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THE BAMBERG HBBtLD - ESTABLISHED IN APRIL. 1891 A. W. KNIGHT. 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 three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices 8c. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, March 23, 1905 State Dispensary Director H. H. Evans has been elected president of the Farmers' Oil Mill at Newberry. So he's a farmer after all. *** If Mr. Dispensary Director H. H. Evans finally concludes to enter suit against the Barnwell Sentinel, we fancy he'll get a lot of free advertising, but it will hardly be the kind he'll like. The Sentinel editors would do well to get his tax return in Newberry county for the year before he was elected dispensary director and for the year 1905. Comparison of the two might be interesting at least. Bgp&fe' * GsLj ' * * m The suggestion of a taxpayer that a mass meeting be Called to discuss the water and light franchise to be voted on . by the citizens of the town on Monday, April 3rd, is an excellent one. Wc caD not have too much publicity in matters where the people's interests are at stake, and this is an important matter. Let ns have the meeting and a full and free ' discussion of the matter. We should do what is best for the town and no false steps should be made. We see no reason to discuss the water and light franchise any further, as most of our citizens believe we have an advantageous proposition?one which it will be to our advantage to accept. There is little opposition to granting the franchise, and we confidently expect it to be ratified by an overwhelming vote. This newspaper has always been in favor of municipal -ownership, but the only way for the town to own its water and light plant is to I issue bonds to raise tne money, mis we cannot do, as the law prohibits bonding any town beyond eight per cent, of its total taxable property. We already h ave the court house bonds, and to issue water and light bonds would exceed the limit. Therefore the best thing to do is to give s contract to private parties with the privilege of buying the plant when the court house bonds are all paid. Then, too, some towns have found municipal ownership a costly experiment at the start. Newberry established its'own plant a few years ago, and their 50 street lights have been costing them over $80 each per year. We noticed an article in the News and Courier a few days ago which stated that Elgin, 111., a large city, using 247 street lights, has discontinued the use of its own plant and contracted with a private com 1'; . pany to light the streets. The lights, even with this large number, cost them $71 a year under municipal ownership. More Fertilizers Being Used, te. The sales of fertilizers appear to be increasing. In the first eight days of March the State treasurer in Columbia received over $17,000 from tag tax against $7,600 last year. This shows an increase ofnear* ly $1,000 a day. For the months of Jannary and February there had been a marked falling off, and now it is probable that the month of March will nearly offset the difference of $33,000 between the months of January and February of last year and the same months of this year. i Indeed it is quite prooaDie xnat uiemson college will receive royalties as heavy this as last year, when the total reached $118,000. New Advertisements. H. F. BAMBERG. H. F. Bamberg wants you to see his new line of dress goods for spring and summer. Beautiful line of gents' furnishings and tan, white and black oxfords for ladies and gentlemen. See the new ad. in this issue and give him a call. Second Quarterly Conference. The second quarterly conference of Trinity Methodist Church in this city was .uk , held last Monday. Presiding Elder Dargan was absent on account of illness, and the conference was presided over by Pastor Waddv T. Duncan. The reports showed the affairs of the church to be in fine shape, and the financial showing was excellent. Colston Cullings. Colston, March 21.?Farmers in this section are getting ready to plant. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fender spent Sunday in Ehrhardt. We are glad to know that George Folk is improving. Miss Rebecca All spent Sunday night with Miss Letitia Bishop. ' i Mrs. Frank Kirkland was the guest of her mother, Mrs. C. W. Folk, Sunday. We are glad to know Mr. Ephriara Bishop and sister, Miss Blanche, are able to be out again. ^ Miss Florrie Bishop has been confined to her bed for several days. L. B. "For a moment," he related, "I held my breath " "My!" she interrupted, admiringly, "how strong you must be!" He edged away, blushed and felt his vest pocket for a clove. Kb m mm?:.: HANCOCK S LIQUID SULPHUR. The Best Blood Purifier Known?Invaluable as a Wash. Sulphur is nature's greatest germicide. It's value has been known for centuries, but it was never successfully produced as a liquid until the discovery of the method of making Hancock's Liquid Sulphur. It is the best blood puritier known. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur will save doctors' bills and make clear, brilliant complexions. Taken internally, it is invaluable in the spring. Used as a wash it kills germs, and cures and heals eczema, acne, itch, dandruff, prickly heat, diptheria, catarrh, cuts, bums, scalds, and all inflammations and sores. Ask your druggist for it, or write for booklet to Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co., Baltimore, Md. Strenuous Times for a Strenuous Press. These are strenuous times for the strenuous press. A white man sues our Charleston contemporaries for referring to him as "colored," and Chairmam of Dispensary Directors Evans is about to bring j action for libel against the Barnwell Xew j Sentinel for intimating box-parties and a [ coach and pair on $400 per annum. It's ; a shame to take the money!?The State. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. To draw the tire out of a burn, or heal a i cut without leaving a scar, use DeWitt's ' Witch Hazel Salve. A specific for piles, j J. L. Tucker, editor of the Harmonizer. Centre, Ala., writes: "I'veused DeWitt's \ Witch Hazel Salve in my family for piles. | cuts and burns. Every family should have i it." Sold by H. F. Hoover, M. D. The Supreme Couri of the United States j has settled the vexed question whether a town or city has the ; ight to enforce compulsory vaccination, the decision being that it has. The case went up from .Massachusetts. The Bamberg Herald would like to see two political parties in this State. Perish ! the thought, for it is high treason against | the moss back policy of the powers that be for a Democrat in this State to express a thought different from that of the "Great I Ams."?Lexington Dispatch. Paid a Short > Isit. A party of well known and popular business men, composed of Messrs. Calvin Garris, Havelock Eaves, and Eenri Copeland were in the city last night, at the St. Joseph. They came over from Bamberg with Mr. Garris to help the boys put Mr. Garris properly through the Elks Lodge. It was said last night after the initiation that Mr. Garris had taken his medicine like a man, and that his two friends had helped to keep things moving. The whole party enjoyed their short stay in the city and seemed to be of the opinion that, next to Bamberg of course, Orangeburg was the best place on earth.-Orangeburg Evening News. Two Dollars Worth More. A young lawyer received a call from a well-to-do farmer, who was in need of i legal advice. The lawyer looked up the statutes, and told the farmer what he I should do. "How much?" queried the farmer. "Well let's call it three dollars," replied the lawyer. The farmer handed over a five dollar bill. The lawyer seemed embarrassed. But, after searching through his pockets, and the drawers of his desk, he rose to the occasion, and pocketed the bill as he reached for a digest. "I guess, neighbor," he remarked, as he resumed his seat. "I shall have to give you two dollars' worth more of advice."?Philadelphia Times. Don't Oyerplant. 1 Don't be fooled into the idea that the movement to hold cotton and reduce ac eage is going to result in high prces next fall. Remember that a big surplus will be carried over and that if an on inary crop is made it will bring only an ordinary price at best. It would be folly to overplant this year, | since it is likely that such action would only result in crippling the traitor who deserts the cause. Every farmer thould j make it a point of honor to stand by the ' curtailment proposition, regardless of re-1 suits. Only in that way can higher pr ces j be certainly secured. If one man bolts, the others may likely follow. It is the old motto over again: "United we stand,! divided we fall."