The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 14, 1900, Image 2

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V V' The Bamberg. Herald. '.ESTABLISHED MAY 1st, 1891. \ A. KXIG< Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for ' six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for j first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent 1 insertion. Liberal contracts made for 1 three, six, or twelve months. Want No- < tices one cent a word each insertion. Local 1 Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. after- 1 wards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must t be paid for as regular advertising. t Communications?News letters or on t subjects of general interest will be gladly 1 welcomed. Those of a personal nature c will not be published unless paid for. 1 ' ' _ __ t Thursday, June 14, i?w. r - t Appeal to Reason, a socialist party pa- ^ per, published at Girard,Kan., is printing ( some red-hot stuff these davs. c i ( We have received from the Beaufort t committee on naval station a long article f . about the removal of the dry dock from Port Royal to Charleston. We do not * publish it for the reason that we have not j fought the battles of Charleston to any i extent in this matter, and do not propose f to take up the cudgel for Port Royal. If j the committee will pay for the article as j regular advertising, we will print it. Larry Gantt says he is out of politics, * and is attending strictly to his farm and ? saw mill. He and Stanyarne Wilson 1 have had a lively tussle recently, and ] * Larry seems to have come out second , best. However, he will have another j ; * chance at Stanyarne, as Jos. T. Johnson will oppose Wilson for Congress. .Col. * Gantt may not be able to defeat Mr. Wil- < son, but its dollars to doughnuts he is j going to try mighty hard. Physical Exercise for Elderly People. 1 When William Evarts was asked the * other day to what he ascribed his long 1 life and excellent health, he replied: " 1 1 don't know, unless it is because 1 don't > take any exercise." Those who know the venerable gentleman best recognize J the answer as absolutely true. Mr. Evarts i takes no exercise.He has carefully avoided t exeicise for many years. When he went 1 from his house to his office he would not ( walk a block; he would take a carriage, no J matter how short the distance. Mr.Ev- i arts isn't the only public man who has a J theory that physical exercise, added to a mental effort, is a waste of tissue, which I tends toward debility and shortening of life. Joseph Chamberlain is a conspicu- t / " ous example. He spares himself all physi- I cal effort, so far as he can. He will not J walk up a single flight of stairs if he can 1 help it. Senator Hanna is, perhaps, the t most notable exponent of this principle in Washington. Vigorous as he is in i i " speech and in mental effort, the senator t is seldom seen save in an attitude which ( suggests physical repose. 1 - 1 A Wealth of Beauty 1 1 Is often hidden by unsightly pimples, ec- \ zema. tetter, erysipelas, salt rheum, etc. Bucklen's Arnica Salve will glorify the j face by curing all skin eruptions, also \ * cuts, bruises, burns, boils, felons, ulcers ? and worst forms of piles. Only 25 cts. a t - box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by all ( i| druggists and medicine dealers. < The Horse in Battle. When it comes to a battle a horse shows ] no fear of death, no sign of being over- * . come by panic in all the wild tumult of I the battle's roar. A horse in one of our J batteries in the Murfreesboro fight was hit I by a piece of shell, which split his skull ' so that one side was loosened. The driver turned him loose, but when he saw the team he worked with being driven back 1 for ammunition he ran !o his old place 1 and galloped back with the rest. When an officer poshed him aside to have an- J other horse put in he gazed at the new one f with a most sorrowful expression in his ( J.' eyes. Then he seemed to realize that the J || - battle was no more for him, and he walked j ?- - away and laid down and died. The officer J that it trie a hmten hpart t hat i pi? killed him.?Dumb Animals. Deafness Cannot be Cared \ by local applications, as they cannot , Wc?- reach the diseased portion of the ear. * ' There is only one way to cure deafness, < ' and that is by constitutional remedies. i Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condi- c tion of the mucous lining of the eustachian tube. When this tube gets inflamed c von have a rumbling sound or imperfect i hearing, and when it is entirely closed $ deafness is the result, and unless the in- 3 fiammation can be taken out and this tube I restored to its normal condition hearing 1 pj will be destroyed forever; nine cases out j r of ten are caused by catarrh, which is t nothing but an inflamed condition of the 1 Pl . mucous surfaces. ) .We will give one hundred dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) c that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh e Cure. Send for circulars, free. 1 F. J. CHENEY &.CO., Toledo, O. Sold bv druggists, 75c. u Hall's Family Pills are the best. I Two candidates for the legislature were v in The Press and Banner ottice, and they I were asked if they would vote for an v appropriation for "the Charleston exposition. They replied promptly and unre- I servedly thai they would not." One of the 3 candidates asked this editor: "How will a \ State appropriation for Charleston help f Abbeville?" Not being able to answer, we respectfully refer the matter to The Evening Post, The News and Courier and the Columbia State.?Abbeville Press and j Banner. ? J A Card of Thanks. J fev-. * I wish to say that I feel under lasting f obligations for what Chamberlain's Cough M Remedy has done for our family. We have used it in so many cases of coughs, lung troubles and whooping cough, and 1 it has always given the most perfect sat- r isfaction. we feel greatly indebted to the 1 manufacturers of this remedy and wish t them to accept our hearty thanks.?He- i spectfully, Mrs. S. Doty, Des Moines, t Iowa. For sale b}' all druggists and med- j icine dealers. t South Carolina Cotton Mill News. [Textile Excelsior.] I "Work on the new mill at Dillon has \ been begun. The building will be 75x260 < ||g*feet. J The work of building the cotton mill of 1 the Valley Falls Manufacturing Com- 1 pany, of Spartanburg, is progressing i steailily. ( The yarn and knitting mill of the Cox 1 Manufacturing Company, at Anderson, I is complete, and the machinery is being ^ rapidly installed. 