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THE BAMBEBG HERALD ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 JL? W. KXIGHT, Editor. Raxes?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for iix 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 No fcices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices 8c. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, July 13,1905 Let us eliminate from the town any stragglers who hesitate to believe in Bamberg. * * * With John Hay dead Mr. Roosevelt will do well to keep out of diplomatic squabbles. * * * Here's to the men of the wee small hours as they assemble at White Stone this. week. * * * Wherever you go, let thai good word be spoken which will help your town. It will help you also. * * * There were enough accidents partaking of the strenuous nature on the Fourth of July, to satisfy the most strenuous. * * * The editor of this newspaper wanted electric lights and waterworks for Bamberg as much as any citizen in the town, but for the last month or more we have doubted the wisdom of contracting for them now on account of the probable death of the dispensary and the loss of profits to the town. Our town has heretofore received nearly three thousand dollars a year from this source, and with this gone taxes would have to be increased in order to pay for lights and water. This we were opposed to, and stated to members of council some weeks ago that it would be best to let the matter drop for the present if possible. Now that the franchise has expired, we hope council will not allow the parties to come in and put up the plant, and we understand that is their attitude. Let us see where the money is to come from before we incur this indebtedness. It is better for us to do without these conveniences for a while rather than increase ta^es. In case the dispensary is killed county taxes will have to be increased, and that is all we can stand for the present. The Press Association. The men who work from the beginning of a year through the ending of the same, never taking note of a holiday except to call the attention of others to the fact that it is a holiday, are in session this week at White Stone. These pencil pushers deserve the rest and all the pleasure which such a gathering permits. There will be treats for the old stager who has served the commonwealth as * member of the fourth estate; there will be no lack of inspiration for the young man who is ready to cast his lot with the stirring turmoil of newsgatherers; and for every one there will be helpful papers of information and interest. Such a convention of men is peculiar to itself, there is nothing just like it in the world,perhaps pride and prejudice-pride belonging to us and prejudice to outsiders-will be excused long enough for it to \>e said that there is nothing quite so fine as a gathering of these men who toil upward in the night and prepare the news for their readers. A Convention Pictnre. A convention of representatives from the various chambers of commerce, boards of trade and such organizations has been " A X 4.: proposed ior August iuq, me meeuug iu be held in Columbia. Every town and city of South Carolina which has such an organization will be represented and the advantages of each discussed and advertised in convention assembled. Real ' estate dealers will also be present. That much good may come from such a meeting is very likely. The question naturally arises: Will Bamberg be in the picture, or will we sleep in bliss, content with little bliss and still less of improvement? Will our resources, which compare so favorably with those of other towns and communities,be brought before the public at the convention or suffer to be unspoken of? Some definite organization of our business men is necessary, not only that Bamberg may be in the convention, but it is, aside from that, hightime that such a concentration of interest be developed. The main aim of the convention seems to be to develop South Carolina resources. Certainly Bamberg will not lag behind the rest of South Carolina. Will Bamberg be there? Yes or no; to be silent and inactive will mean no, but action means yes. Notice. A reunion of company G., 1st S. C. V., will take*place at the Bethesda church on the 10th day of August, 1905. All confederate soldiers and the community at large are cordially invited to attend with well filled baskets. Judge James F. Izlar and Jessie F, Carter have been invited as speakers of the day, J. B. Hcnteb, J. C. Copelasd, W. T. Beabd, Committee. | THE PASSER-BY } The following thoughts are taken fron. that greatest of novels, Les Miserable?, by Victor Hugo: The simplest are sometimes the wisest. To be wicked does not insure pros perity. Ignominy thirsts for respect. The finger of God has written on the brow of every man?Hope! Tyranny follows the tyrant. There are instincts for every crises of life. Good thought as well as bad have their abysses. Diamonds are found only in dark places of earth; truths are found only in the depths of thought. In vain we chisel as best we can the mysterious block of which' life is made, the black vein of destiny appears continually. There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity among the higher. A little lie, an innocent lie, can such a thing exist? To lie is the absolute of evil. To lie a little is not possible; he who lies lies a whole lie; lying is the very face of the demon. Satan has two names: he is called Satan, and the liar. As birds make a nest of anything, children make a doll of no matter what. One hundred years is youth to a church but old age to a private mansion; it would seem that the dwelling partakes of man's brief existence, and the dwelling place of God, of his eternity. Have no fear of robbers or murderers. Such dangers are without and are but petty. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. The hatred of luxury is not an intell:gent hatred. It implies a hatred of the arts. We live in a sad society. Succeed; that is the advice which falls, drop by drop from the overhanging corruption. A character as well as a rock may be worn into by drops of water. Such marks are ineffaceable; such formations indestructible. The Passing of the Merry-go-round. That beastly thing that goes around And makes us people cuss and swear Has made its exit from the town Ne'er to return within the year. Ach himmel! how it makes us feel To hear those horses running round As the organ plays its spiel? The same old tune?it will not down! It makes us feel powerful fine Just to think that we can snooze And never hear that organ grind Into our heads like mountain booze. So here's to the great merry-go-round May it hit the fastest train Leaving Bamberg for the south Ne'er to return this way again. Man's Skull Crashed. Spirtaxbukg, July 8.?Aaron Mull lies at the hospital with his forehead crushed in. He is in a precarious condition and his physicians entertain little hope of his recovery. His son, young Adolphus Mull, is accused of inflicting the terrible injury and has been committed to jail to await trial. It seems that Mull came to town on Thursday and sold some cotton. He then loaded up on mean whiskey, and went home bent on a row. He soon got into one with his whole family. In the melee, it would appear, he was brained with an axe. Circumstances point to the son as the wielder of the instrument. He, however, as well as the entire family, protest Viof fwon TTftO ? Af rf aU vuov tu</ uiu rnau naa uut OUUV& WlbUaiiy thing, but that in his drunken stupor, he fell against the side of the house, thus inflicting the injury. On the other hand his attending physicians declare that so severe a hurt could not have been brought about except by a blow fron some blunt instrument. Mull and his family live near Clifton. Altogether it is an ugly affair. The wounded man was unable to make a statement. The Delineator For August. From the standpoint of fashion the August Delineator is a most attractive number, portraying the midsummer styles in all their charm and variety; and it contains, besides the fashions, many feattures of interest to the general reader and practical householder. The first chapters of a new serial story by Helen M. Winslow is an item of note; it is called "At Spinster Farm" and relates the actual experience of a woman who forsook the busy city for the countryside and found there real peace and happiness. "The Lucky Piece" is continued, and there are also several short stories by Cyrus Townsend Brady and Lynn Roby Meekins. Of general interest are articles on "OldFashioned Timepieces," and "Old-TimeSummer Resorts,"and on Martin Luther's famous hymn, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God." Mothers will find Dr. Murray's paper on "Feeding the Child" well worth on/1 *t.IIJ ? ? 1 ? auu l\jl buc uuuaren LiiBm selves there are entertertaining stories and pastimes, including an "Animal Fairy Tale" by L. Frank Baum,and a "Son Riley Rabbit" story. House plans and housefurnishing ideas and suggestions in cookery and other housewifely matters complete the number, which is of much interest throughout. Flea in His Ear. "Pop!" "Yes, my son." "Are fleas very hard to catch?" "Very hard, my boy." "How is it, then, that mamma gets 'em so she can put 'em in your ears all the time?"?Yonk rs Statesman. II LYDIA'S QUORUM By BELLE MANIATES Copyright, 1905, by Belle Maniatos "Well, Lyddy, I'll get you the job If ! I can. but If s going to be a mighty | hard thing to get a 'coram,'" Deacon | Watrous was saying. "You see, that young Wight thinks we ought to have a man. Of course you'll have my vote, hut Bill Stiles is always straddlin' a fence, and the last man he talks to gets him. This young feller's highfalutin talk kind of caught Bill's fancy, and he was totterin', but I took him in hand, and now he's leanln' our way again. I'll stick to him tighter than a brother and keep him away from Wight till the j meetin' is over. It's tomorrow night" "You are so good, Deacon Watrous," i replied Lydia, raising grateful eyes, ' | "and if I get the place I'll do my best to vindicate your choice." "I'll do all I con, Lyddy," said the deacon. Lydia Gardner had spent the past summer away from home, and when i she returned to the farm she had | found the family in a state of gloom. Crops bad been poor, a number of cattle had died, and the inevitable mortgage had to be met Lydia proposed to 1 meet it by teaching In the district i school. She