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* The Bamberg Herald.
Thursday, February 20,1902.
C. J. S* Broeker's Hardware Store.
\ Personal Mention.
?Mr. Decania Dow ling spent Monday
in Barnwell.
?Mr. A. C. Reynolds, of EUrhardt,
spent last Friday in the city.
?Mr. J. L. Proveau, of the Olar section,
^ paid us a pleasant call last Friday.
?Mr. C. E. Walker, of Hartzog, was in
the city to-day, and paid us a pleasant
call.
?Mrs. Bessie Kelly and Miss Hattie
Risher, of St. George, are visiting at Mr.
B. Risher's.
?Mr. G. F. Hiers, of Folk's Store, was
in the city last Thursday, and paid us a
pleasant call.
?Mrs. Otis Brabham and children, accompanied
by Miss Aliue All, returned
home from Allendale Friday last.
Many farmers re-planted their grain
rrnn loot vpptr
It snowed for a few minutes in Bam^
* berg last Sunday.
The rain last week was very welcome,
k as it was very dry in Bamberg.
& Eden watermelon seed for sale at 50c.
per pound by W. D. Rice, Denmark, S. C.
^ Mr. B. H. Theus, of Hampton, a member
of the legislature, died in Columbia last
week.
City taxes are now due and payable to
W. P. Riley, town treasurer. Pay up at
once.
Rev. G. H. Waddell, financial agent of
, the Epworth Orphanage, preached at the
Methodist church here last Sunday.
The Methodists of Walterboro are tearing
down their old church, and will erect
a handsome building on the same site.
Miss Helen Gould and party passed
through Bamberg this morning in her
private car, on their way to Charleston.
Remember the teachers' examination
* at the court house next Friday. The examination
will be held at ten o'clock in
the inoraing.
A beautiful line of new stationery will '
be received this week by The Herald
Rook Store. Call and see it. We have ,
the very latest styles in fine note papers.
For Sale.?About thirty or forty fine
pine trees that will average one thousand
feet each, also one hundred nice saw logs.
- Apply to Q. F. Copelaxd, Ehrhardt, S. C. 1
County Treasurer J no. F. Folk informs '
us that there about eighteen hundred tax i
receipts yet to be issued. Evidently many .
parties are not in a hurry to pay their
taxes.
The Walterboro cotton mill is to be enlarged,
and bids for the erection of the
addition to the buildings have been called I
for. The addition is to be 75x65 feet, two ,
stories high.
- The trains have been running very irregularly
recently, and passengers from
this section have been put to inconven*
ience by not making connection at
i4-:h Branchville. I
Capt. H. P. Griffith has retired from j
the editorship of the Gaffney Ledger, as
his other duties consume all his time. We ?
regret to lose him from the fraternity, as 1
he was a strong writer.
See Brooker's line of hardware and j
farming implements before you buy. He
has the goods you need and will make
^ prices that defy competition. '
It is hoped the new jury law passed by (
the legislature will do away with all this t
v trouble about the illegality of juries t
^ . which we have been contending with in
this State for the past year.
^eing asked by the preacher why he *
kept his eyes closed during the sermon, J
old colored brother reolied: "Well, t
suh, you does me so much good dat I goes a
; fas' asleep en dreams er heaven!"
In the Augusta Chronicle of last Sun*
day we noticed the statement that Col.
- Mike Brown, formerly of Barnwell, had
been allowed $110,000 by congress for a
damages to property by Sherman's army, f
The Columbia Record says: "It is not (
true that Senator Mayfield will introduce v
> a billprQviding that the state shall furnish
all litigants and defendants with the 8
services of lawyers at ten per cent above e
? cost." p
" The time for making tax returns ex- i
pi red today, the 20th, and many people j
nave not yet made their returns. The
penalty is fifty per cent added to the value *
of your property for not making your re- f
turn. -v
Pay your city taxes, and avoid the pen- f
* alty. See W. P. Riley, city treasurer, and c
~ get your receipt.
Extensive repairs are being made at the 1
Bamberg Cotton Mills. A good part of
-; . the looms on the first floor have been
taken out and new sills and flooring are
y being put in. The work will be finished j
in a few days. m*
The Senate has killed the bill directed ^
1 against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical "
company, the vote standing ?0 to 10. I
Senator Mayfield voted to kill the bill, i
The same day the house passed an antitrust
bill by a vote of 78 to 29.
The supply bill has been adopted by
the legislature and it fixes the tax levy
-. for Bamberg county this year at four
mills for ordinary county purposes.
