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COLLETON MAX KILLS HIMSELF. Joe Garris, Charged with Murder and 1 Out on !k>nd, Commits Suicide. Walterboro, Dec. 29.?Joe Garris, a young white man, 28 years old, who 1 was out on bond, cnarged with mur- 1 der. committed suicide at the home t > of his uncle, Joe T. Garris, near Will- i iams, in the upper part of the county. It win De recalled tnat young karris and two other young white men were charged with killing Israel Manigault, a negro, at the Colleton Cypress Company's Mill on October 27, and were to have been tried for this killing in November, but the case was continued by the solicitor. It is possible that he was brooding over this ^ affair and his mind became unsettled. The shooting occurred about 8 o'clock at the front gate of J. T. Garris, and from the report given by Mr. Heber Padgett, who was at Mr. Garris's at the time, throws no light on the cause of the tragedy. I* It appears that Mr. Garris, in company with Mr. George Brannon, had driven from Williams, a short distance away, to go by Mr. Garris's for tilt; USlVUdl L/1C pui/uoc U* ovvmb Uiu j eon, who was a cousin of young Gar- s ris. When they reached the gate, Mr. c t Brannon says he got out on one side 1 r and went to hitch the horse, while lilr. Garris alighted on the other, i Almost immediately he. saw Garris 1 pull, as. he thought, a handkerchief * out of his pocket and carry it to his c mouth. Instantly there was a report r and young Garris fell. c Brannon called to1 the elder Mr. g * Garris to come out| that young Joe 1: Garris had killed himself. Mr. Pad- 1 gett rushed out to the gate, but found c young Garris breathing his last. He t went for Dr. Kinsey, who found that t the ball had entered the mouth and t ranged upward, lodging in the brain, f producing almost instant death. Gar- t ris had evidently placed the pistol in i his mouth and fired. c No reason can be given for the suicide, and no one suspected that r the young man intended to do injury v to himself. The ouly remark that he s made that was calculated to arouse t suspicion was made to his sister just 3 before leaving home. She was brush- e ing his coat and . he said to her J ' "It e is no use to brush my coat; I will not f need it after to-day." The affair is c regretted, as the young man belongs a to a large and highly respected fami- t ly. . e m s Government Asylum Treated Many, t t Washington, Dec. 29.?Since the c government hospital for the insane at Washington was opened in 1855, it has treated nearly 18,000 patients representing every State in the Union and practically every known nation- ^ ality. Among them were 373 persons whose nationality oould not be determined. * 1 This year, according to the annual ^ report, the hospital had 2,852 pa- ^ tlents. They represented thirty-three nationalities and practically every. 1i known fOrm of mental derangement. The death rate was nearly 10 per ^ cent The records give 255 deaths, S' of which number twenty-four had ? been insane more than twenty-five v years. g The report gives an exhaustive account of the research and investiga- ^ tion conducted during the year by the staff. Experimental work upon guinea pigs, post-mortem examination of brains and laboratory work were ? carried on on an extensive scale. m v Meeting Held at Blackville. s . Klein, S. C., Dec. 27, 1909. h On last Thursday, the 23rd instant, a the executive committee of the Ba^n- 1 well Association held thir first meet- i] ing of this associational year at the a hospitable home of Mr. G.-W. Boyls- h ton in the town of Blackville, .. P After prayer by Rev. J. K. Goode, f organized by electing Rev. O. J. b Frier, chairman, and J. A. Jenkins, * secretary. - The.- following business. r was-^ 8 Continued Key. w. u. Jtsntion as colporter % salary of $600 pejj an-, / t % num. to be paid quarterly, exclusive' D of profits on books sold bjr him. Ask f ^ State mission. bpard. to p$y_ .