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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. S., THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1909. One Dollar a Year
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
V SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Colston Cullings.
Colston, June 1.?We are having
some fine weather now. The farm*
ers are having some fine weather to
gather their oats and to work out
their crops, and they are taking advantage
of it, too.
Quite a crowd from this section
attended the Olar commencement
last week. Think they all enjoyed
> itMessrs.
Wilbur and John G. Clayton
are at home from the O. C. I.
for their summer vacation. We are
glad to have them with us again.
k Mr. C. M. Varn has gone to DenI
mark to work at the carpenter's
r trade.
> Mrs. Rosa Clayton has been on the
eick list for some time. Hope to see
her out again soon.
l'- n n Rich An nf the
Oil. auu V. -
Ehrhardt section, visited their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Clayton,
Sunday last.
; Miss Pauline Clayton, of this section,
spent a few days with her sister,
Mrs. Wilmot Sandifer, of Olar,
last and this week.
Mr. Emory Williams, of Hix, spent
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sunaay auu ouuua; mgui mm
4 friends and relatives of this sec%
tion.
Misses Letitia and Annie Bishop
spent Sunday last with Misses Beulah
and Irene Beard.
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v Children's day will be observed at
the Colston Baptist church the second
Sunday in June. We extend a
^ cordial invitation to the public. It
will begin about ten o'clock a. m.
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News from Colston.
Colston, June 1.?We are having
some fine weather for the crops to
grow.
Messrs. Wilbur and John G. Clayton
returned home last Wednesday
* from Orangeburg, where they have
been attending school. They will
spend the summer at home.
Messrs. G.? W. Kearse and J. E.
Bishop went to Ehrhardt last Saturday
afternoon.
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Mr. Jlimory wuuauib, uuui Viangeburg,
visited friends and rela>
tives on Colston last Sunday..
Mr. Clyde Padgett and sister, Miss
Leila, visited Mr. and Mrs. George
Bessinger, near Midway, last Saturday
and Sunday.
Misses Letitia and Annie Bishop
visited Misses Beulah and Irene
Beard last Sunday.
^ We are sorry to note the extreme
illness of Mrs. Thos. Clayton, but
we hope to see her out again soon.
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop and
daughter, Cleo, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Clayton last Sunday.
They are going to have children's
day at Colston Baptist church the
second Sunday. Everybody is invited
to hear the young ladies and
gents speak.
Mr. Vernon McMillan spent last
Saturday night with Mr. Sammie
Clayton.
Mr. G. C. Folk and mother, Mrs.
w w Fnlk visited her Darents in
Colleton last Saturday and Sunday.
? Mr. Reuby Kearse visited Mr.
George Counts last Saturday night.
Mr. Preston Sandifer was a visitor
on Colston last Sunday.
Mr. Lee Beard spent last Sunday
with Mr. Wilbur Clayton.
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Smith and son,
i J. C., from the Ehrhardt section, visited
friends and relatives here last
? Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Perry Jordan and daughter,
Miss Georgie Emma, visited friends
* and relatives on Colston last Saturday.
L. A.
? Shooting Affray at Union.
Union, June 1.?Using a .44-calibre
revolver, Munroe Ward fired two
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uaiiB iuiu xi. rv. miiiex tuia ancinoon,
the balls entering the left side,
on-e near the heart, and the other
slightly towards lower down. The
physicians who are now attending
the wounded man are unable to say
just how serious the wounds are, but
j from the location of the balls, little
hope of his recovery is entertained.
The shooting took place just in
the rear of the company's store, and
no eye-witnesses to the occurrence
has yet been discovered. The causes
that led up to the difficulty are unknown,
though there are various rumors
going the rounds to account for
it. Ward, who immediately gave
himself up to the sheriff, and was
locked up, refuses to make any
statement. Miller, the wounded
man, stated to a man that carried
him home after he was shot that the
tragedy was the result of a "pack of
? lies."
NEWS FROM GOYAX.
Newsy Letter from a Wide-Awake
Correspondent.
Govan, May 31.?The Columbia
State in an editorial recommends the
quotation taken trom the poem, "Oh!
Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be
Proud?" (being President Lincoln's
favorite poem) to the faithful
Charlestonians. 1 suppose there
must be some surviving devoted ad?
-aP T litnnty in fVia m'tv
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by the sea, and for them to even admire
his quotations would be a reproach
incurred upon themselves
the writer would predit. (?) We
give our martyred president credit
for his selection and in reproducing
the sentiments contained in this
masterpiece we have the consolation
that a great man while living adored
the noble sentiments expressed therein
also.
The commencement sermon for
the closing exercises of the Olar high
school was preached in the Methodist
church there Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock by the distinguished
president of Newberry College, Dr.
Harms. His text was taken from
Micah 6-8: "And what doth the
Lord require of thee but to do justly
and to love mercy and to walk humbly
with thy God?" His address was
directed more specially to the scholars.
He pointed to the invincibility
of power coming through one living
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tnis llie JUSliy, meetuy anu uuuiui;,
otherwise power or strength pertaining
to earthly things would soon
"totter and fall," and that the "ideal
life" is Christ-like.
Element as defined by Webster's
unabridged dictionary means in one
sense: "The first or constitutent
principle, or minutest part of anything."
The essential elements in
forming the Morse telegraph alphabet
are the dot, dash and space. The
latter named is the most tedious to
make but adds to the beauty of good
sending, if words are properly
spaced. Now, the point that I am
driving at is this: The system is
spoken of as reading by sound. Now,
let us get the definition of sound.
"Noise without signification; empty
noise; noise and nothing else." . The
definition of tone is: "Accent, or
rather a particular inflection of the
voice, adapted to express emotion or
nassion." Conseauently, by inflation
we understand that^ the voice
is raised or lowered, and we
have a true/sense of tone. In receiving
Morse we do not altogether read
by sound, for sound is not produced
in making space. "Space" means
"the interval between two points of
time," and space is one of the principal
elements in forming a word in
Morse. And so it is conclusive that
we read Morse by sound and also by
"space," the latter not being sound,
but an essential element in spelling
Morse.
Miss Eloise Rosborough has re- j
turned to her home at Ridgeway, j
after an extended visit to the home:
of Mr. Leighton Hartzog.
Mr. Ernest F.,Free and family, of
Bamberg, spent Sunday here with
with relatives.
The ice cream festival given purposely
to raise funds to complete the
work upon George's Creek Baptist
church was a success, the sum of
twenty-eight dollars being raised.
We are glad to see Mr. L. J. Hartzog
out again since his recent spell.
Miss Pattie Lee Sweat, of Blackville,
has returned to her home from
a short visit with friends and relatives.
We are sorry to record the illness
of Mrs. William Fail, an aged lady
of this community.
W. A. HAY, JR.
Baseball at Walterboro.
Ehrhardt, May 31.?Last Thursday
the Ehrhardt baseball aggregation,
accompanied by a number of
ladies and friends, went down to
Walterboro to play two games with
the team of that town. Walterboro's
club took the first by a score of two
to three, and Ehrhardt's the second
by a score of one to four.
During the progress of the first
game the second baseman, Clarence
Moore, and the center-fielder, E. P.
Copeland, who were both running
for the same ball, collided and were
seriously disabled; Moore retiring
from the game on account of his injuries.
Up to this accident in the
seventh inning the score stood two
to nothing in favor of Ehrhardt,
and very likely if it had not happened
Ehrhardt would have added another
victory to her list. The game
was featured by some remarkable
catches in the outfield. The Ehrhardt
boys, with one of her best
players out of the game and another
badly shaken up, held the Walterhoro
bovs down to three scores in
the first game.
The second game, with Frank
Kinsey in the box for Ehrhardt, was
won in short order by the Ehrhardt
boys. This makes eight games
played by the Ehrhardt team, of
which they have won six.
About two weeks ago Ehrhardt
and Walterboro crossed bats on the
Ehrhardt diamond, both games resulting
in a victory for the Ehrhardt
nine. All of these games were I
largely attended and much interest
is shown in the sport.
