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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
Metilueu Takes hoppstad

Lord Roberts telegraphs the Lon
don war Office as follows: "KRooNsTAD,
May 1S.-Methuen entered Hoppstsd
Thursday unopposed. Generals Du-
prey and Daniels and forty mon have
surrendered.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
SOUTH CAROLINA
DEMOCRATS MEET
State Convention Is Held and Dele.
gates Selected.
GATHERING HARMONIOUS
Assemblage Was Unit For Bryan
and the Chicago Platform.

The South Carolina State Demo
cratic Convention in session at Co.
lumbia Wednesday was harmonious
for the first time in . decade and q
unit for Bryan and the Chicago plat
form with added plsnks. w. F. Ste
venson, of Cherav, presided. He con.
graduated the state upon the harmony
in the democratic ranks.
The delegation to the national Con-
vention was, after debate, instructed
to vote as unit upon all matters. The
delegates are large are: Senator B. r.
Tillman, Governor N. B. McSweeney,
State Chairman Willie Jones and A.
C. Latimer.
From the congressional districts:
First District-W. B. Wilson, Thorn
as Talbird.
Second District-James d. Tillmsn,
G. W. Garris.
Third District-T. 81. McCalls, w.
J. Steybling.
Fourth District-J.A.M Mooney, John
Gary Evans.
Fifth District-T. A. Williams.
Sixth District-D. 81. Ta1ler, T.W.
Boucher.
Seventh District William Stokes,
W. B. Gruber.
The platform declares allegiance to
the national party and demands reaf.
frmation of the Chicago platform ct
Kansas City. It condemns the 6nsn.
cial legislation Of the Republican par
ty as subservient to trusts ard nation
al banks.
It decries the power of trusts and
the hypocriticsl attitude of the Repub-
lican party, "using money stolen from
the people to debsuch the ignorant
voters. /"
It denounces the foreign policy Of
President Mckinley, saying:
"The benevolent assimilation OF
the Filipinos has proven to be the
benevolence Of murder and the assim-
ilation Of robbery. We denouncs it O.
an outrage to the conaciences OF Kber-
ty-loving persons. Free institutions
cannot long survive the destruction Of
these principles upon which they rest,
and the spectacle Of subject peoples
held down by the bsyonet and robbed
by carpet bsggers but fofeshadovs the
fate fer our country unless the people
are aroused to our danger. The nm
just war of subjugation now being car
ried on in the Philippines BY Prssi-
dent Mckinley should be ended q
once"
The platform demands strict adj
herence on the; part of the United
States government to the solemn
pledges BY which congress promised
Independence to the Cuban patriots.
The treatment of Porto Rico Is also
condemned, and the wise party lead.
ership of Bryan commended, ''belisv.
ing that he will restore the lost pres
tige Of the high Office of president.
Concerning England's course in The
Transvssl, the platform says:
"Great Britain's unrighteous course
deserves the condemnation Of all lov.
ers of self-government, and we de-
nounce the cowardiee Of the present
administration for not extending an
offer Of its good Offices to terminate
the unhoiJ war Of snbjugation.
Colonel Lawrence W. -Youman made
bitter attack upon Senator Tillnan's
record, but the convention, with the
exception of his vote, passed resolu-
tions indorsing his policy in opposing
imperialism.
The convention passed resolutions
condemning the jute trust.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
ENJOYS ARE NOTIFIED
OF the Relief Of rlafeking But Refrsaa
From Making Comment.

The first intimation of the relief Of
Mafeking which came to the Boer en-
voys now in this country was convey
ed to them by reporter of the Asso.
ciated Press, who boarded the con-
gressional limited, upon which they
were being conveyed to Washington,
as it passed through Baltimore. Abra-
ham Fischer, who acted ss spokesman
for the party, read the dispatches from
Pretoria and London carefully, but
without show of emotion.
81 have no comment to make at this
time ha said.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
Director Rathbons Suspended.

