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The Bamberg Herald. ESTABLISHED iHVV 1st, 1891. ~i7 II'~KXIGIIT, 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 foi 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Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed Those of a oersonal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, February 7,1901. Will the esteemed Columbia State kindly tell us what real benefit the present session of the legislature has been to the Slate. We ask solely for information, and not in a spirit of captious criticism. The legislature has continued until the next session the bill providing for the sale of the State farms, and it is proposed to plant only food products on these plantations this year. We believe this to be a step in the right direction, and trust that it will prove so profitable as to warrant its continuance. If not, the farms should be sold. We do not believe the State should raise cotton. This newspaper does not argue for a water works system on the ground of convenience. We favor it because we believe every taxpayer who pays insur ance will save money. Economy demands that we quit paying out large sums of money to fire insurance companies each year. With the establishment of a water works plant, our insurance rates will be materially reduced, and we will thereby save more money than the taxes we would have to pay for interest on the bonds. There is room for an up-to-date merchant, and such a one would be gladly welcomed. All our merchants have as much business as they can well attend to and they would not look with disfavor upon the establishment of another mercantile house heye. The town and counfr i<s in finpilianp finAneinllv* ninrp business is being done here now than for many years past. Our merchants are liberal and just in their dealings with their customers, and that is the reason so many people come to Bamberg to do their trading. We are surely and steadily going ahead, and, with the opportunities before us, we expect the town to develop into a place of double its present business and commercial importance in the next few years. ^ The legislature has, just as we expected, appropriated $50,000 to the Charleston exposition, which will be used to erect a State building and provide for exhibits. We, as one who opposed any such appropriation by the State, will pay our share of the taxes cheerfully, and only trust that time will prove the wisdom of their action. The position taken by Senator Maytield is that the increase in taxable property in Charleston alone will pay back to the State in taxes in a few years a great deal more than the $50,000 appropriated, and then the property will be a fixture, which will bring in a revenue to the State year after year. He considered the matter in the light of a plain business proposition, and we trust that the money spent will prove of value to the State. The legislature has appropriated $20,000 more for a new domitory at Winthrop College. Last year $35,000 was appropriated for this same purpose, and the last appropriation is for completing and furnishing the building. In the name of common sense and economy we protest against such action. While we favor Winthrop, we really think enough money has been spent there. The cry is raised that there is no money for the common schools and yet the colleges can get all they want. Money can be appropriated for an exposition, finishing the State house, etc., and yet the common schools are neglected. Gentlemen of the legislature, it is'high time you were supporting the country schools. Colleges and other enterprises hate had enough public pap for the present. We are truly gratified at the hearty endorsement some of our leading citizens and large taxpayers have given to our editorial of last week in regard to water works. They .take the same position that we do: that water works will not only be a great convenience to us but that the saving in insurance premiums alone will more than pay the interest on the bonds. The credit of the town is excellent, and there is no reason why we could not get all the money necessary at a low rate of interest. Instead of paying out the money each year to enrich foreign insurance companies, we will be improving and benefitting the town by establishing a much needed improvement. It is probable that the matter will take definite shape in a few days. The first step necessary is securing signatures to a petition to the city council asking that an election be ordered on the question of issuing bonds. All possible information will be given before the election is held. W e would like for our people to think about this matter, for we feel sure they will come to the conclusion that money put into water works will De the otst investment they can possibly make just now. Sigitiliranl Dying Words. Spokesman: "Madam, we are a committee from the volunteer fire department, of which your late lamented husband was the respected chief, and we have called to express our sympathy." Widow: "Oh, it's so kind and good of you. I know Henry was thinking of you when he passed away, for just before the end came he rose up in bed, with a far-off look in his eyes, and shouted: "Turn in a second alarm. We can't handle this lire without help."' Bueklen's Arnica Salve Has world-wide fame for marvellous cures. It surpasses any other salve, lotion, ointment or balm for cuts, corns, burns, boils, sores, felons, ulcers, tetter, < salt rheum, fever*sores, chapped hands,! skin eruptions; infallible for piles. Cure ! guaranteed. Only "oc at Dr. J. ]?. Bkick ! aud Thos Black. Wantld.?10.000 cords of good hickory ' to l?e