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PEliSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City an at Other Points. ?Mr. H. D. Calhoun, a candidat for congress, was in the city Mor day. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pearlstim * of Olar, spent Tuesday night in th city. ?Mr. W. R. Hite, of Batesburg spent a few days in the city las week. ?Mr. F. C. Ayer, of Newberry, i spending some time in the city wit relatives. ?Mr. E. E. Hughes, of Ehrhardl was in the city Tuesday and calle< to see us. ?Mrs. F. B. McCrackin and littl (daughter are visiting relatives ii Newberry. ?Mr. Fishburne Bishop, of Col umbia spent a few days in the fit; this week. ?Mr .T TV Crmpland Jr.. has eoni t V to Hendersonville, N. C., to spem some time. ?E. H. Henderson, Esq., has gom I to Cedar Mountain, N. C., to spem | some time. ?Mr. H. H. Copeland is at horn* from an extended stay at Hender sonville, N. C. ?W. W. Lightsey, of Charleston visited friends and relatives in th< city this week. ?Miss Camille Price left Satur day morning for a visit to relative! f and friends at North. | ?Mr. H. H. Copeland returnee last week from Hendersonville, N. C. p where he spent the past five weeks ?Mr. J. W. Stokes is at home from a stay at Glenn Springs. His family will be there for some time yet. ?Mrs. W. P. Riley, who is spend' ing the summer at Hendersonville N. C., spent a few days at home lasi week. . ?Mrs. M. B. Kennedy and chil4 dren left for Williston Tuesday morning to visit her sister, Mrs. W. A Porter. j ?Misses Gladys and Eunice Johns ana juouise wnson are in me vuy uu a visit to their grandmother, Mrs. M. '? L. Johns. ?Mr. Gillam, book-keeper at C R. Brabham's Sons, left Sunday tc spend a week with his parents al Leary, Ga. ?Miss Beulah Grimes, of the local telephone exchange is spending her two weeks' vacation in Blackville, with relatives. ?Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Free, \ and little son, of Summerton, arrived in the city Monday night for a 1 visit to relatives. i. ?Miss Estelle Smoak, of Bamberg, is the guest of the Misses Belle and Lila Waters on Smith street.?Charleston Evening Post. r ?Mr. and Mrs. Jones A. Williams and children and Mrs. J. C. Lewis bavp e-onft to Hendersonville. N. C., / to spend some time. * ?Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Johns and her sister, Miss Bramlett, spent a few ' days in the city this week on a visit to M^s. M. L. Johns. ?Mr. J. D. Felder returned this I week from a visit to relatives in the upper part of the State. ?Mrs. B. C. Berry, Mrs. Alonzo Clark, and Mrs. W. M. Sandifer, of * Johnston, are visiting relatives and | friends in and near the city. * ?Misses" Madeline and Lucile Porter returned home Tuesday after a very pleasant visit to their grandmother, Mrs. M. R. Brickie. ?Capt. D. B. Black and family, of Walterboro, are spending some time with Mrs. Black's father, Mr. L. M. Ayer and other friends. ?Miss Ruby Johnson, of Black ville, is in the city acting as operator at the telephone exchange while Miss o Grimes is away on her vacation. ?Mrs. W. R. Bishop and daugh! ter, of Columbia, are spending some time in the city with Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Ayer and other friends in the city. [ 1 ?Messrs. F. W. Free, J. B. Brirkle R T, Rishar. and Chas. Black left last Sunday by automobile for Glenn Springs, where they will spend a week or more. ?Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Johnson, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. D. C. Adams, have returned to their home at Bamberg.?Walterboro Press and Standard. Rarnwpll and Bamberg Sunday School Convention. Barnwell and Bamberg Sundayschool convention will meet at Blackville on Wednesday, Thursday and A Friday, August 28th, 29th and 30th. Each school is entitled to five delegates and it is sincerely hoped that every school will elect a full delegation who will attend and take an acL tive part in the convention. ProJf gram published later. W. G. BRITTON, Secretary. r " BILTMORE HOTEL. ( ^ Owner of Asheville Estate to Go In- I'e to tlie Hotel Business. Biltmore, the name of the North 9 Carolina "seat" of the grandson of of l_ Commodore Vanderbilt, is to be the' m( name also of the $5,500,000 hotel, thi i, with a thousand rooms, which is to wl e be part of t.he new Grand Central an Station in New York. Thus another co! , of the great families of Manhattan in >? I goes into the hotel business, along Mc with the Astors and the Belmonts. up Biltmore, near Asheville, is set down thi s k in the books as the most magnificent he country estate in tne umtea states wi ?indeed, its one hundred thousand qu ' acres of scientifically cultivated for- bri ^ est provides the site and material of pic a school of forestry. The third gener- th< e ation of Vanderbilts is thus doing tui D something to vindicate a certain his reputation for public spirit won for !