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V , ? ; *: . * IliJi f * ' ' THE BAMBERG HERALD. Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C? THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1905 , One Dollar a Year Letter from Charleston. To the Editor of The Bamberg Herald? 4 My Dear Sir: While not one hundred > " miles from Charleston, I feel safe in saying that many of your readers in and around Bamberg have never visited the dear old "city by the sea," so would ask space in your valuable columns to bring more plainly before them some of the many attractions she offers to her friends of inland towns. I say "inland," as the roaring waves of the ocean with its * surf baths and the calm, placid waters of the Ashley and Cooper rivers, where rowing, sailing and fishing can be enjoyed, are indeed attractions to those who live where a large body of water is never seen. While Charleston as a city is attractive to visitors at all times, in summer she is at her best. Some years ago I spent r many months in your town, and have on many occasions entertained a room full of young and old folks describing the many old and picturesque buildings and historic points in and around the city, so accessible and yet unknown to my ^ hearers. That was perhaps some nine years ago, and since then many improvements are visible and attractions added. Prom a business standpoint her progress is visible on all sides. The innumerable new and handsome buildings speakfor the advancement and prosperity of the city. In the summer Charleston as a pleasure resort is without an equal in the South, i The Isle of Palms, Sullivan's Island, and " Hampton Park vie with each other in the attractions they offer. The week end excursions which are run from all points to <. the Isle of Palms during the summerj months afford everyone, young or old, | rich or poor, an opportunity to come to Charleston, spend a day at the seashore or in the city as they may wish, and re- j turn to their homes the same day. A day thus spent will, I feel sure, be followed by many and many more.v A surf bath, J some good fishing, long walks cn the jpj beach, "gathering shells by the seashore," r-V a dance in the glorious pavilion, and a good dinner at either of the well kept ups ?*?4 f a molro to-date Hotels, &qq wdsi is uccucu %v moav i a day one to be remembered. Bat I have become so interested in my subject that I ;s fear I have claimed too much of your time and space. Forgive me this time ^ and I will be more considerate in future. If what I have said of Charleston reads like a fairy tale I would say to you and ? Y your readers, come and judge for yourselves. E. O. , Burglary in Bamberg. Last Sunday night W. 6. Hoffman's sto^e was entered and his cash register robbed and a box of money which he was x going to give away was stolen. About v. $15 was taken from the cash register and there was $20 or more in the box. The . entrance was made through the old bakery by a side door. . Suspicion pointed to John Henry Moody, a young negro who had been employed at the store as porter, {rat who was discharged on Saturday night. Mr. Hoffman immediately went to work j Monday morning to run down the thief, i and Moody got scared as they were getting too close behind him, and left for Orangeburg Tuesday morning. During * the day. conclusive evidence was discovered against him and he was arrestfed >:* in Orangeburg and brought back here Tuesday night. He admitted his guilt, and told where he had hidden the money box, which was in the patch of oats next to tffh postoffice. He was not arrested on w- - j the burglary charge, however, ne nau also stolen a pistol from the Simmons r Hardware Co. He plead guilty to this charge and was given thirty days on the : county chain gang by Magistrate W. R. | Wright. The burglary case will have to be tried by the circuit court. Mr. Hoffman recovered only about $13 of the money, Moody having spent the balance. He is an old offender, having served several terms on the gang for stealing. . Ladson Daniels, another negro bdy, was also arrested as accesory, but he has been released. Moody says he went into the stdre alone, but it appears that Daniels was keeping some of the money for him. Town Election. \ The town election for mayor and alder' > men took place Tuesday. A total of 173 - votes was polled, G. Moye Dickinson receiving 96 and J. A. Spann 77. Dickinson elected by a majority of 19. The / vote for aldermen stood as follows: W. A. Riley 165; Geo. F. Hair 130; John ? 