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THE BAMBERG HERALD ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 i. W. KNIGHT, Editor, Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for mx 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 Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Vr>tir^c tvr line first Week. SC. after wards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on ubjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, Aug. 10,1905 People who know all about running a newspaper say an editor ought to write bright, snappy editorials. How in the name of common sense can he write anything when his creditors won't let him rest! * * * The outlook for the future of Bamberg is the brightest in its history. Heal estate is advancing in price, and building and * improvement is going on all the time. The next year will be a record breaker for the town unless all signs fail. Our people have at last begun to have faith in their town and to talk up for it. *** V V n.enftwefiw? vrvttonnocc nftQ nP.CTin tO 4/10|A>UB<U J tviivvuuvux ww ww0_? k come to light. Some dirty facts were brought to light at a meeting of the investigating committee in Spartanburg on Tuesday. High and low officials are connected with the scandal. At last the truth is coming out, and it will be found that the whole system is permeated with {crookedness. S&i # wy-s . * * Don't sit down and wait to profit by the public spirit and work of other people, but join in and work for the good of your town. By this means you will help yourself as well as the community. Too many of us *in Bamberg do nothing to promote the public welfare but wait to profit by the self-sacrificing efforts of others. Now is a good time to quit that sort of thing. The people of Bamberg are not worrying about the dispensary agitation or the row in the cotton growers' association. Just now they are preparing to buy more cotton and sell more goods this fall than ever before, in fact to do more business ? along all lines. There is no reason why the cotton receipts at this place should not be almost doubled, and they will be largely increased if the proper effort is made. For years Bamberg's people have been regarded throughout the State as progressive and enterprising but too conservative. It has been said that our citizens ji? N wanted to see where they could pick up two dollars before tbey wouia lay one down. This idea has done the town harm, for while no one wants to rush ahead without considering matters carefully, still there is such a thing as too much | - conservatism. g|Ly #** "We understand that city council is considering the putting down of cement pavements on both sidewalks of Main street. A fine idea, and we hope they will decide to do so. . The money could not be spent in a better way, and the cost will not be more than we can afford, either. We feel sure the property owners would be willing to pay half the cost. Let ns have good sidewalks before the wet, floppy weather comes. Any one who thinks Bamberg is a dead rtum nnirht to trv to buv real estate here. I ?0 ? - - - ? They will find much difference in the price of it and lots ip a cemetery. Values have enhanced considerably in the last few months and still the buying goes on. We have the best town in the low country, and at last our people are beginning to realize this fact. From now on i the growth of Bamberg will be rapid. True, we have been growing steadily all the time, but it has not been fast enough. * * Bamberg has the finest artesian water, the finest climate, the lowest death rate, and the lowest taxes of any town its size in the State. There are plenty of business openings here for new citizens, and those who locate here will find it a pleasant place to live. There are fewer idle people here than most places. There is plenty of work to do, and loafers soon find it profitable to move on. Good citizens who want to locate in Bamberg will be warmly welcomed by our citizens and given every accommodation possible. School Statistics. From the annual report of County Superintendent of Education Rowell we get the following information in regard to Bamberg county's schools: Total fund for year im-iyuo $34,661.28. Paid teachers $16,085.60; paid for other purposes $14,563.93; balance on hand July 1st, $4,011.75. White schools, 31; colored 31. White teachers 49; colored, 35. White pupils enrolled, 1,467; colored, 2,753. Average pupils to white school, 47; colored, 88. Average number pupils to teacher, white 30; colored, 79. Total number weeks, white,' 882; colored, 354. Average number weeks, white, 28; colored, 11. Uncle 'Rastus and Uncle Nicodemus were discnssing the Scriptures one day, and finally Uncle 'Rastus said; "Nicodemus, does you suppose dat any of de apostles of de Lord was colored?" I don't know about dat; 'Rastus," Uncle Nicodemus replied, "but dar is one thing I's powerful