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vvvvx. ^v/ . ; ' . 1 - * * ^ : : The Bamberg Herald. ** r ESTABLISHED MAT 1st, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, E<Utor. , * Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. fos each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local ? Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or 011 subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. ? ? - ?~? Thursday, May 3,1900. Even the newspaper men seem to be -v. 1 ?? al* ?ix3^~ lai/i.m/k cnvdro 1 dUCUlUg lUtf UUlCC'llUlUillg IHU. uvhibi editors are going to be candidates for either the Senate or the House. Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, of Greenville, will probably be the candidate of the prohibitionists for governor. Re's a good man, but we doubt very much if he is ever elected governor. ^? Hon. C. W. Garris is being prominentv ly spoken of as a delegate, from the sec* ond district to the National Democratic * convention at Kansas City. It is an honor that he merits, and, should he become a candidate, will no doubt be one of the South Carolina delegation. The Bamberg Herald expressed the opinion that "somebody's official head would drop in the basket" as the result of f/y \ the investigation of the Charleston cussl torn house scandal. The Evenin? Post. IEin re-printing the paragraph, dissented gi from our view as to Tolbert's dismissal. f z It turned out that we were right, and the Post was wrong. We would only have been too glad to agree with our esteemed contemporary, but in this instance we believee the offense so flagrant that even a Republican ^administration could not afford to overlook it. Tortured a Witness. Intense suffering was endured by witness T. L. Martin, of Dixie, Ky., before be gave this evidence: "I coughed every Bight until my throat was nearly raw; then tried I)r. King's New Discovery . which gave instant relief. I have used it * in my family for four years and recom. mend it as the greatest remedy for coughs, colds, and all throat, chest and lung trouv bles. It will stop the worst cough, and I not only prevents but absolutely cures consumption. Price 50c and $1.00. Every bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free at Tbos. Black, J. B. Black and Bamberg p Pharmacy. Ehrhardt Echoes. Ehrhakdt, April 28.?Mr. Charlie Ehr' hardt went to Bamberg Monday. Mr. Tommie Pearlstine and Miss Rosa Pearlstine, of Bamberg, and Dr. Sam Berkman, of Charleston, spent a few days last week at Mr. T. D. Jones's, guests of Mr. T. L. Pearlstine. * , Mrs. O. M. Hiers and Miss Lucy Carter went to Bamberg last Monday. Sunshine is welcome after so much There was a pleasant quilting given at | Mr. Geo^ McMillan's last Saturday. Miss Rosa McMillan and her brother, Mr. Eddie,.are visiting their uncle, Mr. Carey McMillan, of Orangeburg oouAty. Messrs. G. E. and S. W. Copeland left here for Augusta, Ga., last Monday. Miss Edith Evans, of Branchville, is now at Ehrhardt, keeping millinery shop for R. Pearlstine & Sons. .Mr. Geo. Kearse went to Bamberg last ' Monday. Miss Effle Copeland, who has been visiting relatives in Orangeburg, returned . home last Saturday. c. Miss Maude Chisolm, of this town, left % ' here for Varnville to attend the marriage of Miss Susie Peeples. Miss Annie Ehrhardt, who has been very ill for several weeks is slowly improving now. Mrs. Henry McMillan is visiting her sister, Mrs. Bird, of Colleton county. Mr. and Mrs. 1*. D. Jones, and little son, Earle, spent last Tuesday night at Capt. J. W.Jennv's. Miss Minnie Daly, of Savannah, is visM iting at the residence of Rev. H. C. MouOur streets were worked last Monday ggf\;. and Tuesday. Hope they will be kept in first-class condition. Mrs, J. J. Copeland cut her first head - of cabbage Thursday before Good Friday. Rrar>|' - Mr. Charlie Ehrhardt, who has just had a new house put up, will move into it > .next week. gp? ^ Mr. Charlie Hartz is having his resi dence painted inside, fe' We need shades or curtains for our school building. f-jV Mr. Jacob Rentz, who has been sick, is now able to return to his work again. - 'Our school suspended' exercises last Ikv ; Thursday so that teachers and pupils : could go to that greatest of all picnics, & * the memorial. The crowd was large and : well behaved; speeches good; weather V fine, everything passed off pleasantly. ?| We won't attempt to report the picnic, as we saw Editor Knight there with his note j book and pencil. The speakers were Col. ' ? iUdrich and Mrs. "Virginia Young. Herbxrt Black. How's This. . We offer one hundred dollars reward i|: for any case of'catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. ? T c?n?VPY<fnn Prnne TnlPfln O rv- ? w>* * ~r~ > , . 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He was - #shoWin old Kentucky?and he did not cry ;* ^ * nor wince?five years past, and that same % fellow has been half shot ever since.?Ex. * A Card. * We guarantee every bottle of Chamber Iain's colic, cholera and diarrhoea remedy and will refund the money to any one ? who is not satisfied after using it. It is the most successful medicine in the world for bowel complaints, both for children v and adults- - THE MEMORIAL MEETING. The Leading Patriotic and Social Gathering of Bamberg County. Last Thursday the annual memorial meeting of the Rivers' Bridge Memorial Association took place at the grounds near the battle field where a handful of brave Confederates gallantly opposed an invading horde. The weather was all that could be desired, and it is thought that the gathering on this occasion was one of the largest ever assembled to do honor to our heroic dead. Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton and Hampton counties were well represented, and the number of visitors from Bamberg town was large. It is estimated that about 3.CMK) people were on the grounds. About twelve o'clock President McMilj lan called- the meeting to order, and prayer was offered by Rev. S. P. Chisholm. After music by the choir the presidiug officer made a short address and then introduced Col. Robert Aldrich, of Bamwell, as the orator of the day. We could not obtain a copy of his speech for publication. His subject was: "The Confederate Soldier, living and dead," and he give many instances showing that man}' profound scholars were private soldieis iu the Confederate army. The speaker also quoted extensive statistics giving an account of the most important battles of the war, showing the number of men engaged and the Confederate and Federal loss. He closed with the statement that living he cared for* no title other than a Confederate soldier, and dead, no grander epitaph than a Confederate sol dier. President McMillan then introduced Mrs. Virginia D. Young, who was to speak on "The Women of the Confederacy." The most of her speech is here printed: My Friends: It gives me satisfaction to be on your plattiorm as one of your speakers. * It is the first time in the history of the Rivers' Bridge Memorial Association that a woman has been invited to take part in the speaking; the first time that the heretofore voiceless or silent half of humanity has been called on to express itself in regard to those great persons and events, which this Association was formed to commemorate. And yet but for woman, would this Association have kept alive ? Fancy only men speaking to men, only men flaking the music, only men decorating the graves, only men providing the dinner. Of course some men are very good cooks, bat in this section of country it is mostly the women who have to get dinner, breakfast and supper?and what do men know about "custard pies," pound cake and the making of pickles? - Very little, except to eat them. Tnfly, in the best analysis we always find the world's work begins and ends in woman, "For man's work is from sun to sun, But woman's work is never done." Dear friends, as I look back upqp that tremendous episode in the history of nations?the rise and fall of the Southern Confederacy, t see in the perspective of every soldier the mother who brought him into the world, who nourished his. infancy, protected his childhobd, guided his boyhood, and inspired his manhood. And I know that the genius and courage of Lee and Jackson and Hampton, and indeed of all the world's great chieftains?of Washington, Napoleon, Wellington, Caesar, Alexander, were a heritage from their mothers, for the history of the race proves that great qualities are transmitted from mother to son, and from father to daughter; in other words nature reverses the sex of the inheritor. "Who keot alive the memory of Jeflfer son Davis as did his daughter, winsome Winnie?the adored daughter of the Confederacy ? And upon whom fell the mantle of Calhoun, but on his lame daughter, whose "Clemson bequest" was the nucleus from which sprung the great* industrial college for farmers' sons, called "Clemson College." I have never yet met a distinguished man (and it has been my good fortune to meet many) who did not, at my question, tell me "he took after his mother." * And how men lovd their mothers, even the worst of men, with a deep, touching pathetic love, purer than any other. A man may have several wives, and a multitude of children, brothers and sisters, but only* one mother. The women of the Confederacy were the breath of its life, it never could have gone on a year, a month, a day, without the toilers at home. Who fed the soldiers in the field, in camps of instruction, in the hospital ? Did you say the government ? No, it was, when you come to trace supplies to their sources, the women; for the wheat, corn, bacon, beef, rye, coffee, potatoes, peas, whether bought by the government or sent as gifts were all raised on the plantations and farms, and do you think that the work of the negroes on those farms and plantations would have gone on at all without the influence, the encouragement, the authority of the women of the Confederacy? Never! Not only did the women superintend the farm work, but those whose soft, white hands had never worked in all their lives before, labored then. Of course you know the story of how the "gray" cloth that clothed the Confederate soldiers was made?how the wives and mothers and sisters and sweethearts learned to card, to spin, to weave, and to knit. Old negro women, who had not lost those arts were brought to the white people's houses and installed as teachers to the fair faced matrons and maidens, who had been used to have servants tie their shoes for them. I think it was in those crucial days that a true conception of the dignity of labor dawned upon the Southern mind, and they began to detach from it tne notion of "menial." How can any labor be "meT OOTT ?r?