delivered at ltowesville and Den- j mark, S. C. For particulars address J John F. Simmons, Kwwesviiie, S. C. i A CLOSE CALL. Gen. John B. Gordon Tolls Thrilling1 Story of Escape. "A story of a close call," said (General Gordon, as ho loaned back in his oilier chair and looked musingly out of the window. He had laid aside his papers and for a few moments he sat quietly; his head inclined slightly ami his expression changing quickly as his mind reverted to the stirring incidents in a history in which lie played so large a part. In an instant his keen eyes ami commanding features assumed the expression of a soldier and one could almost see him on his horse, the excitement of war before hint and the prospect of immediate smoke and plenty of it. Then he smiled and said: "Well, well, you want a story of the war? I saw many moments during that four years when it looked as if my time had come, but possibly the narrowest escape I ever experienced was one spring evening shortly before the close of the war. "It was on the 6th of May, 1864, a day which will probably never be forgotton by many soldiers both in the Union and Confederate armies. "Shortly before dark my command had assailed the right flank of Grant's army, scattering it into confused detachments and literally destroying Sedgewick's corps. Every command on our front, as my troops swept down the line, was thrown into the wildest disorder and when night hovered over the two great armies the ranks of the enemy were tangled into an almost helpless condition. "The darkness grew deeper and blacker and the smoke of the battle aided by the shadows of night made it utterly imposotlkl/i f/\r mill'O fll*)ll 511'lf iui in > tuiiiuiaiiu if uw uiwiv iiiuu grope its way through the heavy underbush of the wilderness, where the engagement had occurred. "I saw that it would be necessary to halt for the night and I accordingly ordered one of my brigades to cover our front as a skirmish and picket line until morning and instructed them to report to me its position at the earliest moment. "The inky blackness rendered more gloomy by the dense shade of the forest greatly impeded the progress of the brigade, and while they endeavored to get into position I began to grow uneasy. Time passed and I heard nothing from them. My anxiety increased each moment and finally realizing the danger of delay and restive under the suspense, I decided to personally look into the cause of the delay. "I took with me only one courier, Wm. Beaslv, who had enlisted from LaGrange. "Silently and cautiously we began our ride toward the front. Neither of us spoke. Even the horses seemed to realize that much depended upon them and they j walked almost noislessly over the soft earth, avoiding every tree and limb. "Suddenly without any premonition we found ourselves in the midst of a large body of troops without alignment or definate formation, which 1 believed to be my own brigade. "Not for a moment did I realize that I had missed the position of my own command and ridden into the very midst of the blue coats. "Satisfied that I was among my own men and desiring to know how the officer in charge had gotten the troops into such a tangled condition, I cautioned Beasley to make no remark which would indicate my identity. "There wks only the faintest twinkle of a star in the heavens and accordingly the color of their uniforms was not distinguished to my eyes. "For several moments we stood, undo cidedly, hardly, knowing what course to pursue when Beasley, who had ridden close by my side, leaned over to me and said in a whisper: "General, these are not our men; they are Yankees." "Hugh, BeasleyI replied. "That is nonsense. How could we miss the brigade, which, according to my order, should be here, and get among the enemy's lines?" A moment more we stood, and then Beasley seized me earnestly by the arm and said: "General, I tell you, sir, these are Yankees. I have just been looking at their coats and then at yours. I can plainly see that theirs are blue. "I again cautioned him not to speak. Our only safety now lay in turning our horses'heads slowly in the direction of the camp and get on the outer edge of the men and then ascertain definitely whether they were Union or Confederate soldiers. "I had scarcely breathed ray order to Beasley when we were halted by three i soldiers, who-had evidently made the discovery that we had, and had learned that we did not belong to their side of the line. "When the words of the sentry rang out over the stillness of the night a hundred men were on their feet and in a second's time we were surrounded by a body of Uuion troops on every side. "I saw that our time had come, either to submit to capture or to dare a most hazardous effort to escape. "As is usually the case in such emergencies, the brain acts with lightning rapidity. In a few seconds I had weighed the narrow chance of escape. Simultaneously, however, there rUshed through mv brain the horrors of prison life, and I resolved to take the risk. "It was a move which meant either liberty or instant death from fifty, possibly a hundred, bullets. I decided to make the dash through and over the men who had gathered around us. trusting to i chance, which sometimes takes care of us I when it seems least possible. "I was riding a magnificent horse,! which had hut a few hours before been j captured by some of my troops, ridden at ! the time, they said, by General Shaler. of : the Union army, who had been taken | prisoner that day by my forces. My j own horse had been disabled in the con- j flict of the afternoon, and in his stead I j had mounted this superb creature, who j was both spirited