Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m-- : tr $k'V g^'v: : it ^ I THE BAMBERG HERALD kV- i? X = : ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 ===================== A. IF. KNIGHT, Editor. *>. Rates?|i.oo per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want No- J tices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. after-! wards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must i be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on jpfi anbjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature afr: will not be published unless paid for. ^ Thursday, Dec. 10, 1903 I v ^ Other counties which want an object I? lesson in good roads building are respectfully referred to Bamberg. We candidly "believe that no county in the State has better highways than Bamberg. And we haven't stopped building them, either. Shortages in the accounts of county .treasurers in South Carolina is getting to : be the rule rather than the exception. It is high time the auditor and treasurer were taken out of the Drimary and ap pointed by the Governor, as the law intended. The small number of criminal cases at the present term of court speaks well for : this county. In fact, there is not a great y^7: deal of crime as a general thing in the |7: county. It is these horrible murders which Ws occur here that give us such a bad reputa1^ tion abroad. , The times may be sadly out of joint in !' some respects, politics rotten to the core, good people not as good and bad people worse than they ought to be; but the good old times didn't have the splendid roads we have and are going to have?thanks to the man who originated the chain gang system. *** The idea of Charleston enforcing the dispensary law with more than three hundred United States revenue licenses issued in that city! Why it's ridiculous, and no one realizes it more than the officials in Charleston. But of course they it;? "want the dispensary profits, and we don't |M -blame them. *** It looks very much like that there are ^ breakers ahead for Roosevelt in his own - party. His chances for securing the pres.idential nomination get slimmer every 1 day. Frankly, we have never believed i&f that the Republican party would be so III foolish as to nominate him, but we hope lie will be the nominee. He is the easiest 0 Republican to beat that we know of. If H : the Democrats just keep their heads, the 'm' chances are that we will elect a Democratic. | ic president next year. The town of Bennettsville a few months Ego issued bonds and established its own litVhf rvionf "Vnw ft oomnanv I?>Vn 6KVWIV li^ui _ j. j Igfij wants to buy it and establish in connection pki therewith a system of sewerage and water $0" works. That the electric light plant is a ^ good investment is shown by a foreign company wanting to purchase. Why can't Bamberg do this ? We must keep apace with other towns in the matter of municipal improvements, or our growth |. will be very slow. PjtiV. Talking of waste, doesn't it seem a pity gfe.thatso many gallons of our pure and sparkling artesian water should run to the sea unused ? Millions of gallons but not a drop to extinguish a blaze! People wanting water in their homes?wanting it so much as to put in private water works at great expense?but no water works! Thousands of Northern people dying of consumption every year, but none invited to come here and spend the winters, drink our water and live! His Two Purchases. A story is told of a Louisiana merchant who came to New York determined to secure a bargain. He wanted cheap doaks, and after trying in vain to suit limsclf at the wholesale houses he bought I job lot at auction. He examined the goods hurriedly and had them shipped iome. In due time he was confronted by in excited head salesman who said the gg. garments were out of style. ?T*,v.ziTT !nr?t that, trar " said thp jj. J-JUt-J U4UU V .w.. ""J J p merchant. "But they are,'"' replied the clerk. ?y The merchant persisted that the cloaks pT "would sell, but they didn't. In desperationhe returned them to New York to be * i disposed of to best advantage. On his . next trip to New York he again visited ps?: an auction house and bought a lot of cloaks. "When he returned home and exr .. amined his purchase he saw that he had "bought the same lot as before. P V A Polite Prisoner. The lady who was visiting the jail had been much impressed with the appearance and behavior of the prisoners, and ; she took occasion to express her approval to the