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fe'" gx . C..; " ' i" i The Bamberg Herald. ESTABLISHED NAY 1st, 1891. Am W. KNIGHT, Editor. \ Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for 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 on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. ? Tbarsday, May 31,1900. figpi " Congress has passed the bill authorizing the removal of the naval station from Port Royal to Charleston. We are sincerely glad, that, as it was to be moved, Charleston gets the station. The people who are in favor of whiskey have already begun to talk prohibition and electioneer for Col. Hovt If prohibition would cartail the use of whiskey, does any reasonable man suppose they would advocate it ? IWe have received the souvenir edition of the Laurens County News, and while it contains a good deal of matter, the mechanical work is so poor as to detract greatly from the edition. From the number of advertisements, we judge it must have been a paying venture. The prohibitionists have nominated Col. James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, as their candidate for governor. "While we respect the Col. as a man, this paper will - oppose him as a candidate. However, he is the best man the cold-water party could have put forward, unless it be Joel E. Branson, a man who has fought for the cause of prohibition all his life. In order that our position may not be misunderstood, we want to say that none of the articles published by the various newspapers defending the Charleston Exposition have in the least changed our opinion as to the injustice of appropriating the money of the people to any such purpose, and in due time we shall oppose the making of such appropriation j by the legislature. The prohibition conference which met & in Columbia fast week and nominated candidates for governor and lieutenant governor was not largely attended, and Troirr littij* wnthnsiftcm mnnifpfitwi TTfVU' r: ever, the prohibitionists are good people 0'*-' (those of them who are sincere.) What ,Tr we despise is these fellows who talk proU-. hibition, but sneak off behind a corner and drink all the mean whiskey anybody |p.;' will give them. The following, clipped from the Orangeburg Times and Democrat, is gospel truth, and expresses our sentiments exactly: "The old adage <hat politics make gfeV; V strange bedfellows is certainly being versjiv ified in the fight against the dispensary. 0 V Under the prohibition banner will be ^ found many of the old bar-keepers that the dispensary knocked out, high license and local option advocates, as well as honest and sincere prohibitionists. The first three classes will give Col. Hoyt _ more votes than the prohibitionists will." This paper seems to have stirred up a hornet's nest by a reference to a State apjr*"; ' propriation to the Charleston Exposition. The big dailies and little weeklies have jumped on us with both feet. To pay attention to each one would consume sev\ eral columns of valuable space, and we |p do hot care to be charged with wishing free advertising. Then, too, some of the friends of the Exposition seem to think 0- * that agitation of the question will result t; in harming the enterprise. They seem . afraid that the idea may go abroad that ^ there is opposition in South Carolina to iH u*e iiixposuson useu, inereiure we wiu ?ffot discuss the subject further at this . time. The Mount Pleasant Picnic. The Lutherans, sturdy descendants of those orave Germans who followed Luther, are renowned for their liberality, their hospitality and their cordiality. All three of these sterling qualities were exemplified in the annual picnic of Mount Pleasant Luthe ran Church, held on the church grounds on Thursday last, about a mile and a half west of the thriving | town of Ehrhardt. The Germans are * good livers and their descendants in the Ehrhardt section have improved on old methods. There were at least 1200 people present at the picnic on Thursday last, all ate to repletion, and the edible fragments that*were gathered up would have fed as many more. They had lemonade?free to all?by the barrel, and no one was allowed to go away thirsty or hungry. H|, The particular church festival which this picnic annually commemorates is Ascension Day, when our Lord and Savior, having completed his earthly mission, was taken up to the court of the Father who had sent him. yPreceding the carnally gastronomic exercises of the day there were appropri. ate religious services in the church which was crowded to the doors. There was a fervent prayer, breathing good fellowship, by Rev. J. H. Wilson, pastor of the church, music bv the choir and then the address of welcome to the picnickers by Mr. S? W. Copeland, of Elirhardt and a jjk-' supplementary welcome bySunday-school Superintendent King. Then followed the annual address by Rev. S. P. Chisholm, of the Baptist church, more singing, and a very felicitous and happily worded announcement that "dinner wast ready" which duty, the pastor. Rev. Mr. Wilson, declared had devolved upon him foi countless Ascension