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. ?> THE BAMBEB6 HERALD Thursday, March 3,1904 < Short Locals. j Regular spring -weather we've been < having this week. 1 The traveling horse traders are plenti- ] ful in this section at present. , Columbia will soon have established in - her limits a large paint factory. ( Mr. Williams, the evangelist, took down # his tent and left town last Monday. This office never had more work to do, 1 but we have plenty of force to do it. Desirable residence lots in Bamberg for : sale. Apply to J. A. Byrd, Bamberg, S. C. , City council is having some much i needed work done on the streets of the . town. Send your job work to this office when 1 * you want it turned out neatly and ' kVr.. promptly. " j Bone collar buttons 1 cent per dozen at i W. D. Rhoad's. } The prospect is for considerable building to be done in Bamberg during this ( Ijp;.-. spring and summer, pif- ; This office has just printed a new lot of < lien on crop and mortgage, and can now i fill orders promptly. < Wanted?To buy, a second-hand man's 3 bicycle. Must be in good condition and i I cheap. Apply at this office. We understand that Hon. H. C. Folk will erect a single story brick store to replace the one destroyed by fire. The matter of erecting a storage warehouse is being agitated to a considerable extent, and it is likely to be built. For Sale.?One Jersey heifer, about ' twelve months old, and a beauty. Apply to H. J. Brabham. Last week we made a mistake in reference to the first Monday in the month. Next Monday is the first Monday in March. Oman lodge, A. F. M., held an inter- . esting meeting last Friday evening, at ) which the Entered Apprentice degree was conferred. City taxes are due. Make payment at < once to W. P. Riley, town treasurer. J The repair gang of the Postal Tele- f graph Company is in camp near town. 1 They are repairing the line of the com- i pa ay in this county. < The paid-in-advance circulation of this ' newspaper is larger now than at any 1 time since it was established. Adver- ] tisers should note this fact. Business lot in town of Denmark for . sale. Apply to P. J. Zeigler, Allendale, 1 The many friends of Mr. E. D. Free in i tliis county will regret to learn of his < shortage as treasurer of Barnwell. They , hope that he will finally come out aU I A company has been formed to estab- < lish a new weekly newspaper at Walter- : boro. Publication will commence early this month. The paper will be called "The Progress." Now that the "yaller" dog has been goI- ? lared, so to speak, who is going to see that ; he is placed on the Auditor's books. His ] name is legion and his neighbors should j not overlook him. ; Those cheap spring goods at Rhoad's. j 'i Don't miss them, for you'll miss them, so 1 don't miss them. j Mr. H. C. Bailey, who has taken a posi* tioninTHE Herald office, has moved his family to town, and they are occupy- j iog the old Baggott house, belonging to . Mr. J. W. Bmoak. Tax payers who have not yet paid their , taxes will have to pay a penalty of 7 per cent till March 15th after which the books j will be closed and executions issued. Better remember this. i Pay your city taxes at once to W. P. ] Riley, town treasurer. i The Woman's Foreign Missionary Socie- 1 tv of the Methodist church will meet next Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock with 1 Mrs. H. J. Brabham. A full attendance t- of the memoers is requesieu. The walls of the new graded school v building are going up rapidly. If Con, tractor Rounds keeps up the way he is working at present, he will have the \ building finished by the first of May. r The price of the Charleston News and Courier, including the Sunday News, has eS& & been reduced to $8.00 a year. This reduc tion will no doubt result in a substantial < increase in circulation, for the News and ( Courier has always been a fine newsV ? paper. I have about gotten my stock straight, ' ( so come in and let me show you through. W. ?