The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 07, 1901, Image 2
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Thursday, March 7, 1901.
The repQrt of the attorney general
w shows that of the number of white and
1 black criminals before the courts in this
State last year, a greater proportion of
the whites were convicted than the blacks.
This goes to show that the negro does not
get all the justice in South Carolina, and
and that the poor, down-trodden negro
can get a fair trial here, even if we don't
have negroes on our juries.
Gov. McSweeney lias not yet disposed
of the free pass measure. We are not
apprised of why he is postponing action
on this bill, but his not having vetoed or
approved it leads us to believe he will
take no action whatever and return it to
the general assembly next year without
his signature. We hope he will not do
this, however. He should either approve
or veto it. For our part we prefer
decisive action.
If our people want water works and
electric lights, and they say they do, why
not get to work on the matter? Let some j
one get up a petition to the town council
asking that an election be ordered on the
question of issuing bonds for this pur>
pose, and circulate it for signatures.
There never was a better time than now
1" s. "* ^
to go to work for these improvements,
* and all admit that we ought to have
them. "We hope some one will circulate
the petition at once, and we believe our
v * people will vote for the scheme.
Congress has refused to appropriate
$250,000 to the Charleston Exposition.
Senator Tillman made a strong fight for
the appropriation, but it was killed
; . during the closing hours of congress.
The defeat of this measure is due to nothing
but the same old hatred for South
Carolina and Charleston which has existed
in the breasts of Northern representatives
ever since the war. They
T?r?t vpt. fnronven nnr State for beintr
the first to secede and the firing on Fort
iv Sumter which commenced the bloody
struggle. Congress has heretofore made
appropriations for government exhibits
at expositions in other parts of the coun.
try and their action in this instance can
only be attributed to sectional feeling
fand hatred.
; The Tolbert Shooting.
t Greenwood, February 28.?A gentleman
from McCormick brought here today
the first accurate account that has
been obtained of the shooting of Jim
t Tolbert at that place last week.
According to his story the people of
McCormick, while determined to make
Tolbert leave the town, had 110 desire to
kill him or even inflict bodily harm.
? They hit upon a novel plan. They decided
to capture him and tie him in a
crate like a calf and ship him to some of
- his relatives at Anderson. The railroad
people, it is said, had agreed to receive
"^^thefreight and duly trai^M^^and the
crate was gotten in^^H^^ A party
of eight or ten men then set out to capture
''the varmint." Tolbert was found
at work repairing one of his houses, and
x was.told that he must either leave town
'& forthwith or he would be shipped off.
s Tolbert broke and ran and the crowd
gave chase. There was no firing going
on?indeed, the whole crowd was coni
vulsed with laughter. Young Mr. H. L.
Martin was not one of the party but
knew what was to Ije done, and when he
saw Tolbert running-up the street with
the pursuers at his heels he started to
head off the wanted man.- Tolbert then
drew his pistol and fired twice at Martin,
> and those of the pursuers who had pistols
began firing at Tolbert. Martin was
wounded twice, as has been stated, but
neither time seriously. Tolbert Mas
wounaea iwice, once in me arm auu
once in the back, the ball perforating the
lung. He was brought to Greenwood
the day after the shooting, and has since
been getting along nicely. The physician
attending pronounced him out of
danger several days" ago.
Tolbert has declared that as soon as he
is able to be out he will have warrants
5. issued for four citizens of McCormiek
who were in the party that assaulted
him.
The people of McCormiek are still determined
that Tolbert shall not again
become a citizen of that town. They say
they have 110 special desire to do him
bodily harm, but that if he conies back
they will try to induce him to leave and
if lie gets hurt he will cause it liim \
self. ~
Appropriation Refused.
Congress, in the closing hours of the
session refused to appropriate $250,000 to
the Charleston Exposition. It also refused
an appropriation to the Buffalo Exposition,
but appropriated $5,000,000 to
the St. Louis fhir. The story of Charleston's
defeat is told as follows in Tuesday's
press dispatches from Washington:
From 10::>0 last night the senate remained
in continuous session. The most
interesting feature of the session was its
receding from its amendment to the sundry
civil bill providing for three expositions,
giving $5,000,000 to St. Louis,
$500,000 to Buffalo and $250,000 to
Charleston, S. ('. Without division the
motion of Senator Allison to recede was
agreed to. Then the senate receded from
the Charleston amendeut to the St. Louis
exposition bill which had passed tiie
house as a separate measure. This action
passed the bill appropriating $5,000,000
for St. Louis. Though suffering from ill
health. Senator \ est, 01 .Missouri, nau remainedin
the senate all night to battle for
this exposition appropriation. He said it
was not fair to make St. Louis sutler because
the house would not make an appropriation
for the exposition in South
Carolina.
Senator Tillman showed deep feeling.
He said the legislation which had paved
the way for the St. Louis appropriation
was placed in a bill last year, as were the
amendments from which the senate had
receded in the sundry civil bill. The
watch-dogs of the house of representatives
had not pounced upon this proposition
then and defeated it. Congress, lie said,
had appropriated eleven millions of dollars
for expositions, and now it was proposed
to give $o.000,0(X> more. His State,
K South Carolina, was regarded as an outcast,
a disinherited dog. He would leave :
it to the senate whether it was just, fair,
"-^^and righj to give to St. Louis ?>,000.000
.and refuse Charleston a small $2o0,000.
Mr. Depew and Mr. Lodge thought
that Charleston ought to be treated
equally with St. Louis.
South Carolina Cotton Mill News.
[textile excelsior.]
Construction work will soon be commenced
on the new mill at Lancaster.
The Fairmount Yarn mills have increased
their capital stock to $100,000.
The McColl Manufacturing Co., McColl,
is running on half time.
After a few weeks suspension, work
has been resumed on the Woodruff Cotton
Mill, Spartanburg.
The Cheswell Cotton Mill at Westminister,
has ordered an additional complement
of looms.
The Union Knitting Mills, Union, have
increased their capital stock and will
double the capacity of the plant.
The Palmetto Mfg. Co., of Charleston,
has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $30,000 to engage in the manufacture
of knit goods.