Last Thursday Mr. Geo. H. Smoak j
sent us a curiosity in the shape of
two fine heads of cabbage growing
from one stalk. We had never seen
anything of the kind before.
THE SECO
Standing of Contestants
Popularit;
The highest number of
publication will be 50,000 ea
Those contestants who turn i
given credit for same and pi
| previous to the last week of 1
Miss Pearle Delk, Bamberg,
Miss Evelyn Brabham, Olar,
Miss Estelle Lancaster, Gova
Miss Mary Matheny, Bambei
Miss Louise Felder, Bamberg
Miss Camille Price, Bamberg
Miss Bessie Armstrong, Ban;
Miss Leda Bitter, Olar,
Miss Katie Carter, Ehrhardl
Miss Lucile Lightsey, Bamtx
Miss Bettie Steedley, Bamb<
Miss Zelma Herndon, Ehrhai
MissReba Williams, Olar,...
Miss Mary Wright, Denmari
Miss Georgie Emma Jordan,
Miss Nell Clayton, Colston,.
Miss Ida Lou Hiers, Ehrhan
Miss Alice Smoak, Bamberg,
Miss Estelle Smoak, Bambei
Remember all votes over
will not be shown until the v
the contest.
Death of Mrs. Lalla O'Neal.
"There is an hour of calm relief
From every throbbing care;
'Tis when before a throne of grace
I kneel in secret prayer."
How my memory reverts to the
afternoon Sunday-school service at
Philadelphia Baptist church years
and years ago!
How the dear old soul enjoyed it;
how she joined in and impressed all
around her; with what pathos she
sung that grand old song, the first
verse of which is given above; how
clearly would she sing those words;
how she lingered softly as though
she was sad and was communing
with her Creator "in secret prayer."
How our thoughts linger around
those happy days?days that are
gone?they indeed seem brightest.
Dear old soul, she was in the
prime of life then! How she met
those she ltfred with the smile of
glad recognition; what a warm hand
grasp; but those days are long since
gone. She had grown old. Saturday,
May 15th, five minutes past 8
a. m., she went where she could join
in the more perfect choir: "Where
congregations ne'er break up and
Sabbaths have no end." s
The pain and sorrow and disappointments
of time to give place to
the joy and gladness and gratitude
hHao r\f tho hrnari hour of eter
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nity.
Her faithfulness down to old age
prepared her to be translated and be
with Him that she had praised from
the very depths of her innermost being
in that hour of calm relief that
she sought through secret prayer.
To know and to feel that such a
person was your friend is only to appreciate
more fully the fact that it
was the best gift of God's love.
Farewell, dear old friend. If
through the vicissitudes of life I
prove faithful enough that when I
take on immortality I hear your
voice as it is added to the choir
made up of the redeemed of the
earth, that will be glory enough for
me. C.
Nothing Unexpected.
A young New York Broker of convivial
habits fell in with an old
school friend who had gone on the
road.
"Whenever you're in town come
up and bunk witn me, ne urgea ms
friend as they separated. "No matter
what old time it is. If I'm not
there just go ahead and make yourself
at home. I'll he sure to turn up
before daybreak."
Soon after this the salesman arrived
in town about midnight, and,
remembering his friend's invitation,
sought out his boarding house. There
was only a dim light flickering in the
hall, but he gave the bell a manful
pull. Presently he found himself
face to face with a landlady of grim
and terrible aspect.
"Does Mr. Smith live here?" he
faltered.
"He does," snapped the landlady.
"You can bring him right in!"?Ev
eryDoay s jyiagazmt;.
Senator Curtis, of Kansas, has introduced
in the U. S. Senate the interstate
liquor shipment bill, prepared
by the National Anti-Saloon
League and introduced in the house
by Representative Langley, of Kentucky.
This bill prohibits the shipment
of liquor from outside a State
or territory where shipment to such
point would be unlawful from other
points within the same State or territory.
It goes farther than the recent
amendments to the penal code
and is designed to obviate the objection
of unconstitutionality urged
against the Littlefield bill and similar
measures in the past.
