The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 06, 1902, Image 3

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c ? -l I V J ======== The Bamberg Herald. Thursday, February 6,1002. . J. S. Brooker's Hardware Score. Personal Mention. ?Mr. C. L. Carter, of Lodge, was in the city last Saturday. ?Mr. I. D. Copeland, of Ehrhardt, was in the city Monday. ?Mr. B. F. Brown, of Ehrhardt, was here last Saturday. * ?Mr. W. H. Collins, of the Olar section, was in the city Tuesday. ?Messrs. T. "W. Dannelly and J. F. Kearse, Jr., were in the city last Saturday. , , ?Messrs. J. C. McKenzie and J. D. Padgett, of Ehrhardt, were in the city Tues aay. ?Mr. J. D. Fender, of Ehrhardt, paid us a pleasant call last Thursday while in town. ?Mr. A. Rice has returned from a trip to New York, where he went to buy spring goods. ?Messrs. Joe J. Brabham and J. B. Kearse, of Buford's Bridge, were in the city last Saturday. > ?Mr. S. E. Neeley and Mrs. Sallie Brabm ham, of the Buford's Bridge section, were r in the city Tuesday. I ?Mrs. A. H. Bruce visited her daugliI ter, Miss Anuie, several days last week, down near St. George, where she is teaehm ing. ?Mrs. Frank S. Clark, who has been on a visit to her sister, Mrs. A. Mclver Bostick, has returned to her home in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. ?Mrs. J. L. Eddleman and little son, Louis, left last Saturday morning for Concord, N. C., where they will spend awhile ^ ~ + V* AM* I before going to ureenwoou, men home. ?A. Mclver Bostick, Esq., came home a few days last week on account of the illness of his little son, Roger. The little fellow is thought to be on the road to recovery now. He has been very ill with pneumonia. * Small men have big opinions of themselves. Man may be made of dust, but he doesn't always settle. There was a right good crowd in town last Monday. The Red Bliss and Early Rose seed potatoes for sale by M. "kloye. City-council continues its good work on the streets, for which we are all grateful. When you dig into a man s vanity )uu . touch the spot where his hatred for you > fies. Mr. M. A. Moye and family have moved to Fairfax, to the regret of their many friends. Remember, the time for paying State and county taxes without the penalty expires March first. Cotton still has an upward tendency, but it does not help the farmers in this section of country. K City council held a regular monthly ^ ' meeting last Tuesday afternoon, but only routine business was transacted. * Pay your city taxes, and avoid the penalty. See W. P. Riley, city treasurer, and get your repeipt. The date of the colored teaQlier's meeting has been changed from the tirst of February to the 15th, with the same program. The house of representatives has passed a bill requiring supervisors of all counties in the State to publish quarterly reports ' of expenditures. ' None so blind as those who won't see. Oet our prices and have your eyes open - ed before buying hardware. The Dowlixg Hardware Co. W. C. Wallace, foreman of the job department of The State, has announced his candidacy for mayor of Columbia. He proposes to run as a labor candidate. > See the new advertisement of A. C. Reynolds, the hustling Ehrhardt druggist. The famous Hawkes spectacles and eye glasses are now for sale at his store. We were glad to have the pleasure of ? shaking hands last Monday with a nurai ber of our good friends from different parts of the county, whom we were glad to see. t . Supervisor Bruce has hired seven con- < ? victs from the State, with which to sup- < plement the county chain gang. They * arrived last week, and have been sent to V the gang. City taxes are now due and payable at the city treasurer's office. Pay at once ] and avoid the penalty. I Mre. Frank S. Clark and sweet little 1 daughter, Mary Cornelia, after a months' Yisit to her mother and sister at Bamberg, S. C., is expected home next Saturday.? ) Arkadelphia Standard.Numbers of our subscribers have re- ! sponded to our appeal for money. There ! are still others owing, whom we would be L . glad to receive payment from, and that at j V * once. We need the money now. ! f C. H. Holman, a colored man at Goran, ? writes us that an old colored man named ; - Monday Odom got choked on a piece of j B meat, and Dr. J. R. McCormack had to be , called in to relieve him. Meat must be ! P plentiful in that section. ft Mr. Bostick's bill in reference to the taxing of mortgages and other evidences of debts has been killed by the legisla H ture. Thisbill will be remembered by our W people,as we published it last session when it was introduced. j j City taxes are now due and payable to | W. P. Riley, town treasurer. Pay up at ] once. \ The local authorities are being criticised i * for their lack of efforts to capture the Branchville robbers, and it is also com- ] mon talk in Bamberg that Warren has been staying down in Colleton county 1 since the killing of Watson. ?