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The Delta independent., 1902-11-21
THE MODERN NovELIsrs.

People get to like q soul, but a sat-
isfactory hat makes an impression at
first sight.-John Oliver Hobbies in
"The Soul Hunters"
There is no such certainty Of knowl.
edge on all subjects as one holds at
1S and 8O.-Richard Harding Davis in
Captain Macklin."
When / want the brutal rhetoric Of
common sense | listen to ladies Of
blameless virtue-John Oliver Hobbies
in "The Soul Hunters"
Human condolences must be mutual.
1t is onlyto God that man can continue
telling. telling, telling, and never get
ting q word in return.-Henry Seton
NMerriman in The Vultures."
1t Is fundamental law of happy
and useful life that we must keep
sweet, for bitterness perverts the
judgment and corrodes the heart
Charles Frederic Goss in THE Loom
of Life"
Fortunately, emotions primitively
barbarous are not indicated by exter-
nal labels, or walks in the street
would be fraugat with strange dis
coveries.-Anthony Hope in The In
trusions of Peggy"
The knights of the world no longer
fight in armor, but in every street Of
every city there are still men sans
peur ct sans reproche," who not only
live for love but who are ready to die
for loves sweet sake.-Charles Fred.
eric Goss in The Loom of Life"
There is no corrosive like wounded
egotism. 1t eats into the moral
nature, corrupting its victim, destroy
ing all sense of proportion and blind.
ing him to everything save his own
passionate longing for reprisal-
James Creelman in Eagle Blood"
1t was between twilight and candle
light. the gentle half hour when the
kind old Sand Man steals up the
stairs of houses where children are;
when rustic lovers stroll with slow
and quiet steps down country lanes
and old bachelors are loneiiest and
dream of things that might have been.
Booth Harrington in The Two Van.
revels."
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21
TREASURE TRovE.

A plant In the room on washday is
worth more than a bunch of flowers
on Sunday.-Nature Portraits.
A persons mind has no call to be
all clothes. They are all that stands
between us and savages, some think.
Mrs. Tree.
Readiness to answer all manner of
questions involving book learning is
the beginning OF a species Of idiocy.-
The Unspeakable Scot
Men folks is like pickles-some; !;
women is the brine they're picked
in--they don't keep sweet without
'em.-Mrs. Tree.
A person who can't argue is like
a person who can't chew: he swallows
the facts, of life unprepared for diges-
tion.-Those Delightful Americans.
Financial reciprocity
Is built upon this plan
A man first makes the money, then
The money makes the man.
-whimlets.
Thar never was a plant as hard to
get rooted as charity is. and body
ought to have 1t whar they kin watch
II close. Itll die heap O. times ef
you Jest look at 1t, an it mighty nigh
always has bad soil ur drouth to
contend with.-Abner Daniel.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21
CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT.

II is easier TO hear of good luck than
tc see II.
Thieves taking ways leave little to
be desired.
A painful duty is best performed by
. substitute.
II man Is inclined to be foolish
a silk hat won't save him.
A man may do worse than read
poetry. He may attempt TO write 1t.
The average girl knows at least one
OF her sex who would make an ideal
wife.
Man wants but little here below
but woman wants little of every
thing.
A wise bride always improves the
present by disposing of the duplicate
wedding gift.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21
ACTORS IRREGULARITIES.

Henry Miller talks from one side of
his mouth. and seems to draw in his
upper lip.
William Faversham has stride. II
lengthens In proportion to the tension
of his speeches.
John Drew's favorite position is to
stand with his hands behind his back
and his legs spread wide apart.
Tim Murphy has retained his Texas
Steer" trick of shaking the forefinger
Of his right hand when he wants to be
emphatic.
Otis Skinner looks from beneath
lowering eyelashes. and when he ges-
lures he throws his arms straight
out before he begins any light -four,
ishes.
Robert Drouet talks with MS mouth
partly open, and the words come in
pants. The suggestion is that OF
fish out of water. gasping, open.mouth.
ed. for air.
Charles Richman holds his hands be-
hind his back, but more loosely than
Mr.. Drew. When he sits at a table
or stands by mantel he leans on his
elbow. with hand on shin.
James X. Hackett likes to stand
with his arms folded on his breast.
when he does lock OF hair Invariably
falls over his eyes. and he has to ~.
lease one arm to brush It back.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21
PASSING GlIMPSES.

