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Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and ail notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation ?fter first insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and ad- 1 dress of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, July 17,1913 Everything is lovely again in miliv tary circles and the encampments will be held as usual. After all the governor's big talk, he took water like a good little fellow and although he had written the secretary of war that he was glad South Carolina was rid of the provisions of the Dick law, when the secretary withdrew the appropriation for the militia of the State, the governor at once got busy and later wrote a letter to the secretai*y of war saying that he would en- 1 force the law as requested. So it's ' all right again, but it is really pitiable the spectacle the governor made of himself. According to the books of the comptroller general, there are 231,434 acres of land returned for tax- < ation in Bamberg county, the valuation for, taxes being $1,937,405, or . ^an average of $3.78 an acre, Pretty cheap land this! The number of , : mulee returned in the county is 2,- ] 497, their value being $134,650, an . average of $53.92 each. There are i 2,247 cows returned, their value be- 3 ing $22,470, or $10 each. In the i face of these figures it is clearly seen that no class of property in Bamberg i county is returned so cheap as farm ing lands. Think of the average val- , ue of farm lands in this county being 3 only $3.78 an acre. Why, you could , not buy it for an average price of , $20 an acre. . The Pee Dee Advocate asks us ] about the story of a daughter of Gov. Pickens being killed by a shell in v Charleston during the war, the in- 1 formation on which the article was based being- credited to the Charleston Mercury. Brother Freeman states that he published the article, copying it from The Bamberg Herald. It seems that the story is merely a fairy tale, being without foundation so far as can be learned. Really we do not know where we got it, as we do not do all the clipping for our paper these day^ nor all the writing, as we spend most of our time at the post office. We do not remember exactly about the article, but we believe it was a clipping from the Peoples Advocate at Anderson and was clipped by one of the young men in our office. This is our recollection about it, but we may be mistaken. Knew How. An Irishman out of work applied to the "boss" of a large repair shop in Detroit. When the Celt had stated his sun- 1 * J > - fnr. o ! ary ana aivers quanui;aiiuua iwi a. "job," the superintendent began quiz- J zing him a bit. Starting quite at ran- ! dom he asked: "Do you know anything about car- * pentry?" 1 "Shure!" "Do you know how to make a Venetian blind?" "Shure!" "How would you do it?" "Shure, I'd poke me finger in his ! eye!"?Harper's Magazinq. DIES FROM WOUND IN THE BACK. Georgia Farmer Shot While Pulling i Up Another Man's Fish. Hawkinsville, Ga., July 14.?Jim J McGlamory, a farmer, died yesterday j afternoon as the result of having j been shot in the back in the morning 1 ? ~ i . while pulling a nsn oasKei up m me i i Ocmulgee River. The basket was : said to belong to Need McAllister who has been arrested, charged with the shooting. McAllister denies the i charge and says he was asleep at : home at the time. KILLS YOUNG LADY. Train Bearing Bryan and Senator Lea Runs Over Girl. Asheville, July 12.?The train which brought Secretary of State and Mrs. Bryan and Senator Luke Lea into Asheville this morning. Southern Xo. 14, ran over and instantly killed Miss Annie E. Williams of Gainesville, Fla., a summer visitor, who was crossing a small trestle near Swannanoa. A small nephew of Miss Williams, who was with her, saw the train approaching, drew back from the trestle antl escaped. The engineer of the locomotive, it is said, did not see the young lady in time to stop his engine. The body of Miss Williams was carried to a nearby house, and will prob-t ably be sent from there to her home in Florida. ELEPHANT LOVE DUELS. Enormous Creatures Pull up Trees to Gain Affection of Females. When two male elephants compete for the championship of a female, they do not forget their dignity so far as to fight for the lady. They simply face each other squarely. Then one of them pulls down a branch from a tree with