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FIRE AT ROWESVILLE. Seed House of Oil Mill and Lumber Plant Commissary Burned. Rowesville, April 26.?Fire was discovered this morning about 4 o'clock in the seed room of Rowesville Cotton Oil company's plant here, and although a stream of water was soon playing on it, the flames, fanned vj a auu uiccic, suuu icuu^vu n?>seed room to ashes. The office building nearby next took fire and was consumed. The office building and commissary of J. H. Blake Lumber company was also burned, and only by heroic efforts the rest of the oil mill buildings and the entire lumber plant were saved. The oil mill loss will be about $4,000, covered partly by insurance. Mr. Blake's loss will be about $3,000. The books and records from the offices were all saved as well as most of the contents of Blake's commissary and office. The oil mill seed house contained a large quantity of hulls, which were consumed or badly damaged. A .car loaded with hulls on the siding was also consumed. Starts Much Trouble. If all people knew that neglect of constipation would result in severe indigestion, yellow jaundice or virulent liver trouble they would soon take Dr. King's New Life Pills, and end it. It's the only safe way. Best for biliousness, headache, dyspepsia, chills and debility. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. TEST SOT FILED. Right of Order to Raise Rates Point at Issue. Columbia, April 26.?A test suit of Statewide importance against the insurance department of the supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, has been filed in the Richland county court. The suit has been filed to test the right of the order to raise the rates on insurance of the fourth class policyholders. This action follows a long fight on the part of several hundred policyholders in South Carolina who claim that' a prohibitive rate has been placed upon them by the Knights of Pythias. Two suits have been filed involving the same issue. The cases woTa hrAiicht rm Anril 5 hv Edward ,,V"V/ - -T M. Clarkson and S. L. Miller, of Co* lumbia, against the supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias. The complaint of Edward M. Clarkson shows that on. January 5, 1885, he filed with the Knights of Pythias in Columbia an application for insurance and upon the acceptance of the application, entered upon a contract for insurance whereby it was agreed that Mr. Clarkson should pay a certain membership fee. The fee is > > not stated in the complaint, it being about $5 per month. The amount of insurance specified was $3,uuu to De paid to the beneficiary upon proof of death. t Dues Increased. "That beginning with the first day f of January, 1911, the defendant above named increased the monthly dues above mentioned to a prohibitive amount. That said increase being so prohibitive and unreasonable as to amount to a violation of the above mentioned contract with the plaintiff and was instituted by the defendant ^ as a result of fraud and mismanager > N ment on the part of defendant and its agents and servants." It is further alleged that, although Mr. Clarkson has made demand upon I the agents of the company to return the amount paid in as premiums, that his requests have been ignored. Judgment in the sum of $2,200 is asked by Mr. Clarkson against the supreme lodge. The announcement that a suit had been brought to test the legality of the increase in rates by the supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, will be received with interest by several hundred South Carolinians. It is alleged that the new rates are prohibitive. The members of the fourth class policyholders are old men who have -v . been members of the order for many years. It is alleged that in many instances some of the members have paid in almost as much as the face value of the policy and that the high insurance rate will force them to retire from the order and lose what they have paid in since young men. The fight that is being waged by the fourthclass policyholders is general throughout the United States, it is said, and the determination of the case in Richland county will have a most far-reaching effect. The case rwas appealed to Insurance Commissioner McMaster,,but under the lawhe has no power to interfere. ?y, Saved Many from Death. !W. L. Mock, of Mock, Ark., believes he has saved many lives in his 25 years of experience in the drug business. "What I always like to do," he writes, "is to recommend Dr. King's New Discovery for weaK, sore lungs, hard colds, hoarseness, obstinate coughs, la grippe, croup, asthma f - or other bronchial affection, for I feel ty sure that a number of my neighbors k|| are alive and well to-day because they took my advice to use it. I honestly believe it is the best throat and lung medicine that's made." Easy to prove he's right. Get a trial bottle free, or regular 50c. or $1.00 bottle. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. if hr L/ v I INDIAN LASSIES CAPTURE MATES Outpoint Eastern Maidens in Contests for the Cowboys' Love. Ponca City, Okla., April 28.?The yearning Eastern girl who writes to the Oklahoma newspapers and postmasters for a husband, dashing cowj boy preferred, has a strong rival j right here at home in the native InI dian girl. The Indian has a big adI vantage to begin with. She is rich, j Uncle Sam has given her a farm worth anywhere from $1,000 to $50,000; then she may be only an eighth or one-sixteenth Indian and be well educated, refined and high up in tne domestic sciences. So the housegrown Indian maiden doesn't have to go acourting, but she can make the men come courting her. Great advantage over her Eastern sister, truly. Newspaper stories published in Oklahoma during the last three years regarding applications from young women of the North and East, who declare they are seriously in need of husbands of cow-punching proclivities, show the total number of such applications to have been fully 300 a year. They have been addressed , largely to newspaper editors and postmasters, although the governor and some other State officials have been called upon to aid in the husband selecting business. ; A majority of these letters have come from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. New York and Pennsylvania are next in the list. A few of the older States, such as Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia are represented. The letters' that contain the most alluring hopes for the untamed young men of the West come from Iillinois and Ohio, Chicago and Cleveland furnishing an unusual number. These cities lead in this census, very probably for fhe reason that so many Oklahoma residents have come from them. One Chicago Girl in Earnest. Postmaster JE. iu. .brown, or uaiahoma City, has received more of such letters than any other man in Oklahoma. One Chicago woman went so far in her adventure that some of the newspapers of that city began to make inquiry concerning her intentions. She used her correct name and street address and she was the possessor of a considerable fortune and was connected with a prominent family. The publication, locally, of her letter to the postmaster resulted in her receiving many proposals from Oklahoma. ,The latter, be it said, were not ten per cent, cowboys, and probably not one per cent, were se rious. Tbe degree or seriousness at the other end of the line in most cases has been about 90 per cent, as compared with one per cent, at this end of the line. , With two or three exceptions there are no longer any ranches worth the name in Oklahoma, at least there are none to compare with those that existed 20 years ago, visions of which husband-seeking girls of other sections have . in mind when they write silly letters. Cowboys are scarce. The wild west aggregations that travel over the country represent a period of early Oklahoma history, but the East and North get the impression that it represents conditions here to-day. 19, but Tired of Single Life. Kind-hearted (lov. Cruce. whose 1 sympathies all have the religious flavor, has received many peculiar letters since his inauguration January 9, and among them has been a few from husband-seeking girls. The latest comes from Miss Hazel Thurs- ( ton of No. 3365 West Twenty-fifth street, Cleveland, O. She asks that the letter be published in a paper at Bliss, Okla., a town a few miles from Ponca City, and near the "101 Ranch." i "I want a cowboy husband about 25 years old," writes this Cleveland girl. "One who is willing and is < comfortably situated. Tell him I know what a dollar is worth. I am tired of single life. I am 19 years ; old. I am contented wherever he is. Tell him I am a grand housekeeper, ; also a good cook. Tell him to write, ; but not call in person. When I get ( the fellow you shall be rewarded by : a beautiful souvenir postcard." Only one marriage as a result of husband-seeking by this method is recorded in Oklahoma. Thomas Mc- i Cracken, a cowboy on a Beaver county ranch, a few years ago became interested in an advertisement appearing in the papers and within a few months after he had written to her he became the husband of Mary Cochran, of Springfield, Mo. They were married in Monett, a designated meeting place, and went immediately to the Beaver county ranch. Shortly thereafter McCracken was promoted and transferred to another ranch owned by the company in New Mexico. In that territory two years ago he secured a homestead and settled down to simple life. But many of the Oklahoma young men want Indian girls for wives and in addition thereto the lands the Indian girls possess. There are 50 distinct tribes of Indians in Oklahoma . -1 WHITE MAX IS SUSPECTED. * Arrested in Connection With Mysteri- > ous Stabbing of Negress. Beaufort, April 27.?In a supposedly drunken carousal outside the C gates of the Marine Officers' school 1 on Paris island, April 8, Lizzie Smith, h a disreputable negro woman of Beaufort, was stabbed with some sort of a blunt instrument and died yesterday from the effects of the wound. With v terrific force the instrument was driv- a en through the back, penetrating the s spinal column and severing the spin- v al cord, which caused a complete pa- s ? i iLyv AvftiAmifiAci from f ra.ivsis ui me iu?ci ?. the waist down. An autopsy was held to-day by Dr. M. Elliott of this o town. There is a seeming mystery surrounding the whole affair, and the t identity of the assassin is in doubt, v Herbert Roose, a white man, has 1i been arrested as a suspect. It is a alleged that he is a marine, baker t and connected with the Marine Of- d cers' school. The inquest was call- s ed for to-day at 12 o'clock at the 1 court house, but was postponed until to-morrow, on account of the wit- s nesses being absent. 