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PERSONAL MENTION. g? People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Rev. T. G. Herbert, of Columbia, spent yesterday in the city. ?Mr. J. W. Stokes, who has been sick for a week or more, is out again. ?Miss Mortima Ray, of Black ille, visited friends here this week. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton, of Pnlctnn enr> Trnra ?r? thp Plt-V Tuesday. i. ?Misses Julia and Sophia Copeland, of Ehrhardt, were in the city Tuesday. ?Mr. W. R. Fishburne, of Columbia, spent several days in the city this week. ?Miss Mell Kearse, of the Kearse section, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. P. Jones. A ?Mr. J. J. Simmons, Jr., of Orangeburg, spent Sunday in the city I with relatives. ?H. E. Gyles, Esq., of Aiken, was in the city last Thursday on profes? sional business. I ?Mr. and Mrs. Bellinger C. Folk, of the Ehrhardt section, spent last Saturday in the city. ?Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Herndon and Mrs. Brant, of the Ehrhardt section, were in the city Tuesday. ?Chas, Carroll Simms and G. M. Greene, Esqs., of Barnwell, spent * last Thursday in the city. S; ?Mr. N. R. Hays, of Apalachicola, Fla., spent a few days in the city this week on a visit to relatives. ?Mr. -Hammond Bamberg, of j| , Charleston, was in the city yesterday to attend the Hooton-Camp wedding. ?Mrs. L. M. Glenn, of Greenville, is in the city on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Risher and other rela tives. ?Mrs. A. R. Neal, and little son, Austin, of Roanoke, Va., who have been visiting her mother, Mrs. E. H. Dowling, returned home last Saturday. ?Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt ' and little son, Lyles, of Ehrhardt, are on a visit to her mother, Mrs. H. F. Cline.?Newberry Herald and News. ?Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Frier's mother, and two friends, Mrs. Lemon and Mrs. Peoples, from Allendale, have been visiting Mrs. Frier at the Baptist parsonage. ?Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Rice, of Aiken were in the city last Thursday. They were on their way home, having been on a visit to their brother, Mr. M. N. Rice, of the Buford's Bridge section. ?Dr. an? Mrs. C. E. Kinsey, of f Williams, spent Sunday and ^onday ^ in the city. The doctor has been in right bad health since he was wounded some months ago by a negro, but | he is getting all right again, end his Bamberg friends were glad to know Viio imnrnvomant *Th P doctor VI UIO iUi^tVlVAMVMVl ? was shot by a mean negro, who is now serving a sentence of ten years on the Colleton county chain gang. m { Wants Minnie Stevens Killed. "I have a notorious negro wench I want you to kill for me," says a letter which was received by Chief Cathcart of the Columbia police force yesterday. The letter is dated "Black I ville, S. C., April 7," and is signed I '"Robert L. Anderson." I "Her name," the letter continues, I C "is Minnie Stevens. She is supposed F to live at Midway with her mother, but she stays at Bamberg most of the time in a house next to the jail. I have got to have her killed in the next two weeks, and if you can do it for me, let me know by return mail and what price." The letter, one of the most freakish communications Chief Cathcart has ever received, is addressed to I "Chief of Detectives." It was written I with a pencil and the handwriting is ft perfectly legible. It is believed that K the writer, who probably uses an as? sumed name, is simply pulling off a purposeless hoax.?Columbia State. ^ Finds Big Oyster Shell. Barnwell, April 8.?An oyster shell eight inches long was brought to Barnwell this week by C. J. Hay, clerk of the town, and given to Maj. John W. Holmes, editor of the Barnwell People. It was taken from Shell Bluff on the old Cater plantation, on the lower Three Runs, this county, |l now owned by Wyatt Ussery. The bluff, which rises some 20 feet above B the stream, is said to contain a great quantity of these fossils. The shell B in question, though several times as B large as the present day oyster, is said to be a dwarf in comparison to others taken from the bluff. One in B the possession of R. P. Gantt of BoilB ing Spring, is as large as a small B bread tray, according to reports. B The shells are bleached very white by B extreme age. B Earl Sloan, State geologist, who B has visited the bluff in this county, B knows of two other similar deposits, B one in the eastern part of the State B and the other in Georgia. They B mark where the sea used to touch B the land, being on the same east and B west line. THROUGH COLLEGE BY SHAVE. Student in Texas University Paid His Way with a Barber Shop. The University of Texas Bulletin issued by the extension department of the State university at Austin, contains some unusually interesting stories of college life. Besides the usual statistics regarding the summer school and traveling libraries, now furnished on request to smaller schools, the Bulletin tells of innovaj tions at the State school and recounts the story of the "Barber of Breckenridge Hall," as follows: Several years ago a former president of