and active. "I threw myself down on his side ;ui?l i clasped the sadle with my left leg. j Hanging in this position, with my left J arm around his neck, and seizing his i bridle near the mouth, I called out, 'Come ! on, Beusley,' and before the astonished soldiers, who had not looked for any j move so daring, could collect themselves I had made one sw ift bound. Beasley. who was a magnificent rider, followed rav example. Digging our spurs into tinsides of the animals, we leaped forward with tremendous force, knocking down j and possibly trampling under the horses' J hoot's tin* sentries who tried to interfere. "Instantly there was a solid roll of musketry, but neither ourselves nor our horses were struck. "I did not even hear the whistle of a bullet, and I am sure that in the great excitement of the moment these veteran soldiers of the I'nion army had forgotten to aim. and had simply tired their ritics in the air. or were perhaps unable to brim: their guns to bear on us on account of being so closely crowded together and in such large numbers. "At any rate, we did not stop to investigate. We made good our escape with 110 loss whatever except the strips of gray cloth which we left in the chinkapin and 1. 1. 1 .. .1 <1.. .1. M'l'UU iioougu n mi 11 Kin horses rushed at such furious rate. "I hclicvc it was the narrowest escape from death that 1 ever experienced or ever saw, and in thinking of the old war times I sometimes wonder how 1 ever made up my mind to do it and how, after all. both of us were not killed in the atatempt." Lincoln's Bookkeeping-. One scarcely picks up a daily paper without seeing the account of some young man "gone wrong." Dishonesty in small things seems the besetting sin of the present generation of working boys and young men. it is so easy to "borrow" car fare or luncheon money from the cash drawers, to be paid back on "salary day." Then the occasion arises when it is not convenient to repay the change thus borrowed, or the sum has amounted to so much that the boy fears to take it from his slender salary. Few men follow the old-fashioned methods of Abraham Lincoln when he kept a general store in Salem, Illinois, bm it would be better if more did. Lincoln, besides being storekeeper, followed other vocations, among which was that of postma.^er. On a certain occasion one of his friends, having learned that an agent of the post office department and a "drummer" were in the village? the former to collect what was due the govi-rnment from Lincoln as postmaster, the latter to receive from him as "trader" what was owing to thetirm he represented?and knowingthat Lincoln was never over-burdened with spare funds, went to the store and offered to lend him a sum sufficient to meet the needs of the case. "You are very kind," said Lincoln, "but I do not think I shall require your assistance." Within a few moments the agent of the post office department came in and Lincoln took an old stocking from a drawer and poured out-upon the table a lot of copper and silver coin." "There's the very money I have taken in on account of the post office," he remarked, "and I think you will find it exact to a penny." It was. This business done, in came the "drummer," and Lincoln had recourse to a second stocking with a similar result. When the two were by themselves again the friend said: "I suppose, were a third creditor to - 1 * - ? present imnseit, a tnirn siocKing wouiu enable you to settle with him?" "Yes*" returned the future president. "Look here." He held up three other stockings. "In each of these is the sum I severally owe to three parties, the only persons in the world to whom I am pecuniarily indebted. 1 see you are amused at my method of trail acting business. I never allow myself to use money that is not mine, however sorely pressed I may be, and I intend to be prepared to pay my bills when they become due, 'without delay or inconvenience to those whom I owe. The simple system which I have adopted?using a stocking to represent each creditor and placing in it the money to he passed to the creditor himself at some future day?renders the former unneeessarv and the latter possible." Hill Boom His Business. S. Laval, a merchant, of Dallas, Tex., writes: "I thought 1 would have to give lip business, after two years of suffering from general debility brought on by overwork ami long hours, but four bottles of Electric Bitters gave me new life, I can now eat anything, sleep well and feel like working all the time. It's the best medicine on earth." It's a wonderful tonic and health builder for tired, weak, sickly and run-down people. Try it. Satisfaction guaranteed. Only 50c. at Dr. J. B. Black and Tlios. Black. About Lawyers. Life has been said to be full of trials. This probably accounts for so many lawyers. Lawyers may be said to "do their work with a will" whenever the doctors get through. Talk may be said to be cheap until lawyers do the talking. It is claimed that lawyers have been talking ever since the time of Baalam. When people "take things as they come," they need a lawyer. If they don't take enough to pay a good fee they are likely to tind that the judge is a man of few words and long sentences. When Adam and Eve were accused of petit larcency they were tried without lawyers. No wonder they raised Cain. True, they had nothing to fee a lawyer, but if the case had been continued they could have done so for they soon got Abel. I am of the opinion* that there was a strouir defence for a woman. A good lawyer would have plead an alabi. He would have said, not this Eve, some other Eve.?Ex. Pneumonia can be Cured. This disease always results from a cold or an attack of the grip and may be prevented by the timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. That remedy was extensively used during the epidemics of la grippe of ihe past few years, and not a single ease has ever been leported thai dib not recover or that resulted in pneumonia, which shows it to be a certain preventive of that dangerous disease. