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Hamburg ISfrralfc Thursday, Dec. 24, 1908 SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Celery and cranberries at D. A. v Kenard & Company. Christmas shoppers have thronged the streets of Bambreg last and this week. Li you need a mule, see G. Frank Bamberg. He has a big lot of fine ones. The banks of the city will be closed Friday and Saturday of this week on account of the holidays. For rent, January 1st, 1909, the ^store next to Peoples Bank. Apply to W. D. RHOAD. The graded school closed last Fri-? * -"-l anH t-J-l Q tOQf*h aay xor uiv uunua; o, auu ?*?v, ers have gone to spend Christmas at their homes. No doubt the Siemens-Pace Concert was a fine thing, but their music was rather too classical for the ears of average people. Mr. J. W. Stokes can now be found at G. Frank Bamberg's stables, where he will be glad to see his old friends and customers. Mr. H. E. Dickinson will move with his family to McCormipk in the near future. He will engage in the jewelry business in that town. - v The boys and girls from Bamberg who have been away attending college, are coming home on every train to spend the Christmas holidays. Mr. B. S. Smoak has moved down near Pregnalls. Broadus is a son of , M. Smoak, Sr., and a solid young fellow. We wish him much success. The first quarterly conference of th^; Bamberg Methodist churches for next year will be held here by Presiding Elder C. B. Smith on the 7th of February. See the new ad. of Jones Bros, in this issue. They have just received another car load of stock, and have animals for all purposes. See their stock before you buy. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold its regular monthly meeting at the ladies' parlor of the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Jno. E. Carter, one of the fine farmers of the Ehrhardt section, recently killed a hog which weighed 500 pounds. Not long ago he killed a beef from which he got 47 1-2 pounds of tallow. Heavy shoes for winter wear, men's, women's, and children's, full line. W. D. RHOAD. The bazaar held by the ladies of the Methodist church last Thursday and Friday was very successful. About" $185.00 was realized, which will be used in refurnishing and repairing the parsonage. The Herald force has been so busy ro/?Antiv that we have been comDell ed to work day and night. Our linotype has been running day and night as well, one man running it in day time and the other at night G. Frank Bamberg has in his stak bles the largest lot of horses and mules of any dealer in this section. He can suit you in prices and terms. v Don't fail to see him before you buy. C. F. Rizer received at Olar a fine car of horses and mules Monday afternoon. He has some of the finest mules ever shipped t this country, and some fast trotting horses which can show a speed of two forty. Be sure to see his load before you buy. As usual, The Bamberg Herald will not take a holiday. We issue this week, as we always do, and the office will be open Christmas day. Our force will not be at work, but the editor never takes a holiday and can be found in his office at work as usual. The eighth annual ball of the Ehrhardt Cotillion Club, for which invitations were sent out for the evening of Monday, December 28th, has been postponed until Wednesday i - evening, December 30th. All who expect to attend will please note the change in date. Mr. Dickinson, of Bamberg, will move here about first of next January, and open a jewelry store in the building on Main street recently occupied by Mr. W. O: Sturkey. He will keep on hand a full stock of jewelry, clocks, guns, etc., and also do repair work.?McCormick Messenger. The law firm known as Wolfe, Berry & Ritter has been dissolved. The office will be continued by Mr. E. E. Ritter. Mr. Ritter is a young man who is highly thought of and he will doubtless make a success in the legal profession. He will carry on the business as usual, the only difference being in the name of the firm. We are glad to have the communication from Mr. M. W. Brabham, published in another column. He gives some good reasons why Bamberg is a good place in which to live and do business, and articles like this which set forth the advantages of the town are bound to do much good. Let others follow Mr. Brabham's example. Miss Stella Cumiskey having completed her season as trimmer for Mrs. A. McB. Speaks & Co., left on the 19th instant for her home in Martinsburg, W. Va. Miss