The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 09, 1905, Image 4
THE BAMBERG HERALD
ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891
A. W. KXIGHT. Editor.
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six months. Payable in advance.
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tices one cent a word each insertion. Localj
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wards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must
be paid for as regular advertising.
PrtuumjTriTTnv??News letters or on
subjects of general interest will be gladly
welcomed. Those of a personal nature
will not be published unless paid for.
Thursday,. March 9, 1905
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We have received a copy of Saluda's
new paper, The Times. From its appearance,
we should judge that the sheet will
have a short life.
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No doubt the Republicans wanted to
preserve peace and harmony in the Democratic
party of South Carolina is why
hill the federal judgeship did not pass.
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Is Bamberg to go forward in the march
of progress and prosperity, or are we to
develop a well'defined case of dry rot?
This question is squarely up to our citizens.
We can grow if we will or we can
stand still or retrogade. Which shall we
do?
?In another column a town ticket is
nominated. Now our people should take
an interest in town affairs, and if neces'h
1 sary call a mass meeting of the taxpayers
and avoid a contest at the general election.
The people who pay the taxes
should say who their public servants are
to be.
pThe water works and electric light matter
will be settled before a new council
goes in. Our present mayor and aldermen
nvrxTToeaivA and ?rft in fftVOr of Dublic
|> improvements if they can be had advan1$:
, tageously to the tax payys of the town,,
pj and we feel sure they will do what is
best for us.
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The Suumter Evening News says:
"Every man for himself now will mean
v the poor house for us all later." That's
just what's the matter with Bamberg
now. Every man for himself seems to be
the motto of too many of our people and
||p ? as a consequence things are not going as
^ they should and the town is not showing
thrift onH nrntrress nnft would ex
(Mian Hutu* uuu f ?
pect. Let's get out of that rut. There is
no better time to start than now.
Some time ago the editor of this newspaper
expressed his wish for and the
need of two white parties in South Carolina.
We were taken to task by some
brethren of the press at the time, but now
' Governor Heyward expresses the same
idea, and the Sumter Evening News has
a strong editorial, endorsing the idea.
Why of course we ought to have two
parties. White supremacy is assured,
and our people generally do not take the
interest in public affairs that they should.
We would get strong men for public positions
then, as each party would put out
its best material.
Let's have a mass meeting and discuss
town affairs fully and induce our very best
men to run for town offices. Each man
who wants- municipal honors ought to
I have some views on puonc mauers, some
? platform, and the voters should know
i \ where he stands. "We have had enough
of this thing of electing men to office
without knowing their views. We are
sick and tired of that old chestnut used
by so many candidates for all sorts of
offices: "If you elect me I will serve you
Mjp to the best of my ability." This means
nothing. Any man who is fit for the
position of mayor or alderman ought to
Va'r.A Mmc ?? trt tnwn srovemment.
xic* v g ov/iuv iuvmw mw .? ? 3 9
and he should give expression to them,
k 1, - One trouble in Bamberg is that there is
not enough publicity about public affairs
anyway. We want to elect men who will
state publicly ^hat they expect to do if
put in office and will tell us publicly
what their official acts are after they are
elected. All the publicity possible should
be given to the affairs of the tax payers,
d' ' and we hope to see a full and free discussion
during the approaching municipal
- campaign. Bamberg is no longer a cross
roadstown, and cross methods will not
serve us longer.
Charleston Firebng Gets Ten Tears.
Charleston, March 2.?Raymond
Bowman, the fifteen-year-old firebug, who
during January created a state of terror
by the regularity with which he was start:
lior orr-.iin TcnrphfYnses.
XUg ill CO iJJ. r . 1
plead guilty in the court of general session
Monday and was today sentenced to
serve ten years in the reformatory at
Lexington. If he behaves badly the last
five years will be served in the State penitentiary.
Keeping bad company, drinking
aud reading trashy novels' are the
' causes which led to his career which was
remarkable for one so young. Arson is a
capital crime in South Carolina, but a
recommendation to mercy by the jury
saved him from a heavier sentence.
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, ' New Manager For Ware & Lcland Local Office.
