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THE BAMBERG HEMP ESTABLISHED IN APRIL. 1891 A. W. KNIGHT, Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for tlx months. Payable m 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 Notices 8c. per line first week, 5c. after* i* "1?<?f/? miict , W8XQS. inuuics ui Acsptvk, vbv.) 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 Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for.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, Hay 31,1906 The railroad meeting is to be held in the court house here next Monday at 12 o'clock. There should be a full attendance of representative business men from all sections of the county. We need and must have the railroad. * * * Every one will agree that Bamberg needs another railroad, and it is certain that we will never get it if we sit down and wait for other people to build it for us. We can get plenty of help if we but take the initiative and show the proper spirit, but capitalists are not going to put their money into a community unless the business men of that community show some interest. Another road would be of untold benefit to all sections of the county, and we hope to see a full attendat the meeting next Friday. * * A queer state of affairs exists at present in the town of Kershaw. The town is partly in Lancaster and partly in Kershaw counties. The dispensary was voted out of Lancaster county, and this removed the dispensary from the town of Kershaw, as it was located in the Lancaster side of the town. Now the dispensary people want to establish a dispensary in the Kershaw part of the town. The antidispensary people are opposing it, and we hope they will be successful. We have never believed in forcing a dispensary on a town, but unfortunately this has been the policv pursued by dispensary officials. " Lost on a Sure Thing. # Drury Feild of Richards is a mule buyer and an enthusiast on good roads. He was in Kansas on a mule-buying trip, when he stopped at a small town west of Fort Scott. A veterinary was preparing . a hot application for a horse with a sprained leg, when Feild approached the livery stable. A kettle with the water > beating in it stood near and men were gathered about discussing how hot the water should be when applied to the horse's leg. They asked Drury Feild's opinion. Mr. Feild said it should be boiling. "But," said the doctor, "the ' horse never could stand having his foot put in a bucket of boiling water; it would cook the flesh to the bone." "Not at all," said Drury. "I have held my foot in boiling water for five minutes, many a time and can do it again." "I'll bet you $50 you can't do it," said the doctor, with thoughts of easy money drifting through his brain. "I'll take the bet," said Drury, with a merry twinkle in his eye; "get 'er to bilin'." The mule buyer has an artificial foot which he intended to put in the hot water when it should be ready. Meanwhile the subject of good roads came up, and when the tub of boiling water was ready the mule buyer, excited by his argument, absent mindedly put the wrong foot in the liquid, according to the statement of the Richards Progress, and thereby lost what looked like a Dei on a lead pipe cinch. J. H. Hesse Hangs Himself. Hi" Walhalla, May 29.?The body of J. Henry Hesse was discovered swinging from a limb of a tree on bis place, about three miles from Walhalla, this morning. He had been under the impression for a day or two that the sheriff was hunting him, and in a frenzy of fear he took his own life by hanging. He climbed into the tree, tied a wire about his neck and to \ 9 the limb, and then dropped. It is supposed that Hesse commited the deed about 12 o'clock on Monday night. A neighbor accompanied him to his home, but he insisted that his friend should go first to the house and find out if the sheriff was there. During his friend's absence he hanged himself. No trace of him could be found until daylight, when his body was found cold in death, hanging from a tree. His mind was thought by many to be weakening as a result of heavy losses by fire last fall, and indica? -* V.o/? Kaon mr\rc mo rkprl IIOOS Ul iabC uau UMu uvtw Mr. Hesse was well known in Charleston, his parents and other relatives having been largely connected with business interests there. He was about 45 years of age. He leaves a wife and five or six children. He was among the most wellto-do German farmers of this section. ... : It is said now that, in view of the prospect that he will be unopposed for re. . nomination to the United States Senate i- r?amr.fliorrt t.hiR Rummer. Senator Xli KUW ?? , Tillman will not make a canvass from county to county for the dispensary or upon any other question, but will content himself with delivering a few speeches about the State on the great issue before the people. Then what becomes of his contract