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? - .-- - ,. --- ' TURN OUT AND VOTE. W. J. Bryan Urges Democrats of the South to foil Full Vote. Lincoln, Nebr., Oct. 20, 1908. Mr. H. C. Folk, Bamberg, S. C.? Dear Sir: The committee has thought it wise to arrange dates for me in the: doubtful States, and therefore I have j not had time to visit the States known to be certainly Democratic. I! wish you would explain the matter; to our Democrats there and assure them that my absence is not due to lack of interest in them, but to the fact that I can serve them better by helping to win a national victory than by visits which, while pleasant, would not add to our strength in the electoral college. I shall visit the South after the election. The favorable reports we are receiving lead me to hope that I may come as the President-elect and share with your people in the rejoicing that will follow a triumph for the Democratic principles and policies. I need not say anything in explanation or in support of our platform. Your people are acquainted with the Issues and understand the import-; tance of a national Democratic vie-, tory. I wish, however, you wouia impress upon the voters of your section ?the necessity 01 polling the largest possible vote in the Southern States. There are two reasons for, this. First, every vote cast in thej South adds to the popular vote in the nation, and we need a popular majority as well as a majority in the j electoral college. A popular majority will give a public endorsement and. a moral support which will be needed in carrying out the policies out-1 lined In the platform. Our Democratic vote in the South ' usually falls several hundred thous-J and short of what it might be, mere-: ly because the Democrats do not feelj that their votes are necessary in their States and congressional contests. I wish you would make it your business to see that every Dem-' ocratic vote in your section is polled this year that we may have the en-j couragement and support that a pop-, ular majority will give. Ther is another reason why your people should be sure to vote, even though they may feel that their votes are not necessary to elect their local candidates. The small vote in the South is constantly used by those Republicans who talk about the reduction of Southern representation in congress. The larger the vote, the less the influence of such an argument. Plense assist us to the ex-! tent of your ability in tne enori 10 secure the largest Democratic vote ever polled in the South and the largest Democratic majority ever record-, - ed for the national ticket. i x Thanking yo.u for the assistance you have given us in the campaign, I am Very truly yours, W. J. BRYAN. How the Russian Throne Got its Heir. A curious light on superstition in high places is related in the Woman's Home Companion for November. In this issue Kellogg Durland, writing > of the Tsaritsa of All the Russias, tells the following: v* "When three children had been born, and no heir, the Tsaritsa turned an open ear to various men who * claimed supernatural power and conr trol. Before the birth of Anastasie the aid of eminent medical and scientific men had been sought to influence the sex of the child, but all to no avail. And so, when science failed, religion was appealed to. "The example of their trust in miracle working which history has i been called upon to rememuer, is ' that of the dead and buried priest who was supposed to have finally brought them a son, and who was canonized by the EmperorJ The day of St. Seraphim is now one of the holiest of days in Russia and is cele-1 brated throughout the empire. * "Seraphim was an old priest of Sa-j roff in the interior of Russia, who according to local tradition, was a kind of sooth-sayer and local medicine man. His particular power is said to have been in endowing bar-j ren women with children. "Seraphim had been dead seventy years, but the Tsar was now anxious! to leave no stone unturned to procure a son, and encouraged by the Tsaritsa, Seraphim was canonized! "When the remains of the old priest was unearthed it was found that the body was badly decomposed, and to canonize a man whose body yields to the influence of decomposition is contrary to the traditions and customs of the church. The Ortho dox Bishop Dmitry or TamDoi ventured to call attention to this and protest the canonization to the Tsar, but for his temerity he was deprived of his see and exiled tQ Viatka. Nicholas held the preservation of bones, hair and teeth sufficient qualification for saintship. "So Seraphim was canonized with great pomp and ritualistic solemnity, and the next child born to the Tsaritsa was a son! If anything were needed to fasten the belief of the Tsar and Tsaritsa in these extreme forms of religion, it was an answer to their prayers at this time. The boy was called Alexis, and