?Clinton Chronicle. Secret of Success. u uaii is wc ui the Sphinx. "Push," said the button. "Never be lead" said the pencil. "Take pains," said the window. "Always keep cool" said the ice. "Be up to date," said the calendar. "Never lose your head," said the barrel. "Make light of everything," said the fire. "Do a driving business," said the ham-! mer. "Aspire to greater things," said the nutmeg. "Be sharp in all your dealings," said the knife. "Find a good thing and stick to it," said the glue. "Do the work you are suited for," said the chimney. 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: *'I 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." Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will digest any quantity of all the wholesome fcoa you eat while your stomach takes a rest?recuperates and grows strong. This preparation is entitled to its many cures. H. F. Hoover Uie SPORTING WORLD | Jockey Hildebrand'a Great Record, j Eugene Hildebrand, the California rider, broke the world's record for winning mounts during last season and will command his own price for 1905. The record prior to 1904 was 292 victories by C. Reiff and was made in 1896. Hildebrand's total for this year is 298 winning mounts. At the Oakland track last winter he rode fifty- J seven winners. Then lie went to tne Los Angeles track and rode forty-four winners. "When be traveled east he began riding at Aqueduct (New York) j and followed in all the eastern tracks r i?^ i v\Wi ^ I I EUGENE EUiDEBBAND, AMERICA'S LEADING 1 JOCKEY. | during the season. When he went to the Pacific coast in November he led the list with 1G5 winning mounts. On the California tracks this winter he rode two winners at Oakland and finished the year by riding thirty-two winners at Los Angeles, thus bringing his total winning mounts tct 298. This smashes all records ever attempted before by a jockey in the United States. Cornell Banners May Go Abroad. A popular movement is being agitated among the students of Cornell university to promote an international cross country meet between Oxford and Cambridge and an American team representing either the Intercollegiate Cross Country association or Cornell alone. The former plan would be preferable, as the American team would then be representative of all the eastern universities and not just one college, but in either instance, inasmuch as four Cornell runners have been in the first five to finish at the intercollegiate cross country meet in the las't two years, the team selected would be essentially a Cornell team. The English distance runners have the reputation of being the best in the world, and a few years ago it would have been impossible to select an! * ' A?? **>?+ nnt Ko ftllf. American icam uuti wvauu UU? W V?. classed by tbem. The rapid advance made in American colleges, 'especially Cornell, during the last five years in distance and cross country running causes many experts who have followed closely the meets of recent years to predict that the American team not only could hold its own, but would probably win if such a meet were arranged now. Ban Johnaoa'f Fear. Ban Johnson is wrought up because the National league has voted to play a 154 game schedule, which will neces-, sitate the American doing the same thing, although the latter had previous1? J J J ~ J 4^ Aai 4- 4A 1 .4A rromAG ly (Kuiucu iu vruv im j.iw tjq The American league president fears that there will not be time after the close of the season and before contracts expire on Oct. 15 to play a post season championship series, but he has the remedy in his own hands in conjunction with Messrs. Pulliam and Herrmann. The schedules of the two leagues, which their respective presidents are j authorized to draw up, can easily be made a trifle more compact than they were last season, when for every club there were breaks of from one to several days without games. The regular season can be made to close a few days before Oct 8, say on the 4th or 5th, giving ten days or more for playing off the series for the world's championship and any 'others that may be mutually arranged. May Transfer Senators. VotrrtMnttrmfl nra tinder wav for the transfer of the Washington franchise In the American league to Baltimore. A difference of $27,000 now stands in the way of the consummation of the deal. The Hanlon-Frank Interests, which now own the Baltimore club in the Eastern league, have offered $48,000, while President Ban Johnson demands $75,000 for the Washington franchise. Belmont's Horses, The second division of August Belmont's racing stable, the string that will represent the chairman of