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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-11-28

WSoN' W. Appettte.
Mrs. Ruth b. Brent, Holmes, H.,
writes:
81 was in poor health three years ago.
kept getting worse, and | finally was
so weak that could not sit up all day
My feet and hands were always cold. /
had no appetite.
al consulted one OF the best doctors,
who said l could not be cured. was
nervous, my heart would nuttcr, ana /
had pain In my left side and also had
chronic constipation.
81 got bottle Of Peruna and one Of
Manalin and wrote to you for advice.
While under your treatment / gained
three pounds a month.
al took several more bottles of Peruna
and now am well. l am able to- do all
my housework-cooking, washing, IRON
ing, baking and mending.
"Every body compliments me on look
ing so much better than / used To-, and
now l have girl baby six months old,
as fat as she can be.
"She is what call Pcruna baby, for
know II it had not been for Peruna she
would not be here"
For Suffering Women.
Miss Esther Lee, 3O2 Madison Street,
Topeka, Kas., Secretary Triple Tic
Social Club, writes:
Fourteen months ago began to be
troubled with internal catarrh, which
left me pale, weak and nervous. de-
cided to give Perunaa trial.
ITO my great relief found that my
general health improved. kept grow
ing stronger, and within three months
l was in my usual normal condition. I
cannot recommend Peruna too highly to
suffering women"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-11-28
Internal catarrh.

Mrs. George G. worstell, II River
Road, Clarksburg, w. Va, writes:
al trust that no one will think from
this that want my name in public
for any cause only to let sufferers
know where they may find relief
from many ailments.
al can truly say have been much
benefited by the use of Peruna. /
feel better than have for two years.
1t is the best medicine that know
for internal catarrh.
al have taken medicine from the
doctors and found no relief; but when
] began taking Peruna 1 could see
that before / had finished taking the
first bottle II was doing me good"
Pe-ru-na Tablets.
For two years DIR. Hartman and his
assistants have necessarily labored to
create Peruna in tablet form, and
their strenuous labors have just been
crowned with success. People who
object to liquid medicines can now
secure Peruna tablets. Each tablet
is equivalent to one average dose OF
Peruna.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-11-28
Sick Headache.

Miss Nettie T.. Bogardus, X. i. u. n,
Westileld, n. Y, writes
81 have been great sufferer from
sick headaches, but am now entirely
free from that trouble. / have not felt
so well in ten years as do now.
al would recommend Pcruna and
Manalin TO all sufferers. will say,
God bless DIR. Hartman and his wonder
full remedies"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
WIDOW SEEKING PENSION.
Gave it Up Ten Years Ago Because
She Wasn't in Need.

Detroit, December 12.-Having
voluntarily relinquished pension OF
So a month ten years ago for no
other reason than because she did
not feel she could conscientiously
say that she needed government aid.
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney, of Romeo,
Mich, more than seventy years, is
now asking to be restored to the
pension rolls.
Charles Myeates, special pen-
sion examiner, is investigating the
case. Mrs. Whitney's husband, a civ
IL war veteran, died in 1892, leav-i
ing his widow with several small
children. Friends and neighbors
contributed funds to pay mortgage
on her cottage home and Ia the ear
ly COS the widow was granted a PEN
sion Of SO per month.
In December, 1900, she stopped
cashing the pension vouchers, de-
spite the advice and explanations OF
friends, and her name was dropped
from the rolls. Her sons had grown
up and were in position to COM
tribute literally to the maintenance
of their mothers home, while they
now have families Of their own.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
FARMERS HOUSE STORMED.
Drunken Rufiians Shoot Georgia
Woman and Assault Girl.