Cumiskey is a trimmer of extraordinary ability and a young lady of pleasing manners and obliging disposition. She gave entire satisfaction to her employers, who hope to have her return another season. The examination for a court stenographer for the second judicial circuit was held at Aiken last week, Mr. H. N. Bellinger, of Bamberg, and Mr. Brown, of Aiken, being the applicants. The result of the examination will not be made known until January, at which time Judge Robert Aldrich will make the appointment. All Bamberg people hope Mr. Bellinger will receive the appointment. He is fully competent, and is a yonug man who will fill the position most ereditably. \ 7 New Advertisements. Thomas & Barton Co.?The Best Gift for Christmas. Jno. H. Cope?For Rent. \V. S. Bamberg & Son?For Sale. Jones Bros.?Horses and Mules. Farmers' Gin . Company?Ginning Notice. Ehrhai dt Banking Co.?Closing notice. Standing of the Contestants in the Voting Contest at Klauber's. Handsome gold headed parasol goes to the winner of the contest. Miss Lizzie Hand 187 Miss Annie Lou Byrd 172 Miss Blanche Hair 159 Miss Pearle Delk : 108 Miss Mamie Gee Jennings 70 Miss Mortima Ray 66 Miss Frankie Folk 57 Miss Ottowa Easterlin 41 Miss Mildred Beaty 31 \fiss Bessie Armstrong 26 Miss Bertha Wannamaker 23 Miss Effie Felder 19 Miss Kate Felder 13 Miss Kate Hogan 10 Miss Roberta Johnson 9 Miss Alice Smoak 3 Miss Camille Price 1 Miss Lucille Lightsey 1 Christmas Service. Thursday evening the children of Trinity Methodist church will have a Christmas service, commencing at 6 o'clock and continuing for perhaps an-hour. Exercises of a sacred nature will be held, consisting of songs appropriate to the Christmas season. A poem or two will be read, and then a few words will be spoken by one or two members of the Sunday school. The chief idea of the service is to make it one of giving. Each one is requested to bring some little thing, either dry goods or groceries, and a large basket will be placed to receive the things. Dolls, toys and such things are also acceptable. The *- j- ?? txt411 laaies 01 cue uumtu ????* muv things in charge and distribute them to the needy. The idea has been practiced in many towns with marked degrees of success, and it is now adopted here for the first time by Trinity school. Immediately after the exercises in the church, a mammoth balloon will be sent up by a committee having this in charge. Other things of this kind will be fired, such as Roman candies, skyrockets, etc. However it is stated that no fire crackers of any size are to be shot. The occasion is to be a quiet and impressive one, and no boisterousness will be allowed. Everybody is invited to come to the church and join in the beautiful Christmas giving service. KtAflrhnldm' Meetine. The annual meeting of the Bamberg Banking Company was held in the directors' room of that institution Monday morning at 11 o'clock. The affairs of the bank were found to be in excellent condition and the regular dividend was declared and a nice sum carried to the surplus account. Immediately. following the stockholders' meeting, the directors met and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, H. J. Brabham; vice-president, J. A. Byrd; cashier, D. F. Hooton; assistant cashier, M. W. Brabham; bookkeeper, Miss Myra Hooton. All of these were old officers, and no change was made in any department of the bank. * Horses and Mules. C. F. Rizer at Olar received Monday afternoon a car load of horses and mules, and in this car he has some of the finest mules that have been shipped to this country. He also has in the car some trotting horses which can show a speed of two forty. If you want something extra nice in a mule or a fine trotting horse, he can suit you. Everybody knows that Rizer always handles the very best grade of stock, and when he states that this is an extra fine load, you can depend on getting something extra choice. Give him a call before you buy a horse or mule, no matter what your wants are. He can surely suit you in an animal, and the price will be right. Visit the School. The graded schools deserve more attention than is usually given them. Parents, as a rule, regard their entire duty in this connection discharged in paying their tax and properly clothing and sending their children to school. There is reason to fear that many look upon the school room as a nursery to relieve them of their troublesome children. The public schools cannot accomplish the full