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STORM HITS THE SOUTH. CYCLONE DOES GREAT DAMAGE IN GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE. Property Loss in Atlanta a Hundred Thousand Dollars.?Other Cities Suffered Severely. Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 14.?A wind and hail storm of cyclonic DroDortions struck Atlanta at 5:20 this afternoon and left a trail of ruin and wreck behind it. Hundreds of windows were i broken, chimneys were blown down, trees uprooted and houses were unroofed. The property loss is estimated at at least $100,000. There were no casualities. , The storm lasted only 12 minutes, but the wind attained and held a velocity of 56 miles an hour. Pedestrians were blown against buildings and signs blown down. Covers of umbrellas were stripped from them by the hailstones, one of which weighed 14 ounces. Street car traffic was suspended for a time and is not entirely restored at midnight. Electric light wires strewn # through the streets make travel very unsafe. Telephone and telegraph wires are down in all directions and aavaral tiearbv cities are cut off. * ?? Big Stones Fall. Decatur, Ala., Oct. 14.?A terriffic hail and rain storm broke over Decatur shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon, during which many windows were broken by hailstones as , large as walnuts. The streets to' night are flooded. Crops Badly damaged. Rome, Ga., Oct. 14.?A terriffic rain, wind and hail storm of 15 minutes' duration shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon smashed many windows, including plate glass store r fronts, uprooted trees, tore roofs from buildings in all parts of the city and wreaked damage generally. It is believed that crops in this section have been Dracticallv ruined. The street railway and electric lighting systems are out of commission. Hailstones as large as oranges fell. ^ Almost a Tornado. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 14.?A storm amounting almost to a tornado passed over sections of Tennessee about 7 o'clock tonight. A1 Barnes, a prominent citizen of Denmark, was killed, and Mrs. Barnes badly hurt. Their home was wrecked. Tom Helm was filled in Lincoln county near Mulberry, and Homer Ashby and wife severely hurt. Carter Arnold, returning home from school at Wartrace, was caught in the storm and has not been heard from. Many residences were wrecked in Tennessee. Most Damaging in Years. PVnf+o.1 AAnrn TonT* Hot 1 4 A vuaiiauw^cvi i vuu.y wv. A A* 1 severe electrical storm passed over this city shortly after 7 o'clock this evening. Telephone an$ street car services were badly hampered for an k hour or more. Hixon, Cleveland and other nearby points report the most damaging hail and wind storm in years. Communication Cut Off. Memphis Tenn., Oct. 14.?That a destructive storm of wind and hail swept over West and middle Tennessee and north Alabama early tonight is evidenced by the fact that no communication of any character can be had with these sections. Telegraph and telephone wires are down and reports from small towns in the extreme western counties of Tennessee state 1 that a severe wind storm occurred at 6 o'clock to-night, unroofing houses, leveling telegraph poles and doing k ' other damage. No loss of life is reported from these points. Town of Denmark Wrecked. Memphis, Oct. 14.?The town of Denmark, Tenn., has been wrecked, two persons were killed, several are 4 injured and others are missing, as a result of tonight's storm according to a dispatch received here late tonight. According to the telegram the ruins of the town are burning. .Methodist Women May Ask Rights. Savannah, Ga., Oct. 15.?Women of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, are going to demand all the rights and privileges of the laity if the ideas of Miss Belle Bennett, of Richmond, Ky., president of the woman's board of home missions, now in convention here, are carried out. In an address to-day Miss Bennett made this the central thought and the response it awakened makes evident that the movement in its favor will be strong. Its a Top Notch Doer. Great deeds compel regard. The 4 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 inh inn ere a to mirAfl And tlfim orrhages cease. Dr. Geo. More, Black Jack, N. C., writes "it cured me of lung trouble, pronounced hopeless by all doctors." 