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COXVICT COMMITS SUICIDE. - Every Indication that Life-Term< Took his Own Life. Columbia, July 14.?Henry Mar a negro convict at the State penitei tiary, committed suicide this mGrnin by a leap from the third tier in tt main prison building. The negi V sustained a fractured skull, dyin this afternoon. Although it was n( definitely established that Mars con mitted suicide, this is the opinio among the authorities at the pen tentiary. Mars came out of his cell th morning-, along with the other prisoi ers, and nothing unusual was note o S9TC him take Ulil.ll IUO guatu ui*" ? plunge from the third tier. Th prison, it should be understood, arranged with narrow tiers surroum ing the upper cells. The negro lam ed on the cement floor, the fall b* ing about 24 feet. ^ The tire had a railing of four fe< high around it and it would have bee rather an unusual proceeding ha Mars fallen over this railing, henc the suicide theory. Mars may ha\ been sitting on this railing, but th theory has been abandoned. Mars was a life-termer, havin been sent up last year from Abb* ville for murder. This is the second case of this kin at the prison within the last tw years. In 1908, a negro leaped fro] the tier to his death. * Mars died several hours after tt jump from the tier, following a operation. Lightning Kills Negro. Manning, July 14.?A negro nan ed Israel White and a mule wer killed by lightning about 5 o'cloc this afternoon, while plowing in ^ field on J. W. McLeod's place, tw miles from town. There were sevei al hands plowing in the same fiel when a cloud came up. The other took out their mules and went to th house, but Israel said he had on more row to plow and he woul ! finish that. Before he finished tb row the lightning finished his work. y ? King Cotton in the East. According to a late report to th United States government and, ther< % fore, likely to be near the truth th cotton crop in India this year wi exceed four million bales, being a inarease of over nine hundred thoi sand bales over last year's produ< tion. That cotton is a short, coare staple, but it suits the cheap good markets of Asia and Africa and th islands of the Pacific. The cost c making it is small owing to th richness of the soil which require no fertilizers and the cheapness c wages of laborers who live on ric J "Korno on/1 oot nn TYlPJlt ttiiu umci feiaxuo The British and Germans were re ported last week to be growing coi .* * ton^more successfully than ever b< fore in Africa. Labor is plentifi and cheap and the English make tb native work whether they like c not. r '' The plain, unvarnished, if unpali table truth of the^situation is th \ combination of all the East agairn the cotton industry of America i solid, resentless, aggressive and ui tiring. Both self-interest and natioi al pride are involved. Though th world is at peace so far as the quies * cence of fleets and armies goes ther is an industrial conflict in progres that affects the greatest acre of wet vil infested cotton in Dixie. Throug cotton is the best method of the a' tack of the old world upon the nev t And the South is the first suffere from the arrogance of big stick boas . " ers of men and money and the ui blushing, unchecked gamblings of tb ravenous speculators of wicked Ne York and Godless New Orleans.Barnwell People. Columbia's New Departure. ? s ???? The new government of our Stal capital, composed of a mayor and foi aldermen, has adopted a new an promising treatment for paup* drunkards, white and black. Upon suggestion of an unname citizen of another State the counc has decided to give the liquor cui to every white or colored man a: rested for drunkenness who is tc poor to pay a fine. The liquor con pany makes no charges for its med cines and the service of its phys cian. Its treatment is claimed to r< move the afcsire for drink in thre days and to complete a lasting cui in a week. During 1909 there were over thousand arrests for drunkenness i i Columbia and many more for di orderly conduct resulting irora ovt indulgence in booze. Columbia is tt A first city in the United States to re ognize drunkenness as a disease cu able by treatment and may have con menced the final satisfactory soli tion of the liquor problem. If results equal hopes the name < mayor Wade Hampton Gibbes will 1 ^ written high and large in the futui of South Carolina, and possibly in n; r tional politics.?Barnwell People. r / J "' ' RELIEVE ASYLUM . CONDITIONS. *r The Commission and Regents Take I lafi ntto Artinn. s, Columbia, July 14.?The erection l- of three new buildings on the presig ent site and the completion of the ie Taylor building, to relieve the con o jested condition of the State hosig