Barnwell's levy was fixed at three mills,
with one-half mill to repay loan.
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Senator Mayneici nas mirouuceu a uiu j
to regulate the rate of interest to be
charged in this State. He has also in- *
troduced a bill to prevent pools, monopolies,
trusts, and combinations from con- 1
trolling business and to prevent the or- t
ganization of the same.
The Bamberg Guards will go to Char- c
lestoff Friday to take part in the exercises c
of Military Day at the Exposition. Col. (
Jno. Folk, who is a member of Governor q
McSweeney's staff, will go down to take *
part in the exercises, as the governor and
his staff will participate. t
The many friends in Bamberg of Mr. *
and Mrs. J. L. Eddleman will be grieved r
to learn of the death of the latter's moth- c
er, which occurred Tuesday evening of ^
last week at Concord, N. C. Mrs. Strieker
was 59 years old, and died suddenly t
from an attack of heart failure. " l
City taxes are now due and payable at t
the city treasurer's office. Pay at once <
and avoid the penalty.
A new road law has been passed by the
bouse of representatives, and has been c
sent to the Senate. This bill was prepared *
by a committee of the members, one from {
each county. Mr. Crum represented Bam- j
berg county on the committee. It if
probable that it will become a law.
The aDDroDriation bill passed by the i
legislature carries $50,000 more than last <
year, for the reason that the pension fund ;
is increased to $200,000. It was $100,000 .
? last year. The only cut in the appropria- ,
tions reported by the ways and means 1
committee was that for the Winthrop 1
College.
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 1
will surely save you money. j
C. J. S. Bkookrk. ,
We have been forced to part company ,
with some of our subscribers. We can- |
not afford to send the paper on longtime :
without pay is the reason. But live subscribers
are taking the place of dead heads, i
and the circulation of The Herald is
now larger than it has been since we
have had charge of it.
The proposed amendment to the constitution
providing for biennial sessions
f of the legislature, was defeated in the
Senate last week. The bill merely submitted
the question to the voters, and had
passed the house. A majority of the
Senators voted for it, but it required a
two-thirds vote. Senator May field voted
against the bill.
On account of the bad
weather the auction sale of
fruit trees at Olar was postponed
until next Saturday,
February 22nd.
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We print our paper on Tuesday this
week, in order that the editor may take a
holiday for one day.
The bill to repeal the war taxes passed
the lower house of cougress last Monday
by a unanimous vote.
The legislature has changed the salaries
of many county officers throughout the
State. Next week we will publish the
salaries Bamberg county's officials will
receive this year.
A bill has passed both houses of the
legislature, extending the time for the
payment of State and county taxes until
the 30th day of March. This will be good
news to many who have uot paid.
T> T> 1 Oorli'clu
rror. v.>iareiu:e hj. nnyu, i?i tm.
Fitting School, Bamberg, S. C., has been
spending several days in the city viewing
The Exposition. Prof. Boyd has charge
of the chair of Latin and Greek at the
Bamberg institution. I?e was graduated
from Wofford College in 1897, being the
youngest man in his class and one of its
brightest students. Prof. Boyd also pursued
a special course of study at Vanderbilt
University. He is, of course, delighted
with The Exposition and surprised
that it has not been more widely advertis
ed.?Charleston Evening Post.
Mr, 1). D. Antlef Dead.
Mr. D. D. Antley, a well-known resident
of this city, died at his home here last
Friday morning, after an illness of about
two weeks with pneumonia. The remains
were carried to Caanan church in
Orangeburg county Saturday, where the
burial took place, the services being conducted
by Rev. Mr. Smith, of Cordova.
Deceased was born in Orangeburg
county May 5th, 1826,and was consequently
seventy-six years eld. He was no
doubt the oldest citizen of the town. He
had lived in Bamberg for many years, and
leaves a wife and two children: a son in
Orangeburg county and Mrs. Jno. H.
Cope, of this place, also one sister and
three brothers.
The Cotton Market.
The cotton market still has an upward
tendency, and the staple is selling for 8?
sents in Bamberg to-day. Several bales
were brought in this morning.
New Citizen to Come.