50c, $1.00. Trial bottle , free. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug , Co., Bamberg, S. C. Heavy Corn Yields. It is said that Mr. E. R. Hipp, of i Newberry county, produced 83 bush- : els of corn per acre on 10 acres of i land, while a neighbor, Mr. R. C. Neil, raised 60 bushels per acre on a ] tract of similar size, v This year is likely to prove a rec- ; ord breaker for South Carolina in the i matter of corn production. Heavy * yields are daily reported from various ' sections. The cultivation of corn has been greatly stimulated and methods : have been much improved as a result ; of the several corn-growing contests that have been conducted in recent years. j I HAIL FALLS IX AIKEX. Largo Quantities of Cotton are Seriously Damaged in the Fields. Aiken, Oct. 15.?The worst hail storm, perhaps in the history of the county visited the upper section of the county last night during a heavy storm. As a result of the hail alone perhaps several hundred bales of cotton are knocked out on the ground and much more was destroyed by unopen bolls being knocked off. A strip of country several miles wide and 40 or perhaps 50 miles long was almost covered by the hail. While it was worse in some sections than in others, all sections in this area were more or less damaged by the stones. The hail lasted for about a minute and a half, during which time the ground was covered to a depth of several inches with the hail stones, some of which was as large as partridge eggs. The hail could be seen on the ground for several hours after it had ceased to fall, although a blinding rain fell afterward. In some sections the stones broke the window panes, and many birds are seen dead on the ground this morning that were struck. The hail came down in an almost solid sheet. A high wind accompanied the storm, doing in some sections considerable damage. It is reported that some damage was done to the Bath mill by the wind. The rain was one of the hardest that has ever fallen in some sections of the county. Tt? thin oitv nn riamaee was done by either wind, rain or hail. The rain was hard, but the wind and hail were very light. The Holly Hill Dispensary. Mr. W. B. West, State auditor of dispensaries returned from Berkeley county where a preliminary hearing had been given to the persons alleged to have robbed the dispensary at Holly Hill. On the 7th of September it was discovered that the dispensary was $600 short of stock. The dispensary had been broken into. Mr. West and a detective worked on the case and the following persons were arrested: J. H. Martin and Steve Boykin, white, and James Jamison, C. C. Sweat and Fred Edwards, colored. Martin was the dispenser. At the preliminary hearing the cases were dismissed except that of Fred Edwards, who was held for trial. ?The State. Youthful Son Kills Father. Charloftte, N. C., Oct. 14.?Col. Robert L. Abernethy, one of the best lrnnnrn formflro gnH otA/?lr raiflerf^ 1T1 IVUU TT u icirl 1X1^1 O uuu MbWiii m North Carolina, was shot and instantly killed at an early hour this morning in a desperate encounter with his son Reuben, aged 20, after the father had made an unsuccessful effort to kill the son. The tragedy occurred at the family home, "Open View" farm, in Gaston county and was witnessed by the wife and mother. Abernethy entered his son's room this morning, precipitated a quarrel over a trivial matter and drawing a pistol fired three shots at the boy, neither taking effect. The son grappled with him and in the fierce handto-hand struggle that ensued the pistol was discharged twice, both shots taking vital effect in the father. The rnrnnpr Mnnpratcfl the son. There had been bad blood between the two because of the father's treatment of his wife, which the boy resented. Money Comes in Bunches, to A. A. Chisolm, of Treadwell, 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 svery 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. A Gentleman. What is a gentleman? Here is an answer by Bishop Doan: "A gentleman is but a gentle man?no more, no less; a diamond polished that was a diamond in the rough; a gentleman is gentle; a gentleman is modest; a gentleman is courteous; a gentleman is generous; a gentleman is slow to take offense, as being one that never gives it; a gentleman is slow to surmise evil, as being one that never thinks it; a gentleman goes armed only in