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p?v- ' " Km' Jfck ?v I . '; THE BAMBERG HERALD ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 ======^^ A. W. KNIGHT, Editor. ===^^ Rates?$1.00 per j-ear; 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 Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices 8c. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on cnhi^rtc of treneral interest will be gladty welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Ty. ==================== Thursday, Dee. 31, 1903 P-? ___= After some deliberation we have decided to sparfe our readers a new year editorial. * * * Bamberg does not want the State Democratic convention, but we think it would be a fine idea for this gathering to meet at different points in the State. Certainly no harm can come of this plan, and it | might do a lot of good. For the life of us we can't understand how it is that the value of farming lands ?T. il&s utvrcascu su rnuv/u. w. t|: the returns for taxes in this State, values of town property have increased and yet v farming lands have decreased. Itispass. ing strange, for every one knows that farming lands are higher in price to-day than at any period since the war. Just try to buy some and you'll find out mighty quick. * * If Bamberg county's legislative delega> r tion can devise some plan to reduce ex|f . penses and enable the county to get out of debt, they will deserve the thanks of ; -T their constituents. County expenses have |; been getting higher each year since we ;\ set up housekeeping, and yet our income has not' increased to any appreciable extent. The wise business man who finds r;. his expenses exceeding his income, cuts JsSrL" dnwn PYn#?nfipj?_ and this is what we must do in county affairs. *' The substantial increase in The Hebf;': aid's advertising patronage during the v -' last year, and more especially during the C, past few months, is exceedingly gratifying. The amount of advertising carried |j . now is more than double what it was when |p|- we took charge of the paper, and even yet it is not what it should be. We think no business man will dispute for a minute ^ but that advertising pays, and it ought to r " be a settled fact by this time that one can[ " not run a cash business successfully without advertising. This is true of Bamberg, fe and we trust our merchants will keep up Ifcf their advertisements during the year to ? " come. New stores are being opened up, and if you want your share of the busily.;, ness, newspaper publicity will greatly help you to achieve success. But the p > newspaper can't do it all. You must make your courteous treatment and fair prices assist. Change your ads. often, ?y and don't try to say too much in one ad. "We are always glad to make changes for ^' you, for it makes the paper interesting to P/ have new advertisements as well as fresh & ' reading matter. jjlp/ A Christmas Card Worth Millions. The most expensive Christmas card ever made was prepared by an English firm in Calcutta some years ago for the native ruler of Baroda, in the East Indies, ?j? and intended as a gift for a European ^ lady of rank with whom the great man % ' was in love. This card was a foot in l'i length by ten inches in width and of flawless ivory to obtain which over forty elephants were killed. Four of the most i ' skillful carvers to be found were at work for six months on; this magnificent pref . sent. When it was finished the eyesight {P*' of three of them was injured and the ; fourth man became blind. The engraving . and carving they did were the representing of 10,000 of the stages of existence of "Rnddha The eard was ornamented around the edges like a frame with forty; four diamonds of the purest water, and > each the size of a hazlenut. The cost was |v estimated at half a million poundssterling. 'ly The lady never got her present, for the | - potentate was arrested for trying to poison li the English resident, and the card dis,V appeared. Roosevelt Easiest to Beat. John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, leader of the Democratic minority, in the - House of Representatives, speaking of President Roosevelt, says: "Mr. Roosevelt will be easily the nominee of the Republicans. They have gone : too far to retreat, and cannot now pre^ vent his nomination, although the conr servative members of the party regret that such is the fact. Conservative business * * interests distrust Roosevelt. His strenu? -i-i? ? :* ? OSliy IS su neai rectnessuess mat it nuuiu ^ require an especially paid attorney to mark the difference." The conservative element in neither the Democratic nor Republican party wants to see him nomi. nated, because, if elected, it would be infinitely worse for the country. Roosevelt's election would mean a threat to the peace of nations, especially to the peace of the South. He is the easiest man to beat, much easier than Hanna, but in case he were elected the result would be disastrous