33,000 spindles will be J the first installation, but this number will 1 be increased in the near future. A Life and Death Fight. 1 Ifr. W. A. Hines, of Manchester, la., * writing of his almost miraculous escape t from death, says: "Exposure after mea- f sels induced serious lung 1 rouble, which rj euded in consumption. I had frequent ( hemorrhages and coughed night and day. f All my doctors said I must soon die. r Then I began to use Dr. King's New l)is- J covery which whollj'cured me. Hundreds have used it on my advice and all say it * never fails to cure throat, chest and lung a troubles." Regular size 50c and $1.00. I Trial bottles free at Thos. Black, J. B. .< Black and Bamberg Pharmay. "W. T. Davis, Ruby, S. C., writes: Dr. s M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine cures t pains in back, and that "out of sorts" tired feeling. I think it four times as a strong as Zeilin's and Black Draught. J. a B. Black. II * Denmark Doings. Denmark, June 13. Our very excellent gnuleil school pracically closed its session on Friday last, nit our people have.grown accustomed to commencement entertainments,and Principal Wiggins was perforce obliged to gratify the almost universal desire of the school patrons. It is usual for the school ;o close for the summer on June 1st, but because of the enforced vacation taken by he pupils last winter, when small pox a as prevalent, the session was continued mtil Friday last. This has been a very uccessful school year, and the trustees lave determined to lighten Principal A'iggius's labors by giving him another eaeher, which will necessitate an addition o the school building. No similar instiution of learning in the low country is nore prosperous or better deserving of redit than the Denmark graded school. J- - _ 11 ... . I lie pedagogic memous are an uj>-n?-vum.-, ind the by-educational adjuncts?the liirary and reading room have together aised the intellectual status of our people ifty per cent, in the past year. On Sunday last, at the Methodist church, vhich was crowded to suffocation, at least >ne hundred being unable to get seats >r standing room in the building. Rev. IVatson B. Duncan preached the school's commencement sermon. It was a maserly oration, considered artistically, and nil of the spirit of true Christianity. There was excellent singing rendered by i select choir, composed of Messrs. Wash 3ailey and E. D. Rainey, and the Misses Sell fevans, Maggie Kirkland, Maud Tillnan and Lola Rice, Mrs. S. G. Maylield nrnishing the accompanying instrunental music. That veteran Father-infsrael. Rev. Paul Kistler, pronounced the >enediction. Monday night the school buildingcould scarce accommodate the crowd which assembled to witness the lirst part of the closing exercises, which opened with a short address by Principal Wiggins. A levy of pretty* girls?but then all the Danish girls are pretty?sang a chorus ibout "Man-, Mary, quite 'contrary," etc., tfter which Rev. G. E. Stokes offered up t fervent prayer. Sixteen little girls, who were just as sweet and cute as they possibly could be, pive an exhibition "doll drill," which was encored so heartily that it had to be repeated, and they were followed bv the Misses Leila and Florrie Black, of Bam>erg, in a piano duet. Miss Mamie Rowell, quaintly dressed, lext claimed the attention of the tudience, as the original "Mrs. Jarey," of blessed "wax tigger" memory, ler mischievous and prankish assistants vere Masters Lige Zorn and John Tvler. Miss Rowell made an excellent Mrs. Farley, and her collection of waxy curios epresented all shades ol eminence, nooriety and freakishness, from the poor talian organ grinder to the Emperor of flhina; from a smirking dude to Jesse Tames, the bandit, and from the "Swedish lightingale" to the famous two-headed prl, all of the characters being appropriately costumed and well drilled in their >arts. Mrs. Jarley's disappearance gave place 0 the "Hoppickers," Misses Nell Evans, tfargaret Kirkland, Maud Tillman and Liola Rice, and Messrs. Wash. Bailey and S. D. Raineyr who sang the sextette of he above title with charming effect. Six boys and an equal number of girls n picturesque Breton costumes went hrough the intricate evolutions of "The Garland Drill," and the night's entertainnent closed with an instrumental solo by kliss Florrie Black, after which refreshnents were sold, the proceeds to be apilied to the betterment of the school liirary. The school formally closed on Tuesday light, with exercises which were alike nteresting and suggestive. At about 8:30 1 round dozen of pretty girl pupils sang he national anthem?"Mv Countrv, 'Tis )f Thee," alter which Rev. G. fed win Stokes offered up a fervent prayer for the future of the scholars and their school. Mr. Wiggins, with a few preliminary remarks, introduced the medal contestints in the 8th grade. He reviewed the gear's work, and in summing up the remit took occasion to say that in three grades one family claimed and deserved ;hat honor. The children of Mr. W. H. tearse, little .Misses .Lottie, ?,siner anu Mozelle, stood at the head in their respective grades, and deserved special mention. The medal contestants were Montine Ellzey, who recited "What the little girl aidLillian Goolsbv, who told the aulience about "Life at" Dead Man's Bar;" Donella Inabinett, who spoke of the "An*els of Buena