the Jockey club at Bennlngs (Washington) and the early meetings around the New York tracks, has been shipped to Garnet, S. C-, for the winter. The string Included about a dozen head and was shipped from Babylon, N. Y., in care of John Whalen. Hovensea Wants Another Race. William Hogensen, the Chicago sprinter, Is anxious to get on a match race with Lawson Robertson, the national hundred yard champion. Hogensen that he lost the title at St! Louis last June on a "rank decision" , by one of the finish Judges. j I SNOWSLIDES. They Are Fearful of Speed and a Magnificent Spectacle. Snowslides are most frequent on steep mountains that have a heavy snowfall. With a billowy train of snow dust boiling out behind and overturning or crushing almost everything before they make an awful and magnificent spectacle. Their speed is sometimes so great that trees alongside are overturned by the swamping force of the air which the slide has violently disturbed There are many well authenticated Instances where miners have been caught on the surface of a slide and by dexterous use of their skees have kept on top of the engulfing surface of the slide and come out uninjured. John' Muir once rode down from the high Sierra on a snowslide. He was swished back down in a minute over a distance that had taken all day to climb. One day while climbing up a steep snowy slope a slide started beneath me, and for a time I was on the surface of its upper edge, where the snow was about two feet deep. Wading a torrent will give some idea of the sweep of the coasting snow. The snow dust steamed and boiled up around me, and each time I struggled to my feet the rushing snow simply jerked my feet from beneath me. At last, almost smothered, I was dropped off the back end upon bare ground.?Enos A. Mills in Harper's Weekly. WEAPONS DECLINED. Vircfcow's Odd Proposition , When ! Challenged by Bismarck. Dr. Yirchow, the eminent man of sci- j enc-e, had been sharply criticising Prince Bismarck, who was then chancellor. At the end of a particularly severe attack Bismarck felt himself personally affronted and sent seconds to Virchow with a challenge to fight a duel. The man of science was found in his Laboratory, hard at work at experiments which had for their object the discovery of a means of destroying trichinae, which were making great ravages in Germany. "Ah," said the doctor, "a challenge from Prince Bismarck, eh! Well, well! As I am me cnanengeu yuriy, x ?uj/pose I have the choice of weapods. Here they are!" He held up two large sausages, which seemed to be exactly alike. "One of these sausages," he said, "is filled with trichinae; it is deadly. The other is perfectly wholesome. Externally they can't be told apart Let his excellency do me the honor to choose whichever of these he wishes and eat it, and I will eat the other!" Though the proposition was as reasonable as any dueling proposition could be, Prince Bismarck's representatives refused it No duel was fought and no one accused Yirchow of cowardice. INDEXING BOOKS. The Custom Is an Old One That Developed Rather Slowly. The custom of indexing books developed gradually. Cicero used the word "index," but in the sense of a table of contents. Seneca provided some works which he sent to a friend with notes of particular passages, "so that he who only aimed at the useful might be spared the trouble of examining them entire." This was at least a partial "index" in the modern sense. Annotated, or at least explanatory, tables of contents seem to have preceded the index proper. Such tables followed the order of appearance of the subjects in the book itself. Alphabetical arrangement, I which was t^e beginning of the real inI dex, appears not to have been thought of until the invention of printing, and I ottoti +Hon It snrffld but Slowlv. EniS mus was. one of the first to provide his works with alphabetical indexes. The custom did not become universal until well into the sixteenth century. The first index to an English book is said to be that printed in Polydore Vergil's "Angliae Historiae," in 3546. An edition of this work published ten years later has an index of thirty-seven pages. The Hungarian. Crown. The Hungarian crown worn at their I accession by the emperors of Austria as kings of Hungary is the identical one made for Stephen and used at his coronation over 800 years ago. The j whole is of pure gold, except the settings, and weighs nine marks six ounces, almost exactly