- Corn drills, guano distributors, and cot- ( ton planters, also a full line of all kinds of farming implements and hardware. Be sure to get my prices before buying, as I will surely save you money. J C. J/S. Brooker. Ernest,the fourteen-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Steedly died at their P home in this city Tuesday night at eight . * o'clock of pneumonia. The burial took [place at Hunter's Chapel yesterday, the services being conducted by Rev. M. L. Law son. C. H. Holman, a colored subscriber at ; Go van, writes us that a colored preacher i named T. H. Hutto died there last Sunday. L He was about forty years old, and his wife survives him. The burial took place at Honey Ford Baptist church and was largely attended. V We would be glad to receive news let- ] B ters from anv Dart of the county, from B anybody. Write us the news; we will B put it in shape to print. You needn't , ft ~ stand back berause you are not expert at , p writing for publication. The facts are all ' I we want; we will do the rest. Mr. A. S. Hartzog has accepted a flat- ' > tering business proposition from Greenwood, and will help build the "gate city" of Western Carolina to larger greatness and prosperity. And Greenwood will have no tetter young man on her roll of 1 good citizens.-?Barnwell People. ' By a vote of 55 to 57 the house of rep- ' resentatives last Tuesday refused to strike out the enacting words of the child labor j r bill. The house then adjourned without further action being taken. This bill * provides that no child under twelve veal's of age shall be employed in a cotton mill. Messrs. Crum and Bostick.ofthis county, voted for the bill. (Trees at Auction Again. At Ehrhardt, Tuesday, February 11th. All kinds, including Pecans. Fine trees ?too large to carry over. "Will be sold to the highest bidder. No side bidding. Bamberg Nurseries. To Our Subscribers. We realize that money is very scarce; and that many of you are in bad financial condition, but we want those who are indebted to us to pay at least a portion of what the}' are due right away. We need [ the money to help pay for new machinery | we are putting into the office, and we hope ' every one indebted to the paper will help us out some. If vou can't pavall you owe, pay what you can. We will be glad to receive any amount. Very few owe us, we are glad to say, but if these few would settle a portion of their indebtedness, it would help us very materially. January Honor Roll. The following received subscription receipts from us during the month of January: J. M. Grimes, A. E. Kearse, Dr. B. I). Bronson, B. J. Lawson, C. 0. Smith, J. R. Morris, O. F. Hunter, A. Wilson, John L. Kinard, Thos. Black, E. R. Hays, B. F. Free, E. B. Price, Mrs. W. P. Jones, M. A. Moye, 31. L. Mingo, Dr. G. F.Hair, N. R. Rhoad, G. P. Rice, G. S. Williams, N. A. Bellinger, I. W. Rentz, T. B. Felder, J. 0. Folk, Jr., W. T. Riley, J. M. Carter, E. D. Smith, J. C. Sandifer, Dr. J. L. Copeland, P. 31. Kearse, 3Irs. 31. A. Kearse, J. I). Padgett, H. B. Rice, G. S. Nimmons, F. O. Brabham, J. I). Fender, D. J. Delk, T. W. Danuelly, J. T. Richardson, H. S. Fickling." W. A. Hanberry, 31rs. R. 31. Brown, J. J. Craddoek, B. C. Folk, T. H. Jackson, C. L. Carter, T tir T? T> T7> VT^-VTOlo,, ti LIU. VY . DrUWU, 1Y. J?. iUL.uiiiuu. Advertised Letters. Advertised letters for January, 1902, uncalled for in Bamberg post-office: Men?T. J. Ray, Jno. Draper, A. S. Smith, Jim Bortoii, J. Ben Rentz, Simon Washington, Scott Washington, Henry Willie, Walter Simon, George Smith. Women?Miss Annie Bell Porter, Miss J. T. Tyler, Mrs. Auntie Glover, Miss Carrie Zeigler, Miss Orrie Nimmons, Miss Shealy Logan, Miss Mary Nance. Mrs. Smoak Dead. Mrs. Susannah Smoak, widow of the late Geo. W. Smoak, died last Thursday at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. J. B. Padgett, in the Clear Pond section. Mrs. Smoak had been a widow for fourteen years. She was eighty-four years old. The burial took place Friday afternoon at Bethlehem Lutheran church, the services being largely attended. Comity Pension Board. The county pension board met at the court house last Monday for the purpose of considering applications for pensions. nomoc xi'oro o/lilnH tn X lie 1U11UYV 111?2 ucn uamvo nviv uuuvu wv/ the list: CLASS A. U. G. Milhous, Denmark. CLASS C, NO. 2. A. Wilson, Viola. J. B. Gillam, Bamberg. J. H. McCormack, Govan. J. A. Kirkland, Ulmar. John S. Copeland, Ehrhardt. E. Guuuels, Govan. W. W. Williams, Bamberg. B. J. Brabham, Olar. R. W. Nix, Bamberg. M. S. Carter, Bamberg. A. W. Wilkerson, Bamberg. CLASS