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ND COUNT
in The Herald's Qreat
y Contest.
votes allowed to appear for
eh week to each contestant,
in over this quantity will be
iblication made on the week
the contest.
57,500
54,500
tri, 50,000
? ao ann
Sf "X^,VW
r, 37,000
i, 31,000
tberg, 26,000
22,000
13,000
srg, 10,500
Jrg,., 4,500
rdt,. 4,500
4,000
c, 3,500
Bamberg, 2,500
2,000
It, 1,000
1,000
g, 1,000
50,000 turned in each week
reek before the last week of
A QUEER BURIAL.
Ashes of a Veteran Lowered in
Hampton Roads.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Va.,
says a remarkable* burial in the
channel of Hampton Roads, off Sewall's
Point, Thursday when the
ashes of a former Confederate soldier,
who recently died in Seattle,
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water in a tiny silver casket, in
which they were sent from Seattle,
first to Richmond, and then to Old
Point Comfort, by direction of the
deceased. The burial was made by
W. H. Fitzgerald, of Richmond, by
whose side the deceased Seattle man
fought in the United Artillery of
Norfolk at Sewell's Point during the
civil war.
The Grand First Prize.
The offer of the Kingsbury piano
in the subscription contest now being
conducted by The Herald, has
called forth much favorable cwnnient
from many of the contestants.
. Those who are experienced in music
realize that this prize is well worth
working for, for the musical qualities
and constructive merits of the
Kingsbury pianos gives this instrument
a standard reputation in every
part or t^e country.
The factories of the Cable Company
at Chicago and St. Charles, 111.,
are kept busy meeting the demand
which comes from all parts of the
country for these pianos. They
have always had a very large sale
through South Carolina, and their
names have become household words
among music lovers.
These pianos are kept constantly
in stock by the Cable Piano Company,
of Charleston, S. C., in the
Cable building. Those who have entered
The Hefald's subscription contest,
as well as those who are considering
the purchase of reliable
pianos, can obtain catalogs and full
information at the above address.
Threatened to Shoot Woman.
Raleigh, . May 29.?Charles D.
Wilds, a well-known young man of
this place, went to the home of Robert
Dunn this morning and threatened
to shoot Mrs. Dunn. A servant
answered the door bell. Mrs* Dunn
was upstairs with a sick child and
the servant told Wilds she couldn't
come down. Wilds then began cursing
and said she would come down;
that he had come to kill her.
The police and Mr. Dunn were
'phoned for. The police arrived first
and found Wilds at his own home
near-by. They rushed him to the
police station and locked him up,
which was perhaps fortunate for
him, as Mr. Dunn arrived a few minutes
later.
The Dunns are prominent people,
Dunn Brothers being leading merchants.
A few nights ago there was much
disorder at Wilds' house and it is understood
that he accused Mrs. Dunn
of reporting him to the police. He
was drunk this morning and it is
fortunate that Mrs. Dunn did not answer
the door bell in person, as
there no doubt would have been a
fearful tragedy if she had done so.
Brutal Crime Near Elrod.
Raleigh, N. C., May 28.?An unknown
negro entered the home of a
Croatan, Arch Rogers, near Elrod,
N. C., yesterday, and criminally
assaulted his wife. She was alone
at the time and was severely choked.
This entire section has been in chase
of the negro ever since the crime occurred,
but the search has been
fruitless. It is thought he boarded
a freight train during the night.
CONTEST MANAGER Bl'SV.
Many Questions Asked About The
Herald Contest.
"Can a contestant who lives in the
county solicit votes or subscriptions
outside the county?"
"Will those girls who remain in
the contest until its close receive any
reward tor their efforts whether they
win one of the big prizes or not?"
"Will the offers of extra votes nowbeing
made increase or decrease during
the progress of the contest?"
These and many other questions
keep the contest man busy answering
them. Questions are all right
and welcome, for they indicate a
healthy interest. Winners ask more
questions than any one else in a contest.
Anyway, here are the answers
:
A contestant may secure subscriptions
anywhere in the United States.
It is only necessary that the contestant
live in the county of Bamberg.
