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RAILROADS PAY TAXES.
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[Their Aggregate Value Has Been Re-,
porte<J at $41,952,520.
Columbia, Aug. 27.?The com*>ila-!
4 tion of railroad assesments for the I
present year, made recently by the!
State board of railroad assessors,
shows that the aggregate railroad
T?rr>n<artv in Smith Carolina is $41.
952,520, as compared with $41,882,332
for the year 1908, an increase
in valuation of $70,1SS. It was noti
? expected that there would be a large
increase in the assessments this year,
because of the fact that railroads
were very big losers by the August
floods of 1908. and they have not fully
recovered from the effects of the
flood yet. In this connection last
year there was an appeal made to
the board- and the general assembly
- was informed of the reasons for the
deductions in the assessments of
1907 and 1908.
I The report just compiled shows
the following facts as to the railroads
of this State:
Total value, $41,952,520; total
value of tracks. $40,630,838; miles
of track, 2,811; value of depots,
|v- $582,044; value of wood and water
etotinne <t 1 A 5 Q1 9 mnr'hi'nP fihnns !
$30,200; value of stationary engines,
r ? $900; value of tools and machinery,
$62,169; value of buildings,
$262,101; value of lots, $150,530;
value of lands, $124,826; total value
of all items, save trackage, $1,321,682.
The aggregates are as follows:
' Southern, $19,821,956; Atlantic
Coast Line, $15,73S,170; Seaboard,
I \ $4,403,189; other lines, $1,946,640;
t grand total, $41,952,520.
r In 1908 the report of the comptroller
general shows that the Southern's
assessment was $19,820,815;
; Coast Line, 15,751,938; Seaboard,
$4,403,189; other lines, $1,946,640;
: ^ V among which the Augusta-Aiken
j 5 road assessed at $127,658.
Kissing Mother.
A father, speaking to his careless
daughter said: "I want to speak to
you of your mother. It may be that
L \ you noticed a careworn look upon
her face. Of course, it has been
brought there by no act of yours;
4 still it is your duty to chase it away.
4 I want you to be up tomorrow
morning and get breakfast. When
your mother comes and begins to
L express her surprise, go right up and
I ^ kiss ner on tne mourn. iou can t
I % imagine how it will brighten her
dear face. Besides, you owe her a
s kiss or two. A long time ago, when
you were a little girl, she kissed you
? when no one else was tempted by
your fever-tainted breath and swells
len face. You were not as attrac^
. tive then as you are now. Through
i * . years of childish sunshine and shadt
ows, she was always ready to cure
by the magic of a mother's kiss, the
P little dirty, chubby hands whenever
| * they were injured with those first
skirmishes with the rough world."
f Prohibitionits.
\ v Over at Newaygo, near Big Rdpids.
r *? where it is so dry that the "boys"
habitually "spit cotton," there seem
!'} to be some mighty dry prohibition4
v ists, according to a story that comes
i from the desert.
> A Newaygo citizen recently receivi
ed a letter from a Kentucky whisky
;; house requesting him to send them
the names of a dozen or more persons
who would like to get some fine
* whisky shipped to them at a very
low price. The letter wound up by
saying:
"We will give you a commission
on all the orders sent in by parties
v whose names you send us."
The Newaygo man belonged to a
praotical joke class and filled in the
names of some of his prohibition
t friends on the blank spaces left for
that purpose.
He had forgotten all about his
supposed practical joke when Monday
he reeived another letter from
i , the same house. He supposed it was
k a request for more names and was
just about to throw the communication
in the waste basket when it
nrv?nrrprl tn him to send the name
0 of another old friend to the whisky
house. He accordingly tore open the
envelope, and came near collapsing
? when he found a check for $4.80, representing
his commission on the sale
; . of whisky to the parties whose names
I* he had sent in about three weeks
t before?Detroit Free Press.
Carried Xo Samples.
A New York lawyer stepped from
| ir the train to the platform of a little
f Virginia station. A negro porter advanced
and touched his hat.
"I know yo' is a drummer, suh.
Show me where yo' grips is and I'll
carry them up to de hotel."
; The lawyer smiled in a quisical
way. "I aqi a drummer," he said,
"but a drummer of brains."
The porter sniffed suggestively as
he said: "Huh, first time ever I seed
a drummer as didn't carry no samr
? pies."
