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k SHORTAGE CASE TO COME UP HAMPTON COUNTY MATTER RESULTS IN SUIT ON BOND. Nec essary for the State to Take Some Action to Recover Amount < Alleged Lost. The State of South Carolina will sue the bonding company that went on the bond of J. C. Langford, county treasurer for Hampton county. It will be recalled that on Mr. Langford's shortage of over $24,000 the ^ bonding company tendered the State $20,000, the amount of one of the bonds, but the attorney general has refused to accept this amount in settlement of the claim. There > are ^ other bonds during previous administrations and it is expected the full amftiint oon ho ronnvoroH and hpnno the suit is brought. The State has employed Mr. W. H. Townsena, rorm,er assistant attorney general, to conduct the case, which will come up very probably at the approaching term of court for Hampton county. In the 1908 report of the comptroller general it was pointed out that ^ Mr. Langford was short in his acoounts $17,670.70. The matter was reported to the governor and the * treasurer was removed and another appointed in his stead. Later on Mr. Wilson, an expert from the comptroller general's office, went there and made an examination and the shortage appeared to be over $24,000. This was confirmed later when an expert from the bonding company also moHo an oromlnntinT) , The company does not wish to pay 1 more than the amount of one of the bonds?$20,000. The State thinks it can recover on the other bonds and the suit will be brought at the term of court for Hampton county for the $4,000 over the $20,000 bond. The Berkeley Case. Assistant Attorney General De1 Bruhl will appear for the State in Berkeley to push the suit against County Treasurer Edwards of that county to recover the $6,000 alleged shortage in his accounts. This treasurer was also removed by Governor Ansel and another appointed in his stead. The case was to have come up at the last term of court but was postponed. The suit will probably 4 come up next month. Music Festival in Charleston. Rejoicing in the promise of a commercial rejuvenation which is to make it the chief coal-distributing point of the South Atlantic States and one of the greatest ports of the country, Charleston, coming at last into its own, is inviting the people of South Carolina, and of every part of South Carolina, to visit "the city by the sea," during the week of October 25-30 and help the people of Charleston enjoy the jubilee festival which is being arranged for that time and which has back of it the leading business and professional men u of the city. With three great coal-carrying railways heading for Charleston, new and adequate facilities for handling cotton shipments being provided for, * new steamship lines being added and others promised, the new navy yard in operation and doing fine work, the future has never been so bright for Charleston as at present, and Charlestonians are convinced that these matters are of deep interest to the people of all South Carolina and that they will directly affect the welfare of the entire State. It is desired, therefore, to bring the people of Charleston and the people of all other parts of South Carolina into the closest possible touch and sympathy, and it is for this reason that the present festival is being given, with leading business men promising a financial support for it which will make all the varied amusement features adequate. Interest will center in the five greatest musical concerts, for which a chorus of more than two hundred voices is being trained, and in which one of the finest orchestras of the country will make its initial bow in the South. Accompanying this great organization, the Russian Symphony - Orchestra, which during the last two or three years has firmly established its fame in the North and West, will kn o t\f omibont oa!aicjfcj VV U UUUil/Vi V/l VULil U^/UW OVIVIO UO) Of lected with special care for their flt ness for the numbers embraced in the musical programme arranged for the concerts to be given here. Charleston hopes to have the pleasure of entertaining many thousands of the people of South Carolina during the festival week, and promises to all of them a reception of the utmost cordiality. Lexington Grog All Gone. Lexington, Oct 16?It is good-bye to whiskey in Lexington. Dispenser Caughman sold the last half pint of liquor to-day, and there was "weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth" when the announcement was made that there was not a drop of liquor to be had. About $125 worth of 15 cents beer and wine is all that is left and this will likely be closed out earK ly next week. It is not known how much remains in the Peak dispensary, but it is supposed that there are only a few hundred dollars worth of stock there. There has been an appreciable decrease in drunkenness on the streets to-day, due no doubt to the fact that mere was notniug 10 ue naa to cneer and make merry. Merchants report the largest business in their history, and there has been a lot of money "turned loose." And Just as Good as Ever. An old physician of the last generation was noted for his brusque manner and old fashioned methods. One * time a lady called him in to treat her baby, who was slightly ailing. The doctor prscribed castor oil. * "But, doctor," protested the young ?