University of South Carolina Libraries
r * *-v , ?h? Imnhrrg iimtlit % = ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 k* . i A. W. KNIGHT. Editor., Rate^-?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for % six months. Payable in advance. \ Advertisements?$1.00 .per inch for first insertion, 50c. for pach subsequent insertion Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices 8c. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects ?f general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. - ~ THURSDAY, MARCH 5,198$. Vvv \ _ _ We cannot understand why the people of Bamberg will not erect a cotton warehouse. The money is here, but those who <have it seem too short sighted to invest in an enterprise which will not only be a great benefit to the farmers, but will pay good dividends. We have argued the matter time and again in this paper . and worked personally as well. We secured the commission to organize the company a few months ago, but when the time appointed for the organization meeting came, only a few were present. This fall there will again be a great dealxof talk about the need of a warehouse, but talk H,wont't do any good. |?: _ Olar News. Olar, March 2.?The program of ^ 7 the literary society for last meeting I . was as follows: , : , Recitation?Annie L. Kirkland. 0 Composition-Master WyatteCooke. Current events?Miss Orrie Morris. ; 7 Essay?Miss Nora Barker. Description of Wisteria-Miss Kathleen Kirkland. '{ Miss Lucile Rizer, of Columbia College, is visiting her parents. Chi Saturday evening the dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Ayer was destroyed by fire. Rev. R. A. Yongue filled his regular fc( appointment at the school auditorium E ' Sunday night. Messrs. Purdy and Troy Ayer and ' George L. Bessinger visited Colston ^ \ Sunday. ESi-J > * r- r\ J Misses uwens, xuzer <uiu xvn tvi<uiu pR- visited Barnwell Saturday. Messrs. A. H. Neeley and Bates w- are visiting in our town now. Pm v Colston Cullings. Colston, March 3.?The farmers in this section are busy hauling fertil" izer. They enjoy that^ especially those ^ i who/like booze. They have to take a |i- v drink to make them strong endugh to ipf*,, manage a sack. tfv" \ Misses Letitia and Annie Bishop visited Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bishop last Wk- Thursday. ' Mr. Rice Steedly and mother, Mrs. ^ C Julia Steedly, of the Hunter's Chapel section, visited Mr. and Mrs. J; W. ?:? '' _ Beard last Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. Gordon Beard, who has been ill for some weeks, is improving very is,: nicely. . , , , Mrs. U t\ raagett, wno nas oeen |jp\ sick foF some time, is improving very -slowly. > 'Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bishop and daughter, Ida,- visited Mr. and Mrs. * -J. C. Bishop and family last Sunday. Miss Minnie Fender spent last Saturday night with Mrs. L. R. Clayton. , Misses Beulah and Irene Beard visited Misses Letitia and Annie Bjjish||> ;op last Sunday. gft Mr. Norman Sease, from Colleton, , was the guest of Mr. C. F. Padgett fjg- . last Sunday. Wk*::. Miss Adrine Hiers, from ?shton, visited on Colston this week. ? /' Mjss Banna Westbqry and Miss Mattie Matthews visited Miss Minnie '' v * Fender last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Stcpes, from Colleton, visited friends here last g ' week. ??' . Mr. Laurie Copeland was the guest if- r? ?*-4 oi utir. cruce rau^cn loou uuuuajr, Mr. H. D. Beard, from Savannah, , $ visited his parents last Saturday and Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Beard. Mr. J. E. Bishop visited his brother last Sunday, Mr. B. D. Bishop. Messrs. Havelock and Hugh Clayton, and Misses Pauline and Lottie ClaHon visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hiers, in the St. John's section, last i . Saturday night and Sunday. T-V' p Two Financiers Indicted. r, 7 , - New York, Feb. 27.?Edward R. TkrtmQo onr? OrlanHn "P1 Thrvmas brothers and financiers of extensive interests, were indicted to-day on charges growing out of their management of the funds of the Provident Savings Life Assurance society, / which they controlled. The indictments, which were returned by the V special grand jury for New York county, which has been investigating the Provident Life and other financial institutions, are three ih number, two being against Edward R. Thomas and one against Orlando F. Thomas. The offenses charged are violation of the State insurance laws, aild constitute a misdemeanor punishatile by a fine of $500 or a year's imprisonment or both on each count. Late to-day the Thomases were arraingned and pleaded not guilty and were given two weeks in which to change -their pleas or demur, meantime being admitted to bail. / Justice Dowling fixed bail at $5,00b on each indictment. A ftj i ' " v" " i, v:v- ? ir" V /' * !