11(1. A V Rrohham 1(U? .T D V/OOUC1 1X6, CL. iu. , Felder 103; J. W. Stokes 100; W. D. Rhoad 91; A. W. Knight 84; G. A. Rice 70; Geo. H. Smoak 64. Riley, Hair, Cooner, Brabham, Felder and Stokes were elected. x The same evening the homes of the successful candidates were visited by a crowd of serenaders, and they were called on for speeches. Card from Dr. Hair. To the citizens of Bamberg: Please allow me space to thank you for the handsome vote you gave me 'or town councilman of this, our beautil city. It will always be my aim and . itention to do everything for the best interest and upbuilding of our city, for I hope and think we will soon grow to such proportions. Please lend every hand to hold us one and all up and we will spare no trouble to make you as good council as Bamberg -ever had. Geo. F. Hair. 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. The town of Bishopville has voted to issue bonds to establish a waterworks system. The town already owns its electric light plant. Mr. John K. Anil, of Newberry, has been appointed court stenographer for the eight circuit^the appointment being made by J udge iuugn. A cyclone did much damage at Union last Wednesday afternoon. No one was killed, only one man being hurt. The Union cotton mills was badly damaged, and a negro church was wrecked. Ned Mack, a negro, was hanged at Manning last Friday. On the scaffold he made a statement saying liquor and women caused his downfall. Mack killed his wife's step-father several months ago. Frank Pearce, a negro workman, was caught in the shafting at the office of The State newspaper in Columbia last Friday and instantly killed. His head was torn from his body. The five large cotton mills at Union which adoped ten hour system on March 16th have gone back to the eleven hour day. The shorter working day was unprofitable, as the production was so much reduced. We understand that Governor Heyward has pardoned Elliot Grayson, a negro, who killed a negro shoediaker in this town a few years ago. Grayson was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Two young white boys, aged 11 and 8 years, were drowned in a pond near Cheraw last Sunday afternoon while in bathing. The younger boy got over his depth and his brother went to his assistance and both were drowned. ' Gen. B. H. Teague has appointed Miss Kattie C. Farrell, of Blackville, as sponsor and Miss Zaidee A. Simms, of Barnwell, as maid of honor, to the Second Brigade, S. C. Div., United Confederate Veterans, for the ensuing year. Near Brunson, in Hampton county, last Wednesday a negro man shot and killed a negro boy sixteen years old. The weaDon used was a shotgun and the boy's head was shattered. It is claimed the shooting was accidental. Governor Heyward has commuted the sentence of Sam Marks te life imprisonment. Marks is a negro who killed a white man in Darlington county some months ago and was sentenced to hanged. He was to have been executed tomorrow. The city of Sumter has decided to purchase the water works system of that city. An election on the question of municipal ownership was held last Wednesday, and the vote stood 190 to 28. The city is to pay the owners of the plant $116,000 for it. The Ogden special train was wrecked at Greenville last Saturday morning. Four persons were killed and several wounded. Mr. Charles M. Cope, of Cope, was killed in the wreck. He was a flagman on the train. The special ran into a freight train which was on the main line in the railroad yard at Greenville. A preliminary hearing was held in Lancaster last Friday before a magistrate in the case of the number of prominent white men arrested charged with participating in the lynching of John T. Morrison, a white man, in the town of Kershaw some months ago. Solicitor Henry was present and stated that he was responsible for having the ease worked up. >io evidence against the accused men was offered, and the magistrate dismissed the case. What steps will now be taken, if any, the solicitor did not say. Lawful Debt, Legally Collected.. When Mike left the employ of Brother Rubbles, who kept a country store ana also "farms it" in Washington county, Maine, he owed a considerable balance to Brother Rubbles. Mike seemed quite willing to forget about it, but more intimate acquaintance, of Brother Rubbles never lost faith that the account would be squared in due