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CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. Case of Gaffney White Man Sent to Circuit Court. n? Gaffney, June 9.?A preliminary examination was held yesterday afternoon by Magistrate Phillips in the case of Johnson Burgess, a white man, who is charged with attempting to criminally assault an eleven-yearold white girl in Gaffney last Saturday afternoon. Burgess, who was evidently under the influence of whiskey, left town in his wagon with his wife in the afternoon, and after passing the store where the young girl was alone, returned to get some sugar, which, he said, was forgotten. The child stated that he had some improper conversation with her, and caught hold of her and offered her money. After hearing the testimony and argument of counsel, the magistrate committed Burgess to jail to await trial at the coming term of the court ot sessions. The State was represented by W. S. Hall, Esq., and the defendant by Messrs. R. A. Dobson, of the local Bar, and H. K. Osborne, Esq., of Spartanburg. Burgess is well known, and those who know him best say that they are very sure \ that as he is very fond of children J he meant no harm. The little girl is the child of highly respectable parents, and the case had excited a great deal of talk in Gaffney and vicinity. Burgess has been in jail 5; since Saturday afternoon, when the alleged assault is said to have occurred. The summer term of the - court of sessions will convene in Gaffney on June 27. Col. Sawyer Cited for Contempt. Aiken, June 9.?In the preliminary hearing of the case against' B. Bates, jfe* -and Ben Cochran, Claude E. Sawyer, one of counsel for the defendants, was sentenced to serve 12 hours in jail or pay a $20 fine for contempt |p ' y of court. Col. Sawyer is one of the most prominent attorneys at the Aiken Bar, and the matter created quite a sensation. At one stage of the hearing, Col. Sawyer assumed an attitude which Magistrate W. M. Smoak construed to be offensive and he remonstrated ^ with Col. ~Sa#yer, at the same time inEflicting a sentence of $25 fine or 12 hours in jail, upon which Col. Sawyer is alleged to have used insulting and contemptuous language to the court, declaring that he would go to the jail in preference to paying the fine. The matter was postponed until the end of the hearing. W. Q. Davis was engaged as counsel for Col. Sawyer. When the matter was again brought up, Magistrate Smoak stated that his fin^ had exceeded the limit prescribed by the statute and that he would reduce the fine to $20 or 12 hours' imprisonment. ? Col. Sawyer's attorney gave notice of intention to appeal the case to the higher court. Mr. Smoak fixed bond (for Col. sawyer at $zuu, pending nis appeal. Mr. Davis demanded that a rule to show cause be servecf on Col. Sawyer in order that he might know the exact charge, stating at the same time, that Mr. Sawyer would humbly apologize without waiving any rights for any supposed offense or disorderly conduct given the court. Little Hurt by Lighting. Camden, June 9.?Mary Bel ton, an old negress residing on court square, was struck by" lighting here this afternoon during a severe rain and thunder storm. Her right leg was badly burned but she was not dangerously hurt. The occurrence was a strange one inasmuch as bricks were knocked off the chimney of the house, a cooking stove knocked into the middle of the floor by the severity of the shock, a piece of a sleeper-help neath the house was torn off and a leg of the bed on which the old wo man sat was broken to pieces, rne house did not' catch fire nor did the husband who sat not five feet from m the old woman receive even a shock. When asked what he did for his I wife when he found that she was struck, the man boasted proudly of her presence of mind and said that r she called to him to take'her in the yard immediately and bury the af| fected parts in the dirt. This he did without delay, much to the relief of the old woman, and as soon as possible summoned a doctor. Being asked where he go? this excel' lent treatment, he answered, "That's what they used to do up the coun - try." A Woman's Great -Idea. is how to make herself attractive. But, without health, it is hard for her to be lovely in face, form or temper. A - - i- -i-i-i- ?: 1 A wean, sickiv wuuiau win ue uci# vous and irritable. Constipation and kidney poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. But Electric Bitters always prove a godsend to women who want health, beauty and friends. They regulate stomach, liver and kidneys, W.. purify the blood; give strong nerves, bright eyes, pure breath, smooth, velvety skin, lovely complexion, good - health. Try them. 50c at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. !