Cartersville,, Ca, Dec. 11.-That
band of drunken ruf1ans entered
the home of J. A. Gibson, three miles
from Gainesville Saturday night and
perpetrated series of dastardly OUT
RACES upon the members of that fam
lily, including the shooting OF Mira.
Gibson and the criminal assault upon
Lizzie Hardin, a 16-year-old girl,
who lived with the Gibson family, 10
the substance of charges contained
in warrants issued today for Bud
Lanham, Steve Heath and Tom Col
lier, three well known young men OF
this county. Lanham and Collier
have been placed in Jail, and efforts
are being made to capture Heath. It
Is charged that the three men went
to the Gibson home Saturday night,
and after being refused admission,
one Of then emptied the contents OF
a revolver into the house, one Of the
balls entering Mrs. Gibson's back and
dangerously wounding her. The
husband ran out to summon officers
and the three men, it is said, enter
ed the house with drawn revolvers,
threatened the lives of Mrs. Gibson
and her children and then two OF
the men dragged Miss Hardin out OF
the house, and it Is alleged assaulted
her.
Following threats received by the
Gibson family, who are in extremely
meagre financial circumstances.
Judge Fite today took steps to pro-
tect them. Indignation, is high
against the alleged perpetrators OF
the outrage.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
Destructive Fire at Swansea.

Lexington, Dec. 15.-A destructive
fire visited the little town of Swan
sea, in this county, early this morn
ing, destroying several buildings and
causing a property loss of several
thousand dollars. The following
buildings were destroyed with their
contents: The Swansea Drug Com
pany, ]. w. and r. L. Librand, gen.
eral merchandise, Goodwin & Will
liams, general merchants, the drug
stor of Drs. Brooker & Brooker,
Henry Sharpe, beef market; M. l..
Williams, grocery store; restaur-
ant owned by J. w. and R. L. Lii
brand, and the X. of P. hall. The
fire was discovered in the Office Of J..
w. and r. L. Librand, about 3
o'clock, and soon spread to adjoining
buildings.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
A Poser for Mother.

Gustave Eberlein, the famous Ger
man sculptor, said the other day in
New York, that in beauty Of face
and figure the American woman ex-
celled all others-that the American
type of beauty approached almost
absolute perfection.
"In intelligence as WE'LL" the
sculptor resumed, ''the American
woman excels. But now and then
she has the defect of the intelligent
she is over positive, she is over
confident. In that case I like to see
her taken down.
81 once met a beautiful and bril-
liant American woman on shipboard.
She talked splendidly, but she was
very positive-positive, indeed.
"'I am good reader Of faces,
she said one day at luncheon. On
first sight of a person I form my
opinion of that PERSONS character,
and I am never wrong. 1 am pos
itively never wrong
Mother her little boy called
shrilly from the other end of the
long table, where he sat with his
nurse.
"sWell, what is it, my son?' said
the mother, indulgently.
"And we all turned to hear what
the little fellow had to say.
Mother he piped out, I want
to know what was your opinion,
mother, when you first saw me-? -
New York Times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
Prize Georgia Hog.

The large hog exhibited at the
Georgia Carolina fair by Mr.. w. G.
Sibley, and which won the blue rib
bon, was killed last week at the Au-
gusta abattoir and it was the record
hog killed at this place since 1t open
ed.
It took seven negroes to handle
the hog after it had been killed, and
they claim they had hard Job. Mr.
Sibley dried up 10 pounds OF lard
from the hog and made 172 pounds
OF the finest sort of sausages.
The hog lacked eight days of be-
ing year old, and while it was not
weighed 1t is believed that it would
have tipped the scales at between
500 and 500 pounds. On. account of
Its being so young all Of the meat
was as sweet and tender as chicken.
Augusta Chronicle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
HOT FEELING PREVAILS.
Slayers of Druggist Taken to Savan-
nah for Safety.

Savannah, Ca, December 13.-So
intense was the feeling at Jesup, Ca,
during to-day and last night that, to
prevent a very probable outbreak,
Sheriff w. B. Lyons and his son,
Archie, deputy sheriff of Wayne
county, who killed M. Fleming
Smith, druggist, there Saturday
night, were made prisoners by the
coroner and hurried to Savannah for
safekeeping. Men stood around the
train with pistols in their pockets
and tears of rage streaming down
their faces. A small group Of the
sheriff's friends were prepared to
stand by him at any cost, but the
greater number of those at the de-
pot were open in their expressions
of anger because of the killing. 1t
is declared that more than 20 pistol
shots were fired at Smith, who was
struck five times and then beaten
down with the butt of a shotgun.
Smith died in the arms Of his fance,
begging her not to cry. A coroner's
jury found that the sheriff and his
son did "unlawfully and with malice
aforethought" slay Smith.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17