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has gainj ed a world wide reputation for its cures of colds and grip. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. Why He Hid Not Sign It. The following-incident is related by a correspondent of the Plain Dealer, in the south. It is told of Dr. James H. Carlisle, the venerable president of Wofford College. South Carolina, and counsellor of the great Chautauqua system with headquarters in this city. When ten years old young Carlisle was attending a typical country school of the old south under the management of a typical teacher of the time, a stern and ! scholarly old gentleman. One day little James found considerable difficulty in some of his work and his teacher, becoming impatient, took the hoy's slate I and, writing upon it the words "I am a fool," gave it to the little fellow, saving: "Here, James, sign your name to that." The learned pedagogue proceeded with the other lessons, bqt on coming hack to his young charge after a time noticed that the name had not been written. Becoming angry hi* demanded in thundering tones: "James Carlisle, why did you not sign your name to that, sir?" Anil little James Carlisle slipped from his place on the high, rough old bench, and looking his teacher squarely in the eye, replied: "Because it is a'lie, sir?"? Cleveland Plain Dealer. La Rrippe (Juickly Cured. "Jn the winter of 1S1K and 1*1W I was taken down with a severe attack of what is called la grippe" sa\s p. L. Hewett, a prominent druggist of Wintield, 111. "The only medicine I used was two bottles of Chamhlerlain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold and stopped the coughing like magic, and I have never since been troubled with grippe." Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can always be depended upon to break up a severe cold and ward oil" any threatened attack of pneumonia. }t is pleasant to take, too, which makes it t he most desirable and one of the most popular preparations in use for these ailments. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. I Happenings in the Connlry. Miss Ottry Sandifer. who lias been 011 a visit to lu r uncle, Mr. 1'. W. Sanilifer. and relatives in Denmark. has returned home near Clear Pond. Misses Cert rude Heirs ami May lit eves, of Cottageville. paid our vicinity a living j trip Saturday and Sunday as the guest of Miss Josie Carter and Mrs. II. J. l'.e! linger, j Miss Belle Sandifer lias just returned j from a viist to Mr. II. M. Satulifer's at Spring Branch. She was accompanied bv Mr. Wilmot Sandifer and sister. Miss Leila. Quite an enjoyable evening was spent ' at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Northrop j Bellinger, by a number of their friends I last Saturdav evening at a sociable. | Some excellent music was furnished by Messrs. Yarn. Sease, Bean I and Dr. Kirkland. Miss Carrie Crouch, of Orangeburg, has been visiting her cousin. Miss Noinie Sandifer, recently. The health, we are glad to report, is j somewhat better than it lias been, in this! community, in quite awhile. (J. South Carolina Cotton Mill News. [tkxtii.k kxcki.siou. | The Clinton >1 ills, Clinton, have declared a dividend of four per cent. A cotton mill is among the possibili-. ties for Central. The capital stock of the Norris Cotton Mills, Early, will be increased to $?(Nt,uno. The Abbeville Cotton Mills, Abbeville, propose to issue $?(M),000 seven per cent, bonds. A spur track is being built front the Southern railway to the new cotton mill at Williamston. Machinery is being purchased for the new Inman Mill at Spartanburg. A one mile track will connect the mill with the railroad. The Olympia Mills, Columbia, will soon start their machinery in motion. This mill contains KM).(MM) spindles and 2,4(K) looms. This company is capitalized at $1,500,(MX). The Charleston Yarn & Bag Mfg. Co. have secured a site at Charleston for the new plant which will be established, and work will begin as soon as the proper titles are made out. Geo. A. Wagcncr is president of the company. A line building will be erected with working rooms for about :}00 operatives, and the best ami latest improved machinery will be installed.' The company will manufacture all kinds of cotton bags. Had to Conquer or Die. "I was just about gone," writes Mrs. Rosa Richardson, of Laurel Springs, N. C, "1 hail consumption so bad that the best doctors said I could not live more than a mouth, but I began to use I)r. King's New Discovery and was wholly cured by seven bottles and am now stout and well." It's an unrivaled life-safer in consumption, pneumonia, la grippe and bronchitis; infallible for coughs, colds, asthma, hay fever, croup or whooping cough. Guaranteed bottles 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Dr. J. B. Black and Tlios. Black. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians. A good story is told of the well-known Dr. Paul, of W? street, Marylebone. A violent ringing of his night bell brought the night porter to the door, who was confronted by a gentleman who had been dining not wisely, but too well, w ho demauded to see Dr. Paul at once. Although the eminent physician was in bed, he quickly arose, donned liis dressing gown and came down. "Well, sir," said the doctor, "what's the matter? " "I wantsh to know, Dr. Paul, if you ever got an anshurc to that long letter of yours you wrote to the Ephesians?" How to Cure the Grip. Remain quietly at home and take ChamlH'rlain's Cough Remedy as directed and a quick 1 pro very is sure to follow. That remedy counteracts any tendency of the grip to result in pneumonia, which is really the only serious danger. Among the tens of thousands who have used it for the grip not one case has ever been reported that did not recover. For sale1' by Bamberg Pharmacy. Not a Solomon After All. A Georgia Judge, who tried to imitate King Solomon in deriding the ownership of a six-months-old baby, was nonplussed when, as he put the infant on the tal.de and announced his intention of cutting it in halves with a big butcher knife, the women cried. "Doh't do that; keep it yourself;" and?k'ft the court hurridly. 8100 Reward 8100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease thai science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is cattarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known, to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional UlS^itSC, il'muico a I.WIIDIUUUWU.,, Iivai raent. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for testimonials. Address, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, ^Sc. Hall's Family Pills are the best, President Patton, of Princeton University, recently delivered a sermon at the Fifth Avenue Collegiate Church, New York, his subject being "Faith." Dr. Patton spoke of the blind faith of the elieut who puts himself at the mercy of a lawyer in preparing an action for trial and of the conlidenee of the sick-in intrusting themselves to the physician. "A case of blind faith," said the clergyman. "The doctor writes out a prescription. Oftener than not you cannot read it; you don't know what it is. He tells you to take it. 'Yours not to reason why. yours to do and die.'" Whether or not Dr. Patton meant it. there was a distinct ripple throughout the congregation. Working Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers?Dr. King's New Life Pills. Millions arc always at work, night and day, curing indigestion, biliousness, constipation, sick headache and all stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Easv. pleasant, safe, sure. Onlv OV at Dr. J. B. Black and Tlios. Black. "To say that news is scarce." writes the Parkhurst correspondent of The Ken tiei? T 1 ,?;m DCC (.ur,| lOUillill, 1* ('Ulililii II num. The yt?uiiir folks have ahout al! gone away for the winter the hired girls have gone home ami hired then have gone to !hp wood*. There ha* hecn no copt'ting, tattling, getting married, or increase in the population since election The old folks that are doing the chores and run ning the thing are going to live as Jung as they can. The peddlers and preachers have forsaken us; the hens won't lay; the horses are too lazy to run, and tlu re are no dogs to hark ; so what Ihedieki ns is there to write ahout ? " The Pest Prescription for Malaria ('hills and fever is a hoi lie of drove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. Xocqrc, m? pay, price ode. The funeral expenses of Horace A. W. Tabor, once I nited States Senator from Colorado and the owner of mines and mining stock, Denver real estate and | other property valued at sl."i,(HM?.Otio, have not heen paid, and the widow, who is . very poor, will ask the legislature t<> : make a appropriation for tin* undertaker She says that men v. ho were i made rich by her husband's generosity < have refused to assist her and have fought i her in the courts. ZEB WAS IN A HOLE. HE WENT AFTER WHISKY AND FOUND A BIG BEAR. The Old Posxiim llnntrr Tell* llow It i Cnme to I'ns* That He Developed a j Most "Wonderful interest In Noah j and (lie Animals In tlie Ark. [Copyright, 1000. by C. B. Lewis.] "Jest befo* the revenue fellers captured the last moonshine still arouml yen," said the old possum hunter of Tennessee, "we had fo'teen kegs of whisky in the shaft of an old iron mine on the side of the mounting. That shaft was 20 feet deep and grown about by bushes. Alter the whisky had staid thar over two years it was planned fur me to take it out and sell It and divide up the money. The old woman know of the plant, but I wasn't goin to say nuthin 'bout my gcttiu the kegs out. She was rcckouiu all along that some one else would do that. One arteruoon I driv the mule aud cart as nigh the place as I could, and along 'bout two hours arfer nightfall I says to the old woman: "'If yo' don't consider to object, I reckon I'll go over and -see Dau Skinner this evenin. Dan is feelin peekish and lonesome, and likely we'll liev a game of checkers to brighten him up.' " 'But I do object,' she says. 'I was reckouin to sing some hymns tonight "^i VP1' "THE B'AK WAS THAR." while yo' played the fiddle. I also want to talk to yo' 'bout Noer and his ark.' " 'I've got a sore thumb and can't fiddle, and, as fur Noer, he will keep till some other time. Nuthin rushin 'bout Noer.' "With that she turns on me and looks me squar in the face, and arter a ininit she saj-s: " 'Zeb White, don't yo' go to foolin with Noer and his ark or sunthin powerful bad will come out of it.. Dan Skinner may feel peckish, or he may be dyin, but what we wants to know Is how all them critters found their way into the ark. How did it happen that the hens didn't eat up the tater bugs while they was walkin together?