consciousness of right; a gentleman subjects his appetites; a gentleman refines his tates; a gentleman subdues his feelings; a gentleman controls his speech, and finally a gentleman?deems every other better than himself." Trill. TT-. J. T>^11 iviiis acu tuucr nuucr. Asheville, N. C., Oct. 11.?Leaping from beside his watchful keeper, who was accompanying him. on a walk, J. R. Giles, of Wilmington, N. C., an inmate of an Asheville sanitarium, jumped headlong beneath the wheels of a 15-ton steam roller Wednesday afternoon and his head was crushed out of shape by the ponderous wheels of the machine operating on the French Broad river road, four miles from Asheville. Temporary aberration, for which Mr. Giles was being treated here, caused this remarkable mode of suicide. A Strenuous Hint. He had been a regular Sunday caller for six months, when one evening he dropped in arrayed in a new suit. "That's a lovely wedding suit you have on," remarked the dear girl. "Why," gasped the astonished young man; "t-this is a b-business suit!" "Well," rejoined the d. g. calmly, "I mean business." And the very next day he put up $19.98 of his hard-earned wealth for a solitaire.?Chicago Daily News. Fine Niagara and Delaware grapes at L. C. Price's, 25c. the basket. ACCUSED OF STEALING COTTON. James Higenbotham, White, in Aiken i Jail on Charge of Larceny. Aiken, Oct. 13.?James Higenbotham, a white man of Vaucluse, was arrested yesterday upon insti- ' gation of the Farmer's Storage com- i pany, charged with the theft of a 1 bale of cotton. Mr. H. C. Hahn of ! this city had lost a bale of cotton from his ginnery a few miles from '< the city and the cotton buyers of the i city were notified to be on the lookout for a bale of stolen cotton. Higen day secretly. Last night he. was asked by a young white girl to accom- . pany her on her way to her home in ; Gilchrist Park, a suburb. As they , passed 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 j later. His Kicking Ability Tested. A New Jersey farmer, whose farm j is near a school for boys, was great- 3 ly 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 1 his orchard fence. < "What young scamps hangin' ' round here for?' he shouted. "I told < you yesterday what you'd git if I 1 caught you on my land ag'in." "Yes, sir, we remember," exclaimed the spokesman. "We didn't come for apples this time. W? came to ask you to join our football eleven." transferred to another train and brought to Greenville. Frightful Fate Averted. "I would have been a cripple for life, from a terible cut on my knee cap," writes Frank Disberry, Kelliher, I 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. Cotton Picker a Success. Bennettsville, Oct. 16.?The demonstration of the Price-Campbell cot- 1 ton picker near here to-day was pronounced a success. The party of Northern men interested was inreased in number this morning and the machine was operated-in their presence and it picked a bale of cotton in about 60 minutes. * The cotton was ginned at once and showed up about as well as that ordinarily picked by hand. The exhibi tion was not strictly a public on? as the purpose was to demonstrate to those who would likely become interested financially. Mr. Theodore Price and Mr. Angus Campbell have been here several days, and it is understood that the other members of the party of 30 are here upon the invitation of Price. Mr. Price and about 15 of his friends are at Hotel McCall and will remain here until Monday. Many Lots Sold to Negroes. Bamberg, Oct. 15.?A land sale of about 60 lots in the southern suburbs + Vio trv-Hav mvp fl VPrv pi Pflr v 1 vuv V*VJ W O*"* ? V * ? - y evidence of the general prosperity of this section. The sale was exclusively for negroes, there having been recently two other sales which were for white people alone, and the lots were sold quickly, and a great deal of cash was paid down. The negroes are in good condition in this county and are making rapid strides towards becoming good citizens. Many of those who bought lots to-day are farming negroes who are accumulat- , ing property and will doubtless build homes in the near future. Rev. Richard Carroll made an appropriate oration, which lasted about 20 minutes. He took as his theme the subject, "Why Every Man Should Own a Home." This influential negro's words doubtless influenced . many for good and the fact