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Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or thosej pertaining to matters of public inter- J We require the name and ad-j dress of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in P1 - our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions ex-i pressed in any communication. . ?|; Thursday, January 21, 1909 Former Circuit Judge R. O. Purdy, k of Sumter, will be a candidate for as-sociate justice of the State Supreme Court in case one of the associate ?? justices is made chief justice to sue I?pF? ceed Chief Justice Pope. Mr. Purdy jp .. made a most excellent record as cirU y cult judge, and there is no man in f| v- the State we. would rather see on the supreme bench. He is as straight as ?? a string, has fine common sense, and is a good lawyer. : Many of Governor Ansel's recommendations to the general assembly, in his message, are most timely. It is strange th^t former governors never thought of these ideas before. Taken all round, Governor'Ansel is an able and sensible chief executive, and. the fA .good results of his administration will be seen for many years if the j^v'; general assembly will follow his sugf > gestions. Of course he has made fe> some mistakes, as all men do, but in . the main Jie has given the best administration South Carolina has had . in a long time. Ill ' For a long time it has been said . that preachers as a Tule were poorly (paid, but this cannot longer be said - of many of the Methodist ministers in ... South Carolina. We noted recently that the presiding elder of the Marion district, Rev. E. O. Watson, is now - being paid a salary of $2,500 a year, and he gets a furnished house free of rent. Many of the charges in the State are now paying from $1,400 to $1,800 a year, with a parsonage furnished. So it begins to look like | preaching is not such a bad job after all, although few men seem to be going into the ministry these days. We are glad to see this tendency to pay preachers higher salaries. They are worth every cent they get and more. In his address at the Methodist church last Sunday night Rev. J. L. Harley stated that he had been told j by. Dispensary Auditor West that there were more blind tigers in aisH pensary counties than there were in i dry counties. This is a fearful state of affairs, but it must be true, for Mr. West is a careful, conservative man, and he has traveled all over the % State in his work of checking up the f various dispensaries. But we do not Ic*- . believe there are any blind tigers in Bamberg, and there should not be : ^ any if we have prbhibition. And 11 * our best citizens will interest themselves in the matter and say the law shall be enforced, there will not be any liquor sold here illegally. But no law can be enforced unless it has public sentiment behind it. v There are now prohibition bills before the general assembly, and it seems reasonably certain that a prohibition law will be enacted at this session of the Doay. n a proniDiuuu I' law is passed, for heaver's sake don't let us have any farce in Bamberg. To be frank, if we are to have liquor sold in Bamberg illegally under prohibition, we prefer the dispensary. We don't want to be misunderstood * v in this matter, and our position is that if liquor is going to be sold, we want it sold where it will bring a revenue. But prohibition can be enforced in Bamberg if our people will rise as a body and say it must stop. True liquor has been sold here illegally in the past, but there is no reason why it should be again. Put men in office who will do their duty without fear or favor, put a tremendous high license on "near beer" and other such beverages, say $500 a year. If city council were to put such a license on so-called "soft drinks" and enforce it, they would not be sold here. When you have good reason to believe a man is selling liquor illegally, have a body of citizens wait on him and invite him to leave town. And see that he goes. These sort of measures will result in an enforcement of a prohibition law, but weak-kneed measures will not avail against "blind tigers." ? rfTfTT" , , If we have prohibition the county i and town tcB&fs of Bamberg's citizens ' will be at least double what they are now. We are not arguing against S I 1 prohibition; we are simply stating a fact, as about one-half the total revenue of the town and county of Bam- ] [berg is derived irom dispensary I profits. GOVERNOR ANSEL'S MESSAGE. Governor Ansel, in his annual i message to