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FARMER TAKES HIS LIFE. J. F. C. Suhrstedt, Puts Shotgun to His Breast and Fires. Charleston, Oct. 6.?Mr. J. F. C. Suhrstedt, a farmer living at No. 38 Carolina street, placed the muzzle of a shotgun against his left breast Monday afternoon at Kinsman's plantak tion, about nine miles from Charles[ ton, and pulled the trigger by means I of a cord tied to his foot. A load of f shot entered his heart, killing him ! instantly. The partial failure of his ( crop this year and financial losses are I assigned as the cause of his rash deed. F The inquest into his death is being ' held this afternoon. It appears to be a clear case of self destruction. Afr\nr?ov nftprnrtrtn nhoiitn 5>0n'c1onk iUVUUWJ M* VV? MWM MMV V*V V . - ? W ? Mr. Suhrstedt left his cotton fields to , go up to a barn on the place which he planted. He rode in a buggy, and was followed by a negro named Jenkins, his foreman, who was driving a wagon load of cotton. Jenkins heard a gunshot, but thought Mr. Suhrstedt was shooting at game. He could not see his employer, but as he approached the barn caught sight of the prostrate body of Mr. Suhrstedt lying near the buggy, and the shot4 gun leaning against the side of the buggy with its muzzle resting on the ground. A portion of a string was looped about a foot of the dead man while another portion hung from the trigger of the weapon, showing that the dead man had rested his shotgun on the side of the buggy bottom and had exploded the shell by pulling the trigger with the cord attached to a'foot. The flash of powder burned the clothing of Mr. Suhrstedt and k the shot entered his breast in a compact mass at its close range. Acting Coroner Behrens, of Ten Mile was summoned as soon as possible and he took charge of the body, which he had seDt to Stuhr's undertaking rooms, in Wentworth street. He broke the sad news to Mrs. Suhrstedt and the six little children who were awaiting the return of Mr. Suhrstedt to supper. The shock of the suicide was terrible to the family. He is survived by his family and three brothers. The body was buried to-day. To Fight Sale of Near-Beer. Macon, Ga., Oct. 6.?Steps to abolish the sale of near-beer and other "soft" drinks in Georgia will soon be taken by members of the Women's Christian Temperance union, according to announcement made at the _ second aay s session 01 me state convention. An impressive feature to-day was the singing by 300 delegates, "Make the Map All White," standing and waving white handkerchiefs as the selection was rendered. For the purpose of extending the scope of the union's work a considerable sum in cash and pledges was raised to-day. Negro Firebug Caught. Statesboro, Ga., Oct. 6.?Tracked from the burning home of Merida * Hendricks, a wealthy farmer of this county, Jack Mercer, a negro was caught by bloodhounds to-day and is locked up, charged with arson. The home and stables of Hendricks were burned. The fire began at 3 o'clock this morning, the family being aroused just in time to stagger to safety through the smoke and flames. The bloodhounds were put on the trail at the house and followed without losing the trail to Mercer's home. A quantity of corn in the barns, stables, and residence were all burned. A Smart Kid. "I had always heard that New Englanders were 'smart,' " a young nKwci{/>ion T*7 V? A V* Q O crQ^nof o yujoiwau nuu uao giauuavcu iiurn a village practice remarked the other day, "but I hardly thought it developed at such an early age. He smiled reminiscently, then continued: "Just after I settled in Dobbs Corners a 12 year old boy called on me one evening. 'Say, doc, I guess I got measles,' he remarked, 'but nobody knows it 'cept the folks at home, an' they ain't i the kind that talks, if there's any good reason to keep quiet.' I was puzzled, and I suppose I looked it. 'An, get wise, doc,' my small visitor suggested, 'What will you give me to go to school an' spread it among all the kids in the village?' "?September Lippincott's. Money Comes in Bunches, to A. A. Chisolm, of Tread well, N. Y., now. His reason is well worth reading: "For a long time I suffered from indigestion, torpid liver, constipation, nervousness, and general debility," he writes. "I couldn't sleep, had no appetite, nor ambition, grew weaker every day in spite of all medical treatment. Then used Electric Bitters. Twelve bottles restored all my oldtime health and vigor. Now I can attend to business every day. It's a ( wonderful medicine." Infallible for stomach, liver, kidneys, blood and nerves. 