that his speech was not a paid-for affair made it more valuable as advice to the people of his race. 1 Just in this connection Carroll pointed out that in some counties of { this State the negroes were unable ! to pay their farm rent, much less able to buy real estate. Carroll was in j the home of his youth to-day and he has many friends here among both 1 races, who always listen to him with j ^pleasure. ' Nurses Strike. ^ Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 15.?Eleven 1 nimciAo AAnofifiifmty fV> a DnfirD cfoff 1 UUiO^O) WUOUCUUU(j ^uv vuvtiv uvuu. of St. Peter's hospital, except the 1 head nurse and superintendent, walk- : ed out on strike this morning at 7 ] o'clock, leaving the 13 patients in i the institution to shift for themselves. ] Miss Mary Cordner, of Canada, is i superintendent and Miss Janet i Brown, of New York, is head nurse. ; "We left because of ill treatment," ] declared one of the young women to- I day. "The superintendent and head 1 nurse are from the North and are 1 always throwing off on Southerners and calling us fools. I suppose it is t the hot-headedness of the South that < makes us strike, but we are not sorry i and we'll not go back." < One by one the strikers are leaving i for their homes. The hospital management declined to make a statement except to say that none of the strikers would be reinstated under any circumstances. j WOMAN FOUNDER IN WISCONSIN. Mrs. J. H. Peters Said to Be the Only Machinist of Her Sex. Rice Lake, Wis., Oct. 12.?Mrs. J. H. Peters, of this place, is the only woman iron founder and machinist in the county, besides being a clever cook, a pleasing singer and a fair performer on the piano. Mrs. Peters can cast or mould anything that comes to hand, carrying the sizzling hot metal and doing her own pouring. She also handles brass castings, melting and pouring the metal herself. ouc cau mu a uaiiu saw auu is.ccy It in order, and she cam even make her own patterns from the blue prints as they come from the hands of the draughtsmen. In an engine room she can fire the boilers, keep up the proper amount of steam and water and run the engine. Not only that, she can take the engine apart and put it together again. It is the work in the machine shop, however, that attracts this remarkable woman most, and she likes such difficult jobs as "keysetting a coupling," "threading a piece of steel" and making a "shrinking fit." And yet she is not spoiled for a housekeeper, nor has her experiences as a machinist detracted from the feminine side of her nature. She has a good education, her conversation is intelligent and entertaining, and, besides being a cook of no mean ability, she sings and plays. Mrs. Peters picked up her trade when frequenting her husband's shop, where she watched the men operate the machines until she had gained sufficient courage to undertake it herself. Ladies, J. A. Byrd can suit you in fin# shnoa na wall aa rirv cnods. pt.r. His large fall stock is awaiting your inspection. Costs nothing to look, so call in. When you hear a man sneering at the local papers you can safely bet he don't spend his time making them better. They who don't see a benefit arising tp a town from its newspapers haven't as much sense as a cove oyster, and are of about as much value to a town as a ten-year-old delinquent. The nobbiest vehicles in this section for sale at G. Frank Bamberg's. Bought right and will be sold the same way. Give us a chance to quote you prices and show you what we have. The life of an old editor was saved the other day by a silver dollar in his pocket. A crank shot at him and the ball struck the dollar. Now should we happen to get shot before you pay up your subscription and there is no dollar to stop the ball we shall always presume you might have saved our life. Simmons Hardware Co. is always anxious to give you information and figure with you about that house that needs painting. Best fresh paints and oils in stock the year round.* 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 + V, o f nortain ni Dno nar^Al n V All tuat VU1U ywtvv., w. 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. 