warden. " They seem as courteous as anybody," r, she said, enthusiastically, " even if they K don't say anything." " Yes, they're polite enough," assented - the warden. " But I'm a little suspicious of too fine manners." " I don't see how you can be!" exclaimed the lady. "Well, I am," declared the warden, 44 and I have been ever since one of the * ' smoothest of them broke out of jail and left a note for me in which he wrote, T hope you will pardon me for the liberty J am taking.' "?Youth's Companion. INTERESTING FACTS AND OPINIONS. Bright Paragraphs on a Variety of Subjects, Condensed for Quick Reading. Another county treasurer is short in his accounts. This time it is in Horry | county, where the treasurer died some months ago. His books show a shortage of $4,143T73. Safe crackers have been industriously at work in this State and Georgia lately. They are evidently professionals of first class ability in their line. Ordinary safes offer no impediment to them at all." Better put 3*our money in the bank. A Greenwood woman has discovered | a new use for the telephone. Wishing to j visit a neighbor she pulled the baby's crib j up in front of the telephone, opened the receiver, and told central if the baby began to cry to call her up at the neighbor s At Norriston, Pa., while George Hillett, a railway conductor, was sitting in his car making out his report, an engine struck his train, causing it to jostle the j conductor with such force that he bit off 1 I v.;e tAnemo resulted in his I JJIO IU"SUV, " ~ * , death. _ I From the criminal statistics it appears ' that the murders committed in South i Carolina are forty times as many as those ! committed in Great Britain and" Ireland, j and twenty times as many as those in India. If "these statistics be true, which is the most important, home or foreign missions??Barnwell Sentinel. The State board of dispensary directors will restore to the city of Charleston it's share of the profits, a'fter deducting the expenses of the cases in the United States Court against the constables for as-1 saulting the Wieters brothers. The board also required that the city furnish four special policemen for duty in enforcing the dispensary law. HEART FLUTTERING. Undigested food and gas in stomach, located just below heart, presses against it and causes heart palpitation. When your heart troubles you that way take Herbine a few days. You will soon be all right. 50c. Dr. H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C. PertjParagraphs. All is fair love, war and horse trades. Fools and children tell the truth, but fools never get over it. It is not necessary to have a search I warrant to find trouble. It is a very dull office boy who does not know more than the boss. Often a soaD factory looks well enough when it smells like 30 cents. Buy a good, clever hen, and she may lay the foundation of your fortune. The letter that never"came was no dun or it would have arrived on the first mail. Honesty is a good policy, but every insurance agent thinks one "in his company is better. It is lucky virtue that it is its own reward, for no one is going around forcing twenty dollar bills on it. The man who really wants to break himself of the habit of smoking should let his wife buy his cigars. The man who stretches a campaign banner across the street sometimes stretches the truth, but not often. We have often wondered if a woman did'not put her feet on the table when there was no one else about. While a city man does not mean to be impolite he often looks into the mouth of a gift horse to see if it is needing hay. RECTOR OF*ST. LUKE'S, Ashburnbam, Ontario, Testifies to the Good Qualities of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Ashburxham, Oxt., April 18,1903.?I think it only right that I should tell ycta ? - ? ??i? wnat wonaenui euecL vuauiucuaiu o Cough Remedy produced. The day before Easter I was so distressed with a cold and cough that I did not think to be able to take any duties the next day, as my voice was choked by the cough. The same day I received an order from you for a bottle of your cough remedy. I procured a sample bottle, and took three doses of the medicine. To my great relief the cough and cold completely disappeared and I was able to preach three times on Easter day. I know this rapid cure was due to your cough remedy. I make this testimonial without solicitation, being thankful to have found such a Goasent remedy. Respectfully yours, E. A. Langfeldt, M. A., Rector of St. Luke's Church." To Chamberlain Medicine Co. Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy; H. C. Rice, Denmark. The Last Straw. It was Saturday night, and owing to the temporary absence of his wife, it fell to Mr. Brown to attend the usual process of giving his eight-year-old son a bath and putting him to bed. He had left his evening paper with a man's reluctance, and had hurried matters along with more speed than the little chap was accustomed to. However he endured it all without a protest until it came to the prayer. It was his habit after "Now I lay me" to ask the divine blessing upon a long list of relatives and friends, calling each by name. "Please, God," he began, "bless papa and mama, grandpa and grandma and Aunt Edith and Uncle George, and"? A pause. His father, thinking to curtail the list of beneficiaries, softly insinuated an "amen." Not heeding the interruption, the little supplicant drew a long breath, and continued, "AndJAunt Alice and cousin Annie, and-and?." Again his father said "amen." This was more than flesh and blood could stand, and lifting his little head, he exclaimed, with tears of indignation: "Papa, who's running this prayer, you or me!"?narper s Magazine. BE QUICK. Not a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. It never fails, and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy; H. C. Rice, Denmark. The Gaffney Ledger says there are about a hundred cases of small pox in that city and that no precautions are taken against the spread of the disease. Ton Know What Yon Are Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply iron ana quinine in a tasteless form, No cure, no pay. Price 50c. p A FAMILY QUARREL. Ita Droll Ending After the Poet Sheller Hod Interfered. In his "Rossetti Papers" William Rossetti says that when Shelley was staying in the villa of the Gisbornes a most droli incident occurred. It appears that his servants. Giuseppe and Annunziata, who were man and wife, quarreled, and Shelley, hearing Giuseppe abusing his wife very savagely and also ill using her, rushed upon him with a pistol, shouting: "I'll shoot you! j I'll shoot you!" The startled fellow ran for his very life. Shelley after him, till the servant, coming to a shrub- j bery of laurels, managed to slip under them, Shelley, in his eagerness, darting past him. The servant in a few minutes found it possible to dodge back into the bouse unperceived. Shelley, seeing him no more, at last went back to the house, where, to his unutterable surprise, he found Giuseppe and An nunziata sitting together in the most amicable manner, addressing each oth! er as "caro" and "carissima." "But j were you not quarreling even now?" exclaimed the perplexed poet "Quarreling?" gasped Giuseppe in amazement "No, signor, we never quarreled," "But I have been running after you in order to shoot you." "No, signor, you never ran after me. for I have been sitting here for the last hour or more. You must have fancied all this." And Giuseppe and Annunziata, who had both been considerably frightened, continuing to assure him that they had had no quarrel, and Mary Shelley, whom they had let into the secret saying the same, Shelley was at last utterly mystified and inclined himself to believe that he must have fancied it Excmive Energy, Energy is a fine thing, but like steam, it needs a little restraint and careful guiding. If the safety valve doesn't work there's likely to be a breakdown or a blow up now and then. The nervousy, fidgety woman is a dreadful bore. She ruffles up the atmosphere and makes everybody wish she would take a vacation and rest up like sixty. Some of those people who fly around the fastest do the least l- OAnnltu WUi^ ttuu UJtr Uiiiife LV a^uu^r is balance. Work as bard as you want to, but let up wben the moment for letting up arrives. There is a limit to human endurance, and when you go beyond the limit you- never get back into the valve of strong endurance and fine vitality. It is the man or the woman who knows how to work and how to rest who gets things d^ne all fine and shipshape and without tearing the roof off its feet These remarks may be blunt like a chisel, but they're as true as the fact that the Lord made little apples.?Chicago Record-Herald. Odd Street Xaaea, In Clerkenwell, England, there is a street called Pickled Egg walk. It takes its name from Pickled Egg tavern, which formerly stood there and made a specialty of serving pickled eggs. An interesting London thoroughfare is Hanging Sword alley, which 1r