The postmaster general has suspend.
ed Director of Posts Rathbons and
appointed Fourth Assistant Postmaa.
ter General Brissow acting director
general Of post IN Cuba.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24

Hopkins University; Professor s. J.
Brown, Astronomical Director OF the
Naval Observatory will conduct obser-
YStions at Barnesville, Ga. The COL
leees and universities OF the country
viii be we'll represented. Expeditions
will be dispatched by Harvard, Yale,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
r1ay Adjourn June 6,

In the house Monday Mr.. Payne,
Republican leader, introduced q reso-
luton for adjournment of congress on
June 6. The reading was greeted
with APPLAUSE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
STREET CARS GUARDED.
Race Trouble In Augusta Reached An
interesting Stage.

Two hundred young men, assisted
by armed deputies, rode on the trolley
cars of Augusta, Ga, Sunday night
until the hour for the last car to 60
into the shed for the night arrived.
Early in the afternoon it was re-
ported that the negroes were going tc
mob the trolley conductors and motor
men. The report came as the result
of the enforcement of the state law re-
quiring the separation of negroes and
white people on the cars.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
TEXAS QUARANTiNEs

Asainst San francisco As Result os
Bubonic Plague Reports.
A telegram was received in Austin,
Texas, Saturday night confirming the
reports.of the existence of the bubonio
plague at San francisco. Immediate
" upon receipt Of the news DR.. Blunt
declared absolute quarantine against
San Francisco, and stationed inspels
tors at Ell Paso and Texarkana. 40.
passengers .or goods Of any kind VIII
be admitted from San francisco.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
CUBAN AFFAIR IN HOUSE.

Jones, Of Virgfnia, Introduces Resolu.
tion For m Investigates.
A Washington dispatch says: Rep
resentative Jones, Of Virgins, intro
duced q resolution in the house Thurs
doy directing the secretary Of war to
furnish information in connection with
the Neely disclosures in Cuba. It
follows the Bacon resolution in the
senate, and adds three further IN.
quiries.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
0nax Aeain q Candidate.

A Philadelphia dispatch says: MIL
s. Quay has announced his candidacy
for reelection to the senate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
aanu,sitions Iasued.

Governor McSwseuey has issued
rsquiaition papers for Louis Broom.
Asid. who was sent TO The penitsntasy
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24

King Of Bsisssns % 6akland.
4 London special sayi: The ling d
The Bslsians bas arrived II England
on 3 visit
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
BAMBERG, S. c.. THURSDAY, MAY "a, 1900
8t0V0t14.0 ~ ~ -
!! SOUTH CAROLINA
( STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Will Open Line June 2.
Observation-Disclosures

The greater Seaboard Air Line pro-
poses opening its entire through line
on June 2 by running special train
through from Richmond, Va, to
Tampa, Fla. The run from Richmond
to Tampa will be over its own lines
all the way from the Virginia capital
to the Florida port.
Governor McSweeney received the
following telegram from Richmond
day Or two ago:
10 His Excellency, Governor N. B.
McSweeney, Columbia, S. Give
hope to have the honor of your pres
ence representing your state at the
banquet and ceremonies here marking
the completion of the Seabosrd Air
Line Railway from Richmond and the
East to Tampa, Fla, on June 3. You
will receive by mail an official invita-
ton with further details, and I take
the liberty of urging that you so ar
range your engagements as to be with
US on that day.
JOHN SHELTON WILLIAMS,
President,
Governor McSweeney regrets e1-
ceedingly that he will not be able to
join the party on this trip, as he has
already accepted an invitation to go to
Louisville, and has called a meeting
of the Chickamauga commission to
meet on June 4, and he will not be
able to join the Seaboard Air Line
party. Governor McSweeney is anx-
ious, however, for this state to be
we'll represented on this occasion,
which he regards as meaning so much
for South 'Corolina, and will so inform
Mr.. Williams, who has kindly invited
him to accompany the party.
It is understood that an evening will
be spent in Columbia and that there
will be an afternoon reception in Sa-
vannah. The party will go through to
Tampa, Fla, where there will be q
celebration.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
Belser Won Medal.

