying shot guns into his body. His pistol was found by his dead body with one empty shell in it. More white men have been hung in South Carolina during the present I year than in the past ten years. i County Dispensaries Pay Big Profits. Georgia has had long experience with countv dispensaries. The Athens Georgia dispensary is older than our State system. So the financial results with these institutions in counties across the Savannah is of special interest to us who are about to adopt the older system. Dispensaries are located in fifteen of Georgia's counties. Some weeks ago we gave figures showing that in Terrell county, with a population of 15,000 the profits average from $20,000 to $24,000 per year; and ih Floyd county, population 33,113, the profits .average nearly $40,000 per year. These Georgia county dispensary figures are somewhat astonishing when one remembers that the six dispensaries of Beaufort county, population 35,495, make a profit of only $11,763 under the State system. We have just received from the clerk and treasurer of the city of Athens, Georgia, a statement giving a summary of the business of the Athens dispensary for the three years ending January first, 1906. Athens is the county seat of Clarke county. The city's population is 11,018 and the county's 17,708. There is no other dispensary in the county. The summary of business of the Athens dispensary shows that from January 1st, 1903, to January 1st, 1906, the total net profits were $110,880.23, and that the stock on hand increased $9,726.57. This is equivalent to a net cash profit of $36,960.07 per year, and a net profit in cash and liquors of $40,202.27 per year. The sales averaged a little over $178,000 per year, of which the average net profits were over 22 per cent. The expenses averaged less than 7 per cent, of the sales. To make the comparison perfectly clear let us summarize our figures in parallel columns: County Population Profits Beaufort, S. C. 35,295 $11,763 Clarke, Ga. 17,708 $36,000 Terrell, Ga. 19,023 $24,000 Floyd, Ga. 33,113 $40,000 We advise the citizens of each county to compare these facts with the parallel results of State control as shown in these counties. See if your net profits are as much as 22 per cent, of the total sales, and the expense, state and county, is not more than 7 per cent. Such comparison will show what enormous tribute this State has been paying to the dispensary lords for over a decade. Not long ago a wholesale liquor dealer of Atlanta upon looking over a list of the purchases the South Carolina dispensary board had just made, jumped up from his chair and with a forcible exclamation said: "Why sir, I have heard of the prices you people were paying, but I never dreamed it was as bad as that." Pounding his desk to emphasize his earnestness, he continued: "If your State will purchase all it liquors from me at those prices I will pay $500,000 a year for the privilege, and give any bond demanded to make good." The corruption and mismanagement in our State dispensary has affected not only our morals, but our pocketbooks as well.?Beaufort Gazette. _ A A A Maaier s Association uipmucu. In accordance with a call of Dr. O. D Faust, a Dumber of the fiddlers of Bamberg connty met here last Monday to organize a connty association. This organization is patterned after the Georgia associations, of which there are a number in tbat State. An organization was effected by election of the folio wing officers? Dr. O. D. Faust., president; G. W. Garland, first vice president; W. L. McPhail, second vice president; Dr. E. Eirkland, third vice president; John F. Folk, secretary and treasurer; executive committee, J. B. Black, W. D. Sease, Jno. D. Turner, W. H. Varn, and H. W. Adams. Another meeting will be held soon, and no doubt a contest will be arranged for at an early date. Harried in Orangeburg. Mr. F. H. Miller, formerly of Orangeburg, but now of Bamberg, was married in that city last Friday morning, Novem ber 2nd, to Miss Florrie Smoak, a daughter of Mr. J. R. Smoak. They were married at eight o'clock that morning at the Baptist pa'rsonage by Rev. ?. M. Lightfoot, soon after taking the train for Bamberg. They are boarding at Mr. Sam Harrison's. Mr. Miller is first assistant at the electric light plant here, and they will make this town their home. The South Carolina Methodist annual conference is to convene in Columbia on Wednesday, November 28th. Mr. P. W. Farrell, of Blackville, died at a sanatarium in North Augusta last Monday. About ten days ago bis wife died. Mr. Farrell was originally from Charleston, and had been a prominent business man of Blackville. He was a brave and devoted Confederate soldier during the civil war. HAD A CLOSE CALL. "A dangerous surgical operation, involving the removal of a malignant ulcer, as large as my hand, from my daughter's hip, was prevented by the application of Bucklen's Arnica Salve," says A. C. Stickel, of Miletus, W. Va. "Persistent use of the salve completely cured it." Cures cuts, burns and injuries. 