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THE BAHBEBG HERALD ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A. Jr. KNIGHT, Editor. Rates?51-00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?51.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. -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 Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for.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 27, 1905 When it comes to writing up trips abroad on anocean liner or a meeting of the South Carolina Press Association, our good friend, Col. Bacon, is the whole hog. * * * * There is one good thing about John L. McLaurin and that is that he never hesitates to declare himself on any question. He some times takes unpopular positions, but we have never known him to straddle an issue yet. * * * A good many people are wondering whether Robert Keith Dargan, of Darlington, is really dead or not, but doubt\ less most of those who lost money by his operations will agree that if he is not dead, he ought to be. * * * We are glad to place on our exchange list the Spartanburg Daily Herald. Under the editorship of H. L. Watson and the business management of W. W. Holland, it is making great strides forward. P. H. Fike is the city editor. * . * * Railroad Commissioner Wharton made & speech one hour and five minutes loug at a picnic in Pickens county, at Table Bock, last Friday. And yet there is no report of anybody dying of sunstroke or too much "hot air." Those Pickens county mountaineers must be a hardy lot. V * SKs ' * * v We are glad to note that the women are going into journalism in South Carolina. While Mrs. Young is the only woman editor in the State running a newspaper of her own, still there are a number of bright women connected with various daily and weekly papers, and their numbers grows larger each year. rf * * * Bamberg has some citizens who really ought to move. They seem to be always sore on the town for some reason or other, and we respectfully submit that to be always fly blowing your home town is *>v >oriinfr]v had taste. Either talk up VAVVV>? ?OV for your town or move. There should be $o room here for kickers and croakers. * * * . An interesting and valuable book is soon to be published. It will be called "Men of Mark in America," and will consist of biographical sketches of our most prominent men. Mr. J. C. Hemphill, editor of the News and Courier, will be the editor in chief, assisted by several others. -No paid biographies will be inserted, and it is the purpose to have a correct and comprehensive sketch of the life of a man who has done something. * * * The article in last week's Sumter Watchman and Southron in reference to the recent meeting of the South Carolina Press Association, embodied our ideas exactly, and is along the line of a paragraph in our paper last week. Of course we all like a good time, and with many of us this annual meeting is the only holiday received, but we trust that the suggestions in the Watchman's article wiil receive more attention at the next meeting. * * / It begins to look like Bamberg will not * HP I. /v I bare a cotiori wareuuuse. xnc xamiuo are taking no interest in tlie matter, and it is certain that the warehouse will not be built unless those who are to receive the most benefit raise at least a part of the capital stock. But we doubt very much if our farmers will go into any warehouse scheme. The failure of the Alliance warehouse here some years ago has made them chary of such enterprises. We would be glad to see the warehouse erected, and we have no doubt but that the enterprise would pay, as well as being a fine thing for the farmers of this section. But just so long as we pursue the policy of "every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost," we will not have this or other enterprises in the town. * * * Mr. J. Frank Fooshe, editor of the Winnsboro News and Herald, in his write-up of the State Press Association meeting, says there is a growing sentiment in favor of doing away with wines, etc.,at the annual banquet served at these meetings. We think Mr. Fooshe is mistaken in saying that a majority of the members favor such a course. We have heard no one express themselves on the matter or offer any objection to the wines or punch, and judging from the way a large majority of the members seemed to enjoy these "extras" at the recent banquet, we think they would seriously object if they were eliminated. There is nothing compulsory about drinking these refreshments, and those who don't want to can leave it alone. However, they should not want to deprive others who do enjoy them. Our experience is that many of these temperance advocates will take a drink on the sly, but we are not alluding to Mr. Fooshe in this connection. I THE PASSER-BY f < Happiness. In ages past man was given A seed to plant in life's domain; It was a gift fresh from Heaven ^ To man free from any stain. For innocent man free from care, The gem was sown by God's own hand, ' " T ' ? ?vA A A VA I Up sprang m joy s own piav;c?a mk, Made to grow bv foolish man. J Could man have known what he had sown From a seed sown to bless, He with remorse would have torn Love's habitation from his breast. But men today yearn for thee Who hath to realms not ours flown; 1 We wish for thee, that thou wouldst be J The keeper of our life alone. * But hearts are few where thou dost reign ? < With uncontested power, For envious men do intervene Between us and thee, thou fairest flower. In God's garden grown. When men perceive That to receive Is not of life the best, But that to give Is to live Thou wilt return?Happiness ! Politicians and Editors. Something has been said in reference to the presence of three candidates for governor at the State press meeting at White Stone Springs. We agree with the idea