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HANGS HERSELF IN JAIL. Young Woman, Caught Stealing at Burkhannon Fair, a Suicide. Cambrian'], Md., Sept. 1 >.?An! unknown young woman, strikingly ( handsome, committed suicide by ( hanging herself In the jail at Buck- , hannon, W. Va., last night, and so t tar the authorities have not been able to identify her. She was arrested on , the Buckfcannon fair grounds Thursday, tried, and found guilty of steal- . lng a package containing two skirts: , from a woman who had taken them . ; < Into the dancing pavillion, and in de- ( fan It of l~> fine was committed to , # Jail. When sentenced she informed . the judge she would kill herself. Saturday morning she swallowed some poison that she evidently had j concealed on her person, hut quick !f 'action of physicians saved her life. Saturday night she tore up her bed ^ sheet, made a rope of it, which she'j threw over a building brace rod that! i ? passed through the top of her celi.-^ She was about 22 years old, of r girlish figure, with Jet-black hair, |" rather fair complexion, and was plainly dressed She is the third prisoner! that has committed suicide in that'* 11 cell in the past six months, the other two having been men. ^ A MACEDONIA* CRY. 1 , L Aiken Farmers Call on Smith to = 1 Boost the Price of Cotton. c ' f> Aiken, Sept. 16.?A number of ' Aiken County's farmers held an in-* formal meeting this morning and the low price of cotton was the subject for discussion. Since the nomination i e Of "Cotton" Smith for the United) States Senate, they thought the price, should be around 15 cents, so the j? body resolved to telegraph him about the matter. They drafted the following telegram: e Aiken, S. C., Sept. 16, 1908. z Mr. E. D. Smith, Florence, S. C.? 1 We respectfully call your attention ^ to the downward tendency of the ^ price of cotton, which will soon reach zero. Do please, Mr. Smith, come to our rescue. We stood by you in your distress, now do please stand by us,8 in the time of peril. Mr. Smith, if a you can't raise the price of cotton. 11 please send a wireless to Uncle Ben, ,? |p!g< "Who is now in Europe. c Aiken County Farmers. IIP?' . % d GIRL SHOT FROM AMBUSH. tl Bullet Meant for Georgia Farmer s. Passes Through his Daughter. ^ Columbus, Ga., Sept. 17.?Elbm Had en, the ten-year-old daughter of j ^ T. J. Haden, a Lee county, Ala., far-p mer, living four miles from Columbus c; jf-"- was probably fatally wounded to-jp night by a Winchester bullet fired at e ^p^ her father. e Mr. Haden and wife were seated on their back porch, when suddenly a there was a flash about thirty steps H p.? away, an unknown person who had' h & concealed himself behind a fence firpV ing upon the farmer. The bkll missis * ed him and, entering the hallway, ?3^ StVuck his little daughter in i11 ; the abdomen, going through her D body. The bullet went through the,n ' 8 child and four walls and even then; M&' C". .. 7 i its course was not checked. pL " The identity of the would-be assas- a * I 8" sin is a profound mystery. My GIRL SHOT FROM AMBUSH DEAD.! P i r. Neighbor of Georgia Farmer who was j tl Shot at Arrested. j t] Columbus, Ga., Sept. 18.?The'd death of 10-year-old Elbin Haden T from a rifle wound, and the arrest of f< Martin V. Culpepper, a merchant of Oirard, on the charge of being the as- e aassin, and of his son, Uhland, as ac- ^ cessory, were to-day's developments b In the sensational assassination at- e > tempted in Lee county, Alabama, last n fa- Bight when an effort was made to ^ fl ; murder T. J. Haden, a farmer, at , his home. The bullet missed him and struck his little girl. ' 0 To-day a warrant was sworn out against Martin V. Culpepper, charg- n ing him with doing the shooting. It seems that Haden and Culpep- ^ per had a personal difficulty yester- 0 day in which Culpepper got the worst v of it. Culpepper asserts his innocence rl In the most emphatic manner. u tt developed to-day that the bullet > *.' . - - - ' ? ~ n ,1 TT.o r. whlcn enaea tne me ui me en IIu, nao| fired from a Krag Jorgenson rifle in- a stead of a Winchester, as first sup- ^ posed. p NEGRO MURDERER ARRESTED. 1 P Self-Confessed Slayer of Two Florida s Women Caught. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 20.?Wal- a ter Ledbetter, a negro tramp, was ar- 11 rested early this morning by Sheriff ' Bowden in the settlement of Marietta 11 and confessed to the killing of .Mrs. a ' Norman and her daughter there Sat- h ' * urdav. As soon as the residents of t the settlement learned that the negro s had been captured there were threats P of lynching, but the negro was safely t lodged in the Duval county jail, E where he is under guard. A speedy P > trial is now being arranged for the d negro. I Expen.sk of candidates. j 5 Experience of a Georgian that Many C arolinians Can Appreciate. Helow is given the expense account of a Hall county candidate who favored a late primary. From this time on he says he v.dll always he in favor of an early primary, although he will never be a candidate again. Here is :he way he put it down: "Lost 4 months and S3 days canvassing; 1,34 0 hours thinking about he election; -o acres of cotton; 23 iores of corn; a whole sweet potato ;rop; 4 sheep; 5 shoats and 1 beef ;iven to the barbecue; 2 front teeth tnd a considerable quantity of hair ; n a personal skirmish. Gave 27 dugs of tobacco, 7 Sunday-school : jooka, 2 pair of suspenders, 4 calico.' Iresses, 7 dolls and 13 baby rattlers.! "Told 2,882 lies; shook hands 23,-j 175 times; talked enough to havej nade in print 1,000 large volumes i tize of patent office reports; kissed! 12% babies; kindled 14 kitchen fires,; :ut 3 cords of wood; 474 bundlesj >f fodder; picked 774 pounds of cot-f1 on; helped pull 7 wagon loads ofj :orn; dug 14 bushels of potatoes; oted 27 buckets of water; put up 7|* toves; was dog bit 4 times; watch!>roken by baby, cost $3 to have re- 1 >aired. i "Loaned out 3 barrels of flour, 50 * lushels of meal, 150 pounds of baon, 37 pounds of butter, 12 dozen 1 ggs, 3 umbrellas, 13 lead pencils, * Bible dictionary, 1 mow-blade, 2 1 ioes, 1 overcoat, 5 boxes paper col- ' ars, none of which have been return- c d. 1 "Called my opponent a perambulat- * n' liar?doctor's bill $10. Had five rguments with my wife?results: c >ne flower vase smashed, 1 broom * andle broken, 1 dish of hash knock-;' d off the table, 1 shirt bosom ruined, * handfuls of whiskers pulled out. * 0 cents worth of sticking plaster * ought, besides spending $1,768.? 1 rainesville (Ga.) News. * , c Xegro Held for Murder. r Darlington, Sept. 16.?Joe Robin- * on, a colored lad about 18 years of 1 ge, is in Jail charged with murder- *3 ag Mary Williams. In this case it 8 j claimed that the shooting was ac- c idental, but there was testimony at c tie coroner's inquest which creates * oubt on that part. Robinson was at t tie Williams home, and while hand- E ng a pistol it was discharged. He * ays he does not know how. Other 1 fitnesses say that he requested the ^ -oman to hand him the pistol, which 1 as lying on the bureau, and that u hile he was handling it the woman ^ autioned him to be careful. His rely was that he loved her well ^ nough to kill her, and the pistol fir- ? d. 8 The woman had been married about ^ year, and it appears that she and lobinson were sweethearts before ay morrtacp Ml um. i Bribes for Clergymen. * "Three or four attempts have been lade to bribe me," said the clergylan. "My friends of the cloth tell le that they, too, have been occaionally tempted with bribes. "Once ic was the. advertising manger of a health food. He offered a ubscription of $100 to our mission ? chool if I would tell from the pulit how much good the- health food ^ ad done me. I made him give me 3 be money for the mission under tireats of exposure, but, of course, I id not mention his food in church. 'he church is no place for health ,, e Dod talks. j "The widow of a drunkard and genral good for nothing offered me $50 f I would lie in praise of her hus- ^ and in his funeral sermon. I prais- ! d the man heartily in the sermon? { o matter how bad a man may be, f you examine his character you will nd in it many traits worthy of praise -and to the widow I wrote a note f gentle rebuke. "Often we are asked to date back carriage certificates, to say a couple ;ere married six months or a year efore they really were. A man once ffered me $1,500 to perpetrate a frong of this sort. I thrust a tract a n his hand and turned him out of r oors."