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THE BAMBERG HERALD" ESTABLISHED IN APRIL. 1891 4 A. JF. EXIGHT. Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for f-,. three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices 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 nbiects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. "Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. . Thursday, Sep. 7,1905 feV; ============ Last week we stated that the candidates for governor were getting down off the fence. Beg pardon, we made a mistake. We had not read the "views" of Messrs. Ansel and Manning when we wrote the paragraph. **# The Spartanburg Journal and the Columbia Record are the only papers in the & . - State which have shown any signs of taking to the woods on account of the work \ of the dispensary investigating committee. These two newspapers are getting devilish particular about the testimony p- before the committee. If the gentlemen >: who are doing this investigating had gone about it as the Journal and Record would have them proceed, the result would have i been what Cole Blease said the committee was appointed for?to go around and hold i up the dispensary and give it a good < whitewashing. j .J5I *** | The vote in the counties which have held dispensary elections is very signifi- , V cant. The large majorities against the I institution shows that the great mass of the people are thoroughly disgusted with the graft and corruption connected with it. We candidly believe that if elections % ., were held in every county in the State that - every one would register its vote for no dispensary. Certain it is that the law must ] be repealed or most counties are going to jy get rid of dispensaries. It is just as we said a long time ago: The dispensary 1 people have been given enough rope and they have hanged themselves. It is time for patriots and statesmen to be considering what is to be done after the dispensai| * ry goes, for that it must go is certain. Fire Protection for Main Street. It has been the custom in Bamberg for some time to use the cotton mill hose and waterworks to put out fires on Main street, and much property has been saved by this means. In fact the cotton mill has been a blessing to the town in this respect, and if it were to lose money steadi. s ly for years, the amount of property saved - to our citizens would balance a heavy loss. But the milTs equipment, can no longer be used, the management having decided that it would jeopardize the insurance of the company. The hose, pump, etc., is required by the companies which carry the insurance on the mill | ' / property, and to move the hose or to allow the equipment to be used at fires up town is too great a risk. Therefore, it has been decided, and very wisely, too, that the hose must be kept at the mill. This places Main street without fire protection, and tjiose who own property on this street should take steps at once for some sort of fire protection. We have plenty of water and a small tank could be erected sufficient for the needs of the business portion of Main street at small j cost. Don't wait until we have another ] disastrous fire, but act immediately. Re- ( member that your property cannot be ] krr V.ft *Mlll of fKo nrtvf ^ FA pa V CU UJ tu^ LLLl J JL iiWOt OW bUV ugav U4^ and there is no use to sit idly down and , expect it. \ This newspaper now owns the building i in which it is located, and we would be 1 ^ ?I glad to go into an arrangement with the j other business men on the street for fire ) protection. The cost will be small eom- 1 pared with the protection and saving in I case of fire, and if we cannot get the waterworks at present, i.t stands us in l hand to protect our property. Won't 3 somebody take hold of the matter right 1 away and see what can be done? ^ ' i The Alert Butler. s The late Thomas Caldwell, the inventor of the lawn mower, was a great admirer x of witty and alert persons, says the New i York Tribune. At a dinner in New York Mr. Caldwell J said of a famous millionaire: j "This man, through hard luck, once had < to work as a butler. He made an excel- I lent butler. Let me give you instance of j the sort of work he did: "His mistress was giving a dinner party of twelve covers on a certain evening. 1 One of the courses consisted of scalloped 1 oysters in silver shells. The set of silver shells was broken?there were only eleven. The mistress therefore told the butler that she would not eat any oysters and thus there would be just enough to go ^ around. "The butler, when the oyster course came, placed before the lady one of the shells. To his horror she did not decline it. Calmly she let it rest before her. If she started to eat it one guest would be short of oysters. What was the matter with her, anyway? , "The butler watched her nervously. She took up the fork. She was actually i about to plunge it into the dainty shell. The man, ever alert and ready, flew to, her side and bent over her respectfully. " 'Pardon me, madam,' he murmured, 'but you said I was to remind you that < the doctor forbade your eating oysters on 1 any account." ' UNKNOWN MAN SERIOUSLY HURT. Found Near Railroad in Dangerous Condition. His Name Cannot be Discovered. Calhoun, Sept. 4.?Yesterday afternoon a young man, seriously if not fatally hurt, was found near the railroad at this station, which is on the main line of the Southern between Seneca and Greenville. The man is