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A COSTLY WHIPPING. fc. ' Teacher Paid $1,200 for Beating < Pupil. S.: Champaign, 111., Oct. 22.?Miss (, Annie Kelly, of Champaign, formerly ' a teacher at Tolono, after being a i fugitive, from the law for four years, i has capitulated by paying over to ' ? William Burke, of Tolono, $1,200 1 damages. She is now free to go where she will, and the Tolono school case is ended. Because they alleged that Miss Kelly and her 1 principal, Sherman Cass, had se- < riously injured their 14-year-old boy, l Michael, by whipping him, Mr. and < Mrs. Burke sued and obtained dam- < ages of $1,800. After spending six < f months in jail, Cass paid $800, but 1 Miss Kelly fled. < To the doors of the Supreme 1 court the young teacher took the J case, pleading exemption under the i bankruptcy laws, but the highest tri- < bunal in the land ruled that Uncle Sam could throw no shelter around 1 i v her. "I've always wanted my daughter J to pay up, but she was too much of a fighter to surrender," said her father, < James Kelly, a prosperous retired < farmer. 1 - * < The Supreme court decision, now- Pever, was the final blow to the indomitable spirit that had kept the young woman a fugitive from her home for four years. By the terms of the settlement, Miss Kelly paid over the $1,200 of the judgment. She also paid the court costs. The Burkes have spent at least $5,000 trying to bring to justice the teachers whom they believed injured their boy. The defendants are out a similar sum. In addition, Miss Kelly's professional life has been practically brok, en up for four years. Outbid. fc: ' A clergyman was very annoyed to ; - find that an old gentleman, accompanied by a boy, fell asleep in two consecutive Sundays during his sermon. So after service on the second week ' v he told the boy, whom he rightly ( guessed to be the old gentleman's ( grandson, that he wished to speak to ( '? him in the vestry. ( "My boy," asked the clergyman, . g v.' 1 when they were closeted together, ] "who is that elderly gentleman you attend church with?" . "Grandpa," was the reply. ^ "Well," said the clergyman, "if t i you will only keep him awake during my sermon I'll give you a penny each , week" The boy fell in with the arrange- . ment, and for the next two weeks the old man listened attentively to the . sermon. The third week, however, . found him soundly asleep. . The clergyman, very angry, called ^ : the boy to him, and said. I. "I am very angry with you; your grandpa was a sleep again to-day. j r Didn't I promise you a penny a week 1 P.to keep him awake?" "Yes," replied the boy, "but grand>. pa now gives me twopence not to disturb him."?Spare Moments. % . ? Finds Himself Through Fine. ^ Police Judge McGannon looked ( down from his bench the other morn- ^ a ?rr/\l 1 roor? T*r V? 111& UUUli a V? Cll-Ul VOOUU iuau. TTUV 1 V:;* . was charged with intoxication and whose case was marked- "special," J says the Cleveland Leader. "What's your name?" asked the |9|r 'judge. ? "Well, sir, judge, it's funny, but ' c do you know I've forgotten it alto- ( U- - gether," replied the man with a smile. f "Maybe a fine of $5 will help you ( to remember," said Judge McGan- 1 non, and the court also smiled. "Now, judge you'e fined a man ^ wohse name I don't even know." ^ "Well, be a good Samaritan now ( ft and pay the stranger's fine." * "I've always been stung when I . have essayed to do things for folks J I did not know," the prisoner re- ^ pliet- . .. .. .. i "You're stung now," said tne ^ judge, "I fined the stranger $5, and * v now I fine you also?$10 in all." "By George!" exclaimed the prisoner, "that makes me think, my name is Brown. Yes, sir, that's it; ( and let me say its worth $10 to find ( myself, even if I am in the company ] of a more or less disreputable stran- c -v;; 9 9 ger. j And, stepping up to the clerk's desk, the man tossed down a $10 * bill and walked away. < Saves an Iowa Man's Life. 1 The very grave seemed to yawn 1 before Robert Madsen, of West Burl- ] ington, Iowa, when, after seven ^ weeks in the hospital, four of the ' > best physicians gave him up. Then was shown the marvelous curative < power of Electric Bitters. For, after ] eight months of frightful suffering ( from liver trouble and yellow jaun- , / dice, getting no help from other | remedies or doctors, five bottles of ' this matchless medicine completely ] cured him. Its positively guaranteed ] for stomach, liver or kidney troubles , and never disappoints. Only 50c. at People's Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. ( fi ' - * / ' :' .'ii v ~ & * .J * 'jt f Si. ' DIAMOND SWINDLERS JAILED. J. W. Napier and W. P. Duke in Tpils of the Law. Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 25.?A unique swindling game, far-reaching in operation and involving prominent importers was laid bare here to-day when J. W. Napier and W. P. Duke, from nobody knows where, were arrested on warrants sworn out by United States Postal Office Inspector Bulla, of Washington and bound over by United States Commissioner Cobb :>f the federal court. Duke collapsed, following the arrest, turned State's evidence, and unfolded the operations >f the gang to the commissioner without restraint. Briefly the scheme was to order diamonds from a responsible concern c. o. d., subject to examination, substitute imitations for the real diamonds and return the shipments to the importers with flimsy excuses as to flaws in the stones. The eansr onerated successfully in i Rock Hill, S. C., Branchville, S. C., Westville, S. C., Charlotte and other aeighboring towns, and cities, using lames Parris, . an unsophisticated country boy as a decoy. Asking examination of the gems the importers vere led to ship the precious stones to Parris. On arrival at the express affice, Duke, who professed to be a jeweler, would show up, with professional care examine them, and ft-ith some flimsy excuse turn them teck on the express company to be eturned, taking care during the examination to substitute the fake ?ems for the originals. The imitation stones were supplied by a house n Terre Haute, Ind. Parris, whom the swindlers used as a tool, is an ignorant country boy who can neither read nor write. He was discharged by Commissioner Cobb, while Duke and Napier were held in bonds of 12,500 each. ' Duke made a full confession of the affair. The only victim ef the pair disclosed during the preliminary examination was that of Daniel Low and Company, Salem, Mass. Struck by Axe. Anderson, Oct. 27.?Capt. J. P. Selston, of Columbia, superintendent of construction for the traction company, was seriously wounded at Cubbard's creek this morning. He is at the Anderson hospital and is resting well to-night. Capt. Galston was beneath a 40foot trestle over Cubbard's creek arhen an axe flew from its handle in ;he hands of a negro laborer on top >f the trestle. Capt. Gelston was in i stooping position and the axe with ;reat force struck him fairly on the jack. One rib was severed in twain )n either side of the spine, but the spine itself was not injured. The jlade of the axe penetrated both lungs. An operation has been performed and, although the wounds are considered serious, Capt. Gelston is eported to-night resting well, while lis condition is as favorable as could ie expected. Case Against King Dropped. ^ Greenwood, Oct. 26.?The case igainst young B. F. King, Jr., son of B. F. King, of Coronaca, has been Iropped by the federal authorities, k formal order to that effect was signed by Judge Brawley in Greenville this week. King will return soon to San Francisco to complete lis term of enlistment in the navy, ibout 14 months. King was arrested in San Francisco some month> ago, at the instigation )f Postoffi-.e Inspector Gregory, in connection with charges growing out if the organization of the old Metropolitan Loan and Trust company of Jreenwood, of which W. H. Nichols ivae the head. Nichols, who was los * cated in Oklahoma, has just been cried and convicted out there of a fraudulent scheme in selling oil stoves for fruit growers. Nichols vho was operating under the name of rackson in Oklahoma and who denied ;hat he had ever been to Greenwood inally admitted on trial that he had ieen here and that his real name vas W. J. Nichols. Why She Was Scared. A special to the Augusta Chronicle, iescribing the fearful wreck and leath in a head-on collision near McCormick recently, says: "The greatest cry of pain, and claim of injury, was put up by a negro woman, Jenny Payne, of Greenwood. She .vas supposed to be badly injured, ind had a large grip, of which she :ook much care during the whole ;ime. She was in the car next to :he baggage car, and her car was rrnrt so little that less than $5 repaired it. and it was on another trip :o Greenwood last night. When an examination was made, of her and her baggage to gain some identification of her, the grip was opened *nd found to be full of bottled liquor. 5he was proved to be hurt about the least of all, and it is thought to have heen more scared at having her liquor discovered than anything ?lse." WHITE SLAVER ARRESTED. Serious Charge Against Midway Showman at Charlotte. i Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 26.?Charged 1 with violations of the Federal laws ! against traffic in white slaves, C. A. j Quarles, manager of a midway show ] at the fair, was arrested here this afternoon by Postoffice Inspector J. ' W. Bulla, and Secret Service Agent \ H. E. Thomas. In default of bond of ] $1,000, the prisoner was committed * for a preliminary examination to- j morrow before Commissioner Cobb. < Quarles had three girls in his show, c one of whom he is alleged to have [1 enticed away from her home in Balti- \ more. She was detained at a local j' hotel as a witness against the man, < with her companions. 1 A Numerous Indian. A member of the Canadian mount- ( ed police force tells a good story of < the cleverness of an Indian. One 1 snowy morning a band of Crees ^ awoke to find that about a dozen of , their ponies had been stolen during i \ the night. Pursuit was immediately -1 organized, and in the course of an hour the trail was struck. The band , followed it for thirty miles or more, j till it entered a river, and headed for ' a little wooded island. 