time. After Brother Rubbles had ceased even to drop gentle hints about the bill, Mike became the owner of a lusty hog, of which he was inordinately proud. He bragged about it unceasingly, and Brother Rubbles made a friendly call one day to see it, and praised the hog in a way that delighted the heart of the lucky owner. "Can't see how ye got him so fat, Mike," said brother Rubbles. *fMine don't fill out that way." Then after a pause Brother Rubbles added, "I've got a shote Til give ye if you want it. I should like to see what ye can do with my stock." There is an old saying that sets forth the danger of trusting the Greeks, even when they offer gifts, but Mike had never heard it. At the first opportunity he went over to Brother Rubbles's barn, and brought away the sorriest-looking shote that ever lived. The next day Brother Rubbles "levied" on the big hog. The law would not have permitted him to do that so long as Mike was the owner of only one pig. STRICTLY GENUINE. Most of the patent medicine testimonials are probably genuine. The following notice recently appeared in the Atchison (Kan.) Globe: "Joe Tack, a well known engineer, running on the Missouri Pacific between Wichita and Kiowa, lately apnpareri in a hie one. with a Dicture, and when he was in this office today, we asked him about it. He says he had terrific pains in his stomach, and thought he had cancer. His 'druggist recommended Kodol and he says it cured him. He recommended to others, who were alsocured."Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and cures all stomach troubles. Just as sure as the sun shines your stomach can be brought back to its" originally pure condition "and life sweetened by this lasting and truly the greatest digestant known. Sold bv H. F. Hoover. THEATRICALS IN DENMARK. A Successful Amateur Performance in the School House on Friday EveningDenmark, April 30.?There was rendered at the school building a very taking comedy Friday evening, entitled "Quits." The play was received with great enthusiasm by a large audience. The performers were three teachers of the graded school. Misses Janie May Carroll, Lillian Gambrel, Leila Hepburn, and Messrs. W. L. Riley and J. Arthur Wiggins. The characters were well impersonated, and at no time did the plot lag. The audience listened with unabated interest until the climax was reached. The comedy was preceded by a short vocal and instrumental program. Those taking part were: Mesdames Eola Osteen, Nannie Wyman, Belle Hall and Misses Francis iioger ana n.ugenia xinsiey, principal of the musical department of the school. The proceeds amounted to fifty dollars, which amount will iikely be duplicated by the school board of trustees, for the benefit of the growing school library. The present session of the school will come to a close on June 1. Prof. A. G. Rembert, of Wofford College, will deliver an address before the school at that time. Superintendent E. H. Hall has been reelected for the coming term. Mr. Hall has proven himself worthy of the hearty approval and united endorsement he is receiving daily from the patrons of the school. He and the trustees are now busy selecting teachers to fill several vacancies that have occurred. They are anxious to retain as many of the present corps as possible. Oil Mill Matters. The annual meeting of stockholders of Cotton Oil Company was held at the mill oflice in this city Monday, the 1st instant. Jno. R. Bellinger, Esq., presided over the meeting. The old board of directors was re elected with one exception. Mr. C. W. Garris had resigned about two months ago as president and director, and Mr. J. A. Spann was elected a director. The board now consists of G. Frank Bamberg, Jno. H. Cope, G. Moye Dickinson, A. W. Knight, J. A. Spann, S. G. Mayfield and H. C. Rice. After the meeting of stockholders adjourned, the board of directors held a meeting and elected G. Frank Bamberg as president; J. A. Spann, vice-president; G. Moye Dickinson, manager and trer.surer. Mr. S. P. J. Garris was retained as ! - *11 "XT _ J Z ?.1 npanager or tne L?enmara mm. xio uividend was declared by the company this year. The Mysteries of Science. A Bostonian was praising the other day the astronomical and literary work of Percival Lowell. "Before the last eclipse," he said smiling, "Mr. Lowell observed to an old colored man whom he likedj: " 'George, if you'll watch the chickens out at your place tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock you'll see them go to roost.' s "'Hi, hi!' George laughed. 