to defeat for re-election every member of the General Assembly who voted against the Raysor-Manning-Tillman bill??Charleston Post. 5 ' FIGHTS GULLS FOR HIS LIFE Terrible Battle With Birds by a Boy Marooned on a Maine Island. Showing plainly the marks of his battle for life with thousands of storm terrified sea fowl on Eagle island ledge in Maine, a Saco boy, Arthur Whalen, one of the crew of a small down east coaster, came to Portland and had his wounds bandaged. His face was badly cut or pecked around the cheek bones, one eye was black and completely closed, and he was stiff, sore and black and blue rrom neaa to root, wnaien had ten of fifteen dead sea fowl, representing several different varieties, which he had killed with a clnb. Whalen's story of his all night conflict with the feathered hordes is almost weird. One morning he took a motor boat and made a long sail to Eagle island. The storm overtook him. his engine gave out and he was ma "A BIG GULL CO MUG A MILE A MINUTE." rooned for the night After dark he lit a fire, and this may be what first attracted the sea fowl. "The first thing I knew," said Whalen, "there was a noise like a train, and then a dozen big ducks and gulls went plunk up against the rocks behind me. Then the air was full of them. I picked up a club, and a big gull coming about a mile a minute hit me in the chest and knocked me clean off my feet I thought I was killed. I was so worked up I forgot to put out the fire, and 1 suppose that kept the durned things coming. The storm drove them like bullets, and when they got to the thrtco thnt wpn? not killed bv the rocks back of the fire hovered around and kept hitting me in the face and chest with their bills and wings. First I kept swinging the club round and round my head, and I knocked a lot of them down, but I got so tired I had to lie down flat on my face for awhile till I got so cold I had to get up and build the fire, and then I had to fight them all over again. "When morning came I was all done up. I killed about a hundred birds." USED WATER CURE ON BIG BLACK BEAR Bruin Took Possession of Warm Engine Cab and Refused to "Slddoo." A big black bear took possession of the cab of a Colorado and Southern locomotive near Como, Colo., and fought fiercely rather than abandon its warm abode. It was finally routed out with hot water and a hose from another locomotive. A snowplow, with five locomotives, had been engaged in clearing the tracks of snow, and during the night the string of engines was left on a side track with fires banked and only one watchman. The next morning the bear was found in one of the cabs. None of the party was armed, and other means to. dislodge him having failed the hose was used, and bruin took to the mountains. Knocked Out Wooden Indian. James Neary was brought to the central police station in Baltimore drunk and bleeding from cuts and bruises on his face and hands. These he explained by saying he received them while defending himself against a burly antagonist whom he feared he had seriously injured in the encounter. He had, he said, unintentionally run into the man, who then hit him in the face despite his apology. Recovering himself, Neary dealt his antagonist a terrific punch, which turned him over, landing him in a doorway, and, Neary added, "he took the count" Neary begged the officers to look after the other fellow. Several men hurried out and found "Neary's opponent prone in a doorway. He was an immense wooden Indian. Ball Didn't Want Picture Taken. John M. Phillips of Wolcott, N. Y., a farmer, was killed by a hull which had been sold. The animal had been petted by the family, and Phillips engaged a photographer to take its picture before It was taken away. When the photographer arrived Phillips led the bull out of the barn and was standing by its head when it made a lunge at him and pinioned him against the barn, crushing his side. Find Gold In Mjurtodon'a Eye. In the eye socket of a skull of a huge mastodon unearthed in the Forty-three Gold Run claim, near Dawson, a few days ago was found gravel that washed 11,600 in gold. flftlgtli tli SImI- -IS SI- ili tlf-n it-ili ili ! il1 LADIES WE THANK YOU | ? For Kind Appreciation during onr Easter Display ? j $? & ft We still call your attention to our ? w line of hats, so pretty, stylish and 5? jr cheap. Also to our line of dress jg ? Novelties, Laces, Embroideries, 3j* ?? Silks, Lawns, Muslins, at unheard 3: of prices. :::::: jjj I MRS. K. I. SHUCK & CO. Bamberg, S. C. 8? ;I-:l--I--I- I--I? -I--I?