- the tough, railroad-devouring found- mi y er of the family by his gift of an $800,000 steamboat to the govern- wr e ment in the civil war and a million ho 3 to found Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. But of the hundred mil- Joi lions he bequeathed to his son, Wil- th< I liam H. Vanderbilt, only $200,000 aft went to Vanderbilt University, and a cus couple of millions would probably wa 5 more than cover all public bequests made by the father of the master of pes Biltmore, George Washington Van- dai ? derbilt, born fifty years ago. It seems fee 5 very natural for a family which amass- his ed its wealth in transportation to find a i - elory. and incidental dividends, in a 3 $5,500,000 monumental house of entertainment for travelers. ManhatPu \ tan is the city of monuments of such wealth as the Vanderbilt's, and it is this which makes it the wonder, if . not the admiration, of the modern . ' 3 ,, ^ . chi , world. But monuments are memon- .. > tio: . als of things of the past, and emi 3 sor nently things of the past are the powers and privileges for taking toll ^ of the public in the spirit of Mr. Wil- ^ ' liam H. Vanderbilt's motto: "The t mi< public be damned."?Boston Tran- ^ . script' unl Gasoline Inebriates. mil The town of Covina, Cal., reports eve 5 the case of a young girl who has ev L formed the habit of inhaling gasoline sia fumes until she becomes dizzy and 131X1 sees visions. Savants have described the her condition as that of "gasoline in- cl01 ' toxication." res d pr Hers is not an isolated case. There are a good many thousand gasoline ( , inebriates, mostly adult. The cymp- dxe toms are unmistakable. There is ^ei a strained look in the victim's eyes. 0013 Th< ' His . fingers, itch Jpr the steering wheel and tiie speeil clutch. lxn( The craving for the fumes of gaso- ter ' line puts mortgages on homes. It a c ' stretches incomes to the point where W01 ' thp they can stretch no more and the inppi , evitable financial crash follows. Amrtnc nthor thirtp-s it makftS it vie tims strangers in their own homes. ers lio-i It has a way, too, of manipulating ? i bank accounts till they show a bal- am ; ance on the wrong side of the books. rac Gasoline intoxication is further cra characterized by an almost insane siai disregard for the rights of the ine. briate's fellow-man and the com- wh Gel monest laws of safety. There are Pot times when it is as dangerous to the public as the madness caused by co- ou caine. The speeder and the joy rider suf- a "l fer from gasoline intoxication super1 induced by sixty-horsepower engines our * + and complicated speed mania. The treatment indicated is total absti- fiel ed nence at hard manual labor.?St. ! Louis Republic. pri< Negro Shot at Slighs. Per __ loy Newberry, Aug. 2.?About 12 qui | o'clock to-day Sheriff Buford received or a message while at the Little Moun- Ad1 tain reunion that two negroes had shot each other at Sligns, three miies distant. He at once sent Rural Po- ? liceman T. G. Williams and O. W. y0l] 1 Peterson to arrest the parties. They found one of them, Andrew Miller, er and arrested him and then went to i the home of the other, George Stoudemire, where they found his bloody shirt but not him. Miller ? was brought to jail on the charge of a g , assault and battery with intent to ^a-v : kill. He was shot in the back but an(^ not seriously hurt. Stoudemire was [ shot in the breast. It is not known how badly he was hurt, as he seems to have run off under the impression that he had killed his man, or, it may DO ( be that he went off to hunt for a ( doctor to dress his wounds. He will ^*ai be fo,und and arrested. Both negroes used shotguns. They had been after J . each other for a week or ten days, tim about an old grudge over one's call- ed ing the other a short and ugly word, trel A young negro, 26 years old, nam- fro; ed Manus Grav was committed to hoi I jail this afternoon on a coroner's ver- sho . diet, charged with killing his half- cati brother, Arthur Morgan, aged 19, on ha\ ' Frank L. Bynum's plantation at May- his binton yesterday. The killing was sun done with a pistol. Gray says it was a q an accident, but that was not the the opinion of the coroner's jury. After woi hearing the evidence, he .was sent to mei . jail by Magistrate Henderson. tol JETTING AHEAD OF SCANDAL. 