Maj. Havelock Eaves has resigned his
position as manager of the Sumter branch
of Ware and Leland. The Major had to
leave Sumter some few weeks ago, and
went to Florida for his health. He has
not recovered sufficiently to return and
so has resigned.
Mr. C. Scott Ledbetter succeeds Mr.
Eaves as manager, and is now in charge
, of the office.
Mr. Ledbetter is from Augusta, and has
been connected with the firm of Ware &
Leland for some time.?Sumter Evening
News.
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SPARTANBURG HERALD SOLD.
Daily and Weekly Bid in by W. M. Jones, Attorney,
for $5,000.
Spartanburg, March 6.?The Spartanburg
Daily and Weekly Herald and its
mechanical plant and accounts was sold
at public outcry this morning at the court
house under mortgage given to G. H.
Waddell, and was bought by Wm. M.
Jones, attorney, ior $o,uw. nis was me
only bid. Mr. Jones will be in charge of
the business of the paper, and the publication
will continue.
Replies to Mr. Bamberg.
Editor Bamberg Herald Perhaps
we might agree with Mr. Bamberg's
article of last week, and no harm come of
it, but that liberty for which he pleads
would be a curtailment of the freedom of
thought of any one who accepted his
policy as practicable. The fact is, there
j are in his article more hints at originality
I of expression than there are at suggestions
beneficial.
Let the point in question, namely: "To
name a fixed price at which cotton shall
be sold," be considered from a practical
standpoint, and the argument put forward
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oy tne genueman caunut siauu iuc icsi.
Who can tell what the demand for our
staple will be next year? True, if we
had sealed orders for shipments, (to apply
his own illustration of the shoes), then
we would know just how much we would
sell for, and how much there would be
any need for planting. As it is, we do
know how much will be an over supply,
why can we not then cut down, as has
been suggested, throughout the cotton
belt, our acreage so that there shall be no
surplus? For instance, 13,000,000 bales
is too much, as has been emphatically, in
some cases pathetically, illustrated during
the past few months. Then let each man
curtail his acreage proportionately (as
has been agreed in many places) and instead
of 13,000,000 bales, there will be
only enougl) to send the demand to ten
cents or thereabouts*.
"What is the use for me to have money
or property if I can't do as I please w.th
my own?" the gentleman queries. "Without
attempting to preach a sermon (f6r I
am not a preacher) it might be in order to
reply to this query by asking him if man
owes no duty to society? Is there not
such a thing as trespass on the rights of
our fellow man (we still remember his
plea for liberty), when the owner of
property abuses his possessions? That
man is in a pathological condition who
refuses to acknowledge his relation to his
fellow.
me gentleman is an interesting writer,
but he is on the wrong side (of course, me
judice). Mawk.
Bamberg, S. C., March 4,19C5.
Liquor Selling in Sonth Carolina.
Liquor selling is a monopoly of the
State of South Carolina. Anybody can
get whiskey who wants it. The State
supplies dispensaries anywhere, and they
are freely patronized. When the system
was .started it was said it would be a
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temperance measure io nmn suies. uut
the sales, which began with two or three
hundred thousand dollars, have grown to
$3,374,768 last year, with a net profit to
the State of $603,998, of which sum $304,339
was paid over ?to the school fund.
Public vice was found an easy and profitable
way to support public education.
TJie more liquor sold the more money for
schools, etc.; so that he is the best agent
who develops the most trade. It is a bad
business, but the board of control report
themselves "very much gratified to report
that the business of the dispensary has
been conducted with harmony and success
in all its departments." They do not
state the number of resulting murders.?
New York Independent.
Hair Pin Patent.
In the weekly grist of patents ground
out of the patent office mill there appears
one South Carolina patent. It is for a
new idea in a hair pin, and is issued to
Joseph H. Newlin, of Vamville. It consists
of two prongs of crimped wire, like
the blades of a pair of scissors. These are
fastened together after the order of
a pair af scissors, and a handle is attached
to either blade so that they may be opened
or closed at will. A spring to keep the
prongs closed when in the hair completes
the outfit. Mr. Newlin has assigned twothirds
of this patent to parties in Atlanta.
Spring Coming in Edgefield.
