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i TEE BAMBERG HEMLD ESTABLISHED IN APRIL. 1891 jL* &}s IGHT* Editov ' Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for ?ix 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 Noatip rent 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 Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for.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, July 6,1905 John Hay. John Hay, an American statesman of peace loving character, who has so ably served his country as Secretary of State for nearly seven years, has been called to his higher reward. Diplomatic triumphs, as well as journalistic and literary successes, have been his, and he has held the ship of state in "the even tenor of his way," bringing prosperity to the American common% wealth. In after years when the youth of the 1 and read of him in history, perhaps many things will be developed ana given mtu light which are secret to ns of today; and it is probable that he will then stand forth even more as a statesman than he does now. They will know that a journalist has written, a statesman has acted, and a man of great heart has lived, all in the life of Mr. John Hay. : . g-v Independence Day. Yesterday, July the Fourth, was the one hundred and twenty-ninth anniver/' sary of the Declaration of Independence, and celebrations were held throughout the whole length and breadth of the land. ? From the proud ruler of the nation to the humblest laborer on the farm there doubtless came a feeling of pride and thanksgiving to the leaders who initiated H : the course which later led to the freeing of the American colonies from the British hminnv. ? V Wherever the stars and stripes are f flowing to the breezes, there dwells the spirit of liberty. Wherever there is a son of the great democracy who holds constitutional liberty for aught, there was a feeling on the great Fourth of July that it was his own individual day. The school boy who in a spirit perhaps of unconsciousness, gave vent to his feelings of hilarity, down in the depths of his |e S heart was expressing that same great principle which has become his inheri? tance through the time which has transpired since the memorable year 1776. There is a great deal of thought to be had for the care of thinking, if any one would seriously ask the question to self, as to what the day, just celebrated, stands for. But in the end the final thought is % \ that it is but the expression of love for country, love for home, and love for k the individual. TIia Pntfnti "Mat-trot ' 1UC VVIIVU luuiavvi There was considerable interest and excitement caused here on Monday by the great advance in cotton. The local dealers were seen talking in tones that showed delight; there is a feeling of hope which is beginning to pass into a belief, that good prices will be realized for the crop this season. Of course many things may happen to send the price of the fleecy staple down at a hurrying pace, but as the > v time for the gathering of the harvest comes nearer day by day, it seems probable that handsome profits will be handled by the merchants and farmers. Taken as a whole, according to a well to do farmer of this section, the crop here will be much shorter than last year, even forty per ? a \ cent. less. But with the prices ranging upward toward the coveted twelve cent margin there can be seen no possible y reason why the county and State at large should not be in a prosperous and flourishing condition when the harvest is in, and $ the shekels counted. December and November were quoted Monday at 10.60 and M 10.65. Bg*' y. ?' Cooking by Linar Measure. During his recent journey to Washington to attend the opening of the Fifty eighth Congress, says Collier's, Representative "Tim" Sullivan, of New York, desired the dusky attendant in the buffet car to fetch him some soft boiled eggs. When they were brought,the New York man at once perceived that the eggs were very much underdone. "What time are we making on this train?" asked he of the attendant. > "About fifty miles an hour, sir," was the reply. "Then," quietly observed Sullivan, "if you will boil those eggs another mile they'll be all right. $3,500 Fire at Chester. Chester, June 27.?A stubborn fire broke out in the cotton warehouse of the Spring Cotton Mill this afternoon about 4 o'clock, doing considerable damage to the building and partially destroying about 200 bales of cotton. The fire company promptly responded and after about an hour's hard work got the flames under control. The damage is estimated at $3,* 500, fully covered by insure nee. The Glorious Fourth. Tuesday was the fourth of July, and it was quietly observed in Bamberg. The bank, dispensary, and the postoffice were closed, and the cotton mill shut down for the day. All the business houses