* " 'Duuuo.' "'Why didn't the foxes eat all the hens?' " 'Dunno.' " 'Why didn't the b'ars eat the pigs?' " 'Dunno.' " 'Of co'se yo' don't, and that's why I want yo' to squat right down yere with me and try and figger it out. I shan't never be satisfied to die till I find out'how the elephants and bosses and cattle managed to git Into that ark without treadin on the sarpinls and bugs.' "I seen that her jaw was sot fur a row," continued Zeb, "but I had sold that whisky and must git it out that night, and so I told her I'd go along over to Skinner's and put in the next two nights with her on Noer. She looked at me ag'in. but didn't say nuthiu till I was on the doahstep. Then she p'inted her finger at me and sai<f: " 'Go right along, Zeb White, but if the Lawd don't dun git yo' into a honn of tnibblh over it then I don't know chestnuts from punkins!' i "I hurried off without sayin anything back and half an hour later was bringin up the kegs. It was dod rotted bizness. 1 had to slide down a rope, hitch on to a keg and then climb up and pull the keg arter me. Ought to had a nigger to help me, but thar wasn't ( one around to trust. I'd got up fo' kegs all right and was comin up to pull the fifth one up when sunthin happened. Jest as I was uearin the 1 top of the hole I heard a growl and 1 a 'whoof and a big b'ar made a stroke 1 at my head with his paw. I was that I durn skeered that I jest let go and ' drapped to the bottom of the shaft and got a Jar that made my bones ache fur a week. * ' "What they calls the sitnashun was 1 this: I was down In a hole and a b'ar 1 was waitin fur me to come up and do I blzness with him. Yo' kin see that the pesky varmint bad all the advantage, i lie could smash my skull with one 1 blow of his paw as my head come ' within reach. I yelled and hollered at him, tbinkin to sk'eer him away, but he looked over the edge of the hole at me ftpd growled and sniffed and seemed i minded to fall ou top of me. It wasn't j five uiinits befo* I wished I was home < talkin 'bout Noer, but wishin was no good. I kept quiet fur two or three hours and then started to climb up. > The b'ar was thar. He was thar at midnight and sunrise, and I'm tellin yo' that he was thar at noon and at fo' o'clock In the arternoon. The shaft was as dry as a bone, and 1 was thirsty 'puff to drink swamp water. The way things was fixed that b'ar could i keep me down thar till 1 perished, and when he appeared as if he was like to do it I felt that I hadn't used i my old woman right and wanted to i ask her to furglve me. 'Hout fo' o'clock, while 1 was keepiu inightv quiet, I hears a rifle shot above, and directly artertvard a human face looks dowD i TEACHERS EXAMINATION i I An examination for County Teachers' will li.) Ii?.til -if IllllDhl'I'ir | Court Home on Friday, February loth, 1001, beginning at W.d<) a. m. No Second tirade Certificates will he renewed without examination. \Y. K. SEASE, County Supt. Education. Bamberg, S. Feb, lilt, 11)01. Japanese Pile Cure A new and complete treatment, consisting of suppositories, capsules of oinlment and two boxes of ointment. A 'J never-failing cure for pih* of every nature and decree. It makes :mi operation with the knife, which is painful, and .of- f ten results in death, unnecessary. Why I endure this terrible disease?" We pack a written guarantee in each si box. N'o cure no pay. 50e. and si a box, (! lor I Sent by mail. Samples free. For sale by I Bamberg Pharmacy, Bamberg. S. C'., and I Dr. S. li.Tindall, Denmark, S. C. OINTMENT. Joe and ode. Constipation cured, piles prevented,by Japanese Liver 1VIlots the irreat liver ind stomach regulator and blood pttritier. Small, mild and pleasant to itike; L-spM iaily adapted for children's use. 50 loses 25 cents. For sale by Bamberg Pharnac)\ Bamberg, S. C., ana Dr. S. II. rindall, Denmark, S. C. oil ine. It was the old woman's. Sh? drawed the rope up bey and my reach and then called down: " 'Is anybody down thar vlsitln Dan Skinner who feels peckish and wants to play checkers?' " 'If yo'll lemme up, I'll ax yo'r pardon,' says I. " 'Mebbe that voice belongs to Zeb White?' 44 'She do.' 44 'And mebbe his sore thumb has got well so that he kin fiddle?' " 'She has.' " 'Then we'll hev some fiddlin and singin.' "And with that she lowers the fiddle by a string, and as soon as I got tuned up she began slugin and kept it up fur an hour. Then she calls down: " *Zeb, what about Noer and his ark?' " 'I'm willin to talk,' says 1. " 'How long will yo' talk?' " 'All the rest of the fall and winter. 'Feared to me when yo' spoke of it last evenin that I didn't keer much 'bout Noer and his ark, but I'm findin out that I take a heap of interest in 'em. I'm willin to sit up all night and try to figger out 'bout the hens and tater bugs.' " 'Then mebbe yo'd better come up,' says she, and she draps the rope fur me to climb by. I never felt so giad Id my life as when I got out and seen a dead b'ar thar. I wanted to gin the old woman a kiss, but she waves me off and says: " 'Don't yo' be in sich a hurry, Mr. White. Alter yo' hev ate and drank and slept, and arter we've put in 'bout fo' weeks figgerin on Noer. we'll see 'bout the kissin bizness. Chuck them kegs back into the hole, load up the b'ar, and we'll go home.'" M. Quad. BET ON ALL THREE. A Brilliant Scheme With Which to Beat the Shell Game. When Ilerr Ilopf and his little blue pitcher appeared in the corner exchange, there was quite a crowd. Among them was a man with three walnut shells and a pea. "I've been losing at all the fairs." said the shell man, "but just to show my generosity 1 am willing to lose again. I bet any man a dollai that he can't pick out the shell that the pea is under." Ilerr Ilopf fished a bright silver dollar from his pocket. ."I bet vonce too." The shell man arranged the shells, and the Teuton lifted one. Of course it was empty. "You lose!" "Vonce again, yah!" There was