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5 THE BA1BEBS HERALD I* _===^^ ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A. W. KXIGHT, Editor. Rates?$1.00 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 fVir*v? si*_ or twelve months. Want No tices 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 subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature |g/>' will not be published unless paid for. (Thursday, Jan. 7, 1904. Dr. Broughton, of Atlanta, says that Senator B. R. Tillman's utterances on the negro question are those of a "cheap politician, playing upon the prejudices of ignorant people." Well, the Doctor ought to know something about it. He has been charged with being that kind of speaker I himself. Some of the newspapers are saying thrt the legislature at its coming session should Instruct the United States Senators from " ' * al IBOUUX uaronna lO vote iur mc taviuvotiuu of the Panama canal treaty. What! the insignificant legislature instruct the great and only Ben Tillman as to his duty! K He who is greater than all South Caro1 lina! (in his own estimation.) The gentV era! assembly will hardly be possessed of p| so much temerity. ||jf; "Electing men to offices they are not ?>. big enough to fill is an unprofitable busi. I Bess," the Nashville American has discovered. That is a most important truth and nowhere should its force be more keenly felt than in South Carolina?in town and county. But when will they realize that the public official should be equipped with qualities to make a successful business man if he is to be a success ~as an official??The State* Mr. J. Arthur Wiggins has given up :ibe profession of teaching, and is now cashier of the Bank of Denmark. By his retirement from the ranks of the pedagogues that profession loses one of its brightest members. He was an enthusiastic teacher?one who was never satisfied with past results, but with energy and ability he always sought to give the best service of which he was capable. As an Organizer and manager he had few equals. tTnder his management the Denmark school came to be recognized as one of *v- ***?> m fVio Qtofo nnri manv neonle i g- . wgot U1 Nl? tJVWVVj WHM r ?,x ^^ know of Denmark only pn account of the Jp. enviable reputation of its school which has :'rk<. gone abroad. We sincerely regret that %> be has given up teaching, nevertheless we heartily wish for him the fullest ^ measure of success in his new business. Hike's Wisdom. "See how har-rd ye kin hit that punchin' machine, Moike. Jist imagine it's ' Bp jer mother-in-law and?" ^ "Shure, if Oi imagined 'twas me mothSH e^-in-law Oi'd be dodgin' the blame thing JS^Vfaahtid av hittin' it" lijfef Expert Testimony, 1 ^Here's a testimonial letter," said the - ijderk, "from a man who says he hopes v (eventually to see our safes used by every ^ bank in the country. But the letter's anV fty? "Print it any way," said the president ^ g|r of the E. Z. Safe Company. "Isn't there Pp;::inv signature to it at all?" :- S6a u^hy> 7^ i^'8 signed 'Cracksman'." On the Spanish Hain. H&t: "I yield," said the pirate, sullenly. . pr^ " 'Tis well," said the leader of the mutiseen, with a diabolical leer seldom found gg..... outside ol dime novels. "And may I ask what is the cause of this outbreak?" "Why, we have organized a union and jgpi^ have made up our minds not to accept ?|jf; / leas than twice the prevailing rate of ^Bgpwages. I will steer for the nearest port ? and put the ship in charge of the Walking Delegate of Pirates' Union No. 48." One Woman Obeys. 