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" -Vfc. v |UU I F.vervi I Id. a || TELEPHONE SSSV 2^Ma8ti8MSy8U9SSBUSu8tf8MB& |g[|"' TO TAKE THE CENSUS. ^5;^ Will Require Over Two Thousand pk?- t Employes. One of the most important mat|i'> tere affecting the people of the counSp^ " ?try generally is the new census bill that has just been passed by both bE&'>. houses of congress. More than 2,000 Bp-- clerks and employes are to be placed on the rolls of the government in 11*.; order that the next census may be taken, and the question of how they 1&1-; are to be appointed is of special in' tereSt When the bill went to the senate, after passing the' house, it was Ms amepded in several important particulars. The clerks and employes |Sm- to be taken on the rolls'will be sub||P%? ject to such non-competitive examiI - nation as the director of the census |j?iV * may prescribe, these examinations to be conducted by the United States |||^ civil service commission. The new . law provides that they shall be se (lected witnout regara iq ice iaw ur apportionment or to any political party affiliations that the applicants' :may have, and that preference may be given to those persons having previous experience in census work, 'whose efficiency records are satisfactory to the director of the census, who may in his discretion accept such records in lieu of any examinations. - GUILTY OP COUNTERFEITING. Civil War Veteran Declares He In. tended No Wrong. Detroit', April 16.?William Peabody, a crippled, eccentric old carn#?ntftr and veteran of the civil war, ' ? pleaded guilty when arraigned bev fore United States Commissioner Finney on the charge of making and having in his possession moulds and counterfeit coins. Six counterfeit silver dollars, . some half dollars and quarters, and some moulds and other counterfeiting paraphernalia were found in the veteran's room on Sfeventeenth street. He was held under $500 bail r . for trial in the United States court. Peabody, who was ambitious to become an inventor and was working on several models, declared, when arrested, that he had never attempted to pass any of the counterfeit coins, and never intended to. He declared that he did not know that he was committing any offense, and that he was entirely alone in the | work, never having seen any counterfeiting done by anybody else. . ffe .r v , . . ( " \R (which is one of is now complete i and stock. It h prepared for thi thing B No old stock or fi: but a complete nc the inner man. too small to recei' WE SO .. / No. 24 ?n8n?B8E?n?*B88r8rQH8oSn8n8 TO TREAT RABIES. Pasteur Institute to be Established in Columbia. Summerville, April 19.?The State board of health at its meeting here to-day decided to establish a bacteriological laboratory at Columbia. Dr. Williams and Dr. Lester were named as a committee to make arrangements for the institution. The laboratory will be for the purpose of furnishing a convenient place for the physicians of the State to have bacteriological examinations made and also to give an opportunity to the people of the State to have the Pasteur treatment in cases where persons are bitten by rabid animals. It will not be possible to have the laboratory in operation for some little time, as it will take at least 10 days suffisciently to advertise for a director for the laboratory and many other details must be attended to. Mad with Illness. Atlanta, Ga., April 15.?Made i temporary insane by ill-health, William Lvcett, a prominent dealer in chinaware here, killed himself at his home on West Peachtree street early this morning. With an old .44-calibre army revolver he fired a bullet through his brain and died instantly. Mr. Lycett had been ill for some time, and his trouble had recently developed into acute nervousness. All last night he ' was unable to sleep. About seven o'clock Mrs. Lycett left the room for her morning bath, but as she was arranging it she heard a shot. She thought it was in no?+ rtf fSo hmiSO SVlP. T*P? j ^/ax %0 VI yuv mvwwv ? turned to the room and inquired of her husband if he had heard it. There was no response, and she saw that he was unconscious. Physicians were called, but he died without speaking. Mr. Lycett was a skilled china painter. He was about 50 years old, and had lived here many years. He is survived by a widow, who was his second wife, and two children. Up Before the Bar. N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pittsfield, Vt., writes: "We have used Dr. King's New Life Pills for years and find them such a good family medicine we wouldn't be without them." For chills, constipation, biliousness or sick headache they work wonders, 25c. Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. . i f I NE1 the very handsom ind we cordially in as always been 01 s now than ever right, J ktures to mar the :w outfit and a sto< We are always rea ve our prompt and uar your p, JARD M9Q9fcSu8U9U9USuSkl8tt8b&fiti8f y)H$8r8n8H?n8r??^rBnwiw^wrl? TILLMAN WILL OPPOSE FLOYD. -t % Will Take a Hand in the Spartanburg Postoffice Matter. A special from Washington says: Senator Tillman, according to letters recently received here, is expected to reach Washington Monday morning when the senator means to take up the tariff bill for debate. It is understood that Senator Tillj man is specially anxious to be here at that time, because he has been requested to take an active part in preventing M. W. Floyd from being confirmed as postmaster at Spartanburg. A long petition was received here to-day from certain citizens of Spartanburg protesting against this appointment and asking that everything possible be done to prevent the nomination from being confirmed. Senator Smith, who went home yesterday on account of sickness in his family, will also return in time to take part in the proceedings of the senate Monday. From all indications Mr. Floyd will probably be confirmed, though it will necessarily take a considerable length of time to do so, because of the fight that is expected to be made. THREE HAVE SUICIDE PACT. Police Carry Them to Hospital, but Have to Defer Questions. New York, April 16.?That stereotyped occurrence familiarly known as the suicide pact had its variation here early to-d4y in a thre^cornered affair in which the principals were all negroes. All three are suffering from the effects of strychnine poisoning and are in a critical condition. They ?were taken to the Bellevue hospital almost simultaneously after being found on the street. The police are inclined to think that there was an agreement between them to end their lives. The first victim was Dorothy Harris, a twenty-year-old