The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 25, 1904, Image 4
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| Thursday, Feb. 25,1904.
While it is true that the legislature
have done worse, still the record is
^p^'had enough, goodness knows.
It seems that Willie Hearst's barrel is
r to cut some figure in Southern politics,
tall. Unfortunately we have too
statesmen "for revenue only."
cur people expect Bamberg to prosring
this year of grace, they must
gether." Concerted action is what
in the progress and growth of a
much selfishness retards the growth
berg. Too many men here will have
g to do with an enterprise unless
i a direct benefit in it for them,
od of the town does not cut much
rith some people.
State Republican Convention is to
Columbia today. A determined
ill be made to "down" John G.
who is at nresent the political
Iferee in regard to Federal patronage in
llState. Those negroes ought to keep
ipers, for he seems well suited to the
mosphere he is in at present.
Governor Hey ward has appointed Mr.
J. Watson commissioner of immigrant.
No better selection could have been
ade. Mr. Watson will bring to this
ysk the samcf energy and enthusiasm
luch has characterized his newspaper
Mfi He has been connected with the
dttmbia State ever since its establishing
being now telegraph editor, and
t indefatigable work for that newspaper
rltad much to do with its succes.
Fohnston is now in thp throes of an
jument over the hog question. The
incil passed an ordinance prohibiting
i keeping of hogs in town from the 1st
April to the 1st of October. This did
i suit a majority of the citizens, and
jjr, along with the board of health,
Bed a petition to the.council asking
% the ordinance be repealed. This
incil declined to do, and now several
he citizens are strongly criticising the
Ddl in the newspapers of the town.
ft understand that Senator S. G. Mayl,
who has represented Bamberg in
Senate ever since the county was esiahed,
and Barnwell for several years
nnt stAnd for re-election. His
Et will' be a distinct loss, not only
anty, but to the whole State as
chairman of the judiciary comno
doubt was the most influensr
of the Senate, and, taken all in
islative career is one to be proud
newspaper regrets his retiret
politics, for his place in the
LI be hard to fill.
A Girl Heroine.
owing story of the heroism disi
Nebraska girl is taken from
in the March Woman's Home
i, entitled "True Stories of
lool-teachers."
Royce, the youngest of the
h heroines, had but three small
ittendance at a little country
ae, three miles west of Plainaska,
over which she presided
When the storm, previously
suddenly broke, in the middle
ling session, her first thought
?- Wram-kin or thpm in !
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warm garment that could be musthe
brave girl attempted to carry
to the nearest house. But the
was already so severe as to render
sk impossible. Blinded and beaten
e stinging, whip-like snow frag-1
, torn and tossed by the bitter wind
, confused and imprisoned by the
ing, shifting but impenetrable snow
ns, the way was speedily lost. All
nd all night did the heroic girl
sr, never letting go her grasp of the
ss children, until?the end came, j
e of the little boys died in the night
i her frenzied efforts to relieve ana
im; then the second boy succumbed
?? to the horrible cold and exposure, and at
last, just as the-day broke, the little girl
breathed her last. Then the poor teacher,
long since stripped of every available
garment for the sake of the children, sank
'.down, utterly overwrought and exhausted
in the tempting, up-piling snow. Daylight
the nartial cessation of the tempest
f brought help from a nearby farm house
?the farm house she had striven so long
and so vainly to reach?but she was terribly
maimed and frozen, and it was necessary
to amputate both legs."
fe-: Stranger?You say there has been a re?
rival here lately. Are there any noticeable
effects for good?
Citizen?Yep. The grocer's wagon quit
U goin'out to th'sand bank of nights an'
jp?>: th' milkman's bought a real cow.
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MOB AFTER AIKEN NEGRO.
Man Who Insulted Handsome Northern W<
Still at Large.