'He (after the wedding)?Um, my love, jf-: these bills are pulling up at a fearful rate; W%: but, of course, my angel, with your large g|f^ Income, you are willing and no doubt e&IT, anxious to help me pay them. Bp - She?I ? Why, dear, I haven't a cent, ip \ "Wha??;> BbP?.v "On my second marriage all my money fe; ' went to my late husband's relatives." * uTh? Wha?why didn't you say so ? " ||j, "You particularly requested me never H to mention my late husband?in your y presence." Sp;*' ^ew ^ear in BillTille. Many of our citizens not only raised ?l|i the roof but brought the house down Bffe-. swearing off. [ The New Year dance was largely atBr . tended, and everything passed off quietly, |l ; as most of our citizens left their razors at lfc'. home. [ A keg of dynamite exploded, blowing up | three bill collectors. It is impossible to I tell how high they went, as they have not l|:. come down yet. W;' The New Year sings the same old song pi'. -to many of our citizens?they swear off Ig;- to-day, and swear on to-morrow. I There's joy enough in this old world I to keep the heart singing every day in Bfe the year?with an extra halleluia note on KpH Sunday. MASTER OF THE VESSEL. k Story of Ftorrogut ja Commxad ' Wfcea bmt Twelve Tmn of Age. The story of a boy of twelve years u acting as oommander of a ship seems rather wooderful, yet Parragut was bat twelve years and four days old g when he was pat in command of the Barclay, a prise ship taken by Captain T Porter. In consideration of his tender ? years, says the author of "Twenty-six ? Historic Ships," the former English master of the vessel was sent in her . for the possible benefit the young prize master might find in his advice. Par- ? ragnt tells the story of the queer division of authority in his journal as follows: ? "I considered that the day of trial had arrived, for I was a little afraid of the old fellow, as every one else was. e But the time had come for me at least to play the man. So I mastered up ? courage and informed the captain that H 1 desired the main topsail filled away In order that we might close up with e the Essex Junior. He replied that be g would shoot any man who dared to a touch a rope without his orders. He would go his own course ^nd had no idea of trusting himself with 'a blasted ^ nutshell,' and then he went below for his pistols. J "I called my right hand man of the crew and told him of my situation. I also informed him that I wanted the main topsail filled. He answered with a clear 'Aye, aye, sir/ in a manner that was not to be misunderstood, and my 8 confidence was perfectly restored. "From that mouHht I became master ot the vessel ?.nd immediately gave all a necessary orders for malrtng sail, no- t tifying the captain not to come on with t his pistols unless he wished to go over- r board, for I really would have had t very little trooble in having such ah g order obeyed," t A PtnSox Explained, c Why does not a man weigh a pound f more immediately after eating a pound r weight of food? A little reflection will j readily explain this apparent mystery. r During tbe process of m&sacaaon, ae- c giutltion, etc.. certain muscles are brought into active play, and tbe exer- c dse of any muscle necessitates a tem- r porary waste of its tissues, and a oer- c tain amount of carbon is eliminated ^ and passed off during the course of the meal This loss, however, Is trifling as ^ compared with that due to respiration ^ and perspiration, both of which age <= increased during tbe various operations a of making a ideal j Tbe length of time one may take to ^ consume a pound of food makes but fi little difference to those losses, for if it ? is eaten leisurely there is but slight increase of respiration or perspiration, j whereas if it Is hurried through both are abnormally accelerated. Hence by tbe time tbe pound is eaten tbe con* somer has lost appreciably in moisture e and carbonic acid. i < Be Wmm Him Own Grandfathef. S Of all genealogical curiosities tbe one 1 set forth below is probably tbe oddest- ? a singular piece of reasoning to prove i that a man may be his own grandfather! j Here it isc There was a widow (Anne) ? and her daughter (Jane) and a man \ v V.?