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Personal Mention.
?Mr. J. R. Owens, of Denmark,
was in the city last Thursday.
?Hon. C. W. Garris, of Denmark,
was in the city last Saturday.
?Mr. J. W. Pearlstine, of Olar,
was in the city last Thursday and
Friday.
; * ?Mr. E. C. Hunter, of Branchville,
was in the city for several days
this week.
?Mr. A. L. Pearlstine, of Jackson^
' ville, Fla., visited his father's family
last week*
?Mr. J. H. Kearse, of the Bu-fawPa
RriHo-p spr?tior). was in the city
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last Saturday.
?Messrs. W. W. Smoak, and G. J.
Herndon, of Walterboro, were in the
city last Friday.
'. - % ?Mr. W. C. Patrick, of Columbia,
x arrived in the city Tuesday night to
spend a few days.
?Mr. F. M. Smoak, of Fort Motte,
spent a few days in th^city this week
on a visit to his mother's family.
?Magistrate J. C. Copeland and
Mr. H. Z. McMillan, of theEhrhardt
section, were in the city last Saturday.
?Mr. and Mrs. Jno. R. Bellinger
.went to Augusta Monday on account
^ of the illness of their daughter, Mrs.
S. W. J. Faulkner.
?Miss Georgia Emma Jordan has
returned to the Orangeburg Col,
legiate Institute, after spending sev
era! weeks at nome.
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?Mr. D. F. Hooton, cashier of
Bamberg Banking Co., left for Columbia
last night to attend the meet*
: of lie State Bankers' Association.
?Mrs. M. E. Hartzog, after spending
a few days with her neice, Mrs.
M. D. Boineau, left yesterday morning
for Barnwell to visit her daughter,
Mrs. W. G. Simms.?Columbia
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?Rev. and Mrs. T. G. Herbert and
children left Monday for a visit to
Mrs. Herbert's mother in Sumter, ,
where Mr. Herbert is assisting in a
- meeting. They will be away about
ten days.
?Mr. N. P. Murdaugh, of Apalachacola,
Fla., is on a visit to friends
in the city and county. Mr. Murv:
v daugh lived in Bamberg for a number
pr of years, and his many friends are
fglad to see him again.
Sharpest Trader in Settlement.
P /'Watchergot?" said the storekeeper.
/ V The man ran his hand down into his
; > coat pocket and pulled out an egg.
he.
*v" ' "One aig!" said the storekeeper.
j? 44And what you want for that?"
"Waall," drawled the man, "you
can gimme a couple of knittin' neer
* I dies for it, can't ye?"
"Ef that's all," said the storekeeper,
"I reckon I kin."
, The man received the knitting neevdles,
and looking up at the storekeeper
he said, "Aren't you goin' to
treat?" (The custom demands a treat
? whenever a swap of any kind is
made.)
K ? "Well," said the storekeeper,
i; "what you want?"
;; . "Oh, I'm not particular," said the
man, "Gi' me a drink o' cider."
^ So the storekeeper handed out a
bottle of cider and a glass.
"Help yourself."
>'ty- The man thought a moment and
said solemnly, "I nevah drink with;
r - out breakin' an aig in it."
J"':>rj "WeH, upon mah soul, "thought the
storekeeper. But he handed him the
; ' egg he had just received and said,
0; "Here's yoh aig; you kin have it."
TO*- mot* 1\w\lra tlia oiTff ircfr? fVlO
gjR^r iUC moil uivoc wi^ ^55 uiw wiiv
?vv. . glass of cider, and in doing so discovered
that the egg had two yolks.
|^v:^lfe drained the glass, smacked his
jpPm^ - fips, pronounced it a fine drink, and
^fc^then said to the storekeeper, "You
r ; Jfenow you ought to gi' me two more
jButtm' needles, don't you?"
ir f 'WhyV' asked the storekeeper,
perplexed.
^Because," said the man, "that aig
o' mine had two yolks!"
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Anderson Suffers Fire Loss.