'Hi, hi! Dat's a good joke!' "He thought, you see, that Mr. Lowell was fooling him. But when, at 11 o'clock the next morning, the sun darkened and the chickens did go to roost, George was amazed and somewhat horrified. He sought Mr. Lowell out and said: " 'Wot you done told me wuz true, sab. Mah chickens went to roost, sah, just like you said dey would,' " 'Yes, George, I suppose they aid,' the astronomer returned. " 'How long, sah, did your know 'bout dis ?' said George. "'Oh, a long time.' " 'Did you know dey would go to roost a year ago ?' " 'Yes, fully a year ago.' "'Well, dat beats all!' said George in na awed voice. 'Dem chickens wuzn't hatched a year ago.'" Breeches or No Breeches. Representative Brownlow, of Tennessee, tells this good one: "There lived in one of my counties an Irish woman named Flynn, who was a regular cyclone when it came to fighting, and I believe she could whip a den ol wildcats. One day the sheriff called at her home to collect her taxes, long overdne, Mrs. Flvnn could not only fight but "*~*l ?r she could pat up all kinds of excuses foi non-payment of claims. She and the sheriff had a set-to and the old lady used some very strong language. The sherifl told her that if she only wore breeches he would give her a sound flogging. Mr Flynn was working in the truck patch and going to the door she yelled out: " 'Larry, come in here, ye devil ye, and gimme yer breeches. I'll show the baste that I can lick him even with breeches on,' "Larry knew that it meant trouble for him if he refused, and so he started foi the shack, unbuttoning his garment as he walked along. The sheriff saw that he was in for it, and made a hasty retreat The taxes were not collected on thai trip." TIME TRIED AND MERIT PROVEN One Minute Cough Cure is on time when it comes to curing coughs, croup whooping cough, etc. Is perfectly harm less, pleasant to take and is the children': favorite cough syrup. Sold by Dr. H. F. Hoover. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the Coonty and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, May 1.?Mr. A. TV. Brabham was in town Saturday bragging about his cotton. Must have done too much of it as we heard he was sick yesterday. The Orangeburg conference at Mount Pleasant Lutheran church Friday, Saturday and Sunday was well attended and marked interest taken in the organization. Rev. Thaddeus Epting, of Sumter, preAched for us in the Methodist church Sunday evening. He is a promising young man, and bids fair to make an earnest and good servant in the work of canvassing for lost souls. * Conrad Ehrhardt went to Charleston last week on business. Miss Lizzie Padgett in some way yesterday morning lost her balance, falling down the steps, bruised herself. The bruises were painful but no bones broken. Had a heavy rain and high wind Saturday. There is a fishing party planned for Tuesday on the Ashepoo river. Some of the potato farmers are talking about digging their potatoes for market. Son e barrels have reached this point for them. I think the potatoes are very fine. Had a rather queer casein Judge Copeland's court here last week?father and son fighting. Both parties were found guilty by the Judge's decision and suppose both were fined. v A party of our young men went in Little Saltkehatchie fishing last Friday night. They went to great trouble preparing for the occasion. They carried fry pan, lard, meal, salt, coffee, etc. They were out until about three o'clock and when asked about the trip say that they did not catch much fish but caught a heap of hell. Jee. Country Correspondecne. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Sandifer, of Denmark, spent a few days last week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smoak, of onr midst. Easter has come and gone. The annual picnic at Clear Pond was celebrated in the annual way. Talking, laughing, riding, driving, eating, etc. Dancing was the greatest feature of the day. Quite a number indulged in tripping the light fantastic toe and a larger number in listening to the strains of music and the merry patter of the'dancers' feet. Altogether the day was ideal, there being just enough breeze to cause a gentle ruffle among the trees and cause the ladies *to hold their hats and we hope none were the worse off for the thunder storm that raged at twilight. Miss Belle McKewn visited