>?Rhoad. ( There are very few loafing negroes around Bamberg just now. Those who j ,T will work are employed on the new jKf graded school building. But we have a few who will not work at any time, and they should be arrested as vagrants and put on the chain gang. < * We have heard it rumored around that < County Supervisor E. C. Bruce will run j for sheriff this year, but this is a decided mistake. He will most certainly not be a < g?" candidate for sheriff, and if he runs for r anything it will be for his present posi- ? tion of County Supervisor. , W. I have skimmed milk and butter for sale. Can supply regular customers. " mm. ft. Frank Bamberg. ( The body of Mr. Wightman W. Stewart 1 F was carried to Blackville Thursday morn- < Jr r ;: ing of last week and interred in the cem- ? etery at that place. The burial services ' were conducted by the Rev. M. W. Hook. ' Several friends, as well as relatives, ac- ' - companied the body to Blackville. < W. P. Riley, town treasurer, is ready to give you a receipt for city taxes, now due. \ "We were under the impression that the 5 salary of the sheriff had been increased $100 a year, but such is not the case. His 1 salary is the same as last year. In fact, 1 I'r%. the salaries of all county officers are the j j same as last year. Our legislative delegation made no raises or reductions. Mr. S. M. Rice, the conductor who was injured in the railroad wreck near Tren- , ton Wednesday night of last week, is from ; this county, being a brother of Messrs. D. "FT. and W. I. Rice. His many friends in ?? * ??-? ,, this section will be glad to know that . f his injuries, while painful, are not neces- ; sarily serious. ' We are sorry to learn of the death of Mr. W. W. Stewart, who died at the home j of his brother a few miles from Bamberg on Tuesday night. Mr. Stewart was , principal of the Graded School at this place some years ago, and his many ; friends here regret his untimely death. ] He was about thirty-three vears old and leaves a wife, brother and sister.?Dorchester Eagle. j Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe. 1 E&S .. m : ifrti - ' ^ A iVf-r gmy* ;.. - ?? . ???~ ~ r Chureh Will be Bailt. The building committee, which has in :harge the erection of a new Methodist ihurch, held its second meeting at the bank last Friday morning, at which time it was decided to build the new church an the corner of the parsonage lot, to front two streets, moving the parsonage nearer to the Tones residence, and selling the old church and lot. The new church is to cost about ten thousand dollars, to be of brick. The auditorium is to seat three hundred people and the lecture room two hundred. There will be a class room and an organ recess, with study. The rooms will be iivided by a rolling partition, and the building will be heated from a furnace in the cellar. The floor will be inclined, the back being higher than the front. There will be two towers, one small tower Sfty-six feet high and the large tower ' ainety feet high. It is to be altogether a modern structure and one that will be an ornament to the town. The building committee has set a good example in the matter of liberality, for ;hey, without leaving their seats, subscribed nearly one-fourth of the amount accessary to erect the church, and with ;his good start we have no doubt but that ;he balance will be promptly forthcoming. o?Ko/>ii!nHrtn licta ?rA in t.hfi hands 1UC OUUOV1 X^/VIV/U Aiuvw MAW ? >f the committee, and also the plans of ;he church. Any one wishing to subscribe to the building fund or see the jlans can do so by calling, on the chairnan, Mr. H. J. Brabham, or any of the jommittee. Store Burned. Mr. J. 0. Kearse, who lives down in ;he Kearse section, only a few miles :rom Rivers' Bridge memorial grounds, lad the misfortune to have his store and contents totally destroyed by fire last 3unday morning about four o'clock. Mr. Kearse was awakened by a loud explosion at the store and he hurried out to ind the whole building in flames. The neighbors soon gathered, but nothing jould be saved, as the fire was too far advanced. His loss, including the building ind stock of goods, is about $1,500, with not a cent iDSurance. The fire is supposed to have been the work of incendiaries, it being thought that ;he store was first robbed and then set on Sre. An examination of the windows was made and the hinges of one were broken, so it is thought thieves broke npen this window and robbed the store, ifterwards setting it on fire. The store of J. Ritter & Son, in the same section, was broken into and robbed Dne night last week. Mr. Kearse nor Mr. Ritter have any clue to the parties. Honor Roll for February. T. M. Carter, T. B. Felder, rhos. Clayton, C. Counts, Mrs MI Fishburne, Mrs. M. R. Rice, A. L. Kirklt.nd, G. E. Hutto, 3. G. Mayfieid, T. W. Dannelly, E. C. Bruce, C. Kearse, L. W. Ritter, J. M. Hill, P. M. Kinard, J. C. Loadholt, F. Padgett, Mrs. P. F. Kistler, W.:L. Wilson, E. P. Sojourner, F. W. Free, G. Frank