50c at Peoples Drug Store, Bamberg, S. C. Boy "With the Hoe. Say, how do you hoe your row. young chap? Say, how do you hoe jour row? Do you hoe it fair, Do you hoe it square, Do you hoe it the best you know? Do you cut the weeds as you ought to do, And leave what's worth while there? The harvest you gather depends on you; Are you working it on the square? Are you killing the noxious weeds, young chap? Are you making it straight and clean? Are you going straight, At a hustling gait? Are you scattering all that's mean? Do you laugh and sing and whistle shrill, And dance a step or two, As the row you hoe leads up the hill? The harvest is up to you. I JOHN WALLACE SENTENCED. December 10 Fixed as Doomsday of Man in Darlington. Darlington, Oct. 7.?John Wallace was yesterday afternoon sentenced to be hanged Friday, December 10, for the murder of John Grooms at Lumber last July, motion for new trial having been withdrawn by Mr. T. E. Stokes, who represented the defendant by appointment of the court. The crime for which Wallace was sentenced was committed on the 5th rfav of last Julv. From the testimony offered at the trial it appears that on the night of July 4th John Wallace was in his room at a boarding house, where he and John Grooms both resided. At a late hour in the night Grooms came to the-room of Wallace and demanded admittance, stating that one Estelle, a negro woman, was in there, with whom Grooms had been living. To this demand Wallace refused, whereupon Grooms went and procured an axe with which to force an entrance. Within in the act of doing so and to frighten away his intruder, Wallace fired a pistol from the interior of the room. Grooms persisted in his attempts to enter, however, and at length Wallace opened the door and invited him to make search. The owner of the house testified that in the mean time a rear door to the room was heard to open just before Wallace gave admittance to Grooms. After a search of the room the deceased left the house by the front door and went around to the back yard, where he found the woman. A fight followed between them, and during the scuffle Wallace came up, having followed Grooms from the hniisp Aa he annroached. Wallace said, "I know what you are fighting about?you are fighting about me." Grooms left the woman then and made an attack on Wallace, cutting him once across the face, whereupon Wallace shot him twice. Mary Woods, charged with being accessory before the fact to the killing of Jessie Bell Wood, her stepdaughter, was tried yesterday morning and found guilty of murder with recommendation to mercy. She was given a life sentence in the penitentiary. This case consumed all of the morning hours of the court. Definition of a Gentleman. The exact definition of a gentleman has been tried many times, never perhaps with entirely satisfactory results. Little Sadie had never heard of any of the various definitions, but she managed to throw a gleam of light on the subject, albeit one touched with unconscious cynicism. The word was in the spelling lesson, and I said: "Sadie, what is a gentleman?" "Please ma'am," she answered, "a gentleman's a man you don't know very well."?Womans Home Companion for October. Its a Top Notch Doer. Great deeds compel regard. The world crowns its doers. That's why the American people have crowned Dr. King's New Discovery the king of throat and lung remedies. Every atom is a health force. It kills germs, and colds and la grippe vanish. It heals cough-racked membranes and coughing stops. Sore, inflamed bronchial tubes and lungs are cured and hemorrhages cease. Dr. Geo. More, Black T- -I- XT n ??;+ ma at J d.(J A., I'M.- V/>) WU ICO 11 vuicu uiv ui lung trouble, pronounced hopeless by all doctors." 50c, $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Killed the Leeches. "You smoke thirty cigarettes a day?" "Yes, on the average." "You don't blame them for your rundown condition?" "Not in the least. I blame my hard work." The physician shook his head. He Bmiled in a vexed way. Then he took a leech out of a glass jar. "Let me show you something," he said. "Bare your arm." The cigarette fiend bared his pale arm, and the other laid the lean, black leech upon it. The leech fell to work busily. Its body began to swell. Then all of a sudden, a kind of shudder convulsed it, and it fell to the floor, dead. "That is what your blood did to that leech," said the physician. He took up the little corpse between his finger and thumb. "Look at it," he said. "Quite dead, you see. You poisoned it." "I guess it wasn't a healthy leech, in the first place," said the cigarette Bmoker, sullently. "Wasn't healthy, eh. Well, we'll try again." And the physician clapped two leeches on the young man's thin arm. "If they both die," said the patient, I'll swear off?or, at least, I'll cut down my daily allowance from thirty cigarettes to ten." Even as he-spoke the smaller leech shivered and dropped on his knee, dead, and a moment later the larger one fell beside it. "This is ghastly," said the young man; "I am worse than the pestilence to the leeches." "It is the empyreumatic oil in your blood," said the medical man. "All cigarette fiends have it." "Doc," said the young man, regarding the three dead leeches, thoughtfully, "I half believe you're right."?School Journal. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F.J.CHEENY & CO.,Toledo,O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's family Pills for constipation. URGE MILLS TO CUT OUTPUT. Manufacturers' Association Governors Favor Curtailment. Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 8?That the present disparity between the price of cotton and cotton goods precludes the possibility of the successful operation of Southern mills is the unanimous opinion of the board of governors of the American Cotton Manufacturers' association which was, in session nearly all day. Resolutions were adopted by the board setting forth this fact and appointing a committee of five to formulate a cur-! tailment agreement which every mill in the South will be urged to sign. The following prominent manufacturers were named as the committee: L. W. Parker, Greenville, S. C.: W. A. Erwin, Durham, N. C.; D. A. j Tompkins, Charlotte, N. C.: E. A. Smyth, Greenville, S. C.; T. H. R??n nie, Pell City, Ala. ! Charlotte was selected as the place for 1910 meeting of the association which will be held the fourth Tuesday in May. Atlanta, Richmond, St. T llnmnklo inH 1 half Hn7PT1 LiUUIBi auu u ??? other cities extended invitations. Two Die in Revolver Duel. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 3.?In a pistol duel at Lake Butler late this afternoon C. A. Rich and John Parker were both killed, Parker dying on the train en route to this city for medical attention. Rich, who is a son of N. L. Rich, president of the Bradford County bank, met Parker, who is a traveling man out of Gainesville, Fla., in one of the Lake Butler drug stores, where they quarreled, Both left the store but met at the | railroad station later and commenced to fire at each other. Rich was instantly killed and Parker received a bullet wound in his breast which caused his death half an hour later. A coroner's jury was empaneled tonight and will investigate the cause of the duel. Full particulars are not obtainable here. Lightning Burns Barn. Bishopville, Oct. 7.?During the electric storm last night lightning, struck the cotton house on the DuRant farm about two miles above town and set it on fire, which consumed the building and its contents, about 1,700 pounds of seed cotton and the seed out of 20 bales of cotton. The damage sustained by Mr. A. C. DuRant, the owner of the building is about $400, while Mr. S. J. Strickland, the tenant, lost the seed and seed cotton worth about $400. Neither had insurance. Lear Pays Fine. John T. Lear, the former Seaboard 4 T * J a ?1 ? Air L<ine couuuciur wuu was uuu?n;ied at the last term of court on a charge of breach of trust and was sentenced to pay a fine of $200 or serve six months on the public works, yesterday paid his fine and was given his liberty. Lear was convicted of stealing 20,600 cigarettes and nine quarts of wine from one of the cars of his freight train. Judge Memminger in sentencing Lear said that he had investigated his record and finding that he had not been in trouble before, imposed a light sentence.? The State. ?^ Fell Forty Feet. Greenvile, Oct. 7.?L. R. Livingston, an employee of the Bell Telephone company, was killed here this morning by falling from the top of an electric pole on Main street. It is thought the man touched a live wire of the traction company and lost his balance, falling 40 feet to the ground below. He was picked up dead, his skull having been fractured. Livingston is from Eastover, but has been living in Asheville, N. C., for several years. The accident occurred about 11 o'clock on North Main street. Livingston had been splicing a cable and after being on the ground for a time began to reascend the pole. It is supposed that in crawling through the work of wires to his platform, he either missed his footing or was made helpless by contact with one of the power wires. He fell to the ground a moment later. He leaves a wife but no children. It is probable that his body will be aken to Eastover or Asheville for interment. Mob Attacks Waycross Jail. Waycross, Ga., Oct. 7.? Though the negro boy whose life they sought was safe in the Chatham county jail, 100 miles away, 500 excited men attacked the county jail here tonight to secure 12-year-old Dell Jones, who last night, it is alleged, attempted criminal assault on a young white girl. The Waycross Guards, called out at the request of the sheriff and on the order of Governor Brown, charged through the mob forming in front of the jail and averted a repetition of the attack. The crowd, however, became more threatening, and when it seemed a clash between soldiers and civilians was imminent, a committee from the mob was allowed to go through the jail. The court house was also searched. Jones was taken to Savannah today secretly. Last night he. was asked by a young white girl to accompany her on her way to her home in Gilchrist Park, a suburb. As they Dassed a negro school house rain came up and they took refuge in the building. There the negro made