*A TTA11 lYITT frionHc Uiai JL Daj UUtV/ J vu U1J a A tvuuw "Labor, all labor is noble and holy, Let thy good deeds be thy prayer to thy God." Not only did the women of the Confederacy farm, spin, weave, knit, but they had shoes made for the soldiers, for themselves and the negroes. On every large plantation there was a tannery, an'd here not only cow skins,and coon skins, and dog skins were tanned, but even the" dear domestic cat was called on to contribute her skin to make the softest, strongest, most pliable of gloves. Besides the shoes, and socks ana coats and pants and underclothes, there was still another untried field of labor, which the women of the Confederacy essayed and in which they succeeded wonderfully. This was the making of hats which they pleated of wheat and rye straw, of wiregrass, of shucks, and "in lower South Carolina of Palmetto. The women taxed their ingenuity in contriving substitutes for things to eat not grown in the country. Sugar was m^de from sorghum as well as sugar cane, coffee frv>m rye and potatoes, and rice cakes became the rage. They made corncob ashes do for soda. They made blacking out of a decoction of china tree berries' and so caused the ?. . i .L: ?? .. tfK.d, nome maae snoes 10 sum*- wnu a a^yusu black lustre. They kindled fires with flint and steel in place of matches, which, with many other luxuries, were only to be had by running the blockade. The women of the Confederacy, in place of steel pens, used goose quills, dipped in ink made of soot and molasses. There was a paper mill in the State, but the paper it turned out was not as good as the wrapping paper our merchants use to-day; but the women used it, and used wall paper, and the backs of old letters to write to the dear ones at the front thoughts that breathed in words that burned. The women became adepts in the preparation of healing herbs and medicines; opium from the poppy and quinine from white oak bark. Many women adventured their lives in running the blockade to get medicines for the hospitals. Especially wa8 this dangerous service undertaken by the Virginia women, who in va rious disguises would again and again manage to get through the enemy's lines into Washington. There are plenty of Major Andres among the women of the Confederacy?women who freely risked their lives* to gain information of the most vital import to our armies in the tiehl, and so risked being hung as spies. There was plenty of Emily Geigers among the women of the Confederacy as annears from the novels of John Esteu Cooke ami others, ami none of them were braver than our own Mary Yates Snowden, of Charleston, who on that fearful night, when Columbia was sacked and burned bore, sewed up in her skirts, the a>sets of the Calhoun monument fund. The saving of those assets resulted in the subsequent raising of an amount sufficient for the monument to South Carolina's mighty son, which to-day looks down upon the Citadel, in Charleston, the tinest military school in the South. Mrs. Snowden was one of the leaders among the women who clubbed together to send clothing and provisions to the soldiers in ramp as well as the sufferers in the hospitals. Tins organized work of women was the \ery beginning of women's club work in South Carolina. But as the acorn to the oak, how out-reaching to-day is the inflorescence of the idea which we see illustrated in the "Federation of Woman's Clubs," which met last week in Charleston. How evident is it now that to do effective work we must unite, we must recognize to oneness of humanity, and take in clearly that this great universe of divine energy is not a "diverse," and that k is liiipossioie ior us 10 naie or iujuic another being and not be hurt ourselves. The truth is "we reach infinity through the love of one, and loving this one we are in love with all." Well the women of the Confederacy loving their own soldier husbands and sons had love for all, and this love manifested in endless boxes and barrels of clothing and provisions sent to the men in the field and hospital. No count was ever kept of the number of women who acted as nurses, Which work some did in the field and city hospitals and many in their homes, for a sick or wounded soldier had the entree to every home and everywhere was nursed and cared for by the women as sons or brothers. Sometimes they were buried by women. Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey who willed her beautiful home, "Beauvoir," in Mississippi to Jefferson Davis, in her reminiscences tells a story of a dead Confedfederate soldier buried by two young white ladies. They heard that his dead body had been left when the Confederates retreated after a disastrous fight; so in their dugout (a kind of unsafe Indian canoe) they paddled down the Mississippi river to the Federal commander's camp, begged for the body, carried it away and buried it. The same girls had gone in their dugout to give warning to Harrison's pickets, and suspicion of their "disloyalty" getting into the Federal mind their home was burned and themselves ordered to go into the lines of the Southern army. Mrs. Dorsey said she saw them camped by the riverside with only a board shelter to keep off rain or sunshine, only a blanket to sleep on and a cashmere shawl to cover with, only cornbread and bacon to eat, but bright, brave and cheerful. On the 31st of July, 1897, the Confederate veterans of Edgefield and Saluda unveiled a monument to a woman-soldier, who had fought during four years, from 1861 to 1865, beside her husband and 9on in actual battles of the Confederacy. She was as good a wife, as devoted a mothert as womanly a friend to her fellow soldier as other women of the Confederacy, who stayed at home and spun and knit and wove and did the cooking and washing. And the testimony of the men who delivered the oration at the unveiling of the monument to Mrs. Lucinda B. Home, was that "she was not only a brave soldier, but a good, pure, lovable woman in all the relations of life." Mrs. Horne was elected an honorary member of the Confederate Veterans' Association at Greenwood in 1894, and dying a year later, her comrades raised funds and paid for a monument to perpetuate her war record. An ounce fact is worth a pound of theory, and the facts of Mrs. Home's history prove that women can light and not be de-womanized. This fact is attested by the history