c, no. 4. M. E. Reed, Denmark. Mary Barrs, Denmark. Ellen Drawdv, Hartzog. Emma Grimes, Govan. ] Amanda Gillam, Goyan. As soon as the State board passes upon i the applications and sends the list to the ( derk of court, we will publish both the :>ld and new names, the last year's pensioners not being included in above list. Dispensers' Reports. i The county board of control met here 1 last Monday for the purpose of receiving . the monthlv reports of dispensers, which were as follows: ; Bamberg?Sales, $1,059.02; invoice price, $1,439.08; gross profit, $519.94; expenses, $130.05; net profit, $389.29. ( Denmark?Sales, $846.85; invoice price, $610.22 ; gross profit, $230.03; expenses, 1 $88.10; net profit, $148.53. Ehrhardt?Sales, $530.05; invoice i^jce, 1 $394.72; gross profit, $141.33; expenses, $63.50; net profit, $77.83. Olar?Sales, $400.85; invoice price, j $328.98; gross profit, $131.87; expenses, 1 $65.08; net profit, $60.79. Midway?Sales, $115.85: invoice price, 1 $85.09; gross profit, $30.70; expenses, 1 $30.76; net profit, nothing. . ] Road Tax Names. J The following persons have paid their , road tax since our last report: New road across Lemou Swamp?John Jones, Stephen Washington, William . [rons, Hayne Barnes. Bamberg aud Denmark road?J. H. ( Hadwin, Isaac Brabham, Wilmot Comp- ? ;on, Allen Grimes, Henry Johnson, C. E. < Sandifer, Caesar Funches, Lucius Peeples. ] Ehrhardt road?John Wiggins, G. W. ( Hughes. ~ ' tt i__ v*.* "t>: "1 Stewart roaa?nun ay luvers, luuuaru i Wright, General Thompson. Binnaker's Bridge road?T. W. Hay- j len, James A. Price. Charleston & Augusta road?Jake Spell. Cannon's bridge road?A. J. Gantt. Denmark road?Walter C. Cave, Willie Broxton, Wash Grimes. 1 Edisto road?H. M. Herndon. 1 Branchville road?H.C. Hayden. < Cowpen Ford road?J. J. Goodwin. : Denmark and Blackville road?J. H. < Walker, Mack Guess, Charley Williams. < Lee's road?Alfred Herndon. 1 Hunter's Chapel road?Lewis Jamison, < A. W. Hunter. < Denmark and Hightower's mill road? < Ish Wright. < Buford's Bridge road?Isaiah Handy. 1 Farrell's Store road?W. T. Jones. The Express Robbery. j Since our last issue there have been no startling developments in regard to the < express robbery. Two white men and a uegro have been arrested and are confined \ in jail at Charleston, but there is no de- . finite proof against them. Governor Mc- . Sweeney has offered one thousand dollars reward for the capture of Bartow , Warren on account of the killing of ' Ihomas Watson. ( A Lawyer's Blunder. In recounting some of his personal experiences, ex-Governor Shaw, of Iowa, 1 lately chosen to be Secretary Gage's sue- ' cessor as the head of the treasury depart ment, tells how he once heard a small boy < get the better of a lawyer who was crossi.;m P?rf flm fiiuictinninff ! L Atlllli it 1II illill. X Ull Vt bUV \|uvk>v?\'ut*>^ and replies thereto were as follows : ?'Have you any occupation ? " "Don't you do anv work of any kind?" "No." "Just loaf around home?" "That's about all." "What does your father do?" "Notion' much." "Doesn't he do anything to support the family?" "He does odd jobs once in a while when he can get them." "As a matter of fact isn't your father a pretty worthless fellow, a deadbeat and a loafer?" 4; I don't know sir, you'd better ask him. He's sittin' over there on the jury."? Brooklyn Eagle. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhakdt, February 3.?Mr. J. J. Zeigler was in town Tuesday and says bis i wife, who has been ill for some months past, is on the mend. Mr. J. C. McKenzie is erecting a new barn on his lot in town. Mr. Willie Jones brought a drove of ' horses and mules in town Tuesday and made several trades with farmers in this : section. < Mr. W. H. Yarn and his friend, Frank ( Clayton, of Colston, were in town Tues- , day. Mr. G. F. Lightsey and Dr. Hem Folk ( were in town Wednesday. Mr. Chas. Warren is building a dwell ing House 111 KonertsviUe, winch lie win ' occupy when finished. ] Our young folks are having big times i these days. There is a chicken stew or evening party about six nights out of the 1 week. 1 Cards are out announcing a birthday party to be given at the home of Miss Essie Powell on the evening of February 10th 1 at 7.30. Mrs. Frank Thomas, of Copes, was the ] guest of Capt. J. M. Dannelly and family 1 last week. j Capt. J. M. Dannelly spent last ( Wednesday and Thursday in Charleston on business. Rev. E. M. McKissick preached a powerful sermon in I. D. Copeland's hall Sunday night, taking the text: "The i wages of sin is death?spiritual death." 