Aikex, February 22.?After her ex]
ence last night when she was accoste
a negro who fired at her as she ran,]
Florence Kirke, of Boston, is left i
extremely nervous state, bordering
prostration, and the best physicians ]
been called. She declared that she w
know the negro anywhere, and if h
brought to her she will recognize
immediately. A mob of enraged citi
which chased the negro after he fire
Miss Kirke, is still scouring the cou
and if caught there is little speculatic
what the fate will be. The police ]
joined in the hunt and intense exciter
prevails, but there is no clue as tc
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Drute Wflo rnaue tue uasiaiui> avicuij
assault the young woman. Miss K
is an unusually pretty young woman
is much interested in the educatic
negroes. She often visited Schofielc
stitute at Aiken, which was founde
a Northern woman to promote educa
of negroes.
ITCH?RINGWORM.
E. T. Lucas, Wingo, Ky., writes, A
25th, 1902: "For 10 to 12 years I had 1
afflicted with a malady known as 4ii
The itching was unbearable; I tried
years to find relief, trying all remedi
could hear of, besides numbers of doc:
One application of Ballard's snow
ment cured me permanently. Since
I have used the liniment on two occa9
for ring worm and it cured complei
25c, 50c, $1. Sold by Dr. H. F. Hoc
Carefully Kept Another's Secre
Bill Fisher, of Holton, bought a h
a short time ago. It was a fine actor
had a good color. When Bill led it
the barn he discovered that it was b)
A few days later Bill hitched the h
up and drove him around. A frienc
his got stuck on the animal and asked
what he would take for it.
"Well, that horse cost me $165,"
I Bill. "I alwavs like to make a little c
horse trade. If you want the horse
can have him for $175. The friend
in and drove around town and t
bought the horse. That evening he
discovered that the horse was blind,
met Bill on the street the next day.
44 Why didn't you tell me that horse
blind?" he asked Bill.
44Well, I'll tell you why," said
"The man I bought him of didn't say j
thing about it, and I took it that he di
want anybody to know it."
I
His Interpretation.
The minister had made his introduc
sermon to a new congregation.
Among the most attentive listeners
a small boy who sat with motith,
and ears wide open during the discot
The minister being a somewhat pom]
gentleman, had said:
"If any of you want succor, call u
me at any time."
The sentence had been somewhat xt
in its meaning to the lad, and he revo
it over a great deal on the way home.
So that when his father asked him v
the new minister had said, the youtl
plied promptly:
44If any of you want a sucker, call
mo"
MAW*
"You know yon promised to rel
me," said her quond&m' lover; "I com
yon now for the fulfillment of that pi
lse. I wish to marry Miss Wry veil."
"I will release you if yon will proi
me something," she said.
"Name it."
Thave always heard her teeth t
false. When you find out let me k:
if it's true."
NEARLY FORFEITS HIS LIFI
A runaway almost ending fatally,3ta
a ulcer on the leg of J. B. Orner, Fran
Grove, I1L For four years it defied
doctors and remedies. But Buckl
Arnica Salve had no trouble to cure 1
Good for burns, bruises, skin erupt:
andpiles, 25c at Dr. J. B. Black, Bamt)
H. C. Rice, Denmark.
"There is an old negro living in <
ronton, relates me uosworm, jio., c
8entinel, "who was taken ill several <
ago and called in a physician of his :
to prescribe for him. But the old 1
did not seem to be getting any better,
finally a white physician was ca]
Soon after arriving Dr. S felt
darkey's pulse for a moment and t
examined his tongue. "Did your o
doctor take your temperature?" he as
4I don't know, sab,' he answered, fee
4I haint missed anything but my wj
as yit, boss."
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCI
One was pale and Rallow and the o
fresh and rosy. Whence the differei
She who is blushing with health uses
King's new life pills to maintain it.
arousing the lazy organs they cod
good digestion and head off constipat
Try them. Only 25c at Dr. J. B. Blae
Bamberg; H. C. Rice's, Denmark.
"What is the price of liberty?" ho\
the political spellbinder. After a t
pause ior oreatn ne continued: "Aga
ask you, my friends, what is the pric<
liberty?"