her parents in Orangeburg from Thursday to Monday. Miss Pearle Sandifer visited her sister, Mrs. N. J. Padgett, at Spring Branch, from Wednesday to Sunday. Miss jSallie FeldePs school at Sassafras Grove closed last Friday. Mr. Steedley Hughes is visiting relatives at Clear Pond this week. The Hampton school in our midst will close in about three weeks. The Duncanville school near Springtown gave it's closing picnic on Saturday. Mr. Johnson Rowell was the teacher there this year. Died in Allendale. Allendale, April 29.?Mrs. Mary E. Wilson died yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, a^ter an illness of about three or four weeks. She leaves a husband, Capt. Leroy Wilson, three daughters, Mrs. W. A. All, Mrs. Otis Brabham, and Mrs. E. H. Wessinger, and two sons, Capt. C. R. Wilson and L. Wilson, Jr. Mrs. Wilson was a Miss Brabham, ol ' the Bufords Bridge neighborhood, and an old and highly respected family. She was a consistent member of the Methok dist Church, a true Christian in every ; sense of the word. Her death has cast s glqom over the town and neighborhood ' She was buried at owanow oayannac cemetery this afternoon. ' Shooting at Negro Union Meeting. 1 Saluda, May 1.?The negro union [ meeting held at their church near hen ' was broken up by a row yesterday after1 noon. Just who started the trouble is ' not known. 1 Off in the woods near the church a shol was fired, quickly followed by anothei ' and then a half dozen more rang out ! Those who were engaged in the shooting 1 went toward the church, which was crowded, and in the church yard a volley was fired. Confusion more confounded \ reigned. Why a half a hundred were not ! killed outright is a mystery. Only three ! were found to be wounded when the ' smoke cleared away. These were Jerry Hendly, Luther Moore and one Butler The first two are not seriously injured while it is said that Butler cannot live i: Two or three horses and mules were alsc 1 wouirded. The union was brought to an abrupi close and in five minutes the churcl grounds were as silent as a graveyard. DR. S. H. TINDAL DEAD. He Was a Prominent and Beloved Physician of Denmark and a Veteran of Hart's Battery. Denmark, April 29.?Dr. G. H. Tindal, a practicing physician in this community for nearly half a century, died very suddenly at his home here yesterday. His funeral was largely attended, and never before has your correspondent witnessed such universal grief and genuine love for the departed as that exhibited by the concourse of people at the funeral to-day. Dr. J. Ar Clifton, of Orangeburg, assisted by the Kev. JS. u. uecfcham, pastor 01 tne Methodist Church, of Denmark, performed the sad ceremony. Dr. Clifton, who was the pastor of Dr. Tindal many years ago, bore beautiful testimony of his honest life, and broad liberal views he advanced on all topics worthy of the attention of a public spirited man. Dr. Tindal was born in 1831 and married Miss Lettie Bedford, of Sumter, in 1868. His wife, one daughter, Mrs. W. L. Califf, of this place; one son, James R. Tindal, of Birmingham, Ala.; and eight grandchildren survive him. He graduated at.the Charleston Medical College in 1861 and at his first opportunity joined the famous Hart's battery, the leader of which has just recently died. Some of his old command have since joined him. Dr. Tindall possessed a remarkable memory. He was a master of details and could narrate with as much accuracy the happenings of fifty years ago as he could the incidents of the present hour. The Doctor was a true Christian and possibly next to*this beautiful characteristic stands his open hand of charity. The poor he loved, and to them a great part of his unceasing energy was given, with pleasant satisfaction to his sympathetic nature. The active pallbearers were: Drs. J. W. Wyman, Hugh S. Tyson, J. S. Matthews, Messrs. J. B. Guess, S. G. Mayfield, W. S. Kearse, F. V. James and J. Arthur Wiggins. The flower bearers were Misses Annie Martin and Carrie Riley. The grave was covered with an immense offering of beautiful flowers, but this is not the climax of such a great life, the vast eternity is to him a heavenly bliss. How triumphant must have been his entry therein. Earned his Pay. The late "Manny" Friend thus described one phase of the law's mysterious workings: The counsel for the defense told me this story long after the case was forgotten. A man was on trial for murder in a small Western city. Testimony of the most incontrovertible and damaging sort was piling up against the accused. Despairingly the prisoner's counsel made his closing speech; in growing misery he listened while the prosecution ruthlessly rent asunder his fragile fabric of defence and while the Judge summedjup strongly against his client. As the jury filed out the verdict of murder in the first degree seemed stamped on their faces. The prisoner's counsel managed to whisper to the foreman in passing.? "Five hundred dollars if you make it manslaughter!" For two interminable hours the jury remained closeted.