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Qlit Bambrrg Iffralh ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A. W.-KXIGHT* Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for ?ix 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 Notices 8c. 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 Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. ? ? A ^ Thursday, June 7, iauo ' ! Out of fifty-nine graduates at Clemson college this year, seventeen have taken the agricultural course. While ^ this is not so large a proportion as one "would naturally expect from an agricul- ] tural college, still it is an improvement over other years. * * * , The editor of this newspaper has been a friend to the dispensary system since its institution, and we stood for it at times and under conditions when it took nerve. But we have had enough. We care not what other method is tried, but we will not vote for any man who is in favor of the dispensary as it is managed at present. * 4 * It is announced that Mr. C. C. Feather, atone, of Laurens, will probably make the race for governor, as he is being strongly solicited. He will oppose the dispensary. Mr. Featherstone made a most favorable impression on the voters in his race some years ago, and if he enters the race this year somebody will have to do some tall hustling to beat him. * * * Mr. W. G. Childs, president of the Columbia, Newberry and LaureDS Rail' road and also president of the Bank of Colombia, in his testimony before the investigating committee last week, stated that his road received most of the dispensary shipments and that it was nothing bat right that it should, for it was the only Tillmanite railroad. This is certainly a new idea. A Tillmanite railroad is < something new. # * * The investigating committee is costing the State a good round sum, but its dis coveries so far, has amounted to nothing of any value to the State. Notwithstanding all the cackling done by the anti-dispensary press over the "great finds" of the committee not a man has been prosecuted as a result of the committee's work.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Well, who is to blame for there being - no prosecutions? Not the committee, certainly. Then, too, we believe our friend is mistaken. If our memory serves us right there have been prosecutions in Spartanburg county. * * * Personally we have been much gratified ai the expressions of approval we havehad from so many of the patrons of our graded school in regard to our remarks at the mass meeting last Monday afternoon. We expressed ourself in favor of more teaching being done by the teachers. The custom prevails too largely in this day and time of having teachers merely hear recitations. What we need is the young minds trained and taught. Parents are tired of doing the teaching of their children and having the teachers hear recitations. * If the dispensary must be made an issue this year, we might as well have it sharp and clear cut and get it over with. While we deprecate the idea of making whiskey the paramount issue, still we believe the matter ought to be settled finally. Dispensary and anti-dispensary candidates for the legislature should be in the field in every county, and we want to see candidates representing both ideas run in this county. Our people should not be restricted in their choice of representatives. We ought to have the privilege of voting for dispensary or anti-dispensary men. Let's settle the matter while we are about it. * * * We heartily agree with the sentiments expressed in the editorial of the ADDeville Press and Banner, which we republish in another column, in reference to the work of Messrs. Lyon and Christensen, the sub-committee of the dispensary investigating committee. These gentlemen have had a difficult and arduous duty to perform and they have fearlessly and conscientiously carried out the wishes of the people. What a large majority of our people wanted was a real Investigation, and to our mind they are getting it. Possibly the hearings of the investigation have been long drawn out, but we do not know that the work of the committee and its methods could have been improved on. We most emphatically endorse the work of the committee, and are of the opinion, that while bribery and corruption has not been shown all over the State, still enough has come to light to warrant the abolishing of the State dispensary. If we must have dispensaries, then they should be managed entirely by the counties in which they are located, and dispensaries should not be forced on any county or town. That should be left to the voters of every municipality or county. What will be done finally we do not know, but of one thing our readers can be assured: this newspaper's influence will be against a continuance of the present system, which is evidently rotten to the core. \ Senator Tillman has offered an amendment to the postoffice appropriation bill providing that railroads shall be fined for not running on schedule time when carrying the mails. A number of con plaints have been made to him from Charleston as to the mails being late. The amendment is all right, and it ought to pass. * * * If we are to have the dispensary, the State headquarters must be done away with. Our people are not going to tolerate present conditions, we feel sure. If this story of graft and corruption keeps oa growing, in a few years people from a distance will look with suspicion on a I man from South Carolina, especially if he is in public life. * ' * * "We have heard it stated that the Columbia representative of a prominent paper has for years been paid a regular salary by two large corporations who has continually been in the courts or fighting adverse legislation. Wonder ..what service he rendered for the salary??Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Well, come out and tell us who he is If there is a grafter among the newspaper men of South Carolina, let's publish his name and crime. We are not in favor of shielding anybody, especially a newspaper man. * * * At the graded school here this year there were nine graduates, only two of them boys. The Fitting School gradu ating class was composed of sixteen? twelve girls and four boys. This is the case all over the Scate in graded schools and co-educational institutions. No matter what school it is, you will, as a rule, find more i?irls frraduatine than boys. If | ~ o W W this sort of thing keeps up, the women will have to run the country, for in a few generations the men will not have enough education to do so. * * * The future of the Bamberg graded school looks bright. For years the trustees have labored under great disadvantages, chief of which was lack of money and a building to accomodate students. With the erection of the handsome new building, one difficulty was removed, but there was not sufficient money to employ enough teachers or pay adequate salaries. ! This has badly handicapped the work of the board, and, taking all this into consideration, we should feel grateful to ! those men who labored earnestly without compensation and under great difficulties to build up a first-class graded school in Bamberg. It is only justice to those who. have heretofore served as trustees that this should be said. Don't be fooled and made to believe that rheumatism can be cured with local appliances. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is the only cure for rheumatism. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. H. F. Hoover. eeeeeeeeeeeef m __ 4i g <^Do Yon Use?^ | ICE TEA I M ijf at your home, if so don't to? fail to order the next from < > U our store. We have just re- ?jt ceived afresh lot and we to? can sure please you. Our . to brands are FORMOSA, IS OOLONG and YOUNG X *!? HYSONS at 60c, GUN- *? ? ? POWDER and ENGLISH J ! Z BREAKFAST at-50c. We ? to? also have a YOUNG HY- ] ; ? SON at 40c, but it pays to *+ BUY THE BEST to? ?? 4* ) ? < > ? ? !$: over 400 cans of :: 11 Armour & iibby's 11 f? Canned Goods to? fjust in. Lunch Tonjpe, ? large size; 85c, small size, 20c. Boned Chicken, 30c. to? Tripe, 3 cans for 50c. Pot ted* Chicken and Turkey X ? ;? 10c. Star Ham 25c, and lots tp ?! ? of others too numerous to t! ? mention. * ! f Hams and ? ft! ? f Breakfast Bacon o x? *# IK "We handle the best brands !!! % DOVE BRAND AND GOLD BAND i I *m* ' I* ft We also carry the GOLD & BAND PICNIC HAMS, A p which we can sell at 12-ic. )? ft The little Hams are very nice and are not salty. Try ? ? p our fine, large, fat, fresh Jf MACKEREL, three for ;? ?? 25c; Small size, 5c each. *; Ti" < i* ' [i I Butter & Cheese | ?f? ' New May Butter in lib. I packages, 3o cents, run ill Cream Cheese, 20c pound. IIII I Keep us in Mind | T Tj? 4 >1# |i Moye's Grocery Store ? ^ ^ ?T? < ? On the Corner ? 4? 2|* 'Phone 41 Ray's Old Stand til i > 1 >f? ?!** > f iftif* f f f f if* ft* ( "I??!??!??!? ?I? BANKS IN A FIRE CITY THE PRESSING NEED OF MONEY IN A STRICKEN COMMUNITY. Experience of a Chicago Financial Home In 1871?Greed of Depositor* and Hott It Showed Itself?An Unexpected Proposition. Whenever a great fire devastates a Jarge city the first effort of those concerned with the work of restoration is to get the banks open so that the pressing needs of a homeless population may be cared for. At such times business is done on a strictly cash basis, and everything sells at a premium. The consequence is an extraordinary demand for hand to hand money, since the merchant can use the poor man's ! dollar to better advantage than the rich man's credit in buying supplies to replenish his flame emptied warehouse. mv-. ~ + *110+ fltlCIlM +A nhtm'n J. L1C MlUg^lC Uiui all the cash in sight is full of human ! interest. It has its picturesque fea[ tures. On Monday, Oct. 10, 1S71, when all Chicago trudged downtown to see what was left of the city, great crowds besieged the banks. Some men were I crying, others talked incoherently, and everybody seemed half dazed. An officer of one of Chicago's greatest banks, I who fought his way through the smolj dering embers to the white marble hall I which surrounded his vault, gave the j following description of what occurred: | "Although the iron door of the vault had been somewhat expanded by heat I found that the combination worked perfectly. That reassured me, and after hunting about the debris I fished out one or two iron crowbars and by wedging them in finally opened the vault door. The inclosure smelled smoky, but I soon found that the cash was all right and so were our books. That made me feel good, and I got down to work in short order. The first thing I did was to look at the balance sheet and see what our exact resources were. A glance showed me that by collecting what was due from out of town creditors the bank could pay