Another large cargo of salmon
has been received in Charleston by
direct shipment from the Pacific
coast, the steamer Hawaiian, of the
Hawaiian-American Steamship Com
pany coming in last Monday after
noon with more than 10000 cases,
consigned to H. G. Leiding. 1t was
only a few weeks ago that cargo
of nearly $4,000 cases was received
by a similar direct shipment from
Alaska, down the Pacific coast, over
the isthmus of Tehuantepec and then
up the Atlantic coast. The Hawaiian
began to discharge her cargo Tues
day and with a large force OF
stevedores at work the salmon will
be soon discharged and distributed
among local dealers and shipped into
the interior States.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
BAMBERG ): G, THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, 1908
SANTA CLAUS is REAL.
"Old Timer" Writes of the Friend
of All Good Children.

Kearse, December 14.-Only a
few more days and Santa Claus will
come with his sleigh loaded with
toys and Christmas presents, driving
his team Of reindeer, their bells jing-
ling at they prance and skip nimbly
from home to home, bringing JOY and
gladness to many a little boy and
girl, who on Christmas eve hang
stocking on the wall for old Santa
Claus to place for each little tot
what he sees best to give.
What a pity 80 many Of our little
folks doubt the old fairy, and the
Joy they lose by not hanging up a
stocking for the old man to fill, and
the keen delight on Christmas morn
ing, crisp and cold, to jump out of
a warm bed and run to see what
Santa Claus left for them!
Well does the writer remember with
pride the pleasure Of the happy time
when old Santa brought him nice
pair of little black boots with red
tops, placed by his stockings filled
with fruits and candies to the tops.
How he ran all over the place show
ing what he had received, and, Joy of
joys, the boots fitted to tee! How
proud when safely drawn on! How
he looked at this foot, then on that;
how he ran to the negro houses built
on a line and forming little street;
how they all laughed and admired
the little general as they called him!
Yes, little folks, believe in old
Santa, for it pays sometimes. Don't
smile a sickly smile and say as some
of the wise ones this age of material
ism has produced, 81 know" and by
so doing lose many a pleasant men,
ory in after years. Ask Ma and Pa
and your school teacher about old
Santa, and if they tell the little
ones he is myth and not a. true old
man, what then? Why they are an
enemy of the old man and the little
folks as well, and who are not their
friends are an enemy of their race
Yes, little folks make ready for San
ta Claus; talk and say good things
about him for the next few days,
and see if he does not come down the
chimney and leave something for
each of you. If you do not show
your faith by hanging up your stock
ing, he will go by with perhaps a
heavy heart to the next home; then
see him smile as he gently goes down
the chimney and on the wall he finds
his little friends. stocking waiting
for him.
Don't be afraid as were two young
men last week when they climbed
on the top of q house just built and
looking down the fiues of a chimney,
exclaimed: ''Too small for Santa
Claus to go down. for that made old
Santa Claus mad and one of them
took a slide and were it not for a
scaffold below he would have gone
to the ground, for small chimneys
do not trouble him at all.
Now, little folks, a merry Christ
mas and big stocking full from old
Santa Claus is the wish of your un-
known friend OLD TIMER.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
BOOKER T. NOT RESPONSIBLE.
Another Negro, not Washington, s.
cured Crum's Appointment.

Washington, December 13.-Rich-
ard Carroll, Of columbia, to-day told
The News and Courier correspondent
that Booker T. Washington had moth
ing to do either with Crum's appoint
ment or his recent reappointment
as the collector of the port of Char
lesion, that statements charging him
with influencing President Roose,
velt in the matter were erroneous,
and that another colored man OF
prominence and standing was re-
sponsible for the appointment.
Carroll believes that because OF
certain publications in which Wash
ington is charged with Crum's ap-
pointment, the former may get cold
reception when he goes to Charleston
to lecture next month. He does not
wish to give the name Of the man
who is responsible for the appoint
ment, but would probably do 80 to
protect Washington.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
STILL CAPTURED IN AIKEN.
Constable Samuels Seizes "Tussic"
Liquor and Apparatus.

