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I THE BAMBERG HERALD. m Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1905 J One Dollar a Year K\ PROF. N. M. SALLEY ELECTFDLaorens City Schools Choose Teachtr to Suc|i \ cecd Mr. B. L Jones. I Laurens, April 22.?Prof. N. M. Salley, r superintendent of Bamberg graded I schools, has been elected by the board of E trustees and he has accepted the position | of superintendent of the Laurens city ^ schools for the term beginning next Septemper. Prof. Salley is chosen to succeed Supt. < B. L. Jones, who has been at the head of the schools four years. He resigned the place a year ago, but was prevailed upon 1 to continue another year. He finally cont sented, with the understanding that his connection with the schools would termi* * ' * ? A > nate witn tne curreat kxw. Mr. Jones is regarded as one one of the foremost school men in the State. He has i 9 made a success in this work, but for special reasons he has decided to give up teaching. Superintendent Salley is an experieocSf ed educater. He has been at the head of ' the Bamberg schools for several years. PR He attended the Citadel, and afterwards pent some time at Wofford. A Reply to "Citizen." Mr. A. W. Knight, Bamberg, S. C., ^ 1 . \ Dear Sir A law abiding citizen of Bam-1 f .. ' berg for thirty years begs space to reply to some of "Citizen's" queries. He asks, "Have we any laws? and if so, are any of them enforced?" Tes, we have laws, and I*--'-" many of them are enforced by fines and Hi other punishments,' by sentence in open court Nearly every offence on "Citizen's" P list has been dealt with. We are not re^ sponsible for his want of knowledge on the subject. This misguided effort has ' V done far more harm than good. Your pa'per has a wide circulation, and extracts are made from it to the detriment of the town. This is not the first time a claim m: has been published abroad and copied " ** i?r? Iava are made or enforced here.' {:; v. Maybe, Mr. Editor, as Paddy would say, you "mind the time." The worm you see ?? / sometimes will turn. But, sir, if one wishes to help build up ?? the tcgwn, stop washing soiled linen in public. Speak up for your home town. Say a food word for it when you can. ' There's an old adage that it's a dirty bird that fouls it's own nest. Strangers who tarry here go away much pleased, gg: V and are very complimentary. How ques"&v tionable, then, this indictment of a whole G community, this severe, not to say insultIk' ing, reflection on the mayor and council. H But maybe the gentleman means it in a SfeS--- Pickwickian sense. B'v:. But, fir, what can we expect from this f" Moses, the law giver or wouldbe maker, the author of "Perilous Times," another ; Alexander Dowie, who virtually consigns Jfe to hell all lovers of our National game, base ball, men, women, boys and girls for witnessing or playing ball. No excepk , tions, not even many of our ministers who keenly enjoy the game. Surely this v world is too sinful for this good man. Wonder if he's not sprouting wings?or would he establish here another city of * ,Zion? Surely there is no labor problem to trouble and vex, and the machinery runs smooth, for our Moses to indulge in two separate contributions in same copy I # of paper. But then, Mr. Editor, you know, a certain class enters where angels fear I to tread. Very respectfully, Bp ^ S. W. J0HK8ON. Bamberg, S. C., April 22,1905. LAST HOPE VANISHED. When leading physicians said that W. M. Smithart, of JPekin, la., had incurable consumption, his last hope vanished; but Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, kept him out .of his grave. He says: "This specific cured $ me, and saved my lifel Since then, I have used it over 10 years, and consider it a marvelous throat and lung cure." Strictly scientific cure for coughs, sore throats or colds; sure preventive of pneumonia. ;? Guaranteed, 50c and $1.00 bottles at all druggists; Felder & Matthews, Denmark. Detailed for Baptism. Some ofthestories dating back to war times will never grow old. Private John Allen fathers this one: A chaplain of the army called on a colonel, who was noted for his profanity, to talk of the religious interests of his men. "You have a fine regiment," said the chapif lain in an effort to break the ice. "Yes, sir," answered the colonel. "Do you think you pay sufficient atten| tion to the religious instruction of your H . men?" I s 71 