'ace and Dignity of Congregation Kii Secured by Recommendation. Parson Henderson, an evangelist 1 color, was caught one bright dis jrning holding the hands of one of sta e ewe lambs of his congregation, in 10 was a very popular young lady, tha d it created quite a stir among the liei lored population, relates a writer cor Norman E. Mack's National thr mthly. So the parson was brought by for trial and was questioned by wh 9 officers of the church as to what on meant by his action, and this is hin lat he had to say in answer to the wh estion propounded to him: "My ?] adders, you have seen these great tho :tures, I suppose, so you know dat ^a i great Shepherd am always pic- shQ red with a lamb of his flock in aga } arms." pov "Yes, sah, parson, dat am so," ad- por tted Deacon Jones. c "Den, Brudaer Jones, what am ong in the shepherd of his flock c lding a lamb in his arms?" , K for* This was too much for Brudder aes, so he proposed the officers of co" 3 church have a call meeting that gcf ernoon. After the point was disfrie ssed fully the following resolution s adopted: w 1 "Resolved, Dat for the future ru^ for ice and dignity of the congregation t the next time Parson Henderson ^otl the :1s called upon to take a lamb of , bis ; flock in his arms, dat he pick out am lamb." V T jur; PS HONOR ENEMY AT MUKDEN eno he t Up Monument to Russian Dead nev Left on Battlefield. . his bidi A recent traveler through Man- <<co iria gives us a picture and descrip- ^ q of the great cemetery and whicfi W0l ue time ago they consecrated to b0(i : Russian dead who fell in the bat- Dro about Mukden. i g-n in their precipitate retreat the ar- e(j *s of the czar left thousands upon ^ usands of their fallen comrades gie; Juried. After the signing of the Wh< aty of peace the soldiers of the sho vado collected every last bone and frje ;ry bit of ragged uniform and thai ;ry broken weapon which the Rus- catc qs had left upon the field and ejse ied them with soldierly honor. In the s centre of the vast plat they en- ^ sed by a white marble fencing a 0fgc erved space for those who had evi- maj itly been officers. his )ver the graves of the common sol- to i rs iron crosses, in the Greek form :e erected, and over the graves of ^ imanders crosses of white marble. gie. jn as a pivot to the converging ty < js they reared a terrace and on the hig] race built a marble temple all at frje ost of 50,000 yen. When all the ^ rk was ready for dedicatory rites Blei y invited Russian ecclesiastics from roa( ting, Harbin and Vladivostok, to- wilc her with such military command- tou< as were near, to assemble for re- aga ous services in this chapel, where en id the assembled men of both aga es, the land was solemnly conseted as a resting place for the Rus- the a dead. thai Ve think we have not done badly aBo en 50 years after the battle of cen1 :tysburg we invite the surviving any lfederates to meet us where they thir ght us, and with their northern W0l] ow citizens to-day give thanks for rieg inited country. But the "Japs" beil re bettered as well as anticipated wor act. For within five years of the ti0D tie of Mukden they laid out the A d as a cemetery for their conquer- wor enemies, buried them decently, no t I religious rites celebrated by for Bsts of their own faith and paid wor sonal tribute to the courage and cou alty of the men they had van- wtlc shed. All this without one word "An(^ suggestion from outside.?The giV yance. {av( A New Version. ^ __ f?rr 'Talking about dry towns, have broi l ever been in Leavenworth, ploj a.?" asked the commercial travel- for in the smoking car. "No? Well, cou: t's a dry town for you, all right." law, 'They can't sell liquor at all for re?" asked one of the men. tion 'Only if you have been bitten by -A inake," said the traveler. "They the re only one snake in the town, govi I when I got to it the other day Plai Br standing in line for nearly half E day it was too tired to bite."? offic j Evening Wisconsin. and V UBLE TRAGEDY IN ATLANTA. of t ?