a quick movement, and Ilerr Ilopf saw the pea slide under the shell. He lifted that one, but it was empty. "Is der a limit?" "No, sir." "Veil, I bet on each shell." He placed a dollar on each of the three shells. "Now, I can't lose." "You are right!" And the dealer again arranged the shells. The Teuton picked up two empty shells and found the pea under the third. "I viu." "You win!" And the shell man took in the $3 and handed the winner $2. "I blay vonce again." There was a movement of shells, and again the dealer took in $3 and gave Herr Hopf ?2. Then some one whistled. and the shell man vanished through the door. "I vin steady. He vas blay no more," and even missing the dollars could not convince Herr Hopf that he had not been winning.?Chicago News. Heat Radiation. The tendency of heat to diffuse itself Is effected by radiation, conduction and convection. Nearly all dull and dark substances are good radiators, while bright, polished surfaces radiate badly. Some substances conduct heat more freely than others, silver among the metals being the best conductor, and as a unit of measurement is taken at 1,000. Compared with silver as a conductor. gold is 981, copper 845. zinc 041, tin 422, steel 397 and wrought iron " 430. Glass, wood, gases, liquids and resinous substances are bad conductors. Water is such a poor conductor that if heat is applied to the top it will boil at the top. while the bottom will remain cold. ? Newcastle (England! Chronicle. Watering the Cow. "We notice," says the Weatherford Chronicle, "in an exchange an item about a cow that died from drinking too much water: 'It is hoped this will be a warning to other cows. We have toted water for a cow ourselves, and when, after turning up her nose and r-nlHlnor OPAlin/1 QQ thAll(*h fill** SUIUillgi Ui VUliU MO WMV * think much of water anyhow and we might go to hades with it, she suddenly changed her mind and swallowed a bucketful in two gulps and kept on doing so for 10 or 15 times and called for more we just whacked her over the head with the empty bucket and hoped that she might bust aud blessed her.'" Blade a Record. Hoax?My wife's a remarkable worn an. She waited to get off a car today, and she reached rigid up herself, pulled the strap aud stopped it. Joax?Hull! I.ots of women do that. "But she pulled the right strap first shot and didn't ring up a single fare!" -Philadelphia Record. The Normal Color. , Mrs. Brown?What color are your little boy's eyes? Mrs. Robinson?Black generally. He's a terrible tighter. It is a Christmas custom in Atlanta to release all prisoners charged with offenses against city ordinances. The peat bogs in Sweden, many of them eight to ten yards deep, cover an area of about 8.04S.000 acres. G, MAYFIELD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DEXMA11K, S. C. The Largest and Most Complete Establishment South. ii. s. ira i son. ?Manufacturers of? ] loors, Sash, Blinds; Moulding* Building Material. ash Weights ami Sash Cord. Office and Ware Rooms King Si., op- ] posite Cannon St. j Charleston, 8. C, f Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty) / ANOTHER CARLOAD We have just received another carload of stock. Thirty head in this load. Fifteen Horses. Fifteen Mules. This is one of the nicest loads we have handled recently. There are in the lot some Fancy Driving Horses, and if von want a stylish0 %f %> animal, we can surely please yon. They were bought right, and it will be to your interest to se? us before you buy a horse or mule. JONES . BROS. STANDARD "MAINTAINED." My business is .now just about | one year old. 1 promised yon at the beginning promt, liberal ' and reliable service. I have i been faithful, and you have rewarded my efforts by giving me ! your business. I appreciate it, . friends, and wish to thank you 1 right here for vonr patronage, so liberally bestowed. I am much better prepared to ; handleyonr business than I was a year ago, having gathered about me the best wood and iron workers, painters and trimmers this country affords. You ! don't have to wait till they come, j they are here, and to be found | ni rr IITAMI'IIA/v il o i? I I ai utj nuina rtnt nci mug uav I ! of the year. Don't hesitate to 1 send me your carriage work. I ; can serve yon bettei and with ! more promptness than any sirai; lar establishment within fifty miles of Bamberg. I also repair, upholster and re: new all kinds of furniture in the j latest style, shoe horses and I guarantee satisfaction and pri| ces along all lines. Call on me at the same old place, opposite Bamberg Cotton Mills, Bamberg, S. C., and be treated right. Yours to satisfy, I DANIEL JDELK. Buggies-Wagons "We have received one carload of ANCHOR BUGGIES. One carload of ENGER BUGGIES. and one carload of the famous IIAYDOCK BUGGIES. We can surely suit you in a vehicle of any description. Full line of HARNESS, LAP ROBES, WHIPS, Etc. Don't fail to see us before buying a . Buggy or Wagon. We cau and will save you money. JONES BROS., BAMBERG. H. . DR. O. D. FAUST Dentist. Office temporarily at Residence, Carlisle Street. WANTED! Reliable man for manager of branch office we wish to open in this vicinity. If your record is 0. K. here is an opno'rtunity. Kiudly give good reference when writing. The A. T. Morris Wholesale House, Cincinnati, Ohio. - Illustrated catalogue 4 cts stamps. W. P. RILEY,, i FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE, j BAMBERG, S. C. No. i Jewelry a Staple. - You w ill buy more or less of it; see that you get what you pay tor when j you buy. You can he sure of this if you will buv of CHASSEREAU & LOADHOLT, EHRHARDT. S. C. who has a full assortment of the W. F. MAIN CO. goods. Every article of these goods is warranted to he exactly as represented. A printed guaranty to this effect is given with . each article of these goods purchased at their store. If. F. mi\ CO., Iowa <Kt, la. ENGINESTloiLERS GINS and PRESSES. f/imnlptp Cotton (.list Oil nnrl I fertilizer Mill Outfits: also Gin Press 'tfne, Mill and Shingle Outfits. Buildng, Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Raiload Castings; Railroad, Mill, Factory, ind Machinists'Supplies. Belting, Pack ng, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files )ilers, Etc., cast every day. Work 150 lands. mMH FMpjltCi | AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. 