5 Smoke was rising from the trees. { and an opening apparently the mouth ; of a cave was in plain view. Pres- ? ently a Piegan Indian showed him- ( self in front pf the opening. He was ] in war-paint and at his heels was a j dog. Pretty soon the dog scented the 1 Crees, who were lying low, and began growling and barking. The Piegan looked up, glanced about him a moment, and then instantly entered the 1 cave. In about ten seconds another J Piegan came round the rocks and also , went in; then another, and another, i and another. The Crees lay silently 1 in the bushes, counting, till upward ( of fifty Piegans had come round the rocks and gone into the cave, and < still they kept coming. Each carried a rifle. ' When at last seventy men had disappeared in the cave, the superstitious and cautious Crees concluded 1 that the evil spirit had something to ' do with it. So thoroughly were they filled with this idea that even when i reenforcements arrived, which was in | a few hours, they were leluctant to attack the island. ] That night, however, one Cree, less credulous than the others, crossed over the ice to investigate. On ap- . proaching the supposed cave, he found that it was no cave at all, but ] simply an opening leading some ten feet into the rock, where it made a ' turn and came out on the other side. There was the remnant of a single campflre, the ponies were gone, and not an Indian was in sight. The clever Piegan thief by making the circuit of the passage and the end of 1 the island seventy times had so de- < ceived his pursuers as to gain the 1 time necessary for his escape.? Youth's Companion. Peculiar Accidents. Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 29.?As a result of peculiar accidents near ( Winston-Salem to-day, two children j are dead, the fathers of the victims j in each instance being the unwilling j accessories. ] At Plafftown, J. W. Bennet while < gathering his crop of Irish potatoes, * threw one about 20 feet, intending ' for it to land in a basket, but it ( struck his four-year-old boy oveij the heart. The lad began crying, dropped 1 to the ground and died before phv- ] sicians could be summoned. ! At a point nearby and at the same j hour, Viola, four-year-old daughter 1 of J. H. Everhart, had her skull ( crushed by getting her head caught j between the hub of a wagon wheel , and a barn, the father, who was driv- 1 ing the wagon, did not know the 1 child was near until he heard the peculiar grinding sound of the bones crushing. No sound ever came from the silent and sickening form that his investigation revealed. Injured in Automobile Wreck. < Winnsboro, Oct. 27.?In an excit- J ing automomible race here this after- ( noon W. J. Arnette, a prominent { young business man, was seriously in- ; jured when his car was overturned, ( falling upon him. The unfortunate j car was a roadster belonging to Mr. } Arnette. It was driven by E. C. < Gwaltney. The accident happened at the home ! stretch of the track on Congress ( street, directly in front of J. M. Jen- < nings's home. The right rear whell { struck a rock and the machine skid- J ded and was torn to pieces. The car ] turned several somersaults, landing 1 with .Mr. Arnette under the car and 1 throwing Mr. Gwaltney several feet ( from the car. Mr. Gwaltney escaped j without a scratch. When the over- s turned car was lifted Mr. Arnette was 1 found to be suffering very painfully j from internal injuries, the seriousness ( of which the attendant physicians < have been unable so far to determine. ( This was the only accident to mar the fair which closed to-night. ] :?j NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for Representative In Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the County 5f Bamberg on Tuesday, November 8, 1910, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday, as prescribed by law. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers o vote, four months, and the payment jix months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable: Provided, That ministers in charge of an >rganized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six montns residence m iue State, if otherwise qualified. Managers of election must require of the voter the production of a registration certificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks must take and .subscribe to the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oqth to the Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the; power to fill a vacancy; and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint, from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being 3wc>rn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerks must proceed rmhUniv tr> nnpn the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each ofSce, and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman 3f the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the result af the election. Managers of Election?The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County of Bamberg, S. C. Bamberg:?It. C. Jones, C. A. Dean, Gr. A. Rice. Denmark:?J. D. Miihous, L. L. Cox, W. B. Kittrell. Ebrhardt:?J. Wms. Carter, G. W. Hughes, J. F. Copeland. Farrells's