* * . V /. GIBSON GETS SIX MONTHS. Aged Defendant in Bond Case Received Sentence. Last Wednesday Thomas J. Gibson, who was found guilty at the Rich-, land spring term of court, 1907, of complicity in the stealing of bonds from the office of the State treasurer, was brought before Judge Wilson and the sealed sentence which Judge Prince left in the hands of the clerk of court was pronounced upon him. The sentence of the court is that he be confined in the penitentiary for a period of six months, not at hard labor. The charge upon which Gibson was tried was receiving stolen goods, knowing them *to have been stolen. Daniel Zimmerman,1 former clerk in ~Cfo+ck troacnrpr was U1C UllJtC Ui UMtkV UVWVIAV.I .. charged with stealing from that office $12,500 worth of canceled bonds and disposing of them through Gibson, a local bond broker. Zimmerman pleaded giiilty to the theft of the bonds and testified that Gibson disposed of them, the two dividing the spoils. Zimmerman was sentenced to serve three Jears at hard labor in the State penitentiary. After Gibson's case went torthe jury he went to his home and was not able to be in the court room when the verdict of the jury was rendered. A sealed sentence was therefore filed with the clerk of court, but at each successive term of court Gibspn has presented affidavits that he was too ill to be present and receive sentence. He is an aged man and showed si ens ofvbeiner very feeble when he appeared in court. The sentence of the court that he be imprisoned for six months without hard labor was read to him, and his attorneys gave notice of motion to appeal. Bail was granted in the sum of $2,000, which was&iven arid" Gibson returned to his home. PRITCHARD TAKES JURISDICTION. i I Decides That the State Can Be Sued in the Dispensary Cases. I Asheville, I*eb. 29.?Deciding that his court would assume jurisdiction/and inquire into the merits of the claims of many liquor houses .against the South Carolina dispensary board, and continuing until Saturday argument on the question of appointing a receiver for the $800,000 fund left by the late dispensary, and now in the hands of thq winding-up commission of the"state, Judge Pritchard rendered an opinion today which lays down a broad principle of importance and widespread scope. The opinion of the judge appears to 1 1J 4-1...4. n ofaffl aniTQirCO 1T> f}lP J I1UIU UlAt WI1C12 CL ObOM/ *** vmw I whiskey business or other business not 1 necessary to preserve its autonomy or sovereignty it waives its rights under the eleventh amendment to the constitution of the United States not to be sued without its consent. f Not less interesting than the opinion is the condition which the taking of jurisdiction creates?that is, ample possibility for a conflict between the state of South Carolina and the federal court. Even now there is pending, -to be heard March 4 by the supreme court of South Carolina, a petition presented to it by Attorney General Lyon, which asks^hat the commission be compelled to pay out of the dispensary fund certain amounts he needs to prosecute those whiskey men whbm he declares have swindled South Carolina out of untold thousands through alleged collusidfc with the old dispensary board, 'which bought their liquors; an act which the commission refuses to perform because of Judge Pritchard's former order that it pay out no money until further orders. The attorney general expects that no trouble will come of this because the supreme court will consider the proceeding* before Judge Pritchard, but it is | feared that trouble may come in other ways; for example, if Judge Pritchard, should appoint a receiver and the commission should decline to turn over the fund to the receiver. It was under these circumstances that the court today disposed temporarily of the Fleischmann bill filed by George B. Lester and Merrick & Baynard, and took up the general creditors' bill filed by T. Moultrie Mordecai, of Charleston, and Frank Carter, of Asheville, in which a receiver is also asked. There was a mild assertion that the Paul Jones company, also a creditor, had turned "state's evidence;" had told the commission all it knew about rascality committed by others in the sale of liquor and thereby so placated the commission that that body consented that the Pkul Jones company* should be paid what was agreed as due it. Then arose an objection by attorneys of other creditors to this payment, the upshot of which was that