measure of their possibilities unless the parents join with teachers and directors in attention to pupils. Superintendent Allen and the teachers would be glad to have the parents visit the schools any time. A Prosperous Town. The remark is often made by visitors to our town that Bamberg is a prosperous, thriving town. Traveling men especially, speak of the amount of business done here. To our merMmnta in fin#* a laree share of the credit for the good name the town has abroad. They carry large and well selected stocks, bought in large quantities at close figures for cash, and give their customers the advantages of the cut prices. Nothing helps to build up a town more than live, energetic business men. Then too our cotton buyers pay the very best prices possible for cotton. Negro Postal Clerk Sentenced. Charleston, Dec. 21.?W. H. Wright, a former negro clerk in the postoffice at Beaufort, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary at Atlanta for stealing from the mails. He was convicted several days ago but sentence was suspended by Judge Brawley, pending the motion for a new trial and the consideration of the matter by the court. Judge Brawley ruled that the negro had had a fair and just trial and the verdict of the jury will stand. AN EXCITING FINISH. Voting Contest for the Big Doll Closes Thursday Night. The voting contest for the big doll at The Herald Book Store closes this (Thursday) night at twelve o'clock. Numbers of votes have been polled, and numbers are yet out, so it cannot be said with any degree of certainty who will win. The vote so far stands as follows: Juiia Price 1049 Matrude Brabham 925 Virgie Folk 535 Mary Cleckley 458 Mildred Jones 328 Mary Williams 275 Harriet Wiggins 140 Hazel Armstrong 185 Myrtle Black 104 Lillian Delk 72 Helen Free 72 Natalie Hooton 71 Gussie Hutto 67 ' * C1 xuaggie ZitMgici u* I Hilda Free 54 Elizabeth Inabinet 41 Rebecca Dickinson 43 Louisa Kilgus 31 Helen Price 25 Hazel McCormack 17 Lizzilee Priester 15 Homer Godbee 14 Daisy Free 13 Vista Brabham 12 Corinne Fowler 12 Marion Harmon 10 Mary Lee Grimes 10 Eva May Spann 1 7 Ann May Kearse .. 6 Edna Spann 6 Blanche Spann : 6 Margaret Kinard 6 Wilhelmina McMillan 5 Marie Steedley 5 Lucile Utsey 5 Marie Steedley 5 Evelyn Brabham . 4 Inez Sandifer 4 Adelle Brabham 3 Margaret Ray...... 3 Ida Brabham 3 Julia Utsey 3 Margaret Easterling 2 Lillian Hoffman 2 Vera McMillan 1 Gene Price 1 \T/\wtv? o cr 1 or 1 iiuiuia _ Vivian Free 1 Estelle-Creech 1 Norma Brabham 1 Gwendolyn Fowler 1 Elizabeth Wright 1 Madge Brickie 1 Theresa Fowler 1 A Bold Robber. Last Friday morning, a little before six o'clock, Policeman Moody surprised a thief breaking into the show window of the hardware store of F. M. Simmons. A number of shot guns were on display in this window and it will be remembered that only two weeks ago a thief broke into the window and stole three guns. The thief ran when discovered by Mr. Moody, and came down street, dropping his hat and a gun in the middle of the street. He then turned into the alley between the Bamberg Banking Company and Pearlstine's store, going into the back lots in rear of the stores. Mr. Moody followed, firing at the fellow, but he got safely away. Councilman A. M. Brabham, who was in a room in The Herald building, was awakened by the shots and came aown ana assisted in the chase, as also did Policeman Hand. No trace of the thief could be found. As stated above, when the thief ran he dropped his hat and the gun he had takpn from the window, so he went away empty handed. Efforts are being made to identify several parties as the thief by means of the hat, but so far they have failed. Willie Frederick, a young negro, was first arrested, but was released in an hour or so. Friday night a white man named John Henry Weeks was also arrested, but he was released Saturday afternoon. The Cotton Market. Cotton is selling in Bamberg today (Wednesday) for 8 5-8 cents the pound. The total receipts here for the season amount to 10,500 bales. Boxer Charged With Murder. Philadelphia, Dec. 21.?Benjamin Barnett was today committed oy tne coroner, charged with causing the death of James Curren, aged 18 years, during a boxing bout at the Broadway Athletic club in the lower section of the city on Friday last. The boys, who were novices, appeared, at an amateur match. Curren collapsed in the second round after a blow on the jaw and died before he could be taken to the hospital. Choosing an Aim in Life. Every