0. Steedley. Purchaser to pay for papers, and if bid is not complied with within an 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 for Bamberg County. J. F. CARTER, Attorney for Plaintiffs. October 8th, 1908. MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of an order of the Court 3f Common Pleas for Bamberg County, in the case of C. R. Brabham, Jr., st al, plaintiffs, vs. W. D. Rice, et al, iefendants, 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, it the court house door, at Bamberg, South Carolina, the following described lands, to wit: All those certain lots or parcels of Innd sif-naf-pd lvine1 and heiner in the Town of Denmark, County of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, Deing 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 frontng on Magnolia Avenue 25 feet, each running back 100 feet to 20 feet lane, and bounded as follows: On the tforth by 7th street, on the East by 20 feet lane, on the South by lot dumber 10 in said block, on the (Vest by Magnolia Avenue. Purchaser to pay for papers, and if :he bid is rpt complied with within )ne hour after sale, the land will be esold at the risk of the former purjhaser, until a purchaser is found vho shall comply with his bid. H. C. FOLK, Master Bamberg County. J. F. CARTER, Attorney for Plaintiffs. October 8th, 1909. )5sf''( xs We received last week the firs w Mules for Bamberg this seas @ up-to-date, and ready to serv ^ This car contains a number o >S7 broke, and not afraid of auto ? nice driving horse we can pie i - x ?? a. o w r i I Also a toe 01 ex era iiiie imuj poses. No matter what your mal, we can suit you. Come you. This load of stock was horse and mule market in th< Jones, who knows so well hoi have also received a new lin< Buggies and Wagons etc., and we want to show yoi you prices. You will find tl Jones B Bamberg, ft gift ft g; ft# ft iliffHl 11 Let ns have your next i? j We know we can please you i j? for we keep right up with th ? ' there is anything good in eaU J Our stock is always new and f fj ly getting in new goods. No 2 ? out of this store. : ! OUR TOOTHSOM t * will make you a regular patr< ? ? once. Let us have your nexi If prompt and reliable, and if a: *1? not prove to be exactly righ m glad to adjust anything to yoi let us have a chance at servii 1 J. W. P tp "THE QUALE 'Phone No. 32. I?;I?:I;il?l? Sli gi &'ftft ft ftS /^r?joe n CHARU || Musical and F [I OCTOBER RUSSIAN SYMPHO nTHE BEST ORGAN UNIFORM IN TALE UED STATES, SUP SPLENDID CHORU DEED MALE AND ] Special rates from all po; ASK THE PBEACHER. MASK THE LAWYER. VOE3QC H. C. FOLK JONES A. WILLIA/IS President Vice-President Peoples Bamberg Statement showing condition of People close of business Oct RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $76,996.36 Overdrafts > 2,238.98 Sr' Real estate and furniture.. 5,788.76 ^ Due from banks 75,290.70 Bl Cash in safe 10,593.78 ^ Total $170,908.58 This bank is a designated depository ^ - * ? t'ouniy ui Dai Hoover's D We beg to call your atte fountain, which we have i have also overhauled our made it inviting to the mos We have a well selected 111 Sole agents for the famous Our Patent Medicines, Druj complete. PRESCRIPTION WOR HOOVER'S D1 . . l-fl J ' ?> n '. rVVj SM -v| 3 world, by our Mr. W. P. 5k v to pick, a good load. We A Harness, Whips,! | i what we have and quote a lat we can save yon money. V rothers 1 - South Carolina Z order (or groceries \ \ ?? 4 J In both quality and price, 4 \ e best markets and when j t ibles to be had, we get it. " resh, for we are constant- 4 I stale groceries are sent ^ j E DEL. IC A CI ES \ [ , >n of ours if you will try us * J t order. You will find us 11 uything we send you does * , t, let us know. We wiH be if \\''M or satisfaction. Won't you I I '* ''J * Toa? i i m ttcGUE f * .M PY SHOP." * 7 Bamberg, S. 0. t } ^ [ I; :Ii ;I: :! :? :E iDiMl $ & $ M =?=<*v I 5ST0N 11 estival Week, | . 25-30 NY ORCHESTRA 1 T9HHD AND MOST If I NT IN THE UNITPORTED BT A S OF TWO HUNFEMALE VOICES. JJ | ints in South Carolina. ASK THE DOCTOR. ASK THE BANKER, j! 1 sao* ay ,Jf W. P. RILEY N. P. SHOAK Cashier Asst. Cashier \ | Bank , s. c. - l| s Bank, Bamberg, S. C., at the x>ber 11, 1909. LIABILITIES. ash capital paid in. $25,000.00 irplns fund. 2,000.00 ndivided orofits 3,549.40 ills payable 30,000.00 ashler's checks 84.52 eposits 110,274.00 Total $170,008.58 for the City of Bamberg, and the nberg. Qtion to our new soda fl recently Installed. We fl entire store and have I t fastidious. I le of Valentines. fl : Huyler's Candies. fl g and Sundry lines are I K A SPECIALTT. I RUO STOREJ