Students sang and jeered while Car
rie Nation talked at Yale, but not even
a hatchet could have cut short her re-
marks.
Lead manufacturers have formed a
gigantic trust, and hereafter only the
man with money will be believed when
he says he has lead-pipe cinch.
With the opening of the game sea.
SON comes the suggestive announce
ment that Marin county farmers are
about to go cunning for chauffeurs.
In suit for divorce an Eastern man
named Collier has the impertinence
to complain because his wife forced
him to carry coal. What's in a name!
If some specialist should declare that
all orators who desire to keep on max.
ing noise should rest at least three
days a week the whole country would
rise and call him blessed.
Heinze of Montana calls his new po-
litical organization the Antitrust par
tyy but as he has no grudge against
industrial combinations, the infants
full name is probably Antitrust in
Senator Clark"
The lawyers of ex-Queen Liluokalani
are trying to prove that her overthrow
was due to plot. At this late day it
would seem that it doesn't matter
much whether she was upset by rev.
olution or banana peel.
Government surveyors now at work
in Alaska report that they recently
found a country where white men had
never been. A good many people are
anxious for particulars. They would
Ike to go there and stay until after
election.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21
WORTH REPEATING.

Wit and wisdom from Love and the
Soul Hunters"
Nature makes memorable war on her
failures.
like to let a man feel that he has
the laugh on me. 1t makes him feel
good.
An overstralned nervous system! l
call it excess of self-consciousness-
egotism, that's all.
Flippant people often have a great
deal of sense in the conduct of life
Their hatred Of peril and pain makes
them instinctively farseeing.
However precious the gift Of humor
may be, 1t is question whether those
who possess 1t make the truest
friends. Terror Of the laugh. and the
fear that 1. can be justified is often
n misfortune. cftener restraint on
confidence. and oftener still Il gives
an ironical tinge to sympathy.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21
BROTHER plcKEv's PHILOSOPHY

De man what starts out ter make de
worl' better mos inginrully winds UP
by feelin' wusser.
De Day er Judgment looks so fur of
ter some folks dat dey can't even see
Gabrul polishin' his trumpet.
Riches may be curse. but wen it
comes ter dat, lots er us feels dat
we kin stan good deal er cussin'.
Some er desc hard-headed sinners
kin take dis fer dey consolation: Dey
won't be any coal strike in de place
whar dey gwine.
Wisdom didn't die wild Solomon.
You'll find lots er folks in dis worl'
what1l tell you Solomon didn't know
n thing erbout .t.-Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21


Hon. David Meekison is well known
not only in his own State, but through
out America He WAS elected to the
Tifty-fifth Congress by very large
majority and is the acknowledged leader
OF his party in his section Of the state.
Only one flaw mnrred the otherwise
complete success of this rising states
man. Catarrh with its insidious APP
proach and tenacious grasp. was his
only unconquered foe. For thirty years
he waged unsuccessful warfare against
this personal enemy. At last Peruna
came to the rescue. He writes:
81 hsve used several bottles of Pc.
runa and feel greatly benefited there.
BY from my caEsrrb of the head. !
feet encouraged to believe that III use
II . short time longer will be fully able
to eradicate the disease of thirty Year,
standing. David Meekis0n. Member
Of Congress.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to DIR. Hartman. giving n
full statement of your case and he will
DO pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus
Ohio
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21

The best way to cure indigestion is
to remove its cause This is best done
by the prompt use of DR.. August Koe-
nig's Hamburg Drops. which regulate
the stomach in an effectual manner.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21

Itchineas of the skin horrible plague. Most
everybody afflicted in one way or another.
Only one safe, never failing cure. Doan's
Ointment. At any drug store, so cents.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21

A Welsh rarebit is the base fabric of
hideous dream.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21

Does absence make the heart grow
sondery'' Yes: fonder of someone else"
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21

NOT A FISH STORY.
Baxtsr's Bullhead cigar as as good a SC
smoke as ysu can find
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21
Denver Directory.
SADDLES and HARNESS