aon i KUU w, paxoiui. f "A lively interest has been awakened ) in the Massachusetts. The Lord blessed us and ten privates have been baptized." "The devil you say. Sergeant-Major, ? have,fifteen men detailed for baptism, forJ I be cussed if that rival regiment shall outdo us." Mr. Takahaira, the Japanese minister at Washington, according to The New Orleans States, has a new story which he tells with great glee. He says he heard two women discussing his nation. "The Japanese," said one of them, "ought to be | > excluded from the country. Their young I men come here to school, and no sooner I do they arrive than they begin a system-1 atfc course of cheating." "How is that?" asked the other. "They only pay tuition r for one," said the complainant, "and they | . learn enough for two or three." j * si Hv IN THE PALMETTO STATE. INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. There is a movement on foot to create Edisto county out of portions of Orangeburg and Aiken, with Wagener as the 1 ^county seat. i Ron. J. P. Cary, of Pickens, has been | ] appointed judge ior a special tom ui court for Richland county. The term is ' to ,last four weeks, commencing last Mon- ' day. 1 The town of Johnston, in Edgefield county, suffered a serious fire in the busi- : ness section last Friday morning. Several stores were burned. The loss if about $20,000. Comptroller General Jones has raised the assessment of the Standard oil com- 1 pany in this state for franchise tax from $56,878.99, as returned by the company, to $200,000. Two men named Nance and Bishop were shooting at each other in Spartanburg on Saturday, when one of them hit a little white girl, making a wound that will probably prove fatal. The county commissioners of Pickens ] county have ordered an election to be , held on Saturday, May 20th, on the question of voting the dispensary out of the : county. There were over 1,100 names i signed to the petition asking for the elec- ; tion. . The Columbia Record says that $104,000 has already been turned over to Clem son, from the tag tax. Last year tne lax j -amounted to $118,974.15. At the present i rate it will be a good deal higher than j that this year. It will all go to Clemson, , the senate having killed the bill to divide with Winthrop. 1 Bob Smalls, the white man recently 1 convicted of murder in Darlington coun- 1 ty and sentenced to be hanged on May < 5th, has appealed to the State Supreme Court. This is the case where two white men were convicted for killing a negro. ? The other man was sentenced to impris- ] onment for life, and has begun to serve < his sentence. ^ A commission has been issued by the Secretary of State to the new company ? which will publish the Spartanburg Her- ] aid. The corporators are A. ?. Gonzales, i W. W. Holland, H. L. Watson and F. H. . McMasier. Mr. Watson is to be the edi- * tor, and Mr. Holland the business manager. Mr. Watson was formerly editor of the Greenwood Index. Sunday morning while the Southern < train which leaves Charleston at 7:30 A. j M. for Columbia was moving at full speed . between Jedburg and Ridgeville a pistol 1 shot was heard, which is supposed to J have been fired by a negro. The ball ^ passed through the frame work of the ] yrindow and struck Billy Earle, the manager of the Columbia base ball team, on ? the neck, wounding him slightly. ( A white man named Morrison was < taken out of the guard house at Kershaw, ( Lancaster county, last October and 1 lynched. The matter was investigated at 1 the time but nothing came of it. Tuesday 1 a sensation was sprang when a number 1 of prominent citizens of the town were 1 arrested, charged with complicity in the 1 lynching. It is said the case Was worked 1 up by W. B. Howie aid W. H. Newbold. J mu 1 An Independent Magistrate. Representative Bede, of Minnesota, is ? among the best of story tellers. One of s his latest is this: 1 "Many years ago there lived in Minne- 1 sota an eccentric justice of the peace, but < be was thoroughly honest ana tnea to ao justice in adjudicating between his neighi bors. The old gentleman had a decided hatred for the quibbles of the law, and not infrequently he rendered his decision without regard to the legal points laid down by ancient jurists. In a certain case before him it was shown that justice was on the side of the plaintiff, but that he had slept on his rights until he had legally lost them. The attorney for the defense