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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mrs. A. McB. Speaks spent Mon- ( day in Savannah. ( ?Dr. J. L. Copeland, of Ehrhardt, < was in the city Monday. s ?Mr. I. D. Copeland, of Ehrhardt, c was in the city Monday. * ?Mr. Thos. Clayton, of the Cols- t -* ? ? IV* A VT * tun seciiULi, ? ad iu Ksiauvuday. 1 ?Mr. and Mrs. Jno. E. Carter, of the Ehrhardt section, were in the , t l city Monday. . ?Mrs. I. D. Copeland and Mrs. Maude Farrell, of Ehrhardt, were in the city Monday. ?Mrs. G. T. Andrews, of Charles- ] ton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. i Stokes, in this city. ] * , ?Mrs. H. F. Spann and little 1 daughter, of* Florida, are visiting ? relatives in the city. 1 I ?Mrs. B. S. Johns returned home 1 * Sunday, after spending a week with her parents at Lodge. ?Miss Ruth Gillam, of Orange- t burg, spent Monday in the city the guest of Miss Camille Price. ?W. E. Free, Esq., left Sunday for Hampton, where he will join Mrs. Free, and from there they will go to ( Florida to spend the Christmas holidays. ?Miss Alice Sense and her moth- . er, Mrs. L. R. Sease, spent Sunday in Orangeburg, where they went to attend the marriage of Miss Marie . Sease. ?Misses Minnie and Flossie Riley, 1 Etta King, and Messrs. Black and j Stack, of Orangeburg, spent Sunday , A ? ixi. > 3 > r T T in tne city witii xur. ;mu iuics. o. o. . Smoak. ?Miss Helen Lambert, who has been with Mrs. A. McB. Speaks & Co. v as milliner for the fall and winter season, left last week for Florida to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives. She will return to her home in Baltimore after the holidays, but the many friends she has m.ide in Bamberg trust that she will return for the spring season. Express Rates Down? Washington, Dec. 16.?The express companies are preparing to meet the rates that will be put into effect January 1 under the Parcel Post law. They will compete for the parcels that come within the scope of the Bourne act. It is the purpose of the express people to try to hold t^eir business in the towns and * cities. They cannot deliver their parcels in the rural districts. T r + fViolT* jLi Lilt: ciyi CS9 V. <-> J-U pauito V.UI tuuK rates to compete with the Parcel Post law, starting with New York as a central point or basis, the following reduction must be made: From 25 cents on a one, two or three ^ pound package, within fifty miles of New York, to 5, 8 or 11 cents; from 30 cents on a four or five pound package, to 14 or 17 cents, and from 35 cents on a six, seven, eight, nine, ten or eleven pound package, to 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, or 35 cents. Six pounds, about the medium weight for a parcel, will be carried by the Post-Office Department 50 miles for 20 cents, 100 for 26, 200 or 300 for 32 and 400 or 500 or 600 for 38 cents, 1,000 for 44. For the , same service the express companies * *?- 1 a a ^ o ~ would cnarge: iuu nines iui ou cents, 200 for 45; 300 or 400 miles ^ for 50, 500 miles for 55, 600 miles 1 for 60, 700 or 800 or 900 for 70, and ; 1,000 for SO. ( The parcel post package cannot { weigh more than eleven pounds, but * * one can sent sixty-six pounds in six 1 packages fifty miles for $2.20, for ; which the express companies charge $3.05. A comparison of aggregates shows that the express companies charge $51.50 for what the parcel'; post will charge $38.28. The parcel post rate reduction from the present ; express charges is 25.67 per cent. In order to meet the competition better the express companies will in- ; ^ crease their delivery force and employ the most modern equipment, i The contest is to be spirited. 82,965 Soldiers on Army Rolls. Washington, Dec. 16.?There was a net decrease of five officers and a net increase of 4,455 enlisted men in the authorized strength of the regu- . T lar army last year. The annual re- port of Brig. Gen. George Andrews, adjutant general of the army, made public to-day, shows 4,992 officers and 87,141 enlisted men as the au,- ; thorized strength, although the actu- ; al strength is 4,650 officers and 82,965 men. There were 10,017 army ? officers on the retired list at the close of the last fiscal year. Gen. Andrews observes that the regiments serving in the United States and having the lowest percentage of desertions last year were the 10th cavalry and the 25th infantry, both negro organizations. The desertions from these regiments