- At last they filed in and the foreman glibly handed up-the desired 'manslaughter' verdict. "I tell you!" exclaimed the foreman, later, as he pocketed the defence's five hundred dollars, "I had a lot of trouble earning that cash. The other eleven all held out for acquittal, and It was a couple of hours before I could talk them arouncl ' to manslaughter!" Benefits of College Training. An Atchison young man who is away , attending school, wrote to his father a few days ago: "I played feet ball Wednes: day for 50 cents and won. WE are also i going to play for 10 dollars. I want 2 so > I can get me a "suit. The pance cost 1 - dollar, and 1 head guard cost 50 cents, and the nose guard cost 25 cents, and a i shin guard cost 25 cents. So all together . it costs 2 dollars. If we win, I will send l a 2 dollar bill to you for your 2 dollars. We are almost sure to win because we have GOT THE BEST PLAYERS, ME BEING CENTRE RU8H. Send me the l 2 dollars quick." The heaviest rainfall of short duration ever recorded accurately is.said to have 1 been the recent one at Santiago de Cuba. A ? ynMiok anmnoov frtnntl tho rat A tn Tv? H.U UU^liOU VU^iUWJl 4.VU4AV* ??V ; more than four inches an hour, and between 7 and 10 o'clock in the evening a ' total fall of more than a foot was regis tered by the gauge. The storm covered ; nearly three hundred miles, in places be. ing even heavier than at the point where the measurement was made. t SAVED BY DYNAMITE. ; Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by , dynamiting a space that the fire can't ' cross. Sometimes, a cough hangs on. so 1 long, you feel as if Dothing but dynamite ' would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Calhoun, Ga., wrifres: "My wife had an aggravated cough, which kept her awake nights. ' Physicians could not help her; so she took Dr. King's New Discovery for Con> sumption, coughs and colds, which eased her cough, gave her sleep and cured her." . Strictly scientific cure?for bronchitis and lagrippe. At all druggists at Bamberg; 1 Felder & Matthews, Denmark. 50c and $1.00; guaranteed. Trial bottle free. N V "Citizen" Changes His Name. "If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded, thongh one rose from the dead."-Luke 16 chapter . 31 verse. Editor The Bamberg Herald.?Dear Sir: My article on law and order was not intended to be personal, but as my friend Mr. Johnson has made it a personal matter, I will endeavor to make a personal reply to his article. In the outset, let me say I feel highly honored with my new name, (Moses). Moses you know was a meek man* and oar, Savior said in his. sermon on the mouht, "Blessed are the meek." Moses was also a man slow of speech, not much*of a talker, bat he had a brother by the name of Aaron and Aaron was of mnch learning and a great talker, so God told Moses he would let his brother Aaron do his talking to the people for him. So God would call Moses off and talk to him telling him What to say to the people, and then Moses woold tell Aaron and Aaron would speak to the people, as he had a fine delivery, etc. Would to God that I was a Moses in the sight of God and my friend Johnson was my brother Aaron to talk to the people , ?. ' for me, saying only such things as God would have him say, as I am slow of speech and have not much learning, but * my friend Johnson seems to have much ? learning, book learning, judging from his article in reply to "Citizen." v In my article I only used plain English ' / language, giving plain facts, and I think I have the endorsement of the majority of our best citizens, although only one \ - "/ has so expressed himself publicly. I am glad to know that I am nofr alone in my ignorance of the laws of Bamberg, as my friend Mr. Smoak says he has been here longer than I have, having been in Bamberg four years, he only knows of one la witting enforced and that