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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Miss Rena Brant, of Ulmer, is visiting friends in the city. ? ?Miss Catherine Ducker spent Sunday in Charleston on the Isle of * Palms. ?W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., clerk p of court of Barnwell, was in the city 5 Tuesday. ?Miss Naomi Sandifer is at home from Lee county, where she taught I the past year. ?Mr. A. S. Blount, of Suffolk, Va., is in the city on a visit to his father, ^ Mr. M. Blount. ?Mr. A. J. Blount and family, of ?- > Ulmer, are in the city on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. M. Blount. T? Ponov and nhildrfin. 1T11 D. ?i. u. ikuuv.T ??? ? ??, i -of Beaufort, are visiting relatives and I friends in the city. ?Misses Mary Livingston and Mary Ellen Eaves are at home fronx | Rowesville, where they have been teaching. ?Miss Mell Kearse, a charming B young lady of Olar, is the guest of Miss Marie Richardson.?Barnwell ^ Sentinel. ?Mrs. W. H. Ritter, of Ehrhardt, is here on a visit to her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Ariail.?Dor A. ^ _ cnester jiiagie. ?Miss Mabel Simmons, of Branchville, is spending this week in the city on a visit to Misses Ottie and Marion Simmons. ?Miss Lucile Hunter left this week for Washington, D. C., to spend ; the summer with the family of her father, Mr. O. F. Hunter. ?Mr. J. C. Moye, who has been at $-. Ehrhardt for some time with the k Hacker Mfg. Co., has resigned his position and returned home. ?Mrs. John Cooner has returned | to her home in Bamberg after spending some time in the city with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cooner.?Greenwood Journal. ?Miss Esma Delk, who has been teaching at Duncan, Spartanburg county, is at home for the summer vacation. She will teach at Duncan Mr " again next year. ?Miss Ellen Bellinger, of Marlin, Texas, is in the city on a visit to the h- * family of her uncle, Mr. H. J. Bellinger. She is a daughter of the late George Bellinger, formerly of this county. 1 ^ . \ ?Mr. and Mrs. G. Moye Dickinson returned Sunday night from New York where they went to attend the meeting of the Seed Crushers' Association. They report a most delightIful trip. ?Mr. M. Herbert Vara, who is attending a dental college in Atlanta, returned for the summer vaca| , tion. However, he has accepted a position as traveling salesman, and' will be on the road until college opens this fall. | ' ?Misses Edrice and Mamie Ehrhardt, who have been visiting at the home of their grandmother, Mrs. H. P. Cline, have returned to their home at Ehrhardt, accompanied by Messrs. Herbert and Bennie Ehrhardt, Newberry college boys.?Newberry Herald and News. Meeting Farmers Union. The Bamberg local Farmers' Union . will meet on Saturday afternoon, Tiiti* 24th at four o'clock, at the ! court house in Bamberg. It is important that each member be present, and any who wish to make applica. tion for .membership will please ap' ply for application blanks on that day. J. P. O'QUINN, Secretary. f Urges Appropriation. Washington, June 12.?Representative Lever, of South Carolina today introduced a bill to establish agricultural extension departments in connection with the agricultural colleges and experimentations in the several States. The bill provides that, in order to aid in the diffusion among the people of the United States of useful and practical information on subjects connected with agricultural and home economics, there shall be established at each agricultural college a department to be known as an "extension department" and that there shall be appropriated for this purpose $15,000 for each such department conditioned upon the State's appropriating a like amount for the same purpose. Discussing his bill, Mr. Lever said: "This is an effort to carry out to the people in the country the results of the experiments found to be useful I and profitable at tbe experimental station of the State. Every farm can be made profitable and every home comfortable if we can find a way of applying the information we have on hand to the rural conditions. The ordinary bulletin is not reaching the average farmer. It is necessary to furnish him object lessons in improved methods by way of demonstrations which prove conclusively the superiority of the new over the old methods of farming. "The wonderful state of the Knapp work in the South suggested the idea of /the extension departments to me." I WANT NO "CARPET-BAGGERY.".. Oklahomans' Protest Against Negro's Appointment Prevail. Washington, June 10.?As the result of strenuous