> mother, "castor oil is such an oldfashioned remedy." h "Madame," replied the doctor, "babies are old fashioned things."?Philadelphia Ledger. V s X . . MAY GO TO INDIA. Aiken Lady Said to be Leprous Patient May Leave Country. Aiken, Oct. 13.?A committee of three from the Aiken city council has been appointed to confer with Miss Mary V. Kirk, the alleged leper, or her agents, in regard to the sale of her property in the city of Aiken to the city authorities. It is stated that Miss Kirk desires to sell her property here and move away. Miss Kirk is now quarantined within half a block from the business part I r*f <-Vip ritv nn Main strppf thp nrpm ises being under guard to prevent entrance and exit of persons to the house in which the aged lady is incarcerated. It will be recalled that some months ago, when the board of health was preparing to remove her to the hospital for contagious diseases, on the edge of the city, an injunction was secured to prevent its doing so. Later the case was appealed to the supreme court and the board of health was restrained from moving her to the present pest house or city hospital. But the right of the board to keep the premises quarantined was reserved to them by the court's decision, and accordingly the quarantine has never been lilfted. Now the lady expresses her desire to leave the city, and it is stated that she wants to go to India. Miss Kirk is a lady of refinement and culture, and was at one time possessor of a considerable fortune, most of which she spent in missionary work in South America, where she is said to have contracted the dreaded leprosy, which the board of health of the city of Aiken still maintains she is suffering from. If a reasonable price can be agreed upon, it is probable that the city will purchase her property. The committee will report back to council before action is taken. Pushing Work at Key West. Key West, Fla., Oct. 15.?Aid for the victims of the hurricane which swept this city last Monday continued to reach the city to-day and the work of cleaning up the city has so far progressed that there is no danger of an epidemic of sickness. A donation has been received from the militia organizations at Jacksonville and assurance is given that a much larger sum will be made up by the business men of that city for the storm sufferers. It is expected also that the national government will render aid in reply to an appeal sent by Mayor Fogarty. Be Loyal to Home. No matter where you live, where your home is you ought to take a special local home interest. Your neighbors should be more to you than utran?prs Yrm Rhonld he nroud of your churches and your lodges and your clubs, proud of home improvements and home advantages; proud of home industries. Home to you should be the best place on earth, and loyalty demands your influence to help make it so. Give your homev*the preference in pleasure and in business. Some other place may have more people, but they are strangers to you. Some other place may have more churches and finer and larger school buildings, but they don't help you or your neighbors. Some other place may have more business advantages and more merchants, but they don't pay any of your local taxes, they don't help to bring to your community any permanent local value, they don't make you any richer, they don't sympathize with you in sickness or in trouble. The place that gives you a living is entitled to your best efforts. No person has a right to live in a town and enjoy its benefits and pleasures without identifying himself with its interests. Give your home the first chance, your home workmen, your home merchants and your home paper. The only men of worth to a town or community are those who forget their own selfish ends long enough, and are liberal enough in their ideas, to encourage every public and private enterprise, every home industry, who are ready with brain and purse to push every project calculated to build up the town and enhance its importance. Greenwood Lad in Trouble. Claud Ellenberg, charged with attempting criminal assault \i|)on a pretty little 10-year-old girl in the eastern part of the city late Saturday afternoon, is behind the prison bars in the Greenwood county jail. The boy, who is about 14 or 15 years old, is a son of Mr. M. D. Ellenberg. He was arrested Monday night in Greenville where he went after the affair occurred. He was brought back to Greenwood Tuesday at 12:07 o'clock on the Southern train by Mf. Decatur Fortner, who had been sent to that city by Sheriff McMillan for the purpose of making the arrest. It seems that the little girl came to the house Saturday afternoon where the Ellenberg boy was, to use the telephone. It was at this time that the alleged attempt at criminal assault is said to have taken place. The case will be tried, in all probability, at the coming term of criminal court which convenes here October 25th. The affair is regretted on account of the parents, friends, relatives, and the youth of the boy.?Greenwood Journal. A ^/vl1/\TTrinnr e trn tVi fn 1 ro. 1 Lie lisuir yt 11X? AO a ?Vi; w* u vu.