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LIQUOR DROUGHT IN ALABAMA. Passage of Carmichael Bill Has Instant and Striking Effect. Montgomery, Ala., August 6.?The Carmichael prohibition bill?far more drastic than the present statutory State-wide prohibition law?which passed the senate this afternoon by a vote of 2S to 2, and which now awaits only the signature of AlabaiKitinn ovopiitivo tn hp thp LLLC* O ^ t WUiWiWivu v^wMv* . v w law, has already scored a far-reaching effect, so far as the operatiqn of locker clubs and near-beer saloons are concerned. From all parts of the State come reports that with the news of the passage of the Carmichael bill near-beer saloons, and clubs, wherein liquors have been dispensed to members under the locker system, were dismantled and to-night the State is almost as dry as it will ever be. In Montgomery even social clubs ' of the highest class have been closed, and early in the afternoon the nearK. beer men began theremoval of all drinkables from their places. With considerable weariness, a few of the saloons are disposing of occasional I* bottles of the amber fluid of the Wx:* "near" kind, but even those of the quenchless thirst are extremely cautious in attempting to secure drinkables. Urges More Work on Congaree. Washington, Aug. 5.?The chief ? V engineer of the war department has made a report to the secretary of war v recommending the appropriation of $50,000 for the improvement of the Congaree river. This information v,. was obtained by Representative Lever. 1^v The purpose of the appropriation ??; is to raise the pool level two feet and !A - ^ f rAtn I permit, ox a uve-iuui uuauuu nvsu* Columbia to Georgetown. Representative Lever hopes to obtain the appropriation at the coming session of congress, which has been recomw mended in accordance with the provisions of the last river and harbor Condition of Cotton Poor. Washington, Aug. 2.?A cotton crop condition of 71.9 per cent, of a normal on July 25 was announced by the department of agriculture to-day against 74.6 a month ago, 83 a year ago, and 80.6 10 years average on The average condition of cotton on July 25, 1907, was 75 and 82.9 on July 5, 1906. The average condition by States on July 25, 1909, and 10 vaa ?? ii7orQcro rm Tiilv 9 Fi rpqnertivelv. (, -J , c ?. . follow: Virginia 71 and 82; North Carolina 71 and 81; South Carolina 77 and 80; Georgia 78-and 81; Florida 84 and 84; Alabama 68 and 80; Mississippi 64 and 80; Louisiana 58 and 81; Texas 70 and 81; Arkansas 76 and 81; Tennessee 80 and 83; Missouri 85 and 84; Oklahoma 79 and 82. ? 'Twas a Glorious Victory. There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn. A man's life has been saved, and now Dr. King's New Discovery is the talk of the town for curing C. V. Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhages. "I could not work nor get about," he writes, "and the doctors did me no good, but, after using Dr. King's New Discovery three weeks, I feel like a new man, and can do good work again." For weak, sore or diseased lungs, coughs and colds, hemorrhages, hay fever, lagrippe, asthma or any bronchial affection it stands unrivaled. Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Sold and ciiaranteed hv Peonle's Drue Co.. ||pt; Bamberg, S. C. Big Deal in Coal Lands. W*??* Bristol, Tenn., Aug. 5.?A special $$$ ' . from Pennington Gap, Va., states f:that N. D. Bachman, Jr., of Bristol, K' general manager, and Paul Dulaney, ;&V ' of Washington, D. C., to-day conj&'v; summated a deal by which the Black P " Mountain Corporation, of Alexandria, Va., comes into possession of 7,000 g?r - acres of coal lands adjoining exten|?r. sive holdings of the company in Lee county, Va. The deal involves sevp.-' eral hundred thousand dollars. This transaction practically gives ^ the company complete control of the Little Black Mountain field, which is estimated to contain more than a billion tons of coal. Among the capitalists interested are: Charles M. Warren and Charles H. Zehuder, of p'-";.- New York. ? Preacher Warned to Leave. Ethel, Miss., Aug. 4.?Indignation was caused here today by a dispatch from Cincinatti quoting Rev. Frank ? B. English as saying that he was threatened with mob violence and driven out of Ethel without anything to eat when he came to take the presidency of Rust University at Holly Cf Springs. Leading citizens of Ethel admit that Mr. English was told to leave ^ t town because he was seen shaking * - - - ? / hands with negroes ana acting iamiliarly towards them, which they believe would excite the blacks and stir up race strife. They say, however, that no mob was formed and that no threats were made. They say Mr. English became frightened when told that it would be better for him to leave. r* '0, . . |g ' * P" MS-':: .. X&'ii " ' ' ... FLORENCE POSTOFFICE MATTER. Situation Stili Badly Mixed?No Move Before Next Winter. Washington, August 6.?When President Taft left Washington this afternoon for his summer home in .Massachusetts, no intimation could be had as to what steps would be taken in the Florence postoffice matter. The situation appears still to be badly mixed as the result of efforts to land various candidates several months ago. It is probable, therefore, that nothing