opposition to the announced appoinment of W. T. Vernon, the colored Kansas politician, who was formerly register of the treasury, to be assistant superivisor of education for the Five Civilized Indian Tribes, with headquarters in Oklahoma, it is now officially stated that the announcement was an error J 21, . duu mai vuuuu win uui get mo place. The facts are that the appointment of Vernon has heen reconsidered on orders from the president, after he had heard the cries from Oklahoma. Democrats and Republicans were equally emphatic in protest. Mesrs. McGuire and Morgan, Republican congressmen from Oklahoma, called upon Mr. Taft in opposition to the Vernon appointment and Mr. McGuire significantly told the chief executive that "the days of carpet-baggery are over." At the instance of Senator Curtis, of Kansas, who makes Indian affairs a specialty Secretary of the Interior Fisher, with the approval of President Taft, appointed W. T. Vernrtn fftrmorlv rocifitpr nf t.Vlfi "VU, VUAVA VU) AV4UiVA?j * v0-w?v treasury, assistant superintendent of education for the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, with headquarters in Oklahoma. The result has been a flood of protests, which have been coming in steadily ever sinee the appointment was announced. While the very first protest received was from an Indian, gfll the officials of the State of Oklahoma are among the objectors. It is well known that the American Indian is sensitive about his racial distinction from the African, and if the appointment of Vernon is insisted on, a lot of trouble may arise. Bolt Struck Ferris Wheel. New York, June 12.?Five dead, four missing and a property loss of nearly $1,000,000 is the result of a two days' storm which has raged inin TMow Vnrt and vicin lAAi VVV/U V?J ASJL V ?, ? W* _ ity. Weather predictions indicate the storm may continue to-day. The torrential downpour has been a boon to the depleted Reservoirs, ten days' supply having been accumulated in the watershed. The lightning played a strange prank at Clason Point, on the sound last night, striking a ferris wheel. The big wheel, which carried several passengers, was thrown from its axis and stuck fast. The lightning blinded the passengers and there was a panic. Several women attempted to leap from the wheel, but were restrained. The passengers were taken down on ladders rigged together. Several silk mills in Patterson, N. J., were unroofed. Streets were flooded in several New Jersey towns, trees uprooted and cellars filled with water. Dismissed Suit in Libel Cases. Holding that the publications complained of were legitimate criticisms in a matter of public concern, R. E. Copes, circuit judge, has signed an order dismissing the three libel suits of $50,000 each against The State. The plaintiffs were: F. C. Black, E. O. Black and J. E. Black, of Columbia. The demurrer interposed by the defense was sustained by Judge : Copes at every point. The order was signed by Judge Copes at Orangeburg and was sent to J. Frost Walker, the clerk of court of Richland county. The plaintiffs were represented by G. R. Rembert of this city. The action was brought in May, 1910. The demurrer of the defense set forth that on its face the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was interposed at the last term of civil court. The following is the order issued in the three cases: "The demurrer to the complaint in the above stated action, and argument of counsel pro et con, were heard by me at the second session of the spring term, A. D. 1911, of said court. Upon consideration of the same , and it appearing that the publications attributed to the defendant are criticisms and expressions of opinion on the acts and conduct of the plaintiff in a matter of public concern, and are not defamatory or H bellous, and do not tend to impeacn the honesty, integrity or .reputation of the plaintiff, or to injure his character, or to expose him to public hatred, contempt, ridicule or obliquy, or to injure him in his business or occupation or otherwise, it is ordered that the demurrer be sustained and the complaint dismissed." These libel suits were brought because of editorial and local articles alleged to have reflected on the plaintiffs during the election of members of present city council, Chas. C. Wilson, one of the candidates for election, being opposed by one of the plaintiffs.?The State. Tuesday afternoon Mr. H. W. Adams brought us a cotton bloom sent in by Mrs. A. J. Priester, of the Clear Pond section. i CALLS FOR FACTS. Committee Probing Pennsylvania Company Deal. Washington, June 12.?Ruling