^ /Uaniwl TWtt # ItUU 11 to 9uu yuvut^ ? ? ^ v <dow married the son, and the daughter >rried the father. The widow waa j then >re mother (in law) to her has- t baud father and grandmother to ber t own . >bend. By this husband she i had a l a (David), to whom she was, of coarse, great-grandmother. Now, the ] son of a great-grandmother most be ? grandfather or granduncfe to the person to whom his mother was or is c great-grandmother, bat in this instance i Anne was great-grandmother to him e (David); therefore David could not be other than his own grandfather. PuilflU? eC Life la Ancient Bsryt I The reckless prodigality with which 1 in ancient Egypt the upper classes t squandered away the labor and lives t of the people is perfectly startling. In c this respect, as the monuments yet re- < malning abundantly prove, they stand 1 alone and without a rival. We may a form some idea of the almost lncred- i ible waste when we hear that 2,000 c men were occupied for three years in t carrying a single stone from Elephan- j tine to Saia, that the canal of the Red 2 sea alone cost the lives- of 120g000 i Egyptians and that to build one of the t pyramids required the labor of 360,000 i men for twenty years. c z A Remarkable River In Spain. i There is in Spain a river called the t Tinto, which has very extraordinary qualities. Its waters, which are as yellow as a topaz, harden the sand and petrify it in a most surprising manner, t If a stone falls into the river and rests t upon another they both become per- a fectly united and conglutinated in a c year. It withers all the plants on its a banks as well as the roots of trees, f which it dyes of the same hue as its i waters. No fish live in its stream. i I She Guessed Right t "Did the spiritualistic medium tell t yon anything that was true?" asked t the willing believer eagerly. f "Oh, yes," replied the hard headed in- a dividual. "And that was"? "That I spent my money foolishly, which was right You see, I had paid 1 to hear her tell me that."?Cincinnati r Times-Star. I Delightful Prospect. "Do yon," said the learned counsel, "swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth and"? "Oh, how lovely!" the fair witness c Interrupted. "Shall I really be allowed to talk all the afternoon if I want to?" J -Tit-Bits. Good money is faithless. It leaves us { almost as soon as we get it Bad mon- ^ v. however, sticks by us to the bitter V?Baltimore American. WIT BUBBLES IN TOASTS. torn* Huaorotu Scatlaeati Pithily Bxprttaed M Banquet*. A publisher once gave the following: Woman, the fairest work In all crealon. The edition is large, and no man hould be without a copy." This is fairly seconded by a youth fho, giving his distant sweetheart aid, "Detectable dear, so sweet that oney would blusb in bar presence and reacie stand appalled." Further, in regard to the fair sex. we Lave; "Woman, she needs no eulogy; be speaks for herself." "Woman, the utter half of man." In regard to matrimony some bocblor once gave, "Marriage, the gate hrough which the happy lover leaves ds enchanted ground and returns to arth." At the marriage of a deaf and dumb ouple some wit wished them "unpeakable bliss." At a supper given to a writer of corndies a wag said; "The writer's very :ood health. May he live to be as old s his Jokes." From a law critic: "The bench and the Kir. If it were not for the bar there vouM be little use for the bench." A celebrated statesman, while dining eith a duchess on her eightieth birthay. in proposing her health said: "May you live, my lady duchess, nail you begin to grow ugly." "I thank yon, sir," she said, "and nay yon long continue your taste for Lntiquittes."?London Tit-Bits. Drinking Mi Smoking. "The prevalent idea that drinking nd smoking are companion vices is alogetber wrong." said a physician who Las made a special study of dipsomania. "I find, on the contrary, that the iftbituai drunkard is not abnormally addicted to the use of tpbacoa He may ise the weed as a lesser stimulant trhen not strongly under the influence if alcohol, but when the drink gets irmly intrenched in his system be cares kothing for tobacoo, for then it has lost ts force and its influence upon his terves. Of course I mean in extreme sees. "On the other hand, it is a rather lurknw fact that In the case of the noderate drinker, who also smokes, the rotting off of his supply of tobacco will ncrease. his appetite lor akobotic bevirages, and whUe at first the liquor vill not affect htm nearly so much as vben he is smoking, in the end it will io him up. Consequently it is safe to kssume that the man who always used Iquor and tobacoo in moderation will, f be gives up tobacoo, take