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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
Death of Mrs. ]. @. McDearmon.

Trenton, Tenn, May %. -Mrs.J
c. McDearmon died at her home
here after an illness of several
months. She was the widow of the
late Hon. ]. c, McDearmon, prom
inent attorney Of this city and for
mer Congressman of the Eighth
district. She is survived by one
son. J. c. McDearmon, of Houston,
Tex, a daughter, Mrs. c. F. Civ
ems, and mother, Mrs. Carter Tren-
ton. The remains we're inferred in
Oakland cemetery.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
To Run For chancellor.

Jackson. Tenn, May d "A mass
meeting of Democrats held here
Saturday afternoon urged the Hon.
E. L. Bullock to become a candidate
for Chancellor before the people at
the August election. Mr.. ]. M.
Trout. who is candidate, made a
vigorous speech protesting against
hasty action in the matter, and
asked for at least tea days in which
to present his claims. The vote
was practically unanimous in favor
of Mr.. Bullock, and he appeared
before the meeting and announced
his candidacy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
BUG KILLS TREES.
Orchards in Kentucky Destroyed by
Strange Insect.

Glasgow, KY, May 27.-From
all over this and adjoining counties
comes the complaint of an insect
which is destroying the fruit trees.
Hardly an apple tree can be found
within radius of fifty miles that
is not affected more or less by the
plague, and so alarming has the
situation become that farmers and
fruit growers are at loss to know
what course is best to pursue.
Bunches of dead leaves can be seen
all over the trees, and an examinq-
ton revealed that the twig several
inches down the limb is dead, hav-
ing the appearance of being
scorched. Some farmers have
adopted spraying, but as yet no
visible results have been obtained.
j. I. Larue, who lives near
Hodgenville, claims that he has
discovered strange insect on his
trees. 1t is Smaller than the head
of a pin and about the color of an
orange. Friday afternoon, so be
claims, there was no sign of an in
sect on a certain tree and on the
lowing morning the tree was
4, having been killed during
might by the insects, which
red the tree in thousands.
trees standing near by were
hgly not affected by the in
though he has already lost
trees aud has no hope now
o. s5Ahg any of his orchard. He
says the trees have the appearance
of having passed through fire.
Extensive inquiry has failed so far
to find anyone who knows anything
of the insect.
Unless something can be done,
and that at once, to check the raw
ages Of these pests, the present
apple and peach crop will be
ruined, as we'll as the trees. Great
damage has already been done the
crop and trees also.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
Kentucky Home Coming

Account of Home Coming Week OF
Kentuckians at Louisville June 10 to
l5 the Illinois Central will sell tick
cts at one fare plus 25 cents for round
trip. Fare from Gibbs will be sS.35.
Tickets on sale June 10, IL and IL and
trains scheduled to arrive in Louis
vile before noon of June IL. Tickets
to be good for continuous passage in
each direction with final return limit
TO reach original starting point not
later than June %.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
Publishers Notice.

In its June makeup Bob Taylor i
Magazine keeps up to its own ad.
mirable standard. Bob Taylor's
editorial department opens with a
sympathetic comment on the San
Francisco catastrophe and this is
followed by table of comparative
statistics on similar disasters.
The preparations for the James.
town Ter-Centennial makes ]. K.
Collins jamestown and Vicinity"
and Walden Fawcett's Monticello
AS 1t Appears To-day" of especial
timely interest; while Peaks and
Rainbows in Skyland, by Leonora
Beck Ellis, and Picturesque Corn
WALL by J. H. Stevenson, will be
read with attention by those inter-
ested in summer travel.
One of the most popular depart
ments is that devoted to "Some
Beautiful Women of the South.
This preserves a record of beauty
of which the South is Justly proud.
The 6ction, in addition to 1.-The
Shadow of the Attacoa," which in
creases in interest with each Issue,
comprises; Jimmy Jurgens' Bridal
Journey, by Gelston Spring; "A
Dixie Girls Letters" by Louise
Forsslund; THE Widows Might,
by B. r. Napheys; The Machina-
tons of Aurora" by Garnet N.
Wiley. Trend of the Times" is
new editorial department devoted
to current events. The travel de-
partment, the book notes and the
theatrical pages are all well sus-
tanned.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
PIXIES PEAK CENTENARY.
Colorado to Celebrate the Hundreth
Anniversary of It's Discovery.

