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ggp =============== fgj# FIXES BLAME ON NEGRO. Coroner's Jury Finds Verdict in Ac cordance With Girl's Story. Brunson, Dec. 2.?The coroner': jury which since Wednesday hai been investigating the death of J. R Langford, the prominent plantei ? found dead in the woods near her< Tuesday night, has returned its ver I diet and has fixed lie guilt 01 Richey Williams, the negro who is ii the penitentiary in Columbia for saf< keeping. Mary Harris, the 20-year-old whits girl, who admits being in the woods with Mr. Langford at thie time h< was killed and upon whose accusa tion Williams was suspected and ar rested, is in Hampton jail. The jun visited her there-again to-day -and en deavored to learn something furthei v of the crime, but she stuck to hei previously told story, that the negr< had crept up behind Mr. Langforc and killed him by a blow on the heac with a stick. No evidence was ad* duced at the investigation to throv suspicion on any one other than the -3 IQVgrU dUU UJCic ** ao uu oiucuv/t against him except that of the girl. Mary Harris and her father anc' three smaller sisters live near where the crime was committed. They are - "illiterate, it is said, in the extreme It is admitted that she told nothing of the killing until it was suspected she knew something of the crime anc upon being questioned closely she finally told the story which resulted in the arrest of Williams. The negro bears a good reputation has been a hard worker and has several children. His wife died aboul > year ago. The whole story is considered a most revolting one here and the various explanations that have been suggested are only talked of in whispers, Did His Part. ' In a Western Kentucky town Ben Watson had saved the life of Myra Underhill. Miss Underbill's boat had been overturned in a creek with a swift current, and the act of young Watson was a very heroic one. He had saved the life of the girls aftei she was sinking for the third time, and he had barely strength to pull himself and the young woman tc shallow water. The news soon spread and Ben Watson was hailed as the real, live I hero of the village. Aunt Tabby Wilson, the oldest woman in the village, mother of the little colony, was loud in the praise oi the heroism of the young man, and at once declared that Ben and Myra LV'. must get married. "Ben saved Myra's life," she said, "and now they must marry and be happy ever afterwards, just as they do in the story books." "Dnf Ron (?omi,rroH Tho a rra n PP~ ment did not suit him. "Why not marry Myra, Ben?" said the old lady. "She is yours and ve must have a wedding." '*She's a nice girl, all right," replied Ben, "but I don't think we oughter marry.' Seems to me," he went on, "I have done enough for Myra."?Harper's Weekly. A Lesson in Banking. In the drawing room car of a Washington lfmited the conversation turned on the way interest mounts "It'B like this," said R. B. Brown, ?*of the American Surety company. "The leading negroes of a Georgia town started a bank and invited persons of their race to become customers. One day "a darky, with shoes run down at the heels, a gallus over ' one shoulder, and a cotton shirt, showed up at the bank. " 'See here,' he said 'I want mab ten dollahs.' " 'Who is yuh?' asked the cashier. " 'Mah name's Jim Johnson, an' I wants dat ten dollahs.' " 'You ain't got no money is dis * aafH tho oashipr after looking over the books. " 'Yes, I has,' insisted the visitor. 'I put ten dollabs in here six months pfe er go.' fev " 'Why, man, yuh shure is foolish, De intrust done et dat up long ei |l- go.' "?Milwaukee Wisconsin. Tillman Just Tolerable. Washington, Dec. 2.?Senator B ||> " P.. Tillman, who arrived here this morning, said he was feeling "jusi . tolerable," but seems very cheerful ^ v Senator Tillman arrived here this ^ morning from Rock Hill where he and Mrs. Tillman spent the nighi ph' with D. B. Johnson, president oj Winthrop. Their young daughter Miss Sallie, is in college at Winthrop The Senator came, he said, just tc see how he would feel in harness again, but he will go home the last of next week, and if his experimenl shows that he feels all right in harness he wlil return in January. He is cheerful though feeble anc has received a number of callers ir his rooms at the Normandy and ii his office at the capitol during the He is not discussing any politica or official matters for publication. * v, . STATE'S FUNDS RATHER SHORT. - Sum in State Treasury Insufficient to Meet Maturing Obligations. - { s Columbia, Dec. 2.?The State of 5 South Carolina will have to meet ob. ligations to the extent of approxir mately $500,000 by January 1. There 3 is only about $75,000 in the State - Treasury at present. The county i treasurers are behind in sending in i the tax money to the extent of about 3 $35,000, as compared with this date last year. 3 On December 30 four notes aggre3 gating $400,000, will fall due. The 3 interest on the State debt amounts - to $145,000. The running expenses - of the State Government for two T months will also have to be paid. The sum of $500,000 has been borr rowed by the State during the year, r The tax