that the facts regarding which former officers of the American Sugar Refining company, including Former Secretary C. R. Heill, who are under indictment and awaiting trial, are essential to the inquiry, the house committee investigate the sugar trust to-day requested E. F. Atkins, acting president of the company, to answer questions regarding its attempts to acquire the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company at Philadelphia. James M. Beck, counsel for the company, ineffectually appealed to the committee not to go into tne matter, on the ground that former officers of the company are awaiting trial in November on a charge of conspiracy to acquire the Pennsylvania property and that their interests would be prejudiced if the committee prejudged the case. To Uncover Everything. Chairman Harwich and the committee overruled this objection, saying. -the committee was directed to investigate every phase of the company's operation, adding there was no intention of prejudging the case. Mr. Atkins testified he had no direct knowledge regarding the Pennsylvania transaction, which he said was negotiated under the presidency of. Henry O. Havemeyer. He said he pfetested years ago 'to Mr. Havemeyer against the policy of the company in acquiring beet sugar plants. The company officials point out that the company has undergone a thorough change of management and of policy since the Havemeyer regime. ' Discussing -the relations between the company and the beet sugar interests, Mr. Atkins said: Offered to Quit. "I asked Mr. Havemeyer if it was to be his policy to build up the beet sugar industry at the expense of the cane sugar refining industry. His answer was evasive, and I told him if that was to be his policy, I would sell my stock in the American Sugar Refining company. I subsequently did sell considerable of my stock:" Asked if he was opposed to the company extending into the beet sugar field, Mr. Atkins declared it was simply his opinion as a business man, interested in cane sugar investment. He foresaw in the Western field a beet sugar industry, which would become a formidable competitor of the American company, and as an investor he did not think it a good proposition to aid a rival enterprise. Mr. Atkins submitted a statement to show that during 1910 the company manufactured slightly more than 42 per cent, of the total consumption of sugar In the United states, "wiiiie me Deet sugar companies manufactured 14 per cent. Of the 21 cane sugar refineries in the United States, the refining company owns seven directly, or through subsidiary companies, and has a stock interest greater than a majority in four. Of the 63 factories which produced beet sugar, the American company Is interested through stock ownership in 33. Interested in Beets. The statement referred to the fact that the 'company had in expanding the production of sugar and promoting coiniDeice therein, acquired stocks in various beet sugar companies, and added: "The company has a reasonable confidence that the validity of these holdings will be sustained as in expansion rather than in restriction of trade. These holdings have, however, been steadily reduced in the last three years by sales from time to time, and with two unimportant exceptions the company has only a minority interest in any of the beet sugar companies to which reference is made. All of these beet sugar companies have independent boards of directors and are in no respect controlled by the American Sugar Refining company." Vetoes Liquor Bills. Tallahassee, Fla., June 10.?Gov. Gilchrist to-day vetoed three drastic liquor regulation bills recently passed by the legislature, and at the same time approved two bills, providing for better prosecution of blind tigers by mnlr{nr? fo^oro! rBVAT111A 1 iPAnaPQ uaxuug 1VUVAU* 4 v? prima facie evidence. The other bill approved was concerning local option elections. The anti-screen bill, which provided that saloons shall be divested of all furniture except the bar, and that to be plainly visible from the street, was vetoed on account of the flaws In legislative construction. The 9 o'clock closing law was also vetoed, as was the bill prohibiting the soliciting for liquor houses in dry counties, the governor holding in the latter case that newspapers carrying liquor advertisements would be barred in dry counties. But one liquor regulation remains to be decided and that was passed as | a rider to the revenue bill, which has not been signed to date. 200 candy coupons, given with each 5c drink, at Peoples Drug Co., are good for one pound Nunnally's candy. ' '' v '.v> - . -L. 