1 ? t May Go to Gang. t t Atlanta, April 25.?Shall Atlanta j send one of her city councilmen to -t the chaingang for habitual drunkenness? The question has been put up to the city government in a way it ? can't dodge by a peculiar series of ^ circumstance. ^ Dr. S. D. Warnock, a highly re- ^ spected practicing physician and for ^ years a member of the council from c 4th ward, was arrested about three t months ago on an aggravated charge t of drunkenness. It appeared that he g had bought some "mean" whiskey from a blind tiger and had publicly f indulged in a public spree. t Arraigned before the recorder, he t pleaded guilty to everything charged, a but made a beautiful and touching rj plea in his own behalf, citing his c splendid record, and declaring j "Judge, I want you to simply let me off on probation, for I know I am r guilty, on the understanding that the a very next time you learn that I have been drunk you send me to the chaingang without the alternative of pay- ^ ing a fine." The judge agreed. The city ocun- j cil, which had at first intended to ask him to resign, instead decided to give him another chance, and encourage him in the most kindly way to reform. That was three months ago, and t now, like a bolt from the clear sky, a comes Mrs. Warnock, with a petition for total divorce, setting forth that . her husband has been "perpetually drunk" since the time of that trial, and that during the time he had treated her with cruelty. Mrs. Warnock declares that her husband had become more and more enthralled by alcohol, and has let his once splendid practice slip from his grasp until now practically nothing of it is left. and they own and control several ^ million acres of land. Nearly every ' Indian in the State has an allotment. ^ Allotments vary in size from 640 acres in the Chickasaw and Choctaw ^ nations to 169 acres in the Comanche and Kiowa country. They are worth from $50,000'down to $1,000. Be- t sides this, nearly every Indian in the State has an income from oil or gas royalty, interest on money held in ? trust by the United States or leases t from grazing or agricultural lands. There are poor Indians, but this con- y lition results from the inability of the t Indian to properly manage his af- t fairs. Squaw Wives Bring Money. C Any ttirifty, energetic young man " who becomes the husband of an In- ^ dian girl can do well, for there is little difficulty in the average case of v his getting possession of her prop- I erty. She may be an eighth or a six- s teenth-blood and her face may be * a white and -her standing in the com- t munity the best. It is not necessary s for adventurous men any more to t marry squaws solely for the sake of ? getting their lands and money. In- t dian maidens of Oklahoma have made c ideal brides in many cases. t There is a story of a young Geor- ? gian who settled among the Comanches 12 years ago and married f a Comanche girl. When the Co- 0 t manche reservation was alloted prior J to the opening in 1901, he and his g wife received 320 acres of as fine valley land as there was in the reser- 1 vation. Upon it he erected a mag- 1 nificent residence and began improving his farm. Three years later he t wrote to his mother in Georgia of 0 his lucky marriage and invited her to ^ visit him. She came in due time ac- i companied by her daughter. They a were ushered into the home of the v young man with a good deal of pomp J and introduced to a full-blooded In- t dian wife. He had not written that p his wife was an Indian. The mother 1 and sister retreated, horrified, and | refused to again come to the house, leaving for Georgia on the next train. 1 The young man never has heard of I them since. V- 'Vv - / . " ' V -V.VW 1 We have been in business in Bamberg for a num- 1 f a || ber of years, and it is a matter of pride that the 1 -Ml ? number of our satisfied customers has increased ! ; M each year. Are you one of them? If not, it "will ; j | ? not be amiss to see us when in need of first-class j! I HORSES AND MULES | j || We have stock on hand at all times, and make a j 1 | M specialty of fine driving horses. Our animals a vf M please, for they are selected with great care, be- a f| II sides we know what animals will suit our people. 