girl needs an aim in life. She, as much as anyone else, needs to work toward a definite goal, if she is to work to the best advantage. But it is important that she should be influenced by the right motives in choosing this goal. The girl who makes up her mind that she is going to win distinction as a writer, is not always guided by love of the work. It is quite possible that she frets and fusses over her school composition quite as much as another girl who never suspects herself of literary talent, and her friends' letters lie unanswered so long as to suggest that she finds answering them hard work. It is not love of literary work which has led her to choose it, but a longing for the praise and admiration which she fancies are lavished on the successful writer. How many girls are guided by vanity in selecting their aim in life, and suffer the bitterness of disillusion in consequence? Before you decide on your aim in life, you should study your own powers, and ask counsel from those who will answer you sincerely and frankly, instead of giving you the reply which they fancy you would prefer. Do not be in too much of a hurry. The girl with several years of school life ahead of her can afford to take time. Whatever you decide to do with your life, be sure that slavish imitation or vanity are neither of them factors in determining your choice.? Richard Crane. SUICIDE AT DENMARK. Berry Gibson Takes His Life With Carbolic Acid. News reached Bamberg Tuesday night that just about dark Mr. Berry Gibson, a youn< white man of Denmark, had committed suicide by taking carbo!: acid. Mr. Gibson was cotton weigher at Denmark, having been elected to the position last July by the county board of commissioners. He was about twenty-four years old, and leaves a wife and a number of relatives. He was married only a few months ago to Mrs. Davis. No real cause can be assigned for his act, but it is said that he has been despondent for some time, and has often said in the presence of others that he wished he was dead. About dark he went to his room in his home at Denmark, and shortly afterwards when his wife went to the door, it was locked. He did not anewpr when she railed to him. so she called for help at once and entrance was effected by the window. Mr. Gibson was found in a dying condition, and death ensued before a physician could be summoned. He must have drank the carbolic acid immediately on going to the room. He leaves a large family connection, his father and other relatives living near Denmark. The burial took place yesterday afternoon at Ghent's Branch Baptist church. Didn't Know Fiance's Name. Indianapolis, Dec. 22.?Henry Clay Gore appeared at the county clerk's office yesterday for a license to wed. "What is the young lady's name?" asked License Clerk Berner. "Oh, I don't know; it's a funny kind of a name," said Gore. "Just put anything down; I don't care." "But really don't you know? Can't you think of your girl's name?" questioned Berner. Gore couldn't and was sent back to find out. The name was Matilda Davis. Stole the Cash Register. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 18.?At a late hour last night three white men walked into the Olympia restaurant at 325 East Ninth street and picked up the cash register, carrying it across the street where they smashed it to pieces, securing a sum estimated at about $50. They were discovered by two policemen just after they had completed their work. The officers gave chase when the robbers turned and fired several shots at they- pursuers. The officers returned the fire and there was a running fight for several blocks, the thieves finally escaping. Earlier in the night an aged merchant was knocked in the head on Main street, presumably by the same gang. Testimony in Trial of Hargis. Lexington, Ky., Dec. 21.?The jury which is to try Beach Hargis at Irvin, on the charge of murdering his father, Judge James Hargis, was completed soon after court convened today. All the jurors are farmers. It is stated that the defense will introduce witnesses to lay bare the whole life of Judge James Hargis, giving th.e whole of his alleged connection with Breathitt county feuds and assassinations. The defense hopes it can prove by these witnesses that Judge Hargis was responsible for his own death. Hearing of testimony began in the afternoon. James P. Brophy, clerk in the Hargis store, swore that Beach xtor-oHa stint hia father. Judee Har gis, five times, that young