of cown were open, but not much business was done. The Bessinger reunion was held at Spring Branch church, and several from town attended. | THE PASSER-BY j; The Woodlands. A place of art is not more supreme Among the beauties of earth divined and schemed Than a palace of oaks by nature grown And nurtured by man as a child of his own; Helpless in youth, protecting in age, To the ignorant a model, and to the sage An enduring structure, which leading on Gives food for a thought now and anon: Gray bearded the moss clings all around As a man of strength not bowed down Though three score and ten have long been passed And bears up bravely though harrassed On every side by storm; and joy Is apparent now as a boy: Having a spirit to grow and remain A monument lasting yet not vain Because of its power and of its charm, Fearing nor yielding to any alarm; Always faithful to the Master who planned The growth of the statue, the length of the spanSuch a palace I've known where gigantic oaks As fine as e'er grown Itet unwrit of in booksForm a place of beauty and of love; They grow even yet and yet ne'er move, They whisper sad yet beautiful hymnsThe oaks of "The Woodlands," the home of Simms. > With Carnegie and Rockefeller racing to see who can give most money, that abominable thing, perhaps a little will stray down here after while. The Russian laborers are determined that there is no freedom where there is ?? lihortv UU WUOUbUkiUUai UVVKJ. With the prospect of Tillman and McLanrin in the big ring next summer,there is some outlook for a little excitement of the strenuous sort. Our life is what we make it: We cannot shun the race Then hope to overtake it By the hopeless downward pace. The following lines have been often quoted, and yet the author is unknown; can any one tell who is the writer? "Our lives are songs God writes the words And we set them to music at leisure, And the soul is sad, or the song is glad As we choose to fashion the measure. We must write the song I Whatever the words, Whatever the rhyme or metre, And if it be sad we must make it glad And if sweet we must make it sweeter." The Optimist. If my soul is glad, no solitude Can make sad my jolly mood. If the day is dark and the night Seems long and dreary,?'twill soon be light. If fear controls my noays sirengin I look for freedom, it comes at length. If foes oppress and make me feel The stinging lash, I 'twill heal. If all goes wrong I hope and know 'Twill not last long and let it go. If critics laugh and scorn and blame I gimply feel 'twas not for them?. But for my own joy, and then I trust God first, later men. If you want a higher grade buggy than you can find elsewhere, call at G. Frank Bamberg's. One night Sir Henry Irving, on getting into a cab, gave the driver a fine Havana cigar. By the time the end of the journey was reached the cabby was putting on airs. His hat was on one side, and sitting bolt upright, he was smoking with keen enjoyment?an enjoyment that rejoiced the heart of the actor, who told him he was glad he liked the cigar. "Yes, I do. I never dreamed of such tobacco!" Thereupon Irving gave the jehu another cigar of the same brand with the injunction to smoke it after sapper. "No sir, I won't, for the very smell of such a cigar as this in my house would make the landlord double my rent." A certain draper only excused the faults of his assistants if they could justify them by Scripture. One day a lady entered the shop and asked to see some material, but refused to buy it because it was too cheap. After showing her some other goods the assistant brought track the same material and asked a higher price, and the lady bought it. The proprietor had witnessed the transaction and afterward reproved his assistant. The latter, remembering the rules of theestablishment, replied: "She was a stranger, and I took her in." He was excused. Another Equation. A Baltimorean who has a summer home near Westminister, says the Baltimore Herald, was explaining Socialism and the theory of equality in all things to one of his country neighbors. "You see it's this way," said the Baltimorean, "if a man has two houses and his friend needs one he should give it up. Do you believe in that?" "Yass, that's fair enough," said the rural one, ruminatingly. "And," continued the Baltimorean, "if he has $200 he should immediately give i his neighbor half of it." ; "That Socialism is a prutty good thing ^ if thet's what it teaches," agreed the farmer. "You see," said the Baltimorean, "it makes all of us equal. Now, for instance, | if I needed a hog and you had two hogs"? "Hold on, hold on," interrupted the ! tiller of the soil excitedly,"thet ain't fair, !you know darned well that I got two [ hogs." FORCED TO STARVE, j B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky., says: I OA rrnft T eti r