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Sty? Smnbrrg Ifrralii Thursday, Nov. 21,1907. FIRE VISITS DUE WEST. Two Stores {Burned, the Loss Being About $15,000. Due West, Nov. 16.?Fire, which occurred here after midnight this ? ? . / ii _ morning', aesiroyea two 01 tne prm- cipal stores on Main street, the loss being estimated at $15,000. When the alarm was rung at 3 o'clock citizens awoke to find the grocery store of Pressley Bros, in flames. It was too late to save the building, which was already on the erge of falling in. Another wooden store room, owned and occupied by Young & McDell, dealers in general , merchandise, was also burned. Pressley Bros, sustained a loss of $4,000, with only $1,200 insurance. As far as can be learned, their store room, owned by Prof. Jos. F. Lee, of this place, had no insurance whatever. Young & McDill, carrying only $1,500 insurance, lost about $7,500. By very fine work in lire-lighting, the Erskine students were able to aave the residence of Mr. R. L. Brownlee and the Due West Hotel. Several times it seemed that these buildings would certainly be burned. ; The Sooth is Going Dry. Lay the jest about the julep in the j camphor balls at last, For the miracle has happened and the ! olden days are past; That which makes Milwaukee thirsty doesn't foam in Tennessee, ^ And the lid in old Missouri is as tightlocked as can be? v ; - Oh, the comic paper colonel and his ( comrades well may sigh, < For the mint is waving, but the south 1 ^ . is going dry. 1 By the stillside on the hillside in Ken- < tacky all is still, Fbr the only damp refreshment must be dipped up from the rill; ] No'th Carina's ruler gives his soda . glass a shove, j And discusses local option with the < South Ca'lina Gov., I | It is useless at the fountain to be : winkful of the eye, i For the cocktail glass is dusty and the 1 wBBe& south is going dry. j ^ It is water, water, everywhere, and 1 not a drop to drink; . We no longer hear the music of the mellow crystal clink, QV' When the colonel and the major and the gen'l and the jedge, Heet to have a little nip to give their appetites an edge, Forthe eggnogg now is noggless and the rye has gone awry, v v And the punch bowl holds carnations, ' and the south is going dry. In; All the nightcaps now have tassels and are worn upon the head? - Not the nightcaps that were taken when nobody went to bed; 1 fj: And the breeze above the bluegrass is as solemn as is death, For it bears no pungent clove twang k * on its odorinc breath. ^ : And each man can walk a chalk line when the stars are in the sky. For the fizz glass now is fizzless, and ^ the south is going dry. - - - - * i? Lay the jest about tbe juiep neain the chestnut tree at last, I , For there's but one kind of moonshine and the olden days are past; Now the water wagon rumbles through the southland on its trip, |> And it helps no one to drop off to pick up the driver's whip, V* For the mint beds make a pasture and the corkscrew hangeth high; All is still along the stillside, and the south is going dry. . ; ?Chicago Post. Capers May be Judge. Washington, Nov. 14.?It would sot be a great surprise here were k President Roosevelt to name John G. * . Capers as the successor of Judge j Louis ?. McComas, of the court of - appeals of the District of Columbia, who died a few days ago. V : When Mr. Capers returned to Washington this morning from New ' /? York, where he had on important business, he learned for the first time that his name was being widely used In connection with the vacancy. He stated that he was not an applicant for that office, and did not expect to be: that he preferred to return to the practice of law in Washington as soon as he was relieved of the duties of the office of commissioner of internal revenue. Notwithstanding this statement, it is believed the President has him in mind in connection with the vacancy, and the appointment may go to him unless a fight should be made by mem - ? i i bers of the Washington Dar, some 01 whom think that an older resident and one more closely identified with the district generally should receive < the appointment. j It is understood that at the time < Mr. Capers was appointed to the 1 office of commissioner of internal 1 revenue he was given to understand ] by the president that the bestowing ] of the commissionership upon him < was partly because of the fact that 1 he had not had a square deal when ; relieved of the duties of district at- 1 torney in South Carolina. Coming i directly after his throw-down by the department of justice, it appeared to < be a complete vindication of Mr. 1 Capers. If the judgeship goes to him i it will be still further evidence of ] the fact that the president desires to ; right whatever wrong was inflicted ] upon him when he was dislodged from 1 the district attorney's office, and in j recognition of his services to the Re- l publican party as the national com- 1 mitteeman from South Carolina. |< 1 I RICH WOMAN GOES TO PRISON. Mrs. Evelyn Romadka Convicted of Being Negro Burglar's "Pal." Chicago, November 15.?Mrs. Evelyn Romadka, who is the wife of a wealthy merchant of Milwaukee, and who was recently indicted for burglary and larceny, was to-day sentenced to the penitentiary for from one to twenty years by Judge Brentano. Her counsel declared in Court that she was being "railroaded" to prison for the purpose of shielding other persons. The trial lasted eleven minutes. Mrs. Romadka was convicted of being accessory to the burglaries and larcenies of Albert Jones, a negro. She was arrested while wearing jewels stolen from the home of a restaurant keeper. How a woman of her social position came to share in - * ' " ii - - -f? ? tne plunder 01 tne crime ui dunes has never been explained. Jones is now in jail awaiting trial. An Exaggerated Report. Tuesday night shortly after eight o'clock Sheriff McTeer received a telephone message from Yemassee that a Mr. Still had been shot and killed at Big State. The sheriff and Deputy White started at once, but finding that they could not get across Port Royal ferry, returned to town and went to Sheldon by train yesterday morning. They arrested the negro, named George Brown, and found that Mr. Still had not been killed nor seriously hurt. It seems that Mr. Still is in the county executing some papers for Mr. Mayfield, of Denmark, who has been selling some horses hereabouts, and Brown is also an agent for Mayfield. Brown refused to turn over money and stock that Mr. Still demanded, and a row ' * i -1 i: ensued m wnicn some snooting was done, but no one was hurt according to the latest information.?Beaufort Gazette. Shall These Orphans Have a Thanksgiving? Dr. Jacobs, of the Thorn well Orphanage, Clinton, S. C., writes: "A little child alone in the world, its bright black eyes filled with tears, came to me held by the hand of a good woman. Only five years old, fatherless, motherless, she finds herself after a long ride on the cars, under the care of a friendly traveler, at the door of the Orphanage. But poor little thing, she knows nothing cf where she is, does not even know the place from which she came; she das her name written on a slip of paper as an introduction to the kind friends who are hereafter to care for der. She brings a little package under her arms,?it is her all of vorldly goods. So it was, only a few weeks ago, but now how different. Tears are dried. She is openng her bright eyes to the lessons hat come to her daily. Falling into he routine of chapel and" school and linner and play, she is waking up, ler young soul is speaking through ips and fingers and feet and dimpled heek. J % "Someone now loves the little girl. Someone puts her to sleep at night ifter her lips have whispered uur father. She is finding a home, she s finding herself, she will some day ind God." This little child was welcomea to he loving care of the Thorn well Orihanage. Every one of the 250 child en in the school of that Institution mve had more or less of the same ixperience. It is true that between hem and grim necessity, there is tolay a strong wall of,defence. But he people who love God and little hildren are that wall. The Orphanage is under Presbyterian control jutitis for all orphans. It turns lone away because of its father's faith. There are 158 orphans from South Carolina under its care, 62 from Georgia, 23 from Florida and he rest from ten other Southern1 States. Not one has a living father, j Send gifts of provisions or money to rhornwell Orphanage, Clinton, S. C., naking checks payable to Dr. Jacobs. Happy Days. The vines where rosea were are bare, The drowsy cattle seem to dream Of days that were serene and fair. And here and there on every stream A dead brown leaf goes floating by? 