University of South Carolina Libraries
THE B&HBB86 HERALD ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 r A* W. KXIGHT\ Editor. _ Rates?f i.oo per year; 50 cents for nz months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?fx .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 objects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, April 13,1905 Names are continually being added to the pauper list of this county, and the number of people who now receive help from the public treasury is totally out of proportion to the size of the county. We are supporting too many people, and doubtless there are many others equally deserving who do not receive public aid. The county should buy a farm and estab. lish a poor house. It will be a great deal cheaper and more satisfactory in the long ? ? ?J rnnnor TTO (In it t.VlP bpt.tPTV XUU, tuiu WC OUVUV4 nv .? .... In this connection it might be well to j advise onr citizens to inquire closely into the circumstances of persons when asked to sign petitions of applicants for public aid. ^ Kind Words. We are going to make a city of Bamberg, and we won't be long about it either.?Bamberg Herald. That's the spirit which has made "dear . ? Anderson" and which is so rapidly making a "dear Bamberg" over the way. And I (the Herald is keeping well to the front.? Orangeburg Evening News. ' A. W. Knight's Business Expansion. Mr. A. W. Knight, owner and editor of thb Bamberg Herald, has just bought a new press, and is going to put in a Mergenthaler Linotype. Mr. Knight cameJcom a county called Harlboro, and now lives in a place named Bamberg. The reason he is doing so well < is that he spent several years in between \ these periods of hiding in the city of ^ Sumter. i ' * Here's good luck to you, A. W. Your < many friends here wish you well.?Sumter Evening News. ] vD ? An Incident. The elevator was coming down from a .1-- XT /~k_l me rweuin noor, says mc new uncaus Times-Democrat. A man, conisderably the worse for drink, was standing on the bottom floor near the shaft, watch in hand and taming the stem every now and then. "They certainly are slow, these elevators," said a bystander, thinking he was ' -t . seeing how long it would take the eleva tor to come down. "Elevators! Who said anything about < elevators?" exclaimed the man addressed, I busily turning the stem and looking abmt with inebriate eyes. "Why, I did!" was the indignant reply. "Aren't you waiting for it?" "Waiting for nothing!" was the first man's still more indignant answer. "I v have been trying to set my watch by this clock for the last half an hour, but the hands of the blamed thing go 'round so fast I can't catch the time." It was the elevator indicator he had taken for a clock. / The Boy at School. If I were asked to state in a single word : the secret of a good life for a boy in school, ] \ I would say without the slightest hesita- ; tion that such a secret lies in the word : "hbnesty." A narrow definition of that j word proposes that an "honest" person is ' not a thief, that he does not steal the per- } sonal possessions of some one else; but a : truer definition includes all that we mean ' by "truthful," "upright," "diligent," and ] many other mighty words. .An honest boy will not attempt the self deception i that accompanies had habits, or the de- < ception of fellow students, or teachers 1 that accompanies open sin; he will be , straightforward, earnest, manly; he will < exhibit those fine qualities of human life < which every one admires, he will please God. To grow in the grace of honesty means the development of a character that is great and good. I commend to * \ every schoolboy that he be honest under i \ all circumstances and in view of any consequences.?Eugene Allen Noble, in i pf \ Christian Advocate. < Bourke Cockran in Disguise. ] Sapie of the rank and file of the Demo- 1 crats side-step when they come in contact ] with Bourke Cochran. They don't buy 1 pools on his Democracy, and a Kentucky ' national law-maker tells this story illus- 1 trative of the Orator's" slide-back: 1 "A noted divine, as well reputed for his ? soft graces as for his pulpit eloquence, i oItcqt-c had a raarir answer for BVewbodV and everything. One of his members strayed from the fold and attached himself to another church. He was absent for more than half a year before he accidentally met his former pastor. " 'I suppose yon have missed me from your church, Doctor?' asked the stray sheep. " You suppose