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Bif. ie.'.'-"' & r 1 " 2ss^ The Bamberg Herald. gp^- S ESTABLISHED MAY 1st, 1891. A. W.KXIGHT, Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 ceuts for j; 8ix months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?|i .00 per inch for f first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want No- = tices one cent a word each insertion. Local 1 Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. after- ; wards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must J be paid for as regular advertising. I Communications?News letters or on , subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. - Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. fe? TMBSPAI. Sepieaber 3, IMS. s? , , With good roads iuto Bamberg, more t cotton will be marketed here and our merchants will do more business. Every merchant in town should not only be an |g? advocate of good roads but he should do -some work in the good cause as well. *** The people of Indiana have started a movement to keep negroes out of that K State. The reason given is that they do ~ not care to expose their women to a fate more terrible than death. Why, we were under the impression that those Westerners loved the negro, but sentiment has undoubtedly undergone a change. . If any one doubts that there has been a great improvement in the enforcement of the dispensar}' law under Governor Heyward's administration, let him visit p some of the former notorious tigers and try to wet bis whistle. The situation is getting as dry as the proverbial powder horn.?Orangeburg Patriot. Why has Brother- Parks been trying to 'wet his whistle" and failed? We trust lie does not speak from experience, for we thought he was a prohibitionist. 54 SOME "BILL ARP" STORIES. J "Eii Perkins Gives Sketch of the Great I Humorist, Who Died Last Week. Id the "Kings of Platform and Pulpit" Eli Perkins writes the following breezy introduction, rehearsing some interesting stories of Bill Arp in presenting one of Lis lectures: The whole life of Bill Arp has been humorous and no man will stop work quicker and more cheerfully than he to hear a good joke. When I asked him one.day if he really ever killed many Yankees, he said: "Well, I don't want to boast about myself, but I killed about as many of them as they-did of me." ' Speaking of pensions one day, Mr. Arp said every Yankee soldier ought to have a pension. "But they were not all injured in the army^ were they?" I asked. "Yes, they all did so much hard lying about us poor rebels tbat tbey strained their consciences." Bill Arp tells of an occurrence in New York when he came here to lecture in j Checkering hall. He said he was stand-j in'g On the steps of the Astor House one afternoon with a friend, when a man with a decidedly military bearing hobbled up. He greeted my friend as he passed. "That's a fine soldiery looking chap," I ? said. "Yes; he's a veteran?Colonel Jones, p of the G. A. R." "Did he lose his leg on the battle field ? " "Yes; at Gettysburg." . "Ah! Repelling Pickett's charge, I * suppose." "No; a monument fell on it." Theyjtell this story in Rome,Ga., about the major. They say that in the summer of 1863 Bill Arp was in the Richmond hospital. The hospital was crowded with sick and dying soldiers, and the Richmond ladies visited it daily, carrying with them delicacies of every kind, and aid all they could to cheer and comfort the suffering. On one occasion a pretty miss of sixteen was distributing flowers and speaking gentle words of encouragement. to those around her, when she heard a soldier exclaim, "Oh my Lord!" It was f Bill Arp. 'Stepping to his bedside to rebuke him' for his profanity, she remarked ; "Didn't I hear you call upon the name of the Lord ? I am one of his daughters. Is there anything I can ask him for you ? " Looking up into her bright, sweet face, Bill replied: "I don't know but you could do something for me if I wasn't married." "Well," said she; "what is it ? " Raising his eyes to hers and extending l^is hand, he said: "As you are a daughter of the Lord, if I wasn't married, I'd get vou to ask Him if He wouldn't make me Bis son in law." Major Andrews, a Yankee captain, was telling some jolly rebs in Georgia about his experience at Bull Run. "The only time that I ever really felt ashamed in my life was in that Bull Run battle," said the major. "My horse fell under me, and I was obliged to ride an army mule during the rest of the engagement, and he finally carried me into the rebel lines." * " * ? - * - - - ? ?'4. 