* ut * * v mark: "The man who grows up in his native town is regarded as a boy by his elders until he is well started down the declivity of life that ends in a hole. The stranger who comes into a place is more often pushed to the front than the young man who has grown up with the town. This is the reason why so many young men become dissatisfied with their home surroundings and long to cast their lot in other quarters." There is no way of improving a place so much as by encouraging good merchants, good schools and good people to settle among you, and this cannot be done unless you spend your money at home. ' .. > - . s*^ frlit jar burst. Mrs. Oscar Smoak, of Branchville, Suffered Severe Accident. Branchville, Oct. 14.?An unusual and painful accident happened to Mrs Oscar W. Smoak yesterday morning while she was engaged in canning some fruit at her residence. It seems that Mrs. Smoak had filled a number of fruit jars with pears and as she was putting the top on one of the jars the jar burst and the force of the gas in the jar was so great that pieces of the broken glass jar struck Mrs. Smoak on her left hand and cut it so badly that it was necessary for the physician to take several stitches with his needle before he could stop the wound from bleeding. A Boy's Influence. "I wonder why Sam Darrow is so popular?" said a visitor at the house of a friend of the Darrows. "I know," piped a little voice, "it's because Sam loves everbody." "How do you know Sam loves V> T Vi J WU/ "Cause he does. Now, there's Jim Blake; his father drinks, and sometimes Jim don't bring any lunch to school. Then Sam divides his lunch with Jim, always. And when the boys made fun of Jim Short because his elbows were out, Sam gave 'em a look that they won't forget in a hurry." "A look! What would boys care for a look?" "Well, sir, if you'd seen Sam's look, you'd understand. It was just as if he'd said: 'Now ain't you 'shamed of yourselves?making fun of a poor little fellow who wears the best he's got?' " "Doesn't that look of Sam's make the boys angry?" "No, sir; it makes 'em asbamed, and they like Sam all the better for it." "What else does Sam do?" "Oh, I couldn't begin to tell you all he does, but he's forever doin' something for somebody. That day Dick Mills got hurt, Sam carried him all the way home in his arms, an' Dick just loves Sam. When Burt Brown broke his leg Sam went to see him every day; and when Billy Chester was sick you'd ought to have seen the nice things Sam took him."?Selected. Overdoing It. A young Englishman after he had been in Devil's Valley for a couple of months, began to grow thin. Wyoming cooking did not appeal to him. Besides his squeamish appetite, there was another thing that the natives held against him?his outlandis'custom of taking a bath every morning. One day his landlady was discussing him with a friend. "I tell ye what, Sal," said the visi tor, "he's jest a-wastin' away a-grievin' for some gal back east thar." "Nothin' o' the kind," * said th landlady contepmtuously. "You mark my words, now?that young fellei he's jest a-washin' hisself away."? Everybody's Magazine. Twixt twilight and dark, up neai Manitou Park, a maiden sat combing her bright golden hair, when heated with roaming, all panting and foaming, there came up and squeezed her a big grizzly bear. It did not affright her, the bear did not bite her, she lay back and murmured: "O, still tighter dear." This broke up old bruin he let off his wooing, sneaked back to the mountains and hid a whole year. pOR economy in the table i expenses increase the amount of Quaker Oats; eat it at least twice a day. It does more than other foods and costs onlv a frac J , tion as much. * I p. p. p. P. P. P. will purify and vitalise your blood, create a good appetite and give your whole system tone ana strength. A prominent railroad superintendent at Savannah, suffering with Malaria, Dyspepsia, and Rheumatism says: "After taking P. P. P. he never felt eo well In his life, ana feels as if he could live forever, if he could always get P. P.P." If you are tired out from overwork and close oouflnemf"*! take P. P. 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We repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mills; in fact we run a hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring it in and have it cured. Gas engines and automobile engine cylinders bored, and new pistons and rings made that won't leak. Gives you more power and bet1 ter efficiency. We repair and charge storage batteries. Call when in trouble and see what we can do. SHOP AT COTTON MTT/r, We are Right here With the Goods..... We want your grocery trade. We don't carry anything but groceries, and we are fully prepared to supply all your wants in this line. We have recently enlarged our store and added to our already large stock of good things to eat. We haven't space to enumerate what we have, but when you want groceries of any kind think ' of Price and let us fill your order. We'll guarantee to please you and make prompt delivery. Our prices are Ireasonaoie ana service 01 the best. For groceries, fruits, fine candies, etc., remember us. E. BART PRICE BAMBERG, S. C. 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