that their presence there was in bad taste, even if invited. The truth of the matter is that M. L. Smith was invited to be'present and to speak, Col. Jno. T. Sloan got himself "sorter" invited, and Mr. Ansel came without any invitation at all. Messrs. Sloan and Ansel seemed to be awfully afraid that Mr. Smith would get the ear of the newspaper men and thus get an advantage in the race. We are like our good old friend, Col. Bacon, "agin" the whole lot. However, we must do each of the gentlemen the justice to state tnat pontics >\as uui mentioned in their speeches or in private conversation so far as we know. In fact, there was no discussion of politics at the meeting by anybody, and our only regret is that the meeting should have assumed a political aspect because of the presence of these three candidates. While on this subject we want to say that we would be glad to see Elbert H. . Aull, our State president, in the race for ( governor. His views suit us, and he'd j make a good one. ( Never mind, DeCamp> The idea of your building and loan cartoon was all right, even if the cut was not so artistic. ' Why They Laughed. ? She entered her husband's office in the financial district about 3 o'clock in the , \ t afternoon, in plenty of time to go out to r dinner with him, says the New York Sun. i She was young and fair and beautifully dressed, but it required no second glance 1 to see that she was angry. < "I think it is abominable," she said. ^ "Coming down in the open car there were four creatuers in the seat behind me who did nothing but laugh and make fun . of my dress, and I know there is nothing j wrong about it. You can see that for s vnurself"?turning her back. t J "My dear," said her husband. "I will 1 break the news to you as gently as possi- J ble. As you say, there is nothing the * matter with your dress. That peek-a-boo * shirt waist is simply ravishing. But?it re- j veals about an inch and a half of porous z plaster on your back, and it was this, no c doubt, that caused the creatures to t laugh." c He saved the price of the dinner, but it t cost $4 to get them home in a cab. A Good Oath. % A Saluda county magistrate is respou- j sible for the following oath, which he recently administered to a jury of his court: "You solemnly swear that you and each of you will tend" to your own business, do 1 the best you can and give justice to both ^ parties, so help you God." s No Doubt of His Honesty. s It is only a few years since Woonsock- 1 et missed for good the familiar face of ? Alf Church, for a long time deputy sher- t iff and chief of police, a man who was \ straightforward and blunt in all his deal- v ings. One day a grocer went to Alf for information about a certain Joe White, who had applied for credit and a book at his s store, and the following dialogue ensued: ? "Good mornin', Mr. Church." 1 . "Mornin'." c "Do you know Joe White?" ? "Yes." "What kind of a feller is he?" I "Putty fair." 1 "Is he honest?" 1 "Honest? I should say so. Been ar- f + 1 r* rr or*jl 1 ICMt'U t >\ 1V;U JLWi oaanuj^ aiavi aw|uiuv.u both ticies."?Boston Herald. I Now They Don't Speak. i The first dear girl was showing her new * engagement ring. "Don't you admire his taste ?" she t asked. t "Y-yes," answered dear girl No. 2. "As < far as jewelry is concerned, I do."?Dc- ^ troit Tribune! "Is Mr. Grapht in?" asked the visitor. "He's out; but I guess he's in," replied * the office boy. " i "What do you mean?" 1 "He's left. Did he owe you money?" ] "Yes." | "Well, you're left too." j Who were Commissioner Tatum's J friends who voluntarily took up a 1 collection among themselves and replaced s ?2,200 which dispensary inspector Brown < so mysteriously lost? The commissioner wouldn't mind us knowing, would he?? ; Carolina Spartan. ' Held as Hostage Mrs. Hess K^ept Her JVerxte When Threatened WJ ith 2> e a t h Her Husband Was Compelled to "Pay CbVer a Large Sum and She Was TaKen as Security. The experience of Judge Hess of Bel nont, Mo., in being captured by a ne;ro ex-convict and forced to obtain for be latter a large sum of money, forms t remarkable adventure. At the point )f a gun the negro compelled Judge lCBOSS his saddle lay the double BARRELED GUN. md Mrs. Hess to go with him to a rabin in the woods. There he held Mrs. 3ess a prisoner until the judge returnid with $000, which the negro, Bob SVitherspoon, claimed the state owed lim for loss of time during the two rears in the penitentiary. He demandid that Judge Hess pay the money, ;aying that he could afterward rerover it from the state. When the nejro received the $000 he ran from the :abin, and Judge Hess gave the alarm, rhe man was captured by a posse and langed. In telling the story of her experience drs. Hess, who is twenty-seven years >ld, said to a representative of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "I was preparing breakfast when the nan first appeared on the place. I saw le was armed and that my husband jras under some sort of restraint at lis hands. I thought he had got into ;ome trouble and Mr. Hess was . trying ;o straighten it out When I saw him lltching the buggy I supposed he was joing to drive to die scene of the trouile. I took his rubber boots to him md whispered the question should I iring him his revolver. He replied for ne to make no sign and not to suggest i revolver. Bob then ordered us to ease whispering, and I went back ino the house. A little later Mr. Hess :alled to me to go with him to town. /1 hrew a light wrap over my shoulders tnd put a sunbonnet on my head, dssed Jack, our two-year-old son, roodby, promised to bring him some lananas and went to the buggy. "Mr. Hess got in beside me, and Bob nounted a horse and rode close behind is. After we bad started Mr. Hess vhispered the true story to me. He ;aid: " 'Bob thinks the state owes him ?ome money and that I must pay it to lim. He is going to hold you as host ige unui l get tne money, bo you must >e very carefuL I'll try to outwit him, jut at any rate I'll get you away from lim soon after we get to town.' "I decided the only safe course was 'or me to keep perfect control of my?lf and not under any circumstances l!1ow him to see I was afraid of him. : laughed now and then as we rode md frequently peered through the ?lass in the back of the buggy to vatch Bob. He was riding with his torse's nose against our buggy; across lis saddle lay the double barreled shotjun, with both hammers cocked. Mr. less asked him to uncock the gun, as t might go off accidentally. " 'Never mind; I'll keep it cocked,' he eplied. 