Aiken, December 13.-Constable
Musco Samuels returned to the city
Friday afternoon from the Wagner
section, bringing with him legal
lon metal liquor still, which he cap
tured on Wednesday six miles from
WAGNER, on the other side of the
Edisto. The still, together with two
barrels of mash, was found In the
yard of Allan Jones, white man.
The still was covered up with sacks.
A search of the house revealed gal
lon of "tussic" liquor, worm and
cap for the still. No one was at
home when the raid was made. The
still was a small one and the indi-
cations are that is was used on the
fireplace.
This makes about the sixth or
seventh still captured by Mr.. Sam
uels in that vicinity recently. He is
one of the most vigilant officers In
the State and he is being warmly
congratulated by the people of the
county for his good work. He was
assisted in this capture by Mr.. J. Ray
Can't, the dispenser at Wagner.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
TRAGEDY IN CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Munro Mize, of Ravenna, Shoots His
DAUGHTERS Husband.

Gaffney, December 13.-One man
dead, one In Jail, and two desolated
families is the result Of q tragedy
which occurred at Ravenna, I'M this
county, about o'clock this morn
ing. Munro Mize, who lives on Mr..
T. G. Chalk's place, near Ravenna,
is a fiddler, and was invited to go
to q dance at the house of William
Reynolds to furnish music for the
occasion. John Gore, who married
Mize's daughter, and who lived IN
the house with Mr.. and Mrs. Mize,
was also invited to attend with MS
banjo. Mr.. Mize told The News and
Courier correspondent that when he
learned that Gore was to be of the
party, he at first refused to go, as he
knew there would be whiskey on the
premises, and that Gore was very
uuarrelsome when under its infiu-
ence. He allowed himself to be per-
suaded, however, and they went to-
the dance. Gore soon became In.
toxicated and began fussing. Mize
says that he stood it as long as ne
could, and finally left the house, Gore
following him, and that he (Mize)
got away from him to avoid trouble,
that, in going along path, Gore
caught up with him and did cut his
coat, whereupon he shot Gore. tHe
thinks he fired three times. This
occurred near the barn of Mr.. John
Fowler, who lives about one mile
from Mize's house. Persons who
saw Cores dead body say that he
must have diel instantly, and that
only one shot penetrated his person,
going through his heart. The coro-5
ner and the sheriff are on the scene
conducting an inquest, but Mize
came to Jail with Mr.. Wallace
Thompson and was placed behind the
bars by Deputy Sheriff Lfpscomb.
Mize's family consists of his wife and
two children, both of whom are mar
ried. Gore had wife and two chill
dren, one a babe in arms, and the,
other about two years of age. Per-
sons who know Mize say that he Is
one of the most peaceable men In the
world, and has never before been In
any trouble, while the dead man had
the reputation Of being very dis
agreeable and combative while un-
der the influence of whiskey.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Mem and Happenings.

The State Baptist Convention will
meet in Anderson next year.
A South Carolina fire insurance
company is to be organized in Green
Vile the first Of January. The CAPT.
tai stock will be s450,000, and the
organizers are prominent and veal
thy business men of Greenville.
A report reached Spartanburg that
Col. T. C. Duncan, formerly Of Union
but now of Tennessee, had organized
a company in that state and had pur-
chased the Aetna cotton mills at
Union. Col. Duncan was formerly
president of the Buffalo and Union
mills.
A difficulty occurred in Lancaster
last Saturday night between two
young farmers, Mr.. Cleveland Greg
ory, son of the late Cicero Gregory.
and Mr.. Baise Steele, son Of Mr..
Reese Steele, in which the former
used a knife, stabbing Mr.. Steele in
the neck. While the wound Is seri-
Gus, it is thought that the young
man will recover. The trouble was
about some turkeys.
There is a considerable sensation
on in Columbia just now over the
pending investigationof the Seminole
Securities Co., concern whose as
sets seemed to have consisted chief
ly of wind and alluring promises.
Smooth fellows peddled the stock of
this company all over South Caro-
lima, and some mighty good business
men got caught. Some Of the stock
was sold to parties in Bamberg, so
we understand. The plan of the con-
Germ we believe was to finance life
insurance company. Insurance Com
missioner McMaster got after them,
and now there Is to be an investiga
ton. .a
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
NIGHT RIDER CASE BEGUN
FINAL CHAPTER OF REELFOOT
LAKE MURDER BEGUN.
Eight Men Charged With Killing
Capt. Quentin Rankin--No DEM
onstration During the Day.