he was born on July 30, 1904, according to the Russian calendar, and ever since the Tsar and Tsaritsa have been -given more and more to the pursuit ' of spiritualistic religion." NEGRESS FATALLY BURNED. Colored Servant on Anderson Plantation Meets Horrible Death. Anderson, October 22.?Nesther Brown, .a young woman of this city, ~ v^ n-nptinpr nrt the nlanta WllU uau UCVU n VI mug tion of Mr. Charlie Jones, about two miles below Starr, was so severely burned that she died in great agony. She had been working in the field, near where she lived, and went to the house to start a fire in the stove to prepare supper. It is believed that the woman used kerosene oil in starting the fire and that it blazed . up on her when the match was applied. She was horribly burned all over the body and face. Dr. J. N. Land, of Starr, was summoned, but was unable to do anything for the suffering woman beyond administering drugs to relieve a part of the pain. A RARE CHECK. Drawn for One Cent and Worth Fm < Thousand Dollars. The following is from the Charleston News and Courier. ; A Charleston man is to-day the 1 owner of a check which is drawn for c the smallest amount payable in Uni- * ted States currency, but which, nev- s ertheless, is worth five hundred * thousand times its face value. This * is to say, it is drawn for one cent, jz and yet is worth not less than $5,000J * It is one of the only three checks ? ever issued by the United States 1 Government for the amount of one|f cent, and is now the property of Mr. j * E. Randall Borne, of 37 0 King street, 1 to whom offers of purchase have been r made by curio seekers in various r parts of the country. ? One check for a similar amount 1 was issued in 1854 and a second was ? made out to the order of President Ji Grover Cleveland in squaring his account with the United States in 1894. The third and last, and that which j is now in the hands of Mr. Borne, is 1 dated 1891. It was sent to Mrs. ~ a Holland to settle the in-|_ debtedness of the Government to her Y when she resigned the position of postmistress at Sunshine, S. C. The * check is on engraved paper, bears | date of January 8, 1891, and is sign-i ed by T. B. Coulter, auditor, and Madison Davis, acting third assistant 1 Postmaster General. * Mr. Borne happened to be in con- * versatlon with the ex-postmistress ? and she showed him the check, and expressed some disgust that it would P cost her two cents in postage to cash a one-cent check. He was amused *! at the illustration of the exactness * of the department bookkeepers and 1: offered her fifty cents for the draft as ^ a curiosity, which offer she promptly accepted. The check was then ex- r hibited for a while and finally put J1 away and forgotten by its owner un-; til the other day, when he read in;e the morning's news that one for a: similar amount had been mentioned as being of value, that left to his T wife by Ex-President Grover Cleveland in his will. This set Mr. Borne c to thinking. He looked up the "curiosity" and investigated its worth, ?' to find, greatly to his surprise and delight, that the one dated in 1854, pthe only one ever on the market, had 11 sold for $9,000. Several postoffice T inspectors on their trips through this ?. city came to his store to look at the 11 check and from them and from collectors with whom he got in corres- 1 pondence he has learned that his for- = gotten keepsake is worth not less than $5,000. _ ~ A U _ The moral, 01 course, is- mm u o pays to read a daily paper?sometimes as much as five thousand dol- G lars in cold cash for the time spent "V in the persual of a single issue. r< ? a Laurens Office Reported Short. ii d A gentleman from Laurens states ii that experts from the office of the d comptroller general have been at work there for some time an^ have a found a discrepancy of several thousand dollars in the accounts ii of a former county treasurer, Mr. ii Copeland, now dead. f< Comptroller General Jones declines p to make any statement about the ti matter other than to admit that he p has been checking the books in Laur- ii ens county and that he has had the t< assistance of Mr. u. ?1. wise 01 aikcu e: as expert accountant. He would not i( deny the rumors, but said the tax de- fi partment is not yet convinced that there is a shortage and that every ii voucher in the office will be checked 1< over very carefully. . T A dispatch to The State from Laur- t] ens says: t< "So far as can be ascertained here, c] the true status of affairs in treasurer's office with reference to For- tl mer Treasurer Copeland's adminis- titration has not been officially deter- ti mined, the understanding being that E the comptroller general is to return t] to Laurens and complete the investi- t< gation at an early date. While there a is a discrepancy, as disclosed i^ the T recent settlement, the investigation a was not thorough, all parties agreeing to take the matter up and ferret o it out later." a The amount of the discrepancy is o said to be something\like $8,000. o ? ?