called the justice's attention to this fact and cited a decision of the Supreme Court to sustain him. "If the Supreme Court made such a decision it acted wrong," said the justice. "The attorney brought forth volume after volume and read the authorities. ! "You can stop where you are," interrupted the justice, as he pulled off and nibbed his spectacles. "I am satisfied that such a decision was made by the Supreme Court, but I want to say that if that Court sees fit to make a fool of itself, it is no < reason why I should. It is my opinion j that the Supreme Court is a nuisance, and I over-rule its decision on this point and t give judgment for the plaintiff. Justice < is justice, sir, in this Court, and to the 1 devil with the higher tribunal." t Equal to the Occasion. ! A traveling man at a hotel recently J found a hair in his honey. He went to the proprietor and kicked. "I can't help . it," said the latter. "I bought it for combed honey." The next day at dinner he happened to run across a hair in his ice cream and the landlord could not account for it. "The ice was shaved," he said. The guest was boiling, for the next day he picked a raven hair out of his portion of pie, and angrily jerked up the proprietor, who turned him down effectually as follows: "In the pie, eh? Well, that beats the Dutch! I bought those apples for Baldwins." FRIGHTFUL SUFERING RELIEVED Suffering frightfully from the virulent poisons of undigested food, C. G. Grayson, of Lula, Miss., took Pr. King's New Life Pills, "with the result,1 he writes, "that I was cured." All stomach and bowel disorders give way to their tonic, laxative properties. 25c by all druggists; Felder & Matthews, Denmark. EMPTIED SHOTGUN INTO HIS HEART. Younj Man in Anderson County Committed Suicide on Account of III Health. Iva, April 21.?Mr. Jim McCullough, a young man about 26 or 27 years of age, committed suicide late yesterday afternoon by shooting himself in the heart with a shotgun. It is not known that he ever intimated that he had any intention of killing himself, although he said sometime ago that tie would just as soon be dead as alive. He was suffering at the time with rheu matism and for some time the family circle has not been as pleasant as it might have been, and it is thought that for these reasons he committed the rash act. He went out in the yard and placed the gun against the garden fence and called his brother who was working nearby, and then fired the fatal shot. An inquest was held today by Magistrate J. A. McAlister,' and the jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the facts. Left Alone to Die. Bound hand and foot and gagged, the maiden was put into the gunnysack, and unable to move or scream, felt herself being carried down a flight of stairs, put into a buggy and then driven down the street. Ineffectually she tried to release herself from the gag. Alas! she was bound too lecurely. Finally the conveyance stopped. She was again carried into a building, fainting and gasping for breath; the sack was taken from her head. The vil iian, still masked, took the gag from her nontb, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire ;hrough his black mask, released her and iissed through his tightly clenched teetb: 'There, my pretty bird, scream and yell is loud as you like, no human ear will iver reach you. You are in my power. Do you hear? Totally in my power!" 'Where am I?" she gasped. "In a store ;hat never advertises," was the cruel rejponse. "Alas! Alas!" she moaned. "No power on earth can save me; no one vould look for me here," and the poor girl fainted. Pretty Home Wedding. A wedding of general interest through>ut the State was that which took place lerethis Wednesday evening, the 26th nstant, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. 