'Twill soon be time for pumpkin pie. The posters on the billboards show That summer's gone, that fall la here; The newest stars begin to glow; The tan begins to disappear; A haze begins to dim the sky? 'Twill soon be time for pumpkin pie. The nights are slowly lengthening; . The lamb that on the slope was gay And skipped so blithely in the spring Hangs on the butcher's hook today. The summer's gone, but what care If *Twfll soon be time for pumpkin pie. ?Chicago Record-Herald. FIRES AT BIRDTKILLS FRIEND. Columbia Boy Meets Death at Hands of Hunting Companion. fYiT.TTMRTA November 16.?While )ut hunting with a party of boys this afternoon Walter Bethel, 14 years Did, son of Clarence Bethel, a glass Slower, was shot in the black of the tiead and instantly killed by Carlyle Krepps, the 11-year-old son of Dr. B. K. H. Krepps. The boys had two Dther companions, Barney Krepps, the 15-year-old brother of Carlyle, and Mike Meadows, a young newsboy, who lost a leg a few years ago in a street car accident. The accident took place when a 2bvey of birds was flushed. Meadows bad no gun. Barney Krepps fired and brought down a bird. Carlyle Krepps fired a parlor rifle, loaded with a "22 long" cartridge. The Bethel boy fell with his gun cocked, but not fired, his brains oozing from a bullet hole in the back of his head. Carlyle was the first to the dying boy, and was greatly wrought up jyer the result. v' r-: . .' . V;' ?. / irr^rra I FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE | |> - - _ _ - _ ?f? ?f? |i|L A D IE s|?J 5? < 13 ?; J s 4* I ! 2 &B 0 ii ;; We are pleased to know we have > *J J? 5 pleased you. Our hats are going ^ ;? < fast, but still coming in. We n 2: ;; oo can always please you in style, ^ g[ 2 quality, and price, j jl js> j> j> n x f I r gj || ii Mrs. K. I, Shuck & Co. !jj '. * Bamberg ...../ South Carolina * J j ' 9 i? * ? ? i. ______________J . i* IE ?1? ?I3 il? ii? ii? ii? ii? ?I? ii? ii? ii? ii? ili ili ^ I? ;Ii tli ili ilHl? ii? S ivcu/ 'cju'i 'conncs IllLIt HILL UUUWUf ? I Have the Largest and Beat Assorted A A Stock I Have Ever Carried jtjtjIjIjljljtjtA s 3?? Anticipating a good crop and high prices, I bought 3x & heavily. Now I must unload. My entire stock at y & . sacrifice prices 1 A @ Clothing for Men and Boys, Dry Goods, Dress & @ Goods, Notions, Shoes for flen, Women, ? @ and Children, Gents' Furnishings, and ? JU in fact a magnificent assortment jx S of General Merchardise ji > ?? i J. A. BYRD, BAMBERO,' S. C. 1 ^ * _ i ' WE HANDLE A ?Fine Line of Buggies Consisting of Rubber tire, Open and Top Buggies, Harness and Whips, also a selected line of both OINE AND TWO-MORSE WAGONS Call and see, us and get our cheap prices before buying BLACK & BLACK BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA EACH CAUSE HAS ITS EFFECT be a Savings Bank Account, the EFFECT your Sav- WEALTH inga, and the RESULT will read SS5SISS ONE DOLLAR wUl start you on the road to Wealth, If you open a Savings Account with US and keep adding to it. we pay 4 per cent Interest compounded quarterly PEOPLES BANK BAMBERG - ----- SOUTH CAROLINA r. Cosby Patent Air-Tight Baker and Heater _ IT HEATS Home Ever Made. .... IT DOES DOUBLE DUTY Pox 3745, RICHMOND, V "* - :??r -Vj,^f '. > . . Laughed Away the Danger. An old traveler tells of an experience }f his In mldocean. The day was foggy, and most of the passengers were below listening to two evangelists who were holdiDg a particularly fervid gospel meeting In the saloon. Suddenly and without the slightest warning there was a terrific crash and the engines stopped. Every one rushed on HnoL- Thp ktejimpr hart run into nn Ipp berg. Nobody knew what damage had been done, and everybody was ready to fly into a panic. The boats were lowered, and then for the first time the two evangelists, who had been forgotten in the saloon, appeared on deck. They wore their overcoats and their hats, and they carried rugs and handbags. They elbowed their way rudely to the rail, with the evident intent of securing for themselves first places in the boat. It was just at a time when