_____ n A Warning for Milliners. Columbia, Oct. 22.?Mr. A. G. % Douglas, president of the A. G. a Douglas Company, which conducts a v fashionable dry goods and millinery establishment in Columbia, was fined $2 to-day by Magistrate Fowles ona ^ charge of violating the/game laws of p the State. The warrant was sworn c out by Secretary Rice of the Audu- jbon Society, under the Act of 1905, 8 and sfetes that Mr. Douglas has in his n possession and offers for sale the a feathers of a non-game bird, which d is a violation of the statute. The p feathers in question are that of a ^ heron on a stylish hat in the Douglas D window, and there are lots of others ^ of the same kind in the stock, which v Mr. Douglas will have to dispose of ^ in some legal way. When the case was called in the Magistrate's Court j he entered a plea of guilty and paid a his fine. II tne Auauooii ouuieuj uu- ^ dertakes to eneforce the law throughout the State it is likely that a good j many stocks of millinery in other towns than Columbia will be deplet- j ed of some of their choicest fall offerings. j Negroes for Bryan. g Thomas E. Miller, negro ex-con- , gressman from South Carolina and now president of the State Colored college at Orangeburg, is supporting the democratic national ticket and , has sent a contribution to the campaign fund. As already stated in this , paper, George W. Murray, a negro i1 who was also once a congressman | from this state, now a resident of II- 1 linois, is making speeches in that | state for the democratic ticket. This j tends to substantiate the claim that | many negroes are for Bryan this \ j year.?Spartanburg Journal. j A young electrician named N. K. * | Streeter while painting a switchboard in the Gaffney Manufacturing company on Tuesday morning touched a live wire and was instantly < j killed IDLE NEGROES ARRESTED. Columbia Police Begin a Crusade Against Vagrancy. Columbia, Oct. 19.?About sixty legroes were arrested this afternoon ! >y the police for vagrancy and their [ :ases will become before the recorder; o-morow morning. Acting under in-: itructions of the police commission ; 2hief Cathc-art and his men .went hrough the pool rooms and bowling l1 leys, which are numerous on West Washington and Assembly streets md around the depots, and gathered n ail the able-bodied negro men ound loafing therin. The patrol ragon made successive trips with a leavv load each time, and when the tews began to be noised abroad the tegroes began to get home as fast s possible. Of the sixty caught loafng nearly all gave bond and are out if custody to-night. Whether convicions are secured or not the raids will lo good in putting the negroes to vork and the police commission is letermined to rid the town of negro oafers before trouble results from heir presence. The vagrancy aw will also be enforced against whites. Vhat Are Your Boys and Girls Reading? They are bound to read something, 'hey will read trash unless you give hem something better that is equaly interesting. Try The Youth's Comanion. There is plenty of adventure a the stories, and the heroes and eroines are of the real kind, flndag in the line of duty opportunity or courage and unselfishness. More han 250 sucfi stories will be pubished in the 52 issues of the new olume for 1909. There will be fuly as many articles, sketches and eminiscences to impart useful inforaation in the most agreeable way, amiliarizing The Companion's readrs with the best that is known and hought in the world. Full illustrated Announcement of "he Companion for 1909 will be sent o any address free with sample opies of the paper. The new subscriber who at once ends $1.75 forl909 (adding 50 cents or extra postage if he lives in Canda) will receive free all the remainig issues of 1908, besides the gift of ? * ^ ' -e 1 AAA he Companion s caienaar ior ntitled "In Grandmother's Garden," thographed in 13 colors. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, 44 Berkeley Street Boston, Mass. NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina?County f Bamberg. ; Notice is hereby given that the reneral Election for Presidential and 'ice-presidential Electors and Repesentative in Congress will he held t the voting precincts fixed by law 1 the County of Bamberg, on Tuesay, November 3, 1908, said day belg Tuesday following the first Monay, as prescribed by law. The qualifications for suffrages are s follows: Residence in State for two years, l the County, one year, in the polllg precinct in which the elector of3rs to vote, four months, and the ayment six months before any elecion of any poll tax then due and ayable Provided, That ministers, l charge of an organised church and jachers of public schools shall be ntitled to