Yes, spring is coming whether you believe
it or not?ground hog or no ground
hog. For on the 27th of February we
heard a mocking bird singing. The notes
were sweet and low, but they came distinctly
to our ears from where he sat in
the seclusion of the big cedar, and they
told.us in musical accents, the yellow jesV?M/1r1in
cr in thp \vnr?d<; find t,hp
SttLUlUC IJ uuuuiug iu m w ..
blue bird is winging over the wide spaces
of the field, and the sn owdrops are ready
to open in the gardens, and soon will be
crowded out by that fairest season, whose
touch electrifies the world and makes it
all over new and young.?Edgefield
Chronicle.
A DINNER INVITATION.
After a hearty meal a dose of Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure will prevent an attack of
indigestion. Kodol is a thorough digestant
and a guaranteed cure for indigestion
dyspepsia, gas on the stomaeh, sour risings,
bad breath and all stomach troubles.
N. Watkins.Lesbus, Ky., says: *T can testify
to the efficacy of Kodol in cure of
stomach trouble. 1 was afflicted with it
for 15 years and have taken 6 bottles of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, which cured me.,
The 6 bottles were worth $1,000 to me." j
I Kodol D}-spepsia Cure will digest any
quantity of all the wholesome foocl you eat
while your stomach takes a rest?recuperates
and grows strong. This preparation
| is entitled to its many cures. H. F. Hoover,
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Rich Man, ^
Poor Man I *
By KEITH GORDON
Copyiigt*, 1904. by France* WSaoa
Before they reached the first ledge
overlooking Sausallto a mist like floating
globules of crushed pearl rolled
noiselessly through the fissures of the
hills and blotted out the village, the
bay and the towers and chimneys of
San Francisco?in other words, the
world. In the damp air the girl's- hair
curled more distractingly than ever.
Never had he seen it when it framed
the low forehead in so bewildering
an arabesque of rings and curves and
waves.
"You look rather swell yourself," she
laughed in response to his eloquent
glance of approval. "Knickers and a
Norfolk cap and the jacket aren't half
bad on you. Taken In connection with
your cleft chin," she went on, throwing
her head beck and screwing up her
eyes critically, "they make you a very
presentable youth indeed."
"We won't talk about that," was the
terse reply. "This walk to Point Bonita
has an object"
She opened her eyes wide.
"Certainly," she assented politely.
"Point Booita, for instance. If it has
any other object" she went on sternly,
"if vou're going back to that old sub
' Jed, I won't go a step farther."
By this time they were moving in the
midst of a cloud,
j It was bis turn to be innocent
"You mean?oh," with a fine Imitation
of impatience; "doesn't a girl ever
forget it if a fellow has once happened
to fancy himself in love with her and
said so?"
The pink of the girl's cheeks?it had
the soft furred look that is responsible
for the slang adjective "peachy"?
deepened suddenly, unaccountably. Out
of the tall of his eye the youth observed
this interesting fact with cruel glee,
reflecting with a pang that he should
have chosen diplomacy as a vocation
UitMCUU 111 cuyutu
"You should forgive and forget the
sins of my youth," be resumed. "You
know you Insisted that you would always
be the best of friends, and thafs
what I need now!"
"You change quickly enough, I must
say!" she remarked with some heat
'It Isn't six months since"?
"Since what?" he challenged. But she
turned away and did not reply, while
the walls of mist lazily closed in nearer
and nearer.
"What do you want to tell me?" she
questioned at last in an oddly subdued
manner. He did not answer Immediately,
but swung on ahead of her in
the narrow path as if he were making
a way for her through the mist So he
had got over his love for her. She felt
a shuddering sense of desolation. Still,
she argued, she could scarcely have
supposed be Would go on caring, es
pecially since sue naa explained u> nun
with judicial carefulness that she must
marry a man with money on account
of her mother and the younger girls.
Strangely enough, though she had
pictured herself as married to another,
there had always been a somber, interesting
figure hovering in the background
of that picture, one to whom
Bhe meant to be so kind, so gentle, so
all sweet, that his regret should become
like a beautiful, sad song?to be wept
over and enjoyed. And now the brute
was asking her to "forgive and forget*
that he had ever told her that he loved
her!
They had reached the summit of a
hill, and he proposed that they sit down
upon a convenient bowlder to rest be
fore attempting the next one. Apparently
ber silence was unnoticed.