3. Cope, when their daughter, Miss Clio, vas married to Mr. Angus McKay Brablam, also of this place. As Mrs. A. W. Knight plaved Mendelsshon's Wedding March, the bride's maids same through the back parlor door and ?ch was met by a groomsman; Miss Julia 3ope, of Cope, with Mr. Henri Copeland, Bamberg; Miss Myra Hooton, Bamberg, vith Mr. Thomas C. Moss, Orangeburg; Hiss Lillie May Russell, Prosperity, Mr. (Y. DuPre Burnett, Spartanburg. Folowing these came the groom with his jrother, Mr. M. W. Brabham; the maid of lonor, Miss Addie Rawlinson, of Rock Bill, came in just preceding the bride, vho leaned on the arm ot ner lamer. There in the large parlors the relatives ind a few intimate friends were gathered md as the soft and low tones of Mendelsohn's Spring Song were being played, Rev. W. T. Dnncan, of the Methodist church, read the simple and beautiful ivords of the ritual which made the young couple man and wife. The parlors were irtistically decorated with a pink and vhite colori scheme with green additions; the bridal arch was made of bamboo Tom which was suspended a bell of bride oses, just behind which was seen a pyranid of palms and ferns. The costumes of the bride's maids were rery handsome; Miss Julia Cope wore a Iress of white crepe dechene over taffeta, *ith trimmings of lace and chiffon; Miss tlooton, white liberty silk over taffeta, irimmings of lace and chiffon; Miss Rusjell, crepe de chene, trimmings of opalescent applique, and hand made medallions; he maid of honor looked very becoming n a white silk net over taffeta with trimning of chiffon. The bride was very jeautiful in white silk lace with trimnings of real lace and tulle, with a neck ace of pearls, and the veil was caught sack with a diamond sunburst, the gift of ;he groom. The bride's mother wore a )lack silk net trimmed with real old point ace. The bride's maids carried pink carnations with asparagus ferns tied with vhite tulle; the bride carried brides' roses md lillies of the valley and maiden hair ferns. After the ceremony a delightful course )f salad was served in the'dining hall; n the rear hall cream was served, gnd fruit, punch in the front hall. In the back parlor the presents were placed, and ihese were very many and handsome, consisting of cut glass, silver ware and land painted chic a. The bridal couple took the westbound ;rain for Augusta, leaving amid a shower if rice, old shoes and other such manifestations of the good wishes of those who lade them God-speed, not alone on this ;our, but throughout their life journey, returning home thev will visit LICLV1& m iugusta, Savannah and Spartanbnrg. ' BAIL GRANTED MARION BUCK. 3amber$ Youth Who Had a Pistol in His Pocket and Killed Another Man. In the State supreme court yesterday ifternoon Chief Justice Pope heard argunents on the application for bail in the case of the State of South Carolina against Marion Black. The testimony taken at ;he inquest shows that the accused and ;wo other boys were standing up taking i drink of liquor when they were joined 3y Hampton Zeigler. The latter pulled )ut a pistol and was exhibiting it to the crowd. Marion Black in a boasting way nulled out his revolver and said: "Let me show you a gun." The pistol was discharged as he was taking it out of his socket and Zeigler was killed. Mr. E. T. LiaFitte represented Black, and Mr. W. H. Townsend, assistant attorney general, -epresented the State. Bail was granted n the sum of $1,000.?The State. a COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. ( SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around < the County and Elsewhere. < Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, April 24.?All the gardeners in this section planted theif beans and < other vegetables that the frost had killed i last week. Some few covered some of ( their beans and saved them, but as a gen- 1 oral t.Mncr t.hfi hfiATTR. notatoes and COttOn = , r were killed to the ground. 1 Most of the cotton held by the farmers ; in this section is being put on the market. ' The farmers are of the opinion that ten cents cotton is a thing of the past. Orangeburg Conference will meet in Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church on Friday 1 of this week, and will end Sunday. The sessions of conference will last the entire day. Dinner will be served on the grounds each day. On next Sunday night there will be services in the Ehrhardt Lutheran church, 1 by one of the visiting pastors of Confer- ' ence. Mr. J. M. Dannelly has put in a new light, supplying his store and stable, and has rented the drug store a light. The ? light is a good one, and so far as I can learn gives perfect satisfaction. One night last week a crazy negro : woman went about midnight to a colored man's house, and same not being locked, entered and groaned a few times, waking A/innnontc C/?J?rin(T th#?m tlPftrlv tO ^ WUe VWU|/i?4?vwj ^ y death. The colored man, Joe Copeland, was so frightened nntil he conld not be in- ' duced t o work the next day.The demented ' woman was found later to be the wife of Sam Halyard. Her brother, David Ritter, has gone crazy once or twice for a short 1 while, then apparently gets over it and 1 attends to his farm with very good sue- ' cess. 3 Easter Sunday was a fine day for the 1 young folks to display their taste in dress. I Rather cool, however, for some of their ^ costumes to feel comfortable. 