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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
When Wives Were Sold.

A century or so ago wife selling was
not an uncommon event In England,
as the following item. which appeared
in the London News of Nov. 21. 1901,
would show:
ION Friday a coal porter exhibited
his wife in Smithfield, with halter
round her neck, for sale. He demand
ed a guinea for her, but she hung on
hand for some time. until q man of
good appearance made the purchase,
and packing her, halter and all, into a
hackney coach drove for Blackfriars
bridge, amid the huzzas of the mob"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
The Express Robbery.

Since our last issue there have been no
startling developments in regard to the
express robbery. Two white men and a
negro have been arrested and are confined
in iail at Charleston, but there is no de-
finite proof against them. Governor Nc
Sweeney has offered one thousand dol
lars reward for the capture of Barlow
Warren on account of the killing of
Thomas Watson.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
The Wronr CroD.

Visiting an out Of the way English
parish when the incumbent happened
to be away, a former archdeacon o1
Suffolk was, 1t is related, shown round
by the clerk. On arriving at the church
yard he found fine crop Of wheat
growing In 1t.
Dear, dearv' said the archdeacon
81 can't approve Of this. I really die
not think Mr.. - would have planted
wheat in the churchyard."
''That's just what I told parson.'
said the clerk. 81 says" says 1, Eye
didn't ought to have wheated it; ye
ought TO have tatered it!'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
Advertised Letters.

Advertised letters for January, 1902, un'
called for in Bamberg post t-office:
Men-T. J. Ray, Jno. Draper, A. s.
Smith, Jim Borton, j. Ben Rentz, Simon
Washington, Scott Washington, Henry
Willie, Walter Simon, George Smith:
Women-Miss Annie Bell Porter, Miss
J. T. Tyler, Mrs. Auntie Glover, Miss
Carrie Zeigler, Miss Orrie Nimmons, Miss
Shealy Logan, Miss Mary Nance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
Hoen Sea Life.

In the abysses Of the oceans, below
500 fathoms many animals have either
imperfect eyes or none. Their condi-
ton in this regard affords suggestive
parallel to that Of cave life, and the
causes are probably the same. Science
ts Of the opinion that all deep sea lifo
originally emigrated from the shall
lows
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
How the Natives Treat GorilIas

How the Natives Treat Gortllas.
Natives in the countries inhabited by
great apes regard them always as hu
man beings Of inferior types, and it Is
for this reason that for long time II
was found impossible to get hold OF
an entire gorilla skin. because the say
ages considered it religiously neces
sary to cut of the hands and feet OF
the animals when they killed them
just rs they do with their enemies, pos
sibly for the purpose Of rendering them
harmless in case they should by any
chance come to life again.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
To Our Subscribers.

We realize that money is very scarce
and that many of you are in bad tinancia
condition, but We want those who are IN
debted to US to pay at least a portion OF
what they are due right away. We need
the money to help pay for new machinery
we are putting into the office, and we hope
every one indebted 10 the paper will help
US out some. Ifyou can't pay all you owe
pay what you can. We will be glad to
receive any amount Very few owe us
we are glad to say, but if these few would
settle a portion of their Indebtedness, it
would help US very materially.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
Mrs. SmOak Dead.

Mrs. Susannah Smoak, widow of the
late Geo. W. Smoak, died last Thursday
at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr.. j.
B. Padgett, in the Clear Pond section.
Mrs. Smoak had been widow for four
teen years. She was eighty-four years
old. The burial took place Friday after
noon at Bethlehem Lutheran church, the
services being largely attended.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
r.. ]. 8. BROKERS Hardware Store,
Personal Mention.