the general assembly, 1 recommended, among other things, , the following: That the di^ensary act be so , changed as to nHke ail counties dry, allowing those desiring liquor to ' vote it in; the inquisitorial plan to < prevent tax dodging; assault with in- j ton* ravish to be made a capital crime; victims of attempted criminal assault to be permitted to testify in j private; new building on State house grounds for supreme court; increase ' in salaries for supreme and circuit ' judges, and all State officers from governor down; new executive mansion on the present site; per diem for ' dispensary commission during 1909; ' wet counties denied "privilege of operating bottling, mixing or blending ; plants, but required to buy and sell in original .packages; immigration ; feature cut out and a labor branch substituted therefor in the depart- | ment of agriculture, commerce and -1 immigration; insurance commissioner given authority over investment companies; lower upset price on State dispensary property, with 1 power to lease property until sold. TILLMAN ATTACKS OFFICERS. Bitterly Accuses Them of Conspiracy to Ruin His Reputation. Washington, Jan. 14.?With the avowed intention of placing both Attorney General Bonaparte and 1 Postmaster General Meyer in the | * ?r?i?x Conatnr Tillman to- I liuauiao viuu) WVUMW* * day addressed the senate. He alternated between acrid denunciation of these two members of the president's cabinet and ridicule which he hurled 1 at them. Mr. Tillman said it was not pleas- 1 ant for him to intrude his personality upon the attention of the senate. 1 "I have enough notoriety already," declared Mr. Tillman, "and I am not anxious to advertise myself, but the senate knows the provocation I am under and I trust w 11 bear with me." Speaking of the difference of recol- 1 lection between himself and Attorney 1 General Bonaparte, he declared: "I am ready to have my word put against him in any court in Christendom and to let my record in the past for truthfulness, honesty and integrity stand against his." He asserted that he was not only dealing with President Roosevelt, 1 "but with all the cabinet officers who are in league, because, according iu the newspapers, they are discussing me at cabinet meetings and are determined to accomplish my ruin if possible. "When I deal with as unscrupulous < men as I do now, I am prepared for anything, even the assassin's knife. My mail is being held up. I am satis- . fied of that. I will not say, my room : has been broken into because there ] are keys that can open everything in ! this capitol. They may not have < stolen my papers, but they are gone." i Mr. Tillman then narrated a con- . versation he had over the telephone i yesterday with Attorney General < Bonaparte, in which he asked wheth- ' er a suit had been brought against ' the Southern Oregon Company, the i holder of the military road grant. ' "He did not know," said Mr. Tillman. ] "There had been some correspond- 1 ence and a discussion back and forth I as to the method that should be pur- i sued by the special counsel, he said. ' I pressed him for an immediate an- 1 swer, yes or no. He said he wonld i make inquiry of the clerk charged with that business and let me know, i In ithe course of a few minutes he re- < turned to the 'phone and said he i would write me a letter." : After having the letter of the at- 1 torney general read he declared that ; up to this time, and after nine i months, nothing had been done in ! response to the order of congress to bring suit. i Mr. illman referred to the motive i of the attorney general. "We all i know how slow the processes of the i law are, especially against military 1 affairs. We all know the process of ] being 'ready to do it' of being 'anx- < ious to do it.' " < He referred to Postmaster General 1 Meyer and his statement that the i president had been in possession of : the facts in this case only since De- 1 cember 18, and characterized that as < "fals^iood number one." i Mr. Tillman announced he had re- i ceived another circular sent out by 1 Dorr, in which the following state- 1 ment was made: < "Some day I shall have justice and < reparation, and when that day comes ] now not far distant there will be 1 a noise that will be heard around the ] world." That statement by Dorr, Mr. Till- ' man insisted, was conclusive proof 1 that Dorr had received assurance < from the president that he would ] "drag Tillman down as a liar and scoundrel." He wanted to know what degree of falsehood was to