11 ? "les, i rememoer iae lociueui wen, said Bill Arp, who was standing by, "I found that mule with a U. S. brand on him the next day after the battle." "You did, really?" said the major? hardly expecting to be corroborated so promptly. "Where did you find him?" asked the major. Bill saw that there was no door wide open as he replied, "Stone dead behind a fail fence." "Shot?" r "No; mortification." What is Life? In the last analysis nobody knows, but we do know that it is under strict taw. Abuse that law even slightly, pain results. Irregular living means derangement of the organs, resulting in constipation, headache or liver trouble. Dr. t King's New Life Pills quickly* re-adjusts this. It's gentle, yet thorough. Only 25c at J. B. Black, Bamberg; H. C. Rice, Denmark. Death of Mrs. John W. Cram. Mrs. Jno. W. Cram, a beloved Christian lady of this place, passed away last Sunday morning, August 30th, 1903, at the home of Mr. I. W. Bowman, after an illness of ouly a week. She was stricken down with a congestive chill a few days previous to her death, and though desperately ill, it seemed that the worst had passed and the family thought her much better. Sundav morning a sudden change for the worse came and she passed away in a few hours. Mrs. Crum was sixty-eight years old and for many years had been a very earnest and consistent member of the Methodist church. She was a tender, loving wife, and a mother devoted to her children. The remains of the deceased were taken to Denmark for interment. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Beckam in the- preseuce of many relatives and friends who had assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of this good woman. ' The deceased leaves a husband and three children?Hon. H. H. Crum, of Columbia, Mr. S. H. Crum and Mrs. I. W. Bowman, of this city. They have the tender sympathy of many friends in their bereavement.?Orangeburg Patriot. , The Oennine vs. CoaHterfeits. The genuine is always better than counterfeits, but the force of the statement is j never more forcibly realized or more : thoroughly appreciated than when you ( compare the genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with the many counterfeits and , worthless substitutes that are on the mar- i ket. W. S. Ledbetter, Shreveport, La., i says: "After using numerous other remedies without benefit, one l>ox of DeWitt's i Witch H-azel Salve cured me." For blind, i bleeding, itching and protruding piks no i remedy is equal 10 DeWitt's Witch Hazel 1 Balve. Sold by Dr. H. F. Hooyer. i / "A WORD TO PARENTS." tl I, iupt. Evans of Spartanburg Schools c! Calls Attention to Parents' Failure to Uive Child Home Discipline. L! In the.printed report of the Spartan- ti >urg city schools, Superintendent Evans tl las the following under the caption, c A Word to Parents," that will well t epay a perusal: t " Our course of study consists of nine c grades of nine months each, and is so c irranged that a pupil may begin at six ? rears of age with the lirst grade and t inish in the ninth grade at fifteen. But a ;he grades are steep, and it is necessary 1 for many children to stay more than nine i jrears at school to finish the coarse. "Six years of age is entirely too young < for the majority of children to enter auy * school of higher grade than the kinder- t garten. Those who come to us at seveu l do more and better work than those who enter at six. Yet some parents try to omnortrio their little ones into the first fo 6 - grade before tliey are six, because their ] sixth birthday wili come before the close of the term. Many of the children iu our high school are too young and undeveloped to do the work expected of them. Some of them have failed; many have liarely passed. Primary children cannot do secondary work. 44 Parents are admonished to keep their little children out of school until they are seven at least, that they may get a more thorough and adequate home training. The home is the first iu point of time, and, indeed, if it be worthy of the name of home, is the most important school which the child attends. "A wise and thoroughly trained teacher said, not loug ago, that ber chief difficulty was not -with pupils, but with parents. Many parents are obstacle* in the way of the true education of their children. | Instead of co-operating with teachers ; they antagonize them; instead of assisting in the difficult work, thev throw obstacles iu the way of that work. They are always questioning the wisdom of the discipline, asking special favors which involve interruption of study, and, consciously and unconsciously, in mauy small ways hindering the work which the school is trying to do for the child. 44The chief injury, however, which mauy parents do the school is in sending their children without thai general training, that steady discipline, that influence for refinement which the school cannot give, but upon which it must build. The rawness and crudity of many children who come from well-to-do homes is amazing. These children know almost nothing of the things which in intelligent homes are in the very atmosphere. They have no fund of general intelligence; they are untrained in manners, in speech, in voice and iu mind, and the school has had to do for them in a very limited time and under very difficult conditions tfce work that the home ought to have done under the best possible circumstances and with the fullest possible time. "annrftnte still roniDlain that they