"From $3 to $10, according to the
mor of the judge," squeaked a voice f
the gallery.
"We had planned an ideal life: lovi
a cottage and all that, you know."
"Well, why did you not carry it oul
"The man who owned the cottage
sisted on rent in advance."
"Dey say we'll soon be talkin' wid
stars," said Brother Dickey, but, ter
min', de bes' thing we kin*do is ter
out somethin' 'bout de wol' whar
livin' at!"
AN EARLY RISER.
A strong, healthy, active constitu
depends on the condition of the liver,
famous little pills known as De W
little early risers not only cleanse the
tern but strengthen action of liver am
build tissues supporting that organ. L
early risers are easy to act, they n<
gripe and yet are certain to produce res
satisfactory in all cases. Dr. H. F. Hoo
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Miss
D an Hota It Puzzled the Coo
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Pave People of Massachti
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zens An Account qf a Strange Ho
id at petting Chat Comes From ByntI7
gone Bays "An Un'n
as sobOed Mystery.
have
nent
> the It was In the latter part of the s?
pt to enteenth century that the meal ch?
!irke which has always been In the Spoffo
who family and now owned by Mrs. Oi
>n of Spofford of Georgetown, Mass., 1
i In- came bewitched under the most pec
d by iar circumstances,
ition Tte meal chest is an ordinary o
and was kept in the attic of Mr. M<
dy Spofford'6 bouse at Rowley H.
filled with meal which was used i;i t
Lpril .
been / / /
tch; / / /
BilL / "
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TEX CHEST BOSX FBOM TBS FfcOOB.
family. Hannah Hazen, who was e:
ployed in the family, was of good, i
spectable family and lived in the to^
was The statement of the proceedings h
eyes been extracted from a written accou
irse. of Dr. Jeremiah Spofford, who w
)ous asked to prepare it and which was a
roborated by a dozen witnesses, ill
ipon wbom were present It was one ift<
e noon while Hannah sat in one of t
i ved chambers quietly spinning that a
became annoyed by strange soon
rhat which seemed to come from the side
1 re- the house and for which she was u
able to account They seemed to cor
0D from the sides of the walla
She became so frightened at last tb
Moody Spofford, who was passing t
house, was called in, and he in tu
>om. was amazed at the sounds. He cai
fully examined the walla striking the
nise "with a hammer to see whence car
the sounds, but finding no loose lal
was perplexed all the more, as eve
rere blow which he gave was followed wi
D0W another of equal sound.
He had, however, not been loi
2 home before be was for the secoi
rted time called to the house, but again w
klin he baffled. Had this happened durfj
t all the time of the witchcraft exciteme
en's Hannah's, chances of dying a natur
?lm* death would have been small, but as
was the mystery only excited the cu
oeity of the neighbors, for when lat
she was sent to the attic, on account
_ the trouble downstairs, to sift meal,
.. r" her amazement the chest, which w
aarja..s
filled to the brim with meal, coi
race menced to jog away two Inches at
nan time until it had reached the corne
and and a:fter a little it became so excit
lied, when her dress touched it that it fie
the to the ceiling and also went over tl
thheD stairs.
This was too much for the famil
;bly; aE(* the children fled in fear from tl
itch house to the neighbors, telling the
the wonderful feats that were happe
ing in. the house. Curious people gat
S- ered :Ln large numbers arid soon gre
so r icited that poor Hannah was s
'iDr at work touching everything to s
g ' how it worked. The door latch flew \
pel ^th great rapidity when she touch<
ion. the door, and even the farmer's heai
ik's, work bench when touched jogged ra
idly over the floor. When, however,
horseshoe was fastened over the do
vied the liatch stopped its antics ana u
>rief table ceased to move.
