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| WE SEL1 B DBE8S GOODS fl Flaxon, in plain colors, s flj and chocks, @ 20c and Bj Palmetto and Hudson P M all colors, @ 20c and 25c M Dross Ginghams, in chocl B Solids, @ 10c. iB "Poo lit I fill Anali^ir Oft tnali rmmm wwawi iu uimudt uv auvu 1 at 50c. B Samples will be sen 8B for the asking. :::: ttl t. til.fciLTlfc'fl.tL PERSONAL MENTION. Mwpto VUtiH fat This Ctty and < at Other Points. .? kr. C. A. Thomas. Ehrhardt. was la the city to-day (Wednesday.) 1 ?Mr. O. C. Pender, of the Colstor ' action, was in the city last Friday. 1 ?Mr. T. A. Green, of 8partanbnrg. { pent sereral days in the city this ] y ',?Mr. J. C. Moye, of Ehrhardt, pent Sunday and Monday here with Mb family. ?Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Smith, of the ^rhardt section, spent Tuesday in f ttie city. 7?Mr. A. Kirsch, Sr., spent a few days In Walterboro this week on a Mi times trip. ?Mr. Tillman Felder.of Ehrhardt, spent Sunday In the city on a risit I to his parental ?Mrs. J. A. Bates, of Charleston, M In the city on a rieit to her sister, | MlV. J. W. McCue. ?Mis. 8. W. Copeland and Mrs. W. B. Beast, of Ehrhardt, were in the | city Tuesday on a risit to Mrs. Q. L. Kfaard. ?Mrs. A. A. Zeifler, who has been In flanford, Via., for two months, on a ihtt to the family of her brother, Mr.v H. H. Hill, returned home last JMdey. ?Ml*, t. O. WUHjun*. ot AIMSdale, accompanied by Mrs. A. E. lemon and Mrs. C. 8. Peoples, spent 'last Sunday with Mrs. O. J. Frier, Mis. Williams's^ daughter, at the Baptist parsonage. Mrs. Lemon and Mm Peoples returned home Monday, hot Mrs. Williams will remain for a weak or so. . HMO DC GOLD POUND. Intlnglus fhaple Brcttcd Over Be* ported Find. " - o UaMk ?A TW. _ IIIII I BIIi?t W'VM av. ?w- t fori that a pot containing $4,000 in e gold win dug np n night or two ago e on the old Dirt place, in the heart i of .town, ic attracting conolderable intarnat For many yeara parties < hap boon ft?pawing on thhr piece 4 tOCpropertft in aearch of money, It in t anM, and, nnleaa all aigna fail, the c hidden treasure has been at last 0 Jpmndreds of people hare visited 0 the soene where the pot is alleged to v been found, and with one ae-lb cogd they all assert that something a wm seenred. great hole was dug t info the earth and parts of the rnsty 1 pd| were left nearby. That the pot n hail been in the ground is borne oat hy tbe evidence of its haying been p A ra|aorfid Evidently the parties left c 1 thh scene in a harry, for no effort was c mads to shield the broken vessel. t A large rock, weighing possibly f ftne or fix hundred poinds, had to be E 1 removed before the banters could get e S? to the exact spot The place in question wns%ht at the end of an old c nov, BMr use cnimney, ana use j ground wis exceedingly hard. , t Who the lacky persona were has t Ml beta ascertained, but If anything t wsfi found at all. It was certainly a a large amount. It is mid that "mon- i f ey rods/' as they are called generally. 1 are beeoming plentiful in Lexington. and it is likely that this instrument wm used in this particular instance. * * 3 Dedwe Riglaw i to Blame. fcock Hill, March SO.?Yesterday afjfcrnoon, as passenger train No. S8 i from ColpmbU to Charlotte was lear- 1 tap the city, It ran orer and killed a i white bey, S years old, son of George c Battermyer of the Manchester mills, i The accident happened on a curre in 1 front of the mill. t The boy, with a younger brother, a was going across the track to a neigh- c tor's to get some milk. As the train j came around the curre the oldest boy 1 ran across the track. Running at a a high rate of speed the engine struck i him. crushing his skull behind the c left ear, breaking bis right shoulder, his right leg shore the ankle, and i crashing his ankle. t coroner's inquest was held orer j his body and the verdict rendered was j "that he came to his death by pass- t enger train No. 23. northbound. Engi- i neer McAllister, Conductor Chase, i carelessness on the part of the engi- < * .THEBES SHOES tripes, The American Lady 25c. Shoes @ $3.25 and $ oplins, The American Lady nAam " OUWO VJA/ VVOi. a and Children's Shoes anc from 75c to $2.50. Linen The Florsheim Shoes i $4.00, $5.00, and $6.0 t THE NATIONAL FOREST. Somnmpnt Timber Cruisers at Work T in Florida. Florida ir about to get its first practical experience of the results of National Forest Administration. A ei reconnoissance survey of the Choctir