sho' of, and dat is dat de 'postle Peter was no nigger, case ef he had er been he never would er let dat rooster crowed three times." PYTHIAN DISTRICT MEETING. i Officers Elected tnd Orangeburg Selected as Next Meeting Place. Braxchyille, Aug. 6?The district meeting of the Knights of Pythias for district No. 11 met here Thursday' morning, district grand chancellor, of North ( presiding. The meeting held in the morning was public, and consisted of an address of welcome by Mayor W. M. Warren, response by Mr. J. S. Bowman, Jr., of Orangeburg; an address by Dr. J. S. Wimberly, chancellor commander of the , Branchville lodge, response by Hon. 0. M. Dantzler, of St. Matthews. Addresses on "Pythianism" were made by Hon. George F. VonKolnitz, of Charleston, TT? *r T,?Cf Mstthowc null. U. ill. L/aUUlGl, Ui uu. uiu.vuv.iw, and Mr. J no. S. Bowman, Jr., of Orangeburg. The speakers were introduced by 1 Mr. Joseph Tobish, chairman of the committee on entertainment. A welcoming song was sung by the little girls; piano J solo by Miss Gertrude Gambatti, of Charleston; a.vocal solo "A Soldier of Old Ja- , pan" by Miss Kathleen Izlar; recitation, "Lady Mandis Oath," by Miss Gambatti. ] This part of the programe was originated by Mf. Joseph Tobish, who worked very ' hard for the success of the meeting in all of its details. The regular and business meeting was held at 8 o'clock p. m., District Grand Chancellor J. Ligon Reeves, of North, presiding. The following delegates represented their respective lodges: Branchville, G. W. Reeves and D. L. Rhoad; Bowman, Jas. S. Shuler and B. F. Farris; Cameron, C. J. Rast, R. W. and M. R. Evans; Elloree, D. T. Evans and S. P. Shuler; Forte Motte, W. C. Hayne; North, R. H. Jones, W. A. Johnson, Jr., and J. D. Dougherty; Norway, A. S. Garrick and J. H. Bonnett; Orangeburg, J. S. Bowman, Jr., E. D. Zeigler, R. N. Owen, C. A. Stroman, J. A. Berry; Rowesville, Thos. M. Dukes, Y. P. Shuler, J. E. Boone, Jno. S. Simmons; St. Matthews, F. P. Cain, 0. M. Dantzler, and E. Eloeser; Springfield, R. E. Morgan, and D. R. Fanning. Besides these delegates there were a r\t tricitincr fcniffhtfi TVTPSent. uumvwi VA. MM.Q?? r- ? ? The report of the lodges showed the order to be in a very flourishing condition generally. The following officers were elected: Vice district grand chancellor, G. W. Reeves, of Branchville; secretary, C. J. Rast, of Cameron; treasurer, Jno. S. Bowman, Jr., of Orangeburg; sergeant-atarms, D. L. Rhoad, of Branchville; prelate, Thos. M. Dukes, of Rowesville; in door guard, D. T. Evans, Elloree; outer guard, F. C. Cain, of St. Matthews. Orangeburg was selected for the next meeting, which will be held in February, 190S. After the meeting a banquet was given at the Railroad hotel. Too much : credit cannot be given Mr. Bass, proprietor of the hotel, lor the supper and the , way it was served, and the committee on , entertainment who were composed of , Messrs. Joseph Tobish, G. W. Reeves and Jacob Karesn. ' New Advertisements. J. A. Spann?For Sale. Southern Railway?Twenty-sixth annual Mountain Excursion. Simmons Hardware Co. Shop?Engines and Gins Repaired. N. Burton Felder?Cottolene. Cimmnnc TTayAn-aro Pn Vmit .Tars UlIUUlVUi? UttiUMHiV VV. * V W and Jelly Tumblers. Theodore Kohn?New Black Goods. j. a. spanx. Mr. Spann wants you to see his large line of new fall goods. They are cheap and beautiful, and it will be a pleasure to show you through the stock whether you buy or not. He is also offering some great bargains in goods he had on hand July 1st. These goods are being sold at sacrifice prices. Mr. Spann has the goods and the prices are right, and you will be doing yourself an injustice not to see his stock. TRIED TO BREAK JAIL* Six Young Men in Walterboro Jail Endeavored to Show That Prison is Insecure. "Walterboro, Aug. 2.?What came near being a successful jail delivery here was thwarted by the timely discovery of Deputy Sheriff E. P. Henderson. Yesterday afternoon he discovered,upon hearing a commotion in the jail, that an effort was being made to knock a hole through the roof by means of heavy pieces of iron in some manner. The prisoners so engaged were: W. Cox, Geo. Williams, J. E. Fludd, E. J. Hiott, E. Magwood, and R. Lee, the six young men brought to the jail about a week ago for robbing cars. They were overpowered and chained to the floor but this morning they had gotten loose and were making another effort to effect an escape. Sheriff Owens has had them placed in cells where they will be kept. They claim that they were only trying to get out in order to show the authorities here that the jail here is unsafe, so they would be sent to Columbia and placed in the penitentiary for lrnnnir* op Kol i nt?i r? rr fViot troo tmont MIC V/VUVflUg VUMk ViVUVUiVUW received would be better there and their quarters there more comfortable. No further trouble is feared. Too Many For Him. At the