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" ' " ' '-' -" Personal Mention. ?Miss Aleen All, of Allendale, is visiting Miss GeDelle Brabham. ?Rev. J. B. Traywick, of Denmark, was in the city Tuesday. ?Rev. S. P. Chisolm, of the Colston section, was in the city Monday. ?Mr. M. H. Varn is at home from Charleston for a two weeks' visit. ?Messrs. H. W. Chitty and J. F. Breland. of the Kearse section, were in the city Monday. ?Miss Birdie Gill is spending some time in Hampton with her sister, Mrs. G. B. Hoover. ?Mr. R. M. McCartha, of The Cotton Oil Company, spent Sunday with friends in Branchville. ?Maecw T T Tfenfy. and A. W. IU^ooi v? w? ?? Hunter, of the Hunter's Chapel section, were in the city Tuesday. ?Miss Bessie All, of Allendale, who has been visiting Miss Addys Hays, returned home last Monday. ?Mr. Hammond Bamberg, of Charleston, spent Sunday here with P; his parents, Capt. and Mrs. W. S. Bamberg. ?Mr. N. H. Fender, of Furman University, spent a few days here this week on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fender. ?Miss Ruby Clement, of Atlanta, who has been with Mrs. K. I. .Shuck & UO. lor several seasons as uunmci, arrived last week and will serve her customers at Mrs. Shuck's again. v ' ?Rev. T. G. Herbert left Monday for Columbia to attend a meeting of the board' of church extension. He " will visit his family in Sumter also, and will be away until the latter part of the week. mm Fire at St. Matthews.* St. Matthews, March 14.?About 5 o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was given and for the first time . the fire laddies had a real opportun/ ;V ity to test the new waterworks, and be it said to their everlasting credit thev cut short what might have been X one of the most destructive fires winch ever occurred in St. Matthews. The fire originated in the store of ^ Mr. W. A. Price in the Mach building and was completely destroyed so far as stock and inside work goes. He carries some insurance, but not half sufficient to cover the loss. Adjoining the store of Mr. Price was the office of Dr. A. R. Able which, while sustaining no fire damage, was deluged with water, destroy| ing books, papers and instruments. Dr. Able is amply secured. ?; Next in the building is the store ocV " copied by Mr. N. B. Foures and while ' i his stock is almost ruined by water he sustained no fire damage. Mr. roures carnea no insurance. " Brutal Assault Made. : Columbia, March i3.?With the ; * right eye gone and lying unconscious v'i; since six o'clock yesterday afternoon, the life of Little Venessee Jowers, the six year old son of Mr. J. M. r Jotters of 1305 Elmwood Avenue is in the balance, awaiting the change v for life or death as the hour may de?V cide his fate. '> Yesterday afternoon a colored girl by the name of Elizabeth Ford was qn the premises for the purpose of .,bringing some milk, according to a n/ statement of the girl's uncle. At any , rate the two children of Mr. Jowers, the injured child and Illinois Jowers, a ten year old brother were in the yard with, the colored girl and Mr. v v-J ?? - ~ / dOWerS WOU IlOU JUSt Wine ixi iivui I work, was attracted by loud screams and ran into the yard. Lying on the ground, unconscious, in a pool of I:. Blood with a brick by his side and a wound in the right eye and temple, V was the form of his little son, Venessee. & A physician was summoned, but the right eye was gone. The child's condition is critical. Illinois Jowers also received a slight injury in the face from brick bats and the girl, Elizabeth Ford in court this morning with a bloody bandage around her head and her uncle stated that yesterday afternoon she came home covered with blood. Mr. Jowers, however, denied that she was hurt when she left his premises. He stated that when he came into the yard she dodged him and he ran for a considerable distance before mak ing a capture. A preliminary was given her by Recorder Stanley this morning and it is probable that the case will go to the court of general sessions in June. The' girl will be held without bail until it can be learned whether the child's injuries will prove fatal. "Night Riders" Burn Barns. Versailles, Ky., March 14.