Days. There was an unspoken wish that he might be spared for many Ascension Days to come to make the same welcome announcement. Married at Augusta. Mr. William K. Sease, the popular . manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company's office in this city, was married in Augusta on Wednesday to }Iiss Mamie Shecut, the daughter of Mr. J. C. Shecut, of that city. Miss Shecut was a resident of Orangeburg for some time up to about a year ago, and her many friends in Orangeburg will be glad to welcome her back again. The marriage was a i^uiet affair and the couple came to Orangeburg on the train Wednesday night. Mr. Sease is the son of Mr. W. G. Sease, of this city, and stands well ,as a young business man.?1Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The Mr. Sease mentioned in the aboye article is a nephew of Capt. W. E. Sease, County Auditor, and has a good many relatives in Bamberg county. e V SHE U m BE. i People and Places Within 20; Miles of Bamberg. FARMERS AM) THEIR FARMS. What a Staff Correspondent of The Herald Saw and Heard Aloug the County's Highways and Byways. Lees, S. G\, May 30. "Madam! This is the greasiest country in the world." The other day the venerable wife of that public spirited citizen and best of farmers, Captain J. C. McMillan, in relat ing some of the trying experiences she passed through durin'g the war, quoted this as the vehement expression of one of Sherman's plundering soldiers, who stopped at her house on that famous victorious march, which left in its wake desolation and the other horrors of war's devastation. The Ehrhardt section has always been noted as the land of corn and wine, of milk and honey, but this naive reference to its always abundant meat product has kept me busy thinking for the past two or three day. In putting my experiences on paper weekly, I find difficulty, not in noting interesting facts and incidents, but in culling from, the mass of material gathered during six days' swing (I always rest on Sunday) sequent matter enough to make a letter on some particular subject. Since the big picnic at Mount Pleasant, where the abundance of the "greasy land" was displayed and disbursed in a spirit of prodigal hospitality that caused me to open my eyes, I have been swinging around through this section of the country, because of the big roller mill at Denmark, has become the centra or rather the circumference of Bamberg's wheat growing circle. The wheat harvest is upon us and the big reapers have begun to clatter through the broad fields of golden grain, and the ebon-faced cradlers are making the air musical with the rymthic swish, swish of theirddades. There is two hundred per cent, more wheat raised in Bamberg county this }*ear than in '99, and the indications are that the acreage will be largely increased the first year of the Twentieth century. The average yield per acre will be about ten bushels, and the grain is very little affected by rust. By the way, speaking of this pest which discount -s many would-be wheat growers, Senator Mayfield tells me that the National Department of Agriculture has discovered a wheat which the officials have decided is absolutely rust proof. It is a rank grower, the yield is greater than other varieties, and the flour product is superior to the finest grades turned out by the Western mills. I hope this is true, for I want to see wheat sown on every farm in the State, and I'll tell you why. But first let me say something about agriculture in general, and. particularly of farming in Bamberg county. We often hear the expression, "Pity the poor farmer," but if a man owning land in this county will give the soil intelligent and careful cultivation, whether his holding be a one-horse or an hundred-horse farm, this pitiful cry will cease in a few j'ears, and there will go up instead the ejaculation: "Envy the rich agriculturalist!" But to come back to wheat. I have stated that the average yield will be ten bushels to the acre. Five bushels of wheat will make a barrel of flour?flour, which I can testify from experience, is far superior in nutriment to the best foreign product that can be "boughten." This flour, if purchased by the farmer, would cost him on the average of $5 per barrel. That will be $10 per acre received for the average yield. In addition there are the shorts?superior to the best buckwheat for making batter cakes ?worth at least $2 per acre more, and the bran, and second-class tlour, me vaiue of which will pay all the expenses of cultivation, including the cost of fertilizers. So, in reality, the farmer, after his harvest, is over, has $10 per acre profit, or its equivalent, in his pocket, and his his land is ready for the reception of another crop. What shall it be ? Peas, of course. Two hundred pounds of acid per acre will be needed to fertilize the wheat land, and this will cost him $1.10. Add to this a bushel of peas worth 75 cents, and he has in the ground a crop that will give him an average yield of two tons of fine hay to the acre. For this product there is always a ready sale in the Bamberg