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THE BAMBEBE HERALD ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 Am IF. KNIGHT, 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 foi three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices 8c. per line first week, 5c. afterTrihiitM nf Resoect. 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 Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. I; Thursday, March i, 1906 ====== A woman clairvoyant is creating a sen* sation in Columbia this week by answering all sorts of questions, as to murders, robberies, politics, etc. May be she can tell who got the rebates. #** We suggest to the dispensary investii gating committee that they engage the services of Mrs. Baldwin, the clairvoyant \ V who is entertaining the people of Colums bia this week. Doubtless she would find out more than their detective. A very hopeful sign is the fact that three white men will have to serve a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary lor killing a negro. They were found guilty by a white jury and their appeal to the State Supreme court resulted in a decision against them. The township and county boards of equalization are to meet in a few weeks to take up the matter of assessments. These boards ought not to have a complicated problem before them. Their duty is to EQUALIZE property, and this can be done with but little trouble. True, some taxpayers returned their property too high, but this can be reduced to a parity with others. But the assessed alue of property should be the same, tv and this is a matter which should receive I careful consideration at the hands of the boards. Let the burden of taxation bear upon all property alike and none of us will have cause to complain. The people of Bamberg have one grievous fault, which does much harm, and one which we would be glad to see corrected. {It is the spirit of intolerance. When one disagrees with several of his fellow citizens as to a public matter it is extremely likely that his course and opinions will be the subject of unfavorable comment. Folks are too apt to think that there is some personal reason for a man's opinions or actions, and act accordingly. Rimember that this is a free country and every man has the right to his opinion and the right to express it, no matter whether he agrees with you or not. Every man ought to have an opinion, but he should grant to every one else the same right. Don't fall out with a man because lie does not agree with you, but grant to him the same sincerity of motive which you demand for yourself. Life is too short to be worrying over such matters anyway. We cannot all agree. This wnnlri Ha a nnnr sort, nf a wnrld if we did. (and let us get out of the habit of trying to mould every one to our individual way of thinking. Surely we all want to see - the town grow and prosper, and even if ire do differ as to ways and means, we all can work together toward the one Wife Beater on Chain (tang. Decatur, Ala., Feb. 27.?With shackles of iron riveted on his ankles and with , a pick in his hands, Robert Ee ichanr*, a well-to-do jeweler, was forced to work ; on the streets here with a gang of white and negro city convicts, and with a boss, an ignorant white man, standing over him. Before Mayor Henry A. Skeggs, in . police court, Mrs. Beachman testified that Beachman had knocked her down and threatened to kill her. Under Alabama law a wife-beater is forced to work in a coal mine or on city streets. Beachman was fined $25 and costs and sen tenced to thirty days on the streets for cursing in the presence of his wife, and was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to thirty days on the streets for assaulting IBeachman tried unsuccessfully to appeal to the circuit court by filing a bomd. Beacbman, who is fifty years of age, came here about 1890 from Rochester, N. Y., where he and his wife had lived for years. He owns valuable business and residence property here, most of which is in his wife's name. For some years he was a leader in the First Presbyterian church. The Beachmans have * a married son and daughter in Texas and a son of fourteen living here. Beachman passed the night as city convict in a dingy cell of the city jail along with other white and negro prisoners. A notable instance of a dog's devotion to its owner occurred in this community a few days ago. Mrs. Julius Blackmon w- who recently died in Lancaster, as noted fc- ^ in The News at the time, owned a little ?f "lice," to which she was greatly attached, Having no children, Mrs. Blackmon was L wont to pet the dog a great deal. And r when she died the grief of the little "fice' was inconsolable. It howled most piteonsly for several days and nights, refused to eat anything and finally died.?Lancasjjf. ter News. ? Ladu Moon Bfl A. H. DAVIES OGDEN Copyright, 1905, bj/ Ruby Douglas I' ?