Fight Duel Across Table.
Poulan, Ga., Sept. 4.?Seated
across a narrow table from each
* other William Rouse and William
\ i Bailey fought a duel with pistols to;
day that ended when Bailey received
a bullet in his heart. Rouse telephoned
the sheriff to come for him.
T>?!1 norf
Ioanev lives in cue uv/icueiu v
of Worth county.' He had an old
A grudge with House. Today he went
to House's home and renewed the
K i quarrel. Rouse was sitting at a
m.i- table writing. Bailey sat down oppol
site him, drew his pistol and began
firing. Rouse drew and returned the
i . fire, one of the bullets killing Bailey
J instantly.
; Hampton Officer Dead.
Hampton, Sept. 4.?Mr. W. R. Anderson,
deputy sheriff of this county,
i- . died at his home, at this place, at
< about 2 o'clock this afternoon. He
had a two weeks' illness, having been
stricken with paralysis while perV
forming his official duties on a trip
V to Georgia. In the death of Mr. Anderson
Hampton county loses one of
^ her best citizens and noblest officials.
The deceased is survived by a
- widow. He was liked by all who
knew him, and has a host of friends
who will learn of his death with
' _ sadness.
TWO MEN* KILLED.
They Jumped From Moving Car in
Order to Avoid a Falling Rail.
Spartanburg. Sept. 1.?Rome Wilson,
of Euford, N. C., assistant foreman
of the track laying gang of the
Meadors Construction company, contractors
for the C., C. & O. track laying.
and Sam Henderson, colored,
of Newberry, a laborer on the gang,
were crushed to death yesterday
when they jumped from a train that
they were aboard, trying to get out
of the way of a falling rail. Wilson's
body was cut in half and Joe
Henderson was crushed to pieces. J.
C. Turner, colored, who was aboard
the train, also jumped and was injured.
He got among the wheels
of the moving train and one leg was
so badlv injured that he was brought
to the colored hospital in Spartanburg
and the injured member was
amputated.
The falling rail was the cause of
the death of the two men. A work
train of seven cars, loaded with rails
with the men on top. had just passed
over Paeolet "iver. The train
was movins at about three miles an
hour and had passed the river about
three-quarters of a mile when one of
the steel rails on the front car slipped
beyond one of the standards and
an end fell. The rail swept over the
car on which the men were seated
and to dodge the great steel bar in its
terrible blow Wilson and Henderson
jumped. Wilson tried to step on the
the next car, but in some way his
footing slipped and he fell between
the cars and was crushed to death.
Thp train was stopped as soon as
possible.
The .Bane of Cigarette Smokers.
(By Orison Swett Marden.)
"Anything which impairs one's
success capuai, wnicn cuis aown ms
achievement, and makes him a possible
failure when he might have
been a grand success, is a crime
against himself. Anything which
benumbs the senses, deadens the sensibilities,
dulls the mental faculties,
and takes the edge off one's ability,
is a deadly enemy, and there is nothing
else which effects all this so
quickly as the cigarette It is said that
within the past fifty years not a student
at Harvard university "who used
tobacco has been graduated at the
head of his class, although, on the
average, five out of six use tobacco.
An investigation of all the students
who entered Yale university
during nine years shows that the
cigarette smokers were the inferiors,
both in weight and lung capacity, of
the non-smokers, although they average
fifteen months older.
Dr. Fisk, of the Northwestern
academy, has asked all pupils who
will not give up cigarettes to leave
the academy. In one year, not one
of the boys who used cigarettes stood
in the front rank of scholarship.
"This is our experience inteaching
more than fifty thousand young
people," says the principal of a great
business college. "Cigarettes bring
shattered nerves, stunted growth,
and general physical and mental degeneration.
We refuse to receive
users of tobacco in our institution."
Cigarette smoking is no longer
simply a moral question. The great
Viop it nn oc
UUdlilCdd VVUliU uao tanvu ii< u?s
a deadly enemy of advancement, of
achievement. Leading business firms
all over the country have put the cigarette
on the prohibited list. . In
Detroit alone, sixty-nine merchants
have agreed not to employ the cigarette
user.