his attempt but was frightened away by the girl's screams. He was caught later. His Kicking Ability Tested. A New Jersey farmer, whose farm is near a school for boys, was greatly annoyed by the depredations of the youngsters. Finding two of the boys helping themselves to his choice apples, he ushered them from his premises, ably assisted by the toe of his boot. The following day he found the same boys loitering in the vicinity of his orchard fence. "What young scamps hangin' round here for?' he shouted. "I told you yesterday what you'd git if I caught you on my land ag'in." "Yes, sir, we remember," exclaimed the spokesman. "We didn't come for apples this time. We came to ask you to join our football eleven." FLORIDA PHYSICIAN 8HOT. Mortally Wounded by Man Whom He Had Forced to Apologize. Bushnell, Fla., October 10.?Dr. J. L. Skipworth, one of the most prominent physicians in this section, was shot and fatally wounded this afternoon by H. J. Thomas, following an altercation several days ago. Dr. Skipworth met Thomas and demanded an apology for an alleged remark made concerning him, requiring Thomas to get on his knees. Thomas made the apology and as Dr. Skipworth turned to walk away, picked up a shotgun in a drug store and fired both barrels. Dr. Skipworth was taken to Ocala, and is expected to die before morning. "Home in Hell, Body in Creek." Spartanburg, Oct. 6.?"My home is in hell and my body will be found in the bottom of the creek," is the way the note read pasted on a valise which was found on the banks of Lawson's Fork near White's mill. The name signed to the note was that of Eula Foster. Near the valise was an umbrella. The find was made by two carpenters who were working on a gin house nearby. Seeing a young white woman walkthrough the woods towards the creek they made an investigation and discovered the valise hanging on a limb of a tree with the note pasted on the outside. The deputy sheriff and others have visited the scene and made search but the body has not yet been found. Killed by Lightning. Bethune, Oct.6.?During a severe thunderstorm in this section last night, lightning struck the bed in which Messrs. Malcolm and Duncan McGougan, two brothers, were sleeping. Mr. Duncan McGougan was instantly killed, while Mr. Malcolm McGougan was severely shocked. These men were well to-do-farmers and lived about four miles from Bethune. Frightful Fate Averted. "I would have been a cripple for life, from a terihle cut on my knee cap," writes Frank Disberry, Kelliher, Minn., "without Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which soon cured me." Infallible for wounds, cuts and bruises, it soon cures burns, scalds, old sores, boils, skin eruptions. World's best for piles. 25c at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Tried to Wreck Automobile. Lancaster, Oct. 6.?The parties charged with attempting to wreck Col. LeRoy Springs' touring car Saturday night, by tearing up a bridge and placing obstructions in the road, as heretofore published in the State, were arrested yesterday afternoon on warrants sworn out by direction of the county board of commis sioners and bound over for trial before Magistrate Caskey next Friday. The defendants are Messrs. John H. Stule, Claude Stule, Bud Montgomery and M. S. Chapman. The bond of each is $200. MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of an order of the Court of Common Pleas, in the case of N. P. Smoak, et al., vs. Mrs. Alice M. Steedley, et al., I will sell to the highest bidder for cash on the first day of November, 1909, the same being the first Monday and legal salesday, between the legal hours of sale on the said day, at the court house door, Bamberg, South Carolina, the following described lands, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing 46 acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the North by lands of J. H. Fender and J. N. Zeigler, East by lands of J. H. Fender and J. N. Zeigler, South by lands of Martin Hunter and West by lands of J. H. Fender. AND ALSO All and singular that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the County of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing 40 acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the North by lands of Dan Rhoad, East by lands of F. E. Steedley, South by lands of Joe Smith, and West by lands of D. O. Steedley. Purchaser to pay for papers, and if bid is not complied with within an j hour after sale, the land will be re-i sold at the risk of the former pur-' chaser, until a purchaser is found who shall comply with his bid. H. C. FOLK, Master for Bamberg County. J. F. CARTER,. Attorney for Plaintiffs. October 8th, 1908. MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of an order of the Court of Common Pleas for Bamberg County, in the case of C. R. Brabham, Jr., et al, plaintiffs, vs. W. D. Rice, et al, defendants, I will sell to the highest bidder, for cash, on the first day of November, the