"You see, fate's been telling off my
buttons lately," be began in a businesslike
tone, "and the decree is tbat It baa
got to be money!"
"What do you mean?"
"Rich woman, poor woman, beggar
woman, squaw," be elucidated, touching
the buttons on bis jacket, "and the
lot falls to rich woman every time. It
seems a beastly thing to think of?
marrying for money. I would be a cad
enough to do it, but the thing is that
there's a girl?a mighty fine girl?and
I really?I?hang it, I like her! But
how am I to tell whether It's the real
thing or whether her money has something
to do with ft? You see, there are
reasons why I should have money right
away, long before I can hope to gain
it by my own efforts.' The governor is
breaking down, and his affairs are in
bad shape, and there are the two kids
and mother to provide for."
The girl's heart was sinking as the
mercury does in a falling temperature.
All the joy of living seemed to be oozing
away through her finger tips, leaving
her cold and inert. He turned toward
her curiously.
"Of course you don't think I'd consider
such a thing if I were not forced
to it by duty!" he went on fervently.
"And I came to you because I thought
vnn'd nndcrstand. because circum
stances are forcing you into the same
thing. They say you're going to mar[
ry Bradshaw. You'll be a rich woman
and a happy one, I hope; but, whether
you are or not, you will have done
your duty by the family. That will be
your consolation, and that's why I
come to you in my difficulty. What do
you think?can I decently ask the girl
to marry me? Remember, I like her,
but I'm not sure I love her!"
The fog, which had seemed about to
crush them softly a few moments before,
was now falling back, but they
were still in a remote world. With the
very sight of habitations cut off from
their view it was hard to believe in the
reality of purple and fine linen, horses
and carriages and gold. Suddenly the
scales fell from the girl's eyes, though
she realized with a pang that it was
too late. She had pat the only thing
that mattered out of her life as
thoughtlessly and carelessly as she
would toss a pebble from her path.
She had not even realized what she
was doing. Down below, where the
Bradshaw fortune cast its glamour,
everything had looked different She
had thought that with money all things
else must fall into place. But here,
cut off from the world, the Bradshaw
wealth seemed less than nothing and
love the only thing.
Farther and farther the fog receded,
showing thin in spots, but still con Vlrt
T* O 11OTT honoa t+l thpm Rnt
WJt t Wiivj uvmvum.
she was very sure now. Even when
the world assumed Its old proportions
It would be the same. She had had
her lesson. The peaehblow tint was
gone from her cheeks, and her eyes
were grave and ungirlish as she spoke.
"I'm not going to marry Grant Bradshaw,"
she said steadily, "nor any
other man whom I don't love. So you
see I can't help you after all! I don't
think I could ever really have meant
to do such a thing"?
Her voice broke, and the eyes that
had been looking Into his with a pleading
stronger than any words suddenly
filled with tears.
"I'm such a silly," she explained
rather unevenly, "but I hate to be accused
of such a thing. And I think
you ought to be ashamed, Jack! You're
a man and you can make money for
yourself and"?
But be seemed to be paying no attention
to her words. With deep absorption
he was naming the buttons
of her coat as if he were consulting an
oracle.
"Rich man, poor man, beggar mr.n,
chief," he chanted. "Doctor, lawyer,
merchant thief. Rich man, poor man!"
he stopped, looking anxiously for another
button, but there was none there.
"You see!" she gibed triumphantly.
-remaps you ve maae a misui&e ui
yoar own case too.M And, with a demure
face, she counted the buttons.
"Poor woman T* she announced, and
then something in his glance brought
the bloom back to her face and her
head went down upon his shoulder.
The thin places in the fog gave way,
leaving two jagged spaces that framed
a beautiful picture. Down below the
sun was shining on the blue waters
nt the hnv nn the trees and hedges
among which nestled the houses of the
town. The girl caught her breath. She
felt as If it were a benediction, a revelation
of the peace of the years to coma
"But what about our families?" she
asked in a troubled voice when the
mist had blotted out the pictures once
more. He laughed joyously.
"See that?" he said, holding out a
brawny right arm.
Fact and Fiction.
