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Personal Mention. ?Mr. W. L. Mitchum, of Ehrhardt, was in the city Monday. ?Miss Helen Hammond, of Augusta, is visiting Mrs. E. T. LaFitte. ?W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., of Barnwell, was in the city Monday. ?Mr. C. D. C. Adams, of Walterboro, visited relatives here this week. ?Mr. H. N. Bellinger has gone to Beaufort to act as court stenographer this week. ?Mrs. C. R. Brabham, Jr., is at home from a visit to her mother in Charleston. ?Editor A. B. Jordan, of the Dillon Herald, spent Sunday in the city on a visit to his mother. ?Mrs. M. W. Brabham has returned from Charleston, where she has . been on a visit to relatives. ?Miss Clara Riley, who has been teaching at North Augusta, returned home Monday afternoon for the summer vacation. ?Messrs. W. T. Johns, of Baldoc, and J. W. Brom, of Columbia, were in the city to attend the funeral of , Mrs S. G. Brown. * . Patient.?A criminal whose dread day of hanging had arrived was asked by the jailor if he had any last request to make. "I have" said the condemned man, "and it is a very slight favor indeed." "Well, if it is a slight favor I can grant it. What is it?" "I want a few peaches to eat." "Peaches!" exclaimed the jailor. "Why, they won't be ripe for several months yet." "Well," said the condemned man, "that doesn't matter. I'll wait."? New York World. Slow Travel. On one of the American railways 4-hrm oHo/ilt o nocspnffpr par t.n ft %U\^J UbVUVii ? ? freight train and call it "mixed," * says Tit Bits. It isn't in the order ?f things that such trains should travel very rapidly, and sometimes there is considerable growling among the "traffic." "Are we most there, conductor? " asked a nervous man for the hundreth time. Remember my wife is iH, and I am anxious." * 'We'll get there on time," replied - the conductor, stolidly. Half an hour later the nervous man approached him again.! I guess she's dead now," said he, mournfully, "but I'd give you a little something extra if you could manage to catch up with the funeral. Maybe she won't be so altered but what I could recognize her." The conductor growled at him, and the man subsided. "fVmHurtnr" said he. after an hour's silence, "conductor, if the wind isn't dead ahead, I wish you A / would put on some steam. I'd like to see where my wife is buried be, fore the tombstone crumbles to pieces! Put yourself in my place for a moment!" The conductor shook him off, and the man relapsed into profound melancholy. "I say, conductor," said he, after along pause, "I'vegot a note com ing due in three months. Can't you fix it so as to rattle along a little." "If you come near me again I'll knock you down!" shouted the conductor, savagely. The nervous man regarded him sadly, and went to his seat. Two hours later the conductor saw him chatting gaily and laughing heartily with a brother victim, and approached him. * "Don't feel so badly about your wife's death?" "Time heals all wounds," sighed the nervous man. "And you are not so particular about the note?" sneered the conductor. "Not now. That's all right. Don't worry. I've been figuring up, and I / find that the note has become statue barred since I spoke to you last." flad With Doctors. There is a coolness between the Woodmen of the World and the doctors, growing out of an alleged discourtesy to representatives of the former. At the meeting of the Wood camps of jurisdiction 1, Woodmen of the World, held in Columbia in March, a committee, consisting of Col. E. R. Cox, of Darlington; S. O'Anian, of Marion; W. E. Lea, of Florence, and Col. T. C. Hamer, of Bennettsville, was appointed to confer with the state medical association at its meeting in Bennettsville during April, and to present to that body a memorial concerning the examination fees being charged fraternal orders. In execution of its instructions, the / ' committee went to Bennettsville and made known its presence and the purpose thereof to several members of the association's house of delegates. They were told to wait on ' the outside until informed of the association's pleasure regarding them. Aftjar thpv had lincrprpH natientlv on the outside for a considerable time, V they were informed that the house of delegates did not care to hear them. The committee then left in considerable indignation, feeling that it