more troogiy to liquor. In fact, this is no ussmnption: it has been demonstrated in numerous occasions. "?Philadelphia tocDd Bia Bdawtlon Want OompMa. No more oourteoos judge ever pretided at a trial than tbe venerable forner justice of tbe New York court of .ommoQ pleas, Cbarlea P, Daly. Tbe rtory is still told among our New York awyers bow on one oocasion a young rttorney, while trying a case, indulged n considerable vituperation of his opKrnenfs witnesses, finally going so far is to answer tbe court very sharply vben requested to modify his lanruage. Knowing that Judge Daly was somewhat of a stickler for the dignity of he judiciary, lawyers and court atendants gaaed at tbe offending attorney in amaaement There was a long interval of silence, finally tbe judge leaned over tbe bench tnd said, with an ironical smile: -jay young rneixi. oeiwe yvu ?r no ild as I am yon will have teamed that t Is about as well to read Chesterfield is Blachstona"?Bocoess. Moalein Womea*s PtmIotw, There has been a vast amount of dty wasted upon the Moslem woman, t may surprise even the woman suf'ragist to learn that the laws of Mommmed confer upon women a greater legree at legal protection than any ode of laws since the middle Soman aw. Only the more recent liberties md protection granted to married wo nen by the laws of divorce and the exilusive property rights now in force in be United States can be property compared to those in Turkey. Under the doslem laws the provteloa tcr seentng to the wife the free and u noonrolled possession of her property Is nlnntely stipulated in the marriage contract A suitable sum is also ar anged for her maintenance In aocordtnce with her husband's rank.?Oennry. Vsrlow Sources of Silk. Silkworms are not the sole^eouroe of he production of silk. It is also obained from several vegetable subitances, but of an Inferior and less [arable description. Excellent colored ilk Is obtained from the prepared and ' ? r\f *V>?? homhrtn XPhieh Is nuch In demand for clothing in tropcal countries from its lightness and >orosity. Another form of Bilk is obained from the pods of the silk cotton ree, of which there are several varieies in existence, the material obtained rom them being known as vegetable Ilk. Went Her One Better. "I never saw you in such a becoming iat my dear. Did you get it ready nade?" "I was just thinking how unusually jretty yours looks. Did you make it rourself?'?Brooklyn Life. How It Was Done. *1 thotght Miss Pumpleigb figured >n marrying Jack." "So she did, but another girl with nore money outfigured her."?Smart Set Envy Is not only a great weakness, nit it Is a great ignorance too. No nan envies what he can surpass or ?quaL % BELL FOUNDING. ft Xa aa Aaetent Art, Ita Orlftn Shrouded la Antiquity The art of bell founding is undoubtedly of great antiquity. The Saxony are known to have use! bells in their churches, although probably but small ones, for the Venerable Bede. writing at the end of the seventh century, alludes to them in terms which seem to show that they were not unfamiliar things. The towers of the Saxon period have belfries of considerable dimensions in most cases, and at Crowland abbey, in south Lincolnshire, there was a famous peal of seven bells many years before the Normon conquest The monks at that time and for long after were the chief practitioners of the art of bell founding. Their bells were rarely without inscriptions, often in Latin, containing perhaps some obscure Joke, the point of which is quite lost More often they were of a religious nature, sometimes, we fear, not unmixed with a dash of superstition, as when the bell declares that its sound drives away the demons of the air who caused pestilence and famine, lightning and thunderstorms. As a rule, unfortunately, they put no dates on their bells, a defect which has been in some measure overcome by the researches of many enthusiastic campanologists, but which Is likely to keep the early history of bells shrouded in darkness for a long time to coma?Gentleman's Magazine, A Remarkable Statm. Some years ago a melodrama was being performed in a country theater, the chief actor in which