25c at Hoover's Drug J Store and J. B. Black's. Negro Woman Shot. In a general row last Saturday night at the house of William Isaacs, a negro, who lives near the depot, his wife, Estelle Isaacs, was shot in the left breast bat not seriopflly wounded. John Wesley, a negro, was arrested for the shooting bat was released on bond. It is generally supposed that her husband did the shooting while trying to shoot Wesley. It seems that Wesley went to the house and Isaacs thought he had no business there, and in the scuffle which ensued when Wesley tried to enter the house, the pistol was discharged with the above result. Flower Show. There will be a flower show in the _ U store on Main street, recently vacated by '...V Mrs. M. L Counts Thursday afternoon, 'Mi the proceeds of which will be applied to the Confederate monnment. This is a * . Jg most worthy cause, and it is to be hoped M that everybody in town will come and patronize this entertainment and encourage in a material way those who are j striving so hard to raise funds for a ' monument to our noble dead. In addirtion to many beautiful chrysanthemums, there will be pot plants for sale?princi- . ' M pally ferns and begonias. Also great 1$ quantities of home-made candy. Every-* % body is cordially invited to come. Executive Committee Meeting. ^ The county Democratic executive com- ) mittee here last Monday morning in the court house, Hon. H. C. Folk, county l chairman, presiding. The committee met . | to consider the contest made by J. H. Zeigler in the matter of the race for magistrate at Fishpond. In the second primary election J. H. Zeigler and T. J. s | Rentz, Jr., were the candidates for mag-, istrate at Fishpond, the other candidates , J| being eliminated in the first primary. . 3. Rentz won over Zeigler in the second race ^ by a small majority, and Zeigler protested against the committee declaring Rents . | the nominee of the party, as he (Rents) . ? had not filed his campaign expense aa- ' ' count as provided by law. The committee voted to leave the entire matter with the appointive power, there not being a majority of the members present A* that day. A petition asking for a hearing before y J| the full committee was filed by Zeigler ?.o w '.'X' ttUU lilic UlCCtlUg iuuuuaj n?v mhwh "J ? '?>' Mr. Folk upon this petition. In the J'. M meantime the State committee had passed on this very point, that body deciding that no votes should be counted for a candidate who bad not filed this account. Both men were represented at the meeting by attorneys, Jno. R 'Bellinger representing Zeigler and ?. T. LaFitte representing Rentz. The committee de- '. i clared Zeigler the nominee, there being ' M nothing else to do under the ruling or x the State executive committee. i Accident Near Denmark. , Last Sunday afternoon' an accident ^ happened near Denmark, in which tiro ;V.3? young people had a narrow escape from death. Mr. J. B. Guess, Jr., and Miss " M Blyth, one of the teachers in the Denmark $ graded school, were out' riding on the road between Hightower's mill and Den- 43 mark and at the crossing pf the Atlantic Coast Line their horse - was1 struck by a fast passenger train. At this crossing. '..j there is a deep cut and they could not - ^ see the train coming. The horse had just gotten on the track when he was struck ^ by the engine and killed. The front part of the buggy was broken up badly and both of the occupants thrown out and badly bruised. The train was stopped and the young man and the young lady were carried to Denmark on the train. It was certainly a narrow escape. Tuesday's Elections. Elections were held in many States Tuesday, and the results so far show that theT)emocrat8 will increase their repre-. & sentation in congress- materially.* As usual Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Michigan, Iowa, and other States went Republican by large majorities. In New Tork Chas. E. Hughes, the Republican candidate for governor, was elected, aeieaung w. xv. Hearst by about 40,000 votes. Hearst 1 carried New York city by about 74,000 plurality. Taken as directed, it becomes the greatest curative agent for relief of suffering humanity ever devised. Such is Hollis- * }3 ter's Rocky Mountain Tea. 85c, tea or tablets. H. F. Hoover. Electric Lights. The fly wheel for the large engine at the electric light plant arrived last Thursday and it has been put on. The plant will soon be ready to run. Our people have been very much disappointed and inconvenienced on account of the delay, but it is to be hoped that they can soop , t dispense with their oil lamps. A. few matters are yet to be straightened out, but in a week or two the plant oaght to be ready to run. MADE HAPPY FOR LIFE. Great happiness came into the home of S. C. Blair, school superintendent, at St. Albans, W. Va., when his little daughter was restored from the dreadful complaint henames. He says: "My little daughter had St. Vitus dance, which yielded to no treatment but grew worse until we tried Electric Bitters; and I rejoice to say three ' bottles effected a complete cure." Quick, sure cure for nervous complaints, general debility, female weaknesses, impoverished blood and malaria. Guaranteed by J. B. Black, Hoover's Drug Store. Price 50c. Mr. T. C. Neville, foreman of the Charleston. News and Courier and possibly one of the oldest printers in the State, died at his home in that city last Wednesday. -J In every clime its colors are unfurled Its fame has spread from sea to sea; Be not surprised if in the other world, You hear of Rocky Mountain Tea. H. F. Hoover. 1 ' ' 1