Vista," and Hattie Lee juess, who spoke of "The New South." The committee on award, consisting of Rev. G. Edwin Stokes and Messrs. C. S. Polk and John S. J. Faust, gave the nedal to Miss Lillian Goolsbv, and Rev. tfr. Stokes presented it to that blushing roung miss in a very neat speech. Following this was chorus singing, the 'Distant Chimes," by Misses Lola Rice, tfell Evans and Maggie Kirklaud, the ac:ompanist being Mrs. S. G. Mayfield. As a conclusion the graduating class, insisting of Misses Mamie Rowell and ^.nnie Riley, and Messrs. Herman Walker ind Willie Jennings, had their innings, diss Rowell as "class historian," Miss ftley as "class poet," Mr. Walker as "class awyer," and Mr. Jennings as "class irophet." The papers read by each of he quartette were good, and filled with ocal hits which convulsed the audience. Vhen the last thesis had been read, M r. Viggins delivered to the graduates their ertiticates, and the session of the Dennark graded school, for the season of 900, came to a close. The Olar base ball team, under the nanagement of Mr. C. F. Ri/.er, with )octor and Legislative Candidate J. R. JcCormack as field captain, crossed bats rith the Denmark boys on Monday. Mr. 2d. Rainey acted as umpire. The score ras 32 to 4, in favor of Denmark. Lawyer R. C. Hardwick is a mighty tfimrocl, and the farmers' friend. Last donday he killed three big hawks and vounctea a iourtu, wpicuisioierauiy gouu or one day. . ; A Card, We guarantee every bottle nf Chamber ain's colic, cholera and diarrhoea remedy j md will refund the money to any one: vho is not satisfied after using it. It is! he most successful medicine in the world j or bowel complaints, both for children ! tnd adults. Conjugal affection depends largely tpon mutal confidence. "I make it a ule," said a wiseacre to a friend, "to tell ny wife everything that happens. In his wav we avoid any misunderstandngs." ftot to be outdone in generosity he good friend replied: "Well, sir, you ire not so open and frank as I am, for I ell my wife a great many things that lever happen. Last fail 1 sprained my left hip while handling some heavy boxes. The doctor [ called on said at first it was a slight itrain and would soon be well, but it rrew worse and the doctor then said I :iad rheumatism. It continued to grow [vorse and I could hardly get around to ivork. I went to a drug store and the iruggist recommended me to try Chanivrlj?in'? Pain Itnlm T if *nil lalf of a 50-cent bottle cured me entirely, [ now recommend it to all my friends.? F\ A. Babcock, Erie, Pa. it is for sale >y all druggists aud medicine dealers. The larger stores in the large cities are linking a movement toward inducing the rov eminent to issue half cent pieces to be ised in change for purchases that amount oodd figures. This will enable the barrain advertiser to make special cut prices ind no doubt if the government should uc ede to their requests, it will bring a new eature into business transactions. The novement in this line seems to be very trong. Pure blood is full of life and vitality, ind carries vigor to the organs of the >ody. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine creates rich, pure blood. J. Ii. Black Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine reates a good appetite, tones and trengtheus the stomach, and builds up he health. J. B. Black. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine has l national reputation, extending over ibout sixty years, as a most successful iver regulator. J. B. Black. %. ' ' smi tii IE m. People and Places Within 20 Miles of Bamberg. FARMERS AND TUE1R FARMS. What a Statt' Correspondent of The Herald Saw and Heard Along the County's Highways and Byways. Ehkiiakpt, S. C., June ~>, 1000. 1 have been so persistently and continuously swinging lately that my little mare got a trifle foot weary, and, for the past day or two, she and I have been "resting up," as the guest of my friends, the county chain gang. Up to this morning they have been camped at the Rivers' Bridge memorial grounds, putting in order the numerous approaches to that historic spot. By the way, I had not visited the place since Memorial Day. The beautiful wreaths and flowers which were reverently laid upon the graves of our honored dead on that occasion by the tender, loving hands of South Carolina's patriotic womanhood, have faded and fallen into decay. Of the floral offerings so artistically garlanded about the speaker's stand naught remains but the streamers of gray, funereal moss, lit emblems of life's certain dissolution aud the eternal immortality of the human soul. As I stood leaning against the paling fence which encloses the burial plot, my thoughts alike sad and triumphant, a slight rustle among the fodder rubbish strewn under the trees attracted my attention. I turned my eyes, and they?or rather it, for I only have sight in one? was focused upon the spot where the "merry-go-round," whirled its giddy circle on Memorial Day. That annex to the solemn and holy exercises was considerable of a shock to me at the time, and I intended to write something in a a. ? ' * T <l/\v?'