'oundry, Machine, Boiler and Gin Works. Re Dai ring Promptly Done. 3REAT OFFER! | For every person trading1 * ?0.00 in cash at the store of F. II. McCrae, Denmark, S. C., will l>e giv011 one six months9 subscription to The Bam nr-iu? iihKALii. nc uaa a magnificent stock of (t e n era 1 M e rc h a n d i se, M and is offering bargains in all linos. ^southern"!railway. J * "Br 1 Condensed Schedule in Effect Jan. 17. ISOL ^ ife.il;No~ 8 _M_ No. AKoBi baliyDallj gafiTK&y rata. lMXlj VmllJ 620p 7 OOa Lv... Charleston ... Ar 11 Ma Slip 800p;7 41a " .. Summerville .. " 10 80a Itff 7SOpi 866a " ...Branchrille... M 910a SOOp 7S8p 9 28a " ...Orangeburg... ** 841a 5?p -|a3 847p:10 15a " .... Kingville .... M 75k 44lp | 11 80a Ar .. .Sumter Lr 8609 11 40a " Camden. Lv taop ^986p 1100a Ar.. .Columbia Lv 710a 409f 5^0p 700aLv...Charleston ...Ar 1110a Slip . T80p 912a " .. .Branch rl lie... - 820a SOOp . 75lp 940a M....Bamberf 8?a tttp 8(Bp 9Sua " Denmark .... ** 81k Slip ^ 8Mp 1007a ** BlackviUe.... * 800a I Mp 9B4p 1109a " Aiken M 70ki 8Hp J| W20p 115oJAr. Augusta amlLv " j SiS IMP NOl'i: In addition to the above Ntrili trains No?. 15 and 18 run daily between Obai'lW ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman ;>2 liumina mm Vi> IX Imva Oh. irWtcn HEQ n. '?25 m. ;ari?vc Columbia 6:00 a. m. No. 16 leaf* S<3B Columbia 1:1W a. m.;arrive Charleston 760a. /fA m. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 961 p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. Thorn . trains make close connections at Odtembia 2 with through trains between Florida points . >;?/ and Washington and the east, (bnnwrtw . jJ . , with trains Nos. 31 and 82 New York and FkW -31 Ida Limited between Blackrille, Aifam and An* gusta. No 81 leaves Blackrille at t>:48 a. m.j Aiken 9.40 a. m.; Augusta 10.20 a. m. No. u leaven Augusta 8.30 p. m.; Aiken 7.11 U m.; Blackv:llo8.061?. m. Pullman Drawing Boom sleepers between Augusta, Aiken and >* York. Trains Nos. 0 and 11 carry Elegant PtSlH man Parlor Cars between Charleston, Hummer - "M rille and Columbia, connecting at Oohunhis ; ^ with the Famous New York ana Florida Lias* V: Ex! Sun. Kx.3 Sun. only; Sua. Lv. Augusta : 7 00a OOOn 520p Ar. Sandersville 1 OOp 12 4Sp 8 82p M Tonnillo 180p 125op|848p Lv. Tonnillo : Tsflnj SfOpj 8 Mp 5 " Anders villa 5 50a| 400pf 829(1 Ar. Augusta POOalriOpj 888|l p?"j t*iiTj?yg|^: Lv. Savaanah. 12 80s 1286p 48Sp " Allendale 345a *>Mp lfiAp " Barnwell 418a 423p Iff 'M " Blackville 4 28a 4?p 8J8p 5?p Ar. Batesburg 8?p * Ar. Columbia 0 10a Ol&p 946p Daily Daily Lv. Coluipbia 11 3ua 118a .7<Mh Lv. Batesburg 680a Ar. Blackville .... 1 lOp 2 57allO80a 8S8s - Barnwell I24p 812s 1180a 4H M Allendalo 155p 840a 1188a M Savannah 306p 500aJ ..Y-TllOiOi Atlanta and Beyond. Lv. Charleston. 7 00a $20pj Ar. Augusta 1150a H)20p) " Atlanta 82op 500a{ -j& Lv. Atlanta. f 10 85p 580ai 4OOp ? Ar. Chattanooga...: ' 2 JUa 945a| 840p '5 Lv. Atlanta 600a A lip Ar. Birrainghm 12n*n 10OOp " Mem phis, (via Bir'mgam) ROSp 7 Ifia / Ar. Lexington 981a 506p 8406 ? " Cincinnati.*..... 12h'n 780p 111 - J " Chicago 880^ 715a 580p Ar. Louisville ...... 743p 7fte ^'r^S " St. Louis 7 04a 6 OOp 1 KM TSh - To Ail?Till?'CiaolMtttl-Loal>yUli. wsms TIM. \ Lv. Augusta. 800p tttp v.lrJ3| 44 Batcsburg _? 48pi 12 07a Lv. Charleston 7 IQa 11OOf Lv. Columbia 1 Union Depot) 11 tfh.8Sl ' -: j Ar. Spartanburg .. .L. 810p. 11 Oft ffigm 44 Asheville 715p 2 48p 44 Knoxville. 4lS fM * ? ? Cindnnnati 7J0p 7 a *2?B Louisrille(viaJoUico).... ...... <I0? To Washington and the Firt Lv. Augusta. 8 am Slip " Batesburg 448p 1207a " Columbia (Union Depot) SOOp 2 lfia | Ar. Charlotte. MDp 9tfa J Ar. Danville. 1281a lttp Ar. Richmond 6CQa[7Bp Ar. Washington 7 8ia ftfeOp . " Baltimore Pa. R. B...' 912a U25p 44 Philadelphia. ? 11 Ma 288* 44 New York .!.7. *8*1 ft Mi. |g t Daily except Sunday. Bteoping Car Lino between Charlestoa and Atlanta, via Augusta, making counoctioaaat %S3m Atlanta for nil points North and Wee*. . Connection at Atlanta with Chicago and > Florida special, daily except Sunday. Koct luxurious train in tho world. Connect ions at Columbia with through traini for Washington and the East; also for Jaefcmr rille and all Florida Points. FRANK S. GANNON. J. M. CULP. Third V-P. A Gem Mgr., Traffic Manager, Washington, D. C. Washington, J>. C BOBT. W. HUNT, Div. Puss. Agt., t ; Charleston, S. C. ft. H. 8AKDWICK, ' W. H.TAYLOH . ^ Gon. fass. Agt., Asst. Gen. Pas* Agt., Washingt.>a, D. C. Atlanta. Ge. L. C. 1 Nil LIS. B. W. ill LEY, ieferee in Bankruptcy. Probate Judge, INGLIS ? MJ9 Attorneys at Law, BAMBERG, S. C. Will practice in the Courtsof the State. ^ Vompi at tent ron given to collections. BALL TO SEE OS | at new store opposite ARTESIAN WELL' j| ormerly occupied by Mr. | J. A. Byrd. A *%i full line of Notions, Dress "IE Novelties 1 just iii. "Will giveyoii bargains in everything in our line of Millinery,' Silks, m Laces. Embroider- .1 ies, Uotions Etc. 1 [US. (. I. SHOCK 1 GO, BAMBEBG, S. C. jS