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r- ? . Anderson, April 19.?Fire at 4
o'clock this morning destroyed $12,000
worth of property. The Model
steam laundry on Fant street, roller
* m? machinery of L. R. Welch and a
corn mill belonging to Dickson, to,
gether with the buildings, were a
J; < total loss. When the fire was discovered
the interior of the laundry
^^ was in a mass of flames and the build,
~ ing fell in soon after the fire department
reached the scene. The adjoining
buildings were saved.
Three firemen were shocked by
live electric wires of high voltage.
The laundry lost $6,000 with $4,000 1
* insurance. Mr. Welch lost $6,000 in
* the building in mill machinery with
no insurance. Three buildings were
burned, all belonged to Mr. Welch.
The origin of the fire is unknown. \
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Liquor Drummer Is Arrested.
Greenville, April 17.?James E.
Payne, who formerly lived in this
city, but who lives in Augusta, was
arrested yesterday morning charged
with violation of the Carey-Cothran
law. It was reported to the county
officers that Mr. Pavne was soliciting
orders for whiskey and accepting
payment for same at the time that
the order was given. The authorities
after consulting several lawyers had ,
two warrants issued for Payne's arrest.
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As soon as Mr. Payne heard of the
action he immediately surrendered
and gave justified bond before Magis4
i trate Stradley.
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METHODISTS VOTE TO DANCE.
Clergy Joins Laity In Asking that Ban
Be Removed.
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The New York East Methodist conference,
in session yesterday at St.
James church, Madison avenue and
126th street, passed several important
resolutions, one of them dealing
with dancing and other amusements.
On Friday the lay members of the
conference passed a resolution asking
the general inference to repeal
article 248, which forbids dancing,
card playing and certain other amusements,
and the clerical members voted
on the proposition Yesterday. It
was expected that there would be
some discussion, but the resolution
requesting the repeal of article 248
was passed without discussion and
only seven .ministers voted against it.
The resolution, it was explained, does
not take Methodism from its nistonc
position in the matter of amusements,
but plafces such matters within the
conscience of the individual.?New
York Sun.
To Release Thaw.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., April 20.?
The first step toward the release of
Harry Thaw was taken today.
James G. Graham, of Thaw's counsel,
made application to Justice Morsithauser,
White Plains, for an order
directing the superintendent of the
asylum to permit Thaw to sign a for??1
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corpus. The order was granted.
When Thaw makes application he
will probably be brought before the
justice to determine his sanity.
The Mercenary Willie.
Craig Wadsworth, the best cotillion
leader in American, admitted at a
dinner in New York, says the Boston
Herald, that men were colder and
more mercenary than women.
"It is born in us," said Mr. Wadsworth,
sadly. "Even as children?"
He smiled.
"When I was a boy," he said, "I
had a little friend named Willie.
Willie appeared one day with a fine
apple.
" Til give you this apple,' hesaid to
a little girl, 'for twenty kisses.'
"The little girl was amazed. That
was not at all like Willie. Nevertheless,
she consented.
" 'Shut your eyes,' said Willie.
'Sit down here and shut your eyes.
And, mind, if you open them the
bargain is off.'
"The little girl obeyed, and slowly
very slowly, the kisses began to fall
upon her lips. One, two, three, four
?a long pause?five, six?another
long pause?seven?pause-?eight,
nine, ten?intolerable pause.
" 40h, Willie, hurry!'
" Tm not Willie.'
"The girl opened her eyes in astonishment,
and drew back her
pretty mouth from the advancing lips
of a strange boy, a very common,
shabby sort of boy, whom she had
never seen before.
" 4 Why, where's Willie?'she cried.
- " 'He's down the street,' was the
reply, 'sellin' your kisses for two
apples apiece. Better shet yer
eyes ag^in. The next three boys is
terribly ugly.' "
Circumstantial Evidence.
"You say you met the defendant
on a street car, and that he had been
drinking and gambling,"said the attorney
for the defense during the
cross examination.
"Yes," replied the witness.
"Did you see him take a drink?*
"No."
"Did you see him gambling?"
"No."
"Then how do you know," demanded
the attorney, "that the defendant
had been drinking and gambling?"
"Well," explained the witness, "he
gave the conductor a blue chip for
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nis car-iare, ana uiiu mm iu cue
change."?April Lippincott's.