Brabbam, Dr. A. J. Harter, John McCormao, T. 8., Rice, N. B. Rhoad, L. N. Bellinger, J. E. Cook, W. A. Klauber, G. W. Moore, B. G. Sheridan, J. M. Morris, A. J. Eaves, Alex Dowling. E. R. Hays, H. E. Wilson, F. C. Moye, S. Harrison, L 8. Tyler, P. K. Hughes, Lewis Fail, B. Risher, W. H. Matheny, O. F. Ott, W. C. Brabham, G. W.' Hughes, T. P. McElroy, John Green, 3. B. Breland, W. 8. Clayton. New Advertisements. LAUREN8 STEAM LAUNDRY. Attention is directed to the ad. in mother part of this paper. This com)any claims to have the best machinery )f any laundry in the State. EGGS. Dr. Geo. F. Hair advertises in this issue iggs for setting. He has several breeds )f poultry, all fine strains. R. W. D. Rowell, Auditor?Notice J. Wilson Gibbes?Rubber Stamps and Typewriters. Murray Drug Co.?Murray's Buchu, Sin and Juniper. J. T. O'Neal, Real Estate Agent?For Sale. A Fine Entertainment. We feel safe in saying that the musical mtertainment at the Fitting School :hapel next Saturday evening, the oth nstant, will be something good. It is jalledtheSwiss Bell Ringers and Asetceam Trio. The company consists of two ladies ind three gentlemen, and the program vill consist of the latest musical novelties. They skillfully introduce banjos, manlolins, guitars, saxophone, piano, hand >ens, sieign-oeiis ana tne latest invention )f organ chimes. These novelties, with a sprinkling of vocal music and readings, jive all that can be desired. The most anique, novel and versatile organization }f its kind before the public. The company comes highly endorsed by :he press, and we feel sure the performance will be something out of the ordinary and one that our people will ;horoughly enjoy. Seats are now on sale it W. D. Rhoad's. A Wonderful Saving. The largest Methodist church in Georgia, calculated to use over one hundred gallons of the usual kind of mixed paint in painting their church. They used only 32 gallons of the Longman ?? Martinez paint mixed with 24 gallons of linseed oil. Actual cost of paint made was less than $1.20 per gallon. baved over eighty ($su.uuj dollars 111 paint, and got a big donation besides. Every church will be given a liberal quantity whenever they paint. Many houses are well painted with four gallons of L. & M. and three gallons of inseed oil mixed therewith. Wears snd covers like gold. These celebrated paints are sold by Bamberg Pharmacy, Bamberg; J. G. JVanamaker Mfg. Co., Orangeburg. i - i V :-V ? > w when I Jabberwock " d Anr IVUi/Li 3y K_tith Cordon ...Copyright, 1003, by T. C. McClure... There was nothing at all extraordinary In its appearance, and it arrived in the usual way. In other words, it was a letter in a square white envelope, and the stolid postman stuffed it into that one of the row of mail boxes which bore the name "Loring" just as indifferently as he tucked an advertising circular into Saaith's box and an envelope bearing all the outward and visible signs of a bill into the Lymans*. Then he blew a shrill note on his whistle and continued on his impersonal errand down the block. Barbara heard the whistle and wondered with mild interest whether there was any mail for her. Being a matter of fact young person, she went calmly on about her affairs, having learned from experience that her tiny share of the United States mail was not usually of a character to make a trip down four flighis of stairs worth while. Having no presentiment that something superfine was hanging over her head, it was fully an hour later when she was ready to go out on an errand. She fished s. small key out of the brass bowl that stood on the mantelshelf and. making her way in an unhurried manner to the vestibule, fitted It Into a narrow slot in the mail box and took out the letter. Even then, with the momentous document in her fingers, she failed to "feel it in her bon<?," as her greatgreat-grandmother would have done, that something unusual was about to happen. A gleam of curiosity did however, light up her face as she glanced at the superscription and, tearing the edge of the envelope off qpintily, passed out into the street reading the note as she went When she had finished she stopped quite still and looked about her in a dazed way. She felt that It was the sort of letter that could only arrive by a page on a silver tray, heralded by a fanfare of trumpets. Still she seemed to be awake. All the familiar landmarks were there?the church across the way, the house opposite where the ivy was just tingeing the walls