fourteen pounds. The settings above alluded to consist of 53 sapphires, 50 rubles, 1 emerald and 338 pearls. It will be noticed that there aie no diamonds among these precious adornments. This is accounted for by the oft quoted story of Stephen's aversion to such gems be cause be considered mem -unjucxy.Artu Eyed and Hydra Headed. The term - Argus eyed" means watchful. According to the Grecian fable, Argus had 100 eyes, and Juno set him to watch all of whom she was jealous. When Argus was slain she transplanted his eyes into the tail of the peacock. "Hydra beaded" is a term derived from the fable of Hercules and the hydra. The hydra had nine heads, and Hercules was sent to kill It As soon as be struck off one of its heads two shot up in its place. The Interest In It. Plpson?I wonder what there was in the paper today about Masters? Grimes ?Didn't know there was anything. Pipson?Oh, there must have been. He I was saying to me that today's Issue was usually interesting. Happiness and misery are two extremes, the utmost bounds whereof we know not?Locke. j I ?r,-.-NE' (SPRING j REMARKAB1 ill / K PIF( H TWO TONED ( j|? All the rage for shirt-waist suit :$[ lustrous in finish. They are sh< ifr and Green, each with changeabl of the hour. Our special pric< |t 36 INCH PUR oti Very rich finish and never so p *f* Being so very wide, takes only lil dress. Already we have sold i; value. Our price only & & 36 INCH SHANTUN ?J? Highly desirable because it has : & washes beautiful, very popular Don't let the spring come witho popular dresses. Our silk is a s J 12 PIECES SILK 1 f? These are pure woolen goods, tl i tk finish. Grand for a pretty East oji quisite and the goods shir so be 8 inches, colors all the new s Reseda, Marine Blue, Helio and as any dollar goods, our price o ? 10" PIECES MERCER The very newest Dolly Yarden J? are to be the rage this season. jjj "Worth 25 cents, special price. is; Write for Samples, ih thing that is Ne\ | Theodore Koh x Orangeburg, iT;;Ta;Ti ;T-. iTi ;T; ;Ti ;Ti ; t; ;T; ;Ti :Tt ;T;; *4# < [ SPRING The Spring Season is ah want to tone up your sys "tired feeling." Full sup] Tonics at our store at rig] line of Drug Store Articles See our Line of Rubber R all kinds, and Perfumery. DR. H. F. THE DRUGGIST, f ??1 I HA VP V0IJP HOMFl 11/1 T \4 1UU\ UV1I11V CABBAGE PLANTS Prices: l,000-$i.5<>, 5,000-$i.35 j Shipped C. O. D. if desired Express Office in < WRITE FOR MERC j. CABBAGE, BEANS, SWEET P0TA1 Orders for shipment of Tomato F and Sweet Potato Draws Sh< JA 5.RAY GERATY Express Office, You |YQU o o 1t HAVE A COMPLETE ST J [ ON EASY TERflS. MY )| Engines, Boilers, < o OUR UTTLE 1 1-2 H. P < GALLONS OF WATER JI STYLES AND POWER , < ===?======= ????????????? W. H. Pati J [ B AMBER ( Mil I II VI mm tm I f Best Display of ' trimmed and Re Hats at Lowest Gale <5 , ' ' -J.* --V" GOODS! J j > i VALUES II ? a m I :es ? m QLACE SILK t! J O v| s. Rich in color and highly ? ? ^ jwn in"Navy, Brown, Garnet * " J e color. These are the silks 1* E JAP SILK : \ '9 " 7 W opular for dresses as to-day. $ J a few yards for an entire ? 1 ^ a quantity of this grand | J -jF (G PONGEfe SILK !; 1 9uch a good appearance and ? f JKj for whole suits or waists. ut your getting one of these ? 1 ipecial value, only j .USTER BATISTE ] \ iin and soft but very silky in ? m er dress as the colors are ex- f % autifully. Width of goods $ W hades of Baby Blue, Pink, t ^ Champagne. Looks as fine ^ I J JZED ORGANDIES J W designs. The large flowers t J These are exquisite goods. IC^ ? f fiB fi I We have every- ; | >1 v and Desirable { os Emporiom 11|| a a a S? . C* * 1':4h . ?a- .a. .a. .a. .a. .a. .a. .a. .a. .a. - ? * J TONICS! 1 | nost upon us, and you I'V; _.:|B tern and get rid (of that , ,; >S >ly of all kinds of Spring I M ht prices. Our general I 9 i was never so complete. ->S ath Sponges, Brushes of 1 9 Finest line in the city. I J| HOOVER lii BAMBERG, S. C. II BROWN CAB AGE | , ALL VARIETIES | >er 1,000, 10,000-$i.oo per 1,000 'j||! . Plants arrive at your .s Qood Condition. 1 HANTS' PRICES 1 OES AND TUHNIPS IN SEASON j? 1 >lants, Sea Island Cotton Seed j? Duld be booked In advance. | , Enterprise, S. C. ' ngs Island, S. C. _J|jM "ca'n!' I 12All POWER PLANT !! ? PRICES ARE RIGHT. J[ - 9 Gasoline Engines !j J . ENGINES PUMP 640 J! ? ill PER MINUTE. ALL J* J* J* J* J* Jt J* i f , J r\r\c Mar!J L A T m V I g, S. C. I I NERY] I Trimmed, Un? v h|8 lady to Wear I Prices , 1 : Gale 1 S. C. J |j a