The Wifey's Way.
The Bamberg lady who gently tapped
her husband on the shoulder at
the skating rink the other night and
said, "Love, it is growing late; I
think we had better go home," is the
same one who after getting home
shook the rolling pin under his nose
and said, "You infamous old snaggle
tooth devil, if you ever look at that
mean, hateful calico face mackereleyed
old thing you had your eye glued
on to-night I'll bust your cocoanut
wide open for you."
For the benefit of those who abhor
printer's ink as a prime factor to the
advancement of their interests, we
should state that Samson?the strong
party?was the first man to advertise.
He took two solid columns to demonstrate
his strength, and several
thousand people "tumbled" to the
scheme. He brought down the house.
O'Flannagan came home one night
with a deep band of black crepe
around his hat.
"Why, Mike!" exclaimed his wife.
"What are you wearin' that mournful
thing for?"
"I am wearin' it for yer first, husband,"
replied Mike firmly. "I'm
sorry he's dead."
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Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
SENSATIONAL SUICIDE
Armless Man Shoots Himself
With a Pistol.
PULLS TRIGGER WITH TOE.
Pari* Police Refute to Believe Such a
Suicide Possible, but Medical Ex*
amination Demonstrates That Death
Was Self Inflicted.
One of the most remarkable suicides
ever recorded recently came to light
in Paris. A man without arms succeeded
in shooting himself with a re
volver. For some time tne ponce refused
to believe that such a suicide
was possible, but medical examination
has proved conclusively that such was
the fact
The details of .the suicide are extraordinary.
The armless man was
THE ABMLBSS MAN WAS LIFTED TO THE
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named Onillon. He was fifty-one years
old and a widower. He lived alone.
One of his arms was amputated some
years ago as the result of an accident
The other was cnt off close to the elbow
a few months ago, owing to medical
reasons. He made a precarious
living by the sale of objects in the
street
He had a son who for some time
past has been in prison at Chalons-snrMarne.
This son was released recently
with about $2 in his pocket which he
had earned as good conduct money
while in prison. His first object was
to see his father, and he spent all his
money in paying his fare to Paris.
Without losing any time he went from!
the station to his father's residence,
eager to meet him once again.
Arrived there, he knocked repeatedly
at the door, but could obtain no response.
Becoming alarmed, he broke
open the door and entered. Efe struck
a light and to his horror saw his father
lying inanimate at thf side of his
bed. He rushed across to him and
found that he was dead.
The armless man was lifted to his
bed. As this was being done a revolver
fell from his clothes.' It should be
mentioned that he was fully dressed.
Careful examination disclosed the
ract mat mere were uu wumuoiuua vu
the body, nor was there any evidence
In the room of a straggle having taken
place. When the revolver was examined
it was found that two chambers
had been discharged. Cnrioasly enongb.
t^ese wer^ not consecutive chambers.
Between the discharged chambers
there was an interval of two that were
undischarged. / "
It was also obvious that, however the
man had met his death, robbery was
not the motive if it had been accomplished
by any other person. The dead
man's watch and other small possessions
were found on the mantelpiece,
and $3.50 was still in his trousers
pockets.
The mystery that puzzled the police
was bow the armless man discharged
the revolver.
It Is stated that he was an extraordinarily
resourceful man. For instance,
he was in the habit of unlocking
his door every night with his own
latchkey. He did this with his teeth.
The autopsy proved that It was by
means of his teeth and bis feet that
be committed suicide. With his teeth
he succeeded in fastening a boot lace
to a piece of wire and in attaching the
wire to the trigger of a revolver. He
at-- a# whtaIvmi In
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his mouth and pulled the wire with
his feet
Jews Look Firmly While Eating Fruit.
Suddenly stricken speechless.' his
whole aide paralyzed and unable to
move a muscle In his body, O. O. Harden,
an engineer on the Northwestern
railroad, lies at his home, 208 Sixth
street Sioux City, la., in a critical condition.
Mr. Harden had begun eating
a banana, and he had just sat down
on a lounge when his jaws suddenly
became clinched, and he was unable to
remove the fruit from his lips. Medical
aid was summoned, but Mr. Harden
was In too critical a condition for
any attempt at relief.