the University of Texas went into a barber shop in North Texas to be shaved. Falling into conversation with the barber, the university president discovered that the young man expected to go to college and at that time had his plans made to enter an j institution in Virginia the following autumn, where an opportunity had been given him to earn his way, whereupon he was invited to come to the University of Texas in the fall and to bring with him his razors and barber's chair. A room in Breckinridge Hall was to be assigned for his shop. The young man accepted the offer, came to the university, set up his shop, and while doing a thriving busiDess in the afternoons and at night, also carried on his university studies. Four years went by and the young man took his degree with credit; at the same time he paid his own way through college and contributed besides to the education of a fatherless sister. He afterward attended a medical college, graduated with distinction, and is now a successful practitioner. More than 100 young men have paid their -fray through the university by acting as waiters in the same hall in in which this young man ran a barber shop. Let no boy or girl, however poor,, despair of securing a university education. If no way seems open, let him write to the president of the university, and some way will no doubt be found.?San Antonio Light and Gazette. Menefee Verdict Cut. Barnwell, April 8.?The court of common pleas for Barnwell county adjuorned this afternoon after a session of two weeks. Since Thursday the court has been hearing cases in equity. After hearing arguments for a new trial in the case of A. G. Menefee vs. Southern Railway company, Judge Prince this morning reduced the verdict from $50,000 to $30,000. The attorneys for the defendant company immediately gave notice that the case would be appealed to the supreme court. Mr. Menefee was crippled in a collision at Dent, a station near Colum** *- * "1 AAO A nAaonnorAH frQir) onH Did, 111 1JUO, A ti urn uuu a light engine, of which Mr. Menefee was the engineer, collided. The verdict before the cut was one of the largest ever given in South Carolina. Why H? Kissed Her. Daniel J. Shern, who practices law when he isn't guiding the house of representatives, was reminded of a story when he read the verdict in the breach of promise case against young Walling in New York. "I was counsel for the girl in a case once," said the lawyer, "and I thc^ight we had a good case. One of the strongest points was the ardent wooing of the defendant. We stipulated at least 1,244 kisses he had planted upon the fair one's ruby lips. Imagine our surprise when the defendant admitted it. " 'That's true,' said he, testifying. 'I had to do it,' he explained. " 'Had to do it?' I roared, hoping to embarrass him. " 'Yes, he answered. 'I either had to keep kissing her constantly or permit her to sing, and?well, I preferred the kissing.' "?Philadelphia Times. BUSINESS LOCALS. O'Riley is delighted with this town. Although O'Riley has been in Bamberg only ten days, his business has reached out over the county, his patrons coming from Olar,- Branchville, Govan, Denmark, and Cope. He is pleasing others; it is now up to you. Mr. J. T. O'Neal, real estate agent, is offering a bargain in Main street property. See ^the ad. in another column, and communicate with him if you want a bargain. Legal blanks and blank books for sale by The Herald Book Store, Bamberg, S. C. screen wire aoors ana wiiiuuws ui all sizes and quality at Hunter's hardware store. See C. C. Rowell about your tin roof at once. He will repaint it and stop the leaks. He also contracts for house painting of all kinds and guarantees satisfaction. Old newspapers, suitable for wrapping purposes, for sale at The Herald offiec. O'Riley is delighted with this town. "THE PALACE OF FORTUNE." Famous War-Time Gambling House, Where Prominent Men Gathered. One of the neutral grounds, where men of both parties met in peace just before the stormy days of the civil war, was the superbly furnished gambling house of Pendleton, on Pennsylvania avenue, known to its frequenters as "The Hall of the Bleeding Heart," though he preferred th9 appellation "The Palace of Fortune." Pendleton belonged to one of the first families or Virginia, ana his wife was the daughter of Robert Mills, the architect of the treasury. His roomB were hung with meritorious pictures, and the art of wood carving was carried to great perfection in the side-boards, secretaries, and tables which served the various purposes of the establishment The dining and supper tables were loaded with plate of the pure metal. The cooking would not have shamed the genius of Soyer, and it is universally admitted that the wines were such as could have been selected only by a connoisseur. This incomparable provider had invested $10,000 in his cellar and his closet. The people who nightly assembled to see and take part in the entertainments of the house consisted of candidates for the presidency, senators and representatives, members of the cabinet, and the master workmen of the third house, the lobby. Pendleton's, in its palmiest days, might have