$.200 .of ,v said amount, "also to pay him $50 8 each to preach once a month at Bin- * naker's and Columbia school houses; ^ also to pay Rev. J. H. Stdudehmire ^ to preach Once a month at Seven p Pines church the sum of $251 Request the colporter to visit all church- 8 es in our association if practicable the. l! coming year. All his appointments / to be made by the executive com- 8 mittee. The following committee was appointed on apportionment of churches: Rev. O. J. Frier, Dr. J. B. Black, and C. B. Free. O. J. FRIER, I J. A. JENKINS, Chairman. % Secretary. S s A Wretched Mistake t j to euuui'e lue liuuiug, paiutui uisucs? ^ of piles. There's no need to. Listen: "I sufTered much from piles," writes v Will A. Marsh, of Siler City,. N. C., "till I got a box of Bucklen's Arnica e Salve, and was soon cured." Burns, E boils, ulcers, fever sores, eczema, cuts, chapped hands, chilblains, van- r ish before.it. 25c at Peoples Drug 8 Store, Bamberg, S. C. t MOISTURE IX COTTOX. French Spinners Complain About Excess in American Fiber. Consul James E. Dunning, of Javre, in reply to an inquiry made )y a chamber of commerce of one of 1 he cotton producing States, reports is follows: For a number of years many com)laints have been made by French 1 ;pinners on account of the excessive ' legree of moisture contained in cot- 1 on imported from the South Atlantic ' states, the humidity existing for the ' nost part in or near the centre of he bale. This is due to the steam or vater used in pressing the staple, and { vhich not only injures the cotton it- ] ielf, but also gives it a fictitious ( veight which is lost snortry alter me >ale is opened and evaporation takes 1 )lace. ... With a view of officially determin- ' ng the degree of moisture existing ' n cotton and establishing both the :xtent of the damage sustained and 1 he depreciation in value occasioned .hereby, the French mill owners re :ently. sent a delegation, composed ] >f prominent representatives -of the 1 ipinning industry, to confer with the 1 :otton brokers and merchants of J 3avre and discuss the possibility of ' ;stablishing a testing hureau or laboatory. Up to the present time the ' >rokers and merchants of this port, ] vhich is one of the most important ] otton markets of the world, have tot favored such a proposition, their 1 bjection being that while the de- 1 ;ree of moisture could, from a pure- 1 y scientific point of view, be estab- 1 ished with great precision, the meth- 1 id proposed would fail to be of prac- J ical value. They aver that in order * o arrive at a fair estimate it would 1 e necessary not only to test samples ( rom every part of the bale, but to 1 ake them from each and every bale '< mported, so great do the hygrometrl- ] al properties of cotton vary. . ' On the other hand, the objections! aised do not appear to have in any iray altered the determination of the pinners to establish such a laboraory and it is probable that the proect will be sooner or later put into xecution. In such an event there is to doubt that the degree of moisture ound in cotton, if the same be exlusive, will lead to numerous claims, ,nd ..it appears reasonably certain hat the validity of such claims can- 1 tot be passed over or ignored. This hould lead American shippers in heir own interests to see to it that he staple which they send abroad 1 ontains no moisture. . Experience of a Young Man. 1 "The housekeeping went to piec- 1 s," says Francis C. Wilson in the i Voman's Home Companion for Janu- J ,ry; "we spent every cent of my sal- * ry, and on account of the doctor's ills I had scarcely a balance of 1 hree hundred dollars in the savings i >ank. At the office, too, things were 3 ot going well. The firm had chang- 1 d hands, and the new partners, of a ? riving, suspicious type, were anyhing but welcomed. One day the ? enior'of them thought that he dis- 1 overed a mistake in my work; he i rould listen to nothing, speaking in- 1 ultingly and with threats of dismisal. Eighteen months before I should ave resigned, confident that I could et another good position. But my ostages of fortune had made me 1 owardly^ I dared not risk even what * joked like a certainty. I listened * rith hatred in my heart to all he ( aid, and when he added, 'Get out of J ere now," and don't let it happen 1 gain or you can get but for good,' * went back to my work in the draft- ] 4 ng-room. Later in the day he sent 1 scrawl by an office-boy saying that 1 e had been mistaken this time, but ( / ? erhaps it was just as well for his orce to know how he would feel if a 1 lunder really happened. This subSti- c ute !for an apology only made my age blacker. Before the day closed, J alaries were cilt ten per cent. ( "I could not go home at once to 1 Lmy. I sent a message that I could ? iOt return for dinner and' I set out 1 or a long walk. Instinctively I 1 talked towards my old home, and 1 trange enough to me it was to feel 1 hat it was my father I was seeking, rot a clever man, my father, and up 1 o this