- . t- :r ' NEGRO BOY PAROLED. Governor Show9 Clemency in Case j from Lancaster. Columbia, June 6.?Because be was serving an apprenticeship with a e white man, William Harris, a little a negro boy,.sentenced to three years t on charge of housebreaking and lar- ti ceny and now at the Reformatory in g Lexington, will go free. Governor t< Ansel has paroled the boy during a good behavior. The petition in the a case is most unsual and perhaps 0 knows no parallel in South Carolina. William Harris was the servant of h J. W. Elliott, a citizen of Lancaster, h Mr. Elliott is a paralytic and Harris p waited upon him. In October, 1009, tl Harris, then 11 years old, was convicted of entering the house of F. S. Porter, with intent to steal. Three years was the sentence. The petition ^ is signed by the prosecutor and other citizens of the community. Governor Ansel, in paroling Harria, gives as his reason the fact that Mr. ^ Elliott needs Harris to wait on him, ss as shown by the petition and the ^ opinion of the solicitor that the boy 4:1 would be taken better care of with V1 Mr. Elliott and also that the boy will become a better man if taken out of e< the Reformatory. In the proclama- 11 tion ordering the release of Harris, A Governor Ansel writes: "It was also n a source of trouble to me while J was prosecuting officer to know what is best to do with the small boys who n F violate our criminal laws, and I suptl pose in the case to act upon the recommendation of the solicitor and the 6 presiding Judge, who are familiar ** with the facts of ihe case." : Harris will be released from the 1C Reformatory just as soon as he is w sent for from Lancaster. What Gov- fi ernor Ansel means by referring to "while I was prosecuting officer," is his solicitorship. Governor Ansel was solicitor for many years in the \ famous district around the "Dark Sj Corner."' g ""mm*0 Missionary Society Notes. Action of the general conference 15 on the report of commission on the ^ unification of nrfissionary boards and ^ societies: It will be remembered that the n general conference of 1906 made an effort to unite the two woman's mis- ^ sionary societies of the church into one. Instead of forcing this union at that time, as there was violent opposition to the measure, a commission of thirteen (four of whom were a women) was appointed to bring in a f< plan of unifying all the missionary o agencies of the church. As a.result m of much debate, earnest prayer and n diligent effort to solve the best plan, c< a report was made to the general p conference of 1910 which looked to c< merging the three missionary boards h into one general board of missions, g composed of ten preachers, ten laymen, ten women and ten bishops of tl the church. The plan called for a b general secretary, and eight depart- a ment secretaries, (four of whom must h be women) and two treasurers, (one r< of whom must be a woman). This b t brings fifteen women into this board h This report was unanimously h adopted by the general conference, li This plan of missionary operation ii does not change the auxiliaries, dis- tl trict or conference societies of the ir women's organization. The dues and si other collections for both societies s< will remain as heretofore. If in any tc church the two societies wish to si unite, this plan authorizes such a course. Of course there must be ol distinct home and foreign depart- m ments, and the funds for each must ol be kept separate and remitted to the vi different conference treasurers. ol The corresponding secretaries of tl the two conference societies will form b< a women's missionary council, to conduct the work done heretofore by the R two woman's boards. K Articles of coiyBtitutio;* bearing on H the woman's missionary council: n Par.373,Art.xxix.Thewomenofthe J< Methodist Church, South, shall con- S duct missionary work through an or- C ganization to be known as the wo- D man's missionary council, having a M home and foreign department. It N shall develop