ui <vv y vai o x ouuwtu agvuxvoj mtu a sore on my upper lip, so painful, sometimes, that I could not eat After vainly trying everything else, I cured it, with Bucklen's Arnica Salve." It's great for burns, cuts and wounds. At all druggists in Bamberg; Felder and Matthews, Denmark. Only 25c. Joe Adams, colored, was convicted in Aiken on Friday of burning a barn belonging to a Mrs. Moseley, and was recommended to mercy. The judge sentenced him to 30 years in the penitentiary. BETTER ERA FOR INDIANS Plan to Safeguard Their Interests aod the Government's. POLICY ADOPTED BY P. E. LEUPP Boor OommiMloiMr of lafUn Affmtn vol Awavd OooUboU for lopplW. Socmi of So Cnllod lUdoa Ordev, Which Boo CoopetM AUebodled Bod Mon to Bora Thdr Own LMn*. Foot Looming Voloo of BI0007. VWa rvnt? VI T ZHirtn Mwnm(aoWwM> nt Indian a Tain, baa planned for himself a busy summer, saps a special Washington correspondent of the New York Post He recently superintended the opening of Mds for supplies for the Indian sendee at Chicago, St Louis and New York, and soon he is to go to Ban Francisco to perform the same doty. He will then- start on a tour of Indian agencies In the west In connection with the award of contracts for Indian supplies Mr. Leupp has adopted s policy which he believes will safeguard the Interests of the government and the Indians as well. In the purchase of tnedidnes, for example, the commissioner bad all the samples analysed by-a professor of chemistry si the Chicago university to test the pm4ty of the drugs. Then he had a weD known druggist examine the goods and the price list to say whether the supplies were offered to the government at a fair price. Quality was always placed before cheapness. Then In order to learn whether the drugs and hospital supplies were suitable for dtetrttKcdoo among the Indians the commissioner bed one of his agency phyetcSasa, a man vrt? baa been among the Indiana for fifteen years, pick oat the kinds that the Indians cook! be moat easily induced to take. Indiana are move particular a boot the sort of bandage used to bind their limbs and about the appearance of the medicine they take than they are about the food they eat, and Indian physicians have to respect many little prejudices along this Hoe. The same plan was pursued with ekrthing and other suppQea, and Mr. Lenpp believes that he win get better materials, with less loss, by reason -of waste than hereto-. fore. The recent appeal of Indian Agent John H. Brennan at Pine Ridge agency, Sooth Dakota, for work for the aWebodted malt Indians under his care calls attention to one of the most important steps taken txnder President Roosevetfs direction for the advancement of these wards of the nation. ? -A.*- - ? ? MAMAM Aedop XXI IS was UK 8U wwu rauvu vrm Issued about two years ago. It provided that where rations were issued none should thereafter be given to maie Indians who were a We to work, but that Instead the Indians should be employed wherever possible in construction work on the reservations, for which they were to be paid regular wages. The new policy was successful from the beginning When the order was first pat In force there was some grumbling on the part of the older Indians because the young men were forced to work for a living; but, generally speaking, the younger men took bold and aided the agents willingly. One of the reports submitted relates that some of the Indians were so taken with the Idea of getting out and earning money for themselves (hat ; they neglected their farms and had to be forced to attend to their own needs. The application of this order fell generally. upon the Sioux and mostly In the state of Sooth Dakota. Major Brermsn, at Ptne Ridge, has expended about $80000 during the current fiscal* year for Indian labor. At Boaabod; in the same state, Da. McCbeaney, the agent, has paid the Indians nearly flOOyOGO for work sinoe July 1, 1904, the beginning of the current fiscal year. What the new po&qr has resumed tn is shown by (be reports of agents. Ira A. Batch, at the Cheyenne River agency, in his last annual report said: The contraction of the ration policy and tbe expansion of tbe tabor policy ore doing more la a practical way for tbe cfvfSxstlon of tbeae people tb&n any ptan ever before Inaugurated. It baa brought them to a realisation of tbe worth of their tabor, and they are showing this most markedly In the Intelligent purchase of materials they now make and of good* for beaottfyIng their homes. The policy Is tending to make them independent and eelf rebant, and they eagerly seize tbe opportunity of working whenever they are able.* Harry D. Chamberlain, agent at Crow Creek, spent over fl2#00 in Indian labor during tbe last fiscal year and In bis report says: "It Is Indeed gratifying to see so many of my Indiana anxious to work and earn their own living. Even some of tboee over fifty years of age who were permitted to retain their radon tickets have come to the office and surrendered them and requested to be furnished with work In lien of radons.