time I had felt distinctly su- * erior to him. But now I was going 1 o him because he was the best per- ? on that I knew. I went to him now, ' ofrfinorfK Wa LA.C a nvmau, ivi ouvugiui m v oaiu othing much, hut I believe that in ome way .he felt some arrears of fll- j il allegiance going out to him." Plunged Over Cliff to Death. * 1 Floydada, Texas, December 30.? c >lunging over a cliff sixty feet high 1 o the bottom of Blanco Canyon, Mrs. 1 . R. Beck, 35 years of age, and her i on, 10 years old, burned to death in t be debris of their wagon and house- s old effects yesterday. Mr. Beck c ras seriously injured. i The family was driving along the t iarrow trail when part of the har- ( ess broke and the rearing team car- i ied the outfit over the blufT. A y mall stove in the wagon set fire to * he wreck. ( TREASURY BALANCE LOW. Ti Sometliing Must be Done to Provide Funds for Expenses. Washington, Dec. 30.?In view of the report that Senator Aldrich, of *n Rhode Island, does not look with fa- t0 yor upon the suggestion o? Secretary re MacVeagh that Congress provide for 1)6 i graduating tax upon bonds for bank CO. circulation, it is not improbable that CO the treasury will shortly avail itself cf the law and issue a $100,000,000 gd cf certificates of indebtedness. The UE working balance in the treasury is eery low and the demands on the UI cash are such that the treasury can a aot much longer delay the issuance af certificates of indebtedness. S Secretary McVeagh has authority X to issue several hundred million dol- ? lars worth of Panama bonds on which * he may pay 3 per cent, interest, but X he does not want to issue these bonds r * - - * *? 11 1 ? 4.*U^v X smnoui a cnauge xu me law iui mc y reason that to do so would impair the X ralue of the outstanding 2 per cent. Panama bonds which are now below ? par. Treasury officials call attention Jto the fact that the revenues of the government are picking up, but they ire still shy of meeting current obligations, and unless something is done work ordered by Congress can hot be lomplied with because the treasury has not the cash on hand to pay for Ge it. . . ' ' ~~ In proof of this attention is called to the fact that 'some 250 public ^ buildings authorized by Congress < more than a year ago and for which o the money was appropriated, are un- ^ touched so far as purchasing sites < ind the drawing of plans and specifi- o nations. This work will have to wait X antil the cash in the treasury in ureases, and in the meantime the +4 ralue of land will increase beyond the ? amount appropriated for the sites. Members who have introduced pub- o [ic building bills since the beginning if this Congress, March 15 last, are < aot hopeful for this class of legisla- < tion at this session, but still they are tvorking for the passage of an omnibus public building bill for the effect o it will have in their districts in the campaign next fall. ll As between an omnibus public _ building bill and a river and harbor bill the majority of the members say :he public building-would be of more ralue to them in their campaign. Asking Too Much. The mother of little six-year-old ? Mary had told her a number of times f" iot hitch her sled to passing sleighs, i' feeling that it was a dangerous practice. It was such a fascinating sport, lowever, that Mary could not resist it, and one day her mother saw her ?o skimming past the house behind ? 1 farmer's "bobs." When she came in from play she ^ vas taken to task, her mother say- ? nrr rfiTTOyol IT ."\firP Vl Q VPT1 T tnlfj H JLL& T VI V/iJ f 1UMA jr y v ? __ rou that you must not hitch onto jobs? Besides, you know it is H igainst the law." I Mary tossed her head.. "Oh," she I said, "don't talk to me about the law. I [t's all I can do to keep the Ten Com nandments!"?Woman's Home Com- I ?anion. A Message to the Farmers. tfl A great deal of interest has been nanifested, editorially and otherwise, I :hroughout the South, in the coming I ;our of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, of the I lepartment of agriculture in Janu- I iry, and many inquiries have been eceived by him asking what topics je will discuss-on this journey. Dr. Cnapp has very kindly consented to E .'urnisn tne press, ana tnrougn me -? ?ress the farmers, with the subjects T )f his addresses. ' At Greenville, South Carolina, s vhere he will speak on January 12th, it 12 o'clock m.,' his topic will be The Making of a Great' Common _ People in the Rural Districts." His I )bject in this address is to impress 9 lpon the farmers of South Carolina 9 some definite line of work, which, I f consistently followed, will make 9 South Carolina, with all its natural I esources, a great State in which the Q ural masses will be prosperous." ' 9 The same general method will be 9 jursued in the addresses in thesev- 9 iral states, outlining in each such 9 policies as are most Important and 9 ipplicable to the rural population. 