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BEES BY MAIL GET BUSY. Escape in San Francisco Office and Stir Things Up. A diminutive hive of bees, consigned to Josifi Adberigi, of Incerness, Cal., was lifted from the mail pouch by Fred O'Toole, chief clerk at the local postoffice, to-day. The insects began to emerge from a corner of the box which had been broken in \ transit. O'Toole says there were a million of them, and that they were as busy for a few moments as it was possible for bees to be. After the bees had escaped O'Toole examined the little hive and found thfct it contained a queen bee, inclosed in a private compartment. He liberated her and her subjects collected about her. Then it was an easy matter for O'Toole to entice the swarm back into captivity.?San Francisco i Dispatch to N. Y. Tribune. WAR OX BLIND TIGERS. Citizens of Allendale Meet in Mass | Meeting to Take Steps. Allendale, Feb. 13.?As a result of a mass meeting of representative citizens held last night in the town hall about 20 or more of the best citizens volunteered to give the blind tigers a warning, and accordingly today visited a half dozen places suspected of violating the law. They were accompanied by the town council, who promise their co-operation. Up to a short time ago Allendale boasted of being one of the most law abiding places in the State, although it is whispered that tigers have existed all along, but recently they have been growing more and more open in the defiance of law. Credit should be given to the ministers for the influence they are exerting in putting down the violation of the dispensary law.. In response -of the rumors of the existence of tigers they have taken an active part in preaching against them. The citizenship of Allendale, which is noted for its orderly and law abiding character, will not tolerate the ? 'v ^ V> ft f V?oo r/\AAr?f_ UyCLL V lUicl tlUli ui law iiiai iiao itvcuvly become so defiant. Another mass meeting is called to meet in the town hall to-morrow night for the purpose of putting the law into operation against offenders in case they continue in business. RATS EAT PAINTED APPLE. Fools Sight of Mice, Recalling Tale Phidias's Work. Plutarch relates that Phidias, the Athenian sculptor, copied nature so faithfully in his designs for the frieze of the Parthenon that birds frequently cracked their bills pecking at the grapes wrought in marble. A close analogy to this historic anecdote was experienced by Mrs. Clara M. Sims of the college of agriculture at the University of Illinois, at Champaign. Mrs. Sims is a painter of still life in water colors. She has a large collection of paintings of apples, peaches, grapes, and foliage. On Friday she painted a large red apple clinging to its sprig, which was ? r ~ 1 mounted wun green luuage. one left the painting in her office at the college and went to her residence at 1004 California avenue. When she returned yesterday morning she found that mice had eaten the whole of the apple and had left the sprig and foliage intact. "I never believed the story about the grapes of Phidias," said Prof. Sims, husband of the artist, "until this morning. There was no depth, body, nor odor to the apple that Mrs. Sims painted, and yet the mice ate it entirely and left the rest of the picture unharmed. "The pigment in the water color has no taste or odor, and the rodents must surely have been attracted to the fruit by sight alone."?Chicago dispatch to Cleveland Plain-Dealer. BODY HANGING FROM LIMB. 1 51 ute Evidence of Work of Louisiana Lynchers. Shreveport, La., Feb. 15.?The body of Charles Tyson, negro preacher, residing naar Myrtis, Caddo Parish, was found hanging to the limb of a tree late Friday afternoon by deputy sheriffs, who, on the request of the dead man's wife, had been searching for him. It is not known who did the lynching. The sheriff is making an investigation and arrests are expected during the day. SENDS IJl'LLET INTO HIS HEAD. Edward Strout, Young Woodruff Farmer, Commits Suicide. Qnnrtanhnvo- Pe?h 1 T Pflvin^ the breakfast table this morning, after complaining of his ill health, Edward Strout, a well to do farmer, whose place adjoins the corporate boundary of Woodruff, walked into the front yard and put a pistol bullet into his temple. He died immediately. He leaves a wife and one child. He is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters living at Enoree. JUMPED FOR THEIR LIVES. A. (\ L. Locomotive Smashes Into Railroad Tricycle. Florence, Feb. 15.?A very serious accident was averted near Effingham yesterday on the Atlantic Coast Line. Two linemen of the Southern Bell Telephone Company and a negro laborer |cere on a railroad tricycle, going south from Florence looking for trouble with