had not been treated with courtesy and that in snubbing it the as> sociation had gratitously insulted the 12,000 odd Woodmen in the state. Some newspapers are endeavoring 'to start a United States senatorial boom forex-governor D. C. Heyward. Artists have no trouble in securing models. The famous beauties have discarded corsets and have become models in face and form since taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea. 35 cents, tea or tablets. H. F. Hoover. "jf* i "NO WIFEJNTED," Man Who Advertised For Spouse Has to Hang Out This Sign. BESIEGED BY APPLICANTS. Every Train Brings to Derby, Conn., Women, Old and Young, Pretty and Otherwise, Who Would Share the Lot of George Moon, Esq. Derby, Conn., is in the throes of a matrimonial bargaiu rush. From the four corners of the state women, youns ana oia, are arriving, mey sees. u> wed George Moon, the widower, who advertised for a wife. Mr. Moon told the public that he wanted a young woman between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five, but the "ad." has brought to his door every day for the past week widows of fifty, maids of sixteen and spinsters of uncertain age. Every incoming train has some aspirant for the heart of the lonely Moon, who admits forty-one years of age. His mail has been something enormous. Nearly every letter has contain IT WAS OXOOIJNO OOUVTBT LASS. d a photograph. The latter were promising, and, not finding his ideal among the army of personal applicants, Moon has traced the photographs from one end of the state to the other In hopes of locating his affinity. But the trip failed. In one place he found a woman of sixty or so shyly admitting she had sent him a picture taken when she was thirty. In another place it was a giggling country lass who saw visions of the gay life of Derby. Moon is now back home announcing that his first list of applicants is not satisfactory. He says he has cleaned the slate and will start anew upon his hunt for Mrs. Moon. All ,former applicants are barred. Upon the door of his home he has printed this sign, "No Wife Wanted." When he returned he said: "I am\ still heart whole and fancy free. Some of the applicants wanted a cash payment in advance as an evidence of good faith. Some were dl vorcees. I wouldn't have that sort I want no grass widows. The lot I divided Into two classes, the shallow pa ted and the mercenary. I don't want either. "I called upon one woman at Wallingford who seemed to fill the bill, but when I got there, expecting to find a woman of perhaps thirty, I met a woman over fifty. She said, 'Well, that was my picture when I was thirty, and If you would like me at thirty, why not like me now?'" Moon fled. Here are some of the letters that Moon has received: Bridgeport, Conn. Dear Sir?1 hear you are In need of a wife. Well. I am just the one you want, for I am looking for a bubble. I feel sure we can make life one long dream. When oan you come to see me? I will be home every night this week. I Inclose my photo, which will speak tor itself. Hoping to see you soon, I am yours, Naugatuck. Conn. Dear Mr. M.?Having seen your advertisement. I am anxious to be your wits. If we can make the necessary arrange* mente. I am good looking and a good housekeeper and have a little money. Let me know when and where I can see you. Tours truly, ??. Wlnsted, Conn. My Dear Mr. Moon?Tour ad. has just been brought to my notice, and I hasten to answer It before it Is too late. I am a widow, but have no children; am twentynine years old, fair and of a happy disposition. I feel sure I could make a nice home for you. Let me know about it as soon as possible. Sincerely, . Wallingford, Conn. Dear Friend?I send you my picture, j which I had taken in Boston. If you say J the word, I will marry you at once. I am sure mai neuner ul u? wm e?ci *?- . gret. It must have been ordained that we should meet and wed. Awaiting your answer. Affectionately, ?. j New Bedford. Mass. Dear Sir?I should very much like to make your acquaintance. I think we could agree on first sight. Please send me your picture. I can picture In my ' mind Just how you look, and I feel sure that you would be a good husband to me. Yours in respect, . I Tyler City, Conn, i Dear Mr. Moon?I am a lonely girl living In the country and want to get married, but not to a farmer. I can do housework and sew and tend children and do all any woman could do for you. We can be married at once, for pa is willing If I get a good man. If you can come to | Tyler City naxt Thursday night I **2! meet you at the station and fix It up. Elver yours, ?. * . -) . ' i. o o Four-Colored .... ^/t p pie s. O - 0 [Copyright. 