to the country." You 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 and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. Price 50c. W-1. m % u HISTORY OF THE ANCHOR. Varlova Improvements That Have Been Made In Its Shape. The ships' anchors in general used up to the beginning of the last century consisted of a long, round iron shank, having two comparatively short, straight arms or flukes, inclined to the shank at an angle of about 40 degrees and meeting it in a somewhat sharp point at the crown. In large anchors the bulky wooden stock was built up of several pieces, hooped together, the whole tapering outward to the ends, especially on the aft or cable side. About the beginning of the last century a clerk in the Plymouth naval yard, Pering by name, suggested cerirr>r\T>Ai7.am??r?fc! +V>o mnst imnnrtnnt UUii U?V UiVW ?v*uv of which was making the arms curved instead of straight At first sight this simple change may seem of little value, but consideration will show that this is not the case. The holding power of an anchor depends on two principal conditions?namely, the extent of useful holding surface and the amount of vertical penetration. The latter quality is necessary on account of the nature of ordinary sea bottoms, the surface layers of which are generally less tenacious and resisting than is the ground a short distance below. In the year 1831 chain cables began to supersede the hempen ones, with the result that the long shanked anchors hitherto in vogue were no longer necessary, and anchors with shorter shanks and with heavier and stronger crowns gradually came into use. In consequence of these changes a commission was appointed in the year 183S to inquire into the holding power of anchors, and a principal result of its labors was the adoption of the so called - ' -i ?u i -u admiralty pattern ancnor, wuicu wutinned to be used in tbe navy up to the year 1860. Tbe invention of the steam hammer In 1S42 made the welding of heavy masses of iron a comparatively easy and reliable process, so that from this time onward the strength of anchors fully kept pace with that of the chain cables which bad come into general use. A number of patents for anchors ! were taken out prior to the great exhibition of 1851, and, public attention having been called to the models there shown, in tbe following year a committee was appointed by the admiralty to report on the Qualifications of anchors of the various kinds. Practical trials were then instituted, and as a result Trotman's anchor took the highest place, Rodger's anchor being second on the list Some of the tests to which the anchors were submitted were of doubtful value, such, for instance, as "facility for sweeping." ' Nowadays, however, at all events for deep ships in shallow harbors, It is considered an advantage for an anchor to offer as llttlp obstruction as nossible above tbe ground.?Science Sittings. CaaM For Rejoicing. Judge Shaw in his latter days was reverenced by the people of Massachusetts as if he were a demigod, but in his native county of Barnstable be was reverenced as a god. One winter when the supreme court held a special session at Barnstable for the trial of a capital case Judge Merrick, who was one of the judges, came out of the courthouse just at nightfall, when the whole surface of the earth was covered with ice and slush, slipped and fell heavily, breaking three of his ribs. He was taken up and carried to his room at the hotel and lay on a sofa waiting for the doctor to come. While the judge lay groaning and in agony the nW Innitor of the courthouse, who had helped pick him up, wiped off the wet from his clothes and said to him. "Judge Merrick, how thankful you must be it was not the chief Justice !** Poor Merrick could not help laughing, though his broken ribs were lacerating his flesh.?George F. Hoar In Scribneris. Fiji HalrdreMing. No one has visited Fiji in the past without being astonished at' the fearful and wonderful styles of hairdressing. They are geometrical, monumental, pyramidal and trapezoidal. An additional factor in this production of the grotesque is that the hair varies in color as lime varies in bleaching power or as the Juice of the mangrove in coloring matter. Between black and white the colors run through the blue black and all the shades of red and yellow. Often half the hair is red and the other half white, giving a kind of piebald effect It Depends. Floorwalker?Vases? Yes, ma'am. Right up this aisle. Bargains from 25 cents up. Next Shopper?You have a display of vawses today? Same Floorwalker?Vawses? Yes, madam. Down the next aisle, please. Bargains from $25 up.?Exchange. He Needed Encouragement. "Do you try to be contented with poverty, my man?" asked the rich donor. "I'm afraid not" answered the hard up delinquent "but just try me with riches and see how contented I'd be."