were 1.52 and 1.60 per cent, of the whole number of enlisted men. BANK ROBBERY IN GEORGIA. Safe Blown Open and Small Amount C of Cash Taken. Macon, Ga., Dec. 14.?The Merchants' and Planters' Bank, of Cullo- pi leen, Ga., 30 miles from Macon, was fe mtered by burglars last night, the it safe was blown open with nitro-gly- h< cerine and the robbers got away with st i small amount of cash. No one in ir ;he small village heard the explosion, tr ilthough there were several people iving close to the bank building. w J. O. Holmes, president of the in- cl >titution, says the work was evident- ai y done by experts. The loss to the re )&nk is covered by insurance. ci w Tennessee Bank Robbed. w Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 14.?A tele- oi Dhone message from Bellbuckle, 50 iiiles southeast of here, says that the tl 3ank of Bellbuckle was robbed this J< norning by safe-blowers and $3,000 tc secured. Before attacking the bank tl :he robbers cut the wires leading si :'rom the town. h: The bank is covered by burglar in- tl >urance. A reward of $1,000 has rs )een offered for each participant of tl :he robbery. Mike Hester's Miracle. ^ w "Get me a scaling-lader and a coil ^ >f rope!" Mike commanded. Men E ' vi lew to bring them. Alone he crept VJ ike a spider up the spliced ladders, w vhich lagged and dropped threaten- vi ngly under his weight in their long ^c each across the alley. The men hur- 111 iedly got long poles and braced the st nnHar fho snlipps as Mike or auuti c uuuvi ? lered them to do. Hester glided upward with the utmost stealth, so as lot to strain the splice too hard. Now ? ind then a swirl of sparks shot 0 iround him. At last he reached the n< top, which alternately sank and g; *ose along the wall as his weight fi shifted in climbing. Below, the ai svhite stone pavement gleamed If through the smoke wreaths, but Hes- n< :er kept his gaze upon the girls who ir lad gathered at the window 15 feet b: ibove and three feet to the left of c< aim. y< He climbed to the second rung ai from the ladder's top and cautiously tl rose erect, pressing the open palm of cj tiis left hand and his knees against o' the flat wall for support. His feet, s< turned outward, were braced against H the sides of the ladder. With his k right hand he raised the scaling-lad- ti ler, which weighed 30 pounds. Hold- h mg it outstretched with his arm, he a' it last succeeded in securing its back w lpon the ledge of the window where g stood the' girls. The scaling-ladder a: vas a single piece of wood with cross ^ /\p Tiiin *Lr pieces m&icdu kjl i uufec. Mike shouted to the young women a: :o kneel and hold the scaling-ladder's d< Lop rung with their hands. Hovering nbetween life and death, they were too o: terrified to obey. h "Damn you, take a holt o' that ic ladder!" he yelled at them. "Take a ri bolt of it or I'll " a He never finished his threat, for a: the girls were hypnotized into hold- w ing on now and Mike Hester felt jus- d tified for swearing?the first time in V bis life that he had ever uttered an ti bath. s] Hester slid down the scaling-ladder tl and swung it over so that he caught tl Lhe top of the spliced ladder that n leaned against the wall. Quickly as si she could the first girl followed him C iown. He lifted her across the gap and handed her to a fireman who bad climbed to the top. One by one C :he girls crawled down, and there was ti always a fireman waiting for each V ane. Eight times Mike Hester swung P a living burden across the gap. One k af the girls weighed 160 pounds, and S ardinarily Hester could not have A swung her across, using both arms; si but "she seemed as light as a feather o that night," says Mike. "I guess I bad some poor body's prayers help- It ing me."?Rickahr L. Stokes, in d Harper's Weekly. C ? A Love Letter is 4,000 Years Old. Love letters written 4,000 years ago on a baked brick in Babylon, a ^ unique cure for toothache and a w complaint about poor boarding house fare were translated to-day from * ancient cuneiform writings recently excavated by Rev. F. C. Eisen, pro- ^ fessor of Old Testament interpretation. One love letter read in part: a f? "To Bibevan from Gimil-Marduk. ^ ?May Shamash and Marduk grant thee, for my sake, to live forever. I ' write this to inquire after thy health. Let me know how it goes with thee. ' I am now settled in Babylon, but I am in great anxiety because I have not seen thee. Send news when thou r] wilt come that I may rejoice at it. s] Come in the month of Arakhsama J (Xovember-December.) Mayest thou, SJ for my sake, live forever." The toothache cure is: "So must thou say this:?'Oh, worm, may Ea smite thee with the might of his fist.' Thou shouldst then do the following: Mix beer, the o plant sa-kil-bar and oil together. Re- n peat thereon the incantation thrice and put it on the tooth."