The tenth annual contest of the In
terstate Oratorical Association was
held in the state capitol at Columbia
the past week. The medal was won
by W. Gordon Belser of the South
Carolina College. The speakers were
D. K. Lambuth, Vanderbilt, The Man
With the Hoe; w. G. Monroe, Uni
versity of Virginia, The Voice of a
Heritage; W. G. Belser, South Caro-
lima College, The Trend of Politics;
and J. B. Dibrell, University of Texas,
The Modern Demagogue, Center Col
lege, Washington and Lee and Sew
anee were not represented.
The judges were Ex-Governor John
C. Sheppard and Justice Ira B. Jones,
both former speakers of the house of
representatives, and Judge Andrew
Crawford.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
phone War In Columbia.

'PhOne War In Columbia.
The Columbia city council commit
tee has decided to refuse the applica-
ton of the home telephone company
for franchise. The application was
opposed by the Bell and the South
Carolina Telephone Company. The
home company, G. A. Browning, Of
Greenville, president, controls all mi
nor systems in Piedmont Carolina.
she Bell company is in sole control
of Columbia. 1t has about four hun
dred subscribers, who pay $40 year
for commercial and $50 for domestic
phones. There is an extra charge for
each message over the long distance
phone to points out of town.
The South Carolina Telephone Com
pany's system is being instituted. Ac-
cording to statements outside OF the
committee room, this company has
spent about Sc, 900 in Columbia. It
has Lad great many ups and downs,
and for that reason has been regarded
as doubtful. a. day or two ago this
company put up certified check for
$1,000, which amount it agrees to for
felt to the city of Columbia if its
line is not completed by August 1st,
and the committee decided to report
unfavorably upon the application of
the home company for the present; but
if the South Carolina company does
not thurry its systemic completion, then
the council will invite the home or
some independent system to locate in
the city. The home proposed to fight
the Bell. It's officers claim the Caro-
lima company cannot make connections
with companies it controls.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-24
Some Ante.Bellum Records.

Some Ante.Bellum Records.
In the plunder room of the state
house, which is being explored by Mr..
CAN'T, one of the interesting finds was
the legislative report of the investiga-
ton into the famous insurrection in
Charleston. The evidence seems to
have been taken in June, 1862, and as
q result number of hangings were
ordered. The evidence is quite inter-
esting, and shows the intense ignor-
ance and superstition of the negroes.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-22
WHEAT AFTER CORN.
Always Gives Fairly Satisfac-
tory Results.

Until within few years it has been
the prevailing custom in Huron coun-
ty, o., to follow corn with oats, the
oats with wheat and then seed to tim
othy and clover; but now many sow
their corn ground to wheat, following
with a second crop OF wheat to get
the ground in good shape for seeding.
More would follow this rotation IL
they didn't object to sowing wheat aft
er wheat, and, while it is somewhat
risky, where stiff sod Is turned un-
der for corn, and wheat sown in the
stubble and well-rotted sod turned up
for the second crop of wheat, the re-
suit Is often q better crop than the
first.
l have found that by using disk
harrow to fit corn ground for wheat,
straddling each row and then rolling
down in the spring, reasonably
smooth surface for meadow can be
obtained. ! moved such meadow
this year, and no one would know
by riding mower over it that it had
been seeded after corn-stubble wheat.
1t had been rolled both last spring
and this, last spring to get the corn
stubble out of the way of the binder,
and this spring to farther smooth and
fit the field for moving. To get rid
of the corn stubble the first season,
roll on dry day and when the ground
is dry. and it is surprising how few
will be left standing. There will he
few corn stubble raked up in the
hay, but very few, and this is about
the only objection to seeding after
corn stubblc.
To prepare corn ground for wheat
/ put Is rows of corn in one row OF
shocks, cut the three middle rows and
lay them down in the standing corn,
then fit the ground and sow this
strip, which is just wide enough for
one round of the drill; then, with
jack to shock up by, cut the remain
ing five rows on each side and set on
the ground already sown; thus the
stalks will have to be carried but
little way. and perfect stand OF
wheat will bc secured except right un-
der the shock.
There is no cheaper way Of growing
wheat, and as good crops as | ever
raised were grown in this way, and
for the last three seasons | have seed
ed the ground with excellent results
-E. y. Snyder, in Ohio Farmer.
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Natures standard and Mans.