* Tbe agent at Lower Brule says that the working system has been carried on with success and that tbe Indians are fairly good workers and are fast learning tbe value of money. Similar commendation Is given tbe new policy by other agents, and all agree that It has done more toward tbe advancement of tbe Indians than any policy heretofore adopted by the government President Rooeerelfs practical experience with the Indians has been applied in more ways than one since be entered the executive otftce/ The Southern raihvay has lately appropriated $40,000 for the sreetiop buildings for the tosng Men*v Christian association at dtviefon po&bi OOV? I/fS TO SAVE CHILD , 8cy Wottfd Ha<0* T>rotvntd but For Timtly Hwctw-A GrOttuomr Sbvfm. Robert Cook, assistant Janitor of a New York pabtic school, had a very unusual adventure recently in a dark and noisome sewer. He plunged into it unhesitatingly and, without light or other guide than faint cries for help, saved a boy of five from death. The child had been carried by the swift rush of water at least twentyfive feet from the manhole, where be bad been pushed in or bad fallen, and when the rescuer appeared at the opening, after an absence of fifteen minutes, with the boy on bis back, j alive and unhurt, be was greeted with hysterical enthusiasm by hundreds of women and cheers by hundreds of men. Fifteen to twenty boys were playing on the street after the rain ceased, and their attention was attracted by a rope's knot in the top- of the cover of a manhole. They were curious - to see what was beneath and after twenty minutes' exertion succeeded In lifting the cover from its place. A roar of rushing waters came up through the aperture, and as the cordon pushed closer Laome Lartgan, a frail little fellow, got on the inner edge of the circle. Nobody knew just bow it happened, but there was a sudden splash, a smothered scream and the child disappeared. The boys scattered instantly and ran through the streets shouting: "Get a rope! Get a rope! Somebody*s in the sewerf Cook was near the school, when be beard the cry and saw the boys run. He dasbetf over to the open manbote and looked down. Prom the surface of the street to the top of the sewer Is a distance of some fifteen feet, and the Janitor could see nothing but an inky blackness, but be could bear a thin little voice crying: "Oh! Ob! Take me out! Take me out!" Then came a gurgle as if the voice had been stifled. Again it came fainter than before: "Oh! Oh! Mamma! Mamma!" That was enough. Peeling off his coat, but not stopping to remove his shoes, Cook lowered himself into the bote, going down the steel ladder at the side, of which the last rung is directly over the top of the flood that boils through the tunnel. He looked up as be reached the rung at the bottom and saw the sky above him. Then be dropped in and turned his bead in the direction of the puny cry for aid. Once more be beard the feeble scream, but it sounded like one choking. T%ttmln/y Kio ftuvk InfA thn /^QvlrTUMfl XUiUlUg mo UiVV tMV he swam and was carried w+th the cur BB CAME *0 THE BOY, MABVELOU8LT pbeseeted fbom death. rent that was sweeping through the arched tunnel. The tight from the manhole enabled him to see for about ten feet, but beyond that the darkness was almost thick enough to be fett Cook kept his head above water and as dose to the roof of the sewer as be could. The fumes almost stifled him, and motion through the thick mud was slow. Once more came the plaintive cry, then so weak that he was not sure whether fancy was not playing him a trick, bet as he swept fifteen feet farther on be came to the boy, marvekmsly preserved from death, on a bank of sewage which had piled up against the wall of the arch. The janitor seised the child, tossed him on his hack, clasped his little arms round his own neck and told him to bold oo tightly. Then be turned and started back for the point of light, which he could see dimly twenty-five feet away. It was swimming against the tide, this going hack, but rescuer and rescued got there, and one of the hnn^KMk r?f mon wtin had seen th? ion. ftor go to what seemed certain death climbed down the ladder and stretched forth hla hand to help the exhausted TTmrt up. "Take him first," gasped Cook. Tm all right Take the boy." The child was lifted out, and as be was brought to the surface half a thousand persons crowded arocnd. "Glad I got him," said Cook, "hot it didn't amount to anything. Hope the kid teat hurt" il: ?Ii iliil! il; il; il! tli tl; ili ill1 I H( {Weather Such hot days cen thin dresses. 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