-I; -I-ll> gYour Attention! S Haying purchased the stock of Staple and Fancy wj8j Groceries formerly owned by H. A. Ray on the . gra corner at a bargain, I am prepared to supply the nw* (Wd trade with nothing but first-class goods. We are re- pmJ jjkn ceiving fresh goods every week. Your business IP will be appreciated, oooooooooo ||jj || Tinware, Etc., at a Bargain! gg P^j "We have a small stock of tinware, glass and chinaware, SSgj wM etc., on hand and we have not the room to carry it, so ^ we are going to offer it at a great sacrifice. Come in sjg pr2 before it all goes. Yours for business, ,8? || MOVE'S GROCERY STORE ? fss|j P. M. MOYE, Proprietor ujffji Phone No. <41 Bamberg, S. C. m Pumps, Belting, Injectors Brass Goods, and Full Line \ of General Supplies & All Kinds of Machinery Repaired, ^ ^ *36 *38 *38 W. H. PATRICK, BAMBERO, . SOUTH CAROLINA ~r mm ii "Ri I ARE ElW 3IS H | LOW fMM* H IGH U i * ?"?? i* I to ( to ? ? ? t? Have Your Home Wired For ? j} Electric Lights p I to * to i j Phone or write a postal to fir. E. J. Putzel 41 4* ( ) " - - - J? and he will call and give you an estimate ? ? ? ( < > i i* + > ? ? ? ? <? *i ? 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Sim THEIR PET STATION Agent There Wires That They Sleep on His Platform aad Amuse Themselves by Chasing Trackmen Up TAIammII DAI?C A VIVgl CS|/U ( vivo* The lions of East Africa appear to be watching the progress of civilization with deep interest, and nothing has done more to arouse their curiosity and wonder than the trains on the Uganda railroad. This railroad, from the Indian ocean to Victoria Nyanza, is 584 miles long, and between the terminal points are thirty-nine stations. The line is managed on the system of the Indian railroads.' and most of the men in the track, train and station service are East Indians. The Indian station agent is known as a babu, and he leads a lonesome life. Simba, for example, where the lions have been making a special study of the railroad system, has only a station building, a water tank for the engines and a side track, this being one of the places where trains pass each other on the single track road. The traffic manager at Nairobi one morning received this astonishing telegram from the babu at Simba: A lion has been bothering me for three nights. Ke comes up on the station platform and goes to sleep. Then he walks up and down, scratches on the wall and door and tries to get into the office. Please send cartridges for a Snyder rifle by the first train for my protection. I have blank cartridges, but they are of no use against lions. This profound observation has the earmarks of sober truth. It Is to be believed that the cartridges were promptly supplied, but, If so, they did not make a deep Impression upon the Hons, for a month later another hair raising telegram reached the traffic manager, as follows: Urgent. To Traffic Manager: A lion is on the platform. Please Instruct guard and driver (engineer) to proceed carefully and to make no signals in the yard. Tell the guard to advise passengers not to get out here and to be very careful himself when he comes Into the office. It is not quite certain whether the babu was chiefly solicitous for the safety of the guard or whether he EX rXTTTRKP A TELEGRAPH POLE. thought that the lion, might take advantage of the open door. However this may be, the distress signal from Slmba bad the immediate result of starting a " 1 ? ? ? Jt.WInn tsnusu HporUSUittU 1U uucvuvu. He took the next train for Simba. and under the water tank he and the railroad men erected a platform about ten feet above the ground, where the Nlmrod spent several days waiting for the visitors. His patience was at length rewarded. He bagged two lions and a lioness, though one lion bit him so severely in the arm when he went up to the apparently dead beast that he spent three months in a coast hospital There was nothing doing for several weeks after the great day when three lions had been laid low within a few rods of the station. Then came another nervous telegram: Extra urgent! Track hand was surrounded by two _Uons while returning from signal dox. ne ciimoeu a leiegiayu pole near the water tank. He is up there yet Order train to stop there and take him aboard. The track man succeeded in reaching the station before relief arrived. For several days the telegraph wire was burdened only with routine dispatches. Then another episode was proclaimed In the following shape: To Guard and Driver of Down Train: Carriage of secretary is on the siding, where he shot a lion just now, and others are roaring on Maklndu side. Driver must' proceed without signals and stop engine opposite station. Guard must not get out of the brake van. Later advices have not yet come to hand, but if any station master is finding life monotonous and longs to have a dull routine peppered with incident and adventure perhaps he may arrange to swap jobs with die babu at Slmba. * BURNS DIED PENNILESS. * ? Hi* Firmt Oblturj Hotle* CaUti F?f , J Help For Hla Family. When Robert Burns died the follow- - "J ing obituary appeared In the 2Sdin- ^ .4 burgh Advertiser of July 26,1796: "On the 21st inst died at Dumfries, after a lingering illness, the celebrated