The "Chicora" Cotton Mills Co., ot
Rock Hill, have been chartered; initial
capital stock, $<>0,000; incorporators:
Isaac S. Cohen, F. Q. O'Neil, Nathaniel
Israel. All the incorporators are residents
of Charleston, S. C.
At the annual meeting of the Langley
! Manufacturing Co., Langley, held last
week, only routine business was transacted.
Mr. Barrett was re-elected president
and treasurer and James L. Robertson
secretary of the company.
The stockholders of the Alpha Cotton
Mills, Jonesville, held their tirst annual
meeting Monday, Feb. IS. The report of
Treasurer Littlejohn was entirely satisfactory.
It was decided to put in J000 |
additional spindles, and all preparatory j
machinery for same. This addition will
make S00U spindles for the concern. J. J.
Littlejohn was elected president,succeeding
\V. L. Littlejohn, who died last October,
the two offices of president and
treasurer being combined. \\\ (1. Rice,
Supt. of the mills, being elected a director
of the mill. The place was made vacant
by the death of President Littlejohn. The
mills are running day and night with
plenty of good help.
Liquor, Pistols, and the Devil.
[From the Circuit Rider. ]
A few days ago, the Bamberg cotton
mill was the scene of a heartless and
cruel tragedy. A gentleman named
Jones, J. B., Jeremiah, possibly, walked \
into one of the mill rooms where Elijah
Norman was at work, and without a J
word of warning, shot, with a borrowed
pistol, the said Elijah into eternity. It
is said that at the time Mr. Jones was
drinking, and that Mr. Norman's "failing"
was drink, but at the time of the
killing his "failing" was not on, and the
soul of Elijah shuffled away soberly.
The good citizens of Bamberg deplore
exceedingly this dark deed done in their
community, and not only Bamberg, butgood
people everywhere are grieved
when they read of such a butchery as
occurred a few days ago in that cotton
mill. The preliminaries and preparations
of this murder are sickening. The
incarcerated gentleman, Jones, arms
himself first with strong liquor, then
borrows a pistol, a blue steel, 38-calibre
S. & W. affair, takes with him another
man. goes to where the victim was at
work in his shirt sleeves and shoots him
down unarmed. Homicide,-or murder,
seems to me sometimes to be contagious.
One killing oftimes in a town, or com-!
munity is followed by another. Look at j
Greenville. Man-slaying is becoming to
be an ordinary occurrence. Murder,
like disease, breeds malicious microbes
and gets in bad men's blood, and stirs up
the devil there. The flowers on the grave
of Bellinger have likely all decayed, but
the mound doubtless still looks fresh.
Now slotfly through the graveyard
comes the body of Elijah Norman. The
preacher, over the untimely grave, reads
solemnly: "Forasmuch as it hath pleased
Almighty God, in his wise providence,
to take out of this world the soul of our
deceased brother," etc., but Mr. Mayor of
Bamberg, and ye gentlemen of the council,
who took the said Norman from
your mill, from his work, from his family,
at the age of 48? The triumvirate
that is our disgrace and our danger."Liquor,
the 38 S. & W., and the devil.
Can't you pass an ordinance, and imprison
the man that is drinking on your
! streets? Not the pure water that gushes
as clear as crystal from your great artesian,
overflowing wfll, but the stulf sold
in your dispensary. I sa\* arrest the man
Iin^ni. tho infliianrp of whisl'CV fill Villi T
streets, whether he is "three sheets" or
one sheet gone. Seize the sinner, for in
so doing you may save a soul from death,
and hide a multitude of sins. A drunken
man is a crazy iiiau. His insanity displays
itself in many ways, and the drunken
or drinking man is capable of hugging
a goat, cussing his wife, or killing a
prophet. Don't be too hard ou Mr. Jones.
He only acted as he was acted upon.
When court convenes he will be sorry,
and will come clear as usual. But move
away your dispensary, exterminate the
blind tigers and the Elijah Normans will
survive. They will be allowed to work
in peace in the day, and go home at the
sound of the evening bell, where the
cheerful hearth awaits their return, and
sweet children climb their knees the
envied kiss to ihare.
O God, deliver us from liquor, the
murderous pistol and the devil.
Strikes A Rich Find.
"I was troubled for several years with
chronic indigestion and nervous debility,"
wiites F. J. Green, of Lancaster, X. II,
"No retvedv helped me until I began
using Electric Bitters, which did me
more good than all the medicines I ever
used. They have also k< pt my wife in
excellent health for years. She says
i Electric Bitters are just splendid for female
troubles; that they are a grand tonic
and invigorator for weak, run down
women. No other medicine can take its
place in onr family." Try them. Only
| oOc. Satisfaction guaranteed bv Dr. J. B.
Black and Thomas Black.
Wind Wishes.
I Wild wind, blowing today.
Blow my troubles and tears away;
Blow them as far as the torn white
clouds
Freeing the sky from their clinging
shrouds.
Wild wind, blowing today.
Blow my troubles and tears away.
Wild wind, blowing today.
Blow my follies and faults away.
Blow them away like the smoke's black
* I
tun ,
Leaving the emblems to bless the soil. j
Wild wind, blowing today.
Blow my follies and faults away.
Wild wind, blowing today.
Blow some generous thought my way;;
Blow it to me like a winged seed,
Soon to grow to a lovely deed.
Dear wind blowing today.
Blow some generous deed my way.
Night was Her Terror.
"1 would cough nearly all night long," ;
writer .Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alex-!
andria, Ind? "and could hardly get any j
sleep. I ha.l consumption so bad that if
I walked a block 1 would cough fright-j
| fully and spit blood, but, w hen all other j
medicines failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr. j
King's New Discovery wholly cured me i
and I gained 58 pounds." It/s absolutely;
guaranteed to cure coughs, colds, lagrippe,
bronchitis, and all throat and lung
troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottles free at Dr. Black's and T. Black's
/
"KNIGHTS OF THE ARCHER."
A Negro Alalia Over in Georgia?The
Ringleaders of the Hand are Under
Sentence of Death.