his trunk, and lays it at his feet. The other takes a larger branch, or pulls up a big shrub by the roots and also lays it at his feet. Number one then tackles a still bigger branch, and this strange competition goes on, turn and turn about, until at last the contestants try to pull down trees wholesale, and the one who fails to uproot his tree in turn is abandoned by the lady elephant, who has been an interested spectator of the strange duel. She goes off with the possessor of the largest tree, and the vanquished ele-! phant retires shame-faced. This trial of strength species of courtship is very remarkable when contrasted with the ordeal of battle of most other animals, and shows the highly developed intelligence of these enormous creatures.?Wide World Magazine. WHERE ALL ARE MARRIED. Only Idiots Enjoy Single Blessedness Among Santals of the Lower Ganges. The Santals of Sonthals, who dwell on the bank of the lower Ganges, have a claim to distinction. Nobody agitates in their land for a tax on bachelors for the simple reason that aobody but an idiot remains a celibate. Not only is marriage popular, but the Santals have evolved all sorts of ways by which they may obtain wives ' or husbands for themselves. The methods followed vary from a purely :ommercial transaction to a romantic elopement; or, in the case of ugly and unattractive women, the pros- * pective bridegroom may if he likes serve his future father-in-law for a stated period, after which he is free :o go off with his bride, and usually some substantial presents as well. "Buying the, bride," is, however, :he most common method of doing :he business, though there exists also . the alternative ceremony known as 'buying the husband." The bride- ; ?room has apparently very little ' choice in the matter, which is ar- ' ranged by his father or friends who "evel in bride-hunting expeditions. Having fixed upon a likely girl, they proceed to parables and business. "Have you," they ask the head man of the village where she lives, 'any diamonds to sell?" "That," is the guarded reply, "depends upon the quality of your pearls," and the bargaining goes on till the price has been fixed, usually five rupees for a girl and half that amount for a widow, which is only just, seeing that she rejoins her first love in a future life. "Tearing the leaf," as divorce is f%o o cimrvl a rv\ o f f nr A 10 cl v ci ? uiaLLci . -rx santal leaf torn in half and a piece given to each of the parties is quite sufficient to dissolve the union, the woman, if necessary, being represented by an earthenware pot.?London ?able to The New York Sun. The Plucky Captain. The late Bishop Doane, in a Fourth of July address in Albany, once begged his hearers to fight against socialism as their ancestors had fought against the British, relates The; Washington Star. "Put up a good stiff fight," said the bishop, "and the pluck of these miserable socialists will be 110 better that that of Capt. Scraggs. "Capt. Scraggs saw active service once. The engagement was pretty 1 stiff. In fact, it looked hopeless to the captain-. However, he said cheerily to his men: 44 'My brave fellows, fight like he- < roes till your ammunition's gone; then run for your lives. I've got a 1 sore foot so I'll start now. Au revoir, my hearties.' " BIBLICAL PKOOF IX TREES. Curves in Sequoias Show Famine In Time of Prophet Elijah. Biblical history has been recalled by the forestry bureau of the government to assist in advertising a new pamphlet it has just issued on the giant trees of California. The tree scientists have discovered in the grains of the California trees what they claim to be unmistakable proof that the great drought and famine in Palestine, in the days of the prophet Elijah, 870 years before Christ, was equally felt on the Pacific coast of the United States. However, the press agent of the bureau of forestry tells his own story in the following language: "In the days of the Prophet Elijah sore famine afflicted the land of Palestine. No rain fell, the brooks ran dry and dire disaster prevailed. 