a breath would have sem: the passengers panic stricken into the boats. The sight of the two evangelists was about to undo the work of cool headed officers when a pert little cockney stepped up to the gentlemen with the rugs and handbags. "Beg pardon," said he, tipping his cap, " 'ave a cab, sir?' And In the general laugh the danger of panic was averted. Could Not Risk It. A dealer In real estate tells this story: A middle aged widow came to his office to try to make arrangements for the purchase of a house and lot "We can make a small payment down," she said, "and would sign a mortgage running for a period of five years to secure the payment of the rest of the money. My daughters have good positions as bookkeepers in a large mercantile establishment and can save enough out of their salaries to meet the payments as they become due." The real estate man hesitated. "I should want to be sure of you paying for the property in the stipulated time," he said. "I should feel like a criminal if I had to foreclose the mortgage at any time?and yet business is business. I shall have to see your daughters." * ?j. ai -a. ? m_ j iv ^ sue Drougm mem ui ius uiuce uie next day. , "Madam," he said, shaking his head, "you will have to give me some additional security. Your daughters are too handsome. They will marry and lose their Jobs long before the five years are up." Indestructible Oat. While expounding to his wife the alleged fact that men can control their tempers better than women can, Mr. Hlnks fell over the cat and nearly broke his nose. "That settles it!" he hissed. "I've often threatened, but now I'll drown the brute!" His wife begged him to be merciful, but his mind was made up. Accordingly he placed the offending feline, along with two large bricks, in an old flour sack and hastened upon his murderous errand. On reaching the canal he threw in the bag with such vigor that he overbalanced and fell into the muddy water. After struggling for half an hour and incidentally drinking half the water in the canal, he returned home wet and weary. At the door sat the cat "Well, of all"? exclaimed Hlnks. "Why, I drowned the brute!'* 41 don't think so," said his wife as she let him in. "Ton didn't give me time to tell yon that there was a hole in that bag!"?London Answers. Waves of Water. Waves are deceptive things. To look at them one would gather the impression that the whole water traveled. This, however, Is not so. The water stays in the same place, but the motion goes on. In great storms waves are sometimes forty feet high, and their crests travel fifty miles an hour. The base of a wave (the distance from valley to valley) is usually considered as being fifteen times the height of the wave. Therefore a wave twentyfive feet high would have a base extending 375 feet The force of waves Woirins An the eVinro tu seventeen I/ICOAIU^ VU l-UV MMVAV ? ?? . tons to the square Inch. He Picked Them. An English commercial traveler visiting a large Glasgow warehouse made a bet with the manager that he could pick out all the married men among the employees. Accordingly be stationed himself at the door as they came back from dinner and mentioned all those whom he believed to be married, and in almost every case he was right "How do you do it?' asked the manager in amazement "Oh, ifs quite simple," said the traveler, "quite simple. The married men all wipe their feet on the mat; the unmarried ones don't"?Glasgow Times. Whisky and Typhoid. It may be interesting for yon to know that habitual whisky drinkers never recover when once attacked with typhoid fever or pneumonia. The whisky makes the system unfit to withstand the ravages of the disease, - - -? *1 -~.nl* Pmt. ana aeatn in aiwajs uie itbuiu uimnent physicians all over the world have noted and studied this fact.?B. V. Conden in Nashville Tennesseean. t How He Judged. First Man?Writing must have been very expensive in the middle ages. They used feathers for pens. Second Man?Why should they be expensive? First Man?Well, I was only judging from my wife's hats. Nearsighted. 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I ain't feeling right today, Something wrong I must say; * - ^ Come to think of it, that's right I forgot my Rocky Mountain Tea last %? night. H. F. Hooyeb. us