-Three barns in Woodford county and one lust across the line in Scott were burned early to-day by masked men. The men were on horseback and in 'buggies, the party numbering not more than 50. A number of shots were fired, but as far as known no body was hurt. The barns destroyed belonged to George Strange, on Harris estate near Midway; Hardin Rogers on the Tucker place in Scott county; Capt. James Williams, formerly owner of the race horse Ram's Horn, at Spring Station; George Graddy on the Field turnpike. The men came from the direction of Scott county. They cut all telephone wires and the amount of damage done is not yet known. Gov. Willson and party of legislators were returning from Lexington to Frankfort on a trolley car and passed the "night riders" without knowing it near McKee's Cross Roads. THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY. HON. J. O. PATTERSON DELIVERS POINTED SPEECH. Discusses Roosevelt's Appointees and Recent Acts of Certain Federal Judges. Recently Hon. J. 0. Patterson, member cf congress from this district, discussed the Federal judiciary system in the house of representatives. The subject under discussion * Ml !?J. J.. ?? J Dnf FAY*_ was a Dili miruuuccu uy x?xx. x ohwson. We publish below portions of the speech: Mr. Chairman: The distinguished gentlemen of this House who have indulged in speechmaking at this session of Congress have taken a very wde range and have discussed in an able, intelligent, interesting, and exhaustive manner a great variety of subjects, embracing legislative, judicial, executive, and political. It seems to be the rule in general debate upon a bill for the Member addressing the House to speak about anything and everything except the subject-matter of the pending measure, and I will not at this time make an exception to the rule, but will take advantage of the time allotted to me to address the nnnn fti/n snhiAnts. contained HUUxTV/ U|/ViA w?? V ^v. , in separate bills which I have introduced at this session of Congress. To my mind these are very important I matters, and I trust that the Members of this House will give me their attention and these measures that due and careful consideration which they deserve. The first of . these to which I ask your attention is H. R. 16758, which provides: "That no judge of any court of the United States inferior to the Supreme Court shall issue any writ of injunction or prohibition in any case wherein the validity of a law of any State of the United States, or the act of any officer of any such State done, or required to be done, in pursuance of such law, is called in question." In view of the recent acts of Federal judges, fresh in the minds of the people, assuming powers never delegated to them, this question becomes of great interest and importoBna finnh on QQBTjmnf.inn of Dower , CU2VrW>? k/UVM ?M? ?*ww??M.r _ . . by the judges of the United States courts can not be too severely criticised and condemned. It is calculated to bring about a clash and conflict between the State and Federal authorities, and a check should be placed upon them and they should be compelled to respect the sovereign rights of the States to enact laws and to en| force them, subject onto to jnterfer1 ence by injunction of^he supreme court of the State or of the Supreme | Court of the JJnited States. I Since the expiration of the Fiftyninth Congress the people of the United States have witnessed many things tending *to demonstrate the correctness of Jefferson's solemn declaration that Federal judges are the "sappers and miners" of despotism. We have seen Federal judges attempting to nullify the laws of the States by granting injunctions forbidding and restraining the officers 1 - -* ?? -it i.L ri. of the States 01 Virginia iNoruioarulina, Alabama, and Minnesota, who are charged with the execution of the laws of those States, to execute those laws, unless and until the Supreme , Court of the United States has passed upon their validity, thus making State lawsenforcible only upon a condition never contemplated by the framers of the Constitution of the United States.. And we have seen this new usurpation of authority followed immediately upon the suggestion of the President, who appointed the particular judges guilty of such usurpation, that the Constitution needed to be remodeled by executive, legislative, and judicial constructions, and not by amendments in the proper and authorized manner, in order to adapt it to the needs of the times. In this way, by the appointment to judgeships of men who are overzealous to please their benefactor, the President is seeking and securing what amounts to a veto upon all State legislation, absolutely destroying the sovereignty of the State by indirection. I desire to call attention to a publication of the Department of Justice, nroconf rear gnH 1&&UCU UU1111? UiC pivcv/iiu >~*v. entitled "A list of United States Judges, Attorneys, and Marshals." This document shows that since his accession to office in 1901 President Roosevelt has appointed Federal judges as follows: Supreme Court of the United States, three associate judges?onethird of the membership of that great tribunal. Circuit courts of the United States, twelve of the twenty-nine