vote after six month's reslence in the State, otherwise qualied. Registration.,?Payment of all taxes, lcluding poll tax, assessed and col^ctable during the previous year, 'he production of a certificate or tie receipt of the officer authorized d collect such taxes shall be conlusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the Ifbur fixed for opening nnlls Managers and Clerks must ike and subscribe to the Constituional oath. The Chairman of the loard of Managers can administer tie oath to the other Managers and 3 the Clerk ;7a Notary Public must dminister the oath to the Chairman, 'he Managers elect their Chairman nd Clerk. Polla at each voting place must be pened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed t 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City f Charleston, where they shall be pened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. The Managers have the power to 11 a vacancy; and if none of the lanagers attend, the citizens can ppoint, from among the qualified oters, the Managers, who, after beag sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the lanagers and Clerk must proceed ublicly to open the ballot boxes and ount the ballots therein, and coninue without adjournment until the ame is completed, and make a stateaent of the result for each office, nd sign the same. Within three ays thereafter, the Chairman of the loard, or some one designated by he Board, must deliver to the Comaissioners pf Election the poll list, he boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the result of he election. nf *s.p An n fnllaw IVldUagCIS Ul JJ1CV<UUU> ivuvii Qg Managers of Election have been .ppointed to hold the election at the arious precincts in the said County: Bamberg?F. W. Free, H. W. Ldams, E. C. Bruce. Denmark?J. D. Milhous, Asa Baxter, L. W. Abstance. Farrell's Store?J. J. England, S. A. Goodwin, J. I. Dempsey. Ehrhardt?G. W. Hughes, D. P. >mith, J. B. Copeland. Govan?F. Cook, O. L. Lain, J. L Lain. Kearse's Mill?H. W. Chitty, J. J. Cearse, G. E. Kearse. Midway?B. F. Folk, G. W. Dukes, I. W. Walker. Olar?A. L. Kirkland, J. G. Brab- j 1am, W. E. Sadler. ! The Managers at each precinct j lamed above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure joxes and blanks for the election at ;he Clerk of Court's office in the :ourt house at Bamberg, S. C., on Saturday, October Slst, 1908, between the hours of nine a. m. and ive o'clock p. m. A. L. MILHOUS, J. A. WYMAN, W. H. YARN, Commissioners of Federal Election 'or Bamberg County, S. C. October 13th, 1908. ?? - , v. ... . . , r Big Sale 1 . ' ^ oi i i OHave you heard the latest news of the county? I Well, I know some of you have. A man of this - *| county came into my store last Thursday and ask- I ^ ea 11 lms Was IWLUWJWfcii JS SIU1C. : ^ I said, "yes." t j|| 3 "Well," he said, "J have been trying to get to Jg this store for the last two months to buy from you, and have at last. I have just sold a bale of cotton, and have the money to buy some of those good \ | wshoes and clothing my friends have been telling me about." '^1 nl said, "Well, I'll assure you that I do ap-. % preciate any one saying anything good about my ~ ' 1 ' 1-3 ? ? J- ? ? ? . UttiMM AIHA n?i/1 ^ Business, dux iney couia ilul say any uuug cue auu ,, 3 tell the truth. When I get through selling you, you will say I have sold you the best values for the | money you hafe ever bought." 1 .J?|| He did not say much after he spent $40.20, but I v that he was pleased with the prices and would see me again. I I I thought no more- about it until I saw him . vj^l ^ Saturday with three of his friends, saying to me ||j r ^ eta nu cuicicu. "These are my friends. I brought them here . to be treated nice in every way; as I was, especially ? _ as to prices. You can,look for me again." *Clf?f Now, you see that is the talk of my friends. All you have to do is to give me a trial and you will say the same thing of me. I have a very swell line of NOTIONS, DRY f||l O GOODS, ETC., at low prices, but my CLOTHING, SHOES, LADIES', GENT'S, AND CHIL- j;l|| DREN'S UNDERWEAR are my specialties. ?|? T nwi (Yrtin/T f/\ eall nhoivnAr than ever he- I "M ^ ^ X1UW) JL QiUX gUliig uv kiv/u vuvi?|rv* n?w?? ? ? ?? ? ? fore beginning Friday, October 23rd, and contin- J . ^T" uing for thirty days. S Ji| 37lqxe r 1 s-r oiw :?-ga| - Shoes that were $1.50, at $1.25; $1.75 shoes at /, jmmL $1.50; $2.00 shoes at $1.75; $2.50 shoes at'$2.00^:'^ JJ| $3.50 shoes at $3.00; $4.00 shoes at $3.50; $4^0;' a?^? 'it shoes at $4.00; $5.00 shoes at $4.50. ~ ' lijoeza :o i9jjsar Children's Shoes at the same rate. ??$ if)"' :iuoo .zoot J nt ddi a-av^B .f)u009a edj io li&d Men's tailor made Suits, all wool, roil lj%& k \ $10.00, at $9.00; $12.50 suits at $11.00; > S at $13.00; $17.50 suits at $^.00; $20%^^^ '^Slm i $17.50. 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