TIk' sentence of death lias been passed
on five negroes in Screven County, Ga.,
? i 1 I...
^ uu ilir Nliu IW l>t" llll V lliUU l II1V.1I1UV1P
of the black Malia known as "Knights of
the Archer," and which had "Death to
White men" as its motto. By order of
the Court the five men have been sentenced
to the gallows on March 2!), and
they are groping about madly in dungeons
while their counsel is making a
determined effort to have the verdict set
aside at a second trial. Screven County
is just over the line from South Carolina.
When two white officers of the law were
murdered last October and a posse went
into the black settlement to arrest the
murderer?, part of the band tied to this
State, and those unfortunate enough to
remain were caught like so many rats.
It had been known that a Matia existed j
in the Screven section. Threats had gone
forth from unknown sources, and after
the officers were shot and the blacks arrested
the charter of the black band was
found.
In his-wrath the officer tore the charter
of the "Knights of the Archer" into a
[ thousand pieces and scattered the small
bits of paper to the breeze. That hasty
i act has saved the necks of bands of ne|
groes, who undoubtedly would have been
I caught and tried by the Courts. Before
i the paper was destroyed, however, some!
thing of the object of the Malia was made
j known. The charter swore vengeance
! against the whites ami the members obj
ligated themselves to defend one another
to ilc.-ith. The names of the negroes ar
rested and those who made their escape
appeared as charter members.
Following the arrest of thelirst leaders
officers came over into South Carolina
and made an unsuccessful search for the
six black knights who fled from home.
The search led through the dark and
treacherous paths of the swamps, where
alligators and black desperadoes fought
for possession, and by the good fortune
of a lucky star the officers were not trapped
and killed. The baud had too many
friends to get caught.
Great excitement spread through the
black settlements wlpjn it became known
that the leaders of the Mafia had been
sent to prison. Sylvania is the big town
! in Screven County. Around this place
| negroes thrive like honey bees, and fcar!
ing that attempts would be made by
j members of the band to free the leaders
it was decided to remove the prisoners to
Chatham County, where they were kept
secure.
Arnold Augustus, Andrew Davis, Richj
ard Sanders, William Hudson and Sam
Baldwin are the five black wretches over
whom the doom of death is swinging
with a spider webbed cord. They are
mourning and weeping. Death has horrors
to them, notwithstanding their thirst
for human gore, and they put great faith
in the efforts of their lawyers to save
them from the ropes.
Fillmore Harrison and Milton Mears
were the victims of the Mafia. Both of
these were white men, fearless and brave.
Mears was a constable, and, in company
with Herrington and Capt. Wade, a
neighbor, they went one night to the
home of Jesse Zanders to arrest the son
of Zanders, who was wanted by a magistrate
for a trivial offence. The object of
the call was quickly explained. With an I
oath Zanders said they could not get his J
boy, and then he went back into the
house.
A moment later there came a shrill
whistle from the swamp. The white men
heard it. The note went from bush to
bush. It sounded like the night thrill of
a mocking bird.
"Those mocking birds have a sweet
tone," said Mears, as the trio stopped
j their conference to listen.
"But I am not so sure that they are
i birds" answered Herrington.
While the men waited a long carbine
was stuck from the window of the Zanders
cabin. With the tirst barking of the
gun a bullet whistled through the air,
lodged in the thigh of Capt. Wood, and
from all sides of the wooded yard there
/ *
came bullets and slugs from half a score
of guns.
The constables were caught off their
guard. They stood in the blinding light
from the cabin window. The negroes were
concealed in the shrubbery and the bullets
kept up their war like sound. Wade,
crippled in the leg, picked his way to the
edge of the yard and crawled into his
buggv. The bullets whistled over his
head, smashed in the side of his trap, but
the man escaped. He thought that his
companions had been saved.
Capt. Wade left a trail of blood 011 the
highway as he drove into town and told
the news. At daylight a posse had surrounded
the Zanders cabin. The black
wife of Zanders sat in the house, smoking
a pipe and rocking her child. She
said she knew of no trouble. All around
her were the empty shells thrown from
breech loading guns.
Stretched at full length near the spring
was the mutilated body of Mears, the constable.
Bullets and iron slugs had torn
away his heart. A trail of blood was followed
deep into the swanp, and there by
the running brook was the body of Herrington.
still warm. Death had closed his
eyes at daylight. All about there was tlie
trace of a bloody struggle. The posse
did not.hear the whistling of the mocking
birds at daylight; the gang had gone.
With the hand scattered only live of the
ringleaders could he caught.
The written charter of the band was
signed in blood. It was a crude atfair
and told the fact simply that the "Ivnights
of Archer" had sworn vengeance on the
whites. One negro in this State, who
claims to have known of the Mafia, said
that it was planned for robbery and murder,
and was made up of the most notorious
negroes in South Carolina and
(leorgia.
According to the men who prosecuted
the negroes at the trial public sentiment
demanded a conviction, and had the jury
a^ked for the mercy of the Court the prisoners
would have been lynched. Counsel
also alleged that the sheriff of Screven j
opened jotters written by the prisoners, i
iii which they are said to have confessed
the murder. These letters were opened
| and retained as evidence. The negroes
also said in the letters that they were
afraid of being lynched.
I"nless the Courts interfere with the'
sentence the officers of the "Knights of J
Archer" will be hanged from one scaffold.
Headache often results from a disorder- j
ed condition of the stomach and eonstipa-'
tion of the bowels. A dose or two of ;
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
will correct these disorders and cure the
headache. Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy.
Heart Throbs.
[Written for The Herabl.]
"The dead! Whom call we so?
They that breathe purer air?"