oi v ha tehee Forest, which was put un- tfc ier control of the Department of Ag- R riculture in November, 1908, by Pres- in idential proclamation, is now being ti< made by a force of Forest Service ex- tfc perts. This survey will furnish infor- tfc nation in the light of which use of of :ne ioresis can oe promoted through re properly regulated timber cutting, ce through turpentining under the cup- 01 md-gutter or the cup-and-apron re nethod, and through grazing, with- &! >ut harm to the permanent value of .he forests. Florida was the first ly Mate east of the Miasippi to hire a ei National Forest. si< The Choctawhatchee Forest con- pi mining approximately 467,606 acres, p( s located in the western part of the N< Mate, along the Gulf, in Walton and sb lanta Rosa counties. The Ocala For- di >st, embracing some 207,285 acres, be las in the central part, the greatest pi ration of the Forest being in Marion Sa aunty, with a small fraction in w< -nke. The two forests were placed 01 inder administration November 1st, th .909. As long ago as 1825, Congress ap- m >ropriated $10,000 to buy live oak wl and on Santa Rosa sound to make op rare of a supply of ship timber for be tur war vessels, *neis reservation, co ogether with other tracts snbse- tic tuently set aside, made a total of coi ?08,224 acres in Florida timber lands w< rhich the government purposed to th) told as a source of supply for its ed hips. Large quantities of acorns ric rere planted and many young oaks ne et out But the plantation was not gr , great success, and the main effort da ras ultimately restricted to thinning fli< ut, pruning, and other silvicultural are of the trees of the national for- sic st To-day the new attempt at for- Ci stry in the Peninsular State prom- at les much more encouraging results, ne The party of eight Forest 8ervice 8p bruisers, headed by A. B. Recknagel of jsistant Chief of Silviculture at Al- tic rapuerque, N. Mex., have already of ommeneed operations near the head f Little Alaqna The crew will pro- fn eed westward to .ne western border Dt n Bast Bay river. An accurate sur- th ey of ail the government land will tb taken, the stuipige estimated, 1? nd a report made of the number of urpentine cups that, in accordance on rith the latest federal regulations, rii nay properly be placed on the forest fa When the cruisers shall have com* m< leted their work on the Choctaw hat* lis hee, a similar inspection of the cr >cala Forest will be made. It is bought the surveys will engage the pr oroe till the beginning of summer, sh litis have been selected for the rang- > tb rs* houses, to be built by contract tw A local estimator figures that the tic aunty-school and road funds wilt qu irofit by the turpentining, grazing, ay imber ^cutting, and other receipts of he Choctawhatchee Forest to the ex- tb ent of $700 or $800 this first year, Ai ince twenty-five per cent of all such pa evenues is to go into these two fa! fends. POLICE 8TOP MAD MARATHON. on >owd Protests at Interference?New w ftmdm Record Established. San Pranciaco, March 20.?Police fn topped the world's championship ag iarathen dance here this afternoon, T1 kfter six of the contestants had been qv lancing fifteen hours and six min- ed ites. The old record was fourteen pi lonrs and forty-two minutes. A pro- fo est arose from the three thousand spectators and a riot was prevented pi >nly by the determined manner in w1 vhich the officers cleared the plat- ed orm. Doctors, who were in attend- N~< ince, advised the police that further qi )hysical exertion on the part- of the co lancers might result fatally. sh Seven couples entered the contest Si ind five couplet finished. Probably th he most remarkable feature of the performance was the fortitude of J. Si 1. West, who It 54 yean old. Al- m hough at timet during the night it it, learned that hit struggle to continue of rat torturing him, he wared hit tec- m rads aside and kept It up. West's hi partner was a 16-year-old girl. of T GOOD! CL01 low cut B^?'