everything it owed and declare a 10 per cent dividend besides, even if it lost every dollar due from its Chicago clients. That was all I wanted to know. "On leaving the vault I saw four men waiting for me in what had been the cashier's office. They were among our largest depositors, and I knew well enough what they wanted. They were of very different types?one a shrewd money lender who had $30,000 to his credit on our books, another tj-ns a school treasurer in an outlying district who would have been ruined had we not been able to pay him $25,000, a third was an out-of town banker with $150,000 to the credit of his institution In our bank, and the fourth was a man who has since become one of Chicago's greatest capitalists and who had always professed his sincere friendship for me. It was a trying ordeal and one calculated to make each of my visitors show the real stuff that was in him. As events proved, this did not take long. "The little money lender grabbed me first "With a strange little wink he forced me one side and said in a half j whisper, 'Do you know how much I have in your bank? "I said, 'Yes, about $30,000.' " 'Well, I will give you $6,000 if you will give me the cash right away.' " 'I won't do that,' said I. 'Your money is all right but you will have to wait a week for it until we get In shape again.' " 'What' he fairly gasped, 'do you decline $6,000? That is a good deal of money in a city that has gone to destruction.' "I answered no, that I would not and told him in plain English what I thought of him. I said: 'I am not knave enough to take your bribe and give you an unfair advantage over the other depositors, and I am not fool enough to do it because I know as soon as you discover the bank paid its claims within a week you would sue me for the i $6,000. Get out of here right away.'" "That was the last of him. He took his money when the week was out and kept clear of the bank after that Then the school treasurer came to me with a straightforward story of how his bondsmen were anxious to know how he stood. When I told him that his money was safe and that he would not lose a I cent he burst into tears, saying the j news was too good to be true. The out | of town banker was also very nice, j saying that he did not care to withdraw his money so long as he knew it was safe. Then the man who has since j grown enormousiy wealthy accosted I me with the remark that he had come down to see how things stood. That gave me a chance to test him, so I said I brusquely: " 'You know how things are as well as I do. Can't you see the position we j are in?' 'Oh, yes, yes,' he answered hastily. T don't care about the fire. We are all In the same fix. But I want to know how you stand personally. Have | you plenty of ready cash? You cannot get credit these days, so if you need anything from the grocer's you want hard cash. I brought you a little'? "With that the man tljrew open his coat, dived down into his pocket and dragged out a roll of bills as big as his hands could grasp. Then he straightened them out and divided them into equal piles, retaining one himself and handing me the other. He was dreadfully in earnest, but I told him I could not accept the money and that I thought I could manage without It He assured me that whatever he had would always be at my disposal. That man hn<a fliwavs been one of my best friends."?New York Post Hla Compliment. "What a lovely morning." he said. "It is a perfect morning," she replied. "True," he said. "I haven't seen anything this morning that isn't perfect" And he looked her straight in the face. Then she blushed. ... YOU CAN HAVE ... g I RUNNING WATER IN YOUR HOME I Hot and Cold Baths in Any Part of the House; 8 a Complete Water System at Moderate Prices. 1 Sell Pumns. Beltinc. Brass Goods. Steam S IGuages, Wrenches, and Fittings E 5 PROriPT ATTENTION Given all REPAIR WORK \ ! W. H. PATRICK,! BAMBERG, ... SOUTH CAROLINA f i S??????? Epseaasseass^ases^seassg! [Denmark Machine Shops| Are now Prepared to Handle All Kinds of Work in Our Line 2 Engines, Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Boilers, Etc. J EXPERT ON GASOLINE ENGINES | r| 1 Need no Introduction to This Section as I Have Had Thirty 2 ^ Years Experience in Some of the Best Shops in This Country | W. O. Howard & Son | Vl npnmoi?ir_ South Carolina T p 0 q it ! are mm?\ is I |LOW mmm-nian\\ all f f -W 'I* < I* :: ^ ii Have Your Home Wired For rj i Electric Lights II A? < i? ?t? * i* 3; Phone or write a postal to fir. E. J. Putzel 14 41" < ! and he will call and give you an estimate .1 > - ? 4* ' ! * M ? TZT ' _ ( m I Electric Supply Co II !? CONTRACTORS FOR CITV LIGHT PLANT !! ???? ?? ? ?t? ?t? ^ ?4**A**A* *A* "A*"A* ?A* *A? "A*"A* *A? "A""A""A* ?A? *A? "A* ?A" *A? ?A? ?A* *A* ?A* *A* *A? * ! iad ppilMTIYliThe Kind That You Want JUD llVln 1 111 vl Give us an order. Do it now UniitliArn Rail wav 1 UVMiiiVi mm mtwu t ? THROUGH SERVICE Every Day All the Way! High-Back Coaches, DrawingRoom Sleepers and Southern Railway Dining Cars. & js, FINE5T CARS, FASTEST TIME CONVENIENT SCHEDULES ON LOCAL TRAINS For Full Information Consult any Southern Railway Agent, or... R. W. HUNT BROOKS MORGAN Division Passenger Agent Asst. Gen'l Passenger Agt. Charleston, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Farm Implements Full assortment of all kinds of Plows, Cultivators, Distributors, Trace Chains, Backhands, Collars, Bridles, Saddles, Harness, Whips, Etc., Etc. Stock of General Hardware More Complete Than Ever, and Prices are Certainly Right. ' 5ave Money by Trading With C. J. S. BROOKER THE HARD WARE MAX, BAMBERG, S C. ' : * : " =^=========^===== ;-/ -il PORTABLE VILLAGES. " ^ * TveoauM Move Their H?um Fnm Place to Place. The Turcomans, who live on the eastern shore of the Caspian sea, carry M their villages about with them when they travel. As a tribe sets out on a v journey every man packs his wooden bouse upon a camel, which the animal can easily carry, and when a spot is reached where he and his friends intend to remain for any great length of v time the camels are unloaded and a village started which it takes about an hour or so to build. ??