have to do at home for their children the work the teachers should do at ccfiool. If these people would only teach their children at home to speak properly, to tell the truth and not to use meaningless slang in their conversation with one another; to modulate their voices and not shriek and scream on the streets, and to be courteous and polite in their manners?work which every parent is expected to understand?and stop criticising methods and text-books which they do not understand, their cbildreu would be better educated both morally and intellectually." Parents and the Schools. The attention of parents is directed to an extract from the report of Superintendent Frank Evans of the Spartanburg city schools which appears in The State this morning. Mr. Evans is one of the best superintendents in the country and has given much thought to the problems presented by the public schools. What he says is well worth reading and carefully digesting. He criticises the desire of parents to put their children to school as soon as possible. This is an evil that is not confined to Spartanburg, and it arises from two causes, first, that parents show an amiable weakness in believing that their children are above the average intelligence, and secondly, because the child of a busy mother when it reaches the age of four or five years begins to be * "hnther" hantring around and getting in the way and not knowing how to amuse itself. It is too old to Lave a nurse, and older brothers aud sisters are at school, so the best thing to do is to impose it upon some teacher with a room full of "tots" that have to be told how to do everything. The ordinary classroom should not have more than thirty children in it at most, yet in primary departments forty or fifty and even sixtyare occasionally crowded in. It is impossible to deal properly with this swarm of infantile humanity, and disappointment inevitably results when a numbelof them fail to get passing cards. If they are not prepared for the second grade, promotion is a wrong to them, for they will inevitably fall farther behind until they must drop a grade in some portion of the curriculum. Yet a hard heart and some stubbornness is required of the superintendent to enable hiin to resist the appeals from pleading or threatening parents. Superintendent Evans points out the evil of early crowding by showing that it hurries the child along too rapidly, causing him to finish his course, if he finishes at all, without having had sufficient maturity thoroughly to assimilate any portion of it. Superintendent Evans touches upon another very serious evil in alluding to the antagonistic attitude of many parents. In this respect there is great difference I in the attitudes of former generations I and the present. In the halcyon days before the war pupils were turned over ! bodily to the teacher(and the word bodily is no mere metaphor) frequently with [ notice that a whipping at school would I be followed by a sound whipping at i home. Then the parent possibly gave j the teacher too much discretion. Now the tendency is to question every act. Experience shows that the children of parents who criticise and antagonize the teacher generally get along poorly and frequently fall by the wayside. If the pupil recognizes that the teacher will be firmly upheld by the parent few cases for discipline will arise. If any parent dislikes to have his child whipped he will uiucn more easily accuuipuMi int. puipusc by promising the child to duplicate every chastisement he receives from the teacher, thau by saying that his child must not be whipped. Superintendent Evans so admirably points another evil that we quote his words: ( "The chief injury, however, which pareuts do the school is sending their children without the general training, . that steady discipline, that influence for : refinement which the school cannot give, but upou which it must build. The raw- j ness and crudity of many children who ] come from well-to-do homes is amaziug. j These children kuow almost nothing of the things which in intelligent homes are the very atmosphere. They have 110 fund of general intelligence, they arc untrained in manners, in speech, in voice 1 and in mind, and the school has to do for * them in a very limited time and under * "frr n\ndiHnn? thp wni't t.hflt the home ought to have doue under the ] best-possible circumstances aud with the 1 fullest possible time. "If these people would only teach their children at home to speak properly, to 1 tell the truth and not to use meaningless 1 slang in conversation with one another, 1 to modulate their voices aud not to shriek or scream in the streets, to be courteous and polite in their manners? work which every parent is expected to uuderstaod?and stop criticising methods and text-books which they dp ttfp puder- c stand, their children would bp better t educated, both morally aud physically." ^ "Words fitly spoken are like apples of gold in pictures of silver." These words should be taken to heart by all who