'Go through the land," said King Ahab to the prophet, Obadiah, 'unto all the fountains of water and unto all the brooks; peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.' When Obadiah went forth in search of forage he fell in with his chief, Elijah, and brought him to Ahab, who greeted him as the troubler of Israel. Then Elijah prayed for rain, according to the Bible story, and the famine'was stayed. From this famine in Palestine, some 870 years before Christ, to the forests of the Sierra Xevadas, in the twentieth century, is a far cry, but the connecting link between the past and the present between the ancient east and the modern west, is found in the big trees of California, the huge species known as Seauoia Washingtonia. "In a pamphlet entitled 'The Secret of the Big Trees,' by Ellsworth Huntington, just placed on sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., it is shown that the growth rings in the big trees of California indicate thai in general the same sequence of climatic changes took place in California and Asia Minor. Curves indicating climatic conditions in California and Asia Minor show a remarkable resemblance between the two regions. "The; curves begin with the epoch of the Trojan War, about 1,200 B. C. There both curves dip very low, indicating an epoch of sudden and severe dessication. That particular period, historians tell us, was one of the most chaotic in all history. "The famine in the days of Elijah appears in both curves. Apparently at that time the climate did not become extremely dry, nothing like so bad as it had been a few hundred years earlier during the twelfth century, but there was rather a distinct, falling off in the amount of rainfall as compared with the uncommonly good conditions of the preceding century. About 700 years before Christ both curves stand high in the day, when the Greeks were laying foundation of their future greatness and the empires of Mesopotamia were at their height. Then comes a pronounced falling off, v^ith a recovery of 300 or 400 years before Christ, another de cline culminating about 200 B. C.,! and a recover}' reaching a high point about 500 B. C. "The time of Christ, thegreateraof universal peace under the sway ofi Rome, was apparently an epoch of favorable climate, a time of abundant rain and consequently good crops in ! all the countries around the Mediterranean sea and eastward in Asia, as well as in California. Next comes a long period of decline culminating six or seven centuries after the time of Christ. No period in all history, save that which centers about 1,200 B. C., was more chaotic, and that early period also appears to have been a time of greatly diminished rainfall." This publication, which may be purchased from the superintendent of documents, government printing office, for 5 cents, gives a detailed account of the reasons and work that led to the conclusions given above. It also contains thirteen illustrations, showing the big trees in the Yosemite, Sequoia and General Grant national parks.?Washington Cor. Chicago News. ATLANTA MAN A SUICIDE Dr. George S. Tigner Cuts Throat from Ear to Ear. Atlanta, Ga., July 9.?Dr. Geo. S. Tigner, a prominent dentist of this place, committed suicide early to-day by cutting his throat with a razor. The tragedy occurred in a local hotel, where he had apartments. Early this morning his wife was aroused by Dr. Tigner arising and going into the bath room. She awoke again, and becoming alarmed, sought her husband. The bath room door was locked, but she was able, oy peering beneath it, to see her husband's body lying on the floor. Assistance was summoned and the door forced open. It was then found that Dr. Tigner had been dead some time. Continued ill health is thought to have been the cause of his act. 9 SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE. Famous Adventurers Who Have Serv- j)et ed Under Flags of Alien Countries. : Many famous soldiers and adventurers served under flags not their mj own. Henry Hudson, an English- o man, who sailed under the Dutch standard; Christopher Columbus, a Genoese, who discovered a continent oro CL I C in the name of Spain; Kosciusko and g Pulaski, Polish patriots, who fought ye| for American independence, and Gordon, who gained distinction in the service of China?are conspicuous examples. < Disregarding the obscure-periods of the middle ages, when adventurers scurried to and fro over all Europe, ~ * one has only to study the bureaucracy gor of Russia to find a potent example of ^ the highest type of soldier of fortune. ^ T"> ? ft 4- Vi A*? vArrAnorotmn noorloH rvussia, at uci lcgcutiunwu, uwu^u SU] leaders of every kind?soldiers, ^ statesmen, bankers, organizers; and ^ all were brought in from the