be charged to the two cabinet officers "or head clerks or bootlicks or whatever the president has around him." Mr. Tillman laid stress upon the fact that he had not attempted to obtain any government land, but only to purchase land that had been given a corporation with the stipulation that that corporation should sell it to the public at $2.50 per acre. He insisted that he was entitled to a full investigation of these charges and to a report, as he did not wish to rest under the imputations that had been cast upon him. If no report should be made, he said, the impression would go abroad that the senate had whitewashed him and that he was guilty of some wrongdoing, which he did not wish to rest under. / * r*" ; aniNTHY NEWS LETTERS; SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. i 1 i i Vcus Items Gathered All Around11 the County and Elsewhere. Colston News. Coistoh, Jan. 19.?We had sonic, j rer.y bad weather last week, but this veeh has decided to let the sun shine. Mr. C. F. Padgett went to Bam-1 berg last Friday. j Mr. Joe McMillan and Mr. Joe Avant, from Ashton, visited Mr. ank Mrs. J. C. Bishop last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Frank Folk and children, of 31ear Pond, visited their parents, Mr. md Mrs. W. C. Folk and family, last Sunday. Mrs. W. C. Folk, who has been suffering with rheumatism, is able to be up again. . Miss Irene Beard visited Mr. ana Mrs. B. D. Bishop last week. Miss Beard returned home last Sunday. Mr. G. L. Bishop was the guest of Mr. B. D. Bishop last Sunday. There were a few from over here went to Mr. Jesse P. Bishop's last Saturday night. They report a nice time. Mr. William Hughes, from Clear Pond, and Mrs. Ida Beard, from Qlrner, were happily married last 3unday afternoon by Rev. S. P. Chisolm. Mr. W. H. Folk, Johnie and Flossie Folk were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Kirkland last Sunday. There will be a birthday dinner at Mrs. Mary Beard's next Saturday, 23rd. Everybody is cordially incited to attend, with well filled baskets. Mrs. C. F. Padgett and little son, Belvin, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bishop and family recently. Ehrhardt Graded School Notes. Ehrhardt, Jan. 18.?Mr. Editor, we are dreading our work this week. Examinations, those much dreaded things, grim destroyers of sleep, confront us this week. Here's hoping that all will pass over safely. We are all looking forward with much pleasure to the celebration of Washington's birthday on the 22nd of next month. We are preparing an interesting program for this occasion. Master Warrenne Ariail, one of our Bchool-mates, who has been ill during the past week, is able to be with us again. Mr. Jacob Ehrhahrdt and family were suddenly called to Newberry last Thursday on account of the o..v. -Rim, Tr<>iT.Viorrit's sister. We ucaiu ui IUIO. UUAUM* ^ ??.? .. sympathize with the bereaved family. On the 26th instant the ladies of Ehrhardt will serve refreshments in Mr. J. C. Kinard's vacant store, .beginning at 6 o'clock p. m.f for the benefit of the Methodist parsonage. Tillman Gets Letters Roasting Roosevelt. Washington, Jan. 15.?If Mr. Roosevelt, on the day when he took his 98-mile ride on horseback into the country, could have seen the contents of some of the hundreds of letters stacked up on Senator Tillman's desk, he might have had the pleasure of the ride somewhat diVm* fhoro ie tin tftllin?. A LUiiildiiC\l MUt IUV4V MV ???0. leading New York paper states that Roosevelt hasn't the courage of Andrew Johnston, and gives as the basis for this opinion the fact that Johnston's tilt with congress, resulting in the effort to impeach him, occurred more than a year before his term expired, thus giving time for the conduct of the impeachment trial; wmle Roosevelt waited until it was too late for a court of impeachment to accomplish anything during his term of office, and then sought to discredit congress in the eyes of the nation. Whether this was one of the reasons for this eleventh-hour attack on congress cannot be said. But it may be that Roosevelt doesn't care what happens now, and is engaged in his reckless denunciations and charges just to give the country the impression that he is above and beyond congress. If so, it is probable that he would not have been affected at all by the knowledge of the contents of those hundreds of letters on Senator Tillman's desk. But the letters are there, and they represent a cloud of witnesses to the unpopularity of the course of Theodore Roosevelt. There