1 He will preach in the future on the first < and third Sunday evenings at 8 o'clock. Mr. Geo. Jennings, of Bamberg, was in town Sunday. He left for Walterboro Monday morning. Mr. S. W. Copeland is building a barn : on his lot. Miss Florrie McMillan, of Colston, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. P. Pate, last Thursday. ! Mr. and Mrs. Pate visited Mrs. W. B. Rice, of Olar, last Sunday. ! A band of thieves came to Ehrhardt one day last week and stole money under ( the pretense of giving a show in I. D. 1 nrl'? lm 11 Thoir U'prp Willif 1 Dummic, Ikie, and Rufus. Mr. N. P. Murdaugh went to Branchville : Sunday. ' Mr. F. M. Young, of Fairfax, is in town to-day, looking after the interest of 1 his stores here. 1 Miss Sallie Hartz who has been spending time at Weimers, has just returned < home. ] A house for rent in Ehrhardt. Apply \ to A. C. Reynolds. Ge Col. The Express Robbery. ( The News and Courier has the follow- 1 ing to say about the arrest of Daniel Barr < charged with complicity in the Branchville express robbery: I "If Daniel Barr, the seventeen-year old , lad, who was arrested by the federal authorities several days ago, suspected of complicity in the recent Branchville train robbery, knows anything of the hold up 1 he has succeeded thus far in keeping the 1 information strictly to himself. Tn gen- 1 eral make up and appearance Barr is an j ordinary country youth, but his keen gray j eyes are full of expression and there is something about the cut of his features m? ~c ? 1 llull gives one mi iuca 01 unusuui luiciitgence. The boy has been subjected to the most rigid examination, but so far as < can be learned he has thrown little or no t light on the identity of the bandits. a Joe Carson, colored, who also occupies a cell at the county jail, charged with x complicity in the robbery, has divulged no more than Darr. Carson owns the . team which was used to haul the express 1 safe from the train to the Edisto river. c The officers at work on the case are of the opinion that there is something peculiar 1 about both Barr and Carson being called r on at the point of Winchesters to assist t in the hold up, when there appear to have j been at least seven of the highwaymen to do the work. c - a Legislative Doings. ? The Senate has adopted a resolution ^ fixing the date of adjournment Febru- j ary loth. . U '? ? WT l\nc i t?f ttA/lnoml n * IlUU. <jiiu. . vj uni nas lutiwiiuixu i> bill in the house repealing the old road law of Barnwell county, insofar as it relates to Bamberg county. No final action has as yet been taken on Senator Mayfield's bill to establish a fertilizer factory, although the house has . provided for a commission to inquire into ^ Lhe advisability of its establishment. This c commission to report at the next session. * The bill introduced by our delegation * to use this county's part of the dispensary J profits for the expenses of the chain gang { has passed both houses. The question of biennial sessions of ? the legislature it seems is to be submitted t to the people, the house having adopted a resolution to this end. The bill fixing the salaries of county officers provides the following salaries for * the officers of Bamberg county: Auditor, < ?800; Sheriff, ?850; Clerk of Court, ?150; c Supervisor, ?250. The sheriff is also to receive twenty cents per day for dieting prisoners. Senator May field attempted to have Jthe prisoners dieted by the county r commissioners, but has failed so far. Treasurer, ?800; Coroner, ?100; County Superintendent of Education, ?75. This 1 bill will no doubt be very much amended ^ m its third reading, as the salaries of the various officials in all counties are very t much unequal. r Thehouse has passed a bill providing for the office of State insurance commissioner, j, John Allen's Story. a It was during the Cleveland Adminis- ^ tration that Private Jonn Alien maae nis famous reply to the equally famous speech c )f Congressman Boutelle, of Maine, says i writer in the Kansas City Star, President Cleveland had decided to allow the captured Confederate battle flags to he re- s turned to the different States whence they g 3ame. Boutelle made a masterful address ^ jn the subject. He reminded his hearers rj :>f all the notable Federal victories and mded in a "blaze of glory as he painted v by word of mouth the final surrender. ^ When Boutelle took his seat he had so far ti carried his hearers away that those in the Y gallery and the Republican members of r; the House burst forth into cheers. o Suddenly from the Democratic side was tieard the calm, soothing tones of John AJlen as he said ; "Mr. Speaker." He told of his joining the Southern cause and _ following one of the flags about which the discussion arose. "When it was all over." he said. "I ti started back home. I