Mr.. c. L. Carter, of Lodge, was in the
city last Saturday.
Mr.. I. D. Copeland, of Ehrhardt, was
in the city Monday.
Mr.. B. F. Brown, of Ehrhardt, was
here last Saturday.
Mr.. W. 81. Collins, of the Olar section,
was in the city Tuesday.
-Messrs. T. w. Dannelly and }. r.
-Kearse, Jr., were in the city last Satur-
day.
-Messrs. J. C. Mckenzie and j. D. Pad
eett of Ehrhardt, were in the city Tues
day. .
MILD. Fender, of Ehrhardt, paid
rs pleasant call last Thursday while in
town.
MIR. A. Rice has returned from trip
to New York, where he went TO puy
spring goods.
-Messrs. Joe J. Brabham and j. b.
Kearse, of Buford's Bridge, were IN the
city last Saturday.
Mr.. s. E. Neeley and Mrs. Sallie Brab-
ham, of the Buford's Bridge section, were
in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. A. II. Bruce VISITED ner uauSh-
ter, Miss Annie, several days last week,
down near St. George, where she is teach
ing.
Mrs. Frank S. Clark, who has been
ON a visit to her sister, Mrs. A. MclVer
Bostick, has returned to her home IN Ark
adelphia, Arkansas.
Mrs. il. Eddleman and little son,
Louis, left last Saturday morning TOR Con
cord, n. c., where they will spend awmle
before going 10 Greenwood, their new
home.
A. McIyer Bostick, Esq, came home
a few days last week on account OF the
illness of his little son, Roger. The little
fellow is thought to be on the road to re-
co7ery now. He has been very Ill with
pneumonia.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
Trees at Auction Again.

At Ehrhardt, Tuesday,
February 18th. All kinds,
including Pecans. Fine trees
too large to carry over.
Will be sold to the highest
bidder. No side bidding.
BAMBERG NURSERIES.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
His Choice of Sacrifices.

ut is true" said the person Of high
ideals, 'that you have attained pros
perity by your writings, but you have
produced nothing that will live"
"Well," answered the comfortable
Htterateur, when it comes to a ques.
ton Of which shall live, myself or my
writings, didn't hesitate to sacrifice
my writings" >'~s'-~'''
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
CLASS 4.
U. G.. Milhous, Denmark.

U. G.. Milhous, Denmark.
CLASS c, NC. 2.
A. Wilson, Viola.
J. B. Gillian, Bamberg.
J. H. Mccormack, Govan.
J. A. Kirkland, Ulmer.
John S. Copeland, Ehrhardt.
E. Gunnels, Govan.
W. W. Williams, Bamberg.
B.J. Brabham, Olar.
r. w. Nix, Bamberg.
NJ S. Carter, Bamberg.
A. w. Wilkerson, Bamberg.
CLASS c, NO. 4.
NJ. E. Reed, Denmark.
Mary Bars, Denmark.
Ellen Drawdy, HartZog.
Emma Grimes, Govan.
Amanda Gillian, Goyan.
As soon as the State board passes upor
the applications and sends the list to the
clerk of court, we will publish both the
old and new names, the last years pen
sioners not being included in above list
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
Her Comment.

Mrs. Growells-My husband Is con-
tinually quarreling about trifes.
Mrs. Howells-Well, my dear, the
less one has to quarrel about the bet.
ter.-Chicago News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06

Macedonia has a population Of about
100000. Three -fourths are Christian
and one-fourth Turks. Nearly half are
Of Bulgarian ancestry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06

There is being erected at Man chester
N. H., what is claimed will be when
finished the largest single mill building
ever erected,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06

The best way to make q man ac-
knowledge the corn is to stamp on his
toe.-Philadelphia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06

The microscope has shown yeast cells
in Egyptian bread more than 1000
years old.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
County Pension Board.

The county pension board met at the
court house last Monday for the purpose
of considering applications for pensions.
The following new names were added to
the list:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
January Honor Roll.

The following received subscription
receipts from us during the month OF
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22

Touching Story OF a
Slaves Devotion to
His Master,
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22

Among the documents which have
lately been discovered in Chaldea is
a tablet which may well be called the
oldest dressmaker's bill in the world"
II was the custom of the Babylonian
kings to present to the temple sets
Of robes for the use of the priests and
priestesses. This was usually done
every year. Many of these lists are in
the British Museum. The Oldest hith-
erto known has been that Of a king,
about 1450 B. G. The document now
discovered Is, however, much older.
The tablet is Of limestone, and was
found in the ruins Of temple in the
city Of Nipur, in southern Chaldea.
This temple was dedicated to the
"ghost god" and had a large priest
hood attached to it. From the style
of the writing. which is extremely
archaic, and from the curious system
of numerals employed, the tablet, 1t is
said, cannot be Of later date than 2SOO
B. G. 1t contains a list Of ninety-two
vestments which were presented to the
temple by the king. The name Of the
king is. unfortunately. omitted. The
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22
Mountain Rata.