The tire burns low on the hearth; 1 am
alone; memory steals so gently and lures
jne away with so much tact I am not dis-1
turbed, and follow where I am led?
down the corridors of the past. Dirgelike
accents fall on my ear, my disarranged
hair is smoothed by baby lingers
long since vanished, and for a moment I
they are mine to clasp once more! The i
fitful scene is gone, and with a gasp 1 i
cannot control I cry: "My (?od! why am p
t .?.?.,..1 . w'l.t- ,l,i tli/? lii\*<>d i?f
1 UHIUICW luur*. ?? n ? MW v..?
our hearts entwine themselves around us {
'till their life cords are hlent with our j
own and then are rudely severed, leaving!
the dripping tendrils to quiver in pain?" j
Oh. you who have no vacant chair in !
your homes, no half-worn shoes and :
broken toys, no aching void in your!
hearts, no precious memory to cling to, |
read not these lines, for they cannot
touch a single chord in your hearts. To '
you the fragrance of the tlower is the j
same, the gurgling of the stream holds,
no sad rhythm, life is a cloudless sky. j
All, but cannot my language reach moth-'
ers Who have suffered? Those who have j
seen the beauty crushed from a fair face j
by one blow from death? Those who!
have palsied and writhed with grief? To
1
such I speak. Years glide smoothly on j
the greased axles of time; we learn to j
bear, endure and even smile. Music enters
our souls again but it is the "song!
tuned to the key of submission."
"Swans sing sweetest when dying,
...... ......... f,..,t tfliun PVIKII. !
r l()\Vt'l> illl- llllru U.IMOX1 ?? II* II *? ,
cd;
Hearts weighed with sorrow
Awaken chords that to others are
hushed."
I look bevond life's river, I hear the l
billows roar. Almost there?with clasped
hands I plead:
"Dear Master when the scales fall from
my eyes.
In the land where all can see.
Next to my Savior dear,
Can I not gaze upon my children there?"
M. O. Laxikk.
State of Ohio, City of Torero, 1 ?
Lucas County. i
Frank J. Ciienky makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the lirm of F. J.
Cheney & Co, doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state aforesaid,
and that said lirm'will pay the sum of
One Hundred Dollars for each and every
case of catarrh that cannot be cured bv
the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank .J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my pretence, this (5th day of December,
A. D. 138(5. A. W. Greason,
fsKAi/] Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney A Co.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, Toe.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Story of a Sucker.
A man who smokes four cigars a day
and chews 25 cents worth of tobacco a
week, said he was too poor to take a
local paper. He is a smart man, too.
And economical, I should smile. This
saving fellow was getting a Maine story
paper, and found by sending a dollar lie
could get a cure for drunkenness. Sure
enough he did. It was "take the pledge
and keep it." Later he sent 50 two-cent
stamps to find out how to raise beets
successfully. lie found out. The an;wer
"just take hold and pull." Being single
he wished to marry and sent 34 one-cent
-
stamps to a* Chicago firm to learn how to
make an impression. When the answer
came it read: "Sit down on a pan of
dough." That was a little tough, hut he
was a patient man and thought he would
yet succeed. The next advertisement he
read, "how to double his money in six
months." He was told to convert his
money into bills, fold them and he would
see his money doubled. But he was
bound to get some useful secret by which
he could make money, so he sent to
find out how to write without a pen and
ink. The answer was, "try a lead pencil."
Then he sent a dollar to learn how to get
rich?"work like the devil and never
spend a cent." This was discouraging:
but he decided to try once more and sent
a dollar bill to learn how to live without
work and was told to "fish for suckers as
we do." He now takes the home paper
I and is happy.?Anniston Hot Blast..
Remarkable Cures of Rheumatism.
(From the Vindicator, Rutherfordion,
X. (\)
The editor of the Vindicator has had
occasion to test the efiicacy of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm twice with the most remarkable
results in each case. First,
with rheumatism in the shoulder from
which he suffered excruciating pain for
ten days, which was relieved with two
applications of Pain Balm, rubbing the
parts afflicted and realizing instant benefit
and entire relief in a very short time.
Second, in rheumatism in thigh joint,
almost prostrating him with severe pain,
which was relieved by two applications,
rubbing with the liniment on retiring at
night, and getting up free from pain
For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy.
. It Nearly Killed Him.
A certain firm is giving away as a
bonus a half-pound packet of tea on a
purchase of $2.r>0.
One Saturday evening one of their
assistants wassuddenlv taken ill.and was
removed home in a eab. On inquiring
the reason of this sudden collapse it was
stated that a woman walked into the store
and asked for $?.r>0 worth of stamps. It
took all there were in the store, hut the
assistant wished to please her. She took
the stamps, handed over the money,
thanked the assistant and waited.
"Is there something else, madame?"
queried the assistant.
"Oh. 110." replied the lady. "That is.
nothing I wished to buy." And still she
waited.
| "You gave me the correct amount for
I the stamps, did you not, madame?" queried
the assistant.
"Yes," replied the lady.
"Are you sure there is nothing else you
wanted?"
"Weill noticed you were giving half
a pound of tea on a purchase of J^.oO and
I am waiting for my tea."
The assistant is slowly recovering.
?Exchange.
A Good Cough Medicine for Children.
"I have no hesitancy in recommending
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy," says l\ j
P. Moran, a well known and popular
baker, of Petersburg, Ya. "We have I
given it to our children when troubled
with bad coughs, also whooping cough,
and it has always given perfect satisfaction.
It was recommended to me by a
druggist as the best rough medicine for
children as it contained no ooium or
other harmful drug." Sold hy Bamhcrg J
Pharmacy.
Status of a Watch.
A decision regard in ?r the status of a"!
watch under the National bankruptcy!
Law was handed down yesterday by
Judge Lowell in the United Slates Dis-i
trict Court, in the case ofFrank Turnhull,!
a plumber, who recently tiled a \olun-j
tary petition in bankruptcy. Through *
his counsel the petitioner contended that j
his watch was exempt both as being j
"wearing apparel" and as a "tool" j
necessary for carrying on his trade. The
court however ruled against him on both j
points.?Boston Evening Transcript. '
DANGER IN THE BOOK
WHY ONE MAN DREADED THE COMING
INTO CAMP OF A DICTIONARY.
He Discreetly I.eft Before the Vociferouxly
Applauded SentInientN lie
Impressed In III* Speech Could Be
Analyzed n la Webster.