~~~~ the n Shoots Woman and then Turns . Pistol on Self. ry. and Atlanta flu Aiifr 4 W "R! T.flt- frio' er, aged 40, to-day shot and kill- V a woman known as Emma Can- men 11, aged 26, and then shot himself, tan m the effects of which he died an We ir later at a local hospital. The zatii oting took place in a house on De- ages ur street. Lattimer is said to rope e gone to the house and asked for caus wife. The Cantrell woman was havi imoned and the two engaged in that uarrel, ending in the shooting. At coui inquest this afternoon another mac man, claiming to be Mrs. Latti- tooh r, appeared and identified the pis- his i used as belonging to her husband. Is THINK OF THESE THINGS. rid of Government We'd Have if Bleaseism Should Prevail. What is Bleaseism? We propose to cuss this question, not from the ndpoint of Blease's enemies; not the light of revelations of graft t is being collected by his chief 1 tenants; not on information reded by the dictagraph; not ough the use of secrets revealed Blease's friends and associates ile drunk. We will discuss it upthe basis laid down by Blease iself, using as a text the platform ich he has adopted, as follows; rhat he will stand by his friends, ugh they go to the penitentiary; t he will sign no commission and >w no favor to any who votes tinst him; that he will use all the ver of his office to reward his supters and punish his opponents. Suppose this whole government *e run upon that principle? Suppose that should be the plat m of the judges who conduct our rts? >uch a judge would place the lowpossible sentence upon a political ind, and the heaviest upon those d opposed him. He would always a in favor of the lawyer who voted him and against the lawyer who ed against him. He would instruct juries to find no verdict against friend, and the heaviest possible diet against his enemy. And if a y should have independence ugh to disregard his instructions, would dismiss them and order a j jury, till he got one made up of friends. If they did not do his ding, he would call them "liars," wards" and "guttersnipes." l solicitor on the Blease platform lid nol pros all cases against anyy who helped to elect him, and secute to the fullest extent, ley or illegally, those wTho happento vote for somebody else. l sheriff who did business on the ase plan would not arrest a man i voted for him. and if a deDuty uld by mistake put one of his nds in jail he would turn him out t night. If he should happen to :h a man who voted for somebody i, he would put him in chains in felon's dungeon. . county treasurer, operating his ;e on the Blease platform, would te no effort to collect taxes from friends. If it did not suit them >ay he would never turn over the jutions to the sheriff. .n auditor, doing business as ise dies, would assess the properDf all his ploitical opponents as i as he could, and put that of his nds down next to nothing, county supervisor, working on the ise plan, would build splendid 3s in the neighborhood of those ? voted for him, and would never 2h a road near a man who voted inst him. He would openly threatthat if any precinct should vote inst him he would give them no e road work, but would spend all county's money in the townships ; gave him majorities. He would w no opponent of his to draw a t of money from the county for purpose, but would give everyig to his political friends. He ild even have men drawing salafrom the county on pretence of ig detectives, but who would be king in the interest of his re-eleci. . superintendent of education king a la Blease, would appoint rustees unless he knew tney votea him. No other qualifications ild be considered. No teacher Id get a school who did not, or >se family did not, vote for him. I the school district which did not i him a majority would receive no )r at his hands. . magistrate, on the Blease platn, would dismiss every case light against anybody, or an emre or friend of anybody who voted him. And he would send up to rt, or sentence to the limit of the , all who hapened to have voted or signed somebody else's peti.nd so with every other officer, in county, State and nation, if this ernment were run on the Blease l. Ivery officer would be using his e to build up a powerful machine further his own interests, /e would not have a "government he people, by the people and for people," but every officer would to make it a government "of me my friends, by me and my - * J 99 Has, ana ror me ana my meuus, /e would have the kind of governit that is presided over by the sulof Turkey or the czar of Russia, would be turning back in civilian a thousand years, to the dark >; when the vandals overran Eui and destroyed their enemies, bese they had the power. We would ^ the same kind of government ; the Indians had before this itry was settled by the white I 1, when a chieftain and his friends : everything in sight and drove enemies out of the domain. 