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AFFAIRS AT ALLENDALE. > Lady Hurt by Runaway HorseBaptist Association in Session. Allendale, November 19.?Mrs. "ft > F. Googe met with an accident thi morning on tbe street, near the unio: . depot, which came very near bein serious. A white man and negr were drivine a horse that becam unmanageable. Mrs. Googe hear the noise just behind her and turne $ just in time to see the horse almos upon her. She caught the horse b the collar and threw herself back wards to the ground, and by he > presence of mind was saved from be ing trampled by the animal. He injuries were slight with the excep tion of the shock. The infant daughter of Mr. am j Mrs. Clarence Chavous died las night, after a very short illness. Th interment was held this afternoon a Swallow, Savannah Cemetery. ? Mrs. Mollie Wilson has gone t Lexington, Miss., to attend the mar riage of her brother, Mr. C. A. Glov S er, which was to take place on Wed ~ nesday, the 17th. r Mr. Charles B. Farmer has gom to Clemson College to visit his sister Mrs. B. H. Johnstone. From then he will go to Glenn Springs for i few weeks for the benefit of hi health. The Savannah River Baptist As sociation is in session here this week Many delegates from all over th * lower part of the State are in at tendance upon the meeting. Th' > meeting has been very much saddene* by the absence of the Rev. J. F.Mor rail, whose death occurred only i few weeks since. Mr. Morrall wa: moderator of the meeting for abou forty years, and it is said that then was none better, always kind, bu Arm in his decisions, and perfectl; i just to everyone. The many friends of Mrs. Otii Brabham, who recently went a ver: serious operation, will be pleased t< know that she is rapidly recovering and will soon be in her usual gooc health, should no further troubb arise. Mr. L. A. Stoney, of this place, hai on exhibition at the Allendale Bani the limb of a stalk of cotton raisec g and propagated by him, which is 2 r solid double row of cotton from on< end of the limb to the other, and foi > bearing beats anything ever seei in these parts. It looks almost like 2 freak, but Mr. Stoney states tha practically the entire stalk bears tha way. ' Cotton picking is about over ii f this section, and the crop is not aj short as a great many predicted i . would be. With the fine price ob i tained farmers should be in ver] good shaDe. The corn croD is un msually good. Broken Lantern Caused Big Fire. Americus, Ga., Nov. 17.?A loss o: $50,000 resulted from a fire here to night caused by an unknown negrt } attacking Night Watchman Lee Mc Michael of the Americus Construe tion company and knocking the lat ter's lantern over with a club. Shavings were ignited by the fire from th< lantern and the extensive lumbei yards and variety works of the company were destroyed. For a time the fire threatened destrnction of a considerable portion o1 the city. Before being checked the ? flames has covered an area of sh acres. Among the other building! burned were an unused cold storage plant owned by S. R. Sims and val ued at $3,000, and six small dwell ings with contents. . * The Americus Construction company carried but $3,000 insurance and $2,000 will cover the insurance on the other property destroyed. Step lively, get in line with oui * line. We are in line with everything in the hardware line. SIMMONS HARDWARE CO. * ^ Broom Factory Destroyed. Spartanburg, Nov. 17.?Originat ing in an unknown manner, fire tonight destroyed the Spartanburg > broom factory and seven cottages oc cupied by employes, entailing a lost of $20,000, covered by $15,000 insurance. H. C. Vernon and W. G Muckenfuss owned the property. The factory is situated near th< Clinchfield railroad and just in th< r- rear of the fashionable residence section of the city. A high wind carried cinders to th? roofs of the handsome homes along east Main and Pine streets and for s j time seriously endangered them. The broom factory employed 4( hands. Fifteen hundred dozei brooms in stock at the time were alsc destroyed. 1 ???