market, and your big horse and mule dealers headed bj' G. Frank Bamberg, with Jones Brothers, D. H. Counts, Thos. Black, Major Hays, et al, following, will gladly give him $12 per ton for it unbaled. This will net him $24 more per acre, and his land, because of the costless peavine fertilization will be ready, next year for another crop of wheat, without additional manuring. There is another little wrinkle that I learned while riding through an extensive wheat field the other day. If the land planted in wheat this year bore a crop of corn and pSas last year, and the peas were sown broadcast, and, after gathering all the peas you want, the vines were plowed under there will be such a reproduction this season that you can save the 75 cents a bushel for peas to replant. This field that I rode through had been so treated, and now, just as the wheat is ready for the sickle, these fugitive peas are bursting through the soil in all directions and thick enough to obviate the necessity of * * I.a.. I 4* a replanting. i His lar-siguu-u laruiui-, therefore, in reality picks up $'J4 on every acre that has produced him $10 worth of good flour, at a cost of about $3 ' per acre?a more. prolitable crop than corn and half as remunerative as cotton at 8 cents a pound. There is another ' fact to be taken into consideration in this connection. At this season of the year everybody is busy, particularly the mules and horses. If your pea crop replants 1 itsejf you save some valuable labor that can be otherwise employed. Now right here, some of my readers will exclaim: "That's all right?very good so far. But suppose we all go to planting wheat, followed by peas. There'll be i overproduction, and we'll get nothing ~ J i v" ! for our nour una iav unmu? . iu HICS.C I skeptical gentlemen* I will say that flour is even more staple than cotton, for people must eat to live, although they can somehow hustle along without much clothing. So that will dispose of that bugaboo, and flour, at the lowest point in price it can ever reach as long as this old world shall stand, manufactured from ! wheat grown as we can grow it in Bamberg count)', will always pay as well as , four or five cents cotton. "But what about the surplus hay crop?" ' they will ask. Ah ! me?what a sermon I can preach along this line. For years and years the farmers of the low-country < liavc fought grass. They have, through long anil bloodless wars, armed with the line and the plow, almost totally destroyed all that luxuriant growth of"succulent herbage which once carpeted this country. Right here occurs a thought. Is it ever realized that our timber growth only came in with the settlement of the white man in this section of the country and the driving out of the aboriginal inhabitants? Go into a virgin forest anywhere in the low country and cut down the biggest and most lusty pine tree that you can tind. Examine those concentric rings around its heart which marks its age. You'll never be able to count more than one huudre4 and fifty of them, and the long-leafed pine is a regular Methusalah when it comes to longevity. When the red mau roamed through Bamberg county, years before.the advent of the white* man, this low country was a broad, grass-grown prairie, with groves of hardwood trees scattered here and there, and the immense herds of buffalo and deer, which furnished food and raimeut to the aboriginees, had grazing from January to January. But we have driven out the grass, and it has only been of late years that the low-country farmer has begun to understand the value of hay, and fully appreciate 'this God-given and heavenblessed country as a stock growing region. Therefore, if his crop of hay is unsaleable, or unprofitable to sell because of low prices, let him lay the foundation of a herd of cattle, feed his ha)* to these, save his manure and thus enrich his land, and find, when he totals up his years' profits, that his cattle, fattened for beef, have been more remunerative than his cotton crop. Right here I must briefly indulge in my abomination?statistics. Suppose, prior to the final report of Col. Pearce's census enumerators, that the population of South Carolina is 1,200, - 1 A AAA AAA UUV. I ins means auuut -iw.ww i amines. Each family will consume on an average four barrels of flour a year. At the present cost that would be $4,000,000 spent for flour?two-thirds of the amount of the State debt. These same 200,000 families will use oft an average nine pounds of meat per week, which at present prices would be worth $1.08, a total cost to them per week of $210,000?in a year of $11, 232,000. The cotton production in South Carolina for the year 1898 was in round numbers 1,800,000 bales. At an average price of $22 per bale its value was $28,000,000. Add the value of these three products and we have a total of $43,832,000. Now, the entire value of taxablts of all kinds in South Carolina is $174, 000,000. So it, will be seen that if we produce our own meat and flour and make no increase in our cotton acreage that every year the farmers will produce one-quarter of the aggregate