with a faint green and the inevitable group of children of assorted ages and nationalities scurrying hither and thither with small regard for the usurping pedestrian. It looked precisely like West street, Town. She began to read the note a second time, moving automatically down the street The blood rose in her cheeks, and her eyes sparkled with excitement An elevated train thundered by jusl ahead of her with as much fuss as if 11 wwd thp fVrplnnp limited. It disap peared, and the commotion of its passing died on the air. But it had served its purpose and established the reality of things. In the next block she ran into a port ly colored woman, with a large bundle "Twenty million," she began in extenuation of her awkwardness. Then as the woman stared at her in astonishment "I mean I beg your pardon!" find she continued on her way toward Fifth avenue with a somewhat flustered countenance. Once there she swung along as if she were walking or air, saying over and again to herself, "Millions?do you understand?millions?" Then she tried impatiently to gel away from that thought to think ol what the note meant in more concrete things. It would mean cabs and violets onri a That WHS hAP first thOUffht and she laughed outright at its meagerness. An imagination inured to pov erty could not reach the possibilities ol such a fortune all at once. It would hare to be trained up to it, just as contralto voices were sometimes trained up to sopranos. Cabs and violets, in deed! Orchids and a victoria, with twc men on the box, was more like it But what were those things? Mew bagatelles. It meant Paris, London, St Petersburg and Rome; aye, and India and Egypt! It meant all the dreams ol her life come true and in addition splendors that she had never even thought of in her wildest flights ol fancy. She drew her breath in sharply. The lealization of what it would mean tc be the wife of a man with a score ol millions was almost oppressive. Ever now she was beginning to feel the responsibility of wealth, and as she turned into an art gallery at the cornei of Thirty-fourth street, where in the silence she meant to sit and think i1 out there was a Little frown upon hei forehead. For the third time within the boui she read over the note. Now that the first dizziness of the magnificence offered her was over, she began to have an acute sense of something else than the twenty millions meant It meant being the wife of a mar older than her own father would have been had he lived, and one for whon in her most enthu: iastic moments she had never more than an indifferent toi eration. Still, with the glamour of his great fortune about him, he did no1 seem repellent. She tried to think whal their life together would be like. Bui in spite of her best efforts it was an other face?young, strong and frankthat rose before her. She summonec Peter Milward, but it was Jack Car ruthers that appeared and insisted upon taking his place at her side. She shook herself impatiently, anc from the expression of her face it was evident that she willed Satan not tc get behind her, but to come out into th< open with all his most alluring temp tations. . "A L . V\C-r \ . . ' * ' " i' ! v i ; *Tve been poor so long," she was thinking. "Of course it won't be?won't be"?she caught her breath and then forced herself to think the unthinkable?'"K won't be like marrying Jack. But I should have everything it the world besides him. No life is all beer wWUlno nnH oftoi> oil If T ho<1 UUU auu, Ullt.1 Uii, u m. never met him I should have lived and been happy without him. I shall make believe that I never did." Having reached this worldly conclusion, she leaned back in a more comfortable position and gazed at a dreamy Claude Monet on the opposite wall. i Then her self communion began again. "But there's Mr. Mil ward. I shall not be able to forget him. I wish he i were not quite so Decembery. If only ' he seemed a little more alive!" With a quickened breath she fancied herself alone with him in a beautiful home. Servants moved noisily about, but be was always cold and prim and still. She felt stifled. She felt like a prisoner. She belonged to him, for he had bought her with his twenty millions. Oh, the horror?the degradation of it! Once more she took herself to task angrily. "Ifs perfect nonsense!" she told herself vehemently. "He Is a very nice old man, and in time you'll get used to him. All your life you've longed for wealth, and now when it is laid at your feel: you