conclusion of the regular lessons at a certain Sunday school the superintendent made a short address to the assembled classes. At the end of his remarks he said: "Now all you boys and girls that would like to go to Heaven when you die hold up your hands." Instantly every child had a hand in the air except one little fellow sitting in the far corner, who, in answer to the superintendent's question, "Don't you want to go to Heaven?" replied: "No siree, not if that crowd's a-goin'." "Oh, you needn't talk," said the indignant wife. "What would you be today if it were not for my money? Answer that, willyou?" "That's an easy one," replied the heartless wretch. "I'd be a bachelor." It has been said that Texas has the quickest climate in the world; that an old farmer was driving an ox team one day, that one of the oxen fell dead from sunstroke, and while he was skinning him the other one froze to death. "Dri-Ven to His Lair Outlaw Was ?ur*utd Throxigh Swamp* and Hayou* by 1Po**e. H Mod* a Desperate 'Resistance and Was Shot While Tryind to JWm a *R h)er. In that section of south central Louisiana where the thickly wooded country is interlaced and cut up by shallow, sluggish bayous and a chain of picturesque lakes there once lived men whose character and habits were large I}' in keeping with their surroundings, and of them stories stirring and strenuous may be told, says the New Orleans Picayune. Major M. P. Robertson of the Louisiana state engineer corps knows the BIB BEAD MADE AJf EXCELLENT MASS FOB 03TB Or TBS POSSE. district above referred to well and has even a better knowledge of the character of Its late inhabitants, having seen and closely studied the strange fellows and marked their ways. Tbe major, seated at his desk in the engineers' office, fell to talking of the southern lakes and bayous, and before he had gone far his interested auditors led him on to tell tbe story of Hornstoy, the daring swamp outlaw. Horns by came from somewhere in West Virginia, and when he struck the swampers' camp in the woods of Iberville parish there was a price on his head for some daring crime be had committed in tbe middle west Tbe swampers were a rough, uncouth set, and out of a spirit of hatred and opposition to established law, com mem with people of their dass, they consented to shield the outlaw and protect him from possible detection. One Saturday afternoon, the day on which the swampers had received their wages for several weeks' work, all of the men, with tbe exception of two. Steve Fowler and a young fellow called Alt, left their camp and paddled away up the bayou. Intending to make a night of it at another point situated cm the stream. Steve and Alf had on new suits of ckrthes, purchased a few days before in Plaquemlne, and ?in their pockets were the bard earned dollars that had only just been paid them. The two were busy preparing supper when the shrubbery near the shore of the bayou parted and Hornsby appeared. The man had a new Winchester rifle on his shoulder, and before his surprised shelterers could ask him how be came by it they found themselves looking down the long black barrel of the gun and heard, "Throw up your hands r The eyes that were trained along the gun's sight shone with a baleful glare, the face to which they gave animation was set in rigid, cruel lines, and Alf and Steve, concluding in an instant that Hornsby meant business, obeyed the command. As though finding enjoyment In holding his victims In the attitude of surrender, Hornsby surveyed them from behind his gun mu*sie for nearly a minute, and then he ordered each of them to doff his new clothes and don his old ones under pain of Instant death. The change In attire completed, Horns by compelled Steve first to place the money from the pockets on a flat stone just In front of where he stood and then to bundle die clothes up and tie them Into a portable package with some stout twine. MXow turn and march to the woods r was the next command, and when Steve and AIf bad entered the swamp Horneby gathered up the bundle and the money, enteied a pirogue and paddled rapidly away. Steve and Alt, when the road was clear, got into a boat themselves and made full speed to Plaqoemine, where they told the story of the robbery. The swampers hunted high and low foe Boensbr, but, although they often saw the feOow paddling silently through the swamps in search of some lone wayfarer to rob, they could never catch him. The truth was that Horns by had the daring of a dime novel desperado and would only seek safety In flight when the odds against him were too heavy. If be.suddenly came upon three or four men be would show fight, and during his desperate career he ended several lives. Hornsby in his swiftly gliding pirogue haunted Bayou Cbeine and Lake Chico, and travel In the waterways became perilous. The outlaw built a hut on an island near where the bayou entered into the lake