wrong,' answered the Doctor, a little nettled. " 'I left because I found an easier road to Heaven than the one you preach, " Doctor.' " 'Easier road, is it ? But you'll have a hell of a toll to pay.'" r .... STUCK A "ROOTY" ROAD. ( Young Man After a Visit to the Dispensary Tried 1 to Drive Home by Way of Railway Track. < A young farmer of this county, who is i too fond of his cups, performed a feat , last Saturday night which stands without a narallel in this reerion. Tanked up to the brim with liquor, he got into his buggy and started home, getting as far as the Southern depot, and, thinking that he had arrived at the point where the road branches off to his home, he turned and drove down the railroad track, bumping and bouncing along over the cross-ties for half a mile, finally reaching Bear Creek trestle, upon which he was in the aet of driving when stopped by some parties who were out looking for an escaped convict. The man and his turnout had scarcely been removed from the track when a belated train came lumbering by. When it last dawned upon the fellow that he had been driving on the railroad track he naively remarked to his rescuers that he thought as he drove along that he had "struck the ?st rootiest road" he had 1 ever traveled.?Lancaster correspondence < News and Courier. , Let Him Rest. 1 Breathes there a man with soul so dead, < who never to himself hath said, "my trade i Df late is getting bad; I'll try another ten ^ inch ad." If such there be go mark him well, for him no bank account shall swell; ao angel to watch the golden stair, to * welcome him a millionaire. The man \ who never asks for trade, by ad or local i ine displayed, cares more for rest than ^ worldly gain, and patronage gives him I mt pain. Trade lightly friends, let no ; ude sound disturb his solitude profound. * Jere let him lie in calm repose, unsought \ jxcept by men he owes. And when he ? lies go plant him deep that naught may j weak his dreamless sleep; where no rude I ;lamor can dispel the quiet that he loved ; ;o well. And that the world may know * ts loss, place on his grave a wreath of < noss; and on a stone above: "Here lies 4 1 chump that wouldn't advertise."?Ex. j Mrs. O'Connor's Whereabouts 1 "An old friend of min#;" said one of a < ?roup of genial souls telling stories in a < rth avenue hotel, "has an Irish servant ^ who is a jewel. He's more than that; he's t minstrel show and a comic paper all in 5ne. { "My friend, after having arranged.with < bis wife to make a long promised call, ar- 1 rived home the other afternoon only to ( find his better half out and no message left for him. He called the jewel. 1 "Pat, said he, 'can you tell me anything ( of Mrs. O'Connor's! whereabouts?'" " 'Well, I don't know,' said Pat, 'but I < think they're in the wash.'" ( VERY LOW EXCURSION RATES. < < Via Southern Railway to the Following Points. ? Kansas City, Mo.?Southern Baptist Convention: May 10th-17th, 1905. Kate, one first class fare plus 50 cents for round trip: Tickets on sale May 7 to 11, inclusive, final limit May 23rd, 1905. St. Louis, Mo.?National Baptist Anniversary, May 16-24,1905. Rate, one first class fare plus 25 cents for round trip. Tickets on sale May 14-15-16, with final limit May 27th, 1905. Asheville, N. C.?South Atlantic Missionary Conference, May 17-21st, 1905. Rate, one first class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 1617th, final limit May 23rd, 1905. Fort Worth, Texas.?General Assembly Southern Presbyterian church, May 18 26th, 1905. Rate, one first class fare plus $2.00 for round trip. Ticketk on sale May 15th, 16th, and 17th, final limit May 31st, 1905. Hot Springs, Ya.?Southern Hardware Jobbers Association, June 6-9tb, 1905. Rate, one first class fare plus 25 cents for round trip, tickets on sale June 3, 4, 5, final limit June 13th, 1905. Savannah, Ga.?National Travelers Protective Association of America, May 16-23,1905. Rate, one first class fare plus 50 cents for round trip, tickets on sale May 13-14th, final limit May 26th, 1905. Savannah, Ga.?Fourth Annual Touraiment Southern Golf Association, May 9L3th, 1905. Rate, one first class fare plus 25 cents for round trip. Tickets on sale May 7th, 8th, 9th, 1905, limited May 15th, L905. The Southern Railway is the most direct line to all of the above points.?Operating Pullman sleeping cars, high back restibule coaches?with superb dining ear service. For detailed information ipply to any ticket agent this company, / )r