When the son of tho president of the
I>i^ Mountain Lumber company came
into tlie mountains to learn tlie business,
so to speak, I knew within l.T
minutes that he had come to the
wroiijr place, lie was a city chap, new1-.
I a. .1 o.,.l K, .4
IV ^Tauiwi ii'ii aim (iiuiuu^iii> nut ui
touch with everytliing mountainous,
lie was a bright fellow, however, and
amply capable, only the mountains
were not the lield for his development.
As time elapsed his distaste grew, and
it was all lie could do not to express
his opinion of the mountain people,
their manners, customs, homes, morals
and everything connected with them,
lie was wise enough to contide in me
alone and bided his time to get away
to some more congenial clime. And
lie got away sooner than he expected.
It happened that there was a public
meeting one night at the sawmill shed,
and he was called 011 to make a few
remarks. Every other man at the
meeting except myself, who acted as
chairman, was of the mountains, and
their illiterate talk had roused the
young college fellow to the limit. He
saw a chance to got even, in his own
mind at least, and when the call came
for him lie responded promptly. His
speech, quite brief, but to the point,
was as follows, copied from his own
manuscript, even the [applause] part:
"My friends, I am glad to meet you
on this occasion, for I have wished to
say to you publicly what I think of
you. though our acquaintance lias not
been long. Coming as a stranger
among you, 1 was only partly prepared
for what was in store. Now, let me
say to you that half has not been told
me. [Applause.] In the internecine
arena your lethiferous conduct has
artoumled me by the trucidation and
occision characterizing it among no
T 1>L-nnwn fT.nild fin
Hit"ii i iia \ c w?v.i uiumi ?. L -%.x. ,.r
plnusc.] In the diversified field of
mendacity your efforts would make
Maeliiavelli take to the tall timber.
[Uproarious applause.] In all furaeious,
raptorial and predacious pursuits
you have done such wonders
that the gifted and groat Jonathan
Wild would have felt his latrociny
was a sounding brass and his direption
a tinkling cymbal. [Great applause.]
In the broad * expanse of labor your
torpescent oscitation has made you
sui generis among all paiuliculate mankind.
[Cheers and shouts of "Good for
us!"] As good livers, your tables
groan beneath their stercoraeeous and
impetiginous burden, and as drinkers,
your temulent bibacity has made the
crapulous reputation of Bacchus to be
a sign of puritanical abstemiousness.
[Loud applause.] As for yourselves, I
take pleasure in saying here to you,
without fear of successful contradiction.
that your nugacity is forever
established; as observers of the law,
your aberrance is teratological, and
personally you are a cohesive concatenation
of rubigant exuviae, that I
take especial pleasure in believing does
not exist elsewhere on earth. [Vociferous
applause.]"
When the enthusiasm had cooled
down somewhat, he proceeded to speak
on the subjects before the meeting and
sat down. The mountaineers were
pleased to death with the college man's
1 " 1 ^ n.Am ct vt/-1
Illgll Iiuwu spi'i-uu iiuuiiL uiiu
though I didn't know the meaning of
all the big words he used I did know
that he had been calling them liars and
murderers and thieves and scoundrels
and drones and lawless drunkards, besides
condemning their fare and anathematizing
the lot of them personally.
Hut not one of them suspected, and I
was hoping nothing would come of it
and they would forget, even if any of
the large words were remembered,
when one day a book agent.drove up
to the office in a buckboard and announced
that he was selling Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary for ?2 a copy
and showed a sample that was as big
as a box of soap.
Nobody had ever seen so much book
for the money, nor had anybody evei
seen a dictionary in that neighborhood
and when the agent began to tell what
a valuable thing it was to be in every
family the men became interested, ami
it wasn't long until the agent had sold
23 copies, to be delivered the following
week. When he had gone away witli
his sample, I called the young man
into tiie private office for consultation
"Don't say a word," he began a*
soon as be had closed the door. "1
know exactly where I am at. and
I'll be some place else before Mr. Web
ster arrives to throw any light on my
recent remarks. 1 am not shedding
any tears, aud in order that the die
tlouary buyers and others may know
just what I think of them I shall leave
two dozen copies of my speech for distribution
ou the morning of my departure."
lie did just as he said be would, and
it was a good, thing for him that ht
never came back any more.?W. T
Lamptou in Washington Star.
Tlint'H All.
"In proof of the assertion that tin
world is growing better." remarked Op
tim. "let me mention the fact that wt
never find stones in the coffee we buy
at the grocery stores nowadays."
"No." growled Pessim. "The reasor
for that is that most pers->- who buy
coffee have it ground when y bay it
The grocers pick out the steals for feai
of mining their mills. The world h
growing more enlightened in its selfish
ness. That's all."?Chicago Tribune.
Queensland is being converted into
a large orange orchard. The Australian
orange ripens at a time when otliei
countries cannot provide the fruit.
An Honest Medicine for La <*rippc.
(ieorge W. "Waitl, of South Canlinor
Me., says: "I have hail tlie worst cough
cold, chills and grip and have taken lots
of trash of no account hut profit to the
vendor. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is the only thing that lias done any good
whatever. 1 have used one hottie of it
and the chills, cold and grip have all left
met I congralulaie the manufacturers of
an honest medicine." For sale by l?am
berg Pharmacy.
Roosevelt's Aegr? nuost.
The colonel baritone of St. fJeorge's
church. in New York city ? a. Mr. Burleigh?
went to A]l?:my one day to sing ;.t
a private music ale. After it was over the
baritone \\<*it to a nearby hotel, but was
refused admittance because of his color.
Four other hotels were unwilling to receive
him. Coming back to the house
where he had sunn: be explained his predicament.
(iox*. Roosevelt, who had been
one of the guests. heard the conversation.
"What's that!"' he roared. "Here, Burleigh.
you come with inc. I'll see to it
that you net a bed." He drove to his
owwi home, gave the singer the best guest
room in the house and saw to it before he
went to Tied that every Albany newspaper
would announce the next morning thai
Mr. Burleigh had been a guest at tiie executive
mausiou.?March Ladies' Home
JournaL
CONVENT LANTERNS.
An Old Fad With Modern Improve
menti?An Electrical Display.