mentioned in Dickens' "Tale of Two Cities." London has also Pickle herring street In Leicester is a street called the Holy Bones and another called Gallows Tree Gate. Hull has a street with the extraordinary name, the Land of Green Ginger. Corydon has a street named Pump Pail, and there some years ago lived Peter Pottle, a dealer in furniture. The most daring of farce writers might well have hesitated to invent a combination of name and address so improbable as that which really belonged to Peter Pottle of Pump PaiL The Labor of a at eh. The little balance wheel of a watch vibrates five times per second. Imagine that this wheel, instead of swing log back and forth like a pendulum, should roll on continuously over a given surface. Its circumference in a gentleman's watch of ordinary size Is two and a quarter Inches, and it makes a sweep in each direction of about threefourths of its circumference. In other words, it would traverse in one second a distance measuring about eight and a half inches. According to this computation, the balance wheel of a watch would travel in a year over a distance of 3,677 miles in round numbers, and it would take the little wheel just six years eight months to circumvolve the globe by way of the equator. Breaklas a Wishbone. The divining rod is. a feature in all early mythology, especially so among the Hindoos. As the forked branch of a tree it indicated in various parts of Europe, Asia and Africa where treasures were hidden or where water might be readily found. From the forked V\*nr>nV? o fpAA moo Knf o ofon UiaiiUi ui cl ul11 rrao uui a iv the forked clavicle of a bird, and this bone was soon invested with the power of securing the gratification of the wishes of those who in breaking it retained the forked part, for it was the fork that was possessed of mystic power. Two of a Kim6. "Sir," said the shipping clerk, **1 should like to attend my mother-inlaw's funeral tomorrow." N "You have my sympathy, young man," replied the manager, with a sigh long drawn out "I have been wanting to do likewise for thirteen years."?Augusta Chronicle. For All the Lfrea, "Say," began the determined looking man, "I want a good revolver." "Yes, sir," said the salesman, "a six shooter?" . "Why?er?you'd better make it ft nine shooter. I want to use it on a cat next door."?Philadelphia Press. The dead stars probably outnumber the living stars by many. It may he mllBons to one. I * - " . - ' ' . -7 - rr, \ Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey LOOK FOR THIS TRADE-MARK ON EVERY BOTTLE. MEDICINE FOR All MANKIND. Mr. Elias Hartz, widely known in Reading, Pa., asthe goosebone prophet, says:411 have been taking Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for a number of years as my only stimulant and tonic. I am now 87 years old, hale, hearty, and as vigorous as a man of forty, and have every reason to believe I will live to a much riper old age if I can always have a supply of Duffy's Pure Malt "Whiskey, which is my only medicine. I never have colds or indigestion, or any organic trouble. I know that it is your valuable whiskey that has kept me so free from sickness. 1 was troubled with insomnia before 1 used it, but now I can sleep as restfully as a babv. I feel no weakness from my old age, and I heartily recommend Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey to anyone who wishes to keep strong, young and vigorous. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey contains no fusel oil and is the only whiskey recognized by the Government as a medicine: this is a guarantee. CAUTION.?When yon ask for Duffy's Pare Malt Whiskey be snre yon get the genuine. Unscrupulous dealers, mindful of the excellence of this preparation, will try to sell you cheap imitations ana mail wnisaey laoiuiaiea, wiuvu w yu? ?u market forprofit only, and which, far from relieving the sick, are positively harmful. Demand " Duffy's " and be snre yon get It. It is the only absolutely pure Malt Whiskey k which contains medicinal, health giving qualities. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is sold in sealed bottles only; never in flask or balk. Be certain the seal over the cork is unbroken. Beware of refilled bottles. Sold by all druggists and grocers, or direct, $1.00 a bottle. Interesting medical booklet postpaid to any address. Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., Rochester, Nevr York. For Sale in South Carolina at all Dispensaries. [ FURNITURE^ of any kind for the home or office. Remember that I have the largest stock in this section, and as I buy in car load lots, you will find the prices mucl} lower than others can afford to sell for. Bed Room and Parlor Salts, Side Boards, Wardrobes, Enameled ^WfiRiHinKWlSRliV Rode fhnirs. Rockers. faroets. V Matting, Russ. Linoleums, Baby jgag&M&SL 1 -, Carriages, Shades. Pictures, ^ r} and in fact anv and everything to to be had in the line of 'furniture ^ ture Frames made to order ^r0^a member, too, that I carry a stock of COFFINS AND CASKETS AVV second to non? in the State, and VYy n^Os^Vu/ will cheerfujly serve you at any w\//\V/^ hour, day or night. * Have a nice | \\y Hearse for attendance at funerals when desired. I have a full line of COOKINQ & HEATIING STOVES * "v- 1 * *-? T>?w>* onrtKl'n (Tin TTIV lillft Until VOU SCC OI I1IC UtBl, LLlitlVCS. XJVJU b i/ujr uu^i wiuq ~~J j my goods and get my low prices. I will surely save you money. ; LIME AND CEMENT always on hand, in any quantity, from a barrel to a car load. I can save you the freight and sell you at wholesale prices. E. C. HAYS, THE FVRXITTHE MAX - - BAMBERG, S. C. I J fiDEATrncr QAJF UlVUft I VUJ1 ut\ULi Commencing Monday morning, December 7th, and , continuing for two weeks, I will sell out my stock of r i * Dry Goods, Embroideries, Laces, Corsets, and Notions strictly at cost for cash. . AS I DO NOT EXPECT TO HANDLE THESE LINES ANOTHER SEASON. WILL HANDLE MILLINERY EXCLUSIVELY. If You Want Bargains this is the place to get them. All that is necessary to be convinced is to come and see. Belling strictly for cash. Mrs. M. L. Counts, BAT1BERO, S. C. t ; . * ' ' - * - :,-;v ? "NAME ON EVERY PIECE." Lownevs Chocolate Bonbons. ; > FOR SALE BY HOFFT1AN MY CHRISTMAS LINE .-' v will arrive about December 5th. Consisting of 1, 2, 3,4, and 51b. boxes. This is. the candy that WILL PLEASE YOUR GIRL. ' C' -m Don't give her some other kind, 1 r - 1 < and tell her it's just as-good. She knows better. W.G.HOFFMAN PHONE.32. ENGINES, BOILERS GINS and PRESSES. Complete Cotton. Saw, Grist, Oil and Fertilizer Mill Outfits: also Gin Press Cane, Mill and Shingle Outfits. Build ing, Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Rail road Castings; Railroad, Mill, Factory and Machinists'Supplies. Belting, Pack ing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files ?j Oilers, Etc, cast every day. Work 150 hands. LooMln vts Sulrfio M AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Foundry, Machine, Boiler and Gin Works. ReDairin* Promptly Done. <| rBLACXWJGtm l THE ORIGINAL I lUVER MEDICINE! | ' ' A sallow complexion, dizziness, biliousness ana a coated tongue are common indications of liver and kidney diseases. Stomach and bowel troubles, severe as they are, give immediate warning by pain, but liver and kidnev troubles, * V though less painful at the start, are much harder to cure. Thedford's J Black-Draught never fails to benefit diseased liver and weakened kidneys. It stirs up the torpid liver to throw off the germs of fever and ague. It is a certain preventive j or cholera and Bright's disease of , the kidneys. With kidneys re v s j \ rrti_ _ j* Til i. Iimorcea uy xueuiuru s xm&ck* ? Draught thousands of persons have ; ;_ v : dwelt immune in the midst of yellow fever. Many families live in perfect health and have no other doctor than Thedford's BlackDraught. It is always on hand for use in an emergency and saves many expensive calls of a doctor. Muilins, S. C, March 10,190L I have used Thedford's Black-Draught for three years and I have aot had to go to a doctor since I have bcca taking It It is the best mcdicino for me that Is on the market for liver and kidney M troubles and dyspepsia and other % complaints. Rev. A. G. LEWIS. SEABOARD Air Line Railway. North=Sonth=East=West Two Daily Pullman Yestibuled Limited Trains Between South and N. Y. FIRST-CLASS DINING CAR SERVICE The Best Rates and Route to all Eastern Cities Via Richmond and Washington, or via Norfolk and Steamers. To Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, St Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, and all points south ana southwest?To Savannah and Jacksonville and all points in Florida and Cuba. Positively the shortest line betweei IVorth. and South For detailed information, rates, schedules, Pullman reservations,' &c., apply to any agent of The Seaboard Air Line Railway or to J. J. Puller, Travelling Passenger Agent, Columbia, S/C. Chas. F. Stewart, Assistant General Passenger Agt, SAVANNAH, - - - Go* -.v.