Store:?C. L. Woodward, H. A. Stokes, J. J. England. Govan:?McP. Eubanks, W. L. Kennedy, W. A. Hay, Jr. Kearse's Store:?J. J. Kearse, G. E. Kearse, H. W. Chitty. Lees:?H. B. Grimes, F. B. Sandifer, Eugene Gibson. Midway:?B. F. Folk, D. L. Brickie, Eugene Hutto. . Olar:?G. O. Barker, W. S. Creech, A.. L. McMillan. The Managers at each precinct aamed above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure the boxes and blanks for the election it the Court House in Bamberg, Saturday, November 5th, 1910. FRANCIS F. CARROLL, W. H. VARN, A. L. MILHOUS, Commissioners of Federal Election for Bamberg County, S. C; MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of an order in the case Df D. H. Counts vs. Robin Nimmons, In the court of common pleas for Bamberg county State of South Carolina, I, H. C. Folk, Master for Bamberg county, will sell to the highest bidder, for cash on the seventh day 3f November next, the same being jalesday, between the legal hours of sale, at the court house door at Bamberg, South Carolina, the following iescribed lands: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the county of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, containing and measuring, thirty-four acres more or less, and bounded as follows: North, by lands of Frost & Edgar, East by lands af William Nimmons, South by lands af William Nimmons and Samuel Nimmons, and on the West by lands Df Martha Odom. Purchaser to pay for papers, and if terms of sale are lot complied with within a reasonable time, the land will be resold at the risk of the former purchaser. H. C. FOLK, Master for Bamberg County. W. E. FREE, Plaintiff's Attorney. JUDGE OF PROBATE SALE. State of South Carolina, county of Orangeburg, in Common Pleas. Annie R. Gleaton et al., plaintiffs, igainst Jennie A. R. Gleaton et al., lefendants. By virtue of the judgment in me ibove stated case, I will sell at public luction, at Bamberg court house, luring the legal hours for sales, on he first Monday in November, 1910, aeing the seventh day of the said iionth, the following described real estate: All that certain piece, parcel or :ract of land, situate, lying and beng ni the county of Bamberg, town M Bamberg, in the State of South Carolina, containing one and oneeighth acres, more or less, and xmnded on the North by Church ots, East by Bridge street. South by ands now or formerly of J. W. Bax;er and West by lands of C. R. Brablam. Terms cash, the purchaser or purchasers to pay for all papers and all :axes falling due after the day of jale; and in case the purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the :erms of sale said premises will be -esold on the same or some subsequent sales day, on the same terms md at the risk of the former purchaser or purchasers. ROBERT E. COPES, Judge of Probate, as Special Referee. "s V " : i . ate*. v -- : ? ; I ....OUR SHOWING OF.... ? F J Millinery, Hats, & Cloaks i MAsaPkt mm * risffl 115 cuMrLt- iiL * Let Ds Show You |1 Mrs. E. P. CoDelandil ?1^000 Are You Ready? ! I! Yon know the cold season is at hand. Now is your [I time to look through your winter wearables. You || . |j want good heavy underclothing and top clothing for II | yourself, for your boys and girls; some that will feel || 7 ^ pleasant and comfortable. No better time than If '-grJIH right now, and you certainly can't get in any better || j| place than ours. If you have ever been in our store li : II before, you will know we can supply your needs. l| | If we never had the pleasure to wait on you yet, we II ^Jj | certainly would be glad of a visit from you. We j| own that we want your trade very much, and we are |f ??| willing to pay you back for it with the very best of H t goods out of a great selection at the very possible |1 >*^$8 11 lowest cost. May we have -the pleasure to see you H H. KARESHI I \^EHRHARD^ SOUTH CAROLINA^f ;||| I KEEP COOL! KEEP COOL! I fl S I DRINK TETLEY'S TEAS. DELICIOUS WHEN ICED. g :^|jg ? t ?prprrrTinNw The Flour that makes the bread like 18 ',W | c TLlVr LV/ I Ivil mother made. 24 pound sack for 85c. H Lunch Tongue, Chipped Beef, Fresh Crackers BffgfB 11 Fine for Auto Lunches. B 11 "GET THE HABIT." RING 'PHONE 32 jjJNO. W. McCUBl 1 11 "The Quality Store." 'Phone 32. Bamberg, S. 0. | IT wiLL SOON BE TIME | | (A, To shoot partridges and doves and you should see VR, >fljBB "5 to it that your gun is in first-class shape so as to be C . ^ able to go the very first opportunity that presents itself. To be certain that it is right you should Mm ? 3 bring your gun to me, and I will fix it up for you at t --i J1 a most reasonable price. I also repair pistols, bi T shop. Also bicycle and automobile parts in stock f J. B. BRICKLEH 2 The Repair Man Bamberg, S. 0, ? I I I j I I f .""Vtf'fl " <"* tUIIOlllUH auu ap|>v??u>vv. _ . __ They are as carefully looked I j OUR LIVERY SERVICE I \ 4 .-<*,./ *s at y?ur command for any >" 'jfisB If kind of rig you require* w 3|3| I | Say the word and the buggy, I \ phaeton, coach or any other I \ I ^carriage will be at your dis- I \j caria^K-r- posal at and for any time I A;?|jSH SMOAK'S SALE AND LIVERY STABLE I 1 J. J. SMOAK, Proprietor Telephone 68 I * - 'ii'11 |ijM