- A- V. _ 1 J ik.J. / 'io II IS lO UC rcLuem i?ieu u-uiv uro y houses are real houses and not tent* and that the settlement Is not a camp, but a village. The traveling house of . 1 the Turcoman Is a marvel of skill and Ingenuity and Is really much lighter, more portable and can be packed into ' *'v a much smaller compass than any of the so called portable houses that are . ^ manufactured and sold in some parts J V< of our country. . The frame Is made of strong, light w wood laths about an inch broad by three-quarters of an inch thick, cross* c* lng each other when set up in position at right angles about a foot apart and fastened at each crossing by the thongs of rawhide so as to be movable, and' -Yj the whole framework may be opened or shut in the same manner as those . y? toys for children that consist of a squad of wooden soldiers and will ex- ? pand or close at will so as to form open or close columns. One part or more made in tills way v and all inclosing a circle fifteen or . twenty feet across form the skeleton f j, of the walls and are firmly secured In place by bands of ropes made of hair ^ or wool fastened round the end of each rod. From the upper ends of these _ rods similar rods bent near the wall and into something less than a right .; 'v$jj angle are so disposed that the longer , portions slope to the center and, being tied with rope, form the roof. Over this is thrown a covering of '?M black felt having in the center a large ^i| hole whi- answers both for a window and a chimney. Large pieces of the same coarse black felt are wrapped round the walls, and outside these, to ,, keep all tight is bound another frame ? of split reeds or canes or of some light, tough wood bound closely together with strong cords. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. . Too much publicity spoils a good ?^89 deed. Signing your name to a friend's note v^? is a bad sign. When riches come in at the window^ < friends flock to the door! He who has no faith in himself is destined to become a successful fail- ' The brave and fearless man manageav:^^ to get there early and thus avoids tho > ;. v A wise man doesn't attempt to pull film sell oat or trouuie wiui a screw. If a man Is unable to stand prosperity he should sit down and give wife a chance. The suspicious man keeps one eye m his neighbor, but the wise man keep?>^^both eyes on himself. Unless a man is willing to take. chances he never takes anything etee:/;r|||| that happens to be lying around Ibose. ri ?Chicago News. Church Pillars. ? The joke of the vicar of \yithycombe, Devon, at the Easter vestry as to his I . >. laggard churchwarden being not a, : "pillar" but a "buttress" of the church because he supported it outside renjinds one, sdya a correspondent, ot ? another joke of the same kind deliver* $ ed from a London pulpit by the Rev. / /^l John McNeil. John wag minister of the J $ "Scotch church," Regent square, at the time and in his own homely way. was ; driving his points home with telling ef feet He suddenly paused, after ex- ',/?> horting his congregation to be work* ' ? * " - * I?1-1? (. |,U ers, ana men, wiur a iwujuc w " eye, said, "Yon know, I always think of church members being divided into two classes?pillars and caterpillars.'*? ." % London Chronicle. 4 Whea Malfinsr F?t the Flat Halymfto ?||i "Many a slender flagpole lias been :- 'JW-. ruined," said a rigger, "by drawing the halyards down too snugly when making them fast after hauling down the r^fl flag. If this is done In dry weather "vfi and It comes on wet, the shrinking of jv the halyards thus drawn taut to start 5| with may be enough to bend the pole, -4^1 and if it should be left in that way long enough the pole would be permanently bent Flag halyards when no -S flag is flying should be made fast with ^ a little slack." " witu a Home. The great millionaire looked up lmpatiently. "Well," herald, "what Is It?* \ ^ "I desire, sih" the young man falter- ^ ed, "to marry your daughter, provid- , The other frowned. "Provided what?* "Just provided,** murmured the v, ^ youth. Vocabularies. : The English language, according to a ^ 'hfM I Hflmian fltflHfitirifln who has made 8 "? study of tiie comparative wealth o" languages, heads the list with the enor* mous vocabulary of 260,000 words; . t German comes next, with 80,000 - g words; then Italian, with 75,000; ' ;1 j French, 30,000; Turkish, 22,500, and ;?j Spanish, 20,000. .*- ? % M8ometIiliig Joit mm Good*9? ' The pretty darling entered the bookstore. "I want to get 'Kidnapped,' by ' Mr. Stevenson," she said. "Er?I think," replied the clerk-T think I'd like that Job myself."-Bos- ; ton Transcript