was the hot law, four legged hogs. He knows of no law being enforced on the two legged ones, and we have some worse thaw the four legged. If you were to take a four legged hog to the dispensary and him drunk you would never be able to see him hanging around it any more for another drunk. God pity humanity being guilty of such things a hog would not be guilty of. We have them in our gutters, (two legged) wallowing and vomiting upon our streets and v^e hear them moan, and groan and muttering profanity, which is much worse than to hear the simple grunt of a four legged hog on our streets. My friend Johnson quotes the old adage on me that it is a duty bird thi^t foals its own nest, bat l tain* it would be a much dirtier bird to allow its nest to be made so filthy by others and make no t fuss about it. I should not have to com- . -t plain of these matters, but should be pro- < tected by the king bird, the ruling bird, of \ all the nests of our community. We are taught in holy writ that we should not. act hypocritically, yet my friend would ..Y have me to say to the outside world that " my nest was mean when it is foul. Hr .^ wants me to sit still and inhale the OdOr ' which is poisonous and will cause death.' God says by their fruits shall he know them. Brother Johnson, what kind of fruit are you bearing from your municipal reign? Are they not perishable? Ton have allowed thorns and thistleh to now up to maturity and they have choked out all that is good, when you should have had the thorns and thistles cut down be- * fore they matured. You should have preserved peace and order instead. Now, Mr. Editor, I wish to say that I have always held my friend Mr. Johnson in high esteem, and he would have been , %;> the last man I would have thought would have assailed me on my religious views. , He insinuates very largely on this line. I I would not have been surprised at being | assailed by those who indulge in the evils i that I have mentioned that should be prohihirw* hntkbeinc assailed bv a wm of my friend's standing, I am more 'than surprised. I can not comment on all of bis insinuations, as it would take up too much of your valuable space, but I do want to express myself fully in plain \ English on the base ball question, "our National game," as my friend expresses it. I say it is an immoral game and is an abomination in the sight of God. No true Christian can afford to take part in it. j No true child of God will take part in it. Every man, every woman, and every child at the age of responsibility that goes or attends a game of base ball, if the Bridegroom was to come while they were in attendance on the grounds they all would be without the wedding garment on, they would be without oil in their. lamps, and my friend where does God's holy word say all such shall go? Answer: hell. The sentence would be, "Depart ye cursed into everlasting punishment." It makes no difference if they are ministers of the gospel who look keenly upon the game; they would also be resurrected as a goat. No sheep would be found on the diamond, as they call it some times. I make no expeptions to the ministers. My friend Johnson says we have them who look keenly on such wickedness, but I truly hope we have none in Bamberg. Now, Mr. Editor, the writer is not perfect; he has been guilty of many sins of ? . omission and commission since being in your midst, but he is a strong believer in perfection. He believes that no man goes to heaven unless he becomes a perfect child of God in this world, in this present life of ours. The writer has a little pamphlet now in process of print on this sub* rnunthar thincro T vaiiIH J eel. 1UC1C alb UU1V4 HUUtQU nVMO ike to touch upon in my friend's article, but time and space will not allow. Now Moses will close by saying he truly hopes that his friend will be converted and that he will become Moses' brother Aaron to help him hold up his hands. Let us walk together, let us work together lifting up holy hands; let us be no longer goats which have such strong odor, but let us become as sheep whose sheperd is Christ, then we will not be found any more upon the diamond keenly looking upon a game of base ball, let it be called National or what not. Very respectfully, Moses. P. S. The writer, Moses, would be very glad to see an upheaval of righteousness in Bamberg; would be glad to see her name changed to Zion, the holy Zion, and the word holy means pure and perfect. Moses.