+ l?MA?tr iirliAOti protest ;iJ,raiUM It. 1 UUU l auun uy n uu? authority the "flying-jinnies" were set going and allowed to continue, but I trust the association will never again permit such an exhibition. It was as much out of place as a dance on Sunday in one of God's temples, or circus music at a funeral. It was a sacrilege and a profanation. It was a ribald insult to the memory of brave men over whose sacred dust we should shed none but reverent tears. Many people spoke to me about it 011 Memorial Day, and the language used above to express my thoughts on the subject, but mildly and imperfectly reflect the bitter condemnation that was voiced bv the others. I have always been the friend and advocate of the chain gang, and have invariably praised its work where deserved. I had an opportunity on Saturday last to compare the results of its labor with that performed by Supervisor Barker's Barnwell countv gang. The two forces met at Rivers' Sndge, and the contrast between the work done by Bamberg's hands and that of the twenty odd convicts "doing time" for our mother county is so marked that even a blind man would notice it, for, although deprived of sight, his sense of feeling would be correspondingly sharped and when he would leave our smooth, well-piked road, and crossing the historic bridge find himself floundering in the boggv quagmire on the Barnwell side, would be so marked that every sense would warn him of the change. The few who seek to detract from the excellent work that is being done by Supervisor Kearse's hands, have only "to ride over the Rivers' Bridge road from the Memorial grounds to Jenny, to become at once convinced of the fact that our gang is a pretty good tiling, and that it is being handled* economically and to the great profit and advantage of the citizens of the county by Foreman Joe Frank Brabham, and his assistant, W. G. Kirkland. There are nine men on the gang now, and three of these are well-known to Bauibergians?Bose Hampton, who abhors beef; Jasper Nelson, whose wholesale pilfering nearly demolished the stock of several of your merchants, and Sankey Gantt, who has the longest time to serve of any convict on the gang. Bose?despite his unfortunate tangle with the brindled bull?has always been of a religious turn of mind, and he has organized among his fellow-workers a choir that would do credit to a fashionable Northern church. The}* sang plantation melodies and hymn tunes for me, and I shall never forget the keen thrill of pleasure which the rhythmic rise and fall of their melodious voices gave me. The negro is like the mocking bird, a natUral-born musical mimic, and his happy nature finds outlet and expression, even while at work, in song. I wish some of the carping Northern critics who condemn our svstem of public employment of convict labor could have been with me along the Barnwell and Walterboro road last Monday morning. The sun beat down its hottest rays and the work was hard, but that gang of ebon-faced, striped-shirted fellows, plied mattock and shovel with lusty arms, their implements of labor keeping perfect time to rollicking melodies which rolled from their thick lips. I mentally compared their happy-go-lucky demeanor, and robust, well nurtured frames with the sullen, morose and downcast looks of prisoners whom I have seen at work in Northern penitentiaries?silent all day long through fear of punishment for even a meaning look exchanged with a brother felon?poll-faced, hollow-eyed, nervous, and anaemic. Bv the way the Bamberg gang is now a model one, and Foreman Brabham declares that his hands could not be improved upon. "With Joe Bryant and Hampton Rice at the plows or scoops, and Sankey Gantt and Bose Hampton as road finishers to follow the machine," said he, "I can turn out a highway that would do for New York city, and if there are any stumps to be cut out Jasper Nelson will do the work in a way that would do your heart good." Confinement does not agree with the restless, mercurial nature of the negro. He wants to be out, with the warm sun beating down on his woolly head?with the smell of the reeking earth, the odor of leaf and grass and nbwer in -his nostrils?the music of song-birds, and the thousand and one blended cries of insect and animal life in his ears. He don't mind the shame of his zebra-like garb when thus situated?he don't care for the curious glances of the morbidly-minded passer-by?he is happy, comparatively speaking free, and he knows full well that when the noon hour arrives he'll get a bountiful meal, that supper and a comfortable place to sleep is provided for him, and that until his sentence expires he'll be similarly looked after. So, what cares lie? Let the friends of cloister-like penitentiaries jpul solitary confinement joj' me leion answer iuul qucsuuii. Supervisor Kearse's force is working around toward Bamberg again. In a fewweeks they will begin the rehabilitation of the Cannon and New bridge approaches. Last year when they built the new cause' way at Cannon bridge they camped in the swamp, and all the men were taken down with fever. This season the camp will be established near the Bamberg nursery, the men w ill* drink artesian water, and the supervisor hopes to get these two important bridge connections with the rich Orangeburg county fanning lauds in thorough condition for comfortable and easy travel. With these two rorfds in good order. it will be a great help to your Bamberg merchants, but I am still sorry that our legislative representatives did not impose the mandatory three mill tax for the Bamberg school district. Enough would have been realized to have made the river roads good ones, and the return in trade, drawn from Orangeburg county, would have repaid the outlay four-fold. Denmark is ahead of you in that particular, and, as a consequence, the approaches to that town are in line condition, and tributary farmers can haul in their loads of hay and corn, cotton and wheat, as one enthusiastic fellow put it, "at a smart trot." Right here occurs one or two thoughts on road building which 1 will have to jot down. In riding over the country 1 notice that farmers have, in many instances, ploughedand planted right down to the wheel ruts, instead of allowing, as the law requires, ten feet for the use of the public on each side from the centre of the road. Yet many of these very men who have been fanning the county's property for years free of rent, will "kick like bav steers" when the chain gang comes along, lavs off the road to the full legal width, and ploughs out their crops. Road overseers (until we get some better system of working the public highways than this archaeic aud unsatisfactory system) should see to it that property owners aloug a public road obey the law. They should also keep the bridges and causeways along their sections