On the summit of Mount Kosciusko,
the highest peak Of the Australian
Alps, an astronomical and meteorologi-
cal observatory Is maintained. The
Official in charge states in his latest
report that the place is Overrun with
rats, and that he is slaughtering them
at the rate of hundreds a month. He
adds that he would soon accumulate
fortune IL the Government would pay
him at the rate that rules in Sydney,
where rats tails are worth threepence
each since the visitation Of the bubOnic
plague. Such swarms of rats on the
roof Of Australia. at height of 1928
feet. constitute a curious fact in anti,
podean natural history 1t is supposed
that they have been attracted from all
quarters by the large depot of food
supplies in connection with the obser.
vatory. However, the keeper does not
mean to surrender to the invaders.
II am thoroughly contented," says this
AlpiEe Mark Tapley, "and 1 mean to
stick to the mountain as long as II will
stick to ne."-London Chronicle.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22

full OF hope though she was in bed, i'll
and looking quite cadaverous. I've
got consumption, Mr.. Hastings she
said, smiling wanly; we must try the
quality Of Chicago mercy this time
Then l noticed that the handkerchief
which she brought to her mouth was
stained with red and at the corners Of
her pretty mouth were tiny crimson
lines. got a doctor to visit her, and
he promptly declared that she was in
rapid tubereulosis-pthisis, 1 think he
called it.
But the prosecution was obdurate
at first. They didn't swallow the 'dy-
ing mother story very easily; it had
been worked too often, they said; so
suggested that they send their own
doctor to see my client, and, ie he de-
clared her other than consumptive, or
declared that she was shamming, l
would pay her bill and go to trial. He
went Il dozen time and finally agreed
with my doctor that she was failing
rapidly. He was a good-hearted man.
Tho pretty child touched his heart, l
dare say, but the unfortunate mothers
hemorrhages, her failure to gain flesh
her pinched, almost transparent flesh,
brought him over to our side.
"Then my Cincinnati experience was
repeated. Case dropped, position for
the mother as soon as she was able TO
walk, kindness, help, hope. But she
rallied so fast that / was nonplused,
afraid that her employers might be-
come suspicious, though none but the
proprietor knew her story. Yes, 1 ad-
NIT it. Proctor, had more than law
yer's interest in her. At last, at sup
per one night after the play, quizzed
her about her pthlsis' She smiled
querulously at first, but said 1t was
Il desperate fraud, l know, but l was
desperate, Mr.. Hastings. You don't
blame me? I'll never deceive you
again
'And she never did, Proctor. Shes
the best woman in the world. l got
her a divorce and-well, she was in
here a moment agony wife, in fact,
and I'm not ashamed of her."
But the consumption" said Proc
tor, after a wondering moment, "the
emaciaton, th--the--er hemorrhages?
How on earth did She"
"Jlst worry, starvation and-and a
morsel Of raw calves liver"-John II.
Raftery, in the Chicago Record Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22
MODERN
NAVIES

An amazing confusion prevails. For
a long period the single screw was pre-
ferred to the twin system in England,
and now in the German, American and
Russian navies triple screws are being
fitted. While these rivals are develop
ing the screw system, the British ad-
miralty are looking to the turbine as
possible means of securing in men-of-
war a speed hitherto regarded as un-
attainable.
The British have been using the
Belleville boiler. the Germans are
building ships of war, not one or two,
but many, in which half the boilers
are cylindrical and half water tube. In
the British navy coal is exclusively
used; Russia is building ships in which
half the boilers will be heated by coal
and half by oil. In England two big
guns are mounted in the turrets Of
battleships, fore an daft; the Ameri-
cans, in spite of the diversity of opin-
ion prevailing on the other side Of the
Atlantic, are placing one turret on the
top of the other, which is known as
the "superposed turret" system. Swe-
den is following the American fashion.
France is relying mainly on torpedo
boats; Great Britain is placing her
trust in torpedo-boat destroyers. Her
neighbors across the channel are mod
ernizing many of their older battle
ships; the English are concentrating
all their efforts on entirely new ships.
France hurriedly adapted an armor-
piercing shell for her fifty-ton guns;
the English experimental, and have
now a much superior projcetile. The
great powers some years since estab-
lished pigeon lofts along their coasts
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22