been called the vestibule of the lobby. Its most distinguished professors might be found there: They lent money to their clients when the "animal scratched too roughly," that [ is to say, when the play ran against ^ r\ * * ** QC LJ-ltJUl, <tiiU luc V upvalue uiunv, uu they sometimes did. Pendleton himself was an operator in the lobby. His professional position gave him great facilities. He assisted in the passing of many useful bills of private nature, involving considerable sums of money. A broker in parliamentary notes is an inevitable retainer "bf broker voters. In the outer parlors as midnight approached might have been seen leading members of congress quietly discussing the day's proceedings, the prospects of parties, and the character of public men. A few officers of the army added to the number and varietv of the groups which occupied this apartment. Here all were drinking, smoking and talking zeneraliy ina bright vein. Servants were gliding about with cigars, toddies, cocktails and "whisky straights" on little silver trays. Among them were two old Virginia negroes, very obliging, who picked up many quarters and halves, and not a few "white fish" representing $1 each. But the third room was the haunt of the tiger! The company around the faro tables would be playing mostly with counters of red, circular pieces of ivory, called fish or chips, each " ^ ^ K A fAtTT TTT Vl U1 WUlt'll 1C|/1 CSCUICU f U. XX 1C TT , nuv were nearly "broke," would be using the white ones of one-fifth the value. The players were silent as the grave, because some of them were "in great luck," and large piles of red chips were standing upon different cards to abide the event of the deal, which indicated they had been won from the bank; but, alas! the close of the deal was unfavorable, and before the little silver box from which the cards were drawn yielded the last of the pack the most of the red piles had been drawn to the red side. But some of them had doubled^ and the owners drew them down as capital for the chances of the next deal. If one had great good fortune and some prudence while possessor of the red piles before named he would leave the. house with a few hundred or thousand of dollars, but the chances were that between midnight and dawn the gamesters would all retire minus the money they had brought into the place and all they had been able to borrow from friends. There were, however, exceptions. The largest amount ever won from Lilt; pfopneiui at x cuuicluu o rr t*D $1,200 for a stake of $100. When Humphry Marshall was appointed minister to China by President Pierce, in 1852, he lost his "outfit" . and six months' pay, and was forced to accept a loan from Pendleton to enable him to reach the scene of his diplomatic labors. When Pendleton died Mr. Buchanan attended his funeral, and several leading Democratic congressmen were among his pallbearers. His effects, including the furniture of his gambling house, were sold at auction, attracting crowds of the most fashionable people in Washington.?Kan. City Star. Averts Awful Tragedy. Timely advice given Mrs. C. Willoughby, of Marengo, Wis., (R. No. 1) prevented a dreadful tragedy and saved two lives. Doctors had said her frightful cough was a "consump+ i nr> " r>r>n crVi a n r? r?nnlH rl r> n nth iri cr 1 tiV/11 WU^JJ. "-AXU VVV4*VA UVVUAUQ 1/ W help her. After many remedies failed, her aunt urged her to take Dr. King's New Discovery. "I have been using it for some time," she wrote, "and the awful cough has almost gone. It also saved my little boy when taken with a severe bronchial trouble." This matchless med- i icine has no equal for throat and lung trouble. Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. SHOT BY NEGRO INTRUDER. Lewis Sowell Wounded in Pistol Battle with Negro. Rock Hill, April 9.?A highly exciting event occurred here last night at the home of W. N. Sowell on East Moore street, wherein a negro burglar and Lewis Sowell, of Catawba Junction figured as the principals. W. N. Sowell runs a bottling plant in t Vi ?? raa t> hia rooMonca QTtH fnr some time has suspected a negro helper, Joe Sumter, of stealing from his money drawer. To trap this negro a conversation was had by the Sowell brothers in the negro's presence Saturday afternoon about there being a lot of money in the drawer. It was arranged that Lewis Sowell, who was here for the day, should help to watch Saturday night. About 12 o'clock the darkey appeared on the pretnises, went to the bottling works in the rear and opened the dor with a skeleton key, Mr. Sowell at once opened fire on the negro, shooting three times and wounding him in the shoulder. The negro returned the fire, striking Mr. Sowell in the thigh, making a had wound. The negro then fled, secreting himself in an outhouse nearby. Mr. Sowell was carried to the Fennell infirmary, where he was operated on and is in no immediate danger. The negro was captured at his home^ this morning and is now in the guardhouse. He had been working for Mr. Sowell for the past five years. He dropped his pistol when he fled. The people are very much stirred up over the shooting. ? SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. t