in thorough repair, look out for and till in all washes and ruts as soon as made, and from time to time go over their roads and see what improvements can be made in them to make more perfect highways. I intended to say something about peaches and Irish potatoes this week, but I've spun mv letter out to nearly the full limit, and I'll have to defer a discussion of these subjects until another time. George Woi.sey Symonds. Denmark, June 10. Mail communication between the shire town and the lower part of Bamberg county is so ridiculously inadequate that, had my last letter been mailed in New York city, it would have reached you in time for publication in last week's paper. There ought to be a reform along this line, and if the citizens in the Ehrhardt section will bestir themselves and get up a petition, I will use my humble influence and guarantee that of The Bamberg Herald, to secure for them adequate postal facilities. This is not only a "greasy" country, but it is a great fruit centre as well. \\'e are, if no accident happens, going to have a great fruit crop this year, particularly of peaches and plums. Every farmer down here has an orchard, and the orchards are irimeu ueep. uuis is a gwu huh country, and I am hopeful even for the apple, because our forefathers raised this fruit in abundance, and there is no reason why we should not. All we want is a tree that is acclimatized, and your own Bamberg nursery, I am told, can supply trees of native growth. I stopped recently at the hospitable home of Mr. L. A. Bikle, near Ehrhardt. His two fads are fruit and fighting chickens, and he can make a notable exhibit along both lines. Of his game chickens, and of poultry in general, I shall have something to say later on. Of his fruit, which lasts from June till October, I can only say that every farmer has an equal chance, and all should take advantage of their opportunities and set out an orchard. It would pay you a royal per centage of profit. In a previous letter I spoke of the mulberry tree as an excellent pork raiser. Mr. J. C. Copeland believes in the plum, and he has this fruit in such abundance, of all varieties, that when I visited him, he had about twenty head of porkers, gorging themselves on the "windfalls" from his plum trees. By the way, Mr. Copeland lives in the oldest house in Three Mile Township, if not in Bamberg county. It is (the original building) of hewn logs, and was built by his grandfather, old Jacob Copeland, who was a mighty hunter in his day. The original settlers in the Ehrhardt section built all of their houses of logs. Most of them fitted the frame together and set the logs up unhewn. The drawing down was done after the walls were erected. Old Jacob Copeland had every log hewn before he began the erection of his home. The corners are all nicelv joined, and the structure is of such a substantial character that when the big earthquake convulsed this country, and one of Mr. Copei land's daughters,* alarmed at the first shocks, cried out: "Let us run, papa! The house will be down about our ears!" He replied, having full confidence in , the stabilitv of the structure: "Never fear, daughter; it would take twenty earthquakes like this to shake this old house to the ground." And, so saying, he turned over and > went to sleep, slumbering peacefully through the successive tremors* Old Jacob Copeland, as before mentioned, was a mighty hunter, a genuine Deitcher Nimrod. Originally he settled in the Folk's Mill section, where he owned 600 acres of prime land. There was not much game there, though, and he traded his estate for 250 acres about two miles west of the present town of Ehrhardt. Game was abundant here. There was a deer trail passing through his place, between two bays, and many was the antlered buck that fell beneath his long smooth bore rifle. There is lots of grass in the country, and the farmers will have to bestir themselves to get the better of General Green. Crops as an usual thing look well, particularly corn. Cotton has been in many parts afflicted with lice, but the late showers have washed them off, and the staple will grow now like a green bay tree. Speaking of showers reminds me that the river has been swollen by the recent rains, and Fish Detective Charles D. McLendon is off duty for a day or two. He is the right man in the right place?brave, fearless and fully determined to do his whole duty. He has patrolled the river between Hickman's and Waters's landings, aud has already cut up twenty-seven fish traps. He will prosecute without mercy, and I trust and hope that every trap and dynamite fisherman will be frightened into a strict observance of the law. You know how I stand, Mr. Editor, on the fish question, and my voice will always be raised in protest against the illegal taking of fish from the greatest piscatory preserve in the world?the Edisto river. Right here I want to mention a matter that has given me a great deal of worn' and concern in my swinging around the circle, which has your town as its centre. While riding through the Denmark and Lees sections I came upon several isolated bunches of that dreaded pest, the Canada thistle. Wherever I have found this growth I have invariably rooted it up, built a tire and destroyed it. Several years ago it cost taxpayers in some of the Northern States hundreds of thousands , of dollars to rid their sections of the 1 dreaded thistle. A stitch in time saves . nine, and it should be the duty of every . citizen to do as I do, and stamp out tliis noxious pest wherever found. Speaking about the thistle reminds me that nut and joint grass is getting a good foothold in certain sections of the county. The two grasses mentioned are pests, and give the farmer a great deal of trouble, but they are not soil-robbers like the Canada thistle, an influx of which would do more harm than an army of grasshoppers or a horde of any of the vegetation vermin that good farmers dread and are constantly on the