1 g We also carry a nice line of || | IYRTLE REED GROWS BITTER. Ian is a Cheap Skate and Woman AlMost as Bad. Chicago, March 31.?Rayenswood 'lub members got a shock yesterday, 'he story as told by the Chicago Triune is as follows: "Man is a cheap skate, and woman lmost as bad." This doesn't sound much like "Laender and Old Lace," but it was the uthor of that "sweet scented manucript," Myrtle Reed McCullough, t'ho said it in effect yesterday to the omewhat scandalized members of he Ravenswood Woman's Club. The author was outlining her views ?n matrimony. "The wife," she said, "gets her toard, her clothes, and a few kind t'ords, while her servant in the ;itchen gets her board, her clothes, ,nd $7 a week. If the average husland used the same language to his lomestics as he does to his wife, his kull would be corrugated from colisions with a rolling pin. "The man's argument: 'Well, I upport her,' breaks down completey before that state of facts. If anyhing further were needed, it might >e pointed out that he also supports ~ ~TJio Am_ Lit; WUlLlcLil 111 ma urntc. mo tui)loyees do not feel under any paricular obligation to him for that. Pay Better than "Beery Kiss." "You would have great difficulty in inding a working woman in' this jreat city willing to exchange her weekly pay envelope for her emdoyer's whispered 'darling' and his eery kiss. Marriage in a good many ases is a gold brick game in which he man exchanges that intangible hing called 'love' for the wife's real ervice. "The modern woman is suffering rom atavism. Modern living condiions have brought this about. Hisory has repeated itself and women ire back in the cave-dwelling age. The up-to-date flat is the troglodyte's :ave embellished with open plumbng and electric lights. "Eighty-six per cent, of the wonen of the United States virtually ire cave dwellers." Slaughtered Birds Her Delight. "She bedecks herself with the eeth and the hides of wild beasts, ind never is so happy as when she s able to parade herself before the <rorld glorified in the feathers of ome bird slaughtered by a brute of i man. "Woman never will be able to (mancipate herself until she puts all his aside. Corsets, French heels, md nursing bottles are the chains hat bind her to the husband's charot wheels. The truly great woman >f the world have been iconoclasts, 'hey laughed at convention. If modrn woman would follow in the footteps of the great ones of her sex, he problem of woman's rights would ?e solved." Willie's Trousers. The late Bishop William N. Mcricker, of Rhode Island, harbored a arge soul in a body to match. He vas a bachelor whose sister kept Louse for him. On one occasion he telephoned to lis tailor that he wished to have a air of trousers pressed, and the tail?r sent a boy to his residence to get hem. The bishop's sister admitted the nessenger and called up-stairs: Willie, the boy has come for your rousers!" When her brother appeared the outh's astonished gaze traversed he prelate's impressive "corporosiv." then he murmured: "Gee! Is that Willie?"?Youth's !ompanion. Vinthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of acant scholarships in Winthrop Colege and for the admission of new tudents will be held at the County Jourt House on Friday* July 7, at 9 ,. m. Applicants must be not less han fifteen years of age. When cholarships are vacant after July 7 hey will be awarded to those making he highest average at this examinaion, provided they meet th8 condiions governing the award. Appliants for scholarships should write o President Johnson before the exmination for scholarship examinaion blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and ree tuition. The next session will pen September 20, 1911. For furher information and catalogue, ad!ress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, i. C. JPW prwunc rfim 1JU TT 1 UlJkA/llIU VIJVA/ This is to notify my friends and he pubilc generally that I have pened a pressing club in the Spann tuilding on Main street, up-stairs. Ve press and clean men's clothing, adies' coats and skirts, clean felt nd straw hats, and in short, do any fork in our line. We guarantee abolute satisfaction. If your work ias not been done satisfactorily hereofore, give us a trial. We will ilease you. Will send for and deiver all work, and shall use every ffort to give satisfactory service long all lines. R. O. RICE Bamberg, S. C. . '... ' .. I BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS | J II and in fact anything in the live stock and vehicle I; i| || line. Our vehicles are of the very best makes, and |j "4 11 give satisfaction to the user. Come and see us. | ? JONES BROS., | || BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA. I Mm I Ladies, Look Here |ji If you are interested in Spring and 1 | Summer Millinery I would be glad to ? IsSlfl show you some of the latest designs, ? and at prices that will suit you. . S fli Hiss Kate Hiers (my milliner) will be S in charge and will'gladly assist you a 1 in selectiifg what you need S | My line of Notions is also attractive. jfi . | . 13 Remember, I have moved. I am now m |? next door to Mr. Fox. Call and see me. v gj II Mrs. S. A. Smoak I J II Lodge, South Carolina S||?fj 1 ANN UAL KtUNIUNriflj United Confederate Veterans D' 1 Little Rock, Ark., May 15th-18th, 1191 | : For this occasion the Atlantic Coast Line j |||h ' A Railroad has authorized special low rates, I May 13th, 14th and 15th, limited until May ! p||| 23rd. Ticket can be deposited at Little \ ^ 1 Rock, and upon payment of a fee of fifty 1 ? 1 cents at time of deposit, limit of ticket can 1 be extended to, and including June 14,1911 > For rates and information, apply to nearest agent, or gj- C- WHITE, fen- Pass. Agent, Wilmington N. Cjj J '0000001 \& This is the season of the year to use p|| ICE ::; I8p And when you need any re- fl member we have it and are fji anxious to serve you. We :f| have ice on hand the year round Vm F.E. PRICE&CO. 1 E. BART PRICE, Manager. ~M v ? V > ' ,