Colorado to Celebrate the Hundreth
Anniversary of It's Discovery.
Zebulon Montgomery Pike dis
covered the peak in the Rockies
which bears his name Nov. 10. 1906.
In the fall of this year the people
of Colorado will celebrate the Tooth
anniversary of this discovery at
Colorado Springs. The celebra-
ton will be in the last week in
September, that M onth having
been selected because weather con-
ditions will be more attractive
attractive than later.
Western people see peculiar
fitness in the proposed celebration.
The peak is considered typical of
the country and the people sur
rounding it. 1t recalls generations
of courageous pioneers who set
tied a territory offering stubborn
resistance to the advance of civil.
cation.
Zebulon Pike and bis associate
explorers conquered in spite of
hardships. With a handful of fel.
low travellers he started from st.
Louis July Is, 1906, for the I'M
known lands of the West. Savage
tribes of Indians roamed the plains,
warning on the whites and against
one another. 1t was four months
after the start was made that the
great white peak was sighted and
twelve days later the base was
reached.
On reaching the mountains
storms were encountered and food
became scarce. The clothing of
the men was worn to shreds. 1t
was inadequate to keep out the
freezing air. When Pike and three
of his men climbed an adjoining
mountain to view the peak they
were clad in overalls, without
undertaking or stockings. Their
boots were worn through, admit
ting freely The snow and stones.
Snow on top of the mountain
was four feet deep and the tenn
perature was six degrees below
zero. The. climb occupied two
days, the intervening night being
spent in a cave, without food or
water.
After this experience came 9TH
ers equally trying.
The little party was finally cap
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01

If you are interested in farm or
timbered land you will do well to
call on w. r. Beasley, of Greenway,
Ark, the real estate man.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01

have 40 acres of fine pasturage--
clover, grass, water, shade. etc. Price
$3.50 per month. j. L. RUFFIN.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
GAMBLERS LUCK.
A Joke Which Brought q Fortune to
Its Innocent Victim.

| a Joke ~h1ch brought F0ftUuc 10
Its Innocent Victim.
Having lost every cent of his ready
money at the gaming tables, an Eng.
lish visitor at Monte Carlo wired a
pathetic appeal for help to a friend in
England. Two days later be received
letter addressed in the friends hand
writing which on being opened reveal
ed a five pound note.
Without pausing to read the letter.
the plunger fastened to Ciro's, the ia
nous restaurant in the Galerie Charles
ILL.,, and changed bis "fiver' into
French money. From Ciro's be went
straight into the Casino, where, ex-
periencing an extraordinary run Of
luck. he not merely retrieved all his
previous losses, but gained substan-
tial increase into the bargain.
Weary of play, he retired with a few
cronies to Ciro's again to celebrate the
occasion. The usually genial NJ. Giro
met him at the door of his establish
ment with a food Of reIkoaches and
upbraidings. The five pound note was
bad! He waved it angrily in the
plunger's face-mais oui, 1t was false,
this FIVE pound note!
The plunger took the guilty "6ver'
and scrutinized it carefully. It was
one of the sham bank notes issued by
Sir Augustus Harris and bore on its
face On advertisement Of the Drury
Lane pantomime. The English friend.
himself as "broke" as the Monte Carlo
plunger, had posted him the aagrantly
worthless note as joke-a joke which
had the plunger taken the trouble to
examine the '.hver'' or read its cover
ing letter he would have seen only too
clearly himself. 1t was fortunate that
be did not do 80. he merely paid Giro
his f5 and, inviting the pacifed res
taurateur to share in the champagne.
pretended that the whole affair was an
intentional witticism.
The conceit of croupier, who fondly
imagined that he understood the Eng
lish language, was instrumental in pre-
senting another and far less expert
enced Britisher with 1000 francs.
This gentleman, handing 1000 franc
billet to the croupier in question, ask
ed for plaques in exchange for it.
Plaques are the large five louis gold
pieces peculiar to Monaco. The crou-
pier, fancying that the player had said
'black" and was requesting him to
place the note on the ''black" CON-
partment Of the cloth, did so unob-
served. Black duly turned up. and the
croupier politely handed 1000 francs
to the surprised Britisher.-Ward Muir
in Chambers Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Ignorance may not be bliss, but It Is
often contentment.
Everybody has trouble Of some kind.
What is the nature Of yours?
The average wish is about as .valua'
BILE as the check Of bankrupt.
People are confronted every day with
little problems and do not know what
to do with them.
Some mems idea Of perseverance is to
see how long they can cherish i'll feel
ing for some real or fancied grievance.
No matter how busy a man is he
thinks he isn't wasting time If he takes
an hour to prove he was right in a
most trifling question
After you have worked hard and
saved your money it makes you mad to
be approached by a man who has spent
his and be invited to go into scheme
that is solely for his beneft-Atchison
Globe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
THE MAGNETIC COMPASS.

