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/ "PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Senator T. M. Raysor, of Orangeburg, spent Wednesday in the city. ?Mrs. Hattie Smith, of Bamberg, is the guest of her cousin. Mrs. W. L. Stokes.?Branchville Journal. ?Miss Gertrude Oxner returned a few days since to Bamberg where she is again engaged in teaching.? Leesville News. CAT WHIPS A RATTLESNAKE. Claws Flesh from'the Reptile's Head Until it is Conquered. S. D. Shipman, living eight miles south of this city, just across the Monroe county line, relates an unusual incident that occurred at his home last week, says the Indianapolis News. While he and his family were at dinner they heard a strange sound just outside the door. Looking up, they saw a big rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, while a "At nnito twft VPflrs old. XiidUCdc vai) uvc 4uiw v??v ^ ww.~ w-?7 was going around the ?nake in a circle. Mr. Shipman said he never heard such a noise from a cat as that cat made in its fight with the snake. As the snake would strike, the cat would jump back, and as the reptile drew ?ack its head for another stroke the Sat would strike the snake on top of the head, sinking its claws their full lepgth. When the snake would not Show a disposition to strike, the cat twould seize it by the rattles with its claws and torment it into striking. The cat was too quick for the snake and would dodge it every time. The performance was kept up until nearly all the flesh was clawed from the top of the snake's head. * The rattler began to show signs of weariness and attempted to crawl away. Mr. Shipman said he was afraid it would crawl under the house, so he took a hand in the affair and killed it. The cat was not injured the least bit during the strange combat. / - Some months ago Mr. Shipman lost a horse as the result of a snake's bite ?and a blue-racer at that, too. Blue-racers have been said to be harmless, but that is not true, said Mr. Shipman. One day, while one of his horses was lying in the shade of a tree, he saw a blue-racer crawl out toward it. He went into the house, got his rifle, and thought to kill the snake. But it saw him and started to escape, getting between him and the horse so that he could not shoot. In its haste it crawled over the postrate horse, and as it did so struck the animal on the hip three times. The horse, of course, was frightened, v- and jumped up suddenly, throwing the snake to the ground. Within a few minutes the wound began to swell, and the swelling continued until the horse died, within a few hours. ^ * X Strange Things Happen Sometimes. At this particular time it happened on the streets of Bamberg. The writer was driving through Calhoun street a few days ago, and just as he was nearing its extreme Northern end, hearing a noise to his left, he stopped and immediately a real live bear got in and seated himself very comfortably by his side in the buggy. Well, I am not prepared to say what some of your readers would have done had it been one of you, but realizing my position I sat still and drove on, for it is said if one will hold his breath while a bear is close by he is not apt to be attacked, so you may be assured mine was firmly held between my breathing spells, and I urged my nag right along. He was of ' the grizzly type, and although he held his position for an hour or more, he did not seem at all vicious, but appeared perfectly satisfied that he would be kindly treated, and I would like.to know who would not treat t one otherwise, especially while so close, we got aiong iainy wen together until we reached some fields of cotton. Then he began to show his natural instinct by throwing his eyes here and there apparently sizing up each stalk and limb to its highest limit, seeming confident that - there would be a plenty to satisfy himself, and as they generally have long claws he seemed to want to draw the product of the whole plant over in his own favor; but some how they have a considerable disliking for certain of the cow element called a bull. It is said that cows at a distance have long horns, and I suppose that bulls must have, too, for they manage every now and then to gore loose the tightly gripped claws of the bear and allow others to enjoy at least a portion of the products of the plant, and as he had a fondness for this special plant, he most naturally belongs to the species called the Cot ton Bear. j. u. T. Bamberg, S. C., September, 15, 1908. Eczema Cured. Nothing could be more annoying or disfiguring than Eczema; and few skin diseases are harder to cure. Tetterine allays the itching and burning; and absolutely destroys the cause by killing the germs that eat into the tender coatings and cause decay. Tetterine is a prompt and effective cure for Tetter, Ground Itch. Eczema, Chaps, Chafes, etc. 50c box at druggists, or by mail, postpaid, from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. Bathe with Tetterine Soap, 25c Cake. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few j*ears was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo. Ohio, is the only constitiitional cure on the market. It Is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They oiler one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Soid by Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Pencil and pencil sharpener only 5 cents at The Herald Book Store. ? " PROHIBITION IX MAINE. Rev. John L. Harley Gives Statistics from Leading Men. Spartanburg, S. C., July 30, 1908. Editor the Bamberg Herald: It is now time that the citizens of our beloved State should know something of the wily ways and pernicious tricks of the liquor element of this country. I submit herewith some facts for the consideration of the readers of your paper. There has been issued recently a full-page advertisement of misrepresentations about prohibition in Maine. This is being offered in plate form to the daily papers of the United States free of charge. If it appears in any paper in South Carolina, let it be remembered that it is nothing more nor less than a full-page whiskey advertisement gotten out by the "ad." man of the National Liquor Dealers' Protective Bureau, No 27 William Street, New York City. This No. 27 William Street, New York is the headquarters ' * 9 of the "brewers' ana aisuuers cuucational campaign committee." The writer of these misrepresentations may not sign his name to his documents, so I suppose it might be well to state: He is known as Cyrus C. Turner. In this connection the following statements from a few of the officials of Maine might not be amiss. Hear them: United States Senator from Maine, William P. Frye, writes August 19, ^907: "Our statute has driven from all the country portions of the State the sale and use of alcoholic drinks. In the cities enforcement is more difficult, but in those where popular sentiment is behind it, violations are infrequent. In my opinion a good majority of our people stand pat for the law." Congressman Llewellyn Powers, who admits that he is personally so conservative on the prohibition issue that he has frequently been opposed by strong elements in his own party, writes (1907): "The selling and the public drinking of intoxicating liquors is decidedly under the ban of public opinion, and the law has prevented absolutely any selling in more than four-fifths of the towns of Maine, and it has taken away very much of the temptation for young men to indulge in alcoholic drinks. I do not believe that the people of the State of Maine will ever permit the licensing of the saloon in their midst again." The , following statements from Charles E. Owen. Superintendent jot the Anti-Saloon League of Maine, bearing date July 24, 1908, are interesting: "When we were under license over fifty years ago Maine was one of the poorest and most drunken States in the Union. We are told that then Maine men were spending $20.00 per capita annually for drink, and that to-day they are spending fifteen cents. The Maine farms were neglected, the people shiftless and their homes mortgaged. Then there were but five savings banks in the State, with a total savings deposit of $90,000.00. We have now fiftyseven savings banks; twenty-two building and loan associations, and thirty-seven trust companies, with an aggregate savings account of $113,000,000. We don't know what license would have done for us in this time, but we know that New Hampshire reported a loss of 30,000 savings bank depositors during the first three years of license after having abandoned prohibition. "In prohibition Maine 49 per cent, of her people own their homes; in liepnsp Massachusetts 19 ucr cent.: in license Connecticut 18 per cent.; in license New York 17 per cent." Our people are also being told of the failure of prohibition in Kansas. The liquor people have agents travelling all over South Carolina giving away literature, taking orders for liq- . uor and drumming into our people ! false statements in regard to prohibition everywhere, but with especial reference to Maine and Kansas. I have met them, heard them talk, and have more than once made them quiet as a church mouse by confronting 'r them with the facts. Hon. C. W. Trickett, Assistant Attorney General of Kansas, has recently published ] statements from the largest banks in ' Kansas City in regard to the effect of , prohibition on business. We give ; these statements here without com- J ment. , "Home State Bank of Kansas City, , Kan., February 1, 1907. "Mr. C. W. Trickett, Kansas City, : Kan.?Dear Sir: With reference to your inquiry concerning condition of our business as compared with that ; of June, 1906, we beg to state that r our deposits have grown from $95,- - 000 oil June 30, 1906,- to $132,000 on 30th of January, 1907, an increase of 40 per cent., and the volume of our < business has increased in a greater . proportion. The month of January just closed has shown a large increase in business as compared with the depressing month of January last year, when the joints were in full blast. During the month three times i as many new savings accounts were opened as in the month of January a ' year ago. To us it looks like a cl/ear case of 'when the people are not permitted to spend money for a bad cause ; they will invest it for a good purpose.' "Respectfully yours, "HOME STATE BANK, "J. W. Bullinger, Cashier." I come now to our largest bank, the one that carries the accounts of a large majority of the business men, and I ask you to note carefully what they say. "The Commercial National Bank, Kansas City, Kan., January 30, 1907. "Mr. C. W. Trickett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, Kan.?Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry with reference to general conditions since the closing of the joints of this city, will say that on June 30. 1906, our deposits were $2,461,911.82, and thatat close of business last night, January 29th, they were $2,969,230.17, an increase of $507,318.35 in seven ' months, the largest increase of new business we have made in any period of the same length of time since organization. We think we have accounts of Inore than 50 per cent, of the business houses of the city, and lave tailed with a large number of them with reference to the effect of the closing of the joints on their business, and almost without exception they have expressed themselves as pleased, and many of them more than pleased with the result. Many of them have stated that it was the best six months they have ever had, and we believe that this feeling is shared by a large majority of the professional men and other intelligent citizens of the city. I have heard many of our best citizens who were formerly inclined to think the closing of the joints would hurt the city now express themselves as hoping we will never go back to the old regime. During my residence of over sixteen years in this city conditions have never been so good as at the present time. Very respectfully yours, "C. L. BROKAW, .Cashier." JOHN L. HARLEY, State Superintendent. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under this Head 25c For 25 Words or Less. Wanted?To buy, a good milch cow. If you have a good one, call on or write W. S. HOGAN, Bamberg, S. C. Plastering Laths.?I have for sale a, nice lot of plastering laths, which I will dispose of cheap. Call and get prices. I win save you money. E. C. HAYS, Bamberg, S. C. NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALERS. Office of County Dispensary Board of Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 4, 19D8. 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 Bids will also be received for Case Goods, including Rye, Corn and Scotch Whiskies,- Brandy, Gin, Rum, Wines, 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 iHHftno rtf fho Hitmen IC1UUS a IIU wuuitivua V* ? ?r sary Law of 1907, and bidders must observe the following rules: 1. The bids shall be sealed, and there shall be no sign or mark upon the envelope indicating the name of the bidder 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 5th day of October, 1908. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder on each kind, the Board reserving the right to reject any and all bids and any parts of bids. The Board reserves the right to increase or decrease the above quantities at the same price as the bids submitted. 3. All goods to be delivered f. o. b. 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, "? * **-*- * r TT nr* J. A. W A-LiiYJlitt, G. B. CLAYTON, County Dispensary Board for Bamberg County. J.H.DIXON Machinist and Engineer General Repair Shop. We repair ail kinds of machinery and carry a full line of Pipe} Pipe Fit- . tings, Valves, Injectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. Bring your engine and have the cylinder bored. Make it run like new and give you more power. . Bring your cotton gins and press parts and nave them repaired before the busy season. A stitch in time saves nine. We repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mUls: in fact we run a hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring It in and have It cured. Gas engines and automobile engine cylinders bored, and new pistons and rings made that won't leak. Gives you more power and better efficiency. We repair and charge storage batteries. , Call when in trouble and see what we can do. 1 SHOP AT COTTON MILL I J. F. CARTER | I Attorney-at-Law < J BAMBERG, S. G. J[ Special Attention Given to Settlement < ' X of Estates and Investigation of Titles 4 > ^ Offices over Bamberg Banking Co. <> Mm# i DR.'a F!'HAIR| X Dental Surgeon - - - Bamberg, S. C. J X In office every day In the week. Gradu- X X ate ol Baltimore College of Dental Sur- X X gery, class 1892. Member S. C. Dental X X Association. Officelnold bank building X I TITLES LOANS B EXAMINED NEGOTIATED E I J. ALDRICH WYMAN I & ATTORNEY-AT-LAW | I Civil and Office upstairs, over Criminal Practice Bamberg Banking Co. I H. M. GRAHAM Attorney?at-Law Bamberg, S. C. Practices In all the Courts of this State. OFFICE IX THE HEBAID BUILDIHG. V \ pouilai 1 19th Session} ? Handsome Brick Bui @ Rooms, Art Studio, Pari x sium, Dining Room, Kit< x on every floor. The enti ? have been spent in putti: I Large Faculty, repre: ident and ten teachers li Thorough Courses of Strong Departments Practical Business ( Strict Military Begii Our Graduates are a The general verdict i: atter as well as intellect. In competitive exami ships, our students have Patrons and former s em State. Believing that persoi tor in the training of the dents, thereby making it tention of the Faculty. I .Expenses very reasuj For applicatiofa blan) PRES. ] ' EDG] @@@@@@@@@@@@@( ,1 'ftl I Graham I I Flour I II We have just received a I fresh supply of Graham I Flour which we are offer- I ing to our customers at hard time prices. This I flour is as nice as the best