care to rear a family of cultivated citizens. c Some oue else has called attention to t the inconsistency of the parent in admit- I ting his owu inability to manage bis s children aud who yet criticizes bis s teacher for not doing so. Surely it la ? easier to manage three or four at homp | inn thirty or forty in a school room, i such cases the evil is at home and the uildrcn suffer the consequence. There is another evil that Supcrinmdent Evaus is not culled upon in his xperieuee to mention, namely, the attiide of many school boards. Forgetting hat they are the representatives of the ommuuity and trustees in the sense that hey have a sacred trust imposed upon hem. they allow personal or political onsideratious to control them in the hoice of teachers, or fail to give subtantial support to the administration of he school. Nothing can be more demorilizing than this attitude, as experience ins shown. Those schools are succeedng where thorough cooperation exists. It is impossible to mention in a short ;ompass all the obstacles in the way of iuccess. Those that have been men,ioned are enough to give ample food for ;hought.?Columbia State. Bill Arp No More. Dead ? That great and good man dead moans the oaks in oracular darkness. And across the moonlit meadow comes a 1 i it. *-.4' 1 Arro nnf SlgU oreameu iiuui jijjs ui icm,, Uu> dead, in yonder fairer clime he lives agaiu." Charles H. Smith, familiarly known as "Bill Arp," has been a colossal figure in the newspaper world for nearly a half century. He came into prominence during the dark years preceeding the war between the States, when he made a brave fight with his pen for our rights. At heart he was one of the most decided; most loyal Southerners God ever made^ and never did he lose a chance to trim down the "smart Alex" that have cropped up, from time to time, to preach "the negro and his rights and wrongs to us." After the war when peace was again established, Arp retired?or attempted to ?but the demand for him by Southern papers was so great that he gave his life to the work aud perhaps the last stroke of his pen was made in this capacity when he aeked to bp excused that week for uot filling his column uddiug, "I am too sick.!' The uext week found him cold in death. We will miss his letters. He had learned to council and comfort others, and gathered his readers as a big family around him, and dispensed freely from his inexhaustible supply of fresh and original thought. Who ever associated anything artificial with "Bill Arp"? That man of nature and grace who talked with his pen and in variably opened the door to bis heart through which you saw his wife?still his sweetheart at seventy? ^ 'il/1 nnrl rri<onrinli mil Onil ilHU 1JI& UIlllUll/U AUU ^lUUVivunut VU) MUM tfoejr borne life as perfectly as if be had placed you ifl actual ^ppes? to theifl. Bill blabbed a heap?no doubt told a lot of family secrets which I have every reason?and those reasons known best to a woman?made his wife blush and his children chide, but the world chuckled and hollowed, >'hurrah for BIU ArP" and where are the odds? The world loves a lover. Bill was a genuine lover and he filled his life with those priceless gifts to humanity that gold cannot buy gpfl for which the" heart yearns and often die*. I cannot close these simple lines without again referring to his home life. The spring to his happiness was found in his home, basking in the smiles of his companions and who will dare deny this to be the alpha and omega of earthly happiness aside from our fiope of Heaveu ? How few men make their wives sweethearts! Why is it? Does matrimony destroy the privilege and duty of making love to the partner you swore at the altar to love and protect ? Protect from what ? Heart decay; that craving for sympathy and comfort that P&tp & woman's vitals out. Man, are you protecting your wife from this enemy? M. 0. Lanier. Meriwether, S. C. Owes His Life te Neighbor's Kindness, P. P. Dougherty, well known throughout Mercer and Sumner counties, W. \ a., most likely owes his life tp the kindness of a neighbor. He was almost hopelessly afflicted with diarrhoea; was attended by two physicians who gave him little, if any, relief, when a neighbor brought him a bottle of Chamberlain's Cholic Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy, which cured him in less than twenty-four hours. For sale ^ 13k ? M*vk n/t*r uy Dttiuucig x uauuavj. Had Too Many Feet. Uncle Zeke bad just returned from bis first and only visit to salt water and was narrating bis experience and telling of tbe wonderful things be had seen on the edge of tbe mighty deep, among which was bis first crab. " I seed sumtbin' skeetiug along in de sand," be said, "agd I axed a boy was de ting fitten to eat, and he said be sbo was. I cotcb de crab, and de boy he say, 'Better look out, dat tbing'll bite you.' I said, 'How he guinter bite me when I got him by de mouf ?' And bless God, befo' I knowed it, de d?n thing turned 'round, he did, and bit me wid every foot he had, and