In the old days a favorite fad fc
travelers in ancient lands was the co
lection of lanterns. Those from ruiue
convents, decayed mosques and povei
ty stricken shrines were prime favoi
ites. The fad is not entirely dead, hi
the supply has run so short that nc
enterprising firms in Birminghan
England, and in New York turn 01
large numbers of excellent imitation:
The new ones are machine made an
so far as strength and durability ai
concerned are superior to the anciei
designs, which were hand made, hi
the latter in many instances were o
nainented with inlaid work as well a
with carving and twisting of the inos
artistic type. The machine made gooc
j can never reproduce these latter cha
I aeteristics so well as to deceive an e:
pert.
The material of the lanterns varh
from fine "woods and glass to iroi
steel, brass, bronze, copper, pewter an
even silver. The simplest forms ai
cylinders which are perforated wit
numeous holes so as to resemble tl
clumsy sieve. Then come globes, cube
octnliedra. hexagonal prisms, ovoic
and more complex solid forms. Tl
prettiest of all are the mosque lai
terns. Many of them are of bronze ii
laid with silver, pierced with little wii
dows and these closed in turn wit
white or colored glass. With a lightt"
candle inside they look like a mass <
Jewels in a dark room.
A wealthy man on Brooklyn heigh
who has traveled a great deal has or
of his rooms illuminated by lanterns <
this type. They range in size froi
small affairs four inches in diameter 1
stately lamps a foot in diameter an
two feet high. In place of candles ii
side he employs electric lights. 01
bulb to the smaller lanterns and thre
four and a dozen to the larger one
When the current is turned on. tl
splendor of the effect is almost sta
tling. The colors of the glass Iut
been deepened and made richer by tl
years, and the radiance they give nu
he compared to that from a great ori
in a Gothic cathedral.?New York Fos
COMEDY IN THE AMBULANC
A Doctor's Story of a Man and a W<
man. Each With a Broken Lear.
"When I was an ambulance si
geon," said the young family phj'i
cian, "I used to start like a fire hor
at the sound of the call. I was just;
much interested in the work at the ei
of two years as I was the day I bega
It was the excitement of the life th
made me so fond of it. I had all sor
of experiences at all sort? of lioui
There was an element of danger in
too, but that only added to the chnrir
"One night I had a call from the we
side in the neighborhood of Cliels
square. It was for a drunken man w
fell down and broke his leg. On t
way back to the hospital with him
picked up a drunken woman to whom
similar accident had happened. The
. was nothing to do but put her in t
ambulance along with the man.
"After that the ride across town w
exciting enough for a cowboy. At fii
the patients sympathized with en*
other. Then they began to cry in cl
rus. At Broadway they fell to kissii
^ ^ ' l* K ^ T U 5 W/I n fltATT Tt*n
t'ucu uluci". .il j.1jihi uu-iiui. iuvj i.v
fighting like a pair of Kilkenny ca
and I had my hands full in keepii
them apart. The woman had scratc
, ed the man's face dreadfully, and
had nearly closed her eye with a punc
When we struck the asphalt in Twe
> ty-sixth street, they were singing 'T
Have All Been There Before Many
Time,' and such singing! The upro
attracted a crowd who evident
thought I had an ambulance full of 1
. nntics. When we reached tjie ga1
they swore eternal friendship, and
the office they parted in tears."?Ne
York Sun.
She Knew All About It.
"I was dining out one evening amoi
1 a notable company of people, most
whom I knew only by reputation," sa
George Inness, Jr.. in The Home Joi
nal. "I was assigned a seat next to
very charming and intellectual worn:
and did my best to entertain her. Sa
: I: 'What can I talk about that will I
terest you? I have had some little e
< perience as a cavalryman. Possil
; you may care to hear something abo
horses in the field.'
1 " 'Why, yes; certainly,' answered e
' fair companion. 'I know a little cc
' cerning army life, and I once wrote
1 book called "Boots and Saddles."' Ai
1 then it dawned upon my poor, di
brain that I was talking to the wide
1 of the great cavalry leader, Genei
Custer, so I said no more about hors
1 or army life."
Thlnjr^ Wanhlnsrton Never Saw.
: It is hard to make it seem true th
Washington, Jefferson, Franklin ai
' the fathers of the republic never saw
! railroad or a telegraph line or a sewii
machine or a photograph or a typew
er or a rubber band or shoe or"h pla
or a stem winding watch or a cyclof
I dia or a dictionary or a chromo or
J steel engraving or a friction match
a heating stove or a furnace or a gas
or an electric light or a fire engine or
thousand and one other things coi
mon to every one today.?Pittsbu
? Chronicle-Telegraph.
Not Disposed to Dispute.
Aunt Hannah?Oh. you fool of a gi
Just because a man tells you you a
1 the prettiest woman in the world a;
' the wisest and sweetest you belie
him.
Arabella?And why shouldn't I? 1
you know, aunty, I kind er think
myself.?Boston Transcript
to a Statesman.
, "Then you are not ashamed of yo
humble origin?"
"Oh. no; it's part of my politic
capital."?Chicago Record.
A Horrible Outbreak.
"Of 'arge >orcs on my little daughtei
; head developed into a case of scald hem
1 writes 0.1). Isbill, of Morgantown.Teni
1 4. O ,.1.1^..'.. \ J/.rt C.tlivn AAmnliiiii
UUl IMICKIUU > ^ll iliua c?nc > uui|jn,ir
' cured Jier. It's a guaranteed cure f
ec/ema, tetter, salt rheum, pimples, sor
ulcers, and piles. Only 25e at Thoni
. Black's and Dr. J. I'. Black's.
Every Day Will be Sunday.
Representative IIolTecker of Delawa
lias been telling this story to lieprese
, tative Mudd and oilier Maryland congre
men:
"Down on the Delaware-Marylar
peninsula there live two families who. a
cording to the local prints, are nami
Day and Sunday. The Day family h;
seven daughters and the Sunday fami
has seven sons.