190G, by E. C. Parcel Is.] Colonel tircsham, stockbroker, turned gentleman farmer to produce new varieties of fruits. Nature grows some two-colored apples, but when you ask her to add two additional colors sbe wants'ime to think the matter over. Ever*"experiment was a failure, but that only made the colonel and his gardener the more determined, especially the gardener. It was his duty as an employee to give his master all his ideas, but he made au exception in this one case. He citing to it with dogged obstinacy, but he kept it as secret as the grave. He might have clung to It a year or so longer had not the colonel become impatient. He said something one June day about giving up the experiments, and the gardener replied that he would have some news for him next day. He asked the broker to come home an hour earlier than usual and to come directly to the large farm barn. At the hour named the colonel was there. He' had scarcely entered the barn when he received a crack on the head that made him unconscious for the next quarter of an hour. When he came to he had been stripped of coat vest and tie* and was bound hand and foot He had not caught sight of hi3 assailant before being struck, but now found the gardener hovering over him with a murderous look on his face. "Will you tell me what this means, Henry ?" asked the victim. "Yes, sir. I have finally found how to grow four-colored apples. It has been a long time, but I have struct It at last. I hope to have fifty bushels on the market this fall." "Well, let's hear about It" "All the apple trees are now In blossom. The red ones are all right and the yellow ones are all right, and I have found a way to make the blue and green ones all right I have simply to sprinkle them with the blood of a man wearing side whiskers. A drop of blood to a blossom will do the trick, and once the apples start to growing that way they will continue." Now, the colonel had a growth of side whiskers that were the envy of Wall street and a matter of joy to himself. Whenever you saw the colonel you saw his whiskers. He might forget his commutation ticket now and then, but never his whiskers. The two (were one and inseparable. He didn't like the gardener's reference to those sacred objects. It smacked of familiarity, and there was a covert threat behind the words. He was at first inclined to bluster, but another look into the gardener's face satisfied him that the man had become crazy. He therefore changed his tactics and quietly said: "All right, Henry. We will go up to the orchard and experiment. I am delighted to find that you have achieved success at last." "But how can you go when I want your blood?" asked the man. "You see, you are the only man around here with side whiskers. If the coachman Knflflr haH 'am that vnnld rln VI iUV UUUV4 UUU V4M) i i i if WV| .but they haven't, you know. They are fine ones, colonel?fine ones." And Chapman bent down and tenderly caressed the iron gray side whiskers that floated away from each cheek and were gently stirred now and then by the June breezes blowing into the open door. Never had another man on this earth except the barber dared to lay his sacrilegious hands on those reverenced objects of the money center of the world. "But we will look up some one else," said the colonel as he felt a sinking of the heart "I know of several men with side whiskers, and I will coax one of them home with me tomorrow." "But I must have the blood today, colonel Besides, for this first experiment we must have the nicest sort of whiskers. There is nothing In the state of New York to compare with yours. The papers bavp said so over and over again. How soft they are! How luxuriantly they grow! How the breeze toys with them! Your blood la all right, and the first bushel of four-colored apples shall be deposited on your grave." ' "But I want to see the trees you have selected. I may decide to make some changes." "The trees are all right colonel. Here is a knife to open an artery, and here is a pan to catch the blood. What shall I do with your