First Csed on European Vessels In
the Twelfth Century.
Some Asian people, perhaps the Chi
nese, discovered many centuries ago
that kind Of iron ore possessed very
peculiar quality. We call this ore mag
netic ore, OF, in more common Ian
guage, lodestone, and it is very widely
distributed, especially in the older
CRYSTALLINE rocks. It was found that If
a bit Of lodestone were placed in water
upon piece Of cork or straw braid 1t
would turn till the axis Of the stone as
sumed a north and south position. A
phenomenon of magnetism had been
discovered by means Of an ore that is
peculiarly susceptible to magnetic In
fuence.
It is an open question whether the
Chinese utilized the directive power OF
the lodestone, but it Is certain that the
first rude compass was not used on
European vessels before the twelfth
century Of our era. By that time the
true magnetic compass had been evolv-
ed through the discovery that II an
iron or steel needle were stroked on
lodestone It would receive the attrac-
tive and directive power Of this ore.
With this appliance placed at the
service Of navigation the vessels that
had hugged the coasts soon dared to
venture even out Of sight Of land. A
new impetus was gradually given to
cartography. for now the true direc-
tons Of the coast lines might be chart
ed with some approach to accuracy. It
was the happy fortune Of Italian sail
ors to make the surprisingly excellent
surveys Of the directions and lengths of
the Black sea and Mediterranean
coasts and along the Atlantic to British
waters that have come down to Us In
the 80 called Portulan maps-Cyrus c.
Adams In Harpers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Queer DrummefS.

There's a story" said drummer,
"about a commercial traveller whose
line was tunnels and post holes for
fences. Him I never met did meet
once, though, a drummer selling iron
churches and suspension bridges. An
other time met q drummer who said
bis line was pupils. What did he mean
by pupils? he meant, found, glass
eyes for stuffed animals, FOR dolls and
for human beings. One Of this mans
favorite amusements was to open his
sample case and ask the people present
to pick out the eye that best matched
their own. The people made awful
mistakes in this, for nobody, It seems,
knows the color Of his own eyes,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19

Talking to a physician about twins
and commenting upon the marvellous
likeness they sometimes bear to one
another, be gave an interesting fact re-
garding them. You can always Dis
tinguish one from the other" said he,
no matter how great the resemblance,
for the elder invariably has the broader
face. Notice twins hereafter, and you
can say with certainty that the mar
rover faced one is the younger Of the
two. I have no authority for saying
that fewer male than female twins are
born, but l am Of the opinion that the
couple are more frequently girls or girl
and boy than boys. Twin brothers are
few and far between"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
What Father Does.

Mothers may talk, work, struggle to
make their sons models by which to
shape new heaven and new earth.
But the boys world is in the man
who is his father, and the boy believes
that whatever may be right on Sun
days or at prayer times the things that
are really good, that really count IN
life, are what father does. Moreover,
it is what father does which defines
the means with which the boy shall
work, the sphere wherein his efforts
shall be shaped. In word, what IA
ther does is the beginning as it Is the
end Of the boys achievements.-Har-
per's Bazar.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
REV. AIKEN KELLY CURED.
Clot of Blood Removed From His Brain and
Surgeon Says There will be no Return
of Mental Trouble.


CHARLESTON, S. c., July 13.-Rev.
William Aiken Kelly has been discharged
from the Roper Hospital and is now at
home recuperating from the effects OF the
operation upon his brain, removing a
clot of blood, which, it is thought, will
result in his complete restoration Of
health and enable him to resume his min.
isterial duties.
DR.. Kelly was relieved of his creden.
tials at the meeting of the Methodist con-
ference last December, but, in view OF the
very satisfactory performance of his min.
isterial duties, previous to his afaiction,
causing him to suddenly desert his pas
toral charges and leave the State, it is
probable that with his complete recovery,
he will be restored to standing in the
church.
Mr. Kelly spent some time in Virginia
and was for long time at Charlotte be-
fore coming to Charleston. His where
abouts were established shortly after he
deserted his pastoral charge, but in view
of his afaiction his family and close per-
sonal friends kept the matter quiet, and
it was not until his coming to Charles
ton recently for the operation upon his
brain that his movements became publicly
known.
His trouble was diagnosed by Char
lesion surgeon to be blood pressure upon
the brain, and upon the opening OF the
head, the condition was found to exist, as
stated, and the operation was successfully
performed. The surgeon is said to have
given it as his opinion that there will be
no return of Mr.. Kelly's former brain
trouble and his numerous friends through
the State share in the hope that his con-
dition will continue to improve, and that
he will soon be able to resume his minis.
terial functions in the church which he
served so we'll.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
SeabOard Hit Hard.