Nature unaided can maintain a eer
tain standard. This il can DO through
its own mode of breeding and Sc
lection, that is to say, the survival o.
the fittest. The standard, however,
can never rise higher than a certain
leve,. There is an insurmountable
barrier which il can never scale. That
barrier is environment. But man can
improve on nature. While he can be
even more rigid in his selection he can
also modify environment and for the
better. He has thus been enabled to
create the great gap that now exists
between the primal elements of the
hog as he was and the hog as he is.
But the advance has not been all gain.
While the improved hog has gained
enormously in certain qualities, as, for
instance, those that relate to maturity
and easy keeping, the breed has lost
something in qualities which relate to
reproduction, and also in all round
stamina.-Farmers' Review.
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THE ATLANTA SPECIAL

The route of the "Atlanta Spccll," (, 81. tbe
Seahoard Air Line Railway. "FIorida and .,,..t
lhu'a Snort Llne'' with through Pullman Jaw
ing room and buffet sleeping cars from New
f"rF ph'lade'nh'n, Baltimore. woshr"-'o' I'd
Rcu,Uu' ... &, anu AtInut.
connections are made in Union Depot for v &.
golnery, Macon, New orleans and all D, =
Soufh Nnd Southwest. Trains arrive ana depart
at Pennsylvania railroad stations. For further
Information call on or addrc ,s W. c. Shoemaker
'enera Easrern Passo' ser Agent 1906 Broad
way, New York; C. L. Iongsdorf, New England
Passenger Agent. 300 Washington street. Bos-
ton, Mass; W. NJ. Mcconnell, General Agent
l43i New York avenue, Washington, D. e.. or
me general Passenger Agent at Portsmouth, Va.
II. OF; JOHN, l.. :. ALLEN,
:, o,N'P.&G. NJ. Gen. Pass. Agt
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-22
Test in Wintering Bees,

In the fall of '9s had about 2s
1,.oA,es il the bee cellar III ten
frame Langstroth hives. The supers
were filled with chaff and leaves.
They all lived through the winter, but
in the spring the combs were damp
and moldy and the bees were very
weak and much reduced in numbers.
There was no ventilation in the top
Sf the hives, which, In my opinion,
was the cause of the trouble, says
the N. E. Homestead. My cellar was
dug three feet in the ground, and the
roof covered with boards, chaff and
earth. I now have the cellar seven
feet under ground, with poles laid
across the top and covered with 2h
feet Of earth. i like this very much
better. The temperature is about 45
degrees. AS an experiment I tried
keeping two colonies last winter in
the same way, and they came out
stronger than any.
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tree digger that, in taking up ptirsery
stock the preceding fall, had pulverized
the soil Is inches deep and 20 inches
wide. The track of the tree digger in
its width and depth was mass Of
fibrous roots. In the zone between the
tree digger or burrows, where the
ground was hard, there were few
fibrous roots, and limited number of
large, smooth roots. This field yielded
81 bushels of corn per acre that year.
The subsoil roots were followed
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-22
GeOrHia's .ls Goat Farm.