bod made himself, from his haughty and overbearing conduct, disliked by aO. In the last srene he was supposed to visit the tombs of his ancestors. In the center of the stage upon a marble pedestal stood the statue of his father. A heavy fold of drapery covered the figure. Enter Albert who thus addressed the statue: am here once again to gare upon those features which in life so often looked on me with tendereet affection. Father, thy mourning son now comes to pay thee adoration. Let me remove the veil which from the vulgar gaze shields the beloved image of a once dear parentr * Off went the drapery, and, behold, the father stood upon bis bead! The effect cannot be described. It was electric. The shoots of laughter which followed the mistake of the super effectually put an end to the scene, which changed to the nest as quickly as possible amid the Jeers of the audience. tibe anger or the manager ana tne uncontrollable rage of tbe actor.?London Tit-Bits. Peered a Separation. Her father had read her the parable of tbe sheep and the goats at the day of Judgment She mode no comment but that night a sound of weeping came from her room. Her mother went as consoler. Why are you crying, dear?" "About the goats. Oh, I'm so afraid I'm a goat" "Why, no, dearie. You are a sweet little lamb, ai>d if you should die tonight you would go straight to heaven." With this and like assurance she was finally pacified. Tbe next night the same performance was repeated, and again her mother Inquired tbe reason. ' Tfs tbe goats. I'm afraid about tbe goats." "Dkhft I tell you, dear, that you were a little lamb?" . "Ob," she sobbed, *Tm not crying about myself, but Tm 'fraid you may be a goat!"?Brooklyn Life. Odd Hair Strict. Some of the New Hebrides people do their hair up in a bunch on the top of the head and stain it yellow, while the Inhabitants of Ombai Island pass it all through a tube so as to make a kind of plume. The Marquesas chiefs favorite method is to shave all the bead except two patches, one over each temple, where be cultivates two horns of hair. No doubt this Is to render him more a thing of terror to his enemies than of admiration to his friends. His reason for shaving the rest of the head Is to allow more space for tattooing, as if all the available skin of the body were not enough. Not Yet. "They're saying you're Just like all the other members of the house," remarked the newly elected legislator's close friend. "They say you have your price." "That*s a lie," declared the new member. "I thought so." "Yes. I haven't got it yet but I have bopes."?Philadelphia Catholic Standard and Times. Cutting It Short. "How long can you stay?" asked a hostess who had received an unexpected visitor coolly. "No longer than I can help," was the crisp reply. "I have telephoned to have my trunk stay at the depot and to notify me of the first train I can take home. So sorry I can't stay longer."? Chicago Record-Herald. Call For Sympathy. First Bachelor?I wish I could write a decent letter of condolence. Second Bachelor?Some one you know dead? First Bachelor ? No?engaged. ? Detroit Free Press. Eaaily Explained. "Strange that after reaching the top of the ladder he should fall so suddenly." "There was a woman at the bottom of it"?Life. The characteristics or me Diusxerw are a hilling tongue and a quiet sword. * ,-vt . ; ' r .-trv; ' ' " -V"r ' zi ' " ' - - '?* A First=Clasf It is our constant purpose tc We no doubt fall far short o: idea to try us for Drugs and Toilet Medicines, Perfu Of course we can't enumen ^ member our stock is complei tn nle&ae vc,n. (Dr. H. F. He PUREST! 1 If you want sor similar confecti GIBSON'S ENGLI FOR W. Q. HOF FLAVORSLii Strawberry, Rasp Orange, Peppera Mixed Fruit, and BANK STATEMENT. Quarterly statement showing condition of Bank of Denmark, at Denmark, S. C., at close of business December 31,1903. BE60T1BCE8. Cash on hand and due by banks $67,996.58 ruu> ICQ liabilities. Capital $ 2,000.00 Deposits 65,996.58 $67,996.58 State of South Carolina, Bamberg County. Personally appeared before me J. Arthur Wiggins, Cashier Bank of Denmark, who swears that the foregoing statement is true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. J. Arthur Wiggins, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this first of January, 1904. T. U. Cox, at*oat. Pnhlfe. S. C. W11VVI *?WVVWW WW? J ? V ? 