are certainly not less than a thousand, according to fair estimates, each of which ooints Senator Tillman to some act 3f the president for which the writer pf the letter desires to have him brought to task. And the number is increasing every day. Senator Tillman has been looking up material for his second attack on the president, but it looks as if he need seek no further. He is having plenty of it handed to him from all parts of the country. However, it is the intention of the Senator to handle very carefully the whole affair, and the damaging testimony which he proposes to offer he intends to have thoroughly substantiated and supported by the facts. In this second eruption, Senator rillman has already intimated that tie will be "characteristic," and everybody knows just what that means. Lt IS IlKeiy I Licit lilt; uuwuo ai tu^ capitol will be still greater when it is known that he will speak extemporaneously, than when it was given 3ut in advance that he would read his remarks. However, in view of the experiences of last Monday, it is probable that the capitol police will take unusual precautions to prevent the crowding of the corridors. Severe editorial comment was made upon the occurrences of last Monday in some of the Washington papers, and it was suggested that under such circumstances the crowds should not be allowed to block the ways in the building. Senator Tillman's next speech will doubtless be regarded by the capitol police as "such circumstances." Cotton is selling in Bamberg today at 9% cents the opund, and one hundred bales have been received this week. I itfl itl ' 1 R, COPYRIGHT 1?aY, to. V. PRICE A CO. X? ....Agent for..!. m f? ED. V. PRICE & CO. I gn of Chicago, 111. L X GOOD W W CLOTHES I g TAILORS. X Try me for Suit, Overcoat, jp or extra pair of trousers. Imported Tl (Extra fligl GUARAI Total Ph< n. v 2 X rrcc L.1111 ? WRITE F( 1 Permian @1 CHARLESTON. SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS. _________ f ODDosition to Reimbursing Those Who Suffered Through Depredation of Union Army. Washington, Jan. 17.?For some time there has been a disposition on the part of certain senators and representatives, though particularly Senator Fulton of Oregon, who is chairman of the senate claims committee, to raise objection to the claims of Southerners for depredations by the Union army during the War Between the States and for supplies furnished the Union army during Sherman's famous raid. Many people around about Savannah are interested in these claims, especially for the destruction of cotton. Senator Money of Mississipi has declared boldly that he does not care anything about these claim bills, for the reason that most of the claims are based upon the "loyalty" of the claimant to the Union cause, and he has no respect for any person who during tnat war uvea m iuo oumu and was traitorous to the Confederacy. But there are some claims in which the question of "loyalty" is not raised,' such as claims for churches, school houses and the like. The matter has been under debate in the senate for several days now, consuming parts of several days last week, and soon to terminate. It has been customary to speak of the omnibus claim bill as the "Southern claims bill," which is a patent misnomer to anybody who knows anything about what it contains, but which may not be so patent to those who do not know. Anyway Senator Johnson of Alabama got so tired the other day of hearing it referred to as the "Southern; claims bill" that he got up and protested. In speaking to me on the subject afterwards, Senator Johnson gave his reasons for protesting more fully. Said he: "The total amount of claims in this bill is $2,299,60v.. Of this amount, the claims of citizens from the Southern States amount to $639,000. The claims from the three Northern States of Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania amount to $977,000. The claims from Mas . -y ; '* J - "J . / - '-'-X* V* X' Ta.TsiTsffs>TS'*/| jttifwT; iT??tSiT;?T;?1 town on A PEW BAGS GENUINE APPLE HAND?ALSO SEVERAL HUNDE SEED OATS AT 80c THE BUSHE IY NEW GOODS are AND THE LATTER PART OF T] UP SAME IN NEW STORE. PL THAT NO OLD MERCHANDISECHANDISE?WILL BE FOR SAL A* I1IAI M M M A ti AKbAINS! B AMAIN THERE WILL BE A PLENTY, AS FOR CASH IN A DULL TIME. < AROUND AND SEE IF WE CAN"] SHEKELS. IN THE MARKEI ALL COUNTRY PRODUCE. : I. J, BRABI Successor to Armstrong-Jo] 3*3* il? ;! ' ;I? :I; il) ;I? !? il? :I? i\ VE ARE OFFERIN mas Phos /o A o?2v Art\ * - . I i Grade at Lov WEED Af 95phoric Acid ... 