The symptoms of a cigarette victim
resemble those of an opium
eater. A gradual deadening, benumbing
influence creeps all through
the mental and moral faculties; the
standards all drop to a lower level;
the whole average of life is cut down,
the victim loses that power of mental
grasp, the grip of mind which he
once had. In' place of his former
energy and vim and push, he is more
and more inclined to take things
easy and to slide along the line of
the least resistance. He becomes
less and less progressive. He dreams
more and eats less. Hard work becomes
more and more irksome and
repulsive until work seems drudgery
to him.
"Smoking in the faces of ladies fair,
Poisoning all the ambient air,
In coaches and cars, where the children
ride.
The room of the sick, the home of
the bride;
Oh, what shall the harvest he?
Oh, what shall the harvest be?
"Sowing the seed of a poisoned
brain,
Sowing and reaping both palsy and
pain,
Forging the chains of your
slavery;
Sure, ah, sure, will the harvest be."
Political Allegiance.
A matron of the most determined
character was encountered by a
young woman reporter on a country
paper who was sent out to interview
leading citizens as to their politics.
"May I see Mr. ??" she asked a
stern-looking woman who opened the
door at one house. "No, you can't,"
answered the matron, decisively.
"But I want to know what party he
belongs to," pleaded the girl. The
woman drew up her tall figure.
"Well, take a good look at me," she
c-oiH tVio norttr ho holfinirs t<~? "
Train Kills Three in Motor.
Reading, Pa., Sept. 2.?An automobile
in which were riding Wm. L.
Graul and wife of Temple, Pa., and
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Schlegel of
this city was struck by a Pennsylvania
railroad train at Douglasville,
near here, this evening and all but
Dr. Schlegel were killed.
The train was running at high
speed when the collision occurred
and the machine was thrown some
distance down an embankment. Mr,
and Mrs. Graul and Mrs. Schlegel
were dead when picked up and Dr,
Schlegel was unable to move, bott
legs having been broken.
Almost simultaneously with the
collision of the automobile the gasoline
tank exploded and the wreckage
took fire. The clothing of the victims
was ignited and had the bodies
not been removed promptly the3
would have been burned. Dr. Schlegel
was conscious and gave the
names of his companions.
FIVE DAYS IX A DUNGEON.
Suffragette Holloway's Experience in
a London Prison.
On Monday, July 12, I was sent to
prison for six weeks for the part I
had taken in the women's demonstration
on June 29. On Monday last I
was set at liberty.
For five days and six hours I have
been without food, and for five days
I have been shut up in a punishment
cell in Holloway, a cell which
I can only fitly describe as a dungeon,
and which I do not believe any
one outside of the officials of Holloway
could believe to exist in civilized
England in the.twentieth century.
When we got to Holloway <?n the
night of Monday, July 12, we determined
to protest against being imprisoned
in the second division as
common criminals. On Tuesday, as
we were not placed in the first division,
we decided to break all the prison
regulations. We sang aloud.
"The Marseillaise." When the governor
came to see me on Tuesday
morning I said to him. "Can you not
let us have any air in these cells?"
and he said, "It is impossible for
you to have any more than you get
now." I said to him, "We shall,
then, have to find a means for ourselves."
The wardress came to me
and said I was to clear up my cell.
I refused. When they had left J =
broke three panes of glass in my cell J
windows, and in that way I was able I
to get air to breathe. 1
On Wednesday afternoon our cell I
door was flung open. "Come at I
rn-ioo " T txtqc T tnr?lr nn mv hner I
to bring that with me, but it was
taken from me by force. I was then
taken down stairs, and found in a
room a committee of some 20 magistrates,
and I was asked whether I
had any reason why I should not be
punished. I explained to them that 1
had taken part in a political act and
I refused to be treated as a common
criminal. They sentenced me to
seven days' solitary confinement in
the punishment cell.
I shall never forget the horrible
place into which I was taken. When
I saw the damp, underground dungeon
into which they led me I could
have cried bitterly, but somehow the
spirit always comes to you when you
are fighting for principle, and I determined
to stand my ground. The
place was horribly dirty and seemed
full of all kinds of germs. There
was scarcely any ventilation and no
light except that which came from a
thick skylight in the ceiling, so that
the place was nearly dark.