>1 Outside the stately old mansion the press of carriages was growing almost unmanageable. Within the ripple of soft laughter and waving of many fans, the glitter and glow of diamonds bespoke the fact that Lady Cheynemore had thrown open Little Barrington House for the celebrated tableaux of which ail London had been talking for the week past The greatest beauties of the season were to pose, wen known artists bad consented to arrange and drape their lovely models, and 'everybody-* was there. Near the door, a little out of the crush, Nigel Anstruther stood and looked about him with the eyes of the man to whom London sights have been strange for the last six years. He was a little amused and a little bored. Society functions were not much In his line. Just back from India on leave, he had run up to town to baa or two old friends, and Hono ria Derweaitwater, having do spare moment to grant him from her other guests, had suggested his-coming -on to Lady Cheynemorer'a. It was rather a nuisance, but he wanted to get back to the country next morning if possible. AjA after ah, the color, the lights, the pretty women, were not so bad. Presently he must find Honoria and ask the question that this afternoon's crowd lid rendered impossible to put It was expected of him, he supposed. His people had always hoped for it And then all at once, by a sudden freak of the imagination, as he glanced about for the fair English face there rose before him the laughing, mischievous eyes of the little American girl who had teased, bewildered and thoroughly enchanted him during those few brief weeks in Simla. Where was she now? Involuntarily his thoughts wandered back, to the day when be had seen her first dainty and sweet in fluffy white, sitting under a marquee at the viceroy's reception. She seemed such a little thing that he started in surprise when she complained of being unable to secure a really good riding horse. The hands she held out for Inspection were absurdly smalL Still doubtful, he had vet managed to get for her the | best woman's mount to be had in Simla. But the first minute she was up his misgivings vanished. She certainly could ride. After that every day they were out together exploring the hills, trotting gayly over the smooth, hard roads, Mrs. Wharton, only too glad that Ethel had found some one to go with her, j consenting willingly. And every day Anstruther's admiration deepened. If there was one thing he approved most it was a good seat The girl's father was dead, and she and her mother, a frail but indomitable spirited woman, were leisurely seeing the world. After stifling in Bombay, they had run up to Simla for the breezes and lingered on, pleased with the queer little town and the Anglo- j i Indian life. It was quite gay at that season. Simla was full, and every day ! there were dinners, luncheons, teas and picnics. ' Would Anstruther ever forget the moonlight picnic he gave? The night had been glorious. Under the soft glow 1 of an Indian moon the hills lay mistily i radiant, every leaf on the deodars seeming to stand out with vivid life. Ethel Wharton and Anstruther with several others had gone on horseback, the rest of the party in rickshaws with coolies to carry the provisions. The pic1 nic had been a great success. And then > came the ride home. By a mutual though unspoken impulse Anstruther r and Ethel had dropped back of the others. Both were conscious of a eer. tain exaltation of mood, a vague excitement due to the influence of the moon?perhaps. Gradually their talk, at first animated and quick, slackened to monosyllables and at last died owor U TV UJ For several moments they rode on in silence; then, as if oppressed by the stillness, the girl began to sing. To music of her own she had set some words by George MacDonald: "Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving? Over the sea. Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving? All who love me." Anstruther, listening, was aware of a sudden pang. Was she going over the sea? Would she be going home? "Lady Moon," he began unsteadily. , "Ah, that is you?so white, so fair, so perfect! And you, too, will pass from ! us! What shall we do without your : light?" The girl glanced at him quickly. "Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving?" she hummed. Anstruther, 1 his heart suddenly beating fast, leaned forward. "Do you mean that?" he demanded 1 tensely. "Do you love those who love ; you? For you know that I, Ethel"? as something in the girl's face made his pulses leap. But, the great crimson t waves flooding up over brow and - cheek, she touched her horse smartly. ( "Come," she said breathlessly, "I'll I race you home. j Anstruther went back that night to his quarters, a glad exultation tingling ' through every vein. She cared, he was ' sure she cared. And then the sight of a long, official looking envelope on his table for a mo ment drove every other thought from i his mind. His orders were to report at once. There had been a sharp uprising