?Chicago d dispatch to N. Y. Herald. h TO KEEP THE DEVIL OUT. urious Scheme of English Parson to Make People Good. Some of the more out of the way irts of Cornwall, England, can of>r many singular sights to the visors. None of these is more curious, owever, than that which is to be sen in the small village of Veryan, i the southern part of the couny. On each side of the main roads hich lead to the group of cottages ustered around the church there e to be seen certain queer looking >und houses, each surmounted by a oss. These cottages, according to a riter in the Wide World, were built Ith the object of keeping the devil it of the villages. More than a hundred years ago te vicar of the parish was a certain jremiah Twist, a parson who seems > have been a most worthy man, lough curiously superstitious. In )ite of all his endeavors to make is parishioners good it seems that le village folk did not improve very ipidly and he decided that some ling must be done to right matters. Accordingly after much cogitation te famous round houses were built, nth these in position protected by ieir crosses, it was urged that the vil One would not dare to enter the illage and therefore all would be ell in Veryan. Whether the good icar's hopes were realized it is unirtunately impossible to say, but the ouses stand to-day as singular in;ance of an attempt to baffle the owers of darkness. Cat's Care -of a Deaf Mute. In an apartment house in West ne Hundred and Fifteenth street, ear Riverside Drive, lives a little irl who has been deaf and dumb *om birth. She and her mother ad their cat occupy the apartment. ! it were not for the cat the mother ever could leave her daughter alone l the apartment. The cat is a big lack fellow and has been the girl's anstant companion for the last 11 When thp rat and the eirl re alone and the doorbell rings or le dumbwaiter buzzer sounds the it springs to his feet and bounds ver to the side of his mistress. He :retches up and pulls at her skirt, ^e does not meow for he seems to now that she cannot hear him. He lgs at her dress until she notices im, and when he has attracted her ttention trots over to the dumbaiter door. There he stands on uard, every sense alert for the girl's id and protection. . The cat who is guardian of the girl nows all the friends of the family nd if one of them appears at the oor he walks off to his favorite corer and resumes his nap. If it is some ne that he is not sure of, however, e arches his back and spits cat-fash>n, making himself appear as terble as possible. When the mother is t home and he is off duty that cat sks to be let out into the hall and aits at the elevator to be taken own to the street entrance. The /est Indian elevator and hall boys 'eat him with great awe and repect. He sits sunning himself in le entrance for an hour or so and len goes over to the elevator and * * x x - V* lews nis request iu ue uiiteu uy:airs. lasping Her Photo, Girl Drops Dead. New York, Dec. 14.?With a hristmas picture of herself clasped ghtly in her hands, ten-year-old iolet Post, daughter of James V. ost, a wealthy contractor of Yoners, died of heart disease in the impson street station of the subway. . few minutes before she fell to the :ation platform Violet was a picture f health. Accompanied by her mother, Vio)t came down from Yonkers yesteray to have her picture taken as hristmas presents for her friends, fter leaving the photographer's Vio>t, carrying the proof of her photoraph, visited several department lores. It was planned before she and er mother went home that a stop ould be made at Violet's aunt's in le Bronx to show the picture. As they were leaving the train at impson street the child clasped her and to her heart and complained of sharp pain. A moment later she ell. Several men carried her to a rug store, where a physician was illed. He pronounced the little girl ead of heart disease. Mrs. Post calipsed and had to be attended to by le doctor. Mr. Post, at his home in Yonkers, as notified by telephone. He aril,,^ tVio c.trtro in an aiitnmnhile i vcu at cxxVy