alert against. At two or three places in the county I have noticed sign boards at cross roads, as the law requires. They should be erected generally, and any person destroying them or injuring them in any wav should be summarily dealt with. But there, I intended to say something about potatoes in this letter. The subject is aji exhaustive one, however, and I'll have to swing around to it next week. George Wui.sey Svmoxds. Rather Lonesome. A fond mother once said to her little boy: "Johnnie, you must never tell a lie, because, if .vou do, you will never go to I heaven." Johnnie looked up at his mother and | said, "Mamma, didn't you ever tell a lie?" ' His mother was somewhat surprised at the question, but answered: "No, my . boy, I never did." Johnnie looked very thoughtful for a I minute, and then smilingly said: "Mara- 1 ma, don't you think you and George Washington will be rather lonesome up > in heaven ?" t ScMnS : POSITIONS GUARANTEED. : Under $3,000 Cash Deposit. Railroad Far? Paid. I Open all year to Both Sexes. Very Cheap Board. Georgia-Alabama Bus Lutes College, | Macon. Qaorfta. , STORK FOR RENT. A desirable store in the town of Ehrhardt for rent on reasonable terms. Size ; 70\'J4 feet, in first-class repair, and centrally located. This is a good business ' point. For terms apply to H. C. Copei.axd, Ehrhardt, S. C. 1 TEACHERS E\A}II1VATI0\.~ Office of County Superintendent Education, ' Bamberg County. Bamiieho, S. C. May 2*2d, 11HK). The regular summer examination of applicants for teachers' certificates in Bamberg county will take place on Fri- ( day, June 15th, next, in the court house at Bamberg, at eleven o'clock a. m. Parties interested will please take notice that no second grade certificates will be ne- . newed without examination, and govern themselves aceordinglv. i " * W. E. SEASE, i County Supt. Education. WEST ENDr ' MINERAL SPRINGS, (Formerly Cedar Springs.) BAMBERG, S. C. Chief constituents: Carbonate of lime, sulphate of soda, magnesia, potash, oxide of iron and alum, sodium chloride, and is free from all organic matter. The use of this water has effected some remarkable cures, and testimonials from , prominent physicians to this effect can be produced. The springs and grounds . have recently been thoroughly overhauled, new bath house and pavilion < erected. Desirably and pleasantly located near the town of Bamberg, where board can < be obtained on reasonable terms. Con revalues to ana trom me springs furnished on short notice. For further in- ' formation write to T. J. O'NEAL, Bamberg, S. C. You Must Eat To Live We want your grocery trade. We carry the best on the market and charge a fair price for everything. We don't cut price on one thing with the idea of making ij up on something else. | We quote a few prices: 31b. Cans Pineapple, 25c size, at 20c, ( sliced or grated. Sliced in 2 lb. cans. 3 lb. cans Peaches, pie or table, 25c. everywhere, our price 20c. Tomato Catsup, extra tine quality, large size, 10c a bottle. No matter how small it is, we take pleasure in selling it to you. Call early and often. Your patronage is appreciated, and it is a pleasure for us to serve you. FREE DELIVERY. THE NEW GROCERY STORE, Jesse McCormack, Prep'r. I RHEUMACIDE 1 Cores |, | RHEUMATISM | TO STAY CURED. | v). . . THE MEDICAL. WONDER OF THE .. .ftj | Nineteenth century! -| xA vegetable remedy that positively^.' l'A cures recent and long standing cases. The greatest blood puri- ftfier known . . . Has the w hearty endorsement & of leading physi- jv ' & cians after x thorough trial. Cures 98 per cent Vs of the cases treated ft) ( ^ Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy. Atx' ^Ehrhardt by Reynolds Drug Co. Priceft;, ; v^$1.00 per bottle. $ i 1801^19 O O . MHCMILIM COLLEGE; COLUMBIA, S. C. A. B., B. S., A. M., LL.B..L. I. Courses. Spring courses free for teachers. Pourteen professors; 33.000 volumes in libra- ' ry; excellent laboratories, class-rooms, J gymnasium, infirmary, athlethic grounds. Tuition $40, other fees, $18 a session; tuition remitted to needy students. Exp,enses $135 to $175 a session. Certified pupils from forty-five accredited schools . enter its Freshman Class without examination. Entrance and normal scholar- < ship examinations held at every county j seat, Friday, July 20, 1900, by county su- < penntendents. 1 Next session opens Sept. 26,1900. For catalogue, address. F. C. Woodward. Prudent. ( Don't forget that the < DIXON IRON WORKS ; Is the place to get your engines and boil- ; er supplies. Pipe, pipe linings, valves, pumps, injectors, ejectors, shafting, pul- : leys, couplings, belting, packing, oils, etc., always on hand. < We are agent for the Erie engines and j boilers. Parties should see us before 1 placing their orders. <. We also have on hand the following i second-hand, hue lirst-class, engines and t boiler outfits, ready for service: One 20 b. p. return tubular boiler; one 12 li. p. engine, $175. One 12 h. p. portable boiler; one S h. p. engine, $140. We also 1 have two 50-saw gins for the market: ? One with new saws and new brush, $75; t one with old saws tiled, new brush, $60. 1 We wish to impress our patrons with the importance of having their work done before the rush in the coming fall. T To have it done now is a guarantee c againt any possible delay in the busy sea- [ son. Repair work is our specialty. DIXON IRON WORKS, Bamberg, S. C. I IF YOU WANT A PIANO, ORGAN,i i * 0 or any other t< Musical Instrument, Music Books, or Sheet Music, j write to the j Marchant Music Go. ORAXGEBUJKG, 5. C. ? rho will give vou as low prices and as easy ? erms as any house in America. ' > - v V.. W * ** '>: CANDIDATES' CARDS. FOR CONGRESS. 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 TALIiERT. FOR SOLICITOR. 1 take this method of announcing myself a candidate for the .position of Solicitor of the Second Judicial Circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic part3r. JAMES E. DAVIS. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Solicitor of the Second Circuit, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. CHAS. CARfcOLL SIMMS. 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. G. MAYFIELD. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for State Senator from Bamberg county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. J. B. BLACK. FOR THE LEGISLATURE^ I hereby announce myself a candidate to represent Bamberg county in the House of Representative, 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 BOST1CK. 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. R. McCORMACK. IFOR 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. FOR SHERIFF. 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 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 TREASURERThe 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 Bainbergcoun ty, subject to tbe action or tne democratic party.. L. A. BIKLE. 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 r>f Bamberg county, promising to abide the result of the Democratic pnm&yy, W. E. SEAHE. At the instigation of very many people, [ take pleasure in announcing myself a candidate for Auditor and Superintendent 3f Education of Bamberg county, pledging aiyself to faithfully perform all duties that nay come before me and to abide the result )f the Democratic primary. W. W. LIGHTSEY. I respectfully announce myself acandilate for the office of Auditor and Superintendent of Education for Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regula:ious of the Democratic primary. R. W. D. RO WELL, j I respectfully announce myself a candiiate for County Auditor and Superinten- , lent of Education of Bamberg county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. L G. JENNINGS. COUNTY SUPERVISOR. ' Having served as foreman of Bamberg county's chain gang for six months, and is captain of same for fifteen months I lerebv announce to my friends my candilacy for County Supervisor, and am wiling to abide their decision and the rules >f the Democratic primary. P k. HUGHES. 1 hereby announce my candidacy for he office of County Supervisor of Bamberg county. I will abide the result of he Democratic primary, and support the lominees of the party. , . W. H. COLLINS. 1 The friends of W. T.'Cave hereby an- 1 louuce him as a candidate for County Supervisor of Bamberg county, subject o the action of the Democratic primary. I announce myself a candidate for Sulervisor of Bamberg county, before the 1 )emocratic primary, and promise to abide ' >y the rules governing the same. March 20, 1900, E. C. BRUCE. I hereby announce myself as acandidate or the office of County Supervisor, subegt to the rules governing the Democratic >rimary. GEO. H. KEARSE. March 5, 1900. JUDGE OF PROBATE. ] I respectfully announce myself as a andidate for re-election to the office of ucge of Probate for Bamberg county, ubject to the rules and regulations of the )emoeratic primary. B. W. MILEY. FOR CORONER. Thanking my many friends for their ast favors in the last election, I ask a J ontinuance of the same. I hereby anounce myself for re-election to the office f Coroner of Bamberg county, subject 3 the rules and regulations of the Dem- n cratic party. A. W. BESINGER. I hereby announce myself as a candi- P ate for Coroner of Bambergcounty,sub- ? jet to the rules and regulations of the democratic primary election. GEORGE WOLSEY' SYMONDS. I respectfully announce myself as a andidate for Coroner of Bamberg county, ibject to the rules and regulations of the democratic primary election. " G.B. AYER, Olar, S. C. a CANDIDATES' CARDS. ] FOR CORONER. 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 r* friends. I will abide the result of the 1 Democratic primary. JAMES H. ZEIGLER. I am a candidate for Coroner of Bamberg county, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. G J. G. RENTZ. . II js MAKE HASTE ! w to secure protection against fire. A blaze ^ of an hour's duration may destroy the ?l work and saving of years. FIRE INSURANCE . with the companies represented by me is I cheap and efficient. Claims are promptly ^ adjusted and policy holders liberally treated. JOHN F. FOLK, The Fire Insurance Agent. The Largest and Most Complete < Establishment South. * GEO. S. HACKER k SON. ! ?Manufacturers of? ! Doors, Sash, Blinds; MoKldiBg, Buildiag Material. t Sash Weights and Sash Cord. Office i and Ware Rooms Kiug Si., op ] posite Cannon St. Charleston, S. C. j Window and Fancy Glass a' Specialty * AN OLD PLACE (: MADE NEW... * I Having purchased a portion of j the lot opposite Bamberg Cot- j ton Mills, which has been the j hub of the carriage industry in Bamberg for so many years, I have erected tbereou shops ' -"J well suited for * CARRIAGE WORK J and have determined to agaiu u make this old stand the most Jf attractive place for you to have ? your wants properly adjusted. sj I shall employ none but expe- Jj rienced and trusty help. Coupie this fact with my life long = experience and a desire to serve g yon well is what I have to _ offer. Send or bring us your u business. We are now ready. j We do anything pertaining to J carriage work, and build to your order. Try us. You will find us prompt, liberal, and 2 reliable. 12 Faithfully yours, 1). J. BELK. : h hemitlspahr 1 A ATTORNEY AT LAW, L A BAMBERG, S. O. : L Offices over B&mberg Banking Co. A - T Li S, G. MAYFIELD,|? 