in the hills. He must take his 1 . regiment out -without delay, nor could he tell how long his absence might be. With barely time to fling a few necessaries into his kit bag and scratch a hasty note to Miss Wharton he was off. Three weeks later, returning, tired, bronzed and eager, the first thing to meet his eyes was the note still lying where the forgetful boy had left it. And Miss Wharton and her mother were gone. Ten days ago they had left he was told. There was no clew by which to follow them; no one knew whither they had departed. Anstruther, torturing himself with vain imaginings as to what she must have thought of him, nearly went mad. He could hardly sleep. The man grew nervous, irritable, until even the colonel noticed it and recommended a trip home. As a consequence Anstruther now stood in Lady Cheynemore's drawing room and, indifferent to what became of him, waited to ask Honoria Derwentwater to be his wife. After all be had always known Honoria. Probably they would get on as well as most married couples. And the dad would be pleased. There was a sudden ripple of talk at his side "Here is the next What, you have not met her yet? My dear, she is the beauty this season. Just wait and you will see." Anstruther listened with his tolerant smile He must try to reach Honoria. But as he stirred all at once the lights were lowered, and he perforce, halted. Well, he could wait until the tableau was over. A faint curiosity, too, was awakened by what he caught from his neighbors. Who was this new beauty? And then he started violently. From the piano came a few bars of prelude oddly familiar. Tbe curtain rose and the picture stood revealed. In the 1 a# ormlotlOC A THtt W1 (JUJCK WUlUiUt VI. I sharp exclamation escaped unnoticed. There, Infolded In long, dinging draperies, her lovely hair unbound, one arm thrown negligently up behind the small bead, rested his lady, a huge silver crescent seeming to bear her through limitless space. Her face was lifted. Her eyes gazed wistfully Into the distance. "Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving?" sang the famous soprano, but Anstruther hardly heard. Hi3 breath was coming with difficulty; his heart was pounding. So she had not forgotten! Lady Moon, oh, Lady Moon! As the curtain dropped he turned to the man next him, whom luckily he chanced to have met "It?it is Miss Wharton, is it not?" be asked, and as the other nodded a quick gratitude welled up within him. Thank heaven, he was not too late! "Wont you take me back?" be demanded. "It is all right" in answer to a look of surprise. "We?we are old friends. I used to know her in India, and?and there is something I ought to tell her." The Diplomatic Clerk. "Henry, you haven't a room left, vnn v* inouired a New York drum mer of his friend of many years' standing on the other side of the counter of the Chicago hotel. "Not one," repllefl Henry, "but I'D look over the rack again and see if I can't find you a place somewhere." "All right" said the New Yorker while his friend gave the slips his anxious attention. Light broke over his face in a moment and he came back. "A man up on the parlor floor gave up his room about an hour ago, but he didn't expect to leave it quite so soon. Til send up and see if I can't hurry him a little." The porter's bell was rung, a whispered colloquy took place between Henry and that blue shirted functionary, and in fifteen minutes the man from New York was rejoicing in one of "the best rooms in the house." But the clerk omitted to Inform him that the previous occupant had given up his room at the precise moment when he had given up his life. Origin of Two Tavern Terms. The term "entire," so often seen over inns and taverns in England and not always understood by the passersby, is said to have first been used about 1722. Prior to that date the malt Iiq*? 1 nln Kaci> art/1 UOrs in general use ?cic ?uc, 'twopenny." It was usnal for tavern customers to call for a pint or tankard of half and half?that is, half ale and half beer, half ale and half twopenny or half beer and half twopenny. In course of time it became customary to. call for a tankard of three threads," meaning a third of ale, beer and twopenny. To save publicans the trouble and waste of turning three taps for one pint of liquor a brewer named Harwopd conceived the idea of making a beverage which should unite the flavors of all three drinks. He called his production "entire," or "entire butt beer." As it was considered suitable for porters and other working people, it is said to have obtained the further name of "porter."?London News. , Conkllsg and Thnrman. Senator Roscoe Conkling was once addressing the senate in an impassioned manner and seemed to direct his remarks to Senator Thurman. At length the latter got irritated. "Does the senator from New York," he roared, "expect me to answer him every time he turns to me?' 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