still unconscious and so far it has been impossible to discover his name. He is about six feet tall, about 30 years old, has red hair and mustache and wears an Odd Fellow's badge. A hat found near him has the initials "J. D. H." cut on the inside. The unknown and unfortunate man is being well cared for by the citizens of the town at the residence of Mr. W. R. Chapman. Foul play is suspected as the cause of the young man's serious condition, and the newspapers are asked to give publicity to the fact of his condition in order that the mystery may be solved. Mr. McLaarin's Record. The reappearance of former .Senator McLaurin of South Carolina in politics recalls the circumstances of his retirement from that held. He is a man of ability and courage, and was promoted for good service from the House to the Senate. His future was very bright until the question of garnering the fruits of the war with Spain came up, and then he lost favor at home, and his retirement was decreed. He might have had a federal judgeship, but declined it, and he has since occupied himself with private affairs. He is comparatively a young man, and should he re-establish himself in the confidence of the democracy of the Palmetto State something-of value for him and for it may result. Mr. McLaurin voted for the ratification of the Paris peace treaty, which transferred the Philippines from Spain to the United States. He was not influenced by Mr. Bryan in the premises. He did not want to take over the archipelago simply for the purpose of letting it go immediately. He saw, as others did, two things: First, the duty of this government from a moral point of view, and, second, the opportunity for extending American trade in the far east. The South being interested in increased sales of the cotton goods in that quarter, Mr. McLaurin. as a Southern senator, felt he would be forwarding the prosperity of that section and of the whole country by voting for a treaty which seemed to hold out strong hopes in that direction. The Democrats as a party, however, voted against the treaty, and the cry of "deserter" was raised against the South Carolina senator. He was charged with having gone over to the Republicans, and when the offer of a place on the bench was made to him it was quoted as pay for his apostasy. The South would not today vote to abandon the Philippines. She has come around to Mr. McLaurinls point of view. Her cotton planters and cotton manufacturers are taking the lead in the movement for eastern trade, and they recognize in the American foothold in the archipelago and in the control of the Panama canal great aids in their labors. Why, then, should not South Carolina make reparation to Mr. McLaurin by calling him back to service? The dispensary question, it is true^is the one with which his name is now connected, but his deserts are larger than that or any other merely local matter.?Washington Star. IJonesty Is the Best Policy. Tn nnt it on no hicher ground than ? ~ I o o mere expediency, honesty is surely the best policy, as the sharp eyed young man spoken of in the following-story found to bis cost: A sharp-eyed young man was walking listlessly past the hack-stand in .the northwest of Washington the other day, says the Star, of that citv, when, as he passed in old, dilapidated closed carriage, to which a sleepy-looking, bony horse was ittached, he gave a slight start. There jn the back seat of the old hack was a jig, rusty-looking wallet. From the walet the shrewd looking young -man glanced quickly at the drowsy-looking iriver. "Hey!" called the young man, placing lis hand on the hack door. "How much'll rou charge to drive me as fast as you can ,o the Pennsylvania station ?" "Seventy-fi' cents, suh, fo' a fas' drive." "All right!" called the young fellow, tnd he pulled open the hack door and stepped in. "Take me there as quick as ,-ou can." "All right, suh," said the driver, and he irged his poor old horse to a pace of three niles an hour. At the station the shrewd-eyed young nan, wearing a very disgusted expression, stepped to the pavement. He thrust his aand into a pocket and produced three quarters, which he handed to the driver, giving him a suspicious glance. But the negro looked as innocent as a lamb as he took the silver and thanked his fare. When the shrewd-looking young man was well around the corner, the driver alighted from his seat and looked into the hack. The rusty old wallet was lying wide open on the floor. The darkey broke in a chuckle as he picked up the wallet and thrust it into his inside pocket. Then he murmured half aloud as he climbed back to his seat: IA^O Af 'nm T /I on Ck V* no vrl o I i/wj o o \jl vui? JL uwut ugaiu a man say one is bo'n ev'y minute. I reckon it's so. Git ap, yo' hoss!" Half an hour later the hack was at its old stand. The hack-driver was again apparently dozing on his seat, and the big, comfortable wallet was again in full view on the back seat. This is a very old story, and the verdict of most of our readers will doubtless be, "Served him right." We were reminded, on reading it, of a well-known Australian merchant who had accumulated a fortune by means not always considered strictly honest. On his death-bed, he is said to have given the following advice to his sons: "Boys, be honest. 