When the celebrated John Timbs of
anecdote fame was subeditor of a London
newspaper he one day commissioned
one of the staff to accompany the
bop pickers in Kent and to write for
the Journal an absolutely veracious account
of his experiences.
The faithful scribe to whom the task
was Intrusted performed his job with
scrupulous care, and, attired as a hop
picker, be spent a whole week among
his temporary comrades.
In due course he returned to the editorial
office and produced his copy.
Timbs read a portion of it and then
burst into a great rage.
"This won't do at all, Mr. Smith,"
be exclaimed furiously. "Surely you
must know this is far too coarse for
insertion in our paper."
"I was afraid that might be the
case," calmly replied the reporter. "Do
you think this is better?" * Saying this,
he handed Timbs another manuscript
Tlmbe perused it and was delighted.
"The very thing; charmings be exclaimed.
"Ah, I thought you would like that!"
said Smith. "That is what I wrote
before I set out"?London Standard.
"Burning1 the Water."
Some readers will remember the spirited
account given by Scott in "Guy
Mannering" of the form of salmon fishing
that used to be known as "burning
the watep." It was a favorite amusement
in England, Scotland and Wales.
The practice is no longer legal and can
be indulged in only at the risk of penoiticwc
xHfh th#> discTace which at
taches to things denounced as unsportsmanlike.
Torches were used, and
the salmon were speared by the thrust
of a weapon having barbed prongs,
called a leister. Scott again may be
quoted for his description of the spearing
of salmon from horseback in the
Solway. The Tweed, which was the
river of his lifelong affections, was
one of the worst sufferers from "burning
the water" in the days when it
was. permitted, and it was computed
that thousands of salmon were annually
taken by this form of capture. The
water may be "burned" even now here
and there, and in Wales a few years
ago there was a short lived revival of
the practice.
Milo of Creton.
Of the wonderful athletes of all ages
Milo of Creton is perhaps the most
known. He orye ran a mile with an"
ox on his shoulders, then with a blow
of his fist killed the beast and ate it
in one day. The strongest man could
not take from Milo a pomegranate
which he held between his two fingers.
He could break by contracting his veins
and muscles a cord tied around his
forearm. One day, being in a house
with some pupils of Pythagoras, the
celling threatened to fall in, but Milo
supported the column on which it rested,
thus giving his friends time to escape.
His death is well known. He
tried to tear asunder the trunk of a
tree, but his hands got pinched In the
wood, and, being unable to disengage
them, he perished, devoured by wild
beasts.
[mohair
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X? Mohair Skirts, and they arc
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fable shades. There is such eh
appearance to a Mohair Suit t
t J proving so extremely popular,
t if find the newest and prettiest
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2jl ever put on the market, these
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really very low, only
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[ SPRING
I The Snrimr .Season 2s air
want to tone up your sys
"tired feeling." Full supj
Tonics at our store at rigl
line of Drug Store Articles
See our|Line of Rubber Bj
all kinds, and Perfumery.
DR. H. F.
/ THE DRUGGIST, ?
HAVE YOUR Hoiii
CABBAGE PLANTS
Prices: l,000-$i.5<>, 5,000-$i.:>5 F
Shipped C. O. D. if desired
Exnress Office in <
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* CABBAGE, BEANS, SWEET POTAT
Orders for shipment of Tomato F
and Sweet Potato Draws 5h<
JAS. RAY GERATY
Express Office, You
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GALLONS OF WATER
X STYLES AND POWER ,
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Best Display of '
trimmed and Re
Hats at Lowest
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Hid NaVy Blue. Our price ^sw-v \ ;
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goods are really beautiful g a >;
vide as broadcloths. The !
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nost upon us, and you '
ten. and get rid of that
>ly of all kinds of Spring
tit prices. Our general
\was never so complete,
ath Sponges, Brushes of
Finest line in the city.
HOOVER
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IROWN CABBAGE |
, ALL VARIETIES
ier ltOOO, 10,000-$i.oo per 1,000 ..'/ S
. Plants arrive at your *$
3ood Condition.
HANTS' PRICES
OES AND TURNIPS IN SEASON
'lants, Sea Island Cotton Seed
>uld be booked in advance.
, Enterprise, S. C.
ngs Island, S. C.
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fiasoline Engines I:',J
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