was barefooted, p nearly naked and without money, I con- ci eluded to walk. I trudged along for a day js or so when a man I knew lent me a mule. 0 When I wa? about four miles from home , I decided to leave the main road I was travelling and go by another route and sneak in the back way. I had gone only x little distance when I saw an old man, 4| x fellow townsman, sitting on a rail fence. a "'Well, John, I see you are back,' he o said. " 'Yes, Uncle Zeb,' I answered. " 'Did they lick us, John?' e< "'Yes, Uncle Zeb. They licked us h plenty, too.' e< " 'Freed the niggers, toaV ei " 'Yes, they freed the niggers.' t( "The old man got down from the fence and, after he had thoroughly stretched out F all his kinks, he said : ' 'John, I don't mind being licked so j. much, and I can stand these niggers being . freed, but, John, the worst of it is that in about thirty years some durned fool will throw it up to us.'" ^ There is being erected at Manchester N. II., what is claimed will be when a: huished the largest single mill building cj ever ereetpd, q, MISAPPLIED WORDS. Some Expressions tlie l'?e of Which. Slionld Be Reformed. "Extra" is an abused word. Feople say "extra good" or "extra cheap" in order to intensify "good" and "cheap." But "extra" has no such force. So far from intensifying a given condition, it denies it by indicating that the thing so described lies outside the sphere or quality named. Thus, "extra judicial" floes not mean more than ordinarily judicial, as though a judge had dredged his conscience in giving an opinion, but outside of judicial and therefore incapable of being judged at all in the prescribed way. A grievous fault is the use of 'iidentlfy" in a phrase like this, "He is identified with the antivaccination movement." A man can only identify himself with another man or set of men. He can Identify himself with the opponents of vaccination?and even here the word carries a shade of meaning of its own, distinguishing the phrase from such a one as "he joined the opponents of vaccination." One should not speak of "high" or "low" caliber; but, remembering the meaning of "caliber," one should apply to it only such adjectives as "great" or "small." It is wrong to speak of a "consensus af opinion." The word "consensus" itself means an agreement of thought and should stand alone.?Academy. Crank and Eplcare. "A traveling crank and epicure had the audacity to ask the head steward shortly before my boat sailed from Liverpool for New York," said a waiter on an ocean liner, "If he would mind changing three of the courses on the bill of fare for others which he preferred. He was informed politely but firmly that there were other passengers besides himself sailing on the vessel and that if he thought he could not survive on the excellent fare provided during the voyage all he had to 3o was to book with another line and his passage money would be returned ' to him. "Steamship companies are not in the habit of returning passage money when once paid, as is well known, but in this instance we would willingly have lone so. "Our fastidious passenger did not book with another line, however, and, what Is more, he ate enough at each meal on the trip to satisfy two men 1 with sea air appetites and presented to the waiter, who attended with exTeme good nature to his likes and dis- ^ ikes throughout the voyage, the magnificent sum of 15 cents."?New York Hail and Express. Hla Lovely Manners. A benevolent looking man boarded a lowntown elevator already occupied )y three women upward bound- With i Chesterfieldian air he respectfully loffed his hat and held It in his hand mtil he had reached his destination. "What a charming man! Such lovey manners!" gushed the women In :horus. ' A few minutes later the benevolent 1 ooking man of the lovely manners ' eached his office. Pitching his hat on 3 he back of his beneficent bead, sprawl- 1 ng himself down In true manly aban- 1 Ion at his desk, puffing a clay pipe iD ( in artistic masculine fashion, occasion- 1 illy expectorating in the vicinity of a ] luspidor, he greets his six-dollar-a- j veek-for-ten-hours-a-day stenographer >y jocularly inquiring why in thunder * hose legal papers aren't finished. Lovely man! * Oh, yes; very!?San Francisco Wave, j The Wronar Crop. Visiting an out of the way English 1 >arish when the incumbent happened :o be away, a former archdeacon of suffolk was, It Is related, shown round )y the clerk. On arri ring at the churchrard he found a fine crop of wheat growing in it "Dear, dear!" said the archdeacon. 