1 that the kind of government the HAMPTON DENIES CHARGE. ' Railroad Commissioner Declares He Can Refute Allegation. Columbia, July 31.?"The charge i in the allegation that I .received any money from the Southern Railway through Gov. Blease is false. I can'refute this charge at the proper time in the proper way. I have no further statement to make at this time," was the statement dictated by Railroad Commissioner McDuffie Hampton this morning when ask-j ed if he had any comment to make on the charge of Mayor Grace that Gov. Blease hal told him that two years n rr/\ ^ a a a<4 a a ' ' a 4 #a?* ? agu lie auteu ao wet uuise iui ivii. Hampton and paid his expenses for running for railroad commissioner out of Southern Railway money furnished him, and with vouchers. Killed in Clearing Wreck. Dillon, Aug. 2.?in clearing up the wreck of several cars below here last night, a negro, William Cooper, of Cades, was killed. In hitching a chain of one of the derricks to a car he failed to fasten it securely, and when the engine tightened on it the chain flew back and broke his neck, at the same time taking part of his head off. His body was prepared for burial and sent to his home to-day. The same train that was wrecked went on down to Sellers from here to-day and was again wrecked, one car being derailed. Traffic was stopped for some time. Agent J. L. Bridgers says this is the third wreck in the last few days, but that the luck will turn now, as this number usually is the limit for one division of track in so short a time. people of South Carolina want? Tf thev Hn nnt want Tx.'hnl/i cmv eminent run upon the Blease plan, why should they want the highest office in the State so conducted? Suppose the principles of Bleaseism should control every office in South Carolina, from governor to rural policeman? Think about that.?Marlboro Advance. "CANDIDATES' CARDS. for united states senator. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the United States Senate, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Your support and influence will be appreciated. N. B. DIAL, ' Laurens, S. C. for congress. ~ I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election as Representative of the Second District in the United States Congress, pledging myself to abide by the result of the Democratic primary. JAMES F. BYRNES* Ambitious to represent the people of the Second District in Congress, I respectfully offer my candidacy in the approaching primary for your consideration, agreeing to support the nominees of the party. HARRY D. CALHOUN, Barnwell, S. C. for solicitor! I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Solicitor of the second judicial circuit of South Carolina, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. On account of the fact of having to hold four terms of court during the months of June and July, it will be impossible for me to make a thorough canvass of the circuit, but I trust that doing my duty, will appeal to the voters as much as the popular mode of electioneering. D T. n.TTMT'Tr'T? lba JLi. U Uil JL JUXV. FOR STATE SENATE. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the State Senate, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. J. B. BLACK. Conveying to the citizen taxpayers of Bamberg county my appreciation of the confidence shown in me by repeatedly electing me to the responsible position of County Treasurer, and believing that I can be of greater service to you, I am retiring from that position and hereby announce myself a candidate for State Senator from Bamberg county, to which position, if elected, I pledge you my best efforts in the protection of your interests and the upbuilding of our county and State, and I hereby pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary and support the nominees thereof. JOHN F. FOLK. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE^ I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for the House of Representatives for Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. B. W. MILEY. I am a candidate for the House of Representatives from Bamberg county, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. F. F. CARROLL. ftratpful to the voters for their support two years ago, I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection as a member of the House of Representatives from Bamberg County, subject to result of the Democratic primary. J. AQUILLA HUNTER. I hereby announce my candidacy for the House of Representatives. I | will abide the result of the Democratic primary and support the nominees thereof. J. WESLEY CRUM, JR. -- .. . FOR CLERK OF COURT. With thanks to the voters for their support in the past, I respectfully announce myself a candidate for reelection as Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. C. B. FREE. FOR SHERIFF. Having been solicited by a number of friends, I have decided to offer for Sheriff of Bamberg county, and hereby announce myself as a candidate, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary ana support the nominees of the party. . J. FELDER HUNTER. i i ??? Grateful to my friends for their very liberal support some years ago, I announce my candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Bamberg county, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. S. G. RAY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic pri mary, ana pledge myself to support the nominees thereof. J. H. LANCASTER. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Treasurer of Bamberg county, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary and support the nominees. I will appreciate the support of the voters and promise you my best service, if elected. GEO. A. JENNINGS. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for the office of Treasurer of Bamberg county subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, pledging myself to abide the result and support the nominees of the party. If elected I shall perform the duties of the office to the best of my ability. ? JACOB H. A. CARTER. .-jj FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Supervisor of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the 'Democratic primary, and pledge myself to support the nominees thereof. E. C. BRUCE. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for the office of County Supervisor, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. If elected I promise to give my entire time and best talent to the work. Respectfully, n TirirtrtTr rrrvinn vr. oxvuun. j\ii>An.Lr. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Supervisor of Bamberg County, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary and support the nominees of the party. W. PRESTON MCMILLAN. FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE. I hereby announce my candidacy ? ' M for re-election as Judge of Probate of Bamberg county, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. G. P. HARMON. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of Bamberg county, subject to the result of the Democratic pri- v mary. H. WHILDEN WALKER. . -4 FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. . 'V- A, I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Commissioner of Bamberg county, and will abiae the result of the Democratic primary. W. PRESTON SANDIFER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for County Commissioner of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. W. BARNEY SMOAK. I am a candidate for County Commisisoner of Bamberg county, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. J. J. ZEIGLER. ?? I hereby announce myseir as a candidate for County Commissioner of Bamberg county, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. H. W. CHITTY. With thanks to the voters for their support in the past, I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Commissioner for Bamberg county. I will abide the result of the primavy. G. W. FOLK. ============ FOB COTTON WEIGHER AT BAMBERG I respectfully announce my candidacy for Cotton Weigher at Bamberg, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. G. L. KINARD. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for cotton weigher at Bamberg, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. G. A. RICE. FOR COTTON WEIGHER AT EHRHARDT. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. W. D. SEASE. FOR MAGISTRATE AT EHRHARDT l nereDy announce myseu a caumdate for re-election to the office of Magistrate at Ehrhardt pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary and support the nominees thereof. J. C. COPELAND. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for Magistrate at Ehrhardt, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary and support the nominees thereof. J. H. KINARD. FOR MAGISTRATE AT OLAR. I am a candidate for re-election as magistrate at Olar, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary and support the nominees. 0. J. C. LAIN.