Dr. H. F. Hoover, formerly of Hamp- '
;on county, but who has been practicing
n Ridgewav for the past four years, spent :
several days in the city last week with 1
Dr. M. R. Lewis, and the result of his
risit is that he will locate here for the
practice of his profession. He will be i
issociated with Dr. M. It. Lewis, the firm 1
>eing Lewis & Hoover. Dr. Hoover will J
;ome here some time the latter part of j
his week, with his family, which consists I
.t ;r? nn.i rvno chilli is n. vounir ^
II Uld U11V/ auu wuv v*. ? J a
nan whom we feel sure will be an addiion
to our town. He is a graduate of
Wurman University and of the Cbarleson
Medical College, and has taken speciil
courses at several Northern hospitals. '
Fire Friday Night. j
Last Friday night about ten o'clock the <
ilarm of fire was sounded, and it was
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bund that the bakery of Mr. Jessee Mc- J
)ormack, situated in the rear of his store, 1
vas on fire. A crowd quickly gathered, 1
,nd by hard work the flames were soon <
(Xtinguished. The roof was torn off and
>artly burnt, but the loss is not heavy.
The fire originated by some fellow sleep- ^
ng on top of the oven, and it is presumed
hat the occnpant was smoking and the ^
ire caught his blanket. It was a nice ,
rami place to sleep, but it got too warm
or him Friday night. The building is j
wned by Col. Jno. F. Folk, and when it
s repaired, will be made lodger proof.
Executive Committee Meeting.
The Executive Committee of the Rivers' ^
iridic Memorial Association will meet ^
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? the memorial grounds on Saturday,
Jarcli 1st, at 3 o'clock p. m. for the pur- J
>ose of arranging for memorial services.
t full attendance is earnestly requested. '
J. C. McMillan, 1
J. W. Jenny, President.
Secretary. 1
Senator May field's Speech. (
In opposing the bill in the Senate, re- ?
>ealing the charter of the Yirginia-Caroina
Chemical Company, Senator May- i
ield made the following remarks:
"Senator Mayfieki said that when it is <
ecalled that in some sections of the State
he farms have produced a lesser number
>f bales of cotton than tons of fertilizer
:onsumed, some idea can be had of their
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lesperate straits. He then went into the J
letails of the bill and the plan proposed. 1
le was strongly in favor of some legisla- '
ion as any one, but he was opposed to 5
his bill. He thought the State could not *
naintain its right to prescribe the conjitious
set forth in the bill. Again, if the <
firgiuia-Carolina company is the unholy *
rust that has been alleged, it should not j
>e allowed to do business in the State
sven under the sanctity of the State. No l
^tate permission can make right that |
which is wroner of itself. He read from \
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lecisions of the courts showing that a j
State cannot lay down as a condition to <
i corporation entering the State its agree- 1
nent to be bound bv the State courts. If 1
we pass this resolution it will come iu (
conflict with the federal courts and will
defeat its very object. Furthermore, the
ittorney general has stated that he does ,
not want this bill to pass; that it will be
inimical to the interests of the State and
will defeat the suits now being carried 011
by attorney general against the company.
The attorney general is prosecuting the
Virginia-Carolina as a trust and trying to
irive it out of the State altogether, wlierets
if this bill passes the company can
some into the State and do business. He
said that the company has been declared
a trust and the attorney general is fighting
it in the courts as such, yet this bill undertakes
to allow this very trust to come
into the State and do business. If this is
passed it will set at naught the suit that
has already been commenced. It would
let the trust go un whipped of justice. He
said he favored every measure that would
give our State courts jurisdiction in preference
to the federal courts, but he knew
of no way by which the constitution of
the United States can be circumvented.
Where a State law comes in contlict with
the federal law the State law will go
down. And this State cannot make this
or any other company pledge itself to be
bound by the State courts. We need
some legislation, but this is not the measure
we need. It is a special law and as
such will not stand the test of our own 1
courts. He again asserted that the attorney
general did not want this bill to
pa6s."
A Political Speech in Milieu.
Hon. Dupont Guerry, one of the three
candidates for Georgia's gubernatorial
chair, spoke to a large and enthusiastic
body of people in the High school auditorium
yesterday at noon. Even the gallery
was tilled with men and some negroes.