judges, or 41.7 per cent. District courts of the United States, forty-two of the eighty judges or 52.5 rvA* /innf f Judging these appointees by the character of Judges Pritchard and Jones, we may assume that some of them, at least, hold the opinions of the appointing authority respecting the necessity of changing the Constitution by judicial construction in order to meet the exigencies of those corporations which contribute most liberally to the corruption fund of the Republican party. And before his present term expires the President will probably have the opportunity of packing the courts with enough men of the same class to insure the perpetuation of his so-called "policies," by judicial action, unless we act as our predecessors did in 1802, and deprive some of these useless and time-serving judges of some or all of their judicial powers. Disregarding the fact that be! . ^ ~ * fore March 4, 1909, there is a probability of our having seven Roosevelt judges on the Supreme Court bench, we may by that time have in office for life seventeen of the twenty-nine circuit court judges and forty-seven of the eighty district court judges. If Mr. Roosevelt should be re-elected, as many of our Republican friends anticipate, we should probably have on the bench by 1913, as Roosevelt appointees, twenty of the twentynine circuit court judges and fiftynine of the eighty district court judges. If this should happen the hands of Congress and of every State legislature would surely be tied hard an/*J -Poof K\r ncnrnntirtn Will auu xagv kjj juuiwmi * ... the people of the Union submit to this? Will we, as the representatives of the people of the States, submit to it? I think not. I know that it ought not to be submitted to. We have the power to abolish these inferior Federal courts. Cujus est instituere ejus est abrogare. Shall we be dominated, abused, insulted, racked, and ruined by our creatures, or shall we put an end to their insolence and their usurpations by following the precedent established in 1802? In principle it is our right to abolish these inferior courts. As to the question of expediency, it lies wholly within our legislative discretion to continue them under proper restrictions of jurisdiction and powers, or to discontinue them and provide a different system, to be administered by new appointees, whose antecedents prove that they respect the "inestimableinstitution of juries'' and are hot disposed to exercise usurped power in order to nullify the laws of the States and the constitu tional rights of citizens by means 01 writs of injunction or prohibition or by punishments inflicted for constructive contempts of court. To this end I favor the complete reorganization of the Federal judiciary, and shall, in all probability, introduce a bill for that purpose, unless the evils of the present system can be remedi! ed by milder means. | The other bill I have reference to is H. R. 16952, which amends the act of 1887 as to removal of causes from the State courts to the United States courts and fixes the sum or value involved in any suit of which the circuit courts of the United States have ! original cognizance, concurrent with 1 the courts of the several States, at $20,000 instead of $2,000 as now provided by said act. For further good and sufficient reasons why this bill should become a law I will state what you all know, what has been shown in the experience of every practicing lawyer in this country, that the Federal courts are held by the people of the country in more awe than the State courts; they are not looked upon with favor or regarded with the same degree of confidence as State courts; they are i -il- 1 3 lar removea irom uie peupie mm frequently are presided over by judges appointed by the President from other and distant States from that in which they preside; they are personally unknown to the people, and I regret to say that the knowledge or information the people have gathered concerning some of these judges is not reassuring and not calculated to inspire confidence, respect, or esteem. [Applause.] The people value more highly than any other the right of trial by jury. That right is, often ruthlessly swept aside by a Federal judge in charging a jury upon the facts or in instructing a verdict. For these and many other reasons the people and litigants generally throughout the rural districts are restless and dissatisfied under the present judicial system of j the United States and look upon the Federal courts, as notf established, sis foreign tribunals, whose presiding officers are not in touch or sympathy j with the masses of the people and who are altogether ignorant of the character, habits, and customs of the people over