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Roy Knabenshue, the young aeronaut at Toledo, 0., who recently sailed through the air a distance of three miles, landed on the roof of a ten story office building at Toledo and then returned directly to the exact spot from which he started, states his views on the future of aerial navigation as follows, says the New York World: "To begin with, this subject has occupied the minds of scientists for the past 200 years, and every conceivable method of navigating the air has been invented and tried repeatedly, with practically no results. Santos-Dumont point*, d out the way by taking the engine from his automobile and attaching it to his balloon. He Is the first man to successfully navigate the air and should receive ^!1 the credit due him. He has had many followers, but they 6eem to have made failures of their attempts. -Hslt- tn thp xcnrld's fnlr was for the purpose of studying this subject and to meet Santos-Dumont as well as any other competitors for the $100,000 prize offered for the successful airship. It was while there that I met Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, which meeting resulted in rr.y riding the air in the California Arrow. "I made five trips at the fair and five at Los Angeles, Cal., iast winter. Each, trip taught me more of nature's laws and what should be done to overcome the many obstacles connected with the successful navigation of the air, and now I have concluded the problem resolves itself thus: "First?The air itself has weight, and to ascend into it one must have a body much lighter than the air. "Taking the theory that air has weight, then a complete vacuum would be buoyant. But as it is almost impossible to secure a complete vacuum we must then use other means. Air at the sea level weighs approximately seventy-two pounds per 1,000 cubic feet. Hydrogen,. the lightest known gas, weighs approximately seven pounds per 1,000 cubic feet, leaving us a buoyancy of the difference, sixty-five pounds per 1,000 cubic feet An envelope constructed of silk and thickly coated with a preparation of linseed ' oil will successfully hold this gas, and with a netting to hold this envelope we have the means of getting into^he air. "Second.?After securing thcvmeans of ascending Into the air, we must then find a means of propelling and direct Hlg uie course or cue an vessel. "The screw propeller at once appeals to us, and we then attach a perpendicular rudder for steering. So there is no secret connected with navigating an airship. One must first thoroughly understand the conditions under which he Is working, and to my mind the rest is easy. "A submarine boat and an airship have the same conditions to contend with. A submarine traveling against a swift current is capable of making as many knots per hour as Is the difference between the speed of the boat and the velocity of the water. "The same is true with an airship. For Instance, if we have a wind blowing at the rate of fifteen miles per hour and the speed of the airship is twenty miles per hour in a calm, we would have when traveling against the wind the difference of five miles per hour. I speak of this merely to show the disadvantages of going against the wind, while with It the airship would make a speed of nearly thirty-five miles per hour. "As we have the buoyancy, the propelling powers and the ability to steer, we then have aerial navigation, but we are limited as to speed and the amount of weight we can carry. We can increase our carrying power by adding more gas, but in doing this we add resistance to the air on account of bulk, and to overcome this difficulty trm at arid r>oxver. "The problem then becomes a question of three things?weight power and resistance. "In my present airship I have built everything as light as possible consistent with strength and can handle It with perfect ease, going and coming at will. "As to what will come from the airship in the future, it is hard to say. I have turned my entire attention to the subject and will continue to experiment as long as I can procure the means. I have associated myself with Mr. Charles J. Strobel of Toledo, who -will manage the business end, and we will tour the country, giving exhibitions. I expect that the many ascents will teach us more and more about this all absorbing question. "It is my one ambition to meet Santos-Dumont and try a race with him on our airships. This would no doubt bring out many points of interest and would possibly be the means of discovering new methods of propulsion." Curious Result of Battle of Mukden. Dr. Ignatius Much in a description of the battle or Musaen speaas oz an intelligent soldier who was brought down by the fumes of a shell that exploded near him. When picked up he was found to have lost his sight, hear- < lng and speech. He Is now partly restored to health. He sees, hears and 1 feels, but cannot speak. r 'Ky% - *' . . ?" > r, mS8333B333B3B3B3B& 1 Firef 1 * ' ^ On account of th X adjoining our st< | 29th) we were fore ? our entire stock of $ of these goods are s ^ aged and some ai ^ aged at all. W< | all of these goods < I Dry uoods, SI | Clothing, Chil ^ in fact everythin in stock on the i Cp fire will go at a gr< ?2 Everything is nov |BELOW 62 Come at once at Cp gains in anythir ?2 that you may we 1 J. W. Pearl ? BAMBERG, I Fruit Jars! Jell o I o o < o ]| Complete line of H o Paints. Call and . O < o ' n li Simmons Bar o BAMBERG, < * if* *f* *9* *9* *1 ? FARMS! FARMS If LARGE AND SM t f ALSOj| ClfY PRO !(i Some Nice Houses ai I AT BAR Si ?? WRITE OR C. f} J. T. 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