2 e 35 to 5 )R INFORMATION AND Guano Coi IMPORTERS SOU isachusetts alone amount to $391,500. | So I am tired to this talk of "South| ern claims' when the Southern claims amount to about one-fourth of the amount from the whole country. "And one other thing," added Senator Johnson, "the objections made to' the claims on account of the War Between the States are that the depredations occurred 40 years ago, whereas in this bill there is an item of $784,000, larger than all the Smith ern war claims, on account of so-called French spoliations which occurred over 100 years ago. Besides that, it is urged that there are no witnesses now living who can testify as to occurrences so long ago as the war on the South, when there are men on both sides of this chamber who were in that war." Senator Fulton has an amendment to the omnibus claims bill which, he thinks, will effectually check most of these "Southern" war claims. This is to abolish the court of claims in which these claims are usually adjudicated. As a rule when a claim gets through the court of claims congress pays it, but Senator Fulton has been trying to prevent their payment, for he claims that there is no obligation on the part of congress to pay the claims adjudicated by the court of claims. His idea is that the committee on claims of the two houses of congress should be the real courts. So much opposition to this amendment has been manifested that it is considered scarcely probable that it will pass the. senate. It is practically certain that no such measure would I Vioirfl o rrVi/-?e-+ nf a phatlPf* ill the ULC* r s* a guvcw vi. % house. Kern Charges ireachery. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14.?The selection of Benj. F. Shiveley of South Bend as nominee for United States senator by Democratic members of the State legislature early today was followed this afternoon by a j statement from John W. Kern, who i was Shiveley's strongest opponent, j Concerning the secret ballot, against iwhich Kern made a hard fight, he I says it made possible not only the beItrayal of constituents by their representatives, but "all sorts of treachery, double dealing and corrupt practices." Shiveley was nominated on the 20th ballot after the caucus had balloted for five hours. . ' ? ;51 ?= , >? ??' ?f? ?f? ft* ,*f; iTSfTtiTS jftduft * ? _ f I the Bay I m m *t" r seed oats still on :ed bushels texas } ARRIVING DAILY | f his week will open zl > <ease bear in mind j 2 -and no shoddy mer- z7 e in this new store. . j ? S!! BARGAINS!!! I w " XTGOODS WERE BOUGHT f DOME TO SEE US. LOOK ; 1 ^ r SAVE YOU A FEW J jf * ? FOR CORN, PEAS, AND f % X1 x ' 'I X IIP;' (AM, JR.t bnson-Brabham Co. f J late Powder vest Prices I JALYSIS I o per cent ? o per cent 4 8 prices to ft * rporatioig TH CAPOL1INA 8 ' "NEAR-BEER" MEN SURRENDER. ?? Over One Hundred of them File Applications at Savannah. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 16.?Over & hundred applications have been filed * with clerk of council by men wishing *; to open or continue open "near beer" saloons. It is expected that a dozen - or more will be turned down, and ; ; compelled to close up their places. If ' the hundred applications are granted : it will mean a revenue for the city and State each of $20,ouu. , This means that the "war" on Sa- !|p|j vannah because of its situation on the prohibition question is at an end, V . and means the complete capitulation * , of the "near beer" men, whose re- |l fusal to pay the State taxes caused the trouble. YOUNG MEN! If you want know why you should become tele-~vj2?|! graph operators and what school to attend, write to SOUTHERN SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY, Newnan, Ga., A for free Catalogue "A." EVERY BOY should read it Positions J0? - **% itively guaranteed. -METAT mas K~ET. Same men at a different place. When you k want the best meats ' obtainable call at our \ market opposite The Herald Building, Main street. Our prices are right. We also buy beef cattle, pork, hogs, hides, chickens and eggs. BRONSON& GRANT K * BAMBERG, S. C. NOTICE. ^ All persons having claims against the estate of E. T. LaFitte will please : file the same with my attorney, S. G. , ; : Mayfield, or with the Probate Judge, % duly sworn to. Also, all persons in deb ted to the estate of E. T. LaFitte . v will please make payment to me S&L or my attorney, S. G. Mayfield. MRS. E. R. LaFITTE, Administratrix of the Estate of E. T. ; LaFitte. . smgm Denmark, S. C.. Jan. 18, 1900.