"I am reliably informed that live of tl
Day girls have already married that nui:
I l?er of Sunday boys and that still anotln
Day girl is about to become the wife <
another Sunday hoy. In view of thi
I why isn't it appropriate to say that evei
Day will be Sunday by and by?"
The Best Prescription for Malaria
Chills and fever is a bottle of Grove
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply ire
ami quinine in a tasteless form. No cur
no pay, Price 50c.
CHEAPER MILEAGE BOOKS.
Seaboard Air Line Makes a Noteworthy
Reduction of Price.
ir The Seaboard Air Line, being ever alive
1- to the people's interests as well as its
d own, has, effective February 2o, reduced
r. its 1,000-mile tickets in Florida from $30
r_ to $2o; all one thousand mile tickets of
t the Seaboard Air Line railway issue are
now good over the entire system (with
*v the exception of the family mileage tickets
sold in the State of North Carolina),
it which traverses Virginia, North Carolina,
s. South, Carolina, Georgia, Florida anil
d Alabama, and reaches the capitals of all
e the above states.
lt By agreement, one thonsand mile
tickets of Seaboard issue are good in addition
to its own lines over the Richr"
mond, Freilericksburg and Potomac
13 railroad from Richmond to Quaiuico,
st and the Pennsylvania railroad from
[s Quantico to Washington, the Columbia
r. Newberry and Laurens railroad, and the
Baltimore Steam Packet company's line
from Norfolk to Baltimore.
. The Seaboard Air Line railway is the
short line from South Carolina to all
[1- points north, south and west and has a
d service that is second to none in the
e South, and its trains are run on quick
1) and convenient schedules.
ie For information write
s Geo. McP. Batte, T. P. A.,
j' Columbia, S. C.
,s R. E. L. Bunch,
10 Gen. Pass. Agent,
Portsmouth, Va.
Q- A Widow's Lore Affair.
^ Receives a setback, if she has offensive
breath through constipation, biliousness
or stomach trouble, but Dr. King's NewLife
Pills always cure those troubles;
ts clean the system, sweeten the breath,
ie banish headache; best in the world for
3f liver, kidneys and bowels. Only 25c at
m Dr. J. B. Black's and Thomas Black's.
t(? A queer instance of improper influence
l( said to have been exerted upon a juryn*
mnn poniW! frnm Npiv Tlu> inn'
in ti certain civil case went to Fairhaveii
e, to visit the house of the defendants,
s. There, according to counsel for the
ie plaintiff, one of the parties to the suit
r. gave one of the jurors a piece of pie.
This piece of pie is the ground upon
which a motion to set aside the verdict
ie is founded. But was the pie good or
l>' bad? Must not the pie be tried before it
el can be judicially ascertained whether the
>t. juryman was influenced improperly?
r Mrs. C. E. VanDeusen, of Kilbourn,
Wis., was afflicted with stomach trouble
o_ and constipation for a long time. She
says, "I have tried many preparations but
none have done me the good that
ir* Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tabsi
lets have." The Tablets are for sale at
se Bamberg Pharmacy. Price, 25 cents,
as Samples free.
S
:s- This signature is on every box of the gennin*
!t Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
' the remedy that nuera cold In one day
ist
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: Edison's Phonographs
i asd Records,?
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BAMBERG, S. C.
ts,
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Jno. F. FOLK, Agent.
>h
lire
' Complete Stock
a of Records of the
iy latest music as
u- played by the
^ famous bands ot
^ the country and
the latest songs.
Sample Phonow
graphs on hand.
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: "MAINTAINED."
ut My business is now just about
one year old. I promised yon
? at the beginning promt, liberal
a and reliable service. I have
nd been faithful, and you have reall
warded my efforts by giving me
>w your business. I appreciate it,
al friends, and wish to thank you
es right here for your patronage,
so liberally bestowed.
I am much better prepared to
at handle your business than I was
ad a year ago, having gathered
a about me the best wood and
us iron workers, painters and trimmers
this country affords. You
110 ""doJa^htivfiXo wait till they come,
^ they are here^nd to be found
or at my works every working day
or of the year. Don't hesitate to
a send me your carriage work. I
m- can serve you bettei and with
rg more promptness than any similar
establishment within fifty
miles of Bamberg.
rl, I also repair, upholster and rere
new all kinds of furniture in the i
ud latest style, shoe horses and i
ve guarantee satisfaction and prices
along all lines. Call on me
at tbe same old place, opposite
80 j Bamberg Cotton Mills, Bamberg,
S. C.,and be treated right.
Yours to satisfy,
ur I DANIEL J. I>ELK.
W. F. RILEY,
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ACCIDENT
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*' DENMARK, S. C.
GREAT OFFER!
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For every person trading
$5.00 in cash at the store
of F. IF. McCrae, Denmark,
S. C., will be givv*
en one six months' snb4
script ion to The BamliKKc;
IIkkald. He has
a magnificent stock of
General Merchandise,
aipl is offering bargains
in all lines.
?SOUTHERN RAILVMY.; V|j
*
Condensed Schedule in Effect Jan. 17, KOL ^
^0.11 NO. 8 IliTrRK VT1I? !No. 8 No.ill
Daily Daily BA8TERN TIUE' Daily'Dally
620pJ 7OOaiLr... Charleston ...Ar U 10a 815p
800p 7 41a' " .. Sumraerville.. " 10 80a f 2?p
T80p 8 56a - .. .B ranchville... " OMa flOOp
758p 928a ** ...Orangeburg... ** 841a 589p
847p.l015a " .... Kingville.... ** 785a 443?
11 80a Ar .. ?Sumter Lv SOOf
11 40a " Camden Lv 280p v
j36p 1100a Ar?Colombia.....Lv 710a 400^
53op 7 00a Lv... Charleston ...Ar il 10a 8l?p
780p 918a " ...Branchville... " 850a OOOp
T55p 940a ?* ....Bamberg .... " 827a 583p
806p 9Sua "....Denmark....** 8 18a 510?
