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LEVER PRAISED BY MANN. Republican Leader Comments on Agricultural Bill. Washington, March 20.?The agricultural appropriation bill, though carrying an appropriation of only about $19,000,000, is one of the most important of the annual supply measures. Congressman A. F. Lever is chairman of the agricultural committee. which is one of the '"big 1 twelve," none of its members being allowed to serve on any other committee. The appropriation bill drawn by this committee covers hundreds of different projects, and it is one of the most difficult bills in congress to be handled on the floor. Just before the bill was passed in the house last week Mr. Mann, leader of the rninori- ? ty, arose and said: 1 "Mr. Chairman, in the last con- < gress a very distinguished democrat was chairman of the committee on 1 agriculture. In fact, a number of < very distinguished men have been J chairman of the committee on agri- 1 culture, even since my service in the < house, but I believe that never have '< we had a better chairman, and I am i somewhat doubtful whether we have 1 ever had so patient a chairman as the < gentleman from South Carolina, (Mr. 1 Lever,) and as we are now about to elose the consideration of this bill 1 and pass it, I think I am speaking 1 the sentiment of every member of 1 hniKP when I sav that we con gratulate the gentleman upon his 1 ability, his clearness, his expression, < his patience and his constant ? courte." ' 1 Mr. Haugen, of Iowa, the ranking 1 republican member of the committee < on agriculture, then asked permission * to address the house for one minute 1 and said: "Mr. Chairman, I wish to say that < I concur in what has been said by 1 the distinguished gentleman from Illinois. I believe it can be truthfully said that no man has pursued his i duty with greater fidelity and conscious rectitude of purpose than has the gentleman who has presided over the committee on agriculture during ^ this congress " i _ STOPPED BATTLE TO DRINK. 1 1 Austrian and French Soldiers Joked Between Bullets. The amusing accounts of peaceful , v?*? PoHprsi and Confed- , U<Ai IC1 Ut . erate soldiers on the picket line are j paralleled by an incident from the , . memories of Col. Angell, who served in the Austrian army during the war j with Italy in 1859. Angell's per- t sonal adventures on the da" of ( Magenta are well worth giving, says < Dorothea Gerard, who has reviewed ] the colonel's work for the Cornbill , Magazine.- ; The adventures began when he, to- : gether with a handful of men, got separated from his battalion, and j that in turn resulted from an attack \ that the battalion made on a trouble- < some troop of "Turcos." Presently Angeli and his men found themselves ( on one side of the little river Navi- , glio, the opposite bank of which was . occupied by the French There they stayed until evening, firing and being fired at in rather .desultory : fashion. No orders reached them, i and they were quite unaware of how : the battle was going. The day was hot and both the temperature and the occupation were ( conducive to thirst. The sight of flowing water soon became tantaliz- ' . ing, but to leave the ranks meant, of course, to become a target for the French bullets; so even the thirstiest < desisted. All at once the French fire stopped; the Austrians followed suit. A moment later the figure of a , French officer rose from the bushes on the opposite bank and advanced, flask in hand, to the border of the river, where, having punctiliously saluted, he went through a pantomime whose meaning was not to be misconstrued. A burst of laughter gave him the license he wanted, and in another moment both banks of the stream were swarming with thirsty men. wuu c.VUilttugcu Hicuujt auu jocular remarks across the water. When all had drunk their fill and returned to cover, the captain pantomimically expressed his thanks, and ended by blowing a kiss across the river, before he disappeared among the bushes. A minute later the firing had begun as merrily as ever. pe. ? Has Husband Arrested. Mrs. John Larsen, mayor of n Troutdale, Ore., caused the arrest of her husband Wednesday on a charge of selling liquor to minors. Recently the woman mayor asked the district attorney to investigate alleged law violations. When she found that evidence had been discovered against her husband, himself a liquor dealer, she promptly swore out a warrant. "I did not think I'd catch Mr. Larsen," she said Wednesday, "but if