the court said that it would order tne payment 11 me euunuissiun tame m and stated that the account was agreed oi}, an action the other attorneys think the commission likely to do, as it is disputing the court's jurisdiction. And then there is incidentally the claim by South Carolina people that the taking of control by tne federal court, will render the state helpless to prosecute the alleged swindlers of the dispensary whom Attorney General Lyon has been so vigorously pursuing because he must depend on getting the ammunitions of war from the fund controlled by the court. : 1 Beautiful line latest style skirts at W. D. Rhoad's. There is no school this week, and the children will have a holiday while court is in session4, as the court house is being used as a school room. - -v J ?f DID YOU f iKNOWj I ^ J I That I have just added ' fH to my large stocK 01 rw* JL General Merchandise Xp one of the swellest and most complete lines of X* $ GROCERIES r ever brought to this * y city. We have most X* fXJ anything you maj[ ?? ZJ want in this line, ana i* J the prices will suit you. "J* 5 McGowan's Cheap p 2 Cash Store S Bamberg, - - South Carolina ^ White Brick j' i' SAVANNAH SAND-LIME BRICK CO. ? D.J. DELK W A TfHEC Cleaned, Polished, Oiled it A1 vflC J from $1.00 to $1.50 each Clocks Cleaned, Polished and ? Oiled from 50c to $1.25 each. ' Jewelry repaired. Satisfaction guaranteed . t H. E. Dickinson, Bamberg, S. C. |$ j!'f! car'ter'I: 1 Attorney-at-Law -< ] [ BAMBERG, S. J J 'y Special Attention Given to Settlement jy i > of Estates and Investigation of Titles i k < Offices over Bamberg Banking Co. < > AH I TITLES - , LOANS I EXAMINED NEGOTIATED S J. ALDRICH WYMAN I AtTORNEY-AT-LAW , riwii an<i Offirp. unstain. over I NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE. / v State of South Carolina?Cpunty of BamBerg. i ; Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Mary A. Bamberg, executrix, and G. Frank Bamberg, executor,- of the last will and testamept of F. M. Bamberg, deceased, will, on the 20th day of March, 1908, render a final .account of their acts and doings as executor and executrix of the estate of the said F. M. Bamberg, which final return will be made to the Judge of Probate for Bamberg County, and the said Judge of Probate will be asked for final discharge in the said matter. All persons having claims against the said estate are hereby given notice that they must present the same, properly proven and authenticated, to the said executor and executrix on or before the said 20th day of March, 1908, or be forever barred. MARY A. BAMBERG, Executrix. G. FRANK BAMBERG, Executor. Bamberg, S. C., February 19th, 1908. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood SawsTSplitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Bel ting, 'Gasoline Engines j i A DriR i rMV/tRADn ~Af i^WiTii^r&ivw Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store AUGUSTA. GA. [ { DR.* GL F.' HAIRI i > Dental Surgeon - - - Bamberg, S. C. i > ! . In office every day In the week. Gradu- ! > ] > ate of Baltimore College of Dental Sur- X . . gery, class 1892. Member S. C. Dental 4 > 4 y Association. Office In old bank building . > J. D. QREEN HOUSE PAINTER BAMBERG, S. C. i Will work at reasonable prices and guarantee satisfaction. . - - - -> ' ' . * ' T ' ' ' J2*\ ; ' . * / ' \ . j 4 SAFE' Btf)WN AT BLENHEIM. 'v, * Yeggratn Secure $69 from the Store of J. J. Hood. Bennettsville, Feb. 29?Safe blowers at Blenheim, a small town about seven miles from here, blew open the safe of J. J. Hood, a merchant at that place, last night and got away with about $69 in cask There is no clue to the robbers. *The robbery was not discovered until this morning when Hood's clerk went to the store to open up. On opening the door he saw the doors of the safe lying on the floor and paper and other debris scattered about. The safe is a total wreck. Investigation showed that the robbers must have entered with a skeleton key, as the door<6f the store was closed as usual this morning when the clerk went to open up. - Further investigation showed that the yeggmen had gotten their tools from the blacksmith shop of W. J. Atkinson close by the scene of the robbery. It is said that from appearances some one familiar with Atkinson's shop must have been concerned in the robbery; that the traces left showed that some one had run their arm under the door and raised the latch and entered and secured the tools. . j . * After drilling holes dynamite was used to force the doors, and all the work was done and the thieves vanished without any one seeing or hearing them. Burglars Busy in Barnwell. Barnwell, March