-n..s with br-~s sh-
bile team harness
With br~~chins
for sli, so Steel
uorn stack a. J.
die for h1. SO
sl-si Morn saddle
double cine b .
Tor elA DO no.
t.c deceived by
worthless irnitA-
tions bal rcu I
your orier iirec;
Ia ns an | get the
bed se0ulus oas
ian not harness
The Delta independent., 1902-11-21

tot examination b~tors paying for .ame. CAtaloS
oss free. AL Goois sLAms,st FIRED AtELLkR.
Ais-is LAriiner street psny.r. Colorado.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
BIDDLES DEAD; WOMAN LIVES.
After Lingering In Agony Many Hours,
Both Wounded Men Cross
the Dark River.

A news special from Butler, Pa,
says: At the close of a day of intense
excitement and many conflicting stories
concerning the chances for life of the
wounded Biddle brothers and Mrs.
Kate Soffel, the unexpected happen
ed. John Biddie, who until late Sat-
day afternoon was the more likely
brother to escape present death, sue
cumbed at 1885 p. m.
His brother Ed, who had been un-
conscious practically all day and who
was considered a dying man Friday
night, survived until II o'clock, when
he, too, went over the great divide.
Both men died without apparent suf-
fering at the close.
Mrs. Soffel, who developed symp-
toms OF pneumonia, has a chance for
life, and unless some unforeseen COM
pication sets in, will recover.
The death of Jack Biddle was caus-
ed by the bullet wounds; in his abdo-
men and bladder. Early in the day
the physicians thought peritonitis was
the principal danger in his case, but
internal hemorrhage finally set in and
the man bled to death in short
while.
AS long as he was able, Jack was
extremely talkativc and was at times
bcastful. But as soon as the shadow
j. death began to fall upon him and
he recognized it, he became repentant.
81 know" he said, that my time is
short, and you can say for me that l
am a Christian and will die sincere
believer in God, and hope I have
strength enough to say so at the last.
know l have taken part in many
wrong deeds, but I have never killed
any man and was never implicated
with any one who did"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
APPEAL MADE PUBLIC
Grounds Upon Which Schley Asks
Rooseyelt's Intervention.
MAIN FEATURES OF DOCUMENT
President Is Asked to lndorse Minor.
ity Opinion of Admiral Dewey
As Natter of Right
and Justice.

The navy department Wednesday
made public Admiral Schley's appeal,
delivered to the president about a
week ago. The departments com
ncnt" will be published in a day or
two.
Admiral Schley appeals to the pres
ident as the chief executive and COM
nander in chief of the army and
navy, vested with power to regulate
and direct the acts of the several ex-
ecutive officers thereof" and he asks
that the president review the findings
OF the court. He asks this on three
grounds, in each case basing his ap
peal On the findings of Admiral Dew
ey, as opposed to the majority report.
These three grounds are set out
compendiously in the petition" which
fills about eight printed pages Of a
pamphlet and is signed by Admiral
Schley and Messrs. Raynor, Parker
ard league, of his counsel. Attached
to the petition are three exhibits, "A" !"
"B" and &C." each made up of copious
extracts from the testimony taken by
the court Of inquiry and intended to
confirm the statements of facts made
in the petition itself.
In brief, che appeal o. Admiral
Schley asks that the finding of Admi:
raj Dewey he sustained.
Schley says he was in sole COM
mand at the battle.
Sampson arrived one hour and thir-
teen minutes after the last Of the
Spanish ships had hauled down their
flag.
He contends that his blockade was
effective and proper.
The passage from Cienfuegos was
made with all possible dispatch.
Every movement was the work of
Admiral Schley's plans.
Finally, it is reiterated that the ma
jority rejected all of Schley's testi-
mony and CT his witnesses, although
he was on the stand many hours and
subjected to the most searching ex
animation, and by so doing they haVa
perverted the ends of justice.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
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Prooress In Tobacco, GrowIno.