pital for the insane, were the imme)t diate plans adopted by the asylum i- commission and the board of regents n to-day. The work on these buildings i- will commence Monday morning and will be rushed as fast as is consistis ent with proper construction, so that l- the patients may be accommodated, d This portion of the work is under a the direction of the board of regents. ie Dr. J. W. Babcock, the superintendis ent, and Dr. W. W. Ray were ap1 pointed a building committee to get i- the specifications ready during the 5- present week. The immediate erection of build?t ings at the asylum is but a part of n the larger plan looking toward the d future development of the hospital. :e That the races will be segregated and re the tubercular and pellagra patients is kept in separate wards from the other patients, are matters which g will soon be realized. 5" Will Push Work Forward. It is safe to say that by August 1, the commission, acting under the 0 authority of a joint resolution pass 31 ed at the last session of the general assembly, will have started the erecie tion of new buildings upon the lands n to be purchased soon. Next week the commission will again meet and the various propositions for sites of land will be gone over and a selection and purchase made. This state>e ment was made this evening by Dr. k Babcock, the chairman of the coma mission, following the all day session 0 of the members of the commission, r_ and the meeting of the board of red gents. .s It should be explained that the e /building of three structures for the e use of the patients and the comple^ tion of the Taylor building is the e work of the regents, and the money was appropriated by the general assembly in the regular appropriation bill for improvements at the asylum. This matter is, in a measure, sepaLe rate and distinct from the work of the asylum commission, which has a Le specified duty to perform?namely, 11 the purchase of lands and the erecn tion of buildings thereon. Of course, i- the plan for all buildings is made > with a view to a general developie ment. Is The sum of $50,000 was approe priated for improvements at the asyif lum. Under the joint resolution, e $100,000 may be borrowed from the >s sinking fund commission in the use >f of the asylum commission in purchas :e ing lands and erecting buildings. Man's Legal Right to Stare. t- Of course, a man ought never to i_ stare; but the law, the New York il law at least, gives a man the right e to a second look. The decision was ?r was rendered by a learned and discriminating judge in one of our subi urbs last spring. ie Going out on a train one evening 5t were a sensitive husband and a reis markably pretty wife. A stranger in i- the seat ahead glanced back, liked i- what he saw, and a little later looked e again; sensitive husband punched 5- him, and then had him arrested; but e the judge, when he saw the wife, [s quickly decided that any man was eni titled to two looks at such a woman, h You may be familiar with the old t- story of the men's party where the it. dominie cautioned them against looker ing at other men's wives, and offered t- a silk hat to the man who would stand i- up and say that he had not so offendie ed. .Qne of the confiding kind of w husbands, when he got home, was ? innocently telling his wife about it when she interrupted, "Of course, John, you got right up." John apparently had not anticipated a personal application, but he answered -e guilelessly: "Of course not, Mary. '* ? * *? t ? 11 You Know now punny i iuuk m a. ? silk hat."?Erman J. Ridgway, in Jr the Delineator for August. ? The License Ordinance. il We publish in our advertising e columns the business license ordir nance for the city of Bamberg for io the ensuing year. It would be well i- for every one to look over this ordii nance and note carefully its proi visions. All businesses are licensed 5- and there is also a tax on dogs, bi>e cycles, and automobiles. Every one *e liable to the tax imposed by this ordinance should pay it promptly, so a that city council may not be embarn rassed in its enforcement. True the s- tax dodger is always with us it ?r seems, but if this ordinance is rightly iv pnfnrppri and everybody liable c- made to carry their burden of supr porting the government, a considera able income to the city will be reu alized and yet no tax payer will feel the burden. It is our duty to hold Df up the hands of city council, for the )e money spent is for the benefit of the re citizens. This license tax is paya able the first of August, and a penalty attaches if not paid promptly. r: ' ' ' i \ WOMEN OF FORTUNE. I One Billion Dollars Controlled by ( Less Than 50 Women. The United States is not only a land of millionaires; it