same being the first Monday and legal salesday, between the legal hours of sale, on said day, at the court house door, at Bamberg, South Carolina, the following described lands, to wit: All those certain lots or parcels of land situated, lying and being in the Town of Denmark, County of ^ t -a- - * n xl_ n 1J uamDerg, siaie ol ouulu i/aruuua, being known as lots Number 11 and 12, in block 51, as shown on map or plat made by W. G. Gooding, engineer of Southbound Land and Improvement Company, each lot fronting on Magnolia Avenue 25 feet, each running back 100 feet to 20 feet lane, and bounded as follows: On the North by 7th street, on the East by 20 feet lane, on the South by lot Number 10 In said block, on the West by Magnolia Avenue. Purchaser to pay for papers, and if the bid is not complied with within one hour after sale, the land will be resold at the risk of the former purchaser, until a purchaser is found who shall comply with his bid. H. C. FOLK, Master Bamberg County. J. F. CARTER, Attorney for Plaintiffs. October 8th, 1909. I' ' . - " ???_. mrss ^ We received last week the first car load of Horses and XT w Mules for Bamberg: this season. We are always right Of @ up-to-date, and ready to serve the public in our line. /S This car contains a number of fine driving horses, well X V broke, and not afraid of automobiles. If you want a >8* ^ nice driving horse we can please you. /K Also a lot of extra fine Mules, suitable for all purposes. No matter what your wants may be in an ani- * @ mal, we can suit you. Come and let us show them to m /K you. This load of stock was selected in the largest A S? horse and mule market in the world, by our Mr. W. P. * @ Jones, who knows so well how to pick a good load. We dN have also received a new line of IBuggies and Wagons, Harness, Whips,! 1 etc., and we want to show you what we have and quote X \j7 you prices. You will find that we can save you money. w 1 Jones Brothers I ili ft i!: il: ft ? tl? ft ft ft ft ft ft ili ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft i i A | Let us have your next order for groceries ] j f || fc We know we can please you in both quality and price, ( J ' v y .3 3* for we keep right up with the best markets and when i there Is anything good in eatables to be had, we get it. ; ? jJ Our stock is always new and fresh, for we are constant- ' f '4fly getting in new goods. No stale groceries are sent z l out of this store. 11 OUR TOOTHSOME DELICACIES ? I will make you a regular patron of ours if you will try us *Z? V ^ I once. Let us have your next order. You will find us i 1 prompt and reliable, and if anything we send you does ? f not prove to be exactly right, let us know. We will be ? * glad to adjust anything to your satisfaction. Won't you i 1 let us have a chance at serving you? T , J. W. McCUE \iWM "THE QUALITY SHOP." t t , 'Phone Xo. 32. Bamberg, S. C. .v&gH ;IHI; il; il; il; il; il? iliil; ;I;iI;:I; ili ili il;:l; 3? ifl Si? ip iplfi !? ^r?Tor?-foi?|B | CHARLESTON ] , Musical and Festival Week l| ' OCTOBER 25-30 |j RUSSIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA jl ss t THE BEST ORGANIZED AND MOST f UNIFORM IN TALENT IN THE UNITED STATES, SUPPORTED BT A SPLENDID CHORUS OF TWO HUNJJ DRED MALE AND FEMALE VOICES. JJ Special rates from all points in South Carolina. ' || ASK THE PREACHER. ASK THE DOCTOR. | H ___ ' H ---3S MASK THE LAWYER. ASH THE BANKEBjM ^o^=aoi?ao1 'y f|l H. C. POLK JONES A. WILLlAflS W. P. RILEY N. P. SHOAK President Vice-President Cashier Asst. Cashier Peoples Bank ;i Bamberg, S. C. Statement showing condition of Peoples Bank, Bamberg, S. CM at the close of business October 5, 1909. \ RESOURCES. LIABILITIES. Loans and dlaconnts $82,438.68 *1 Due from banks 70,154.93 Undivided profits 3,707.91 Overdrafts 4*509.92 Bills payable 35,000.00 i Real estate and furniture.. 5,788.76 Cashiers checks 590.00 " j-??*? o I/<air :<iis - o-724-30 D^.. ir:zri?SwS ggg Total $172,616.54 Total $172,616.04 'tjM This bank is a designated depository for the City of Bamberg, and the County of Bamberg. ' J MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE DISPENSARIES IN BAMBERG COUNTY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1909. Stock on hand Dispensary No. 1st of month Receipts Expenditures Breakage Liabilities Bamberg 1 $5 083 83 $3 826 00 $10158 $29 95 $1227 88 Denmark 2 4 275 70 2 808 40 108 45 22 25 1 445 55 Olar 3 2 970 44 1 593 85 100 35 14 75 1 361 84 Ehrhardt 4 3 546 36 1 584 10 87 26 10 30 1 951 96 Total $15 876 33 $9 812 35 $397 64 $77 25 $5 986 73 State of South Carolina, ) County of Bamberg. ) Personally appeared before me E. C. HAYS, H. C. COPELAND and J. Z. BROOKER, members of the Bamberg County Dispensary Board, who being each duly and severally sworn, deposes and says that the foregoing monthly statement is true and correct. ^ Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of October, A. D. 1909. E. L. PRICE, [L. S.] Notary Public for S. C.