missionary work among women and children in accordance n: with the policy of the general board, vi This council shall consist of a president, four vice-presidents, two or J. more secretaries, two recording secretaries, and the corresponding sec- b< retary, or alternate, of both, the woman's foreign and home mission U societies of each annual conference. The secretaries of the general board, U assistant treasurer, and the women who are members of the general C hoard shall.be ex-officio members of the woman's missionary council. The v council shall hold annual meetings cl to hear reports of the work in all V fields, receive appropriations and p plans for the general board, to ar- v ran?rp the details of the aDDropria- N (ions and to consecrate the women r< who are accepted for service. The n council shall also plan to enlarge the r< membership of these societies, to in- p crease the collections and to further s< the work of missionary education v among women and children, At (Je t'a RUMORS UNFOUNDED. designation not Contemplated by 1 Tillman, Says Close Friend. Washington, June 9.?Mr. James laker, assistant librarian of the sen te, and a close friend of Senator j 'illman, has returned to Washing- t Dn from Atlanta, where he saw the ^ enator. He says that he has talked \ d the latter concerning the reports t bout his resignation from the sen- f te. but that, injiis opinion, nothing a f the kind is contemplated now. i Although rumors are still current ? ere that Senator Tillman will tender t is resignations this statement will s robably set the matter at rest for r tie present. s TWO WOMEN ASSAULTED. x 1 g >ne of Them Admits Being Maitreated t f Ormond, Fla., June 7.?Two midled-aged ladies were brutally as- t lulted here early this morning by an J kalian laborer of a gang employed in lis neighborhood. One is an in- g alid and is in a critical condition. A mob of several hundred gatherd here at noon, but were persuaded ot to attempt the lynching at once. t . mass .meeting was held this after- j, oon to decide on the Italian's fate. . The women were prepared to rexe shortly after midnight Friday t lorning when they were attacked. vidently desiring to avoid publicity, le women denied until to-day that t ither had been assaulted. To-day, . owever, it was admitted, and when, le Italian was taken before her she's, ientified him, although she said she r ould not care to swear to the identication in court. ^ a Wants to be Military Man. * ? Barnwell, June 6.?Col. W. W. [oore, member cf the governor's taff and formerly captain of the larnwell Guards, is being urged to nter the race for adjutant and inpector general. Col. Moore has not >sued a definite statement as to -hether he will be in the race or not, ut his friends here and throughout he State have been urging him to lake the race this summer. Col. Moore is a Citadel man, one 'ho has been interested actively in tie militia for several years and ha? umbers of friends throughout the tate, who are waiting his decision 1 the matter with much interest. nnual session preceding general con^rence, the council shall elect its fficers by ballot ancf nominate the romen who are to be officers and lembers of the general board. The ' ouneil shall make its own laws and rovide a constitution and by-laws for anference and auxiliary, societies In armony with the constitution of the eneral board. Par. 374, Art. xxx. The work of le woman's missionary council shall e carried on through conference nd auxiliary societies under the ome and foreign "departments. Its svenue -shall be derived from mem ersnip dues, liie ana nonorary mem- r ership fees, from devises, annuities, r equests, voluntary offering and pub- t c collections at meetings appointed t 1 behalf of* the society, provided e lat 50 per cenf. of the regular dues a i the woman's missionary societies a lall be directed by the conference ^ jciety in which it is raised, subject ^ > the approval of the woman's misonary council. 13 On May 18 th the executive officers v f the woman's board of home ^ lissions and the woman's board b f foreign /missions met in Ashe- v ille, N. C., according to the call c f general conference, and elected u le following representatives on the c Dard of missions. 