A Georgia paper says that Il. v. Not
tingham has bought farm near Wal
den, in Bibb county, Ga, and proposes
to place 1000 goats on it. He figures
that in three years he will be worth
s1,ooO.ooo, as in his opinion, the goats
will each year increase at the rate of
nine to one. He thinks the leading
feature of the ranch will be the dairy,
which he proposes to run in connection
with ii for selling goat milk for me-
dicinal purposes. He hopes to establish
sanitarium near the farm for the free
entertainment of invalid women and
feeble children, but this will not be an
advertised feature of the ranch.
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wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which Is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
Or. Kilmer's Swamp.Root Is not rec
commended for everything but If you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
Just the remedyyo need. lthas been tested
in so many ways. in hospital work. in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried 1t, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail. also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and EE
serd your address to Alfd#1k@.%% @.%%::Es
DR.. Kimer & Co., ,Bing h:
hamton, N. Y. The asIl:lssssg19 @
regular fifty cent and Home of Swamp Roo<
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
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~ fet down, but the ends were no'

~ fet down, but the ends were noi
found.
BY way Of contrast, see Fig. 2, on up
land, never plowed over six inches
deep. E1sfe fibrous roots food gath
erers) were found in the lower two
inches of the cultivated soil. A cul-
tivator tooth, running four inches deep
would leave only two inches in depth
of cultivated soil in which the food
gatherers might work between the
rows-entirely too limited an area to
secure good results. The root devel-
opment was small and only two joints
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CORN AND ITS ROOTS.
Would Equal One Mile In Length for
Every Plant II Laid End
to End.

A very interesting report on corn
root development appears in the tenth
annual report Of the Kansas state
board Of agriculture. We give . part
Of It as follows:
Prof. King, Of the Wisconsin expert
ment station, estimates that all the
roots of a healthy corn plant, If laid
end to end, would equal one mile In
length. The root development meas
ures the leaf development. Fig.
shows the root of corn plant un-
covered on a farm in the kaw valley,
Kan. This corn grew in the track Of
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-22
LIFE ON THE FARM.
II Must he Elevated So That Its Name
Shall Cease to lie a synonym
for Drudgsry.

A great deal has been said about
the hardships endured by farmers
wives, but how much harder do they
have to work than mechanics wives?
The poultry and the dairy comprise
all the extra work. and these may be
as much or as little as desired. The
farmers house does not require hall
the care, his apparel needs less atten-
tion, his fashions are simpler, his
table is easier supplied and with far
better material at little cost; the chill
dren are not kept indoors, but go
free as the birds, and, as they grow
older, how many less temptations!
The husband is not away all day, but
his home is his place of business, and
many are the holidays a farmer can
The time for very hard work on tho
farm has gone by. 1t is not as 1t was
fifty or a hundred years ago, when
little machinery lghtened the house
keepers daily work. Then the farm
er's wife wove all the cloth worn by
the family, besides doing the cooking
over an open fireplace. Now the
housework is less arduous, the sewing
is quickly done, and much time can
be given to gardening, visiting and
mental improvement. If we would
have our young men and young wom-
en- realize that farming is the noblest
occupation on earth we must give the
calling more dignity, elevating it 80
synonym of drudgery. Home life can
be made very pleasant, even on the
farm.-N. Y. Weekly.
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FIG. 1.

are one foot apart. 1t will readily be
seen how limited is the root area on
the unsubsoiled plats. 1t should how
ever, be remarked that the compost
tion of the soil determines to a great
extent the value of the subsoiling.
Some soils are so loose that subsoil-
Ing would be Of no benefit.
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were covered sufficiently to send down
subsoil roots. The yield was under 40
bushels per acre.
Figure shows root development on
upland, subsoiled 20 inches deep This
shows a large root development, and
the yield was one-third greater than
on adjoining field not subsoiled, with
roots as shown in figure 4.
In our illustration the white hines
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-22

cures made BY Or.
Kilmer's Swamp-Roo
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
II Is the great medi-
caltriumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
Dr.. kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der specialist. and Is
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Mrs.. r.W. Lee, Mont
Romssy. Ala writes
Several years ago I
was inoculatsd With
poisoa by a diseased
nurse. VINO infected
my baby, and for six
long years I suffered
untold misery. My
body was covered with
sores and ulcers. Sew
eral physicia us treated
ME, but all TO no pur-
pose. The mercury and
potash they gave me
,eemed TO add fuel to
the awful fame which
was devouring me.
Friends advised me TO
try 3. S. 8. began tax
ing II and improved
from the start, and .
complete and perfect
cure was the result"