9 Dead Yet Speaking. 9 The sun sets, but the trail of light _ le leaves behind him guides the pil- . jrim to his distant home. The tree 1 alls in the forest; but in the long * apse of ages it is transformed into ;oal, and to-day our fires burn the brighter because it grew and fell?it i jrings "the light of otner aays iround us. The coral insect dies, but _ ;he reef it raised now breaks the J] ;urges of the sea on the shores of yj :ontinents, like a wall, or else forms in isle in the bosom of the ocean hj ;o wave with haiwests for the benefit ea >f man. We live, we die; but we 81J lever know. The good or ^vil that gj, sve do lives after us, and is not gj 'buried with our bones."?Christian L< Observer. L WILL TEST INDIAN COTTON. ivo Bales of Oriental Staple Imported to Greenville. Greenville, Dec. 29.?Two bales of dian cotton, the first ever brought this section of the country, were ceived here to-day and sent to the ilzer mills at Pelzer, where it will ! tested as a substitute for Amerin cotton. This cotton from India sts only 12 cents per pound. If can be used successfully with presit equipment it will probably be ;ed by all the mills of this section itil the price of home-grown cotton Us. . ''TfF.#'car*TE'#! Attorney-at-Law <! BAMBERG, S. C. J [ special attention giveu to ?et- w tlement of estates and investi- f gation of land titles. X Loans negotiated on farm lands in Bamberg County. f Office over Bamberg Banking Co. X Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG* S. C. neral Practice. Loans Negotiated W P KIL E Y I . Fire, Life | ; Accident 1 INSURANCE 1 BAAU5KKU, &. I J DR. GEO. F. HAIR jj Dental Surgeon...Bamberg, S. C. 0 In office every day in the week, o Graduate of Baltimore College < of Dental Surgery, class 1892. J J Member S. C. Dental Associa- o tion. Office in. old bank build- < ing. . .... 5! DR. 0. D. FAUST DENTIST ' BAMBERG, S. C. Office in Telephone Building. If you need a safe that is a safe see me before buying J. D. F ELDER BAMBERG, ..... S.. C. Agent Victor Safe & Lock Co. Anything in Safes Cincinnati, O. Nervous I "I was very nervous," fm writes Mrs. Mollie Mirse, m of Carrsville, Ky., "had H palpitation of the heart, anrl was irrecnitsr. B "On the advice of Mrs. H Hattie Cain I took 2 bot- I ties of Cardui and it did H me more good than any medicine I ever took. "i am 44 years old and the change has not left me,, but I am lots better H since taking Cardui.* | iCARDUl The Woman's Tonic . Cardui is advertised and B sold by its loving friends. H The lady who advised N Mrs. Mirse to take Cardui, H Had Jierseit been cured or serious female trouble, by B Cardui, so she knew what B . Cardui .would do. . ., . B If Cardui cured Mrs. B Cain and Mrs. Mirse, it B surely will cure you too. B Wont you try it? Please da B BHBBH J HBUk nprovcd Saw Mills. UtIABLE FRICTION FEED. ^ ?ad*ReU?ble. J sst material and workmanshipf> light J Liming, requires little power; simple. < isy to "^anale. Are made in several j zes and are good, substantial money- J aking machines down to the smallest < ze. Write for catalog showing En-J < nes, Boilers and *11 Saw Mill supplies, , ombard Iron Works & Supply Co., < AUCUATA, OA. < ** 4 lOl lftK 11-No. 326 11 I jJ | Is the lucky winner of the Gold I || Watch we gave away for a ; i' I .J Christmas present and the holder of same lucky number is Miss . > " ;T-: J Carolina Cave, a teacher in the. Ehrhardt Graded SchooL The v I watch was delivered to Miss Cave at once. : : : : : : i * . I >5 M ' M We wish to all a happy , and prosperous New Year. , .;jj| , S. FINN'S Jewelry Store , Where the Quality is Always Right EHRHARDT, 8. C. ff ^1??101??101??IO^ I Machinery Owners ! I OF BAMBERG AND ADJOINING COUNTIES FOR THE -"1 I More titan Liberal Patronage -1 which has been given to lis since we opened oar shop ' ?