R. W. Hunt,Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. O. v Charge of a Doubtful Judge. A Missouri paper says that a new judge irose to charge the jury and spoke as follows: "Gentlemen of the jury, charging a jury a a new business to me, as this is my first ? ease. You have heard all the evidence as /fc srell as myself. You have heard what the Learned counsel have said, it you Delieve what the counsel for the plaintiff has told pou, your verdict would be for plaintiff; but if, on the other hand, you believe what the defendant's counsel has told you, then you will find a verdict for the defendant; but if you were like me, and don't believe what either of them said, then I'll be d?d if I know what you'll do. Constable, take charge of the jury." THE RIGHT NAME IS DeWITT. at DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cools, soothes and heals cuts, burns, boils, ar bruises, piles and skin diseases. K. E. Zickefoose, Adolph, W. Va., says: "My sn little daughter had white swelling so bad that piece after piece of bone worked out m of her leg. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured her." It is the most wonderful salve he in the world. Beware of counterfeits. Sold by H. F. Hoover. < If a negro waiter carrying a platter with a turkey on it should fall, what would be the eflfest on the world? The downfall of Turkey, the overthrow of Greece, the destruction^ of China and the consternation of Afrida. B \ \ \ \ \ \ \ I _ KOHN'S 1 lousy Store! * ? !i: :: jij The Place Where Shrewd Buyers r ? :: Delight to do their Shopping. Here :: ; they find Large Assortments, Stylish * ? ;; Patterns and Prices Always Moderate 11 * |f it A FEW ? 1 EXCEPTIONAL OFFERINGS 1 SIP <? ' ? Dolly Drop Shoulder Vests Dainty Lace Hose ? 4 j? Varden Orgadaies 3; jjj 12% cts ISCtS 25CtS || Really Worth 25cts Just what yotf want The prettiest in town T ! ii* *i i* I ? 5 7 < ! m Imported Silk Fans Ruffled Collar Sets Silk Luster Batiste $ < I* ' > II 5octs 25cts socts l\ 1 * ' J J Every color and style Becoming & Popular Prettier than Silk <? $ f 1 * * jjj Real Jap Silk Colored Silk Parasols 36 Inch Pongee Silk tj? \l 50cts $2.75 6octs U m ? Finest ;; ;j: Quality, all Colors Strictly Up-to-date. Remarkable Offering t! fjf .tj? 45 Inch Brilliantine Lace Stripe PK. Cravenette Umbrella * J ? J ( |* . - < ! * . - A # f 5octs iocts 3)i.oo g? ? ?lf |j I* Sold Over iooo yards A Hummer, a Seller Absolutely rainproof ? ? K to < to ii to ?? ???? ?? ( to ? > ? !i!t 45 inch French Lawn Linen Lap Robes trimmed tuscan hats CSl l!!? ? i? \l 25CtS $1.25 $2.50 j| ?l ? , ?i to ? For graduation dress Will last for years Beauties for Lassies & il to ? to I I? ( to We Prepay Express on All Cash :: Orders of $5.00 or Over .\\\w I ? 1 to to ? I to < to to ^ ^ to I Theodore Kohns Emporium { ii Orangeburg, - - - S. C. 1 to * IH-I? il:- ill' ilnl--I--I- -I--I--I-il--I-3I ir ? T A IV T I | Y u wrtiyi o HAVE A COMPLETE STEAfl POWER PLANT !! ON EASY TERnS. MY PRICES ARE RIGHT. . J [ : Engines, Boilers, Gasoline Engines jj O OUR LITTLE 1 1-2 H. P. ENGINES PUMP 640 o < GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE. ALL < Jt STYLES AND POWER ******* J[ | W. H. Patrick, Mgr. | j; BAMBERG, 8. C. \\ T~ 1 The K. P. Guano Distributor NO COOS AND - CHAINS TO CL.OG AND BREAK. # , Scatters Guano Over Farrows and Covers It No waste around Stumps,and Ends. Big Hopper, Balanced Load, Light Running, Sows any Quantity. Best Farmers in South use it. Awarded Diplomas Everytime and Everywhere Exhibited. For Sale by C. J. S. BROOKER, THE HARD WABE MAX, BAMBERG, S. C. >297,000 Contracted in Homes IN LAST FEW MONTHS. $25,000 LAST WEEK Do You Want to Join the Throng? $6.00 Per Month Will Do It READ MOW! We collect on thi9 contract $6, as advance payment when the application is signed, id thereafter a monthly installment of $6, payable on the 15th day of each month. A home purchased under our plan will cost you 20 to 40 per cent, less than you e now paying rent. Do you know it is impossible for the average man to acquire a home except by aall monthly payments., Loans can be repaid at any time. Our interest rate is so low and monthly payents so small, a home is within the reach of all. The contract provides for a cash surrender if, from misfortune or otherwise, the >lder does not wish to carry it. M. MOYE, 3?HE STANDARD TRUST COMPANY, (Inc.) CAPITAL STOCK, $?00,000.00 AMBERG, S. C. TELEPHONE NO. 14 v . ? * i . 