* i > New Railroad to Augusta. / Augusta, Ga., Nov. 21.?The firs passenger trains over the Georgia <5 Florida railroad, from Augusta, Ga. to Madison, Fla., 350 miles, includ ing branches, were run to-day. Th< road has not completed its roadwa: to this point, but has trackage ar > rangements with the Central of Geor gt*. It taps that road at Millen. Th< .road into Augusta will be completed in a few months, when there will b< a through line to the gulf from Au guata. The Georgia & Florida ii made up of numerous short line! which have been connected up an< Straightened out It traverses ai It* agricultural section of Georgia an< Florida. John Skelton Williams ii president and J. M. Turner is genera manager of the road. Forced Into Exile. Wm. Upchurch, of Glen Oak, Okla. was an exile from home. Mountaii air, he thought, would cure a fright ful lung racking cough that had de fied all remedies for two years. Af ter six months he returned, deatl - J dogging his steps. "Then I began t< use Dr. King's New Discovery," h< writes, "and after taking six bottlei I am as well as ever." It save: thousands yearly from desperate lunj diseases. Infallible for coughs an< colds, it dispels hoarseness and son throat; cures grip, bronchitis hemor rhages, asthma, croup, whoopinj ^ cough. 50c and $1, trial bottle free guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co. Bamberg, S. C. m > ft l"w TELEPHONE DON'TS. - Temper Justice With Mercy in Your Treatment of Operators. r. Do not allow yourself to get into s the habit of long conversations over i n the telephone. People who do this 1 g lose all perception of the times when 5 o they may be annoying or disturbing i e others. j d Particularly in the case of party d wires is there call for consideration. 1 t Some one else may urgently desire to ] y use this same telephone ovevr which [ you are gossiping, r Do not use the telephone of the 1 woman upon whom you are calling 1 r unless it is absolutely necessary. 1 i- Thoughtless women often make a convenience of their friends in this 1 a respect. Your hostess may not wish j t to take you into the part of the house ! e in which the telephone is situated, 1 t or when frequently done it may 1 prove a considerable expense to her. I [ d Do not call up men in business - hours if you can possibly help it. If it is necessary to do so, be as - brief as possible. Do not tell things which you do e not wish known over the telephone. >t Conversations are often audible to e all of the persons in the room with a the person to whom you are talking. s If it is a business conversation it is well to think what you are going to say beforehand. Orders or requests are frequently understood through e the hesitation and changeableness of _ the person giving them. e Finally, temper justice with mercy I in your treatment of the young wom. an operators who answer your calls. ^ Their business is a tedious and wears ing one, and it is almost impossible r t to be always eagerly attentive. g t Always a Bird. f A constant reader handed The Ob server the following dispatch from B Lebanon, O., under date of November f 6, as a contribution. Dresumablv. to 5 the science of ornithology: t "Having four different surnames in * 1 her brief time and all those the - names of birds is the unique distinc- < tion held by Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, t s of Paris, Ky., who is now visiting s c her sister, Mrs. Eugene Hartsook, t 1 near Lebanon. She began as Eliza- t 3 beth Bird, in Harrison county, Ky., 3 and first ventured from the home t r nest when she married Bud Martin, t i When Mr. Martin died she married i i Edward Crow, a farmer. When the I t time came to change nests she allied i t herself with William Robin and ? lived happily until the matrimonial i season of Mrs. Robin again rolled c 3 around. Then David Buzzard, a wid- i t ower, more attractive personally and t - socially than his name would indi- i J cate, appeared, and Mrs. Robin be- a - came Mrs. Buzzard. c Into the Buzzard roost Mrs. Martin carried one little Martin, two lit- c tie Crows and one little Robin. One i little Buzzard was already there to t f welcome the other birds." I ) Kills Her Foe of 20 Years. 1 "The most merciless enemy I had j ^ for 20 years," * declares Mrs. James ? ~ Duncan, of Haynesville, Me., "was J dyspepsia. I suffered intensely after c 1 eating or drinking and could scarcely t . sleep. After many remedies had c failed and several doctors gave me ^ up. I tried Electric Bitters, which j j cured me completely. Now I can eat s , anything. I am 70 years old and am t j overjoyed to get my health and j strength back again." For indiges- ( ; tion, loss of appetite, kidney trouble, 1 lame back, female complaints, its un- c . equaled. Only 50c at Peoples Drug c Co., Bamberg, S. C. f a ? Woman Burned to Death. J Salisbury, N. C., Nov. 19.?Mrs. Sadler Brown, aged 50 years, was burned to death at her home here to l J - uigui, ucr uuuy ueiug uurueu into a > crisp. She was seated by ail open fire and herv dress ignited and in an instant she was enveloped in flames, her clothing being burned off. The only member of the family present . was her father, aged 80 years, blind . and helpless. r Father Recovers Girt. 5 Hawkinsville, Ga., Nov. 19.?Tiny Wingard, the 14-year-old girl whose * reported kidnapping