bad been reasonably certain of securing the position, counting i on the deacon and Bill for a quorum, 1 but now this young man, who had fallen heir to the farm of his uncle, John < Wight aad had come to the Corners in her absence, might carry bis point of hiring a man to teach. She simply had to have the position, and she determined to help Deacon Watrous in his efforts, to secure Bill's needed vote. It would be useless for her to appeal to Bill?"Weathercock Bill," as be was called. She resolved ? Ka'/I m/vrwi nrul onwvnntpr fhp IU 11mnr a wiu iuvtv ?m*u v^vw??v-v-. ?? enemy whom she had never seen. Hugh Wight was in the sitting room of the old homestead pondering over 1 this same subject of a quorum. When be succeeded to his inheritance he bad 1 determined to become a practical farmer and win the esteemed position his 1 uncle had ever maintained in the 1 "hearts of the simple country folk. They ' had laughed at the young man for 1 thinking he could be a farmer, but be ! had shown tlem he could learn from them and improve on their methods. 1 They were glad to have him succeed his uncle as a member of the school 1 committee. That seemed to be more in : his line. ] He had as firm convictions on the ed- ! ucational question as be had on most subjects, and he thought a man more ' fitted to wrestle with the difficulties of a country school than a woman. He 1 had not seen this applicant, but he did not approve of a young girl who had no preparation or experience in teaching. 1 In the midst of bis cogitations there was a rap at the outer door. He opened 1 it to admit a winsome, willowy girl with big, innocent eyes and an artless manner. "Are you Mr. Wight? I am Lydia Gardner." i He acknowledged the Introduction gravely and asked her to be seated. Hugh Wight was not a susceptible ' man, and Lydia's beauty only strength- 1 ened him in his belief that she was not < competent for the position of school- 1 teacher at the Corners. i "I am, as you know," she said, "a. candidate for the position of teacher. I hear that you are in favor of hiring a ' man for the place, and I don't suppose i anything that I could say would change 1 your opinion, x came to turn you uov to induce Bill Stiles to vote against me." He was somewhat surprised at this < frank appeal. He liked directness. ] "It means.a good deal to us," she continued earnestly, "and If I don't get 1 the place it will go very hard with my < father. My salary would heip him ] more than you can know." 1 Hugh felt as if he had been stealing i sheep. She did not want the money for fripperies, then, but to help her father. "What do yon mean by my influenc- j ing Bilir be asked. "If s like this," she explained. "Deacon Watrous is of course for me, and , Bill is, too, or would be, if you leave him alone and say nothing about the advantages of having a man, but the last person that approaches Bill has , him, and they say you have a con vine- | ing tongue. The deacon is going to try and keep Bill away from you until the meeting is over, but I didn't care to trust to l?at, so I came to ask you. i I wouldn't presume to ask you to vote , for me, only to let Bill alone." i Up to this time the eyes, voice and ; manner of the young man had not been at all encouraging, but in the hearty ] peal of infectious laughter that follow- ( Cd her request Lydia caught a note of appreciation, and some way she derivnri hnno Crrvm Mc r mn?u?mpnf" "Miss Gardner, it strikes me as rather odd that you should come and show me the way to gain my point and then , ask me not to take it" "Maybe it is," she said wistfully, , "but I didift know what else to da" He remained in deep study for a mo- , ment. He did not like to be influenced , by personalities, ] "Well," he said abruptly, "I'll not , 8peak to Bill or in his presence about 1 this matter, and ni waive my objec tlons .for this year and vote for you myself, though I still believe a man Bhould have the place." i Two bright spots burned in Lydia's ! cheeks. "Thank you. I win now have another incentive to do my beet I shall < try to show you that I can fill the po- I sitlon as acceptably as a man. Too i look incredulous. They ..all said about here that you. a 'city chap,' could never make a farmer, but you showed them you could. I'll show you I can make a teacher." Having made this telling point Lydia took her departure. Immediately the housekeeper came in and expressed her approval of Wight's concession. "Lyady's a smart.gal, and for ail her purty looks and baby way she's got a heap of grit Pity her pa didn't have it He used to be a professor, and he's eddicated Lyddy to use good speech." At the meeting the next night Lydia received a unanimous vote, and when school opened she was installed as teacher. She made companions of the big boys and girls and pets of the little ones. The country people were perfectly satisfied. In due course of time Deacon Watrous and Bill Stiles came to make the accustomed visit. Lydia was fully prepared for this occasion aDd invited them to question the class. They knew but a few questions to ask, and as they had paid many visits to the school the pupils knew the answers by heart Then Lydia asked them to sing a stirring war song and a hymn. Bill's little girl spoke