he's guilty he'll have to take his medicine like the rest." GOT OFF WITH MONEY. Lone Bandit Robs Gulf, Colorado and Sante Fe Passenger Train. Beaumont, Texas, March IS.?After bundling the messenger, ,,Reb" Martin, into a gunny sack a masked man to-day robbed the express car attached to north-bound Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe Passenger Train. Xo. 202, of several packages of currency, estimated to amount to about $14,000, and escaped from the train at the village of Helbig, twelve miles north of Beaumont. l"p to a late hour to-night posses which went to Helbig from this city in automobiles had not found a trace of the bandit, believed to be hiding in the dense forest about the village. G. A. Taft, general superintendent Df the Wells Fargo Express Company, to-night estimated the amount stolen at $14,000. The money was part of a shipment made by a Houston lumber concern to be used in paying their employees at camps along the road. Explaining earlier estimates which placed the amount secured in excess af that figure, Mr. Taft stated that all of the lumber company's consignment was not sent aboard the robbed :rain. Previous estimates were bassd on statements of officials of the lumber company. According to Martin the man, who ;vas middled-aged, appeared from belind a pile of freight shortly after :he train left Beaumont. Martin says the man ordered him :o turn over his keys, and that he obeyed, and then was bound and forced into the sack. That was all Mar:in says he sa^ or heard until the ;rain crew forced an entrance into the ?ar and released him at the town of Silstjee, several miles north of Helaig. The suspicions of the train rew were aroused when the messengiv did not come from the car at SilsDee. MAY TRY IN PRIMARY. Women Can Put Suffrage up to Democratic Convention. Columbia, S. C., March 22.?That :he women in South Carolina who believe in suffrage will carry their fight :o the State democratic convention ivhich meets in Columbia in May was. :he opinion expressed in Columbia ;o-day by several. The movement has just struck South Carolina. A few months ago woman's suffrage seemed a remote possibility, but now it is daily growing. It has almost become an issue within the last few weeks. Mrs. Valentine, a leader of the suffrage cause in Virginia, came down to Columbia severals days ago and delivered an address. She set fire to the movement and it is gaining headway. The question is being discussed everywhere in Columbia. The advocates of the cause are writing many letters to the local papers. 'The women might gain a point if they carry their fight before the State democratic convention in May," said a well-known politician to-day. 'You know the primary in South Carolina is just like an election and the convention would have the right to ?rant the woman the right to cote," he continued. It is said that if the women fail in their attempt to secure any action by the convention that they will car ry the fight before the next general assembly Woman's suffrage would be interesting in South Carolina. What bearing would it have on State politics? This is the question that is troubling many. The politicians donY know what effect it would have, but it is safe to say that many of them will be ready to climb the bandwagon when the procession starts. GIRL LOSES HER LIFE. Accidental Discharge of Gun Kills Lillian Loniinick. Pomaria, .March 21.?Lillian Lominick, the 1 ~>-year-old daughter of Mrs. Sallie Lominick. was acci dentally shot in the leg yesterday by a gun she had taken out of the house for her brother to kill a hawk. The hawk had gone when she arrived with the gun. Her brother told her to take the gun back as the hawk had gone. She put the gun up against the back door. She went back in the yard and the next time she entered the house was from the front side and forgetting that the gun was against the back door opened the door and the gun was discharged. The contents penetrated the leg near the knee, the leg was amputated and all the medical attention possible was given her but the physicians could not save her young life. She died at 6 a. m. yesterday. The interment was at St. Philips Saturday at 11 a. ni. She is snrvivpd hv her mother, four sisters and a brother, with a host of relatives. Beginning on April 1, the banks of Bamberg will close at 3 o'clock, p. m., instead of 4 o'clock, except Saturdays, when the closing hour will be 4 o'clock, p. m. 2t. ALLEGED ROBBER KILLED. Dies in Battle With Sheriff's Posse in