* Excitement "was at its height wh*
1 the owner of the house walked in an
21U. disgusted at the commotion, sent tl
rom neighbors to their homes, summon*
the ministers and had prayers sa
over the girl. The next day was tl
2 j Sabbath, and all was quiet in t]
household. Monday, as soon as M
t?" Spofford had left the house, the neig
in- bors for a second time gathered, ai
the same performances were go:
through. This time thr<?e large men
i de Dr. Amos Spofford, David Thurstc
JPJ Esq., and Captain William Perley?i
n sat on the chest, and yet with the
we <
united weierhts did it rise nearly to t
celling and start to turn a corner.
The master of the house, suspecth
ti0I1 that the work might be renewed, car
The bome, and the ministers were for
itt's second time called for prayers, and tl
sys- matter was stopped through the sen
?re" ing away of the girl who was at tl
bottom of the trouble and who seer
never afterward to have been gift
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yer with the same power.
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Duffy'* Pure Malt Whiskey Sa
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Writes Mrs. D. M.
~ ake any other medicine. Doily's is the v<
The average length of life is less than
. >ersons in the United States who bave pas
% jwes his or her ripe old age and freedom f;
f iiixir of Life. We have been publishing
) Mrs. Roberts is one of these wonderful old
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It is an al-solutely pure distillation of m
. lie worked-out, run-down, weakened, dise
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V liseased tissues, tones up the heart, enriches
" ind strengthens the circulation, and gives
4 lie brain and strength and elasticity to th<
1 Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey cures 6
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overs. It is invaluable for overworked
cate women and sickly children.
If you wish to keep young and strong
v m your face the glow of perfect healtl
N vish to live to a great age and to retain u
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i Duffy's Pore Malt Whiskey as directed, an
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1 No other medicine or combination of :
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',000 doctors and used in over 2,000 hospitc
Duffy^s Pure Malt Whiskey contains
ill, and is the only whiskey recognized by:
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tannine. Unscrupulous dealers, ralndfn
o sell yon cheap imitations and ma]
narket for profit only, and which, far
uL Demand "Dnflri" and be snre yo
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s sold in sealed bottles only ; never fn
J ' Old Chemist." on ffie label, and be
Seware of refilled bottles.
Sold bv all druggists and grocers, or d
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or I e^^er for cash or on time. Some
ie B the lot. Be sure to see us before
money. We bought them right a
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ved My Life from Bronchitis Six Yes
trong and Healthy Ever Since,
Roberts, of La Orange, 111.
Mrs. Roberts Doesn't Look a Day Over Six
Reads the Papers and Sews Without Spectac!
" Thanks to Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, I (
Digest Anything, Sleep Soundly, and Am Sm
for My Age." ?
" I write this letter to thank you for wl
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has done for n
In 1898 I had an unusually severe attack
Bronchitis, and the best doctors said 1 woi
surely die, because I was such an old lady a
there was not enough vitality left in my bo
to resist the disease. Nothing they gave me h
any effect.
44 My son saw your advertisement and boug
a bottle of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for n
It saved my life. It brought back my streng
and I have not been sick a day since.
44 I was born in May, 1804, in the town of CI
tondale, Mass.. and I am therefore in my 1<X
year. I can sew and read the papers withe
* the aid of spectacles, and am unusually smi
for my age. Thanks to Duffy's Malt Wt
key, I "can digest anything, and I am eviden
getting aU the nourishment out of my food,!
I am so much stronger than I have been for yea
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tLUU CIII* *u ^VAAl 4JIC9U. 1 oicvp ovuuuij . A
sry life of old people, and I would not be without i
MRS. D. M. ROBERTS
50 years. The census shows there are only 3,1
?ed the century mark. Almost every one of th<
rom disease to "Duffy's Pure Malt W hiskey, the tr
; their letters regularly in the papers for yea
people.
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TH AND LONG LIFE.
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flask or bulk. Look for the trade-mark, t
certain the seal over the cork is nnbrokc
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complete. Be sure to get our prices
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ure, come to see us. We are the people
t, prices and styles.
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harvesting machinery, and can fix you if
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