whiskers after you are dead? It seems a pity to bury 'em like so much horsehair." "You blamed fool this has gone far enough!" exclaimed the colbnel going to the other extreme. "Unbind me at once or I'll have you sent to prison for lifer* "It won't do," replied the gardener, witn a snaxe or ms neau aiiu ummg up a knife he had made ready for the purpose. "Yon are as anxious for the fourcolored apples as I am, and you mustn't bring all our labors to naught. Here goes for the blood." The colonel began yelling for help, and fortunately the coachman was at hand to respond. He entered the barn on a run and narrowly escaped being stabbed, and the crazy gardener had to be knocked down with a club before he could be secured. He was found to be clean daffy and was sent to an asylum and is there yet, and should you ever visit the institution he will beckon you aside and whisper: "Do you know that if it hadn't been for Colonel Gresham we'd be having four-colored apples in market today? He had the blood, and he had the side whiskers, but he backed out Just when success was certain." The colonel hated to part with them, but he has had all those whiskers shaved off. He doesn't want anything around him to attract lunatics. M. QUAD an. A* I COCK DIES UKE ft HERO Game Rooster Gjves His Life to Save His Flock. BLOODY BATTLE WITH HAWK. 'Brave Fowl StruggU s Valiantly Against Great Odds?Woman Comes to His Aid Too Late?Victor Looks For Return Engagement. While the wife of R. E. Bennefleld, a farmer living seven miles northwest of Paris, Tex., was at home alone one day recently she heard a great commotion among a lot of guineas out In the yard and observed that all of the other fowls were running about cackling THE BO08TBB DUED IS HXB JlBMS. and very much excited. On going to investigate she discovered a chicken hawk and a young game rooeter engaged In mortal combat The hawk had swooped down after a chicken, and the game rooster had rushed forward to fight It off. The hawk abandoned its quarry, accepted the challenge and squared Itself for a fight When Mrs. Bennefleld arrived they were engaged like two regular gamecocks. The hkwk was using Its beak and talons with telling effect while the rooster was trying to make good use of its spurs. They were tangled up and^the feathers flying in every direction. The hawk was so intent on fighting that It scarcely noticed the presence of the farmer's wife, but finally withdrew reluctantly at her approach and mounted a stump a few feet away. Mrs. Bennefleld picked up the rooster and started to the house with It, but It died In her arms. The hawk's talons had cut its throat and severed its windpipe. The hawk subsequently made repeated trips at brief Intervals to the premises, apparently for no other purpose than to seek a chance to renew the contest. Caught Wolf by tha Tail. Sixteen-year-old Louis Orosse has received a check from the county auditor In payment of tbe bounty for the scalp of a big timber wolf which he killed near his father's farm at Little Suamico, Minn. v Grosse and his father had been out hunting, and their dogs struck the trail of a wolf. They followed it all day. Toward evening they came up to the wolf just as it was about to crawl into a hole. It was part way in, but the older Grosse ran forward and seized the animal by the tail. It tried to snap at him, but Grosse, who is a strong man, hurled it rapidly about until, losing his hold on Its caudal appendage, tbe wolf shot away for several yards and lay on the ground apparently dead. Louis made certain of his prey by putting a bullet into Its head. Wouldn't Kill Dovs. The passengers on a crowded cross town car In Brooklyn one day recently felt the brakes applied with such suddenness that only a few of those who were standing withstood the jar. Then they saw the motorman jump from the platform and kneel in front of the car. Several of the passengers made their way out and were surprised to see the motorman stroking the feathers- of a mother dove that sat on one of the rails with a little one under her wing. "I've never taken a life yet," he explained as he placed them on the curb out of harm's wav. "and I don't Dropose to tart with a tame dove." Wedding Oats Man Out of Jail. As a result of a romantic courtship between Charles MacKenzle In a cell In the county jail at Omaha, Neb., and Miss Margaret Noonan, daughter of the owner of the house which MncKenzle was arrested for forcibly entering, the two were married, the girl obtaining the marriage license and the preacher and going to the jail, where the ceremony was performed. Miss Noonan could not under the Nebraska Iav*3 ICOL11J a^aiuoi UC1 uuouauu, aiiU as she was the principal witness against him MacKenzie was released. Th -ty-five-year-old Hens Still Lay. At the public sale of the property of William Stengel at Bailey, Pa., a pair of chickens which Mr. Stengel says he had owned for thirty-five years and which had been laying all that time were sold for $12. ' "'V'ji'-V.