must quibble! Walt until the InViMB* nspmant 4 a nn *hr? LVCA.L 11AVC;ICOI paj UiUAW AO UWV VM WV mortgage at home. You'll wish then that you had forgotten sentiment" Thus she went on goading herself, but to no purpose. There was not another person in the room, and she hid her face in her hands and murmured in desperation: "Oh, Jack! Jack!" Beetleesly she rose and emerged into ' the street again. The clouds hung low, 1 ant I there was a slight fog. The gray ' of flie stone walks, the pavements and 1 the sky all seemed to melt together ' into one sad toned picture. Vehicles of all descriptions, from the butcher's 1 wagon up, filled the street keeping so ; close together that even the most daring person did not venture to cross, ' and Barbara stood at the edge of the walk waiting for a break in the line to occur. She never knew how long she stood there?king enough to listen to some new whisperings of his Satanic maj' esty telling her how much good she could dc with all that money for the 1 people she loved and the sufferers of 1 the earth. She was beginning to believe that it was her duty to sacrifice ' her feelings whether she wished to or ! not St e might throw away fortune for hereelf, but she had no right to <ieny it to the others who would benefit through her. Her eyes, which had been staring fixedly it the procession of carriages | without seeing them, were suddenly ! attractei by an approaching coupe. 1 The blood tingled in her veins, for she ; recognised the Mihvard livery. It was a handsome carriage, with " the cunred glass front which enables the occupant to get a more extended view than can be had in the other | kind, and the men on the box sat very straight and stiff. But it was none of these things that held Barbara's ' glance fascinated. It was a pair of glittering, fiendish ej-es leering at her from the dark in1 terior tis the carriage drew near, a | pdlr of eyes so horrid in their glare that be? blood ran cold, and she star1 eel in stupefaction, thinking she saw tie outlines of a grotesque, shadowy ! face around them. ' ?mHi (vinnfl Tt-fla nnnnsitp ilVfc lliiUA wuyv ? ?~w vrr ' her did the illusion fade and explain itself. Then she drew a breath of relief, for what she saw then was only the reflection of the two large silver buttons on the back of the coachman's coat aiid Peter Milward bowing tc ber in Ids most gallant manner. "I never expect to see anything sc much like the Jabberwock again," she laughed to herself, and then she grew suddenly grave. Perhaps if she accepted Peter Milward tliat skeleton in the coupe would be quite real after all. A month later, when Jack Carruthers, whose salary had been raised to $1,800 a year, asked ber to share it with him, she accepted without taking any time for consideration. "How much do you really love me, dear?" he asked fervently for the twentieth time, after the manner oi lovers who like to hear the same assurances over and over again. And at last, in desperation, she replied: "Well, if you want to know how ranch in dollars and cents, I can prove that I love you at least $20,000,000 worth." And then she told him how she thought of him, and the glimpse of I the Jabberwock had kept her from ac cepting old fezer Miiwara ana iu? iurtune. A Cruel Criticism. . I She was an amateur artist and, like , j most of her kind, considered herseli ,; several laps in advance of the average smateur. She was eager, however, to , know how her work would impress one , (if the masters who had managed to , I.Tasp fickle fame by the back of the , neck. One day a real painter called at her } home, and she Immediately conceived t the idea of testing him. She would t show him a specimen of her handi u 1 ? 14 nA^Vtlnrp fV>of t wors, UUL W UU1U ITSYCtti uuimu^ luui . might lead him to suspect her as being . the creator thereof. 