For 25 Words or Less. Wanted.?To buy twenty-five twohorse loads of stable manure. D. R. MATHENY, Bamberg, S. C, : For Sale.?Several shares of Young Men's Building & Loan stock. For further information, call at The Herald office. Wanted.?To buy a good, gentle automobile-proof horse. Must be a good driver. Don't mind some age. H. J. BRABHAM, JR. ' For Sale.?Several shares of stock of The Cotton Oil Company. Will sell at a bargain. For further information apply at The Herald office. For Sale.?My fruit and grocery business in the Town of Bamberg. Good stand and fresh, clean stock. Bargain to a quick buyer. S. YEITRAKIS, Bamberg, S. C. For Rent.?Nice office rooms in The Herald building. Have electric lights and water. The most desirable offices in the city. Will rent singly or in suites. A. W. KNIGHT. Fop Sale.?Two brick stores on Main street in Town of Bamberg, also two vacant lots. Terms: part cash, balance terms to suit purchaser. Apply "B," care Herald. Wanted?50 young women (white) in the spinning and weaving department of Charleston Bagging Manufacturing Company. Steady employment and good pay. Apply No. 29 John street, Charleston, S. C. Farm Wanted.?I desire a good farm of large acreage with good improvements, well located as to town and railroad; must be good value for price asked. Give full particulars in first letter. MARLBORO FARMER, 1 Lock Box 121, Bennettsville, S. C. Fop Sale.?Lots at Denmark, suitable for residences, stores, factories or cheap tenements. Easy terms given. Denmark needs houses to rent. They will pay large revenue on cost. Inquiries addressed to me at Savannah will receive prompt attention. C. H. DORSETT. Lost.?On Saturday, April 8th, between my residence and the town of Bamberg, one double-case ladies' gold watch, plain case, with monogram "P. E. T." Had gold fob attached, with blue enamel crosses. Reward if returned to J. D. TURNER, Denmark, S. C. I^UXltlU JTJLNAJj UiaiyllArUir;. On Saturday, April 29th, 1911, at 11 o'clock a. m., I will file with Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for Bamberg county, my final accounting as administratrix of the estate of H. F. Priester, deceased, and will thereupon ask for a final discharge as such administrator. Bamberg, S. C., March 29th, 1911. A. J. PRIESTER, Administratrix. NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE. On Saturday, April 29th, 1911, at 11 o'clock a. m., I will file with Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for Bamberg county, my final accounting as administrator of the estate of Hayne Barnes, deceased, and will thereupon ask for a final discharge as such administrator. C. R. BRABHAM, JR., Administrator. Bamherc. S. f!.. March 29th, 1911. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina? County of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Har- , mon, Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas Jas. Coates hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate of arid effects of M. B. Coates, deceased: These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said M. B. Coates, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Bamberg, S. C., on the 29th day of April, 1911, at 11 o'clock, a. m., to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 11th day of April, 1911. GEO. P. HARMON, Judge of Probate. % ;> . . ?5 IqUAIITY PIANOsi j 4 The Quality is Remembered f 3| ?{ long after the price is forgotten, each pi?? ano sold stands continuously before the & ?i buyer; it suggests satisfaction or the re- & <? verse; when a recommendation is asked, i? ?? or given, it is to praise or blame the one & 141 Boardman and Gray Pianos |? || fine as human minds can conceive and hu- ? man hands can make it, sweetest tone S? possible, to produce. $:I|9 Stultz and Bauer Pianos r M l^nown in this country for years as the highest standard of excellence. X? And Four Other Makes all fresh and sweet, direct from factory t V?iS$i to you, on a money-saving plan? C AND YOU WILL REMEMBER m0Wi THE QUALITY LONG, LONG fl? Wm AFTER PRICE IS FORGOTTEN. |? G.ALUCASM M AIKEN, .... SOUTH CAROLINA gp|| | ....EASTER.... | I I | HATS! j I 3 | THIS WEEK . j!' ij|| ! I MRS. K. I. SHUCK & CO. I III T 1; BAMBERG, S. C. ;> Something Different m For the Next Meal jj| Can always be possible if |^9 you purchase your Gro- ||J9 ceries of us. We carry Iffl! everything good to eat, i||S and you can count on it -jM being fresh as we buy in small quantities. Come in |H and see what we have, WM you will be agreeably surprised. Goods delivered in ; ||h the city free of charge. IS F.E PRICE&C0. I E. BART PRICE, Manager. [ "MONEY IN THE BANK" 1 j S It's a sort of a passport to a man's reliability in the bnsi- I /-Jv ness world?it commands the respect and confidence of the bnsi- I I ness men of any community. Start an account to-day. Put your ' rf^ money in our bank and check it out when needed. Spend less I and save more?that's the secret of getting ahead of the world. I 1 We pay 4 per cent, interest, compounded quarterly, in our sav 5 ings department, and we are just as careful with the affairs of I I the small as with the large depositor. I