1 It is talked aronnd town that two or ' three of our townsmen were summoned 1 to court last week as jurymen, and when 1 they displayed their countenances in the court .room, it had such an effect upon 1 the judge that he immediately dismissed ' the whole jury and discontinued court. 1 Tough, isn't it? Jee. \ * Easter Egg Hunt A very delightful Easter occasion was the "egg hunt" at Clear Pond Academy. The excellent arrangement showed the thoughtful care bestowed upon their 1 work by the teachers, Misses Eula Oxner 1 and Mabel Felder. It was admirably 1 planned and the students engaged in the ( hunt with a zest that showed how much f they enjoyed it. The hunting grounds 5 mere in an nnen wood near the ean.nna 3 At 5 o'clock the students marched frdm ? the academy to the hunting grounds, the i procession being led by Miss Sallie Felder * and the writer as honorary "hunters." * As soon as all were on the grounds the . order to "break ranks'* was given and c then the fun began under tufts of, straw * and grass, beside bushes and trees, every place that showed the slightest indication a of the coveted "egg," agile fingers were c seen, whose owners had lost all thought e of spiders, snakes and the like, in their eagerness to win first prize. The forty 11 hunters finished their work in forty-five a minutes. v First prize was taken by Miss Arsula e Walker who found seventeen eggs, second prize was awarded Miss Sallie Felder who failed to show one at the count up. Some had only one, others had a dozen. Lucius Mitchell declared he had found J two and a half and he was wondering 8 what the directors did with the other t half. y Of nineteen and a half dozen all were , found but three and a half. H. F. Bbinson. S Govan, S. C., April 25,1905. i mmm j Married in Branchville. s BranchyillR, S. C., April 24?Miss i Tinnie Berry, of this place, and Mr. W. c W. All, of Spartanburg, were married here l yesterday at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. B. Berry, the f Rev. S. A. Nettles, officiating. Miss Ethel V. Dukes played the wedding march. The j marriage was a quiet one, only the family j and a few special friends being invited. Mr. and Mrs. All will make Spartanburg their home, where Mr. All has a position as telegraph operator. r Miss Ida Byrd, of this place,"and Mr. I .Eddie Hutto, 01 unarioiie, n. u., were j quietly married at the parsonage here last c evening after Easter services, the cere- c mony being performed by the Rev. S. A. t Nettles, of the Methodist church. The 3 marriage of these young people was quite c a surprise to their many friends, who a wish for them a long and happy life. Mr. c and Mrs. Hutto will spend some time here v with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. o S. Byrd. I Mrs. Abe Pearlstine and her children v are spending time with her parents in Charleston. A protracted meeting was commenced p here at the Methodist church this morn- v ing and will continue for a week or ten c days. The Rev. S. A. Nettles will be j; assisted with the meeting by the Rev. R. * A. Young, and probably others. 1 SHOT AT A [NEGRO. Sumter Policeman Takes a Crack at a Negro Creating Disturbance. Sumter, April 23.?Assistant Chief of Police Weeks shot at Willie Saxton, colored, while on the colored passenger 3oach of the Columbia train this afternoon. Saxton, it is said, was underjthe influance of whiskey, and was pushing his way into the coach, preventing other passengsrs from getting off. Chief Weeks was called and used his stick. Saxton, Mr. Weeks says, slashed at him twice with a knife, and Weeks fell from the car platform. He then fired at Saxton, but the bullet went wild, and he hit no one. Saxon was arrested later and locked p. The difficulty created a great excitement among the Sunday crowd at the depot. Kot a <4Light" Drink, An easterner, riding on a mail-stage in Northern Colorado, was entertained by a dialogue which was sustained upon the one side by the driver, and upon the other by an elderly passenger, evidently a native of the region. "I understand you're temperance," began the