? nVl ivevuiu-nciaiu. Basis. "But, after all. Is not good digestion the basis of beauty?" "Aye, what else may change the grub into the butterfly?" exclaimed Beatrice, attacking the sirloin zestfully.?Detroit Free Press. Down and Ont. Upton?Say, isn't that richly dressed woman across the street your cook? Suburb?No. We did make our home with her for awhile, but she discharged us last week.?Buffalo News. History repeats itself. You cannot find the age of a woman in the Bible. * ANIMAL LANGUAGE. Sound* Both Shrill and Low That We Cannot Hear. Most people suppose a mole to be dumb, but it is not A mole can give a sound so siirill that It hasn't any effect on the human ear at all and another sound so low and soft that no human being can hear it Yet a weasel can hear both these sounds as plainly as you can the report of a gun. and a sound registering machine?the phonautograph?will show them both, with scores of other sounds you are deaf to. The usual note of the mole is a low pur, which.lt uses a good deal while at work underground, and it can also shout at the top of its voice if hurt or alarmed; but though it shouted and purred in your ear, you wouldn't hear it The sound register, however, with its delicate pencil that marks the volume of sound on a paper, gives the quality of both sounds. A weasel, too, which is one of the mole's enemies, can hear these sounds through a couple of inches of earth and often catches the mole when he throws up his hillocks of earth. The common field mouse, too. has a pur that is altogether beyond you, though you can hear him squeak plainly enough if he is hurt A death's head moth, too, can squeak, but that is done by rubbing his wings together and is not a voice at all. But the champion of all creatures for good bearing and one that can hear a sound that is over 100 degrees beyond your own limit is the common thrush, and you may often amuse yourself by watching him at it He can hear a lobworm moving underground, locate him by the noise and haul him out Often you may see a thrush stand perfectly still cm your lawn, cock his ear and listen Intently, then make" a couple of steps and haul out a fat lobworm. Even the starling, which is about the size of a thrush, cannot do this, but he knows the thrush can, and, being a disreputable person, with no common honesty, be follows the young thrushes about on their worm hunts and steals the worms from them as Boon as they are caught?London Answers. VIGOROUS OLD AGE. \ Plato died in his eighty-third year, and bis last hour was devoted to intellectual work. Isocrates was ninety-four years old when he wrote his famous work, *Panathenalkus." Terestius Varro Hved to be nearly a hundred, and be continued to write up to the day of bis death. HIero, king of Sicily, lived to be ninety, and Masinissa lived to be still older and ruled for sixty years. Qnintns Fabins was appointed augur when be was past middle age. and be held the office for sixty-two years. Cato Censorius transacted business until be was nearly ninety and retained to the end all bis old time vigor. Gorgias Loeutium, the teacher of Isocrates and other distinguished men, was in excellent health at the age of 107 years. Chrysippus began to write his work on logic in his eightieth year. Cleanthes taught his pupils up to his ninetyninth year. Sophocles lived to be nearly a hundred, and daring bis last days be wrote the "CEdipus Coloneus," one of the greatest tragedies ever written. Arganthonius began to rule when he was rorty years oia ana neia power for eighty years, and In the third boob of the "History" Asinius Pollio tells ns that he did not die until he was past his one hundred and thirtieth year. Talnable InMeti. Perhaps there are few substances contributed by animals to the materia medica of greater value or more extensively beneficial than certain species of insects. Of these there are none more highly esteemed for medical purposes than those beautiful, shining, green colored insects known as blistering beetles, or cantharides. Their corrosive action is so great that they frequently inflame and excoriate the hands of those who collect them, and on this property their chief medicinal virtue depends. They are generally used in the form of plasters or ointment, and in cases of violent visceral inflammation their external use can scarcely be supplied by any other medicine. Carlon* Mode of Catching Turtle*. A curious mode of catching turtles is practiced in the West Indies. It, consists in attaching a ring and a line to the tail of a species of sucker fish known as the remora. The live fish is then thrown overboard and immediately makes for the first turtle he can spy, to which he attaches himself very firmly by means of a sucking apparatus arranged at the top of his head. Once attached to the turtle, so firm is his grip that the fisherman on drawing the line brings home both turtle and the sucker. Economical In Theory. Sill?I suppose my wife is the most economical woman that ever stepped. Dale?So? Hill?Yes; she never spends money for anything that she does not say she will save it in something else. Dale?And does she? Hill?Well, you see, we never have got so far as that yet But it is the principle I was talking about?Boston Transcript At the Dinner Party. "Surely you are not going yet, Mr Parry Noo?" "I must ma'am." "But won't you stay for the fens: of reason and the flow of soul?" "Thanky, ma'am, but I reckon I've already et an' drunk all that's good for me."