he had foots all 'round 'im, too. Did I drap him? I couldn't drap him, but I bussed him open wid a bode. No, sir, catfish all right, but dis nigger is nuffiu wid er crab." A Boy's Wild Bide Fop Life. With family around expecting him to die, and a son riding for life 18 miles, to get Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, W. H. Brown, Leesville, Ind., endured death's agonies from asthma; but this wonderful medicine gave instant relief and soon cured him. He writes: "I now sleep soundly every night." Like marvelous cures of consumption, pneumonia, bronchitis, coughs, colds and grip prove matchless merit for all throat and lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles fiOc and $1.00. Trial bottles free at J. B. Black, Bamberg, II. C. Rice, Denmark. A Little urotner 10 Aesop. The newspapers of Oklahoma are severe on storekeepers who do not advertise properly. The following shows the method of attack: 4iA donkey stepped into a store and the proprietor approached the beast and asked: 'What are you doing here? You know this is no place for a donkey.' '1 am here,' said the donkey, 'because I saw your advertisement ou the fence that surrounds my pasture. I know you, too, must be a donkey or you would place your advertisement in a paper where it would be read by people, not donkeys. Beiug lonesome to-day I thought I would be neighborly and make a fraternal call.'" Neglected Colds. Every part of the mucous membrane, the nose, throat, ears, head, and lungs, etc., are subjected to disease $ad blight | from neglected colds Ballard's JJorpr hound Syrup is a pleasant and effective remedy. 25c, 50c, $1.00. W. Akendrlck, Valley Mills, Texas, writes: "I have used Ballard's Horeliound Syrup for coughs and throat troubles; it is a plea9gml and most effective remedy." Sold by Dr. H. P. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C. Wliy She Couldn't Come. " We're going to have such a jolly :ime, said the girl in blue. A dinner irst, ymi know, and then a theatre party. !)f course, you'll p.opie." "I should like to abovp 3IJ things," returned the girl in gray, "but V fear it sn't possible. " Isn't possible ? Why not'?" "I'm not allowed to eat much of anyhing just now, and I fear such a dinner vould be too great a temptation," exilained the girl in gray sadly. "Dieting?" queried the girl in blue. ' Doctor's orders ? " "No; lawyer's?" " Lawyer's!" " Yes. You see, my breach of promise ase comes to trial pretty soon, and I'm raining down to show the ravages of -lighted Section." Buckley's Arpica S^lye. Has world-wide fame for marvelous ures. It surpasses any other salve, loion, ointment, or balm for cuts, corns, ?urus, boils, sores, felons, ulcers, tetter, tit rheum, fever sores, chapped hands, kin eruptions; infallable for piles. Cure ;uaranteed. Only 25c at J. B. Black, Samberg; IJ. C. Rice, Denmark. Why He Quit Chnrch. Senator Hoar, of Mas&chusetts, always clean shaven and unusually fastidious in ; his choice of a barber, tells this story of ] the colored gentleman who was accus- j touaed to remove the surplus hair from i his face when he visited Boston. The | kuight of the razor was named Dickson. ] One morning the Senator opened a con- i versation by saying: "I believe you are a member of the Africau Church in J street?" "No, sah ; not at all, sab," was the reply, made with much dignity. "Ah, i I thought you were when I was here last." "But not dis yeah, sah." "Ah, you have resigned." "Well, sah. it wuz dis way: I jiued dat church in good faith, aud the fu'st year I gib ten dollars to'rds the stated Gospel and all the church people call me 'Brudder Dickson.' De second yeah ma bizuess fell off en I I - ^ ? J . n ? .11 . _i l ~ give live uouars ; en an me cuuiuu peupie dey call me 'Alistah Dickson.' Do dis 1 razor hu't yo, sab?" "Not at all, it is very easy." "Well, the third year I felt so poorly dat I don't gib uothin' tall fer preaching, en all the church people dey pass me by and say 'dat ole nigger Dickson.' After dat I done quit 'em." Stomaeb Trouble. "I have been troubled with my stomach for four years," says D. L. Beach, Clover Nook Farm, Greenfield, Mass. "A few days ago I was induced to buy a box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. I have taken a part of them, and feel a great deal better." If you have any trouble with your stomach, try a box of these tablets. You are certain to be pleased with the result. Price 25 cents. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. Jewel of the Office, The night he took the "third" the senior warden, at the proper time, gave him the "jewel." Then the worshipful master, with stately tread aud solemn face, came down from his seat in the east, and approaching the young candidate, said: "My brother, what is the jewel of your office?" The young man blushed, and, io a hesitating manner, stammered out: "The typewriter." The face of the worshipful master relaxed into a smile, aud he said: "Well, that is not exactly the answer I expected, bpt as you have alluded tP typewriters, ~._i u:?i. jpi nip t^bK. W UUP juu ; There was no hesitation ou the part of the candidate this time. With a happy look he answered eagerly: 410, the blonde." Fearful OM* Ablest Mia. Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such, in brief, was the condition of an old soldier by name of J. J. Havens, Versailles, O. For years he was troubled with kiduey disease, and neither doctors n?r med^ ipines gave relief. M length he tried Electric Bitters. It put him on his feet in short order, and now he testifies: "I'm on the road to complete recovery." Best on earth for liver and kidney troubles and all forma of stomaph and powel com-, plaints. Only fiOc. Guaranteed by J. B. Black, Bamberg; H. C. Rice, Denmark. The Happy Country Editor. Don't pity the country editor. He is as contented as a cow puffed up by eatiug too many rose gprapeoma. Re has no kick coming except it be from his wife. Pray for the spindle-shanked gazaba that is living the strenuous life in the metropolis. He needs it. Don't lose any sleep over the Rube who-edits your home paper. But call around at least oppe a year and settle up for your subscription as he is a part of the human race, and has to live and pay his doctor bills. The doctor may call ou an editor's wife and it is a charge of two dollars. The editor mav call on the doctorls wife and he gets a charge of buck-shot, j He may not know paregoric from a missfit formula for making apple butter, but he knows a hypocrite when he sees one and dares call him so to his face. He probably eats with a knife and wear9 under shirts, but it is a hard matter to make him eat dirt. He can cat and digest an old exchange that has an advertisement of "soft drinks" and talk up business to beat the band. He is not to the manner born, neither has he an escutcheon embroidered ou his linen, but he has wiped his aquiline nose on the flour sack of civilisation, and in the slang of the present, '* ha9 been up against it." It doesn't ruffle him in the least when he announces to the world that some one's choicest bull calf got choked to death on a bag, for he rests secure in the consciousue&s that he cannot please everybody?Exchange. A Remarkable Record. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has a remarkable record. It lias beeu in use for oyer thirty years, during which time many million bottles have been sold and used. It has long been the standard and main reliance in the treatment of croup iu thousands of homes, yet during thi9 time no case has ever been reported to the manufacturers in which it failed to effect a cure. When given as soon a9 the *l ^j 1 ?\* atran on qaah no JJLI11U uccuuica liuaisc, ui crcu u ouuu ?o the croppy cough appears, it will prevent the attack. It is pleasant to take, many children like it. It contains no opium or other harmful substances, and may be given as confidently to a baby as to an adult. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. Col. John S. Flaherty, manager of the Majestic Theatre, says that one of the most pathetic remarks he ever heard was ippdp by a youngster who belonged on New York's great east side. The little fellow was takep to Ooppy Jsland on an outing conducted by a charitable organization. He went down on the beach and stood for several minutes watching the waves rolling in. As far as he could see there was nothing but water, and the expanse of waves and white caps fascinated him. Heaving a deep sigh the little fellow remarked : " WpU, this is the first time I ever saw enough of anything." His Life Saved by Chamberlain'* Celic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy. "B. L- Byer, a well known cooper of this town, says he believes Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy saved bis life last summer. He had been sick for a month with what the doctors call bilious dysentery, and could get nothing to do him any good until be tried this remedy. It gave him immediate relief," says B. T. Little, Hancock, Md. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. Sepatpr Randolph Burton, of Kansas, W'hilp in Hawpji wi?h th,e congressional | commission, was sitting ope morning fn Hie dining-room 01 a nonmmu notei. A Japanese iu occidental dress qf extreme fashion, wbojwas sitting close by, heard Mr, Burton addressed as senator, i He rose, walked o?er to the Kansau and presented his card. "If your charming excellency should become contaminated with the climatic anhelatiou," he said, "he will find palliative febrifuges at the above indicated location." The senator was astonished, but long years jn politics have developed a singular readiness, and hp Wavered i" kind: "Your Samaritan commiserations overcome me, sir. Should I stand in need of proficient medication, I will call at your justly famed establishment. If I have appeared stultified iu my paraphrases of gratitude, it is due, believe me, rather to a paucity of vocabulary than to an insufficient appreciation of your remedial beneficence." The little Asiatic bowed away, dazed, but beaming. Distress After Eating Cared. Judge W. T. Holland, Greensburg, La., ^ho i? well and favorably knowu, says: "fwo yp^ps ago j suffered greatly from indigestion, ^.fter eating, great distress would invariably resulp, lasting for an hour or so, and my nights were restless. I tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, and it cured me entirely. Now my sleep is refreshing and digestion perfect." Sold by Dr. H. F. Hoover. 