taxable wealth in the State. Every four years this wealth will be doubled and in a decade of years the farmer will be the plutocrat?as he deserves to be?and the poor manufacturer, broker, storekeeper, railroad owner, and members of all the other avocations and professions will be trying to buy up this land which can be made so productive and so profitable. Formerly the low country farmer raised only cotton or rice, and bought all of his supplies. Ten years ago a reaction set in, and the thinking farmer began to go in for corn and hogs and other things. The old fogy who stuck to cotton and used the West as his smokehouse and corncrib was sold out by the sheriff, and the hog and corn raising fanuer bought hip land. He has steadily progressed, and there are men in this county who have stuck to farming through bad times ' and good times who have accumulated fortunes in value all the way from $25,! 000 to $150,000, and they have lived all thic time nn the fat of the land, educated their children at the best schools and colleges, and had a few dollars yearly to spend 011 those luxuries which increase our intelligence and help raise the standard of our civilization. Now, in conclusion let me say, that if these men, in what may fitly be termed the infancy of intensive and intelligent husbandry, have made this good financial showing, what can be predicted of the possibilities which await the new farmer who raises -cotton as a surplus crop; grazes herds of fat beeves on what is now waste land in the summer and feeds them in winter on his surplus hay crop, cotton seed hulls and cotton seed meal; makes a full supply of fat hogs on peas, pindars, rye, turnips, sorgum, etc.; rears his own mules and horses and keeps thenyn good condition, because his cribs are full of corn and his barns bursting with oats, hay and other foods; makes bread from home raised wheat, and in addition never buys a pound of rice or a pint of syrup; whose "bees produce him honey?whose poultry supply him with eggs and a change of meat diet?whose Jersey cows give him abundant quantities of milk, and cream, and butter?whose orchards are laden with the choicest4 fruits?whose garden produces plentiful crops of all needful vegetables?what indeed can be said of the state of this man ? Just what that shrewd Yankee soldier said to good Mrs. McMillan, thirty odd years ago: "That he lives in the greasiest country in the world!" George Wolsey Symonds. An Epidemic of Whooping Cough. . Last winter during the epidemic of whooping cough my children contracted the disease, having severe coughing spell9. We had used Chamberlain's Cougb Rem- j edy very successfully ior croup ana naturally turned to it at fchat time and found it relieved the cough and effected a complete cure.?John E. Clifford, Proprietor Norwood House, Norwood, N. Y. This remedy is for sale b}* all druggists and medicine dealers. Some wag says that the "loot" is the favorite musical instrument of the Republican party, while the "toot" indicates the choice of the Democrats. Between the continued and increasing looting under Republican rule, looting by land and sea, looting at home and on the islands, looting everywhere there is anything worth looting, and the never-ending tooting of Bryan, his tooting from Maine to Oregon, his tooting from Lake Michigan to the Gulf, his tooting as no mortal ever tooted before?between these conditions the country is somewhat mixed. If one has to take either, the tooting Avithout looting, is preferable. Health, strength and nerve force folloAV the use of I)r. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, which insures, good digestion and assimilation. J. B. Black. Americans .are disappointed in Paris. The exposition is not Avhat they expected. Many young'men have gone there with insufficient means to carry them through. They expected to find Avork of some sort and failed and they are stranded 011 a barren shore. The exposition will not be at its best until July. You cannot accomplish any Avork or business unless you feel well. If you feel "used up?tired out," take Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. J. B. Black. The M. E. Church general conference abolished the time limit for the pastorate. Appointments Avill be made at each annual conference and the. limit depends on the mutual desires of preacher and congregation. A. B. Stroud, Grantville, Ga:, wrote: A priceless boon has been given the baby world in Dr. Moffett'sTeetliina (Teething t> 1,. v ? 