a piece, carefully rehearsed beforehand. The two members went away enthusiastic over the new teacher and told Wight he had better go and see for himself. And he did, appearing suddenly and unexpectedly near the close of an Indian summer afternoon. Lydia's expression of dismay caused a titter of appreciation among the older boys. Instead of a reprimand she gave them an Imploring look that could not be withstood, and order reigned at once. Lyiia felt that the visitor had noted the look and Interpreted it as a confession of Inability to govern. Just as she was about to call upon the school for a song little Bob Hanks let loose a mouse he had carefully confined in his book bag. Excitement prevailed among the girls and delight among the boys. Had Lydia known that she was to lose her position she would still have done as she did now, Jumped up on her chair. Hugh caught the mouse, threw it out of the window, ejected Bob and his book bag and in stentorian tone restored order. Lydia came down from ber chair and in her confusion called upon the arithmetic class to come forward. She wished that LIge Jenkins tiad remained at home that day. Arithmetic was not his forte. She planned adroitly to omit him, but the visitor instantly detected the omission and pounced upon the unfortunate lad. "Lige," be asked, "bow many times loes 9 go in 27?" To Lydia's dismay Lige promptly stepped to the blackboard and commenced a solution via long division. Anally putting down 2 for an answer. "Try again, Lige," urged Wight cheerfully. Lige then substituted the figure 4 for 2. "You've got another guess coming, Lige." The boy looked bewildered, and Lyiia desperately came to his rescue. "Lige, won't ft go three times?" she asked insinuatingly. Lige looked at her axiously. "Why, yes,'' he replied slowly, "it will, but ifs a dern'd tight squeezer' Then came that delightful unconstrained burst of laughter that Lydla bad heard ,onoe before from Hugh Wight The school Joined with him. The teacher looked at the clock and thankfully observed it was time for dismissal. She stood at the door until the last scholar had vanished. Then she came back to the platform, where Wight still sat and Lige lingered. "Say," observed the lad earnestly, Taint her fault. I never did know authin' about 'rithmetic nohow. She's the best teacher we ever had." This touch of sympathy from the little champion was too much for Lydla. Her self control slipped, and her bead went down on the desk. "Lige," said Wight gently, "you did better than I expected. There are lota of things in hfe more desirable than a knowledge of the science of numbers. Take this dime and go down to the Corners and see what it will buy." The boy sped happily away. Lydla raised her head. A little gleam of anger and defiance flashed through the tears. "You can send and get a man teacher as soon as you want to. I am glad I am not a man." "So am I, Lydla," be said heartily, with snch earnestness of voice and eyes that the slender hand of the schoolteacher went up in a pathetic little way to her eyes. '1 am your 'quorum,' you know," he Bald whimsically, but with the new softness still in his voice, "and I didnt come to inspect the school nor the scholars, but to take the teacher driving. Will she go?" Her hands came quickly down from ber eyes, whose dimness was melting away in a glow of pleasure. "Yes," she replied, "I will go." The New England Kitchen. There la a kind of sentiment about the kitchen in New England?a kind of sentiment not provoked by other rooms. Here the farmer drops In to Bpend a few minutes when be comes back from the barn or field on an errand. Here in the great, clean, sweet, comfortable place, the busy housewife lives, sometimes rocking the cradle, sometimes opening and shutting the oven door, sometimes stirring the pot darning stockings, paring vegetables or mixing goodies in a yellow bowl The children sit on the rteps, stringing beans, shelling peas or bulling berries, the cat sleeps on the floor near the wood box and the visitor feels exiled if he stays In sitting room or parlor, for here, where die mother Is always busy, Is the heart of the farmhouse.?Century. It ! # tft tf? i I HC (Weather Such hot days cert s ? thin dresses. We 1 jj? of such seasonabl jj? hand a large assc lawns at prices 1 fj interest you. : : & j _ tj 15 PIECES * J Sheer Gauze Batiste jj All the new Floral. Designs, ajso the Dainty Pen Dots and jj* Stylish Checks, unusually fine goods for the moderate price of if on'y _ ii lO Cents i i* t? =========== iff Colored Organdi I >. ? Solid Cdlors, all the New Pret!j? ty Shades, rich in finish and very 2; popular. These are excellent ?1 ? goods at our Special price of II lO Cents sj ==_? *i :? JL :-:send us yo Hit samples chee i i. ? ? ?? t 17 t 11 neoaore &oo I a: Orangeburg, 4* 4* *4* *4* *4* *4* *4* ?4? *4* *4* ?4* *4* +4* < llCE CI gSaj When you want delicious I Jo?M O Y sari I have a bigjtrade on Ml prepared to send it ou s(8 deliver Cream from 1 packing cans. These MI Cream for a day and mi i gallon, packed wi j|| 3 quarts, packed w || 2 quarts, packed w i| i quart, packed wi JM. moyi I Kinds of P< Can be found at the Di Hoover, which can be I prices. 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