^1cferb 0 ca 65c to $125. iugh cut Men's Spring a 8 will be in by. 1 anwuouoc Be sure and giv I Shppers vnn w IJ w?? WWJ | AV? jMbODght c C. R. DOWN HE WENT. be House Repudiates Speaker Cannon and Committee on Rules. With the warring factions apparltly as determined as ever to fight it to the bitter end. the contest iat was precipitated Thursday when epresentative Norris, of Nebraska, troduced his now famous resoluon to increase the membership of le committe on rules and drop erefrom Speaker Cannon, the house ' representatives was scheduled to assemble at noon Saturday and reive the ruling of Speaker Cannon i the point of order raised by Rep wuuiuve is&izen 01 Pennsylvania gainst the measure. Refreshed by many hours of greatneeded rest, the members were : pec ted to gather far more phycally lit to confront the difficult oblem developed by insurgent Reiblicans and Democratic "allies," 0 whit abated by adjournment lortly previous to four o'clock Frity evening, interest among mem>rs, official Washington and the iblic generally was so pronounced iturday that it was clear there raid be practically full attendance 1 the floor of the house and that e gallery would be thronged. Before the house of representatives et at 12 o'clock none could be found ho would venture more than an linion as to what the outcome would u Leaders of the factions knew, of urse, what respective lines of ac>n probably would tried, but lid not tell what measure of success raid result. Much like two armies it for many long hours had contendon a field of battle and then, wea*d of the strife, had rested on arms, ither yielding one inch of the onnd which had been won 8atury stood ready to renew the conct Wild cheering of the Republican le of the house greeted Speaker innon as he mounted the rostrum 12 o'clock. The battle was rewed at once when in his ruling eaker Cannon sustained the point order against the Norris resolu>n, holding the resolution to be out VI HVft Representative Norris appealed ?m the speaker's ruling and Mr. Llxell moved to lay the appeal on e table. The roll was called and e motion to lay on the table was it The motion of Mr. Dalsell to lay i the table the appeal of Mr. Nori from the speaker's ruling was deited by 164 to 181. The announce?nt was greeted with yells of de;ht from the insurgents and demoits. Representative Norris moved the evious question on his resolution, utting off all debate. He stated e debate had already proceeded o days. A roll call on the resolu>n was then begun. The previous iestion was ordered by a vote of es 182; noes 160. This would bring direct to a vote e appeal from the speaker's ruling, id the vote was the one that aprently would register the speaker's 1L n*wi_a.-. m ri a-s ?1^? i uirij-uve xiepuuuuans to tea wita e Democrats against the Dalzell Dtion to lay the Nebraskan's appeal t the table. The Democrats roted lidly in the negative. The house sustained the appeal Dm the speaker's ruling. The vote ainst the speaker was 182 to ISO. lis brought the Norris resolution lestion to the front. It was orderi read. The speaker had been reidiated by the house he has ruled r seven years. By a vote of 191 to 155. the Retblican insurgents voting solidly 1th the Democrats, the house adoptl the resolution of Representative Drris (Republican) of Nebraska, retiring a reorganization of the rules mmlttee, increasing its mem berip from 5 to 10, and declaring the >eaker ineligible to membership erein. Having completely repudiated the teaker and passed an important easure in spite of his opposition to there was a dispositon on the part the Democrats to still further hu I late 8peaker Cannon by deposing m, bat the curiously identical rote 191 to 155, the House defeated a tefiMBMlBiwHBawtWi' lif-^ MBf -ajriVcfa? J-l 5 FORTH fhing ocker Pants from Mens'and! ed for the nd Summer Suits L5th of March. The famoui e us a look before noted for we have a swell for $3.00 BRABHA resolution of Representative Burleston, of Texas, declaring the speaker. ship vacant and ordering an immediate election of a successor of Mr. Cannon. This ended the three days battle, which ended in a complete victory for the Insurgent Republicans and Democrats, the House adjourned. Senator Tillman in Atlanta. Atlanta Ga., March 20.?After a 1 stay of two days at their home in Trenton, S. C.. United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman and Mrs. Tillman arrived in this city to-night The Senator was driven immediately to a local sanitarium, where he will remain until he has fully recovered from his recent illness. Physicians at the sanitarium after an examination to-night said that tfte Senator's condition was very much improved, and that he only came here to take the "rest cure," after which It la ATlWrtMl Ka will Ka fiillr -aaaw -- ? ?MV v* M? W mil/ * vw f ered. FeU Nine Stories. Louisville, Ky., March 20.?Jos Rhamstine, 46 years old, claim agent for the Southern Railway, to-day