COLUMBIA, July 13.-For the death of
Railway Mail Clerk b. G. Patillo, in the
wreck at Blaney last fall, the Seaboard
Air Line will have to pay S22,50O, if the
verdict rendered in the court of common
pleas here to-day stands. Trial of the
case was commenced yesterday. The ar
guments and Judge Klugh's charge took
place this morning, the jury coming out
at about ? o'clock this afternoon. The
plaintiffs asked $50,000. All the jurors
have been excused until 4 o'clock this af.
ternoon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
SHERIFF PREVENTS LYNCHING.
Story of a Horrible Affair in Laurens County.
Feebleminded White Woman the Victim.

LAURENs, July 1.-THE arrival of
Sheriff Thos. J. Duckett in the Pc, Ridge
section of this county this afternoon
broke up what was to have been a well
organized lynching. Sheriff Duckett
heard rumors of the trouble aud upon
going to the scene found Charley Ken.
nedy, a negro, chained in a barn, his
captoss awaiting the arrival of crowd
which was to participate in the event.
The lynching had been set for 5 o'clock
this afternoon and the sheriff reached
the see me at o'clock and took charge of
the negro. Notices had been sent out to
the people in the section that Kennedy
had been caught in Newberry and time
had been set for his execution.
Sheriff Duckett carried his prisoner to
Clinton and sent him under the charge
of Deputy Sullivan to Columbia where
he will be placed in the penitentlary tor
safe keeping. The negro is about hfty
years of age.
TIE CRIME.
The crime for which Kennedy came
near being lynched was that of having
been the father of the infant of young
white woman of this county. The wo.
man was about thirty years of age and
was about two weeks ago sent to the
State Hospital for the Insane at Colum-
bia. The woman was member of a
highly respected family of this county
and had been feeble minded for some
wears. Kennedy has worked for the
family for years and vas trusted i'm
plicitly. He was regarded as bully by
the negroes, frequently being in fights
with the members of his race. The child
of the woman is being cared for in
Augusta and there is no doubt that the
father of the baby is Kennedy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
A Husbands Retort.

A man, accompanied by his wife,
visited a merchant tailor to order q
suit Of clothes. The couple differed as
to the material and the manner Of max.
ing, and the wife lost her temper.
''Oh, WELL" she said, turning away,
please yourself. I suppose you are
the one who will wear the clothes"
"Well," observed the husband meek
", II didn't suppose you'd want to
wear the coat and waistcoat"-Every.
bodys Magazine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
MAKING MAPLE SUGAR..
The Modern Way and the Crude
Methods of EARLY Days.

V@o MO0Sfn way ana toc S1oN-
Methods of Early Days.
The sugar season opens busy in
dustry in Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont. Buckets are loaded on to
the OK sleds, boxes Of spiles and axes,
and away to the sugar orchard!
Sugar making nowadays is science.
Only in the extreme rural sections still
remain the wooden buckets and cedar
spiles, but there is still a sugar
warmth, a bursting Of healthy joy that
breaks forth just as the swelling buds
IN the naples.
No longer are there the crude meth
DDS Of an open fire, of the kettles
strung on green forked poles. Pos
sibly sugar making has lost some oi
its genuine SAVIOR in the modern erapo-
rators, but the product-and its CON-
mercial feature is of all importance
is finer grained, Of purer color, freer
from bits Of bark and other foreign
refuse.
Important changes in the sugar in
dustry have lessened the wo-&. of the
farmer. In the early days wooden
buckets and handmade cedar spiles
were used. That made bother in the
orchard, for the bucket bad to be
placed on the ground, and the spile
could not be far above it else the wind
would blow the sap to one side and
thus waste II.
As the snow melted the spiles had to
be drawn, new holes nearer the ground
made and the bucket replaced.
Nowadays the spiles are Of metal and
the pals are hung on them. The erap-
orator is a sample Of the rapid strides
in sugar making facilities. The mod
ern orchard has tin or galvanized pals
and metal spiles.
Occasionally a tree runs a bucket
full every fat. day during the season,
an average Of ten quarts, although the
general run is about half that amount
unless the weather holds 30 the trees
run during the night.
Good, honest sirup weighs eleven
pounds to the gallon, and it takes a
barrel of thirty-two gallons of sap to
make a gallon of sirup.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Mistaken idea.