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. $ f?ADDITION TO ^ OUR BIG OFFER Of one year's subscription to the BAMBERG HERALD to all our Customers who trade to the amount of ($10.00) ten dollars in Cash by January 1, 1904, we wish to call your Attention to our very low prices in Suits worth $5.50 for $4.50 Suits worth $6.50 for $5.50 Suits worth *9.00 for ?7.50 Suits worth ?10.00 for ?3.50 Suits worth $11.00 for $9.50 Suits worth $12.00 for $10.00 Suits worth $14.00 for $12.00. A nice line of blue and black OVERCOATS bought" at a reduced price, well worth $5.00 and $6.00, to sell for $4.50 and $5.00. The best line of SHOES that can be had, from an oil grain plow shoe to the patent leather at $3.50. A fresh line of MEN'S HATS from 50c to $1.50. A beautiful line of the latest fads in NECKWEAR. The finest line of JEWELRY ever brought to Branc-hville, such as w*atch chains, guaranteed for five and ten years, collar buttons, cuff buttons, watch fobs, and charms, scarf pins, etc. Railroad watches cheap for the money. A nice assortment of everything Santa Claus has arranged for the little ones. Make your CHRISTMAS DINNER complete by having an'assortment of H. J. Heinz's pure food preparations, as follows: India Relish, Worcester Sauce, Celery Sauce, Apple Butter, Sweet Mixed Pickles, Mince Meat, Mustard Dressing, and Preserved Peaches. Then try a cup of our COFFEE, made from our high grade green coffee which we parch and grind ready for use at 19c per lb. We have been serving some of our best customers with this coffee for some time. They tell us it pleases the most fastidious taste, and will make an old man feel better than a glass of OLD JOE. A visit to our store will convince you that we carry the best articles. Give us a Call and Secure Your Next Year's Paper Free Branchville Supply Co. PIIRFST! RRIfiHTFST! RF8T! VilfcV I I WIIIMII I ?W I I WfcV I I If you want something superior to any similar confection in the world, try GIBSON'S ENGLISH FREIT TABLETS FOR SALE BY W. G. HOFFMAN, phone 3* % FLAVORS-Lime, Lemon, Horehound, Strawberry, Raspberry, Orange, Tangerine Orange, Peppermint,. Ginger, Pineapple, Mixed Fruit, and Cherry. f niDMiTime 1 runni I unc. 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 much lower than others can afford to sell for. Bed Room and Parlor Salts, Side ^rag9QB|k Boards, Wardrobes, Enameled j|nR9u^|?|g& Beds, Chairs. Rockers, Carpets, y Matting, Rngs, Linoleums, Baby jPL Carriages, Shades, Pictures, ^ - j} and in fact any and everything to 10 in tlje line of "furniture V and house furnishing goods. Pic V lH?S5jture f rames maae to oraer troma beautiful line of moulding. Remember, too, that I carry a stock of coffins and caskets f\ V\f second to none in the State, and K\7 i cheerfnlly serve vou at any \/A \ \\/"^ hour, day or night. Have a nice \\y Hearse for attendance at funerals i-'1^ when desired. I have a full line of COOKIINO & HEATIINQ STOVES of the best makes. Don't buy anything in my line until you see my goods and get my low prices. I will surely save you money. - * ? m ? a m. ?* m m w?* m. T r*i LrlMti AiMU WDMDi> 1 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. HAVS, THE FURNITURE MAX - - BAMBERG, S. C. ^ ^ I ANOTHER CAR LOAD f| 1 unncrr o miti rc I inUKX^ JTIUUM II HAS ARRIVED Id I AT OUR STABLESl | If you need an Animal for Any Purpose, II || we can suit you. A full stock of . . . m I BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS, I i I WHIPS, LAP ROBES, Etc., Etc. | 11) See us for anything in our line. We will give ? you easy terms at closest prices. 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Never accept I a substitute. Insist on having tne I original made by the Chattanooga I Medicine Company. g I belle vc Thedford's Black. Draught I Is the best medicine oa earth. H Is I good for any and everything. 1 have I a family of twelve children, and for I four yean I have kept them oa foot and healthy with no doctor bat Black. a Draught. A.J. CigF.FN, lJkwan, La. M 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 [ng, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files Oilers, Etc, cast every day. Work 150 hands. luMiri ff'ts Supply Co AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. ? ? ^ < t* -11 a ni.. rounary, jjiacmne, .Doner ana vrm Works. ReDairinsr Promptly Done. DR. G. F. HAIR, DENTIL SURGEON, Bamberg, S. C, In office every day in the week. Gradn* ate of Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, class 1892. Member of 8. C. Dental Association. Office next to bank. y '.j