Progress In Tobacco Growing.
Tobacco culture has made wonder
full progress III the entire eastern Sec
ton CT South Carolina within the past
five years. AS the people become
more expert in raising it, the foreign
markets have shown preference for
the product of this state.
The people believe that in certain
sections an article can be produced
that can compare favorably with Gu
ban tobacco-that is, a filler" can be
produced equal to the Cuban product
in the manufacture Of cigars.
Efforts are being made to attract the
attention of the national government
and induce it to include South Caro-
lima in it's experimental work. If the
department is assured of public inter
est in the matter, a soil survey will
be made of a large portion Of the
state. Almost every other state in
the union has had Typographical maps
made Of large areas, yet South Caro-
lima has had none.
The survey would expend something
near the 100000 mark; as we'll as dis
close the wealth and resources Of the
state.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06

tied to not more than one hundred and
fifty; those attending the dinner to be
upon invitation extended by the may:
or of the city.
While the dinner to the president is
in progress, Mrs. Roosevelt will re-
ceive in the ballroom Of the st. John
hotel the members Of the board of
'ady managers OF the exposition and
such other ladies as the board Of lady
managers may invite, the humber to
be limited strictly to five hundred.
\ committee Of five gentlemen and
five ladies will 60 to Summervjlle on
Wednesday morning to meet Presl-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt; and accom-
pany them and their party to Charles
ton.
The personnel of the presidents
party will be about as follows:
The president, Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss
Alice Roosevelt Miss Carew, j. K.
Grice, FIVE members of the cabinet,
Secretary Cortelyou, Assistant Secre-
tary Loeb, one stenographer two mes
sengers, probably the representatives
of the three press associations and of
the three illustrated newspapers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
IN A SECRET GRAVE
Bodies Of the Biddles Will Be Hidden
From Possible Mutilation.

Bodies Of the Bddles Will Be Hidden
From Possible Mutilation.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: The re-
mains of Edward and John Biddle, the
dead bandits, arrived at the Pi,ts5urg
and Western railroad station at II
o'clock Monday morning, and were at
once taken to the Pittsburg morgue.
Hundreds of persons gathered about
the station. When the train drew in
there was a rough scramble to get to
the platform Of the depot. during
which several were bruised by being
crushed against the side Of the stair
way. An immense crowd soon gath
cred at the morgue, but large detail
of police prevented them from enter
ing the building. The remains of the
murderers were turned over to their
brother, Harry Riddle. To prevent the
demolition of the coffins and the mu-
tilation of the bodies. which, in all
probability, would follow their burial
if the spot was generally known,
Harry Biddle has arranged a secret
plan to dispose of his brothers re-
mains without letting the public know
where or when the intermeDt will take
place.
The only matter now of anything
Ike absorbing interest in connection
with the Biddles is the fate Of Mrs.
Soffel and anything she may say con-
corning the escape and subsequent
capture of the trio. Mrs. Soffel is ly-
ing in the Butler hospital. and, though
a sick woman, her case is not consid-
cred really serious.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
TWO MILLIONS IN SMOKE.
Waterbury, Connecticut, Visited BY
Fearful Conflagration.

Fearful ConflaSration.
In the hardest gale of the winter
Waterbury, Conn, struggled Sunday
large area Of the business section Of
the city and threatened to wipe It out
entirely. The blaze started in the up
holstery department on the third
floor CT the store of Reed & Hughes,
dry goods company, Nos. 1OS to 12O
Bank street, and that store and many
adjoining buildings were reduced in
a few hours to smoldering embers.
An estimate of 100000 as the
amount of the properly loss on build
inGs and contents was considered
conservative by insurance men.
The origin of the fire is unknown
and it was not discovered until it had
gained tremendous headwa".
At 6:15 p. m. three employees of the
Reed & Hughes company were in
their store and when they left noticed
no ordor of smoke about the house.
Fifteen minutes later flames were
seen to burst with great force from
the window of the third floor, and al
most simultaneously from the base
ment. Before anybody could send in
an alarm the whole interior Of the
building was mass of flames, which
spread rapidly to adjoining buildings
The fire started in a drizs4ing rain,
and late rturning to snow with a rap
idly rising wind.
Losses are given as follows:
". H. Camp block, in which was
located Reid & Hughes store, $751;
900; O'Connor block, s25,OO0; Green
berg & Buckner, 100000; old Ameri-
can block, Charles Miller, owner, $685.
900; Johnson block, $4,000; Jones,
Morgan & Co., colthiers, $4,000; j.
B. Mullings & Son, c>othiers. $780,
900; Camp block, in process of demo
lition, $4,000; New Eagland Engi-
neering Company, $4,000; Franklin
house, totally destroyed, $4,000;
Turkish path, W. G. Schlegel, proprie-
tor, $4,000; Jean Jacques block, $780,
600: Mrs. w. C. Bannon's block, occu-
pied by Anscn Sellew Company, s75,-
900; George E. Judd block, occupied
by LaPalme-H Hoffman Company, $50,
900; Ashworth block, occupied by B.
G. Church Company, 100000; Water
bury American, loss building, $780,,
600; schlitz Brewing Company, $780,
600; Conlom Brothers, S50,Ooo; Ed
ward McGraw, two blocks, $4,000;
Meigs, block, $4,000; Whittlesey
block, $4,000; Boston Furniture Com
pary, $4,000; Bronson block, $780,
600.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
CARS "sKATED" DOWN HILL.