kjivx v hortly and, having received permision from the coroner to remove the ody, placed it in the tonneau beside im and drove home. Reflections of a Bachelor. A girl knows she will never grow Id because her mother and grandlother did. Every once in a while a woman sits own and has a nice time thinking ow it will be at her funeral. *EVERYI The A? We have red short cottc from ge provid K] We Again Que 60c Heavy Fleeced Und< per suit 75c, each $15.00 Men's All Pure W hand tailored, unmat able, per suit Si 1 nnoA "Drtctf Dl AO I J. Uioc ucot xji^avsLi. uu only " AH Ladies' Suits and Cost. Furs at Cost. We Guarantee Every ^klT LOOK BARNWELL COUNTY KILLING. Julian Peeples, Once Acquitted of Murder, Shoots Farm Hand. J 7 Barnwell, Dec. 16.?Julian Peeples, a young white man, from the western part of the county, shot and killdd Wesley Gant, a negro, on the plantation of Mrs. J. O. Patterson, about six miles from town, late this afternoon. From what can be learned, Peeples thought the negro intended to run into his buggy with a cart and warned him to get out of the road. The negro complied and made a remark to his companion, where upon, it is said, Peeples drew nis gun and began firing at the fleeing negro, his shots taking effect. The wounded man died in about thirty minutes. Peeples was recently acquitted of killing, a negro at or near Martins. Gant is said to have been a quiet fellow. BARNWELL WOMAN ASSAULTED. Lynching May Follow Capture of Suspected Assailant. Barnwell, Dec. 16.?A telegram was received here early to-night that a criminal assault had been committed upon a white lady by a negro at Kline, in this county, and asked that bloodhounds be rushed to the scene of the alleged outrage to aid in the capture of the assailant. The particulars are unobtainable to-night, but there is little doubt but that the negro will be summarily dealt with if caught. Eliza Coleman Won Case. Eliza Coleman was awarded in her case ^against the Southern Express company $400- and the cost of the coffin which has played so conspicuous a part in the proceedings in the court of common pleas before Judge Gage. The mother of the defendant died at Norway, to which place a coffin was shipped through the express company. After the coffin had reached its destination and the corpse placed in it an agent of the company appeared and claimed that the coffin had been sent C. O. D. and demanded a payment. This being refused by the family the body was removed and it was necessary to purchase a second casket for the funer al. The coffin was offered as an exhibition in the court.?Columbia State. 3AY is SATURDAY4 ===== AT = Big Sale! ID THERE IS A REASON !uced prices so low that the >n crop will not keep you tting your Xmas wants, led you buy them at LAUBER'S ? m m w A )te Some Unmatchable Bargains erwear, OQ- 1 lot $5.00 and $6.00 Boys' All Wool OJ/C Suits, your choice per suit d?9 7C Worsted Suits, durinS the bi* sale : j $10.75 Best Outings during the big 0 1 O, "* sale per yard O lrult i, [ 5 1-2C Best Sheep Skin Suit Cases, tfQ OA Dresses at $5-00 values> each All Solid LeatherCowhideSuit <M At I Cases, $6.50 value, ?P^w Price Quoted Come in and See for Yourself ITDTD'C UDEiIY J, of Quality" FOR THE BIG RED SIGN J SEE HIM FIRST! Before the fertilizer salesman arrives, go to your dealer and explain to him that you will not buy 2 per cent goods that contain only 40 pounds of Potash fpoiASMf P*1" ton- Show him that modern, profitable fertilizers contain from PAY3 5 to 10 per cent. Potash, and that the composition of crops and the effect of crops on soils require that ? I?I...,,? the per cent of Potash .should be LVI 1' ' A \U ?iHi increased until it is as great as, ?r J_ fljll phoric Acid in the fertilizer. It is this grade of goods that pays you I of crops are better and the actual plant food III MONEY TO LOAN I represent the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the ||| strongest and most liberal companies in existence, and can offer you a most liberal policy contract. This company has plenty of money to loan. I have just completed a loan for the company of $45,000, and have one of $5,000 now under way, and I would like to place some more in this county. SEE IVf E AIND IINVESTIGATE J. D. COPELAIND, Bamberg, S. C. Xmas Goods Cheap We have a few Xmas ni-pspnh. l#?ft from last ? ? ? ? ? Christmas, which we will sell at and below cost, also a few Xmas cards, tags and seals. The Herald Book Store