Oklahoma. Shawnee, Okla., March 20.?In a battle with a sheriff's posse near here early to-night Joseph Patterson, who, it is charged, robbed the State Bank of Xewella, Okla., late to-day of $1,200, was shot and instantly killed and Chas. Hawk, chief of police, and Frank Timmons, a deputy sheriff, were slightly wounded. Heavily masked and armed, a man identified as Patterson, entered the bank while the cashier, Bert Brad* ? ? ? *-> /in nit t'nof /\r A ley, was UUUUUllg Uic iaou juoi uciuic the closing hour to-day. Holding Bradley at bay, the man gathered all the currency in sight about $1,200. and escaped. Patterson was located in a thicket near Newella early to-night. He opened fire immediately the posse came in range, and before he was killed had wounded Hawk and Timmons. Patterson was employed by a railroad here. DOG BIT TWO CHILDREN. Animal Had^Rabies?Little Victims Under Treatment. Florence, March 18.?Several days ago a pet dog belonging to Mr. L. K. Blackmon, of the Ebenezer sec-* tion, became vicious and bit two of his children, Leon and Edward. Nothing was thought of the matter at the time, but two or three days later the dog died. Fearing that the dog may have been mad. Mr. Blackmon cut the dog's head off and sent it to the Pasteur Hospital at Columbia to have it tested. Saturday Mr. Blackmon received a letter from the hospital, saying that the dog had a genuine case of rabies, and Mr. Blackmon at once took the necessary precaution and sent both children to Columbia, in charge of Mrs. Blackmon, where they will be treated. Mr. Blackmon is a hustling young farmer and this blowis a heavy one to him and his family. C. J. Fletcher's Funeral. Georgetown, S. C., March 19.? Charles J. Fletcher, aged 75, brother of United States Senator Fletcher, of Florida, who died here, where he came from Florida many years ago, was for two terms coroner of Georgetown county. MINI is here JUlm AGA N Spring and Easter are also coming again * I The mornings may JOnilt laugh; the freeze -may play; the birds may sing; the flowers may bloom: ? (Wife interrupts) John, what are you try Wife: ing to say anyhow? I Now you think so much about Easter and spring?let me tell you, the girls want some new slippers. (John interrupts.) J l All right. I'll go to JOJM* Rentz and Felder's. I see they have "English walking shoes,*' "colonial gun metal pumps," "colonial patent pumps," "colonial i tan pumps," and others. "Pink satin j pumps." blue satin pumps," "black | satin pumps," and others. "Patent j lace oxfords." "Tan lace oxfords." and others. "Tan button oxfords." "patent button oxfords," vici button oxfords," "gun metal button oxfords," and others. (Wife interrupts.) ?** ? Do John, stop, when you VV IIC. get started. (John interrupts. ) w f Oh. I haven't started %JOWl? yet. Vnu know I've just mentioned the girls' and ladies' slippers. The boys' and men's line to beat the band, yes to beat the world, and you know everyone who buys a pair seems glad, and the fellow that does not buy looks shame. (Wife?Stop, John.) And the new straw hats, the Latest New Clothing, New Shirts, New Socks, Ties, Ties, Ties, and more ties. Oh, do stop, John. YV lit?* You've had all the say. I'll show you next week, tio on to RENTZ & FELDER'S BAMBERG, S. C: D. M. EAVES, Pres. JNO. M. KIRKLAND, V-Pres. H Standard Serial Loan Ass INCORPORAT! * E ARE now selling nei W which commences A] a good paying invei with us. If you W? take a sufficient an furnish you the mon I new home, or to bi will pay in enough safe. There is no enterprise now than this Association and upbuilding and prosperity of Bam some of this series before it is all only one dollar per share per ir one dollar per share per month an rate of eight per cent, per annum If you desire further information or in the matter of loans see the Enterprise Bank. i t / , i Standard Serial Building H. M. GRAHAM, Mana ^== o? We will I POUND 0 for ?? Pound of Dry r farmers U Bamberg 11 "maoi c* li^E, Resident We Want the Small Accounts p rarmm Of the wage earner and householder, * W1 IfllVl O as well as the larger patronage of business firms and corporations. We ... . are gratified to see the steady growth . y^U 3-fQ g II of the small depositor, and are glad to help and encourage all who earnestly desire to better their financial COMPLETI condition. lir Help You to Save We ma.fiufa.c1 n ^ Pay You to Save Stairs, Intfiri( BY ALLOW.NG YOU PeWS, Plllpife Lath, Pine an 4 % INTEREST Siding. 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