'I can't approve of this. I really did ?ot think Mr. ?? would have planted vheat in the churchyard." "That's Just what: I told parson," laid the clerk. "I says,"' say3 I, "ye lidn't ought to have when ted it; ye >ught to have tatered it!" When Wive* Were Sold. A century or so ago wife selling was lot an uncommon event in England, is the following Item, which appeared n the London News of Nov. 21, 1801, vould show: "On Friday a coal porter exhibited lis wife In Smithfield, with a halter ound her neck,, for sale. He demanded a guinea for her, but she bung on land for some time, until a man of :ood appearance made the purchase, nd packing her, halter and all, into a tackney coach drove for Blackfriars iridge, amid the huzzas of the mob." ^ ? The Left Over Baby. ' A woman went Into a big department { tore and checked her baby while she hopped. When she went to get her aby, she found she had lost her check. ?he manager said she would have to * rait and when all the other babies I rere taken out she could have the one J bat was left, but the baby left over ras a colored baby. This was all ! Ight, however, as the woman was col- * red.?Atchison Globe. ^ r Deep Sea Life. In the abysses of the oceans, below 00 fathoms many animals have either cnperfect eyes or none. Their condi- * ion in this regard affords a suggestive arallel to that of cave life, and the * auses are probably the same. Scienco * 1 of the opinion that all deep sea lifo riginally emigrated from the shal>ws. ' t Macedonia has a DODulation of about ,(XX),000. Three-fourtlis are Christian nd one-fourth Turks. Nearly half are 1 f Bulgarian ancestry. J I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remly for a number of years and have no esitancy in saying that it is the best remly for coughs, colds and croup I have rer usef] in my family. I have not wojds ) express my confidence in this remedy. -Mrs. J. A. Moore, North Star, Mich, or sale by Bamberg Pharmacy, The prison authorities of North Caro na have forbidden the female prisoners > wear corsets. In Virginia saws were lade from the steel ribs taken from cor3ts and the iron bars wers sawed out with I lem. A Beaufort correspondent of the News nd Courier tells of a young man who a iiught more than 800 fine trout and b^s p fgw sights ago and sold them for $30. G ITALIAN VIOLINS. Tie First "Strad" Sent to London Conld Find No Purchaser. Italian violins Lave not always held the supremacy they now enjoy. It was not indeed till the beginning of the nineteenth century that they came into vogue to any extent outside their native land. Previously Jacob Steiner (1G21-S3) was the favorite maker, and his high model had been almost exclusively copied by his fellow Germans ;and the different makers in France and England. When the elder Corvetto, who had been a merchant before entering the musical profession, came to London, in 1738, he brought with him some instruments by Stradivari. The result of this endeavor to introduce Italian work into England fills one with pathetic wonder. It is almost beyond belief. As he could not get as much as ?5 ($25) for a violoncello he was obliged to send the instrument back to Italy for a bad speculation. Five pounds for a "Strad," and not a single purchaser to be found! This incident in Itself furnishes sufficient testimony to the slavish following of tho great German maker and the strong prejudice of the violinists of that period in favor of the high model. It hi indppd thp nlnvprs who nrp most to blame for the slow adoption of the flat model, for the creator must make what Is necessitated by the demand; but the eighteenth century fiddlers, at any rate In England, France and Germany, seem for the most part to have been content that their violins should possess a small sweet tone, never realizing the lack of power and sonority.? Connoisseur. He Sn!<l to Himself. Kansas enjoys the distinction, possibly, of being the only state in the Union where a man has been allowed by a court of inquiry to testify regarding what he said to himself. A committee had been appointed by the legislature, says The Green Bag, to investigate the alleged bribery of certain members in connection with a aereatea ranroaa Din. ine nrst witness called testified that he saw one cf the representatives late one night coming down the hotel stairs. 4,I said to myself," he went on, but a member on the side of the defense jumped to his feet 41 Hold on!" he shouted. 44You can't testify about what you said to yourself!". The prosecutor retorted that there was no law to prohibit .him from so testifying. A long argument ensued, but a majority of the committee agreed with the chairman that the testimony was admissible. 