the wires of the Bell Company, which are strung along the railroad company's right of way between Florence and Charleston. The men were watching the wires and not thinking of a train behind them. All of a sudden they heard the whistle of a locomotive behind, and as they turned to look saw one of the monster freight locomotives bearing 0 heavily down upon them and only a few yards away. The three men nmoklv inmned for their lives, and "l v ? r - ? - r as they passed*over the ends of the cross-ti^s the locomotive struck the tricycle, cutting it in half and crushing it under its wheels, completely wrecking the tricycle. The men were frightened out of their wits for a few moments, but were glad to get off with no bones broken. The train was stopped after the collision, but there was nothing to do but report the accident, as no one was injured. NEARLY 3-MILLIOX INCREASE. Postoffice Appropriation Rill Reported to Senate. Washington, Feb. 17.?An increase of nearly $3,000,000 in the annual postoffice appropriation bill was made by the senate committee on postoffices, which reporte^ the measure to the senate to-day. The total asked for is $2S3,374,442, the sum including an increase of $2,500,000 in railway mail pay occasioned in part by the establishment of the parcels post. A new weighing of the mails, covering a period of thirty days from September 10, 1913, is provided by the bill as reported to the Senate. This step is recommended because the parcels post has greatly increased the weight of the mails and the railroads claim they are entitled to compensation on a new basis. The bill also'would stop the present practice of carrying second class mail on fast freight trains. The plan of allowing communities to nominate their postmasters is embodied in the bill and would apply to all fourth class postoffices where the postmaster's salary is more than $300. The bill does not make such nomination compulsory. ELBERTON MAWS HOT BATH. Modesty Almost Prevented His Escape from Steam Death. Elberton, Ga., Feb. 17.?John Clark, 20 years old, who works at the Elberton Steam Laundry, had a narrow escape from being steamed to death last Friday about the noon hour. He decided to take a bath while the plant was shut down for dinner, and climbed into the big washing machine, which was about half full of water, turning on the steam. This machine rolls on axis. It is like a huge hogshead, and has an oval shaped door that works on hinges. The door has spring locks an? can be opened only from the outside. Soon after Mr. Clark climbed in the machine and began splashing around in the warm, steam-heated water, the machine turned slightly on its axis and the big door carpe down with a bang, locking him in tight and fast. Knowing that the other people who worked around the plant were away for dinner, and feeling the steam growing hotter and hotter, he began to scream for help as loud as he could. His cries finally reached the ears of a lady residing near by and she ran to the rescue. But her arrival did not relieve the - - T-?. o ^ SllUclliUIl eilUieiV. .*JI. Vylfli n. w cio bathing, as George du Maurier, of "Trilby* fame, described as "the altogether." and, unlike Trilby, was too modest to come out of his steamheat bath entirely nude, preferring to die a marytyr to his ideals of decency and live forever after in the memory of those who preached the slogan of Patrick Henry?"Give me modesty, or give me death." The lady soon took in .ne situation and lost no time in securing the assistance of those who could save from scalding to death the man that she was powerless to help. She ran back home and got a negro servant. She returned as soon as she could with the negro boy, who opened the door. The steam and water had by this time taken off patches of Mr. Clark's skin. The lady stood near by congratulating him on the fact that she heard his screams for help. "Bin this water is hot and getting hotter all the time, and I can't get out as long as you are in the building," said Mr. Clark. The lady, blushing, took in the situation and beat a hasty retreat, allowing the scalding man to crawl out of the steam chest, badly scalded, but as modest as a woman. I KILLED IX AUTO ACCIDENT. Mrs. Annie McLendon's Neck Broken, in Columbia. Columbia. Feb. 12.?.Mrs. Annie .McLendon lost her life to-night at 9 o'clock when an automobile in which she was riding was precipitated from a bridge into Rock Branch, near the Columbia Union Station. She was the wife of Millen H. McLendon. She was 28 years bf age. Mrs. McLendon, with her husband and his sister, were returning home when the fatal accident occurred. The point at which it happened is about, two blocks south of the Union Depot. Mr. McLendon was preparing to ascend