0 Members?Miss Belle H. Bennett, p ichmond, Va.; Miss M. L. Gibson, p ansas City, Mo.; Mrs. L. P. Smith, Henrietta, Texas; Mrs. W. F. Bar- y inn 'Pnrth Wnrth Tpyas? Mrs T.. fr. j ahnson, Gainesville, Ga.; Mrs. H. R. c t^ele, Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. E. 13. 0 happelle, Nashville, Tenn.; Miss a aisy Davis, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Mary [oon, Athens, Ala.; Mrs. Lee Britt, orfolk, Va. Secretaries?Home mission depart- ^ tent, Mrs. R. W. MacDonell, Nashille, Tenn. Foreign mission department, Mrs. . B. Cobb, Nashville, Tenn. t Educational department, Miss Ma- i; el Head, Nashville, Tenn. p Editorial department, Mrs. A. L. t [arshall, Nashville, Tenn. r The treasurer has not yet been se- t ;cted. d Officers of Woman's Missionary e (Juncil: t President, Miss Belle H. Bennett; i ice-presiueni, Mrs. j^a. uruos, win- s hester, Ky.; vice-president, Mrs. ,T. r 7. Perry, Morristown, Tenn.; vice- a resident, Mrs. J. R. Nelson, Nashille, Tenn.; vice-president, Mrs. H. \ i. Mclntyeire, Nashville, Tenn:; cor- esponding secretary of home depart- t lent, Mrs. R. W. MacDonell; cor- c esponding secretary of foreign cfe- t artment, Mrs. J. B. Cobb; recording f ecretaries, Mrs. F. S. Parker, Nash- t ille, Tenn; Mrs. Frank Siler, Atlan- c i, Ga. t WOULD-BE SUICIDE KILLED. ? Passenger Seeking Death One Way was Killed Another. Greenville, June 6.?Considerable excitement was caused among the >assengers on Southern train No. 30 o-night, just north of Toccoa, Ga., vhen an unidentified white man, >earing a ticket from Tucson, Ariz., 0 New York, in an effort to jump rom a car window, was grabbed by 1 negro Pullman porter. The man's >odv was dangling through the win- 1 low when the porter caught him by : he feet, the result being that, in- : tead of rolling beneath the cars, the . uan was literally brained by his head triking against the walls of the ocky cut through which the train vas passing. The porter was hurt Km.* tJm Viaori anH chmilHprs. hilt le refused to loosen his grip until ie saw the passenger was dead. ( The man's body was taken back ] o Toccoa and placed in charge of an mdertaker. Search of his clothing 1 ailed to reveal his identity. 1 Salutatory of the President of the U. D. C. Of all the lands that be, the best o our minds is this sunny Southand whose balmy breezes and sun- ( ;issed fields have wound themselves 0 indissolubly into our lives that hey are really a part of us. But ve ask why is this the case? Is this 1 recent growth? Is this great love hat we bear for our sunny-land, our lome-land, a thing new and known >nly to this generation? m In ages past our future was nade, in life far distant our present vas born, for one age springs from i thousand ages, and inherits a form rom each, then for generation after fVlie Iava Vto O hoon reloping, and if love can reach a :limax, it was reached in the sixties vhen the noble flower of our land truck a blow that staggered all the vorld, and although they struggled md fought and fell, this flame of love" or this South-land, their home-land, vas only fanned to a white heat, by he weary march, the scant food and :lothes, the roar of the enemy's guns >elching forth their deadly missiles, md the dropping from ranks of >rothers and comrades. This love then is ours by every ight of inheritance, for from soul to iouI, and from age to age, there was his one connecting thread. And low are we women of this commulity of our sunny land banded together at last, not to engender hosile feelings toward those who were >ur father's enemies, but to bring to >ur honored heroes living and dead, >ur hearts, brimming with gratitude, md lay them at their feet and promise hat as we have been slow to come, ve shall not be correspondingly slow n giving of ourselves, our time, and >ur talents toward perpetuating their nemory, but we shall work toward his end now, with the zeal with vhich they fought, for what they ; >elieved to be a righteous cause. For after the struggle and"surender when this fair land lay naked, obbed of her best mankind, and her lest homes, with only barren wastes o tell to the devastating march of the .nemy, 'twas then that "Carolina .rose with blazing eyes, when dawn nd day-time met, and said: To my yomen I give the Creed of Rememirance for they never will forget.'' The daughters belong to a sacred >and that must teach the South's rondertul past that it may be mown and loved in the assemilages of future ages, and now : /e women of Bamberg county, beause