whom they wield judicial! authority after the manner of a fV?o ciY+oonfh rfvntnrv! un tJlCUiV VI VUV y der this system equity, justice, and mercy are oftentimes most conspicuous by their absence. [Applause on the Democratic side.] m Country Correspondence. Clarence Hughes and his little sisters, Eva and Mata, visited their grandmother, Mrs. Olive Hughes, near Clear Pond, last Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hanberry and little daughter, Ellenor, of Denmark, visited their cousin, Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. Jordan, a few days ago. ) Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Sandifer, of near Springtown, visited at the home of Mr. and Mr$. J. W. Hill Sunday, j Mrs. Etta Hughes and children are visiting friends and relatives at Colston this week. Mr. Everett Hanberry, who has been visiting his cousin, Bart Jordan, returned to his home this evening near Denmark. The warm weather for the last few days he has made the farmers think - - * ? 1 4- -_1.. of planting corn, isome nave nut emy been thinking for Mr. S. W. Sandifer has several acres already planted on the Williamson plan again this year. For Sale.?Complete shingle machine, saws, gummer, etc. Same used only three months. Price $275.00. Address David E. Pifer, Olar, S. C. Dissolution of Partnership. This is to notify all parties that the firm of H. J. & J. J. Brabham, Jrs., trading as the Olar Carbonating Co., Olar, S. C., has been dissolved by mutual consent, and all liabilities of said firm have been assumed by J. G. Brab1 ham. H. J. BRABHAM, JR., J. J. BRABHAM, JR. Bamberg, S. C., March 9th, 1908. 0 | Herd of Grade Beef Cattle. i* =o It is with the grade herd that the chief interest of the ordinary farmer lies as a beef producer. In refereuee to the use of pure bred sires in building up a herd from native cows it may be said that cattle which show the colors and qualities of the beef breeds sell better than those that do not. and this is sufficient reason for using a bull of one of the beef breeds whenever the object is to produce beef animals for sale. Buyers are of the, opinion that pure bred beef animals and also the grades of pure bred sires produce the best quality of beef as well as the greatest number of pounds of dressed meat per hundred pounds live weight It is a fact that animals vary greatly NATIVE MISSISSIPPI COW. [Dam of the heifer in the second cut.] in the percentage of dressed meat they will yield. Common cattle with bad treatment dress from 40 to 50 per cent while pure bred and grade cattle with better treatment dress from 55 to 65 per cent Some few dress 67 to 69 per cent. Tho food pt?h njifitiimcr** for the dam should very properly be charged to I each calf until the next calf is dropped. This is a very important matter in handling a herd of beef cattle. If a calf should be had from each cow each year and every calf could be raised each calf would only have to stand a comparatively small feed bill for its dam. Every effort should be made to secure a calf each year and to raise it, and any neglect in this line is sure to be felt in lessening the profits. In starting to change a herd from natives to grades spring is generally preferred to fall. The common calves dropped then should be made to pay expenses until the grade calves are being dropped, otherwise thie first lot of grade calves will have very high feed hills for their dams. Also it is just as important to cull the unprofitable dams from a beef GBADE ANGUS HEIFEB, [At two years old.] herd as It is from a dairy herd. A cow that will not breed regularly and that does not give enough milk to raise a good calf will not be a profitable cow if the calf must depend on the dam for its support while young. Cows that make good mothers and that drop a calf each year are the ones that are wanted in a beef" herd. Shy breeders and young heifers that have not been bred are not desirable in establishing a herd of grade beef cattle. Enormous Marketing. High prices draw the cattle. That is a market axiom. Over a million head reached western stockyards during September, a movement that does not cast credit on the shortage shouters. It would seem that the country is making more beef than ever. This probably is the case, and such runs would demoralize markets but for tne ract that consumption has been running away ahead of production. Liquidation is, however, to be reckoned with in the market movement that has astounded the trade recently. Until ten days ago everything that bore the* faintest resemblance to a sound mouthed ewe sold so readily in the stockyards'that salesmen were habitually accusing themselves of giving the stuff away despite the fact that it was