ut may be laid down as broad
proposition" said the professor Of po-
litical economy, that you cannot get
something for nothing"
II once got the measles for nothing,
professor" interrupted the young man
with the wicked eye.-Chicago Tribune
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Personal Mention.

clSOAoA <ASA
Miss Eula Rowell spent Sunday in
Branchville.
Miss Marie Stokes is visiting rela-
tives in Charleston.
Mr.. ]. P. Matheny spent several days
in the city this and last week.
Mr.. Edward P. Cave is visiting his
parents in Columbia this week.
Mrs. 81. D. Free spent last week in
Georgia on visit to relatives.
Mrs. Willie Stokes and children are
visiting relatives in WATERFORD.
Mr.. j. O'Neal, of Savannah, Ca,
visited his parents here this week.
MIR. C. D. c. Adams, of Walterboro,
spent several days here last week.
Mrs. ]. N. Fielder is visiting her SON.
Mr.. 81. NJ. Fielder, at Mullins, S. g.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Free have been
spending while at Glenn Springs.
Mrs. G. P. Harmon and little daughter
are visiting relatives at Ridge Spring.
Miss Lillian Abney, of Columbia, is
visiting Miss Annie Hartzog OF our city
Mrs. A. c. Griffin left yesterday morn
ing to visit her sister at Mount Airy, N.
-Rev. A. ]. Foster left Monday to as
sist in a protracted meeting in Aiken
county.
Mr.. Frank Riley, of Columbia, is
spending some time in the city with his
parents.
Mrs. A. ]. Foster left Monday for an
extended visit to points in Kentucky and
Tennessee.
Mrs. NJ. L. Johns. of Baldoc, visited
her sister, Mrs. G. W. Garland of our
city, this week.
Misses Gussie Brickle and Mary Alice
Gates are visiting relatives and friends
near Williston.
Miss Key, of Chester, and Mrs. Sal
ley, of Salley's, are visiting Mrs. G. z.
Price in the city.
Mr.. NJ. W. Brabham is in Charleston
this week, attenning the State Press AS
sociation meeting.
Mrs. G .orge Brown and children, of
Lawtey, Fla, spent Saturday in Bam-
berg with Mrs. G. ". Garland.
Miss Christabel Livin gston, of North,
and Ethel Lever, of Columbia, are visit.
ing at Mrs. L. E. Livingston's.
MIR. J. R. Owens. of Charleston. is
visiting relatives in the city. His many
friends here are glad to see him.
-Messrs. w. NJ. Cauthen and son,
Wallace, of Ninety Six, spent several
davs here this week on visit to relatives
and friends.
Mrs. S. II. Sanders. who has been
visiting her father, Col. T. j. Counts. in
Bamberg, has returned to the city.-Flor-
ence Daily Times, July 16.
Mr.. A. G. Hays, of Greenwood, is in
city for a few days Mrs. Hays has re-
turned to Apalachicola, Fla, on account
of the illness of her mother.
Mrs. Aaron Rice and two little
daughters. of Bamberg, are here with
Mrs. NJ. W. Kenyon, who is quite III at
the Averleigh House.-Dorchester Eagle.
Miss frankie Folk, eldest daughter
of Col. aud Mrs. Jno. F. Folk, who has
been sick for some weeks, is recovered
sufficiently to be out again. which is
pleasant news to her large circle OF
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Knight left
Tuesday morning for the Isle of Palms
to attend the meeting of the. State Press
Association. From there they will go
on the press trip to Norfolk, Providence,
Boston, and other places.
MIR. and Mrs. W. n. Morris, of Dan.
forth, Ca, are on visit to relatives in
the county. Mr.. Morris comes every
wear to the reunion of Co. G., his old
company, which is to take place this year
at Bethesda church Thursday, July 26th.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Proof.

AS small Tommy was about to climb
into his chair at the dinner table his
mother said: "Are your hands clean,
dear?"
"Course they are," answered Tommy.
IF you don't believe it look at the
News.