The pupils were given holiday and
were marched in by sections followed by
their respective teachers, to hear the
speech. The speaker welcomed the presence
of so many ladies saying by way of
parenthesis: "I am not an advocate of
woman's rights, but I always appreciate
the presence of the silent voters," adding
that he did not advocate "woman's
wrongs." His platform was given clearly
aud emphatically, "Taxation, abolition
of lobbyism and prohibition" weaving in
a loom of the great arch of honesty that j
Thomas Jefferson formed and fought for
so ardently. He dealt in facts and figures
exclusively, having before him books
which contained all his statements and
which he defied any one to dispute. He
showed us Georgia's deficit, and why and
how her credit has been so strained. Laying
it to "tax-dodgers," not individually
or to mill incorporations, but the railroad
companies. They pay on the average, he
said, of only one-fourth the valuation of
property while the farmers and merchants
pay three-fourths. Don't cut down the
pensions, or tax individuals more, or cut
down school funds, he said; but make
these immense companies pay their just
debts. He read a clipping copied from a
South Carolina paper where our own
governor, Mr. McSweeney, was agitating
the equalization of taxes. He gave death
blows the corruptness of legislative rulings
and the trickery used. In passing
mention the great Willingliam and child
labor bills were referred to. In Carterville
last week he said he was referring
to these evils and Sam Jones who was
talking to a member of the legislature,
blurted out in his characteristic style,
"Bro. the Hon. , says you ain't telling
nothin'." "So I am telling nothing,"
he quoted, "in comparison to what is to
tell!" Of course, tins was all followed by
the admonition "to put in office honest
men who will see that the laws, are car
ried out?we have the laws, only the
enforcement thereof is needed." Tis
useless to add that his honor thought he
was the man for the executive chair, inasmuch
as he was "a candidate for the
masses of the people," while his "distinguished
opponents were candidates for
Governor of Georgia!" I am a woman?
a "silent voter", so I need not waste
breath to air an opinion that would not
amount to a "hill of beans," but I had the
liberty of thinking, and oh, how I thought
for this open hearted calm, delightful
speaker. He is either a forerunner of better
state officers and better times for
Georgia or he is the best rounded humbug
I have ever heard talk. His dealings
with the rottenness of prohibition was, in
no wise, less forcible than the other plank3
of his platform. I heard his burlesqueing
of his opponent, Mr. Terrell, with no
pleasure, as criticism of others for a sinister
motive, is unchristianly, and I dislike
to give ear to it, but it was impossible to
restrain a laugh at his remarks. It seems
that he, Mr. Terrell has had his picture
md life printed on the front sheet of
>ome advertising medium and is running ,
"or governor on such merits, as he has
failed to give in the remotest degree his :
platform. *
The political status of our country both :
aational and local is of such intense inierest,
it should be the duty and pleasure '
>f every woman to acquaint herself '<
uvith the details. If nothing else 1
should prompt her, pride ought to, for
nust she like some little weakling ask
icr husband or brother the whys and ]
wherefores? Let her employ the brain '
3rod has given her. M. O. Lanier.
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Brancliville Brevities.
Branciivtlle, February 17.?Prof. J. ^
P. Henderson, principal of the Branch
rille graded school, and Miss Elizabe' ii '
Dukes, assistant teacher, will be married 1
Wednesday morning at eight o'clock,
it the residence of her father, Hon. A. F. ?
[I. Dukes. Immediately after the cere- >
liony they will leave for Charleston to 1
ake in the Exposition for several days. <
A surprise party was tendered Miss
Plorrie McMillan, a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
3rooks Fairey, by the young folks of the
own. Quite an enjoyable evening was
;pent.
Miss Lilly Griffith, a charming young
ady of Reevesville, is on a visit to Mr. }
ind Mrs. J. D. Faircy.
Miss Edna Tobin, of Asheville, N. C., J
s visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Connor. '
Miss Tina Berry, after spending several
lays in Charleston with her sister, Mrs.
>troble, has returned.
The exposition travel through Branchrille
has now begun to be extensive. 1
Miss M. A. Quinn will have a large 1
;rowd to attend her dancing school.
Hermes. 1
An Interesting Marriage.
Smallpox did not stop the marriage of i
Miss Zelma Beerwald, of Philadelphia |
ind Mr. Herman Brown, of Blackville, S. ,
C. While Miss Clara Beerwald was lying i
seriously ill of the disease in a room up- ,
stairs Miss Zelma was married on the j
'ront doorstep of her home, 2214 Market
street. The bridegroom stood outside the '
ioor 011 the step and the bride stood in- '
side. The ceremony was performed by j
Rabbi M. M. Eichler, of the Beth Israel ,
Congregation.
About a week ago Miss Clara Beerwald 1
;ook smallpox and Miss Zelma was in the i
nouse when the quarantine was put on. |
Her marriage to Mr. Brown was arrang- (
sd to take place yesterday, and being su- ,
perstitious of a postponement, the couple '
lecided to to be married last night, even
though they would not see each other for .
several weeks. The necessary permission (
was obtained yesterday from Chief Good,
of the board of health, and a marriage
license taken out. Considerable difficulty
was experienced in getting some one to
perform the ceremony. Several magistrates
were asked to do it, but all refused
to run the risk of catching smallpox. 1
Rabbi Eichler finally decided to perform 1
the ceremony if permission could be had ,
from President Soliuger, of Beth Israel
Congregation. This was done, and at
8.:>0 o'clock the bridegroom, the *abbi, :
Miss Rosa Brown, a nephew of the bridegroom,
and Mr. Morris Rosenberg arrived
at the house.