occurred in Atlanta October 29, was found here to| day by T. J. Wingard, her father, ' with R. L. Russell, who has been running an electric theatre a week. Her father has Russell locked in jail, * charged with kidnapping, and re? turned to Atlanta with his daughter. I "Still'* Captured in Aiken. i Aiken, Nov. 17.?Tuesday after) noon Dispensary Constables S. E. Holley and Muaco Samuels brought to town a large 60-gallon liquor liquor "still," which they captured in the swamp of the "Runs," about t 15 miles South of Aiken. This still was the first to be captured in that . section, and its location was doubt less due to the fact that the diligent * officers have routed them from the t Edisto swamps, where they have - thrived In the past. In the last year - or two at least a half dozen stills > have been captured in the Edisto 1 swamps. - The still is decidedly the best one " yet captured. It was not so very old 5 and was in first-class condition. s m 1 Murdered for Her Money. 1 \ionooco a "\To XJatt 01 mouaooao, f a., nv? . AI. muiu\5i3 ed for her money and her body in- 1 1 cinerated in the ruins of her home 1 is the fate that overtook Miss Ella Smith some time last night. Miss i Smith's charred body was discovered 1 in the smoking wreck of her small i ? house on the Bull Run battlefield this ] 1 morning. The authorities are look- 1 - ing for a negro who lived close to the - Smith home, but who now is missing. 1 - Miss Smith received a considerable < i amount of money within the last ^ few days, the proceeds of the sale of ] 5 poultry, and it is thought she was < s robbed, murdered and the house j s burned to destroy evidences of the < ? crime. Some years ago Miss Smith i 1 was attacked by a negro in her lone- < e ly home, but fought off her assilant. i g Paints, oils, spirits, wall tints, wall i, colors, colors in oil, varnishes, stains, , and in fact everything that is painty. SIMMONS HARDWARE CO. I CLAIMS CUT HALF A MILLION. Work of Dispensary Commission About Finished. Columbia, Nov. 17.?Over a half million dollars represents the saving to the State of South Carolina by jcalings from dispensary claims overjudgments against firms doing business with the old state dispensary. The work of the winding up commission was practically concluded tonight and judgments rendered in all claims before it save that of the New iTork and Kentucky company, which will be considered further tomorrow. k history of the old state dispensary system with that tale of graft now a matter of general knowledge, is ncluded in the commission's final report. That the whiskey firms failed ;o comply with the laws of the state n regard to the sale of whiskey, that various devices were used to prevent competition, that the board of direc;ors of the dispensary failed to adver;ise for bids, that prices were exornitant, and that commissions and renates were paid, are a few of the many charges brought and substaniated by the commission's findings. The firms that fought the state in ;he litigation in the Federal courts ire taxed costs amounting to $21,>26. The net amount of claims conlidered at this sitting of the commission was $430,000 and the deduc:ions amounted to $226,000. This loes not include the overjudgments ind the decrees formerly rendered. The original fund was $630,000. Of considerable local interest and >f much interest also throughout the State is the claim of the Carolina Jlass Company, a Columbia concern. The amount claimed to be owed this irm by the State was $23,031,75 vhich is completely wiped out by he commission's finding and an overiudgment rendered for $28,419.24. rhe overcharges found against this concern are $51,432.99 and it is by leducting Jhe original claim from ;his amounV that the overjudgment s found. The commission issues a separate lecree against the Carolina glass to he old State dispensary. The total :ales of the Carolina Glass company o the State aggregated $514,329.90 jefore the year 1906. A large amount is represented in he list of overjudgments and mem)ers of the commission and its attorleys declare that the firms will be iroceeded against in the courts to ecover the various amounts charged igainst them. Col Felder stated that the so:alled conscience fund had already eached the $50,000 mark. This is he money paid back by the firms lot represented in the list of claimmts but who were charged with ovei :harging the State. One of the largest claimants, and me that came in for some scorching vhen the original commission met, is he Anchor Distilling Company and Jllman & Co., two firms and classed >y the commission as one concern. \.n over judgment of $30,621.55 is ound against this combination, this ncluding a proportionate