2. VJ MCI ?. I The Southern Baptists finished their convention work at Hot Springs without friction. They will meet next year in New Orleans. They agreed to raise $ .200,000 for missions this year. If "out of sorts," cress, ami peevish, take Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Cheerfulness will return and life acquires new zest. J. B. Black. Col. Jas. L. Tribble of Anderson, who I was nominated by the prohibitionists for lieutenant-governor, has decided posiI tively not to make the race. Another j candidate will be selected by a committee i appointed for the purpose. A Fast Bicycle Rider 1 Will often receive painful cuts, sprains j or bruises from accidents. Bucklen's Arnica Salve will kill the pain arid heal the injury. It's the cyclist's friend. Cures chafing, chapped hauds, sore lips, burns, ulcers and piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. Try it. Sold by Thos. Black, J. B. Black and Bamberg Pharmacy, T - ii PROHIBITION CONVENTION. Hoyt for Governor and Tribble, of Anderson, for Lieutenant. Columbia, May 24.?The representation at the prohibition convention last night was not nearly, so large as was expected. A number of counties were without representation at all, and few had full delegations. Those who were here were very much in earnest but it is the opinion of the political onlookers that the cold water movement will not amount to much this year. The prominent prohibition workers of the State were nearly all present, and a fine address was delivered by Col. Hoyt. Col. Hoyt was named for the first place on the ticket, Featherstone was nominated but declined, so was Hon. Joel E. Brunson, but Col. Hoyt was selected by a large vote. T. N.Berry,of Darlington, E.I).Smith, of Sumter, J. E. Boggs, of Pickens and others were nominated for lieutenant governor, but all declined except J. L. Tribble, of Anderson. It was thought best not to nominate candidates for the other offices. 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, high ambition. A 25 cent box will make vou feel like a new being. Sold by Thos. Black, J. B. Black and Bamberg Pharmacy. State Campaign Meetings. The State Democratic executive committee has arranged the following schedule for the State campaign meetings. As will be seen, the meeting in Bamberg will be held 011 Saturday, June 22. The first meeting will be held at Orangeburg: Abbeville, Saturday, August 11. Aiken, Wednesday, August 15. Anderson, Friday* August 10. Bamberg, Saturday, June 22. Barnwell, Friday; June 22. Beaufort, Tuesday, June 11). Berkeley, Thursday, June 28. Charleston, Saturday, June 10. Chester, Thursday, July 26. Chesterfield, Saturday, July 21. Clarendon, Wednesday, June 27. Colleton, Monday, June 18. Cherokee, Monday, July 20. Darlington, Thursday, July 19. Dorchester, Friday, June 15. Edgefield, Thursday, August 16. FairUeid, Friday, July z?. Florence, Thursday, July 12. Georgetown, Tuesday, July 10. I Greenville, Monday," August G. Greenwood, Monday, August 13. > Hampton, Wednesday, June 20. Horry, Monday, July 1G. Kershaw, Monday, July 23. Lancaster, Wednesday, July 25. Laurens, Saturday, August 4. Lexington, Tuesday, .August 21. Marion, Friday, July 13. Marlboro, Wednesday, July 18. Newberry, Friday, August"#. Oconee, Thursday, August 9. Orangeburg, Thursday, June 14. Pickens, Tuesday, August 7. Richland, Wednesday, August 22. Spartanburg, Monday, July 30. Sumter, Tuesday, June 2G. Saluda, Saturday, August, 18. Union, Wednesday, August 1. Williamsburg, Wednesday, July 11. York, Saturday, July 28." How's This. We offer one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured bv Hall's Catarrh Cure. v F. J. CHENEY&CO., Props , Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. - West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucuous surfaces of the system.Price, 75c. pe^bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's family pills are the best. The Century's Fashionable Summer Resorts. There is something wonderful in the growth of summer resorts in this country. A single resort on the Atlantic coast today can sumptuously provide for more people than half a century ago could te accommodated in all the summer places in this country. But the older places have had a most interesting past. In former davs thev were Meccas of the wealth, wisdom and beauty of our land. Many interesting incidents of their inception and history will be published in the July Ladies' Home Journal, under the heading "Fashionable Summer Resorts of the Century." Tortured a Witness. Intense suffering was endured by witness T. L. Martin, of Dixie, Kv., before he gave this evidence: "I coughed every night until my throat was nearly raw; then tried Dr. King's New Discovery which gave instant relief. I have used it in my family for four years and recommend it asthegreatest remedy for coughs, colds, and all throat, chest and lung troubles. It will stop the worst cough, and not only prevents but absolutely cures consumption. Price 50c and $1.00. Ever}7 bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free at Thos. Black, J. B. Black and Bamberg Pharmacy. Frank Leslie's Popolar Monthly. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for June opens with an illustrated article of extraordinary and unique interest, entitled "The President's War," by a veteran journalist-diplomat, DeB Randolph Keim. President McKinley is here shown "at the helm," as Commander-in-chief of the Array and Navy of the United States, in the late war with Spain; and a detailed description of the marvelous "War Room" in the White House, with specially authorized photographs, is for the first time given to the public. The brilliant fiction-writer, "Q" otherwise Mr. A. T. Quiller-Coueh, who completed the late Robert Louis Stevenson's "St. Ives," contributes a dashing story (complete in one number,) entitled "Tbe Two Scouts," to the June Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. A Card. We guarantee eeery bottle of Chamber Iain's colic, cholera and diarrhoea remedy and will refund the money to any one oof iofioil oft^r 11 ci n if it Tt ic XIV J3 llV't OttHUHWi ??