41 I ATTORNEY AT LAW, i 7 A; 4 A] denmark, s. c, i DENTIST, \ L] Will be pleased to serve the ^ ?? people. Office op stairs iii the ? building next to bank. 44 F. F. JOHNSON. L ???????????? Al \j. C. INGLIS, B. W. MILEY, ieferee in Bankruptcy. Probate Judge. INGLIS ? MlLEY, z Attorneys at Law, BAMBERG, S. 0. "J foi Will practice in the Courts of the State. vB >rompt attention given to collections. Money to Loan. APPLY TO Wc # e Izlar Bros. ? Bice, r tttorneys and Counselors at Law, BAMBERG C. H., S. C. ^ IP HOWELL A M'lVEB BOSTICK W B GRUBEK p* BELL, S1LE, 1 m 1 Oil Attorneys and Coanselors, J* BAMBERG C. H., & C. Lj General practice; special attention belg given to corporation law and the ex- Fo mination of tides. '"ztf'jtJr ' ' - - c. ... % ro THE PUBLIC... \ I have one of the largest stocks of General Merchandise in Bamberg county, ami, while I am w doing a large business, I want to do still more. I wish to invite, through this paper, the trading public of Bamberg and * Barnwell counties to make my store headquarters, where they will always be gladly welcomed. / I have a full stock of IENERAL MERCHANDISE - ? tv r3 icluding Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, hoes, Clothing, Dre98 Goods, Hardare, Crockery ware, Tinware, Drags rocerres, etc. I also handle the est makes of BUGGIES and WAGONS, [arnoss, and Sewing Machines. Iave also just added to my stock a ill line of Coffins and Caskets. limy art Dm Ms. Mv Millinery and Dress Goods department is nnder the manage- ' tent of Miss Bettie Matthews, who '49 with me permanently, and who ill be pleased to serve her many icnds. Soliciting your future lit alr patronage, 1 am Yours truly, ^?0 3. F. RIZER, OLAIi, S. 0. Food is Repulsive to the stomach that is instated ind sensitive. Nervous dieorlers of the brain irritate the stomach nerves making it weak ind easily deranged. That's why so many people who Suffer from headache have weak atom* whs. All nervoqs troubles, ? whether of the brain, stomach >r heart yield most readily to Dr. Miles' Nervine. "Starting from a small spot ia my brafaa he pain would steadily increase until eemed that my head would split open.. Jkg ' rould be deathly sick at the stomscfrtWtaMff romit terribly and many times have jam'. rom 24 to 30 hours without food orqaph'"' K.fter suffering from these spells vas completely cured by ax bottle* rTCMHmmi ^le^Nen^." SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule is Effect May 8, UM& % JtAOTXRN TI5?L ^ iafej 7 00a Lv... Charleston ...Ar 11 Ida ?tf? I58p'7 41a '..SumraerTille..4- M?? rfft r25p 855a " ...Braachville... " ?lQa Iflto % 1 53p; 928a " .. .Orfcngebora... " 641a ff|P > I45p 1015a '.... KingvtUe..:." 718a iMfr," 11 45a Ar .....Sumter .Lr ...... 1140a " Camden Lv .1 SOplnOfrttAr ...Columbia....Lvl ndal 400? V ^ isup 7C9ajLv...t??art?ftton ...Arllluai *1$ : 25p 0 lift " ...Branch villa." 8 5Ua 8? r40p 940a " ....Bamberg .... " i02p 9 Sua "....Denmark...." I20p 1007a " ....Biackville.-.." 80tyJ?gU >22p 11 uua " Aikeu " 708ft, ft? . >g)p II 51a Ar.Angustann.dJLr " 880ft' 8l8y> *>;-? iJoTU: in addltiou 10 the above servtoO ' '& wins Nos. IS and 14 ran daily between Ohartaaj m and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman . eeping can. No. 15leave Charleston UsOOjb . 1 u; arrive Colombia S AS a. m. No. Id leave Co* - -- j tmbialdSa m.; arrive Charleston 73flOa.aft.MH leaping cars ready for occupancy at 9 40 p. m. ' >th at Charleston and Colombia. These trains' ake close connexions at Columbia with trough trains between Florida poiata an# Washington ft"d th? *?<?+. . . aSggBga ^i6Na 8 GBEENVILLK. {No.12jNo.18 ally Daily Double Daily Servtee.jDaUy Daily <j\ OOp 700aLv .. Charleston .. Ar 8ltp 708a >. 66a 8 56a " .. Branch villa.. " 689? 4 30a !50b 9 28a " ..Orangeborg... " 688p 84ia . ' 00a 1166a " ... Columbia ... Lv 4OOp lid* 0$5& 160a 165p " ..Greenwood.. " 124lpi 8U i?a 24SpAx.... Abbeville-.. Lv 1180? 40a 3 35p At ..Anderson... Lv 10 46a s ' 20pi 415p Ar .Greenville... Lv 10 Ua M&f,. < v.Augusta 7 00a 989ft . r. Sandersville ; lOOp 12 Op tmgm ' Tennille 130p 1860p 8Ujpy?^ , v. TeUhille 5 40a Sttp 0H|^ ' Sandersville 6 60a 4OOp ~/S ?. Augusta 900al 710pj 8<Pp ;. V. Savannah.... 12 06a 1316p ...... Allendale.... 688a f01a 1 Barnwell 4fl0a 4OOp 725a fS*," .V-1 Blackville... 415a 417p 1016a ...... r. Columbia... &00a 600p 11? ?^ ?J -~'-v fi v. Columbia U80a 125a 000ft r. Blackville.... 112p 806a 1016a 4^ 1 Barnwell.... 127p 320a 1130ft 840p ...... 1 Allendale. 100? OUp}-....;. -?B ' Savannah...., 820p* 616a>? Atlanta and BeywU, v. Charleston^ 700aj 530p< r. Augusta DSlaloaOp ......if ' Atlanta 830p 500a...... r. Atlanta ill OOp 580a 4?p r. Chattanooga ' 645a 9.46a SOfljp : . V. Atlanta* ft4k| 4 Up r.Birmingham ,... 118S> WWp Memphis, (via Birmingham)..* 8Q8p T lfc Chicago Tlia ftftCp r. Louisville fa*! fa* ' St. Louis -55$ V r. Memphis, (via Chattanooga)... 7 Hp f 4BO ; d Ashteville^Cincinaati-LomiarUU. I Koiatmolii i% east TIME. r??y r. Augusta. SQOp 9 Up Batesburg 44ftp tty r. Charleston ? 7 OCalulSp r. Columbia (Union Depot) ll lS f m r. Spartanburg 810p 11 2tm Jgh, AsheviBe 71fip 2fi0p CincinnnatL 7?p 7w J Louisville (via JelllcoV. 77] ft ftpX. vg|S| To Waihiagtoa and tka But, '.Augusta..... SOMft tftC Batesburg 44fip 120Qt Columbia (Union Depot) ftg* Chariotte .. 9Mp -r ..Danville gj& M8p , ; . Richmond .900a fttftp ..Washington 78Sa 8ft0p ^ Baltimore Pa?B. B 912a 11% . -vis Philadelphia. ILXa 2 Ha ' ;.J New York ..f^OBpl ft Ha ;_gaH keeping Car Line between Charleston and . l*r>in via Antmsta. llialrinv mnnM>Mn?at '. ?i&Sm lanta for all pointaNorth and West. Solid Trains oetween Charleston and Aabr .> Connections at Columbia with through ttatlit? * Washington and the Fnirt' alin for Jfilrtna ' - Sgj ie and all Florida Points. tANK 8. GANNON, J. M. CCMV Chird V-P. & Gen-^Mgr., Tr&fiah(aan|?r, GEORGE B. ALLEN, Dir. Pass. Agt, Charleston. 8. C. A. TUBE 8. EL H ABDWICK. ??n. Pass. Agt., Aart. Gen.BMa. Agt, \V ashing ton, D?C* Atl&Bt&?Ga? NGINES, BOILERS. , GINS and PRESSES. :$?g Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and' ?3 rtilizer Mill Outfits: also Gin Press : --*? ne. Mill and Shingle Outfits. Bnfld. -x 1 Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Rail id Castings; Railroad, Mill, Factory, d Machinists' Supplies. Belting, Pack % $ r, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files : ters, Etc., cast every day. Work 156 - ! iMlmn ff'ts Snplf Co AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, undry, Machine, Boiler aad Gin ^ Works* ReDairina: Promptly Dose.