Those girls who remain in the contest
until its close, making an effort
to carry off one of the big prizes,
will be rewarded in proportion to the
amount of work they have accomnltahod
if thev do not succeed in
winning one of the big prizes.
The oiler of extra votes appearing
each week will not increase from
week to week, but will decrease a little
each week, so you can readily see
that it is to your advantage to turn
in your subscriptions as fast as you
obtain them.
Absolutely the only way to secure
votes in this contest is to subscribe
for The Herald. Votes cannot be
purchased outright. Every cent
turned in must represent a subscription.
Candidates and others who send in
subscriptions should state distinctly
whether the subscriptions are new or
old, and the cash must accompany all
subscriptions.
This is the beginning of the third
week of the contest and to show the
contestants how very easy it is to
win one of the big prizes let us illustrate
it this way:
The highest number of votes
shown in this issue of The Herald is
100,000. If the contest were to close
to-day only eleven five year subscriptions
representing an investment of
$55.00 by eleven of your friends in
five year subscriptions would win
the $350.00 piano. In district No.
one the highest number of votes
shown for the diamond ring is 42,000.
Five five year subscriptions
would win this ring if the contest
closed to-day. It is only a matter of
a little well directed effort on the
part of yourself and friends to be a
winner, and all the world admires a
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WHITES MADE BLACK.
And Blacks Are Blade White in Coscob,
Conn.
Temperance cranks, worse than
the Ku Klux Klan and the Night
Riders, are operating in the village
of Coscob, Conn. Habitues of the'
village saloon believe they are trying
to discourage drunkenness by
white washing negroes when they
become' intoxicated and by using
stove blacking on whites while under
the influence of liquor. Others say
the coloring is the work of village
wags, but at the best the inebriates
are indignant. /
A few nights ago the police of
Greenwich received a call to arrest
a drunken negro in Coscob. Policeman
Jones took the man to a cell.
Next morning the jailor aroused the
man when he called "Come out here
you nigger." A torrent of profanity
issued from the cell and Charles
Carolig, a white man, but black as
the ace of spades, came forward.
A short time ago Justice Brush
tried a "white" man, and he was
whiter than snow, on charge of
drunkenness. He had been whitewashed
while in a stupor. Other
similar cases are reported, but the
drunks are never able to identify
the perpetrators of the "terrible
outrages," as they characterize them.
Big Piano Company Makes Addition.
The Cable Company, whose instrument
is offered in our subscription
contest, has built a large addition
to its factory at St. Charles, 111.
This means that they have added
thirty-five hundred pianos to its annual
production, making the output
really enormous. These thirty-five
hundred pianos, if placed end to end,
would stretch nearly three and onehalf
miles.
The Cable Company stands as the
greatest institution in the world engaged
in the manufacture of pianos
and reed organs, and its instruments
are in use in all parts of the civilized
world. The instruments made by
this company are of particularly rich
tone quality and durable construction,
and they have an established
reputation among musicians.
The headquarters for the Cable
Company's instruments are at Charleston,
where a branch house has
been in operation for a number of
years and has sold many of these
pianos throughout this section of the
country.
Lightning Kills Man and Mule.
Anderson, June 1.?A bolt of
lightning that came from an apparently
cloudless sky late yesterday
killed Jim Byrd, a negro plough
hand, on the plantation of Mr. J. A.
Clinkscales, south of Anderson, and
the fine mule he was working. Sam
Clinkscales, the young son of Mr. J.
A. Clinkscales, who was ploughing
two hundred yards away, was knocked
down and badly stunned, and is in
bed from his injuries. His mule was
also knocked down by the bolt.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
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The State reunion of Confederate
veterans will be held at Chester this
year, the dates being June 23-24.
It is stated in the newspapers that
the Walterboro oil mill made forty
per cent, on its capital stock last
year. s-WS
The home for Confederate veterans,
established by the State in Co-1 ,.j*J
lumbia, has been completed, and
was opened yesterday afternoon.
It is stated that W. S. Peterson
will ramain in rirnnirehlirflr AS head
of the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute,
although he had offers to go
elsewhere. *.