share $4,>00 of the costs in the courts. ^ William .Lanahan & Sons are ,'harged up with $23,563.46 although heir claim against the State was >nly $5,916.54. The commission vent back of the dates represented >y this firm's accounts in the claims Lgainst the State as did the comnission in a number of other cases, i Fleishman and Company and the lerson-Seligman Company are treat- i >d as one concern and the $70,000 :laim is reduced to $45,645.30. This nmnanv admitted overcharges in af-IJ idavits. Clark Bros, and Company, mother large claimant, is given $53,'80.96 on a claim of $66,383.71. Advice to a Farmer Boy. No man ever makes a big success n anything, by accident. If someiody has stuffed your head with the dea that men succeed in this world ly luck, you may just put it down ;hat that somebody doesn't know what he is talking about. Whether rou are going to be a farmer or a college president, you must fit yourself for whatever you are going to be. No matter what sort of work you ire doing, try to do it a little better ;han the other fellow. Emerson says somewhere that if a man can do inything supremely well, no matter f he live in a wilderness, the world will make a beaten path to his door, ind this is very true. I rode the ither day to see a farmer who lives j lot many miles from where I am . writing and found that the Governor if the State had just been there to see his com crop, and a great number of other men had come miles and niles to see this man's farm. And why? Simply because he had done nore with an acre than any other nan in the county. If your brother wants to go to awn to clerk in a store and measure calico as somebody else's hired man, let him go. You stay on the farm where you can be independent, living mder your own vine and fig tree, vmi nun tnkA nart in all :heie great movements that are gong to count for so much in human progress and in the world's development these next fifty years. We have had too many farmer ooye already who have made second ate merchants and clerks who might lave made prominent farmers and men of influence in their counties. It is a great deal better and more honorable to raise Southern meat than it is to sell Western meat. It is a great deal better and more iseful to be a leader in showing how :o make more cotton per acre than it is to merely measure off a certain lumber of yards of cotton goods when a buyer wants it. Don't give up the independence of j farm life. In the city shops and j stores only a small proportion of the workers own their own homes or have any chance to do work that counts for much in these great progressive movements we have been discussing. The boy who is shut up in a factory in the South has only one chance of usefulness and independence for twenty that you and other farmer boys have.?Raleigh ^ ^ ^ ^ Jtta r?*v\ at? V ^ v-/. / x iU5icooi*c r ai . 0, you cut glass! O, thou cut )rice, at Simmons Hardware Co. 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" nating half the trouble you are now having. Rpmpmhpp that tha win ning car in the New Yorkto-Paris race run 21,000 miles withont carbonizing, on this oil. We have oil for air cooled engines, too. Say, have yon heard about our gasoline contract to automobiles? We also rebuild any kind of automobile and sell new tops. / The Delk Motor Co. J. H.DIXON Machinist and Engineer General Repair Shop. We repair all kinds of machinery and carry a full line of Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, Injectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. Bring your engine and have the cylinder bored. Make it run like new and give you more power. Bring your cotton gins and press parts and have them repaired before the busy season. A stitch in time saves nine. 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 better efficiency. We repair and charge storage batteries. Call when in trouble and see what we can do. SHOP AT COTTON MILL NATURE TELLS YOl Ls Many a Bamberg Reader Know Too Well. When the kidneys are sick, Nature tells you all about it. The urine is nature's calendar. Infrequent or too frequent action Any urinary trouble tells of kid ley ills. Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kid ley ills. Bamberg people testify to this. J. C. Utsey, Main St., Bamberg 5. C., says: "I am very willing that my nam should be used in recommendatio: )f Doan's Kidney Pills. I suffere 'rom kidney trouble for severs rears. There were pains in th small of my back and at times I wa lothered by irregular passages of th cidney secretions. The use of se-v iral remedies brought me but littl elief and when I saw Doan's Kidne Pills advertised, I went to the Pec lies Drug Co. and procured a sup )ly. Although I have not taken ther ong enough to justify a cure, fror ;he benefit already received, I fee hat it will be but a short time be ore this result is brought about, lope that other persons who are a 1 licted in a similar manner will giv Doan's Kidney Pills a trial." For sale by all dealers. Price 6 jents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalc tfew York, sole agents for th [Jnited States. Remember the name?Doan'smd take no other. i ?i p. p. P. P. P. will purify sad vitalise your Wood, creates good anpetlte sod give year whole system tone ana strength. A prominent railroad superinlmdeBtat Savannah. Buffering with Malaria, Dyspepsia, and Rheumatism says: "After tarng RP.P. he never felt eowell inula life, and feela as if he oould live forever, if he oould always get P. P. P.'* If you are tired out from overwork end close oonflnsmsot, take P. P. P. If you are footing Udfr to fee apring and out of sorts, take P. P. P. If your digestive organs need toeing up, take P. P. P. If you suffer with headache, indigestion, debility and weakness, take P. P. P. If you suffer with nervous prostration, nerves unstrung and a general let down of the system, take P. P. P. For Blood Poison, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Old Sores. Malaria, Chronic Female Complaints, take P. P. P. Prickly Ash, Poke Root TIaIM no' ?iia4 I aim ruutssiuiii. The best blood purifier in the world. F. V. LLPPMAN. Savannah, - - Georgia. I - * " ' \ "y*- *' - ? ifeVlvu.t V>wj?W I ai ' ii ^ i Dm o a-H Unecco jweeis ....and.*.. i Lenox Chocolates, f in a class by themselves. Are Pat up in 5c, 10c, 1=2 lb and 1 lb. Packages. | 9 n j r j ~u c n i tt~ii uuuu lur yuuug cuiu uiu, uiiiau cum a ail, GOOD FOR ALL | J ^ Ask Your Dealer or Write ! o ti iff i < nine margennon to.r CHARLESTON, S. C. , :j|| FOR PRICES. I IE?I1 30 J ao to School ?aSl JrTT You have a feeling of security if there are telephones in the community. As a means of protection the .telephone is of inestimable value in rural districts. In widely separated districts neighbors can communicate quickly with each c'her and with the nearest town. Under, the plan of the Bell System any farmer can secure telephone service at low cost J For information write to nearest Bell Telephone Manager, or address Farmers' Line Department j SSiiTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. j08 SOUTH PR YOB STREET. ATLANTA, GA. The Latest Line of Furniture 1 IN BAMBERG COUNTY I M and we are selling it, too, for onr low prices and foil as- V sortments in all lines attract buyers from a long dis- A tance. Our Fall Display is complete, and we will take A pleasure in showing you around whether you buy or not. Sk We are leaders in \ A , f jgf Hardware, Furniture, Stoves and Ranges, a Coffins and Caskets, Lime, Cement, Etc. 9 WTe buy in car lots for spot cash, get all the discounts, V and when we say we can sell you cheaper than others, A we mean it. Come in and let us prove it. Our hand- ^ e some assortment or Jblirniture lor me nome or omce * @ will please the eye and tickle the pocket book. We also A @ carry all kinds of housefurnishings, such as & - @ Rugs, Mattings, Carpets, Pictures, Shades. 9 a We also frame pictures at reasonable prices. See us a V for satisfaction in all the lines we handle. v I Bamberg Furniture & Hardware Co. I 1 5? BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA. X ii ii> ji Hie Small Depositor is Welcome at Tins Bank! ;;| A hundred small accounts make a bank stronger than a dozen large ones. This is one of our reasons for urging the man of limited means to tiansact his business with ns. Larue accounts are welcome too, for it is our purpose ^ to serve all classes, whether the business be small or large. We Pay Four per cent. Interest on Savings Deposits PEOPLES BANK Bamberg, S.C. Q :Q /V) P. P. P. _ I Males Marvelous Cures in Blood Poison, Rheumatism and Scrofula. P. P. P. purifies the blood, builds up the weak and debilitated, gives -x *- x- 1 ""-"m Q-<rrvpia Hiaeasft. civinsr the patient health and (Stren^Lii 1,0 weancucu uci *?, 7 0 ? happiness, where sickness, gloomy feelings and lassitude first prevailed. In blood poison, mercurial poison, malaria, dyspepsia, and in all blood and skin diseases, like blotches, pimples, old chronic ulcers, tetter, scald head, we say without fear of contradiction that P* P? P. Is the best blood purifier in the world. Ladies whose systems are poisoned and whose blood is in an impure condition due to menstrual iiTegularities, are peculiarly benefitted by the wonderful tonic and blood cleansing properties of P. P. P., Prickly Ash, Poke Boot and Potassium. F. V. LIPPMAN, SAVANNAH, GA. r^;-f ' ' ' $m x * . ? v9J *