The only bed in the room was a
piece of wood let into the wall. The
whole place seemed to me as though
it had not been used for a very long
time and was dark and damp. I
saw that all means of protest had
been taken from me except one, and
that was to do what Miss Wallace
Dunlop had done and refuse to take
any food.
The hardest time was the first 24
hours. Milk was brought to me,
which I felt I could have taken very
willingly, but I put it from me. Then
n - J 1 l-A -
me waruress uruugui uie m ?umc
food. I said to her, "Will you please
take that out?" She refused. I therefore
took the tin in which it was
and rolled it out of the cell, and
what was in it went upon the ground.
On Friday I took to my bed, and the
doctor told me that if I persisted I
should get fever, but I was absolutely
determined to do my part at
whatever sacrifice.
On Sunday night I was taken to
the hospital, and there a fresh effort
was made to get me to take food.
Medicine was brought to me, which1
I absolutely refused, knowing that it
was either food in another form or
else intended to aggravate my hunger.
On Monday afternoon my head
was exceedingly bad, and I felt that
I hardly knew what I was doing, but
I determined that I would not give
in. In the evening the governor
came to me and said. "I have orders
to release you."?Florence E. Cook
in London Mail.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering
it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they ~
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. It is taken in- |
ternally and made in Toledo, O., by I
F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials I
free. Sold by druggists. Prices, 75c
per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills
for constipation.
Was Woman Poisoned?
Lancaster, Sept. 3.?The woman
in Union, N. C., who charged J. Wilson
Avcoth with committing a criminal
assault on her on the 22nd of
August died at her home Tuesday
after a few hours illness. It is
! thought that she died of poison.
Avcoth, who is in jail at Monroe,
where he has been confined since his
capture in this county by Sheriff
Hunter, attempted to commit suicide
in his cell day before yesterday?
the day after the woman's death?
by hanging himself with an improvised
rope. He was discovered suspended
by his neck by a deputy
! sheriff in time to save his life.
Fleet Criminal Sentenced.
Durham, N. C.. Sept. 4?Chas. Cari
roll, said to one of the most fleetl
footed and elusive criminals the au
thorities have encountered in this or
. adjacent States, was sentenced to 15
I 1X1 Uil til ill tn^ pcuntutiui ?? ivi t4.o - |
. sault with a dangerous weapon. Car- I
l roll told the court in pleading for '
leniency that he had been shot twice "
i before his recent capture while out
running officers in Virginia. He
} boasted that he had outrun even a
- horse behind him, and that he had
> broken jail every time he was imr
prisoned. Carroll is said to be the
- fastest runner in North Carolina.
i He is of muscular build and is over
six feet tall. i
I H niYONl
a. m. m. a. m. v a -*
Machinist and Engineer .
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General Repair Shop. ^
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We repair all kinds of ma- j
chinery and^arry a full line of j
Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, In- 3
jectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. i j
Bring your engine and have the '
cylinder bored. Make it run like J
new and give you more power. :
Bring your cotton gins and i
press parts and have them re- ;
paired before the busy season. j
A stitch in time saves nine. We :
repair saw mills, grist mills, <
cane mills; in fact we run a j
hospital for sick and disorder- j
ed machinery. Bring it in and ;
have it cured. Gas engines and j
automobile engine cylinders
bored, and new pistons and i
rings made that won't leak. |
Gives you more power and bet- :
ter efficiency. We repair and'l :
charge storage batteries. Call H ,
when in trouble and see what *
we can do. I i
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ARRIVALS I i
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Curtis Brand Peas, per |
can 15c. ?
Jumbo Tomatoes, 3 lb. .
can, 10c
Mackerel, fine, 2 for 25c. i
Misletoe Hams, per pound .
16c. '
Good Old Country Syrup, i
In barrels, 50c. per gallon. (
In quart bottles, sealed, 15c.
a quart. t
Just received fine line of .
10c. packages Lowney's
Chocolate Candies. I
The finest lot of Fresh .
Prunes that ever hit the
town. i
Seeded Raisins on hand .
all the time.
Have you ever tried our i
Butter? We only ask 35c. ,
the pound. ]
. Don't forget that we 1
handle Snowflake Flour, the I
best that is put up, in sacks.
Don't forget to ask for 1
anything in the grocery line. I
We come mighty near having
it. 1
E. BART PRICE <
BAMBERG, S. C.