of the race, which shows that in his earlier evolution the human being shares his lighting responsibilities with his woman mate. Not only is this characteristic of barbarous men, but of primal race conditions, as is attested by the war now going on betweeen the Boers and the British in South Africa. We hear of a Boer bride and groom who spent their honeymoon on the firing line, each with a Mauser rifle and were happy. To return to the women of the Confederacy?a pitiful little story is told of one in Richmond, Ya., whose husband had been in the trenches before Petersburg during all that last terrible winter of the war and never had a furlough to run over to Richmond even to see his first-bom?a little son, but "now he was coming home for a day or two, furloughed at last, and the wife was expecting him, looking her prettiest, the pretty baby cosily asleep in his cradle, a smoking hot supper on the table?the combined offerings of several friends, a juicy ham, a plate of elegant biscuits, some golden butter, plum preserves and a pot of genuine mocha coffee. There came a sound of wheels and hurried steps on the ground. The wife flew to open the door, to emDrace ner soiaier husband. A stranger stood there and held out a telegram. She read the fatal words: "Your husband was kibed in the trenches before Petersburg this afternoon at 3 o'clock." "Whieh braver those who haste away Or those who stay behind ? The soldier hurrying to the front, Or wife with tears half blind ? The shot that strikes the soldier down, The gunner ne'er divined, Had pierced with even deeper wound The poor wife left behind." Such women as the exigencies of those terrible times developed was illustrated in that great woman, Mrs Mary Yates Snowden, of Charleston, S. C., who was not only the founder of the "Ladies' Memorial Association of South Carolina," which established the custom of decorating the soldiers' graves, but the founder of even a nobler memorial?"The Confederate Home in Charleston for the Widows and Daughters of Confederate soldiers." At that Confederate home school 1,500 daughters of Confederate soldiers have been educated through the high and benevolent intent of Mrs. Snowden, who in starting the project mortgaged her own home for $1,800 to pay the lirst years' rental. A young girl named Mary Lansing, whose father and brothers were with Gen. Lee at the surrender, had been detained at her home on the Fort Motte plantation at the time Sherman's army n?ssinc- through our State, in her "* f O G firm resolution to save the family valuables from the raiders. Alone in the house save for the colored people who loved her, she faced the brutal camp followers, who made Sherman's passage an opportunity for pillage. Her presence saved the house, and kept the colored people together. Later on towards April she demined to go to Columbia, whither she had sent her younger sisters before the raid to be cared for by an aunt. She set out for Columbia, twenty miles distant, with "Daddie John," the venerably family butler. The Congaree was in floodfreshet, and the only crossing was by the trestle, which yet remained of the bridge burned by the Confederates in their retreat. But the trestle did not reach the shore, there was considerable water that had to be crossed before reaching the tirst big post where the trestle began. A Confederate soldier was keeping the ferry, rowing out the occasional men travelers who were iure-footed enough to brave the walking of the'trestle. He positively refused to carry Mary Lansing to the trestle post, on which he had nailed some cross pieces; he told her it would be certain death. She offered him a diamond ring?a family heir loom, but he asked, "Did the Yankees go where you were?" "Yes," she replied and told him the story of her experiences. When she had finished the soldier said: . If you could face them raiders you can walk that trestle." He refused her diamond ring, but rowed her out to the big post withgi "God bless you." She climbed like a squirrel i and went over safely. 1 The Sphynx of old Egypt was a wo- i man. The ideal of wisdom with the old i Romans was Minerva, goddess of wisdom, i How are our warships named ? Do we speak of them as he's or she's? And the States of this union?even the most belligerent, South Carolina, is a she. "('a o-. lina, Carolina, Heaven's blessing? attend her." After the addresses, the grave was decorated with flowers, and shortly afterwards the crowd divided itself up into irrrmns for dinner About four o'clock the crowd began to break up, and those from Bamberg arrived home a little after dark. notes. There was no drunkenness that we noticed, and the only unpleasant feature of the occasion was the tiring of pistols down in the swamp, especially while the addresses were being delivered. The refreshment stands and merry-goround did a rushing business. Lots of pretty women were present, and many handsome costumes were worn. At a business meeting of the Associaheld just before the speaking commenced, the editor of The Bamberg Herald and the speakers of the day were elected*honorary members, an honor which we highly appreciate. It was our pleasure to meet many of BaujJwrg county's best people here, some of whom we already knew and counted as our friends. Many tine farms were seen along the route. On the way down we spent Wednesday night at Mr. M. N. Rice's, and saw, for the first time in our life, a pecan gro.ve of any size and a large asparagus bed. Mr. Rice'has five acres in asparagus; the bed is now six years old and pays well. He ships most of it to the principal Northern cities, but was shipping to Asheville, N. C., when I was there. He has two pecan groves, both of