Robert Burns. His poetical compositions, distinguished equally by the force of native humor, by the warmth and the ^ tenderness of passion and by the glowing touches of a descriptive pencil, will ; . : remain a lasting monument of the vigor and versatility of a mind guided C only by the lights of nature and by die inspiration of genius. "The public, to whose amusement be V:.J has so largely contributed, will learn f'X with regret that his extraordinary endowments were accompanied with frailties which rendered them useless -to himself and his family. The last a# tila otinwf Ufa rpa.a arwant fit ) UJUUUiO Ui UIO DUVli iil? IIHV mry^mmw ?? sickness and indigence, and his widow. with five infant children and in the hourly expectation of a sixth, is now -:Mi left without any resource but what she may hope from the regard due to the memory of her husband. "The public are respectfully informed that contributions for the wife and \ :famlly of the late Robert Burns, who are left in circumstances of extreme distress, will be received at the houses of Sir William Forbes & Co., of Messrs. * Mansfield, Ramsay & Co. and at the shops of the Edinburgh booksellers. It skpc is proposed to publish some time hence a posthumous volume of the poetical remains of Robert Burns for the benefit of the author's family. His friends and acquaintances are requested to >/?*<? transmit such poems and letters as may happen to be in their possession to Alexander Cunningham, writer, George street EdinDurgn, or to joou Syme, Esq., Ryedale, Dumfries. It Is hoped that In the meantime none of his , V^ original productions will be communi- J'tM cated to the public through the channel of newspapers or magazine so as Uf injure the sale of the Intended pubhca--|^ CARE OF THE EAR. Never put anything in the ear for the^^gg relief of toothache. Never wear cotton in the ears If are discharging. Never apply a poultice to the inside^||| of the canal of the ear. Never drop anything Into the ear un- ^ ^ less it has been previously warmed. Never use anything but a syringetuidr^^p warm water for cleansing the ears. Never strike or box a child's ears. . ;>i This has been known to rupture the^H drumhead and cause incurable deaf*i| Never wet the hair if you have any ^ tendency to deafness. Wear an oiiedl-gal: silk cap when bathing and refrain fraoi^^^ Never scratch the ears with anytnmf ^;^ but the finger if they itch. Do not us#J$|| the head of a pin, hairpins, pencil tip# or anything of that nature. Never meddle with the ear if . a torf g eign body enters it. Leave it absolute? ly alone and have a physician attend: All He Needed. . 'Q|8| A number of Wall street men at luncheon one day were discussing the . ?*!g remarkable ability of a certain operator in the street to weather any financial storm. i "Why," said one of the financiers, . Jf| "that chap's a wonder. I don't kn#w':?!fp how many times they've had him^r^l against the wall, yet he always contrlves to get away." "I have heard it said," observed as- ^ other, "that Blank is resourceful enough to make a living on a desert * island." "Yes, he could do that, too," affirmed the nrst speaaer, *n mere were aw 35S3 other man on the island.**?Harper*! Weekly. The Perfect Spanish Befgar. There Is a calm dignity about the Spaniard of every class which strike a stranger. Even the beggars, of whom, goodness knows, there are 'J&jB plenty, seem to stand on a higher plat- < form than their confreres In other,, lands. In our country the statutory ad- | dress Is, "Could you spare me a copper?' but a Spanish beggar thus addressed us at a railway station, and we give his address as typical of his- 'I? class, "O senorito, da me un alimos- v'|s nita, y rogare por su feliz viajer j'M which may be translated into English . thus: "Oh, little gentleman, give me an $J|| alms, and I will pray for you a happy journey."?Chambers' Journal. A Singular Epitaph. At Annapolis, N. S., and in the mill-- j|| tary cemetery attached to old Fort C|| Anne is a tombstone with the following / VUU luavnyuvui - I Here Lyeth the Body of Margaret Winiett, Born the 6th day of April, 1723, and Dyed . the 28th of February, 1722. ' The singular part of the epitaph Is .rM that the child, according to the enfray- U* ing on the headstone, died nearly a year before Its birth. Interpreted. ' <'' "Father," asked the youth, "what is < \|J your understanding of the saying, Hie race is not always to the swift?'" "Practically, my son," replied tbe|p|? wise father, "it means tbat in the race nf life the fast men don't usually come. ? out ahead."?Catholic Standard and Times. The Decline of Clirtlrjr. Wife (drearily)?Ah, me I The days of chivalry are past Husband?Whafa ?' the matter now? Wife?Sir Walter ^ Raleigh laid bis cloak on the ground for Queen Elizabeth to walk over, but, you get mad simply because poor, dear " mother sat down on your bat ;