The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 07, 1901, Image 2
The Bamberg Herald.
ESTABLISHED iHVV 1st, 1891.
~i7 II'~KXIGIIT, Editor.
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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."'
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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
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acting directly upon the blood
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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,
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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
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"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