'X u ' . ^Jv BREAK 1 Increase in number ani 1 variety as the demam I for this essential foot @ ffrnurc almncf rlailv n iglWVf? UUUIVUl UU11J 11 popularity. No on< store can keep all tha that with their varie by purchasing at He Pure White Rolled Oa for 25c; Hecker's Oat j 15c; Shredded Whole Toasted Corn Flakes a Staple line we have i Herndor Malcolm Moye, Mgr. SAVED FROM SNAKE'S FANGS. Deadly Diamond-Back Rattler Falls on Keeper's Arm. New York, June 9.?The trained nerves of John Palmer, assistant keeper of reptiles at Bronx zoological gardens, saved his life. The east end of reptile hall is given up to deadly snakes. The fourth case from the front of the building holds six diamond-back rattlers and one big Texas rattler. All are huge snakes, patriarchs of their species. Keeper Palmer was feeding?that is, he was offering the semi weekly repast of dead sparrows to the "poison ^roup" as the snakes in this section are known. He unlocked the wooden door of thex case, slid it open an inch, peeked through it, and saw a twisted tangle of snakes in the front of the case. Then he slid the door wide, and something fell out along his arm to the shoulder. It was a huge diamond-back, and its head lay on Palmer's shoulder, two inches from his chin. Palmer stood' perfectly still his muscles set like steel, not a nerve quivering. There was) no' one near. It would have availed nothing had there been. The keeper would not dared to shout, not dared to move, hardly to breathe. He stood simply waiting." For a moment the giant rattler lay sluggishly along his arm. Then it raised its flat, triangular head close to his cheek, and worked itself up farther and farther behind his shoulder. Palmer could no longer see the head of the snake, in which lay the deadly fangs, but he could feel it as it worked itself down his back. He stood immovable, fearing lest the twitching- of a muscle would send those poison fangs into his body. Slowly down outside his coat went the head of the reptile, and the rest of its body followed over his shoulder. At length the head reached the ground, and the great snake slid off onto the floor. Then, and not until then, Palmer, reeled out of the narrow passageway, calling for help. Other keepers came, tifod pinning -the head of the rattler, recaptured it and put it back in its case. PUNISHED FOR NOT KISSING. Man Who Failed to Salute Pretty Widow is Put Under Bond. Wilkes Barre, Pa., June 9.?Alderman Donahoe held Daniel Reardon, of North Wilkes-Barre, un<Jer bail to keep the peace because he had failed to kiss Mrs. Mary Burke, a good-looking widow. Reardon, it is charged, had talked of kissing her until she taunted him, whereupon he had words with her, and Mrs. Burke had him arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. Alderman Donahoe asked Reardon if he had kissed Mrs. Burke, and when he said that he had not the alderman lectured him. "Reardon," he said, "all members nf the female sex from their infancy up, like to be kissed. Osculation is one of the necessities of life. It is the beginning of love. It is the stamp of devotion. I do not consider you a gallant in having asked this woman for a kiss and then not taking it. For your lack of gallantry in not kissing I will hold you under bail to keep the peace." - r?ot pi rnoi ui ty, anyone can live wh radons Grocery Store. / * ita In rjins At I Sc: Ouaker's Oat Meal I rieal 15c or 2 for 25c; Puffed Wheat at Wheat at 15c; Cream of Wheat at 15c it 10c; Hecker's Buckwheat at 20c; ant It. All goods delivered in the city i's Grocei Telephone 24 BANK STATEMENT. Statement of the condition of the Bank of Denmark, located at Den* mark, S. C., at the close of business June 7, 1911. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ 84,347.54 Overdrafts 504.41 Due from banks and bankers .. 66,252.02 Currency 1,819.00 Gold 10.00 Silver and other minor coin 611.65 Exchanges for the clearing house 359.12^ Total $153,903.74 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in......$ 10,000.00 Surplus fund 1,400.00 Undivided profits, less . current expenses and taxes paid 6,919.02 Individual deposits subject to check 121,144.31 Savings deposits 14,440.41 Total $153,903.74 rin.nltna Crtnnft ftf I OittW UL OUUtU VMVUilw wvuuv "? Bamberg. Before me came J. Arthur Wiggins, cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the SLpove and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. J. ARTHUR WIGGINS, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of June, 1911. C. T. BAMBERG, Notary Public, S. C. Correct-Attest: S. D. M. GUESS, JAS. B. GUESS, J. ARTHUR WIGGINS, Directors. BANK STATEMENT. Statement of the condition of the Peoples Bank, located at Bamberg, S. C., at the close of business June 7th, 1911. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $136,445.01 Overdrafts 1,836,56 Furniture and fixtures.. 2,459.36 Banking house 3,329.40 DuO from banks and bankers 15,377.84 Currency 986.00 Gold 35.00 Silver and other minor coin 223.65 Checks and cash items.... 1,212.97 Total $161,905.79 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in.. ..$ 25,000.00 Surplus fund 4,000.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 5,394.87 Individual deposits subject to check 24,190.80 Savings deposits 32,707.37 Time certificates of deposit ,393.75 Cashier's checks 219.00 Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed 70,000.00 Total $161,905.79 State of South Carolina?County of Bftmbersr. Before me came W. P. Riley, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. W. P. RILEY, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of June, 1911. W. E. FREE, Notary Public, S. C. Correct-Attest: C. B. FREE, H. C. FOLK, N. P. SMOAK, Directors. The Barnwell County Fair association has been commissioned with a capital stock of $6,000. The petitioners are H. D. Calhoun, S. B. Moseley, T. S. Cave, E. H. Richards, J. A. Porter and W. L. Cave. The association will hold a county fair at Barnwell during the fall of each year to promote the agricultural and industrial interests 61 that county. j sting, we keep aDof I >t with the assurance | ||| olesomely and wefl, I We have: I n packages 15c or 2 a? - ' "vfej? 15c; Puffed Rice at ? ; Grape Nuts at 15c; A 1 in fact if It is in the A "^1 i free and promptly. A -v.?| y Store f Bamberg, S. C. Af BANK STATEMENT. Statement of the condition of the Bamberg Banking Co., located at ;; Bamberg, S. C., at the close of busi- > ness June 7th, 1911. ti RESOURCES. Loans and discounts........$224,359.85 Overdrafts J... 1,218.86 ''& > Bonds and stocks owned by the bank 1,000.06 n IS ^ Furniture and fixtures.... 2,051.61 Banking house 6,171.86 Due from banks and bankers 25,983.32 vSV* Currency 2,259.00 >* Gold 245.06 Silver and other minor coin 439.40 Checks and cash items.... 11.06 Total $263,739.84 LIABILITIES. -f Capital stock paid in $ 55,000.06' Surplus fund 40,000.66 Undivided profits less cur- . rent expenses and taxes paid 18,705.13 Due to banks and jf-Ji bankers 1,105.26 .;/?||pH luuiviuuai ucpwivo BUU- " "ii5K? ject to check 5 7,797.05. Savings deposits 31,5 3 7.51. | Time certificates of de- ;? posit 9,447.22 Certified checks 1 5.22 '( . Cashier's checks 142.45 Bills payable, including certificates for money /$ borrowed .. ..." 50,000.00 Total $263,739.84, State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg. Before me came D. F. Hooton, ':SM, cashier of the above named bank, 'J who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is atrue condition of said bank, as shown. -Cjp by the books of said bank. ^ D. F. HOOTON, Cashier. mRM Sworn to and subscribed before .. me this 12th day of June, 1911. M. W. BRABHAM, Notary Public, S. C. v;|p|?9 Coryect-Attest: J. a. BLiAUtl, W. D. RHOAD, * x J. A. BYRD, I Directors. BANK STATEMENT. Statement of the condition of the -ffijjHr Bank of Olar, located at Olar, 8. C., at the close of business June 7th, RESOURCES. ..jSHL Loans and discounts $148,374.98 ^fJgB Overdrafts 2,640.09 vW Furniture and fixtures.... 565.54 -X^nSS Banking House 915.50 Due from Banks and bankers 10,033.78 ' ^||g| Silver and other minor coin 1,860.02 Checks and cash items.... 298.89 " ~: Total $164,688.75 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 20,000.00 Surplus* fund 20,000.00 Undivided profits, less J current ezyeiuwD ouu zaxmm taxes paid 9,438.62 Individual Deposits subject to check 27,397.63 Savings deposits 22,862.50 l-^^j Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed 65,000,00' Total 3164,688.75 State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg. Before me came G. M. Neeley, Cashier of the above named bank, ; who, being duly sworn, says that the ' t 3 above and foregoing statement is a 7'^J| true condition of said bank, as . shown by the books of said bank. G. M. NEELEY, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of June, 1911. '': r)^p| Correct-Attest: C. P. RIZER. Director. Daniel Duncan, a negro, was sen- >3 tenced to be hanged in Charjeston, * ; the execution to take place Friday, July 7th. Duncan was convicted of the murder of Max Luoeisay, a jvius bystreet clothing merchant, the killing being done In the store in the day .