4 V . JAPAN'S SPIRITWORSHIP Ceremony Which Constitutes the Country's National Faith. ADMIRAL TOGO'S SPEECH SYMBOLIC HI* Address to Spirit* of Those Who FeU la War I* Illustrative of the Japanese RclifloB, Say* William E. Onrtla ? BmsUIiI CtNaoif la Tribute Paid to Memory of Do. parted Art lot. Hie touching address which Admiral Togo delivered at Tokyo the other day to the spirits of the officers and men who were killed while fighting under him In the Port Arthur fleet Illustrates Shlntoism, the Japanese national religion, says William E. Curtis, the Chicagtf Record-Herald's Washington correspondent Many theologians insist that It Is not a religion because there is no theology in it; that it Is only a manifests tl#n of certain superstitions in which the entire Japanese nation believes; but as He&rn has said, it is "the soul of the race." All Japanese are spiritualists, so to speak, and they are taught that the ipirhs of the dead in a large 'measure control the actions of the living. They do not believe in ghosts; they do not have mediums of communication with their dead, and they do not receive messages from the other world. But this world Is full of friendly invisible beings, encouraging, protecting and AATTI +ham nnA the landsCflDe lS WVAA14V& fc'MQ mvm., ? ?w _ ? ^ _ _ dotted with shrines that have been erected for the purpose of worshiping good and influential men. If a Japanese is going to war he prays before the shrine of some great soldier; if he is preparing for a journey he goes to the shrine of a great traveler; if he is a party to a lawsuit he prays for the aid and guidance of some famous jurist; before he lays out his garden he prays to the spirit of some great landscape architect and so on in every duty, pleasure and labor of life he oonsults the spirits of his ancestors and those of other wise and good men and without expecting any direct answer has faith that they will give him their encouragement, protect him from errors and lead him in the right way. This, the theologians say, is not religion, but it is a practical, actual, everyday thing and illustrates the Japanese character more strongly than any other act or word. In 1894 I was invited' to witness a beautiful ceremony in Kyoto, of which Admiral Togo's address to the spirits reminds me. Iesuko, one of the most famous of ceramic artists, had accidentally produced a remarkable example ofva texture known as "Chinese crac ho'mrffloo ft# n IflTV This Dar ticular effect was common among potters in the interior of China a thousand years ago, but has been a lost art for several centuries, and jars and vases with that finish are very rare and valuable* It is the ambition of every potter in the east to reproduce that particular effect, but all experiments have been unsuccessful, and Iesuko was amazed to find it upon a jar which he took from his kiln one morning in 1803. - The result was so unexpected that for a time he was unable to realize what had happened. Then he tried to recall everything that had been done to the vase from the hour when the clay had come to the shop until his astounding discovery. He repeated the process over and over again; he did nothing else for the rest of his life; he neglected his ordinary business; he refused profitable commissions; he shut himself up like a hermit and denied himself food, r^st, sleep and exercise?and actually became insane in his anxiety to repeat the accident that he could not explain. In the meantime the jar was sent to the Chicago exposition and was one of the objects most admired by the connoisseurs. Fabulous priced were of* fered for it, but Mr. Tejlma, the Japanese commissioner, was not authorized to sell it and could not get a reply from Iesuko, who was buried in his experiments and would not even read his mail. The jury of awards gave him a gold medal and a big diploma, upon which his triumph was inscribed, but before these testimonials reached Japan poor Iesuko had committed slow suicide and his ashes had been placed in an urn on the hillside overlooking *-- ' *- Vnoml hntol %jl mc a o?i nu One day a friend Invited me to attend what he promised would be a novel ceremony. We went together to the little hillside cemetery, where thirty or forty of the most famous artists In Japan were gathered. A learned Buddhist in gorgeous robes delivered what you might call an explanatory address. He recited briefly the story I have told you. Ihen one of the oldest friends of Iesuko stepped forward and addressed the spirit of the dead artist, just as we