9 % V # Crime in South Caroliua. Mr.-Tbos. J. Lamottc has been making x study of the records of the daily news- t papers as to the crime statistics, lie has f gone over the files of the daily News and > Courier for the first six months of the a present year, and finds the records as ( published for what he terms "violent j deaths" to have been: * i From January 1 to March 31?Accident, t ?> ; suicide, 10; homicide, 36. Total, 49. ( April 1 to June 30?Accident, 11; sui- ( eide, 11; homicide, 62. Total 84. c Total for six months, 143. I Mr. LaMotte states that in the figures ] he has compiled for the first six mouths of this year, for this State, five, who are reported as dying of drinking, are classed , as suicides. The figures given under the j heading of accidents do not include those 1 killed in railroad accidents, nor does it iuclude the deaths in connection with the j floods in the mill district. < Mr. LaMotte figures that the criminal record of the last Quarter over the first shows an increase of 49 per cent which is indeed remarkable. t Mr. LaMotte rinds that this is a great ? increase over the records of a similar t nature for previous years.?Columbia i correspondence News and Courier. s .. 1 1 Legal Blanks. 1 We have in stock and for sale the fol- 1 lowing legal blanks: Title to Real Estate. Bond. , Mortgage of Real Estate. ' Bond for Title. Note and Mortgage. 5 Lien on Crop and Mortgage. Bill of Sale. i Land Rent Lien. ] Bench Warrant. 1 Subpoena Ticket (for magistrates aud , circuit court.) , Subpoena Writ. Commitment. Arrest Warrant for Witnesses. i Summons for Relief. Copy Summons for Relief. Notice of Pendency of Action. Mail ardors solicited which will be promptly filled. ft I ID CAII uunmu I beg to announ is now complete i have a complete lln DRY GOODS. My DRESS GOODS is < ing: the latest novel I have the W. L Shoe and a complei and CHILDREN'S My line of CLOTH ever. The latest thing for flen, Boys and anybody. Line of HATS com A full line GEN1 and in fact anythii will sell them as < can. 1 guarante everything I sell. I SELL NO AUCt GUARANTEE I AS REPRES THE yOUNG MEN 13 BE DELIGHTED TO SJ YOU EVERYTHING. I ASK YOU TO SEE MY NO TROUBLE TO J. A. I RAIURPPl Horses ai always on hand at Jc Remember we make r Fancy Drivi and can always supply y< Give us a call when for anv purpose JONES Tha Pleasure of Eating. Persona suffering from indigestion, lyspepsia or other stomach troubles will ind that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests vliat you eat, and keeps Ike stomach iweet. This remedy is a never failing* :ure for indigestion and dyspepsia and ill complaints affecting the glands and nembraDes of the stomach or digestive ract. When you take Kodol Dyspepsia Jure, everything you eat tastes good, and :very bit of the nutriment that your food ;ontains is assimilated and approximated )y the blood and tissues. Sold by Dr. H. ?. Hoover. While getting off a train at Greenwood on Friday, Prof. Frank T. Dargan jad his foot so badly crushed that it had ;o be amputated. Prof. Dargan has been J professor at Clemaon for some time and lad recently been elected professor in Jornell university, Ithaca, N. Y. A Chicago Tribune correspondent thinks lie ne??r<? heeMrriina murp n Northern ind less a Southern problem. And it is i fact of census record that between 1890 ind 1900, most of the Northern States show large increases in their negro popuation. In Illinois the increase was i ibout fifty per cent. In New Jersey it was almost as large, and in New York it ! j was only a little less. Silence Too Profound. Congressman William E. Lowering, of Massachusetts, told this story of the late rom Reed the other evening: " It was one of those long night sessions in the house, when the Diugley bill ,c was in the conference committee, and we ? were all worrying lest the debate on the i measure, when it should emerge, would pass all the bounds of our strength and patience. "I went to the speaker's desk at one stage, and asked Mr. Reed if he would entertain a resolution to the effect that ~ no one should be allowed to speak on the tariff unless he had something new to say. Mr. Reed gave me one of those quizzical looks of his and drawled out: "Mr. Lovering, tyranical as I am, thoroughly depraved and bad as I am, I 1 have hot yet reached the point of heartlessuess where I can condemn this house to a silence as profound as that resolution would entail. I will not entertain it, sir."?Philadelphi Ledger. OPENING I ce that My Stock n every detail. I e of NOTIONS and line of WOOLEN :omplete, compris= Ities. . DOUGLAS Men's. te line of LADIES' SHOES. 