4,I said to myself," seriously proceeded the witness, "that M. had been up to Billy's room to get his pay." The testimony was recorded and made a part of the official record. Chinese Points For Hosts. "Don't eat with your cars," says Yuan Mel? a Chinese writer, "by which I mean do not aim at having extraor uiuiuy uui ul me way iwua, just tu astonish jour guests, for that Is to eat with your ears, not with your mouth. Bean curd. If gootj, Is actually nicer than birds' nest. And better than sea slugs, which are not first rate, is n iish of bamboo shoots, i 4<The chicken, the pig, the fish and the duck?these are the four heroes of the table. Sea slugs and birds' nest have 110 characteristic flavors of their >wn. They are but usurpers In the bouse. I once dined with a friend who ?ave us birds' nests in bowls like vats, holding each about four ounces of the plain boiled article. The other guests applauded vigorously, but I smiled and jaid I came here to eat birds' nest, not to take delivery of it wholesale." He Understood. Anton Rubinstein, the Russian composer, in his autobiography tells of the confusion which overcame a certain irehitect of his acquaintance who had i habit of interlarding all his remarks svith the phrase, "You understand." On one occasion he was explaining certain architectural matters to the jmperor, and, according to custom, made free use of his favorite expresjion. "Good heavens!" exclaimed Emperor Nicholas at last Irritably. "Of course I anderstand! My dear fellow, how jould I help it?" How the Natives Treat Gorillas. Natives in the countries inhabited by jreat apes regard them always as human beings of inferior types, and it is 'or this reason that for a long time it svas foufid impossible to get hold of in entire gorilla skin, because the saviges considered it religiously necestarv to cut off the hands and feet of :he animals when they killed them, ust as they do with their enemies, posilbly for the purpose of rendering them tiarmless in case they should by any ihance come to life again. His Choice of Sacrifices. "It is true," said the person of high deals, "that you have attained pros)erity by your writings, but you have iroduced nothing that will live." "Well," answered the comfortable Itterateur, "when it comes to a ques ion of which shall live, myself or my vritings, I didn't hesitate to sacrifice ny writings," ? Her Comment, Mrs. Growells?My husband is coninually quarreling about trifles. Mrs. Howells?Well, my dear, the ess one has to quarrel about the bet* I er.?Chicago News. The best way to make a man acknowledge the corn is to stamp on his oe.?Philadelphia Record. The microscope has shown yeast cells n Egyptian bread more .than 4,000 'ears old. BURTONFELDER, ?DEALER IN( IIBI? J M1W flMIMIM uuuu'm imi FRUITS ami CONFECTIONERY. * Wain St. Next to Black's Stables "While my stock is small the goods are 11 fresh and my line complete. I shall be leased to serve you when you need rroceries. Give me a call. Q. Frank Bai -#^AGENT,^ THE BEST ON I Jones Bros. Received another Car Load of rikir inn mi mil rn rint nUnn NIULE& I Wednesday Morning of last week Be sure and see them be= i fore you buy. Washington freed America. Lincoln freed the Slaves. i f j ^rhlev Cevera's fleet. * We have sunk high prices on ( Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Whips, Horses and Mules. , Quattlebaum & Dannelly, i EHRHARDT, S. C. .j r ANOTHER CARLOAD i t Onr Mr. W. P. Jones has just returned from mar- \ ket, where he bought a carload of fine stock. 1 ' o I There are both I s HORSES AND MULES j I Q in this load and there are some fine ones among s them. We can surely suit you in a horse or mule, , no matter what kind you want. Be sure to soe them, j J JONES BROS. f LOOK OUT FOR THEM; The Famous Hawkes Spectacles ? are now for sale at A. C. Key= p nolds's Drug Store. z lAIF'fl If PUPA f Persons Suffering * 111 f n If r V r|P J from Weak Eyes will ? WCWI\ titoisreatrelletbr i KAWKES CRYSTALLIZED LENSES j Drugs, School Books, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, " and Lowney's Fine Box Candies. a A. C. REYNOLDS'S, i ,tl nrrTiiT a nrifir an o JPjIlltllsiJIJJl, O. t. E. C. HAYS, ! ' ii d; * DEALER IN >? ? Furniture, Mattings, Rugs, Carpets, Cooking and Heating Stoves, Easels, I DiVli t pac R?ihv C.nrrincrea. Oo=CartsJ 1 1VIU1 7 ? 7 Parlor Suits, Window Shades, Cur= 1 tain Poles, Office Desks and Chairs, Bedroom Suits, Wardrobes, Coffins T w and Caskets, Lime, Cement, Wheeler g & Wilson Sewing Machines. Picture J Frames made to order, any size. " 28 St BAMBERG, S. C. It . " - V f^ , . s* nber g, ?