outside. j At the helm of state their descend- ^ on< ants remain today. wit In somewhat similar manner, when wa America was fighting for her inde- ^ pendence, there were needed many p foreigners to aid in military organiza- j. , tion. Baron Steuben, the Prussian; Pulaski and Kosciusko, the Poles, and Lafayette, the Frenchman, were W 3, the most notable figures. Of all these ^ it can be said that they were fighting ^ for the cause of freedom, which was thr also their own; but they were soldiers . , mc of fortune, nevertheless. .. gif There were many adventurers in me the Italian war for freedom, and Garibaldi had been one himself, serving p . in the French navv and in the army pe< of the "Republic of Rio Grande," the crc present Uruguay. Even when he had attained the height of his fame he, pei with his sons, served in the French at army during the Franco-Prussian eas war. , * bet In the wars of Servia and Bulgaria . . . sin there were Austrians, Russians and . AD many other foreigners, while in Spain ^ one has but to consider the names of ? Fri certain statesmen of recent years to gie see how many adventurers have serv- , ea to make the historv of that counpri try" Th A warrior named O'Higgins played cei a chief part in the wars of Chili. In EI1( China the leaders have time and again been men of western race, and it ' otl would be interesting to learn how ^ many graduates of Annapolis have served in the Chinese navy. In Mo- _ Qu rocco, but a short while ago, it was Kaid McLean who was the moving * ~ ' sio agent in affairs. \ .. tio There are majiy ^ew things that Ra combine to reader the trade of the ^ soldier of fortune less picturesque Ra than it formeraly was. War to-day is a much more highly organized affair than it was years ago. Before they ^ fight, nations are apt to sum up care- ^ fully the forces with which they have , to contend, and every step that is ^ taken in organization means one lees ^ face for the soldier of fortune.?Har- Fr. per's Weekly. - % " Co] Boy With Nail in Lung. ^ roj Since he was seven, 11-year-old Ed- . die Munson, a New York boy, has been hitching on ioe carts, sliding on ^ sleds, playing one old cat and dis- g.^ porting generally in the hair trigger style of kids and all the time with a nail in his left lung. It is true that m are all the time he coughed a little. And ^ It got worse?the cough?a few ^ months ago. His parents then wor ried. The first doctor who saw Edthe die said he didn't have consumption, . ter that was sure. He probably only had ^ a slight cold. But he began to cough . ^ and cough and cough. Another doctor applied the X ray. When the docpri tor got his proofs of the X ray photograph he demanded of Eddie's moth- ^ er: rec "See here, did that kid ever swal- ^ low anything besides food?anything, crc if I may ask, in the nature of a nail?" "Oh, dear me," cried Mrs. Munson, TO} "why, it couldn't be that nail! Eddie swallowed it four years ago. But"? 2 "My dear madam," said the phy- for sician reassuringly, "Eddie is the jar: sort of child who could eat tacks. Consumption! Huh! Anaemic?booh! ^ This young gentleman has been sport- IJ ing a nail in his lungs; but, looking I , him over generally, I would say that his coffin nails are nowhere due yet ?about ninety years off." So Eddie was placed on an operaxi f Via noil I nug lauie, une buigcuu yuvu uun out of Eddie's left lung and Eddie had chicken and ice cream for dinner and said that his chief sorrow was that he wanted.that nail to show his pals, and the doctor wouldn't give it to him. A $25 check saved the night herons of Worth, 111., from extermination. The farmers had met and decided to wage deadly war on the h^ron when the Chicago Audubon society heard of their intentions and sent an agent down there with a check book. The sum of $25 halted the extermina tion party, and the farmers expressed themselves as willing to hear evidence that the herons were not the ? J incorrigible grain thieves that they had been supposed. I HAVE EASY JOBS :hrone<l Kings Merely Draw Their Pay?Life a Cinch. rhe usual image that is brought to id by the word "king" is a won>us creature clad in a robe and aring a crown of jewels, says The icago Tribune. Sometimes kings pictured astride magnificent horsand clad in picturesque uniforms. A1 ? 1? -1 ? ? .. ; mere are loaay mau.