Many persons in the neighborhood
knew of the coming marriage and when
the bridegroom arrived at the house lie
was greeted with a large crowd, as well
as by his promised bride. Little time was
lost in preliminaries. As soon as Mr.
Brown and his part of the wedding party
arrived at the house the front door was
opened by Miss Beer wild. Those who
watched the ceremony from inside the
house were the bride's mother and the
nurse who has charge of the patient. The
full Hebrew ritual was used in the ceremony.
The bride drank wine from the
same cup that the bridegroom did and he
afterward placed a wedding ring upon her
linger. It took just two minutes and
forty seconds to perform the ceremony.
After it was finished the bridegroom kissed
the bride goodby and, accompanied by
his nephew, jumped into a cab and drove
olT.
The bridegroom is a prosperous voting
business man of Blackville, S. 0. He will
return to the south, where he will await
the lifting of the quarantine.?Philadelphia
Press.
Card of Thanks.
As I cannot see all in person, I take this
method of expressing my gratitude to
those who so were kind to us during our
affliction. May God reward and bless you
all for your kindness. Mrs. Anti.ey.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehriiardt, February 17.?The birthday
party given by Miss Essie Powell on
last Monday evening was in every way
a success. The pretty little hostess of
"sweet sixteen" was wonderously fairylike
in a lovely costume of white organdy
with chiffon trimmings, and it was only
necessary to glance at the number of useful
and beautiful presents to be assured
of this young lady's popularity. The
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YUULiy lauies WOIC 111C UillllLICSb uuu iu?ut
! becoming evening dresses. Messrs. Willie
Sease, Willie Ritter, and Mrs. Quattlebaum
furnished most of the music. Refreshments
were served at eleven o'clock.
The dinning room and table were beautifully
decorated with ferns and other pot
plants.
The Fertilizer Bill.
Senator Mayfield's fertilizer plant bill
has been killed by the Senate by a vote
of 20 to 10. The proposition involved
the expenditure of over a million dollars.
It was argued that the State didn't have
the money to begin with, and even if it
did the idea was impracticable. When
Senator Mayfield admitted that he proposed
to raise the money by additional
taxation, increasing the levy to about six
mills, that settled the fate of the bill. If
there is one thing that the legislature
fights shy of it is increasiug~"the levy, and
Mr. Mayfield's bill was dead from the
moment it was admitted that the levy
would be increased.
Death at Goran.
Editor The Bamberg Herald:?Last
Saturday morning on Mr. S. S. Williams's
plantation, a colored woman named Julia
Washington diet!, after an illness of only
a few days with pneumonia. She leaves
a nusoana ana six cuuuren,uue 01 tvuuiu
is very sick with the same disease. She
was buried at Union Baptist cliurcb, the
funeral being preached by Rev. G. G.
Daniels.
Our school teacher, Miss Sallie Woton,
who teaches the colored school at Govan,
has called the neighborhood together to
have prayer meeting at the school house
every Thursday evening.
C. II. Holm ax.
Govan, S. C., February 15,1902.
Answers for the Anxious.
uIs it proper for one lady to rise when
introduced to another lady?
Mrs. F. B. H."
It all depends. If the first lady has on
a new dress she may as well rise and
3how it off. Under ordinary circumstances
it is not held absolutely necessary to
rise. People who are thrown together in
a railway wreck without the formality of
an introduction should not rise until the
wrecking crew has lifted the car off them.
"I have been corresponding with a young
lady for three j'ears, and have been told
that she is planning to marry another
mon Te tl?i? ennrteons of her. D. F."
In affairs of the heart it is considered
best to let woman make her own code,
ft may be that the j*oung lady is a student
af the stamp flirtation, which is published
every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday in any
well conducted "Answers to Queries"
column, and that you have inadvertently
applied your stamps in such a manner as
to intimate that you had put her in the
liscard. You can never tell about this.
"Please tell me how to trim my last
fall's bonnet so that it will be in style this
spring. Lizzie"
Take two yards of Valenciennes lace,
ar better still, an old Nottingham lace
curtain that your mother does not want
iny longer, a woodcutter's maul and six
irtificial roses. Place your old bonnet on
ihe floor and beat it with the maul for
;wo hours. Then drape the lace curtain
ibout it with large safet}' pins, and hide
;he roses in the folds.