selling at the highest prices on record and far higher than killers could afford to pay. All markets have enjoyed an unprecedented demand. Brewing ewes have sold at prices that would have appeared fabulous ten years ago, the bulk of yearling ewes selling on the , Chicago market as high as $7. All this stuff has been taken into the farming belt by experienced men and enthusiastic amateurs with a common object, the raising of lambs and founding of flocks, says the Breeder's Gazette. Melting Point of Butter. One of the interesting facts illustrated by experimental work at the Montana station is that for the first two weeks after churning the melting point of butter Is higher than it ever is again and that after the first two weeks the general tendency of the melting point Is to become lower and lower. A deduction from this fact would be that if the dairyman is desirous of having the butter retain its hard, firm body he should plan to have the butter reach the consumer's table some time before it Is two weeks' old If it is intended for immediate consumption. Paraffining Butter Tube* The advantages of paraffining butter tubs have been enumerated as follows: 1 Certain prevention of moldy tubs. 2. Prevention of mold on butter and liner by avoiding air space. 3. Neater appearance of tub. 4. Reduction of loss from shrinkage. I . i - tt,: : . ' I' filYE ME THE R0AP *1 a^bale^of that fine l^imofhy Smoak's Stables and which is being sold cheaper than you can buy it elsewhere for, and I am in a hurry, for it is going fast. This is as nice a lot of hay as was ever brought to this market. Remember we have the best equipped livery in this section of the State and the prices are reasonable. Teams can be had at any hour, day or night . _ J. J. SMOAK, Bamberg, 5. C. ? =? HARDWAR P -7-fc ' I have the Gladiator Stalk Cutter, Avery's "Reversible" Disc Harrow, Chattanooga Chilled (double and single) Plows, The Oaks Cotton and Corn Planter, Caldwell Improved Cotton Seed Dropper, Blount's True Blue Cast Steel Plow, Avery Dow Law Cotton Planter, Hoosier Corn Drill, Cole Guano Distributor, K. P. Guano Distributor, Lulu Seed Planter, The Little Joe Harrow, The Georgia and Farquhar Plow Stocks, the best Heaters and Stoves, Fish and Poultry Wire, Devoe and Hammar Paints, Harness Oil, Crockeryware and Shelf Goods, Pumps and Piping. '-V^3| My prices are right. Come in and take a look. ^^ J. A. HUNTER, TB^d?^^ J ?| YOU ARE LOSING MONEY fj?f x If You are Not Buying Your Goods of Us ' ^^9 fig We have one of the best and most up-to-date lines of, Mfegj @ Dry Goods. Notions, Shoes, Hats, '? wgpSj Caps, Clothing, Groceries^ Etc., 2&?|H A Ever brought to this town and at prices to suit you. mm ? Ca. i io and h<? Convinced That What We Say is True 1 J. W. PEARLSTINE COj f|? 3 X O fl Spending that dollar foolishly and put in the ' IHSf hank where you can not only save it, but it will. ^ ? earn you interest. If you will start the "saving : habit," you will be surprised how your bank 9 account will grow ( . < j |?^9 PC RAMI^ M ^ BAMBERG SOUTH CAROLINA ^ fB Hi ? For Thrifty Housekeepers and Lovers of Hoatffemrty aod Comfort ?;^||| I WE SELL I I ? The "Leonard Cleanable" Refrigerators and Ice @ boxes. You can get a good one for $9.00; others A - fi A as cheap as $5.00 up to $100. 2K| . ^ I - We have everything to make the porch cool and comfortable; Awnings, all grades, colors, sizes V *. and prices, made by experts. Bamboo, Tusculom, A and Vudor Porch Shades, all sizes, price 98c up to X $10.00. Rockers and Arm Chairs, the acme of \2r ^ strength and comfort, $1.24 up to $15.00; Settees, A any size, 98c up to $7.50. X 'r$|Sj We have swings made to suit you. Tell us a ,, ^ what style you prefer. Hammocks for the baby, w Hammocks for yourself, and Hammocks that A will accommodate the whole family, 95c up to $10. Mattings 18c up to 50c per yard. jit Rugs made of crex, grass, fiber, 'and other ma- A ^jfiff terials, that will give your home a touch of the V ; cool, cozy appearance so desirable in warm A ".A? weather, 35c up to $15.00. , A ^Mj I T>-1? ^ ' ?-J n^PQv+c olan ' uauy ^arna^co cuiu uu-v<uw ww. Ss Everything known in the Furniture Line, also, *.>Vj|| v Pianos, Organs and other Musical Instruments. yjP ffl CALL AND SEE US, OR WRITE FOR PRICES 0 I THOMAS & BARTON CO. 11 X "THE BIO STORE" @ Broadway ----- Augusta, Qeorgia Z|f|S d I KA Jl-Ml. ? ?. v and progressive, yet conservative, the Bamberg Banking I Company Is prepared to transact all branches or banking. Accounts are solicited from Firms, Corporations and Indi viduals, who may rely upon courteous consideration and the very^best terms that are consistent with good busi BAMBERG BANKING COMPANY IS Bamberg, South Car^i^^