1 So the fair amateur proceeded to . guide the real painter toward her masI terpiece. "Of what school would you call this I painting?' she asked expectantly, j "Of the boarding school," promptly , replied the real painter. And a large dark spot suddenly ap, ;peared. on the brilliant future of the fair amateur. $ 1 ^ SUMMONS FOR RELIEF, | (complaint served.) The State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?Court of Common Pleas. Matthew Hampton, S. W. Hampton and ( UanHotto Mnntcrnmcnr PlolntifFo Oiroinof JUL^.li HV,k|,U | A iUiUViUd) Vt^MUWV George Hampton, Carey Hampton and i Alice Walker, Defendants. s To the defendants, George Hampton, i Carey Hampton and Alice Walker: You t are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in Bamberg, S. C., at court house, ( within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such ser- c vice; and if you fail to answer the com- ? plaint within the time aforesaid, the \ plaintiffs in this action will apply to the 1 court for the relief demanded in the com- ] plaint B. W. MILEY, 1 Plaintiffs' Attorney. < Dated January 14, A. D. 1904. < Attest: C. B. Free, C. C. P. To the absent defendants, George Hamp ton and Carey Hampton: 1 Take notice that the complaint in this 1 action, together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court, for Bamberg county, at Bamberg, in the State of South Carolina, on the 1st day of Feb ruary A. D. 1904. B. W. MILEY, / Plaintiffs' Attorney. W. P. RILEY, FIRE, I LIFE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE. BAMBERG, 8. C. 1 M Don't Give the Baby J 1 Dan^eroui Drugs. I I There Is one safe, snre and abso< I ' lately harmless remedy lor In* , Iant's ills. It is I Baby Easel i THE WORLD'S BEST BABY MEDICINE. | Cures every form of bowel and 9 , stomach trouble, brings refresh lng sleep, makes babies fat. 93 CENTS EVERYWHERE. I MADE BY 9 Baby Ease Manufacturing Co., Macon, 6a. 9 ' WHH9999999HT f SOLD BY BAMBERG PHARMACY. SPECIAL SALE! | We find that at this season of the year we have too many 1 goods on hand. The stock is too large, and we must reduce I it. The goods must go, that's ; all there is to it. In order to . get rid of our surplus stock and make way for Spring ! Goods, we have decided to ' hold a Special Sale during this month. Remember we ' have anything you can need in Dress Goods, . / Dry Goods, Groceries, : Clothing, Notions, Shoes, Hats, i ; EtC., The goods are all new, and we are going to give great bargains to all who patronize > us during this great sale. Special Values * in Clothing . Be sure to come to see us, for we are going to save lots of buyers money, so why not you? J. W. i _ i ? rearisnne Company, BAMBERG, S. C. i" CABBAGEPLANTSj Now ready for delivery, ten million I Cabbage Plants of the following varieties: 1 Henderson, Succession, Flat Dutch, * 1 selected Extra Sprly Jersey Wakefield, J ind Charleston large type Wakefield. J \iso, ^.iciiwiuer oeeu company a Aug us- . r -m a Early Trucker. ^ c PRICE: $1.50 PER 1,000 1 5.000 to 10.000 at $1.25 per thousand jfl 10,000 to 50,000 at $1.00 per thousand jfl Terms:?Cash with order or plants sent These plants are grown in the open >n the Sea Coast of South Carolina. They ire stocky and hardy, and whenVeplanted H will stand severe cold without injury. I S lave a special low rate with the Boutheni^jS Express Company and plants can be de- ' ivered at any point on their line at a rate ' )f 20 to 40 cents per thousand; minimum S charge on single package, 35 cents. /jH I am distributing agent for C&ENXV SPRINtiS MINERAL WATER. Prices | md circulars sent on application. I Wm. C. QERATY j Young's Island, C. /I TELEGRAPH AND P. O. V' i 1 d. j. mm has just received a nice assortment of ^ 1 OPEN AND TOP BOB J of best grade, style and finish, j which he offers to the public at ^ ja low prices. It will pay yon to |J look at his stock before buying. 1 He is also agent for I Deering Harvesting Machinery j the best on earth. Also operates S a first-class nepair onop and builds vehicles of any kind ^ to order on short notice. Black- smithing and Horseshoeing. Buggy Painting a Specialty. Yours to satisfy j Money to Loan. APPLY TO Izlar Bros, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ^ BAMBERG C. H, S. C. ' NOTICE TO CREDITORS. M All persons in anywise indebted to the estate of Dr. D. W. Barton, deceased, fl will make immediate payment to the m undersigned, and all persons holding claims against said estate will present thft^^Jl same to the undersigned for payment; <j duly verified, on or before the 11th day of ' ii May, A. D. 1904, or the same will be de- 9 barred payment 1 CORNELIA P. BARTON, f Qualified Administratrix. 1 6. Moye Dickinson, ] INSURANCE. M FIRE) ^ LIFE, J TORNADO, j ACCIDENT, (i LIABILITY, ' CASUALTY, | Office at The Cotton OU Co |l S. C. AND BELL TELEPHONES M DR. a.F.DATR * DENTIL SUBGEOK, L In office every day In the week. Gradii- 1 ate of Baltimore College of Dental Sur- - * gerv, class 1892. Member of S. C. Dentil K Association. Office next to bank* >; J! BUFF COCHIN j II x I AND 1 BARRED PLVIODTB RDCR^i EGGS, 75c per 13. ' f f. w. free, i BAMBERG, S. C- 4