8. D. M. Grass, I Directors. J. Abthub Wiogikb, j i ^ 1 Miss Ida. M, Snyder* | I "If women wodd pay mort attention to I I their huMh we would have more haoov I wives, mothers sod dsnghtert, and If they wodd obsenft resotts they wonld find tnss toe oocsors prescriptions go noc perform the many cores they an jtvca credit for. ?* la consalthtf wtth my drotfdst he ad* vised McElrse's Wine of Canto I and Thed* ford's Blacfc-Draafht, and so I took it and have every reason to thank him for a new life opened op to me with restored heaMh, audit only took three months to care me.** Wise of Cardui is a regulator of the menstrual functions nod is a moat astonishing tonic for women. It cores scanty, suppressed, too frequent, irregular and painful menstruation. falling of the womb, whites and flooding. ft ia helpful when approaching womanhood, daring pregnancy, alter childbirth and in change of life. It frequently brings a dear babytohomes that have been barren for years. All druggists have $1.00 bottles of Wine of Cardui. a WINEq'CARDUI W. J. MLK has just received a nice assortment of OPEN AND TOP BOH of best grade, style and finish, which he offers to the public at low prices. It will pay you to look at his stock before buying. He is also agent for Deering Harvesting Machinery the best on earth. Also operates a first-class Repair Shop and builds vehicles of any kind to order on short notice. Blacks mi thing and Horseshoeing. Buggy Painting a Specialty. Yours to satisfy D. J. MLK. DR. G. F. HAIR, DENTAL SURGEON, Bamberg, 8. C. In office every day in the week. Graduate of Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, class 1892. Member of S. C. Dental Association. Office next to bank. I - - ' = V j 5 Drug Store 1 > keep such an establishment. I f perfection, but its a good I . . V : Articles, Patent I imery, Etc., Etc. I > ite the stock in detail, but re te. Come to see us, we'll try 9 l ' ^ >over, BAMBERG, S. C. I GHTEST! BEST! I --3MM nething superior tp any on in the world, try SB FRUIT TABLETS ? v SALE BY FMAN, PHONE 33. I ne, Lemon, Horehound, berry, Orange, Tangerine lint, Ginger, Pineapple, , Cherry. fSSSmSSmmSmlmSSSmmmSSSmmmmmmSSSHi fSSS mmmmmmmmaammammm ftp a pn a prtl m $lil ' mW$ m ?,;'fe,Tt5> U I ' *&$$! I f^S ;; jftify ? . -i -- - & Assessment Notice. I will be at the following places on the V $ dfttM named for the nnrrvwp nf t?Wn? turns of personal property: V Bamberg, January 1st to 23rd. Denmark, Monday and Tuesday, January 25th and 26th. > Hightower's Mill, Wednesday, Jan. 27.1Lees, Thursday, January 28th. Bamberg, Friday and Saturday, January 29 ana 30, and Monday February 1. Farrell'8 Store, Tuesday, February 2nd. A. G. W. Hill's, W ednesday, February 8. Hunter's Chapel, Thursday, February 4L Colston, Friday, February 5th. Bamberg, Saturday, February 6th. Ehrhardt, Monday and Tuesday, February 8th and 9th. St. Johns, Wednesday, February 10th. Camp Hill School House, Thursday, February 11th. j.j. A.earse'8 store, Friday, Feb. lata. Bamberg. Saturday, February 18th. Govan, Monday, February 15th. Olar, Tuesday and Wednesday, February 10th and 17th. *Midway, Thursday, February 18th. Bamberg until the 30th of February. Fifty per cent, penalty will be added to all personal property not returned on or 3 before February 20th, 1904. When making your returns give notice of all real estate bought or sold and improvements made since last return. Make \ your return in person if possible, and thereby avoid trouble and confusion. R. W. D. ROWELL, Auditor Bamberg County. Bamberg, 8. C., December 17,1908. INSURANCE ....I WRITE.... FIRE INSURANCE LIFE INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS In good, strong Companies. mm i iranAM Tr luuiuii u. mum mini; ui., I I Office at Bank. Phone Connection. I G. lye Dickinson, . INSURANCE. FIRE, LIFE, TORNADO, ACCIDENT, LIABILITY, CASUALTY. Office at The Cotton Oil Co 8, C. AND BELL TELEPHONES.