-Mv " V*-i '-i ?v V :/ Ls y -> V'* *& -tirte-l' '' *>>>_ Y ' ' -YY /-Ti/.' VALUABLE REAL_E 119 acre farm, five miles from Bamberg, j near Odom's bridge. Good bargain, j One acre lot, 7 room dwelling, good ! orehard and outbuildings, near cburcb and school, East Denmark. Price on call. 60 acres land one mile from Bamberg, heavily timbered. Price $2,000.00. One acre vacant lot in the heart of Bamberg. Price $500. 3 one acre lot9 on New Bridge street near Southern depot. Price $550 each. 105 acre farm, one mile South of Bamberg. Good dwelling and outbuildings/ heavily timbered. Price $2,500. One dwelling and lot on South side of Railroad Avenue. Lot runs from Rail road Avenue to Broad Street. $900.00. 400 acre farm 5 miles of Bamberg, 12 horse farm open, high state of cultivation, 12 tenant houses in excellent condition. Price on application. Vacant corner lot on Main Street, near graded school. Beautiful building site. Price $1,000.00. 200 acres of land near Rev. Romeo Govan?well timbered and a bargain. $1,500.00. 850 acres clay land, 5 miles South of Bamberg, on Odom's bridge road. See me for prices. 180 acres of land, Odom's place road, well improved, will rent for $250. Price $2,700.00. 600 acres clay land, 7 miles from Bamberg, well improved. Terms reasonable. Price $8,000.00. One 8 acre lot, with 4 room dwelling in Bamberg, well built, easy terms. Price $800.00. # 25 shares Bamberg Cotton Mills Stock. 20 shares Bamberg Oil Mill Stock. Fourteen acres with cabin 1 mile West Bamberg?9 acres cleared. Price' $420.00. 800 acre farm two miles North of Bamberg. Good residence and fine farm. Price $6,000.00. 600 acre farm 5 miles South of Bamberg, a gilt edge farm. Price on application. 34 acre farm two miles South Bamberg. Buildings worth $800. Price $600. 200 acre farm 4 miles from Bamberg. Price $3,000. TwO story dwelling on New Bridge street, lot 80 feet front and 255 feet deep, good water and stables. -Price $1,800. One two story brick building in the heart of business centre. Pays 10 per cent, on investment. 100 acre farm near Howell's mill. Rents for $125.00. Price $1,000. 1000 acre farm near the town of Bam oerg. aiamt no inquiries uuiess jruu bic able to boy something of rare value. Timbered lands for sale on Edisto river at rock bottom prices. Ikn excellent dwelling, good location, at West Denmark. Write for particulars. H. M. GRAHAM, Bamberg, Soi Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 5, at 9 a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July 5 they will De awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson beforethe examination for scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 18, 1907. For further information and catalogue, address President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. Seal Estate For Sale. The residence in which I now live. Lot contains 3} acres, seven-room house, two large barns, artesian well, and waterworks throughout dwelling. All necessary outbuildings. All in fine repair and situated on lower Main street in Bamberg. Price $3,200 cash. J. A. SPANN, For Sale on Railroad Avenue. One large, lot 6 room dwelling, good ' I -x.LI.. 1 tenant nouse, Dam ana siames, large garden, fruit trees, good water, convenient to house and lot, all under fence and in good repair. This choice piece of property will be put at a low figure to an early applicant. J. T. O'NEAL, Real Estate Agent, Bamberg, S. C. Dr., 0. D. Faust % DENTIST BAMBERG, S. C. OFFICE IN FOLK BUILDING Real Estate For Sale. One 4-room dwelling,$ acre lot, for $700. Two 5-room houses, J acre lot. Price $750 each. Three fi-room houses, J acre lot. Price $1,200 each. These dwellings are all practically new, nicely finished, with artesian water in each house. Conveniently located in the town of Bamberg. Terms: one- j fourth cash; balance in one, two, and three years, interest at 8 per cent. J. A. SPANN. I TITLES LOANS I EXAMINED NEGOTIATED B J. ALDRICH WYMAN I ATTORN EY-AT-LAW | II I P Civil and Office upstairs, over Criminal Practice Bamberg Banking Co. I COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 1785 CHARLESTON, S. C. . 