possesses also more p millionairesses, to coin a word, than v any other country in the world, f Avoiding as far as possible mere es- p timates and guesswork, and drawing ^ the figures largely from the published f wills of the husbands, parents or relatives from whom they inherited, it p is possible to make up a list of Amer- c ican women, comprising less than 20 t names, who control a combined c wealth of $500,000,000. Add 20 or 30 more names, and the total would mount up toward $750,000,000. Doubtless if the full facts could be secured a list of 200 American wo- f men who control a combined wealth a of $1,000,000,000 could be compiled t without violence to the truth. t Here is a list of some of America's i richest women, with an estimate of a their fortunes: i Mrs. Russell Sage $70,000,000 t Mrs. E. H. Harriman.... 60,000,000 1: Mrs. Frederick C. Pen- j field .. 60,000,000 Mrs. Hetty Green 50,000,000 i Mrs. C. P. Huntington.... 40,000,000 I Mrs. Whitelaw Reid 35,000,000 Mrs. Henry J. Bracker.... 20,000,000 Mrs. Gustave Amsick .... 20,000,000 i Miss Faith Moore 20,000,000 I Mrs. Jno. Stewart Kennedy 15,000,000 i Miss Helen Gould 15,000,000 a Miss Mary Garrett 15,000,000 d Mrs. Elliott F. Sheppard.. 12,000,000 Mrs. W. D. Sloane 12,000,000 > Mrs W. Seward Webb.... 12,000,000. = Mrs. H. McK. Twombly.. 12,000,000. t Mrs. Harry Payne Whit- r ney 12,000,000 * Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt 10,000,000 2 Mrs. Potter Palmer......... 10,000,000 c Miss Giulia Morosini 10,000,000 ? Mrs. Chas. B. Alexander.. 10,000,000 1 Mrs. Phoebe A. Hurst.... 10,000,000 f Mrs. J. J. Lawrence 10,000,000 Miss Jennie Flood 10,000,000 ? Mrs. W. B. Leeds 10,00U,UUU Miss Laura Stallo 7,500,000 Miss Helen Stallo 7,500,000 Miss Grace Watt 5,000,000 Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs.... 5,000,000 Mrs. W. J. Vanderbilt, Jr. 5,000,000 Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont.... 5,000,000 Miss Annie Leary 5,000,000 Mrs. Warner M. Leeds.... 5,000,000 It will be seen from this partial list of America's rich women that about half a billion dollars is controlled by 17 individuals. So much wealth represents an enormous quantity of real estate, railroad shares, bonds, industrial securities, and while much of it is held in trust for the recipents of the income, nevertheless its owners could make a mighty stir in the financial world if they chose. Their holdings represent a potent factor in the commercial life of the nation, and indeed, in the money markets of the world. With the solitary exception of Mrs. Hetty Green, it will be noted that none of these women made their money for themselves, though many of them have let it work for them after they received it by inheritance. Man, they say, proposes; woman disposes. Man also makes, and woman spends, take the classic case of Russell Sage, as a striking demonstration of this fact. Wealth and Shabbiness. For many, many years Mr. Sage's name was a byword for the extreme of thrift. A great power in the financial world, the possessor of constantly accumulating millions, he went about in clothes of antique cut ana J extreme shabbiness, while his wife drove down the avenue in a quaint * rig of ancient craftmanship drawn by a poor and white horse. A woman * at whose house Mrs. Sage was call- 2 ing desired j her footman to order 1 away from the curb the outlandish 1 trap she saw standing there. "But that is Mrs. Sage's carriage," t said the footman. And presently Mrs. 1 Sage drove away in it, between rows s of elegant equipages, which her hus- 1 band could have purchased as the or- a dinary citizen might buy a bag of t peanuts. J But Mr. Sage, unable to do his g duty .either to his wife or to man- ^ kind while he was alive, dying did I i his dutv bv both. He left all but|a some $600,000 of his vast hoard to g his widow, and let it be known that s thus vicariously he intended to dis- r tribute it for charity-. Mrs. Sage, an s eldely lady?she was born in Syra- c cuse in 1828?at last could taste the e joys of spending. And she went at i the task with right good will. In the t first three years of her widowhood c she is said to have disposed of $25,- i 000,000 in various charities, of which i the great Sage Foundation is the t chief. She employs an army of sec- t retaries, and her daily mail is de- c livered in an express wagon. Doubtless Mr. Sage had a lot of e fun getting together his $75,000,- r 000; but who shall say that the wo- i man in the case is not having a bet- ter time disposing of them? Certain- c 1 " i? trocflv TViAm > ly one 13 UU1U& V aotlj 1UU1V guuu. ? Concerning Mrs. Hetty Green, who ^ possesses, according to her own state- f ment and popular estimate" one of 1 -. ' . ' r._ , ' J. . : i'i-w'-.