"Kindly give me some advice about
writing poetry, also a receipe for pickling
watermelon. Housewife."
Take a mediumsized watermelon and a
fountain pen. Cut the watermelon open
ind be sure that the pen is well filled with
in ink that will not leak. Having chosen
i subject for the poem, carefully remove
die seeds from the melon, and jot down |
pour idea, placing the pulp in an earthen I
?-1 ^11 -d " lx vlnofror l'ntn I
t CSSUl ililUU >\ ill! ClUCi v iuvv/
which has been dissolved ten pounds of
sugar. Slice the rind of the melon into
equal lengths and arrange the words of
the poem so that each line will end at
about the same distance from the side of
the sheet of paper. Choose eight or ten
uice words that sound alike, for your
rhymes, and drop the rinds into a pan of
hot water for five minutes. Take them
out aud wipe dry with a soft cloth, and
be extremely careful to spell your words
properly. Barely cover the rinds with
salt water, aud begin each line with a
capital letter. Pour the pulp into the
vessel containing the rinds and blot each
verse well before proceeding to the next.
Having worked in a good climax for the
last stanza, cover well with a folded
towel and boil for ten hours. Enclose
stamps for return of unavailable manu- [
script and drop fifteen whole cloves and 1
one pepper pod into the pickle. Always
send a personal note to the editor, and i
set in a cool place for a week. Art is long
and time is fleeting, and she who tries to
make pickles and poetry at the same time
must take the consequences.
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A ram 1U in ?>.? tt C UUUUI iiiuiu
whether hard boiled eggs would make a
satisfactory flounce for your Easter gown.
It would, as you suggest, be novel and
striking. In any event be careful that the
hard boiling is a success.
Hopeful?Please do not ask us again
for the addresses of Andrew Carnegie, J
Pieryont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller,
James Corbett, Mrs. Nation or Charles
Schwab. The "Answers for the Anxious"
editor has tried in vain to get a response
from them to his own letters.
HenpecU?Your suggestion- is about
the only thing that will stop your hair
from coming out. Ask an}' ticket agent
about the fare to South Dakota.?Josh
Wink in Baltimore American.
HE FILLED THE BUCKET.
A Story of Grant When He Was a
"Pleb." at West Point.
There is a story told of General Grant
when a pleb. He had just entered on
his first day in "pleb." camp. A first
classman who had noticed the boy's
strong build Intimated to him it would
be a pleasure to have him call immediately
at the senior's tent. Grant
went. There is a rule at West Point,
which was a rule then as well, that any
cadet who asks another to perform
menial labor for him shall be dismissed
from the service. The first classman
knew too much to ask his pleb. visitor
outright to do anything of the kind,
but here is the way he went at it:
"I presume, Mr. Grant, that you have
lived on a farm, and, this being the
case, you have had undoubtedly a good
opiK>rtunity to note the effect of the
surfs rays on certain objects. Now, if
you had left a water bucket that was
Innocent of holding a single drop of the
fluid out in the sun from its rising to
its setting, what do you think, sir,
would be the particular effect upon that
particular water bucket?"
"I think," said Grant, "that it would
get warped and leaky."
"Very good, Mr. Grant. You show
erudition beyond j'our years. Now, if
you will notice my water bucket, you
will see that it is as dry as a chip.
Now, by the further exercise of your
knowledge, Mr. Grant, can you tell me
by what means I may prevent the
warping and leaking of my bucket?"
"Have it filled," said Grant.
<itt j i__ \ r ? n i. U.-.4
"very goou ugum, ;ur. urruiii, uui
note that you said 'have it tilled,' not
'till it.' That necessarily m?ms that
some one must fill it for me. Irou have
shown so much acumen that I fear
to violate your prescription either in
letter or in spirit, which I should do if
I presumed to carry the bucket to the
water tank myself."
Grant tilled the bucket
PROTECTION OF WORDS.
A Plea Per a Rest For Our Familiar
Quotations.
In these days when everybody is
writing and everybody seems to succeed
would it not be well to start a
society for the protection of words and
phrases? Many of these are so brutally
overworked by the amateur. The
winged words, the words that burn,
the thoughts that breathe, the telling
phrases, do they not clamor loudly for
a rest? That very sentence affords an
illuminating example of what I mean.
How apt, how vivid, how expressive it
would be if all its epithets had not lost
their vitality through overwork! To
the sated reader the whole sentence is
but the echo of an echo. It not merely
means nothing, but it is robbed even of
its sound and fury.