> Mugs uviu& hout luxury, sans crown, sans one, sans subjects. Many of these igs are living in Paris. Subjugating the savage tribes in iir African and Asiatic possessions > kept France busy for many years, ring these subjugations it was netimes found that France had on * hands a few kings, left by the tunes of war. These kings, once >reme rulers of their kingdoms, i to be put on pensions so that ty would be out of mischief. Behanzin, King of Dahomey, was i of the first of the deposed kings ;h whom France had to deal. He s deprived of his throne over twenyears ago. His son is now in ris, a king without power. He is ing on a pension from France, rhe nephew and successor of King hanzin, Prince King of Dahomey, s dispossessed of the throne in DO. The thing that pained Prince tig most was not the loss of his one, but the loss of a huge dia?nd ring. This ring had been a t from France, the very governnt which later confiscated it. The former King of Annam, the ince Ham Nghl, is now living icefully in Algiers. He has no ' * - * - a _ i. - /? _ j .UL >wn or tnrone, dui is sausnea wimt either. Prince Ham Xghi is on a ision of $1,600 a year. He was one time the monarch along the ?t coast of Indo-China, which vhas m under a French protectorate ce 1S85. For a king, the King of nam's history is not at all eventHe was taken prisoner by the 2nch in 1887 and was sent to Airs after his capture. There is another Indo-Chinese nee who is a pensioner of France, is is Prince Than Tyai. He reves an annual pension of $6,000 i lives quietly at Saint Jacques. A. queen without a throne is anler picturesque figure in the list uncrowned joyalty. Her name is navalo, and she was once the een of Madagascar. She is one of ! most interesting of the royal penners of France. After the abolin of royalty in the island, Queen navalo was taken to France and erward to Algiers. At first Queen navalo drew a pension of only 000 a year. Now France gives $20,000 annually and $40 a year the education of her grandniece, o is now living in Versailles. There are many other lesser royal -ia:? ?am s, royalties wituout iuiuucb ui iors who are on the pension list of mce. One of these is Said Ali. He s formerly the Sultan of La Grand more. His pension has been raised $3,400 a year. The civil list of al pensioners of France includes nee Bakari, who receives $100 a Lr; Princess Satina, who receives )0 a year; Princess Adidja and iga, who receive $25.60 a year :h. These royal people without thrones i happier now to all appearances | m when they were the rulers of iir people. Well clothed and well I, with no affairs of state to worry im, with no rumors of war or in- [ nal troubles to disturb their dreams j iy spent their days in peace and eness, practically unknown and i :irely unsung?king, queen and nee and princess with: throne or honor, but with a reg.r pension that France sees they eive with clock like regularity, [n spite of their lack of scepter and ! >wn. each can probably think of I rse things than being a member of! alty?on a pension. ?^ Buy your disinfectant and sprays mosquitoes and flies, also fruit; 5, at Hunter's Hardware Store. lailey Milifc Formerly the S. C. C. ! A Christian $P||||P* |i tion in classic IjPjPEI h Large new b ^Btr i Steam heat. 1 ^ J | every room. l? If you want f Ilis ,iea*tl1 nil W !' If thoroughly tr jgf' habits of obed /.JHgljra him to our ins NOTICE TO CREDITORS. 4 By virtup of an order in the case of Nettie Nimmons et al vs. J. E. Kennedy at al., in the Court of Common Pleas for Bamberg county, the undersigned, as Master for Bamberg County, will hold a reference at his office, Bamberg, S. C., on the 24th, day of July, 1913, ten o'clock a. m., for proof of claims against the estate of Sarah C. Kennedy, deceased; and all persons having claims against said estate will appear at said time and place and prove the same or forever be barred. H. C. FOLK, Master Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., July 5th, 1913. 1785 1913 COLLEGE' OF CHARLESTON 129th Year Begins September 26th Entrance examinations at all the j county seats on Friday, July 11th, at // 9 a. m. /// Full four year courses lead to the B. A. ;and B. S. degrees. r A free tuition scholarship is assigned to each county of the State. Spacious buildings and athletic 4 grounds, well equipped laboratories, unexcelled library facilities, and the finest Museum of Natural History in the South. j Expenses reasonable. 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