?Cincinnati Enquirer. r ?T7 * Aegro miieu in i/ariiugwu. y Darlington, Sept. 16.?Gus Tedder g nd his sons, Bright and. Henry Teder, and Deuteronomy Revelation e fields, are in jail charged with hav- j. g murdered Ed Isaacs at a church c ionic last Saturday, in the Antioch r ection of the county. a From the information in hand it ppears that all parties were drink- y ng, and that the Tedders, Fields and j saacs became engaged in a quarrel, f nuch profane language being used, j nd that Bright Tedder went to the ^ lome of his father, about a mile dis- t ant from the church, procured a f hotgun, came back and gave it to c lis father, who shot Isaacs, and reurned the gun to Bright, who, to nake things certain, fired another oad into Isaacs's body. The Ted- C [ers are mulattoes and Fields and * s saacs are negroes. I COTTON" PLANTERS WARNED. New Kind of Night Riding Develops in Mississippi. Meridian, Miss., Sept. 16.?A special to the Dispatch from Sandersville, fifty mile3 south of Meridian, says: ''Night riders have appeared in Jones County, and three prominent farmers living six miles east of here, received notices Monday night to haul no more cotton to gin, or else they would "get paid," as they returned home. A general notice was also placed on the public road3 warning all farmers to cease hauling cotton after September 16. Considerable excitement prevails and farmers near town are rushing their cotton in while those farther away have ceased hauling to the gins. SUICIDE AT GEORGETOWN. >. M. Tompkins KJils Himself Because of Finnancial Troubles. Georgetown, Sept. 16.?Monday morning at 6:30 o'clock Mr. S. M. Tompkins, who resided at 1109 King street, committed suicide by shootng himself through the head with a 32 caliber pistol. He leaves a wife md two children, the children being ibout 12 and 14 years of age, respec:ively. Mr. Tompkins came to this cit7 ibout a year ago from Enterprise and ias been running a private boarding louse in the old Beckman buuilding. 3e was thought to be doing very well >? late but from what can be learned, lis trouble seems to have arisen from inancial embarrassment. Mr. Tompkins seemed to be in ex:ellent spirits and was talking and aughing with his boarders. After eaving the table he entered the hall rom the dining room, and very soon he report of a pistol was heard. The amily and all the boarders rushed nto the hall, and found Mr. Tomp:in8 lying prostrate, face downward, >n the floor. Drs. Gilliard and Becknan were summoned by 'phone, but rhen they reached the scene, Mr. Tompkins had breathed his last i'hree letters were found on his peron; one addressed to Mr. Burroughs, it Pnnwav another to Mr. Hal Buck. ?f Bucksport, and the other to his vife stated that he preferred death o life, as he owed a great deal of noney and could not see how he would ever be able to pay it. His etter to his wife closed 'With a farewell to her and the children. Mr. \)mpkins was insured in the Woodnen of the World, also in two New fork life insurance companies. His remains were taken to Conway, where they will be laid to rest with Masonic honors. The sincerest ympathy of the entire community is with the bereaved wife and children. Must Furnish Equal Facilities. Richmond, Va., Sept. 17.?Declarng that a railroad must give all shipiers the same transportation treatlent, whether it owns all or any part f the cars it carries, the United itates circuit court of appeals to-day eversed the decision of the United Itates circuit court of Maryland in he suit of the Pitcairn Coal cornany against the Baltimore & Ohio tailroad company, the Cumberland L Dnnnotrllronio T? Q 11 H pnirin9nV. L, A CUiiOJITuuiu Avu??*VMVk , he Fairmount Coal company and its llies and 30 other coal companies, 'he complainants alleged that they /ere discriminated against in distri>ution of coal cars by the defendants, specially the Baltimore & Ohio. The ower court decided in favor of the efendantB. Judge Pritchard delivring to-day's opinion, held that the nterstate commerce law "casts upon he carrier the plain duty of furnishng a fair and equal distribution of ar facilities and this duty can not ?e evaded by the carrier claiming hat it is not the owner of a portion f the cars carried over its lines." The case was remanded to the laryland circuit court. Case Will be Appealed. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 17.?Inquiry ,t the Baltimore & Ohio building in egard to Judge Pritchard's opinion egarding the coal car case elicited he information that the case probacy will be appealed to the United itates supreme court. The decision affects practically evry railroad in the country and it is irobable that the legal departments >f other companies will aid the Baltinore & Ohio in the preparation of its ippeal in every way ; osslble. Misses Edina Dargan, Spartan>urg; May White, Hartsville; Sarah ^eslev, Lexington; Esca Banks, Florrnce; Etta Carswell, Hepzibah, Ga., fanie Gilmer, Lebanon, Va., and Mrs. >V. D. Rice, of Denmark, constitute he corps of assistants. They are rraduat.es of the best colleges in the South and entered upon their new vork with enthusiasm. Small block of Bamberg Banking lompnnv. Peonies Bank, and Bamierg Cotton Oil Company stock for ale. H. M. GRAHAM, Attorney. | South Gai i| 19th Session \ ,? Handsome Brick Bui Rooms, Art Studio, Pari I?! sium, Dining Room, Kite i on every floor. The enti | @ have been spent in putth | Large Faculty, repre* iident and ten teachers li Thorough Courses of Strong Departments Practical Business C Strict Military Begul Our Graduates are a! The general verdict is acter as well as intellect. In competitive ezamii ships, our students have Patrons and former si ern State. Believing that person tor in the training of the; dents, thereby making it tention of the Faculty. Expenses very reasoi For application blank PRES. i EDGI PASTOR ASKED TO RESIGN. Blunt Talk in a Sermon Tears a Church into Factions. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 15.?Because Rev. Phillip Elsom preached a sermon on the text "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery," the Fayetteville street Baptist church, the leading church of the denomination here, has been torn into factions, and the pastor has been asked to resign and leave the city. The sermon was delivered last Sunday, and words were not minced. Some of the references to certain people were so broad as to be unmistakable. During the discourse many members left the church, and they were so indignant that there was talk of handling the preacher roughly. To-day the entire board of deacons and over 300 members requested Elsom to resign and leave. The preacher says he will not quit, and that only the guilty are condemning his; sermon. The mattef will likely go to the courts. It is not work that kills; it is wor-j ry. It is not toil that burdens your-1 self and others half so much as temper, undisciplined and uncontrolled. Sorrow and struggle destroy the soul only when there is rebellion within. The stress and strain of life is manifest in your face because of the fret and anxiety in your heart. The wrinkles on the brow are often the result of acrimony, not age. What a difference it would make in the lives of men and women if, by the grace of God, they would truly take the yoke of Jesus and live their lives under His guidance and control. It is wonderful how all the little difficulties of life are smoothed away by the presence of Christ in the- heart. Take his yoke upon you, "that amazing, august, sublime yoke and burden of His cross bearer with the Lord Jesus for the salvation of men" and then see how your heavy burdens will be lightened, your own toil find a satisfaction unknown before, your own sorrow and struggle be sweetened by the sense of a near and vital companionship with Jesus. Come to Him who found room in His heavy laden Hfo Mr vnnr rare and for your bur den and bore them in infinite compassion and love; come to Him and find rest. "Send me to the hearts without a home, to the lives without a love. Send me to the children whom none have blessed, to the famished whom none have fed, to the sick whom none have visited, to the fallen whom none have lifted, to the leper whom none have touched, to the bereaved whom none have comforted. Then shall I have the birthright of the first born; then shall I have the blessing of the mighty God of Jacob." rolina Go-Ei Institute Vill Begin Thursday, S Iding, containing 52 Bed Ro< ors, Offices, Large Auditoriui :hen, etc., under the same ro< re building is heated by stea ag in up-to date furniture am senting the best Colleges and ve in the building with the si Study, leading to the Degre< of Music, Art and Expressi lourses?Stenography, Typev ations observed in all depart; [ways in demand, i that our Students show mar! nations for West Point, Ami; always been eminently succe ;udents of the S. C. C. 1 can 1 al attention to the individual poung, we take only a limited possible for each Student to table. s, catalog or any informatioi F. N. K. I JFIELD, SOUTH CABOLIS Meat Market Fresh Beef and Pork Market at rear of J. W. Pearlstine's Store o NONE BUT THE BEST TO BE HAD BRONSON & GRANT Bamberg, s t