The greenhorn that complained of
"Hamlet" that it was too full of quotations
unconsciously expressed a great
fact through the medium of a bull. In
a wrongheaded way he pointed out that
constant reiteration has reduced the
grandest passages in the language to
mere commonplaces. Give our familiar
quotations a rest. Lay to sleep our
household words. Let fortune for
awhile cease to favor the brave. Let
us feign that the poet is made. Let a
man who would steal another's thunder
be arrested for felony. Let us win
:ao more golden opinions. Let the favored
few withdraw to some select seclusion
and the countless thousands to
some dry eyed privacy.
Thus may nouns, adjectives and
phrases, after a long rest, reawaken
w ith the freshness of the morning upon
them, their original meanings recreated,
energetic, effective, brilliant, as on
the day when they were flrst conceived
and brought forth.?Era.
Thought She Was a Calf.
When Mme. Schumann-Heink was
thirteen, her father was transferred to
Oratz, where a singing teacher. Marietta
von Leclair, recognizing the
young girl's talent, offered to give her
singing lessons without compensation.
For two years she studied nothing but
solfeggios. Then she began learning
songs. She had a very deep contralto
without any high notes at that time.
One day a caller, hearing her sing i
Schubert's "Der Tod und das Mndcben"
in an adjoining room, said to
her teacher, "l am not Know mm juu
taught young calves."
"She Is not a young calf," replied
Marietta von Leclair. "Some day she
will be a great singer."?Gustav Kobbe
In Woman's Home Companion.
The Antiqnity of Wheat.
The Chinese cultivated wheat 2,700
years before the beginning of the Christian
era, always considering it as a
gift direct from heaven. Scientific agriculturists
are of the opinion that it
was widely known and cultivated by
prehistoric man. At the present time
it is the principal bread corn of the
leading European nations and is fast
supplanting the use of maize, or Indian
corn, in the American states. The
Egyptians attributed its origin to Isis
and the Greeks to Ceres.
The Dinner Ordeal.
When a man invites a friend on the
street to go home with him to dinner,
the nearer they get to the house the
more absentmlnded and timid he becomes
until his attitude when they
meet his wife is a positive apology.?
Atchison Globe.
Ostentations Display of Wealth.
Tim?Dat Muggsy kid makes me
tirpd.
Sal-Why?
Tlin?Aw. he got a nickel sumhow,
and ever* feller he meets he asts him
ef he kin change It.?Boston Post
When a lamb has been through his
first experience In Wall street, he generally
feels mere sheepish.?Washington
Times.
Bnoklen's Arnica Salve
Has world-wide fame for marvelous
cures. It surpasses any other salve, lotion,
ointment or balm for cuts, corns,
burns, boils, sores, felons ulcers, tetter,
salt rheum, fever sores, chapped hands,
skin eruptions; infallible for piles. Oure
guaranteed. Only 2oc at Thos. Black and
l B. Black.
The moon was the subject of discussion
in the kindergarten, and a four-year-old
had drawn on the blackboard a fair picture
of a crescent moon. Still lie kept
fussing with his picture, and I said, "What
are you doing?" He answered, "I'm putting
in the shine."
Freda says, "The man in the moon lights
the stars."?Chicago Tribune.
G. Frank Ba
-^jAGENT
THE BEST ON
Washington freed America.
Lincoln freed the Slaves.
Schley sank Cevera's fleet.
We have sunk high prices on
Buggies, Wagons,
Harness, Whips,
Morses ana xviuies.
Quattlebaum & Qannelly,
EHRHARDT, S. C.
ANOTHDft CARLOAD
Our Mr. W. P. Jones has just returned from mar"i
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Kei, wnuru nu uougni u canuau ui liuu sujuii..
There are both
HORSES AND MULES
in this load and there are some fine ones among
them. We can surely suit you in a horse or mule,
110 matter what kind you want. Be sure to see them.
JONES BROS.
LOOK OUT FOR THEM
The Famous Hawkes Spectacles
are now for sale at A. C. Rey=
nolds's Drug Store.
lAfPfl If PI# PA f P^sons Suffering
ill L All Lf L % J from Weak Eyes will
WlhIi CI Co 15Sidnireatre,lefby
HAWKES CRYSTALLIZED LENSES
Drugs, School Books, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware,
and Lowney's Fine Box Candies.
a n "DTrvicrnT /ns'?
XX. v. x '-> J X X* V/X^X^w V;
EHR HARBT, 8. C.