would address a person to whom a testimonial was to be tendered. He described the Columbian exposition at Chicago, explained John Boyd Thacher's system of awards, gave a detailed review of the work of the jury and Anally concluded with a minute description of the medal and the diploma which he held in his hand. When he had finished the medal waa sealed up in a cavity which had been carved out of the stone and the diploma was burned over the grave with Incense and fitting ceremonies conducted by the priest, which, of course, I could not understand. But the significance of the ceremony was very clear. The medal, being indestructible and of material substance, could not be transported to the other world. But the diploma was carried there by the flames. Several of the gentlemen present made brief addresses and placed flowers upon the tomb. s m - - v.-. - . : i PEOPLE OF THE DAY Mitchell of Oreffom. John H. Mitchell, senior United States senator from Oregon, who wan recently Indicted at Portland foe alleged complicity in the land frauds now under investigation in the state, la serving his fourth term as a member I of the upper house of congress. ? ? ' Donnorlronlo xrhAM hA .. jj A UttUVe Ul 1 cuua^ < < was educated and admitted to the bar, 1 Senator Mitchell removed to Portland, Om, In I860. The following year he was elected corporation attorney of Portland and In 1862 was sent to the ? state senate, where he served four 8E2UXOB JOHN H. MUHHMUiTt. -^3 years, the last two as president of that '-M body. He was first elected to the "J United States senate In 1872, but was 4 not returned at the expiration of his -: j term. In 1885 he was again chosen . JtA United States senator and re-elected hi r 189L Because of there being no quo- ^ rum in the state legislature In 1897 be . ' .f v< was defeated to succeed hlmiwlf, but ;* was a fourth time elected to represent u Oregon In the United States senate in . % 1901. Senator Mitchell is in his sev- i' j entleth year and is a Republican In - i politics. * Hade the Boy Bay* United States Senator Redfleid Prostor's strict regard for the laws, even those of minor Importance, is well \ known. An illnstzation happened re- 3 cently. The senator and his son, Red- i field Proctor, Jr., were hunting rabbits "?ii in the mountains east of Rutland a few : months ago. The younger man, who. A had become separated from his fa- pj ther, shot a large raccoon, and when he next met the senator he proudly exhih- y ited the prize. "My son," said the sen- | ator sternly, "the open season for coot hunting has not yet begun. Come with $ The senator thereupon marched theyS| .. young man off to the residence of fly y$ justice of the peace, where he appear- li ed against him, and the boy was fined . v for the offense, the money being a& .Oi vanced by the senator himself.? Rochester Herald. 4 Honored tor Fmee. The decoration of grand officer of the 'V Legion of Honor, which has just been conferred upon Francis B. Loo mis, first assistant secretary of state, by President Loubet of France, is the highest f bnt one of the decorations within, the power of the president of the French republic to bestow. One of the re*-*y&fjj sons which led to the conferring of the 1 decoration upon Mr. Loomls was the /interest aroused In France by hisspeech in behalf of international arbitration delivered last September before -y the interparliamentary union. Mr. Loomis is a native of Ohio and a ; gfl diplomat of wide experience. Before y|| * entering the diplomatic service he had' FBAjrCD B. LOOMBL made a reputation as a journalist and y for several years was editor in .chief of -J the Cincinnati Tribune. In 1880 be : Jwent to St Etienne, France, as United - . States consul and during his residence there wrote extensive reports on the labor situation In Europe. From 189T ' . to 1BU1 ne was miniwirr w T?mwmi > *$ and was active In building up Amerlcan commerce In Sooth America, opening negotiations for extradition and reciprocity treaties. From Venezuela be was sent to Portugal as United )"M States minister and In 1903 was ap- % pointed first assistant secretary et state. Mr. Loomis is forty-four years - p A Loatfr IUt?Mleuu It is told that while John Sharp WU- "'via llama was speaking In Mississippi a man in the audience cried, *Tve ben robbed by plckpocketsT 1 did net suspect there were any BepobUcan* i present" said Mr. Wlffiama amid great M lanvMar MThsm iln't" cried the vie- . .fl tim. Tm the ontj ooer?ChicefO M