'It won't go off unless I want t to.' "We passed several persons along he road, but none of them suspected he trouble. They could not have help?d us had they tried to do so. I am juite convinced the man would have billed us at any sign of Interference. "Several times Mr. Hess asked Bob f we had not gone far enough. He eplied that he knew where he was gong and would tell us when to turn out Finally, when we were at the edge of :own, at the Hunter place, he comnanded Mr. Hess to get down and )pen the gate. Then we drove In Dack of a barn and a house, along the tide of the railroad track, to the Baptist ihurch and around that to a cabin. "Bob commanded us to stop there. Mr. Hess got out, tied the buggy corse and unhitched the traces. Then Bob ordered me into the house and cold Mr. Hess to go to town and get $GGO. He drew out a cheap watch. " Til give you just one hour and a half to get that money and bring it to me.' he said. 'If it ain't here at that time, there'll be a dead woman here when you do come.' "When Mr. Hess hurried away Boh took his horse to the back of the house and hitched It. Then he came into the house, fully armed, and began to pace up and down the floor. He ordered me into the room next to the church, looking out on the railroad track. Old AUDI z.yme was m mere. jl aeieu as though I were paying her a social call. "There was an old clock in the room. Its hands pointed to 8:40 when I went into the room. I watched the hour and a half go by?all but three minutes? and heard Bob pacing faster and faster and mumbling. Then I saw Parson Thurman running toward the house, holding a roll of money in one raised hand. Bob let him in and took the money. But he gave it back instantly, and I heard him say: " 'You go tell Judge Hess I said $600, and I've got to have all of it in paper. I'll give him half an hour nmre to get it here, and if it isn't here then there'll be a dead white woman on the floor.' "Thurman hurried away, and Bob came to the edge of the door and called. " 'What do you want Bob?' I asked. " 'I want to talk to you, Miss Prince,' he said. My maiden name was Prince Farris, and most of the negroes still call me 'Miss Prince.' " 'All right Bob,' I said, and. smiling as though I were not in the least afraid?although I was confident he was going to kill me?I went toward him. Aunt Zynie began to croon an ! moan. "Bob talked to me for several minutes, but be mumbled his words so 1 could not understand much he said. " 'I want you to tell the judge he'll gee ills money oacs, was one uniig 1 caught. " 'But how am I going to tell him. Bob,' I asked, 'if you kill me?' " 'I ain't going to hurt you, Miss Prince,' he said, *if the judge brings the money. But If he don't there's going to be a dead woman here.' "I went back to my seat, and Bob continued to walk the floor. The half hour was speeding away. Aunt Zynle had become so nervous I thought it better not to talk to her any more and she sat humped over and moaning. "Then I heard him working his gun. lifting and dropping the hammers, breaking and closing it. But five minutes of the half hour remained, and I was quite sure he would kill me at the end of that time. "I looked out of the window and saw men with guns detouring toward the railroad track and surrounding two sides of the house. Then I saw coming down the track Parson Thurman, rnnning again and holding np a large roll of bills?much larger than the other one. Bob let him in the door. I conld not hear what they said, except Thurman- seemed to be telling why Mr. Hess himself did not bring the money. Then I heard Bob say: " T was going to wait but three minutes longer. Then I was going to kill her and get away.' "I could not catch any more words until Thurman ran into the room. " 'You're free, Miss Prince!' he cried. "Aunt Zynie shouted 'Glory!' and I began to laugh. I ran out of the front door; men with guns were running along the track; I saw a switch engine i I WAVED MY HANDKEBCHIEF. loaded with men coming at top speed along the track, and I waved my handkerchief to them. A fusillade of shots began to sound. "I climbed into the buggy, and Thurman began to harness the horse, offering to drive me to Mr. Hess, but I told him I would drive alone. The Instant he finished hitching I started the horse at a fast trot A cousin met me when I was halfway through the field, and I began to feel awfully weak. Jfy husband joined me a few minutes later. I felt sorry for him. He must have suffered much more than I did. "I felt weak enough to He down when they told me to do so after taking me to a friend's house, but In an hour or so I was all right So we got the bananas for Jack?I always try to remember and keep my promises to him?and went home." fYji^T.? *T1 m*.r *^T.'ffcfiilflflm.y1 * i y* i y > iy > iy*. yP rwwTYyrw^T^wTyi^w^y?^*i '6* 1 SEN! 1 Your Ma ill We shoo for vou ;!; satisfaction as tl ij; right in our Empo ifc care and special a to all mail orders. I SHOP B it 4* ? " i? 4* Full Assortment, New Designs ii; English Va! Laces and Insertions remarkable values and ex |i traordniary fine sellers ii? 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