The negro State fair will be held
in Batesburg this year. The fair as*
| sociation preferred to use the
[grounds in Columbia again, but the
rent required by the State Agricul- . ~ .U
tural Society was more than they
felt able to pay, so arrangements
were made to use the grounds in
Batesburg.
The dispensary commission, which
had been in session at Colum- v %
bia, adjourned Friday evening until :'fg
June 8th, when the commission will .',3
meet again to finish up the work of
examining claims and se.ttling up the *
business. It is predicted that there
will be some sensational developments
when the commission meets s'>3?
again. ^
Mr. G. Marshall Moore, well
known in Bamberg, having formerly
taught in the Carlisle Fitting School,
is organizing an investment company
which has for its purpose the aiding ^
of young men to obtain an educstion.
The money will be loaned to
worthy young people. The movement
is purely philanthropic, but injterest
will be charged on all loans.
GETTING THE BOOZE.
How the Game is Worked Over In
Georgia. - '^9
In a Georgia city a recent traveler,
approaching the clerk of the beet
hotel, said: "I would like a room."
Responded the clerk: "You want
a dollar or a dollar and a half
room?"
"A dollar and a half room." \
The guest was given the key to
his room, and upon having been ; '
shown to it by a bellboy, unlocked
the door and found upon the table M
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room a quart of the best whiskey, ])M
which probably would have cost him
about a dollar and a half anywhere >1|i
in America. This he put in his pock*
et and demurely went his way. >,jg
It seems that some time later the
prohibitionists of the city, having . Jf!
gotten wind of this evasive method ~ fjj
of circumventing the liquor law, employed
a detective to go through the
same process. He did so, obtained
his whiskey and had the proprietor
of the hotel arrested for selling the liquor
without a license. In court
he admitted that in the first place
he had not purchased any liquor,. ' -$j|S
and that in the second place he carried
away the liquor he found upon ^
the table he had hired?whereupon _ '
he promptly was arrested for petty"
larceny. , .
CHANGES IN POSTMASTERS* PAY. ^
| Salaries of Many are Increased,
I while Few are Decreased.
j Washington, D. C., June 1.?The
postoffice department to-day announced
the following changes in the r
salaries of the South Carolina post- ;V3|
I masters. Those increased are:
Anderson, from $2,600 to $2,700;
Beaufort, from $1,600 to $1,700;
Cheraw, from $1,700 to $1,800; Clio, -fij
from $1,200 to $1,300; Lake City, ''M
from $1,200 to $1,300; Lancaster,
from $1,700 to $1,800; Laurens, , '- %&
from $2,100 to $2,200; Leesville,
from $1,200 to $1,300; Lexington, pi
from $1,200 to $1,300; Manning,
from $1,500 to $1,600; Mullins, $1,500
to $1,600; Pickens, from $1,- * ' Osjsj
200 to $1,300; Prosperity, from $1,100
to $1,200; St. Matthew's, from
$1,300 to $1,400; Spartanburg, from*
$2,900 to $3,000; Sumter, from $2,600
to $2,700; Westminster, from
$1,400 to $1,500; Winnsboro, from
$1,600 to $1,700. '-m
Those decreased are: Blacksburg,
from $1,200 to $1,100; Blackville,
from $1,500 to $1,400; Dillon, from
$1,800 to 1,700; Georgetown, from
$2,300 to $2,200; Ninety-Six, from
$1,200 to $1,100; Pelzer, from $1,cnn
tn ti Spn*?na. from SI.700
to $1,600; Union, from $2,100 to
$2,000.
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Pearl Rewards a Convert.
Evansville, Ind., May 28.?John
Morgan, living at Maunee, 111., on
the Wabash river, near this city,
found a pearl in a very peculiar manner.
He recently professed religion,
and was baptized in the river at
Maunee.
At this ceremony he wore a shoe
in which there was a loose string,
and this dragged over the bottom of
the river and a mussel closed on the
string.
Morgan pulled it out on the bank
after him. When he opened the
mussel shell he was si^ttprised to
find a pearl inside, which he sold to
a dealer for $500.