1907 122d Year Begins September 27 Letters, science, engineering. One scholarship to each county of South Carolina, giving free tuition. Tuition $40. Board and furnished room in dormitory, $11 a month. All candidates for admission are permitted to compete for vacant Boyce scholarships which pay $100 a year. Entrance examinations will be held at the county court house on Friday, July 5, at 9 a. m. For catalogue, address HARR150N RANDOLPH, President. 1 rlf \M STATE FOR SALE. 1 M One acre lot with 6 room cottage on Railroad Avenue. Delightful location. Price $1,600. 1} acre lot with cottage, situate on ." 'x Midway street near Carlisle Fitting ^ School. This is an excellent bargainPrice $2,250. 117 acre farm one mile from Bamberg. Well improved with-barb wire fencing ' all aroqnd. The timber is worth the price. ^ Price $4,000. ( 300 acre farm in Buford Bridge town- . ' ?? ship, well improved with new dwelling" ^ etc. Price $4,000.00. 400 acre farm, five miles from Bamberg. ? Rare bargain. $6,000.00. a new resilience witii six rouois wu v., bath and two tenant houses, with lot of - [ one acre, on Railroad avenue. T^s is ' something to be desired. An unimproved lot on Church street, >| 60x200, near colored graded school. Price $150. ;1,J One lot with cottage, situated on east . *2* prong of Main street. Rents $4.00 month* Jj?| ly. Price $400. . _ An unoccupied lot adjoining residence occupied by H. M. Graham. An unoccupied lot, 42+ feet, on Bamberg or Main street, adjoining lot of W. P. : Riley. Suitable for business house or, warehouse. That business lot corner Bamberg and . jf Elm streets adjoining G. Frank Bam- % berg's stable lot. The most valuable -3 business property in Bamberg. ; 'lira? Three unimproved lots on street in '^gS rear of colored graded school, at remark- $j> ably low figures. 110 acre farm five miles south of Bam- .;% berg. Good place. Price and terms easy. .Ojg 186-acre farm six miles from Bamberg. 1 The timber worth price of place., An excellent farm between Bamberg and Denmark. Don't write or see me nnlpAQ vnn havp t.hp mnnpv i&ifl A good cottage with large lot on Car- - iJH lisle street. Price $1,300. Various building lots in all sections of '* -J the town and other farm property for sale. ' If yothwish to hoy anything, or if yob / ;'W; have any property for sale, let me sell it for you. Vacant lots for sale in desirable portion : :^?|S of this growing town. Come and see me .?$jS if yon are really interested I am very 'ja busy but can talk to you on business. : ffill TO RENT. Six offices in heart of business district. ;iJJj Two 2-story residences, near F.M. . Simmons. One 1-story house near F. M. Simmons. cj .One 4-room residence on Orangeburg street, with three acres of land. .N Real Estate Agt., ^ nth Carolina. I ?. J. DELE 1 Has in stock a nice line of \ J Opea aid Tap Baggies and Uammk for sale cheap. He is agent for Bickford & Hoffman's Celebrated Qrnin \ !,Wm Drill, the Woodruff Hav Press, and '^3 Deering Harvesting Machinery. ; Alan C!nnHnMfi a V REPAIR SHOP I and builds anything on wheels to order. Now i8 the time to have. j $|j your buggy repaired and pairited M1 to look and last as good as new. :pM Horseshoeing a Specialty ..Mr, RUNS A?? | Grist HiU on Saturdays il ; I have also added a FIRST-CLASS RICE HILL ' | and will grind on Wednesdays' 2| and 8atnrdays. / '" >; I have also just put in a j. Good Year Tire Setting Machine j* | and can now put on rubber tires and repair Bicycle Buggies in MM Factory Style. D. J. DDLK. ;i ::W. P. RILEVifcS i * i Y . ;.|3i o FIRE, UIFE !; - accident : r i: insurance i: ' <[ BAMBERO C. j PHOTOGRAPH I GALLERY Open in Telephone Building by Expert Artists. Come and . % examine our pictures. Prices from 60c to $6.00 per dozen. v -^3 Special attention to enlarging. # and copying old pictures. T. J. POOSER & BRO. 1 BAMBERG, > S. G. DR. G. W. STOKES I 1 DENTIST Will spend the first week In every month in Ehrhardt"