Ill Aulh hhA bNNAl Va NdcNo Ia
traordinary queer clients and
singular precedents, when
there was n rap at Judge
Hastings door and the Office boy came
in to say that Mrs. Hastings was in the
Gnte-room.
you've never met her, have you
Proctor" asked the Judge, turning to
his friend. No? Tell her to come
right in, Pete"
She came in radiant, dignfed. wOm-
anly, cordial, and Proctor. who was
an old bachelor, began to realize his
friends reverential faith in marriage
vows, his fame as peacemaker be-
tTixt warning pairs, his dislike for
frail Divorces and errant husbands.
Very gracious to her husbands COL
league, she fingered but 4 moment and
went away Hastings closed the dco:,
lighted another cigar aud resumed tic
talk.
Speaking of queer clients" he be-
gan, THE worst and the best, the most
deceptive and yet the most ingenious
l ever had was a woman ehoplifter.
1t was down in Cincinnati, in the old
days. when had but little experience
outside Of criminal practice. You know,
was prompted to come here to get
away from a growing reputation as q
criminal pleader, and yet my first case
in Chicago was for one OF my loyal
Cincinnati crooks. Crook-yeS, that's
the word, 1 guess, though it seems
harsh now, for she was the most loyal,
Ingenious and most virtuous thief that
ever lodged the pententiary. Well, to
begin at the beginning.
"She was arrested one Cay in Gin
cinnati by the house detective of q
big dry goods store, searched, and as
the saying is, caught red-handed.' OF
course she sent for me. l wGs terribly
strong with the shoplifters of Cincir.
natl, and the Lord knows there were
enough of them to keep 4 Woodworking
tyro in board money. l don't deny that
/ was struck with her beauty and evil
dent refinement the moment l met her
she was on the books cs Mary Smith
and the cheap calico and dowdy cape
she wore were not much of q disguise
for her extraordinary qualities phys
ical and mental.
Il told her to tell me the truth about
herself up to the time OF her arrest,
and she did. I'm sure she did, as you
will find. She was Of good family and
tender nature, had eloped with a hand
gome salesman and had been living for
three years in Covington, where her
husband was doing WELL but living be-
yond his means as the manager Of a
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22

big furniture house. Well, he was
found to be short in his accounts. con-
victcd Of embezzlement and sent to the
penitentiary, leaving his young wife
and baby in absolute penury. She
sold everything the first year to keep
him supplied with the extras that are
not on prison menus; she denied her.
self, looking for work Of any kind. and
finally awaking to the realization that
there was nothing between her and
hunger except the few good garments
that remaiLed Of her once splendid
wardrobe.
"She sold them, and in utter gener-
osity wrote hopeful let er9 to her hus-
band even when her prospect loomed
blacklist. She could hardly sew, knew
nothing Of business, had neither means
nor time to learn shorthand or type
writing, and soon found that even the
petty positions open for yoLls women
In the big stores, paid next to nothing.
Assailed on all sides by rascals Of the
unclean and impertinent type, who
would have favored her on account
OF her beauty, she could do no better
than I'LL an occasional vacancy as 'ex-
ira in some store. She tried writing
at home, but found that the pittance
for addressing 10000 envelopes would
not keep her and her baby a day. Then,
in desperation, she began to steal, tim.
idly at first, but finally with a boldness
and shrewd dexterlty that for a time
meant ease and even luxury fer Ler
and the baby.
"She fixed up snug little fat in
Cincinnati, but with her weather eye
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22
European Powers "
Have Varying
Ideas OF Warfare.

and spent large sums in breeding and
training suitable birds to carry COM
munications from ships of war to the
naval centers ashore; the British ad-
miralty hesitated, at last established
three lofts, and now it is evident that
wireless telegraphy will supplant the
winged messengers of war.
These are examples of the disordered
state of naval opinion as it appears to
any one who attempts to get a BIRDS
eye view of the tendency Of construc-
tion and equipment in the arsenals of
the world, says the Nineteenth Gem
tury. Some of the powers are endeav-
oring to perfect flying machines which
will bring aerial warfare within the
realms Of possibility; Others are rely
ing on the feasibility of carrying de-
struction secretly beneath the waves.
There are persons again-and among
them one of the most skillful naval
constructors under the admiralty-who
believe that in the near future COM
plete revolution in the means Of naval
warfare may be witnessed. They look
to the marshaling of ships in some
thing of the same order as land forces.
In their dream they see squadrons
afloat corresponding to an army divis-
ion on land, and comprising the three
arms, infantry, artillery and mounted
troops. The battle ships will be heav-
lily armored and will carry big guns,
but no toTpedoes; the cruisers, built to
scout, will have lighter guns, but will
be also without torpedoes, and, lastly,
torpedo craft will be innocent OF guns
of any type, even Of the smallest cali
ber, relying solely upon the weapon
that gives them their distinctive name
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22