driver. "Yes, I'm pretty strong against liquor," returned the other, "I've been set against it now for thirty-five years." "Scared it will ruin your health?" "Yes, but that isn't the main thing." "Perhaps it don't agree with you?" ventured the driver, "Well, it really don't agree with anybody. But that isn't it either. The thing ;hat sets me against it is a horrible idea." "A horrible idea! What is it?" "Well, thirty-five years ago I was sitting in a hotel in Denver with a friend of nine, and I says, 'Let's order a bottle of jomething,' and he says, 'No, sir, Fm saving my money to bay government land it one dollar and a quarter an acre. Fm joingto buy tomorrow, and, you'd better let me take the money you would have ipent for the liquor and buy a couple of teres along with mine.' 'I says, all right.' 3o we didn't drink, and he bought me two teres. "Well, sir, today those two acres are right in the middle of a flourishing town; and if I'd taken that drink I'd have swallowed a city block, a grocery store, an apothecary's, four lawyers' offices, and it Is hard to say what else. That's the idea. A.in't it horrible?" 1 Trial Justice Tersed in the Law.i Apropos of the reconstruction period ;he writer was residing in Summerville about 1869, and ignorant of the town law igainst cutting down pine trees, had five jut down on his lot. The next morning l negro constable called on him with a lummons to appear before the negro trial ustice. Upon his appearance the justice laid: "Mr. , you have been report>d for cutting down five pine trees. The ine is $5 for each tree, making $25. What lave you got to say?" The writer replied: 'Well, Justice, I have only to say that I lid not know of the law, or I would not iave violated it." "Well," the trial justice replied, "then, . man can't be expected to obey it, and an not be punished. You are discharge d." "Thank you," the writer replied, "that 3 good law, and I am glad to see we have , trial justice in Summerville who is so rell versed in the law."?Aiken Recordr. Conrd Not Remember' His Prayer. John Rogers was station master at Cou?ar-Angus, on the Caledonian railway, ays an exchange. He was a pious man, tut, like many other railway men, he raxed a little profane under excitement, rohn was a member of the local Burns Jociety and attended the annual dinner egularly, getting a little mellow by closng time. After one dinner he got home imongthe "wee sma' oors," undressed limself with some difficulty, and went lown on his knees beside the bed, where le sent forth some incoherent mutterings. "What's the matter John?" asked his )etter half. "Are ye no feelin' well?" "Am felin' a' richt," replied John, "but i' canna mind a damned wird o' ma jrayers." An Old Negro Killed. Laurens, April 23.?Acting on inforuation contained in a brief message from ilagistrate Campbell, o? Waterloo, Sheriff )uckett's deputies went to the vicinity ?f Owensville, fourteen miles south-west >f this city, this afternoon to investigate he killing last night a; his home of Abe IcDaniel, a worthy negro aged 60. The (fficers have not returned at this hour, ,nd details of the affair are meagre. Acording to reports, a party of white men rent to McDaniel's home for the purpose ?f flogging certain members of his family, tbe undertook to defend his people and ras killed. WON A NAME OF FAME. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, famous tills, have been made famous by certain et harmless and gentle action upon the towels and liver. They have no equal for (iliousness, constipation, etc. They do tot weaken the stomach, gripe, or make ou sick. Once used always Preferred. They strengthen. Sold by H. F. Hoover. / HUNTS FATHER'S SLAYERS. California Girl Hunting in Toughest Nevada; for Murderers. When Michael Ahern, of Oakland, foreman of a construction gang on the Government canal between Derby and Wadsworth, disappeared on July 19, he had upon his person $800 In cash and a number , of pay checks. Two days later his murdered body waa . found in the Truckee River. The pockets had been rifled of the cash, but the checks . % * nrara nn/liatnrHod n v*v uautwuuA wvtj No effective steps being taken by the Nevada authorities to ran the criminals down, Miss Annie Ahern, one of the three daughters, resolved to take matters into her own hands. She is a determined _ young woman of 24. 