negress, who was found in a semi-conscious condition in East Fourth street. Seven minutes later Jesse Brown, the janitor of a flat in front of which the woman was found was picke^ up not far away, and rushed to the hospital. A few moments later George Rector, another negro man, was found in the same street writhing in convulsions. The condition of the three was too serious to permit of questioning this morning. % . / w \ lest grocery stores vite you to call atid ur aim to please a before. New,, ai pleasing effect of c :k of those things idy to serve you, ar careful attention. ATBONAfiE ON & o ~ ') / t BACK TO WORK. Senator and Mrs. Tillman Return to Washington, The Columbia Record of Friday says Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tollman were here to-day on their way to Washington, to which point the senator !a header! an aa to he on hand for the tariff debate in the senate. The senator is apparently in splendid health. "I am getting so fat that positively I am getting sad about it. Gained six or seven pounds recently eating hob and hominy down at Trenton, weighing 200 pounds now;* more than I have ever weighed. But, by golly, I want some roas'n ears to eat, and I've got to leave before they come in." Asked if he could not say something rash on which a hardup newspaper fellow might build a good live story, the senator smilingly nodded in the negative. "Haven't got an idea on State on national politics," he declared, giving away indolently to the balminess of the spring morning. "Well, couldn't you tell us something about how much hell you are ornlnor +r> raiCA ahnilt thA tariff?" "Oh, what's the use of biting at the grindstone? Whenever those Republican ringsters get ready to pass the tariff they will simply crack the whip and the majority will trot up and vote as the ring directs. If they will consent to give us the right sort of showing on German potash salts'we will try to get it, but it is all in their hands." Senator and Mrs. Tillman will stop over in Rock Hill this evening for a visit to Winthrop College. Campaign for Prohibition. Richmond, Va., April 19.?With ninety out of one hundred counties in Virginia already "dry," the prohibition forces are preparing to attack Richmond, Petersburg, Newport News, Norfolk and Portsmouth, the only remaining license cities in the State. In fact, the campaign has already opened in Petersburg, and the tidewater cities. An effort will be made to close the saloons in the cities named by means of local option elections, failing in which the temperance crusaders will endeavor, it is said, to induce the legislature to pass a State-wide prohibition law. t HOI in this section,) I inspect our store nd we are better nd Attr \ >ur elegant home, which appeal to id no purchase is . 4 MERIT OMPi BAflBERG, SOU' 7^8oSfl?x6"Sr>8fiSnS^So8o$n8^8r BURNED IN RESTAURANT. Clinton Negro Knocked Senseless and His Establishment Set Fire. Laurens, April 16.?Coroner R. 0. Hairston was in the city this afternoon in conference with Solicitor Cooper regarding the apprehension of the party or parties who killed J. Fuller Holland, colored, burned his restaurant and robbed the money drawer of his wife's restaurant at Clinton last night. News of the inurder reached this city relating that at about 11 o'clock last night the restaurant for whites run by Holland, located ^irectly to the rear of the Clinton hotel, was discovered on fire and upon the extinguishing of the blaze the charred remains of its proprietor were found, within. During the fire Holland's wife left her restaurant around another corner and during her absence the money drawer was robbed of seven or eight dollars. Upon inquiry today by the coroner's jury it was found that Holland's head was hmico/1 with snmft blunt weaDon. rendering it apparent that he was knocked senselelb, his drawer robbed of about $4 and his restaurant burned over him. There are three negroes under suspiciop and their arrests may follow the reconvening of the coroner's jury on Monday. These three negroes were in Holland's wife's restaurant at the time the fire alarm was given. Many Lumber Mills Close. Kansas City, April 14.?Following a conference by prominent lumbermen in Kansas City it was stated that nearly a thousand lumber mills in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida will be shut down for an indefinite period. The effort to shut rtnwn nnp nf the hieeest industries in the South is the direct result of business depression, according to the men engineering the deal. The combine members say they will force up the prices, and will remain" closed for twelve months if necessary. "Business has become so slow that we will make the dealers hump if we have to stay closed a year," said F. F. Patterson, of Kirbyville, Tex., one of the Kirby coterie, which controls more than eight hundred mills. "It is simply a case of no prices for lumber. We hold our lumber thinking we shall get a dollar more on the car next day. There is no business, and rather than sell at any price we can get we will ^orce the dealers to pay our prices by cutting the supply as long as it is necessary." ' Ctipl J f nrtivp i UWU TV | h -3 mK \NY m CAROLINA I | AUTOMOBILES I have opened a first-class J&M automobile repair shot at my carriage works, and we : ~7 are prepared to execute all kinds of Automobile lepairs ;i We .vulcanize tires, and carry auto, supplies in ot/wxlr _ All hnoivinflfl on. * 1 OIVVA* " nil l/UNUVOO V**trusted to us will have my personal attention. I have secured the services viy' of W. H. Patrick for my business, and the new ' business will be known as The Delk Motor Co. ; j D. J. DELK, Manager. ?gg 1 I J. H. DIXON I 1 I Machinist and Eagiieer | < General Repair Shop. We repair all kinds of machinery , and carry a full line of Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, Injectors, Lubricators. Oilers, etc. Bring your engine and have the cylinder bored. Make It run like new and give you more power. Bring your cotton gins and press parts v and have them repaired before the \ . busy season. A stitch In time saves nine. We repair saw mills, grist mills, y. sgj cane mills; m fact we run a hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring It In and have It cured. Oas en- , gj glnes and automobile engine cylinders si bored, and new plstohsand rings made ' * jP that won't leak. Gives you more ' n power and better efficiency. We re* t pair and charge storage batteries. 1 Call when In trouble and see what we j can do. . SHOP AT COTTON Mttl Jf -m DR. 0. D. FAUST | DENTIST I BAMBERG, S. C. 1 Office in Telephone Building. \ ' - 3