- ' "v.i-V ^:rj-'?$t?a?35& FATHER'S AVENGER RELEASED. iirl who Killed Parents Slayer Granted Nominkl Bail. New Orleans, La., July 14.?Jose>hine Mazclla, the Italian girl, who esterday avenged the murder of her ather in their home, by shooting and ;illing his slayer. Guise Spannacchio, vas to-day released from the parish >rison on a $1,000 bail bond. The girl was released and required o furnish merely a nominal bond, >n the ground that the killing bore he appearance of a justifiable homiide. Why, Indeed. It is related of the president of a amous college that at one time he illowed' his wife to persuade him of he uselessness oi fire insurance on lousehold goods, and he allowed his tolicy to lapse. But better judgment isserting itself, he finally renewed his nsurance. The same day a fire in lis wife's rooms destroyed some of ler dresses, which the professor enoyed as a good joke. In due time the president of the nsurance company wrote President Jlank this letter: Dear Mr. Blank: "We enclose check for $500, payng your fire claim under our policy J 6007. "I note in passing upon these paters that the policy went into effect ,t noon, December 10, and the fire [id not occur until 3 p. m. "Why the delay?"?Circle Magaine. 1 he four fortunes of $50,000,000, or nore, held by women, much has been written, and little is .Known 10 me ,'eneral public. Hetty Green is as hary of information as she is cash. >he is 75 years old now, has worked lard all her adult life making the ortune left her by her father, a rich Cew Bedford whaler, wax and grow. 5he owns real estate all over the :ountry, especially in Chicago; she Iresses plainly even shabbily; often ;he eats her lunches in dairy lunch ooms. She never makes any disilay of her wealth that the eye pf nan can detect; she hates lawyers, ind is always mixed up in lawsuits; ihe dislikes to pay her taxes?or so he story goes?and says she doesn't enow anything about the Four HunIred, and doesn't want to. Some of the large fortunes conrolled by women in America have >een liberally administered for the mblic good, not for private display. The superb charities of Miss Helen Jould are, of course, known to every)ody. Never was woman, rich or >oor, more universally loved, respecttd, and honored than she. Miss Gould's mail, like Mrs. Sage's s enormous. Some years ago she ised to answer requests by a printed :ircular. This circular stated that in >ne week, 1,303 letters of a begging :haracter had come to her asking for i total of $1,548,502. And there folowed an itemized list of the various equests. Here are some of them: L request to finance a colony in Cuba $1,000,000 !31 requests for money.... 187,880 1 requests for loans 156,203 .49 requests to raise mortgages 77,5 7 S t wish help towards trousseau 2,000 . wishes to sell ring 1,200 wishes to sell quilt 50 . wishes to buy set of eeth 15 wishes to get watch from pawn 8 wishing to sell manuscript. r naming child after Mrs. Gould. wanting sewing machines, t want Bibles. ? Aiif nnnro . WlSilCS iiciy LU uuug uut L wishes help to bring out oratorio. | Even in households where the hus>and or father who has amassed milions still survives and rules, there leems to be a growing tendency to et the women give as well as spend, md a growing desire on the part of he women to do so. The so-called funior League of New York?an organization of young society girls who vork among the poorer classes?is ncreasing in scope and usefulness, tnd many of the daughters of wealth five mruch of their time to it. In leveral of the large American cities ich women have done much for mu;ic by the organization and support >f orchestras, and have thus duplicated publicly the money spent on their )rivate entertainments. In New York o-day there is scarcely a charitable :ause which does not number among ts chief advocates and its most vallable supporters the names of two or hree women who either possess in heir own right, or whose husbands >r fathers possess, a largo fortune. So, if Mrs. Hettie Green is the only example American can show of a wovmn whn ?nps dnwn into the market )lace and makes millions for herself ?and that is not the most lovely type )f what we could wish our women to >e?there are examples in plenty of vomen's ability to administer a huge ortune wisely, safely and justly.? Montreal Star. DREW TOO MUCH SALARY. j Georgia Superior Court Judges May Have to Refund. H ii Atlanta, Ga., July 14.?Superior w court Judges in Fulton, Chatham, and Richmond counties are entitled t! to salaries of $3,000 and not $5,- T 000, according to a decision of the State supreme court to-day, in the case of Judge H. A. Hammond, of Augusta, vs. Walter A. Clark, treas- ? urer of Richmond county. Those Judges have been receiving $5,000 yearly since 1905, and while the decision is not retroactive in itself, under its terms the Judges specified, may be called upon to refund to the several counties the total amount of money they have been paid in ex- A. cess of the $3,000 per annum. A Dry Country. ? The landlord of a hotel in a prohibition county in Indiana is very* deaf. The other day a drummer who was at the hotel walked up to the desk where the landlord was standing and asked: "Landlord, can you sell me a stamp?" The landlord weighed the matter thoroughly. Then he replied: "No, sir, I'd like to help you, but the durned drys is watchin' me so clus I had to cut it out."