Peculiar and Death-DeaIing Accident
on Pittsburg Trolley Line.
Three people killed, two fatally hurt
and a score Of others more or less in
jured is the record made by two runa-
way cars on the Monongahela branch
of the Pittsburg, Pa, railway We'd
nesday night.
The accident happened at the foot
of a long hill running into Wilmer
ding from McKeesport. A car with
out passengers got beyond control OF
the motorman and dashed down the
hill. 1 IA miles, at terrific speed.
At the bottom it jumped into the Penn
sylvania station, carrying away the
side of the depot and tearing up the
platform.
A large crowd gathered about the
wreck and twelve minutes later a Sec
ond run away car came tearing down
the hill and plowed into the crowd
with death-dealing force.
A binding sleet storm prevailed at
the time, and it is said the two cars
"skated" down the hill with brakes
tightly set.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
NAMED BY PRESIDENT.

4 Number of Southern Appointments
Go to the Senate.
The president Monday sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the senate:
Postmasters:
Alabama-Nicholas G.. Schad, Brew
ION; John B. Lollar. Jasper; Blevins
S. Perdue, Greenviile; William I.
Hutchens, Huntsville.
Georgia-Frederick B. Dismuke, Jr.,
Thomasville; VIM. A. Sheats, Monroe.
North Carolina-John w. c. Long
Statesville.
South Carolina-Robert S. Link, AD-
beville.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-06
LEMLY AND HANNA R0WLING.
causticaIly comment" on sehIey's
Appeal, While the Admiral Is
Receiving Ovations Galore.

A Washington special says: The
appeal for the review of his case, filed
with the president by Admiral Schley,
has drawn out caustic comment from
Judge Advocate Lemly and Solicitor
Hanna.
The comment severely arraigns
Schley for his conduct of the battle
of Santiago and declares the investi
cation for the court of inquiry to
make was for the purpose Of fixing.
the blame rather than directing the
honor.
They say the chief features OF the
case were the retrograde movement
"disobedience of ORDERS" Inaccurate,
and misleading official reports" fail
ure to destroy vessels Of the enemy
lying within sight" and injustice to:
a brother officer. These matters are
all grave.
The first was that the finest aggre-
der one command was, by Schley's
direction, turned about and headed
for Key West, more than 700 miles
distant, when within % miles Of San
tiago where the enemy's ships were
The second was that Schley deliber-
ately and knowingly disobeyed the
secretary's order overtaking him IN.
his retrograde movement.
The third was that Schley's reason,
offered officially, for the retrograde.
movement and disobedience Of orders,
i. e., "that the flying squadron was
short of COAL" was not true.
The fourth was that for three days
some Of the Spanish ships lay within
reach of the flying squadron and no
sufficient effort was made to destroy
them.
The fifth involves the point OF hon.
or. The commentators say:
Upon all the above named fea-
lures, believed by us to be the most;
important, if not the only important,
matter into which the court made In.
quiry, the conduct of Admiral Schiey
was condemned by that most disttn-
guished tribunal. Admiral Dewey and
Rear Admirals Benham and Ramsay.
united in their findings and opinion
upon all of these several points.
The commentators charge that Adj
miral Schley now ignores all the
grave matters and bases his appeal
upon relatively unimportant matters
of the case.