I'.?There have been several robberies in Barnwell within the last two weeks and it looks as if some organized gang is systematically at work.v About ten days ago the county treasurer's office was broken open during the night and the contents of the safe taken. Forfnnafolv tJipro was vprv littlo monev LUiiMUVij wii v* v fivw . ^ within the burglar's reach and he secured only about $4. A few nights later the county dispensary was robbed of about $25 in cash and a small amount of y whiskey. Again last night an unsuccessful attempt was made to'rob the treasurer's office. Fortunately for the county "Capt. J. B. Armstrong, the treasurer, had taken the precaution to engage the services -of a night watchman and when the would-be robber entered the office he was surprised by the watchman and-frightened away. The robber was recogniz?l by the watchman and no doubt an arrest will be made on Monday. This attempt was made between daylight and sunrise. > The home of the Hon. J. 0. Patterson, congressman from the second district, was also entered early this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are ooth in Washington and only two of their jgrown sons were sleeping in the house. The burglar entered their room; took their trousers out and Aovmrinor fVidro ir> tho -frnnt. vard. rifled VsCfrJL X J Ulg VilVlll AAA VAAW A* j 7 the pockets. He secured several dollars in silver, but fortunately missed some bills of large denomination and a check that was in one of the pockets. . Vv ^Post Office Supplies by Wholesale. The Charleston postoffice received Friday "two box cars of stamped envelopes and postal cards, that office having been made an agency of the postoffice department' for the distribution of these supplies through South Carolina and Florida, and jointly with the arrival of the supplies came an order from seven postoffices in Florida for supplies, which were promptly filled. In the basement of the Charleston postoffice, whifcfr iato be the store room of the postoffice agency, the stamped, envelopes and postal cards were stored, aggregating in value $96,000. NOT;CE TO LIQUOR DEALERS. / Office of County Dispensary Board of Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., March 2nd, 1908. Bids are hereby requested, in accordance with the terms of the Dispensary Law now in force, for the following kinds and qualities of liquors, beer, and other articles herein enumerated, to be furnished to the State of South Carolina for use of the County Dispensary Board of Bamberg County, to-wit: , Fifty barrels Corn Whiskey, 90 proof, different grades. Fifty barrels Rye Whiskey, 90 proof, different grades. Five barrels Alcohol, 188 proof. Fifty barrels Gin, 90 proof, different grades. * , Five barrels Sherry Wine, twpgrades. Bids will also be received for Case Goods, including Rye, Corn and Scotch Whiskies, Brandy, Gin, Rum, Wines, j Beers, Ales, and Porter. Also glass, corks and tinfoil, wire and other articles used for a County Dispensary. All goods shall be furnished in compliance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Dispensary Law- of 1907, and bidders must observe the followingrules: 1. The bids shall be sealed, and there shall be no sign o- mark upon the envel-1 ope indicating the name of the bidder, v 2. All bids must be sent by express or registered mail to Jno. F. Folk,, County Treasurer for Bamberg County, at Bamberg, S. C., on or before 12 o'clock of Monday, the 6th day of April, 1908. The contract shall be awarded to tne lowest responsible bidder on each kind, the Board reserving the right to reject any oil and anv narts of bids: the Board reserves the right to increase or decrease the above quantities at the same price as the bids submitted. 3. A1J goods to be delivered f. o. fy. Bamberg, S. C., freight prepaid. Terms, to be paid for within ninety days and subject to regauge at our warehouse. Also state discount for cash payment. Bids will be opened in the office of the County Dispensary board at Bamberg, S. C. E. C. HAYS, t . J. A. WALKER, ;G. B.CLAYTON, County Dispensary Board for Bamberg County. ? . . 