8he went to Derby. There, procuring a pony and a rifle she has spent three months in the canal camps, and she believes that she had an unmistakeable clew to the identity of the ' 'I murderers. This is her story: ?' ((I took the train as soon as I reached Wadsworth last October. I had to ride 85 miles over the roughest kind of country, and in a region inhabited by men who are more like fiends than human beings. (T worked, on the theory that father had been followed by men who saw him cash some of his checks at Buckman's store. I made many inquiries, and my i suspicions fastened up on two men. They are still employed in one of the canal , | camps. In order to learn what I have, * , I went through many hardships. V "Every possible obstacle has been put in my way by men who are trying to' shield the culprits. There was a man named Costello who wrote to me that he knew who the murderers were,/ and 'M would tell me. Well, before I could get to him a crowd got him drunk and spirited him out of the way * ''Si "Upon several occasions my life was threatened in anonymous communics- , :.kM *?. T :.j m 11 it. lions, uui x carneu a riuo mi uic tunc, auu had resolved to kill the first one who made a move. I guess they saw I meant business, so they did not try to make way with me. v . "It is an awful community. Men would sooner kill each other there than to kill jack rabbits. Since I have been there, -.-J* there have been twelve murders. "Sheriff Quirk, of Storey County,* and :J|| his deputies have been "kind to me, bat they do nbt seem to be able to do anything. I have made up my mind that I I have the murderers spotted,and I am going back to get them. 1 don't believe that v|j they suspect what I know, or they would : try to kill me too."?New York World. |9 Endorses "Cttiiea's" Article. . Editor The Bamberg Herald. Dear Sir: Will you allow me space in yon* paper for an endorsement of the article. 45 in your last week's paper, headed ?Im- Ja ! provements Wanted," and signed "A Citizen." This citizen has asked many ques- j|| tions that I could not answer, as I have .V|9 been Hvining Bamberg only four years, a|| and I don't remember ever seeing any : \ laws in print, and but one enforced. That vJ|S is, every spring we are no tified .to move all four legged hogs out of town, or pay a fine of fifty dollars. Others are allowed to run at large from January until January | without being disturbed or paying any fine, and if one should be taken up and a fine imposed, he claims to be sick, and "jM walks around the streets drunk whenever , ;M he can beat his wife out of the money to Duy wnisaey, aim uu xuxuid uvinw n?us to be taken of him Now, Mr. Editor, some weeks ago I noticed my name in your paper as one for Alderman. To this I said nothing for a few days, w^en a friend came to me and stated that he had made the announce- a ment I at once told him that I could not J| serve from the tact that my opinion 5of the way a town ought to be run, and the $? way Bamberg had been run differed too much for me to allow my nameto be used. * -'tl I was then informed that my name was going on the ticket, and if elected I had to serve. . Then I saw nothing left for me to say, . only Til rive the very best service I can. Now, Mr. Editor, if the voters of Bamberg will elect six men who will endorse the suggestions made by your former writer, "A Citizen," I think they will turn the good side of this town (Bamberg) up. .J and try for better times in the future, ana < *| then they can use me for one. ( ; ^ Respectfully yours for better times, Geo. H. Smoax. Bamberg, S. C., April 25, 1905. He Stopped Them. The president of a certain athletic club in Baltimore which has a fondness for amateur exhibitions of the "manly art," $? tells of the trials of an Irish boxer imported from Philadelphia to meet a local artist. It appears that the Philadelphia man was getting the worst "of the argument C US? fnan/lo nrhionfiml in hlft . S wnen one ux uu uivuiu nuw^vv ? ^"Brace up, old man, an' stop some of them blows." "Stop 'em?" murmured the unfortunate man. "Do you see anny of thim gittin' A DAREDEVIL R^DE often ends in a sad accident. To heal accidental injuries, use Bucklen's Arnica Salve. "A deep wound in my foot, from an accident." writes Theodore Schuele,of ? Columbus, 0., "caused me great pain. Physicians were helpless, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly healed it." Soothes and heals burns like magic. 25c by all druggists; Felder & Matthews, Denmark, i ? Sm .