1N6 is bigger than ^ in SUITS and TR0USE8S Children. Can fit iplete. rS' FURNISHINGS, iig you want, and dieap as anybody e satisfaction in j ION GOODS AND EVERYTHING SESENTED ST THE STORE WILL EE you AND SHOW f . ? . . t t . ft ft ! LINE BEFORE BUYING chau/ r.nnn^ ^HV/TT vJWIVk/. JYRD, , S. C. id Mules >ncs Bros . Stables. ^ i specialty of . . . . fo ng Horses | our wants in this line. Ml in need of stock fr< j whatsoever. Ri BROS. f sti V v . .. ,-r villi -3 ^a i^OUR^ca BIG CUT PRICE SALE ~-. v .=?. WILL BEGIN *=. ) Monday, Sept. 7th, AND LAST FOR TWO WEEKS. If 4r ^ / . . X:M Our object in this is to make room for our Fall and Winter Goods, and in order to do so we are going: to turn oose a lot of first-class merchandise. Come and buy durng this special sale at your own price. Below we mention '! i few specials, but there's lots more. * . j:|| Shoes & Oxfords Dress Goods 200 prs. Ladies', Gents', and Children's .f11 our stock of Summer Dress Goods J hoes and Oxfords at 40 cents and up to wlH S?, at greatly reduced prices during ?2.75 per pair. th,s sale? aud we ^ave a mighty pretty lot. Be sure to see these goods. We have Hats and Caps maBykind8aD#ds,y"a,atlllprice8150 Men's nod Boys' Hats and Caps at SHlftS, EtC. 5 cents and np to *2.00 eacb. ' A , quMt|J_ of Men.3 8nd ^ f ~ . Shirts, Summer Underwear, Gents' Ties, . ^11ITC hig assortment; also BELTS and FANS. * All going at heavy cut prices during this * ^ OOMen^ndBoys'SuitaatMcentsand f0Tp^l[^uY?'k ip to $9.00 each. 6 Calicos Other Goods We have lots of other goods to go at Between three and four thousand yards cut prices during the sale, but we haven't Calico at 34 cents to 5 cents per yard. room to mention. Come and see. Oome and get our prices. We will be glad to see arid serve yon. The goods must go, and you must come during this sale to get them at cut prices. S Copeland & Dan nelly, i? EHBHABDT, S. C. 30^ When You Have Honey To Invest You expect good feturn9. In case you decide to invest in MACHINERY Only the best can bring good returns. Write / W. H. GIBBES & CO., Catania, S. C. Wn ft i ll _ Rni/wc. S//1/I Mills. Rhinalp. Mili.fi. WMid-utnirhitta Marhin ery% Com Mills Etc. Complete Ginning Outfits. GASOLINE ENGINES?PORTABLE AND STATIONARY. Closing Out Sale Wire Screen Doors and Windows, Ice Cream Freezers and Water Coolers. Just received a full line of Mason's Fruit Jars, in all sizes, also extra rubbers. BROOKER'S HARDWARE STORE, BAMBERG, S. C. ^r^wei^rroSti oI ? cats at triggists, ''tecthin?ust* ?*U U eiita to C. J. MOFFKTT. M. D? ?T. LOWS, MO. Orncs or d. h. haxdt, Secretary ot State, Acsvol Tax., Nov. 31, 1ml /.- s??f I have found Dr. Moftett's TEKTHINa a apUadld toned/ and aid form/ teething ehitdrea. Wheaaty oltoM bey vu a teething child, every incceeding day warned oa that we woold inevitably loae him. I happened spoa * : ' , 'i**? rEliTHINA, aid bejaa at unce adminiatenag a to him, aad hte improvement wax ma ked la 3d honra, and tnm -'-^2 that day on he recuperated. I have constantly kept tt and need Uatace with my children, aad hare taken neat ' plfoaaraiaeonadfatg he preliae to all mother* ol yoaagchlidraa. 1 loandfc invaluable even altar theteetfciaf . ^ '?*.?* WM wwd. MHS. P. S. HaEDY- . ...^ TO THE PUBLIC If you want any machinery made and sold by the : ^ Lombard Iron Works, or the best Gin and Press on the market, made by the Lummus Gin Co., of Columbus, Ga., write or call on F. M. POOSER, Salesman, W-W A */T OT?D/^. fit 1 r^Nef THE OLD organized 1844.^1 |||| StATE MUTUAL ff| Life Assurance Co., of Massachusetts. I ASSETS. $21,678,560.35- i INSURANCE IN FORCE, - $94,966,674.00. I Guaranteed JHridend and Gold Band Policies, Endowments I Term and Limited J*ay merit*. 8 Goaraateed Cash, Paid Up Insurance, Extended Iusaraace. 9 Before Placing Your Insurance Call on 1 H'' - '>*w5 JNO. F. FOLK, Resident Agent, T. H. DICK, Special Agent, g I HAilItEltG, SOUTH CAROLINA. . I Sanborn Chase, General Agent, Florence, S. C. I CARLISLE FITTINO SCHOOL, BAMBBRO, S. C. lers to our young men and young women a thorough preparation for College, and r business life. Certificates of graduation to those who complete the full course, u?leuts have access to fine library, two debating societies. Pure artesian water jm flowing well on the campus. The course of study embraces English, History, it in, Greek (optional), Mathematics and Science, Music, vocal and instrumental. ?tal expense for entire year?including boatd, fuel, tuition and all fees, #107. iisic $3 per month. A liberal discount on board and tuition when two attend >m same family. Send for catalogue. BOARD OF CONTROL, :v. Marion Dargan. Rev. H. B. Browne. Jtoge. C. G. Dantzler. Hox. Geo. II. Bates. Pres H. J. Brapiiam. j. A. Byrd. J. M. Moss. G. Sheridan, Head Master. Will C. Owen, A. B.. English and History. f Clifton Redmon, A. B., Latin and Greek. Miss Pet Stephens, Assistant Inuctor in Mathematics and Science. Miss E.Sidelle Watson, Instructor in Music. "r . ';.f>' ?' ' .