824p 10 07a " Blackville.... * 800a 5(Bp
924p llUOa " Aiken ** 7 08* 3 56? >/;
lOaOpfll 50a At. Augusta and Lv " t 6 TOal 810|
^VoTE: in addition to the above service
trains Nos. 15 and 16 rau daily botween Charles- ton
and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman
looping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston lin) p.
m.; arrive Oolmnbia 6:00 a. m. No. 16 leavt
Colombia 1 :S0 a. m.; arrive Charleston 7:00 a ."''"ivS
m. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9 ^
?>. m. both at Charleston and Colombia. These .
rains make close connections at Colombia - v
with through trains between Florida point* . *
I and Washington and the east. Oonnecttoe <
with trains Noa 31 and 82 New York and Flor
Ida Limited between Blackville, Aiken and A^ .
gust*. No 81 leaves Blackville at 8:48 a. tn.j . v>
Aiken 9.40 a. m.; Augusta 10:20 a. m. No. m
leaves Augusta 6J30 p. m.; Alkeu 7.15 p.m.; , as
Blackville 8.08 p. m. Pullman Drawing Boom
sleepers between Augusta, Aiken ana. NVvt ' *
York. Trains Nos. 0 and 11 carry Elegant Polk .- J'sman
Parlor Cars between Charleston, Summer
ville and Columbia, connecting at Columbia ^
with tho Famous Now York ana Florida Lim* ||p
Ex. San. fix.
Sun. only Sun.
Lv. Augusta 7 00a 930a 320p v' fi
Ar. Sandersvillo ... lDOp 1243p 8 32? 'ASM
" Tennille I80pl250p 840?
Lv. Tennille 5 40a 850p 3 lOp '
" Sandersville 5 60a 4 00p 328p j
At- Augusta 900a) 710pj 880? ^
|D,llyD^ly|g^|V"- /
Lv. Savannah. 1230a 12?p 480p-...?.
? Allendale 3 45a o 56p l?p ^
** Barnwell 4 18a 428p ...... 8 46p
"* Blackville 428a 489p 8l3p 5 (Bp r
Ar. Batesburg .; 800p
Ar. Colombia. 610a 8I5p 9 45p
Lv. Colombia I13Ua llfia ...... 706a
Lv.Bateabnrg.. ^ 6101a ......
Xr:Blackville.... 777 1 lOp 257?ll030a Tffla
44 Barnwell 1 Sp 812a 1180a ......
44 Allendale 1 55p 848a 1180a 'f :
44 Savannah 305p SOOB .TTllOfOi 0^
Atlanta and Beyond*
Lv. Charleston.. j 7 00ft 520p v ":1
Ar. Augusta .Ill SOa 10 20p .-..w'
44 Atlanta .'...J 820p 600a
Lv. Atlanta. f l085p 530a 400p
Ar. Chattanooga ; '2 40a 045a 8<Op
Lv.Atlanta, . 600a 4l5p ,
Ar. Birminghm .' 12n'n lOOOp . < ^
" Memphis,! via Bir'ragam) 805p 712a 1
* *
Ar. Lexington 031a SCfip 500a
44 Cincinnati.* 12n'n 780p 74Ba
44 Chicago 83op 7Ma 5 80p
Ar. Louisville 74Dp t.Ma >
44 St. Louis ? 7-Ota 60Qp
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Ar. Memphis, (viaChatt) 7l0p 740i ;
To Askeville-Ci&oinnati-Loalsvillo.
KA8TBUI TIME.
"?2
Lv. Augusta. SGOpi 930p
44 Batesburg : 448i>il24)7r<^^|ga
Lv. Charleston .. v. !T iHtfgqft
Lv. Columbia (Union Depot) 1140a; 8 20a
Ar. Spartanburg . 310pll2Zn
44 Ashevillc 71fe 248p
44 Knoxville. 4lfia| 7 80p ym
44 Cinclnnnati 780p! 745a
44 Louisville (via Jellico)!.....7?46flBi
To Waskington andtka East. % ^
Lv. Augusta. s..: 8<J0p 980p
44 Batesburg 448p 120fa t . A'f
44 Columbia (Union Depot)..; 600p 216a \-:*M
Ar. Charlotte. JMOp 946a
At. Dan ville. 1251a I38p
Ar. Richmond ! 6 OCa 62& '
Ar Washington. : T? 880p.
44 Baltimore Pa. B. B 912a 1125p
44 Philadelphia. 1136a 286a
44 New York ..*! 20Sp 618a _t ;>
+ Daily except Sunday. /
Sleeping Car Line botween Charleston and
?? Anontito mnHnp <vmrnwHnn?
Atlanta for &U points!*orth and West. >
Connection at Atlanta with Chicago and
Florida special, daily except SnndayT Most -1/
luxurions train in the world. i >
Connect ions at Columbia with through trains Jj&a
for Washington and the East; also for Jackson ille
and all Florida Pointk
FEANK 8. GANNON, M. M. GULP. i
Third V*P. A Gen. Mgr., Traffic Manager, - - *8
Washington, D. G. WaahingtonTt). C. * .
ROBT. W. HUNT,
Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charleston, 8.0.
8. H. HARDWICK, W. IL TAYLOS
Gen. Pass Agt., Asst.-Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Washington,!). C. Atlanta,Ga.
' T-,
WANTED!
Reliable mah for manager of branch ; : ^
office we wish to open m this vicinity. ,S::M
If your record is 0. K. here is an oppor- v
tunity. Kindly give good reference when r
writing. -?
TnE A. T. Morris Wholesale House, -- *
Cincinnati, Ohio. t
Illustrated catalogue 4 cts stamps,*
Buggies** Wagons I j
We have received one carload of *
ANCHOR BUGGIES.
' One carload of
ENGER BUGGIES.
and one carload of the famons
IIAADOCK BUGGIES.
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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 jH
Buggy or Wagon. H
We can and will save you money. 9
JONES BKOS., 1
RAMBERq. S. C. .:-M
The Largest,and Most Complete .
Establishment South.
GEO. 8. HAM & SON.
?Manufacturers of? I
Doors, Sash, Blinds
MoiMing,
Building Material.
Sash Weights and Sash Cord. Office ? |
and Wafe Rooms Kins St., op- I
posite Cannon St.
Charleston, S. O.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specially