which comprise about twenty-nve acres. Not all of the trees are old enough to fruit largely, but he sells the product of the oldest trees at 35 cents per pound. A Keen Clear Brain. ' Your best feelings, your social position or business success depend largely on the perfect action of your stomach and liver. Dr. King's New Life Pills give increased strength, a keen, clear brain, hfgh ambition. A 25 cent box will make you feei like a new being. Sold by Tho9. Black, J. B. Black and Bamberg Pharmacy. Cnrreut Events, Twelve pounds is the weight of the new automatic machine gun under inspection in the United States army. It fires "450 shots a minute and can be carried by one man. Admiral Dewey confirms that interview published to the effect that he will accept the presidency of the United States should the American people desire him to fill that office. On April 6 Lord Roberts reported that five companies, of British troops were captured by the Boers near Bathany. The House naval affairs committee has reported in favor of paying $545 a ton for armor plate, and the big firms are willing to furnish it' at that rate. Last year, when prices generally were much lower, the firms asked exactly the same rate. Bishop Potter has returned from the Philippines and states that a study of conditions there has convinced him that expansion is all right. The signal service of the army is making a complete system of telephone and telegraph communication for the islands of Luzon, with cables across Manila bay and Lagoon bay. Gen. Wm. Ludlow, who has been at the head of the military department of Ha\ana city, Cuba, has been ordered home, and Lieut. Col. Hugh. L. Scott, of the U. S. Volunteers, has been assigned to duty at headquarters of the division of Cuba. By order of the president, the control of the Dry Tortugas Islands off the southern extremity of Florida has beejj transferred from the war department to the navy department. Hereafter it is to be exclusively a coaling station for pur navy. Secretary of War Root, has sent to the Senate the report of the engineers and architects approving a plan for the memorial bridge over the Potomac between Washington and Arlington. The estimated cost is $3,630,672, but improvements recommended by the board add more than a million dollars to this. A decrease of 25 per cent, in the manufacture of cigarettes in New York State is reported by the internal revenue collector for 1899. ' Frank H. Cushing, one of the most original and successful scientists ever ' connected with the government bureau of ethnology, died at Washington last Tuesday, aged 42. The famine continues its devastating work in Iudia and there are now 5,000,000 people dependent on the government. Local elections were held in New Jersey last Tuesday with some notable gains by the Democrats on local issues. Jersey City went Democratic by 5,200 majority. The Idaho prohibition convention mit on April 6 and nominate Miss Amapda Whey, of Boise, for representative, among others composing the prohibition ticket. The Populists of Alabama, in conference this week, have agreed to put a full ticket in the campaign this year on the platform advocating the whiskey dispensary system which has been adopted in South Carolina. Frederick E. Church, one of the most famniisi of American landscane Dainters. j died at.New York April 7, in his 75th year. A bill has been passed by the lower house of the Japanese imperial diet, prohibiting persons under twenty years of age to smoke and imposing a tine on offenders and on persons who sell tobacco to them. It is learned from leaders of the Republican party at Washington that the name of Gov. Roosevelt, of New York, will not be fuither considered as a candidate foi the vice-presidency along with President McKinley. A great army of laborers is now at work on the rapid transit tunnel for New York city. The navy department has contracted with the Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat Co. for the construction of several submarine boats like the one named Holland for its inventor. For the Holland the government is to pay $150,000 and < fixes the price of $175,000 for any boats of the Holland type to be purchased hereafter. Nettie Daxxelly. A Fast Bicycle Rider Will often receive painful cuts, sprains or bruises from accidents. Buck leu's Arnica Salve will kill the'pain and heal the injury. It's the cyclist's friend. Cures chafing, chapped hands, sore lips, burns, ulcers and piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 1 25c. Try it. Sold by Thos. Black, J." B, 1 Black and Bamberg Pharmacy. < i * % > I consider it not only a pleasure but a iuty I owe to my neighbors to tell about the wonderful cure effected in my case by the timely use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I was taken with tlux and procured a bottle of this remedy. A few doses of it effected a permanent cure. I take pleasure in recommending it to others suffering from that dreadful disease.??T. \V. Lynch, Dorr, W. Va. This remedy is sold by all druggists and medicine dealers. CANDIDATES' CAKDS. " FOR CONGRESS. 1 will he a candidate for re-election to Congress front the Second Congressional District, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Respectfully, W. JASPER TALBERT. FOR STATE SENATOR. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the State Senate, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. S. Ct. may FIELD. I respectfully announce myself as u candidate for State Senator from Bamberg county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. J. B. BLACK. FOR THE LEGISLATI RETI respectfully announce myself a candidate for election to. the House of Representatives from Bamberg county, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. JOHN F. FOLK. # * I take this method of announcing ray candidacy as a member of the House of Representatives from Bamberg county, subject to the action of the Democratic ' primary election. E. T. LaFITTE. I hereby announce myself as a'candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic, primary. J. R. AicCORMACK. FOR CLERK OF COURT. ^ I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. C. B. FR]?E. FOfTSHEmFF. ? I hereby announce myself as a candidate for election to the office of Sheriff of Bamberg county, and will abide the will, of the people as expressed at the Democratic primary. JOSEPH H. LANCASTER. We hereby announce C F Rentz, of Ehrhardt, a candidate for Sheriff of Bamberg county, subject to the rule9 and regulations of the Democratic primary. MANY FRIENDS. I take this method of announcing my candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Bamberg county, promising to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. J. B. HUNTER. FOR TREASURER. The friends of J. Alfred Chassereau place him in nomination for the office of County Treasurer of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. ? I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for the office of County .Treasurer of Bamberg county, subject to the action of the Democratic party. J. DICKINSON... I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for the office of Treasurer of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of tho Democratic primary. JEFF. B. SMITH. AUDITOR & SUPT. EDUCATION. The many friends of Joe J. Brabham, hereby announce him as a candidate for County Auditor of Bamberg, pledging him to submit to the will of the people as expressed at the Democratic primary. ' I announce myself a candidate for reelection to the office of County Auditor of Bamberg county, promising to abide the result of the Democratic primary. W. E. SEASE. , At the instigation of very many people, I take pleasure in announcing myself a candidate for Auditor and Superintendent of Education of Bamberg county, pledging myself to faithfully perform all duties that mav come before me and to abide the result of the Democratic primary. W. W. LIGHTSEY. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for the office of Auditor and Superintendent of Education for Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democraticnorimary. K. W. D. RO\VELL. I respectfully announce myseif a candidate for County Auditor and Superintendent of Education of Bamberg county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. I. G. JENNINGS. " COUNTY supervisors Having served as foreman of Bamberg county's chain gang for six months, and as captain of same for fifteen months I herebv announce to my friends my candidacy for Countv Supervisor, and am willing" to abide their decision and the rules of the Democratic primary. P K. HUGHES. 1 hereby announce my candidacy for the office of County Supervisor of Bamberg county. I will abide the result of the Democratic primary, and support the nominees of the party. W. H. COLLINS. The friends of W. T. Cave hereby announce him as a candidate for County Supervisor of Bamberg county, suhject to the action of the Democratic primary. 1 announce myself a candidate for Supervisor of Bamberg county, before the Democratic primary, and promise to abide by the rules governing the same. March 20, lbOO, E. C. BRUCE. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office o. County Supervisor, subject to the rule igoverning the Democratic primary. GEO. H. KEARSE. March 5,1900. * JUDGE OF PRO EAT I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of .Tiu'or* of Probate* for Bamberg couutv. w ? ^ w ' subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. B. W. MILEY. FOR CORONER. ~ Thanking my many .friends, for their past favors in the last election, I ask a continuance of the same. I hereby announce myself for re-election to the office of Coroner of Bamberg county, subjectto the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. A. W. BESINGER. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Coroner of Bamberg county, sub{'ect to the rules and regulations, of the )emocratic primary election. GEORGE WOLSEY SYMOND8. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Coroner of Bamberg count}', subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. G. B. AYER, Olar, S. C. I respectfully anuounce myself as a candidate for Coroner of Bamberg coun-< ty, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. JOE B.G1LLAM. I announce myself as a candidate for Coroner, and ask the support of my friends. I will abide the result of the Democratic primary. JAMES H. ZEIGLER. I am a candidate for Coroner of Bamberg county, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. J. G. RENTZ. # :'y. % i 4 Look lot the Waffling* Heart disease kills suddenly, but never-without warning. The warnings may be faint ana brief, or may be startling and extend oxer many years, but they are none the less certain and positive. Too often the victim is deceived by the thought, "it will pass away." Alas, it never passes away voluntarily. Once installed, heart disease never gets better of itself. If Dr. Mller Heart Cure is used in th^ early Jt^ges recovery is absolutely certain in every ease where its use is persisted in. "For many years I was a great sufferer from heart disease before I finally found relief. I was subject to fainting and sinking spells, fullness about the heart, and was unable to attend to my household duties. I tried nearly every remedy tliat was recommended to me and doctored with the leading physicians of this