E. C. HAYS,
^ DEALER IN *
Furniture, Mattings, Rugs, Carpets,
Cooking and Heating Stoves, Easels,
Pictures, Baby Carriages, Go=Carts,
/
Parlor Suits, Window Shades, Cur=
tain Poles, Office Desks and Chairs,
Bedroom Suits, Wardrobes, Coffins
and Caskets, Lime, Cement, Wheeler
& Wilson Sewing Machines. Picture
Frames made to order, any size.
BAMBERG, S. C.
DMQIMCQQ PIlANpC TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
niJullllLuU UllfHlUL Applicants for teachers' certificates to
mmmmm?tmmmmm teach in the public schools, will be exI
have purchased the meat mar- cour' house, Bamberg, S.
ket and restaurant formerly run Friday, February 21st, 1902. Examiby
J. A. Vernon, and will keep natl?? will begin promptly at 9.30 a. m.
h.n.i niii-inrio nf Applicants will please be prompt in at
"" """" ~ tendance. R. W. D. ROWELL,
JP y*Q g Q SL t S Superintendent of Education.
in season, beef, pork, sausage, T?, Q M T ^ S Q TT.
etc., of the very best quality. *?" w* w?9
Your orders solicited. EABfD SIBVEYOB
White Restaurant ?and?
I will run a first-class restaurant wfJTWVR
for whites, and meals will be *
served at any hour. Give me a A PI?VTT T 1? C P
trial. Satisfaction guaranteed. ULAUIv V LuuE^ D# v.
J. W. SMOAK. Offers his services to the
BAMBERG, s. c. people of Bamberg County.
.v V. - ' ? *
mberg,
EARTH.
I am now Manufacturing
All Kinds of
STICK il FANCY CM
at my bakery. I make it
Fresh Every Day.
rinaar, Uocanut and Taffy
and all kinds of penny goods.
Orders from Merchants
SOLICITED.
Buy from me and get purer,
fresher, and better candy for
less money.
Jesse McCormack, I
Bamberg, S. O.
DK. G. F. HAIR,
DENTAL SIR GEO A,
Bamberg, S. C.
In office every day in the week. Graduate
of Baltimore College of Dental Sur- .
gery, class 1892. Member of S. O. Dental
Association. Office next to bank.
DR. O. D. FAUST,
*
DENTIST,
Bamberg-, S. C.
Office Over D, C. Folk's Store.
W. P. RILEY,
FIRE,
LIFE,
ACCIDENT
INSURANCE.
BAMBERG. S. C.
WANTED.
"Reliable man for Manager of a Branch. |||
Office we wish to open in this vicinity.
Here is a good opening for the right man.
Kindly give good reference when writing. -r
The A. T. Mobbis Wholesale House.Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Illustrated catalogue 4cts. in stamps.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against the
estate of W. E. Beard, deceased, will present
same, duly attested, and all owing
said estate will make immediate payment
to C. B. FREE,
Qualified Administrator.
Bamberg, S. C., February 10,1902.
S1 G. MAYFIELD,
ATHpRHEY
DENMARK, 8. C.
G, Moye Dickinson,
INSURANCE. . |
FIRE,
LIFE,
TORNADO,
ACCIDENT,
LIABILITY,
* CASUALTY.
Office at The Cotton Oil Co.
S. C. AND BELL TELEPHONES.
In the new census issues it may be noticed
that, for some unknown reason,
"barmaids" are described as "female barmen."
The authorities have, however, "...
failed to follow the precedent which they
have set up, and we find no mention of
"male widows," "female bachelors" or
"gentlemen bathing women."?London
Globe.
A pair of enterprising burglars visited
Newburg, Ohio, one night last week and
stole a new one-story frame building from
a corner lot. The next day they returned
and tried-io sell the lot, but the owner . '-{SI
of the property had meanwhile learned
of the removal of his house and - arrived
on the scene in time to frustrate their
plans,
BURTON FELDER.
?BE1LBB IS?
SffllE iii M! BSi; ,
FRUITS and CONFECTIONERY.
M^t. Next to Black's Stables
While my stock Is small the goods are
all fresh and my line complete. I shall be
please^ to serve you when you need
Groceries. Give me a call.
SEWING MACHINE
Do 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 MARC A VARIETY.
THE HEW HOME IS THE BEST. * g
The Feed determines the strength or
weakness of-Sewing Machines. The
Double Feed combined with hther
strong points makes the Hew Home
the best Sewing Machine to buy.
Wiiltfir CIRCULARS \
w-e manufacture and prices before purr. hMlng jtpt
THE NEW SOME 8EWIM
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