Hargis shot his father before the father grappled with him and that two shots were fired while father and son lay on the floor. Former State Senator Alexis Hargis arrived today and is sitting at the prosecution's table, this being, the prosecution states, with a view of asking for certain information during the trial. Lover's Wait Was Vain. New York, Dec. 22.?When the big liner Baltic warped into her dock here after one of the most tempestuous voyages of her career, Charles C. Clarke, of Eureka, Utah, learned the woman he has waited years to wed had died while crossing the ocean to join him in the home he had made for both. The girl?Priscilla Hewison, of White Haven, England?was stricken with peritonitis soon after the ship sailed. So rough was the sea that the ship's surgeon found it impossible to perform an operation, and after two days' illness death ended her sufferings. Neither ? ?~ ??"???? nnr Viar hmthpr Lilt; yuiilig w umau 11U1 uvt accompanying her, had money to defray the cost of burial ashore, but several first-cabin passengers, among them Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, wife of the American ambassador to Great Britain, made up a liberal purse and arranged to have the body brought to New York for burial. Clarke and Miss Hewison had been childhood j sweethearts, and they had planned to be married before Christmas. Instead he and the dead girl's brother will] be the chief mourners when the body is laid away in Kenisco cemetery on what was to have been her wedding day. ' The Shortest Day. Tuesday the sun reached the winter solstice, which marks the shortest day of the year. Astronomically speaking, it is the beginning of winter, the year being divided into four - * ? * ? - XI seasons. It is naeiy to De we uegiunning of winter in reality also, for up to this time there has been very little cold weather. The weather prophets predict a hard winter. Last winter was mild all through, the thermometer not going lower than 24 at any time. A Christmas Reception. A reception will be tendered the ladies of the town at the home of Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker on Thursday afternoon, December 31st, by the members of the Civic Association. A most delightful time awaits those who attend, we feel sure. A called meeting of the executive committee will be held at the home of Mrs. D. F. Hooton, on Monday afternoon, December 28th, at which meeting arrangements will be made for the reception. STATEMENT BY PATTISOX. Denies Truth of Report Made by Mr. E. B. Wilson. Edgefield, Dec. 21.?J. T. Pattison, treasurer of Edgefield county, wuo was suspended by Gov. Ansel as a result of a report charging shortages in his accounts, today gave out the following statement: "Having read in yesterday's issue the tremendous statement made to Gov. M. F. Ansel by Comptroller General A. W. Jones as reported to him by E. B. Wilson, his expert accountant, it is but justice to myself that the public know something of the truth or falsity of that statement. On the 6th of January, 190J, I took charge of the treasurer's office here and in May of the same year, in making up a report of receipts and disbursements, it was ascertained that I was short in cash something more than $4,000. I went to work to find thft nause of this discreDancy and within about three months after I took charge it was found that I was charged with an amount that I should have received but did not receive and the balance was traced to the Farmers' Bank of Edgefield, where I stand ready to prove it is. This shortage Auditor J. B. Haltiwanger made known to the foreman of the grand jury, A. E. Padgett, who was at that time and is now president of the Farmers' Bank. Afterwards the investigating committee for the grand jury, the foreman being chairman, corroborated the statement already made. Subsequently both the auditor and myself notified Comptroller General A. W. Jones and he and his experts worked the matter to their satisfaction and for this I was removed. I, however, was reinstated after putting up this money, which I am now due the Bank of Edgefield, as the records in the clerk's office will show. The county and State lost nothing in this transaction. "As to the investigation r^jently made by Eugene B. Wilson from the comptroller general's office, I stand ready to show and to prove by books and vouchers checked by him that the statement made toy him is not onl*r 4n/>nri>a/>t hilt folfiO QTlri this fltfltP iJ mvuntvi ?? ? ment Comptroller General A. W. Jones makes to Gov M. F. Ansel without making any effort to ascertain the truth of it. If men of honey and self-respect are to be subjected to such humiliation and such indecencies as are contained in the report of A. W. Jones to the governor as is published in The State of yesterday, then it does seem that the time has really come when all decent and respectable men will surely seek other employment than that of public office. "J._T. PATTISON." Racial Mixture Tragedy. Chicago, 111., Dec. 21.?Deluded with the fear that high binders were about to decapitate her, Mrs: George A. Wong, a Chicago girl, who was the daughter of a wealthy retired merchant, and who married a Chinese restauranter and laundryman at Piano, 111, ear|y today hacked off the head of her three-year-old daughter, gave wood alcohol to her three sons and then hurled herself in front of a Burlington passenger train, where she received fatal injuries. Mrs. Ah Wong, who is said to have been a beautiful and highly educated brunette, was the daughter of Julius Ehrlers, a former wholesale dealer in notions on the West Side. She is said to have parted company with her father at the time of her second marriage and since then there has been no reconciliation. Eighteen years old and in search of her own living; she met Ah Wong, a well educated and Christian Chinaman; was employed by him and he finally married her. The two were happy until a few short months ago. Shortly after midnight, while Ah Wong was at Aurora, where he has a restaurant, Mrs. Ah Wong awoke the three sons in their Piano home. The boys are Cressie, 12 years old; Walter, 10 years old, and Herbert, 5 years old. Under pretense that they were sick, she made each of them * - ' 1 ' noil. take wooa aiconui. me; w cic nauseated but survived. In another room was Iola, the 3 year old daughter. Her head had been nearly severed with a dull knife. On her blood-stained night dress was pinned this note: "Thank God, it is over. It was horrible. I can go on with the rest, but no one will lead my girl the life of misery I have had. I shall not depend upon the poison. The way must be sure." Nine years ago Ah Wong and his family went to Aurora, where he opened a restaurant, and later they lived at Piano, near Aurora. Ah Wong joined the New England Congregational church of Aurora, the fashionable church of the city. He was made much over by the men and women of the church, but Mrs. Ah Wong, who was not only pretty, but educated and of literary aspirations, was totally shunned. The Chinaman was honored by the Sunday school at the time when members of the congregation would not speak to his wife. About six months ago Mrs. Ah Wong retired completely from sight, shunning everybody on the streets because of the glances they gave her and the attention she was attracting. Later there came to her reports that Chinese high-binders were preparing to pay her a secret visit to kill her. This so preyed on her mind that she on atfnrnftv a few days ago rioitcu uu uvvv. ?_ _ and begged him to help her to a reconciliation with her father. They had arranged to come to Chicago. Mrs. Ah "NYong timed the murder of her daughter, apparently, so as to meet a through Burlington express train that passed close to their house. As the train approached at full speed her sons heard her rush from the door. She reached the tracks, waited the arrival of the train and hurled herself to death in front of the engine. Her body was terrible mutilated. It was taken home but no lamp could be found in the weird home and the coroner summoned a jury that met by lantern light to view the bodies. The price of the semi-weekly News and Courier will be raised after Feb, ruary 1st. Better renew your sub-, scription. ; ? 4 OXNER NOT FATALLY HURT. Prominent Farmer Shot by D. L. Boozer at Kinards Will Recover. Newberry, Dec. 21.?Manuel K. Oxner, a prominent farmer of Kinards, who on Saturday was shot at that place by D. Luther Boozer, another well known planter, i& not ) thought to be dangerously wounded, though his injuries are serious. He was struck by two bullets, one taking effect in his right foot and another in his right hip. The troubie seems to have been about hiring labor. Today Mr. Booser was in Newberry and gave out a statement on being asked about the trouble. He says that the trouble came about from Mr. Oxner's hiring hands that he had already hired and had a written contract with; that Mr. Oxner