Remember the Place! ^
to get polish for the brass
.work on your car. ^
Top dressing for your top. =
Compression grease in a density
that will suit you.
Automobile Oil
that will please you by elimi- 1
nating half the trouble you J
are now having. ]
Remember that the winning
car in the New YoMcto-Paris
race run 21,000 '
miles without carbonizing, ]
on this oil. We have oil for ]
air cooled engines, too.
Say, have you heard about
our gasoline contract to automobiles?
Fifteen cents a
gallon, put in he car.
We also rebuild any kind
of automobile and sell new
tops.
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DR. 0. D. FAUST S
DENTIST '
BAMBEBG, S. C. jj
Office in Telephone Building. I
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Up! Get Busy! Cotton Getting Ripe! |
For Free List Address
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The Marjenhoff Company
Charleston, S. C.
' State Distributers
Cents, 10 Cents; One-Half, One, Two Pound Packages.
;ive Pound Boxes Fine Assorted Almonds, Nougatines,
^hips, Cherries, Pineapple, Chocolates or Bon Bons.
When you buy from us you are not expected
to buy more than your needs require ;
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|| FROM FACTORY TO YOUR HOME J| g|
M Boardman & Gray Pianos, Albany, N. Y. Es- j?
if tablished 1837. ||
Briggs Pianos, Boston. Established 1868. [I
li Merrill Pianos, Boston. ||
11 Norris & Hyde Pianos, Boston. Established | j ;f||
l| Clough & Warren Organs, Detroit. Established I ||
^ A line of Pianos and Organs which will please the most criti- i
11 cal, from which selection may be made to. suit anybody, both in I
|g quality and price. 2 I
REMEMBER I keep no store and have no expense attached to C S
|i the sale of any Piano except what is absolutely necessary, viz: 0 0
31 Freight from factory to your home, one drayage from your depot, 01
11 and cost of stool and scarf, which I give you. y 0
^ MANY YEARS in the Piano business as tuner and salesman 93
| | taught me to have to do with only good instruments, and my 9 5
11 methods of business enable me to give you Fine Pianos at very g 5 '
|| reasonable prices. Inquiries will receive prompt attention. y|
1 TUNING CAREFULLY DONE. ||
| G. A. LUCAS, {I . Jfj|
?? P. 0. Box 490. Augusta, Ga. 11
I Bill STILL DOING BUSINESS AT SAKE STAND t '' Jgj
l| True, my front shop was destroyed by fire *Si
jm Monday morning, but 1 am still turning out L
Y work just as promptly as ever in the shop f
& in the rear of the one that was burnt. I have ?
.5 all new tools and am just as well prepared as JL
J before the fire to do your work. Come see! y
}j. b. bricklef i
Z The Repair Man Bamberg, S. C. |?
Southern States Supply Co. |
H. L. HARVEY, President,
rv^ d i ^ m
Plumbing Supplies J
OF ALL KINDS I]
10 to 818 Gervais St. Columbia, South Carolina
In my new Store ?
V
I have moved into my handsome new store, and I have opened up a
bran-new stock of everything in the hardware line. All bought for cash,
md you will make a serious mistakeif you buy hardware without getting
my prices. "*
I have one of thehandsomest stores and stocks in town, and my fix- .
tures are new and in keeping with my store and goods. We are rather
proud of onr display now, and we cordially ask you to visit us whether you
buy or not.
J. A. HUNTER I
CITY HALL BUILDING.
The Hardware Man, Bamberg, S. C.
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Mes Marvelons Cures in Blood Poison, Rkiatii and Scrofula.
P. P. P. purifies the blood, builds up the weak and debilitated, gives
trength to weakened nerves, expels disease, giving the patient health and
appiness, where sickness, gloomy feelings and lassitude first prevailed.
In blood poison, mercurial poison, malaria, dyspepsia, and in all blood
nd skin diseases, like blotches, pimples, old chronic ulcers, tetter, scald
cad. we say without fear of contradiction that P? P* P? is the best blood
'urifier in the world.
Ladies whose systems are poisoned and whose blood is in an impure conition
due to menstrual irregularities, are peculiarly benefitted by the wonierful
tonic and blood cleansing properties of P. P. P., Prickly Ash, Poke
loot and Potassium.
F. V. LIPPMAN, SAVANNAH, CA.