/j) EARTH. I am now Manufacturing All Kinds of stick m fahcy cm at my bakery. I make it Fresh Every Day. Pindar, Cocanut and Taffy and all kinds of penny goods. Orders from Merchants QOT IPTTPH II WVUiVi JL A^JL/a Buy from me and get purer, fresher, and better candy for less money. Jesse McCormack, 1 Bamberg, S. O. DR. G. F. HAIR; I DENTAL SURGEON, Bamberg, S. C. In office every day in the week. Gradoite of Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, class 1892. Member of S. C. Dental issociation. Office next to bank. DR. O. D. FAUST, DENTIST, Bamberg, S. C. )ffice Oyer H. C. Folk's Store. C. Moye Dickinson, INSURANCE. FIRE, LIFE, TORNADO, ACCIDENT, LIABILITY, CASUALTY. Office at The Cotton Oil Co. k C. AND BELL TELEPHONES. TAX RETURNS. In accordance with the law in reference o the assessment and taxation of pro>erty > the Auditor will be and attend the 'ollowing^ named places for the purpose >f receiving tax returns for the fiscal rear 1902. Tax-payers will please come prepared o give the name of their township and lame and number of school district vherein they reside. If they do not mow, they are requested to find out beore coming to make their returns. Each ax-payer is requested to make return in * )erson where practicable to do so: Bamberg, until February 20,1902. Secion 270 of the law in reference to the assessment of taxes (Revised Statues,) reads is follows: "All property shall be valued for taxa- - , ion at its true value in money, which in ill cases not specially provided for by aw, shall be held to be as follows, to wit: ?or personal property the usual selling )rice on the usual terms of similar pro jeny ai auiuiiusiraiurs or executors ales, at the place where the return Is tiade, and for real property, the usual sellng price on the usual terms of similar >roperty at sales for partition under orler of court, at the place where the reurn is made. If there is no usual selling >rice, then at what is honestly bettered ould be obtained for the same at a fair ; aleundertheconditions above mentioned. "It shall be the duty of each owner of ands, and of any new structure thereon phich shall not have been appraised for # 'M axation, to list the same for taxation '* pith the County Auditor of the county ilk hey may be situated on or before the > Oth day of February next after the same hall become subject to taxation." Section 0. That from and after the assage of this act, there shall be assessed pon all taxable polls in this State a tax f one dollar en each poll, the proceeds f which tax shall be applied solely to ducational purposes. Every male citlen between the ages of 21 and 60 years, xcept those incapable of earning a sup- * ort, from being maimed or from other auses and except those who are made xempt by law, shall be deemed taxable . r oils. Section 228. The following articles of ersonal property shall be v tluedfor taxtion as follows, "to wit: horses, mules and ^ sses, cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, gold and Iyer plate, gold and Silver watches, pinos, organs, melodeons, carriages, bogies, wagons, carts, dogs, merchandise, moneys and credits, materials used in manufacturing, machinery, engines, tools xtures, and implementsjosed, manufacjred articles on hand one- year or more, le value of moneys, bank bills and cir- * alating notes, value of all credits, value f investments in stocks out of this state,. xcept national banks, value of investments in bonds, except United States onds, expressly exempt from taxation, , ud all other personal property. All real estate must be assessd this year. All returns for taxation must be filed ith the Auditor not later than the 20th ay of February, 1902, as after that date le law requires an addition of 50 per ent to the last year's return. The township commissioners for Bamerg township will meet in the Auditor's ffice on Tuesday, March 4th, 1902, at 10 m. For Buford's Bridge township on Wednesday, March 5th, 1902, at 10 a m ^ or Fish Pond township, on Thursday, r 1- Oil. -I AAA - . 1A ? VA.VUn.an Larcu uiii, ijw.a, ?i iu ? j. v* M.i\i.naj >wnship, on Friday, March 7th, 1902, at ) am. For Three Mile township on Mon- , av, March 10th, 1902, at 10 & m. The county board of equalization will eet in the Auditor's office on Tuesday, 'arch 18th, 1902, at 10 a m. R. W. D. ROWELL, * Anditor Bamberg County. . BUY THE g SEWING MACHINE >o not be deceived by those, who advertise a $60.00 Sewing Machine for $20.00. This kind of a machine can be bought from us or any of our dealers from $15.00 to $18.00. < WE MAKE A VARIETY. HE NEW HOME IS THE BEST. The Feed determines the strength or eakness of Sewing Machines. The ouble Feed combined with other rong points makes the Mew Home ie best Sewing Machine to buy. fritofnrPIDPIII ADQ HID IUI UIIIUUL/llIU j^wTngSfacbinea * e manufacture and prices before purchasing 9E HEW HOME SEWIHE BMME TO. ORANGE, MASS. Union Sq. N. Y., Chicago, I1L, Atlanta, Ga, . Louis,Mo., Dallas,Tex., San Francisco, Cal FOR 8ALC BY . BLACK, Bamberg, S. C. . '--Is J? - >- ' tj+fzl -