?Saturday Evening Post. Work 24 Hours a Day. The busiest little things ever made are Dr. King's New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, languor into energy, brain-fag into mental power; curing constipation, headache, chills, dyspepsia, malaria. 25c at People's Drug Co., Bamberg. H. M. GRAHAM Attorney-aVLaw BAMBERG, S. C. Practices in all Courts of this State. Offices in The Bterald Building. > Pain in Heart i "For two years I had pain in my heart, back and left side.' Could not draw a deep breath or lie on left side, and any little exertion would cause palpitation.' Under advice I took Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy and Nervine. I took about thirteen % bottles, am in better health than I ever was, and have gained 14 pounds." MRS. LILLIE THOMAS, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. For many years Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy has been very successful in the .treatment of heart troubles, because of its tonic effect upon the heart nerves and muscles. Even in 1 severe cases of long standing it has frequently prolonged life for I many years after doctors had + given up all hope, as proven by X thousands of letters we have re- Z ceived from grateful people. X Or. Mites' Heart Remedy Is sold by all X druggists. If the first bottle fails to * benefit, your druggist will return your * money. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. FEvefyMontiTI writes Lola P. Roberts, 0! I * ? sick most of the time and ? I I suffered with backache ana headache. My Mother, who H had been greatly helped by I the use of Cardui, got me two bottles, and I have been well ever since." | < ICARDUI; a The Woman's Tonic ICardui is a gentle tonic I for young and old women. H It relieves and prevents I pain. It builds strength. It I feeds the nerves. It helps I the whole system. Made from harmless I , roots and herbs, it has no I ] bad after-effects, does not I . interfere with the use of I ] any other medicine and can I 1 do you nothing but good. I \ Try Cardui. It will help * you. Your dealer sells it | \ .. , accidents Will Happen || And when they do?they hart. lUNT'S LIGHTNING OIL is the one istaneous relief and cure for all ounds, bruises, sores, cuts, sprains, nd abrasions of the skin. It forms 11 artificial skin covering, excludes le air instantly, stops pain at once, here are many oils, but none like jj lUNT'S. The action is different and le effect as well. .HUNT'S?. i^Vfl riQHTNING V/lLw Always liave it in the house. Take it with you when you travel ?You never can tell when HUNT'S LIGHTNING OIL may be most needed. 25cts and 50cts bottles. :::::::::: FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. . B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO., ( Sherman, Texas. Did by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg. AUTOMOBILES |f Rebuilt and Repainted 'A ANTOMOBELE SUPPLIES X ' IN STOCK STORAGE ACCOMODATIONS ^|| for cars at reasonable . ^ charges by week or month. SECOND HAND CARS f ^ for sale at bargain prices. : : : Call and see us ' '& Th<> Deili Motor Co. -mi A11V V W?u AlAVdva w ^ ^ Ladies and Gentlemen! ||?3 Our pressing club is now & .^fSB next door to Price's ice house, : on Broad street. We make a > : , specialty of renovating carpets ^ and rugs?a fine finish given. |? We dye garments any color desired in a firct-class manner. We want mere club members. "''^11 ; We also clean and renovate ' Hats of all kinds, and we can please the most fastidious per- ' H^> son. Ladies' skirts and coat suits cleaned and pressed nice-. / ^ | ly. We will appreciate your _ <J|| patronage, and guarantee satis- \ ^ . faction. J IB. F. MAYNARD ! J. F. Carter B. D. Carter < > " , ntDirro A riPTPn , X - .^19 VilXIJLXiAi W ^ Attorneys-at-Law X Bamberg, S. C. % ' Special attention given to set- , tlement of estates and invest!- T. gation of land titles. X 5 Loans negotiated on farm lands f Offly over tomtey^Byddng QHICHESTER S PILLS TOE DIAMOND BRAND. 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