/ April 1st, 1909. If we have failed to please a single customer we have not heard of it. On the contrary we I have had nothing but good words and "repeat or- igM ders." To those who have not tried us, we extend a -ftcordial invitation, and refer them (if necessary) to the S host of good friends we have made by GOOD WORK and K SQUARE DEALEVG. Yours truly, DENMARK MACH TAX NOTICE _ . The treasurer's office will be open v for the collection of State, county, -V ' :v:%fj3i school and all other taxes from the l^aiy^g /\1^ -IS 15th day of October, 1909, Until the JL CtillO Wi 15th day of March, 1910, Inclusive. . \ ? From the first day 01 January, j 1910, until the 31st day of January, J -m 110.1x1^1^1 * -Ub'1910, a penalty of 1 per cent willt \^| QiTIQS be added to all unpaid taxes. From MT ,, v, ; the 1st day of. February, lJilO, until , ' the 28th day of February, 1910, a 'I carry Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain ' penalty of 2 per cent, will be added -rrn.. ... n .? to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st ^ s w me a^- *^e time, day of March, 1J10, until the 15th. for aches and pains there ia day of March, .1910, a penalty of 7- v per cent, will be added to all unpaid nothing equals them. I have V '*?%ja THE-LEVY. ^ used them for rheumatic pains. For State purposes mills *~a ?&a For county purposes, 3% mills headache, and pains m side attd -vv^ Constitutional school tax,.. 3 mills back, and in every case they give 11mills oerfect satisfaction." SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. ' rrirnv mrror o?; ^ Bamberg. No. 14 7 mills HENRY COURLEN^,..,v" .-ly aS Binnakers, No. 12,.. 3 mills Boonton, N. T. Clear Pond, No. 19...... 2 mills ;v$?$? Colston, No. 18,?.... 2 mills pajn comes from, tortured Cuffle Creek, No. 17, 2 mills ? :;f ':?$% Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills nerves. It may occur m any ~.*cm Ehrhardt, No. 22 4 mills , ' , . V' .*!? ; ;'iH Govan, No. 11,.... 4 mills part of the head or body where _ij||g N?: 24 :::::::::::: I Ei", there is weakness ?- pressure Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills upon the nerves. ! . . Hunter's Chapel, No. 16.1.... 1 mUl ^ Lees, No. 23,.. 4 mills TV MJW : /*' 1 *t: Midway, No. 2, 2 mills . ' ; " Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills Antl-P&in PlQs Olar, No. 8,. ... 4 mills ^ (. , St. Johns, No. 10, 2 mills Relieve pain, whether it be net** ' ^ All persons between the ages of ? . 0 e twenty-one and sixty years, except rheumatic, sciatic,-lieadConfederat soldiers and sa lors, who ache, stomache, pleurisy or are exempt at fifty years of age, are :n..- -n - ~ liable to a poll. tax of one dollar. o\anan pains. ^ ,, y Capitation dog tax, 50 cents. Druggists everywhere sell them. If - -t' All persons who were 23. years of package fails to benefit, your drt!8r. ' age on or before the 1st day of Jan- flfst wni return your money. . -v^ .A Art H-V1. 4.^ ? t?T nf . T ' . 1%^' ' -. - /J ary? lsua, are nauic iu a, >v<*.a. ,. FO . one dollar, and all who have not M,1-ES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, intf*. ..... made returns to the Auditor are re- / quested to do so on or before 1st of ' *:%M penafty^an^cost^ tbereby save the. PORTABLE'AND sfATtONARY ; % I will receive the commutation I II H I II AH JHl road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from Hill | HI 3?S the 15th day of October, 1909, until F HI Im I HI'flF'H^ ' M the 1st day of March,. 1910. -v \ ,..|H 11-I U ff^vl^ ^ . JOHN F. FOLK, L|| U | L |1 Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept 30.. 1909. AND BOILERS MEAT MARKET. Saw? ^ and ShIn?le mn*> Woo-* c , * tosr, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Same men ata differ- Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, ent place. When jou Belting, Gasoline Engines . want the beat meats , Z LAROE STOCK' LOMBA^t artesian well on Broad Foundry, Machine, Boiler Work*, street Our prices .ire Supply Store. right. We also buy AUGUSTA, GA. M beef cattle, pork, hogs, ^ hides, chickens ?Jid v r.tr ..* eggs. W JEa, J; XtXiJEi BRONSON&GKANT Attomey-at-Law: BAMBERG. 8. C ^ entrnBted t<J me CO will receive prompt attention. SG. MOTE DICKINSON o Investigation of land tides a specialty i INSURANCE AGENT $ offle for uresent at court houw.. | WILL WRITE ANYTHING oj ?? ,'M Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lia- I FRANCIS F. CAEROLL x bility, Casualty, in the <> . ? strongest and most re- < > ATTORNEY-AT-LAW f liable companies. __ .. _ ; ^ ? . Offices Over Bamberg Ranking Co. x *Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, 8. C. 4 MMMHIMMMMHttmtt GENERAL PRACTICE.