on possible detection, held on to the
squalid room in Covington, where she
had hid her misery and her shame from
the fair-weather friends of her early
married days She made no effort to
conceal nor condone the crime for
which she had been arrested. l got
bail for her, and, as we left the jail
together, what do you suppose she pro-
posed? Simply that she go back with
her baby to the dirty, bare room In
COyington, and, leaning wholly upon
her story of pinching want, throw her.
self wholly on the mercy Of the rich
merchant she had robbed. No lawyer
could have devised better plan, and
at once l was struck by her swift in
genuity 1t meant a chance to plead
first offense,' and l seized upon it as
her only chance to escape a sentence.
"Of course played her hard-luck
story to a finish, got the opposing law
yer to go over with me to Covington,
and, to make a long story short, not
only got the case dropped, but actually
convinced the proprietor that Mary
Smith should have place in the glove
department of his store. She got il,
and as took pains to know, conuived
to eke out n decent living for herself
and child till her husband came back
from the penitentiary. OF course that
meant that they must leave Cincinnati,
and the. next thing l know, they were
gone, bag and baggage. nobody knew
whittier.
81 came TO Chicago q year or so after,
set up a modest office, resolved TO keep
away from the criminal branch, and
was in the way of forgetting Mary
Smith when suddenly one day got Il
telephone message to the effect that i
woman prisoner at Central wanted to
see me. l went over and met Mary
She was almost in rags. had come TO
Chicago with her husband, who de-
serted her as soon as their money gave
out She had tried to get work, failed,
begged a little-too little to keep her
child warm-then she resumed steal
ing The old story. Everybody knows
it. Well, took the case, got her over
TO her squalid room on the West Side,
and began to figure on u scheme to
get he" out Of trouble.
Il couldn't think of any, but when
camc back the next day l found her
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22
PERSEVERANCE.

Finish what thou hast to do,
Prove thy right to wear a crown;
Bravely tread thy journey through
Ere the sun goes down.
Lay some stone each passing hour
In thy palace Of renown;
Run the flag up on the tower
Ere the sun goes down.
Crowd thy bark, though storm.sailed
Over seas that seek to drown,
To the harbor-mouth, full-sailed,
Ere the sun goes down.
Stand up bravely in the fight
Play the king and not the clown;
Clear the trenches, storm the hight,
Ere the sun goes down.
Plow thy furrow in life's field,
Though the heavens may smile or frowni
Falter not, look back nor yield,
Till the sun goes down.
If thou canst not reap, then CLEAN +,
Midst the stubble bare and brown;
Search the field and leave it clean
Ere the sun goes down.
Time enough to lay aside
Warriors mail or priestly gown
In the dusk of eventide
When the sun goes down.
The Rev A. j. Housh.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22
This Is the Oldest DreSsmaker'S Bill
0000o0o1ooNo0000c00sG

inscription ends with the words: "In
all, ninety-two vestments, the bill
(list) OF the temple for the priests this
year" Many Of the words are un-
known, and are doubtless technical
terms employed By the modistes Of
that period
Among the items are Twelve white
robes of the temple, eight robes Of
the house of his lady, ten collars Of
the house of his lady. ten pure gold
collars, two white robes" An item
toward the end of this curious bill
-Four scented robe lis suggestive
of the passage in Psalm xiv, in which
are mentioned the robes redolent Of
"myrrh and aloes and cassia."
1t was evidently the custom in Baby
lon to perfume the Yobes, as it is at
present in India and Persia. This
document is of value as showing the
great development which had taken
place in the textile arts in Chaldea
even at Cnat early period.
Money makes the mare 60 and wo-
men make the money go.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-22

Money makes the mare go and wo-
men make the money 60.