further will be ~ Ti-i'ntor VfoQTitim? UU11C until UtAC niutvt. AUVUUV>4MV Josh Wilson will hold the fort. "Revenues" Cut Babe Durham's Still. Greenville, Aug. 6.?Revenue officers have returned to the city from the Dark Corner, where they cut up a large 200-gaIlon distillery in the neighborhood of Babe Durham's place. The plant was not in operation, but the officers found a quantity of beer and whiskey, which they poured out. The ubiquitious moonshiner is now learning to evade the "revenues" much more astutely than in the old days. The method now employed by the manufacturers of white liquor, of placing outposts and lookouts on the roads leading to the mountains, makes it hard for the officers to make an arrest. Seaborn Wright Speaks in Bamberg. Bamberg, Aug. 5.?Hon. Seaborn Wright spoke here to-day for an hour or more to an audience which filled the court house to its seating capacity. Prohibition was his theme, and not from a moral standpoint in particular, but more especially from a business point of view, Mr. Wright discussed the pros and cons of the question. Without heat or passion, without appeal to any but the best in man, the speaker gave a lucid and clear argument for the abolition of the county dispensary in Bamberg county. Facts and figures as presented by the speaker and verified by inves tigations, gave a new point of view to many who were present to-day. One gentleman who is known to be in favor of the dispensary stated openly that several new ideas had been presented to him to-day. .He did not say that he would change his attitude in the approaching election, but it is the current opinion that many will be influenced by the array \ of favorable argument. The law and order league, which was formed here last week, held another meeting to-day for the purpose of extending the organization throughout the county. The men who are behind this movement are of the very best in the county, and it is a well known fact that blind tigers will be prosecuted and run out of the community and public opinion will doubtless make it so hot for the tigers that they will be very auiet. The law and order league will be a permanent organization and will have for its particular work that of hunting out the secret rum shops. White Man Killed by Train. Anderson, Aug. 6.?Robert M. Ritchie, a white man of 35 years of age, was run over and killed by a train near Pendleton on the Blue Ridge railway at an early hour this morning. The train was a special an excursion train on its return trip from Asheville. On Ritchie's body was found $148 in money and near him was a satchel. This dispels the first idea advanced that he was killed and robbed and placed on the track by his assassin. It is believed that he was drunk and that he went to sleep on the track. His body was horribly mangled, being cut nearly in two. He was unmarried and lived near where the accident occurred. The body was" found this morning. Ritchie served a sentence on the county chaingang for slashing Sheriff Green and his deputy at the fair grounds three years ago when they attempted to arrest him. DRYS LOSING GROUND. Sentiment is Changing and the Yrote on August 17 Will be Close. Florence, August 7.?The prohibitionists as well as the anti-prohibitionists in Florence county, all seemed to be well stirred up now and there is going to be a "hot time" in the county from now till 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, August 17. The prohibitionists have had full sway throughout the county all the while, but it seems as if they have gotten into the lair of the antis and have been capturing some of their members, and the antis are awaken ing and geting to work witn a vim. At one time it looked as if the whole of Florence county was going to vote the prohibition ticket and would be glad of the opportunity, but sentiment seems to be changing, whether or not it is because the county has been dry since August 3, or not cannot betold. At any rate the vote is 1 going to be greatly reduced on the prohibition side on election day to what it looked two weeks ago. A MAGIC NAME. An Episode in the Life of Buckskin Sam. What has become of Major Sam S. Hall, a prominent figure in the pioneer history of the southwest, commander of a celebrated company of volunteer Texas Rangers, and an Indian fighter of the caliber ot Sam Houston ana u-en :unes: This question was recently asked at a small gathering of literary folk in Fasadena, but no one present could furnish any reply of a positive character. A few years since, he was living somewhere in his native State of Texas; no report of his death has been published, at least to the best of the knowledge and recollection of the company in question; and I am frank to state that they would each like to known why and where this once widely known maker of southwestern history has dropped so completely out of public notice. Like Kit Carson, Phil Sheridan, and a few other heroic names upon our country's roll of honor, Maj. Hall ("Buckskin Sam") was a man of small stature, perhaps the smallest in the entire list. But in shrewd generalship and daredevil bravery he loomed up in large, commanding proportions. Indeed, there was a time when the name of Buckskin Sam Hall was a terror-and