fell from the ninth floor of the Columbia building to the etreet below, crashing through an iron grating and dying instantly. Rhamstine, who suffered from asthma, had climbed the steps to his office, on the ninth floor, when, it is believed, he raised a window for a breath of fresh air, became unbalanced and fell. Panamas, the Southern gentleman's hat, nice line at ^ D. Rhoad's WEAK, WEARY WOMEN Lear^ the Cause of Daily Woes and End Them. When the back aches and throbs. When housework is torture. When night brings no rest nor sleep. Whe urinary disorders set in Wofnen's lot is a weary one. There is a way to escape these woes. Dorp's Kidney Pills cure such ills. Have cured women here in Bamberg. This is one Bamberg woman's testimony. Mrs. J. O. Adams. N. Main street. Bamberg, 8. C., says: "I can say that no remedy I have ever tried has given me as much relief as Doan's Kidney Pills. I suffered from kidney trouble for three years. There was always a dull pain across the small of my back and at times I felt very dizzy. The kidney secretions were also irregular in passage and caused me added annoyance. Upon hearing of Doan's Kidney Pills. I went to the Peoples Drug Co. and procured a supply. The contents of three boxes have helped me wonderfully. I intend to continue the use of this remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Milbura Co., Buffalo, New Tork, sole agents for the United 8tates. Remember the name?Doan's? and take no other. W. L. DOUGLAS *3.00 *3.50, *4.00 & 85.00^-^w SHOE8 /? Wv BntkteVffM / fc: ?\ Foot Color Egolota W. L. Donglat Aoet are the lowed price, quality coaiidvid, in thi world. Their wmommk sty la, easy filling and lone wnrinf quaHtioa excel thoae of otiwr ihot If you hare boon paying ? *- al * B?fn prices roc your mom* tnc nexx qm yon need a pair giro W. L. Donglat thoeo , a trial. Yon can tare money on- yoor footwear and got thoet that urn jnat as good in every way at thoae that haw boon coating yon higher pneee. If yon conld vict onr large fadoriet at Mate. and toe for yonroelf how carefnBy W. L Pongkt thoot are ^^."fit hStr and CAYticSJ^ w*T.<SSJ^n?rni wu? a WN oo Um bottoa to rrotat Ibt mnruM high prices awl inferior ehoea. T?k* ? hart tft IfW.LDoicUi AocsidMlforfliliiiTiM J. A. BYBjT BAMBERG, 8. C. I f E LEAST MC SHIRTS HC Joys' Shirts, unequal- A large line of i money. plain and fai HATS 10c to 25c. i C. & K Hat that is All colors and its style and quality Half Hose frc and $3.50. ,M'S SONS, 1 Easter Sho x We can make your shopping for Eastei B profitable and pleasant, if you just get A coming to our store when out on a sho a? We have the goods you want, plenty c B prices are certainly right. We don't li A our low prices, let your neighbor tell yi 2k better yet, come and find out for yourse B pleasure in showing you through our sp 9 Dry Goods, Shoos, Laces, 2 Ladies' Waists, Muslin Unci I Skirts, Boys' Wash Suits. : A OUR CLOTHING DEPARTM V THE LARGEST IN THE CC X We can fit you up in a fine suit for the i B in the market for your money. Lm< A dow Shades, Rugs, Matting, Ribbons, ai X anything that you would expect to fin* w department store, and at prices alwayi ^9 WTO nlVIVTO a nn noni/uni MCVAJili rar, 1 R KARE 9 Ehrh&rdt I Horses & I I Buggies & 1 Full Stock in Ou] 1 on hand at all I See us before yoi I A few Fancy D 1 Horses on Hand.*, Mf m JUNES Bl 1 BAMBERG, S. $iCg?I?lHl?Iigiqig}gnmiig?gW I f __ II Easter Gre< |[ J. W. McCU | Good Things I <? ? ? {i Anything you need in the C 11 Orders promptly filled. I EXCURSION R> I Account presentation of silver service I ship "South Carolina," the Southern Ra I very low excursion rates to Charleston, points in South Carolina and from Aux I ets will be sold April 11th and 12th, I destination op to and including bat not night of April 16th, 1610. J. L. MEEK, V Asst. Gen. Pass, Aft., I Atlanta, Ga. ri '. ? tfL.t .. . .. V )NEY 1 )se n Ladies' Hose in Jg icy colors, from jg sizes of infants' W >m 10c to 25c. M ttfl vK Bamberg S.C. B " " MB ^rwwwlWWW^y tik vv \ and after, very * t in the habit of B pping expedition. B >f them, and oar xF ke to brag about B on about that, or B If. We will take jf S Sooth Carolina * fagoiis| r Line I times. S i buy. 1 p) riving I WS.,| aaigigummpS I O -.1 stings |[ E |1 to Eat II 1 t i ii irocery Line. {} 'Phone 32. 11 gHmmmmmmiH* VTES to V. 8. Battleilway announces i 8. from all usta, Ga. Ticklimited to leave later than midf. E. McGEE, H vision Ptfto. Aft, Charleston, 8* C. J]