Hangs Herself With Stars and 8tripes.
Mrs. Cornelia McKelvie of Baltimore
twisted an American flag lnjtp a rope
and committed suicide by hanging herself
to a closet door. Her body was
discovered by her thirteen-year-old
granddaughter. Melancholia, due to
poor health, is supposed to have
prompted the act
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KING CORN.
Results of Improvement In Breeding
and Cultivation.
In commenting on the National Corn
exposition recently held at Chicago.
Orange Judd Farmer says:
There were about 8.000 exhibits of
corn on display. Taking the entire
exhibit into consideration, the corn on
the tables was probably the best ever
shown at any exhibition. This is most
remarkable, considering the unfavorable
conditions which prevailed through
the growing season. It would not be
possible to have anything like corn of
the high quality shown were it not for
the great improvement in breeding
and cultivation of late. Pure bred varieties
mature earlier and resist unfa
vorable weather conditions to a greater
extent than the inferior corn grown
a few years ago. * In the class open to
the world the showing was wonderful.
Probably a third of the entire exhibit
was in this lot
Illinois Exhibit.
The Illinois exhibit as would naturally
be expected, was very complete
in white and yellow classes. Undoubtedly,
however, the yellow varieties predominated,
the majority of them being
of the Reid type. This is a remarkably
uniform variety and of high scoring
quality. The white samples were
just about as numerous, and many of
them were of very excellent character,
but as show corn they did not compare
quite as well as yellow corn.
Calico and Red Varieties.
Outside of the white and yellow varieties
shown by Iowa exhibitors there
was an exceedingly fine showing'of
calico and red corn. In the cattle feeding
states these varieties seem to be
as
exceedingly pupuiui.
CORN STORAGE.
Germination Tests With Corn Stored
In Different Ways.
The relation of a perfect stand to Increased
cixfp yields has been so effectually
demonstrated that the best meth/?d
of storing seed grain becomes a
matter of vital interest to all corn
growers. A test was made last year to
determine what the effect of storing
corn in a dry room, on racks In the
barn, In the warming oven of a stove
and In a corncrib would have on the
germinating powers of the seed the following
spring.
The per cent of germination was
lowest with the corn stored in the
FOB DBYING COKH.
IA convenient rack for storing, which
may, be or any neignt aesirea.j
crib, as would naturally be expected,
as the seed was exposed to the widely
varying temperatures which prevailed
during the winter season. The germination
was practically the same with
the samples stored in a dry room and
on racks in a barn, though these methods
of storing had but little advantage
over the use of the warming oven.
Considerable difference was witnessed,
however, in the strength of the germinations
from corn kept in the several
ways indicated. The grain from the
corn stored in the crib showed the
least vigor of germination, the best results
being obtained from the corn
stored on the racks in the barn, followed
quite closely by that stored in a
dry. room. The corn stored in the
i warming oven germinated fairly well
| in all except two instances. In one the
i germination was remarkably low, due
either to a poor ear or to the fact that
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sometime.
I The matter of the storage of seed
after It has been carefully bred and
selected Is therefore one which should
receive the careful attention of every
farmer.?Andrew M. Soule, Virginia.
Western Butter In Texas.
Carloads of imported butter come to
Texas every week from the high priced
lands of Illinois, Kansas and Iowa, j
When will the cotton farmer and his |
children learn that the markets for
good butter in this section demand butter
and cream at such high prices that
cotton growing is put to shame? It is
merely a matter of knowledge and
skill.?Farm and Ranch.
A Variety of Feed.
Hens to feel well and to lay must
have a variety of feed, and they must
have it clean. The idea of shutting
poultry up in small quarters and scattering
the feed around in dirty places,
then expecting good results, is absurd,
but how many poultry yards are found
in just such condition!?Farm Press.
Good Quarters For the Hogs.
Under all circumstances, regardless
of climate, whether a man is breeding
pure bred stock or grades, hogs should
have sleeping places that are dry and
warm, providing protection against
storms and damp, chilly weather.
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