*%? * v. ? v the most successful medicine in the world for bowel complaints, both for children and adults. Some are Salt. The acrobatic clown had attempted to kis; the beautiful equestrienne. "I wonder if all acrobatic clowns," she said, "are as fresh as j'ou." "0! 110," he replied; "somersault!" and he suited the action to the word.?Philadelphia Record. I consider it not only a pleasure but a duty I owe to my neighbors to tell about the wonderful cure effected in my case by j the timely use of Chamberlains Colic, j Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I wts taken with flux 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.?J. W. Lynch, Dorr, W. Va. This remedy is sold by all druggists and medicine dealers. CANDIDATES' CARDS. for~co~ngress. I will be a candidate for re-election to Congress from the Second Congressional District, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Respectfully, W. JASPER TALBERT. FOR SOLICITOR. 1 take this method of announcing mykelf a candidate for the position of Solicitor of the Second Judicial Circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic party. JAMES E. DAVIS. 1 respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Solicitor of the Second Circuit, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. CHAS. CARROLL SIMMS. "for state senator. I hereby announce myself as a candi date ior re-eiecnon to me Diate senate, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. 8. G. MAYFIELD. 1 respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Siate Senator from Bamberg county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. J. B. BLACK. ~ "forTthe legislature. I hereby announce myself a candidate to represent Bamberg county in the House of Kepresentatiye, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Respectfully, JNO. W. CRUM. At the suggestion of a large number of voters from different parts of the county, I hereby announce myself as a candidate to represent Bamberg county in the House of Representatives of the State Legislature, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. A. McIVER BOSTlCK. I 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 hereby announce myself as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. .J. K. MCt'UKMAUK. 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. FREE. R ^HTrifr 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 II. LANCASTER. We hereby announce C F Rentz, of Ehrhardt, a candidate for Sheriff of Bamberg county, subject to the rules 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 the Democratic primary. " JEFF. B. SMITH. ' AUDITOR & SUPT. EDUCATION. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for County Auditor and Superintendent of Education of Bamberg county, subject to the action of the Democratic party. L. A. BIKLE. The many friends of Joe J. Brabham, hereby announce him as a candidate for County Auditor of Bamberg, pledginghim 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 alfduties that may 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 o/ tlie Democratic primary. R. W. D. ROW ELL, I respectfully announce myself a candidate for County Auditor and Superintendent of Education of Bamberg county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. I. G. JENNINGS. COUNTY SUPERVISOR. ??? - Having served as foreman of Bamberg county's chain gang for six months, and as captain of same for fifteen months I hereby announce to my friends my candidacy for County 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 Ba\nberg county, subject 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, 1900, " E. C. BRUCE. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of County Supervisor, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. GEO. II. KEARSE. March 5,1900. JUDGE OF PROBATE. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Juc<re of Probate for Bamberg county, 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, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. - A. W. BESINGER. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Coroner of Bamberg county, subi'ect to the rules and regulations of the )emocratic primary election. GEORGE WOLSEY SYMONDS. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Coroner of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. G.B. AYER, Olar, S. C, 1 J* I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Coroner of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election. JOE B.GILL AM. 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 Baml>erg county, and will abide the result of the Democratic: primary. J. G. RENTZ. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION* Orvirp nv County Superintendent Education, Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C. May 22d, 1900. The regular summer examination of applicants for teachers' certificates in Bamberg county will take place on Friday, June loth, next, in the court house at Bamberg, at eleven o'clock a. ni. Parties interested will please take notice that no second grade certificates will be nenewed without examination, and govern themselves accordingly. W. E. SEASE, County Supt. Education. Food 2s Repulsive to the stomach that is irritated and sensitive. Nervous disorders of the brain irritate the stomach nerves making it weak and easily deranged. That's why so many people who suffer from headache have weak stomachs. All nervous troubles, whether of the brain, stomach or heart yield most readily to Dr. Miles' Nervine. "Starting from a small spot in my brain the pain would steadily increase until it seemed that my head would split open. I would be deathly sick at the stomach, would vomit terribly and many times have gone from 24 to 30 hours without food or drink. After Suffering from these spells for 13 years was completely cured by six bottles of Dr. Miles' Nervine." Mrs. J. M. WHITE, At Inug Store* Williams ton, Mich Mr % NOW I CAN SEE! * Where did you get your Specks from T. C. ROUIS, Railroad Avfenue, Bamberg, S. C He keeps a large stock oJ Spectacles and can surelj suit you with a pair. He also carries a large stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS A?5D JEWELRY, which he offers great bargains in. EKGRAYIKG A SPECIALTY I OLD PLACE MADE NEW... Having purchased a portion of the lot opposite Bamberg Cotton. Mills, which has been the hub of the carriage industry in Bamberg for so manyyear3, I have erected thereon shops well suited for CARRIAGE WORK1 and have determined to again icake this old stand the most attractive place for you 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 briug 'us your business. We'are now ready. We do anything pertaining to carriage work, and build to your order. Try us. You will tind us prompt, liberal, and reliable. Faithfully yours, 1). J. JJ ELK. IF YOU WANT A PIANO, ORGAN, a?. n nir At Vi nv u. auj uv?JVI Musical Instrument, Music Books, or Sheet Music, write to the Marchant Music Co. ORANGEBURG, S. C, who will give you as low prices and as easy terms as any house in America; The latest news from the South African war is that the English army has reached Johannesburg, and is pushing on to Pre* toria, the Boer capital. \ Fresh Groceries! It is our special study to keep the goods people want. We carry groceries exclusively, and can surely satisfy the wants of the trade. It costs you nothing to come in and get prices: Breakfast Strips, with ribs, 12ic per lb. Prepared Mustard, in glass with handles, only 10c. Jubilee Worcester Sauce, 10c the bottle. Olives, regular 20c size, only 15c. . Okra & Tomatoes, 2 lb can, 10c, 3 for 25c. ' 31b cans Jelly, 15c, in any flavor. A j great bargain. < Arbuckle's Coffee, Fresh Creamery But ter, Teas, Confectionery, Cigars, To- 1 bacco, etc. ( Call early and often. Your patrnnorrD ia onnrc^ioto^ if ifl A IVUUgV io MUVA ?> ? pleasure for us to serve you. FREE DELIVERY. 1 THE NEW 6R0CERY STORE, Jesse McCeraaek, Prop'r. Election of Trustees. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held at Oak Grove school house on Saturday, June 2d, 1900, for the purpose of electing two trustees for Oak Grove School District No. 30, two members of the board having resigned. By order of the county board of education. W. E. SEASE, ' Co. Supt. of Education. NOTICEJJF SALE. State of South Carolina, ) Bamberg County, j Pursuant to an order of His Honor, G. W. Gage, issued at the April, 1900, term of the circuit court for Bamberg county, and to me directed, as receiver of the estate of the late A. F. Free, I will sell at public outcry in front of the court house in Bamberg*S. C., on Monday, the fourth day of June, 1900, (the same being salesday in said month) to.the highest bidder, for cash, all the pine timber on the plantation of the late A. F. Free, located in Buford's Bridge township, Bamberg county. Purchaser to pay for papers, revenue stamps and recording. C. B. FREE, Receiver. WE ARE 1 I SELLING EM! I 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. . Ml Mil , just in, both horses and mules. We have earned the reputation of furnishing the f people fancy drivers. W hen you need stock, come to see us. ? r Yours for business, JONES BROTHERS. MAKE HASTE! to secure protection against fire. A blaze of an hour's duration may destroy the . work and saving of years. PIRB INSURANOE with the companies represented by me is cheap and efficient. Claims are promptly adjusted and policy holders liberally treated. JOHN F. FOLK, The Fire Insurance Agent HERMAN L. SPAHR ATTORNEY AT LAW, BAMBERG, S. C. fyOfficea over Bamberg Banking Co. S. G. MAYFIELD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DENMARK, S. C. DENTIST. Will be pleased to serve tbe people. Office op stairs in the building next to