'Vr r"-> ' >; *- ?.i\ . k , * " *? '? >;v . Q . ' ? _____________i_____ ? * * ,...'j | Lard Has Been in Exi 3 <~im So Has In 1 LARD Is produced from always Indlgestibl coming when no one will thin COTTOLENE isth i shon It Is made from refined vegetal everything about it Is dlgestlbl IMr. J. Roy Jones representing Chicago, has consented to cal plain the merits of Cottolene. ?fn ?xa(1 n ' mi i^uaoci uj, a> {/an vt v>uvii/ivuv <* piled by Mrs. Mary Jane Lln< "Boston Cook Book." Try Cotl m more be a friend to lard. i JMoye's Qro On the Corner 'Phone f A. /VI. BR I FIREJNSURA I OLD LINE C I Hanover, North British 6 ^ I WE HA An up-to-date drug stor< ment, of Drugs, Patent ] Stationery, Cut Glass. C< Goods, Cigars, Etc. We and at richt Drices. Givei I Hoover's E TELEPHONE 44 DISTILLERY IN GRIST MILL, Find Made by Revenue Officers of Greenville County ^ Greenville, Feb. 28.?On the night of Feb. 21, the revenue officers made a raid on a grist mill located several miles from Greenville and found in the mill a distillery. The still was destroyed and the liquor which was around it seized. \ Today the mill, the land on which the mill is located, a warehouse adjoining the mill and a lot of machinery used in the mill were seized. A notice has been published in local papers by the deputy collector for the third district to the effect that the seized property would be sold unless bond is put. up by the owners of the same. i\ PUT OUT FIRE WITH POPH " Policeman'* Presence of Mind 8aves v Skating Rink. The presence of mind of a policeman and the presence In the building of 100 cases of assorted flavors of pop saved the 'Princess roller skating rink, on Beaver avenue, Allegheny, Pa. from total destruction. The building is of frame, and when Policeman Ward saw flames coming from the windows he EACH HAH Susy thbowxnq pop bottles, i knew that if he stopped, to call ont the i fire department It would be In ruins g before the arrival of the firemen. Summoning several men who were * passing, Ward broke open a window, t| jumped through and proceeded to the refreshment stand. The others had jj followed him, and In a few seconds <i each man was busy throwing pop bot- ij \ ties into the flamed The bottles broke M > 5 * *? ? am dtt I ^ ' ana UJO puy luvnucu vut uic iuc< u; a the time all the bottles had been con- J sumed the fire was oat ' 2 Piutes Kill Squaw as Witch. e Because the Indians charged her with ? being a witch a squaw known as Ma- 4 rie was brutally beaten to death at \ J Needles, Cal., as she lay asleep in a o shed. No clew to the ones responsible J [ for the crime has been discovered. The < 1 officers appear to be completely baffled, < [ and, though urged to their best efforts < 1 by public sentiment at Needles, which ] [ is demanding that the criminals be ap- 11 pretended, the officers at Needles ad* j [ mit that so far there seems no chance < 1 of bringing the guilty ones to book. r1 . .5 zfttty - S. ; ;t' r ' " rate < V^ ', / ..?-*. ' /if ' > . ^v2?$ I 1 I ? istence a Long Time 1j digestion wn hog-fat, sometimes impure, j le, and there's a good day JU t / ik of usinp it for cooking. e only rational frying and 1L tenlng medium in the world. *. t)le oil and choice beef suet,? le and conducive to health. ; "The N, K. Fair bank Co^ of 1 on our customers and ex'He. will give to each pur K&JjjgS Cook Book, edited and com- ^P * :oln, author of the famous - ? :olene once and you'll never- . ' CifcgS . -c ^ J & eery mo reaps v wttgESm 41 Bamberg, S. C V V ^P '-^m^tT-' tSH ^ W -W 'W' IABHAM 1 NCB AGENT . M/Hlts? \ ?OMPAINIES ,J iAf| c Mercantile, and Others > with a choice assort- 8 Medicines, Raints, Oils, ' . '>/. ^ >mbs, Brushes, Rubber A . j can serve you promptly ? is a share of your trade 8 )rug StoreI BAMBERG, S. C. f COME TOU&jl V- \'*M ^ At this season (A thp jwPjP year the farmers are / ? % F busy breaking up their r I < land, preparing 'for '/ -m ^ R this year's crop, and p||| M of course they want " J |tjg I the very best and latent j ^ them. Rememberyou'-^^^pg ^ prices as low as they* ; Simmons Hardware (&1I Bamberg, South Carollha 1 2 If so you should not (fell 'MBSbSw / to visit our store and Inm spect the nice line of V eatables that we are now * m m m offering our customers. - >sH^H V Below we price a few of 2 the new things Just tn; Jj^ ' ' * ^ 1 mSSSSSSSSSSSSS^t ' V| 'vStf 14 Karo Corn Syrup, pat up In SJ half-gallon buck eta..........26? J] Cream of Wheat, put up ht f U two pound packages.~~9>e';.(, VISHi *r . -.- iwmSBmS1 U Hecker's Oat Meal, put up 'tmaSSm 1 ' In two pound packages...I5c ' W? 14 Orape Nuts, put up In on* . j? 21 pound packages, try lt~.20c . ^ Xt PoetumCereal,putunlnone : ^F: -A Bi - and one-half pound pluutfic 1| Elijah's Manna, something J] new, per pkg.~~~5dandflSc .-j _ K4 * ' |{. BART PRICEH II 'Phone 51 Bamberg $. C ff i ? * t1 W. P. RILEYpi FIRE, LIFE ' . f Sl ACCIDENT r *3 INSURANCEfl BAMBERO, - . V C. Xv: MONEY TO LEND^H We are prepared to negotiate x>* 1 loans on improved farms-for five and ten years, partial pay- T *2%M ments, eight percent. Interest. Don't write, come and see us.'"- wpjj; | J. 0. Patterson, Jr. J.fW. Patterson XzlypjE BJLRNWKX, S. C. ? . , -X SgfjB ' -y^J