Union City, Tenn, Dec. Ia
With both the prosecution and the
defense announcing ready for trial,
the latter, however, under protest.
the concluding chapter in the pros
ecution of charge of murder
against the eight men held most re-
sponsible for the raids of the night
rider band of the Reelfoot Lake re-
gion was begun this afternoon.
The men on trial are: Garrett
johnson, Sam Applewhite, Roy Ran
som, Bud Morris, Fred Pinion,
Arthur Cloar, Tid Burton, and Job
Huffman.
With the court room crowded to
its capacity and the sympathies OF
those in attendance well divided, the
day passed without any demonstra-
tion.
Immediately after the men were
brought into court, the prosecution
announced itself ready, and formal
" requested the court to select the
Jury venire. The defense asked
that the indictments returned at the
October term of court, charging an
offense of less serious nature, be
first disposed of and that the sheriff
be permitted to select the jury
panel.
Judge Jones decided adversely to
the requests of Attorney Rice A.
Pierce, who appeared for the de-
fendants. Then the defense an
nounced that they were ready for
trial.
Judge Jones announced that he
would summon 800 men to be pres
ent at the opening of court We'd
nesday, at which time the work of
selecting the trial jury will be-
gin.
The court said that any one who
endeavored to disqualify himself for
Jury service would be guilty OF con-
tempt of court and punishment in
accordance would be inflicted.
During to-day's session Col. X.
u. Taylor, the associate of Capt.
Quentin Rankin, for whose murder
the men are on trial, was seated d.
rectly facing the accused.
The ordeal of the day passed
without show of emotion on the
part of the prisoners. With Col.
TAYLOR were q number Of his friends
from Gibson, while many friends Of
the alleged. night riders from the
lake region were also present In
numbers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
THE STORY DENIED.
j. Henry Garrison Has Not Gone to
Penitentiary.

Laurens, December 1.-THE re-
port in yesterdays daily papers that
J. Henry Garrison had abandoned
his appeal for new trial and had
already gone to the penitentiary to
serve his sentence for the killing of
J. Louis Williamson of the Bethes-
da neighborhood near Rock Hill, is
erroneous.
This correspondent called today at
the clerks Office and found that Gar
rison had not applied for commit
ment papers, which will be neces-
sary before he could begin his SEN
tence. Garrison was in Laurens
Saturday. While it is understood
generally, and the rumor is well
founded that Mr.. Garrison has aban-
doned his appeal and intends to
serve the sentence of two years I'M
posed by Judge Memminger, he nev-
ertheless has not taken any steps to-
ward that end, and the correspond
ence from Rock Hill is an error.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-17
COULD READ WRITING.
Resented Action of Yankee in Writ
ing Him Printed Letter.

IT. D. M. in Augusta Chronicle. ]
1 have picked this out ss yer
unique. 1t is clipped from an east
ern paper. It was written by an oil
fellow down in the mountains o
Kentucky to one of the largest wool
en- mills in New Jersey. It appear
be does not like the typewriter lei
ters sent him:
"Jentlemen-I want you to
understand that I amt no dam
fool when I bort that Bill from
that red headed eagent of yours.
He told me that you sent him
all the way from cyncynnita to
git that order. I thot he was
lyin and I bort all my goods from
the Jersey and he told me he
sold the Jersey and would sell
me just like he sold the Jersey.
Now you writes me a printed
letter and sez If send you the
munney you will send me the
goods. I recon you will, most
emmy durn fool I'D do that. 1
would not mind a Bit sendin
the munney and risk gettin the
goods, but when I recollect how
you and your eagent done me I
refuse to do it. If you would
of treated me right and rit
me letters in riting and not of
sent me the newspaper printed
letter like I was a dam fool and
could not read riten I would
have tuck the goods and pade
the cash. Now I don't want no
more of yore printed letters. I
wont stand sich from no house.
I am f1fty-six years ole the last
of next coming January and the
furst man has got to put my
back on the ground yit. may
not hav as much farming in
grammar as you got but I can
whip you or emmy uther dam
yanky that wants to try riten me
a printed letter.
yours truly