the hill leading to his home, at 1,206 Wharley street; turning out from Main street he veered too sharply and the car was hurled from the "bridge crossing Rocky Branch at that point, into the waters below. The occupants of the car were pinned under it, Mr. McLendon ana ms sister, uuwcvci, uiaitagiiig to extricate themselves and to summon assistance. The body of Mrs. McLendon was immediately rushed to a local hospital, where it was discovered that she was beyond medical aid. It was apprehended at first that death had possibly resulted from drowning, but an examination developed the fact that her neck had been broken, death probably ensuing instantly. No trace of any water was found in the lungs. Miss McLendon's arm was injured i by the fall from the bridge and the consequent pinning under the wreckage of the car. Mc McLendon holds a responsible position with the Richland Mills Company, being overseer of the card room of the mill. Prisoner Tries to Take Life. Anderson, Feb. 15.?Arch Kay, a 1 white man 27 years of age, tried to commi-t suicide in his cell at the , county jail, where he is being held ; pending trial for breaking into a 1 pressing club in the Brogon mill vil- J lage. Some time during last night Kay tore up one of the extra ham- < mocks in his cell and made a rope ! out of it. He put a noose around , x. is neck, tied the end of the rope to j the cell ceiling and jumped into an- ' other hammock stretched across the cell room. The other prisoners in the jail tried to attract Shriff Ash- , ley's attention, but the sheriff was < not disturbed until a crazy person in < one of the cells near the jailer's ! house began yelling. Sheriff Ash- . ley arrived just in time to save Kay's life. With a sharp knife he cut the noose and a doctor was summoned. It took several minutes hard work , to revive Kay. Kay, it is said, wrote a letter to his mother yesterday tell- ( ing her he intended to take his life.He said to-day that he hung himself because he was suffering from a dose < of ground glass he had eaten. This j statement is' not believed by the of- , ficers. Kay was a former resident of i the Orr mill village. 1 . ] BARNWELL SHERIFF ACTIVE. 1 < Raids Several Alleged Blind Tigers . in rown. i < Barnwell, Feb. 13.?Sheriff J. B. 1 Morris add a corps of deputies raid- ( ed five alleged blind tigers in Barn- j well this morning, but at only two j did they find evidence of violation of ; the dispensary law. From one .of these places he secured 75 bottles of beer and eight half-pints- of corn whiskey and from the other was taken 100 half-pints of corn whiskey, 17 half-pints of rye, two full onegallon glass jugs and one-half full < gallon jug of whiskey and 108 bot- 1 ties of beer. The proprietors of both ' places have been raided before. , Saturday the place of Evans Brown, a negro living on the Barn- 1 well-Blackville road, was raided and I a quantity of empty bottles and four full one-gallon bottles of whiskey, : together with a funnel, were found. ' Brown was brought to town and lodged in jail, being later released on bond. Before the sheriff locked him up, he (Brown) gave Capt. Morris a roll of $10 and $20 bills, which amounted to the oum of $210, besides a bag containing a quantity of silver money. Negro Ruled by Firebug. Greenville, Feb. 12.?A sanity commission to-day adjudged Wilbur Martin, a negro youth, insane, it be&g declared that he is afflicted with pyromania which is the scientific name for firebug. It is. alleged that the boy last Wednesday set fire to the Union school building, the negro school in West End, causing damage to the amount of several hundred dollars. When questioned before the board of trustees and Special Examiner Wh.._ton of the insurance commissioner's omce, young .uariin aunnuea naving fired the buildings of Claflin university at Orangeburg on several occasions, though he stoutly denied setting fire to the Union school, of which his father is principal. The boy will be sent to the State Hospital for the Insane. NOTICE. State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg, Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. Mildred S. Copeland, plaintiff, vs. Robert W. Miller, et al, defendants. To Robert W. Miller: Please take notice that the complaint in the above cause is filed in the office of the clerk of court for said county and State, and you are hereby required to serve your answer to same on the undersigned within 20 days from service hereof, or plaintiff will i/V ^ Vl /\ A/\?? i ATVt A*>/1 cippij' iu uie uuui i iui ut:iuaiiued in said cpmplaint. E. H. HENDERSON, Plaintiff's Attorney. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. State of South Carolina?County of Barnwell?In the Court of Probate. Petition for final settlement and discharge. Ex parte Mrs. E. R. Kearse in re estate of H. W. Kearse, deceased. To all and singular the kindred and creditors of H. W. Kearse, deceased: Take notice, that the undersigned will apply to the Judge of Probate at Barnwell court house, S. C., on Thursday, the 20th day of March, A. D., 1913 at 11 o'clock a. m., for a final settlement of the estate of H. W. Kearse deceased, and discharge from the office of administratrix of said estate. E. R. KEARSE, Executrix. Dated thirtieth day of January, A. D., 1913. GRAHAM & BLACK, A f rv*t T7* ir/vmi AlLUt ue^s IUI metuu IA. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint not served as to absent defendants.) The State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?Court of Common Pleas. Matthew Hampton, plaintiff, against J. J. Cleckley, Ella Brabham, Alice Walker, Simon Washington Hampton, George Hampton, and Carry Hamp.ton, defendants. To the defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which a copy is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, in town of Blackville, 3. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such .service* and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. To the defendants Simon Washington Hampton, George Hampton, and Carry Hampton. Take notice, that a copy of the summons and complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the Clerk of Court's office of Common Pleas for said county, said State, at Bamberg, S. C., on the 15th day of January, 1913. A. H. NINESTEIN, H. F. BUIST, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Trtr?nor*xr 1 1 Q 1 Q uauuai j iy tu, fj.?/ au. MASTER'S SALE. ~~~ State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg. Pursuant to an order made in the :ase of Elvira Walker against Anna Hay et al, dated November 22, 191'2, by his honor, John S. Wilson, I will jell at public auction to the highest Didder for cash in front of the court nouse in Bamberg, S. C., on Monday, March 3, 1913, during the legal lours of sale, the following described real estate/to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or :ract of land situate, lying, and -being in the State of South Carolina, eounty of Bamberg, containing one lundred and sixty (160) acres, more Dr less, and bounded on the North i)y lands of estate of Floyd Walker, East by Caroline Reed and South Edisto river, South by J: C. Matthews and said river, and West by estate of Floyd Walker. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. FOLK, Master Bamberg County. CLERK'S SALE. By virtue of a decretal order directed to me out of the court of common pleas in the case of H. C. Folk against C. C. Keenheels, I, C. B. Free, Clerk of Court for Bamberg Hmintv. will, on Monday. March 3rd, 1913, the same being salesday in said month, between the legal hours of sale, seli to the highest bidder for cash the- following described lands: All that piece, parcel, or tract of land, situate, lying, and being in the county and State aforesaid, containing and measuring one hundred and fifty (150) acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: North by lands of Joseph Copeland, and estate of Patrick, South by public road leading from Lemon Swamp to Briar Creek, and West by Lemon Swamp. Terms cash, purchaser to pay for papers. C. B. FREE, Clerk of Court. MAY FIE LI) & FREE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. NOTICE." To all whom it may concern, I, D. J. Sanders, forbid any person or persons by the penalty of the law, to hire or keep my son, Ernest Sanders, in their home; without my con x T\ T e A vnrptj SCIlt. u* o? un...> jl-/ j_iiw?j. Bamberg. S. C., Jan. 27, 1913. NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE. I will file my final accounting with G. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate, on Saturday, February 15th, 1913, as executrix of the estate of Francis M. Stubbs. All persons having claims will present same before that date or forever be barred. MRS. H ATT IE M. STUBBS. Executrix. Bamberg, S. C., January 15, 1913. . Full line of farming implements of every kind and description at Hunter's Hardware Store. Farmers can save money on their hardware bills by buying of us. HiHmmmwmmmmmmmmm ' I A Safe Combination || In the Banking business is ample capital, careful meth- ^ ods, shrewd judgment and unfailing courtesy. Thus SS the fact that our deposits are increasing rapidly is suf- ^ ^ < ficient proof that our customers realize and appreciate 88 t that this combination is our method of doing business. We shall be pleased to number you among our new ^ ?2 customers. We pay 4 per cent, on Savings Deposits. Sp || PEOPLES BANK Bamberg, S. 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