knew this, and in spite of the fact that he had written a note to Mr. Oxner telling him of this contract ; and asking him not to move tne iamily, he did it anyhow; that this was not the first time that Mr. Oxner had taken hands away from Mm. Saturday morning, when he drove V with Mrs. Boozer to Kinards with the intention of coming to Newberry, Mr. } Oxner passed by where he was hitch- , ing. He spoke to Mr. Oxner, he says, f and told him he did not think he /treated him right in hiring those v hands and moving them. Mr. Oxner, .. in an angry tone, said it was "hone * of your business," and advanced toward him with his right hand in his pocket, in a hostile manner. Mr. Boozer has been in bed sick two ^ weeks and was too weak to cope with ^ Mr. Oxner, even if he had known ' that he was unarmed, and he understood that Mr. Oxner is accustomed to carry a pistol. So he told Oxner to stand back, the latter still advanced and Boozer then shot him in the footHe advanced further, and Mr. Boozer 3 shot higher, striking hirr In the hip. He says he did not intern o kill Mr. Oxner, oiriy to keep hin. o>."; that he jj could have killed Oxnc oasily, but stopped firirg when Oxner stopped and said he was unarmed. Messrs. Boozer and Oxner both live in Laurens county, the shooting occurring just over the line in Newberry county. Son Born of Leper. A dispatch sent out from Washington says: It is stated at the health office to- 'rS day that a son was born last Friday ? ':i to Mrs. Lotta Early, wife of John R. ; Early, the North Carolina leper. The child, according to the physician of the health department, who attended Mrs. Early, bears every mark of good health and exdellent formation. There is no suspicion of a sign that ^ would indicate the presence of the , disease, the physician said, and added that according to medical science y^ there is no reason why the disease should have been conveyed to the child. ? "Mrs. Eany had not been in her , new home furnished by the district i government more than forty-eight ; K*'hours before the arrival of the child. . The cottage provided for her is cloise ' to the one provided for her husband on the Washington asylum grounds. Early is not allowed to leave certain bounds established for him and there * is a certain restriction placed around .\*:f Mrs. Early's contact with the outside world." 1 I , . .? NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS. -M On the first dij of January, 1909, I will cut off all water spigots in excess of the number ' ^ put in at time of contract. I am compelled to do this because the extra number of openings l ^ cuts off the supply of water front power house and will not allow good service for* original patrons. * J. M. JENNINGS. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 14, 1908. fi Jas. M. Brail8ford. J. P. Matheny. ^ BRAILSFORD & MATHENY, Attorneys-at-Law, No. 20 Church St, Orangeburg, 8. C. Will practice in all the courts of ;v|3 South Carolina. Owners and managers of the Edlsto Real Estate & Mortgage Co. ' NOTICE. ' Notice is hereby given to all parties .< that the undersigned has been apnntn+a/t q /imin tatratrix of the estate pviu tvu of D. F. Hutto, deceased, and all > y creditors are hereby notified to file their claims, duly approved, against the above estate, with S. G.,Mayfleld, attorney for the administratrix, on or before the first day of January, 1909. MRS. L M. HUTTO, Administratrix of the Estate of D. F. Hutto. . - J Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 1st, 1908. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under this Head 25c For 25 Words or Less. ( , | Closing Notice?Christmas day falling on Friday, December 25th, this bank will be closed on Saturday,. December 26th. EHRHARDT BANKING COMPANY. > > Ginning Notice?We will run oar gins next Wednesday, December 30th for the last time this season. Parties who have cotton to be ginned must bring it by that day. FARMERS' GIN COMPANY. ? { For Sale.?Three brood sows, Bs- * opt and Berkshire. Will farrow about January and February. Also one three-fourths Jersey cow, with four-months' old. calf. Apply to W.? S. BAMBERG & SON, Bamberg, S. c. > For Rent.?Four-room house, formerly occupied by J. W. Baxter. Apply to JNO. H. COPE, Bamberg, S. c. For Sale.?Eighty-six acres good ? land in Fishpond Toipiship, on hill near Clear Pond. Tenant house and lot on place. For full particulars as to price and terms, write R. B. JONES, Walterhoro, S. C* ; . . ; ':'VV. ' /