South Carolina JOHN F. FOLK AGENT FOR.... Ford Automobiles The Car That Goes TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the loth day of October, 1908, until the 15th day of March, 1909. From the 1st day of January, 1909, until the 31st day of January, 1909, a penalty of 1 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1909, until the 28th day of February, 1909, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1909, until the 15th day of March, 1909, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. Following is the levy: For State purposes, 5 % mills. For county purposes, 3 mills. Constitutional school tax, 3 mills. Total, 11% mills. Special school levies: Bamberg, No. 14, 7 mills. Binnaker's, No. 12, 4 mills. Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills. Colston, No. 18, 2 mills. Cuffie Creek, No. 21, 6 mills. Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills. Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills. Govan, No. 11, 4 mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 16, 1 mill. Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills. Hey ward, No. 24, 2 mills. Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills. Lees, No. 23, 4 mills. Midway, No. 2, 2 mills. Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills. Olar, No. 8, 4 mills. All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederate soldiers and sailors, who are extempt at fifty years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. Capitation dog tax, 50 cents. All rpale persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st of January, 1908, and have not made returns to the Auditor, will do so on or before the 1st of January, 1909. I will receive the road commutation tax ($2.00) from October 15th, 1908, until March 1st,.1909, JOHN F. FOLK, Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 15, 1908. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to trespass upon our lauds for the purpose of hunting or for any other purpose whatsoever. Trespassers will te prosecuted. W. E. SPANN, J. A. SPANN. DomKortr Santomhpv 1st. 1008. ua m. 53 , ' f ~ ~ j ' sgg \ ; ' v mv.sees . - iept. 24th, 1908 1 )f. Hot and Cold Water * Universities. The Pres- x es 01 a. J3.?.,ana a. jj. * mting and Bookkeeping, a ments. z ked development of char- A ipolis and other scholar- X ISSful. A be found in every South-1 x pupil is the greatest fac- 9 1 number of boarding stu- g i receive the personal at- a i, address 3 BAILEY I I NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALERS. Office of County Dispensary Board of Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 4, 1908. Bids are hereby requested, in accordance with the terms of the Die pensary Law now in force, for the following kinds and qualities of li- -S? '* quors, beer, and other articles here- ?, in 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. V;yv;j Five barrels Alcohol, 188 proof. Fifty barrels Gin, 90 proof, different grades . .. Bids will also be received for Case Goods, including Rye, Corn and Scotcu 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 r compliance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Dispensary Law of 1907, and bidders must observe the following rules: 1. The bids shall be sealed, and v there shall be no sign or mark upon the envelope indicating the name - ? < i i > ! * or me oiaaer 2. All bids must be sent by express or registered mail to Jno. F. Folk, County Treasurer for Bam berg 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 ? 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, J. A. WALKER, G. B. CLAYTON, County "Dispensary Board for Bam berg County. University of South Carolina. Wide range of choice in scientific, literary, graduate, and professional courses, leading to degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Licentiate of Instruction, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts, Civil Engineer, and Electrical Engineer. Well equipped laboratories, library , of over 40,000 volumes. Expenses moderate?many students ; make their own expenses. Next session (104th) begins Sep- . tember 23rd, 1908. For announcement write to the President, Columbia, S. C. 1171 TmCC Cleaned, Polished, Oiled rT AI vilLu from $1.00 to $1.50 each r : Clocks Cleaned, Polished and Oiled from 50c to $1.25 each. Jewelry repaired. Satisfaction guaranteed H. E. Dickinson, Bamberg, S.C. P . -