an omen to hostile Indians and renegade whites from Wyoming to the Mexican border. Many amusing, as well as thrilling tales could be told of the active days of this big little commander of frontier heroes, for the rough life of the early mining towns and border settlements, the humorous and ludicrous often walked hand in hand with the jtragical and the heroic, j A simple incident of this character I is recalled to mind from the days , when Quartz Canon was a flourishing stage coach station in eastern Arizona. Just to be up-to-date in the prevailing fashion of the day, Quartz Canon had its liberal quota of tough characters, man-eating "bad 'uns," whose special pride consisted in occasionally shooting up the town and terrorizing generally the more peace-, ably inclined citizens. This feature of the early days was merely a peculiar custom and followed for no other reason than the dictates of Dame Fashion, just as we follow her mandate now in a slightly different way. One day in early summer, on some special occasion or other, quite a company of miners and rangemen had congregated at the Saddleback saloon and were sampling the liquid refreshments of that hostelry in a manner befitting the time and place. Things were quitt and orderly enough until one of the professional bulldozing gentry appeared upon the scene. He was an untamed and ferociouslooking specimen of mountain manhood, clad in a red woolen shirt, greasy trousers from which one leg had been torn irregularly off at the knee, a frayed and discolored buckskin jacket, a broad belt in which were stuck two 45-caliber Colt's revolvers, and a very disreputable-looking fur cap minus the brim and a considerable portion of the crown through which fantastic wisps of unkept hair protruded in reckless disiromnt hnir nrotruded in reckless dis way, he glanced around the room in a way calculated to make every one present feel a cold shiver along the spine. Then prancing up to the bar, he brought the butt of one huge revolver down on to the wooden rail* ing with a dramatic flourish. "Here, you!" he snarled at the bartender, "trot out yer rat poison for this whole gang?an' be quick about it. Everybody licker up!" The barkeeper hesitated a moment, not seeing the color of any legal tender about the stranger's person, but a savage scowl of impatience and an ominous click of gunworks produced \he desired effect, and the crowd obligingly emptied a glass all around at the newcomer's dictation. "When I say the word, it's fer you to shiver in yer boots an' obey orders!" he roared, leaning over the bar and glaring darkly under the bartender's very nose. "I'm the Cyclone from Salt River, I am, an' when I start goin', the horned toads an' coyotes generally hunt their holes some quick. I could chaw up this here camp in about four minutes an* spit her out on the other side of the range. Is there any galoot here what feels like disputin' my word?" And drawing nimseir up to tne mu height limit, he cast a wolfish glance of contemptuous challenge down the line of men. No one seemed particularly impressed by the tragic information just vouchsafed, and after allowing his words to sink in to the proper depth, the stranger proceeds to furnish additional enlightenment of the subject. "Yes, sir," he exclaimed, "I'm the Salt River Cyclone, with a tin hat on." "Looks more like muskrat hide I than tin," ventured one of his hearers, with a subdued snicker. "Wow! where's the four-legged 3on of a cayuse that said this here headpiece was muskrat?" fairly howled the stranger, grabbing his tattered cap w.:L one hand and flourishing it aroun. iiiS Lead while he indulged in a startling war dance. "Any cross-eyed, p'isened pup what says that ain't the genuine, two-yearold seal, right from the icebergs of the Fiji Islands, I'll eat him, body an' boots!" A distinct silence followed this lurid declaration, and after ordering a second round of drinks, the "Cyclone" discovered another world to conquer. In glaring around the room, his eyes for the first time took in the outlines of a small, quiet-appearing man seated at a table in a remote corner, eating a frugal lunch and washing it down with a glass of ale. With a roar, the festive stranger skipped across the room and aimed a sw-eeping kick at the table for the purpose of overturning it, glass, dishes and alL But the quiet little man in the corner merely leaned forward and grasped the edges of the table with both hands, and the vigorous kick failed to make any impression thereon. With a howl of rage, the bully "hauled off" to give it another and more telling crash with his heavy boot. As he did so, the small table came sailing through the air, striking him fairly in the face! And being but precariously balanced on one foot, he went down with a crash that shook the whole building. The Cyclone scrambled to his feet in a half-dazed way, to find himself looking down the muzzle of a pistol held in a hand which was firm as a rock. "Now you make tracks out of this camp just as lively as you know how, or you're going to get into serious trouble," said the little man in a tone which sounded as though he meant exactly what he said. "Hurrah for Buckskin Sam!" shouted the bystanders in lusty chorus. And at the sound of the magic name, the Cyclone from Salt River turned pale and dashed out through the doorway as if Satan himself was in hot pursuit.?Clyde Scott Chase, in Los Angeles Times. The Crime of Idleness. Idleness means trouble for any one. Its the same with a lazy liver. It causes constipation, headache, jaundice, sallow complexion, pimples and blotches, loss of appetite, nausea, but Dr. King's New Life Pills soon banish liver troubles and build up your health. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Saws His Way to Liberty. - Butler, Ga., Aug. 5.?Ben Garrett, a desperate prisoner confined in the Taylor county jail, sawed his way to liberty to-day, releasing five other white men charged with serious crimes. Garrett was recently arrested in Antelos, Okla., charged with the murder of Frank Wilcher, at this place, December 19, 1903. Judge Price Gilbert had called a special term of the superior court in order to give Garrett a speedy trial, the case being set for next Monday. A saw was smuggled to the prison er and with this he cut the iron gratings. Shot Himself in Street. Albany, Ga., Aug. 4.?A hundred passers by in a business street to-day saw Homer Santipher, aged 24, shoot himself in the breast with a pistol, after a friend, Walter Keaton, had vainly struggled with the young man to prevent the act. Keaton was shot through the left hand in a desperate effort to deflect a bullet Santipher tried to send into his own body. Keaton's wound prevented him from saving his friend. The two men were sitting together quietly talking when Santipher suddenly jumped to his feet and cried: "I believe I will kill myself," and pulled his pistol. The second shot he fired struck beneath his heart and he will die. EBNEST E. HITTER Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. Respectfully offers his services to the people of Bamberg county, and by giving faithful attention to all business trusts to merit a portion of the legal work, and assures in advance his sincere appreciation. Offices upstairs over Bamberg Banking Co. LETTERS DISMISSORY. On Monday, August 16th, 1909, at 11 o'clock a. m., I will apply to Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for Bamberg county, for letters dismissory as executor of the estate of Anna E. Guess, deceased, at which time I will file my final accounting as such executor. All claims against said estate must be presented on or before the date mentioned, and all amounts owing said estate must be paid by that time. GEO. W. GOOLSBY, Executor. Bamberg, S. C., July 24th, 1909. ' - ' * - * * ' _ ?== | f Sirs EE COLLEGE 1 I COLUMBIA, S. C. I g Full Commercial and Shorthand Typewriting Course?. Six- I I teen National Bankers on Boarci of Directors. $300,000 I I Capital. Situations secured. Catalogue free. Special I 1 Rates for Fall Term. ? || Who Ride in Carriages 1 schedule of charges. w^V71"^. fife J. R. KINARD & CO. i :| ij\ The Liveryman. Bamberg, S. C. Wi r A firand Opportunity To See the Pacific Coast 1 Jj and the Alaska-Yukon Exposition I I The best and most inexpensive way to see the Pacific Coast and B the Great Western Country this summer, and take in the Alaska- I Yukon Exposition opened June 1st, is to "GO AS YOU PLEASE, I PAY AS YOU GO, STAY AS LONG AS OCTOBER 81st, IP YOU U DESIRE." Why not spend your own money? Why not plan I your own trip and go in comfort, and when it suits yon? This1 W may be done by planning your trip over the Southern Railway Jt Jjj in connection with an individnal party leaving the Carolina* July hjt.7 3rd, on the INDIVIDUAL EXPENSE PLAN, which will cost you about half as much as a fixed expensive excursion tour. 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B Tickets limited to October 31st, 1909, and permit STOP- ' OVERS at all points west of Chicago or St. Louis. Tickets on K' sale daily to September 29th, 1909. LOWER ROUND TRIP B RATES TO and from CALIFORNIA quoted on application. Be- I fore completing arrangements for your trip give us an opportun- B , . ity to talk with you about the details of it, quote yon best rates B | and tell you of the most interesting points, and the best and I cheapest way to see them. Write to B J. C. LUSK, D. P. A., I CIsartestoi^^C^B. | STATE | _ 2H H. P. 1 I AGENTS TO 50 H. | FOR THE P. FOB "BADGER" EVERY ^J| GAS AND GASOLINE Write booklet. THINK! :.j| THINE MACHINERY REPAIRS THEN THINE DENMARK MACHINE WORES Write them if you want your work done and done well, or if you want an estimate. DENMARK, S. C. 3 imMBBMaaam. ? % ?| iHoover's Drug 3tore| We beg to call your attention to our new soda I fountain, which we have recently installed. We I have also overhauled our entire store and have I made it inviting to the most fastidious. I We have a well selected line of Valentines. I Sole agents for the famous Huyler's Candies. I 'v Our Patent Medicines, Drug and Sundry lines are I complete. ! PRESCRIPTION WORK A SPECIALTY. I hoover|^DRU^STORE| f DOLLAR SAVING DAYS 1 j Prosperity dates from the first dollar saved. If ' < A you are earning money you ougm; to save something. What you do now in the way of saving may determine what the future will bring you. We pay 4 per cent, interest on savings accounts. | LET US OPEN ONE FOE YOU | v PEOPLES BANE Bamberg, S.C. .