bank# F. F. JOHNSON. L. C. INGLIS, B. W. MILEY, Referee in Bankruptcy. Probate Judge. INGLIS $ MILEY, Attorneys at Law, RAltfRKRr,. S o. Will practice in the Courts of the State. Prompt attention given to collections. Money to Loan. I APPLY TO Islar Bros, fy Rice, ^ Attorneys ait Cennselers at Lav, BAMBERG C. H., 8. C. H P HOWELL A If'lVEK BOSTICK W B GBUBER in,mm,' Attorneys and Counselors, BAMBEBG C. H., 8. C. Genei*l practice; spMtal^itefltion be- < . ' ' ro THE PUBLIC... I have one of the largest stocks of General Merchandise in Bam-K berg county, and, while 1 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 be gladly welcomed, /1 have a full stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE including Dry Goods, Notions,Hats, Shoes, Clothing, Dress Goods, Hard ft* a re, Crockery ware, Tinware, Drags Groceries, etc. I also handle the best makes of BUGGIES' and WAGONS, Harn'ess, and Sewing Machines. I :-;M have also just added to my stock a T full line of Coffins and Caskets. liitr; aid Dross M. 1 My Millinery and Dress Goods Department is under the. management of Miss Bettie Matthews; who is with me permanently, and who will be pleased to serve her many friends. Soliciting yonr fntnre lih-' eral patronage, I am Yours trnly, ' C. F. RIZER, 1 OLAB, S. G. | SOUTHERN RAILWAY. ?CD Condensed Schedule in Effect Key 8, No. 11 No. 3 ^ _~ZT No. *No.li Dally Daily *AaCTttK VDa- Dally Mr ; 520p 700a Lt.. . Charleston ... Ar 11 tta SWp " 568p 7 41a 44 ..Summerville.. " 1000a Tap -J3 725p 885a " .. .Branch ville... " 910a ?Np 7 58p; 9 2Sa "...Orangeburg...44 841a 846p;10 15a 44.... KlngviUe.?. '* 7 65p 4<3p 11 48a Ar.... -Sumter Xv ...'.... #0dp ' ji 1140a " Camden. Lr .... 9 80p 11 OQalAr....Columbia... ..Lv _7_lfla[ 4fe^^jg|H *520p.7 00a Lv. . I Charleston ...Ar.ll lUaj 725p 915a ' ... Branch ville... " 880aif^B^H 740p 940a ....Bamberg.... 44 802p 9Sua 44.... Denmark.... ** 8 ISaifHp,, -Sag 830p 1007a ? ... .Blackvilie " JttllMM 922pllU0a " Aiken ** 700a# tSSr^l 1020p 1151a Ar. Augusta un.d.Lv 44 itflhu NOTlfi: in addition to vbo above serrioa^^P trains Nos. 15 and Id run daily between Ohjurteeton and Columbia, carrying elegaat Pultaiap^ sleeping carer No. 15 leave Charleston 11 =00_p.. .vygi m.; arnve Columbia 545a. m. No. 18 tares <8* lmnhia 135 a. m.; arrive Chaiteston f Sleeping care ready for occupancy at940p. jp* \r both at Charleston and Columbia. These t rabid "JfcH make doee connections at Columbia with \.yf through trains between Florida points and ,/ Waahnirtm and th?> <*>??. - ^ N^TsNoT1 GREENVILLE. I No. Iff No.? Daily Daily Double Daily SerTioe.U>?Uy llOOp 7 00a Lv .. Charleston .. Ar 814p T0fe> ' . 18Ba 866a " .. Branchville.. 44 886p 950a 928a 44 -Orangeburg... - 5f|P ?4fe^v#$ 700a 1105a u ... Columbia... Lv 400p life 960a 185p 44 ..Greenwood.. 44 1940p| 1066a 2 45p Ar ... Abbeville... Lv 11,90a 610p 1140a 3 35p Ar .. ..Anderson... Lv 104ta 445p 12 20pi 415p Ar .. .Greenville... Lv 1016a Lv. Augusta 7 00a 9 90s "6 9to Ar. Sandersville lOOp 1249p tfi 44 Tennille. . #. 190p 1960p ^ Lv. Tennille 540a 850p Ife " Sandersville 5 50a. 400w Iw Ar. Augusta. 9Q0al7j9j>? I0*"* Dally Cxre ?xsa VJfl Lv. Savannah? 1205a 1215p !..... M Allendale 688a 8 08* " Barnwell? 400a 4Q2p 7 25a.:.... 818a M Blaekville... 415a 417pl015a 74fia , Ar. Columbia.... 600a 600p .1180a Lv.Columbia ll?a 125a 600al. .... Ar. Blaekville? 112p 305a 10 15a 460p ...... " A$endate!*'* 32Uall80al 840p . " Savannah."" 8 20p 515a _ Lv.Charlestonu ....*.' TOOaj 5f0pf.....? ;/jijm Ar. Augusta 11 BatOSDp ...... .v''^BS " Atlanta 820p 500e . ... .b3g?SB| Lv. Atlanta, ........ llOOp 580* 6?b-,' I Ar. Chattanooga .......' 5 45*1 045a} &40p Lv.Atlanta. 641*1 4Up ' Ar. Birmingham 1186a lOOb " Memphis, (via Birmingham)... 806p fl& ' Ar.Lexington. 50Qp 868* " Cincinnati 7 80p 7 48a " Chicago.. 715a 680p Ar. Louisville 7 80p T?* " St. Louis 7 0<a flQOfr *$" Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga).. 710p f 40a To Aah*rlll*HDliieinn*ti?L*ni?yill*. IASTEKX TIKE. ' Pnjjy Lv. Columbia (Union Depot)....... 11 Hit ^JSa Ar. Spartanburg ? 8Mb ll lf* " Asheville 7lfi> 250p | Enoxville.^ 415a fM -. > ?, 'gVi^jlHI HIT VI II i i ij.M x i i i i < 1 V WV| f. ? __ _ 14 Lonisville (via jeBico) .. .\T| ijm 'j&a To WaaMngton and tfca East, " Columbia* UiUon Depot) ftflfipj life ' Ar. Charlotte. 5|Qm > 40k At. Danville. ; RgjJ j|jK Ar. Richmond 600aj ttbp Ar. Washington 7 86aj 8fi6p " Baltimore Pa. E. B 91&jllffip M Philadelphia. 1186a 2Ma " New York Bleeping Car Line between Oharleatoq and ' Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at Atlanta for all-points North and West. .: Solid Trains Between Charleston and A*a?. ffffigBJ Connections at Colnmbia with through trains > >1 for Washington and the East; also for Jackson- % ville and all Florida Points. * FRANKS. GANNON, J. M. CULP, ?? Third V-P. & Gen. Mgr., Traffic Manager, Washington, D. C. Waahingto&TDi 0. >jj GEORGE B. ALLEN, Charleston. 8. C. W. A. TURK, * S. H. HARD WICK, Gen. Pass. Agt-, Asst. Gen.Pass. Aft, ? Washington, D. 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