we have been slow in taking p our pafrt of this great Memorial, aust needs be more enthusiastic in ur efforts, and with probably a long illll, a nara pun, anu a pun lus^iuci, >lace a fitting shaft in our home own, that it may tell to our children, ea to our children's children, the leeds of our glorious dead. And we annot fail if we work with Love as ur watchword, Patience, our guide, nd Victory our hope and expectation. FIFTY DOI4LAR PLASTER. Vife Applies it to Husband's Back Not Knowing a Bill Was on It. Middleton, N. Y., June 3.?The reasury department officials at Washngton will shortly receive a porous ilaster for which they will be asked 0 issue a $50 bill. A week ago a uerchant of this city on retiring for he night left some bills on top of a iresser. He had a lame back and askd his wife to prepare a porous plas- j er. She did so, but after heating \ t accidently dropped it on the dreser. In picking it up she did not totice the $50 bill clinging to it and tpplied it to her husband's back. The bill was missed and servants vere suspected of having stolen it. The whole household worried over he matter until last night the mer:hant removed his porous plaster and he bill was found sticking to it so irmly that it could not be removed without tearing it to pieces. The merhant will send the plaster to the reasury department for redemption. V y. ' You Must We can supply y ceries. We carry assortment of eve to eat, and we n large shipment o Austin, Nichols i fine grocery house a few articles for Carmdo Asparagus, white, very fine, Sunbeam Pure Food Prepared Must! Nonesuch, Heinz's and Campbell's Sc Pork and Beans, several brands, all All kinds of Pickles and Jams, all fr Deviled Crabs. Fresh Salt Mackerel Tetley's Teas. Nice line for Iced Te* National Biscuit Co.'s Fruit Cake, 1 Fancy Cakes and Crackers of every two weeks. Red and White Cherries, very fine. Fresh assortment Fine Candies Just : Grape Nuts, Cream of Wheat, Quake Cocoas and Chocolates. Pull line Canned Meats and Fish, be Best Hams and Breakfast Bacon. Buy your Chicken Food from us. 3enry Clay Flour 95 cents per sack. Small orders appreciated as ber our 'phone is No. 24. promptly. : W. P. HI Tko I. XU TV Rl^fisr X1IU UiWVI) ww 1 Horses 1 Buggies < j| Full Stock If on hand . if See us bef || A few Fa | Horses on JONES I BAMBE V 0 The Thrifty Man is a L His good fortune, howev He works and saves. I only, but the fruits of s< lie lays by for the morrc His savings are depositee 1 t ion" from loss and where a fair rate of interest. DEPOSITORS WITH THIS B Interest is credited quart through the quarter. F< PEOPLES BANK - ' o O^MYoui IBfr Bell telephone I the greatest sysh You can have it in ' You can talk to your doctor. or to folks Northern or Southern city. I Installing a telep I same as increasing ; / making a large outl I phone costs very lit B TTe would like to tell y< a rural telephones. Ask the I Or write to us for descriptive B FARMERS' LINE DEP > Southern Bell Tt y& Te'egrapl cuth Poor Street - ': -V/-. . ' - '/b&A Eat to Live < \ our wants in Gror at all times a full - I rything that's good sceived this week a ? . f good things from k Co., New York's . We mention only lack of space: J*' only 35 cents the can. ^ *rd, 15 cents the jar. >ups, full Hn'e. good. v [<$%&&& esh. * y-p) I, fat and nice. j lb. size, 35 cents. ? kind and flavor. Received fresh every 1 M You ought to try them. ' JSk ln>r Oats, Tapioca, etc. ,J st brands. well as large ones. RememRing us up. We deliver i # ERNDON 1 S'GER, Manager. Bamberg, 8. C. & Mules | j & Wagons 1 in Our Line I Mill at all times.- [Nil! ore you buy. ] | S mcy Driving j! j BKUS.J ucky Mm -3-^ - 1 er, does not come by chanoe. I [is labore are not for to-day j ome part of each day's labor m. &? a where he is sure of protechis deposit will earn for him ANK ARE ABSOLUTELY SAFE. erly upon balances remaining Dur per cent, is allowed. - .. - - - - Bamberg, S.C. O rServkeji^B . Farmer! ) 1 ! system of America, Mr. Farmer? > ?m in the world?is at your service, your home as soon as you want it. abhors, vour friends in town, to "*0 ; */ . 5 in New York, Chicago or any other I I hone on your" farm is the I your horse power without J 4 ay for the horse. A tele-1 tflfcx I >u about our plan for installing A nearest Bell telephone manager ^ * t booklet. A postal will do. JK * ART1MT y - - / , ' jtySsfe^X'^Byy xjJ