levy for this year was 5 3-4 ) mills. It is not thought that the 1 next general assembly will have to I increase this amount. The borrow ing of money means that the State r Government has to mortgage its i taxes for running expenses. i A Method for the Improvement I of Corn. * > The proper observance of av few important factors relating to the , breeding of corn will result in SeI curing increased yields of a better I grade of corn than the original seed. > This gain can be easily secured if one ! will devote a little time and patience in making the proper start in the right direction. | The first thing to be done in the i breeding of corn is to go through a field before the crop has been gatherL ed and select about one hundred of the best formed ears that point downward from the most vigorous looking stalks, but in order that any future increase in yield may be brought about by these selcted ears, they should be taken from stalks t which have not been favored by feri tile spots in the field or had more 1 distance in the drill from which to i draw an extra supply of plant food. : After having made the above selec> tion the ears should be "shucked" ' and placed on a large box or table in , order that each individual ear may 1 be carefully examined. > In making this examination one should consider the following points: i (1) All the ears which are to be planted in the breeding patch should be as much alike in every respect as possible, thus securing uniformity. (2) All ears should be as near a cylindrical shape as possible, as a cylindrical' shaped ear will carry, a higher percentage of grain than a tapering one. (3) All' white varieties should have white kernels and white cobs unless a red cob variety, then all cobs, should be red. Yellow kernels! and red cobs in white corn indicate mixture. (4) The tips and butts should be well covered with uniform and well shaped kernels. (6) The kernels on all parts of 1 the ear should be as near alike in 1 shape, size and color as possible, as the shape and size determine, in a large measure, the regulartiy with which a corn planter will drop them. (6) The lenghth for single ear va-1 rieties should not be less than eight inches wth a circumference about six inches measured one-third the distance from butt. Having selected about fifty ears according to the above directions from the one hundred first gathered they should be stored away until near planting time in some dry place where weevils or mice will not affect them. Then they should be placed on a plank or large box and numbered consecutively from one to 5.0 in order that they may be tested for germination or ability to sprout. This test is made as follows: Fill a soap or starch box with wet sawdust, placing on top of the sawdust a wet flour or meal sack which has been * laid off in pencil squares 2x2 inches. The squares should then be numbered from one to 50. Then take ear No. 1 and remove six kernels fFom it, taking the first about one inch from the butt, slightly turn ear in the hand | and remove another kernel about one and a half inches from the- place whefe the first one was removed. Continue this slight turning of the ear and removal of kernels until the . six are secured. Having removed > the kernels, place them germ side up t in square No. 1, all tips pointing . in the same direction. Continue to i remove kernels from the individual i ears, placing them in the square cort responding to the number of the ear F from which they were removed. Then , cover them with a wet sack and place . the box in the kitchen and allow it > IU remain iucic cl yyctn, nciuug n, 5 twice during that length of time. Aft ter the test has been running about t a week remove the top sack and ex amine each square contaniing the kernels. The number of those I squares which do not contain six t large sprouts should be ascertained i and the ear corresponding to the i number of that particular square should be discarded, as all of the L kernels on it will not grow. Having decided which ears are to * USED RAZOR ON TWO. I" Jilted Lover Slashes Young Woman, then Himself. Houston, Texas, Dec. 3.?Miss Bertha Woodworth, daughter of W. W. Woodworth, a prominent member of the Texas Oil Company, was attacked with a razor at her home here early to-day by Lloyd B. Shaffer and, it is believed, received mortal wounds. It is reported that the young couple were engaged to be married, but Miss Woodworth had recently broken the engagement. Shaffer slashed her throat and then used the razor on himself. To-night neither has regained consciousness, and their condition is critical. News Around Smoaks. Smoaks, Nov. 31.?The school at Tabernacle is getting along fine. Most of our farmers are busy planting oats. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Jones visited their mother last Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Mrs. M. Shedd is visiting relatives in this community. Miss Bessie Proveaux is quite ill now. We trust she will soon recover. Falls Against Saw. j 1 Walhalla, Dec. 1.?E. Pinckney Wood, of the Ne* Hope section, six miles north of Walhalla, had a leg cut off late yesterday afternoon by a wood saw and died from the effects early this morning. Mr. Wood ran a saw in connection with his ginnery and had just thrown on thejbelt and started up the saw. He turned for something and in doing so, fell, his foot catching in the saw which severed his leg below the knee. A Prize Hog Killed. Clover, Dec. 3.?Jas. A. Clinton slaughtered one of the largest hogs that has been raised in this section to-day. The hog was of Poland China stock and about 17% months old, and weighed, gross 625; net 585 pounds. Mr. Clinton bought /this hog on March 1 and at that time it weighed 107 pounds. He fed it 278 days, with a g%in of 518 pounds. Almost two pounds per day. Wants to Help Some One. For thirty years J. F. Boyer, of Fertile, Mo., needed help and couldn't find it. That's why he wants to help some one now. Suffering so long himself he feels for all distress from backache, nervousness, loss of appetite, lassitude and kidney disor- _ ders. He shows that Electric Bitters work wonders for such troubles. H "Five bottles," he writes, "wholly W cured me and now I am well and hearty." It's also positively guaranteed for liver trouble, dyspepsia, blood disorders, female complaints and malaria. Try them. 50c at People's Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. What He Thought. 1 The subject of conversation between the last two sportsmen lefi up at night in the smoking room after a hard day's shooting was the won-i derful^scent of dogs. "Mine is a marvel. Not long ago I went motoring, far from home. My pointer, although chained up, worked himself out of his collar and found me two hours afterward. What d'ye think of that?" 1 "I think you ought to have a I bath."?Buffalo News. I -? ? m*' ^ McKenzie Resigns. J. M. McKenzie, who has for more than two years been the efficient and 1 am/I 4 A1 nh competent, ueput agcm auu icicgiafu operator at Walterboro, has resigned his position to accept that of bookkeeper for the Thayer Lumber company. Mr. McKenzie will enter upon, his new duties as soon as his successor arrives. The business men of the county, who have had business here at the depot, regret to see Mr. McKenzie sever his connection with the railroad company. It is not known yet who Mr. McKenzie's successor y will be.?Walterboro Press and Standard. be retained each should be planted on a separate row. It is not necessary that the entire ear be planted, but precautions must be taken so that each row planted will have the same number of stalks and distance, both in the drill and between the rows. The following fall each row should be gathered separately and the ears trom it weignea. me Dest ears irurn the highest yielding rows should be saved to start another breeding patch the second year. The most desirable ears from several of the next highest yielding rows can be used m for planting the general crop. ( It is necessary that the breeding patch be several hundred yards from any other corn field to prevent mix. ing with inferior varieties, and that the character of the fertilizers and cultivation of the land used be as near like the general field as possible. J. M. NAPIER. GreatCIothing Sslcji Our large stock of Clothing must _ i be sold, and we are offering the Jjjl* |jf|j entire line at a sacrifice. You fifr jjjjl had better take advantage of ' ^jSI opportunity, for it will not oc- % cur again soon; Every suit in r.:|f the house will go strictly Mm NEW YORK COST lj| 11 When we.say cost we mean it, and all we ask - SB H . '?:$ E vou to do is to come in and get prices and you f j0 HH J will be convinced of the truth of this assertion. MB MB . ' iffffliB We have suits for men, young men, and boys, H II ;^?j also extra trousers, We have a large line, and ; B BR I J you can surely get a tit here for yourself or boy. IB . hV LISTEN: * * | Pure Wool Suits, in latest colors and shades, blues andj 3mm browns, handsomely made, with first-class linings, form?f erly sold at $12.50, now only $9.50. Others in proportion* HH YOU CANT AFFORD TO MISS THIS GREAT COST SALE 1 ljjj[ RUBIN & PESKEN! 1 BAMBERG, .'. .*. .*. .*. .*. .\ .*. V. SOUTH CAROLINA ggM SwpB line Cpnls' Fnrnislimps. latest Sides in Collars. Etc. ''ffPfBI THE REASON WHlfl There is always a reason for every- ;':||| thing, and if you will pay our store a .;f|B visit you will know at once the reason f|| why we are offering our large line of f|| HOLIDAY GOODS? at such remarkably close prices. Having bought MSli during the early summer, before the crop pros- 9 pects were so poor, we purchased an immense ^ line, and not wishing to carry any over, as we -1 try at all times to handle the most up-to-date |?jj goods obtainable, we are going to to make them fjj move, if low prices will make them go. We j3 have the most up-to-date and largest line of ' jS rOYS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS 1 that we have ever shown. We also have an assortment of Mirrors, Picture Frames, Toilet Sets, Jewel Boxes. Lap Tablets, Bibles, Fountain Pens, . Ifjil Handsome Box Paper, Silverware, CutGlassand >%||jj| some of the handsomest Hand Painted China ever ?hown in Bamberg. All we ask is that you f INI - see our line and get our prices before you buy. FheHerald BookStore 1