section but obtained no help until I began taking Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. It has done me more good than all the medicine I ever took." mrs. anna nolluwai, G?neva, IncL Dr. Miles' Heart Cure is sold at all druggists on a positive guarantee. Write for free advice and booklet to fir. Milan Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Come ?i See PARAGON,Jr. /The fine black Spanish Jack, owned by J. D. Quattlebaum. This Jack stands 15 hands high, anjl is a perfect model of his kind. Paragon, Jr., was bred by Allen & Oldham, of Tennessee. His sire, Paragou, Sr., was imported direct from Spain, and cost the Company $2,500.00 His dam, was by the Great Native Black Sam, the finest, native Jack in Tennessee, of the Belknap family of Jennetts. Paragon, Jr., will make the season at Bamberg. For further information call on or write to , J. D. QUATTLEBAUM, Bamberg, S. C. NOW I CAN SEE! Where did you get your Specks from T. C. ROUIS, Railroad Avenue, Bamberg, S. C. * He keeps a large* stock of Spectacles and can surely suit you with a pair. He also carries a large stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY, which he offers great bargains in. ENGRAYIKG A SPECIALTY. IANOLDPLACE j MADE NEW... Having purchased a portion of the lot opposite Bamberg Cot ton Mills, which has been the. hub of the carriage industry in Bamberg for so many years, I have erected th?reou shops well suited for CARRIAGE WORK and have determined to again make this old stand the most attractive place for Jou to have ! your wants properly adjusted. I shall employ none but experienced and trusty help. Couple this-fact with my life long experience and a desire to serve you well is what I have to offer. Send or bring us your business. We are now ready. We do anything pertaining to carriage work, and build to your order. Try us. You will find us prompt, liberal, and reliable. Faithfully yours, D. J. DELK. ENGINES, BOILERS GINS and PRESSES. Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and Fertilizer Mill Outfits: also Gin Press Cane, Mill and Shingle outnts. kuuciing, Bridge, Factory, Fnrnace and Railroad Castings; Railroad, Mill, Factory, and Machinists' Supplies. Belting, Pack ing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files Oilers, Etc., cast every day. Work 150 hands. Loibsrd Into W'ks Supply Go AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Foundry, Machine, Boiler and Gin Works. Renairing Promptly Done The Largest and Most Complete Establishment South. GEO. 8. HACffi & SOU. ?Manufacturers of? Doors, Sash, Blinds Moulding, Building Material. Sa9b Weights aud Sash Cord. Office and Ware Rooms King St., op posite Cannon St. Charleston, S. O. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty ? ??fc?J?? ??? IBlood Tells I | : S Yes. it is the index to health. If you & have had bad blood you are likely to ^ learn that you have Rheumatism, ft ;^s one of tlie- most horrible diseases to which mankind is heir. If this dis- ^ i.vJ ease" has just began its work, or if & !-J you have been afflicted for years, ? (y you sbould^at once take the wonder- S" 3 ful new cure, & 4 | RHEUMACIDE | V- Thousands have been cured. The '>) Spring season is the best time to take ft) |S a rheumatic remedy. Nature will & & then aid the medicine in effecting a \ . (v permanent, constitutional cure. Peo-I % pie with bad blood are subject to ca- & j tarrh, indigestion, and many other Sj s ft) diseases. To l>e liealthv the blood ft1 v [gn.ust Impure. RHEUMACIDE is^ t the prince of blood, puritiers. Sold N) ( ft) by Bamberg Pharmacy; at Ehrbardt ft i '-ft by Reynolds Drug Co. Price $1.00. 5 J FORJIIE. j One twenty-horse return tubular boiler J and tifteen-horse power Watertown entrine. fl One 30-inch and one 36-inch portable J grist mills. Abo one 40-saw gin, feeder, and condenser. All in good shape. Applv to i J. U. JENNINGS, Bamberg, 8. C. j A Beautiful < Spring Bonnet \ Is a woman's delight, and a thing pleasant to look upon: If. you want | a hat of the latest sha^e, trimmed in the most fashionable style, visit our store. We have them and the prices are attractive. Spring Silks, f We are showing the prettiest line of silks ever seen in Bamberg. All shades and prices. :A waist made of these silks is a necessity to the well dressed woman. White Goods. 9 A look through our white goods will be interesting and .profitable. Come to see them. We will take pleasure in exhibiting them, and yon will not be bored to boy. I .aces. etc. Our stock is complete, and the prices are beyond the whisper of competition. Beautiful line of allover embroideries. Notions. We have everything necessary to oatfit a lady complete. Of course we can't attempt to mention the thousand and one articles we have, but it is sufficient to say our line is entirely complete. The best kid glove for $1 in town. . * , rirs. M. L. Counts. WE ARE i SELLING'EM! Already we have sold more horses and mules this winter than ever before in any one season. The reason is plain: The people know we only handle the best class of stock. ill just in, both horses and mules. Webave earned the reputation of furnishing the pedple fancy drivers. When you need stock, come to see us. Yours for business, junta BKuintaa. iThe Eastern Question concerns some of us but the question of Finn UNfltJRAlUOB is of vital interest to all. The man who neglects to carry a policy covering residence, business premises, stock, etc., is as benighted as the ''heathen Chinee." The cost iaa mere trifle when the benefits are considered. We represent companies which are solvent, liberal and prompt. J0H1T P. POLE, The Fife Insurance Agent. HERMAN L. SPAHR I ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, I . r BAMBEBG, S. C. i * ' tyOfficea over Bamberg Banking Co. S. G. MAYFIELD, e ATTORNEY AT LAW, i BEN MARK, S. C. DENTIST.. Will be pleased to serve the ' 1 people. Office op stairs iu the 3 building next to bank, 1 F, F, JOHNSON, L. C: 1NGLIS, B. W. MILEY, ' Referee in Bankruptcy. Probate Judge. INGLIS? MILEY, . Attorneys at Law. ? BAMBEBG, 8. C. a c Will practice in the Courts of the State. c Prompt attention given to collections. j . \ r- : ; , ,. . . . - >>, ' ' ' 'V:v'* ' ' '* 0 \ v /.' .VSv-'v" - ""' .' ' *f' . .v ro THE PUBLIC... I have one of the largest stocks of General Merchandise in Bam- ? berg county, and, while I am doing a large business, I want to do still more. I wish to invite, through this paper, the * $ trading public of Bamberg and * Barnwell conn ties to make my store headquarters, where they will always begladlv welcomed. /1 have a full stock of -t 3ENERAL MERCHANDISE nclndinff Drv Goods. Notions, Hats, 3h(k\s, Clothing, Dress" Goods, H?rdvare, Crockery ware, Tinware, Drags .rroceries, etc, I also handle the jest makes of BUGGIES and WAGONS, harness, and Sewing Machines. I lave also just added to mv stock fe rull line of Coffins and Caskets. * ; Hlairr asfl Dress Gotds.. My Millinery and Dress Goods ;|gg Department is under the managenent of Miss Bettie Matthews, who m s with me penpaneutly, and who will be pleased to serve her many* Friends: Soliciting yoor future lit ;ral patronage, I am Yonrs truly, v C. F. RIZER, OLAR, S. C. IF YOU WiNT A PIANO. ORGAN, or any othter Musical Instrument, Music Books, or Sheet Music, write to the ? Marchant Music Go. ORANGEBURG, S, C. who will give von as low prices and as euy" < terms as any house in Amerrca. SOUTHERN RAILWAY*'. *?irOoadwmd Scheduto te Effect Jan- IT, IMt fci"p?i'[ nS?|i>?fr ?20p 7OOa Lr... Charleston ..'.At 21 Kn 8Up 568p 741a ..8nmmarvil|a.. ** 1088a Tap 7iip 856a " ...Branchvlila. " 910a 6<*fc T68p 928a "...Owtmn..." 841a 5?P 84BplOUa " ....Bngrflla...." 7 Ha 448? U 48a At ..Sumter Lv 800p U 40a " Camden Lv 2?p 980p 1100a At... Oolumbia.... .Lv 710a 62ap 700aLv.. .Charleston .-Arjll liaj 815p 723p 916a " ...Braachriila... u. 8ttd flOOp -M T40p 9*40a "....Bamberg-...*4 8*2 ?8to "M Stffip 9 5ya 44 ? Denmark ? 44 8li2 619p 82upl0 07a M Black vlll? 800aj 308p OttpUOOa 44 Aiken 44 tOBsjSflp I080l4u WAr.Angiistann.dJjT'4 6202 81flp NOTifi: In addition to the above mcrica trains Nos. 15 and 16 run daily between Charier tonand Columbia, carrylngeleirant Pullman .' & Sleeping cars. No. 16 leave Charleston 11 :00b. m.; arnro Columbia 6:00 am. Na M leave (fir Itimbia lUJOa m.; arrive Charleston 7:00 a m. Bleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9:00 p.m. now at Charleston and Ooluiibla. These train* make close oonneoiiona at Odtoznhia vnhr v through trains between Florida paints and -* Washington and the mat. Connection with trains Nos. 31 and 82 New York and ftorida limited between Blackrille, Aiken and A* gusts. Na 81 leaves Blackrille at 8:40 A hl, Aiken 930 a. m.. Augusta 10:1*1 am. Na S feeree Augusta 6.25 pTm., Aiken 7jOB ja aw 1y? Bteckrillt; 7.56 p. m. Pullman DrawinfBoom Sleepers betireen Augusta, Aiken aai New r ?^ t*x. Sun. (Ex- jM Bun, onlyi Bun. Lv. Augusta 7Q0a| 080a lib ' Ar. Sandersrilis 100pl2?p Slip 44 Tennlilfa 180pt1360p 8tt? Lr. Tennille 540* 8ttp 819p 44 8andersville j 530a, 400p Sfflp Ar. Augusta. f 52 TlOp! *?* Lr. Savannah.... 1205a 121?p 410p ?? \ 44 Allendale. ?86e 505s 44 Barnwell ... 4fl0a 402p 7 26a 754p 4Us 44 Blackrille.,. ilia 417pt015a 8Mp 7IBs Ar.Batesburg... ...... ...... 1230p ... Ar.Oolumhla37 600a 6C0p....^ 088pllM? * ' -y?-???- ?? ' Lt. Columbia...., 1180a 12St SOua ..r.._ t Oif - ^ LA. Batesburg 21flp Ar. Blackrille.... J 12p 306a 1016a 4S0p Ss5a M BamweU.... 12Tp 82ua|110o3 015p 84S? 44 Allendale..... 4 1<?2 043p 9 IBs " Barannah..... 820p 515a|-.-\Tt UP88? Atlanta aid Beyond. * = ?: - Lit. unarteeton^ ir.liuwtt ?... llfilalOSJp .44 Atlanta 8 30p itti . Lt. Atlanta. llOOp 630a 400p dggftgK Ar. Chattanooga... 6i5a| 946aj Sfly* Ax! ^Lrmingham... ..**! U 8a Moip " Mamplua, (viaBirmingham)... MSp ji Ar. Lexington fOOp 5 GO* - Cincinnati. ....... T?p T?ft 5g?ll - Chicago... 7lS 580| ^ Ar. Louisville... T8Bp 79k - 8t. Loola 7flta tflOj Ar.Itonphla. (via Chattanooga).7 lOp 7 40* Ta ^aharllU-Ciacinmati-LoniaTilla. Wmim. . |g^|Sg ;J||1 Lv.Charieeton........ ftSmip Lt. Colombia (Union Depot).., 1180a Hfft Ar. Spartanburg 8Mp 12 Mk * " Asheville 7Q0p 3tip t " Knoxville. 4 lwu T33w " andnnnsti. 789p 7 2 " Lonlarllle (via JaDteo).. 8 Ha To WkiUagtoa and the Eaat.. " Lt. Aofoata. 9Mp) ?sK M Bat dab org... itfpltWa " Ooluaataa (Union Depot) 6 Hp 116a Ar. Qhariotte. 9Mp >48a S Ax.Danville....... !T. Bft>TS1"'#" Ar.BiohmQpd ..T Tflit ^ ffiSSSHi-E.- E.T? 25' " Philadelphia. lllB 2Ma " Now York . .'. " tObtH 6 Hi V| Sleeping Oar Line between fherteahw ani Atlanta via Augnsta. making oonneettona at Atlanta for all patn^orSr& Weat Solid Traina pctnuen fTharteatna and Aaba HDa. Ooaneortens at Colombia with through teniae For Washington and the Beat; aleoforJactaow rille and all Florida Point*. FRANKS. GANNON, J. X. OULP. -Wm Third TP.iCkK Mgr., Traffic Manager,. Waahirgtof, D. O Waahington^X O GBOBGJC B. ALLBN, ? - ' ^ ni* Wm Aft. jgH CbtrlMtoii, 8.0. * -j&i H . A. TUBE, 8. H. HARDWKJE, Gea. Pms. Agt., Asst. Gen. Pm?. Aft, . Jga VuhlngtoB, D. 0. Atiuta,at. ''After suffering from severe dyspepsia >ver twelve years and using many remidies without permanent good I finally ' ook Eodol Dyspepsia Cure, It did me o much good I recommend it to jtveiy ne," writes J. E. Watkins, Clerk and Re- -If v? order, Chillicothe, Mo. It digests what. ? ou eat, Bamberg Pharmacy. ^ ^ ...