I ever brought to this city. I The only cheap thing I about it is the price. Give it a trial. I Mackerel 1 We have mackerel which weighs from 18 to 20 ; ounces to the fish which ;jl we are selling at 12Jc the fish. These are the nicest .1 we have ever seen. To l| appreciate them you have I to give them a trial. Come I early for they are going I ID. A. K1NARD & CO.J Bamberg, South Carolina J :!w. p riley] X FIRE, LIFE X 11 ACCIDENT I | INSURANCEt f BAMBERG, .... S. C. f loo ye Dickinson'!, ;; INSURANCE AGENT t < WILL WRITE ANYTHING J ' X Fire, Tornado, Accident, Ua I bility, Casualty, in the J strongest and most re X liable companies. X X TELEPHONE No. 10 B. Bamberg, S.C. I rolina Co-Ei Institute T\W Begin Thursday, S tiding, containing 52 Bed Ro ors, Offices, Large Auditoriui jhen, etc., under the same roi ire building is heated by stea ng in up-to date furniture an senting the best Colleges and ve in the building with the s : Study, leading to the Degre of Music, Art and Expressi /i ; 1 { ' I lourses?Stenography, Typei lations observed in all depart Iways in demand. 3 that our Students show mar nations for West Point, Ann i always been eminently succi tudents of the S. 0. C. I. can lal attention to the individual young, we take only a limite< t possible for each Student t< liable. js, catalog or any informatioi F. N. K. I SFIELD, SOUTH CAROLD 9 > A A A A A A A A A A A A | 3 The Carlisle Bamberg; gft A first-class school for boys perienced teachers. Unusi J* Elocution. Excellent healt ^ sickness past two years. C mM, Bath, Military Discipline, U Write for catalogue. aw c wnn AI> W O* 1 IV^V-i/TkA. ^flu Saint Angel Aiken, Sou Select Day and For Young \ .This well known institution affords excellent opportunities for a thorough, practical, and refined education. The courses are Primary, Grammar, Commercial, and Academic, with additional facilities for perfecThe Location is Ideal ia Academy Opens Sept 14, I REV. DIRECTRE! AN OPPC Fine Farms Will < One hundred acres, almost in corDorate limits of Bamberg. About sixty acres in high state of cultivation. Crops in sight. Corn (not on [Williamson plan) about thirty bushi els per acre. Cotton, with only about five hundred pounds fertilizer per acre, very nearly or quite a bale per acre. Eighty-five acres; about sixty-five acres in good state pf cultivation. One four-room and one three-room tenant house; one shallow and two deep wells of good water. Crops good. Only about one mile North of Bamberg. Thirty-six acres, about twenty-five open; no buildings. Crops in fair condition. This property lies only about one mile from Bamberg. Also very many larger farms, containing from 250 to 1,500 acres, lying from two to ten miles from Bamberg, S. C., in this and Orangeburg counties. Prices and terms on application. CITY PROPERTIES FOR SALE. One seven-room dwelling; barn and stables and other outbuildings; all recently built; wired for electric lights; yard fenced; deep well of good water. The lot contains about three acres. We are offering this for a limited time at* only $2,000.00; J. T. O Real Estate Agent is . . A ducationai | lept. 24th, 1908 ? oms, Class Rooms, Music jw m, Society Halls, Gymna- ||| of. Hot and Cold Water ?? ,m. Thousands of dollars a i | universities, rue rres- a tudents. A es of B. E., B. S., and A. B. jg .on. I uniting and Bookkeeping. A ments. 9 ,|j|j ked development of char- a apolis and other scholar- a sssful. X be found in every South-' 1 1 pupil is the greatest fac- * 1 number of boarding stu- g j receive the personal at- a a, aaaress sr Fitting School t - - - South Caroling J and girls. Strong faculty of ex- Mm ' yZ* ial advantages in Music and j :h?not a single case of serious Mm' .V ^ iymnasium, Athletics, Shower . WTniform Dress. $125.00 per year. Mm <J, Head Master ^ a's Academy f itH Carolina ^;8| Boarding School idies and * Girls tion in Music, Painting, Needlework, and Domestic Science. The one aim in every course is to j. equip the student physically, mental-/> /J ly, and morally for the performance |p of life's duties. '1 Beauty and Bealthfalaess m z ., H ws. ror information Appiy 5S, P. 0. Box 342 I )RTUNITY Qo At Panic Prices | Also five tenant houses; three with four rooms each and two with two rooms; all in fair repair. This lot ? contains about four acres. Price only $1,100.00. Also two open lots containing two fj acres, more or less., Will let these go for only $250.00. Also one five-room house on Main Street, with barn and stables; deep well of good water. Lot contains one acre, more or less. All in fair repair and under fence. Price only..$l,250. One open lot on New Bridge Street, measuring 105 feet front by about | 300 feet deep, by ninety feet, more of less, wide on back. Fine site for a residence, and large enough for a hotel, as it lies less than one hundred yards from depot. Price and terms on application. >' Also one open lot on Church Street, measuring ninety-eight feet front and back by 53% feet deep. Will go at a bargain. Price and terms on appli- V cation. Also a block of lots on Railroad Avenue, West, containing ten acres, more or less. About five acres of pecan trees in bearing. An opportunity for young men to invest in and develop. Only the one chance. Price and terms on application. i'NEAL Bamberg, S. C. ' . . i