and lived there the lite of a hermit and misanthrope. Finally Hornsby turned his hand against people living in the little villages and towns in the vicinity of his lair, and his depredations became so numerous and daring that a well organised posse, armed with Winchesters and led by bloodhounds, started after him. For days the trail led through the wet marsh, where venomous SDakes described a sinuous course through greenish, sluggish water and where the gray moss, rich and abundant, depending from drooping branches, brushed the faces of the pursuers as they waded by. The dogs were useless In this water wilderness and were sent back in charge of a negro, but the trackers held to their course and finally caught sight of Hornsby as the outlaw was leaving his boat at the edge of the island and plunging through the thick underbrush toward his lair. Several rifles from the soggy, half submerged main bank of the bayou cracked, and Hornsby, turning, yelled defiantly and, throwing his gun to his shoulder, sent a bullet toward his ene mies. For several hours a long range fight was kept up, and Hornsby, his ammunition having given out, tried to eseane and so met his death. Tbe side of tbe island cm which his boat was moored was in direct range of tbe pursuers' gxrns, so Hornsby went to tbe farther side and, springing Into tbe water, swam for tbe opposite mainland. His bead, bobbing up and down on tbe tawny flood, made an excellent mark for one of tbe posse stationed farther np tbe stream, and, taking careful aim with bis rifle, tbe man fired. Tbe ballet went true, tore a great bole in tbe outlaw's skull, gashed and tore bis brain and ended his villainous career. With Hornsby's passing came peace to tbe district, and there was none to regret him. HE "ROLLED THOVSAJiD FEET Thrilling Tumble qf a Scotch Minister In Climbing a Mountain. Tbe Rev. Mr. Robinson of Edinburgh, a prominent member of tbe Scottish Mountaineering club, underwent a terrible experience while descending Ben Nevis recently. Tbe day was a most unsuitable one for climbing, there being an almost continuous fall of snow, accompanied by thunder and lightning, but, nevertheless, Mr. Robertson set out alone to make tbe ascent of the mountain. He succeeded in reaching the summit in safety and started on the return Journey. All went well until be i aa? % HE WAS PRECIPITATED OVER THE SLOPE. was near the edge of a precipice and, holding on with his ice ax, had commenced to negotiate a dangerous snow slope. Then came a vivid flash of lightning, which Mr. Robertson thinks must have struck the ax, and be was almost Immediately precipitated over the slope, Mr. Robertson calculates that he must have rolled nearly a thousand feet before his progress was stopped, and how long he lay unconscious afterward he cannot say. He mqst have dragged himself to the hotel in Fort William in a semiconscious condition, for he recollects nothing from the moment when he began to fail. He arrived at his hotel in a terrible condition, his face and head seamed with large, gaping wounds. He was immediately attended to by a doctor. How Mr. Robertson escaped death is a mystery to every one in the town who knows the spot where the accident occurred. H HAVE YO I J. A. S ? AND SEEN f I New< it not, go I get some of that he is day. His 1 is complet cannot be I A Lot of Gc on Hand in he had on I I A I J. z ? Bamberg, : : I Fruit Jars! Ji o < o o < ;; Complete line < !! Paints. Call a i> ?l 0 < < 1 Simmons H I o BAMB1 MM Fine Carlisle l_| Fitting School Coi OR Trail Wofford College r0^ Bamberg, S. C. Societii ^0<v Exce _ Expe Session Opens Sept. jo, 1905. j-|uq Engines Repaired Special attentic cult work. Ca can please you. (SIMMONS HARI BAMBERG, I All Kinds of P Can be found at the Hoover, which can h prices. He also has a All of the goods are i DR. H. F, THE DRUGGIST I ? . U BEEN TO jjj PANN'S J | IIS STOCK OF Jlfff Goods 11 at once and : the bargains Eg giving every g| line of goods e and prices Q3 ?eat >>>> B;;M| iod Bargains x i Goods that -. jfci iand July ist fi|i| Spann 1J South Carolina illy Tumblers! jj | of Hardware and jdM ind see us. :: : : I ardware Co. m VRGi S. C. ares Boys and Girls for College. School Building. rate Boarding Departments. - , ial Course for those who cannot go to ^ llent Course in Music. 1 dng under best influences and sur- . ?gs. f ition to the Individual Student, Literary iggi ?, Library, Y. M. C. A., Athletics. llent Health. Flowing Well on Campus. I nses Most Reasonable. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE TO OG. SHERIDAN, Bead Master BAMBERG, S. G. J ?'i?P and Gins i| Promptly ? ,#p!j in (riven tn diffi il and see us, we \ i* ^ m* * m* _ I WARE CO. SROP | - - SOUTH CAROLINA ?^??????????.?? 'atent Medicine J n Drug Store of Dr. H. F. e had at most reasonable full line of Toilet Articles. Iresh. Give him a call. . HOOVER . BAMBERG, S. C. , ??? ' ."A V3